Soon, seven to eight hundred people poured out from Dong'an Ping City, all of them yelling and rushing towards Liu Yu.
Liu Yu held a bow and arrow, and Li Feng and Zhao Kun used lances to cover and defend on both sides. In just half a stick of incense, seven or eight Shen Kan's cavalry who tried to pursue were either shot off their horses or picked up with spears. Fall off the horse.
The remaining dozen Shen Kan's cavalry were all timid and did not dare to take the risk of pursuing them again. However, seeing Liu Yu not far away from them, they were tempted and refused to give up the opportunity to get a heavy reward easily.
They retreated slightly and walked together with the infantry behind them. At this time, seven or eight hundred infantry and cavalry had formed a long horizontal formation, unfolded a wide front, and were approaching Liu Yu's direction.
The archers in the horizontal formation kept firing arrows at Liu Yu and the others. However, these archers were not very skilled, and Liu Yu and others kept wandering around on their horses. These archers were tired from pulling their bows. My arms ached, and I didn’t even hit a single arrow.
While riding his horse, Liu Yu observed the position of the enemy's archers in the horizontal formation, and then quickly ran to a position far away from the enemy's archers. After approaching, he began to shoot at the enemy's vital points. In an instant, two or three soldiers from Shen Kan's tribe were killed. Shot in the face, he screamed and fell to the ground.
At this time, these soldiers chasing from Dong'an Ping City were already hundreds of steps away from the city. Their cavalry did not dare to gather to pursue, and the infantry had two legs and could not catch up with the four-legged horses. Moreover, Liu Yu started again After showing off his power, several soldiers had been shot in the face and died. The spirit of Zhanxue, who had been shocked by the heavy reward, returned to normal. Under the condition of being passively beaten, everyone began to slow down and planned to give up. The pursuit continued in vain.
Shen Kan, who was watching the battle on the top of the city, and You Han, who was supervising the army, had already discovered that their cavalry did not dare to charge into the formation, and the skill of their archers was mediocre. Seeing that it was hopeless to pursue Liu Yu, they began to pay money to withdraw the pursuing soldiers.
Liu Yu had also discovered the enemy's intention to retreat. He raised his hand and gave the order. Li Feng beside him immediately took out a conch, and a long rallying call sounded. The cavalry in front of them regrouped around Liu Yu. .
Soon, a dozen cavalrymen formed a rather tight formation. When the enemy on the opposite side stopped chasing, Liu Yu led the dozen cavalrymen to quickly circle to the left wing of the enemy's horizontal formation. This group of seven or eight hundred men The flanks of the horizontal formation were now exposed to Liu Yu's sight.
The officers of Shen Kan's department had long noticed the movements and intentions of Liu Yu and the others, and quickly ordered to close the weak flanks. He wanted to change the vertical direction to the horizontal direction to face Liu Yu's cavalry formation.
However, in the desperate pursuit just now, these infantrymen consumed too much energy in an instant and have not yet recovered. Moreover, everyone has heard the sound of Mingjin retreating from the city in the distance. The soldiers on the left wing of Shen Kan's department are not in need of them to stop retreating. , the order after the defensive formation was quite contradictory. They came to capture Liu Yu and get the reward, not to really fight Liu Yu.
At this time, Liu Yu's posture was very clear. They were obviously going to bite off a piece of flesh from the retreating pursuers. These soldiers were originally "rangers" who bullied the weak and feared the strong. How could they be willing to retreat in order to cover other people's retreat? Let yourself be used as a human shield.
Therefore, when they saw Liu Yu quickly moving to the flanks and even preparing to form a formation to attack the flanks, the soldiers on these flanks did not form formations as their officers asked, facing Liu Yu and others who were trying to rush into the formation. Some people squeezed into the middle, trying to hide into a group, and some people gave up their positions when they saw the infantry in the middle and right wing began to retreat quickly, and followed these people and began to retreat toward the east of Anping City.
At this time, Liu Yu had already seen that the enemy was not determined. This Shen Kan's tribe was a famous rabble in the Donglai Army. They were best at looting and looting. Everyone always stayed back when charging into battle.
Although many Shen infantrymen reorganized under the coercion of the officers, he was sure that these infantrymen were not determined and he would be able to defeat them as long as he put a little pressure on them.
Liu Yu gave an order, and more than a dozen cavalrymen took out their lances or swords, began to accelerate their horses, and began to charge towards the enemy in front.
In fact, Liu Yu's dozen or so cavalrymen only had riders in armor, and the horses were completely unarmored. It was impossible for them to attack these infantrymen like the armored heavy cavalry, even if the infantrymen in front of them had no time to organize a special spear array.
Liu Yu was just charging towards the enemy infantry to exert pressure and create panic. Intimidation was more meaningful.
If the enemy infantry array was not frightened, Liu Yu would quickly pass by both sides of the array and escape.
If the enemy infantry falters and flees under the intimidation of the cavalry, it will directly attack the messy infantry formation. Without the formation to cover each other, the infantry will be impossible to withstand the impact of the cavalry.
Sure enough, the defensive formation composed of more than a hundred infantrymen on the left wing of Shen Kan's department wavered.
When they saw the cavalry slowly accelerating and preparing to attack them, the infantry in the formation became more and more nervous and panicked as the cavalry got closer and closer.
Although there are only a dozen cavalry, the condescending power can still be conveyed to their hearts with the galloping hooves of the horses. With this kind of man-horse charge, even if the infantry in the front row causes damage to the riders or horses, then The heavy horses will also break the bones and tendons of the infantry in the front row.
Finally, when several infantrymen arranged in the front row were facing the cavalry that was getting closer and closer, one of them suddenly shouted, broke away from the formation, and escaped toward the rear. Under the leadership of this infantryman, the remaining infantrymen It perfectly explains the word "rabble".
Seeing that the infantry array on the opposite side actually collapsed before engaging the enemy, how could Liu Yu let go of this opportunity.
He raised his lance with all his strength, struck the horse's belly hard, and shouted, "Kill with me!"
The dozen or so cavalrymen who had been slowly accumulating their strength suddenly increased their horse speed to the highest speed, and in the blink of an eye, they crashed into the already dilapidated infantry array.
Liu Yu gently twisted the head of his gun, and after stabbing down the first two infantrymen who tried to resist, all he could see were figures with their backs to him.
He kept waving his spear, knocking down the fleeing infantrymen one by one. The fleeing infantrymen were like snowflakes in an avalanche. From a small piece at the beginning, they instantly spread into an unstoppable torrent.
Fear has become Liu Yu's biggest ally.
Under the impact of the panicked and fleeing infantry, some generals of Shen Kan's tribe who tried to turn the tide were unable to organize a defensive formation. Even if someone nearby tried to resist as a whole team, Liu Yu would find it immediately and launch a focused attack without any effort. With a little effort, these frightened infantrymen were scattered.
This isn't a fight at all.
It was just a massacre of a mob in military uniforms.
After all, a mob is no more an army than a pile of building materials is a house.
