The cavalry is known as the king of the field, and the heavy cavalry is different from the ordinary cavalry. Not only do the soldiers wear heavy armor, they are invulnerable to swords and spears, but even the horses also wear heavy armor, and their attack power is amazing. A cavalryman is enough to deal with six or seven infantrymen, and a heavy cavalryman can deal with ten or twenty infantrymen without any problem.
Especially in siege battles, the role of heavy cavalry is even greater. As long as there is a heavy cavalry of more than 50,000 people, a city can be easily captured. Most of the defenders were infantry soldiers. Every time they went out to fight, when the gates opened and closed, the number of infantrymen who ran out was very limited. Often, they were killed by the cavalry before they could set up their formation. force. As a result, Mo Xiao's army galloped across the grasslands, with few opponents. After entering the Central Plains, it was even more invincible.
Right now, the Lin family army is about to face such a nightmarish army. Fortunately, Lin Dan led everyone to a great victory, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers. He also captured many horses and armors, made them change their equipment, and trained a heavy cavalry of 5,000 people and led them. The plundering on the grassland is full of blood and evil spirits, so this battle has some chances of winning.
In the distance, the drums of war were roaring. In the distance, Lin Dan was wearing heavy armor and slowly walked towards his war horse. She walked through a group of burly men like iron towers, her figure became thinner and thinner, but her aura was not suppressed in the slightest. The soldiers who were lined up on both sides took off their helmets one after another when she came over, and half-kneeled in salute. They revered her from the bottom of their hearts, and had long since surrendered to her completely. Without her, there would not be the current Lin family army, let alone this division of tigers and wolves that the Huns denounced as devils.
The fifty or sixty pound armor seemed to have no weight on Lin Dan's body. She jumped on the horse's back extremely neatly, and ordered, "Let's go."
"Lin Dan!" A hoarse voice suddenly sounded, causing her to stop and look back.
Ding Mujie walked forward slowly, forced a smile and said, "Lin Dan, I wish you victory. Swords have no eyes on the battlefield, you must be careful!"
Before Lin Dan could thank him, Li Xian said confidently: "With a general like General Lin to help out, and a strategist like Ming De to assist, I will win this battle. Without further ado, let's go, you wait for us to triumph. ."
Mingde is Ding Mujie's word. These days he has tried his best to advise Li Xian, and the two have changed from strangers to confidants.
After the group of people said their goodbyes, the war horses set off in unison, raising a piece of yellow sand. The dust blurred Lin Dan's back and Ding Mujie's eyes. He suppressed the fear and sourness in his heart, and waved his hand when the army could no longer be seen from afar: "Let's go, let's find a high place to watch the battle."
A line of soldiers immediately escorted him to nearby Gaogang. He is now the military advisor of King Zhuang, and he frequently comes up with tricks to win, so he has quite a position in the army.
The two armies met on a plain and formed their respective formations. Strictly speaking, the number of Lin's army was more than 100,000 people than Mo Xiao's army, but these 100,000 people were all infantry, which was not enough to see in front of heavy cavalry. But Mo Xiao did not despise Lin Jiajun because of this. These days, he kept learning about Lin Dan's achievements and prestige from the scouts, and unknowingly, he felt a sense of sympathy for her.
Seeing Lin Dan's extremely gorgeous and extremely cold face, he couldn't help laughing: "Okay, this is the opponent I imagined by Mo Xiao!"
Lin Dan stood still.
Mo Xiao didn't call out, he just raised his hand, "Attack!"
The Xiongnu iron cavalry in heavy armor pressed down heavily like a wall. A cavalryman standing at the forefront of the Lin Family Army suddenly raised the small flag in his hand and waved it a few times, and the troops behind immediately began to change formations. The infantry ran forward in an orderly manner, ten in a row, five in a row, scattered Form a phalanx in an orderly manner, and guard the cavalry behind.
Cavalry versus cavalry is the best choice. Cavalry versus infantry is equivalent to delivering food to the enemy. Mo Xiao didn't know what Lin Jiajun was doing, so he hesitated a little, but this little hesitation did not make him feel afraid of Wei's army.
The sound of the horses' hooves gradually approached, but the infantry phalanx of the Lin family's army was still sticking to the front and never retreated.
Two hundred feet, one hundred fifty feet, and one hundred battles. Seeing that the enemy army was getting closer and closer, the Lin family army still did not respond, as if they were waiting to die. This situation obviously does not conform to common sense, and there must be fraud in it! As soon as Mo Xiao thought of this, the iron cavalry of the Xiongnu rushing in front suddenly fell, and the iron cavalry at the back couldn't hold back and stepped on them one after another, causing even greater casualties.
Mo Xiao took a closer look, only to realize that Lin Jiajun dug trenches on the flat grassland at some point in time, covered with bamboo nets and laid a layer of turf. These trenches are like open mouths, swallowing up the incoming Xiongnu iron cavalry, until the iron cavalry running in front fills the hole, and the iron cavalry behind can pass.
Soldiers and warhorses in heavy armor were inherently inconvenient to move. Fortunately, Mo Xiao didn't run at the front in order to hold the line, otherwise he would be dead. At this time, it was too late to retreat, and the Xiongnu soldiers could only ignore the comrades under their feet and continue to charge forward.
The infantrymen of the Lin family still stood still, and when the Xiongnu cavalry got close enough, they pulled out a horse-rejection pole from behind and held it diagonally in front of them. The square formation that was originally neat and tidy suddenly turned into hedgehogs, unable to get close at all. The Xiongnu cavalry, who could not stop their horses' hooves, slammed into these horse-rejecting poles and caused many casualties.
A Wei soldier ran back and waved the small flag in his hand, and the Lin family army immediately changed their formation when they saw this situation. The infantry squatting at the front threw away the broken horse-rejecting pole and ran back. The light cavalry, who had been hiding behind, ran forward. The weapons in their hands were not ordinary swords, spears, swords, and halberds. Plant a six-foot long war scythe. Instead of reaping the heads of the enemy with these scythes, they stooped down and attacked the horses' hooves with their sharp blades.
The Huns' heavy cavalry were wrapped in armor from beginning to end, making them invulnerable. Even their war horses were hidden in thick iron armor. Except for a pair of eyes and four hooves, there was almost nowhere to attack. And Lin Jiajun was looking at this weakness. Once the horse's hoof was injured, these war horses with a load of hundreds of pounds would fall down immediately, and they would not be able to get up no matter how much time was given to them. Heavy armor gives them layers of protection but also limits their mobility.
The light cavalry of Wei State chopped off the hooves of the horses and left, and shuttled through the heavy cavalry of the Xiongnu very flexibly, causing them a piece of damage. Often a horse falls, and a group of horses falls behind, causing heavy casualties. Such weapons, such tactics, the Xiongnu Iron Cavalry was really unheard of, never seen before, and was immediately beaten.
Seeing that another group of Xiongnu iron cavalry fell, they no longer had much advantage in terms of numbers and combat effectiveness. Only then did the five thousand heavy cavalry led by Lin Dan galloped out from the rear and slashed wantonly. This time, the Lin family army had no more strategies and tactics to speak of. Like the Huns, they started to kill in a straight line. They roamed the grasslands for several months, and they had already been blinded. Wherever they passed, the situation was like a broken bamboo. Mo Xiao was confused by the successive changes, and when he saw Lin Dan running towards him with a knife in hand, he turned around and ran away.
He never imagined that in just a few months, the Wei army would have undergone such a change. They are ruthless, bloody, and brave, and they are far more fighting spirit than the Xiongnu iron cavalry. This domesticated, toothless sick tiger has now turned into a male lion, and the wolves on the grassland are no longer his match!
"Retreat, quickly retreat!" Mo Xiao shouted hoarsely. Less than half an hour after the war started, more than half of his 70,000 heavy cavalry were slaughtered. If he didn't run at this time, his entire net worth would be buried here. Although he was the Xiongnu Shanyu, many tribes only surrendered to him on the surface, but secretly had different intentions. If he does not have enough force to deter these people, he will definitely be attacked by them in the future.
The capture of the Central Plains was originally a pie he drew to divert the attention of these people. Now that the pie has become poison, he will naturally spit it out.
How could Lin Dan let him get away easily, chased for hundreds of miles with a big knife, and only stopped worthy of chasing into the depths of the grassland. When the heavy cavalry she led returned to the battlefield, the battle was over, and the Lin family's army almost wiped out the Huns army with the least cost, and won the final victory.
Without Mo Xiao in command, the rest of the Xiongnu army was no longer anything to fear. Lin Dan led his heavy cavalry to encircle these remnants on the grassland, and gradually gained his reputation. As soon as it was said that General Lin was coming, the Xiongnu child didn't even dare to cry, and immediately ran into the tent to hide. If she saw her cavalry galloping past from a distance, the Huns would leave their flocks and tents behind and flee quickly. In the past, they were the only ones who plundered the Central Plains people. How could they ever be plundered by the Central Plains people
The Lin family has been guarding the frontier for generations, and they have dealt with the Huns countless times. The Huns hated them to the bone, thinking that this time the Lin family would be able to exterminate their clan, but they did not expect that Lin Dan would appear in his family as cruel as a wolf like a tiger. Man, I almost wiped out the Huns! Could it be that the Lin family is really the nemesis of the Huns
Mo Xiao naturally didn't mention how he hated Lin Dan, but even so, he couldn't do anything about him. In terms of martial arts, Lin Dan is invincible in the grasslands; in terms of blood, Lin Dan only knows how to attack, but not defense. Every drop of blood on his body reveals an endless ruthlessness. If you are an enemy of her, you will be smashed to pieces. Prepare.
Mo Xiao reorganized the army twice, and was beaten to death by Lin Dan both times. He was also afraid of her and slowly returned to his hometown. If he can't be provoked, he can always hide, so he simply submits a letter of reconciliation and turns his fight with the emperor of the Great Wei State into jade and silk, lest Lin Dan kill him and kill him.
He had heard that Lin Dan had put down his harsh words and wanted to kill the Huns to avenge her family. It's a pity that Mo Lu's methods are too cruel, and he has forced her to a desperate situation, otherwise he would not be so embarrassed by the other party now.