["The cavalry army, when the Qin army changes formation, immediately rush out from the left and right, complete the counter-encirclement of the Qin army that has no time to adjust during the change of formation, and then use bows and arrows to attack and kill from a distance!
At the same time, the Modao team and the crossbow team advanced like a wall, oppressing the Qin army's living space. "
"yes!"】
Sure enough, the Qin army here had just handed down the order, and the adjustments in the Zhao army's formation had been completed.
Two teams, like long dragons, instantly jumped out from both sides of Modao Team. At the same time, the Mo Dao team and the crossbowmen in the front also began to move forward at a neat pace.
"Is this?" Sima Cuo squinted his eyes. Apparently, Zhao Jun's actions once again made him a little confused: "Shouldn't Zhao Jun be the defending side? Why do you think this posture is trying to surround your own side?! "
Sima Cuo's feeling was correct. What Zhao Kuo wanted was to counter-encircle the Qin army.
As far as Gong is concerned, in order to establish prestige among the countries and deter other countries that want to wreak havoc in the hinterland of Zhao State, Zhao Kuo must completely wipe out this team;
Personally speaking, he had revealed all his secret weapons. If he could not get corresponding rewards, Zhao Kuo would of course want to keep it a secret.
Publicly and privately, Zhao Kuo must annihilate this Qin army.
But how to annihilate them all is a problem. Although I have already laid down a bullet in Yanyu City behind the Qin army, if I can annihilate them in front of me, it will be more satisfying and reliable to annihilate them in front of me. After all, once you enter the mountains and forests, whether you run or hide, no matter how many troops you send, it will not be easy to chase them.
And once even one Qin army escapes, his heavy-armor Modao system will be exposed. Zhao Kuo does not want to do it until he has a better substitute.
If you want to annihilate them all, first surround them. As long as it can be surrounded, Zhao Kuo is confident that he can eat this Qin army! Then, the time point for the subsequent cavalry attack is very critical. If it is too early, the intention will be exposed, but if it is too late, it may change.
So Zhao Kuo designed a trap. A trap that the generals of the Qin army must fall into.
Pushing out the Mo Dao team, even the auxiliary troops and cavalry on the side were not placed beside the Mo Dao team. Except for the crossbowmen who were responsible for the last hit, Zhao Kuo kept all other troops in the rear formation, creating such a strange situation. The purpose of the defensive formation was to allow the generals of the Qin Army to see clearly the combat situation of the Modao Team, and to attract the Qin Army to change their formations, and even engage in a cavalry confrontation of their own.
Dare to lead a lone army deep, presumably this Qin general will not be mediocre. He will definitely be able to see the cumbersome characteristics of his Mo Dao team, and will definitely find a way to break it, and bypassing the side is his best choice, and Zhao Kuo gave him the only option. And as long as he divides his troops and moves around the rear, the rest will be the stage for his own cavalry.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Qin Army's change of formation, the Zhao Army's cavalry in the rear immediately took the initiative to attack. They were divided into left and right groups to meet the Qin Army's cavalry who were setting off, thus completely taking the initiative on the battlefield into their own hands.
Sima mistakenly changed the Zhao army's formation. Although he was a little confused, he was not afraid at all. Because the Zhao army cavalry he saw were no different from the cavalry of the past. They did not have the terrifying iron armor or the huge swords.
Obviously in Sima Cuo's eyes, this was the result of Zhao Kuo's quick and easy tactics. Being able to predict that he will divide his troops to bypass the rear is what Zhao Kuo should have! At the same time, this is Zhao Kuo's only way to delay time and wait for rescue.
Therefore, although he saw that his plan was guessed by Zhao Kuo, Sima Cuo did not panic - although the overall combat effectiveness of the Qin army's cavalry was indeed not as good as that of the Zhao army, what Sima Cuo brought this time was the Qin army's elite warriors, the best in the Qin state. With such combat power, he could kill hundreds of Zhao troops and his cavalry in front of him with one against three.
The only thing that worries Sima Cuo is the rear!
Although the war started not long ago, it will obviously take time to break through the blockade of Zhao Jun's cavalry and strangle Zhao Kuo, and time is obviously not on his side.
Especially because the iron man who suddenly appeared on the battlefield killed more than a hundred of his warriors in an instant, and even dragged nearly two hundred of his warriors back in the middle. With insufficient troops, Sima Cuo had to prepare his rear army. The team also blocked the attack and the hundreds of reinforcements were pulled up in advance.
battlefield.
This creates a huge emptiness behind him. Once Yan and his reinforcements arrive, I'm afraid...
"The battle must be resolved within an hour." Sima Cuo secretly made up his mind to himself. Looking at Zhao Jun who took the initiative to attack, Sima Cuo did not think this was an impossible task!
"Come on! Zhao Kuo, feel the true fighting power of our Great Qin warriors!" Sima Cuo shouted in his heart, then pointed his long sword forward and shouted: "Attack!"
The well-prepared soldiers of the Qin army immediately charged towards the approaching Zhao army.
Obviously, the coaches of both sides have absolute confidence in their cavalry teams.
The reason why Sima Cuo was confident was that he was leading the elite soldiers of the Qin army, and no Zhao army could be their opponent, even if the enemy opposite was the legendary Zhao Bianqi, which of course was obviously impossible.
As for the reason why Zhao Kuo was so confident, of course it was not only because his soldiers were selected as the front line, Zhao Kuo even believed that since the Qin army on the opposite side dared to go deep alone, its conventional combat power would not be inferior to his own soldiers. The reason for his confidence is simple: in addition to the heavy-armored Mo Dao, there is another secret weapon, and it is also the long-awaited secret weapon of the scouts who have just returned.
Compared to the arrogance of the heavy-armored Mo Dao, this secret weapon seemed much more low-key and simple. Even when Zhao Kuo took it out, all the soldiers had question marks on their faces.
But compared to the heavy-armored Mo Dao, which is difficult to mass-produce and has great application limitations, this weapon is Zhao Kuo's real weapon to conquer this era.
Two ropes and two iron rings are all it has, yes, it is - stirrups!
Don't underestimate the stirrup, because its existence makes the cavalry truly and completely superior to the infantry. Of course, its emergence also caused the suppression of the farming people by the nomadic people in the north to a certain extent, even though the economic and cultural level of the nomadic people was far inferior to that of farming civilization.
The strength of the stirrup was not only due to the heavy cavalry that was subsequently developed to sweep through everything, but also because just by installing this thing, the combat power could be doubled immediately, even if it was only above the light cavalry.
Before installing the stirrups, if the cavalry wants to maintain the balance of the body, it must tightly hug the body of the war horse with its feet, so that the body and the war horse can be integrated as much as possible. This obviously places extremely high demands on the cavalry on horseback. They must not only have "excellent foot strength" but also have an excellent sense of balance. If they want to fight, there are still two huge problems that greatly constrain the cavalry. of combat power.
