Hu Qi, who participated in the charge, was stunned, but Humphrey, who was in the rear, did not react at all.
He only saw the front line of soldiers and horses being slightly blocked by the crossbow array, and then successfully outflanking them, turning a small breakthrough into a full-scale attack, like a guillotine, hitting the Qingzhou Army's thin array.
According to the usual practice, the winner will be determined soon. The enemy's formation will be riddled with holes in an instant. There will be no infantry to rely on in a heavy formation. In the face of the roaring cavalry, they will only be massacred.
Judging from the cavalry array that was constantly moving forward, his judgment was correct. If the attack was not going smoothly, even if the rear troops wanted to rush forward, there would be no space. If not, why did he leave the 20,000-strong army alone?
, instead of letting Qubei attack first? If the troops cannot be fully deployed, then launch an all-out attack. Only a pure amateur would do this.
Yuvrou, who could stand out from many tribes and become a great chanyu, would certainly not be so stupid.
Therefore, when he heard the warning horn sound ahead, the first thing he felt was not a feeling of vigilance, but a feeling of extreme surprise as if he was caught off guard.
He was so shocked that he failed to adjust the layout in time. In fact, he couldn't adjust at all. Apart from the warning horn, everything was obviously going well, so what could be adjusted?
Humphrey couldn't see clearly. On the one hand, he was a fan of the authorities. On the other hand, there was something wrong with his viewing angle. Looking behind Hu Qi, he really couldn't see anything strange.
However, those who climbed up to watch the battle could see it clearly.
The conversation between the Jizhou generals has been stagnant for a long time. In terms of absolute time, it may not be long. After all, it has only been a short moment since the battle. But because the shock they received was too strong, the feelings of Jiao Chu and others
, this short moment seems as long as a century.
They were all frightened by the Qingzhou Army's combat power.
Three consecutive shots of the powerful crossbow, the counterattack of the swordsman, and the use of less than 7,000 infantry to defeat the 5,000 cavalry? Is this something that a human army can do? Are the Qingzhou Army all heavenly soldiers and generals?
?
It was very clear from their perspective. The Qingzhou Army was like a huge comb. The two rows of teeth in the front were intertwined with each other and were extremely sharp. The one in the back was the comb itself, watertight and integrated.
Under the Qingzhou Army's combing, the Hu riders in the front row were cut down row by row. There were fewer and fewer people resisting bravely, and more and more people turned around and tried to flee. The corpses of people and horses piled up into a hill, and blood flowed into the mountain.
This red river is like another tributary of the Yellow River.
The cavalry in the rear army was unaware of the situation, but kept charging forward. Even their Chanyu did not expect that the cavalry charge would be defeated by the thin infantry array. How could these simple-minded herdsmen think of it?
When they thought about it, the power of the crossbows was blocked by the front army, and what was left... was clearly a victory on their doorstep.
As a result, those who wanted to escape and those who wanted to fight collided with each other. Those who wanted to fight desperately could not rush forward, and those who wanted to escape could not see the way out. In the end, only some of you were among them, and those who were among you were huddled together.
Hu Qi's charge speed dropped again.
No way to surrender!
The huddled Hu cavalry can no longer speak of speed, and speed is everything to the cavalry. Without speed, they are just a bunch of targets.
These targets were spinning around like headless flies, or standing there in a daze like logs, but the outcome was no different: they were chopped to pieces by giant swords, split open by big axes, pierced by spears, and shot to death by bows and arrows!
The facts they saw completely overturned Jiao Chu and others' understanding of the art of war. The shock caused by the subversion of common sense, the fear caused by being intimidated by combat power, the emptiness caused by the disappearance of schadenfreude, the despair caused by dashed hopes...
…
All kinds of emotions were mixed together, leaving them no longer able to speak. They could only stand in the cold wind with sore hands and feet, sweating profusely.
Everyone knows how strong the Qingzhou Army is, but who would have thought that the famous Hu Qi would be vulnerable in front of them? Could it be that this battle will become another battle that makes the champion Hou Zhi famous?
?
In an instant, Jiao Chu felt a blast of cold air blowing from head to toe, freezing his whole body.
A layman looks at the excitement, an expert looks at the door. What Yuan Shao saw from this battle was much higher than that of Jiao Chu and others. He could even casually tell the causes and consequences of this strategy, as well as its advantages and disadvantages.
He was very familiar with this tactic. In the first large-scale battle of the Hebei War, Qu Yi's first soldier became famous because of this. It was in the face of this tactic that the unparalleled White Horse Yi Cong met.
He was beaten to death and eventually destroyed.
After Qu Yi disappeared and Xian Deng died and fled for several months, he actually saw the same tactics in the hands of the enemy. No, it was not that simple. The effect of the Qingzhou Army's use of this tactic was greater than that of Xian Deng's camp.
Several times higher.
If we only look at the losses of both sides, there was actually no winner in the battle between Xiandengying and Baima Yicong. Although Baima Yicong suffered heavy casualties, why didn't Xiandengying suffer more than half of its losses?
At that time, the dead soldiers used their lives to slow down the speed of the white-horse Yi Cong, and the Yi Cong also used their lives to clear the way for Bao Ze behind. It was a battle without a winner.
But now, the Qingzhou Army's counterattack was extremely rapid, and Hu Qi's defeat in the first battle was an irreversible reality.
"Did Qu Yi also betray Gu? Is Gu really so ungrateful?" Yuan Shao sighed like a groan. A deep sense of sadness instantly enveloped him, making him weak and almost falling over.
All the staff were shocked, and Xu You said loudly: "My lord, there is no need to do this. The traitor's open jaw is just an exception. General Qu has not taken refuge with the king's thief!"
Yuan Shao weakly raised his head and looked at Xu You, his eyes blurred but he said nothing.
"Although this method of warfare is similar to the one used by General Qu at that time, it is fundamentally different. The soldiers who first arrived at the camp were all soldiers holding crossbows in distance and fighting in close combat. However, in this battle, the king's thief only used two battalions of soldiers.
The horses are used alternately to cooperate in combat."
Having said this, Xu You paused for a moment, looked at Yuan Shao's face, and then continued: "The essence is similar to that of the night attack on the camp. Xu Huang's urging camp was in front, and Huang Zhong's shooting was behind.
The tactics used by the king thief are just the essence of General Qu’s tactics of slowing down the enemy’s cavalry with sniping and restraint through chaotic formations.”
Yuan Shao didn't like Qu Yi very much. After the latter disappeared, he never tried to search for him. The shock he received at this moment was mainly because he was worried about the serious consequences of Qu Yi's defection to Wang Yu.
Qu Yi is a weirdo. He has been in Xiliang for a long time, but he is not good at riding or training cavalry. Instead, he has great experience in how to restrain cavalry. In fact, before he shined in the Battle of Jieqiao, he had
Showing off too much.
When Yuan Shao was stationed in Hanoi, he used Zhang Yang as an intermediary to win over the Huns. However, the Huns were untrustworthy and greedy. After Yuan Shao took control of Jizhou, Zeng Shizi opened his mouth and captured Zhang Yang as a hostage, demanding a large amount of property from Yuan Shao. However,
If given, he would plunder Wei County on the spot.
Zhang Yang was still a very important vassal, and Jizhou's troops were mainly defending against Gongsun Zan at that time, so Yuan Shao planned to compromise. At this moment, Qu Yi stepped forward and led his troops to attack Fuluo with more than a thousand soldiers.
The elite defeated thousands of Hu cavalry, greatly frightening the Huns, and they never challenged Yuan Shao again.
Yuan Shao didn't pay much attention to it at the time. He just thought that this reckless man Qu Yi was quite capable of fighting and had good luck, so he could use it. But now that he thought about it, he was extremely frightened. This Qu Yi could defeat a large number of enemies with a small number and defeat a cavalry with one foot.
It was simply the nemesis of the Huns.
If this person surrenders Wang Yu, even if there is no vanguard battle, as long as he shows his flag, Humphrey will be scared. If there is another vanguard battle, Humphrey, the frightened bird, may be scared away.
None of it is known.
You know, in that battle at that time, Yu Fuluo suffered a terrible defeat at the hands of Qu Yi. If he hadn't attacked Geng Zhi's Du Liao army later and regained his prestige, he might have collapsed like this. The Xiongnu's Chan Yu relied on
It's not about blood, it's about strength!
Xu You knew what Yuan Shao was worried about, so he used this to persuade Yuan Shao, which greatly calmed Yuan Shao's mood.
"Although the king's thief is a bad character, he is indeed very good at military strategy. It is said that no matter how complicated the military strategy is, as long as he takes a look at it, he can draw inferences. The Battle of Jieqiao has already passed.
It’s not surprising that he studied some techniques in seven or eight months and imitated them.”
Everyone agreed, no one wanted to praise Wang Yu in front of the lord, but if they didn't say so, they couldn't dispel the lord's doubts. What if the lord felt completely desperate, stopped fighting, turned around and ran away?
Now is not the time before the night attack. The reputation is gone, the strength is gone, and even if you escape alive, there is no hope of a comeback. Although the family of the Fourth Generation and the Three Dukes is very strong, they have the power of half the Yuan Clan.
But he couldn't bear the pain, so he ran away and could only linger on.
Therefore, this battle must be fought to the end. If we lose it, can't we surrender? There is no hope of regaining power, but there is still hope for signing up.
Who in the world doesn't know that the Champion is a merciful person?
Yuan Shaoer was already weak, but after everyone persuaded him, his doubts were quickly dispelled, but his mood became even heavier.
Just when he was seeking death and survival, the situation on the battlefield changed dramatically again.
Yuvuluo finally discovered something was wrong. He blew the horn in panic and ordered the front troops to retreat. If he rushed up at this time, he would only be blocked by his own people and become the target of the Qingzhou Army. Yuvluo was also battle-hardened.
As a veteran, of course I won't make this kind of mistake.
Cutting off a strong man's wrist is the best strategy at this moment.
He came to his senses, but Wang Yu refused to give him a chance. He only listened to the long horn blast of the Qingzhou Army, and the strange T-shaped formation changed again.
The left half of the horizontal line suddenly flew up, like a strong wind, and rushed towards the center of the battlefield. It was the Qingzhou Qingqi commanded by Zhao Yun. Correspondingly, the hook of the formation along the river also lifted up, just in time with the Qingzhou Qingqi.
Qingqi completed the cooperation and opened his jaws to take action.
The T-shaped formation turned into a mouth-shaped formation, tightly surrounding Qubei's former army.
Obviously, Wang Yu's purpose is far from simply repelling Hu Qi. He has a huge appetite and wants to swallow these five thousand horses in one bite! (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster.