Therefore, at the beginning of both sides, sporadic arrows are not to kill each other, but to confirm the distance.

Li Li led the cavalry and led the way.

He and his cavalrymen leaned forward slightly, lowered their waists, and sat on the horse's back with their waist and legs.

Some are similar to standing horse stance.

It is not a static horse stance, but a dynamic horse stance that rises and falls with war horses.

This can maintain a relatively stable upper body on the horse's back, which is conducive to the control of the weapon.

Every time Cao Hong saw such a cavalry, he felt ache.

Because there were such troops in the Cao family, and the number was not large. In the Battle of Hedong, such troops consumed some left and damaged a little right. Now, those who can ride on horses and run but cannot fall off can already act as cavalry.

If Cao's army could get more war horses...

Before Cao Hong could finish his recollection, the cavalry and horses had already launched an attack.

What went beyond Cao Hong's surprise was that this time the cavalry did not try to approach the infantry battle formation within twenty steps!

And it started to disperse and turn around in just about fifty steps!

this……

How about Fei Si?!

The last time the Cao army infantry formation was directly destroyed by the Hussar cavalry in one round, because the Hussar cavalry showed the power of armor-breaking heavy arrows at very close distances. At about ten steps, infantry, whether it was a spear or a halberd, could not damage the Hussar soldiers. The Cao army archers in the back part of the infantry line were blocked by their own soldiers, and the shooting angle was equivalent to being unable to counterattack in the long-range and short range, and could only be beaten passively!

After learning from the pain, Cao Hong and others developed how to counter the tactics of the Hussar Cavalry.

The best way is of course the Lancer.

Unfortunately, Cao's army has nowhere to come.

So we can only study how to use infantry to restrain the cavalry's cavalry tactics, so the Battle of Suoyang Pass was launched.

In combat deployment, Cao's army found a slightly sloped mound, which allowed the archers in the rear to obtain a certain height difference and could have some shooting angles.

Of course, the best way is to line up at the intersection, while the archers can freely and safely pour out long-range firepower on the high ground on both sides. However, this kind of terrain is generally hard to come by, so it is good to find a place with height difference most of the time.

In addition, there is another condition, that the Hussar cavalry must take the initiative to attack!

This is even harder than finding a suitable terrain.

But at the foot of the Suoyang Pass, it seems that such conditions can be achieved barely...

Cao's reaction was not slow either. Seeing that the Hussar Cavalry did not seem to have the intention to continue moving forward, although he was not clear about why the Hussar Cavalry did this, he instinctively understood that he could not let the Hussar Cavalry complete various tactical changes so calmly. So Cao's military academy shouted loudly: "Archesters! Everyone has it! Strong wind! Strong wind!"

With a command, Cao's archers became busy.

"aim!"

"There are all, ten rapid shots!"

『Wind! Strong wind!』

As the bowstrings sounded, arrows and crossbows roared out, crossing over the heads of the front row of large shields and spears, and rushed towards the Hussars and cavalry.

Cao's archers used short bows.

To a certain extent, it can be roughly regarded as an entertainment bow and arrow in later generations.

The biggest advantage of this short bow is that it is cheap.

But the result is the reduction of shooting distance and power.

The short bow is comparable to a pistol bullet within fifty steps. The closer the distance, the greater the power. However, once it exceeds fifty steps, the kinetic energy will decay very strongly, so there is a saying that cannot penetrate Lu Bai.

Even the damage caused by shooting is that the arrows with short bows weigh less themselves, so the lethality formed is also not comparable to the long bows with extended arrows and aggravated arrows.

The Hussar Cavalry was really stuck at the edge of the maximum lethality of the Cao army's archers' short bow.

The reason why the cavalry can get so accurate is that the Hussars are basically good at playing bows and arrows, so they naturally have very clear control of the distance between bows and arrows. However, the Hussars also did not expect that Cao's army not only brought ordinary marching short-step bows, but also longbows, but also strong crossbows!

Longbows not only take a long time to make, but also cost more.

The time for making a longbow often takes more than one year, and fish, bakery, wood and other things also require relatively high quality.

The cost of making a longbow can often make three short bows, or even a little inferior, make four or five short bows.

Short bows will also reduce the need for arrow quality.

This kind of short bow, or relatively poor military weapons, is in the mainstream position in Shandong. The reason is that there are many people in Shandong...

As for strong crossbows, they require more high-quality materials, special craftsmanship, assembly technology, etc., so Cao Jun has always had short bows and fewer long bows, not to mention equipped with large-scale strong crossbows.

But this time, there were many longbowmen and powerful crossbowmen in the bow and archery unit led by Cao Hong.

In Shandong and during the Central Plains War, these things were not very useful, so naturally there was no demand before. However, the Han Dynasty originally had strong crossbows and developed well in the early days.

I searched through the boxes and cabinets, but there was still some in stock.

In fact, the tactics Cao Hong used at the moment cannot be considered the first of Cao Hong and others. As early as the early Han Dynasty, Li Ling, who was finally defeated, used this tactic to restrain the Hu cavalry at that time. If the bow and arrow were not exhausted in the end, Li Ling would have probably taken most of his troops back to the Han area. At that time, Li Ling sighed, "It is enough to get dozens of arrows."

Of course, this is not Li Ling's "dozens of arrows" alone, but the ammunition base of the entire army. In other words, under Li Ling's tactics at that time, if there were still two bases, namely fifty or sixty arrows, it would be enough to break out.

Unlike the movies and TV series that are later in life, where the butt is lying backward on the ground and shooting, the real battlefield is on both sides of the array, closer to the front, and is shooting stably in a half-kneeling position.

Facing a short bow, it is a safer distance of about fifty steps, but you have to face a long bow and a strong crossbow, and at least about a hundred steps are necessary to be considered relatively safe. Therefore, Cao's short bows are basically tickling the Hussar cavalry, but the long bows and strong crossbows mixed in it have really caused casualties to the Hussar cavalry!

The Cao army had not used it before, but now it suddenly took it out, which naturally caused the Hussars to suffer a loss. With the Cao army's long-range firepower pouring out, some of the Hussars and Cavalry were shot and then knocked to the ground!

"Okay!" Cao Hong was so happy when he saw this, he was very happy. "Good shot! Good! Did you see it?! The cavalry army was not attacked by iron! If you shoot, you will die!"

The soldiers of Cao's army were also excited.
Chapter completed!