Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Chapter 696 Cavalry's Edge

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Two thousand Cao Jun cavalry as the vanguard, galloping horizontally and horizontally on the Jiangbei land, as if the long whip of a **** of heaven lashed the earth, exuding a terrible reputation.

Under a blue Cao flag, a member of Xiao draped his whole body, holding a horse and wearing a long knife on his waist, with a sharp face. It was Cao Ren, the younger brother of Cao Cao.

"The whole army listens to the order! Assault forward, let this group of Jiangdong army know that our Huaisi Xiaoqi is powerful!" Cao Ren said sharply.

"kill!"

Nearly two thousand Huai Si Xiaoqi answered him with a uniform voice. Although Cao Ren was born in the Cao clan, he was born into a wild nature. He ran far to Huaisi and organized dozens of horseback riders to gallop, make friends and make friends. Powerful ranger.

Since Cao Cao raised his army, Cao Ren has the courage to be outstanding and generous, relying on his own prestige to ascend to a cry, gather nearly a thousand rangers, whistling Jing Cong, and defect to Cao Cao's subordinate.

Of the two thousand Huaisi cavalry, nearly half were ranger knights who had made friends with Cao Ren. Later, Cao Cao took advantage of Liu Ye's conquest of Yuan Shu and annexed the land of Huainan. Many people in the area have heard of Cao Ren's reputation, so many people came here, and they were all assigned to Cao Ren's command. After all, these rangers were rebellious, and Cao Ren, the "big brother" could be able to control it.

The rangers are exquisite in their equestrian skills, and are proficient in the tactics of killing people in battle, so the combat effectiveness of the two thousand Huai Si Xiaoqi is very strong. Cao Cao sent Cao Ren as the vanguard, led an army of pawns, and rushed there.

The power of two thousand cavalry galloping and killing is really huge. You must know that the cavalry is at least one person and two horses. Therefore, two thousand cavalry is four thousand war horses. They are vast and galloping in rows on the wilderness. Many Jiangdong The soldiers were dumbfounded.

As the so-called Southern Ship and Northern Horse, most of the Jiangdong soldiers are composed of people from Jiangnan, and a small number are from Jiangbei. However, apart from the more than 100 Xiaoqi under Taishi Ci's command, most of the remaining people are Huainan at best. The three major horse producing areas in the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou, are all far north of the Yellow River. The number of horses in the Central Plains next to it is much smaller, and the Jianghuai area further south is even rarer.

Normally, at most, only some lieutenant generals can ride war horses, and the formation of such a large-scale cavalry charge is unheard of for these Jiangdong soldiers who are long in Jiangnan.

Various levels of commotion have appeared in Jiangdong Soldier’s military formations. Even the elite veterans who have experienced many battles are surprised. People are always afraid of the unknown, not to mention this group. The cavalry's momentum is so great.

Tai Shici, Huang Gai and other generals all called for supervision and organized the soldiers to set up the battle.

"What are you afraid of? It's just a cavalry. As long as I wait for a close array, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Tai Shici, who is proficient in cavalry warfare, shouted: "There is nothing great about cavalry. In those days, hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen of the Huns were easily defeated by Qin General Meng Tian. As long as we waited closely and defended the enemy with bows and crossbows!"

After Qin unified the Six Kingdoms, he faced a new enemy in the north, that is, the nomadic Huns. The Huns who raised horses for a living grew up on horsebacks, so they were naturally proficient in riding, and the Central Plains dynasty has been since the Zhao Wuling king. After Hu Fu cavalry fired, he was also equipped with a certain proportion of cavalry, but still mainly infantry.

However, Meng Tian led the 300,000 Qin army and easily defeated hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry and seized the Hetao area, relying on tight arrays and crossbows. The Qin crossbow is well-known in the world. At that time, the Qin Dynasty’s artisan system was so strict that the parts of the crossbow had very little error. Can shoot tomb thief...

Li Ling, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, once led five thousand Han soldiers to deal with the siege of one hundred thousand Xiongnu cavalry, and for a few days, he also shot and killed more than ten thousand Xiongnu cavalry, relying on extremely sharp crossbows. Great wars alone consumed hundreds of thousands of arrows.

"Hey, Gong Liu." Cao Ren laughed to Shi Huan beside him: "Look at this group of Jiangdong turtles who have never seen the world. I'm afraid that we don't need the prime minister to lead them. We can defeat them."

The fear and commotion of the Jiangdong Army were seen by Cao Ren, naturally proud.

Shi Huan, who was on the side, calmly said: "Brother Zixiao, don't be careless. Prime Minister Cao once said that he ordered me to be careful this week. Since he is personally leading the army, it is better to be careful."

Cao Ren snorted: "Then pick an enemy formation first, try it out!"

Looking around, he saw a Jiangdong army marching on the north gate of Shu County, and his eyes lit up.

"Pass the order! Assault the Jiangdong Army at the North Gate!" Cao Ren shouted.

The generals at all levels in the army passed the orders from the school lieutenant to the army sima, from the army sima to the army commander, and then to the chief and corps leader. Two thousand Huai Si Xiaoqi received orders and controlled their horses and galloped towards the north gate. Away.

Seeing Cao Jun's cavalry rushing forward, the Jiangdong Army outside the north gate couldn't help panic. Fortunately, it was veteran Han Dang who supervised the formation. He was originally from the Liaoxi Lingzhi, skilled in bows and horses, and can be described as the northernmost person in his hometown in the Jiangdong Army. He is naturally familiar with cavalry and how to deal with cavalry.

"Don't panic!"

Han Dang shouted: "Immediately line up, with the sword and shield at the outermost, the spearman behind the sword and shield, and the archer at the innermost. Seeing the enemy attack, you shoot it with an arrow first, and then use a shield to defend it. Yes, spear and spear!"

After all, Jiangdong Army was well-trained. Although it was a little flustered in the face of the cavalry he had never seen before, he immediately acted upon Han Dang's order. Except for the hundreds of people who attacked the top of the city, the remaining two thousand people quickly followed Han Dang's orders and formed a circular formation.

There are a total of four layers inside and outside of this circular array. The sword and shield are on the outermost side. The shields are placed down to form a shield wall, and behind the sword and shield are the spearmen. They stretch out their spears and lift them on the shield. It looks like rows of carbine, forming a combination of offense and defense with the shield. After the spearmen are the archers of the Jiangdong Army, they didn't spend much effort in suppressing the archers of the Lujiang Army, so they all have spare capacity to open their bows and arrows, and draw the strings.

At the innermost level were Han Dang and his guards. He was riding on a horse, watching the cavalry cavalry coming by, with a solemn expression. Infantrymen encounter cavalry on the plain, and they must form a close formation and be prepared, otherwise they will be hunted down once they collapse. Although the Jiangdong Army is elite, it is the first time against the cavalry, if there is a mistake, the consequences will be disastrous.

"No order, no one arrow!"

Han Dang asked again. The archer is a weapon to deal with the cavalry, so it should not be neglected.