At this time, he was wearing the standard platoon assault riding equipment. An eight-petal nose protection helmet, two pairs of iron wall armor, two iron greaves, a hard bow on each side of the left and right saddles, and two sets of arrows under the horse's neck.
There are thirty straight pointed iron feather arrows in the bag.
In Zhao Yun's hand is a pair of horse poles that are eight feet long, strong and straight, and are made of fine eucalyptus wood. On his waist is a sharp ring-headed knife, and there are three iron bone swords in the belt, which are specially used to break armor.
This complete set of equipment can only be equipped by a front-line cavalry like Zhao Yun. As for the assault cavalry in the back row, most of them only have some of Zhao Yun's equipment.
But no one in the camp had any complaints, because the vanguard of the sudden cavalry was specially selected to break out of the formation, and the risk was very high. Naturally, they had to be fully armed. Not to mention that the fact that Zhao Yun was Qu Shuai's brother-in-law was already known to the entire army.
Equipping these is no longer a problem.
However, many people expressed confusion as to why Zhao Yun came to be a dangerous front-line pick when he was already Qu Shuai's cousin, but this did not prevent everyone from respecting Zhao Yun and Qu Shuai.
Zhao Yun's equipment weighed over a hundred kilograms at least, plus his own weight. Even if the mount was a rare good horse from Heshuo, it could only carry him for a quarter of an hour.
Therefore, those like Zhao Yun who are the first to rush forward must successfully break out within a quarter of an hour, otherwise it will be dangerous.
But Zhao Yun has no timidity, only endless fighting spirit.
Although it was his first time to participate in such a large-scale war, he had participated in many operations organized by Changshan State to go north to fight against the Xianbei Rangers in his hometown.
He knew that the Han cavalry was good at impact, and this impact was more of a psychological impact.
When an unformed, disorganized cavalry or infantry group faces a heavily armed cavalry charging towards them, who can help but be horrified and frightened. Of course, the cavalry will also be frightened during the assault. They see the infantry on the opposite side releasing hedgehogs.
Like the spears in the forest, I am also afraid.
So this is a battle of whoever is afraid first and who loses first.
It's just that the cavalry has an advantage in this kind of struggle. Because the cavalry can charge repeatedly and decide whether it really advances. The infantry can only be on high alert again and again until they have a mental breakdown.
This time, the Flying Bear Army was responsible for attacking the two enemy battalions in the northernmost part of the battlefield.
Before the war, the commander of the Flying Bear Army, Guo Liang, and all the generals and generals instructed them to implement repeated collision tactics in this battle. In other words, each team of 50 riders took turns to attack. If they failed to rush once, they would retreat, and they would rush again after organizing.
.Continue to overwhelm the infantry phalanx.
Guo Liang then ordered Yan Rou, his subordinate, to lead fifty cavalry to charge through the weak spot on the enemy's flank, performing a horizontal charge.
Although Guo Liang's Flying Bear Cavalry Regiment is newly formed, they are all elites in the army.
Last year, Zhang Dan cooperated with the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and won a great victory against the Han army in Hebei Province in Jize. In this battle, Zhang Dan's general Guo Liang made outstanding achievements and was promoted to the commander of the newly formed Flying Bear Army after the war.
As Guo Liang's old boss, Zhang Dan naturally helped Guo Liang. Not only did he let him lead the fifty cavalrymen of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, but he also allowed Yan Rou, Shan Jing, Wang Men, and Li Zhong to surrender in this battle.
, Tian Yue and twenty other Youbei warriors were taken away together.
After that, Guo Liang used the original 300 Tuqi troops to supplement and reorganize them into the current 500 Flying Bear Army. Commander Qu personally awarded the Flying Bear Banner.
This time was the first battle after the establishment of the Flying Bear Army, so Guo Liang naturally did not dare to relax. Not only did he lead the charge with his fifty cavalry, but he also asked the soldiers behind him to hold the flag of the Flying Bear Army high to guide his subordinates in the rear.
direction.
And our Zhao Yun is among these fifty riders, still in the center of the front row.
The melodious horn became more and more urgent.
Zhao Yun and others mounted their horses, but before they could slow down for a long time, the trumpeters three rows behind him were already sounding a rapid horn sound according to the drill.
This is an acceleration signal.
After a long period of training, the war horses have formed a conditioned reflex to this rhythmic sound. Therefore, without Zhao Yun and the others urging them, the war horses began to stride forward.
Countless cavalry rushed down the mountain ridge slopes. The rumble of horse hooves and the melodious and rapid sound of horns broke the dawn of the day.
Every knight who is surrounded by such greatness is filled with enthusiasm.
The same was true for Zhao Yun. He held his horse firmly, his hands covered with sweat. If his hands were not covered with leather holsters, they might have slipped.
Zhao Yun thought that he had been prepared for a long time, and he felt that he was an unparalleled warrior, but at this moment of ten thousand horses, his mind was still blank.
Suddenly, the leader on the far right of Zhao Yun shouted:
"Let it go."
The row of sudden riding fans subconsciously put down their horses at this sound, and Zhao Yun also came to his senses in the process.
Getting closer.
Zhao Yun looked at the spear held out and held his breath.
Suddenly, an accident happened.
There was a commotion behind the enemy army, and then they saw countless flags lying on the ground. The chaos spread to the spearmen in the front row. Seeing that their friendly troops collapsed, they also abandoned their spears and ran towards the mountains and forests to the north.
Although Zhao Yun was shocked, he was not surprised by the reaction from the other party.
The battalion of soldiers they were charging with was obviously not elite soldiers. They knew this from looking at the flags and trenches on the opposite side before the battle.
A massacre soon began.
The sounds of fighting echoed in Zhao Yun's ears one after another. The entire 500-horse Flying Bear Army had already joined the battle. However, the enemy troops in front of them actually threw their backs to them.
So who can resist this hearty assault?
The sound of horse hooves became more and more continuous, and the wailing of the enemy soldiers became more and more intense. Some of the Flying Bear Army's sudden knights had their horseshoes broken, so they took out their swords and slashed them down. Even some of them were killed.
Still thinking that these things were not smooth, he took out the Iron Bone Flower and smashed the heads of the people below.
This was an asymmetrical battle. This battalion of Han soldiers collapsed without causing any harm to the Flying Bear Army, and then were killed and injured on the way to collapse.
Of course, there were brave warriors among the Han soldiers in this battalion. Five Han soldiers dressed as officials went against the retreating friendly forces, faced the charging Fei Xiong Army and launched an attack without fear.
Their enemy is none other than Zhao Yun, who is in the front row and in the middle.
Seeing these five heroes who dared to charge back, Zhao Yun was refreshed. This is what he wanted to fight.
He patted the horse on the hip, and the horse speeded up a little more thoughtfully, and in the blink of an eye it was in front of the five Han soldiers.
Zhao Yun straightened up the sword in his hand, and the sharp sword pierced the armor of the front official like cutting tofu.
Before it was over, Zhao Yun's Ma Zhen was still poking at the corpse on the opposite side. Zhao Yun spun around the waist, and Ma Zhen broke away from the corpse. He spun around and blew the heads of another Han army.
This moment frightened the remaining three Han army officers and soldiers. The two officers, who were guarding a basin and wearing collar armor, were about to retreat.
But Zhao Yun threw the horse directly and nailed the armored general to the grass.
The two officials beside him obviously couldn't believe that their husband died here like this, so they went crazy and went to Zhao Yun to kill him.
One of them jumped to hug Zhao Yun, and the other actually threw himself under Zhao Yun's horse and was about to chop off the horse's legs.
Zhao Yun's heart tightened, and he subconsciously pulled up the reins. The horse narrowly avoided the knife at his feet, but he himself was hugged by the leaping Han army.
The Han army smiled ferociously and tried to pull Zhao Yun off his horse.
But his twisted smile disappeared instantly, because he discovered that the young general's body was like cast iron on the horse, and he couldn't move him even with all his strength.
How could he know how terrifying Zhao Yun's waist power was, and this terror combined with the stirrups on both sides made it even more terrifying.
Looking at the face under the eight-petal helmet, he was so young and still had fluff on his mouth. The man tried his best to laugh. Before he could speak, Zhao Yun held his head in his arms, and then gave him a very standard hug.
Neck strangulation ended his life.
As for the remaining Han soldier who was on the ground trying to kill the horse's leg, because of his excessive strength, he was directly stepped on the chest by the falling horse's hoof, and he vomited blood and died.
In this way, all five Han officials died in Zhao Yun's hands.
Just when Zhao Yun was about to cut off the head of the Han general who was wearing basin collar armor, Li Zhong's horse galloped past and cut off the Han general's head with a single blow.
This Li Zhong joined the Taishan Army last year and was part of Yan Rou's group. This operation was obviously to steal Zhao Yun's first-level merit.
But what was unexpected was that after Li Zhong took the head, he rode back to Zhao Yun without any hesitation, and then said with a flattering smile:
"Zilong, I checked this head. It's at least the commander of their battalion. I cut it for you."
Good guy, this Li Zhong has taken a wider path.
Zhao Yun smiled at Li Zhong, accepted his kindness, and then took the head and threw it into his bag.
Then he said to Li Zhong, who was full of expectation:
"General Li Shi, it's time for us to chase death and flee north. If you don't mind, you can fight with me."
Li Zhong was overjoyed, cupping his fists and saying:
"Dare you disobey me?"
So, Zhao Yun and Li Zhong, who was full of joy, continued to pursue the defeated troops.
Not far away, many colleagues from the Flying Bear Army saw this scene. They were all full of contempt for Li Zhong, but they were all envious of Li Zhong.
No matter where you are, what you do may be important, but what is more important is who you follow.
Most of the officials in the Flying Bear Army are from Hebei, but the proportion and position of warriors from Hebei in the Taishan Army are relatively low. Therefore, when Zhao Yun, who is both a northerner and a relative of Commander Qu, appears in the Flying Bear Army,
Many people regard him as the leader of Hebei warriors and want to seize the opportunity to get closer to him.
And this opportunity was seized by Li Zhong.
You must know that Li Zhong was already a general leading ten cavalry at this time, and Zhao Yun was just the first to choose the vanguard, which was three ranks lower than Li Zhong.
Li Zhong, on the other hand, didn't care about these nonsense at all, he just licked her hard, he was a character.
Let’s not talk about the entire war without mentioning the secret regrets of many colleagues.
At this time, on the north side of the battlefield, where the Flying Bear Army was attacking, the Taishan Army had formed an overwhelming advantage.
The Han army was very weak on this side, with only four battalions. One of them was directly defeated by the Flying Bear Army, and the other was defeated by the Tiande Army who caught up later.
The remaining defeated troops of the two battalions were being driven back by Fei Xiong and Tiande armies, forming a tendency to roll back the bead curtain. Therefore, the remaining two battalions of the Han army were also in danger.
But compared to the lackluster battlefield in the north, the situation in the battlefield in the middle is quite impressive.
Responsible for the charge in the middle are the Feibao, Tianxiong and Tianwu armies of the Taishan Army.
The Zhongshan national soldiers were roughly deployed in the middle. Zang Min's most elite 2,000 national soldiers and 2,000 old Great Wall beacon soldiers were deployed here. A total of eight battalion heads were deployed here.
As for those to the north and south, they were all tribes from the Zhongshan Kingdom's wealthy clans, and were not Zang Min's core tribe.
When Feibao began to charge, the Han soldiers in the middle were already ready. These battalion leaders were unmatched in terms of equipment and camp vehicles by the other two groups.
The front row of these Zhongshan soldiers were all armored, and the front row of camp cars and horses were also well-organized. You must know that these were all prepared in the dark, which shows the extraordinary strength of the Han soldiers in the middle.
Therefore, Zang Min also had high hopes for the troops in the middle. Not only did he place General Dajun in the middle, but he also asked his adopted son Zang Yi to personally command and command four thousand elite troops.
Facing the fierce formation of the Han army ahead, Xi Shen, the leader of the Flying Leopard Army, was not stupid and had no intention of charging forward.
He led five hundred cavalry directly through the gaps between the Han army's battalions, constantly harassing the central army's battalions with projectiles.
But this kind of projectile could not defeat the central army, and Xi Shen certainly knew this. So in the process of cruising, Xi Shen was also looking for fighting opportunities.
He did not believe that all these enemy troops were invulnerable.
Soon, Xi Shen discovered the enemy's loopholes.
Among some of the battalion heads of the Central Route Army, four are indeed very sophisticated, but the remaining four battalion heads do not know whether it is due to lack of time or because they think they are arranged behind the friendly forces. In short, these four battalion heads only have the front covered.
There is a formation of cars, but there is no cover or block in the rear.
After discovering this loophole, Xi Shen was still able to let it go.
He picked up the horn and played it vigorously, then ordered the flag guards to wave the flag, and then led the Flying Leopard Army from the north of the battlefield in a large attack, and finally smashed into a Han camp formation.
This battalion had no defense at all from the rear and was directly penetrated by the Flying Leopard Army.
The infantry's field of vision is very limited. They are crowded and can only see the backs of friendly troops' heads. Therefore, when the Flying Leopard Army ran past them, they could not see the movement of this army.
Moreover, the entire battlefield was very chaotic. At this time, the two battalions of Tianxiong and Tianwu assault cavalry also joined the battlefield and began to launch fire just like the Flying Leopard Army did before.
Therefore, most of the attention of this battalion of Han soldiers was attracted by the two battalions of Tianxiong and Tianwu.
It was also at this time that they were overtaken by the Flying Leopard Army, and the whole army was in chaos.
What's even more sad is that this battalion of Han troops placed their crossbowmen behind the formation, so when these crossbowmen without long soldiers faced the incoming Flying Leopard Army, the result was destined to be tragic.
A moment later, the Han battalion collapsed under the eyes of the rear deputy commander Zang Yi.
Zang Yi was standing on a chariot at this time, looking at the chaos in front of him. He knew that the battalions of the center army were now too far apart, so he allowed the enemy cavalry to constantly pass through.
After thinking about it, Zang Yi waved his flag, and the Wuhuan Rangers who were resting by the big tent began to give orders to move out.
He called Sun Jian into the chariot and solemnly said to Sun Jian:
"Wentai, I will leave the commander's flag to you. I will lead the Wuhuan cavalry to intercept the enemy in a moment. During this process, you must rearrange the center army into a square formation. This way we will still have something to fight for.
Chance."
Sun Jian thought for a while and took the initiative to ask for orders:
"Why don't you let me lead the Wuhuan Cavalry..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zang Yi and listened to what he said:
"You don't understand nonsense, so you can't control them. Only I can do this."
After saying that, Zang Yi handed over the command to Sun Jian, and then started to mount the Wuhuan cavalry.
Sun Jian took the scepter and looked at Zang Yi's back, his eyes flashing: