I did it all for the Han Dynasty!

Chapter 452 Devastated!

"Oh!"

The arrow struck the chest armor of one of Yuan's cavalrymen and was gently deflected.

"What the hell?"

The arrow landed right beside them and was caught by Yuan's soldiers.

"Hiss, this arrow..."

The other person weighed the arrow in their hand with a strange expression, feeling that it was much heavier than ordinary arrows.

Moreover, the arrowhead was not a typical three-edged arrowhead, but a double-edged arrowhead resembling a willow leaf, which inevitably raised some suspicions.

"Stop looking! It's probably just an arrow that flew in from somewhere! Focus on fighting!"

The cavalrymen beside them reprimanded the enemy, and the Yuan army cavalrymen could only drop their arrows and continue to charge while lying prone on their horses.

at the same time.

The Han army formation was approaching.

Zhang Liao, with only his eyes showing, turned and glared fiercely at the soldiers behind him: "Do not draw your bow until you are fifty paces away!"

The other party's response was drowned out by the strong wind generated by their riding, and Zhang Liao turned around and continued forward.

At this moment, Zhang Liao was riding on a giant steel beast. The Ferghana horse's tall stature, combined with the armor specially made for it, made Zhang Liao look a whole size bigger!

Zhang Liao was fully armed, covered in heavy armor from head to toe, but unlike the Yuan army cavalry who were crawling on their backs, he stood tall and straight, facing the enemy!

Double-sided stirrups! Takahashi saddle!
And there are horn bows! Heavy arrows! Curved swords! Light hammers! Scythe-hooked spears!
The tactics envisioned back then are finally coming to fruition on the battlefield!
"General Huang! General Han! Prepare!"

"Ah!"

Beside Zhang Liao, Huang Gai and Han Dang simultaneously spat and said, "Get rid of the word 'old'!"

The two men were dressed exactly like Zhang Liao, and they charged into the battlefield with the same arrogant air!

Huang Gai roared, "Don't you know I just had my youngest son a few days ago? Explain yourself, where are you old!"

Zhang Liao made an apologetic gesture towards the two men.

"In short, please keep control of the left and right flanks!"

Zhang Liao lowered his head and said, "The reason I asked His Majesty for the assistance of the two generals is because you are both tigers and leopards! Without your help, this battle strategy will probably not succeed!"

Huang Gai and Han Dang then grinned from ear to ear!
"That's more like it!"

"You just go for it! Leave the rest to us!"

Zhang Liao held his breath and focused intently, while his eyes unconsciously drifted towards the direction of Mount Mangdang.

Seeing the crimson dragon banner still fluttering majestically, Zhang Liao had already abandoned all thoughts!
At this moment, all Zhang Liao could think about, ponder, and see was the Yuan army flag in front of him!
……

Jiang Yiqu is also constantly accelerating!
He could tell that the Han army's cavalry was far fewer than Yuan's army's cavalry!

Meanwhile, the Han army's flanks seemed to be afraid of battle, and their speed could not be increased at all!
The narrow road meets the brave to win!

If you don't even have the spirit to ride a warhorse at top speed, what kind of cavalryman are you?!

"charge!"

Jiang Yiqu was known for his composure and was a pillar of the army!
But even he, leading thousands of troops, could hear his own heartbeat so loud that it could drown out all the noise around him!
With each breath, he could even feel the veins on his face bulging!
All of Northern Zhao's cavalry!
The largest cavalry force in the world at that time!
Being in it feels like being part of a raging torrent during a flood!
No one in the world can resist this mighty force!
At this moment, Jiang Yiqu's mind was clear, and everything before his eyes seemed to slow down.

The warhorse's breath, carrying a misty vapor.

The soldiers' joints were taut and red.

There was also the crisp sound of dry grass being crushed by horses' hooves and poured into the soil...

Everything can be seen and heard!
The scene of the two sides charging together seemed to be frozen in time like a painting.

And when this painting comes to life again, that will be the moment of victory for our side!
……

At least, that's what Jiang Yiqu thought before he saw the Han cavalry.

Why did those Han soldiers suddenly turn around?

The Han army on the left and right flanks suddenly made a sharp turn.

It was as if a flower stamen had suddenly bloomed, and the Han light cavalry on both flanks unfolded like two petals, beautiful, but also fragile.

Jiang Yiqu did not understand why the Han army's cavalry would act as if they were about to surrender.

But the strangeness of the Han army is not limited to this.

From the moment he started speaking, Jiang Yiqu noticed a strange phenomenon.

Why do the bodies of the Han cavalrymen not sway at all?
Not only did they not sway, they could even use both hands while on horseback, one hand holding a bow and the other an arrow...

Bow and arrow?!
Jiang Yiqu suddenly came to his senses, and the clamor of the battlefield, like a flood, began to overwhelm and destroy his mind!
"withdraw!"

"It's too late!" Huang Gai and Han Dang led their light cavalry on the flank, firing arrows in unison!
The willow-leaf-shaped arrowheads, combined with the horn bow and the already heavy arrow shaft, displayed an armor-piercing capability that surpassed any weapon of this era!

The plates of the lamellar armor were easily torn off, and even the fish-scale armor, which was made with great time and effort, could not escape being pierced by arrows.

The armor that should have given soldiers the greatest sense of security on the battlefield was as thin as paper under the fire of these heavy arrows!
The arrows, though not densely packed, rained down on the neatly arrayed cavalry. It didn't seem like the Han army was firing arrows at the Yuan army; rather, it looked like the Yuan army's cavalry were uniformly seeking out the Han army's arrows!
The light cavalry, suddenly turning, resembled two arms extending outwards, maximizing their firing range.

Combined with the terrifyingly high rate of fire of the arrows, the vanguard of Yuan's army was almost completely wiped out in just a moment!
Jiang Yiqu stared blankly as the soldiers around him fell off their horses one after another.

At this moment, Jiang Yiqu appeared dazed.

But he keeps pushing forward!
Rush over!
Only by charging forward and getting right in front of the Han army's archer cavalry can they avoid this almost terrifying rain of arrows!

As for how the Han army was able to walk on horseback as if on flat ground, and how they were able to accomplish the same archery skills as the White Horse Cavalry, Jiang Yiqu couldn't fathom it at all!

Rush over!
Charge forward like those brave warriors! Using our numerical advantage, seize the opportunity while the Han army's light cavalry on both flanks are still fighting to the death! Then devour them!

But just as Jiang Yiqu charged forward with only a few personal guards by his side, the Han army's flanks finally cleared the passage in the middle.

The blooming of petals is never about showing off their beauty.

Instead, it displays its pistil, showing how robust it is! How powerful it is among its kind!

Column by column.

Clad in fish-scale armor, edged with crimson leather cords, and with bronze breastplates embedded in the chest and back, and elephant-skin capes resembling folded eagle wings draped over their shoulders, with iron bowl collars erected around their necks and crescent-shaped steel plates added to their throats, the cavalrymen charged forth! Their waists were bound with leather belts adorned with gold plating, and their lower bodies were clad in wide-legged silk trousers trimmed with crimson, the legs tucked into black leather boots, the boot shafts adorned with bronze buckles in the shape of tiger heads!

His warhorse had a red tassel on its head, iron eye shield, a chicken-neck chainmail around its neck, a breastplate on its chest, and a dyed red yak tail attached to its rump.

The cavalrymen's iron helmets revealed only their eyes, with scars running from their brows to their cheekbones, their gazes like wolves eyeing their prey; the sound of their horse armor clattering with each step, the scales scraping like the hiss of venomous snakes, mixed with the smell of leather sweat and rust, truly making them seem like peerless ferocious beasts charging out of the army!

Heavy cavalry!!!
Jiang Yiqu was now in despair!
This tactic actually combines horse archers and heavy cavalry into one!
What devastated Jiang Yiqu even more was that he witnessed these heavily armed Han cavalrymen, as fierce as beasts, actually taking out their familiar horn bows and those familiar heavy arrows during their charge!

Even at this point, they still need to use heavy arrows to hold the line!
Another volley of arrows!
Yuan Jun's light cavalry suffered another significant loss!

For the Han heavy cavalry, however, the battle had only just begun!
Zhang Liao let out a loud shout and drew a narrow but curved weapon from his hand!
That smooth curve is so beautiful it makes you want to cry!

As it charged into the crowd, the crescent-shaped blade could easily slice through armor, clothes, skin, and flesh!
The terrifying power of heavy cavalry combined with the beautiful scimitars in their hands is both violent and elegant!

At this moment, Yuan Jun's soldiers felt a pure fear that arose spontaneously from the bottom of their hearts, without a trace of ulterior motives!

Mangdang Mountain waist...

Liu Miao and Zhou Yu also witnessed the full picture of cavalry warfare.

“Ju Shou, Ju Shou.”

"You've been thinking about completely annihilating the Han cavalry, but haven't you considered that we also want to annihilate Yuan's cavalry in this battle?"

Liu Miao was not surprised to see the cavalry, which cost one-fifth of the Han Dynasty's annual military expenditure, wreaking havoc on all sides.

To raise this army, Liu Miao devoted almost all of the Han Dynasty's resources to it.

Even the smuggling of warhorses and other policies were essentially all for the benefit of this cavalry.

To conquer the north from the south.

Cavalry has inherent disadvantages!
Therefore, what the cavalry of the Han Dynasty needed to achieve was never the best, but better!

But as he looked at it, Liu Miao suddenly laughed.

"I see!"

"No wonder Ju Shou didn't dare to charge into the enemy's main force earlier; it turns out that Yuan's cavalry had this hidden among them! No wonder! No wonder!"

Zhou Yu followed Liu Miao's gaze and couldn't help but chuckle.

Hidden within the central ranks of Yuan Jun's cavalry was another army!
A heavy cavalry force of about a thousand men!

Relying on the manpower and resources of Hebei, Yuan Shao not only supported Yuan Tan with a heavy cavalry force capable of defeating the main force of the Han army, but also raised a heavy cavalry force of more than a thousand men!

"Damn! Hebei is really rich!"

Compared to the center of wealth that had been the center of the Later Han Dynasty for two hundred years, Jiangdong was truly like a beggar!
"But it's no use."

"Because in this battle, the troops that our Great Han has deployed have never been those stupid heavy cavalry!"

Zhang Liao, who was on the cavalry battlefield, had obviously also noticed the heavy cavalry in Yuan's army.

"So that's where it was hidden!"

Zhang Liao immediately ordered everyone to turn around and trample a path through the enemy lines!
"Almost forgot."

"This tactic was originally designed for heavy cavalry!"

As for the Yuan army's light cavalry that had just been utterly destroyed...

That was actually not part of Zhang Liao's plan at all!

(End of this chapter)