During the first wave of attacks, the Wei army did not directly send the main forces of the three major cavalry, the Yueqi Camp, the Tunqi Camp and the Xiaoqi Camp to the field, but instead sent the Ruiqi Camp, the Guoqi Camp and the Jingqi Camp.

The three cavalry battalions were formed relatively late and were only formed after taking over Jizhou. However, they also participated in the battle to pacify the Xiongnu Xianbei and the Central Plains. All of them have accumulated a certain amount of combat experience and have considerable combat power.

The most important point is that in their previous operations, they all belonged to different legion sequences, and in the same legion, there was a main cavalry battalion to serve as the main attack. The Ruiqi Battalion, Guoqi Battalion and Jingqi Battalion were all assisted most of the time. With three elder brothers passing and leading the way, the Ruiqi Guoqi Jinqi Battalion's growth rate is quite fast, and basically has the ability to fight independently.

Among the current opponents, the Shu army does not have established cavalry. Although the Sima army has a certain amount of cavalry, it is basically an army dominated by infantry, and the proportion of cavalry in the entire army is very small.

Even if the Wei army did not dispatch the three main cavalry and only used three new cavalry battalions, it would be enough to be competent for combat tasks. Therefore, in this battle of Hei Suyuan, Cao Liang first arranged three new cavalry battalions to launch an attack. The first was to test the combat capabilities of the Shu army, and the second was to test the ability of the Ruiqi Battalion, the Guoqi Battalion and the Jingqi Battalion to fight alone.

In previous battles, these three new cavalry battalions were cooperated with the main cavalry battalions. At best, they were fighting and assisting and cleaning up the battlefield. The real attack tasks were often completed by the Yueqiying Camp and the Xiaoqiying Camp.

This time, the task of putting the new cavalry battalion as a vanguard attack was that Cao Liang wanted to test the combat effectiveness of these three cavalry battalions. He raised troops for a thousand days and used troops for a while. The three new cavalry battalions have been formed for several years, so it is time for them to be the protagonists on the field.

However, the main reason is that Cao Liang fought with the Shu army for the first time in fifteen years after the Battle of Hanzhong. He did not understand the real situation of the Shu army. Jiang Wei repeatedly invaded the territory. These Shu army also had great combat experience. Although they were mainly infantry, they should still have some means to fight against cavalry.

So at the beginning of the battle, Cao Liang certainly could not show all his trump cards? He wanted to use the Ruiqi Camp and the Jingqi Camp to launch the first wave of impact and test the combat level of the Shu army. Only after finding out all the enemy's trump cards? Cao Liang would use the main force to thunder strike on the Shu army and completely defeat their fighting spirit.

The Ruiqi Battalion is in the north? The Guoqi Battalion is in the east? The Jinqi Battalion forms a semicircular attack formation on the south? In fact, the three cavalry battalions entered the position very early and were fully prepared for combat? When the troops of the Shu army brigade entered Heishuyuan, Deng Ai, who was responsible for commanding the battle, immediately issued an order to attack. The three cavalry battalions moved slowly, forming a siege. They rushed towards the Shu army.

These three cavalry battalions are the same in equipment, mostly composed of lancers and equipped with a small number of archers. Like other main cavalry, they are all equipped with a high bridge saddle and a double-sided stirrup.

However, compared with the three main cavalry battalions, these three cavalry battalions can only be considered ordinary cavalry battalions. They do not have the lightning speed and flexible maneuverability of the Xiaoqi battalion? They do not have the long-range attack power of the archers? They do not have the strong defense power of fully covered armor like the Tunqi battalion. However, in terms of comprehensive performance, the abilities of these three cavalry battalions are also balanced. They have both speed and strong impact power. Although they cannot achieve the extreme of the three main forces in a single aspect, their comprehensive combat power is still not weak.

The attack methods of the three cavalry battalions, with the lancers as the main body, are naturally mainly based on the rushing formation. They use the speed and inertial impact of the cavalry to forcibly tear open the enemy's defense line, and then use the method of crushing to sweep and sweep the entire battlefield.

The three cavalry battalions were very slow at first, but when they entered the attack distance, their speed immediately increased. One by one, the horses roared, and the sound of horse hooves hit the earth like thunder, making a loud rumbling sound. Thousands of cavalry and thousands of cyclones rushed towards the Shu army like a torrent.

This short-distance sprint has great requirements for the explosive power of the war horse. In order to achieve the maximum speed when contacting the enemy, the starting distance has been carefully arranged. At first, the war horses walked slowly, just to warm up. After reaching the designated starting point, they began to accelerate, and the speed will get faster and faster. Before reaching the enemy's formation, the speed will reach the highest level. At this time, the inertial impact force of the war horse is the maximum. The Wei army can easily tear open the enemy's defense line using this impact force.

Jiang Wei had issued an order for combat, and the troops of various branches of the Shu army also entered the corresponding position. The outermost spear soldiers had formed a dense forest of guns, and all the spear tips pointed forward in unison. This was also the best formation for infantry phalanx to fight against cavalry.

The sword and shield soldiers behind the spearmen were also ready for battle at this moment, but the attack method of the Wei army was ready to rush forward, so the sword and shield soldiers hid behind the spearmen and built a second line of defense for the Shu army's positions. If the Wei army changes its formation and uses archers to conduct long-range attacks, the sword and shield soldiers will quickly line up in front of the spearmen and use airtight shields to resist the Wei army's arrow rain like locusts.

Jiang Wei still tried his best in this regard. He knew that the Wei army had an extremely powerful archer and cavalry, and his best was long-range attack. The spearmen could resist the impact of ordinary cavalry, but it was very difficult to defend against the long-range attack of the archer and cavalry. So he specially arranged a second line of defense behind the spearmen, which was the shield defense line, and could switch with the spearmen at any time. When the enemy's attack method changed, the Shu army's defensive front also changed accordingly, with its fast speed, and it could fully adapt to the changes of the enemy.

Now the Wei army adopts an impact-type attack method, so the Shu army naturally uses a spear formation to deal with it, so the sword and shield soldiers are on the second line of defense and temporarily hold their troops.

The crossbowmen at the third line of defense did not rest at this moment. They were bowed in their hands and arrows were on the strings, and they had already arranged the array. When the Wei army's cavalry entered the range of the bows and arrows, they took action without hesitation.
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