On the seventh day of the battle, Meng Ao finally realized something was wrong. xь.
Immediately, Meng Ao was willing to take the risk and went to the front line in person. After some careful observation, Meng Ao finally discovered the clue: it was not that Zhao Jun learned quickly, but that the Zhao Jun who was replaced was more ferocious than the last. !
Obviously, the one who faced him first was not Zhao Jun's strongest lineup.
After reaching this conclusion, to be honest, Meng Ao felt a little frustrated and a little regretful.
If he could have revealed his trump card at the first opportunity, perhaps by now he would have stood on top of Zhao Jun's camp to celebrate.
Of course, as a general, Meng Ao also knew that the past cannot be recalled.
A lost opportunity is no longer an opportunity.
Meng Ao also quickly adjusted his mood and began to face the current problem.
The current problem is that the Qin army is getting weaker and weaker as it fights, while the Zhao army, relatively speaking, although its strength is getting smaller and smaller, it is getting better and better as it fights. If we continue to fight, let alone defeat the Zhao army on the opposite side, I'm afraid it would be good to end with a draw.
For the current plan, either stop in time while still occupying a certain advantage, withdraw the troops, and let the Zhao army enter the Yingchuan battlefield; or else give it a try, release the heavy cavalry, and try to defeat the Zhao army in one fell swoop.
Naturally, neither of these two choices is perfect.
Although after several days of fierce fighting, Meng Ao had actually successfully completed the task of containing and attracting Zhao Jun's attention. However, holding heavy cavalry in hand allowed Zhao Jun to enter the Yingchuan battlefield safely. This was undoubtedly a problem for Meng Ao. fail.
And if you want to give it a try, facing the Zhao army, which is still in a tight formation and has more than 70,000 troops, the 3,000 heavy cavalry may not be able to break through and disrupt its line.
In this way, the existence of his heavy cavalry was exposed.
After repeated weighing, Meng Ao decided to play his last card.
First of all, his heavy cavalry has been training for two years. Even though Meng Ao has taken various measures, with the ability of Zhao Guo's spy, there is no news, which is simply deceiving himself.
In other words, Zhao Guo is very likely to already know the existence of this heavy cavalry. It doesn't make much sense to hide it like this anymore.
Secondly, although the heavy cavalry has been trained, Meng Ao is not very sure about its effectiveness in actual combat, compared with Zhao's heavy cavalry, and what the chances of winning are.
Rather than bringing this question to the final decisive battle battlefield, it is better to test it on this remote battlefield.
It would be best if the expected effect can be achieved. If not, the problem can be found and improved.
Therefore, with this mentality, Meng Ao also immediately issued an order: "Heavy cavalry, prepare for battle."
With a whimpering horn sound, the almost rusty heavy cavalry were finally able to get out of the tent!
Looking at the sunshine on the horizon, listening to the rallying horns and urging drumbeats, the soldiers of the Qin Army's heavy cavalry were also overjoyed: After two years of training, today, it's finally my turn to perform!
"Wear armor!" the village chiefs shouted and ordered.
Because the armor is too heavy, heavy cavalry usually do not wear armor.
As the respective commanders' orders were issued, the auxiliary soldiers on the side immediately stepped forward to put on the armor of the heavy cavalry and his horses.
The armor of the heavy cavalry was designed to be thick and heavy for its protective properties, and it was impossible for one person to put it on and take off it. Even with the help of three auxiliary soldiers, it took a lot of effort to put on the heavy armor, and the auxiliary soldiers wearing the armor were panting from exhaustion.
Finally, the armor is still ready.
The black flags behind the groups of heavy cavalry immediately rolled up, which was a notice to the front army.
The former army responded with more compact drum beats.
"Mount your horse!" The leader of each heavy cavalry song immediately ordered again.
The auxiliary soldiers who had been prepared immediately moved the mounting stools one by one to the horses, and the heavy cavalry also slowly mounted the horses with the help of the auxiliary soldiers.
Immediately afterwards, again
Another auxiliary soldier handed a refined spear to the cavalry who was already sitting on the horse;
As for the few auxiliary soldiers just removed their stools, they were busy hanging the connecting chains on the adjacent war horses.
As the arm-thick iron chains with iron caltrops were hung, all three thousand heavy cavalry were finally ready.
Immediately, after scanning all the soldiers under his command, the long swords in the hands of the commanders of each song were also raised high.
The flags waving behind the line immediately turned into bright red and dazzling battle flags, and at the same time, the sound of whimpering horns slowly sounded from behind the heavy cavalry.
That was the final announcement from the heavy cavalry phalanx.
At the sound of the horn, the infantry of the Qin army immediately began to shrink their defense line under the command of their respective captains, giving the heavy cavalry room to fight.
At the same time, the Qin Army's heavy cavalry in the central army also pressed lightly on their horses' bellies. The three thousand heavy cavalry finally began to enter the battlefield with slow footsteps.
However, on this huge battlefield that stretches hundreds of meters in front, even if there are iron chains to speed up the control area, the area that can be controlled by a mere three thousand heavy cavalry is limited.
This was also the main reason why Meng Ao was confused about whether the heavy cavalry could complete the mission.
"Dong, dong dong..."
The war drums of the Qin army sounded again with the clatter of horse hooves.
"Da da da......"
The horseshoes of the heavy cavalry also gradually became denser with the sound of war drums. Approaching the front line of the two armies, the heavy cavalry was about to complete the final acceleration.
While the Qin Army's heavy cavalry rushed towards the Zhao Army's line at an extremely fast speed, the Zhao Army's formation was already changing as the Qin Army's heavy cavalry accelerated.
It turned out that the changes in the Qin army's battle formation, including the changes in drumbeats and horns, could not escape Zhou Qi's eyes, especially the heavy cavalry that shone like iron towers, which caught Zhou Qi's eyes from the moment they appeared. Attracted.
Zhou Qi, who has been partnering with Zhao Wei, certainly understands the great threat that heavy cavalry and other lethal weapons pose to his army. Facing such murderous weapons, Zhou Qi did not panic at all, but slightly raised the corners of his lips.
The reason is simple. Meng Ao's trump card has been guessed by Zhou Qi a long time ago. Xiu Shuzhu
"I'm finally willing to take it out." Zhou Qi secretly said with joy in his heart.
Obviously, in a battle between two armies, whoever reveals his trump card first will definitely be at a disadvantage. Of course, the premise is that you can catch the trump cards thrown by the opponent.
How to pick up?
Obviously, as the inventor of heavy cavalry, Zhao Kuo certainly knew its weaknesses.
Familiar weapons such as maza knives and hook sickles had been quietly stockpiled in a corner of the arsenal almost at the same time that the "Iron Buddha" was born.
It can be said that Zhao Kuo has already prepared comprehensive measures in the face of the "Iron Buddha Tu" which is very easy to learn. However, in the face of the very likely counterfeit and shoddy products of the Qin Army, if they directly use weapons such as maza knives and hook-and-scythe guns, they are doing something wrong to themselves.
The simple truth is that although Zhao Jun could use mazao knives and hook sickle spears to deal with the Qin Army's heavy cavalry this time, the Qin Army will be able to use the same method to deal with its own heavy cavalry next time.
This is obviously uneconomical for Zhao Jun.
Therefore, using heavy cavalry against heavy cavalry is the best choice when facing the Qin army's heavy cavalry.
Of course, Zhao Kuo had already been angry with Zhou Qi and Zhao Wei for such a plan.
Naturally, Zhou Qi immediately followed the plan!
Immediately as the Qin army slowly mobilized, the red flag was swaying on the high platform of the Zhao army's center. The sound of horns and rapid drumbeats sounded in the Zhao army's center, and then the entire Zhao army moved quickly.
While the coalition's "Iron Buddha Tu" was still being prepared and the Qin army's front line began to shrink its defense line, the Zhao army's front army also followed the Qin army's shrinking line of defense.
Not only that, the troops in the center of the Zhao army gradually moved towards the two wings that were not affected by the "Iron Buddha Tu". At the same time, the guard cavalry on the left and right wings also retreated;
Seeing that the Qin Army's heavy cavalry had already moved out, the middle army was facing the Qin Army's heavy cavalry defense line.
, but "hurriedly" deployed several groups of resisting horses, and then the army only left some soldiers behind, and the main force retreated and quickly evacuated;
The rear army turned into the front army and retreated first.
The entire legion seemed to be retreating to the rear camp after discovering the Qin army's heavy cavalry.
Naturally, Zhao Jun's large-scale mobilization could not be hidden from Meng Ao's eyes. However, Meng Ao didn't have much reaction to this.
After all, if he were to take command, it might be the best way to shrink back to the camp in the face of the heavy cavalry attack.
It's a pity that Meng Ao obviously underestimated his opponents Zhou Qi and Zhao Wei, and also underestimated Zhao Jun.
Just when Meng Ao was indifferent to the movements of the Zhao army, the Qin army's cavalry in front had already begun to move. The clatter of horse hooves mixed with the sound of iron chains hitting each other, playing a different song on the originally noisy battlefield. music.
It was a piece of music called "Slaughter."
Even though Zhou Qi had made timely adjustments, how could all the tens of thousands of troops on the front line be mobilized in a short period of time.
Three thousand cavalry quickly passed through the opening left by the friendly forces in front, and then exploded at the exit.
The few resisting horses could not stop the Qin army's heavily armored cavalry, and in just an instant, they turned into a pile of wood slag.
The frontal battlefield immediately fell into the Qin Army's cavalry show: the galloping cavalry danced wildly on the battlefield, with blood and broken arms and limbs being swung into the air by the cavalry, and then slammed to the ground. The speed of the coalition cavalry This did not reduce it by half a point.
In just a moment, the Zhao army's line was torn to pieces by the sudden cavalry, and countless Zhao soldiers drank in anger on the spot.
This is the battlefield.
Don't ask why Zhou Qi knew that the Qin army was about to have iron cavalry, but did not make arrangements in advance, causing almost tens of thousands of Zhao troops to be trampled by iron hoofs.
The question is: These more than ten thousand heroic souls are the "tickets" for you to enter the urn.
Zhou Qi looked back at the Qin Army's "Iron Buddha" that was charging towards his own line. After confirming that the Qin Army's heavy cavalry had followed, Zhou Qi did not hesitate at all and rushed towards the rear with his own soldiers. go.
Not far behind, Zhao Wei has prepared their own graves for the coalition forces...
