Niu Jin is old.
As some people get older, their mentality becomes calmer and they become less concerned about the influence of external things.
But as some people get older, their mentality becomes impatient and their judgment of things falls into a more stubborn situation.
Commonly known as, relying on the old and selling the old.
As the older generation of generals in the Wei Dynasty withered over the years, Niu Jin, a general who could barely be called a veteran of the Three Dynasties, became more and more important in the Wei Dynasty, especially when Niu Jin was defeated by Cao Rui After being reused and commanding the elite cavalry regiment, Niu Jin's status has increased even more.
As your status increases, your personality and temperament will inevitably undergo some changes.
In addition, the Wei's foreign wars have not been going well in recent years. Especially among the people in charge of the army, Cao Zhen, Guo Huai, Cao Xiu and others, none of them can win the war. This has led to Niu Jin's hatred of these younger leaders. We are a little dissatisfied.
I remember that when Emperor Taizu Wu was alive, all the generals in the Wei Dynasty were good at fighting. From the Central Plains to Hebei, and from Hebei to Jingxiang, they almost swept the world. I have never been so frustrated.
Liu Bei was just a defeated general under Emperor Taizu Wu, but now he defeated Cao Zhen, Guo Huai and others, and even lost Guanzhong.
Although Sun Quan won the victory at Chibi, less than three years later, in the two battles of Ruxu and Hefei, Sun Quan was still pinned south of Huainan and could not move. Now in the hands of Cao Xiu, Jia Kui and others, Sun Quan was able to move north to attack Qingxu is threatening Yanzhou.
These juniors can actually guard one side? !
Can they? ! It’s impossible, you don’t have the ability, you know! ! !
At this time, Niu Jin missed the time when the famous generals of the Wei Dynasty gathered together, and at the same time he was full of dissatisfaction with today's juniors. He felt that it was their lack of ability that caused the Wei Dynasty to lose its city and territory.
Now facing Zhao Yun, who is also an older generation general, Niu Jin feels that he has an obligation to clear up the names of the older generation of famous generals in the Wei Dynasty and let the younger generation know that the reason why the Wei Dynasty is in such a situation is entirely due to the incompetence of the younger generation like them. .
Obviously, Niu Jin was a little carried away and did not remember the fact that he was not even a second-rate general when there were so many famous generals in the Wei Dynasty.
Facing Zhao Yun, Niu Jin has such great confidence because Zhao Yun is too low-key.
After Zhao Yun defected to Liu Bei, he really had no sense of existence.
In the battle of Changbanpo, although Zhao Yun was brave, it did not change the fact that Liu Bei was defeated and fled. After Chibi, Zhao Yun led the army and followed Liu Bei to attack the four counties of Jingnan, but the four counties of Jingnan almost surrendered, which did not reflect Zhao Yun's strength at all. Ability comes.
Later, in the Battle of Sichuan, Zhao Yun led his troops to conquer two counties. However, within Cao Wei at that time, they had a very low opinion of Liu Zhang. He was just a housekeeper. They felt that no matter who the generals of Cao Wei went to fight, they could fight like Zhao Yun. Results.
During the Battle of Hanzhong, Zhao Yun showed courage. He saved Huang Zhong and used an empty camp plan to scare Cao Cao away. However, this still could not change the fact that this was a risky move after a failed sneak attack on Cao Wei's grain and grass. It did not reflect Zhao Yun's ability at all. Strategy and command abilities.
In the two subsequent Northern Expeditions, Zhao Yun either acted as a suspect or led troops to coordinate the attack, with almost no outstanding performance or military exploits.
Therefore, in Niu Jin's view, although Zhao Yun is now among the Five Tigers, he is just a first-rate general like Le Jin, and the gap between him and himself will not be too big.
And the most important thing is that Zhao Yun has never shown that he has the ability to lead a cavalry regiment in combat. Ji Han's cavalry regiment is also newly formed. Compared with the Wei cavalry regiment that has been in the army for more than ten years, both in terms of the quality of the soldiers and combat experience Above, they are not on the same level.
In addition, Niu Jin's military strength is now clearly superior. Therefore, it is not surprising that Niu Jin has a strong tone. He really feels that he is sure to keep Zhao Yun in Dali County.
During the actual battle, Niu Jin also felt that his idea was correct.
Facing the 7,000 Liangzhou Rangers who were lined up by Shu thieves waiting for the enemy, Niu Jin was not polite and directly asked his light cavalry to put into charge formation.
The reason for this was that Niu Jin discovered that Zhao Yun didn't know how to use the rangers at all.
The Liangzhou Rangers are best at harassing guerrillas. Facing their own light cavalry team, the most correct response should be to avoid head-on confrontations, choose to bypass the flanks, and attack with the mounted archery that the Rangers are good at, instead of Form a formation and engage in a charge duel with the light cavalry.
Rangers hardly wear armor, but light cavalry does have leather armor for protection. Therefore, when rangers give up their advantage of riding and shooting, and engage in a frontal attack with light cavalry, using carbine duel, the rangers are destined to be at a disadvantage.
Therefore, when Niu Jin saw Zhao Yun letting the rangers line up, he immediately strengthened his inner thoughts - Zhao Yun was just a name in vain, he didn't know how to command the cavalry at all.
It was too common in ancient battlefields for the incompetence of one general to affect the three armies. If a general who did not understand cavalry command had to command cavalry, no matter how outstanding his personal bravery was, he would still be defeated.
Therefore, Niu Jin immediately seized this opportunity and asked his light cavalry to launch an assault, trying to defeat the Shu bandit rangers in front of him as soon as possible.
As the Wei army's light cavalry formed up to launch an assault, Niu Jin could clearly detect that the Shu thieves' rangers were in panic, and soon, these rangers did not dare to confront the Wei cavalry head-on. They began to retreat one after another.
This once again convinced Niu Jin that Zhao Yun did not understand cavalry at all.
The retreat of the Shu thieves' cavalry was either because Zhao Yun could no longer restrain the cavalry troops, or Zhao Yun simply did not know what the consequences of the cavalry's retreat would be at such a close distance.
In cavalry combat, the greatest results are never produced in battles, but in pursuit.
Now that the Shu thieves cavalry are fleeing, and the rangers have no obvious speed advantage against the light cavalry, the only result these rangers will face is to be chased by the light cavalry for thousands of miles, without even any room for resistance.
The Shu thieves will undoubtedly be defeated.
Thinking of this, Niu Jin could no longer bear it. With a wave of his hand, except for the thousand cavalry guarding him, all the remaining cavalry launched a charge and launched a final pursuit attack against the Shu army.
The Wei army launched an all-out attack to chase down the retreating rangers. However, as they chased after them, the Wei army's cavalry vanguard discovered that the Shu thieves' rangers suddenly split into two groups and began to retreat towards the two wings of the battlefield.
Just when the cavalry vanguard of the Wei army was preparing to split into two groups and continue the pursuit, they were a little dumbfounded.
As the Shu Rangers retreated to the two wings and released the center, the Wei army's light cavalry vanguard was no longer blocked from sight, and finally saw the trump card that Zhao Yun had arranged for them.
Two miles away, there were always 3,000 people of Shu cavalry, covered in pitch black, speeding up and charging towards the Wei army's vanguard cavalry.
As the cavalry unit speeds up, the Wei cavalry can clearly feel the tremor of the earth. As the distance between the two sides gets closer, the Wei cavalry can clearly see what kind of existence their opponent is.
"Heavy Cavalry!!!"
On the battlefield, someone shouted so loudly that he revealed the origin of his opponent.
Next, the Wei army's forward troops were in chaos.
Some people have been in the army for a long time and know what will happen to light cavalry when they encounter heavy cavalry on such plains. Some people have been in the army for a short time and have no concept at all.
Therefore, some people are subconsciously slowing down and pulling the reins, while some people are still full of enthusiasm and keep rushing forward.
Niu Jin immediately noticed the chaos in the cavalry forward. At the same time, he was also surprised by the sudden appearance of heavy cavalry on the battlefield.
However, when he roughly judged the size of the heavy cavalry based on the smoke and dust in the distance, Niu Jin breathed a sigh of relief.
The number was about two to three thousand, and it was not a large-scale heavy cavalry group.
This is easy to handle.
When facing infantry, two to three thousand heavy cavalry are indeed enough to determine the outcome of a battle, but when facing cavalry, especially light cavalry, this is not necessarily the case.
Niu Jin can be valued by Cao Rui. He is in charge of an elite cavalry regiment and naturally has his own understanding of cavalry tactics and command. Therefore, Niu Jin is also very clear about the shortcomings of heavy cavalry.
Therefore, Niu Jin immediately ordered the Chinese army to divide its troops, detour to the two wings of the main battlefield, attack the flanks of the heavy cavalry, abandon the carbine, and use cavalry to kill the enemy.
As for the former army, Niu Jin had nothing to do with it.
It's not that I don't want to take care of it, but I really can't. For the cavalry, the sprint distance of two miles is only a dozen breaths of time. I'm afraid that Niu Jin's military order has not been conveyed to the front army, and the front army has already faced Shu. The thieves' heavy cavalry engaged.
Therefore, it is better to use the time gained by the front army to create opportunities for the Chinese army to change its formation and bypass the two wings.
Although he was a bit cruel, Niu Jin's response was not wrong. As a battlefield commander, you don't have so much kindness as a woman to use.
But the problem is that after Zhao Yun saw Niu Jin's response, he gave his order with just a slight pause.
The rangers who had just divided their forces and retreated were ordered to turn around, use their speed advantage to reach the two wings of the heavy cavalry, and use mounted fire to block Niu Jin's Chinese cavalry from moving towards the two wings of the heavy cavalry.
On the battlefield of a cavalry duel, due to the speed of the cavalry, as long as there is a slight obstruction, it will be too late to make adjustments.
On the frontal battlefield, Cao Wei's light cavalry forward was facing the impact of the Liangzhou Legion's heavy cavalry. The two teams of thousands of people collided with each other with a "bang".
Then came the one-sided massacre.
The carbines thrust out by Cao Wei's cavalry, whether they were piercing the enemy knights or the horses, the enemy troops remained motionless. However, the carbines thrust out by the enemy troops, along with the impact brought by the mounts of both sides, often caused the Wei army to fall. Either he was fatally shot, or he was thrown off his horse. He didn't even have a chance to get up and escape. He was trampled back and forth by the horses of both sides.
On both wings, the Liangzhou Rangers also launched their best guerrilla cavalry, using bows and arrows to prevent the cavalry of Cao Wei's central army from dividing their troops. They did not need to kill many enemies, as long as they prevented the enemy troops from dividing their troops on the flanks.
The rangers of the Wei army also knew that if they could not break through to the two wings despite the rain of arrows, they would face a one-sided massacre by the dark cavalry from the front like crawling out of hell.
Therefore, the Wei army's light cavalry were also fighting for their lives, and they must repel the rangers on both sides before the black cavalry could reach them.
In the cavalry and shooting duel between the light cavalry and the rangers, although the rangers had the advantage, the gap was not too big after all, and both sides also suffered damage to each other.
But the problem is that the black cavalry is getting closer and closer.
(End of chapter)
