The iron chain horse, in the official history, when it first appeared on the stage of history, was during the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, and the first person to use it was Murong Ke, the military god of the former Yan Murong clan.

When Qianyan was dealing with Ran Wei, because Ran Wei's emperor Ran Min was brave and good at fighting, and was invincible, Murong Ke, the former Yan general, came up with a way to strangle Ran Min.

So, Murong Ke selected five thousand elites, closely connected the war horses with iron cables, and then arranged them into a phalanx, wanting to surround Ran Min.

Since then, the iron cable chain horse array has been widely used in later dynasties, the most well-known is Hu Yanzhuo in the Water Margin, and the golden vulture of the Jin Dynasty in the official history.

However, Zhang Yan is a person with a modern soul, and it is not surprising that he knows this. Therefore, he has been secretly training the Ironway Horse Formation, wanting to shine in this era.

This time Yuan Shao led an army of 350,000 to attack, Zhang Yan used this special cavalry unit, and he was also preparing to use this cavalry unit to deal with Yuan Shao, hoping to win more with less.

At this moment, Zhang Yan personally commanded a chain of horse formations composed of a thousand elite soldiers, while Xu Huang was on the opposite side, in addition, there were 8,000 infantry on both sides of the road, with spears like a forest, bows and crossbows, constantly firing at the encircled enemy army.

Zhang Yan and Xu Huang flanked back and forth, Yan Liang led the crowd to try to rush through a few times, but the iron chain horse was too perverted, not to mention the thick armor covering the whole body, even the war horses were connected together, and the armor was made of stainless steel, the knife could not be cut, the gun could not pierce, and the arrow could not penetrate, which made Yan Liang and his subordinates feel numb for a while.

Arrows were constantly flying in the sky, like dense raindrops, and Yan Liang and the others had to guard against arrows. On the one hand, we must break out of the encirclement. But when they rushed in front of the chain of horses. only to find that the only thing that awaits them is death.

The screams were repeated, Yan Liang's subordinates became fewer and fewer, and after a while, there were three or four hundred cavalry left, and the rest of the people were all dead, and the war horses were also shot a lot, and some panicked war horses rushed outward as if they were dead. Instead, he was stabbed to death by spear arrays on both sides of the road.

In short, within the kung fu of a stick of incense, Yan Liang and other 5,000 elite soldiers were stunned and didn't run out.

The strength of Zhang Yan's army, Yan Liang finally realized it today.

"Zhang Yan of the dog day!" Yan Liang hated the root of his teeth and couldn't help but scold.

It was at this moment that Yan Liang suddenly had an idea, waved the big knife in his hand, and directly slashed at the leg of a war horse in front of him that was locked by iron cables.

Yan Liang's hand rose and fell, and a horse's leg was cut off in an instant. The horses were in excruciating pain and let out a scream: "Herod......"

And at this time. The horse stumbled and fell to the ground, and the knight, who was covered with thick armor on his horseback, was overturned and fell heavily to the ground, and even his helmet was thrown off, revealing his head.

In the midst of the lightning and fire, a cold light quickly flashed in front of the cavalryman, and a fresh human head was cut off by Yan Liang.

Yan Liang was a little excited, he thought that he could use this to break through the enemy formation, but he didn't know that although the cavalry was killed and the war horse fell to the ground, because the war horse was locked by iron cables, the other nine cavalrymen who charged forward dragged the fallen war horse and continued to move forward without any hindrance.

Yan Liang was completely dumbfounded, and scolded at the time: "What kind of fucking formation is this? ”

Yan Liang was not to be outdone, and he didn't want to be caught just now, so he commanded his subordinates and began to chop the horse's legs.

But the horse's legs are not cut by chopping, the knight on the chain horse is not a fish to be slaughtered, although the one who died just now exposed a small weakness of the chain horse formation, but it brought a warning to others.

The cavalrymen, who rushed to the front on horseback, began to swing their maces in their hands, striking the enemy with all their might, not letting the enemy come closer.

The mace is both blunt and sharp, and the head is led by a sharp and small steel needle, and the cavalrymen are all trained and powerful, and they swing it, and the tiger is vigorous, and when it blows, even if the internal organs are not beaten, they are pierced by the steel needle and are full of wounds.

The cavalry and infantry cooperated with each other, and soon killed this group of enemies, and when it came to Zuihou, Yan Liang was hit by six arrows on his body, and the blood flowing out of his body had already dyed red with his armor, but he still refused to admit defeat and still insisted on fighting.

However, Yan Liang's attack can basically be ignored, the cavalry's armor is very defensive, and it can't hurt them at all, except for the person Yan Liang killed before, Zhang Yan's army did not die again.

At this moment, the Iron Cable Chain Horse Formation had stopped advancing, surrounding Yan Liang in it, the iron armor was heavy, surrounded by layers, Yan Liang could not escape even if he inserted his wings.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With Zhang Yan's order, a thousand crossbowmen shot arrows, and Yan Liang, along with the war horse under him, were all shot by the arrows, becoming out-and-out hedgehogs, falling to the ground, and dying.

"Kill Yan Liang's head!" Zhang Yan said to a personal soldier beside him.

The soldiers turned over and dismounted, ran into the encirclement, took out the steel knife they were wearing, and cut off Yan Liang's head, directly carrying Yan Liang's head, and according to Zhang Yan's instructions, he took it to the wooden sign in front of him "Be careful that there is an ambush here", and then hung Yan Liang's head on the wooden card.

There was no suspense in this battle, at the cost of one death, Yan Liang and other 5,000 elite horsemen were annihilated, and the surviving war horses on the battlefield were only more than 200 horsemen, all of which were taken away by the soldiers.

When Zhang Yan saw such a scene, he knew that the strength and quality of the army had always been fighting in ancient times, and although the generals also played a certain role, they were definitely not invincible people, and they would always be lucky in the war.

Yan Liang bravely crowned the three armies, and was invincible to 10,000 people, but as a result, he did not die in his iron chain horse formation. No matter how high the force is, in front of tens of millions of people, tiredness can exhaust you to death.

However, all this is thanks to Zhang Yanjun's weapons and equipment, if it weren't for these equipment protecting these people, with Yan Liang's martial arts and bravery, and with 5,000 elite cavalry, it would definitely be a difficult role to deal with.

The more Zhang Yan thought about it, the more he felt that the sentence that science and technology are the primary productive forces was so correct.

Without cleaning the battlefield, 10,000 troops immediately moved to a new battlefield, and under the command of Zhang Yan, the battle line was advanced for several miles, here, quietly waiting for the arrival of another wave of troops, the next target, Wen Chou!

According to the scout's report, Wen Chou was behind Yan Liang, and it was too late to arrange an ambush, and in this battle, if you want to go head-to-head, you still have to use the iron cable chain horse formation, with the help of this almost invincible battle formation, to carry out a devastating blow to Wen Chou, and then cooperate with the infantry to strangle.

came to the place of "be careful that there is an ambush here", Zhang Yan asked Liu Xie's headless body to be carried away, and in front of everyone, he said that Yuan Shao killed the king and wanted to avenge Bixia.

At this moment, Wen Chou was walking along the road that Yan Liang and the others had flowed out, and just now, one of Yan Liang's relatives came back with a human head to report his merits, saying that he had killed the head of the traitor who was pretending to be Bixia by the enemy.

When Wen Chou heard that Yan Liang had received this credit, he just grinned, and sent the man to the back to find Yuan Shao to ask for credit.

Yan Liang's entourage came to Yuan Shao's face, offered the head, and was about to ask for credit, but found that after Yuan Shao glanced at the head, his face was suddenly frightened.

The entourage was a little puzzled, and secretly thought: "It's not that the lord has never seen a dead person, how can he be scared like this?" ”

"Bastard thing! Pull it out and cut it! "Yuan Shao has seen Liu Xie, although it was when Liu Xie was young, but the physiognomy of this human head is very similar to that of today, especially a small scar located in the middle of the person under the nose, which is the most obvious mark, it is the mark left by Liu Xie after he accidentally fell and broke it, this person is not a pretended emperor, but a true son of heaven.

However, when Yuan Shao saw this head, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he unconsciously resented Yan Liang, this time, he became a sinner who killed the king, and if it spread, it would inevitably affect his reputation. Not only that, but it may also arouse the anger of the people in the world.

Killing the king, this is a big crime of the Nine Clans, and his plan was ruined by Yan Liang all at once!

Yan Liang's entourage was still innocent, he didn't know that Yuan Shao was suddenly going to kill him, and before he could ask to understand, Yuan Shao's personal soldiers had already raised their knives and fell, and a human head fell to the ground, and blood was sprinkled all over the snow, stained blood-red.

"Immediately send an order to Yan Liang, stop advancing, stay put, and wait for the arrival of the army." Yuan Shao's heart was in turmoil, Yan Liang killed the true son of heaven, he was convicted of the crime of killing the king, and now, he had to block the news and not let the officers and soldiers in the army know, no matter how much he was related, after all, the crime of killing the king was too big, and he couldn't afford it.

At this time, Tian Feng happened to rush over from behind, and saw that Yuan Shao was uneasy, and there was a corpse on the ground, so he hurriedly asked, "Lord, what's wrong?" ”

Yuan Shao then told Tian Feng about Yan Liang's mistake to kill Liu Xie, the true son of heaven, and asked Tian Feng how to deal with it.

After hearing this, Tian Feng was first surprised, then regained his composure, and said: "The matter has come to this, and it is too late to say anything." However, judging from the course of this incident, it should be Zhang Yan who deliberately framed the lord and wanted the lord to commit the crime of killing the king. The lord might as well plan the plan, issue a document, and tell the world, saying that Zhang Yan wants to be the emperor, kill Bixia, and put the charge of killing the monarch on Zhang Yan, and then call on the heroes of the world to jointly crusade against Zhang Yan, so that it will be much easier for our army to attack Zhang Yan again. ”

After Yuan Shao heard this, he nodded again and again, and hurriedly called Chen Lin, the secretary of the march, and asked Chen Lin to draft a document and tell the world.

Chen Lin came to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao informed Chen Lin that the Son of Heaven was killed by Zhang Yan, and asked Chen Lin to make a document, announce Zhang Yan's crimes, and Hao Zhao the world's heroes to jointly crusade against Zhang Yan.

After Chen Lin heard this, he was indignant, and wrote a long letter in a free way.

After Yuan Shao and Tian Feng looked at it separately, they all admired Chen Lin's writing, as long as this letter was published, even if Zhang Yan was full of mouth, he couldn't explain it clearly. (To be continued......)