Taoist Songfeng's face changed slightly: "Why do you think so? When cavalry is hedging, shouldn't both sides slow down and then fight together? According to our plan, during the melee, our infantry will follow up. Then you can cooperate with us and annihilate the enemy cavalry."
Qi Qianli sneered and said: "Brother Songfeng, you are still not very familiar with cavalry combat. The two sides are facing each other with all their strength. How could they stop and fight? Unless they rush over, then turn their horses around and charge back, then It’s a normal cavalry hedging strategy, why don’t you even know this?”
Taoist Songfeng's face turned slightly red: "Well, I live in the south and rarely command cavalry in combat. I really don't know much about these things."
Qi Qianli smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, it doesn't matter if you don't know. You see, the Jin cavalry in the current brigade may have seen our cavalry coming. They were a little panicked and retreated, while the leading cavalry was During the attack, do you know why they did this?"
Taoist Songfeng said thoughtfully: "They formed a formation at the beginning to attack our infantry square. Now that our cavalry is attacking, they have to readjust their formation, right?"
Qi Qianli nodded with satisfaction: "Exactly, when they started to attack, they wanted to attack the rear of our infantry in a one-line cavalry formation, but now our infantry has been prepared, and they have deployed blocking horses and obstacles in front of the line. , a surprise attack is no longer possible. On the other hand, our cavalry took the initiative to attack. Their formation is not suitable for mounted combat and they have to reorganize after returning. Therefore, a small number of cavalry are sent forward to block them first, hoping to buy time for the formation behind them."
Taoist Songfeng laughed: "That gives us a chance. In other words, as long as we move quickly and charge fiercely, we may be able to defeat these Jin cavalry in one fell swoop."
A glimmer of war flashed in Qi Qianli's eyes: "Yes, that's it. Now the situation has changed. We will take advantage of the Jin army's unstable formation to reorganize. The cavalry will charge first, followed by the infantry, and annihilate them in one fell swoop. If the Jin army The army's formation is tight and cannot be charged at once, so the infantry must step forward to engage it. Our cavalry rushes to its rear and will fight back when we see the opportunity. Brother Songfeng, go and tell Li Nanfeng now and ask him to step forward immediately. , stop cowering behind."
Taoist Songfeng said quickly: "Then when you fight in front, you must be careful not to fall into an ambush by the Jin army."
Qi Qianli laughed: "Don't worry, I know these Jin people best. Their cavalry are all in a fancy style. How can they beat us warriors who were born and live on horseback? Seeing our cavalry attack , they are afraid, so they have to go back and reorganize their formation, and they may even run away when the situation is bad."
Taoist Songfeng smiled and said, "Don't worry if you fight. I'll go back now and gather people to help you right away. Don't worry, even if Li Nanfeng doesn't move, your follow-up infantry and the Chinese troops and horses I brought will definitely come to help." of."
Qi Qianli's eyes flashed coldly: "Brother Songfeng, I really tried my best this time, don't let me down."
Taoist Songfeng nodded, rode his horse and turned back with more than a dozen of his subordinates. He had just run a dozen steps, when he heard a sound of people shouting and neighing from behind. When he looked back, he saw that he was still rushing towards him just now. Of the more than a hundred cavalry in front, seven or eight have already fallen off their horses. On the opposite side, a hundred steps away, the Jin army's cavalry arced forward on both sides. The riders on the horses were bending their bows and setting arrows, or holding crossbows. , firing at Qi Qianli and others.
Qi Qianli roared angrily: "Charge up, kill them all, leave no one behind!" And his mount suddenly accelerated, and with the cavalry around him, he rushed towards the Jin cavalry on the opposite side.
Beside Taoist Songfeng, a guard whispered: "Brother Songfeng, General Qi charges so fiercely, there is always the possibility of being ambushed."
Taoist Songfeng said with a smile: "It is a good thing that he is willing to attack. Whether he is ambushed or penetrates the enemy's formation, it has little to do with us. We only need him to be able to counterattack, repel or slow down this wave of Jin troops." The impact is victory. Okay, go back and collect the infantry and prepare to attack forward. Remember to ask Li Nanfeng's men and horses to advance with the baggage and boxes. Once they encounter the enemy, they will be placed in front of the formation."
Qi Qianli was filled with rage as he chased the dozens of Jin cavalry in front of him. However, these Han people, who were supposed to have poor riding skills, were able to return to their horses and shoot arrows from time to time. However, they shot very accurately, almost Every time an arrow was shot, a horse fell off his horse and fell to the ground. After chasing for more than 300 steps, Qi Qianli had already been shot down by sixty or seventy horsemen. The corpses stretched from front to back for more than a mile, and the horses were missing their owners. It is just patrolling in place and becoming a lone horse without an owner on the battlefield.
Beside Qi Qianli, a guard named Tietou rode his horse and said, "Big-headed man, something is wrong. These guys in the Jin army are very good at riding and shooting. They seem to be tempting us, not retreating."
Qi Qianli gritted his teeth: "No matter what they think, we can't retreat after we chase them out. Besides, although the people blocking us are few, they must be the elite of the Jin army and their most powerful shooters. As long as we catch up, After killing these guys, nothing else matters. Now we are less than thirty steps away from them, so rush forward and avenge the brothers who died in the battle!"
He let out a long roar, waved the spear in his hand, and kicked the horse's belly violently. The spurs pierced the horse's belly. The horse neighed in pain, and its hooves flew like an arrow from the string. He ran forward, and the more than four hundred cavalry led by him also followed suit and charged at full speed. The distance between them and the Jin cavalry in front was getting closer and closer.
Suddenly, the Jin cavalry in front suddenly moved to the left and right, making a sudden turn. Qi Qianli was shocked and jerked the reins. His horse almost braked on the spot, while the five men in front of him stopped. The dozen riders did not have such good luck. They still rushed forward. A strong wind blew by. In the smoke and dust in front, a cart of forty or fifty paces suddenly appeared, stopping less than twenty paces in front of them. In this place, on top of the cart, there were wooden boards standing with bright knife tips stuck on them. Qi Qianli almost blurted out: "Damn, it's a knife cart!"
But his voice was already too late. The fifty or so cavalrymen who were rushing at the front had no time to stop their galloping horses. They just ran into these dozens of sword carts, and the front, which was more than two hundred steps wide, was suddenly filled with chaos. Screams, blood bursting out, the human body being nailed to the knife board, or the war horse hitting the cart, directly overturning the person off the horse, or flying straight out, one after another, and behind these knife carts, There was a loud roar: "Fire the arrow!"
