Chapter 360 In the Spring of 6 Years, Chu Zi Plotted Against Me (3)
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King Lanling saw that Fengji despised Muchu Zimou of Xuzhou, and reminded Fengji not to underestimate his enemy. King Lanling participated in the Battle of Mobei and served Yuan Shao. At that time, he had seen Chutian's cavalry tactics and spoke highly of Chutian.
If not for Yuan Shao in advance, King Lanling would most likely choose to join Chu Zimou.
"The general has an army of 50,000 people, why should he grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige? With the ability of the general, and my advice and strategies, the army of 50,000 can defeat the enemy by 100,000."
Feng Ji pulled the reins of the war horse, still thinking that Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou had a false reputation.
"Broadcast scouts to avoid being attacked by Chu Zimou's cavalry!"
King Lanling was also a general who used cavalry, and knew that Chu Zimou's cavalry blitzkrieg was extremely terrifying. To decipher Chu Zimou's cavalry tactics, he must spread scouts widely and discover the position of Chu Zimou's cavalry before being surrounded.
Feng Ji said: "As long as the army is marching and fighting, it is necessary to make Mount Tai collapse in the front without changing its color, and the elk will rise to the left without blinking..."
The Lanling King's Army marched ten miles eastward, and the scout cavalry rushed back: "We found enemy cavalry ahead!"
"Sure enough, we have been targeted."
Lanling King looked cautious and ordered the army to prepare for battle. The 50,000 legion was in a panic, and it took time for the army that stretched for more than ten miles to gather into a phalanx.
This time Fengji was finally nervous and his face was pale. He thought that King Lanling was just thinking too much, but King Lanling obviously guessed correctly, Chu Zimou's cavalry really came!
"The cavalry and I will block the enemy cavalry, Zhu Ling, you command the infantry to form an array and occupy a dangerous place!"
King Lanling saw that the infantry was in a panic. It would take a long time for the infantry team of more than ten li to form a square formation. During this period, only the cavalry could act as soon as possible!
Ten thousand cavalrymen followed King Lanling into battle, and the lieutenant Zhu Ling took over the infantry and crossbowmen and formed a formation based on the terrain.
Zhu Ling is also a qualified lieutenant, and hurriedly formed an array.
On the horizon, the dust was rolling, Zhao Yun armed with a spear, Gongsun Ao held a knife, and Joan of Arc held a flag, leading the Yueqi battalion, Changshui battalion, and Tun cavalry battalion to attack the cavalry of King Lanling!
The King of Lanling held the horse lance,
Armored cavalry, wearing a mask, only showing a pair of eyes, facing the impact of Xuzhou Mu's elite cavalry.
"I didn't expect to fight Xuzhou Mu's cavalry in such a way today!"
King Lanling took a different stance. He stood on the lance and fought against the elite cavalry of Xuzhou Mu, to buy time for the infantry and crossbowmen!
Yuan Shao gave Lanling King an ordinary heavy cavalry, and the two cavalry torrents clashed head-on, Lanling King stabbed the opposite heavy cavalry with a lance! The war horse galloped at a high speed, and the sharp horse lance used its inertia to easily pierce the armor of the heavy cavalry in the cavalry camp, and the blood-stained lance pierced from the back of the armor!
The two heavy cavalry collided, and the heavy cavalry in the Tunqi Battalion, as the Eastern Han Dynasty forbidden army, had an advantage in the hand-to-hand combat with the ordinary heavy cavalry, and the front row of the Jizhou heavy cavalry was quickly wiped out!
Zhao Yun stabbed the Lanling King with a spear, but was blocked by the heavy cavalry all over the mountains and fields beside the Lanling King, so Zhao Yun had to fight hard to kill the Jizhou heavy cavalry!
Jizhou heavy cavalry fell under Zhao Yun's spear, fell from horseback, and was trampled into flesh by half-ton iron horses!
"For honor!"
Inspired by Joan of Arc, the light cavalrymen of Changshui Battalion and Yueqi Battalion had their morale soared.
The cavalry battalion was responsible for the frontal attack. The cavalrymen of Changshui battalion and Yueqi battalion on both sides held spears and stabbed at the enemy, while the cavalry in the middle held horned bows and shot fiercely at the enemy cavalry!
King Lanling fell into battle, and Ma Chang killed dozens of high-level cavalry soldiers in a row, with two arrows hanging from his armor, but his courage did not diminish, and he continued to charge!
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"Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou's cavalry is simply elusive!"
When Fengji saw that the cavalry of King Lanling had already engaged with Chu Zimou's cavalry, the cries of killing shook Baima County, and he couldn't help trembling!
The two sides are fighting and fighting, and there are not many fancy skills in the tragic cavalry battle. It depends on who can persevere to the end of the cavalry on both sides!
Suddenly, in the other two directions of the battlefield, dust was flying, and two cavalrymen, one left and one right, quickly charged towards the phalanx of infantry and bowmen where Zhu Ling and Feng Ji were located!
The cavalry of Zhao Yun, Joan of Arc, and Gongsun Ao were just to lead out the cavalry of King Lanling!
Chutian also knew that King Lanling was not easy to deal with. If he fought fiercely with King Lanling and gave the infantry and crossbowmen of the Jizhou Army a chance to line up, then Chutian would have to spend more time annihilating King Lanling's army. Therefore, he and Fang Xuanling decided to move the tiger away from the mountain. Zhu Ling and Fengji Corps, who lacked the protection of cavalry, would be the best prey for the cavalry!
"General Zhu Ling, quickly set up the spear formation, the enemy cavalry is coming!"
Feng Ji saw that the situation was not good, so he urged the deputy general Zhu Ling to quickly line up.
"The queue is so long, how easy is it to line up!"
Zhu Ling also wanted to form a phalanx of spears as soon as possible to block Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou's offensive, but Chu Zimou's cavalry action was unexpected, and the speed of the cavalry was too fast! It was too late for him to react, and it was too late for 40,000 infantrymen and crossbowmen to form a battle!
"Only part of the soldiers can be abandoned!"
Facing the approaching cavalry, Zhu Ling used the assembled infantry and bowmen to set up a spear and shield formation, with the archers in the middle!
There were also panicked infantry and crossbowmen gathered in the phalanx, but Zhu Ling no longer cared about their lives.
Wei Qing's Yulin Corps and Hua Mulan's reconnaissance corps approached from both flanks, using cavalry to harass Zhu Ling's infantry and crossbowmen.
A large number of cavalry appeared, putting great pressure on Zhu Ling Corps.
"The range of riding and archery is not as good as that of a walking bow. Listen to my orders and shoot arrows!"
With an order from Zhu Ling, thousands of arrows were fired, and the arrow feathers covered the sky, shooting hundreds of high-level cavalry!
Wei Qing commanded the Yulin Cavalry, and Hua Mulan commanded the Iron Eagle Scouts, looking for a breakthrough and intercepting the Jizhou infantry that had not yet entered the battle. The two light cavalry soldiers looked like two poisonous snakes, and the Jizhou Legion was tingling with numbness.
The Jizhou infantrymen were on full alert to observe the movements of the two light cavalry troops who were not good at coming. They were sweating profusely and their palms were sweating. They could not and did not dare to show any flaws in front of the cavalry, otherwise the two light cavalry troops would drive straight in at any time and defeat the infantry phalanx!
The two light cavalry circling the Jizhou phalanx interfered, making it difficult for the Jizhou infantry to see the attack direction of the Xuzhou cavalry.
Behind Wei Qing's Yulin Corps, a heavy cavalry unit with only a few hundred cavalry was ready to go. A large number of light cavalry interfered with the Jizhou army, which seriously affected the judgment of the Jizhou army and concealed the whereabouts of the Huben army.
The Hu Ben army is armed with a halberd, armored and mounted, and the momentum is like a rainbow. In order to ensure the impact capability of the Hu Ben army, Chutian transferred Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci was also dressed, holding a short halberd in each hand, and he possessed the force of the five tiger generals. For Taishi Ci, it is definitely not difficult to kill a hundred people in a big battle!
So far, the Hu Ben army is almost invincible and invincible!
"Hu Ben Army, attack!"
Probably tasted the sweetness of the heavy cavalry assault, Chu Tian once again personally commanded the Hu Ben army to conduct the assault!
The ground trembled violently, and the soldiers of the Jizhou Legion who were guarding the two light cavalry noticed that their feet were shaking a little, and the sound that made their scalps tingle sounded!
"It's heavy cavalry!"
One of the commanders of the Jizhou Army who ascended the heights pointed in fear in the direction of the appearance of the Hu Ben Army!
Iron hoofs slammed, the ground trembled, and the Tiger Ben army charged again!
"Quick, thicken the defense line! All soldiers must not retreat!"
Zhu Ling panicked and temporarily called in a large number of heavy infantry from Jizhou armed with crossbows, spears and large shields to reinforce the defense line attacked by the Hu Ben army.
After all, the dispatch of the heavy infantry in Jizhou is a little slow, and the Hu Ben army is constantly accelerating its speed, striving to destroy the enemy's infantry phalanx at the highest speed!
Jizhou archers are frantically loading crossbow arrows, aiming and shooting!
The armor-piercing arrow collided with the thick armor, the arrow cluster of the crossbow was twisted and deformed due to the violent impact, and the sparks splashed in the instant of friction!
Braving the heavy rain of arrows from the opponent, the Hu Ben army pointed the halberd forward and pushed aside many of the arrows that were shot!
Thousands of crossbow arrows were fired in salvo, but the iron hoofs still failed to stop the advance of the Hu Ben army!
Only a few Hu Ben army heavy cavalry were shot and killed by Jizhou bowmen.
Jizhou is rich in strong crossbows, and even the eighth-order heavy cavalry like the Hu Ben Army was shot and killed by crossbow arrows.
However, Jizhou bowmen could not bring much damage to the Hu Ben army after all!
Taishi Ci slammed into the spear forest of the Jizhou army with his excellent armor, and the short halberd smashed the long spear in front, and led the Hu Ben army to break through the enemy's line!
The Hu Ben army rushed into the enemy line, and the halberd harvested the infantry in front and on both sides, opening the way for the follow-up cavalry!
Everyone's attention was on the Hu Ben army. Wei Qing led the 3,000-feather forest cavalry, swarming in along the gap opened by the Hu Ben army, using cavalry and shooting to kill the enemy along the way!
Behind the 3,000 Yulin Cavalry are 10,000 Yanzhou light cavalry!
A large number of cavalry cut the Jizhou Army, trying to cut off the Jizhou Army!
The Hu Ben Army is still in the enemy's position, and no one can stop the Hu Ben Army with a big horse!
Under the protection of dozens of general-level personal soldiers, Chutian used the horn bow to hunt down the enemy along the way, and followed the Hu Ben army to make a breakthrough.
Chu Tian finally understood why Tang Taizong Li Shimin specially formed an elite Xuanjia Army heavy cavalry. This kind of elite heavy cavalry is used to assault the enemy's formation and tear it apart. Who knows!
He suspected that the horses used by the Hu Ben army were the Liangzhou horses or the Dawan horses from the Western Regions, otherwise the impact would not be so terrifying.
Wei Qing's Yulin cavalry has superb cavalry and archery skills, and his melee combat ability is not inferior. He follows the rear of the Hu Ben army and harvests the lives of the Jizhou legion's infantry and crossbowmen!
The Jizhou Corps was devastated and disintegrated.
"All generals, follow me to attack the enemy!"
On the other side, Hua Mulan's reconnaissance corps played the role of containing and confounding the enemy. She had no heavy cavalry to support her, so she had to wait until the Hu Ben army and Yulin cavalry destroyed the enemy's line, and then led the reconnaissance corps to attack Jizhou from the other side. Legion, we must cut the Jizhou Legion into three pieces and break them one by one!
The 10,000 cavalrymen of the Scouting Corps fired two rounds of arrows at the Jizhou Corps, and then pulled out the bright Tang Dao and cut into the enemy's line!
The Jizhou Legion was cut by two sharp blades, and the three parts fought each other!
Zhu Ling held a knife and was located in the middle army. Like Feng Ji, he looked at the chaotic battlefield with a lot of Xuzhou cavalry on both sides. The opponent's cavalry was a one-sided slaughter of the Jizhou Army!
"Master, nothing can be done, we should retreat immediately."
Zhu Ling was unable to control the situation, there were enemy horses everywhere, and the battlefield was chaotic.
"With such a failure, how can I go back to see Duke Ming with a face!"
Fengji found that he had underestimated Xuzhou Mu, the cavalry of Xuzhou Mu was simply elusive, avoiding most of the scouts. When a few scouts brought the news back, Xuzhou Mu's cavalry often followed!
"Leave the green hills, don't be afraid of running out of firewood! Come, escort the military division back to Hebei!"
Regardless of Fengji's thoughts, Zhu Ling ordered his soldiers to take Fengji away!
He has given up on reorganizing the army, because no matter how much he fights to the death, it will not help. Xuzhou Mu has ambushed 30,000 cavalry in the Baima area, about half of them are high-level cavalry, and the Jizhou Legion is doomed!
Obviously, the other party was better in intelligence and knew in advance the route of the Jizhou Army to support Cao Cao in the south, so they specifically blocked it in Baima County.
Zhu Ling broke his wrist, abandoned the army, and led hundreds of personal soldiers to protect Fengji and break through the chaos.
Ten thousand horses galloped, the Hu Ben army pierced through the Jizhou army, Chu Tian followed the Hu Ben army to stand out from the enemy's line, suddenly enlightened!
"Kill it back!"
After Chu Tian led the Hu Ben army to penetrate the enemy's line, he turned his head to look at the chaotic battlefield, so he led the Hu Ben army into the enemy's line, and penetrated the Jizhou army for the second time!
The Jizhou Corps was repeatedly attacked by the cavalry, with 10,000 dead and corpses everywhere. The remaining Jizhou Corps either surrendered or fled. Yuan Shao's forces were north of the Yellow River, and it was not easy for them to escape back to Jizhou.
King Lanling led several of Yuan Shao's cavalry generals to fight against Zhao Yun, Joan of Arc, and Gongsun Ao. He was at a disadvantage. He saw that the infantry and crossbowmen of the Jizhou Army were defeated. He knew that it would be useless to support him, so he led the cavalry. escape.
"Fifty thousand, fifty thousand troops are gone!"
Fengji ran away on horseback, and the Xuzhou cavalry behind him were busy catching prisoners and capturing trophies, ignoring the small group of fleeing Jizhou cavalry.
Fifty thousand Jizhou troops crossed the Yellow River and arrived in Baima County within two days, and almost the entire army was annihilated.
No legion was defeated so easily.
That's a full 50,000 troops!
Zhu Ling and Feng Ji kept running and fled to the Yellow River. They were relieved when they saw Yuan Shao's wooden boat. As long as they had ships, Chu Zimou's cavalry would not be able to chase after them.
"How can there be such a terrifying cavalry in the world? Could it be that only the cavalry of Youzhou can compete with the cavalry of Chu Zimou?"
Zhu Ling could not imagine that there would be such terrifying cavalry in the Central Plains, which lacks horse production areas. In terms of geography from north to south, it is clear that the cavalry of Jizhou should be sharper than the cavalry of Xuzhou, but instead the cavalry of Jizhou was washed away by the cavalry of Xuzhou. Even the strong crossbow that Jizhou was proud of and could easily kill the White Horse Yicong could not stop the attack of the Tiger Ben army.
Lanling King Gao Su fled to the Yellow River and joined Zhu Ling and Feng Ji. He took off his mask and sighed softly. He had done his best in this battle, but a side division encountered the main force of Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou and was easily defeated.