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Volume 1: Entrance Chapter 116: Battle of Ten Thousand Cavalry

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    On November 1st, the cold wind howled through the air, causing waves of chill wherever it went.  ??Also in Chenshi, when the Yanzhou rebellion was completely eliminated, the Great Zhou Emperor Guo Wei had already led a heavy army to Jinzhou City and led nearly 100,000 troops to attack the Liao-Han coalition forces.  Since the black dragon flag, symbolizing the emperor's personal conquest, was raised above the camp, the Liao-Han coalition forces under Jinzhou City suddenly fell into a state of depression and panic.  The Liao cavalry commanded by Xiao Yujue, the military envoy of Zhangguo, was not seriously damaged, and there were still about 45,000 people. However, the 20,000 elite soldiers brought out by Emperor Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty only had more than 9,000 left.  It only amounts to 54,000 troops, but Guo Wei's troops are strong in this expedition. The elites wearing Forbidden Army uniforms are almost as strong as the coalition forces. The number is only half of the opponent's. The difference in strength is obvious. When the two sides face off, the coalition forces still have to defend.  The garrison in Jinzhou City made a surprise attack; the most important point is that the coalition's follow-up food has not yet been delivered from Jinyang, and the food reserves can only support the army for ten days. It is necessary to quickly decide how to face this disadvantaged battle situation.  Therefore, when Liu Chong rushed to Xiao Yujue's tent to ask for advice, Xiao Yujue was furious. He ran out of the tent first and severely whipped Huhan, who had been tied to a wooden pole outside the tent for seven days, with dozens of whips.  Just then he turned around and shouted: "Fight, I, the Khitan Yong'er, have no precedent of retreating without a fight." Then fight, the Liao-Han coalition forces immediately came out of camp to face the Zhou reinforcements.  The Liao-Han coalition put up a strange "three-one-two" formation. There were three square formations in front, each with 10,000 cavalry; in the middle were 9,000 Xi tribe and Khitan's most elite soldiers; and finally they were divided into two groups: east and west.  A large number of Northern Han infantry and left-behind cavalry, and the soldiers on the west side were guarded by 3,000 Khitan cavalry. They formed formations facing the south and west at the same time, focusing on guarding against a pincer attack from Jinzhou City. This battle formation, to be optimistic, is effective.  Offense and defense, to be pessimistic, is the last desperate gamble of the Liao-Han coalition. Success or failure depends on whether the forward cavalry charge can open up the war situation in one fell swoop.  When the Zhou army heard the police, they moved out of camp and set up formations.  Row after row of huge shield formations and small soldiers and horse formations came out of the camp, with archers in the middle. The total number of people exceeded 50,000, and they were more than three miles wide and thick, forming a huge "one";  Following the big "one" out of the camp were two cavalry phalanxes, one on the left and one on the right, each with 6,000 men. At the end of the battle formation was a temporary high platform in front of the camp, with 30,000 elite infantry and cavalry arrayed in front.  , guarding Emperor Guo Wei in groups, forming a very weird "one-two-one" formation.  "The Liao Dynasty is invincible, capture Guo Wei alive." Xiao Yujue pulled the reins hard, stood upright along with the horse that raised its front hooves, brandished his sword and shouted wildly.  "The Liao is invincible, capture Guo Wei alive." The Liao-Han allied forces roared in unison. However, because the Chinese and Khitan languages ??were mixed, the momentum was not as terrifying as imagined.  "Anyone who offends our Zhou Dynasty will be killed." Guo Wei sat on the high platform and shouted sternly.  "Kill." "Kill." Uniform voices rose from all the Zhou army formations, and finally merged into a loud and incomparable "kill". One hundred thousand Zhou men shouted from the depths of their hearts, on the battlefield  It echoed for a long time and instantly suppressed the roar of the Liao-Han coalition forces.  "Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed immediately." Xiao Yujue rode around once and waved to signal the attack. The strong horns sounded one after another, and the three cavalry phalanxes started to mount their horses one after another, and slowly adjusted into three attack arrows as they marched.  , rushing towards the Great Zhou Shield Formation.  "Keep your sword and shield hands steady, and prepare your archers." Shi Yanchao, commander of the Longjie capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, He Hui, commander of Hujie, and Chen Sirang and Kang Yanmao, commanders of the left wing platoon, looked back at the commanders on the high platform.  Flags, they shouted loudly, "There are countless wars between the Han people in the Central Plains and the peoples in the north. In such a wild confrontation, resisting the impact of the opponent's cavalry group is the most important thing. Everyone is familiar with it."  As the orders of "release" were shouted out, a dense rain of arrows jumped out of the shield array and rushed towards the cavalry who entered the shooting range.  The Khitan cavalrymen tightened their bodies behind their shields and rushed forward with all their strength. They could only manage three arrows in the battle. As long as they broke through the area covered by the arrows, the cavalry would rule the world.  In the three torrents rolling south, one after another the cavalry quickly fell into the dust and was crushed to pieces by the subsequent torrent. However, the attacking torrent became faster and faster, and there were more and more. The cavalry at the front suddenly collided with the cavalry at the front row.  On the shield array.  Galloping horses and static shields, animal power and human power, two extremely dynamic forces collided and exploded immediately. Horses were reared, shields were broken, people were flying, guns were broken, and knives were broken. The first row of shield formations were all smashed immediately.  Later, the humanoid horse-resistance formation, which was mainly composed of soldiers with spears, was also disrupted, with broken limbs and blood flying everywhere.  "Stabilize the horse-rejecting formation, move the rear shield formation forward." There were shouts one after another in the Dazhou formation. The most terrifying thing about the cavalry is their speed. As long as the enemy's speed slows down, the horse-rejecting formation and shield formation will strangle the cavalry.  Sharp weapon.    The tall and strong Shi Yanchao screamed strangely, kicked over a slow-moving shield-wielding soldier, bent down to pick up a spear, threw it with all his strength, and pierced a Khitan cavalry who was roaring in.  , turned around and shouted: "Go up, go up." The one who hit was knocked over, and the one who was hit had his shield flying and scattered. This tragic scene lasted for only a quarter of an hour, and half of the Zhou army's shield array had been broken, at least  Tens of thousands of Zhou troops fell, and three to four thousand Khitan cavalry also fell at the same time.  "Three Dialangs, keep attacking." Xiao Yujue smiled ferociously, snatched the horn from a bugler, jumped on his horse, and blew out three consecutive blasts.  After hearing the order, the Khitan cavalry roared wildly. Many of them tore off the fur on their chests, beat their chests and shouted wildly. They used their feet to drive the horses into an attack formation of three rows and three groups in total. This is  The Khitan cavalry's common attack attack when encountering obstacles in the field is like a wave of waves, so it is called "triple waves".  At the sound of the horn, the re-arranged Khitan cavalry started up again. In front of them, the scattered cavalry who had lost their speed quickly pulled their horses away to clear the impact route.  Seeing this scene, the military commander Yao Yuanfu, who had been standing to watch the formation, turned to the other side of the camp. Qiu Hongchao, the commander of the horse army, shouted: "General Qiu, let's attack." Qiu Hongchao looked back and saw that  He went to the rear to command the cavalry attack flag held high on the platform, and immediately waved and shouted: "Cavalry attack, cavalry attack." Rapid drumbeats sounded, and many messengers rode out, passing orders from the back of the shield array to the front.  The formation quickly opened up two wide passages, and the two cavalry phalanxes of the Zhou army's central army slowly started to move, adjusted into a cone shape during the action, and accelerated to attack forward.  At this time, the Khitan cavalry's "triple waves" attack had already rushed to the front of the formation, continuously knocking down and beating down the incomplete shield formation and horse-rejecting formation. At this speed, it would soon be able to break through the entire formation.  Shield array.  Yao Yuanfu and Qiu Hongchao, each holding a big gun, rushed to the front and plunged into the "triple wave" formation that had slowed down. They were sharp against thin paper and immediately attacked the Khitan cavalry.  Two channels of blood were plowed out in the formation.  "Countercharge." Xiao Yujue, who had been keeping a close eye on the battlefield developments, sneered. With a wave of his hand, he ordered all the 9,000 Xi tribe and Khitan elites of the Chinese army to attack. At the most critical moment, the most elite soldiers were used to complete the fatal blow.  , has always been the favorite cruel move of the Khitan cavalry.  These elites from the Liao Kingdom were all warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles. They all kept silent and quickly adjusted their team into a long wedge shape. The horses' hooves trampled and merged into thunder, and they accelerated and sprinted with the sound of the horn.  "The elite troops from the rear attack." Guo Wei stood up suddenly on the high platform and roared loudly.  At the critical moment of the war, the cold wind intensified, and snowflakes started to float in the sky.
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