There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Chang Xi looked at the Jinling Tiger Guards rushing towards him with a slightly sarcastic smile, then waved to the cavalry captain under him, and whistled.

The cavalry captain understood, and as soon as he raised the saber in his hand, he saw the cavalry of the Taishan Army galloping out of battle, charging towards Xu Chu's Tiger Guards along the official road.

Xu Chu and the Tiger Guards who were running seemed to have been prepared.

Xu Chu suddenly shouted angrily, and ordered the soldiers of the Tiger Guards to stop their marching.

On weekdays, Xu Chu, who was in charge of commanding the Tiger Guards, had discussed with potters many times the various tactics and tricks of cavalry and infantry.

Since the cavalry in the Western Han Dynasty began to be equipped with stirrups, the cavalry has fast speed and strong assault ability, especially the cavalry plus the weight of the horse. The offensive in terms of gravitational potential energy and gravitational acceleration is unmatched by ordinary infantry. Wide is also an advantage of cavalry.

But there are advantages and disadvantages. Pottery merchants believe that infantry can still defeat inferior cavalry under certain conditions.

The first is in the choice of battlefield.

The cavalry's battlefield usually requires a dry and open field, but if it encounters muddy and wet land in rainy days, or jungles, swamps, hills and other areas, the cavalry will not be able to play a role.

At the beginning, Tao, Yuan, and Cao's coalition forces defeated the Xiliang Iron Cavalry at Hangu Pass, relying on the advantage of the weather.

Of course, the crossbow array can also effectively kill cavalry.

It's like Qu Yi's first ascending bow and crossbow battle defeated Saibei Qingqi Baima Yicong.

And if there are no such advantages, the potter and Xu Chu discussed and analyzed that if they want the Jinling Tiger Guards to be able to defeat some not-so-elite cavalry, they must use some relatively less open terrain and a phalanx that can take advantage .

It is not easy for cavalry to form a stable phalanx. Compared with a neat infantry phalanx, the defense of cavalry is also weaker.

Therefore, it is not impossible to defeat the cavalry on a not very wide official road, with the assistance of a well-drilled phalanx, and it is even possible to win more with less.

The current official road is surrounded by mountains on the east and west sides, and the plains of the official road are relatively not wide enough. If it is defended firmly, it may not be impossible to defeat Chang Xi's cavalry.

Xu Chu ordered the Tiger Guards behind him to rush into battle. In a hurry, the tiger guards of Jinling Tiger Guards stood in a square battle formation. The Tiger Guards in front were still using their usual spears, while the two sides The tiger warriors on the flanks put down their weapons and took off the bows and arrows they carried on their backs, forming a half-moon shape on both sides.

Although Chang Xi is vicious and cunning, he is a solid boss. When he was young, he had never read two military books. The reason why he was able to get into the position of one of the five thieves of Mount Tai was all due to hard fighting. In terms of sex and formation, it can be said to be very inferior.

He didn't see how powerful the enemy's formation was, but blindly ordered the cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the Jinling Tiger Guard's formation.

At this time, Zang Ba had passed out on the ground, with more breath and less breath. In Chang Xi's view, death was inevitable. This guy was so full of ambition now that he didn't even bother to go up and give Zang Ba a small make-up.

At this moment, the 500 cavalry of the Changxi Army are already rushing straight towards the center of the Jinling Tiger Guards. In their view, as long as they break through the enemy's central formation, the [-] infantry will not be able to attack at all. There will be no more power to fight back.

When they entered the half-moon-shaped bow and arrow range, the tiger guards' archers on both sides of the crescent immediately began to shoot.

The Taishan army was attacked by the "rain of arrows", and the cavalry in the lead fell off the horse first, but this was not a problem for the subsequent cavalry.

The cavalry rushing to the formation was attacked by the opponent's crossbowmen, which was a normal response. As long as they resisted the wave of arrows and broke through the enemy's central formation, the rest would be a one-sided massacre by the cavalry formation.

The cavalry of the Taishan bandits still desperately charged at the small central phalanx of the Tiger Guards, trying to quickly open a passage from the center.

Xu Chu abandoned the saber and held a spear as well. He stood at the forefront of the central formation, using his performance to stabilize the morale of the central spear tiger guards.

"kill!"

A roar came out of Xu Chu's mouth.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

Responding to Xu Chu's roar, countless spears stabbed forward in unison in the central formation, meeting the oncoming Mount Tai army cavalry formation.

The cavalry of the Taishan bandit was sniped by the spear forest of the Tiger Guards, and the attack was contained!

The cavalry in the front row were stabbed like hedgehogs, blood splashed and splashed in the night sky, and the vomitous smell of blood permeated the air, making people nauseated and vomited.

However, before the cavalry in the front row of the Taishan Army was stabbed to death, they had already started to charge. Although the distance was relatively short, they also had a certain amount of gravitational potential energy. Entering the formation of the Tiger Guard Army, it also caused great damage to the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Army.

But even so, the soldiers of the Tiger Guards still gritted their teeth and fought one after another. At the cost of a lot of casualties, they forcibly contained the enemy's charge.

The restrained cavalry, in the half-moon formation, were regarded as live targets by the archers on both sides and suffered a heavy blow.

At this moment, the sky has begun to germinate and brighten, and the dark night is dispersed by the sun, and the tragic situation of the Mount Tai Army cavalry is reflected in Chang Xi's eyes with the thin light of the morning sun.

Chang Xi felt a little dumbfounded.

Three hundred cavalry... were defeated against five hundred infantry?

Is there any reason for this motherfucker?

At this moment, a burly man with a spear came out of the crowd of the Taishan Army's cavalry that had been held up and defeated by the Tiger Guards in a mess!

There was blood all over his body, and he didn't know whether it was his own or the enemy's. The big bearded face showed a horrified bloodthirsty expression.

That expression seemed to be that of a wild beast.

And the soldiers of the Tiger Guards behind him also followed closely, and none of them fell down. After breaking through the formation of Taishan bandit cavalry, they rushed towards Changxi's rear formation.

The archers in the Changxi army also hurriedly fired their arrows. Although they shot down some soldiers of the Tiger Guards, they couldn't stop the momentum of the opponent's attack.

The distance between the two sides was not too far, which to a certain extent made up for the lack of motivation when the infantry charged.

In an instant, the two took over and faced each other.

In the Taishan army, a soldier held a saber in his hand, howled loudly, and charged towards Xu Chu head-on.

He was nimble, jumped up and slashed Xu Chu's face with a knife.

Although his saber was very fast, Xu Chu's movements were even faster. When his saber almost hit the top of Xu Chu's head, Hu Chi didn't even bring out his weapon, and hit his face first with a punch.

Xu Chu was tall and burly, and the potters usually praised him as a blind man who turned into a spirit. His fists were the size of a sand bowl, and his own arm strength was enough to pull a pair of bulls backwards. Impulse, its strength is more than two hundred catties upwards.

There was only a faint sound of "click"... The bones of the Taishan soldier's face were crushed by Xu Chu's punch!

His whole body was like a torn sack thrown out, flying upside down two feet, and landed on the ground with a "plop", his whole face was covered with blood, he kicked his legs a few times, and then he was silent again. .

Xu Chu threw away the spear he had just used to assassinate the horse, picked up the Taishan army's sword from the ground, licked the blood on the knife edge, howled and led the Tiger Guards to continue the charge.

Xu Chu's astonishing punch landed right in Chang Xi's eyes.

"Ah? This, what kind of monster is this!"

Chang Xi and the several Taishan bandit attendants who were protecting him all gasped.

Killing people with one punch, the strength of this bear-like strong man is too frightening.

I have heard for a long time that there are many powerful generals in the Xuzhou army, but I saw them today...the rumors are true.