The knights of the Wei army rushed forward and began to violently attack the infantry phalanx, and quickly broke through the first spear formation, slaughtering all the crossbowmen behind the spear formation, and then continued to urge the horses to attack the second formation.
The spear array launched an attack.
Seeing the knights of the Wei army in front of him, Ma Su was shocked, came to his senses, and ordered a counterattack at the top of his lungs. However, he was shocked by the unusually fierce attack of the Wei army, and was far from being as calm as usual, even his brain
They seemed to be a little rusty, and they were a little in a hurry for a while, but they just instinctively issued orders and urged the soldiers to fight back desperately.
But there was a question lingering in his mind: Why didn't the crossbowmen arranged in the valleys on both sides play their due role? Why were the Wei army's horses not afraid of bows and arrows? Why were there no knights on the two sides of the Wei army's charge formation?
He didn't understand that these were unreasonable things and were not expected. The crossbowmen on both sides were his biggest reliance on victory. If these crossbowmen could not play their due role, just relying on the crossbowmen arranged in the valley would
Six thousand infantrymen would certainly not be able to withstand the attack of these Wei cavalry.
But why didn't these crossbowmen's shots work as well as they should?
Ma Su gave the order instinctively while thinking hard.
He was giving an order, but in fact, I'm afraid even he himself didn't know what he was talking about. The officers and soldiers of the Shu Han army were actually fighting on instinct. Their commander Ma Di was already in chaos and was stunned by the sudden accident.
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This is what Zhang He wants.
Zhang He knew very well that Zhuge Liang dared to wait for him to attack Shanggu City with 40,000 infantry, so of course he had to rely on him. He carefully questioned Tian Fu and others, and they knew clearly about Zhuge Liang's superiority in ordnance. He did not go
When they went to Gui, they did not go to Luomen, but rushed to Mumen, just to force Zhuge Liang to be unable to use his advantage in ordnance.
Those large ordnance are extremely heavy and can be arranged under the city, but it is simply impossible to carry them and move them quickly.
Ma Su came all the way, and he couldn't bring weapons like a thunderbolt chariot or even a ballista. All he could bring were ordinary crossbows and hand-held repeating crossbows. Although hand-held repeating crossbows have a fast rate of fire, they also have insurmountable problems.
Disadvantages: small range and limited power.
This world is fair, and no one can break this balance. If you want to shoot fast, you must lose range. If you want to have both, the size will inevitably increase, and it will not be convenient to carry.
Ma Su left Luomen and could not carry those large ordnance, and his strength was greatly weakened. Although the remaining hand-held repeating crossbows were exquisite and powerful, they were not invincible.
Zhang He tied leather and straw bags stuffed with horse straw and grain to the backs of many empty-saddle horses, leaving only their limbs and heads exposed, and let them walk on both sides of the team to block the Shu Han army's attacks on the hillsides on both sides.
Arrow array attack. It is difficult for arrows to penetrate those straw bags and cause substantial damage to the war horse. Unless it hits the head of the war horse, it is difficult to kill the war horse immediately.
With these war horses carrying thick straw bags used as mobile bunkers, the safety of the knights and horses in the middle is greatly increased. Although it is impossible to guarantee the safety of every soldier, it can greatly reduce casualties. On the one hand, this can increase the number of people against Shu Han.
The impact of the infantry battle formation, on the other hand, could also cause a fatal blow to the morale of the Shu Han army.
Maybe this method can only have a temporary effect, but for a veteran like Zhang He, a temporary effect may determine the outcome of the entire battle. What he wants is this temporary effect. He knows who his opponent is.
, he hoped to use this very simple method to interfere with Ma Su and prevent him from thinking calmly.
He achieved his goal, and Ma Su was stunned by this strange phenomenon. Although he knew that he should not think about this problem, but should focus on commanding the army to counterattack and block Zhang He's attack, but he could not stop thinking and could not
Stop yourself from analyzing the problem.
He forgot his basic mission as a general, and in the face of sudden changes, his reaction was no longer as fast as usual. On the chaotic battlefield, the enemy was right in front of him, and the bloody battle was happening just around the corner.
The shaking dazzled him, the loud drumming made him tremble, the arrows flew in the air, and the shouts of "kill" echoed in his ears. How could he think calmly like he was sitting in a quiet study?
In the face of a real battle, his shortcomings of lack of experience were fully exposed. At this moment, he was in a state of confusion, and he was always thinking about a question in his mind: Why did those war horses shoot so many arrows, but they did not die?
Zhang He seized this opportunity very well. He quickly sent more knights to attack the main formation of the Shu and Han army in the valley. Ma Su arranged most of the crossbowmen on the hillsides on both sides, hoping to attack the Wei army before the attack.
This formation had killed a large number of opponents beforehand, which of course greatly weakened the long-range strike power of the formation in the valley. The Wei army was rich in experience. Once they broke through a formation, they immediately killed a large number of Shu Han army's archers. Some quickly urged their horses to attack.
Extending on both sides, they trampled with their horses and chopped with sharp sabers. The crossbowmen of the Shu and Han army had no power to fight back against the galloping Wei army knights. As long as a dozen of them were killed, they could successfully destroy the entire arrow formation.
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The knights of the Wei army have rich combat experience. Before the battle, Zhang He made precise arrangements. Although the cavalry is powerful when attacking the infantry formation, it will inevitably be blocked, especially when facing a dense and thick square formation, the speed is very fast.
Easily affected. Once the horses lose their speed, the cavalry will be reduced to ordinary infantry, and even worse than ordinary infantry. The ring sword in their hands is not as good as the infantry's spear, and their cavalry shield is not as good as the infantry's.
large shield, so once they lose their speed, the power of the cavalry will be greatly reduced. In order to prevent the knights who have lost their speed from hindering the impact behind them, Zhang He ordered all the Wei army's charge formations to expand outward. In other words, when they rushed in front of the Shu Han army,
, will consciously expand to both sides, vacating the position directly in front, and be filled by faster companions behind, so as to maintain the impact speed of the entire cavalry formation as much as possible.
These are all details, some details that ordinary people may not notice. They may be trivial and not worth mentioning at all. But for a famous general like Zhang He, he is very aware of the importance of these details. Even if the cavalry is
A little bit faster is worth it.
With the help of such details, the Wei army miraculously maintained its impact speed, impacting the Shu-Han army's positions at a jaw-dropping speed. Ma Su arranged 6,000 people in the valley, with each thousand people forming a defense line, and five infantry at the front and rear.
The valley, which was more than a hundred steps wide, was tightly blocked. The two ends extended to the hillside and were integrated with the crossbowmen on the hillside. He himself was in the fourth formation. In his opinion, the three formations in front were
The formation can completely consume Zhang He's speed, turn them into infantry, and fall into positional warfare. Standing in the fourth formation, he can not only command the front line personally, but also ensure safety.
But he underestimated Zhang He.
Zhang He broke through three lines of defense with lightning speed, and the galloping cavalry rushed straight towards Ma Su who was sitting on his horse.
In an instant, arrows rained down, horses' hooves thundered, and the Wei army's knights were like surging waves, hitting the infantry formation in front of Ma Su again and again.
In the face of the impact of the cavalry, these Shu Han soldiers who were skilled in mountain warfare, whether they were new soldiers or veterans, were very powerless. Although they fought bravely, they could not make up for the gap in strength between the two sides. In the face of the continuous attacks of the Wei army,
They were either knocked away by the horses or hacked to death by the Wei knights. If they wanted to stop the galloping horses, they could only use their own flesh and blood to block them. They howled, rushed forward with spears in both hands, and tried their best to stop the galloping horses.
Stab the spear into the chest of the war horse and into the body of the knight on the horse. No matter whether they can succeed or not, they will have no way out. Just the strong recoil force is enough to cause them serious injuries.
If the Shu Han army wanted to kill a knight, they often had to sacrifice the lives of four or five people.
The battle started right in front of Ma Su.
Blood splashed on Ma Su's face and his white cloak.
The spear pierced the body, the sword split the flesh, the horse panted violently, the horse's hooves rushed, the soldiers on both sides screamed, and the painful screams merged into a chaotic sound wave, constantly impacting Ma Su's nerves.
Ma Su sat on the horse in a daze, like a clay puppet.
He yearned for battle countless times, yearned for making achievements in battle, beheading generals and capturing flags, dreaming that he could face powerful enemies, command with determination, and make powerful enemies bow their heads while talking and laughing. Before that, he commanded the capture of Xiangwu,
Although he commanded the attack on Yuzhong and witnessed the bloody scenes with his own eyes, he thought that he had experienced the baptism of blood and iron and was already a qualified general. But today, all of this became an erratic shadow in the face of Zhang He's attack.
They became unrecognizable and disappeared one after another without a trace.
As if in a dream.
"Whoosh!" A feather arrow flew past Ma Su's cheek, cutting his face, and blood burst out. Pain instantly occupied his entire mind.
"Join the army, be careful!" The guards also screamed and rushed to Ma Di one after another, forming a line of defense with shields and blocking Ma Di's gaze.
Ma Su subconsciously touched his face and touched a hand full of warm blood. He looked at the blood-covered palm and his eyes widened in horror. After a moment, he screamed like a helpless child.
The guards were startled, and without thinking much, they picked up Ma Su, turned around and ran away.
As soon as Ma Di's flag moved, Wei Jun noticed it immediately. They cheered loudly: "Ma Di has run away, Ma Di has run away..."
The Shu Han army, which had already been shaken in military morale, heard this sound and turned around to look. When they saw Ma Su's battle flag moving rapidly backward, they were immediately dumbfounded. After a while, the entire Shu Han army's position collapsed.
Zhang He was overjoyed and immediately ordered an all-out attack. Thousands of Wei cavalry rushed along the valley towards the fleeing Shu army, chasing them north and killing them wantonly.
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