Chapter 1462: The Battle of Xuzhou (59)

The Setyama Battalion usually enjoys an honor that other troops cannot match, and if it is not for anything else, it is for this honor that it must fight bravely in wartime!

This honor, the glory of being a part of the Setshan battalion, in Xuzhou, there are many elite troops, but the troops who can enjoy this glory are only them and the dragoons, although I know how many people are waiting to see their jokes, but the more this is the case, the more they can't be defeated!

Because of this glory, it cannot be lost!

It's a burden, but it's also what keeps them coming back from winning.

The Jizhou cavalry on the opposite side, although they looked unmoved, but none of them dared to relax, the infantry held their swords and shields, the crossbowmen tightened the trigger, and patiently waited for the Jizhou cavalry that swept like a tide.

And as the Jizhou army is getting closer and closer, the most important means of killing the enemy of the Turks is ready to shoot, their salvo is honed in the battle with Donghu, each of them can be called an archer, but just like Lu Wuming participated in the Central Plains War for the first time, they lack the experience of fighting with the Central Plains troops, and this is why Gongsun Zhan's elite cavalry troops will be planted in Liyi.

Therefore, the current Jizhou cavalry can't look at them with conventional cognition, but their offensive methods are still in the early stage of the dragoons, not only are their tactics a lot worse, and even their tactics are relatively backward, and more importantly, their attack power cannot be compared with the dragoon army formed by the selected elite.

When the Setshan battalion and the dragoon army were training, they were able to win and lose with each other, and now in the face of the Jizhou cavalry, in fact, in terms of self-confidence, they still have great confidence.

One by one, they had already been waiting for Guan Yu's order to be issued, and at the moment when the enemy entered the firing range and shot arrows, the soldiers of the Setshan battalion received the order at the same time, and in an instant, the crossbowmen did not hesitate, and shot at the Jizhou cavalry galloping towards them at the side of the volley.

Nearly 10,000 people on both sides shot arrows at the same time, and you can imagine how spectacular the sky is at the moment, as if locusts suddenly flew in, and the shocking scene made people smack, and at the same time, there were screams from both sides almost at the same time.

Jizhou cavalry, is from the Youzhou cavalry carefully selected plus recruited recruits, although some of them are recruits, but in Youzhou, especially the people of Youbeiping, Daijun and Shanggu, since childhood on horseback archery is no stranger, in terms of individual soldier quality, they are indeed stronger than the soldiers of Jizhou, but compared with the cavalry and infantry of Xuzhou, their combat effectiveness is obviously about to fall behind.

And this reflects not only the combat effectiveness, such as equipment, the Jizhou army is far from meeting the standards of Xuzhou soldiers, not to mention the high-intensity training of Xuzhou soldiers, which is completely the embodiment of food, Liu Lan's consumption at this point is several times higher than that of the Jizhou army.

Although after the expansion, Xuzhou needs to raise a soldier for every five people, but before that, it was six or seven to raise a soldier, and under such a premise, Xuzhou soldiers who can eat meat and have oil and water in their stomachs can be eaten, but in terms of body, they are the best princes in the world.

And the underwear that is closely prepared is the natural enemy of the Jizhou cavalry salvo, as long as it is not fatal with one blow, then they are just wounded, coupled with a huge medical team, this army will become more and more huge under Hua Tuo, and they will let the wounded get help as soon as possible and recover as quickly as possible.

The soft and hard power is very hard, and the contrast between the two sides at this moment, it is under this comparison that the gap is revealed, the bow and arrow have a long range, but the damage is limited, the crossbow machine has a short range, but the damage is amazing, but when the opponent's bow has no distance advantage over our crossbow machine at all, it will naturally pay the maximum casualty price, and it will only be the Jizhou cavalry.

Just a round of salvo, our shield hand will block the enemy's arrows one after another, although occasionally the arrows shoot into the soldiers, but it is not enough to kill, but after our crossbow machine shot into the enemy group, the terrifying lethality, in an instant, rushed to the front of the Jizhou cavalry, whether it is people and horses, volleys shot down.

In the era of cold weapons, there were very few soldiers who died immediately on the battlefield, after all, cold weapons were not as powerful as firearms, just like the silk underwear proposed by Guan Yu through the battle with the Karasuma people, many of them, of course, not all of them, were shot by arrows, and often died of wounds when taking out arrows.

Since then, as underwear has become a necessary material in wartime, and even when it comes to the important position of armor, whether it is the dragoon or the infantry, there has been no similar incident, but the Jizhou cavalry does not have such underwear, of course, even if they have it at this moment, they are not that lucky, because some of them fell off their horses after being shot by the crossbow, and their end was to be trampled into a mess of mud by the cavalry behind them.

This is the cruelty of the cold weapon battlefield, many people were not fatally injured at all, but when they were cleaning the battlefield, their heads were cut off, of course, these people are unfortunate, but for those wounded soldiers who were seriously injured, how could it not be a relief?

More and more of the Jizhou cavalry entered the firing range, whether it was the range of the Setshan battalion or the range of the Setshan battalion to them, the distance between the two sides was getting closer, and in this mutual shooting, the two sides were completely close, and soon staged a hand-to-hand combat in the real sense.

Because Liu Lan himself was born in cavalry, including Guan Yu, they knew very well the strengths and weaknesses of the cavalry, especially when the cavalry was fighting, how to better contain the cavalry.

No matter how Guan Yu racked his brains, he finally came to the same conclusion as his predecessors, that is, the infantry must form a formation in order to have the possibility of defeating them in a battle with the cavalry.

What is the point of cavalry, undoubtedly is to let super mobility and flexibility, long-distance running or a sudden blow, before the infantry is not in formation, defeat them, in addition, as long as it encounters the infantry in formation, if there is no heavy cavalry, the best choice for light cavalry is to retreat, avoid its edge, and seek opportunities to fight again!

It's a pity that the general of the Yuan army opposite him is a novice, and he has committed a big taboo, if they are heavy cavalry, there may be a slight chance of winning in the charge, but relying on the light cavalry alone, the attack on the defense line of the 30,000-strong mountain camp, let alone them, even if they exchange the dragoons, they don't have the ability.

So when the enemy chooses to charge, Guan Yu is already in control, and his confidence is infecting every soldier, in the face of the Jizhou cavalry, morale is high, even if it is a tragic hand-to-hand combat, they are more like beasts that capture prey, and the Jizhou cavalry that charges to them is a flock of sheep that is not self-sufficient.

Soon, there were more and more ownerless horse corpses of the Jizhou cavalry, as well as the corpses of the Jizhou cavalry, while the casualties of the Setshan battalion were very few.

In fact, Zhu Ling is not unaware of the stakes, but if he continues to let Guan Yu advance, Yan Liang will have to escape back to Ju County, is he stubborn and then blocking Guan Yu, can he not do it? If it is possible, he also hopes that he can retreat first as Guan Yu said, and then look for fighters and then engage Guan Yu, but in that case, it will put Yan Liang in danger of annihilating the whole army, and it will be the Jizhou cavalry and him who will suffer when the time comes!

At this time, Guan Yu's Chinese army observed every move on the battlefield, when the enemy army came over, Guan Yu suddenly had a bold idea, that is, from each wing of 5,000 people, attack the enemy's two wings, although the enemy's formation is very scattered, but still maintain the formation, and he sent troops on both wings, is to constantly compress their space, so the advantage is that the cavalry does not have any vertical, the space is small, then when dealing with them, there is the possibility of total annihilation.

But after all, they are cavalry, and if they want to outflank them on both wings, they are likely to fall into the encirclement of the cavalry instead, and finally be divided and destroyed, so this move is extremely risky, and he can only wait patiently for the development of the battlefield situation, if such an opportunity arises, it is not too late to make a similar arrangement.

Kill!

The soldiers on both sides roared, facing each other head-on, the cavalry of the Jizhou army was amazing, it was a completely unskilled move, and the spear directly overturned the front infantry shield, killed a gap, and rushed towards the mountain camp.

This man was very brave, and in front of him, the soldiers of the Setshan battalion were often killed with one blow.

Zhou Cang, slaughter that enemy general for me!

Although the person who came was only a cavalry of the Jizhou cavalry, his martial arts were indeed outstanding, and ordinary soldiers were hardly his opponents, so Guan Yu could only send a general to guard the town.

In the era of cold weapons, there were very few soldiers who died immediately on the battlefield, after all, cold weapons were not as powerful as firearms, just like the silk underwear proposed by Guan Yu through the battle with the Karasuma people, many of them, of course, not all of them, were shot by arrows, and often died of wounds when taking out arrows.

Since then, as underwear has become a necessary material in wartime, and even when it comes to the important position of armor, whether it is the dragoon or the infantry, there has been no similar incident, but the Jizhou cavalry does not have such underwear, of course, even if they have it at this moment, they are not that lucky, because some of them fell off their horses after being shot by the crossbow, and their end was to be trampled into a mess of mud by the cavalry behind them.

This is the cruelty of the cold weapon battlefield, many people were not fatally injured at all, but when they were cleaning the battlefield, their heads were cut off, of course, these people are unfortunate, but for those wounded soldiers who were seriously injured, how could it not be a relief?

More and more of the Jizhou cavalry entered the firing range, whether it was the range of the Setshan battalion or the range of the Setshan battalion to them, the distance between the two sides was getting closer, and in this mutual shooting, the two sides were completely close, and soon staged a hand-to-hand combat in the real sense.

Because Liu Lan himself was born in cavalry, including Guan Yu, they knew very well the strengths and weaknesses of the cavalry, especially when the cavalry was fighting, how to better contain the cavalry.

No matter how Guan Yu racked his brains, he finally came to the same conclusion as his predecessors, that is, the infantry must form a formation in order to have the possibility of defeating them in a battle with the cavalry.

What is the point of cavalry, undoubtedly is to let super mobility and flexibility, long-distance running or a sudden blow, before the infantry is not in formation, defeat them, in addition, as long as it encounters the infantry in formation, if there is no heavy cavalry, the best choice for light cavalry is to retreat, avoid its edge, and seek opportunities to fight again!

It's a pity that the general of the Yuan army opposite him is a novice, and he has committed a big taboo, if they are heavy cavalry, there may be a slight chance of winning in the charge, but relying on the light cavalry alone, the attack on the defense line of the 30,000-strong mountain camp, let alone them, even if they exchange the dragoons, they don't have the ability.

So when the enemy chooses to charge, Guan Yu is already in control, and his confidence is infecting every soldier, in the face of the Jizhou cavalry, morale is high, even if it is a tragic hand-to-hand combat, they are more like beasts that capture prey, and the Jizhou cavalry that charges to them is a flock of sheep that is not self-sufficient.

Soon, there were more and more ownerless horse corpses of the Jizhou cavalry, as well as the corpses of the Jizhou cavalry, while the casualties of the Setshan battalion were very few.

In fact, Zhu Ling is not unaware of the stakes, but if he continues to let Guan Yu advance, Yan Liang will have to escape back to Ju County, is he stubborn and then blocking Guan Yu, can he not do it? If it is possible, he also hopes that he can retreat first as Guan Yu said, and then look for fighters and then engage Guan Yu, but in that case, it will put Yan Liang in danger of annihilating the whole army, and it will be the Jizhou cavalry and him who will suffer when the time comes!

At this time, Guan Yu's Chinese army observed every move on the battlefield, when the enemy army came over, Guan Yu suddenly had a bold idea, that is, from each wing of 5,000 people, attack the enemy's two wings, although the enemy's formation is very scattered, but still maintain the formation, and he sent troops on both wings, is to constantly compress their space, so the advantage is that the cavalry does not have any vertical, the space is small, then when dealing with them, there is the possibility of total annihilation.

But after all, they are cavalry, and if they want to outflank them on both wings, they are likely to fall into the encirclement of the cavalry instead, and finally be divided and destroyed, so this move is extremely risky, and he can only wait patiently for the development of the battlefield situation, if such an opportunity arises, it is not too late to make a similar arrangement.

Kill!

The soldiers on both sides roared, facing each other head-on, the cavalry of the Jizhou army was amazing, it was a completely unskilled move, and the spear directly overturned the front infantry shield, killed a gap, and rushed towards the mountain camp.

This man was very brave, and in front of him, the soldiers of the Setshan battalion were often killed with one blow.

Zhou Cang, slaughter that enemy general for me!

Although the person who came was only a cavalry of the Jizhou cavalry, his martial arts were indeed outstanding, and ordinary soldiers were hardly his opponents, so Guan Yu could only send a general to guard the town.