Although Zhao Yun urged the team to rush, he did not take it lightly. Seeing the smoke and dust in front of him, the bright silver gun in his hand lightly swiped, and the well-trained soldiers of the Jingzhou Army quickly gathered up the long-term platoon of heavy convoys. The team rushed out, guarding the front of the convoy,
The smoke and dust in the distance is gradually approaching, and the earth may already be trembling slightly. Zhao Yun's heart is constricted. It is impossible to come from Jingzhou's troops. There were not many cavalry in Jingzhou. This time he only brought five thousand cavalry. No less than 10,000 people,
Zhao Yun raised his spear again, and shouted in a deep voice: "Bowman, prepare,"
Following his order, a "click, click" sound came from the team behind him.
Zhao Yun's face was solemn, and he shouted: "Shoot,"
Just hearing a "bang", a thousand crossbow arrows were shot in the direction of the smoke and dust. These are all stepped crossbows produced by the research institute, and all of them are six-stone strong crossbows. They need the strength of the waist and legs. Open, the range and power of this kind of crossbow are amazing, but the launch process is relatively slow. This time, the army carried a total of 3,000 crossbows. In order to ensure continuous firing, each of these 3,000 crossbowmen A group of doing the movements of loading the crossbow, entering the crossbow, and sending the crossbow in turn,
At this time, the group of smoke and dust was still six or seven hundred steps away from Zhao Yun’s rear army. Zhao Yun’s eyesight was very good. He could already see that it was a team of cavalry. The first wave of crossbow arrows accurately shot into the cavalry team. When the cavalry group paused obviously, they continued to rush over. However, the second and third waves of arrow rain fell in the sky immediately. This grouping method, although the number of crossbow arrows shot out in each wave is much less, but But it can cause the effect of continuous strikes. It can be felt that the speed of the cavalry's impact has dropped.
The crossbowmen launched two rounds, and the cavalry on the opposite side had rushed to a distance of three hundred paces. From here, the flag of the Xiliang Army could be clearly seen.
Zhao Yun waved his spear, and said in a deep voice: "Zamading, lay out the carts,"
Because Jingzhou lacks horses, in order to deal with the mighty northern cavalry, the Jingzhou Army not only conducted various targeted trainings, but also developed some targeted weapons and formations. Horse nails were one of them. When the Cai Yong family was rescued, Wei Zhongdao’s horse was stabbed by a nail thrown out by the Yellow Turban Yudang. Inspired by this incident, Liu Xin ordered the Research Institute to develop this new weapon. No matter which direction the nail is thrown out, there will be two spikes facing upwards, which can easily penetrate the hoof.
Following Zhao Yun’s order, a team of soldiers rushed forward in turn, and threw the slender clay pot in their hands. The clay pot fell to the ground and fell to pieces, and the nails in the pot were scattered all over the place. Yes, the use of clay pots to cloth horse nails can also be regarded as Liu Xin’s invention. This is an idea he came up with inspired by later generations of hand grenades, so that large pieces of horse nails can be placed in front of the battle very quickly.
In fact, there is another way to lay the horse nails, which has a better effect. It is to throw the clay pots out with a trebuchet, which can be thrown farther and the area to be laid is wider. However, the situation is urgent now and there are still all trebuchets. These are the parts, too late to assemble,
This cavalry is the team brought by Zhang Ji to attack the rear army of Jingzhou. Dong Zhuo’s cavalry consists of three parts. The most powerful is the Xiliang cavalry. There are 30,000 people in Luoyang. The second is the five thousand combined state that followed Lu Bu and surrendered to Dong Zhuo. Iron cavalry, and Luoyang’s old army also had 20,000 cavalry, the weakest combat power. This time, Zhang Ji brought only 20,000 Luoyang cavalry.
There is Liu Xin’s army stationed under Yique Pass. Zhang Ji came by bypassing Guangcheng Pass. These Luoyang cavalrymen are usually inadequately trained, and they will inevitably be in a hurry when they are fighting. Zhang Ji originally wanted to quietly approach the rear army of Jingzhou, and then come from Jingzhou army. The flanks launched an impact. Who knows that these Luoyang troops don’t know whether they are too nervous or too excited. They speed up after a long distance, and thus leak their whereabouts.
Not only that, these Luoyang cavalry also lined up in a dense formation when they charged. As a result, to their surprise, the Jingzhou Army’s crossbow arrows could be shot from such a distance. Because the team was too dense, the shot people fell off their horses and tripped many cavalry. By the time the Jingzhou Army’s crossbow stopped, the cavalry team had lost more than 3,000 men.
At this time, those crossbowmen had already abandoned the stepped crossbows in their hands and replaced them with composite bows. The training of the Jingzhou Army required a soldier to master the use of multiple weapons. These crossbowmen would not only use the stepped crossbows, They also use compound bows, and they pull out their pocket knives to take part in hand-to-hand combat.
Especially in the rear army escorting food, grass and supplies, Liu Xin has higher requirements on the soldiers. This is the difference in Liu Xin's use of soldiers. Others use soldiers and elites are placed first, but Liu Xin will put the best. The soldiers used to protect the grain and grass, because Liu Xin knew that many battles in history were caused by the enemy’s sneak attack on the grain and grass. He didn’t want to repeat the same mistakes.
Soon, the Luoyang cavalry, who were just so complacent because the Jingzhou Army’s crossbow arrows stopped, ushered in another wave of feather arrows. This time it was a volley of three thousand people, which was denser than the previous crossbow arrows. The Luoyang cavalry was once again caught The speed of the cavalry was too fast. The crossbowmen only had time to shoot two rounds and then stopped, pulling out their waist knives one after another.
Although the Luoyang cavalry suffered a head-on attack from the Jingzhou Army, the Luoyang Cavalry lost more than 6,000 men, but the team also dispersed. The effect of the bow and arrow shooting from the Jingzhou Army will also be greatly reduced. Seeing that it is getting closer and closer to the Jingzhou Army. Zhang Ji was also excited. If he could burn the grain and grass of the Jingzhou Army, he would be his first accomplishment. The Luoyang cavalry did not slow down, but they used their bows and arrows one after another, wanting to pay back before rushing into the Jingzhou Army. A wave of riding and shooting,
Zhang Ji was riding on the horse, pointed his spear towards the Jingzhou Army, and shouted: "Come on, kill,"
As he gave the order of the final attack, the cavalry speeded up. At this moment, an accident happened. The horses of the Luoyang Army slid their hooves one after another, and screamed and threw the rider on the back to the ground. There was a sudden chaos,
However, the rush was so strong that they could no longer hold it back. Many people had no time to shoot their bows and arrows and fell to the ground. Before they could get up, the big horseshoes stepped over them, suddenly miserable. The screams rang together,
In this short distance of one hundred steps, Zhang Ji’s cavalry suffered the most. Some people were constantly being thrown off their horses, as if these horses had become an alliance of the Jingzhou Army. The most hateful thing was that they had not seen the Jingzhou Army. Any action, one by one has been frightened, and I don’t know what demon technique the Jingzhou Army has used.
After finally rushing through this strange and terrifying area, Zhang Ji's men were only less than 10,000 left, but the shield array in front of them greatly increased their confidence. These shields were simply vulnerable to the impact of the powerful cavalry. As long as the shield formation is crushed, the infantry behind will only be allowed to slaughter them.
When they were about to hit, the shield formation suddenly loosened. Almost instantly, these soldiers holding shield steel knives retreated more than ten steps, and what appeared in front of them was a long dragon connected by chariots. These chariots are covered with iron skin, and they are not afraid of fire. I think that they are connected by iron chains and organs, which will surround the rear of the grain and grass.
The horses couldn’t hold back their footsteps and slammed into the car array together, just like hitting a stone wall. Behind the car array were rows of spearmen who kept repeating "stab, retraction, stab, The mechanical action of "receiving", regardless of whether the stabbing is a horse or a man, bursts of blood burst out in front of them. The chariot has been dyed a shocking bright red, and many cavalry have even hit the chariot because of the horse. On the battlefield, under the action of huge inertia, it flew to the back of the spearman, and just fell to the ground, and was chopped into flesh by the swarming knives.
In a panic, Zhang Ji gave a whistle and gathered the remnants. There were only a thousand riders left who could fight. Seeing that the situation was not good, he did not dare to rush into the battle anymore, turned his horse's head and left.
Zhao Yun was really looking at the back of the car formation. He took off the strong bow and spotted Zhang Ji's horse. The one who "swished" was an arrow. The horse hissed and turned the dust down. Zhao Yun waved his spear and leaped forward. After passing through the car formation and entering the defeated army, they picked left and right stabs, and they all fell. The Jingzhou soldiers behind also rushed forward and defeated the Luoyang army.
This battle was broken in history. The infantry had the best record of defeating the cavalry with less victory. Zhang Ji’s 20,000 cavalrymen had less than a thousand escaped. The rest were either dead or injured. All the living became prisoners of the Jingzhou Army. Even Zhang Ji himself was captured alive,
Almost at the same time, the Hulao Pass commander Zhao Cen surrendered to the Kwantung Allied Forces. The Kwantung princes learned that Dong Zhuo was going to give up Luoyang and retreat to Chang'an, but they all flinched. Only Cao Cao led the troops to chase after him, and Li Rushe was defeated. Almost the entire army was wiped out in the ambush. Even Cao Cao himself almost became a prisoner of the Xiliang Army. Although he killed Xu Rong, Cao Cao was also greatly injured.
Knowing that Zhao Yun defeated Zhang Ji’s cavalry, Liu Xin still couldn’t believe his eyes. It was indeed unheard of that the infantry had beaten the cavalry like this, but Liu Xin was not dazzled by the victory. He knew that. Therefore, there are such results. First, the Jingzhou army is fully prepared and Zhao Yun commanded properly. Second, the Luoyang cavalry was negligent in training and their combat power was too poor. Third, the cavalry at this time has not really become the king on the battlefield. If you encounter future generations For the Mongolian cavalry, the result may be completely different. On the other hand, Liu Xin also felt it was a pity. Because of the use of too many studs, the horses suffered great damage. Many horses can no longer be used as war horses, or even only Can kill the rations used as soldiers,
Seeing Zhang Ji who was tied up by the guards and brought into the account, Liu Xin couldn't help but hesitate. It was a bit embarrassing whether to kill or stay.