At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 199, Armored Cavalry, Unrivaled in Breaking the Formation
Xiang Yu's army and Qin's army were camped 20 miles apart. Both sides had cavalry. This distance was only a charging distance for the two armies, so both Xiang Yu and Zhang Han were very cautious. They sent a lot of exploring horses, and the battle Although it hasn't started yet, the fighting between the two sides is already extremely fierce, and the atmosphere above the theater pavilion is very tense.

On September 37, the th year of the First Emperor's reign, Linzi County, Juting.

The war drums of "dong dong dong" shook the sky. The armies of both sides came out of camp almost at the same time, formed a neat square formation, and approached slowly and carefully.

Fan Zeng rode a war horse on Xiang Yu's side and faced Zhang Han's army: "Zhang Han arranged the crane wing formation. His flag was located in the middle and back of the formation, surrounded by heavy troops, and spread its wings like cranes on the left and right. It was a kind of offense and defense. A comprehensive formation.

The Crane Wing Formation requires generals to have high tactical command capabilities, and the two wings can be opened and closed freely. They can be used to attack both sides of the enemy, and can also work together to flank the enemy who breaks into the center of the formation. The general's formation should be strictly defended to prevent it from being broken through by the enemy. The two wings should be flexible, coordinate closely, and attack fiercely, otherwise they will not be able to achieve their goal. This is an active offensive formation.

Xiang Yu smiled and said: "Zhang Han's formation seems to be both offensive and defensive, and has two wings for protection. But as long as we can break through the two wings, we can directly attack Zhang Han and defeat his central army. I believe that our heavy cavalry can attack The strength is definitely superior to the Qin army's cavalry.

At the same time, Zhang Han and Gongsun Rong were also observing Xiang Yu's military formation.

Zhang Han was a little surprised and said: "The other side is actually using a sharp arrow formation?"

As the name suggests, it forms an arrow shape across the entire army. The position of the general is at the front, so it is suitable for brave generals with high combat effectiveness. Since the troops at the front are very dense, it is also an assault formation.

Gongsun Rong said with a smile: "I heard that Xiang Yu is very brave. He is afraid that he can rely on his own bravery to kill our army. The enemy is seeking his own death."

Then he looked at the white armor opposite and said with a smile: "Jiangmen Hu (Dog) Zi, the form is really good. He can actually make so many white armors in such a short time. This is just right, so he can bury himself."

Xiang Yu raised his halberd high, drove his horses horizontally in front of the army, and said to all the soldiers: "I will take the lead in charging in this battle. If I die in battle, the captain who leads you will continue the charge. If the captain dies in battle, then the charge will be carried out by the captain." You charge, and we will not stop until the Qin army is defeated."

Zhang Han was still worried and asked: "How is Tanma going upstream to check the situation? Have the rebels built a dam?"

Several messengers heard Zhang Han's fast horse running to the left and right rear of the team to convey the order.

Gongsun Rong said: "There are no traces of rebels or dams in the 30 miles upstream of the river, and the water level of the river has not dropped significantly."

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"Dong dong dong!" The sound of war drums sounded, and Xiang Yu started to advance, followed by the 3000 armored cavalry behind him slowly advancing, and then a large infantry phalanx moved slowly. Xiang Yu's 5-strong army began to advance nervously and orderly under the command of war drums.

Gongsun Rong smiled and said: "This is better. Our army can destroy the rebels on the opposite side at the minimum cost."

At a distance of three hundred steps between the two sides, the two armies stopped again and made final adjustments.

Zhang Han believes that the biggest gain for his cavalry in Qidi is that they have obtained new cavalry equipment. With these equipment, his 5 cavalry can be worth 10 elite infantry. This army of his should go to the Central Plains battlefield Use your talents.

The Qin soldiers' screams were like thunder, echoing in the entire open space. The powerful murderous aura pressed towards Xiang Yu's army. The horses under the irritated Xiang Yu's soldiers became frightened and kept neighing.

"Order all the soldiers in the army to prepare for a charge. This general will annihilate all the enemy troops. Beat the drums and prepare for battle!"

"General, you are really worried. The strange behavior on the other side is not because they have any plan, but because Xiang Yu is a general like Zhao Kuo. Since Xiang Yu rebelled with his uncle, he has always shown his bravery to others. He is afraid that he thinks that his martial arts Only if we can defeat our army will we set up a front arrow formation suitable for charging."

Zhang Han did not pay attention to Gongsun Rong's cynicism, but focused on the battlefield. Even the water was no problem. Zhang Han finally felt relieved and said: "Maybe I am worrying too much, but after this battle I will It’s time to lead the army to the Central Plains.”

Zhang Han's three-piece cavalry suit was obtained from Xiang Yu's army. Xiang Yu and others should know that after equipped with these new equipment, the impact of the cavalry is completely comparable to that of a chariot. He actually wants to lead a group of infantry to charge towards him. Zhang Han is a bit I don’t understand what Xiang Yu on the other side is thinking?
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster, and Zhang Han's inner uneasiness becomes more and more intense.

3000 armored cavalry roared: "We will never stop until the Qin army is defeated!"

"Dong dong dong!" The sound of war drums sounded, and the long-suppressed fighting spirit of the Qin soldiers burst out.

Xiang Yu said calmly: "Bang the war drums, and the whole army is ready to fight."

Gongsun Rong is an old soldier who has been in the army for more than ten years. He really looks down on second-generation generals like Xiang Yu, because the defeats of the Qin army in the past two years were all caused by the so-called tigers (dogs) of generals. What kind of king? Li, Li You, just by hearing the names of these people, you know that they are not people who can fight.

Then 5 soldiers, led by the captain, roared: "We will never stop until the Qin army is defeated!"

Zhang Han hesitated and said: "Xiang Yu likes to lead cavalry into battle. He should know the power of our 5 cavalry. He dares to form such a formation under such circumstances. He is either stupid or has a trick."

"Dong dong dong!" The sound of the war drum became urgent.

"Kill!" Xiang Yu was the first to drive his horses to charge.

"Kill!" 3000 armored cavalry followed Xiang Yu and charged! The dense sound of horse hooves was like thunder, shaking the entire battlefield.

The 3000 armored cavalry used Xiang Yu as their arrowhead and accelerated slowly like a long arrow. The arrowhead became longer and longer and sharper. From a distance, it looks like a sharp sword flashing with murderous intent, ready to bite people and eat them at any time.

Under the leadership of Xiang Yu, these 3000 armored cavalry roared and charged like tigers descending from the mountain. Anything that stood in their way would be destroyed by them.

Zhang Han ordered: "Attack the enemy's infantry on the left and right wings. The central army will attack to block the enemy's cavalry. The whole army will attack. We will completely destroy them in one battle!"

Zhang Han found that Xiang Yu's army had charged directly. This was unexpected. The rebels did not intend to leave any backup. He immediately decided to overwhelm the rebel army. In the plains, he could not think of his own cavalry. How to lose.

Gongsun Rong saw Xiang Yu charging at the front and smiled: "General, I will chop off Xiang Yu's head for you."

Zhang Han nodded in agreement with Gongsun Rong's move. He was a fierce general of the Qin army. It would not be a problem to kill a second-generation general, even if the second-generation general was known for his bravery.

"Soldiers, follow Naigong and kill him!" Gongsun Rong kicked the horse's belly hard, causing the horse to hurt and speed up to gallop away.

5000 cavalry followed Gongsun Rong and accelerated their charge, quickly reaching the front of the army.

The two sides were two hundred steps apart.

The two sides accelerated their charge in tacit understanding. Gongsun Rong's 5000 cavalry moved closer while charging, and soon became a dense cone. It was obvious that Gongsun Rong planned to defeat Xiang Yu's armored cavalry head-on.

When the two sides were 100 steps apart, Gongsun Rong shouted: "Get ready to shoot!"

This type of mounted archery is a tactic that only appeared with bilateral stirrups. Without the stirrups, the knight has no point of focus and cannot draw the hard bow. He can only shoot in the 50-30 range. Moreover, the lethality of the bow and arrow is extremely low. It can only be used to harass the army, or It is to kill and injure some unarmored soldiers, and with the addition of bilateral stirrups, the power and distance of mounted archery have been improved to a higher level.

The two sides were 80 steps away from each other and had reached the Qin army's shooting range.

Gongsun Rong said: "Let go!"

A black cloud suddenly rose from the direction of Qin's army and shot towards Xiang Yu's army. Xiang Yu quickly swung his halberd and knocked away three long arrows that were shot at him.

"Puff!" But the other armored soldiers did not have Xiang Yu's martial arts skills and had no room to display. The long arrows hit the soldiers of Xiang Yu's army.

Gongsun Rong was overjoyed when he saw this scene and waited for the rebels to fall on their backs and suffer heavy casualties.

But a scene that shocked him happened. The cavalry on the opposite side had almost no casualties. He did not see a cavalryman drop his horse, nor did he see a horse being shot by a long arrow. There was not even a whine from the horse, as if he The thousands of long arrows he saw just now were never there, and the enemy was still accelerating towards him.

"How is this possible?" Gongsun Rong couldn't believe it. Even if there is armor protection, the enemy should be unscathed. Even if the soldiers are not killed, the enemy's horses should be killed in large numbers.

Zhang Han at the rear couldn't believe this scene, because he saw that all the long arrows shot by Gongsun Rong and the others were bounced away by the armor of the cavalry. Even the long arrows that hit the horses were the same, and only a few long arrows were missed. The arrow was hung on the war horse, but it didn't have much lethality.

The only thing that could deflect long arrows was iron armor, but this made Zhang Han even more unbelievable. How could the opponent have thousands of pieces of iron armor and be able to wrap up war horses? There was no such thing. Not even Great Qin could do it. Such a thing, not to mention the issue of iron armor, there are not many war horses that can float such a heavy harness.

Then Zhang Han immediately thought of what was said in the intelligence about the rebels. The puppet king of Han had a troop of armored hussars, which were extremely powerful and unstoppable when charging. Just now he saw that the cavalry among the rebels were also covered with something, and he thought it was white cloth. , now he understood that the enemy had covered the war horses with a layer of strong armor, but this made Zhang Han even more confused. Even if the armor problem was barely solved, where did the rebels get the thousands of BMWs? Ordinary war horses carry a person It was already very difficult. Carrying several hundred kilograms of armor on the back, let alone a Mercedes-Benz, even walking normally would be very difficult.

Zhang Han could already be considered a famous general in the world, but facing something like this that he had never seen before, he could only feel at a loss.

At this time, Zhang Han's inner panic reached its peak. His intuition told him that all the abnormal behaviors of the rebels were related to this armored cavalry, but at this time it was impossible for him to stop the army from advancing. He could only hope that his instincts were wrong.

The two armies continued to charge faster, and the distance between the two sides was already less than forty steps. Xiang Yu could already see Gongsun Rong clearly across from him.

The cavalry of both sides raised their spears almost simultaneously, and the battlefield looked like two giant hedgehogs approaching quickly.

30 steps, 20 steps, 10 steps!
"Boom!" The two most powerful cavalrymen of this era collided, and a loud noise sounded on the battlefield.

Xiang Yu swept his halberd and stabbed the cavalryman on the opposite side with his spear. He also swept the horse with his spear, and then chopped down another cavalryman. The spears of the Qin army's cavalry were broken at the sound, and they were knocked off their horses. Xiang Yu stabbed through a Qin soldier again.

"Kill!" Xiang Yu roared, and the Qin soldier who was stabbed screamed, and was thrown away by Xiang Yu. The weight of hundreds of kilograms immediately knocked away 3-4 Qin soldiers. Xiang Yu's surroundings were swept away by him.

After Xiang Yu killed these Qin soldiers, he held the horse's reins with one hand, raised his bloody iron halberd with the other, and shouted: "I will not return the Qin army until I break it!"

When the soldiers of Xiang Yu's army saw how brave he was, their morale immediately rose. They felt that their blood was boiling and full of strength. They couldn't help but roar at the same time: "I will not fight back until the Qin army is defeated!"

Inspired by Xiang Yu's bravery, the soldiers moved forward bravely and fought bravely, stabbing and killing the Qin soldiers with the spears in their hands. The spears of the Qin soldiers also stabbed Xiang Yu's soldiers, but at this time they were shocked to find that their spears could not penetrate the enemy's body, and their swords could not cut through the enemy's armor.

Gongsun Rong struggled to knock away a rebel soldier with the spear in his hand, but the soldier's armor was not pierced by him. Only then did Gongsun Rong understand why Xiang Yu dared to attack their army with this little cavalry. It turned out that they had thousands of armored soldiers (Gongsun Rong thought these paper armors were iron armor.)
"This damn second generation general!" He could only blame all this on Xiang Yu's rich family background. At this time, there were fewer and fewer Qin soldiers around him. The rebels' charges were like powerful spears that penetrated everything. The armor on their bodies could resist the attack of all weapons, and their spears could easily pierce the Qin army. With the body of a soldier, he could only watch in anger as his soldiers were slaughtered.

Soon Gongsun Rong saw Xiang Yu.

"Xiang Yu, take your life." He immediately rushed towards Xiang Yu. He wanted to kill the rebel coach to reverse the situation of the war.

But Xiang Yu just looked at the crazy Gongsun Rong with contempt, and drove his horse towards Gongsun Rong.

"Cang!" Xiang Yu knocked Gongsun Rong's spear away, and then pierced Gongsun Rong's chest with his halberd, throwing him off his horse. Gongsun Rong's only thought before he died was that Xiang Yu, the second generation brave man, was actually real. .

After killing Gongsun Rong, Xiang Yu roared: "Continue to charge and kill!"

When the three thousand armored cavalry saw that their commander easily killed the enemy leader, their morale was greatly shaken. They also shouted loudly and rushed towards their enemies.

Xiang Yu danced his halberd very fast, stabbing, slashing, sweeping, and splitting with his halberd, which was unstoppable. The soldiers of the Qin army died when they encountered him.

The 3000 armored soldiers were extremely excited and followed Xiang Yu closely, guarding Xiang Yu's wings and following Xiang Yu's progress. Soon, the 3000 armored soldiers killed Gongsun Rong's 5000 Qin cavalry.

Xiang Yu shouted: "The whole army is ready!"

The armored cavalry who were killed followed Xiang Yu to organize their formation.

Then Xiang Yu pointed his halberd at Zhang Han's handsome flag and said: "Continue to charge and kill!"

"Kill!" Under the guidance of Xiang Yu, the 3000 armored cavalry had a new goal. They followed Xiang Yu to kill Zhang Han's handsome flag.

At the same time, Long Qie, who was commanding the infantry in the rear, led the infantry brigade along Xiang Yu's bloody path to divide and surround the Qin army's cavalry. The cavalry's attack was unstoppable. Once their horses stopped, the cavalry on the horses became infantry. target.

Now the Qin army is the target of Xiang Yu's infantry. Xiang Yu's soldiers stabbed to death each of the Qin soldiers with the spears in their hands.

The Qin cavalry also wanted to resist, but one of their horses was surrounded by 4-5 Xiang Yu's soldiers, and 4-5 spears stabbed them. There was no place to hide, so they all dropped their horses.

After completely dividing and surrounding the Qin Army's forward cavalry, Long Qie continued to shout: "Catch up with the Major General, catch up with the Major General!"

This battle was fought so smoothly, and the Qin army was killed by them like waste, but Long Qie also understood that this was because Xiang Yu led the armored cavalry to kill through the Qin army's formation and destroyed the Qin army's will to fight. Got a bargain.

Now he not only wanted to kill these Qin troops whose will to fight had been destroyed, but also followed the armored cavalry and followed the bloody path they had struck to continue to expand the results.

Under Long Qie's order, the infantry of Xiang Yu's army also quickly penetrated the Qin army's forward and continued to pursue Xiang Yu's rear.

Zhang Han was horrified when he saw Xiang Yu's armored cavalry killing Gongsun Rong's forward army in less than a stick of incense. The impact of this cavalry was actually several times higher than that of his own cavalry. He felt deeply for this kind of cavalry in his heart. Fear is at its highest. He was worried that the Chinese army could not withstand Xiang Yu's surprise force, so he ordered: "Order the left and right wings to give up attacking the rebel cavalry, concentrate on the Chinese army, and outflank the cavalry with both wings."

He immediately changed his order to completely defeat the enemy army, and instead concentrated his efforts to eliminate the most dangerous armored cavalry first.

Immediately, a flag bearer shook the flagpole in his hand and conveyed Zhang Han's order to the cavalry on both wings.

After receiving Zhang Han's order, the Qin army's cavalry on both wings abandoned their enemies, changed their attack methods, and began to move closer to the Chinese army. On the battlefield, it was as if Xiang Yu's 3000 men and horses were charging against tens of thousands of Qin troops.

The Qin army approaching Xiang Yu's tribe kept shooting at the armored knights with long arrows, but it had no effect. The long arrows they shot were either bounced away, or hung sparsely on the white armor, as if they were trophies.

And Xiang Yu and the others didn't care at all about the shooting of the Qin army's bows and arrows. They were like mosquito bites. Although they were annoyed by them, they could not cause harm to them.

Under Xiang Yu's accelerated charge, they once again attacked the Qin army's cavalry formation of 10,000 people.

"Boom!" After the last experience, the soldiers of Xiang Yu's army instinctively moved closer together, making the impact of the cavalry more violent. This time, the Qin army blocking them was directly knocked away. The armored cavalry were like Like a ferocious tiger, it is infinitely powerful and unstoppable. Any enemy that stands in front of them will be viciously pounced upon and devoured, leaving only bloody remains.

(End of this chapter)