Eastern Jin Invincible Iron Army

Chapter 150 Armored Cavalry
If the defeat of Murong Jiang's troops was due to underestimation of the enemy, but Zhai Shu's defeat could no longer be explained clearly by underestimation of the enemy.Murong Chui could see clearly that the dead army had formed a very large hedgehog formation, more than two thousand spears one foot eight feet (equivalent to 420 three centimeters), the sharp spearheads pushed forward like a wall, and rammed into the Dingling cavalry. A whole body can be left behind. If you are unlucky, you will be chopped into pieces by several spears.

The Xianbei cavalry around Murongchui were still screaming with anger just now, their seven orifices were filled with smoke, and they wished they could rush up immediately and smash the dead army to pieces.But at this moment, they couldn't bring up the courage to charge.The hedgehog formation of the soldiers of the dead army was advancing like a wall, stabbing the cavalry up and the horses down. The shield is the main defense, the spear is the main attack, and the bow and crossbow are responsible for long-range shooting.

Soon the corpses of Dingling cavalry piled up into a hill in front of the death army.

"What should I do?" Murong Chui also felt a headache at this time. The defense line of the dead army was very tricky. At first glance, the defense line of the dead army was very wide, allowing the attacking side to take advantage of the large number of people, but when they really attacked, they would find out , This seemingly messy line of defense is full of traps.The best way is to regroup and attack again.

However, this is not a good idea. Attacking again means that the Yan army will have to endure another crossbow shooting, and there will be hundreds of corpses of Xianbei soldiers left.Murong Chui shouted loudly: "The cavalry retreat, and the armored soldiers charge forward!"

Less than 2000 Dingling cavalry escaped back. That is to say, within a quarter of an hour of the battle, nearly half of the 600 Dingling cavalry rushed back.If you add the thousands of troops under Murong Jiang's troops, in less than half an hour, the Yan army has already lost more than [-] troops.On the other side, the casualties of the dead army must be less than [-] people. With cavalry battle steps, the casualty ratio reached five to one. Such a result, even the Ran Wei army back then was no more than that...

The Iron Army is a monster fed by victories. Victory after victory has accumulated the hearts and arrogance of the soldiers.Watching the Yan army let the armored cavalry attack again, Gao Jingzong also got over the discomfort of being on the battlefield for the first time.

Gao Jingzong stood on the cart and shouted: "Brothers, do you still have the strength?"

All the soldiers of the death army roared like wild beasts: "I can't die..."

Gao Jingzong said again: "Yan's army is more than ten times ours, are you afraid?"

"I'm afraid they'll pee their pants..."

Gao Jingzong said with a smile: "Well, the whole army retreats, let's rest and compete with them again, and let them see the bloody courage of the real Han men!"

"Captain, why do you want to retreat!" Liu Lao said excitedly, killing three enemy cavalry, "We have defeated tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry, and with another 5000 troops, we will still beat them back!"

"What Liu Lang said is very true, let alone 5000 people, even 1 people will still watch!" Ran Yu shouted excitedly: "Brothers, don't you think so?"

Gao Jingzong smiled wryly and said: "War is not like yours. You have to use your brains more. The Yan army has armored cavalry, and both men and horses wear heavy armor. They can't be cut by knives, and they can't be stabbed by spears. Fighting head-on with them is the talent of fools." matter."

The Xianbei people were originally a vassal tribe of the Huns, and they were often bullied by the Huns. The most beautiful beauties and the most handsome war horses in the tribe were all for the Huns to enjoy.Whenever there is a war, the Xianbei people are the first, and they lose the most, but they can only pick up some bones and dregs left over from the Huns.Until Tan Shihuai was elected as the leader of the tribe.At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the king's court was established on the North Danhan Mountain of Gaoliu, and the counties along the border were plundered in the south, Dingling was resisted in the north, Fuyu was repelled in the east, Wusun was attacked in the west, and the homeland of the Xiongnu was completely occupied. Li, more than seven thousand miles from north to south.Tan Shihuai divides the Xianbei into three tribes, from the east of Youbeiping to the east of Liaodong, connecting more than 20 cities such as Fuyu and Yeji, which is the east; from the west of Youbeiping to more than ten cities in Shanggu County , is the central part; from the west of Shanggu County to more than 20 cities including Dunhuang County and Wusun, it is the west.Each department is set up with a leader to govern.

And Tan Shihuai's stunt that allowed the Xianbei to replace the Huns as the overlord of the grassland was the creation of armored cavalry.Armored cavalry, cavalry wear iron armor, and horses also have armor, which can usually be divided into "face curtain" to protect the horse's head, "chicken neck" to protect the horse's neck, and "dang chest" to protect the horse's chest. The "horse body armor" to protect the horse's body, the "back" to protect the horse's buttocks, and the "parasite" erected on the horse's buttocks (it seems to be used to protect the cavalry's back).

The armored cavalry is known as a mobile fortress. The whole body of the cavalry is wrapped in thick armor. Blindfolds, equipped with an armored cavalry fund can equip a small squad of light infantry.

Tan Shihuai relied on the Xianbei armored cavalry he founded to sweep the Xiongnu, Donghu, Wuheng, Fuyu, and Dingling, without any disadvantages, and looked down on everything.In fact, the Xuanjia Army founded by Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty was also an armored cavalry, but it was improved and replaced the armored armor with Mingguang armor.Li Shimin used [-] Xuanjia troops to defeat Dou Jiande's [-] troops, and Dou Jiande fled with only a hundred.When Li Shimin fought against Wang Shichong, he used a thousand Xuanjia troops to capture more than [-] Zheng soldiers.It can be seen how terrifying the fighting power of the Xuanjia Army is.

The five thousand armored cavalry began to move slowly, and their heavy horseshoes stepped on the ground like thunder on dry land.Although it was only five thousand armored cavalry, the power of charging was quite frightening. Not to mention Gao Jingzong's expression changed, even Tian Luo and Liu Laozhi turned pale with fright.

"It's too scary!" Tian Luo secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the governor has the foresight, this armored cavalry is simply not something that manpower can resist!"

"Why can't we resist? Didn't our Great Wei Army also kill the armored cavalry army and kill Murong Ke's army?" Ran Yu said: "If Hu (Guang) Zhonglang is here, he must know how the Great Wei Army broke through at that time. of!"

Tian Luo said: "The key is that Hu Zhonglang is not here now!"

"A dead horse is treated like a living horse!" Gao Jingzong said: "Abandon the first and second trenches, abandon the first and second walls, and the whole army will meet the enemy at the third wall. Crossbowmen, replace them all with armor-piercing cones!"

All the crossbowmen and soldiers heard the order and immediately switched to armor-piercing heavy arrows. Since the armor-piercing heavy arrows are made of fine steel, the cost is expensive, and there are not many armor-piercing arrows equipped by all the crossbowmen of the dead army.

"Get...!" Yan Jun's armored hooves were like thunder, hitting the hearts of the soldiers of the dead army hard.Can armor-piercing cones really cause casualties to armored cavalry?This is what a dead army soldier desperately wants to know.

(End of this chapter)