The cavalry from both sides first engaged in a round of shooting before the close contact.
But no matter in terms of momentum or results, the Dragon Cavalry is undoubtedly a crushing victory... There is no way, the gap in technology is too big.
The distance of two hundred steps passed in an instant, and at this moment, the two sides were about to enter a fierce hand-to-hand battle.
However, just when Tadun led the main force to prepare to attack the Dragon Cavalry battalion charging at the forefront of Cao's army from the front, the cavalry of the Dragon Cavalry battalion suddenly split in the middle and quickly divided into two groups and dispersed from both sides!
Looking down from a high altitude, Cao Jun's military formation looks like an arrow split from an arrowhead.
The vanguard dragon cavalry battalion divided into two groups and moved around the two wings.
In the middle, a group of demon-like heavy armored cavalry shining with the black light of death were revealed.
“Iron Pagoda!!!”
"Iron Pagoda, impact!!!"
Dian Wei roared wildly, and Iron Buddha officially revealed its sharp fangs!
Tiefutu was originally a type of heavy-armored cavalry created by Jin Wushu, the general of the Jin Kingdom. Together with the Guaizima, they accompanied Jin Wushu in his expeditions in the north and south, and made great achievements in battle.
The knights and horses of the Iron Buddha are all covered in heavy armor from head to toe, with only two eyes exposed, and their weapons are heavy carbines and long knives.
From a distance, this group of cavalrymen covered in iron armor looks like small moving iron towers, hence the name "Iron Buddha".
In ancient times, the "Iron Buddha" was comparable to a tank. As the elite heavy cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, it was known in history as "all heavily armored and fully equipped."
Although the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are also divided into light and heavy cavalry (the Leopard Cavalry is a light cavalry and the Tiger Cavalry is a heavy cavalry), the heavy armor of the Tiger Cavalry is only a single layer of chain armor, which is worse than the Iron Buddha in terms of weight and defense.
Too much.
The Iron Buddha is made of double-layered armor and is almost as fine as a single piece of plate armor. This kind of armor, whether it is a sword, gun, hammer, mace, etc., can hardly damage the Iron Buddha.
Although the Iron Buddha is not very fast, their impact is almost unstoppable.
In order to increase the impact of the Iron Buddha, every three heavy armored cavalry are connected with iron ropes. This not only increases their attack range a lot, but also reduces the number of places that need protection.
During the Song Dynasty, when the Tiefu Tu first appeared, the Song Dynasty's army had almost no ability to resist. As soon as the Song army saw the Tiefu Tu, they basically lost all fighting spirit and were psychologically defeated before fighting.
But no matter how powerful the army is, it also has its fatal weaknesses. Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie and others of the Song Dynasty found ways to restrain the Iron Buddha.
Although the men and horses in the Iron Pagoda are heavily armored, the horses' legs cannot be completely protected.
Yue Fei and others used heavy armored infantry to deal with Tiefu Tu. The heavy armored infantry only had to dodge the impact, and then directly resist the attack of the knights on horseback and chop off the horse's legs.
In this battle of wits and courage, the last Tiefutu army was wiped out by Yue Fei. After that, Jin Wushu no longer dared to continue to build the Tiefutu... because the cost of building and maintaining the Tiefutu was not only high.
It's outrageous, and the shortcomings are also very obvious.
With the abilities of Lu Yan and Chen Liujun, they could only afford to raise a thousand iron pagodas. Although Cao Cao wanted to follow suit at first, he was eventually deterred by the extremely high cost.
The reason why Lu Yan wanted to create the Iron Buddha is because its ability to break formations is invincible. As long as there are light cavalry nearby to cover and cooperate, it will be almost destructive and invincible.
In the Han Dynasty, iron armor was a rare thing, and only the elite troops under the major princes in the future could equip it.
Although the weakness of Iron Buddha is also obvious, when the enemy does not understand it at all, it can definitely achieve very good results. However, if the opponent has suffered a big loss once, he will not hit the edge of the knife again, so
This method can only be used once as a trick.
Let alone grassland people, almost all Han people at this time had never seen the complete version of Iron Buddha Tu.
Facing the Wuhuan cavalry this time, Tiefutu's sudden attack will definitely have a miraculous effect.
The dragon cavalry battalion in front suddenly separated. While Tadun was confused, his vigilance was also raised to the highest level.
Later, with the appearance of the Iron Buddha, the dark and hard mobile fortress that looked like a demon from hell made Tadun's heart fall to the bottom.
"What are those!"
Obviously, many Wuhuan cavalry discovered the existence of Tiefu Tu.
"It doesn't look like it's running very fast...but it seems to be very strong."
"Hey! No matter how hard it is, can it be as hard as the mace in my hand?"
When the Iron Buddha appeared, the distance between the two sides was less than fifty steps, and it was almost impossible to avoid it.
"These guys are covered in iron armor and should not be underestimated!"
"Kill!" Wuhuan people roared wildly, and then took the initiative to charge towards Tiefu Tu with their swords.
The two sides finally came together, and countless Wuhuan people swung out their sabers and slashed at the Iron Buddha Tu.
When the two sides came into contact, only the clanging sounds of soldiers and armor could be heard. However, the Wuhuan people's sabers left nothing but a shallow mark and sparks on the heavy armored cavalry.
there is none left...
"What the hell???"
"Why can't I cut it at all?"
"My mace is broken?!"
...
In the midst of astonishment,
One of the Wuhuan captains, with a very skillful posture, slashed forward with his sword towards the chest of a Tiefutu soldier.
"Ding!" A sound of gold and iron colliding was heard, but the feeling of cutting through the iron armor and cutting into the flesh as expected by the captain did not come.
As for the iron pagoda cavalryman who was struck, he only swayed on his horse, and even when he passed by Captain Wanfu, he raised his spear and swiped at Wuhuan Wanfu Captain.
There was a hint of disdain on Captain Ten Thousand's face, thinking how could such a slow attack hit him?
The Captain just turned slightly to dodge the sweeping shot, and then he took advantage of the situation and slashed across the neck of another Iron Buddha cavalryman on the other side.
The neck is one of the weakest points in the iron pagoda's defense. If a sharp saber hits the neck, it is impossible to say that the knight's body and head will be separated.
In the flash of lightning, seeing that this sword was about to hit the weakest part of the knight's defense, the captain suddenly felt his crotch empty, and then his whole body suddenly took off!
"What???"
The captain looked down in astonishment,
It turned out that there was an iron rope connecting the two iron pagodas. When his saber was looking at the neck of Cao Jun's knight, his horse happened to be caught by the iron rope and fell to the ground, so he was thrown away on the horse.
go out!
"Ah!" Captain Ten Thousands exclaimed.
Then, there was a "pop" sound of a sharp weapon entering the body!
The unlucky Captain Ten Thousands unexpectedly bumped head-on into the spear stretched out from the iron pagoda behind him.
The knight was surprised to see a big fish hanging on the spear, and he burst out laughing:
"Hahaha! I, Tieniu, am very lucky and I caught a big fish!!!"