After all, war is not child's play, nor can it be won on paper, and even the best plan is useless without the right generals to take command.

Ma Yan was born in cavalry, and basically spent most of his life with horses, so when he commanded the cavalry, he not only knew how to deploy soldiers, but even knew more about the physical strength of the war horse under the crotch, and could adjust the strategy at any time according to the changes in the battlefield and distribute the physical strength of the horses.

Many of these things are experience, maybe one day, when Ma Yan is old and can't lead the soldiers, sit down and slowly think about it and summarize it slowly, so that there is a way to reproduce one or two on the book, but now, it is mostly Ma Yan's instinctive reaction.

Having said that, why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty seem to have won a series of victories after he promoted Wei Qing, but has anyone ever wondered if the reason why Wei Qing was able to achieve some feats that the Han people did not have before was related to his previous career?

Horses are strange and loyal creatures, unlike cats, which can play tricks at any time. Horses are timid, shy, not good at expression, good at running, but not good at long-term high-intensity running, but the horse's personality is even if it is too tired, it rarely calls, once the owner is identified, it is extremely loyal, and does not know how to refuse, so driven by the owner, it will even run until the blood boils all over the body, and it will run alive and tired on the road......

Anyway, from ancient times to the present, horses have run to death on the road, but I have never seen a cat run to death from exhaustion on the road.

As a general, you only know how to soldier, so there is no problem in being a marcher, but to become a horseman, you must also know how to use horsepower, know what terrain is suitable for a horse's gallop, and know how to let a horse rest......

Therefore, the mobilization of the Xianbei cavalry and the work of flirting in a circle within a small area of forty or fifty miles south of Pingding City is only suitable for Ma Yan, and the others really can't do it.

At least Xu Huang and Huang Cheng have not yet reached that level, of course, there is no problem with these two leading troops to surprise and cover up, but to be like Ma Yan, the rapid command of the horses is like their own two legs, this is still a certain gap.

Therefore, the cavalry on the East Road led by Xu Huang naturally adopted a completely different method from Ma Yan. Xu Huang deliberately chose a stronger horse to ride, otherwise the weight of his big axe would basically increase most of the people out of thin air......

However, the first step Xu Huang and Ma Yan were the same, and when they saw the three thousand cavalry killed by Xianbei, they turned around and ran.

As long as it is not a stupid person or has some special requirements or something, otherwise a thousand cavalry against three thousand cavalry, even if the equipment of the Han cavalry is better, but whether it is in terms of consumption or bearing blows, it is relatively disadvantageous, so it is also a natural reaction to retreat immediately when the situation is not good.

Just like the police ran when they saw someone on the street, they would subconsciously chase after them, Xianbei people almost didn't think about it yet, and their bodies had already followed, and they spurred their horses to bite Xu Huang's cavalry troops.

People's thinking is always a little fixed, Xianbei people are no exception, when the scouts were scouting before, it was said that there were more than 1,000 cavalry, so these cavalry in front of them were also about 1,000 people, so Xianbei people didn't think about anything else, but they didn't expect that Huang Cheng brought a team of soldiers and horses, and slowly followed Xu Huang's unfolded formation, and used the lack of Xianbei scout's eyeline swept out by Xu Huang's troops to ambush them.

Therefore, the Xianbei troops, who were chasing happily, were hit hard by Huang Cheng's long-planned fierce blow.

There was a chaotic sound of bangzi, and many Han people with bows and crossbows stood up behind Xiaopo, and they attacked the Xianbei cavalry who were chasing after them.

The Xianbei people who are chasing the rise can't dodge at all, and the ordinary bow and arrow is huge for the light armor or even the unarmored Xianbei people, not to mention that there are hundreds of strong crossbows, although the rate of fire is not as fast as the bow and arrow, but whether it is to shoot a person or a horse, almost as long as it is hit, it must be a hit, and the lethality is obviously much stronger than the bow and arrow.

The troops who rushed to the front were shot to death, tripped and fell by the corpses of men and horses on the ground, trampled and squeezed each other, and scurried from side to side in a panic, and for a moment the momentum of the charge and chase of the vanguard of the Xianbei people was completely interrupted in an instant.

At this time, Xu Huang turned around and rushed back with people, the huge long-handled battle axe was extremely heavy, and it was picked up in circles, even if the Xianbei cavalry tried to take the weapon compartment, it was completely ineffective, the speed of the tomahawk's rotation plus its own weight, whether it was a gun or a war knife, or a human body, was basically either smashed out or directly cut into two sections.

The guy with the big axe in the front was difficult, and the side was shot by Huang Cheng's archers and crossbowmen, and the Xianbei people suddenly couldn't support it, and dropped four or five hundred casualties and retreated the whole team.

Xu Huang didn't chase either, Yu Huangcheng's troops gathered together, slowly retreated, and by the way, the Hu people and horses on the battlefield who were lucky and uninjured were taken away, leaving only corpses all over the ground and some Xianbei people and horses who were injured and wailing on the ground.

When Da Danghu came to the east with his soldiers, he ran into the whole army of the Hui army, and when he heard that he was in ambush, he was shocked and angry, and when he rushed to the ambush point with his men and horses, he found that the Han troops had already withdrawn.

Dadang's face sank like water, and on the one hand, he sent scouts to investigate, and on the other hand, he asked people to clean up the scene.

Nearly 300 people died, and more than 30 people were seriously injured, basically they were not cured, more than 20 people broke their hands or legs, and whether they could survive or not can only depend on the will of God, and the other 60 or 70 people suffered various injuries, which were relatively light......

Most of the horses that were slightly injured were recovered, and more than 200 of them were seriously injured and died on the spot, and about 70 or 80 horses were taken away by the Han Chinese......

The scout returned, saying that the Han people were all on horseback, and that they had gone very fast, and had evacuated thirty miles away.

The big pawn scolded hatefully and ordered to turn around and go back.

Now that it is approaching dusk, let alone the night, the horses' eyesight has deteriorated so much that it is inconvenient to march, and what worries the big man is that the ghost knows whether the Han people have hidden other ambushes somewhere, so although they are very unwilling, they can only temporarily come to an end, and wait until tomorrow after dawn, and then look for an opportunity to fight.

Four or five hundred men and horses were damaged, although it was not very large for the weight of more than 10,000 troops, but it was also a big blow to the morale of Xianbei, plus the vast majority of Xianbei soldiers were running around all day today, so at night, in addition to the soldiers on duty, most of the Xianbei people also lost their usual hustle and bustle, and they found a place to sleep with their heads bored......