Chapter 723: Counterattack

The subsequent battle situation made Fan Chou and his generals feel relieved. After a series of collisions, the Hedong cavalry rushed into the first layer of the chariot formation smoothly. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who followed closely behind, rushed into the formation through the gap in the chariot formation. Their riding skills were much better than those of the Hedong cavalry. After rushing into the formation through the gap, the speed of the horses was not greatly affected. The subsequent second layer of the chariot formation was also impacted by the cavalry.

After paying a large number of cavalry losses, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry finally broke through the two layers of the chariot formation. Seeing this, Fan Chou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

So, with his order, the remaining 10,000 cavalry mounted their horses and rushed straight towards the Sizhou Army position that had been broken through in front.

After seeing the cavalry charging in front break through the two layers of the chariot formation, all the Xiliang Iron Cavalry felt that the thin two layers of shield wall behind them could no longer stop their cavalry. Instantly, deafening shouts rang out among the cavalry. Following Fan Chou's order, the excited Xiliang Iron Cavalry quickly jumped on their horses and, under the leadership of the generals, rushed towards the broken Sizhou Army position.

They thought that when they rushed to the front, they only needed to follow the vanguard cavalry and rush into the Sizhou Army soldiers, killing them like a tiger into a flock of sheep, and then breaking the enemy formation.

But when they rushed within a hundred steps, they suddenly found that the vanguard cavalry had not broken through the enemy's shield wall, but were blocked by the shield wall and seemed unable to move forward.

Yes, the cavalry had broken through the first layer of the shield wall, but they were hit on the second layer of the shield wall and had their heads broken and bleeding. Because this layer of shield wall was composed of the trap camp, this time, Gao Shun's trap camp did not form a circle or square formation, but a row of shield walls, behind which were the Iron Eagle Sharp Warriors, and then the Yuanrong Crossbowmen and all the archers.

Facing the shield wall composed of heavy shields, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had already lost its speed, and when it encountered the shield wall, it was no longer able to break through. At this time, the cavalry sitting high on the horse had become a live target for the Yuanrong crossbowmen and the archers behind.

With the continuous rain of arrows, more and more cavalrymen were shot off their horses, and then the cavalry behind were blocked by their own cavalry, unable to advance or retreat, and then more and more cavalrymen were blocked in the formation.

Facing the rain of arrows falling from the sky, the Zepao in front could not move forward, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry behind could only stand there as a target. When two or three hundred Xiliang Iron Cavalry in front fell, some of the Hedong cavalry behind finally couldn't help it, and after a wild shout, they pulled their horses and prepared to flee back.

At this time, Gao Shun in the Xianzhen Camp saw that the remaining Xiliang Iron Cavalry cavalry seemed to have a trace of timidity on their faces, and knew that the time for his army to counterattack had come. With his order of "change formation", the soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp also issued a deafening shout of killing. Then, the shield wall slowly turned into a circle amid shouts, and then, under Gao Shun's command, the circle slowly approached the cavalry, which was already in a dilemma.

While the soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp changed their formation, Chen Jing's Iron Eagles also formed small formations, protecting the two sides of the Xianzhen Camp and rushing forward. The archers and Yuanrong crossbowmen behind continued to pour arrows on the cavalry in front.

As the armored formation of the Xianzhen Camp slowly approached, and the Hedong cavalry fled first, the remaining Xiliang Iron Cavalry could not hold on, and they turned around and left like ghosts.

At this time, the cavalry behind did not know what happened in front, so in a moment, the attacking cavalry fell into chaos.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun immediately ordered: "Archers, Yuanrong crossbowmen, make way after ten rounds of shooting, and the cavalry are ready to move!"

For a while, the rain of arrows poured down more densely on the heads of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Hedong Cavalry, and another large wave of cavalry was shot down on their horses by the rain of arrows. These became the last straw that broke the camel's back. No one expected that the Sizhou Army would have such a dense rain of arrows.

"Cavalry, attack!"

"Kill, kill, kill..."

As the deafening shouts of killing came from the mouths of 8,000 cavalrymen,

more than 3,000 White Horse Volunteers were the vanguard, and more than 4,000 air cavalrymen protected their two wings. Under the command of Hu Yandu, they rushed towards the chaotic coalition cavalry.

The Sizhou cavalry was a hundred steps away from the front defense position. Under Zhao Yun's command, they rushed to the front of the coalition cavalry in a moment. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry was originally inferior to the White Horse Volunteers. Now one was in chaos, and the other was rushing in formation. In an instant, they were killed by the White Horse Volunteers.

At this time, many coalition cavalrymen had turned their horses around, and when they saw the White Horse Volunteers like a tiger into a flock of sheep, they were even more frightened. Groups of cavalrymen were like frightened sheep, riding their horses and fleeing desperately.

Afterwards, more and more cavalry joined the fleeing, and the Sizhou Army cavalry followed closely behind them, driving them towards their own cavalry brigade. The Sizhou Army's infantry pushed the battle line back to its original position, captured all the wounded allied soldiers and brought them to the battle formation, led all the horses left by the allied forces to the battle formation, and then restored all the scattered baggage wagons to their original positions, restored the defenses, and then quietly waited for the pursuing cavalry to return.

When Fan Chou and his generals saw that both lines of defense of the chariot array were broken by their own cavalry, they immediately ordered all cavalry to join the attack with great joy. However, when they rushed to within a hundred steps, they found that their own cavalry was blocked by the shield wall in the array. Then when they reached sixty steps, their own cavalry was forced to retreat step by step by the enemy's infantry, and finally collapsed.

When they reached a distance of fifty steps, the remaining nearly three thousand cavalry actually rushed towards their own army. Fan Chou was furious and shouted loudly at the fleeing cavalry not to attack the main array, but he forgot to look around. The pass of this mountain pass was only more than two miles wide. His more than ten thousand cavalry had basically blocked the entire pass. Where else could these fleeing soldiers rush to if not to them?

As he spoke, the fleeing soldiers had already rushed to the front of most of the cavalry, and then the two troops rushed to the ground, and the eight thousand Sizhou cavalry following closely behind them followed closely. First, the White Horse Yicong had passed a distance of nearly two hundred steps and had already increased the speed of the horses. On the contrary, the more than 10,000 cavalrymen led by Fan Chou subconsciously slowed down their horses because they first saw the vanguard's attack was blocked and then saw the defeated soldiers rushing towards them.