The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 287 Three Chain Horse Formation
In the official history, when the iron chain chain horse first appeared on the stage of history, it was the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, and the first person to use it was Murong Ke, the military god of the former Yan Murong family.

When Qianyan was dealing with Ran Wei, because the emperor of Ran Wei, Ran Min, was brave and good at fighting, he was invincible, so the former Yan general Murong Ke came up with a way to strangle Ran Min.

Therefore, Murong Ke selected five thousand elites, connected the horses closely together with iron chains, and then arranged them in a square formation, intending to surround Ran Min to death.

Since then, the iron chain chain horse array has been widely used in later dynasties. The most famous ones are Hu Yanzhuo in the Water Margin, and the Jin Wushu in the official history of the Jin Dynasty.

However, Zhang Yan is a man with a modern soul, so it is not surprising to know this.Therefore, he has been secretly training the chain link horse formation, hoping to shine in this era.

This time Yuan Shao led an army of 35 to attack, so Zhang Yan used this special cavalry unit, and planned to use this cavalry unit to deal with Yuan Shao, hoping to win more with less.

At this moment, Zhang Yan personally commanded a cavalry formation composed of [-] elite soldiers, while Xu Huang was on the opposite side. In addition, there were [-] infantry soldiers on both sides of the road, with spears like forests, bows and crossbows fully equipped, non-stop Shoot at the surrounded enemy army.

Zhang Yan and Xu Huang attacked back and forth, and Yan Liang led the crowd to try to rush through several times, but the chain chain horse was too perverted, not to mention the thick armor covering the whole body, even the horses were connected together, and the armor was made of fine steel After it was finished, the knife couldn't cut it, the spear couldn't penetrate it, and the arrow couldn't pierce it, making Yan Liang and his subordinates' scalps go numb for a while.

Arrows were constantly flying in the sky, like dense raindrops. Yan Liang and the others wanted to guard against the arrows while rushing out of the encirclement, but when they rushed to the chain of horses, they found that only death was waiting for them.

There were screams, and Yan Liang's subordinates became fewer and fewer. After a while, there were only three or four hundred cavalry around him, and the rest were all dead, and many horses were shot to death. Some panicked horses , sprinting outwards as if desperately, but was stabbed to death by the spear formations on both sides of the road.

In short, Yan Liang and other five thousand elite soldiers did not run out within the time of a stick of incense.

Yan Liang finally understood the strength of Zhang Yan's army today.

"God's Zhang Yan!" Yan Liang couldn't help cursing, his teeth itching with hatred.

It was at this time that Yan Liang suddenly had an idea, swung the big knife in his hand, and slashed directly at the leg of a war horse locked by iron chains in front of him.

Yan Liang raised the knife and dropped one of the horse's legs in an instant. The horse was in unbearable pain and let out a scream: "Herod..."

At this moment, the horse stumbled and fell to the ground. The knight in thick armor was overturned immediately and fell heavily to the ground. Even his helmet was thrown off, revealing his head.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed in front of the cavalryman, and a fresh human head was immediately chopped off by Yan Liang.

Yan Liang was a little excited, thinking that he could use this to destroy the enemy's formation, but he didn't know that although the cavalry was killed and the horse fell to the ground, but because the horse was locked by iron chains, the other nine cavalry who charged forward dragged Followed the fallen horse and continued to move forward without any hindrance.

Yan Liang was completely dumbfounded, and immediately cursed: "What kind of bloody formation is this?"

Not to be outdone, Yan Liang didn't want to be caught without a fight, so he commanded his subordinates to chop off the horse's legs.

But the horse's legs can't be cut just by chopping. The knight riding on the serial horse is not a fish to be slaughtered. Warning.

The cavalry on the back of the serial horses rushing to the front began to wave the mace in their hands, hitting the enemy vigorously to prevent the enemy from approaching.

The mace is both a blunt weapon and a sharp weapon. The head is holding a sharp and thin steel needle. The cavalry are well-trained and have extraordinary physical strength. Even if the internal organs were not bleeding from the beating, they were covered with injuries from the steel needle.

The cavalry and infantry cooperated with each other, and quickly killed this group of enemies. In the end, Yan Liang was hit by six arrows, and the blood that flowed out from his body had already stained his battle armor red, but he still refused to admit defeat. , still fighting.

However, Yan Liang's attack could basically be ignored. The cavalry's armor was very defensive, and they couldn't hurt them at all. Apart from the one killed by Yan Liang before, no one in Zhang Yan's army died.

At this moment, the cavalcade of iron chains had stopped advancing, encircling Yan Liang in it, surrounded by layers of iron armor, Yan Liang could not escape even with wings.

"Fire arrows!"

Following Zhang Yan's order, a thousand crossbowmen shot arrows, and Yan Liang, together with his horses, were shot by the arrows, turning into an out-and-out hedgehog, and fell to the ground, dying up.

"General Yan Liangxiao's head!" Zhang Yan said to a soldier beside him.

The soldiers dismounted from their horses, ran into the encirclement, pulled out the steel knife they were wearing with them, raised the knife and dropped it, and chopped off Yan Liang's head, and carried Yan Liang's head directly, and followed Zhang Yan's instructions, and brought it to the front "be careful There is an ambush here" wooden signboard, and Yan Liang's head was hung on the wooden signboard.

There was no suspense in this battle. At the cost of one death, Yan Liang and other 200 cavalry were wiped out, and the surviving horses on the battlefield were only more than [-] cavalry, all of which were taken away by the soldiers.

Seeing such a scene, Zhang Yan realized that the strength and quality of the army were always the key to fighting in ancient times. Although the generals also played a certain role, they are definitely not invincible, so they will always be lucky to fight.

Yan Liangyong won the three armies and was invincible. In the end, he died in his chain of chain horses.No matter how high the force is, in front of tens of thousands of people, you can be exhausted to death.

However, all of this was due to Zhang Yanjun's weapons and equipment. If it wasn't for these equipments protecting these people, Yan Liang's bravery and five thousand elite cavalry would definitely be a difficult character to deal with.

The more Zhang Yan thinks about it, the more he realizes how correct the saying that technology is the primary productive force is true.

Without cleaning the battlefield, the [-] troops immediately moved to a new battlefield. Under Zhang Yan's command, they pushed the front line forward for several miles. Here, they quietly waited for another wave of troops to arrive. The next target, Wen Chou!

According to the report from the scouts, Wen Chou was right behind Yan Liang, and it was too late to set up an ambush. In this battle, if we had to confront each other head-on, we still had to use the chain of horses with iron chains. With the help of this nearly invincible battle formation, Wen Chou was dealt a devastating blow. Then cooperate with the infantry to strangle.

When he came to the place where "be careful there is an ambush here", Zhang Yan ordered Liu Xie's headless body to be carried away, and in front of everyone, he said that Yuan Shao killed the king and wanted to avenge his majesty.

At this moment, Wen Chou was walking along the path that Yan Liang and others had come out of, and just now, one of Yan Liang's entourage came back with a head to report his meritorious service, saying that he killed the head of the enemy's traitor pretending to be His Majesty.

When Wen Chou heard that Yan Liang had received this credit, he just grinned and sent that person to ask Yuan Shao for credit.

Yan Liang's followers came in front of Yuan Shao, offered his head, and was about to ask for credit, but found that Yuan Shao's face turned pale with fright after he glanced at the head.

The attendant was a little puzzled, and thought to himself: "It's not that the lord has never seen a dead person, how could he be so frightened?"

"Bastard thing! Pull it out and chop it up!" Yuan Shao met Liu Xie. Although it was when Liu Xie was young, the face of this head is very similar to today's, especially the small scar on the middle of the nose under the nose. That is the most obvious imprint, the imprint left by Liu Xie when he accidentally fell and broke. This person is not a pretended emperor, but the true son of heaven.

However, when Yuan Shao saw this human head, he broke out in a cold sweat, and felt resentful towards Yan Liang. This time, he failed to clear the king's side, and became a sinner who killed the king. If it spreads out, it will definitely affect his reputation. .Not only that, but it may also arouse public indignation among the heroes of the world.

Killing the king, this is a serious crime against the nine clans, his plan was completely destroyed by Yan Liang in one fell swoop!
Yan Liang's entourage still had an innocent look on his face. I don't know why Yuan Shao suddenly wanted to kill him. Before he had time to ask, Yuan Shao's personal soldiers raised their knives and fell. A head fell to the ground, and the snow was covered with blood. It was stained blood red.

"Immediately order Yan Liang to stop advancing and wait for the army to arrive." Yuan Shao was in a state of confusion, and Yan Liang killed the Son of Man. Let the lieutenant generals know that no matter how direct the lineage is, after all, the crime of killing the king is too great for him to bear.

At this time Tian Feng just rushed over from behind, seeing Yuan Shao was disturbed and there was a corpse on the ground, he hurriedly asked: "Master, what happened?"

Yuan Shao then told Tian Feng about Yan Liang's mistaken killing of the real emperor Liu Xie, and asked Tian Feng how to deal with it.

After hearing this, Tian Feng was surprised at first, and then regained his composure, and said: "The matter has come to this point, and it is too late to say anything. But judging from the history of this incident, it should be that Zhang Yan deliberately framed the Lord and wanted to My lord is guilty of regicide. My lord might as well follow the plan, issue a call to action, and tell the world that Zhang Yan wants to become emperor, kill your majesty, put the crime of regicide on Zhang Yan, and then call on all the heroes in the world Let's attack Zhang Yan together, this way, it will be much easier for our army to attack Zhang Yan again."

After Yuan Shao heard this, he nodded again and again, and hurriedly called Chen Lin, secretary of the march, and asked Chen Lin to draft a call to action to announce to the world.

Chen Lin came to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao informed Chen Lin that the emperor was murdered by Zhang Yan, and asked Chen Lin to make a statement, announcing Zhang Yan's crimes, and Hao Zhao, the heroes of the world, to attack Zhang Yan together.

After hearing this, Chen Lin was indignant, and wrote a long and eloquent essay, which was done in one go.

After Yuan Shao and Tian Feng looked at it separately, they both admired Chen Lin's writing style. As long as this proclamation is published, even Zhang Yan will not be able to explain it clearly.

(End of this chapter)