Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 31 Iron Armored Chain Cavalry
Chapter 31

Li Meng was the first to say: "General, this pair of horse armor probably weighs more than 200 jin, and the two pairs of heavy armor add up to [-] jin. Even if a war horse can run under a load, it can't bear the weight if it can only take a hundred steps at most. "

All the military academies are people who deal with horses, so they are naturally familiar with the truth, and they all nodded when they heard the words.

Luo Zheng smiled wickedly and said: "It's okay, this general has his own tricks."

He asked the old horse again, "Where are the horseshoes, are they all done?"

The old horse said: "It's all done."

After that, he quickly asked someone to fetch a horseshoe and handed it to Luo Zheng.

Luo Zheng took it and looked at it. Although it was a bit rough, it could barely make do with it.

Li Meng and Wang Fang didn't know what this thing was used for, and they all had strange looks in their eyes.

"Go, go to the school grounds."

Luo Zheng didn't explain, waved his hand, and took all the military academies to the school grounds.

"Zhongkang, go and lead a war horse."

When he arrived at the school grounds, Luo Zheng immediately ordered.

Xu Chu responded and left, and quickly brought a war horse over.

Luo Zheng ordered the military academies to tie up the horses, and asked Xu Chu to put the horses down.

The fierce man Xu Chu hugged the horse's neck, threw the horse to the ground with a back fall, and held it tightly, allowing the horse to neigh and neigh, struggling with all his strength, but he couldn't break free from the arm of the fierce man Xu Chu.

All the military academies in Xiliang gasped when they saw it, this guy is really a little crazy.

"Horse shoeing."

Luo Zheng ordered his soldiers to shoe the horse's four hooves before letting Xu Chu let go of the horse.

The horse exerted force on all four hooves, and after straightening its body, it seemed a little uncomfortable, running back and forth.

"Zhongkang, put heavy armor on the horse."

After Luo Zheng ordered, Xu Chu and several personal soldiers immediately stepped forward to put on heavy armor for the battle.

A full set of ground war horse heavy armor consists of more than 20 parts, which are hung together with iron hooks. Except for the four horse legs and the horse's head, the rest of the armor is covered with thick armor. As for the horse's belly, there are two layers of thick leather armor.

Although there is no helmet for the horse's head, the vital parts are also protected with iron armor.

After the horse put on the heavy armor, it seemed a little irritable and restless, keeping its head up and down.

After Luo Zheng ordered, Xu Chu immediately put on a pair of heavy armor and rode on the horse with the help of his own soldiers.

"drive!"

This time, without waiting for Luo Zheng's order, Xu Chu urged the horse to run back and forth on the school field.

After running several laps, the horse is still fierce.

Although slightly out of breath, he didn't break his hooves.

The eyes of all the military academies widened in disbelief.

It's really unimaginable that just nailing an iron horseshoe can have such a big effect.

Luo Zheng was very satisfied, and commanded the soldiers to equip the horses with stirrups.

After all the military academies tried it in person, their eyes immediately changed when they looked at Luo Zhengdi one by one.

This is really a genius idea. Whether it is a small horseshoe or a stirrup, they are all epoch-making new discoveries, and they are of great help to cavalry.As for how big the benefits are, these cavalrymen know best.

For the first time, all the military academies looked at Luo Zhengdi with admiration in their eyes.

"Immediately choose the strong and strong horses and equip them with heavy armor to create an armored serial horse."

Luo Zheng's spirit was greatly boosted, and he immediately ordered loudly.

It was late at night, but the torches were brightly lit on the school grounds.

A complete set of iron armor and heavy armor was moved over, and the military academies were busy selecting strong soldiers.

Luo Zheng didn't sleep all night, and when the two hundred strong soldiers and tall horses selected were all equipped with heavy armor, it was already at the end of Yin time, and the summer dawn was early, and it would be dawn in half an hour.

Two hundred cavalry equipped with heavy armor were chained together in two rows, one hundred cavalry in each row.

"General, Sun Jian's army has left the camp."

Before the two hundred armored serial cavalry had time to practice, scouts rushed to report.

Although Luo Zheng didn't sleep all night, his spirit was extremely excited. When he heard the words, his eyes showed murderous intent, he waved his lower arm fiercely, and shouted loudly: "Pass my general order, order the army to gather outside the north gate, and fight Sun Jianjian to the death."

"As ordered."

A small school shouted his orders and rushed out.

Luo Zheng passed down several military orders in a row, then got on his horse, and under the protection of Xu Chu and his own soldiers, he went straight to the north gate.

When a ray of morning light dews in the sky.

Sun Jian led his army to kill again, but he didn't plan to attack again.

After three days, more than half of the [-]-strong army had suffered casualties, and there was no hope of breaking the city.

When the army arrived at the north gate, they saw that the north gate was open, and seven thousand Xiliang iron cavalry had already left the north gate and were gathering below the city.

Sun Jian reined in his horse and asked casually, "What are the Xiliang rebels trying to do?"

The brave Cheng Pu said: "My lord, could it be that the Xiliang rebels want to fight our army to the death outside the city?"

Sun Jian's eyes froze for a moment, and he said: "It's not impossible. This Xiliang rebel army went into the Central Plains to burn, kill, loot, and force the princes from all walks of life to retreat from Hulao Pass. It will not occupy the city for a long time. Now look Come on, it should be Luo Zheng who wants to defeat our army and flee away, preparing to enter Yanzhou or Xuzhou to continue burning, killing and looting."

Cheng Pu said: "Although our army has suffered heavy casualties in storming the city these days, its strength is still higher than that of Luo Zheng'er, and there are [-] Youyan iron cavalry that have not yet entered the battle. Luo Zheng'er's desire to defeat our army is simply delusional."

Sun Jian said: "The target of Luo Zheng's son is probably three thousand Youyan cavalry."

Cheng Pu took it seriously and said: "The last general also thinks so. The Xiliang army is all cavalry. As long as they are lured away, they will naturally be able to throw off our infantry. Only the three thousand Youyan cavalry are their confidants."

Sun Jian's eyes were stern, and a wolf-like gaze shot out of his tiger's eyes, and he said fiercely: "In this case, I will fight Luo Zheng'er outside this Qiao County city, and I must behead Luo Zheng'er to report this for Gongfu and Yigong Blood feud."

Cheng Pu said in a low voice: "It doesn't matter if you fight all the troops, it's not the Lord's army anyway."

"What De Mou said is exactly what I want."

Sun Jian also replied in a low voice, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

At this moment, the long sound of bull horns sounded.

The [-] Xiliang iron cavalry who had already assembled at the North Gate launched an overwhelming attack.

"Order the army to line up on the spot."

Sun Jian immediately elicited a long howl from Kang, and quickly passed down the military order.

After receiving the military order, the [-] infantry who had been moving quickly formed a defensive circle and spread out their luggage and various vehicles in a circle, which looked like a tortoise shell. .

As for the three thousand Youyan cavalry, You Ge was on the flank of the army, ready to attack at any time.

"My lord, please take a look."

Cheng Pu suddenly pointed to the front and said quickly: "The Xiliang rebels are going straight to the three thousand Youyan cavalry. They are determined to defeat the three thousand Youyan cavalry in one fell swoop! If our army does not fight with them, Xiliang The rebels will be led away, and the only option is to fight to the death."

Sun Jian was a decisive person, and he immediately shouted: "Command the army to line up the front line and prepare to attack, and then order Gongsun Yue to lead [-] cavalry to meet it. Be sure to block the first wave of Xiliang rebels' attack and buy time for the army."

"Order."

A messenger had already left at his command, and quickly passed down the military order with flag technique.

Three thousand Youyan cavalry were in front of the formation.

Gongsun Yue saw the [-] Xiliang iron cavalry rushing towards his own formation, and then he saw the semaphore of Sun Jian's army, his eyes immediately revealed the murderous intent, and he shouted sharply: "Form a conical formation, and follow this general to defeat the barbarians of Xiliang!" .”

"Ouch!"

The three thousand Youyan cavalry beat their chests and shouted in unison, and their aura was instantly ignited.

Like the Xiliang cavalry, the Youzhou cavalry has always believed that the Youzhou cavalry is the most elite cavalry in the world.

When they were at Hulao Pass before, the three thousand Youzhou cavalry had no chance to fight.

When they arrived in Qiao County, the Xiliang army never left the city, and the three thousand Youzhou cavalry never had a chance to fight.

Although the Xiliang cavalry did not take the Youzhou cavalry seriously, how could the three thousand Youzhou cavalry be afraid of the Xiliang cavalry.

They had held their breath a long time ago, but now they finally had a chance to fight head-on. The blood in the bones of all Youzhou cavalry was inexplicably boiling, and their fighting spirit was instantly ignited.

The two wings quickly gathered towards the middle, and the three thousand Youyan cavalry quickly formed a triangular cone formation.

Gongsun Yue gave an order, and using himself as an arrow, he led [-] cavalry to meet the [-] Xiliang iron cavalry who had killed them.

When the road meets, the brave wins.

The Youzhou cavalry have been fighting nomads all year round. They have never seen such a scene, and they never lack the determination to fight to the death.

Not to mention that these three thousand Youyan cavalry are Sun Gongzan's personal guards, and they are the elite of the elite. Even in the face of the Xianbei iron cavalry that is several times their own, they dare to charge head-on and win the battle.

A mere seven thousand barbarians from Xiliang, how can they be intimidated by Youyan Iron Cavalry, who have never been defeated outside the Great Wall.

Amidst the sound of bull horns, the two armies simultaneously formed a cone formation and charged, approaching quickly.

In the rear, Sun Jian also led [-] infantry in a frontal formation, charging towards the flank of the Xiliang army.

Iron hoofs churned, thunder rolled.

An inexplicably chilling aura soared into the sky, permeating all directions.

Luo Zheng took the lead and galloped in front of the triangular arrow, raised his knife to touch the sky, and howled loudly.

The seven thousand Xiliang iron cavalry Jing Cong responded, and their thunderous roar almost overwhelmed the galloping momentum of ten thousand horses. Their fighting spirit and aura soaring into the sky were no less than that of the three thousand Youyan iron cavalry, and their killing intent was almost boiling.

Closer, closer.

The rolling iron hooves turned, and the two cavalry were approaching at an alarming speed.

Gongsun Yue could already vaguely see the face of the cavalry commander galloping ahead of the Xiliang iron cavalry formation.

However, at this moment.

When the distance between the two armies was still two arrows away, the [-] Xiliang iron cavalry formed in a conical formation suddenly separated from the middle, divided into two teams and circled back from the two wings to the [-] Youyan cavalry, leaving only [-] cavalry , lined up in two rows and continued to rush over.

(End of this chapter)