Chapter 1792 A general is incompetent
The Yi Congqi is basically dominated by people from Guanzhong and Liangzhou. Less than one-third are Central Plains knights with superb riding skills. Since its establishment, he has experienced three commanders of Chen Dao, Ma Chao and Pang De. He has fought with Sun Ce many times, has rich combat experience and is also the best among all divisions. The fifty cavalry who followed Pang De attacked were all Pang De's old subordinates. They cooperated with tacit understanding. Even in front of the two armies, they still completed tactical movements smoothly, drew an arc, and unexpectedly rushed to Gongsun Mo.
When Gongsun Mo saw Pang De and others rushing over, he was shocked and immediately ordered his personal guards to come forward to fight.
The cavalry generals must lead by example, and are most likely to be attacked by the opponent. As a personal guard, the most important task is not to kill the enemy, but to protect the main general. Seeing Pang De and others rushing towards them, they knew that something was wrong. Without waiting for Gongsun Mo to order, they instinctively kicked the horse and accelerated out of the formation, kicked the horse and ran wildly, intending to forcibly cut off the impact route of Pang De and others, cover the front of Gongsun Mo, and ensure Gongsun Mo's safety.
In an instant, nearly a hundred knights launched a life-and-death battle in front of Gongsun Mo. Both sides used the strongest means and did not dare to be careless at all.
"Kill!" Pang De roared, and the steel spear in his hand pierced out. The spearhead trembled, knocking open the opponent's spearhead and stabbing the opponent's chest first. The spearhead made of steel easily penetrated the opponent's iron armor with the speed of the war horse, entering the front and out of the back. The spearhead was stopped as soon as it stabbed the knight, and immediately knocked the knight off. The spearhead bounced up, stabbed the second knight, and killed another person.
Pang De charged forward, and the steel spear danced into a ball of silver light, and there was no enemy in front of the horse.
Bai Shi followed closely behind, with his spear rising and falling, blood splashing everywhere, and one after another, Liaodong knights were taken off the horse. Some of these Liaodong knights held spears, and some had iron armor protection, which was well-equipped. However, in front of Pang De and others, their equipment was not worth mentioning. The iron armor on their bodies was not as solid and light as the new Mingguang armor produced by Nanyang Iron Official, and it could not withstand the attack of the steel spear. The spears and swords in their hands were not of inferior quality, but were far short of the length, which was far behind. The spear technique was also beyond the reach of the world. The two spears intersected, either blocked or knocked away, as if they were hit by witchcraft, and they were unsteady.
As early as when Ma Chao was in office, Yi Congqi tried to use a spear of 15 feet in accordance with Sun Ce's requirements. The longer the spear, the higher the requirements for the riding skills and spear techniques of the knights. Even Bai Shi, only half of them could use it skillfully after practicing for two years, and these fifty riders were among them.
The three-foot length advantage allows them to take the lead and easily kill their opponents, while the solid and light bright light armor protects them from damage. Even if the opponent's weapons break through the protection and hit them, it is difficult to cause fatal damage. At best, they can only pierce pits on the armor, wipe out strings of Mars, making a terrifying friction sound.
The height of the world was immediately seen. Pang De led his troops to pass through Gongsun Mo's eyes, leaving fifty or sixty corpses, with speed not diminished, and he rushed towards Gongsun Mo's back formation.
Suddenly, the knights in the back formation were not prepared at all, and many people didn't even take out their weapons. Facing the rushing Pang De and others, all they could do was avoid it. Even if someone rushed up, they were not opponents of Pang De and others, and they were all dismissed.
Pang De successfully broke through the two formations, turned his horse's head and came back from the other side. This time it went even more smoothly, and the Liaodong army knights turned their backs to them. All they could do was kick the horse and escape, but they could not turn around to fight.
Hearing the noise and screams behind him, Gongsun Mo regretted it. Sun Ce's personal guard cavalry was indeed brave and good at fighting. Just fifty cavalry had such combat power. How powerful should a thousand cavalry go into battle? Should he follow Xu You's advice and form a formation with infantrymen.
But it's too late to regret now.
Gongsun Mo was afraid that Pang De would come from behind, so he ordered his personal guards to gather in a dense formation and form a defense line with war horses and human bodies. The personal guards acted immediately, and nearly two hundred knights turned their horses to protect Gongsun Mo's back.
Seeing Gongsun Mo's central army battle flag shaking and the chaos first appeared, Sun Ce sneered, raised his hand, and ordered the armored cavalry to attack. As he expected, Gongsun Mo had 5,000 cavalry, but he was a waste, and just fifty cavalry made him in a hurry. When would he not take action at this time?
The sound of war drums sounded, and Chen Dao on the right raised the spear in his hand and let out a long roar.
The formation changed, and the armored cavalry with three hundred people and horses came out of the formation, gathered behind Chen Dao to form a sagittal formation. As Chen Dao kicked the horse, he ran towards Gongsun Mo's central army. In the autumn sun, the armor made by the craftsmanship shone with cold light. The three hundred cavalry were like a city of steel, rumbling towards the Liaodong knights. Although the speed was not very fast, the momentum was enough to suffocate.
The moment he saw the Arc rider stepping out, Gongsun Mo took a breath and his scalp became numb.
He estimated that Sun Ce might have armored cavalry, with a number of about 300, but when the 300 armored cavalry really appeared in front of him, he still underestimated the deterrence of armored cavalry. He had seen the armored cavalry of Xianbei people, but the number was limited, and the armored cavalry was black like a dark cloud, while the armored cavalry in front of him was extremely bright, like a dazzling red sun, which made people dare not look at him.
The armored cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the heavy horse hooves were like a thunder, shaking the earth. The Liaodong army was shocked and even the war horses were blowing uneasy. They were digging to the ground. Gongsun Mo tightly held his mount and looked at the armored cavalry that was getting closer and closer. He opened his mouth wide and opened his eyes wide, unable to say a word.
"General, general!" the personal guard called out repeatedly.
Gongsun Mo suddenly woke up and looked back. Seeing that the guard's face was pale and hissing, he realized that he was nervous, and he was scared and sweated. He quickly shouted: "Charge! Charge!" He was so nervous that his voice was hoarse and he didn't dare to come out at all, but the guard understood what he meant and shouted loudly. The commander raised his horn and blew it hard.
"Woooooo"
The sound of the trumpet sounded, and the Liaodong army knights began to kick the horse and accelerate, but their formation was not strict enough. Some were frightened by the opposite armored cavalry and instinctively wanted to escape. Some people had not yet woken up from the rushing formation of Pang De and others, and were worried that a group of people would emerge from behind. Some accelerated forward, while others hesitated. The formation was sparse and chaotic.
Gongsun Mo shouted, and his voice changed. The armored cavalry rushed towards him with a clear intention. He was already confused and didn't know how to deal with it. Should he shoot with a bow and arrow, or should he send a personal guard to intercept it, or to retreat in time to avoid his sharpness?
In the panic of Gongsun Mo, some of the personal guards rushed out of the array and faced the armored cavalry. Although they knew it was useless, they still habitually bent their bows and shot arrows, shooting a rain of arrows.
The armored cavalry turned a blind eye, flattened the spear, and charged forward.
The rain of arrows fell on the armor of the armor, and the "Ding Ding Dangdang" sounded randomly, and sparks flew everywhere, but they could not stop the armored cavalry from being in the slightest.
"Boom!" The armored cavalry collided with Gongsun Mo's personal guard cavalry.
"Puff! Puff!" The spear entered the body, pierced through the iron armor of the Liaodong knights, and pushed them off the horse. The war horse wearing the armor took steady steps and continued to rush forward. The knight on the horse's back covered his face with armor, only two eyes were exposed, and with a murderous intent that was more solemn than Qiu Feng, he ruthlessly crushed the body of the Liaodong knight.
Although Gongsun Mo's personal guards struggled forward, they were still powerless. No matter whether they shot with bows and arrows, or stabbed with spears or war horses, they could not hurt these armored cavalry, and they could not stop their pace. They watched the armored cavalry step on their bodies and ran towards Gongsun Mo.
"Call! Shoot!" Gongsun Mo hissed.
Flashes of arrows shot out, and even Gongsun Mo himself pulled his bow and shot, but it was useless. The armored cavalry broke away one personal guard knight after another, and the closer they were, Gongsun Mo could already feel the cold gaze behind the armor.
"Retreat! Retreat!" The two sides were fifty steps apart, Gongsun Mo panicked, turned his horse's head and began to flee. He had experience in the fight with the Arc Cavalry and knew that this was his last chance. The Arc Cavalry's impact was definitely not something that ordinary knights could resist, but Arc Cavalry also had weaknesses, and the speed change and steering were relatively slow, so escaping horizontally was a good way. Moreover, behind him was a dense guard camp, and in a hurry, he had no chance to escape.
Gongsun Mo's judgment was also very accurate and escaped in time. The armored cavalry did not adjust its direction or accelerate. It just moved forward like a heavy sword, and most of Gongsun Mo's personal guard cavalry were cut off, leaving only dozens of cavalry escaped with Gongsun Mo. Hearing the screams behind him, Gongsun Mo was sweating coldly, and he didn't even dare to turn back his head, kicking the horse and running wildly.
Seeing Gongsun Xu's battle flag shaking and fleeing to the west, Sun Ce raised the Overlord Kill in his hand and kicked the horse out of the battle.
The sound of war drums was thunderous, Guo Wu and Chen Wu were the first to run out, Xie Guanglong and others scattered on both sides of Sun Ce. Sun Ce led Sun Yi and Sun Shangxiang and began to accelerate. Bai Shi followed closely, and the five hundred knights of the personal guard camp ran out from another aspect and intercepted Gongsun Mo.
Hearing the sound of war drums, Gongsun Mo panicked, subconsciously turned his horse's head and ran towards his back formation. Not long after running, there was another drum noise in front of him, and Pang De led his troops to come towards him. Gongsun Mo complained, adjusted his direction again, and ran towards his central army.
Sun Ce led his troops to catch up, slowly embroidered Gongsun Mo, driving Gongsun Mo back and forth in the formation like a sheep, not rushing to the battlefield to kill him, nor letting him leave his sight. The situation that was almost a moment long could catch up, forced Gongsun Mo to run wildly. Although the Liaodong Army had obvious military strength and could surround him from all sides, it did not dare to block Gongsun Mo from the front, and could only attack from both sides. However, their combat power was limited, and not only failed to retain Sun Ce, but was cut off layer after layer of skin, with heavy casualties.
Chapter completed!