Lu Matong turned around and returned with 500 cavalry drawn from Liu Bang's personal guard.
He collected many broken troops along the way, from which he only selected cavalry and called them.
When Lu Matong returned to the vicinity of the burned pontoon bridge, two to three thousand Han cavalry had gathered.
He found that a large number of Han soldiers had knelt down and surrendered to the Chu army, and some Han soldiers were fleeing in all directions.
The Chu army did not pursue them, but stationed their horses on the spot to guard them.
Xiang Yu saw the Han prisoners in front of him and felt troubled for a moment.
He only brought 5,000 soldiers, all of whom were cavalry.
He also had the next battle mission and did not want to allocate more troops to guard the prisoners.
At this time, he found that Lu Matong was leading thousands of cavalry towards him.
He sneered and ordered loudly: "The whole army lines up and prepare for battle."
The five thousand Chu army cavalry quickly lined up and prepared to meet the enemy.
At this time, the Han prisoners squatting on the ground in groups far away made two choices.
One was to escape, and the other was to pick up their weapons again and run towards Lu Matong's array.
Suddenly, more than 20,000 infantrymen appeared beside Lu Matong.
Lu Matong couldn't help but feel proud in his heart when he saw that he was able to turn things around without much effort.
He was once a horse school officer in the Chu Army's cavalry camp, so he was called a horse boy.
He naturally knew something about the Chu Army's cavalry.
He believed that it was only because of Xiang Yu's quick attack that he defeated the Han army.
As long as he stabilized his position, The superiority of troops is enough to suppress the opponent.
It seems that the title of lord or king is within reach.
"Charge", he gave the order and led 3,000 Han cavalry to attack the Chu cavalry.
More than 20,000 Han infantry followed behind, shouting, making a noise, and running.
These soldiers were all newly recruited by the Han army in the past two years.
They had only heard about the power of the Overlord, but had no personal "experience".
Even Lu Matong himself had not experienced those tragic battles as a Han camp sergeant.
And he didn't know that the Chu army's cavalry was no longer the Chu army's cavalry.
The five thousand Chu army's cavalry stood motionless like statues, but they just straightened their horses.
When the Han army's forward was still fifty meters away from him, the Overlord shouted loudly: "All the soldiers will kill the enemy alone."
After saying that, he clamped his legs and the black horse flew out from under his crotch like a sharp arrow.
Overlord took the lead and waved his halberd slightly, easily knocking off the two Han cavalry men who were rushing forward.
The fallen heads continued to roll forward without losing speed, only to be trampled into mud by the Chu cavalry behind them.
Most of the Han cavalry did not know what a stirrup was.
After the Overlord returned to Jiangdong, cavalry was rarely used in the battles between Chu and Han.
Therefore, stirrups, which were widely used by the Chu army, had not yet begun to become popular among the Han army.
Without advanced equestrian skills and no stirrups, it is easy to lose balance and fall off the horse when using long-handled weapons during combat.
Therefore, the Han cavalry still used short-handled weapons such as the Huanshou Dao.
The Overlord, who was taking the lead, immediately spotted Lu Matong and several soldiers around him who were rushing towards him.
Seeing the unstoppable overlord Xiang Yu, the soldiers around Lu Matong urged their horses to block him.
The Overlord rounded the halberd with the force of carrying the cauldron, and with a roar, the blade of the halberd drew an indestructible shadow of Xuan Yue.
Among the Han cavalry in the shadow, some heads flew out, headless corpses fell to the ground, some had their arms chopped off, some horses had their necks cut off, and people fell off the horses.
There is no obstruction in front of Lu Matong.
This horse boy is also very good at riding.
Other Han cavalrymen hold a rein in one hand and a weapon in the other when riding.
But he can hold a sword in one hand, a shield in the other, and the reins in his mouth.
At this moment, he saw Overlord's halberd thrust towards him, raised his shield to block it, and with a "dang" sound, he accurately blocked the blade of the halberd.
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However, Xiang Yu's thrust was extremely powerful.
Lu Matong's hand shield instantly shattered into several pieces, and the halberd's force continued unabated, cutting off Lu Matong's shield-holding palm, and then pierced through Lu Matong's armor.
The halberd blade dug deeply into his body.
The Overlord shouted loudly, picked up Lu Matong, threw him into the air, and then waved his halberd to "draw a flower" where Lu Matong's body fell.
Lu Matong's body was immediately chopped into pieces by the halberd blade.
The stumps, broken arms, heads, liver and intestines fell to the ground.
A dozen soldiers behind Lu Matong wanted to take advantage of the battle between Xiang Yu and Lu Matong to attack Xiang Yu, but the Chu army's cavalry behind Xiang Yu had already charged forward.
The two-meter horse spears in their hands stabbed the Han cavalry all at once, but the ring-shou swords in the hands of the Han cavalry could not reach the Chu cavalry, so they could only be beaten passively.
The sword-wielding arms of many Han cavalry were stiff in the air, and their chests had been pierced by Ma Shan's spear blades.
Under the impact of the Chu cavalry's horse power, their bodies flew into the air.
There were also some Han cavalry whose mounts had their necks split open by the Chu army's horse spears and fell to the ground dead.
The soldiers rolled off their horses and were trampled into pulp by countless iron hooves rolling from behind and in front of them.
When the cavalry of the Chu and Han armies completed their first encounter with each other, Lu Matong's 3,000 cavalrymen were left with only a few hundred survivors.
These hundreds of survivors were already in dire straits and did not dare to turn their horses to continue fighting with the Chu army.
After passing the formation, they immediately separated to both sides and fled.
Xiang Yu ignored them and led the Chu army's cavalry to attack the group of Han infantry behind.
Halberds and horseshoes are flying, iron hoofs are rumbling, and strong horses are galloping.
With the help of horse power, the long spear blade penetrated the bodies of each Han army.
Some Han soldiers tried to resist, taking up a bow position and trying to chop off the horse's legs with their swords.
However, the Chu cavalry stretched out their horse's trunks and shot through the head.
The Chu army slaughtered five to six thousand Han infantrymen in a devastating manner.
Some Chu army knights even penetrated two or three Han soldiers on their horse spears, and had to slow down their horses to shake off the corpses from the spear blades. .
The remaining Han infantry was divided into two groups and tried to escape.
But there is no way to escape.
The Chu army's cavalry passing through the Han army was divided into two teams, galloping in circles on both sides, and quickly circled the Han army that was divided into two groups.
Many Han soldiers dropped their weapons again and knelt down to beg to surrender.
The overlord shouted loudly: "If you surrender and rebel again, you will be killed without mercy."
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Chu's cavalry fired with bows and arrows, and then they all showed off their horses and horses, which were filled with murderous intent, and charged towards the desperate Han army.
Wailing, begging for mercy, and screaming.
The remaining soldiers were quickly killed, leaving no one behind.
The 200,000 Han troops huddled together on the south bank of the Huaihe River saw this scene from a distance and were terrified.
Only then did these recruits realize that the legends about the Overlord in the past were not fictions and exaggerations.
In this battle, the Chu army relied on only 5,000 cavalry to kill nearly 30,000 to 40,000 Han troops, and the remaining less than 60,000 to 70,000 people were completely routed.
But Liu Bang lost more than just his troops.
The confidants and generals he brought with him were either killed, captured, or missing and their whereabouts are unknown during this battle, including Chen Ping and Zhang Liang.
Chen Ping died in the rebellion before Lu Matong arrived.
However, Zhang Liang's whereabouts are unknown at this time, and he does not know whether he is dead or alive
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