This is because in the era when there were no stirrups, a person riding on a horse could only rely on his strong and powerful legs to hold the horse's belly to stabilize his body shape. While he had to endure the bumps, he had to shoot with a bow and arrow.

Absolutely no one can do it.

People like Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu all came from the border areas and often interacted with grassland peoples and learned superb equestrian skills. Taishi Ci went to Liaodong to avoid disaster in his early years and learned a lot of riding skills in the Northeast, so he was able to rescue Kong Rong in Beihai.

When he was on horseback, he fired his bow from left to right and shot down the pursuers.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Today, times have changed. The invention of the stirrup has allowed the cavalry to no longer be limited to using the strength of their lower limbs to stabilize themselves. They only need to rely on the power of the horse to

By forming a fulcrum with your upper body, you can stabilize your body while the horse is running, and then draw the bow and shoot the arrow.

Although it is still difficult to reach the level of people like Taishi Ci, Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Liu Bei, and Gongsun Zan, because these people are recorded in history. Not only can they shoot left and right bows on horseback, but they can also hit the target 100% of the time.

But when a round of arrows rains down, precision is not required.

Following Wen Chou's order, hundreds of cavalrymen began to run towards Sun Jian's formation in the distance. When they were about fifty or sixty steps closer, which was about 70 meters away, they stopped and immediately launched a round of projectiles.

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The arrows rained down like a cloud covering the sky. The swordsman and shield hand were good enough to raise their shields, but many pikemen without shields suffered. No fewer than three to four hundred people were shot down by a row of arrows.

Wails filled the ground, and the formation was crumbling. Some soldiers wanted to escape, but were scolded by the surrounding officers.

Sun Jian frowned. These are the Danyang elite soldiers he brought out. They were recruited from Jiangdong. They are the most elite troops under his command. Every death means one is missing. Hundreds were lost to this round of arrows. I don't feel sorry for him.

is fake.

But now if the formation is dispersed immediately, the cavalry will start charging directly, and it will immediately become a one-sided massacre, so for the sake of the overall situation, necessary sacrifices have to be made.

Then came the second and third rounds, with arrows raining down continuously. Sun Jian's troops fell in droves, and the suppressed aura of death enveloped the entire battle formation.

Many soldiers were already trembling. This situation of being beaten and unable to fight back made people feel desperate.

When there were thousands of casualties, Sun Jian's army was about to collapse.

A large number of carriages rushed out from the gate of the camp in the distance.

Zu Mao, who was left behind to guard the camp, and Han Dang, who had delivered the order, were whipping the horses like crazy as they transported the baggage. The soldiers in the camp, driving thousands of baggage carts, rushed towards the Wen Chou cavalry in a mighty manner.

At this time, most of Wen Chou's cavalry had gathered and were arranging into formation, preparing to start a round of charge. Suddenly, they saw a large number of chariots rushing out of the enemy camp, and they were startled.

The reason why chariots were eliminated was because of insufficient mobility. However, mobility was no longer needed at this time. Almost seven or eight thousand cavalry were crowded together. It was almost impossible to use the mobility of the cavalry. The light cavalry turned around.

It takes a long time to start.

Wen Chou was so frightened that he immediately ordered the soldiers to spread out on both sides to prevent the chariots from hitting him. But it was so easy to separate immediately. To convey the order, he had to rely on the messengers to run all the way. Everyone dispersed and ran away almost instinctively.

However, some were fast and some were slow. Suddenly, the left and right sides were disconnected and collided with each other. Suddenly, the cavalry formation was thrown into chaos. Even Wen Chou himself was knocked dizzy by the collision.

In a moment, the baggage convoy came towards them like a torrent, and the cavalry formation became even more chaotic. A large number of cavalry were knocked over by the chariots, and there was a burst of chaos.

Seeing this, Sun Jian originally wanted to order his soldiers to attack, but suddenly he noticed that the cavalrymen who were shooting arrows in the distance had not left. They were originally archers in the cavalry, and there were about two to three thousand people who came to suppress Sun Jian.

If people attack now, they will be hit by them.

So Sun Jian immediately swallowed back the order for the entire army to attack and shouted loudly: "Withdraw!"

"withdraw!"

The order to retreat was sent to the entire army.

All the Sun soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and began to evacuate towards the camp.

Since there was a large-scale commotion in the cavalry formation, the cavalry archers, after leaving the battle formation, were located in the northeast of Sun Jian's formation, about a hundred feet away. At this time, they did not know whether to attack or retreat. They stopped and watched, at a loss.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Sun Jian's army withdrew like a tide and quickly returned to their camp. After Zu Mao and Han Dang rushed into the formation, they disrupted Wen Chou's formation, rushed out and led their troops to escape.

After losing nearly 2,000 men, Sun Jian returned to the camp. The morale of the army was low. He did not intend to stay for a long time, so he immediately led the remaining soldiers to escape from the west gate of the camp.

Although the Wen Chou Department was caught off guard by the baggage convoy, they only lost a few hundred riders. The main reason was that the entire formation was disrupted, and it would take a long time to reorganize the formation.

The most important thing is that Zu Maohan dropped all his baggage. After the soldiers driving the carriage rushed into the battle, they immediately jumped off the carriage and fled, throwing away their helmets and armor.

As a result, when Wen Chou's troops took a look, the baggage was scattered all over the ground. Food, grass, money, weapons, and armor were everywhere.

Immediately everyone began to dismount and collect supplies, with no intention of pursuing them.

If Sun Jian had ambushed several thousand men and horses under a nearby low slope at this time, he might be able to replicate Xun You's strategy of killing Wen Chou, but unfortunately he did not expect Wen Chou to attack, and there were no low slopes nearby, so he missed this opportunity.

opportunity.
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