Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

So what if it's on the flank? Does horse racing require physical strength?

Zhang Liao didn't think the opponent's coach was being stupid. Instead, he felt a sense of crisis. This formation felt vaguely familiar to him.

Then Zhang Liao saw the cavalry all raising their bows during the attack, which made Zhang Liao's heart suddenly jump.

The horses were running and bumping, but these knights were not greatly affected and still drew their bows steadily, and then arrows rained down on Zhang Liao's tribe like a rainstorm.

The barbarians’ riding and shooting! Zhang Liao was immediately shocked. Where did Liu Bei find these good riders?

It is not difficult to draw a bow on horseback. What is difficult is how to cope with the bumps of the horse while aiming at the target.

It is not difficult for Hu people to ride horses since childhood and practice day after day to move their lower hips with the horse and draw the bow without moving their upper body, but this is not the case for Han'er.

Therefore, in the Han-Hungarian War, the Han cavalry quickly gave up the idea of ​​competing with the Huns in mounted archery, and chose to upgrade their equipment to directly attack the Huns in the face, making it impossible for them to use mounted archery.

Now Zhang Liao doesn't have time to think too much. As a veteran, he understands that any slight advantage on the battlefield may determine the final outcome.

Want to withdraw? no way!

How to fight? Divide the troops!

After enduring another round of cavalry fire, Zhang Liao also made a decisive decision and ordered his deputy generals to divide their troops with 1,500 troops and horses, and moved towards the enemy in response to his headquarters.

In this way, if the enemy intends to eat these more than a thousand people, the Chinese army can support them.

If we still need to use cavalry to shoot and pull, these more than a thousand cavalry can get close and charge into the enemy's flanks.

pretty! Zhao Yun secretly praised in his heart, and then without hesitation led his troops to retreat and shoot at the same time.

The enemy shows weakness! Zhang Liao cheered up and immediately led the pursuit without hesitation.

The cavalry battle just now resulted in the loss of four to five hundred men, which was already an unacceptable loss for Zhang Liao. Moreover, we are still strong and the enemy is weak, so we should seize the opportunity to pursue the victory!

The two armies advanced and retreated gradually away from Changbanpo. The terrain further north was no longer open. There was a long and narrow plain sandwiched between the mountains and the Han River, and there were also two hills sandwiched between the plains, dividing the long and narrow plain. It is divided into longer and narrower east and west sides.

Zhang Liao followed the enemy army and entered from the west. The narrowest point here is only twenty miles from east to west, and the widest point is only forty miles. This width is enough to accommodate the cavalry. There is also no need to worry about ambushes like in the gorge. It is said to be the most favorable terrain for Zhang Liao today.

But Zhang Liao felt something inexplicably wrong. Could the enemy be such a fool? The only explanation is to withdraw the county defense, but what good is that?

But it was a pity to miss this good opportunity. The enemy's backs could still be seen from a distance here. After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Liao ordered the division of troops again.

The two armies marched together to take care of each other, and even if there was fraud, losses could be minimized.

After advancing for more than twenty miles in this way, what appeared in front of Zhang Liao was a phalanx of more than a thousand infantry with long cards set up, as well as fine cavalry who turned around and formed formation on the side.

Vice General Zhang Liao was overjoyed. Isn't the infantry phalanx an easy feat for the cavalry?

Zhang Liao himself was completely convinced that there was definitely a fraud. Just as he was about to order the deputy general to return to the army to observe the situation, he saw the deputy general making a surprise attack.

The general who survived the Battle of Bailang Mountain immediately felt cold all over his body. It was over!

The battle situation was indeed like this. As the cavalry advanced, the front of the infantry with long carriages separated, and then a group of strong soldiers without armor lined up in front.

Deputy Zhang Liao, who thought there were spearmen hidden among them, no longer hesitated. No armor? court death!

But what is this long-handled knife in their hands?

One of the advantages of the cavalry in the cold weapon era was the terrifying height pressure.

Most war horses are 1.6 meters tall at the shoulder, and cavalry sitting upright on their horses are more than two meters tall. Even strong men need to look up when facing cavalry.

Xi Zhen, who was lined up in front of the formation, felt suffocated for a moment, but thinking about General Zhao's promotion, Xuande Gong's favor and important tasks, and practice day after day, the southern man dragged his long sword and stepped forward with his left foot. Roaring forward.

The soldiers in the first row had the same reaction as Xi Zhen. This is the most rigorously selected soldier under Liu Bei. They have simulated this battle no less than a hundred times, all today.

The strange-looking long sword used the strong physical fitness of the soldiers as well as the weight and sharp edge of the weapon to explode with terrifying combat power. The cavalry who wanted to step into the formation were beheaded, both men and horses, and their power was no longer strong.

Then the second row stepped forward and gathered strength! Strike hard! Both men and horses were shattered!

The horrific scene had a big impact on the cavalry in front. These Cao soldiers were not veterans who had followed Zhang Liao in the Battle of Bailang Mountain.

For them, the miraculous victory in Hefei last year came too easily, so they had many good expectations for the battlefield. Unfortunately, these expectations fell to pieces on the ground at this moment.

Zhao Yun's timing was extremely good. When Cao Bing was heartbroken because of the defeat of his former army, Zhao Yun had already led his troops to the flank.

Zhang Liao's familiar scene was played out again, like a hot knife dividing lard, this deputy army was cut into pieces.

But Zhang Liao also saw some of the previous doubts more clearly:

"There is a double-crossing on both sides..."

Normally Zhang Liao would only think that this cavalry was wealthy, and he had given careful consideration to both sides of the soldiers.

But now he has planned to withdraw and try it himself to see if riding and shooting has anything to do with it.

Zhao Yun's division of Cao's army had just begun, but Zhang Liao had already decisively ordered the withdrawal.

If both of them were infantry, then he would definitely try his best to rescue them at this moment, but they were both cavalry.

The cavalry is like a wolf, and its fighting methods are very different from those of the infantry. This cavalry seems to still have life, but it is just like an elk whose throat has been bitten to death by a hungry wolf. It is only a matter of time before it is wiped out.

Zhao Yun was a little disappointed when he saw Zhang Liao's decisive retreat. No matter if the opponent hesitated for a while or came to rescue, Zhao Yun was sure to use the diagonal cutting method to cause Zhang Liao to lose more.

But looking at this decisive posture, he was worthy of Zhang Babai. Zhao Yun shook his head and put down these thoughts, and immediately commanded his headquarters and Modao team to work together to separate and surround him and try to capture him alive.

At the same time, Zhao Yun also breathed a sigh of relief. After losing this unit, the relationship between strength and weakness with Zhang Liao had been reversed. In this way, Jiangling's power was relieved, and he finally lived up to the trust of his lord, military advisor, and General Guan.

At the same time, outside Lexiang County, Shamoke covered the wound on his shoulder and closed Han Dang's eyes.

He and Zhang Yi had twice the strength of their combined forces, but they fought fiercely with this old general for more than a day.

Han Dang led his troops to fight equally with them, fighting fiercely without fear of death.

In the end, they fought hard to the last soldier and refused to retreat. In the end, Samoko had no choice but to kill the veteran with his own hands.

After the battle here, all the remaining soldiers in Jiangdong were wounded. Samoko and Zhang Yi only had more than 3,000 soldiers left to fight, and all the rest were wounded.

Looking at the last of these unyielding wounded soldiers, Shamoko shook his head and said:

"You are all good men. I don't want to kill you. You can leave."

This group of wounded soldiers looked at Han Dang's body, then at Shamoko and Zhang Yi, and finally hesitantly dropped their weapons one by one.

Samoko was a little surprised: "Don't you want to go back to Jiangdong?"

Zhang Yi patted his shoulder and said loudly:

"You can rest here in Lexiang first. After the battle at Jiangling is over, we can decide whether to stay or leave."

The leaders of this group of wounded soldiers looked at each other and nodded silently.