I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 205 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry versus Tiger Infantry!

The main infantry force of the Wei army was in formation, but had not yet taken action.

Not long after, the messenger sent a message: "General, three thousand cavalry from the Chinese army have arrived on the battlefield!"

Xiahou Ba looked back at Xinpi, and Xinpi nodded, meaning: Let go and fight!

Xiahou Ba pulled the reins and led his personal guards in the direction of the Chinese cavalry.

Xiahou Ba has reasons for confidence and pride.

Because his father was Xia Houyuan, a famous high-ranking general in the great Wei Dynasty.

Xiahou Ba is definitely a tiger general on Cao Wei's western front.

Moreover, his surname is Xiahou, and Xiahou is comparable to the clan in Cao Wei.

Because Cao Cao's original surname was Xiahou.

Xiahou was the core force behind Cao Cao's army.

This can also explain why Cao Rui gave the elite cavalry of the Chinese army to Xiahou Ba instead of the supreme commander Guo Huai.

Xiahou Ba arrived at the location of the cavalry of Cao Wei's central army. Three thousand iron hooves had been prepared, and the most tragic battlefield was not far away.

After they saw Xiahou Ba, they showed solemn expressions.

"My sons!" Xiahou Ba shouted, "The Shu Dog army formation has become like rotten wood. Now is the time to make contributions! Follow me and kill the Shu Dogs!"

The cavalry in the front row raised their spears and shouted: "Long live! Long live! Long live!"

(Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, long live has not specifically referred to the emperor. For example: King Xiang returned to Han, his parents and his wife, and everyone in the army shouted long live. This is a cheering word.)

Afterwards, the cavalrymen also began to cheer, and the sound shook the whole country.

Then three thousand armored cavalry began to take action.

Like a slowly flowing river, the armors made the sound of rubbing against each other, and their momentum was as restrained as a mountain.

They are one of the most elite troops in the Chinese Army, formerly known as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

Their armor was more sophisticated than the previous Wei cavalry, their protection was more comprehensive, and their horses were also better.

It can be said to be Cao Rui's trump card.

Their speed was not fast, and while the horses neighed, every cavalry member remained silent and moved forward like an iron tower.

"The enemy cavalry wants to attack the left wing!"

"Quick! Make it up!"

In the city gate, groups of Han troops who had already put on iron armor trotted out.

The commanders shouted loudly: "Follow! All the troops follow! Hold on to your shields! Hold on to your halberds!"

This army is also the most elite infantry of the Han army, called the Tiger Infantry.

Everyone in the Tiger Infantry is over 1.75 meters tall and has a strong physique. The most distinctive feature is that the frame is very wide, the fat is very thick, and there is plenty of muscle inside.

This allows the soldiers of the Tiger Infantry Army to maintain long-term combat effectiveness while having great personal strength.

Of course, the most elite three hundred tiger infantry troops have been equipped with Li Heng's infantry armor.

A pair of armor from the Wei and Jin Dynasties only weighed about twenty kilograms, which was considered a very fine piece of armor.

But a pair of infantry armor weighs more than sixty kilograms, which is an iron armor that is more terrifying than the defensive power of the Mingguang Armor of the Tang Dynasty.

The most important thing is the improvement of smelting technology.

Both sides pressed their most elite troops on the Chencang battlefield!

The second Battle of Guanzhong is related to the future direction of the situation in the Three Kingdoms.

The Han army was defeated, and the confrontation in Guanzhong continued.

But the pressure on logistical mobilization will be unprecedented.

why?

Although part of Guanzhong and Longyou were obtained, Jihan's overall population was still small.

The battle of Chencang involved elites who were good at fighting. Such soldiers had extremely high physical fitness, and many of them could be replaced by just recruiting some civilians.

Li Heng offended half of the local powerful people in Yizhou, and only managed to recruit 30,000 people.

It's not because I can't get 100,000, it's just 30,000 that can barely meet the conditions.

If the Han army wins, Cao Wei must once again invest more resources in the Guanzhong battlefield, which involves internal financial and power structure issues.

This is a typical Wei Wei strategy.

At this time, Cao Wei needed to form an alliance with Sun Quan even more.

But Li Heng passed the papermaking technology to Cao Wei, and Cao Wei would not be able to meet Sun Quan's needs.

At that time, the situation in the three countries will undergo tremendous changes.

Therefore, the second Battle of Guanzhong in the 14th year of Jianxing, together with the Battle of Baidi Mountain, can be regarded as a turning point in the situation of the Three Kingdoms.

Li Heng knew it, Zhuge Liang knew it, and Jiang Wei naturally knew it too.

Therefore, in this battle, Jiang Wei had already made plans to cripple most of the elite troops and defeat the Wei army.

A large number of tiger infantry troops came out of the city.

Wearing iron armor, they trotted towards the left wing of the main army formation in front.

The number of Han soldiers and Wei soldiers who died there was as high as an adult.

The snow was even dyed a large area of ​​red.

The crushed bones and human flesh solidified between the broken pieces of armor and the halberd, showing a dark red color.

Occasionally, a human head with huge eyes rolled down from above, rolled next to a dying war horse, and looked at the horse.

The remaining Han soldiers were in no mood to watch this tragic scene.

In other words, they have long been accustomed to it.

"My sons! The enemy is coming! Don't mess up! Hold your position! I'm with you! The general and you guys are together!"

The substitute officer of the Han army shouted loudly. His face was as pale as paper, and the weather was seven or eight degrees below zero, but his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"Long live the big man!" Perhaps because the fear in the officer's heart was spreading uncontrollably, he shouted again.

When the other soldiers saw this, they also took a deep breath and shouted: "Long live the big man!"

Those Han soldiers who still had panic expressions on their faces took a few puffs of white steam and shouted: "Long live the great man! Long live the great man!"

The sound spread through the military formation, and more people began to shout.

The fear was slowly driven away.

Chencang New Town on the south bank of the Wei River is more than ten miles away and can be heard.

The common people came out of their houses and looked in that direction.

The little girl who had just put on new clothes leaned against her mother and asked, "Mom, did dad go there?"

The mother hugged her child tightly.

Countless people looked in that direction in unison.

No one knew how the war was going, and people were very nervous.

At this time, the cavalry of Cao Wei's central army (the central army refers to the Royal Guards guarding Luoyang) had entered the battlefield from the edge of the battlefield and advanced towards the left flank of the Han army.

Looking down from a high altitude, the three thousand cavalry were like black waves rising and falling, moving forward rhythmically.

Large tracts of snow and fog rolled between them, like white clouds running against the ground.

At this time, Jiang Wei's two thousand cavalry dispatched from the rear of the Han army's left wing and quickly entered the front of the battlefield.

Jiang Wei was dressed in iron armor and holding a spear. He shouted to the messenger: "The vanguard troops attack!"

After saying that, he looked forward to the black torrent.

"The whole army covers the forwards in the middle!" Jiang Wei, who entered the battlefield, emphasized this order again, "Let the forwards advance to the front of the Wei army at all costs!"

"Long live! Long live! Long live!" the Han cavalry shouted heartily.

At this time, the Han army's forward infantry in the middle began to take action. According to the normal positional warfare method, the cavalry harasses the enemy's flanks, fatigues the enemy, and then rushes in to cut the enemy's formation.

Then the infantry quickly defeated the enemy's formation head-on.

For example, this is how Li Shimin fought in a positional battle, catching his opponent off guard.

But in the current situation, the Han army did not fight like this.

Jiang Wei didn't fight like this.

This is because the Han army does not have many cavalry that are truly capable. Although there is no shortage of horses, cavalry cannot be trained overnight.

Besides, the Han army's territory in Guanzhong has expanded unprecedentedly, and its troops have begun to disperse.

Jiang Wei only had three thousand elite cavalry in his hands. He used two thousand as the main cavalry force on the frontal battlefield and left one thousand for emergencies.

This arrangement reflects Jiang Wei's mature control of the battlefield.

The most exciting thing about the vanguard of the Han army was the three hundred elite men wearing infantry armor.

They were all covered in thick iron armor, and even their necks were protected by a ring of iron armor, leaving only their eyes exposed.

They hold long halberds and wear iron bone flowers on their waists that can break armor at close range.

At first, they walked slowly, with ordinary infantry on both sides, including a crossbowmen.

Once the enemy attacks, these ordinary infantry will cover the infantry armor.

If the enemy's cavalry is intercepted by Jiang Wei's cavalry, this ordinary infantry will kill the enemy head-on together with the infantry armor.

They are said to be ordinary infantry, but they are actually elites, but compared to infantry armor, their armaments are more common.

"Report! General! The Shu army cavalry has appeared!"

"I saw it!" Xiahou Ba, who was approaching the Han army's left wing, looked over and said coldly.

Immediately afterwards, another scout came back: "General, the forward infantry of the Shu army has been dispatched!"

Xiahou Ba received this information.

He was a little surprised. Why did the Han army send out forward infantry at this time?

This is inconsistent with the art of war!

"It seems that Jiang Wei plans to use the cavalry to cover the forward infantry, and let the forward infantry fight our center army head-on!" Xiahou Ba frowned, "I have already dispatched two groups of cavalry. Does he think that after my cavalry, Can his forward defeat my center before defeating his left wing?”

You know, the Han army's current left wing has suffered huge losses.

The heavy cavalry led by Xiahou Ba is equivalent to heavy cavalry. Once Xiahou Ba's heavy cavalry defeats the left wing of the Han army, the heavy cavalry will quickly penetrate the main defense of the Han army with the force of autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.

At that time, the Wei army's infantrymen marched up, and the Han army was in danger of being wiped out.

Therefore, the key lies in the time when Xiahou Ba defeated the Han army's left defense.

In Xiahou Ba's opinion, he must be ahead of the Han army's forward infantry.

Because this is very simple common sense. If infantry is facing each other head-on, it is difficult to achieve quick effects.

The biggest advantage of infantry is the tight defense of military formations.

Moreover, if you dispatch your own infantry without authorization, they can easily be outflanked by the enemy's cavalry.

Xiahou Ba pondered, Jiang Wei actually took such risks!

"General, shall we separate a group of cavalry?"

"Divide one thousand cavalry into entanglement with Jiang Wei's cavalry, and use the remaining two thousand to charge forward with all your strength!"

"Here!"

The situation on the battlefield quickly became clear.

The Wei army temporarily detached a thousand cavalry and approached the Han cavalry camp where Jiang Wei was located.

The forward infantry of the Han army was to the south of Jiang Wei, about three or four miles to the right.

If Xiahou Ba's thousand cavalry break through Jiang Wei's defense, they will rush towards the advancing Han forward like a beast out of its cage.

You know, the infantry's defense can only be maximized when it stops and forms a formation.

Infantry in action has no defense at all and is more likely to be beaten by cavalry.

Therefore, in cold weapon warfare, it is difficult for a pure infantry unit to gain an active advantage on the battlefield.

A pure cavalry unit cannot completely and effectively defeat the enemy's main force.

Only then can there be a saying of coordinated combat between infantry and cavalry.

Xiahou Ba's thousand cavalry quickly approached Jiang Wei's cavalry. After closing the distance, the horses began to accelerate.

Naturally, Jiang Weibu was not idle either and began to take the initiative to approach the Wei army.

However, in order to cover the infantry, the cavalry team showed an arc like a crescent moon.

This can not only expand the defense range, but also achieve effective entanglement.

And neither side has so-called mounted shooting, but the rapid assault tactics inherited from the Qing Dynasty of Self-Defense.

The weapons of both sides are spears.

When the distance between the two sides narrowed to a few hundred meters, the cavalry raised their spears and began to accelerate.

The war horses went from walking fast at the beginning to running wildly.

At that moment, the sound of iron hooves began to roar like an awakening beast.

The momentum surged!

Soon, the two sides collided head-on.

Immediately some cavalry fell from their horses on both sides.

The combat power of Cao Rui's Imperial Guard cavalry was significantly higher than that of Jiang Wei's cavalry. After a sudden attack, they quickly tore apart the Han army's entanglement and rushed towards the Han army's forward.

Fortunately, this time the Han army had an advantage in cavalry numbers.

Jiang Wei turned his horse sharply. The horse roared loudly, raised its front hooves, paused violently, and then detoured towards the breakthrough Wei cavalry like lightning.

The Han army followed closely behind, their horses moving as fast as the wind.

Jiang Wei yelled angrily, and a spear weighing more than ten kilograms in his hand stabbed the side of a Wei cavalry horse like an angry dragon.

Rich blood spurted out, and the war horse whined. The originally strong horse seemed to have been drained of its strength, and its body collapsed. The cavalryman also flew off the horse and fell into the snow.

Jiang Wei held the reins tightly with one hand, like a murderous god entering the battlefield. The other Wei soldiers did not react at all. His second shot had already stabbed a Wei soldier in the back.

The tip of the spear pierced the iron armor and made a muffled sound. The Wei cavalry was knocked off his horse by his violent blow.

The surrounding Wei cavalry immediately began to attack him in a roundabout way.

However, Jiang Wei's war horse drew a sharp arc in the snow, charged towards the Wei army's weakest point, and then killed two Wei army cavalry with thunderous force.

The momentum of the Han army was boosted by Jiang Wei.

More Han cavalry rushed up and blocked the Wei army's path.

Just when Jiang Wei's cavalry was fully covering the infantry advance, Xiahou Ba's two thousand cavalry had already approached the Han army's left flank.

It is even about to enter the acceleration range.

At this time, a large number of Tiger Infantry soldiers began to gather on the left wing.

One by one, they began to line up as fast as they could, as if they were arranging iron pillars in a rhythm.

Shields were raised and halberds were stretched out.

In the shortest possible time, the vacancy on the left wing was filled.

The arrival of reinforcements undoubtedly increased the confidence of the left-wing defenders!

(End of this chapter)