A thousand cavalry rushing into the enemy formation is like throwing a stone into a pond. Although it can cause ripples, the effect is too small.
However, as long as they can win over a little bit of chaos, they can give Zhao Yun and Guan Yu an opportunity.
"Withdraw towards the cavalry!" Zhao Yun shouted loudly. The cavalry he was referring to was naturally his own army of one thousand cavalry.
Guan Yu responded, then rode the red rabbit horse and rushed towards his own cavalry with Zhao Yun.
As long as you can blend into your own cavalry, your chances of escape will be greatly increased.
But it's easier said than done. Although joining the cavalry team will help you escape, the various difficulties are still very high. First, the cavalry team of your own army broke into the periphery of the battlefield, far away from the two of them, and a thousand cavalrymen
The time they can support is really limited, and it is very likely that the thousand cavalry will have been swallowed up before the two of them arrive.
Secondly, even if the two of them join up with the thousand cavalry, it will still be very difficult for such a sparse cavalry to break through the encirclement among these thousands of troops.
"Humph, it's just the light of a grain of rice." Seeing the sudden appearance of this thousand cavalry team, both Wang Men and Gao Lan were a little surprised at first, but then they felt extremely funny.
The quality of the cavalry in the Central Plains was far different from that in the north. What's more, the cavalry that appeared at this time was only about a thousand cavalry. What role could it play except to die.
It's just to add to your own military exploits.
Wangmen paid no attention to this new cavalry team, and only sent two thousand knights from his own army to encircle and suppress Cao Jun's one thousand cavalry. In his opinion, the northern cavalry was two to one against the Central Plains cavalry.
The ratio is enough to cause a situation of massacre.
Gao Lan on the side frowned slightly when he saw this. As a general of an army, it is not a good sign to underestimate the enemy. It should be noted that a lion must try its best to fight a rabbit.
But Gao Lan did not go to the Wangmen to give any advice. Although he was a little disgusted with the Wangmen's attitude of ignoring the enemy, he did not think that Cao Jun's one thousand cavalry had the possibility of defeating Yuan Shaojun's two thousand cavalry.
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Therefore, Gao Lan did not let his infantry surround Cao Jun's cavalry, even though his infantry was dozens of times larger than the opponent's.
"Humph!" Xia Houyuan, who was at the forefront of Cao's cavalry, snorted coldly when he saw this, and then showed a sneer. He originally thought that he would face a series of fierce battles as soon as he broke into the battlefield, but unexpectedly the enemy general only assigned about two thousand cavalry.
As for himself, as the commander-in-chief of these thousand cavalry, Xia Houyuan was greatly dissatisfied, and at the same time he was very lucky.
If he was entangled by the army as soon as he broke into the battlefield, he would probably have to consider retreating before long, but now the opponent only sent out two thousand riders...
Yes, the number of two thousand riders is quite large, but it can no longer make Xia Houyuan feel huge pressure.
With one against ten, Xia Houyuan may panic, but with one against two, it can only arouse Xia Houyuan's pride and fighting spirit!
Who is Xia Houyuan? He can be said to be the number one among the generals of the Xiahou family. In terms of commanding troops, he is by no means inferior to Zhang Liao and others. In terms of personal bravery, although he is not as good as Dian Wei and Huang Zhong, he is by no means mediocre!
This does not mean that such a good general has absolutely no fear at all times, but do you want him to shrink back in fear with a force twice as large as your own? Impossible!
What's more, at this time, he still has a secret weapon in his hand that the other party absolutely did not expect.
"Kill!" Xia Houyuan gave the order and led the thousand cavalry behind him forward bravely.
Among the two thousand horses on the opposite side, the one who rushed at the front was a military lord. Xia Houyuan rode his horse and rushed in front of him. Without even looking at the opponent, he raised his gun and stabbed the opponent under the horse.
He is just a military prince, not worth focusing on for a moment.
The knights behind Xia Houyuan also rushed towards him one after another, raising their weapons and stabbing forward.
Suddenly, wails and shouts of death were heard everywhere, but looking around, it turned out that there were more casualties among the knights in Yuan Shao's army.
How is that possible! Seeing such a result, Wang Men was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.
In fact, although the number of these thousand cavalry is not large, they have two treasures that other cavalry absolutely do not have - stirrups and horseshoes.
These two things were tinkered with by Gao Shun last year.
Single-sided stirrups already existed at the end of the Han Dynasty, but the advent of double-sided stirrups can still play a shocking role. The stirrup leather of the single-sided stirrups is very short, and its function is only to make it easier for the knight to get on the horse, and wait for the knight to sit down.
After getting on the horse, there is no more pedaling. The bilateral stirrups provided by Gao Shun have lengthened stirrup leather, which allows the knight to support his body well on the horse. Even if he makes some exaggerated movements, he does not have to worry about falling off the horse.
danger.
Most cavalry rarely use long weapons as weapons. The reason is that they have to control their horses with one hand to stabilize their bodies, making it difficult to free up two hands to control long weapons at the same time while riding. The emergence of bilateral stirrups,
This problem can be improved so much that cavalry using long weapons is no longer a fantasy.
Horseshoe, also known as horse iron, was invented by the ancient Romans. It is said that it was born in the first century BC or even earlier, but it has not yet been introduced to China. The function of horseshoe is to protect the horses' hooves well.
palm, extending the service life of the war horse.
Traveling to the Three Kingdoms, how could you not take out something like a stirrup and a horse shoe? Both of these things are not difficult to forge. Under Gao Shun's instructions, the blacksmith in Xuchang City quickly made the real thing.
However, although these two things are just gadgets, they have a real role in promoting the development of cavalry. When Gao Shun presented these two things to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was so happy that he burst into laughter on the spot.
Mouth.
"With this good thing, after I defeat Yuan Shao, why not worry about forming a tiger and leopard cavalry!"
Cao Cao was very excited to get the stirrups and horseshoes, and he valued Gao Shun's talents even more.
Gao Shun was good at commanding troops, had great martial arts skills, and was elegant in literature. Cao Cao originally thought that he valued him very much, but when Gao Shun presented him with the stirrup and horse shoe, Cao Cao realized that he still didn't seem to fully understand Gao Shun.
And now, the thousand cavalry matched with stirrups and horseshoes are fighting fiercely in the enemy's formation. Although the advantage of the stirrups is not unique, it is definitely unique. If the king's five thousand cavalry attack in large numbers,
These thousand people really can't defeat one against five, but facing an enemy force twice as large as our own, there is still no problem with one against two.
It is true that Cao Jun's cavalry was destined to suffer casualties, but the casualty ratio of Yuan Shao's cavalry on the opposite side was even higher.
Within a short time of fighting, Cao Jun's cavalry lost more than 70 cavalry, while Yuan Jun's cavalry had already lost more than 200 cavalry.