But now it's too late to regret it, because now the closest distance between the two sides is less than twenty paces, and the war horses have entered a full speed of galloping, not to mention stopping the battle, collecting the army and retreating, that is, as soon as the cavalry in the front row stops, they will immediately be hit by the rushing war horses in the back row.

Wang Ben has been in battle for a long time and is proficient in the art of war, so he will not fail to understand these truths, knowing that he can only move forward at this time, not retreat, so he can only grit his teeth, raise the bronze halberd in his hand, point at the enemy who is almost in front of him on the opposite side, shake the reins, and rush forward with a roar.

The cavalry sprinting at high speed suddenly collided with each other in an instant, just like two giant Lang forces meeting, which immediately stirred up the monstrous Lang flowers and set off countless bloody rains! Spears stabbed out, shields slammed, saddles brushed against each other, warriors glared angrily, and horses roared with hooves. At this time, any tactics and formations will not work, and the competition is the strength, fighting spirit and courage of the fighters on both sides. Countless cavalrymen were knocked off their horses and trampled by iron hooves. The horses that had lost their masters were still neighing, and the soldiers still on horseback were still fighting to the death, and the spears that pierced into the flesh were broken, and the shields were pierced and smashed into the opponents, and then they drew their swords and swords from each other, and slashed at the enemy again.

Wang Ben held his bronze halberd in both hands, and shot down two soldiers of the Dai Army who passed him off his horse in a row, leaving a bloody wound on his forehead that was more than one to two inches long.

And Wang Ben's heart was very excited, although he was already a general of the Qin State, but after all, he was only a young man in his early thirties, and he was also a famous tiger general in the Qin army, often going into battle in person, leading the soldiers to tear and kill on the battlefield. However, he had used to go into battle in a chariot, and this was the first time he had fought in a cavalry, and of course he was much more agile than on a chariot. Therefore, the more they fight, the more courageous they become.

At this time, a soldier on the opposite side raised his spear and stabbed at Wang Ben, who turned slightly sideways on horseback, dodged the spear, and the bronze halberd in his hand also stabbed out. The halberd pierced through the armor and pierced into the opponent's body, but the huge impact force caused Wang Ben's halberd to break through it.

Wang Ben immediately let go of the halberd, drew his sword, and took the shield that hung behind his horse, and when the two horses staggered, the sword swung out, cutting off the head of the soldier who had broken the halberd.

At this moment, I saw a horse galloping towards him, and the knight on horseback made a long-handled double-edged axe and cut down Wang Ben's head.

Wang Ben shrank his body on horseback, raised his shield in front of him with his left hand, and only heard three consecutive sounds of "dong dong dong", and the other party had already struck three times in a row on Wang Ben's shield. And Wang Ben only felt that his left arm was sore, and he couldn't help but be secretly frightened, he could make his arm feel sore, which was rare in the Qin army, this person had a lot of strength.

The warrior who wielded the double-edged axe was none other than the Thousand Cavalry Elder Tabby, and the usual melee weapons of the Acting Cavalry were a spear, two sabers, and a shield. And generals with more than 100 cavalry commanders can also choose one or two personalized weapons. The one he chose was a double-edged axe.

This double-edged axe is about six feet five inches long, with a wooden handle and a bronze axe blade, weighing about twenty-five pounds, which can be used with one hand and with both hands, plus a certain weight, and is conducive to slashing, so it is extremely powerful on the battlefield. After Tabby's spear is dismantled, he draws his double-edged axe from the back of his saddle to meet the enemy. In fact, the strength of Tiger Spotter and Wang Ben is roughly the same, but because of the weight of the double-edged axe, it seems that Tiger Grouper's strength is greater than that of Wang Ben.

Seeing that Wang Ben blocked his three axes in a row, Hu Erban couldn't help but admire a little, and laughed: "Okay, if you can block my three axes in a row, you can be regarded as a brave general." ”

Wang Ben naturally wouldn't blindly move his back and be beaten, and after blocking the three axes of Tiger Spot, he immediately swung his sword and stabbed towards Tiger Spot.

Hu Erban immediately swung his axe to parry, "Dangdang" blocked Wang Ben's two swords in a row, and when the third sword, the long sword in Wang Ben's hand was smashed into two, and Hu Erban swiped the big axe and blocked Wang Ben's waist.

In desperation, Wang Ben had no choice but to abandon his horse and dodge the axe of the tiger grouper. And Hu'erban's axe was endless, and an axe slashed at the neck of Wang Ben's war horse, and the horse's blood gushed out, and the war horse screamed and fell to the ground.

At this time, several personal guards behind Wang Ben rushed up, each wielding a sword and raising a spear, and rushed towards the tiger grouper. And Hu'er Ban used the double-edged axe to meet the battle, but the axe fell to the people, and none of Wang Ben's personal guards could stop Hu Erban's axe, and they were shot down by him and dismounted.

However, after such a slow time, Wang Ben also got up from the ground under the protection of the other two guardsmen, picked up a spear from the ground, rode on the horse let by one of the guards, kicked the horse's belly with both legs, and rushed towards the tiger grouper. The two men exchanged spears and axes, and the two horses circled, and fought fiercely together.

Although the weight of the spear is not as good as that of the double-edged axe, it has an absolute advantage in length, so both sides have their own strengths, and it is difficult to solve the problem for a while. And the soldiers of both sides also swarmed up and fought fiercely.

At this time, the battlefield entered the melee stage, and the soldiers on both sides staggered together, each tearing and fighting. At this time, every cavalry warrior was already hideous, staring at the enemy with blood-red eyes, staring at the enemy, and taking killing the other party as his only goal, and the violent impact of swords and shields, swords and spears piercing into the flesh, blood gushing out like a fountain, and the scattered limbs flying in the air, the sound of blades crashing, corpses falling to the ground, cursing and shouting, screaming and screaming, erupted at the same time at this moment.

The Qin army's appearance was indeed a bit unexpected by the Fan Yongjun, the previous Qin cavalry basically did not have the ability to engage in white-knuckle combat with the Dai army, as long as it was a staggered attack, seven or eight out of ten were falling, of course, the vast majority of them were not shot down by the Dai army, but they could not sit on the back of the horse and fell off the horse. But this time the Qin army was unexpected, everyone could fight with the Dai army a few times, and they did not fall behind, because they couldn't sit on the back of the horse and fell off the horse.

Casualties on both sides were rising rapidly, and the ground was littered with the corpses of warriors and horses, and blood was gradually covering the ground, and it was still increasing.

Gao Yuan rode his horse and stood on the top of the hill, paying attention to the battlefield in front of him, no longer doubting that the Qin army had equipped a horse furniture similar to that of the Dai army. Although he only used more than 2,000 cavalry troops and 4,000 or 5,000 Qin troops to fight equally, this also shows that the Qin army is actually in the process of continuous progress, and his technical advantage will probably become less and less in the future, so in the end, it is still a competition of comprehensive strength.

Of course, now he still has two thousand cavalry troops in ambush, who can join the battlefield at any time and change the situation of the war, but the current battle situation is not bad, so there is no need to play all his trump cards. Who knows if the Qin army will have any follow-ups, so it's better to keep one more hand.

At this time, Li Wei rode up the hill and said, "Lord, the pontoon bridge has been built, do you want to cross the river now?" ”

The plateau turned to the river and looked at it, only to see that three pontoon bridges had been built over the chasm. Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Order E Chongyu to immediately cross the river and line up on the bank, and then the convoy will cross the bridge." ”

Li Wei immediately said, "Yes." As he spoke, he rode his horse down the hill.

When E Chongyu was waiting a little impatiently, after hearing Li Wei's order, he immediately gathered the soldiers of the Shengjie army, divided into three roads, and crossed the river from the pontoon bridge.

The river more than 30 meters wide is, of course, open to guò in a while, and after crossing the south bank of the chasm, it is immediately lined up on the bank.

According to the establishment of the Dai Army, a standard infantry army is composed of 2,000 spear and shield men, 1,500 sword and shield men, and 1,500 crossbowmen, and among the crossbowmen, they are divided into 500 longbowmen, short archers, and crossbow archers.

When arrayed, the spear and shield bearers are in front, divided into three to five columns, followed by short archers, longbowmen, and crossbow archers, when the battle is in place, the spear and shield bearers first kneel on the ground, the short archers kneel on one leg, the longbowmen and crossbow archers stand, the sword and shield mobile phones move in separate columns or cover on the left and right, or protect behind the back, or are also incorporated into the array, and in battle, crossbow archers, longbowmen, and short archers shoot arrows in turn, carry out long-range strikes on the enemy, and when the enemy approaches, the spear and shield men stand up to meet the battle.

This formation is actually borrowed from the Southern Song Dynasty famous general Wu Jue's stacking tactics, in terms of defensive power alone, the power of the stacking array is even above the mandarin duck array, and it is no more suitable for the battlefield in this environment.

After E Chongyu led the soldiers of the headquarters to cross the chasm, he immediately lined up the formation, and then the logistics soldiers of each army began to lead the war horses and drive the chariots across the river.

At this moment, the two kestrels, circling and flying in the sky on both sides of the chasm, let out a sharp chirp again, apparently spotting traces of enemy troops on both sides of the chasm.

I saw a fast horse speeding up the hillside, and said, "Lord, there is a Qin army infantry marching along the north bank of the chasm towards our side. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, on the battlefield at this time, the battle situation was still in a state of glue, but Gao Yuan could see that the Qin army's spirit was exhausted at this time, after all, the cavalry army of the Dai army had been established for three years, and the Fan Yong Army was composed of grassland nomads, and they spent more time on horseback than on the ground, and the Qin army did not even have three months, and the experience, skills, and weapons of both sides were not on the same level.

Especially when entering the melee stage, more than half of the soldiers' spears have been dismantled, and each of them pulls out their short weapons for immediate melee combat, but the saber used by the soldiers of the Dai Army is obviously more suitable for fighting on horseback than the long swords used by the soldiers of the Qin Army, so the result of the battle between the two sides, seven or eight times out of ten are the Qin soldiers were cut off the horse, and the current Qin army only relies on a large number of people to avoid strong support, although the Dai army is still a period of time away from victory, but there is not much suspense about winning.

However, Gao Yuan didn't want to wait too long, and immediately ordered Ah Ran Shi Qimo to lead the ambushed cavalry of the Fan Yong Army to attack and join the battlefield.