The Xiliang cavalry fired not arrows, but javelins!
Thousands of slender javelins intertwined into a network of light that filled the sky, crashing down overwhelmingly.
The next moment, screams rose into the sky.
The sharp spearhead made of bronze shot at the Qi army with extremely strong impact at such a close distance, easily penetrating the Qi army's shields and armor.
The powerful javelin will pierce two or three people with one shot whenever it hits the target!
Being shot by an ordinary bow and arrow, as long as it misses the vital point, it is not enough to cause death on the spot and cause damage.
However, once a flesh and blood body is shot by this javelin, no matter how strong the soldier is, he will immediately lose his ability to fight.
Xiliang's cavalry launched an attack at such a close range, with an astonishingly high hit rate. Thousands of guns rained down, and nearly a thousand of the Qi troops in the front row were immediately beaten into meat skewers.
Those Qi soldiers who were tied into meat skewers were dead and alive for a while, moving and unable to move. They were like grasshoppers pierced on a piece of grass. They could only struggle and howl in pain. It was so painful.
Such a strange and terrifying attack by the Xiliang army immediately dampened the confidence of the Qi army. Even a fierce general like Zhang Fei was horrified by such a terrifying attack and was helpless for a while.
After the battlefield, more than 100,000 soldiers of the Qi army were all shocked when faced with such a sudden scene.
"Ma Teng, it turns out that this is your trump card. No wonder you dare to challenge me. This javelin attack method is really powerful."
Even though Yuan Fang had already prepared for this kind of attack on the enemy. Still quite surprised, even though he is an enemy. But he couldn't help but admire it.
The generals on the left and right all looked shocked.
"Your Majesty, the enemy's attack method is too strange. Our army has no way to restrain it. For the current plan, it is best to retreat quickly." Zhao Yun urged.
"Who says I don't have any way to restrain myself?" Yuan Fang's lips raised a strange look.
Zhao Yun is curious. The generals on the left and right were all surprised.
Everyone couldn¡¯t figure out how they could suddenly come up with a solution to the Xiliang Army¡¯s strange attack method without any preparation before the battle when they were about to lose.
Amid the suspicious eyes, Yuan Fang was as steady as a mountain. He glanced at Zhuge Liang: "A Liang, are you ready with your enemy-defeating weapon?"
"Everything is ready. I didn't expect that our enemy-defeating weapon would hit this critical moment. It's unlucky for the people of Xiliang." Zhuge Liang looked excited and had murderous intent in his mouth.
Yuan Fang nodded, without hesitation, waved his halberd and shouted: "Sing the gold, the whole army retreats to the east. Zhuge Liang leads the army to the rear and takes advantage of the situation to deploy our weapons to defeat the enemy."
Dang Dang Dang~~
The order is passed down. The sound of gold suddenly rose.
Yuan Fang sneered, turned on his horse and let the red rabbit retreat first.
Zhao Yun and other generals, not knowing what Yuan Fangzang had planned, suppressed their suspicion and commanded their troops to retreat quickly.
The 100,000-strong rear army turned around in an orderly manner and retreated eastward without panic.
In front of the formation, Zhang Fei and Xu Huang, who were facing the rain of javelins, heard the sound of gold, and as if they were being amnesty, they hurriedly retreated with the defeat of 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses.
In the fish scale shield formation, Ma Chao was so excited that he saw the Qi army withdrawing.
"Yuan Fang, you dare to underestimate me, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Do you think that our Ma Jiajun is the same as the ordinary Xiliang Iron Cavalry? Today is finally the time for me, Ma Chao, to avenge his shame."
With excitement, with the urging of revenge fire, Ma Chao's silver gun moved, Li Xiao said: "The entire army went to the horse, the warriors of the Ma family, caught me up, kill the enemy ~~"
After the order was passed, the morale of the 30,000 Xiliang troops was greatly boosted. They got on their horses one after another, broke through the fish scale formation, and rolled towards the retreating Qi army like a torrent that broke a dike.
Five hundred steps away, Ma Teng, who had been frowning and holding a handful of sweat in his fist, finally showed a relieved sneer on his old face.
"Xiaozhi, your plan really worked. That Yuan Fang was killed by our Fish Scale Lancers by surprise!" Ma Teng laughed loudly and praised Fazheng.
At this time, Zhang Xiu also snorted at Pang De and said proudly: "You see, I have said before that in a head-on confrontation, that boy Yuan Fang is definitely no match for our Xiliang cavalry. What are you waiting for? Army Kill them together, destroy that kid with one force, and seize his Central Plains!"
Facing Zhang Xiu¡¯s arrogance, Pang De was speechless and could only remain silent.
Fazheng smiled faintly: "The enemy has been defeated. Now is the time for our entire army to press forward and avenge our shame. Alliance leader, let's attack with our entire army."
Ma TengxinThe horse was burning, he pointed his riding whip forward and said boldly: "Ling Ming, Zisheng, lead all your troops to attack. Today, I want to show Yuan Fang how powerful my horse is!"
"Father-in-law, please watch. My son-in-law will cut off Yuan Fang's dog's head with his own hands and present it to his father-in-law."
Zhang Xiu couldn't wait for a long time, and with an arrogant speech, he rode out with a spear and a horse.
On the left wing, 10,000 Xiliang cavalry surged out, followed Ma Chao's front army, and rushed towards the Qi army.
When Pound received the order from the right wing, he also wielded his sword and rode his horse, and led his army to fight out.
Ma Teng did not hesitate, and immediately led 10,000 Chinese troops to rush out, followed by Ma Xiu and Ma Tie.
The 60,000 Xiliang cavalry came out in full force and chased the retreating Qi army overwhelmingly. They wanted to wipe out Yuan Fang's 150,000 army in one fell swoop. The Xiliang cavalry would break through Luoyang and enter the Central Plains again.
Yuan Fang, however, remained as calm as water. While galloping, he turned back from time to time to observe the enemy's situation with his far-sighted eyes.
The soldiers who were retreating left and right were worthy of being elite soldiers who had fought hundreds of battles. Although they were in a retreat, they still maintained an undisturbed formation and moved quickly but without panic.
Looking into the distance, Yuan Fang found Zhuge Liang's figure.
At this time, Zhuge Liang had led an army of more than 5,000 troops to the rear. He had defeated Zhang Fei's 50,000 troops and fell to the rear of the army.
In front of Zhuge Liang, 60,000 Xiliang cavalry came in fierce pursuit, with only less than thirty steps left from his position.
"A Liang, the success or failure of this battle depends on you." Yuan Fang looked determined and confident about his apprentice.
Zhuge Liang, who stood proudly on his horse, fearlessly faced the surging enemy tide. Suddenly, he raised his skull-crushing stick and shouted: "All troops, retreat."
After the order was passed, the five thousand infantry troops behind the palace suddenly turned around and fled in the direction of the main army.
Seeing this situation, Ma Chao, who was running wildly, couldn't help but sneer at the corner of his mouth.
He originally thought that these five thousand Qi troops did not leave because they wanted to use their flesh and blood to cover the retreat of the army and block his iron cavalry.
Unexpectedly, at the last moment of the collision, the five thousand Qi troops were so frightened that they fled.
¡°You idiots, they really can¡¯t resist my charge. Crush them up and kill them all~~¡± Ma Chao was so bloodthirsty that he waved the silver gun in his hand and shouted.
Xiliang¡¯s cavalry continued to charge fiercely, like wild beasts, vowing to kill all the fleeing Qi troops.
Zhuge Liang ran forward and glanced back, seeing the enemy cavalry getting closer and closer. In more than ten steps, he would catch up with his troops.
"All troops, use your sharp weapons on me!" Zhuge Liang suddenly raised the skull-crushing stick high and gave a stern order.
After the order was passed, the more than a thousand soldiers following the last row hurriedly removed the bags on their backs, and hurriedly sprinkled the black contents in the bags on the ground behind them.
In just a moment, black objects the size of thorns were scattered all over the ground ten steps behind him, and they were densely packed.
Ahead, Yuan Fang looked back and saw this scene clearly. A sneer appeared on Yingwu's face and he said: "Ma Chao, your javelin cavalry is indeed amazing. If you don't catch up, I will really kill you." There is no way, but you are too greedy and want to destroy my 150,000-strong army in one fell swoop. Now, let you reap the consequences and taste the power of my horse-snapping nails."
That¡¯s right, that little black and blue thing is called a horse tripping nail.
Taking Guanzhong from the west, Yuan Fang considered that a head-on confrontation with the Xiliang cavalry would be unavoidable, and there were too many Xiliang cavalry. Therefore, he used his advanced thinking and combined with the current level of technology and craftsmanship to order Zhuge Liang to build This tripping nail came out.
This small four-sided bronze vessel may seem simple, but its ingenuity lies in the fact that no matter how you throw it on the ground, there will always be a nail facing up.
The barbs everywhere are a weapon to restrain the Xiliang cavalry and carry out large-scale frontal charges.
Long before the war started, Yuan Fang had revealed the idea of ????the horse-trapping nail to Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang was proficient in making strange weapons, so he could easily solve it with just one click.
Moreover, although this horse-trapping nail was ingenious, it was not difficult to make. Zhuge Liang summoned craftsmen and worked day and night. Within a month, tens of thousands of horse-trapping nails were made and carried with him during the expedition.
Yuan Fangyuan was still thinking about how to induce Ma Teng to fight and how to use this horse-snapping nail. Who would have expected that Ma Teng would take the initiative to challenge due to his arrogance and confidence.
To be honest, the Ma family's fish scale shield formation and the powerful javelin cavalry really caught Yuan Fang off guard and almost led to a major defeat.
"It's a pity that Yuan Fang had prepared this horse-trapping nail a long time ago, but Ma Chao was too greedy and pursued him relentlessly. This played into Yuan Fang's hands."
Ma Chao, who was in hot pursuit, and his Xiliang cavalry saw Qi Jun throwing things on the ground, and they all felt that Qi Jun was acting strangely.
However, Ma Chao didn¡¯t take it seriously at all, and instead there was a look of ridicule on his face.
"Yuan Fang, I don't care what means you use, you are already defeated. You can't stop the impact of my cavalry, so tremble!"
Ma Chao became more and more murderous, urging his cavalry, ignoring the things scattered on the ground without any scruples, and continued to chase.
The next breath, sudden change.
The approaching Xiliang cavalry suddenly seemed to be shot by invisible arrows. Their horses neighed and people howled, and they fell down on the charging road one after another.
One ride, ten rides, a hundred rides!
The number of fallen cavalry increased rapidly, and almost instantly, the vast wilderness was a tragic scene of people tumbling on their backs and dust and mist flying.
"what happened!"
Ma Chao described the sudden change, and all the madness was instantly replaced by incredible consternation.
The next second, the war horse under his crotch suddenly neighed, lost its balance, and fell forward.
Ma Chao was not even surprised in time, and his whole body was thrown forward.