Sun Jian's central army had a total of 7,000 men. After entering the battlefield, he only sent 4,000 men to encircle Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu.
The Jiangdong Tigers, who always like to charge at the front, this time are just giving orders from behind.
In other words, his main target is not the 10,000 Xiliang troops in the field at all.
While commanding the soldiers to encircle him, his attention was not on the battlefield.
Until the moment when the Flying Bear Army appeared, a gleam suddenly flashed in Sun Jian's eyes.
It’s here, it’s finally here!
The Flying Bear Army is said to be invincible, right? Let me see how powerful it is!
The way of fighting has always been ever-changing. Don't think that you can be invincible just by wearing a suit of iron knots!
"Set up the formation!"
Sun Jian shouted immediately.
"As you command!"
Han Dang hurriedly cupped his fists and responded.
Following Sun Jian's order, the three thousand soldiers began to get busy.
Baggage trucks in this era generally had two modes of transportation, one was cattle and horse transportation, and the other was purely human-pulled trucks. But either way, it's definitely bulky. In order to reduce the burden, those responsible for escorting often use panels to reduce the weight of the vehicle, thereby achieving higher mobility.
But the baggage trucks Sun Jian brought over this time were all the ones with heavier and thicker bodies. If this kind of vehicle is used to transport supplies, the person pushing the cart will be very tired if it does not carry the goods.
But these bulky baggage trucks now showed their true purpose.
With some operations by the soldiers, two or three baggage vehicles were lined up together to build a simple barrier. Hundreds of baggage trains lay side by side, and in an instant a defense line of more than 100 feet was formed.
This is not the kind of array where flesh and blood hold the shield, but a real, real barrier.
After all, these baggage carts are cold, dead objects that neither fear nor cry out in pain. Plus, the weight of three baggage carts stacked together is enough to make them impregnable.
The most shocking thing is that when Sun Jian, a young mechanical expert, designed the formation, he even thoughtfully left some holes for spears to poke out.
In this way, a defense line covered with thorns and iron thorns rose from the ground, and the whole process did not even take a quarter of an hour.
After the defense line was constructed, Han Dang ordered his soldiers to take out ropes and began to tie the baggage trucks together for reinforcement.
Now he has completely turned into a turtle shell.
"this……"
Liu Bei's eyes widened as he watched from behind, and he was so shocked that he could hardly speak.
There is still such an operation!
"Sun Wentai deserves to be regarded as the most powerful general in the world, and he can actually use such battle formations!"
After a long time, Liu Bei sighed.
Behind him, Guan Yu seemed to be inspired, staring at the barrier, his eyes filled with blazing light.
It was obvious that he was digesting the learning.
Zhang Heng shook his head and said, "Mr. Xuande, you can't be happy too early."
"Why? Isn't this enough to stop the Flying Bear Army!" Liu Bei looked in disbelief.
At this time, Xun You, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke: "My lord, the method of forming a formation with chariots has been around since ancient times. Although General Sun is innovative, it remains to be seen how effective it is. But this Flying Bear Army... You have heard from the chief secretary that they are all tall and powerful, and the soldiers are all covered in armor, so I'm afraid they will be difficult to deal with."
Since the appearance of the Flying Bear Army, Guo Jia had stared at him with his big eyes. When he heard Xun You speak, he nodded and said: "My lord, what Military Advisor Xun said is right. If it is an ordinary Xiliang cavalry, These barriers are enough to cope with it, but this heavy armored cavalry is rare in the world, and its combat power is difficult to estimate. Jia thinks it is better to make plans in advance."
After all, it was Li Ru who emptied Luoyang's wealth to build the ace army, and it had a strength of 10,000 people. Even in ancient books, I have never seen such a battle. Even Guo Jia, who always had confidence that overflowed the screen, felt uncertain for a moment.
Hearing what the three of them said, the joy on Liu Bei's face suddenly disappeared. He glanced at the battlefield with a worried face, and immediately ordered decisively:
"Chang Yun, step forward to respond!"
Liu Bei knew that if he could not stop the Flying Bear Army, the battle would be completely defeated, and he would inevitably repeat the mistake of the coalition forces a month ago and end up being chased by Dong Zhuo.
Therefore, no matter what, the Flying Bear Army cannot be allowed to break through Sun Jian's battle formation.
"Follow your orders"
Guan Yu cupped his fists and led the last seven thousand men to the battlefield.
In the field.
Li Jue saw that Sun Jian had built a defense line of more than a hundred feet with baggage and carts. He was stunned at first, and then almost laughed out loud.
What's the use of such a short defense line? I'm a cavalry, you know?
At that moment, Li Jue gave the order, preparing to bypass Sun Jian's front and launch an attack from the side.
But the next moment, he realized something was wrong.
Because as his route changed, Sun Jian's defense line also moved.
Three baggage cars were lined up together, and the bottom one happened to have its wheels facing down. Although they were all tightly tied together, the combined force of more than a thousand soldiers was enough to push it slowly.
"Haha, you thought you could bypass my car formation, you are really stupid!"
Sun Jian did not hesitate to mock the Flying Bear Army, waving his whip and laughing, looking extremely happy.
Obviously, Sun Jian had already taken into account the mobility of the Flying Bear Army.
If it were an ordinary Xiliang cavalry, his chariot array would be useless. After all, the charge was fast enough, and he had no time to adjust the direction. However, the Flying Bear Army sacrificed part of its mobility for the sake of combat power, which just gave Sun Jian enough time to move the battle formation, forcing the Flying Bear Army to attack head-on.
Seeing Sun Jian flaunting his power against him, even though he was as steady as Li Jue, his face turned pale with anger.
Huh, head on, head on, I don't believe your broken cars can stop my charge!
"Accelerate the charge!"
At this moment, the distance between the two sides was less than 200 steps. Li Jue gave an order and fully demonstrated the ability of the heavy cavalry to advance.
After a while, the two sides finally met.
The collision force of the heavy armored cavalry is comparable to that of tanks of this era, and cannot be stopped by human power.
But Sun Jian had already connected hundreds of baggage vehicles with ropes. No matter how powerful the Flying Bear Army was, it would be impossible for them to knock hundreds of chariots away at the same time!
Therefore, the Flying Bear Army's offensive was stopped!
Not only that, after the Flying Bear Army at the front failed to break through Sun Jian's defense, the cavalry behind him had no time to brake and crashed directly into his own body.
Although the impact came one after another, the flying bear soldiers at the front were in dire straits.
With the collision behind them and the spikes in front, it was no surprise that their men and horses were reduced to a puddle of flesh.
"The Flying Bear Army...is nothing more than that!"
Sun Jian looked at the enemy soldiers who were constantly dying and sneered.
Frankly speaking, the initial battle really shocked Sun Jian. Even in his lifetime of fighting, he has never seen such a large scale of heavy armored cavalry, but fortunately, his chariot formation worked after all.
Now we just have to wait for the momentum of the first wave of enemy charges to pass before we can launch a counterattack.
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When Liu Bei saw that the formation of vehicles blocked the Flying Bear Army, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Blocked!"
"No, it's not that easy." Zhang Heng shook his head.
Because of its mobility, the Flying Bear Army's impact is strong, but not sharp enough. The strongest point of this army is actually its fighting ability.
Being covered all over means having no weaknesses.
As expected, Li Jue suddenly became anxious when he saw that his soldiers were unable to clear a row of chariots.
While he was thinking about countermeasures, he suddenly saw that the formation of vehicles in front of Sun Jian's army was all tied up with ropes. His eyes suddenly lit up and he had an idea.
"Quick, cut the rope!" Li Jue shouted.
Upon hearing this, the Flying Bear sergeant immediately began to take action.
In almost a moment, the Flying Bear sergeant rushed to the car formation and slashed at the connection with his sword.
Although Sun Jian's soldiers behind the car formation tried their best to thrust with spears, after suffering some casualties, the connections between the baggage cars were cut off.
As soon as the rope collapsed, the car formation suddenly became loose.
"Keep rushing!"
Following Li Jue's order, the Flying Bear Army launched another charge.
This time, Sun Jian's chariot array could not hold it any longer.
Although the soldiers desperately resisted the vehicle, under the repeated impacts of the heavy armored cavalry, both the people and the vehicle were overturned on the spot.
The chariot formation that had troubled Li Jue for a long time finally had a loose gap.
"Hahaha..." Li Jue couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh wildly, and said with a ferocious face, "Kill in!"
Sun Jian looked at the gap that had been torn apart by the battle. Although there was anger in his eyes, there was not much shock.
His chariot formation is not without weaknesses, or there is no perfect strategy in this world.
It's just that the combat effectiveness displayed by the Flying Bear Army really exceeded his expectations.
Now that things have come to this, we can only fight hard.
Sun Jian stretched out his hand, and Sun Ce beside him immediately handed over the ancient ingot knife.
"Today's battle, life or death, let the rebel army see the style of my son Jiang Dong!"
After saying that, Sun Jian rode out, rushed to the front of the team, and used his body to block the gap just opened by the Flying Bear Army.
