Five thousand Yuan Jun cavalry roared out. Their riding skills were as good as Wuhuan cavalry, as if they had lived on horseback for many years. Even Tadun was secretly amazed. If Tadun had seen this two months ago,
A cavalry team would never express such emotion. Because Yuan Jun
The cavalry has recently been equipped with knock-off stirrups. These knock-off stirrups were of course learned from Cao Jun. The knock-off stirrups are actually two iron rings hung under the saddle, which basically have the function of stirrups, but
The disadvantage is that it easily falls off during long runs.
Although Tadun admired the riding skills displayed by these five thousand cavalry, Tadun was not optimistic about their prospects. He knew that the Han army must have performed "witchcraft" in the open space in front of them.
As expected by Tadun, the galloping Yuan Army cavalry stumbled one after another, but their situation was even worse than that of the Wuhuan cavalry. These Yuan Army cavalry were equipped with imitation stirrups. After their horses fell, they were not as good as the Wuhuan cavalry.
The cavalrymen jumped off their horses so quickly because their feet were still stuck in the stirrups.
Many soldiers were directly crushed by their own horses, and many soldiers were dragged on the ground by their horses that struggled again after falling. Most of the Wuhuan cavalry who encountered the "mine array" yesterday were trampled to death by their comrades.
, today more than half of Yuan's cavalry were dragged to death by their own horses.
Yan Liang has been fighting for many years and has been on the battlefield for many years, but he has never encountered such a situation. He couldn't help but be stunned. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, waved his hand and said: "Go and see a few people to see what happened?
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Several cavalrymen came out in response. They did not dare to go too far, so they jumped off their horses in front of that terrifying area and carefully searched forward. Finally, they found several black horse nails on the muddy ground.
"Huh, huh, what a trivial skill!" Yan Liang learned that his elite cavalry was actually defeated by this inconspicuous little thing. He couldn't help but sneered twice and said, "Come here, lay the planks!"
They are also cavalry. The reason why the Yuan Army cavalry moves slower than the Wuhuan cavalry is because they also carry a large amount of utensils with the army. These utensils include not only the materials needed to build tents, but also iron pots for cooking, as well as quite a lot of utensils.
Number of bed planks. These beds
Of course, not everyone can enjoy the beds. Only officers above the rank of captain are qualified to sleep on the specially built low couches. However, Yan Liang's reaction was really quick enough and he used these bed boards to pave a few roads on the ground.
It can break the threat of the Han army's horse nails.
However, the number of wooden planks in the army was limited after all. Although the road was paved, there were only two narrow ones. What should have been a scene of thousands of horses galloping, now turned into a single-plank bridge.
Shi Huan and Wang Wei saw Yuan Jun's two boardwalks advancing slowly through telescopes, and couldn't help but smile at each other. The position of Yuan Jun's brigade was two thousand steps away from their newly dug fourth trench, and
Regardless of whether the planks Yan Liang brought are enough, even if there were enough planks, if he wanted to lay them here, it would probably be noon, and it would have to be without interference from the Han army.
However, Shi Huan did not intend to interfere with Yuan Jun's work of laying planks. All the horse nails they brought with the army had been scattered out, but it was still not enough to cover the entire area in front of them. If Yuan Jun searched carefully, although he might have to pay some price,
But a way can also be found quickly. Now that Yan Liang has come up with the stupid method of laying wooden planks, the situation is completely different.
The two long and narrow wooden planks severely restricted the Yuan army's range of action, and the cavalry could not use their speed. If they really advanced through these two wooden planks, they would become a living target for the Han army's crossbowmen.
Seeing that Yuan Jun, who was laying the boardwalk, had already entered the range of the crossbow, Wang Wei couldn't wait to order an attack, but was stopped by Shi Huan. From the situation where Yuan Jun's cavalry was injured by horse nails, he keenly
Feel it, Yuan Jun
There has been no serious communication with the Wuhuan people. The Yuan army must not know the Han army's crossbow shooting yet. Shi Huan's purpose is just to drag the enemy here. He does not want to expose his strength prematurely. He wants to wait for the Yuan army to enter the trench.
Shoot again within a hundred steps.
Suddenly, Yuan Jun who was laying planks stopped and slowly retreated. Shi Huan was surprised, thinking that Yuan Jun was about to launch an attack, and quickly ordered his crossbowmen to prepare. However, Yuan Jun's attack did not start, but
More planks were brought in to widen the boardwalk to both sides.
Of course, Yan Liang's army did not have so many wooden planks. He sent soldiers to fetch these planks from nearby villages. The people in the village had long fled into the mountains, and the houses in the village were empty. Yuan Jun's soldiers rushed in and took all the planks that could be found.
All the necessary things have been moved here.
In a short period of time, Yan Liang could only think of a stupid way to deal with horse nails by laying wooden planks, but he was not stupid. He had commanded cavalry for many years, and of course he knew that such two narrow passages restricted the performance of cavalry, so he wanted to widen them
the way.
When Yuan Jun widened the boardwalk three or four times and laid it three hundred steps away from the trench, Shi Huan finally couldn't hold it anymore and shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
The Han army's crossbowmen, who had been waiting for a long time, pulled the strings of their bows and fired thousands of arrows. The soldiers of the Yuan army who were laying planks were caught off guard and fell to the ground one after another. Yan Liang saw it from behind and was shocked. He turned around and asked: "Jingzhou army
Can your bow and arrow shoot so far?"
All the soldiers shook their heads numbly, only for a moment, Nan Qiao and others sneered secretly.
Yan Liang knew that these Wuhuan leaders must be hiding something from him, but with the enemy at hand, he couldn't help it, so he could only wave his hand and shouted: "Come!"
This time, Yan Liang sent a total of 10,000 cavalry. Following the lessons learned from the previous group, this group of cavalry ran much slower. Seeing that they were approaching the end of the boardwalk, the Han army fired dense arrows at them again.
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This was the last ditch. The Han army's crossbowmen did not hold back any more, and they poured arrow after arrow at the enemy like heavy rain. The Yuan army was far from the fearless spirit of the Wuhuan cavalry, and they encountered such a powerful arrow.
When it rained, many people began to stop moving forward, and some even turned around.
When Yan Liang saw the poor performance of his men, he lost all face. He couldn't help being furious. He rushed up the boardwalk with a big sword. When he encountered the soldiers who were retreating, he slashed them in the head. He killed more than ten people in succession. The cavalry was defeated.
The momentum was finally stopped. Yan Liang's sword was guarding the rear, and Yuan Jun's cavalry had no choice but to rush forward.
The area in front of the trench was the area with the highest concentration of horse nails. In addition, the Han army's arrows were fired at almost all the time. The Yuan army's cavalry who rushed through the wooden planks fell off their horses one after another. However, frightened by Yan Liang's lust,
The soldiers could only move forward one after another.
Rows of soldiers fell down. After paying tens of thousands of lives, Yuan Jun's cavalry finally rushed to the front of the trench. The trench was dug in a hurry, and the excavated soil was piled directly in front, which caused unexpected consequences.
The effect was as if a city wall had been erected in front, blocking the path of Yuan Jun's cavalry.
The Yuan Jun cavalry is different from the Wuhuan cavalry. The Wuhuan people grew up on horses, and their best fighting method is to ride and shoot. Without horses, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Therefore, in most cases,
Even if they encounter obstacles, the Wuhuan people rarely give up their horses.
The Yuan Army's cavalry was different. Many of them were converted from infantry to cavalry. When they encountered the obstacle in front, they immediately jumped down, drew their sabers and started hand-to-hand combat with the Han army.
The Han army was composed of spearmen, shield bearers and crossbowmen. They cooperated skillfully with each other and performed their respective duties. Even if they encountered Wuhuan cavalry, they could fight, not to mention these Yuan Jun cavalry who dismounted and fought on foot? But Yuan Jun
However, the cavalry had an absolute advantage in numbers, and they started a fierce tug-of-war in front of the trench.
Seeing Yuan Jun's cavalry fighting the battle like this, Tadun couldn't help but be stunned, but Yan Liang was not anxious at all. Yes, the battle situation has gradually fallen into a stalemate, but Ye City is very solidly built, with four acropolis around it and ten people inside the city.
With tens of thousands of troops and countless supplies of food and fodder, they would not be easily conquered. Rather than saying that Yan Liang was anxious to return to aid Yecheng, it is better to say that he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to engage in an internal and external attack with the defenders of Yecheng.
Annihilate the entire Jingzhou army at the gates of Yecheng.
Although Yan Liang didn't know the size of the Jingzhou army in front of him, he saw that they had built many fortifications and guessed that their purpose was to prevent him from returning reinforcements and buy time for the troops to attack Yecheng. If this was the case, this would
The number of people supporting the Jingzhou Army will not be too large. As long as the fight continues slowly, even two or three of them will be able to defeat them all.
What Yan Liang doesn't know is that there are no troops attacking Yecheng at all. Yuan Shao, who has always been indecisive, actually knows that a fierce battle is taking place here. He is discussing with his advisers whether to send troops to attack from both inside and outside. Yuan Shao
Traditional meetings have always been long and lengthy, with endless debates. It is impossible to reach a final conclusion without three to five days of effort.
Just as a fierce battle was taking place on this land fifty miles south of Yecheng, groups of cavalry in black clothes and black armor appeared on the Mobei grassland. These were soldiers of the Sixth Army. The Sixth Army was formed by Liu Xin
The only pure cavalry regiment, the combat effectiveness is quite strong. If this army joins the encirclement and reinforcements, the battle situation will become extremely smooth, but Liu Xin did not make such arrangements.
The numerous blood debts committed by the Xianbei people in Yanmen and Taiyuan counties made Liu Xin extremely angry. He was no longer satisfied with just wiping out Yuan Shao's main force and driving foreign tribes such as Xianbei and Wuhuan back to the grassland. He wanted to use the youth of these two tribes to
To enhance the opportunity to penetrate into the Central Plains, destroy their old nest, so that they will not have a chance to turn over for decades or even hundreds of years!