The last three kingdoms

Chapter 407 The Battle of Wuzhang Plain ([-])
However, before Sima Wang could make a move, Liu Yin had already led the tiger cavalry battalion to pounce on him, and directly slashed at the belly of the long snake formation.

The Tiger Cavalry Battalion still formed a character-shaped attack formation with cavalry archers as the center and cavalry cavalry as the flanks. Two thousand cavalry archers were the first to attack the formation of the Wei army.

In the battle of Jieting, the Wei army had indeed tasted enough of the hardships of the tiger cavalry battalion. Sima Wang also thought hard about how to deal with the Shu army's tiger cavalry battalion.Against Lancers, the most effective infantry formation is spear formation, while against cavalry archers, the most effective formation is heavy shield soldiers, but the reverse is undoubtedly a disaster. Resist the impact of the cavalry, but they are powerless against the cavalry. The heavy shield can effectively resist the cavalry and block the long-range attack of the cavalry, but it is very powerless to block the cavalry's impact.

Therefore, Wei Jun saw that the Tiger Cavalry Battalion of the Shu Army dispatched cavalry archers in the center, and after the Lancers formed a character-shaped attack formation on the left and right wings, they immediately adjusted their defensive formation, and also dispatched heavy shield soldiers as the center, and spears. Defensive formation deployed on the left and right wings.

Sima Wang personally supervised the battle in the formation. He had also practiced this targeted formation beforehand. Sima Wang was quite proud of this. There is nothing so powerful that it cannot be restrained. As for how to restrain it, it depends on how the generals arrange their troops. Although cavalry archers are powerful, they can be dealt with with heavy shields. They are also afraid of the dense forest of spears forming an array. As long as many arms respond well, they can get twice the result with half the effort.

The Wei army is already very familiar with the character-shaped attack formation of the cavalry of the Shu army. Relatively speaking, this attack formation is indeed the most effective and practical. Lancers with strong melee capabilities provide flanks for cavalry archers suitable for long-range attacks. It also allows the cavalry archers with weaker defensive capabilities to completely let go of their hands and feet to attack without any hesitation.

Sima Wang already expected from the initial formation of troops that the Shu army would definitely adopt such a formation. Based on this, the Wei army's defensive strategy also made corresponding adjustments. The Lancers formed a character-shaped attacking lineup on the left and right wings. Sima Wang couldn't help showing an imperceptible smile on his face. He immediately ordered the defensive formation to be arranged according to the established deployment. At the same time, the archers and crossbowmen also all In place, ready to counterattack the Shu army.

Similarly, the same smile appeared on Liu Yin's face at this moment, even though his formation of troops could not escape Sima Wang's eyes, how could Sima Wang's formation of troops escape his own eyes? The confrontation between the two armies was originally an occasion for a battle of wits and courage. Whoever can predict the enemy's opportunities first can take the initiative.

Since Liu Yin had already expected that Sima Wang would form such a formation, how could he stay the same and let Sima Wang play in his arms, so Liu Yin had arranged the formation change in advance.If Wei Jun did not come up with a targeted formation, then the Tiger Cavalry Battalion would still maintain the original formation. Establish military superiority.

Fu Zhuuchong was on the front line. When he saw that the Wei army formed a defensive formation with heavy shield soldiers as the center and long spears as the two wings, he couldn't help secretly admiring his brother-in-law for his five-body projection, which did not go against Liu Yin at all. As expected, Wei Jun really resorted to such a defensive formation.

If the Tiger Cavalry Battalion still rushed up according to the established combat plan at this moment, it would definitely be hit and bloody.The Lancers are bound to collide with the opponent's dense forest of guns. Even if the Lancers can tear through the opponent's line of defense, it will definitely pay a high price, and the performance of the Archers will be even worse. , the arrow attacks of cavalrymen will be blocked by shields, and basically they will not achieve any effective results.

At this time, Fu Zhu raised his spear high and shouted loudly, "Cross positions."

Cross-positioning is one of the basic training subjects of the Tiger Cavalry Battalion. The purpose is to use it for temporary formation changes. After the order is issued, the Tiger Cavalry Battalion's forward speed has not slowed down at all. All cavalry no longer advance in a straight line but move sideways. , Archers move from the inside to the outside, and Lancers move from the outside to the inside.

The high-speed galloping horses completed the cross-transposition, which is a super-difficult transformation in itself. More than [-] horses are staggered with each other, making people dazzled.

Wei Jun, who had already completed the formation of troops, was dumbfounded. Looking from a distance, the Lancers and the Archers were as distinct as a river. The Lancers held guns and the Archers held bows. It was difficult to mix the two, but In the blink of an eye, the two torrents of iron hoofs unexpectedly merged together, and it was no longer possible to distinguish which was the Lancer and which was the Archer.

Just when Wei Jun was at a loss, for a moment, the cavalry archers appeared on the outside like a ghost, while the cavalry appeared on the inside.

After the cavalry archers switched to the outside, the Wei army was no longer facing heavy shield soldiers but spearmen, and the bows and arrows in their hands were fired without hesitation.The pikemen held long spears and lined up to form a dense jungle-like spear formation, which was indeed spectacular, but such a battle formation was useless to the archers.No matter how dense the spears are, those dense and tricky arrows can always find the gaps in the spear forest, and easily bring fatal blows to Wei Jun.

Under the rain of arrows from the cavalry archers, soldiers in the phalanx of the pikemen kept falling down. As more and more soldiers fell, the entire phalanx fell into chaos. Lin's line of defense.

Sima Wang couldn't help but gasped. He never thought that the cavalry of the Shu army could change their attack formation so easily. They could complete the change of formation in the blink of an eye and enter a substantial attack state. Although the defensive formation of the Wei army It is also possible to make corresponding adjustments, but the mobility of infantry is far worse than that of cavalry. Even if the formation is changed, it will take at least a moment or more, but will the cavalry of the Kingdom of Shu give him such a long time?

This is obviously impossible. The Shu army easily completed the change of formation, with cavalry archers against spearmen, and cavalry against heavy shield soldiers. Tilt occurs.

All of this was unexpected by Sima Wang. All his good ideas fell through in an instant, and the ending of the Wei army seemed to be doomed with the change of the Shu army.

(End of this chapter)