The last three kingdoms

Chapter 999 The Magical Use of Cavalry Archers
In recent years, the popularity of Takahashi saddles and double-sided stirrups has made a qualitative improvement in cavalry combat. Riding on a horse, the rider no longer needs to clamp the horse's belly with his legs or grab the horse's mane with his hands. Weapons have also gradually changed from one-handed weapons and swords to two-handed weapons such as spears and halberds.

An inch long is an inch strong. The biggest advantage of two-handed weapons is that they are relatively powerful. This kind of cavalry duel is even more exciting. The benefits of being fixed are not limited to this. The rider can make large-scale movements on the horseback, and the riders can easily use the actions that were impossible to use before, such as sideways, dodging, forward leaning, and maneuvering, which further increases the range of motion of the rider on horseback.

The popularity of horse gear and equipment also caused the cavalry of the Shu army to lose the advantage they had in the Guanzhong battle. Now the difference between the cavalry is very small. If you want to maintain an advantage on the battlefield, more comes from the quality of the cavalry requirements, high-intensity training, and rich actual combat experience, these can become the guarantee of cavalry combat effectiveness.

The cavalry of the Shu army and the cavalry of the Jin army can be said to be veterans on the battlefield. They both have rich combat experience and good combat effectiveness. One place, collision, fighting, fighting, the riders on both sides are full of enthusiasm, charging forward with all their strength.

People kept falling off their horses. Even if they were still alive, it was difficult to survive on the chaotic battlefield. Whether it was the living or the dead, they would all be trampled into a pile of flesh in the end.

The entire battlefield was covered by trampled dust and smoke. The yellow dust covering the sky covered everything. Many riders could only see things within a few tens of feet in front of them. No matter how far away they were, they could no longer see clearly.

But no one cares about so much anymore, because there are always enemy cavalry rushing over in front of them, and the whole battlefield is plunged into a big melee. Regardless of who is ugly, whoever wins or loses, this battle is not right. will stop.

On the tower of Huguan, Wen Yang climbed up and watched the cavalry duel outside the city closely. The billowing yellow dust stirred up on the battlefield almost completely covered the battlefield. Although Wen Yang It is condescending and can see very far away, but the battlefield to the west can't be seen clearly at all, only the two armies are fighting, vaguely, seemingly real and unreal, and can't figure out what is going on in the battle.

Behind him are Duan Guang and Wu Mao, both worried when they saw the situation on the battlefield, Wu Mao said: "General Wen, looking at the situation, General Qi's side is definitely not optimistic, why don't the last general lead a team Let's go out of the city to rescue it?"

Wen Yang shook his head, pointed to a place farther away, and said: "Liu Yin is full of tricks, look at the distance, there are soldiers and horses of the Shu army ready to move, as soon as you leave the city, you will fall into the ambush of the Shu army, Even Huguan City may be threatened, so we must not act rashly."

"Then General Qi..."

Wen Yang's face sank like water, and said: "There is no other way now, and General Qi can only rely on himself. I hope he can withstand and repel the attack of the Shu army."

While the cavalry was fighting, Liu Yin also deployed infantry troops on the flanks. If the Jin army defending the city dared to take action, the hidden infantry regiments of the Shu army would come out and intercept the reinforcement troops of the Jin army coming out of the city. , and may even seize the opportunity to directly attack the city,

Wen Yang ascended the heights and looked far away, so he could see clearly, so he didn't dare to send troops out of the city easily, not to mention the cavalry fighting, even if the infantry defending the city went to reinforce, it wouldn't have any good effect, so Wen Yang could only stand still, Let Qi Hong seek his own blessing.

Qi Hong hastily responded to the battle on the battlefield. From the beginning of the battle, he was suppressed by the Shu army, and was in an extremely unfavorable situation. Even if Qi Hong tried his best to restore the situation, the cavalry of the Shu army was too strong. The combat effectiveness is also quite fierce, never giving the Jin army cavalry any chance.

Although laymen could not see the advantages and disadvantages of the situation in the melee, Qi Hong knew in his heart that once the Jin army's disadvantages were formed, it would be difficult to recover.

But he can't retreat, once he retreats, there will be an irresistible defeat, so no matter how difficult the situation is, Qi Hong must grit his teeth and persevere. As for the final outcome of the battle, Qi Hong can only walk Step by step.

Fu Zhu was a little annoyed. Originally, the Shu army already had an advantage, but the tenacity of the Jin army obliterated this advantage. Cavalry battles are sometimes a surge of morale. With Ruhong's momentum, even if Even if you are in adversity, you can also overwhelm the opponent.

"A strong general has no weak soldiers. Wen Yang is known for his bravery. Qi Hong under his command is not weak. Although he is at a disadvantage, he can still command the army to fight well. He is indeed one of the few brave generals." Liu said. Yin was watching the battle from the back, and when he saw the fierceness, he couldn't help but express emotion.

Fu Qian said with a smile: "Wenxuan, don't praise your opponent. Now it's time to think about how to turn the advantage into a victory. According to Er'er's performance, it will be a draw at most."

Liu Yin pondered for a moment, and said: "Almost all the cavalrymen who are fighting with the Jin army are cavalrymen. The cavalry archers who performed well before are idle. In my opinion, it is better to let the cavalry archers attack the left and right sides of the Jin army's battle formation. The two wings, if you go in a roundabout way, there may be surprises."

Fu Qian's eyes were bright, and Liu Yin's eyes were really poisonous, and he pointed out the crux of the Shu army. It is true that the cavalry archers were active and excellent at the beginning of the battle, but as the battle turned Into hand-to-hand combat, cavalry archers, a long-range offensive unit, lost their superiority and became spectators on the battlefield.

But now Liu Yin proposed to re-use the archers to conduct roundabout operations from the flanks and attack the enemy's weakness in order to receive miraculous effects.

Fu Qian immediately sent someone to give Fu Zhu an order to change his style of play.

After Fu Zhu got the news, he also quickly adjusted his tactics, so that the cavalry archers who had already retreated to the rear were divided into two groups, and they made a detour from the left and right wings to outflank the Jin army.

The horse archers were also a little annoyed after losing their position in the main battle, but hand-to-hand combat is indeed not the strong point of the horse archers, so they could only sit on the sidelines and wait for the opportunity to attack again. At this time, the military order came down and let them go Attacking the Jin people's flanks, the cavalry archers gladly led the attack.

(End of this chapter)