In ancient wars, the most effective weapon against cavalry was the crossbow or cavalry confrontation, otherwise it would be difficult to achieve good results; even if heavy armored infantry was used to fight cavalry, the losses would be very large, and Lu Ning knew very well in this regard. Therefore, Lu Ning always attached great importance to the research and development of crossbows and arrows, and was indeed a very good long-range attack weapon in the era of cold weapons.

Between 500 steps and 200 steps, the bows and arrows in the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of Ma Teng and Han Sui's coalition forces could not be effectively fired. The bows and arrows in their hands were still ordinary bows and arrows, and their range was only within 150 steps; while the crossbow arrows in Lu Ning's army reached 300 steps, and the compound bows and arrows also reached an effective distance of 200 steps. Therefore, during this period, the coalition forces were unilaterally ravaged by Zhao Yun's crossbow arrows.

Rounds of crossbow arrows continued to shoot out from Zhao Yun's army formation, covering the sky and the sun, and covering the coalition cavalry formation rushing forward. For the soldiers under Zhao Yun, they were all veterans who survived many years of war. They had long learned to control their bloodthirsty emotions. All that was left was the cold will to kill. Each crossbow-holding soldier could pull the crossbow machine at the fastest speed, aim at the target in front of him, and shoot deadly arrows.

In just 300 steps, for the cavalry, they could rush over in an instant, but under the blocking of powerful crossbows and crossbows, the Qiang and Hu cavalry of the coalition forces were all dismounted one after another. The cavalry that was originally galloping at high speed was greatly hindered. The cavalry behind collided with the cavalry in front, making the originally not very dense cavalry formation even more dense. The crossbows were given a higher and higher effective hit rate of the Qiang and Hu cavalry.

Arrows are the natural enemy of cavalry and are also the most effective weapon to deal with cavalry. For hundreds or thousands of years, bows and arrows have played an important role in dealing with the invasion of foreign barbarians on the grassland. Although the polo arrows in the hands of the cavalry of the grassland nation are also very powerful, there is still a gap in range compared with the polo arrows in the hands of the soldiers of the Han nationality.

Of course, relying solely on bows and arrows cannot resist the impact of cavalry, and it must be protected. After all, once archers are hit by cavalry, they have no resistance and can only be slaughtered lambs. The soldiers under Lu Ning's hands have a super long range of composite bows. With the use of crossbow machines and crossbows, the power of their power is not to be questioned.

Ma Teng and Han Sui also knew the terrifying combat power of Zhao Yun's army. When the troops were superior, the two did not need to use the tactics of adding fuel to the oil. The tactics of adding fuel would only lose the lives of their cavalry in vain and could not exert their numerical advantages. Instead, they invested 60,000 cavalry attacks at once, hoping to rely on their strength to break through the defense line of Zhao Yun's army at one time, thereby defeating Zhao Yun's army in one fell swoop.

In response to the cluster offensive of Teng and Han Sui, the army was jointly invested. Although the troops were invested very strongly, the formation was too dense during the attack, which was more conducive to the shooting of crossbows and crossbow arrows under Zhao Yun. Ma Teng and Han Sui were shocked when they saw the attacks of their iron cavalry and their attacks were blocked. They only hoped that they could attack Zhao Yun's army's defense line through their superior forces; but after the attack was blocked, there was still a trace of worry in their hearts.

What made Ma Teng and Han Sui most depressed was that they could not break through the last 200 steps after so long attacks. The Qiang and Hu Iron Cavalry under his command lost their speed and could not break through. The 200 steps distance was like a place of death. The attack was blocked. Even if the Qiang and Hu Iron Cavalry broke through, they could not get close to Zhao Yun's army's shield.

Speed ​​is very important for cavalry. There is no collective difference between cavalry and infantry that lose speed and infantry, and even infantry are not as good as infantry. Anyone with a little common sense knows this. The combat power of cavalry depends largely on speed to win. At this time, the Qiang and Hu Iron Cavalry, which was jointly jointly by Ma Teng and Han Sui, not only lost speed under the blocking of Zhao Yun's crossbow chariot and crossbow arrows, not only lost speed, but also made the formation of cavalry more dense, which is more conducive to the effective shooting of crossbow arrows; while the range of bows and arrows among the Qiang and Hu Iron Cavalry under Ma Teng and Han Sui was only about 150 steps, and it was impossible to pose any threat to Zhao Yun's army.

Seeing that the attack was ineffective, Ma Teng immediately brags and sounds the attack horn. At the same time, he sends a supervision team again to kill the retreating and fleeing soldiers. Under the iron-blooded wrist of the supervision team, the Qiang and Hu Iron Cavalry had to rush forward desperately.

For Ma Teng and Han Sui, this battle is the key, and it is also a battle of life and death. If you win, you will have the possibility of continuing to survive. If you lose, you will face the leisure of life. Both of them knew in their hearts that they had no backup in their hands. This was a decisive battle. Once they were defeated, they could no longer organize any iron cavalry.

Tian Feng observed in his glasses for a while and said, "Zilong, Ma Teng, and Han Sui were both desperate and attacking at any cost. He would not give up even though he knew the casualties were heavy."

Zhao Yun said: "Yuan Hao, Ma Teng and Han Sui have no backup plan. This is their best capital; but in the face of strength, it is a delusion to defeat our army."

Zhao Yun's words are the truth. So far, Zhao Yun's army has not yet launched an attack, but only relies on crossbow chariots and long-range weapons to attack; Ma Teng, Han Sui and Sun He's army found that it was not so easy to break through the defense line; even if it broke through the defense line, it would still face the attack of Feixiong Iron Cavalry.

Under the pressure of the supervision team, the Qiang and Hu Iron Cavalry attacked again like crazy. Zhao Yun saw the attack of the Qiang and Hu Iron Cavalry who was not afraid of death. He knew that if the troops under the other princes were replaced at this time, they would have been destroyed by this momentum. After all, this was the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and its strength was very strong, especially under the command of masters like Ma Teng and Han Sui, whose combat ability was even greater than that of the Xiongnu Xianbei Iron Cavalry.

Waves of Qiang and Hu cavalry were pierced through their bodies and dropped from their horses under the rainy crossbow. They didn't even have time to shout, but were ridden by their companions who were surging upwards and stepped into minced meat. This is their fate, either survive to become warriors or die; this is also the tragic death of war.

Regarding death, Zhao Yun's soldiers fought for many years, and the soldiers had long been accustomed to such killings. However, when the 200,000 Qiang and Hu cavalry in front of him came over the shore like a tide, the soldiers had been silent for a long time and felt a little scared. However, the soldiers quickly abandoned this ridiculous idea. On the battlefield, fear means death. They are the most powerful army in the world. They have touched any enemy, and experienced any tough battle. In the soldiers' minds, they can only move forward and move forward again!

The Qiang and Hu Iron Cavalry under Ma Teng and Han Sui fought to the death and finally broke through the distance of 200 steps, which meant entering the range of bows and arrows among the Qiang and Hu Iron Cavalrymen; the Qiang and Hu Iron Cavalry soldiers pulled the longbows in their hands one after another, and before they died, they kept pouring out arrows. The dull sound rang above the heads of Zhao Yun's soldiers, and countless arrows fell on the shields on their heads, just as heavy rain washed the eaves of the houses on rainy days.

From time to time, arrows shot from the Qiang and Hu iron cavalry fell through the gaps between the shields. The soldiers under Zhao Yun who had survived countless tragic battlefields were shot and injured. Fortunately, the soldiers had extremely strong physical defense capabilities and had protection in key areas. Even if they were shot, they would not cause death. At most, they would be injured.
Chapter completed!