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"No, Zhou Pin, you immediately send a group of fast horses to Ying County, and tell King Qi the news before Zhong Limei arrives, so that King Qi can get ready.
And tell King Qi that the king will lead [-] cavalry, and he will also rush over.
Then, Liu Li was notified to order the cavalry in Qicheng to follow the king out of the city to help the king of Qi. "
The more Zhang Han thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and then he said to his confidant subordinate.
"promise."
An hour and a half after Zhong Limei led the main force of the Chu army's infantry and headed south, Zhang Han led [-] Qi army cavalry, also rushed out of Linzi City and headed south.
In the past few days, Han Xin and Xiang Yu fought against each other several times in Ying County, but they couldn't decide the winner.
On the [-]th, Han Xin was on the side of Ying County, and received an urgent report from Zhang Han, and learned that Zhongli Mo led the army to go south to his side.
"I want to eat this king in one bite, hmph! Didn't think so."
That night, Han Xin led more than [-] Qi cavalry to withdraw from the Qi army camp north of Ying County overnight, leaving only more than [-] Qi army infantry to continue to garrison the camp.
Because of the cover of night, when Han Xin led the [-] Qi cavalry to retreat, Xiang Yu could not let the Chu cavalry stop him.
"Han Xin, if your cavalry can escape, why don't you leave these infantry behind?"
At night, Xiang Yu's eyes were cold when he learned that the Qi cavalry had left.
After dawn, Xiang Yu immediately led the cavalry of the Chu army to attack the more than [-] Qi army infantry left behind by Han Xin.
However, although Han Xin led the Qi cavalry to leave.
But the remaining [-] Qi army infantry, relying on the camp they built, offset the advantage of the Chu army's cavalry.
What Xiang Yu didn't know was that Han Xin led [-] Qi cavalry to leave Ying County overnight, not to escape, but to attack the [-] Chu infantry who were heading south to Zhongli Mo's troops.
On February [-], the [-] cavalry of the Qi army led by Han Xin, after traveling north for more than [-] miles, finally found the [-] infantry of the Chu army led by Zhong Limei who was heading south.
"Attack in three directions, and the prince personally leads [-] cavalry to attack in the center.
Liao Ai led three thousand riders to the left, and Chu Qing led three thousand riders to the right.
In this battle, one must win and one must not lose. "
After the scouts of the Qi army discovered the traces of the Chu army, Han Xin did not hesitate much, so he summoned his confidant generals to issue combat orders.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will definitely win this battle."
"Go to war."
Rumble!
Soon, [-] Qi cavalry began to divide their troops seven or eight miles away from the Chu army.
Han Xin led [-] fine cavalry from the Qi army, personally attacked in the center, and personally led the army to attack the Chu army's infantry army.
"General, there are cavalrymen from the Qi Army charging towards us."
The cavalry on Han Xin's side had just launched a charge, and the scouts on the Chu army's side had also discovered the traces of the Qi army's cavalry, and immediately reported to Zhongli Mei.
"The cavalry of the Qi army? Could it be the cavalry of Han Xin? How many cavalry are there?"
Zhongli Mo immediately became alert and asked.
"Go back to the general, Wanqi left and right!"
Wanqi, not a lot.
At this time, the terrain that the Chu army passed through was relatively flat and belonged to hilly areas, which was considered more suitable for cavalry charges.
"Send the order, immediately enter the combat state, and the formation will unfold."
Zhong Limei immediately issued a military order.
Oh oh oh!
The low sound of the horn sounded in the Chu army.
The [-] infantry of the Chu army quickly dispersed and formed ten square formations.
Among them, the first eight are infantry phalanxes, and one phalanx has 5000 people, distributed left and right, in the shape of an awl.
There are two large phalanxes in the back, which are the [-] archers of the Chu army.
In this era, since the cavalry did not come out for a long time, and in the past, the cavalry was not mainly charged.
It wasn't until the Qin army equipped stirrups on a large scale that the cavalry's offensive method changed dramatically.
In the past, cavalry mainly used riding, shooting and harassment, but now cavalry equipped with stirrups are more powerful in charging.
In the past, infantry was the main force of war, but now cavalry is king.
The cavalry's offensive method has changed, but Zhongli Mo's defense against the cavalry's tactics is still the same.
In the past, the main way for infantry to fight back against cavalry was archers.
Therefore, facing the charge of the [-] cavalry of the Qi army led by Han Xin at this time, Zhong Limei still asked the Chu army to form this old square formation.
"Ready to shoot arrows!"
Behind the Chu army, an officer of the Chu army yelled loudly at the archers.
"Fire arrows!"
After seeing the cavalry of the Qi army rushing forward and entering the range of their bows and crossbows, the [-] Qi army archers fired all arrows.
Whoosh whoosh!
At this time, Han Xin saw dense black spots appearing in the opposite sky, covering the sky and blocking out the sun, all of which were arrowheads.
"The whole army disperses!"
Han Xin roared, and then the other Qi army generals around him quickly led a Qi army cavalry each, and quickly dispersed their formation, no longer maintaining a dense charge.
Otherwise, the cavalry who did not disperse under such a dense rain of arrows would pay a heavy price in casualties.
Bang bang bang!
And even if the cavalry of the Qi army dispersed, there were still many cavalry of the Qi army who were shot by the falling arrowheads and fell down while galloping.
A large number of Qi cavalry fell down with arrows, but more Qi cavalry were still galloping forward.
"Rush rush!"
Han Xin shouted, raising the speed of his horses to the extreme.
From Han Xin's point of view, after he equipped his cavalry with stirrups and saw the power of cavalry's collective charge, he knew that the future battlefield would be dominated by cavalry's charge.
And this time, it was also the first time he led his cavalry to carry out such a large-scale charge.
Because of this, Han Xin is not very skilled in the use of cavalry tactics.
It was a coincidence that Han Xin's cavalry tactics were mediocre, while Zhong Limei's tactics of using infantry to deal with the cavalry on the other side were also backward.
The two sides fought like this, and whoever can win in the end depends on who is more skilled.
The [-] Qi army archers only fired two rounds of volleys, and the Qi army cavalry led by Han Xin rushed over a distance of nearly a hundred steps and rushed to the front of the Chu army's infantry.
Just these two rounds of volleys caused at least a thousand cavalrymen of the Qi army to fall.
It has to be said that the covering shooting of such a large number of archers is still very lethal to the cavalry in charge.
Bang bang bang!
When the cavalry of the Qi army charged into the phalanx of the Chu army's infantry, the Chu army's infantry in the front was immediately knocked into the air.
The cavalry of the Qi army charging at high speed, relying on the huge impact force, directly knocked down a large area of the Chu army infantry who were in the front with their shields.
puff!
A large number of Chu army infantry vomited blood after being hit directly, their internal organs had been shattered, and they were bound to die.
It can be said that the Chu army infantry waiting in the front two rows were the most unlucky, with an extremely high death rate.
In this way, the Chu army's infantry relied on their flesh and blood to block the charge of the Qi army's cavalry.
"prick!"
The infantry of the Chu army in the rear rows immediately used the long spears in their hands to frantically stab at the cavalry of the Qi army whose speed had been greatly reduced in front.
"kill!"
Han Xin roared, waving the saber in his hand, and slashed at the Chu army's infantry on the left and right frantically.
I have to say that the charge of [-] cavalry was terrifying.
But after all, the Chu army's infantry had a large number of people. Even if it was Zhong Limei's tactical error, the Chu army's infantry still used their flesh and blood to block the Qi army's charge after paying huge casualties.
The charge of the cavalry of the Qi army did not successfully penetrate the phalanx of the infantry of the Chu army, but instead sank into it.
The cavalry and infantry of both sides were strangled together.
In this way, the advantage of Qi cavalry was lost.
The Qi cavalry who lost their speed were strangled with the large number of Chu infantry.
If this continues, the Qi cavalry will sooner or later be defeated by the large number of Chu infantry.
However, Han Xin is a generation of "Military God" after all. Even though he has never commanded a large-scale cavalry charge before, he still knows that the advantage of cavalry is mobility.
Detours and outflanking are the most commonly used and most effective tactics used by cavalry.
When the [-] cavalry of the Qi army led by Han Xin were blocked by the infantry phalanx of the Chu army in the front, and the attack was blocked.
The two cavalry of the Qi army that Han Xin sent to the left and right wings to outflank them soon appeared on the two wings of the Chu army's phalanx.
"The four from the left and the four on the right listen to the order and move forward to block the Qi cavalry encircled by the two wings.
The phalanx of archers moved forward, spreading their attacks. "
Soon, Zhongli Mo's side also found two cavalry from the Qi army appearing on the two wings of the Chu army formation, and responded immediately.
Then, the flag bearer on the Chu army's side, according to Zhong Limei's instructions, played the flag language, and the Chu army's infantry quickly changed formation.
Zhongli Mo followed Xiang Yu anyway, fought battle after battle, and had a lot of combat experience.
The two outermost infantry phalanxes of the Chu army quickly made changes after receiving Zhong Limei's order.
Standing on the two wings, protecting the two wings of the Chu army, and not giving the outflanking Qi army cavalry a chance to attack their archer phalanx.
"rush!"
The cavalry of the Qi army on the two wings, seeing the phalanx of Chu army infantry blocking in front of them, did not feel timid, and continued to charge forward.
At this time, the Qi cavalry had no choice but to charge forward.
The [-] elite cavalry of the Qi army are fighting against the [-] elite infantry of the Chu army. Both armies are the elite of the Qi and Chu armies, and there is no easy defeat.
The fight between these two elite divisions was particularly tragic.
"General, you can't rush through!"
General You Qi shouted at Han Xin.
Since the infantry of the Chu army resisted the charge of the cavalry of the Qi army, after the two sides strangled together, the battle situation gradually developed in a direction that was not conducive to the Qi army.
"Kill, don't retreat!"
Han Xin roared angrily, and personally participated in the fight, drenched in blood.
"promise!"
Han Xin has said this, and his confidant generals can only choose to fight to the death.
Han Xin raised his head and looked north, thinking to himself: Zhang Han, Zhang Han, hurry up, if you are later, the king will not be able to stand it.
To the north, the [-] cavalry of the Qi army led by Zhang Han are also rushing towards this side at this time, and there are still more than ten miles away from the battlefield on Han Xin's side.
"Report, Your Majesty!
Fifteen miles ahead, the king of Qi and the army of Chu were already fighting. "
Zhang Han will get the news soon.
"Hurry up, the whole army will charge at full speed to help King Qi."
Without further ado, Zhang Han led [-] cavalrymen of the Qi army, rushing here desperately.
"Haha, that's it.
Give this general another hour, and these cavalrymen of the Qi army will be worn to death by our soldiers. "
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