Sitting on his horse, Master Sima looked at the Shu army's position in the distance. His gaze gradually extended upward along the hillside on the north side of the position, turned in a circle, and then slowly circled back, looking towards the south side of the position.
of elixir, I felt an uneasy feeling in my heart.
The terrain chosen by Deng Zhi is also very clever. It doesn't look like a temporary choice. Instead, it looks like he has prepared in advance and is ready to fight here. It is only forty miles away from Shangluo. Even if the Shu Han army is all infantry, they will still have time.
Make arrangements.
If they were ambushing elsewhere - such as behind him, the terrain here would not be suitable for a cavalry charge. Sima Division and Liang Ji glanced at each other, and both saw some worry in each other's eyes. They had just arrived
Sometimes, there seems to be a place that is more suitable for ambush and blocking.
"Liang joins the army, you lead five hundred people and go behind the formation."
"Here." Liang Ji did not dare to neglect, and immediately led five hundred cavalry to the place suitable for an ambush to avoid being flanked.
Having solved their worries, Sima Division began to focus on how to deal with Deng Zhi in front of him. Judging from the opponent's battle flags, Deng Zhi now has more than 2,000 people, and he is a tired division after two consecutive days of rapid march. Sima Division has
If you are confident enough to break through Deng Zhi's defense line, as long as you open a gap, the cavalry will rush in like a rolling torrent, killing the remaining soldiers with nowhere to escape.
As for the captured Wei troops in front of the formation, Master Sima didn't pay attention at all. Since they were soldiers, they had to be prepared to die in battle. If they didn't die on the battlefield and were captured by the opponent, would they still be qualified to live?
?Deng Zhi placed the prisoners in front of the battle just to show his firmness and to undermine the morale of the Wei army.
On the battlefield, sometimes it's all about who is ruthless. ruthless people won't make people respect them, but they will make people fear them.
The Sima Master waved his hand, called a knight, and gave him some instructions. The knight looked at the Sima Master in astonishment for a moment, then turned his horse and galloped towards the formation. He slowed down fifty steps before leaving the formation.
The war horse slowly walked to the front of the formation and shouted:
"The military law of the Wei Dynasty states that those who cower in the face of battle should be killed! The young general is merciful and will give you a chance to survive. Turn around immediately and kill Deng Zhi to avoid death. If you are cowardly and do not move forward, your life will not be saved when the army comes."
The prisoners looked up at the knight and felt a wave of fear. They were now unarmed and their palms were still pierced together. How could they kill Deng Zhi? If they had the ability, would they still wait until now? Sima Shi said this, in fact,
It was not that he wanted them to kill Deng Zhi, but that he wanted to find an excuse for himself to kill him.
The prisoners cried loudly: "Major General, help me -"
"Major General, don't kill us!"
"Major General, let us survive. We will work hard to kill the enemy."
The cries of dozens of people were mixed together. Some struggled to crawl forward, while others were so frightened that they collapsed on the ground, with feces and urine pouring out. The stench filled the sky, and the chaos was overwhelming.
The knight did not dare to raise his head and look at the prisoners. Those people were once his robes, but now they were tied by ropes like pigs and dogs, kneeling in front of the battle, waiting for the fate of being slaughtered. But the one who wanted to kill them personally was
His former comrade-in-arms. He closed his eyes, used all his strength, and yelled the Sima Division's order again at the top of his lungs.
"In the military law of the Wei Dynasty, those who flinch in battle will be killed! The young general is merciful..."
He shouted three times, then turned the horse's head, returned to the Sima Master, bowed and saluted: "Major General, the order has been conveyed."
Master Sima gently shook his riding whip: "Do you feel reluctant to leave?"
The knight was stunned for a moment, bowed his head and said nothing.
Master Sima glanced at him and asked, "Do you think I'm cruel?"
The knight's expression changed greatly, and he did not dare to remain silent any longer. He quickly said, "Young General, my subordinates dare not think so."
"Then what do you think?" Master Sima pointed to the prisoners in front of the formation: "Do you think we should kill them or save them?"
The knight murmured for a moment, lowered his head, and said in a voice as low as a mosquito's cry: "They should be killed."
"What?" Master Sima turned his ear and frowned: "Dear man, why do you speak so delicately? Are you born as a girl?"
The words "female body" deeply hurt the knight's heart. He raised his head, blushed, and shouted loudly: "Major General, they should be killed!"
"Very good!" Master Sima nodded with satisfaction: "You take fifty people, kill them now, and then charge into the formation."
The knight looked at Master Sima in astonishment, and Master Sima glanced sideways at him: "Don't you dare?"
The knight gritted his teeth and clasped his fists in response: "Here."
Fifty knights rushed out of the array. They formed a vector formation, holding shields in their left hands, holding the horse's mane, and holding the horse and spear tightly in their right hand. They leaned forward, fell on the horse's back, kicked the horse violently, and charged towards the Shu Han army's position.
Rush away.
The war horse ran faster and faster on the flat river beach. The horse's hooves kicked up the river mud that had been dried by the winter, trampled the dry grass into pieces, and flew into the air with the rise and fall of the horse's hooves, rolling up a billowing smoke.
The distance of two to three hundred steps was reached in an instant. The sound of horse hooves became more and more urgent, and gradually converged into a muffled thunder, rolling towards the Shu Han army's position. The prisoners in front of the formation first felt the shaking of the earth. They looked at
The iron hooves getting closer and closer looked at the sword reflecting the cold light in the sun. Some were terrified, and some had pale faces. They struggled, ignoring the severe pain of the straw rope scratching their palms, and desperately fled to both sides.
I hope I can avoid the impact of the iron cavalry.
Deng Zhi sighed secretly. Although Master Sima was young, he understood the situation very clearly. He did not leave any room for himself and took the lead in massacring the prisoners. He ignored his emotions and shouted loudly: "
Crossbowman, fire!"
"Buzz!" With a heart-stopping roar, dozens of crossbow vehicles began to roar, and a dense rain of arrows rushed towards the oncoming knight. The knight at the front did not even hum.
The man and the horse were stabbed into hedgehogs. The war horses screamed and staggered to the ground. The knights behind did not hesitate. They turned their horses in front of them to avoid their fallen companions and continued to attack the Shu Han army's position.
Charge. Just after taking a few steps, he was shot down by a hail of arrows. He and his horse fell to the ground with a crash, causing a huge cloud of smoke and dust.
Every ten steps forward, two to three horses would fall to the ground, but the Wei army's speed became faster and faster. They bought time at the expense of their comrades, and quickly approached the Shu-Han army's position.
"Shoot!" Deng Zhi frowned and gave the order to shoot again. At the same time, he ordered the spear, sword and shield men to come forward, preparing to block the attack.
Finally, a knight rushed to the front of the battle. The knight on horseback bent down, and the sharp sword flashed past, cutting the hemp rope pierced in the hands of the prisoners. Before he could straighten up, he was hit by two arrows and plopped down.
He fell off his horse and was trampled on the chest by a war horse. Before he even screamed, his head was kicked by a galloping horse's hoof and flew out. It was horrible to watch.
Only three shots were fired before the battle. With the help of powerful crossbow chariots, the Shuhan Army's arrow array was several times denser, but it was still unable to stop the Wei Army's cavalry charge. The Wei Army's cavalry bought time at the cost of nearly half of their casualties and rushed to the front of the array.
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The two knights jerked their horse reins and collided with the Shu soldiers who were hiding behind the baggage cart. The war horses raised their heads and swung their tails, drawing an arc in the air and becoming the best target. The five spearmen shouted sharply
He roared, clenched the spear in his hand, and stepped on the spearhead tightly with his feet.
"Boom!" The war horse, which was hit by several arrows and pierced in the belly by a spear, neighed miserably and fell onto the baggage cart. Its huge body hit the baggage cart and staggered. The spear was broken, and the captains
The spearman was also knocked back and fell to the ground with blood dripping from the spear handle.
The knight had one leg pinned down by the horse and struggled to stand up. The soldiers of the Shu Army were not willing to let him have such a chance. Two sword and shield men strode forward, raised their swords and chopped off his head. But they immediately cut off his head.
The knight who was rushed from behind slashed his head with a knife.
The two sides fought together, and horses were constantly stabbed by spears, shot to death by arrows, and fell to the ground. The baggage trains groaned after being hit by the collision. The Shu army officers and soldiers had their legs broken and fractured, their skin and flesh were torn, and they vomited blood. But who
Unwilling to give in, the Wei army's knights came one after another on horseback, using the powerful impact of their horses to slam into the Shu army's position. The Shu army used their baggage carts, spears and crossbows to desperately block it.
In front of the ten-step-wide formation, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the horses fell to the ground neighing sadly. The knights fell off their horses one by one and were hacked to death by the Shu army soldiers who came up. The Shu army soldiers died under the impact of the horses, and died in the
The horses of the Wei army knights, under the spears.
But in the blink of an eye, fifty war horses and more than a hundred soldiers from both sides fell in front of the battle. The first line of defense composed of baggage vehicles was crumbling.
Deng Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. Although the price he paid was high, he was able to block Wei Jun's first wave of offensive. As more and more corpses appeared in front of the formation, it would become more and more difficult for Wei Jun to charge and it would become more difficult for him to hold on.
Gradually lowered. He glanced at the repeating crossbow carts and thanked Wei Ba again. Without the repeating crossbow carts modified by Wei Ba, and just because he now had crossbowmen, it would have been impossible to withstand the first wave of attacks from the Wei army.
Of course, there is also this terrain. Stopping here to block and wait for reinforcements is also an arrangement made by him and Wei Ba after careful calculation. In order to get here to seize the favorable terrain, he forced his subordinates a lot.
Deng Zhi knows this truth. If you want to win a war, you can't be a countryman. You have to be ruthless when you need to be ruthless. For example, now, he has to compete with Sima Shi to see who can kill better. It's not just about killing.
Enemies are even more capable of killing their own people.
What is a famous general? Being able to kill the enemy is not a matter of skill, but being able to make his subordinates fight to the death is a truly famous general.
Like Deng Zhi, Sima Shi also thought of this truth, so he sent another hundred cavalry.
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