Chapter 366 In the spring of the sixth year, Chu Zi plotted against me (3)(1/2)
"Chu Zimou's cavalry is more powerful than you think."
When King Lanling saw Fengji, he despised Xuzhou Muchu Zimou, and reminded Fengji not to underestimate the enemy. King Lanling participated in the Battle of Mobei and served for Yuan Shao. At that time, he saw Chutian's cavalry tactics and spoke highly of Chutian.
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If he had not taken refuge with Yuan Shao in advance, King Lanling would most likely have chosen to take refuge with Chu Zimou.
"The general has an army of 50,000, so why bother to embolden others' ambitions and destroy his own prestige? With the general's ability, and with my strategic advice at the right time, an army of 50,000 can defeat an enemy of 100,000."
Fengji pulled the reins of the war horse, still believing that Mu Chuzi of Xuzhou had a false reputation as a conspirator.
"Dispense scouts widely to avoid being attacked by Chu Zimou's cavalry!"
King Lanling was also a general who used cavalry, and knew that Chu Zimou's cavalry blitzkrieg was extremely terrifying. If he wanted to crack Chu Zimou's cavalry tactics, he had to send out scouts widely to discover the location of Chu Zimou's cavalry before being surrounded.
Feng Ji said: "Whenever we are marching and fighting, Mount Tai collapses in front of us but our appearance remains unchanged, and the elk thrives on our left but our eyes never blink..."
King Lanling's army marched ten miles eastward, and the scout cavalry rushed back: "Enemy cavalry was found ahead!"
"Sure enough, we have been targeted."
King Lanling looked cautious and ordered the army to prepare for war. The 50,000 army was in a panic. It took time for the army stretching for more than ten miles to gather into a square formation.
At this time Fengji finally became nervous and turned pale. He thought that King Lanling was just worried, but King Lanling's guess was obviously correct, and Chu Zimou's cavalry had indeed arrived!
"The cavalry is following me to stop the enemy cavalry. Zhu Ling, you command the infantry to line up and occupy the strategic position!"
King Lanling saw that the infantry was in panic. It would take quite a while for the infantry team of more than ten miles to form a square formation. During this period, only the cavalry could move as quickly as possible!
Ten thousand cavalry followed King Lanling into battle, and deputy general Zhu Ling took over the infantry and crossbowmen to form a formation based on the terrain.
Zhu Ling was also considered a qualified lieutenant general and hurriedly formed the formation.
On the horizon, dust is billowing. Zhao Yun holds a gun, Gongsun Ao holds a knife, and Joan of Arc holds a flag. They lead the Yueqi Camp, Changshui Camp, and Tunqi Camp to attack King Lanling's cavalry head-on!
King Lanling held his horse and horse armor, put on a mask, and only exposed his eyes, and faced the impact of Xuzhou Mu's elite cavalry head-on.
"I didn't expect to fight Xuzhou Mu's cavalry in such a way today!"
King Lanling took a different stance. He held his horse tall and fought head-on with Xuzhou Mu's elite cavalry, buying time for the infantry and crossbowmen!
Yuan Shao gave King Lanling an ordinary heavy cavalry. The two cavalry met head-on. King Lanling stabbed the heavy cavalry of the Tunqi camp on the opposite side with his spear! The war horse galloped at high speed, and the sharp spear used its inertia to easily pierce the Tunqi camp.
The armor of the heavy cavalry, the blood-stained horse blades penetrated from the back of the armor!
Two heavy cavalry collided. The Tunqi battalion heavy cavalry, as the forbidden army of the Eastern Han Dynasty, had an advantage in hand-to-hand combat with the ordinary heavy cavalry. The front row of Jizhou heavy cavalry was quickly wiped out!
Zhao Yun stabbed King Lanling with a spear, but was blocked by the heavy cavalry all over the mountains and plains around King Lanling, so Zhao Yun had no choice but to fight hard to kill Jizhou's heavy cavalry!
One by one, Jizhou heavy cavalry fell under Zhao Yun's spear, fell off their horses, and were trampled into pulp by half a ton of iron horses!
"For honor!"
Encouraged by Joan of Arc, the light cavalry of the Changshui Camp and the Yueqi Battalion have greatly increased their morale. They are holding horned bows and firing arrows without missing a beat!
The Tun Cavalry Battalion is responsible for frontal defeat, Changshui Camp, and Yue Cavalry Battalion. The cavalry on both sides hold spears and stab at the enemy, while the cavalry in the middle hold horn bows and shoot fiercely at the enemy cavalry!
King Lanling fell into the battle, and Ma Shan killed dozens of high-level cavalry. He had two arrows hanging on his armor, but his courage did not diminish and he continued to charge!
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"Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou's cavalry are simply elusive!"
When I saw that King Lanling's cavalry was already fighting with Chu Zimou's cavalry, the shouts of killing shook Baima County, and I couldn't help but tremble with fear!
The two sides are fighting, and there are not many fancy tricks in the brutal cavalry battle. Let's see who of the cavalry on both sides can persist to the end!
Suddenly, in the other two directions of the battlefield, dust was flying, and two cavalrymen, one on the left and one on the right, quickly attacked the infantry and crossbowmen phalanx where Zhu Ling and Feng Ji were!
Zhao Yun, Joan of Arc, and Gongsun Ao's cavalry were just to lure King Lanling's cavalry out!
Chutian also knew that King Lanling was difficult to deal with. If a fierce battle with King Lanling allowed the infantry and crossbowmen of the Jizhou Army to form formations, then Chutian would waste more time in annihilating King Lanling's army. Therefore, Chutian would have to waste more time in annihilating King Lanling's army.
, he and Fang Xuanling decided on a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Zhu Ling, who lacked the protection of the cavalry, would be the best prey for the cavalry!
"General Zhu Ling, quickly set up the spear formation, the enemy cavalry is coming soon!"
Feng Ji saw that the situation was not good, so he urged his deputy Zhu Ling to quickly arrange his troops in formation.
"The queue is so long, it's not that easy to get in line!"
Zhu Ling also wanted to form a phalanx of spears as soon as possible to block Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou's offensive, but Chu Zimou's cavalry moved unexpectedly, and the cavalry was too fast! He had no time to react, and there were 40,000 infantry and bowmen.
The crossbowmen had no time to form a formation!
"We can only abandon some soldiers!"
Facing the incoming cavalry, Zhu Ling used the infantry and crossbowmen who had gathered to form a gun and shield formation, with the archers in the middle!
There were also panicked infantry and crossbowmen gathering towards the phalanx, but Zhu Ling could no longer care about their lives.
Wei Qing's Yulin Legion and Hua Mulan's reconnaissance legion came from both wings, using mounted fire to harass Zhu Ling's infantry and crossbowmen's improvised formation.
A large number of cavalry appeared, putting tremendous pressure on Zhu Ling's army.
"The range of mounted archers is not as good as that of infantry bows. Listen to my orders and fire arrows!"
Zhu Ling gave an order, and thousands of arrows were fired. The arrow feathers covered the sky, killing hundreds of high-level cavalry!
Wei Qing commanded the Yulin Cavalry, and Hua Mulan commanded the Iron Eagle Scouts, looking for a breakthrough to intercept and kill the Jizhou infantry who had not yet entered the formation. The two light cavalry were like two poisonous snakes, and the scalp of the Jizhou regiment was numb when they were targeted.
The Jizhou infantry were on full alert to observe the movements of the two ill-intentioned light cavalry. They were sweating profusely and their palms were sweating. They could not and did not dare to show their flaws in front of the cavalry, otherwise the two light cavalry would drive straight in at any time and defeat the infantry phalanx!
Two light cavalry surrounded the Jizhou square formation to interfere, making it difficult for the Jizhou infantry to see clearly the direction of the Xuzhou cavalry's attack.
Behind Wei Qing's Yulin Army, a heavy cavalry unit with only a few hundred cavalry was ready to attack. A large number of light cavalry interfered with the Jizhou Army, seriously affecting the Jizhou Army's judgment and hiding the whereabouts of the Huben Army.
The Huben army was armed with long halberds, armor and riding equipment, and its momentum was like a rainbow. In order to ensure the impact capability of the Huben army, Chutian transferred Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci was also equipped with a short halberd in each hand. He had five tiger generals.
It is absolutely not difficult for Taishi Ci to kill a hundred people in a big battle!
So far, the Huben Army has been almost invincible and invincible!
"Hu Ben Army, attack!"
Probably having tasted the benefits of heavy cavalry assault, Chu Tian once again personally commanded the Huben Army to launch an assault!
The ground trembled violently, and the soldiers of the Jizhou Legion who were on guard against the two light cavalry noticed that their feet were shaking slightly, and a sound that made their scalps go numb was heard!
"It's heavy cavalry!"
A general of the Jizhou Army who climbed up pointed fearfully in the direction of the appearance of the Huben Army!
The iron hoofs clank, the earth trembles, and the Tiger Army charges into battle again!
"Quickly, thicken the defense line! All soldiers must not retreat!"
Zhu Ling panicked and temporarily mobilized a large number of Jizhou heavy infantry armed with crossbows, spears and large shields to reinforce the defense line that was attacked by the Huben army.
After all, the deployment of Jizhou's heavy infantry is a little slow. The Huben army is constantly accelerating, striving to destroy the enemy's infantry phalanx at the highest speed!
Jizhou crossbowmen frantically loaded crossbows, aimed and shot!
The armor-piercing arrow collided with the thick armor, and the arrow clusters of the crossbow were twisted and deformed due to the violent impact, causing sparks to fly in the instant of friction!
The Huben army braved the dense rain of arrows from the opponent, pointed their halberds forward, and deflected many incoming crossbow arrows!
Thousands of crossbow arrows were fired in volleys, but they still failed to stop the iron hooves of the Tiger Army!
Only a few of the heavy cavalry of the Huben Army were shot dead by the Jizhou crossbowmen.
Jizhou is rich in powerful crossbows, and even eighth-level heavy cavalry like the Huben Army were killed by crossbow arrows.
However, the Jizhou crossbowmen could not bring much harm to the Huben army after all!
Relying on his fine armor, Taishi Ci ran into the forest of spears of the Jizhou Army. His short halberd deflected the spears in front, and led the Tiger Army to break through the enemy formation!
The Tigers and Ben troops rushed into the enemy formation, using their halberds to mow down the infantry in front and on both sides, clearing the way for the following cavalry!
Everyone's attention was focused on the Huben army. Wei Qing led three thousand Yulin cavalry, swarmed in along the gap opened by the Huben army, and used mounted fire to kill the enemy troops along the way!
Behind the three thousand Yulin cavalry are ten thousand Yanzhou light cavalry!
A large number of cavalry cut through the Jizhou Army, trying to cut off the Jizhou Army!
The Huben army is still in the enemy's formation with overwhelming force. No one can stop the powerful Tiger army!
Under the protection of dozens of general-level soldiers, Chu Tian used horn bows to hunt down the enemy troops along the way, and followed the Huben army to break through.
Chu Tian finally understood why Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty specially formed an elite Xuanjia Army heavy cavalry. This elite heavy cavalry was used to assault enemy formations and tear apart the enemy formations. Who knows the pleasure of using them!
He suspected that the war horses used by the Huben Army were Liangzhou horses or Dawan horses from the Western Regions, otherwise the impact would not be so terrifying.
Wei Qing's Yulin Cavalry has superb riding and shooting skills, and its melee combat ability is not inferior at all. It follows the rear of the Huben Army and harvests the lives of the infantry and crossbowmen of the Jizhou Army!
The Jizhou Army suffered a devastating blow and collapsed.
"Commanders, follow me to attack the enemy's formation!"
On the other side, Hua Mulan's reconnaissance regiment played a role in containing and confusing the enemy. She had no heavy cavalry support, so she had to wait until the Tiger Army and Yulin Cavalry destroyed the enemy formation before leading the reconnaissance regiment to attack Jizhou from the other side.
Legion, we must cut the Jizhou Legion into three parts and defeat them one by one!
The 10,000 cavalrymen of the reconnaissance legion fired two rounds of arrows at the Jizhou legion, then drew out their shining Tang knives and cut into the enemy formation!
To be continued...