Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2507 Heavy Cavalry

On the other side of the Huai River, Zhang Jai's army couldn't help but look a little gloomy after seeing the move of Guan Yu's army pulling out their camp. To be honest, Zhang Jai still hated Guan Yu and Huang Zhong until now. After all, Yuan Shao's death was a real blow to Zhang Jaw. is too big.

Even this time when troops were transferred from the Fanxiang area to station along the Huai River, Zhang Jai personally wrote a letter to ask Sun Ce for permission. Originally, Zhou Yu on the Huai River side meant to just give up and get rid of the matter and concentrate on consolidating the base south of Jiaozhou.

As for Guan Yu on the opposite side of the Huai River, under the banner of aiding Liu Zhang, with the idea of ​​destroying Guo through false means, then just pretend that Liu Bei started the war in advance, and fight as soon as possible.

Anyway, Zhou Yu understood that he would definitely not be able to beat him, and he would just admit defeat after the fight. Under the current general situation, Guan Yu would not do such a boring thing.

Therefore, Zhou Yu didn't even have the idea of ​​consolidating the Huai River's defense line. In fact, Guan Yu didn't even have the idea of ​​crossing the river without Liu Zhang's definite news, so he trained troops on the north side of the Huai River.

However, Zhang Ja heard that Guan Yu had come to the north bank of the Huai River, so he personally wrote a letter requesting to come and be stationed there. Sun Ce felt Zhang Ja's loyalty and agreed to the matter.

Of course, when Zhou Yu found out later, Sun Ce did not escape the bloody situation of being scolded by Zhou Yu, but this matter had already been decided, and Zhou Yu could not deny Sun Ce's order.

So Zhou Yu wrote a letter and ordered it to be handed over to Zhang Jaw, warning him not to have conflicts with Guan Yu unless Guan Yu took the initiative to provoke him. Didn't say anything, just started the fight, don't be cowardly.

He also told Zhang Jaw that if Guan Yu asked to cross the river to the south of Jingzhou and go to the Indochina Peninsula by way, he would just let him go without asking.

On Guan Yu's side, Zhou Yu gave another letter, to the effect that you are going to cross the river to Jingnan and take the road to Indochina Peninsula. I don't mind here. Zhang Jaw is on the other side of the river. As a good general, I hope that Guan Yu can see Zhou Yu's thin face and not intentionally cause conflicts. Please put state affairs first in everything. If there are great changes in Zhongnan, please transfer a copy to him and Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu said so bluntly. Although Guan Yu is cold and arrogant, he is willing to give face. After all, Zhou Yu belongs to the commander-in-chief of the group army according to the division in the Northern Xinjiang period, while Guan Yu belongs to the senior officers under his jurisdiction. Although everyone seems to be independent of each other now, in fact The battle of Northern Xinjiang basically determined the current status of each general.

Therefore, although Guan Yu saw Zhang Jai's group of real heavy cavalry wearing plate armor shortly after he came to Huaishui, but could turn back and forth as easily as cavalry, he did not make any special moves.

To be honest, driven by the power of hatred, Zhang Jaw has performed really well. The dual-talented heavy cavalry has really stabilized the level, one-talented heavy armor enhancement, and two-talented bludgeoning absorption.

In addition, heavy cavalry generally do not eat sharp attacks, and with the deepening of this legion's jaw-opening dexterity talent, the heavy cavalry, which is a battlefield killing unit, has already begun to possess some capabilities of assault cavalry. This legion can already be called For the top elite cavalry.

If nothing else, Zhang Jaw, a heavy cavalry built on the basis of the undead remnants of the Hun Legion who challenged the Huns' inheritance army three times, is likely to become the strongest heavy cavalry currently.

At least as far as the cavalry of the same level is concerned, the heavy cavalry led by Zhang Jai is probably more resistant to beating than the dual-talented iron cavalry led by Li Jue, and they may not be able to fight head-on.

After all, the heavy cavalry with open jaws has a full three centimeters thick breastplate, and the rest of the plate armor is also regular plate armor. The gaps in the plate armor are filled with chain armor and chain mail. Equipped with 50.00% of its own defense.

After the three-centimeter-thick plate armor on the chest is strengthened by the heavy armor strengthening talent, the actual defense power directly exceeds the defense power provided by the shield guard's shield, and it can still turn at this level!
From this point of view, Zhou Yu is indeed a very thoughtful and executive role. The situation in the south is not suitable for cavalry, but after Zhou Yu commanded the battle of northern Xinjiang, the army of cavalry understands that it is absolutely necessary. Can not be missing.

Since the south is not suitable for cavalry, and cavalry has to be done, then when it must be done, Zhou Yu chooses to do it in one step, the best resources, the best equipment, and the outstanding veterans from Yuzhou. Under his name, with a sufficient foundation, he smashed out a top-notch double talent in one breath, a sharp gun that was waiting for a bloody battle to start.

This is enough to show Zhou Yu's courage, but Zhou Yu's pity is that when Zhang Jaw selected soldiers, he was not selected according to the level of internal energy, but based on riding skills and a sense of balance.

Because of this preliminary selection rule, about one-third of Zhang Jai's legion did not have the strength to condense internal energy, but Zhang Jai did not feel sorry for this aspect, after all, for cavalry, A sense of balance and riding skills are much more important than a little internal energy.

With Zhou Yu's strong support and Zhang Jai's desire for revenge, Zhang Jai successfully completed the creation of the Heavy Cavalry Legion, completely stabilized his dual talents, inherited and sublimated from the Euphorbia Warrior's talent Blunt absorption more suitable for heavy cavalry.

In this way, after Zhang Jai trained the heavy cavalry, he finally had a little confidence in revenge, but Zhang Jai could still distinguish between state affairs and private affairs, so although he applied to Sun Ce to station in Huaishui, he did not think about it. Do something irrational.

From this point of view, Sun Ce's personal charm and innate intuition are indeed very reliable. At least he can understand Zhang Jaw's mentality better than Zhou Yu. He wants to avenge Yuan Shao, but Yuan Tan put down his hatred and regards his family and country as his own. How can it be difficult to distinguish when Zhang Jaw is heavy.

Just when he heard Guan Yu and Huang Zhong appearing, Zhang Jai's heart would be agitated. What's more, for Zhang Jai, the incomparably powerful Guan Yu and Huang Zhong could really stimulate his heart to become stronger.

After all, a military general who hadn't boarded the inner qi separation a few years ago has basically reached the positive count of the Central Plains generals, which is quite scary. Although hatred is not a good mood, but it becomes stronger. good.

Therefore, after Zhang Jai came to the Huai River, he did not do any unnecessary things every day. He took his heavy cavalry to press the road back and forth across the river, and galloped back and forth in the open space opposite Guan Yu’s camp. He did not provoke Guan Yu. Before dawn, he led the cavalry to charge, and charged in a large circle.

In the first two days, the generals on Guan Yu's side didn't think it was a big deal for a group of cavalry to race around in circles.

What's more, the cavalry with Zhang Jaw didn't run too fast, and their momentum was not wild and mighty. They only held ordinary spears, and they didn't care about it. The south is like this, with archers sloppy, cavalry and so on. This level is already worthy of being born in the south.

Just think about it, Zhou Yu treats adult Dian horses as underage ponies, and he should almost know what cavalry is really magical for the south. Naturally, not many people pay attention to cavalry with open jaws.

Anyway, there is no level of the three major cavalry in the north, and the generals of Guan Yu's army don't care at all. The way of fighting breaks the bottom line.

Therefore, many people in Guan Yu's army saw the cavalry on the opposite side across the Huaihe River, but they didn't take it to heart, until one day when Du Yuan was pouring water into the Huaihe River, he inadvertently glanced at the other side of the river with his separated eyes. The cavalry only saw the opponent's state clearly.

At that moment, Du Yuan's hair exploded, and with his eyesight, he clearly saw the plate armor as thick as the width of the thumb on the soldiers on the opposite side, and then he suddenly realized that something was wrong. These soldiers were not cavalry, but Heavy cavalry!
Although Du Yuan also participated in the battle of the northern border and saw Zhang Jai's heavy cavalry, but Zhang Jai's heavy cavalry did not know whether it was fate or fate, and they encountered the Hun Army Soul three times. There were less than 3000 people, and when the decisive battle in northern Xinjiang was fought, there were less than 1000 people left.

Du Yuan thought that after taking refuge in Sun Ce, he went back to the south and Zhang Jai had no soldiers, so he organized the less than 1000 people into his personal guards, led a new legion or mixed them into other legions with this as the core. What Zhang Jai led was actually a reorganized 5000-man heavy cavalry!
Let's say that after Du Yuan found out about this situation that day, he hurried back to tell his brothers about it, and then a large group of people practiced their qi, and more than 200 people went to the north bank of the Huai River to stare at the heavy army led by Zhang Jaw on the opposite side. The cavalry watched for a while.

The more I looked at it, the more I felt that this thing was worthy of being a killing weapon on the battlefield, but seeing the heavy cavalry with their jaws turning around, throwing an S shape, and making a U shape, the group of yellow scarves on the other side of the river felt deeply that they were helpless. Good luck.

Without Zhang Jaw's weird legion talent, the heavy cavalry is a one-time thing, a thing that cannot be turned, even if it is a battlefield for a decisive battle between large legions, the difficulty of turning around is basically doomed to be used only once, so First of all, it is indeed not of much value for a large battlefield of the size of the Central Plains.

With heavy plate armor on the body, it is definitely resistant to beating, but it can only charge in a straight line. Out of no regrets arms.

Even if the opponent just sells a flaw and lures it, preparing a chariot is enough to kill the heavy cavalry. After all, without the support of jaw opening dexterity, where normal heavy cavalry can perform high-speed sprinting, the chariot must also be able to charge.

What's more, compared to the impact force, the strongest chariot on the plain is definitely the chariot. It is no problem for a chariot to kill you and a dozen heavy cavalry, and compared to the cost of the heavy cavalry, the cost of the chariot is really not high, and After the fight, the dead war ox can also be used for extra meals.

Therefore, a group of old yellow scarves who have survived thousands of battles know that the army opposite is definitely the top killing army on the battlefield, but except for those who open their jaws, I am afraid they will have no luck.

In particular, Zhang Jai may have also noticed that a large group of Qi-trained Cheng Gang and seven or eight inner-qi separatists were staring at his army. The next day Zhang Jai even changed weapons for the soldiers under his command.

It is no longer the ordinary spear used yesterday, but replaced with a regular heavy cavalry special weapon, the standard one-foot-long dragon spear, and the triangular pyramid-shaped spear head is almost two feet long!

The generals under Guan Yu's command were drooling when they saw Zhang Jaw's heavy cavalry, especially Jiang Gong, Jiang Yan, and Zhou Cang. The two talents of the Jaw Legion.

Of course, there are only more than 2000 soldiers with real dual talents. The other soldiers seem to be short of a big battle. Although they are some reliable veterans by looking at their movements and expressions, they will not be able to get through without such a big battle.

But this is not too important. The important thing is that Zhang Jaw's dual-talented heavy cavalry has actually taken shape. Even if only a part of it is, it is impossible for the previous situation of being unable to perform and being covered .

What's more important is that the combination of those two talents, combined with the three centimeter thick plate armor on the chest of the group of soldiers, these generals who have survived many battles all look a little ugly.

As they have experienced a lot of wars, even if they know that a certain legion is their friendly army or their own people, they will never attack them. They will still analyze them as soon as they see them, which almost becomes their favorite. an instinct.

Just like when the veterans under Huangfusong watched from a distance the Xiliang iron cavalry who came to welcome Huangfusong, what they reported to Huangfusong immediately was the combat effectiveness of the opposing army, and then it was almost how to annihilate the opposing army.

Unfortunately, Zhang Jaw's legion seems to have no solution on the plain. Whether the so-called powerful single-shot crossbow can penetrate the plate armor of this group of guys is a problem. With the talent of heavy armor, a three-centimeter plate Armor, the actual defensive power has surpassed the large shield that the shield guard does not bless!
As for the special weapons used by powerful legions such as heavy cavalry, armored soldiers, and heavy infantry, such as heavy flails, bone flowers, heavy hammers, etc., facing Zhang Jaw's second talent blunt attack absorption, these things are very important for Zhang Jaw's subordinates. The damage of this group of heavy cavalry has been greatly reduced.

In this way, the heavy cavalry, which was originally a big killer on the battlefield, seemed to be a little helpless when the terrain was suitable.

Naturally, Guo Jia received this information not long after, and went to see it in person. He also admired Zhang Jaw a little, and even praised Zhang Jaw as worthy of being a good general in Hebei. Then he went back to drink, and there was nothing left.

Because after reading it, Guo Jia knew that if the army fought head-on on the plain, it would be impossible to take down a unit that is not at the level of the army soul. The skin is thick and resistant to beating, and the attack power is not high. Look at the two-foot-long triangular pyramid gun The head will know.

What's more, the heavy cavalry itself is a high-attack and high-defense unit. The two biggest disadvantages are the terrain requirements, and the other is that if they turn around with their own strong inertia, they will break the horse's neck and legs.

In this way, the heavy cavalry must stop and turn around slowly after the battle is over, and this time is almost the best time to besiege the heavy cavalry, bed crossbows, trebuchets, and close combat are all fine.

However, Zhang Jai's talent directly solves the latter problem of heavy cavalry. As for the terrain requirements, it is also reduced because of Zhang Jaw's dexterity talent. The basis of real heavy cavalry is close to the use conditions of assault cavalry.

This is very scary. The reason why the Xiliang iron cavalry is so dragging, boasting that they are the strongest cavalry all the year round, is because they are assault cavalry themselves, but they have all kinds of combat capabilities close to the heavy cavalry. Adaptability, but absolutely terrible under Zhang Jaw's hands.

Therefore, the best way to face cavalrymen like Zhang Jaw is not to smash them to death, but to hang them, let the light cavalry tease them, do not engage in frontal combat, and drag them until they are unsustainable, and then encircle and close combat.

As for the frontal gang, there is no combat power at the level of the soul of the army, one will die one by one, after all, the real heavy cavalry, that is, the kind of heavy cavalry who wears plate armor and horses on horses, not to mention other aspects, frontal combat on the plain is definitely Decisive arms level.

This kind of legion can be regarded as a powerful unit with obvious disadvantages and obvious advantages. It can be copied in large quantities with a lot of money.

The simplest solution is that the white horse attacked from behind, and the heavy cavalry corps turned around, causing the horse under the crotch to deflect, and the horse's leg was likely to be broken.

Without turning around, Baima Yicong followed suit. Anyway, it is impossible for the plate armor to be made to be seamless. There must be a chain armor link in the middle. Sooner or later, he will be stabbed to death if he finds a hole. Not kidding.

Of course, those are just ordinary heavy cavalry, and there is no way to change them to those with open jaws. If the white horse dares to get close, even if the legion can't turn around in an instant and twist around casually, it is still no problem to sweep the white horse with a gun. Such a difference , is enough to block the weak point that itself is not too much.

It can be said that the open-jaw heavy cavalry, after adding dexterity, is already a perfect super elite army, and on the plain, its combat effectiveness is no less than that of the so-called decisive arms, but it is a pity that even if someone wants to Imitate, don't have the legion talent of jaw opening, learn one and die one.

This thing is basically equivalent to Zhang Jaw's tailor-made arms for himself. No matter whether his legion talent can be perfected and merged into the elite talent one day, this legion is more powerful in Zhang Jaw's hands than anyone else. powerful.

Guan Yu pulled out the battalion at a very fast speed, and the speed at which he crossed the river was astonishingly fast. It was obvious that he was acting resolutely. After Zhang Jai saw Guan Yu leading his troops across the river, he directly led his troops to form a front line on the other side of the river, and the heavy cavalry charged. Among the strikers, the one in the middle is Zhang Jaw.

Guan Yu, who was standing at the bow of the boat, looked at the movement of the opposite side's jaw still indifferently, but there was already a cold light in his eyes.

"Zhou Cang, bring my sword!" Guan Yu ordered coldly.

　When I was about to get off work yesterday, I was left to deal with some things. I was tangled in the settlement at the end of the year. Please forgive me

　
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