Chapter seven hundred and eighty-fifth armor with power (for Xiaoba Wan
On the entire battlefield, on the left wing of the Zhao army, the right wing of the Four-Nation Alliance, countless soldiers of the Wei and Chu army were charging like a tide.
Chu State General Chunshen Jun Huang Xie, Shangzhu State Jingyang and Wei State General Tian Chong stood side by side on the same chariot, staring at the battlefield with a nervous expression in front of him.
To be honest, even though these three are all experienced and experienced people, they still seem quite nervous at this moment.
After all, the strength of the Zhao army over the years has left a deep impression on both countries, so they have both expectations and fear for the upcoming war.
Suddenly, Huang Xie pointed ahead and shouted: "Here you come!"
The other two looked closely and found Zhao Jun's traces.
Even on such a noisy battlefield, a sound of horse hooves, as if the sky was falling and the earth was cracking, was still clearly transmitted into the ears of the three people. The next moment, a heavy armored cavalry appeared.
"It's the armored cavalry of Zhao!" Jing Yang, the Shangzhu Kingdom, gasped and could hardly believe what he saw: "The people of Zhao actually used armored cavalry on the left wing?"
That's right, what appeared was from the North Camp of Handan, Zhao State, which occupied half of the number of armored cavalry in Zhao State, and was led by Zhao State General Zhao Kuo.
These armored cavalrymen were tall and big, both the people and the horses were covered with armor with extremely outstanding defense. They also wore thick helmets on their heads, which made it impossible to see what the person behind the helmet looked like.
This gave their opponent an illusion that when facing armored cavalry, it seemed like they were facing an army that had emerged from hell, which made people involuntarily feel particularly frightened.
The next moment, two thousand armored cavalry broke into the frontal formation of the Wei and Chu coalition forces, and countless spears and sabers were waving in the air, causing countless bloody storms.
Although the soldiers who rushed to the front of the Wei and Chu countries also used spears and long spears and other weapons to block the attack of these armored cavalry, their weapons had no effect at all on stabbing armored knights and war horses, and could not break the heavy armor protection at all.
Two thousand armored cavalry were like a torrent of steel, hitting a big hole in the positions of the Wei and Chu coalition forces, like a giant ship in the sea to cut through the waves and move forward. No matter how the wind and waves roared, they could not stop the horse hooves of the armored cavalry.
The spear and sabre were waving in the air, and the remaining limbs and broken arms resounded through the sky with screams. This was not a fair battle at all, but a one-sided massacre!
Just in the main formation of the Wei-Chu coalition forces, Huang Xie and the other three saw this scene and their faces turned pale.
Huang Xie couldn't help but murmur: "It is said that the Zhao State's armored cavalry is invincible in the world. I thought it was just nonsense before, but I didn't expect that when I saw it today, it would be so terrifying!"
Yes, before that, neither Chu nor Wei nor they had any experience in fighting head-on battles with armored cavalry on the plains.
It is precisely because of this that they actually have some doubts about the combat effectiveness of this armored cavalry, thinking that the armored cavalry may not be like this at all, but it was just that the losers deliberately exaggerated it.
In fact, it is not just these three people. In this era, all the generals except General Zhao did not face the strength of the cavalry, and they still uphold the backward idea of "infantry is invincible in the world".
Even though Zhao State has dominated the Central Plains for several years, some people still believe that the reason why Zhao State is so powerful is just that Zhao State's infantry is strong enough. As for the reason why Zhao State's cavalry is so famous is only because the Guanzhong area is more suitable for cavalry combat. Otherwise, why did Zhao State's heavy cavalry never fight in the Central Plains?
In the eyes of these generals from other countries, the cavalry of Zhao did not fight in the Central Plains because the people of Zhao knew that the cavalry of Zhao could not deal with the infantry of the Central Plains in front!
Until six years after the Battle of Changping, and until Li Mu had led the heavy cavalry of Zhao State to defeat the Qin general Wang Ling, there were still people who still adhered to this idea that seemed ridiculous to later military scientists, and there were still many people who supported this idea, such as Huang Xie, Jingyang and Tian Chong, the three actual commanders of the right wing of the four-nation coalition forces.
Reforming military tactics is like reforms of the country, and it has never been an easy and rapid task.
But this does not mean that the Wei and Chu coalition forces have no defense measures for armored cavalry. Huang Xie looked at the armored cavalry's indomitable appearance and issued an order with a gloomy face: "Send the order and order the powerful crossbowman to come forward. Be sure to slow down the speed of this armored cavalry!"
With Huang Xie's order, the flag behind him immediately waved, and the sound of the coalition drums changed the rhythm and sent orders to the coalition soldiers from all directions.
Just when Zhao Kuo heard the drum sound, he had just used the sabre in his hand to cut off the head of a general Chu army who was blocking him.
If there is another person in the younger generation of Zhao State besides Li Mu, who knows armored cavalry well, then this person is definitely Zhao Kuo.
Even though he had the opportunity to be promoted several times, Zhao Kuo has always firmly held his position as an armored cavalry captain, and has no intention of giving up.
Nothing else, it is for the current situation of cutting melons and vegetables that are free to cut on the battlefield, but the enemy is completely helpless in his own pleasure!
The surging enemy in front of him not only did not make Zhao Kuo feel any fear, but instead made him feel endless fighting spirit and shouted for a fierce battle, feeling extremely happy.
Suddenly, Zhao Kuo felt empty in front of him. He looked up and found that a large open area had been given up in front of him. Behind these open areas were hundreds of large shields standing tall, forming a large shield array that was as wide as a mile.
In addition, Zhao Kuo could also clearly see that a long crossbow arrow was stretched out in each shield. With years of experience on the battlefield, Zhao Kuo recognized it at a glance. What stretched out from the gaps between these shield formations was the powerful crossbow from the Wei State.
"I want to use a shield to block it and then shoot it with a powerful crossbow? Is it really a good idea?" Zhao Kuo, in the helmet, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a murderous arc.
As we all know, heavy cavalry like armored cavalry has high speed requirements, and if you want to start up, you must meet the two points of a long acceleration time and a long acceleration distance. If the speed is slowed down in such a crowded situation, then armored cavalry will hardly have the chance to start up again.
An armored cavalry without speed is at best a big turtle wearing a heavy steel shell. As long as it takes a long time, the Wei and Chu coalition forces will sooner or later eliminate this big turtle with completely losing their advantage.
So even when Zhao Kuo saw the shield formation that looked like a copper wall and an iron wall in front of him, he did not hesitate at all, but instead had a stronger desire to fight.
Horse hooves flew, and almost in a flash, Zhao Kuo rushed to about two hundred steps away from the shield formation.
It was at this time that the Wei army commander shouted from behind the shield formation, and then hundreds of powerful crossbow arrows shot out directly, covering Zhao Kuo and hundreds of armored cavalry behind him.
Almost the moment he saw the crossbow arrow shoot out, Zhao Kuo subconsciously lowered his head.
You should know that the only weakness of the armored cavalry in Zhao State that may be killed by one blow is the eyes. Therefore, as long as you lower your head, Zhao Kuo does not have to worry about how much threat these crossbow arrows can pose to him.
As Zhao Kuo expected, several crossbow arrows hit Zhao Kuo's head, chest, lower abdomen and other parts almost at the same time, making several short and crisp sounds.
Zhao Kuo's whole body was shocked, and he felt like he had been punched several times in a row. His body felt uncomfortable and he felt like he wanted to vomit.
Although the power of these crossbow arrows is indeed not enough to break Zhao Kuo's armor, the huge force carried by the crossbow arrows when they hit him hard still made Zhao Kuo feel very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Zhao Kuo was thrown away by this discomfort. Just after this round of arrows passed, Zhao Kuo immediately raised his head, took out the bow and arrow from behind the saddle, and bent the bow and squint.
Although most of the armored cavalrymen are from tall Zhao people rather than the nomad Hu people in the northern part of Zhao, as a cavalry, how could they not know how to ride and shoot?
In recent years of training, these Zhao State's armored cavalry have already mastered the technique of cavalry and shooting. Although it cannot be said that everyone is a sharpshooter, under such circumstances, the enemy is so dense that it is enough to shoot arrows out. This requirement is too easy for armored cavalry.
Just as Zhao Kuo pulled the bow and styling, hundreds or thousands of armored cavalry behind Zhao Kuo took out their bows and arrows, bent their bows and stylings straight into the blue sky.
Zhao Kuo pulled the longbow like a full moon, then roared wildly: "Click him to me!"
With a whoosh, just as the second wave of crossbow arrows shot out from the gap in the shield formation, the bows and arrows of the armored cavalry of Zhao State also flew high into the sky, drew a parabola in the sky, accurately bypassing the shield formation in the front and falling into the coalition crossbowmen position behind the shield formation.
In an instant, countless screams sounded from the positions of the coalition crossbowmen, and the entire crossbowmen's position became chaotic due to this sudden attack, and the shield formation before the crossbowmen's position also caused a little chaos.
Zhao Kuo haha, put the bow and arrow in his hand into the saddle bag, and raised the saber in his hand high. He ran his whole body and horse like a heavy tank, hitting the shield formation that was already close to him.
"The traitors of Wei and Chu, today is your death!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Kuo immediately hit the shield in front of him with his horse. With a loud noise, the shield in front of Zhao Kuo was instantly knocked away and hit a few feet away, causing a bloody light and scream.
Zhao Kuo's entire body was also shocked by the rebound force and he leaned backwards, and he was almost knocked down. Fortunately, Zhao Kuo had quick eyes and quickly grabbed the reins of the horse, which restored his center of gravity.
The next moment, Zhao Kuo was finally surprised to find that there was only one shield formation of the Wei and Chu coalition forces!
At this moment, there was no more damn shield in front of Zhao Kuo, only countless panicked coalition forces of Wei and Chu.
Zhao Kuo laughed loudly, held up the saber in his hand, and then slashed hard: "I will die for me!"
Behind Zhao Kuo, one armored cavalry after another followed Zhao Kuo's footsteps and launched an attack on the Wei and Chu coalition forces, and collided wildly on the shield formation formed by the Wei and Chu coalition forces.
Although many armored cavalry horses were knocked down directly, or the knights were knocked down by the recoil force on the shield and even broke their bones, the entire shield formation had been completely dispersed, and more armored cavalry completely broke through the defense line of this shield formation along the roads opened by other cavalrymen. They rushed into the infantry and crossbowmen positions of the Wei army after the defense line.
When a group of heavy armored cavalry faced a military formation composed of crossbowmen and light armored infantry, the result was beyond doubt.
This is not a fair battle at all, but a one-sided massacre!
At this moment, in the right wing of the coalition forces, Huang Xie Jingyang and Tian Chong looked at Zhao Kuo, who was like a god descending to earth, with three faces full of stunned expressions.
Damn Qin people, why didn't you explain in advance that this armored cavalry is so powerful?
Although Le Cheng, the general of Zhao State who led the left wing of Zhao State, was known for his stability on weekdays, how could he miss such a good opportunity? Under Le Cheng's flag, countless Zhao soldiers rushed along the roads opened by the armored cavalry and launched a wave of breathless offensives towards the Wei Army coalition.
The battlefield only lasted half an hour, but the three main generals of the Wei and Chu coalition forces were horrified to find that the 150,000 troops under their command had begun to be defeated!
Chapter completed!