Mi Han

Chapter 262
Northerners are good at riding, while southerners are good at water.

This is caused by geographical factors, and there are major military differences between the North and the South.

Although Guan Yu is from the north, since he came to the south, because he knows the importance of the navy in the south, he attaches great importance to the construction of the Jingzhou navy.

Maybe Guan Yu was not born a general who is good at commanding the navy, but he is good at learning. After his learning, he is no less than anyone in the world in terms of how to use the navy.

With the existence of the big river Hanshui, the Jingzhou navy can not only fight directly, but also use it to transport soldiers, food and supplies.

In all the battles Guan Yu commanded before, the water army commanded by him played a great role in it.

It's just that no matter how good the Jingzhou navy is at fighting, they can only show off their power on the river.

On the plains, as long as they don't fall into the ambush of the infantry, the cavalry is the real king.

So when the Han army warships carrying a lot of food, grass and weapons appeared on the river as usual, thousands of Wei army cavalrymen on the bank screamed happily.

The commander of this cavalry army of thousands of Wei troops was Xia Houba. Looking at the warships of the Han army that were slowly approaching the shore in front of him, bloodthirsty light appeared in his eyes.

When Cao Pi sent tens of thousands of cavalry troops from the Wei army to the south, Xia Houba, as the general who bravely challenged the battle that day, Cao Pi asked him to lead the cavalry troops to the south with tens of thousands of cavalry troops.

When Xiahouba arrived outside Fancheng and joined Cao Tai, Xiahouba got the duty of leading thousands of cavalry troops of the Wei army to patrol the port on the north bank of the Han River.

As we all know, although the warships of the Han army want to dock on various river banks, when transporting large quantities of supplies, the best and most convenient way to dock is to find a port.

In the past, when the [-] Wei cavalry troops harassed the Han army's food roads, the Wei cavalry near the port undoubtedly gained the most.

There are not many ports on the Han River, and Cao Tai specially handed over one of the ports to Xiahouba's care. This is Cao Tai's special care for Xiahouba.

With the passing away of Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun, the second-generation clan members of the Cao family and Xiahou's family also began to consciously hold together.

Because of Xia Houyuan's death, Xia Houba already hated Ji Han's generals to the bone.

Therefore, after receiving special care from Cao Tai, Xia Houba was different from other Wei cavalry generals.

Other generals of the cavalry army of the Wei army may mainly attack the food roads, but Xia Houba often likes to kill all the Han troops escorting grain and supplies when he has the opportunity, as if this can vent his hatred. .

Under different circumstances, Xia Houba ordered the cavalry of the Wei army on the river bank to retreat one after another, and came to a mile away from the river bank.

Xiahouba deliberately left limited space for the Han army to escort the military assets on the ship to the shore.

Xiahouba's purpose is very simple, that is to wait for the Han army's military resources to land, and then launch an attack on the Han army, so as to achieve the result of killing people and destroying things again.

This approach has been tried and tested in the past, even if the Han army knew that they would be attacked by the Wei army's cavalry when they went ashore.

But in order to send the military supplies to the camp of the Han army dozens of miles away, the Han army has been repeating this matter one after another during this period of time.

Perhaps in their hearts, there is some kind of ridiculous luck.

When Xia Houba ordered the cavalry of the Wei army behind him to retreat, a large space suddenly appeared on the river bank.

After this gap appeared, Fu Xun's eyes on the Han army warship showed a gleam of light.

It is not without reason that he chose to land here today.

Now that the enemy had taken the initiative to let them ashore, Fu Xun no longer hesitated.

Immediately after the warship of the Han army docked in the port, Fu Xun immediately led 700 Han troops and hundreds of chariots, and quickly crossed on the north bank outside the port.

The transport ships of the Han army are often very large because they sometimes transport siege equipment.

The transportation of military resources by the navy has been developed for hundreds of years. For Fu Xun, a native of Jingzhou, how to safely and quickly transport the grain trucks on the ship to the river bank is almost his innate skill.

Under the leadership of Fu Xun, seven hundred Han troops and one hundred chariots quickly went ashore.

After going ashore, Fu Xun ordered every seven soldiers to board a chariot, and then he commanded the [-] first-board soldiers under his command to drive the chariot more than a hundred steps away from the Han River and set up a strange-shaped Array.

This array is in the shape of an arc, and the two ends of this arc-shaped array composed of soldiers and chariots are leaning against the river bank.

When the Han army that came ashore had set up their formation, from the perspective of Xia Houba who was not far from the Han army, a strange crescent-shaped formation appeared in front of his eyes.

But month?

Xia Houba was born in the general family, and he was also familiar with military books since he was a child.

He knew that the infantry usually formed formations to resist the enemy, but no matter how Xia Houba searched in his memory, he had never seen such a strange formation.

What is the use of this array?
A disdainful smile appeared on Xia Houba's face.

In the past, after the Han army went ashore, it was not that they had not set up a special formation to restrain the cavalry.

But those large formations were undoubtedly suppressed by the superb riding skills and numbers of the cavalry of the Wei Army, and they were broken within a short period of time.

Now that the number of the Han army has increased after landing, they have abandoned the large formations that have been proven in military books, and instead chose to form a strange large formation independently, which made Xia Houba laugh out loud.

In particular, the Han army formed a formation with chariots.

The thieves are out of their wits, so let's start doing something wrong!
After Fu Xun set up the formation, he stood on a chariot and stared at the thousands of cavalry troops of the Wei army not far ahead.

Because of the contempt or doubt in his heart, when the Han army was in formation, Xia Houba did not take any rash action.

But Xia Houba saw that the number of Han troops coming ashore this time was more than before, so he immediately sent cavalry to inform the cavalry troops of Cao Tai not far away, asking them to come here to meet up.

Xiahouba's move was not because he was afraid of the hundreds of Han troops on the shore, but because he saw hundreds of Han soldiers coming ashore, and he wanted other friendly troops to come and make military exploits with him.

The head of a main soldier of the Han army is equivalent to the heads of several auxiliary soldiers of the Han army in the past few days.

At this time, Guan Yu was standing on the deck of the Han warship that had already docked, observing the situation on the shore condescendingly.

Seeing that Fu Xun on the shore had successfully led his troops into formation, he immediately sent Liao Hua to lead two thousand Han troops to meet Fu Xun ashore with a hundred crossbows without any hesitation.

When the [-] Han troops led by Liao Hua went ashore, the Han army added [-] soldiers to each chariot and set up shields on the shafts of the chariots.

At this time, Xia Houba saw two thousand more Han troops suddenly added to the shore, and he began to look anxiously at the Han warships on the Han River.

In order to prevent the continuous flow of Han troops from the warships, Xia Houba no longer wanted to wait any longer.

If the cat teases the mouse, it must be under the condition that one side has absolute strength.

At present, there are nearly [-] Han troops on the river bank, which is no different from the number of Wei army cavalry he leads.

Although the three thousand Han troops still did not pose any threat to the Wei army cavalry he led, in his opinion, the Han army could no longer be allowed to go ashore freely.

With this in mind, Xia Houba gave the order to let the cavalry behind him attack.

Cao Wei's cavalry was a combination of Youzhou Tuqi, Bingliang Iron Cavalry and Wuhuan Famous Cavalry, and the heavy cavalry that people talk about later are two of these three types of cavalry.

Both men and horses wear armor, which was called armored riding equipment in ancient times, also known as trapped cavalry and iron cavalry;
Those who are worn by people but not by horses are called Jiaqi, also called Tuqi.

In ancient China, armored cavalry was not called heavy cavalry, but armored cavalry could also be called heavy cavalry.

Only Wuhuan famous cavalry is the real Qingqi.

Many people may think that heavy cavalry was exclusive to the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

However, according to the cultural relics unearthed in later generations or the surviving murals, it can be known that such utensils as horse armor appeared as early as the end of the Western Han Dynasty.

As far as the Three Kingdoms period, although the first-hand historical materials in "Three Kingdoms" are missing.

However, from other historical records or inferences, it can be known that Cao Wei definitely had a cavalry army, and it was not as understood by later generations, only a few tiger and leopard cavalry had it.

Cao Wei's armored cavalry also played a very important role in the battle against Ma Chao.

"Hu has a grand view before and after. Five thousand cavalry are also listed as a ten-fold formation. The sun shines brightly, and the thieves are more frightened."

Even in Jihan, where there are few cavalry troops, there are cavalry troops in costumes.

"At the time of the battle, the feathers and the horses are galloping, the men and horses are armored, and the strict driving is over. Yi and Min pay attention to the play, and they never get tired of it."

And in many historical materials, there are many records of horse armor in the Three Kingdoms period.

These examples show that Cao Wei has a large cavalry army with a large number of people.

The defense of Nanyang was regarded by Cao Pi as a crucial battle to defend the foundation of the Great Wei, so he made a lot of money for this battle.

At present, a large part of the [-] cavalry troops of the Wei army on the banks of the Han River are heavy cavalry with all men and horses in armor.

Compared with the light cavalry army like Wuhuan Mingqi, the heavy cavalry army can directly attack the infantry phalanx.

This is also why Xiahou Bahui chose to put a part of the Han army ashore and strangle them.

Under Xiahouba's order, thousands of cavalry led by him began to encircle the Han army's chariot formation.

Today is the day when the sun is shining brightly. When the sun shines on the well-armed Wei Jun cavalry, the sunlight is reflected, and it seems to make the thousands of Wei Jun cavalry surrounded by the Han army emit light.

But unlike the winter light that would bring warmth to people in the past, the light carried by these thousands of Wei army cavalry is full of bloodthirsty and terrifying breath.

With the cavalry of the Wei army hidden in the iron armor, as they approached the Han army, the Han army on the front chariot in the moon formation could see the Wei army's horses ahead, and the horses hidden in the armor The heat from the horse's head.

This is because the war horse feels the coming of the battle and is excited to pant.

In ancient times, horses were not pets, but a murder weapon without the slightest emotion.

Just as the northern cavalry would be terrified when they saw tall buildings, when the southern Han infantry saw the black torrent that was slowly speeding up and coming towards them, fear inevitably arose in their hearts. Emotions.

It was different from seeing more than ten thousand cavalry troops of the Wei army in Fancheng.

Now there are no tens of thousands of comrades around the more than two thousand Han infantry, and there is no solid barrier in front of them as a barrier.

Now all they can rely on is their feet, the flimsy chariot that looks like it will be destroyed if it is hit.

This made the fear in the hearts of more than 2000 Han troops begin to pervade.

Once the iron cavalry of the Wei Army, which is fully armored with horses and horses, gallops at a high speed, the impact it will cause is definitely a nightmare for any infantry.

Even the famous Wuhuan cavalry, who was also a cavalry, was defeated by Zhang Liao under this kind of impact, and almost wiped out the entire army.

But unlike the beginning of fear of the Han army, Fu Xun, the commander of the two thousand-odd Han army, did not have a trace of fear in his eyes.

Although he has a calm personality, once he needs to work hard, he never hesitates.

Fu Xun kept recalling Guan Yu's instructions to him in his mind. He looked at the Wei Jun cavalry who had already started to charge, and he gave an order.

Under Fu Xun's order, more than two thousand Han troops began to shoot at the Wei army's iron cavalry with soft bows and small arrows.

But how lethal is the soft bow and small arrow against the well-equipped cavalry of the Wei army?
When Xia Houba at the front saw a limp arrow hit him, it was blocked by his armor and fell to the ground. Xia Houba couldn't help laughing out loud at this scene.

In the face of absolute strength, so what if it is the Han army commanded by a world-renowned general?
Now the thousands of Wei army cavalry led by him are the enemy's nightmare.

After laughing loudly, Xia Houba's contempt already existed became more serious.

He immediately changed tactics.

If it is said that just now Xiahouba still wanted to focus on probing, but now Xiahouba has no scruples.

He gave the official charge order to the Wei Jun cavalry behind him.

Under Xiahouba's order, thousands of Wei army cavalry no longer suppressed their speed deliberately, they drove the war horses under their crotches to run at high speed.

When thousands of Wei army cavalry fully let go of their speed, more than 2000 Han troops felt the ground under the chariot start to tremble.

The sound of the horse's iron hooves stepping on the ground began to resound across the land like a muffled thunder.

This extremely dull and frightening sound of iron hooves trampling on the ground was guiding the cavalry of the Wei army, who were constantly gathering from here under Xia Houba's call.

Everywhere, the iron cavalry of the Wei army turned into a torrent, and began to gallop towards the location of more than 2000 Han troops.

Once the torrent of several Wei army cavalry gathers together, the land of this land will inevitably be stained red with blood.

And as several Wei Army iron cavalry approached, the sound of Wei Army war horse iron cavalry stepping on the ground became louder and louder, which made the fear on the faces of more than 2000 Han troops intensify.

But at this moment, the more than 2000 Han troops heard bursts of loud and loud drums.

The loud and loud drum sounded from behind them, and then passed into their ears like the sound of nature, dispelling the fear in their hearts.

Under the influence of these drumbeats, the hearts of more than 2000 Han troops began to stabilize.

At this time, they recalled the words that the man they regarded as gods said when they went ashore:
"You fight for me, and I drum for you!"

The general is right behind them, what else do they have to be afraid of?
When the soldiers of the Han army regained their fighting spirit, the iron cavalry of the Wei army led by Xia Houba had already rushed close.

When thousands of Wei army cavalry came towards the Queyue Formation with their iron hooves, an old man with gray beard was vigorously waving the drumstick in his hand on the towering boat in Hanshui.

The silver hair on the old man's head was fluttering in the wind, the veins on his hands were bulging, and his eyes were full of determination.

The big man will win this battle.

He Guan Yunchang said.

　There will be another chapter in a while.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)