There was also a need to pay attention to the timing of the attack. If it was too early, it would not be enough, and if it was too late, it would be easy to lose the best opportunity.
Qiguan Rang was experienced and could control the timing, not to mention that he had Wei Ci and Old Man Sun Wen by his side.
"Be vigilant, the enemy is most likely going to attack." Wei Yong's face was solemn.
"Counselor, you said … they will attack now?" The general was shocked at first, but he quickly understood. He grasped the weapon in his hand tightly and said in a thunderous voice, "Counselor, don't worry. If they dare to attack, we will make sure that they do not return …"
Wei Yong said, "Of course they will attack. Otherwise, when our supplies are in place, they will not be able to defend themselves and their morale will collapse."
A retreat could appease the soldiers and ensure that their morale would not be broken and their formation would not be disrupted. If there was another retreat, they would be in a passive position.
Wei Yong had reason to believe that this was Qiguan Rang's last chance to attack.
As expected, there was movement in Erdao City. Several city gates opened and soldiers poured out like a tide.
The cavalry and chariots were at the forefront. They were extremely fast and closed the distance between them in no time. It looked like they were about to charge. Wei Yong ordered the archers to face the enemy and set up the barricade posts to obstruct the enemy cavalry's attack as much as possible. Then he ordered the archers to attack with arrows.
The cavalry had always been a headache for the feudal lords, not to mention that Jiang Pengji had both heavy and light cavalry. Both had their own strengths and were difficult to coordinate. The heavy cavalry collided and cut the formation while the light cavalry used their speed to outflank the enemy. It was an invincible combination.
Although the barricade posts could cause some trouble for the cavalry, they were not fatal.
Jiang Pengji's heavy cavalry used heavy horses. Both the men and horses were covered in heavy armor. The craftsmanship of the armor had been improved by her several times. There was almost no weakness on the armor. The joints were hidden and the armor was as thick as half a knuckle. Unless the enemy archers had superb archery skills and could aim at the eyes of the men or horses from a long distance, it was difficult to cause fatal damage to them. The armor was either bronze or refined iron. How could ordinary arrows break through such heavy defense?
In Jiang Pengji's words, the heavy cavalry were a group of iron turtles. They had no other shortcomings except for their slow speed.
When thousands of heavy cavalry charged together, they could even send the barricade posts flying.
However, the heavy cavalry also had obvious weaknesses. Their durability was extremely poor, their endurance was worrying, and their speed was also slow.
If he was entangled by the enemy, he would be like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
On the other hand, light cavalry sacrificed their defense in exchange for speed. They came and went like the wind, and their mobility was the best known troop type.
Wei Yong had investigated Jiang Pengji, so he naturally knew about the trump card troops under her command. Seeing that even the light and heavy cavalry had come out, he knew that Qiguan Rang and the others intended to have a showdown with him. Therefore, he did not dare to act rashly. He was in charge of dispatching and commanding, but the battlefield was ever-changing. Many times, it still depended on the performance of the commander. Seeing that the heavy cavalry was armed to the teeth, General Nie immediately changed tactics.
"Chop the horse's legs and poke the horse's eyes!" The general was experienced in dealing with cavalrymen. Cavalrymen were scary, but as long as they couldn't charge or move after entering the formation, they wouldn't be much of a threat. "Lasso, remember to aim at the arms and heads of the enemy cavalrymen."
The heavy cavalry on horseback was terrifying, but those who were dragged off horseback were not so great. Wearing such heavy armor to fight, just the armor alone would consume most of their strength. Once the heavy cavalry fell off their horses, they would lose their advantage in speed and strength, making it even easier for them to die.
Of course, this was a theoretical tactic.
There was always a huge gap between actual operation and theoretical knowledge. The enemy heavy cavalry did not fight alone, but in groups!
The heavy cavalry, together with their horses, weighed about 800 to 1,000 kilograms, while the Asian elephants weighed only three to five tons. The heavy cavalry launched an attack at the same time, ignoring the enemy's defensive posts and charging into the enemy's formation against the rain of arrows. How could a few dozen soldiers stop them?
They crossed the defensive posts and charged into the crowd. The unlucky guy who bore the brunt of the impact had his sternum broken, his head split open, and he could not be more dead.
The Zhanmadao in the hands of the heavy cavalry was also specially made. The blade was wide, the handle was extremely long, and the blade was sharp. Chopping off a person's head was like cutting tofu. More than a thousand heavy cavalry seemed to have barged into no man's land. They ignored the drizzle of obstacles along the way.
The heavy cavalry's performance was so outstanding, the light cavalry was not willing to fall behind.
The most annoying thing about cavalry, especially light cavalry, was that they would attack when they wanted to, but by the time you wanted to retaliate, they had already run far away. How could a two-legged person compare to a four-legged horse? Moreover, it was a fast-moving live target that was difficult to aim at.
Archery was not so easy to practice. Those godly archers who could shoot with 100% accuracy could not be ordinary archers their entire lives.
Most of the time, the role of an archer was to shoot arrows in the direction of the enemy and cause indiscriminate damage through a large area of arrow rain. If one arrow could not hit its target, then a few more would be shot. A blind cat could always find a dead mouse, and the arrows that were shot could also hit the enemy.
Qiguan Rang sent the heavy cavalry to lead the attack, not to use them as cannon fodder to fight the enemy.
They were the most valuable troops under the lord's command.
Men could eat, but horses could eat even more. Every qualified cavalry battalion soldier was built with money and rice.
The main purpose of the cavalry going into battle was to use them to oppress the enemy in terms of momentum and force them into confusion.
At the same time, it was to buy time for the follow-up troops.
To make the enemy unable to stabilize their position and delay the main force until the main force rushed over.
However, they did not only have cavalry. The Nie family was even wealthier than Jiang Pengji. The scale of the cavalry that they trained was not small.
Qiguan Rang saw that the enemy had stabilized their position and began to counterattack. He immediately ordered the cavalry to return to the formation to reduce losses as much as possible.
The light cavalry stood guard and obstructed the enemy's pursuit. The heavy cavalry was responsible for covering the return of the formation.
It would be heartbreaking to lose even a few of these gold ingots.
"Kill —"
Wei Yong saw the situation and his expression was extremely cold.
At this point in the fierce battle, the sky slowly turned white.
The two armies fought for a whole night, but both sides were in high spirits. As soon as the battle began, they were inseparable and fought to the death.
The Nie army's morale was high because of a small victory. Jiang Pengji's troops were full of confidence. They killed until their eyes were red.
At the same time, Jiang Pengji and the rest led the remaining troops to a draw with the troops led by Fan Chen.
Fan Chen's troops were originally two times larger than theirs, but now they were tied by her.
"Pfft —"
Jiang Pengji spat out a mouthful of blood and revealed a sinister smile.
It was a really satisfying night of killing. In front of her were enemies and there were heads everywhere. Most importantly, no one could beat her in killing them.
"I haven't killed to my heart's content in a long time!"
Bai Ning was also old and seriously injured. After staying up all night, he showed signs of fatigue.
Hearing his lord's words, he could not help but smile bitterly.
If he counted the corpses on the battlefield, he was afraid that one-third of them had died in the hands of his lord.
No one survived under the God-Slaying Sword. Those who were slashed by her would die. Every slash was aimed at the enemy's vital parts.
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