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From the foothills of Qipan Mountain to the flat land of Wuzhang Plain, there is a section of slope, this slope is not too large, relatively gentle, and more importantly, this slope is quite flat, which is very conducive to the impact of cavalry. The speed of the Qiang cavalry was already relatively fast, and with such a gentle slope, thousands of horses galloped together, like thunder, and pressed towards the Wei army's battle formation.

Yao Yikang took the lead, rushing to the forefront, he rode a red horse, like a flame, holding his crescent scimitar, majestic, handsome.

This time he went to Longdong to help in the war, Liu Yin also generously gave him 300 sets of new horse harnesses, including the high bridge saddle and bilateral stirrups that are standard for the cavalry of the Shu army.

This gift made Yao Yikang very happy, as the prince of Xiqiang, Yao Yikang did not lack gold, silver, jewelry and beautiful women, Liu Yin naturally did not send these cheesy things. Since he saw the power of the Shu army's equipment Gaoqiao saddle and bilateral stirrups in the Battle of Xiqiang, Yao Yikang naturally remembered these two horse harnesses, and Liu Yin saw it in his eyes, so he took out three hundred sets of newly produced horse harnesses and gave them to Yao Yikang.

It is obviously far from enough to equip 300,000 Qiang cavalry with 300 sets of horse harnesses, but there is no problem in equipping the generals of the Qiang people and Yao Yikang's personal troops.

Yao Yikang, who changed to a new style of horse harness, immediately felt the new feeling brought to him by the Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups, these two horse harnesses are simply perfect, riding on horseback, making people feel that people and horses are one, Yao Yikang even has a little regret, if he can also ride such a war horse with Liu Yin that day, he can definitely beat Liu Yin, and it will never be an equal match between the two sides.

This was the real first battle fought by the Qiang cavalry since the eastward advance, and Yao Yikang naturally attached great importance to it. He didn't want to lose face in front of his big brother, he rushed to the front first, and the 30,000 Qiang riders behind him were all enthusiastic, just like 30,000 howling wolves, in the most brave and lightest way, like a wind crashed into the Wei army array.

In order to effectively deal with the cavalry of the Shu army. After Sima Wang returned to Chang'an, he brainstormed and drilled a new battle formation, that is, with the pikemen phalanx as the main body, including sword and shield soldiers, archers, crossbowmen and cavalry, many arms of the joint formation, coordinated operations, and formed an organic whole. Pikemen are effective against enemy cavalry, swords and shields are effective against long-range attacks by archers, and crossbowmen and archers are hidden behind the battle formation as a counter-force. Wait for an opportunity to attack the enemy. Whether it is a pikeman who defends against the lancers or a sword and shield soldier who defends against the archers, they all belong to the initial attack type, and only after being equipped with crossbowmen, the entire battle array has the power to counterattack, and there is a defense line built by pikemen and sword and shield soldiers, and archers and strong crossbowmen with weak defense capabilities can attack unscrupulously.

The cavalry, which originally belonged to the core of the main attack, was transferred to the flank by Sima Wang and used as a mobile force. This is actually a helpless choice, after all, the lingering shadow of the Dripping Cliff made the Wei cavalry have a considerable degree of fear of war. Unless the Wei army can be equipped with the same saddle stirrups as the Shu army, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry will be greatly improved. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the cavalry to fight independently against the cavalry of the Shu army.

Sima Wang still has considerable confidence in his one-word long snake formation, which is flexible in change, both offensive and defensive, and can evolve into a two-dragon water formation with stronger attack power or a three-talent formation of heaven, earth and man with super defensive ability at any time. The head, belly, and tail are three different systems that can be combined or fought individually. So even if the Shu army attacked three places at the same time, Sima Wang didn't have much to worry about.

The hoplites at the head of the snake were first involved in a fierce battle with the infantry of the Shu army, and almost at the same time, 30,000 Qiang cavalry also launched an attack on the snake tail part of the long snake formation, and for a time the entire Wuzhang Plain. The dust and smoke were billowing and the sound of killing was everywhere, and a large-scale battle began.

The use of spear formation can effectively defend against the impact of light cavalry, but depending on the situation, against the general cavalry, the spear formation may have a certain effect, but in the face of 30,000 fierce Qiang cavalry, the role of the spear formation is very limited.

When the Qiang cavalry roared in, the first to attack was the archers and crossbowmen who lined up behind the battle array, they used a 45-degree angle of projectile, to carry out arrow attacks on the Qiang cavalry that came to the impact, and for a while, the sky was full of arrow rain, almost covering the entire sky, and the Qiang cavalry continued to fall from the horseback, and was crushed into a pulp by the cavalry surging behind.

But the dense rain of arrows could not stop the determination of the Qiang cavalry to advance, and they were all red-faced, their eyes breathing fire, and their mouths shouting words that no one could understand, and they rushed towards the jungle of swords and guns of Wei with even more rapid and powerful speed.

If the pikes phalanx of the Wei army are compared to a levee, then the Qiang cavalry is like a monstrous torrent, rushing towards this embankment. When the sharp spear pierced the body of the Qiang people and the war horse, it made a dull "poof" sound, and the Qiang cavalry that hit the front line was almost slaughtered, blood splattered several feet, and corpses were scattered all over the field.

The first surging wave was blocked from the embankment, and on the surface, it appeared that the spear battle array effectively resisted the onslaught of the Qiang cavalry.

But the nature of the Qiang people is to be brave and ruthless, the more blood, the more corpses, the more it can stimulate the blood in their hearts, the death of their brothers did not make them have any fear, but the fighting spirit became more high, immediately after the first attack wave, the second attack wave pounced in a more ferocious way.

The Wei army composed of the embankment of the flow of people in the Qiang cavalry under the repeated impact, finally could not support, at first was torn a small opening, but soon the small opening was torn bigger and bigger under the surging torrent, although the Wei army also had a lot of soldiers desperately rushed forward to block the gap, but under the impact of more and more Qiang cavalry, the entire defense system was close to the edge of collapse.

Sima Wang was taken aback when he heard the news, he didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the Qiang cavalry was so fierce, and the entire snake tail part was hit in chaos, which undoubtedly had a great impact on his overall battle formation.

Sima Wang naturally couldn't sit back and watch the loss of the tail wing, although the head of the snake was bitten to death, but the entire snake belly had not been attacked, Sima Wang could easily mobilize the snake belly army (to be continued). )