Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

The Xiongnu cavalry was good at charging. When the war drums sounded, the vanguard of 10,000 cavalrymen drove their horses, ran slowly for a while, and then began to accelerate. The rumbling sound of the horses' hooves could almost burst a person's eardrums.

The Huns' goal was not to destroy the infantry formation in the middle, but to separate the two sides and charge towards the cavalry on the left and right rear wings. However, Lu Bu chose a concave place in front of the mountain to set up his formation. The passages on both sides were long and narrow. If the Huns wanted to bypass the infantry formation, they had to advance in a long snake shape. If they marched like this next to the infantry arrow formation, they would be shot down as many as they passed by.

The Xiongnu vanguard also discovered this problem when they rushed to the front. After they were within the range of an arrow, they could only gather their troops together and break the infantry formation first.

Although the Hun cavalry was numerous, they would not foolishly risk their lives and horses to charge into the infantry spear and lance formation. The Huns were good at riding and shooting. The knights kept shooting arrows at the phalanx while galloping. Before charging, the front team would pass by the edge of the formation and turn back. The whole team would continue to cycle in this way until the infantry formation was broken up, and then the generals who were good at single-handed combat would lead the team into the formation.

The Xiongnu cavalry kept shooting at the infantry formation, and the arrows from the infantry formation also kept shooting. The speed of shooting arrows on horseback was definitely not as fast as standing on the ground. After several rounds of arrow rain, hundreds of Xiongnu cavalry were shot down, while the infantry formation did not suffer many casualties because they were protected by shields, and their formation remained as solid as a mountain.

King Xiutu, who was watching the battle from the rear, saw the situation and knew that this infantry formation would be difficult to break by relying solely on cavalry and archery. Although the instantaneous casualties were small, the total casualties added up little by little might not be lower than those of a direct charge. He waved his flag and immediately a messenger ran over to convey the order to charge.

The battlefield was filled with smoke and dust, and the command flags could not be seen clearly from a distance. The commander could only convey the commander's orders by blowing trumpets. After receiving the order, the vanguard cavalry turned around again and began to accumulate full strength and charge straight into the infantry formation.

The ground was shaking and the iron hooves were rumbling. Although they were still far away, the soldiers in front of the infantry formation seemed to be able to feel the hot breath exhaled by thousands of war horses. The oppressive feeling brought by this cavalry charge made it difficult to breathe. Few soldiers in the army with weaker willpower and military discipline could withstand this pressure and not flee. However, the Bingzhou army formation remained as solid as a rock.

Many times, the cavalry dared to charge directly because they expected that the infantry would be afraid and flee. As long as the infantry formation was slightly dispersed, it would be instantly defeated by the cavalry's attack. However, today's group of Bingzhou troops who held on were beyond the expectations of the Hu people.

The cavalrymen at the front looked at the cold spear tips standing in front of them. It would be a lie to say they were not afraid. However, the momentum of the charge had already been formed, and no matter how scared they were, there was no room for retreat and they could only charge forward.

"Boom—boom—boom—"

At the moment of collision, it seemed as if several bombs exploded in the field, and the heaven and earth trembled. The Hun cavalry were thrown high from the horse's back one by one, and then fell heavily to the ground. Blood foam flew in the air, countless war horses wailed, and countless blood mists sprayed out with the collision.

The two sides trampled down the place where their formations collided, leaving corpses all over the ground. Many soldiers died without even having time to scream.

Seeing this, Lu Bu, who was watching the battle from the rear, waved his flag and the cavalry stationed on the left and right wings of the circle immediately moved. Looking down from the sky, the two teams were like two wings growing out from behind the circle, circling the edge of the concave terrain and outflanking the Xiongnu cavalry in a semicircle.

One group of Bingzhou cavalry and one group of Xiliang cavalry, both were elite cavalry. No matter in formation or individual combat, they were much stronger than the Xiongnu cavalry. Before the Xiongnu cavalry could completely break through the infantry formation, the two cavalry attacked.

After charging the infantry formation, the Xiongnu cavalry had slowed down. The Bingzhou cavalry and the Xiliang cavalry stuck to the edge of the enemy formation, crossing back and forth and killing each other. In a short while, they killed more than a thousand enemy cavalry.

"Finally out!"

King Xiutu narrowed his eyes slightly and waved the command flag again, and the 10,000 soldiers in the Xiongnu central army began to gallop at full speed.

At this time, the remaining cavalry in the Xiongnu vanguard were surrounded by Lu Bu's infantry and cavalry. However, after the Xiongnu's 10,000 central troops rushed over, Lu Bu's cavalry would be surrounded and strangled by the enemy. Their own number was much smaller, and if they fought back and forth, the casualties would inevitably be heavy.

Lu Bu responded immediately, ordering two thousand Xiliang cavalry to take the initiative to meet the Xiongnu center army, while the Bingzhou cavalry continued to strangle the Xiongnu vanguard.

Half of the two thousand Xiliang cavalrymen were wielding long spears. The men wielding the spears were all strong soldiers who specialized in tearing off the Xiongnu's armor and were only responsible for pulling people off their horses.

The battlefield was full of cavalry. Once a person fell off his horse, even powerful generals like Lu Bu and Xu Chu would be in danger of death, not to mention ordinary soldiers. Countless horses were galloping, their own and the enemy's, and no one would stop to look at the people on the ground. Those who fell to the ground were usually trampled to death by the horses before they could react, and finally turned into a pile of meat paste.

Although the Xiongnu were poorly equipped, they were taller and stronger than the Han people, and their horsemanship was superb, so many officers and soldiers were killed and felled from their horses.

"Fengxian is truly gifted on the battlefield. Before leaving Jinyang, he was just a military officer, commanding only 500 soldiers. Now, after only two years with Dong Zhuo, he has become so skilled in battle command. We have learned a lot today."

On the slope, Guan Hai looked at the fierce fighting on the battlefield and said with emotion.

Zhang Mo curled her lips upon hearing this, thinking to herself, "This guy has seen his past life. He's fought at least 800 battles in his past lives combined. Commanding a battle formation of several thousand men is a piece of cake for him."

Xu Chu laughed heartily, "That's right! Today has truly opened my eyes. It's truly opened my eyes! Compared to Fengxian, the battles I previously led against the Xiongnu and Xianbei were like a brawl between local thugs, haha..."

Taishi Ci's blood was boiling with excitement. He turned to look at Zhang Mo with an excited expression, "Amo, when should we make our move?"

Taishi Ci was a novice on the battlefield. Although he was proficient in both civil and military affairs, he had only fought one battle in Wangfeng Valley and had never seen such a large-scale battle. Although he was usually calm, he was so excited that he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet.

Xu Huang was relatively calm. When he followed Yang Feng, he had seen more battle scenes than today. However, compared with these officers and soldiers, the Baibo Army was not even a little bit inferior, both in individual combat and in formation. Moreover, they were all infantry fighting, and the situation was chaotic. In Xu Chu's words, it was like a fight between thugs, with no rules at all.

Zhang Mo looked at the battlefield, then at Lü Bu, and said, "Wait a little longer. The Xiliang and Bingzhou armies are not losing ground, and the Xiongnu rear army still has 10,000 soldiers and horses standing still. We can't throw all our troops in at once. Let's wait and see if Lü Bu has any orders."

Xu Chu said, "How about I go over and ask? I think he might be embarrassed to use your people."

"Why should I be embarrassed? I already said I'm here to help."

While they were talking, the Xiliang Army was already engaged in a fierce battle with the Xiongnu Central Army. The Xiliang Army was divided into several small teams, each charging into the enemy group. The battle seemed chaotic, but every time a small group of people was separated and surrounded, a team would always come to support them. After fighting for half a day, no one on either side was left alone and surrounded by the enemy.

It is not something that everyone can do to make such a chaotic cavalry melee appear organized and orderly, and Lu Bu is clearly the king of cavalry combat.

Everyone was watching the Xiliang army fight with great interest when Xu Chu suddenly pointed at a ball of flames running behind the infantry formation and shouted, "Look, Fengxian is personally taking the field."