The Chu army generals stood on the chariots in the rear, looking at the changes of the Qin army.
The Qin army was like the armies of other countries, with soldiers generally bringing their own clothes and no uniforms.
But the Qin people liked to wear black, so when viewed from a distance, the Qin army did not have a uniform, but it seemed as if they had a uniform, all in black.
Although the Qin people's clothes were almost all black, the colors of their war horses were very mixed.
Now the Qin army was splitting up in the middle, like a tide. Not only the soldiers in the middle, but even the horses were wearing armor painted black, and it was unclear whether it was iron, copper, or leather.
When the strange cavalry of the Qin people mounted their horses, the generals of the Chu army realized the danger even though they had never seen such a scene before.
"Shoot! Shoot!" he gave the order immediately.
"General, the enemy has shot arrows. Should we shoot back at them first?" asked the deputy general.
Wang Jian thought for a moment and said coldly: "Charge over and crush them!"
The deputy general's heart trembled, and he frowned and obeyed the order.
The whole army knew how much General Wang Jian valued this heavy cavalry. The horses and soldiers of this heavy cavalry had been carefully prepared. General Wang Jian even shared his own benefits with this heavy cavalry, and the food he ate was almost the same as that of the junior officers.
So the deputy general came to ask for advice. He thought General Wang Jian would try his best to reduce the loss of this expensive heavy cavalry.
But General Wang Jian's order was to charge forward and crush the enemy under the rain of arrows.
Regardless of the cost.
Why is this happening? The deputy general couldn't figure it out. But the Qin army's orders were strict, and the commander ordered them to go through mountains of swords and seas of fire.
So he could only give the order to the heavy cavalry to repel the enemy under the rain of arrows.
Perhaps it was the armor on their bodies, or perhaps it was the extraordinary treatment they had enjoyed during this period, every soldier of this heavy cavalry had no hesitation in their hearts.
This was the first time they went into battle as heavy cavalry, and no one knew whether they could meet General Wang Jian's expectations.
They don’t know themselves.
But they all hope that they can meet General Wang Jian's expectations, otherwise they would be sorry for General Wang Jian's kindness to them.
The horn sounded, and the black mass of heavy cavalry moved forward slowly like an iron tower, then ran faster and faster, rushing into the range of the rain of arrows, like a suicide squad.
The Chu soldiers who were shooting arrows from the chariots were very confused as to why these cavalrymen rushed forward to die.
Too confused to react, they just continued shooting arrows as usual.
Countless arrows fell on this group of strange cavalrymen, just like falling on a stone wall, and were bounced off without any reaction. The strange black cavalrymen were like a black wave, not only were they not stopped by the small rain of arrows, but their forward speed was getting faster and faster.
Then, huge black waves slammed heavily into the mountain wall formed by bronze chariots.
As waves fall, new waves come up.
There were soldiers from Chu whose hometown was on the eastern coast. After being conscripted, they traveled thousands of miles to this not very vast plain between the mountains.
They knew the power of the waves, but their bronze chariots and erected shields were far less solid than the cliffs on the seashore.
When the first wave hit, their mountain wall began to collapse; the second wave rushed directly into the cracks in the collapsed rock wall and surged toward the rear; the third wave, the fourth wave... the subsequent huge waves, accompanied by the screams of the Chu soldiers, directly pierced through the Chu soldiers' formation, and countless Chu soldiers were submerged in the raging waves.
When the first wave of heavy cavalry came into contact with the Chu army's position, the light cavalry also clamped their horses' bellies, lowered their bodies, and rushed out of the Qin army's position.
When the huge black waves pierced through the Chu army's position, the light cavalry poured in through the gaps created by the huge waves, pushing the Chu army apart and tearing it apart.
They simply abandoned their bows and arrows, wielding sabers and engaging in close combat with the Chu army, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
Wang Jian stood on a high ground and watched the clearly divided Qin army and Chu army blend together. With a wave of his hand, the flag bearer changed the flag again, and the drummer and trumpeter changed their tune again.
Two more cavalry units rushed out from the flanks and encircled the left and right wings of the Chu army.
The two cavalry units did not use sabers, but long weapons with bloodletting grooves, such as spears, long swords, and long halberds. Some of them held their weapons with both hands, while others held their weapons under their armpits and rushed directly towards the two wings of the Chu army.
The Chu army had never seen this kind of cavalry.
At that time, the cavalry had no stirrups. In some countries where cavalry was not advanced, even the saddle was just a piece of cloth. Therefore, the cavalry mainly used horse archery, supplemented by short weapons. If they charged directly with long weapons, the opponent's shield would block it, and the inertia would make the cavalry fall off the horse directly.
But with stirrups, things are completely different.
The cavalry could fix themselves firmly on the horse's back and use the powerful momentum of the horse to directly pierce the soldiers on the ground with their long weapons, which could not be resisted by the wooden shield held by a single person.
As a result, the wings of the Chu army were immediately pierced by the light cavalry, just like a big bird with its wings pierced by nails.
The gap dug by the heavy cavalry was used to directly rip open the big bird.
"The time has come." Wang Jian jumped on his horse and put on his helmet, "Follow me!"
The drummer waved his hands as if he was going to break the drum skin.
The trumpeter blew a high-pitched note, like the roar of a giant beast.
The long-awaited main infantry of the Qin Dynasty began to charge.
(End of this chapter)