Three Kingdoms

When a group of cavalry confronts infantry who have lost their formation and are running in all directions, it is a massacre for the infantry. The cavalry will easily drive away individual soldiers who are trying to resist. Using the speed and weight of the horses, they use their swords. Harvest life easily.

But the same thing is that the cavalry, which has lost its speed and is clustered together, is the best target for archers and crossbowmen. It was more than a thousand years later that the West truly realized the lethality of bows and arrows, especially armor-piercing weapons such as longbows and heavy crossbows, against heavy cavalry. Of course, even so, many people still superstitiously believed in the power of heavy cavalry. As a result, the big roosters of Gaul died one after another on the road of charge.

What's more, in his eagerness to win, Zha Tiansheng actually let the Hu cavalry catch up and block the entrance of the camp. The strong camp and the relatively small entrance of the camp did not allow the Hu cavalry to launch a full-scale offensive. We can only queue up at the gate of the camp to check in tickets.

Now Hu Qi's hard waiting has finally been rewarded with rich rewards. They no longer have to struggle in this dirty and painful world. Tickets from the world of death are being distributed for free...

At this moment, the more durable effectiveness of crossbowmen than archers is gradually revealed. As long as the crossbow machine is not damaged and the number of crossbow bolts is sufficient, the crossbowmen can continue to fire crossbow bolts stably for a long time. On the contrary, the archers fire at high frequency. However, it is easy for the bow string to cut the wrist or fingers due to lack of physical strength, and the accuracy and power of shooting will be reduced.

But even if their fingers were cut with blood from the bow strings, many archers on the wall still persisted, standing with the crossbowmen, cursing, and shooting arrows, as if this would add freshness to their arrows. The curse was released, adding some inexplicable power.

For a time, "Guapi" and "Smashing Coward" flew together, and "Shinibei" and "Niang Lebi" were in the same color...

Zada Sheng was really confused.

Even many Huqi were the same. The sudden change almost refreshed their three views, just like the soldiers who lined up to shoot each other encountered the Maxin machine gun during World War I.

How can this be?

Qian Yuqi, even if they have to fight, they will have to fight for a while. Even if they can't be beaten, most of them should be able to escape!

The gate of the Han army's camp was like a devil's open mouth. It swallowed more than a thousand Huqi in one gulp, seemingly effortlessly, and even licked its tongue with unsatisfied intention, revealing its greedier lips, tongue and teeth...

How long did it take for more than a thousand Hu cavalry to rush into the camp until the entire army was annihilated? !

Zha Tiansheng couldn't believe his eyes.

It has been too long since the Hu people encountered such a dense crossbow attack from the Han army. Since Emperor Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty, perhaps because of the decline in national power, the cumbersome casting of crossbow machines, or some other reasons, crossbows have gradually withdrawn from the battlefield. Naturally, it disappeared from the sight of the Hu people. But now, half a century later, when Qiannu once again stepped onto the stage of war, the Hu people once again proved with their lives that Qiannu's figure is still so coquettish. And enchanting.

Zha Tiansheng was confused, but Zhang Ji was not.

When the scouts reported that there were a large number of Hu cavalry traces, Zhang Ji, under Fei Qian's arrangement, took the cavalry behind a woods about ten miles south of the Yulin camp.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark little by little, Zhang Ji waited and waited without waiting for a signal. He sent many scouts to take turns spying. When he heard that Hu Qi had defeated Yong'an Camp and began to charge into the camp, he couldn't sit still at all. I asked the scouts over and over again if they had seen the Double Rabbit Flags, and also checked again and again if it was the weather that prevented the scouts from seeing clearly...

The scout swore that he could see the torches on the central platform. He also saw other flags raised, but he did not see the Double Rabbit Flag...

Zhang Ji had seen with his own eyes the miserable situation of the Xiliang cavalry's unsuccessful attack on the Feiqian camp. Therefore, it did surprise Zhang Ji that Hu Qi was able to break through the camp so easily, but the scout made it clear that there were other flags operating. , and the absence of double rabbit flags means that the central command is still functioning, and the stable command from the central high platform means that the situation is not as bad as it seems...

But this is impossible to say!

Zhang Ji, who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, had no choice but to send scouts to check again and again, while he kicked the small tree next to him to relieve the anxiety and uneasiness in his heart.

When Zhang Ji poisoned the third small tree, a scout rushed over and shouted from a distance: "Flag! The flag has been set up! The flying bird flag and the double rabbit flag have been set up!"

"Very good!" Zhang Ji shouted loudly to the Xiliang cavalry beside him, "Boys, get on your horses! Get into the ditch!"

The surrounding Xiliang cavalry responded with a bang, checking once again whether the leather armor on their horses and their own armor were securely fastened, then got on their horses and followed Zhang Ji out of the woods and ran towards the Yulin camp.

The Xiliang cavalry had just joined Fei Qian's command not long ago. Although they had met each other on the battlefield before, for ordinary soldiers, there was not much boring hatred between them either before or now. Being a soldier is a job where you are ready to lose your head at any time, not to mention that soldiers just follow orders.

The horses of the cavalry directly commanded by Zhang Ji are all original Xiliang horses. These war horses are about a head taller than the Bingzhou horses. They have long body and long legs and are very explosive. The distance of ten miles is just enough to warm up, and the riders are all They are comrades who have been cooperating with each other for a long time. After the initial chaos, they gradually stepped on the same pace. The intensive sound of horse hoofbeats almost hit the same moment. More than 500 Xiliang cavalrymen Like a whole body, under the cover of the gradually darkening sky, a front line formation was formed, while the remaining more than 800 Hu Qi, who had been recruited in Pingyang, followed behind to form a loose fan. Follow the road and come straight to the side and rear of Zada ​​Sheng!

The sky effectively concealed the towering smoke and dust caused by the high-speed running of the cavalry. It was not until Hu Qi on the outskirts of Zha Tian Sheng noticed the tremor of the earth that they discovered Zhang Ji's cavalry rushing from the side and rear.

The horn sounded hastily, and Zha Tian Sheng tried to order the cavalry in the rear to turn, but it was already too late. Zhang Ji led the Xiliang cavalry without even stopping for a moment, and ran directly into the loose formation of Zha Tian Sheng's cavalry!

The impact of the heavy cavalry was once again perfectly demonstrated. The Xiliang cavalry, both men and horses wearing armor, collided arbitrarily like small tanks. Knocking the shield open may endanger himself or the horse's attack. In his right hand, he holds the saber horizontally. He doesn't even use it to swing it. He just lets the high-speed horse drive the sharp ring-headed knife to cut through everything that dares to block the road. of all objects.

A group of tall horses rolled over like a mountain. Facing the Xiliang cavalry that rushed towards them at a rapid pace, Zha Tiansheng's cavalrymen subconsciously ducked to both sides, unable to resist at all...

During the long-term confrontation between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, strong crossbows were once the main long-range strike force on the battlefield... Both Li Guang and Li Ling were besieged by the Xiongnu army, and they used chariot formations to resist with strong crossbows, but the Xiongnu siege could not The record of defeat was ultimately due to the lack of food and grass and the exhaustion of weapons... But Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was indeed too spendthrift, so in the later period, the poor and clanking Han Dynasty gradually chose to Bows and arrows that save money...