The battlefield between Lu Bu's army and Xiliang's army was on the Longyuan, a rare small flat area among the hills.
When the military formations were less than 300 meters apart, Ma Chao said to Ma Teng: "Father, can you let your son ride alone to meet this Lu Bu?"
Ma Teng smiled and replied: "I know that my son is brave, but we can win in military formation, so why do you need to fight in person?
Leading troops to fight with the highest goal of defeating your opponent is not the courage of a mere warrior."
Han Sui also responded: "Yes, I think our army will win this battle.
The opponent doesn't even have cavalry.
When they left Qishan, they must have thought that the cavalry was inconvenient to move on the mountain road, so they didn't take them with them.
And I see that their soldiers They are all sword and shield soldiers.
Although their armor and weapons are excellent, there is no way that these short weapons can resist our spear soldiers.
Moreover, they don't seem to have many crossbowmen."
Han Sui's words were half right and half wrong.
What was wrong was that Lu Bu brought his cavalry with him when he came out of Hanzhong.
What was right was that Lu Bu believed that the cavalry could not take advantage of its mobility and speed in the hills and plains of Long County, so he did not bring them out to participate in this battle.
Instead, he stayed in Longxian County.
Not only the cavalry, but in order to increase the movement speed of the legion in the hilly areas, Lu Bu did not even bring the vehicle-mounted crossbow equipped with Huben.
When the two armies were less than 100 meters apart, Lu Bu ordered, "The crossbowmen should fire two rounds of projectiles."
After the military order was passed, the Huben archers and garrison crossbowmen behind the formation fired dense arrows into the air.
After they flew over the highest point, they smashed down like a shower on the Xiliang army's dense spear phalanx.
None of the spearmen in Xiliang were equipped with shields, and the armor they wore was slightly better than that of the troops in the Central Plains, with shoulder armor, greaves, and headgear.
These can defend against ordinary single bows, but they cannot defend against arrows fired within a hundred meters from long compound bows and heavy crossbows.
Soldiers in the Xiliang army's spear phalanx continued to fall down after being hit by arrows, and the Xiliang infantry in the rear quickly replenished the vacated positions in front.
In the end, although the entire phalanx was uneven at the back, the front and front remained neat and complete.
Ma Teng ordered the military formation to accelerate forward and let the crossbows in the rear launch a counterattack.
At the same time, he also ordered the cavalry on the left and right wings to outflank Lu Bu's army.
This is the only way for the Xiliang Spear Phalanx to defend against long-range attacks from the opponent.
At this time, Lu Bu's military formation was still as stable as Mount Tai.
The sword-and-shield heavy infantrymen and sword-and-shield heavy infantrymen, as well as the shield soldiers in the garrison, saw the arrows coming, and immediately formed turtle shells with their shields, letting the opponent The arrows crackled on the shield.
"Send my military order and the whole army will retreat slowly."
Lu Bu ordered with a solemn expression.
Following the sound of the horn, Lu Bu's army retreated slowly.
Behind them lay undulating slopes and hilly terrain.
At a distance of a hundred meters, the cavalry on both sides of the Xiliang Army quickly pressed forward.
But at this time, the infantry on both wings of Lu Bu's army had retreated to a hillside.
Although the hillside cannot be said to be steep, it is enough to slow down the Xiliang Iron Cavalry's speed.
Hundreds of arrows were shot from behind the two wings of Lu Bu's military formation.
The Xiliang cavalry who had not yet approached Lu Bu's military formation fell off their horses one after another.
Some of them were injured by arrows and were so frightened by the pain that they knocked the knights off their horses.
As they got closer to the front of Lu Bu's army formation, javelins were thrown out from behind the big shield like a torrential rain.
A Xiliang knight urged his horse to climb up the hillside.
He was already close to a sword and shield heavy infantry, only two meters away.
He raised his carbine and stabbed at the opponent.
A javelin flew towards him and hit him in the chest.
The tip of the spear was exposed from his back.
Blood spat out from his mouth and then rolled off the horse.
When Lu Bu's army sniped at the Xiliang cavalry from both sides, they did not stop retreating.
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Now the slope of the hillside is steeper.
The cavalry rushed forward at about the same speed as an ordinary person trotting.
At this time, in the front of the formation, the sword and shield heavy infantry of Lu Bu's army also joined the Xiliang spear phalanx.
Each heavy infantry's shield was held up by the opponent's five- to six-meter spear, and the opponent's spear kept stabbing.
At this time, Lu Bu's military order was to retreat slowly, otherwise the shield and the spear would clash, and the result would be that the big shield would be pierced like a honeycomb.
Because the center of Lu Bu's army was still retreating, the crossbowmen could not launch a round of fire.
Soon, the entire Lu Bu army formation had retreated to the rugged hilly area.
The phalanx composed of sword and shield heavy infantry and Mo Dao soldiers became scattered, as did the garrison formation at the rear, but the small phalanxes in the large phalanx remained orderly.
"Father, I feel something is wrong.
Now Lu Bu seems to be intending to lead our army into the hills.
We should stop the attack immediately and retreat to the plains."
Ma Chao suddenly discovered the problem and shouted to Ma Teng.
Han Sui on the side said: "My dear nephew, it's not that serious.
I see Lu Bujun is about to collapse."
Ma Teng didn't speak.
He thought for more than ten seconds and said, "What Chao'er said makes sense.
Send us the military order quickly to stop the attack and retreat to the plains."
However, at this time, Lu Bu had already ordered: "Stop retreating and launch a full-scale counterattack."
With the sound of drums and trumpets, Lu Bu's army began a full-scale counterattack against the Xiliang Army in the hilly areas.
On the hillsides on the left and right sides, the crossbowmen fired arrows at the cavalry below.
The Mo Dao soldiers and heavy infantry simply threw away their shields and started close combat with the cavalry who had lost speed.
A Xiliang cavalry swung his saber in his hand and slashed at a heavy infantryman's shoulder armor.
He split the armor into a crack and cut open the flesh on the opponent's shoulder, but did not cause any more damage to the opponent. .
At this time, the sword and shield heavy infantry had grabbed his belt with his left hand, pierced his thigh with the dagger in his right hand, dragged him off the horse, and slit his throat with the dagger.
Those cavalrymen armed with two or three-meter carbines were at a disadvantage.
When approached by the opponent, they were left with the fate of being slaughtered.
Some Xiliang cavalrymen armed with carbines were about to change their weapons to sabers.
How could Lu Bu's tiger soldiers give them a chance?
They all used their swords, javelins, and daggers to kill them.
The central phalanx of the Xiliang Army marched into the undulating and disorderly terrain.
Although it did not break up, more than a dozen wide gaps suddenly appeared.
These gaps were enough for a small phalanx of 5x5 sword and shield heavy infantry to break in.
Of course Lu Bujun would not let go of such an opportunity, the moment he received Lu Bu's military order.
One by one, the small phalanxes burrowed into these gaps and penetrated into the opponent's dense phalanx of spears for close combat.
At the same time, the crossbowmen also began to stop retreating, using the shield soldiers as cover, and headed west at close range.
Liang spearmen fired directly.
If the Xiliang infantry holding a five- to six-meter long spear at this time does not put down the long spear, it will only become a piece of meat on someone else's chopping board.
After thousands of these spearmen were killed at close range, they finally threw away their spears, drew out the short knives from their waists, and fought with the enemies beside them.
At this time, the garrison soldiers and Hu Benmo swordsmen at the rear of Lu Bu's army also attacked the "lance phalanx" without their spears from the front.
The sound of killing cries echoed through the mountains and fields
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