The enemy generals headed by Meng Anchan knew the significance of the battle in front of them: the Huaidong Army was really deployed on the northern front, and it would take only two or three days. It was impossible to form a perfect blockade on the Fancheng and Zaoyang front lines.

After Tiesong Creek, there must be a big gap that allows them to flee directly to the new wilderness. If they are blocked south of Tiesong Creek, the Huaidong Army's 20,000 to 30,000 elite soldiers near Suizhou can be asked to move westward to fill the gap.

Or let the main force of the Huaidong Army in Huangpi catch up. By then, they will be unable to fly even with their wings.

If you want to flee north, you must seize the opportunity in front of you. Even if half of your troops are wiped out, you can at least take nearly 10,000 elite troops to escape to the new wilderness. The result is countless times better than being completely wiped out in the hinterland of Jingxiang.

Each leading cavalry general picked out his own bodyguards and organized them into a supervising team to press behind the attacking horses.

Although Meng Anchan's troops who fled north were mainly light cavalry, in order to break the Huaidong Army's interception behind Tiesong River, it was not a problem to gather hundreds of armored cavalry.

In addition to the armored cavalry, looking at the defense line established by the Huaidong Army overnight after Tiesong River, Meng Anchan even ordered two to three thousand soldiers to dismount, hold swords and shields, and fight with strong bows, and mixed with the light cavalry and armored cavalry.

Form a charge formation to cross the Tiesong River instead of simply using light cavalry to attack the Huaidong Army's infantry defense formation.

Although a single roar of the crossbows could open up a gap for the oncoming enemy soldiers, the dense enemy soldiers were like a swarm of ants, frantically trying to tear apart the Tiesongxi defense formation and create a gap for them to escape north.

When the enemy soldiers rushed up, they knew they could not retreat to give the Huaidong Army's crossbows a chance to fire again, so they stood firmly in front of the defense line and guarded the north bank of the river beach, fighting hand-to-hand with those behind the defense line without taking a step back.

The heavily armored cavalry used the depth of the creek to be less than 200 steps and repeatedly increased their horse speed to attack the defense line. The horses' belly and buttocks were dripping with blood from the spurs, and they hissed and roared in pain in the early morning mist, which made people's blood boil...

The crude defense line quickly opened gaps one after another for the enemy's heavy armored cavalry, and more enemy cavalry and soldiers rushed in through the gaps despite the rain of arrows.

Luo Wenhu's worries have come true. Although many sophisticated soldiers and armor have been supplied, and although the morale of the Huaidong Army has been greatly stimulated by the reward orders, the troops under his command are still poorly trained soldiers.

Poor physical strength is one thing, and lack of experience is even worse. Luo Wenhu's soldiers rarely see strong enemies who brave the rain of arrows to attack. Many crossbowmen watch helplessly as the enemy cavalry rushes through the gap. Although there are many

They had the courage to escape, but they didn't know that they should retreat in time at this time and ask the spearmen, sword and shield soldiers and heavy armor swordsmen behind to join in the melee fight. They should shoot more fierce arrows from behind.

enemy.

Without adequate training, it was difficult to form close cooperation during the fight. Under a single attack by the enemy soldiers, the defense line was in danger... However, the morale of the generals still remained and their bravery was not broken. Although a gap was opened in the defense line, Zhou Sheng,

Tian Su led his armored soldiers and light soldiers to fight against the enemy soldiers who burst in through the gap.

The enemy soldiers who broke in at the front were mostly light cavalry. They lowered their bows and waved their scimitars, trying to rush in through the gap. They wanted to take advantage of the chaos to defeat the Huaidong Army behind the defense line. Unexpectedly, they met the Huaidong Army who was not afraid of death.

Dong Han died.

Luo Wenhu, Chen Daozi, Tian Su, and Zhou Sheng were the leading soldiers, all wearing heavy armor. Although the cavalry scimitar that rushed in was sharp, it was not enough to split the fine iron helmets and heavy armor made by Huaidong. As for Mo Dao, the horse-cutting sword

It is a heavy weapon. A standard horse-killing broadsword weighs more than fifteen to twenty kilograms. It is made of fine iron and its armor-piercing ability is far beyond that of the enemy's light scimitar.

Lin Fu organized the cavalry battalion and made it clear that its battlefield mission was to cover the flanks. When engaging the enemy's formation, it was also to attack the flanks and cover up and kill them. In this way, the advantages of the light cavalry were brought into play and the shortage was avoided to avoid being taken advantage of by the enemy. Lin Fu also

To equip light cavalry with a small amount of heavy armor and heavy weapons is to enable light cavalry to dismount and fight on foot or use iron armor to tear apart the enemy's formation when they have to break through it.

It’s not that Meng Anchan didn’t know these truths, but he was escaping from the north of Huangpi. How could he be fully prepared? When he took over the formation, he incorporated elite armored soldiers and heavy armored cavalry who dismounted to fight. He even considered the cavalry charge.

However, in order to tear open the gap in the Huaidong Army's defense line sharply and quickly, he had to order light and fast light cavalry to break through the gap.

Meng Anchan thought that as long as he fought fast enough and fiercely enough, the Huaidong Army could catch the Huaidong Army's shortcomings in the light cavalry and tear the Huaidong Army's defense line to pieces before suppressing it.

The sharp Mo Dao slashed down, and the huge horse head was cut in half with a single chop, causing flesh and blood to fly everywhere; neither the leather armor worn by the enemy's cavalry nor the rattan shields used by the enemy soldiers could stop it.

The heavy chop of the horse-killing sword.

Tian Su relied on his military prowess and was a leader in the Suizhou Army. He had forty or fifty men under his command. Even so, he could not afford a pair of iron armor or a good sword in the Suizhou Army. At this time, he felt guilty

Wearing scale armor and leather armor outside, he was not afraid of the enemy's arrows within ten steps. At this time, a spear came and stabbed his chest. Tian Su only felt pain and suffocation in his chest. Although the leather armor was stabbed

It was broken, but the blade of the gun was blocked by the scale armor inside. Tian Su slashed with his backhand and split half of the enemy soldier's head open. He became murderous and yelled: "Tell your mother to stab me!" The enemy soldier was bleeding like a fountain.

surge.

Once the defensive line stabilizes its position, the enemy soldiers who rush through the gap will appear weak, without the cover of bows and crossbows. In addition to the heavy-armored soldiers of Huaidong who prevent them from continuing to rush forward, Huaidong has recovered his senses.

The soldiers killed them on both sides.

Due to the reinforcement of heavy armored soldiers such as Zhou Sheng, Tian Su, etc., the situation of the gap in the defense line was quickly reversed. The nearly two hundred enemy cavalry that rushed in were brutally killed and the army was completely defeated. Almost in the blink of an eye, it seemed that

The precarious line of defense was stabilized.

At this time, Chen Daozi also led his cavalry to attack from both wings, killing the enemy soldiers on both wings under the stream beach, allowing Luo Wenhu to win a counterattack opportunity in front of the defense line - a truly effective defense depends on the ability to counterattack from the defense line.

It all depends on whether the counterattack is strong enough and whether it can effectively weaken the enemy's ability to continuously attack.

Although Luo Wenhu's counterattack was somewhat messy, they still had enough courage, and Chen Daozi led his cavalry to cut in from both wings to cover. Generals Zhou Sheng and Tian Su led two teams of fierce soldiers down the beach like tigers. It looked like

The somewhat chaotic counterattack also defeated the enemy soldiers who entered the north bank.

Before the enemy general sent another charge to the south bank, Luo Wenhu promptly directed the counterattack soldiers to retreat to the defense line, and the crossbow was reloaded and cocked...

The first time is always panicky and difficult. After experiencing the first time, Luo Wenhu and the generals looked at the enemy corpses on the creek beach, and their minds were no longer as uneasy and fearful as they were before the battle. The enemy cavalry were as fierce as tigers and wolves.

But that's it!

This is especially true for ordinary soldiers. Once they are involved in bloody killings, the first fear and panic will be suppressed, and what remains may be apathy in the face of death; or for the pursuit of the pleasure of killing, or for the strong desire for victory in the heart.

Desire will make people fearless.

The mist dissipated and the sun rose above the mulberry trees. What gave Meng Anchan a headache was not only the fact that the Huaidong Army's defense line on the north bank of Tiesong River could not be broken open over and over again, causing him to lose troops and generals, but what was even more troublesome was the Huaidong Army on the front line of Longzui Mountain.

The Eastern Army intercepted the main force of soldiers and horses, and resolutely left the defense line at dawn and headed southeast - it seemed that the posture was to attack their rear flank at the southern foot of Heishigou.

Instead of going to Xinye via Longzui Mountain, Meng Anchan led his troops to cross Taiping Mountain at night, bypass the southern foot of Heishigou, and level Linbu from the western foot of Heishigou. Once the Huaidong Army's defense line at Tiesong River could not be broken,

He also asked another Huaidong Army to circle to the southern foot of Heishigou. Meng Anchan would face a pincer attack by the Huaidong Army. This was obviously not a situation Meng Anchan wanted to see.

Meng Anchan could only divide his troops to suppress the Huaidong Army from Longzui Mountain heading south to attack them, and buy more time to tear apart the Tiesongxi defense line. Meng Anchan did not expect that on their left flank, on their left,
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