Giant shields and giant spears lined up in front of the formation, like heavily armed warriors, fangs and claws, arrogant, and not even looking at the approaching enemy.

The 10 battalions of 20,000 horses led by Zhang Fei formed ten small squares, and then each formed a large square with five small squares, and two large squares of 10,000 people were used as the head of the zigzag formation. On Zhang Fei's left are the three phalanxes composed of Han Dang's three battalions, and on the right are the three phalanxes composed of Cheng Pu's three battalions.

The entire zigzag formation is like a warrior with strong martial arts, standing on the battlefield with his head held high, ready to dance his fists and move forward bravely.

In the battle of the Fuli River, this phalanx combined with the use of giant contradictions basically contained the attack of the enemy's cavalry. Li Yi later convened his subordinates many times to discuss the gains and losses of the Fuli River battle, and summed up a lot of ways to improve.

This time, the Youzhou army once again used infantry to meet the world-famous Hu cavalry, full of confidence.

In the phalanx, the biggest improvement is the large number of strong bows.

The so-called double-curved compound bow refers to the fact that the bow body is composed of several parts, using a variety of materials with different properties, such as wood and bamboo, tendons (tendons) and horns of animals, glue and lacquer, etc.

Because the bow arm is padded with animal horns and tendons, the strength and toughness of this bow are very good, and the range can reach up to more than 300 steps. The pulling force of an ordinary strong bow is generally about 200 catties (equivalent to the strength of 50 kilograms now), the range is about 200 steps (about 280 meters), and the lethality is very amazing.

The disadvantage of a strong bow is that it is a hard bow and must be fired immediately after being fully drawn, which is difficult to aim for a long time and has a low hit rate. The technology of making this bow was already very mature in the late Shang Dynasty in China.

There are generally regulations on the configuration of the army's strong bow, and it is not allowed to exceed the upper limit. Because of the use of the strong bow, there are many troubles. First of all, it requires a specific tool to use.

Due to the straining of the bow. Soldiers wore wrenches to draw their bows, which they put over their thumbs to hook the strings, and leather crumbs on their index, middle, and ring fingers to prevent damage to their fingers. Secondly, it needs to be equipped with a large number of bowstrings and arrows during use. The strong bow has a great pulling force, and the bowstring is also very depleted.

Depending on the object of shooting, the shaft and arrow shaft are different in size, shape, and weight, so a wide variety of arrows must be specially manufactured.

So use a strong bow. Its maintenance and supporting costs are large, and in order to save military funds, the Great Han State is only equipped in the border army and the northern army.

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Zhao Yun visually measured the distance between the two sides, and then made a gesture to the Ling Qimen beside him.

Now the roar on the battlefield is so loud that not to mention face-to-face speech, even the sound of war drums is drowned out by the galloping hooves of war horses.

Zhang Fei has been keeping a close eye on the Chinese military order flag in the rear. Their vision was obstructed by the tall giant shield, and the soldiers knew nothing of the enemy's movements except that they could feel the shaking of the ground and the loud roar that filled their ears. The dynamics of the battlefield are completely speculated on by the changes in the command flag of the Chinese army.

Zhang Fei saw that the Chinese military order flag had changed color. Immediately shouted at the Lingqi soldiers beside him.

A few bannermen struggled in the phalanx to wave the flags ready to shoot.

Inside the phalanx, two thousand archers raised their strong bows.

The two sides are one hundred and fifty paces apart.

Zhao Yun raised his arms and shouted: "Let go...... Put ......"

Behind the formation, thousands of flags swayed in the air.

Seven phalanxes, 14,000 archers. Almost at the same time, the bow was fired.

In an instant, arrows rained down and arrows flew like locusts. The sky was dark.

The Hu cavalry galloped in. When they saw the arrows whizzing from the sky, they immediately leaned down to get their shields. The shield rises, and the arrow comes. With the dull sound of arrows entering the body. The war horses neighed, the Qiang soldiers howled, the men and animals were hit by arrows one after another, and countless horses' hooves that rose and fell suddenly trampled them to a blur of flesh and blood.

Long arrows flew in the air, obscuring the sun.

The cavalry army of the Hu people was galloping, and there were countless dead and wounded.

Gongsun Lei raised his knife and shouted: "Chong...... Accelerate through ......"

No one heard what he was shouting, and in the face of the long arrows that roared in front of them, the Hu soldiers felt fear and despair. The arrow array was so dense that it was like a storm, and there was nowhere to hide. More and more Hu soldiers fell from their horses with arrows, more and more war horses flew into the air, and the enemies within the range of the strong bow had no hope of survival, they could only wait helplessly for the arrival of death.

The Xianbei knights were the first to rush out of the arrow array, and they let out an angry roar, urging their horses rapidly, and quickly approached within eighty paces of the Han infantry phalanx.

Zhao Yun shouted, "Tell General Yide to prepare their giant shield phalanx to withstand the impact." ”

"Order all sides to form bow and crossbow battalions, and fire a dense salvo at close range."

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Liu He's expression was extremely nervous, his eyes widened, his hands tightly grasped the reins of the horse, he looked at the battlefield with all his body, and shouted frantically in his mouth: "Close, close, bump, bump, bump into ......"

"Boom...... Boom ......"

The soldiers of the Xianbei cavalry jumped up and flew towards the huge shield that opened its bloody mouth. The giant spears suddenly burst out, revealing their hideous and ugly faces, devouring the lives of each one without hesitation.

Blood bursts out. Charge, impact, death. Countless Hu soldiers rushed out of the arrow array, and with hatred, they gritted their teeth and slammed their horses into the phalanx of the Han army. The Xianbei cavalry was like a pack of hungry and red-eyed wild wolves, and began to attack and tear around the huge prey. Behind them was a mess of flesh and blood, the remains of humans and animals.

The sound of killing shook the sky. The drums of war soared into the sky and shook the sky.

The giant shield shattered, and the three shield soldiers were knocked to death, one of them flew in the air and smashed heavily into Zhang Fei's eyes, and the blood spurting from the mouth of the fallen soldier stained Zhang Fei's battle robe red.

Zhang Fei rushed out, facing the enemy's spear.

The enemy's spear stabbed with the force of the horse's impact with a thunderbolt. Zhang Fei turned around in an instant, and the Zhangba snake spear stabbed at the neck of the knight on the galloping horse, and killed it with a spear.

Zhang Fei picked up the corpse of the enemy rider with a snake spear, looked back and shouted: "Kill the enemy......"

The roar on the battlefield gradually subsided, the clouds of arrows in the sky gradually thinned, and the bloody battle became more ferocious and fierce.

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Gongsun Chen received a call for help from Gongsun Lei, and his army had just withdrawn from the siege position.

"So, Li Yi's cavalry didn't appear on the battlefield?" He Hao pointed to the map and said slowly, "Li Yi may want to use their infantry to entangle Gongsun Lei at the east gate, and then induce us to divide our troops to support, and then he will raid us with cavalry." ”

Gongsun Chen patted the map spread on the ground, and said with a smile: "He is just such a few people, what tricks can he conjure?" I think I asked Gongsun Xiao to take his men and horses to the east gate to support Gongsun Lei. 70,000 cavalry fighting 50,000 infantry should be captured, there is no big problem. ”

He Hao shook his head and said, "You are always so careless, thinking that the cavalry of the Hu people is invincible in the world. In the spring of the first year of Jianning, Duan Cheng Duan Jiming led 13,000 men and horses, and more than 30,000 people from the 17 tribes of Xianlingqiang fought in Fengyi Mountain. As a result, Duan Cheng led his troops to successfully defeat the Qiang people, beheaded more than 8,000 ranks, and obtained 280,000 cattle, horses and sheep. ”

He Hao looked at Gongsun Chen and said, "Although Li Yi's Youzhou Iron Cavalry is only 30,000 people, he led the army to exterminate a million Yellow Turban troops in Youzhou and Jizhou last year, have you forgotten?" Therefore, Hu Ren is not so powerful, and Li Yi is not so weak. In my opinion, we must be careful to beware of Li Yi's cavalry, and not fall for Li Yi's tricks. ”

"Do you have any suggestions?" Yang Jun asked.

He Hao touched his beard and said confidently: "In my opinion, the marshal should immediately summon Gongsun Han and Gongsun Xiao's men and horses to come to the camp to meet, and we will concentrate all our forces to rush to the battlefield at the east gate and force Li Yi to fight a decisive battle." ”

"Why is he worried that our forces are scattered and will be broken by Li Yi?" Gongsun Du asked.

"Yes." He Hao nodded and said, "Although He disdains Li Yi's child, I have to say that his Youzhou Iron Cavalry has a brilliant record. They win with less and win with odds every time, and we have to be careful. If Li Yi dares to come this time, there must be some means to win. ”

Gongsun Chen praised: "It's still Brother Boqiu's thoughtfulness. The Youzhou Iron Cavalry did not appear on the battlefield at the East Gate, which shows that Li Yi does have a backup move. ”

He waved his hand to Yang Jun and said, "Boliang, we will follow the method of Bo Qiu and urgently order Gongsun Han and Gongsun Xiao to lead their troops to the camp to meet. ”

Gongsun Chen's several people gathered around and were discussing the matter of support, when they saw a military Sima running over in a panic, and when they saw Gongsun Chen and the others, they shouted loudly: "Dashuai, Gongsun Xiao has defected." ”

Everyone didn't react for a while, and everyone looked at him with wide eyes.

As soon as the war drums of Fanhan City sounded, Gongsun Xiao hung up the battle flag of the former general Li Yi and led his troops to bypass the west * city wall of Fanhan City to attack Gongsun Han. Gongsun Han's army was taken by surprise. ”

"And now?" Gongsun Du hurriedly asked.

The military Sima said: "The battle is in full swing. ”

He Hao's face became more and more ugly, and then the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and suddenly he roared angrily: "Li Yi Xiao'er, Li Yi Xiao'er, I ...... angry too"

He Hao was really angry, he just thought that the situation was under control, and he would soon be able to eliminate Li Yi and eradicate the common scourge of this scholar, his relatives and the eunuchs, but he didn't expect that as soon as he turned around, the situation changed dramatically.

The so-called from great joy to great sorrow is talking about his situation.

Gongsun Chen was terrified, raised his hand nervously, touched his bare forehead again and again, and blinked his eyes. (To be continued.) )