Three Kingdoms

After all, war is not a child's play, nor can it be won by talking on paper. Without suitable generals to lead, even the best plans are useless.

Ma Yan was born in the cavalry and basically spent most of his life with horses. Therefore, when commanding the cavalry, he not only knew how to deploy soldiers, but was even more aware of the physical condition of the horses under his hips. He could adjust the situation at any time according to changes in the battlefield. Adjust the strategy to distribute the horse's physical strength.

Many of these things are based on experience. Perhaps one day, when Ma Yan is old and can no longer lead the army, he can sit down and slowly reflect and summarize, and then he will be able to reproduce them in the book. But now, most of them are still there. It was Ma Yan's instinctive reaction.

Having said that, why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty seem to have won a series of victories after he promoted Wei Qing? But has anyone ever thought that the reason why Wei Qing was able to achieve some achievements that the Han people did not have before was related to his previous career?

Horses are strange and loyal animals, unlike pets like cats that can get angry anytime and anywhere. Horses are timid, shy, not expressive, good at running, but not good at long-term high-intensity running. However, horses rarely bark even if they are extremely tired. Once they identify their owner, they are extremely loyal and will not He knows how to refuse, so when driven by his master, he will even run to the point where his blood boils all over his body and he will run to death from exhaustion on the road...

Anyway, from ancient times to the present, horses have often died on the road, but I have never seen a cat run to death on the road.

As a general, if you only know soldiers, then there is no problem in being an infantry general. But to become a cavalry general, you must also know horses, know when to use horsepower, know what terrain is suitable for horses to gallop, and know how to let horses rest. …

Therefore, only Ma Yan was suitable for mobilizing the Xianbei cavalry to carry out teasing in a small area of ​​40 to 50 miles south of Pingding City, and the others really couldn't do it.

At least Xu Huang and Huang Cheng haven't reached that level yet. It's certainly no problem for these two leaders to attack and kill, but if they want to direct the horses' haste like their own legs like Ma Yan, there is still a problem. There is a certain gap.

Therefore, the cavalry on the east route led by Xu Huang naturally adopted completely different methods from Ma Yan. Xu Huang deliberately chose a stronger horse to ride on, otherwise the weight of his big ax would have been more than half a person's weight...

However, the first step was the same for Xu Huang and Ma Yan. When they saw the three thousand cavalrymen killed by Xianbei, they turned around and ran away.

As long as you are not stupid or have any special requirements, otherwise one thousand cavalry versus three thousand cavalry, even if the equipment of the Han cavalry is better, but both in terms of consumption and the ability to withstand blows, it is better Those who are at a disadvantage, therefore, it is also a natural reaction to retreat immediately when the situation is not good.

Just like the policemen running away when they see someone on the street, they will subconsciously chase after them. The Xianbei people's bodies have already followed before their brains can think clearly. They whipped their horses and bit Xu Huang's cavalry troops and chased them.

People's thinking is always fixed, and the Xianbei people are no exception. When the previous scouts were investigating, it was said that there were more than a thousand cavalry, so the cavalry in front of them was also about a thousand, so the Xianbei people did not consider anything else, but they did not Thinking of it, Huang Cheng led a group of soldiers and horses, slowly following Xu Huang's formation, and took advantage of the lack of eyesight of the Xianbei scouts swept out by Xu Huang's troops to ambush.

Therefore, the Xianbei troops who were chasing Zhengxin suffered a fierce attack that Huang Cheng had planned for a long time.

There was a chaotic sound of clappers, and many Han men with bows and crossbows stood up behind Xiaopo, and they attacked the chasing Xianbei cavalry head-on.

The Xianbei people who are chasing are simply unable to dodge. Ordinary bows and arrows can cause huge damage to the lightly armored or even unarmored Xianbei people, not to mention there are hundreds of powerful crossbows. Although the shooting speed is not as fast as the bows and arrows, no matter what Whether it hits a person or a horse, almost always as long as it is hit, it will definitely kill with one hit. The lethality is obviously much stronger than that of a bow and arrow.

The troops at the front were shot to death, those who stumbled and fell over the corpses of men and horses on the ground, those who stepped on and squeezed each other, those who reined in their horses and ran around in panic, and for a moment the leading troops of the Xianbei people The momentum of the charge and chase was completely interrupted in an instant.

At this time, Xu Huang turned around and rushed back with his men. The huge long-handled battle ax was extremely heavy and was swung in circles. Even if the Xianbei cavalry tried to separate the weapons, it was completely ineffective. The rotation speed of the battle ax plus its own Due to the weight, no matter whether it is a gun shaft, a sword, or a human body, it is basically either thrown away or cut into two pieces.

The guy with the big ax on the front was difficult to deal with, and Huang Cheng's archers and crossbowmen shot from the side. The Xianbei people suddenly couldn't hold on, and retreated as a whole team, leaving three to four hundred casualties.

Xu Huang did not pursue him. Yu Huangcheng's troops gathered together and retreated slowly. At the same time, they took away the less than a hundred Hu horses that were lucky enough to be uninjured on the battlefield, leaving only corpses and horses all over the ground. Some Xianbei troops were injured and wailing on the ground.

When Dadanghu came east with his troops, he ran into the returning troops. He was shocked and angry when he heard that they were ambushed. When he led his troops to the ambush point, he found that the Han troops had already Already evacuated.

Dadaanghu's face was as dark as water. While he sent out scouts to investigate, he also asked people to clean up the scene.

Nearly 300 people died, and more than 30 people were seriously injured. Basically, there was no way to treat them. More than 20 people had broken hands or legs. Whether they can survive in the future can only depend on God's will. The other sixty or seventy people suffered various injuries, which were relatively minor...

Most of the horses with minor injuries were recovered, but more than 200 horses were seriously injured or died on the spot, and about 70 to 80 horses were taken away by the Han people...

The scout came back and said that the Han people were all on horseback and could move very fast. They had already evacuated thirty miles away.

Da Danghu cursed bitterly and ordered to turn around and go back.

It is now approaching dusk, let alone the night if we continue to pursue. The horses' eyesight has deteriorated so much that it is inconvenient to march. What worries Dadang households even more is that the Han people don't know if there are other ambushes hidden somewhere, so although Very unwilling to do so, we can only call it a day and wait until dawn tomorrow before looking for opportunities to fight.

The damage of four to five hundred men and horses, although not very large for the weight of more than 10,000 troops, is also a big blow to the morale of Xianbei. In addition, the vast majority of Xianbei soldiers have been fighting non-stop all day. So at night, except for the soldiers on duty, most of the Xianbei people lost their usual noisy energy and found a place to sleep...

Late last night, a bug actually flew onto the bed where the author was sleeping...

There are mosquito nets and you can still crawl in...

I'm just speechless...

However, the water and soil in Guangxi seems to be a good place to raise insects...

The author has all seen flying 5cm long beetles, black beetles about the size of a small fingernail, green turtle beetles that scurry around stupidly, barefoot centipedes over 20cm...

But there are also butterflies with two long tails...

Light blue, very beautiful...