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Chapter 228 If you can't defend, then charge! Get on the Iron Pagoda and the Crooked Horse!

One of them stepped forward and said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness, calm down. The enemy used a weapon called 'Javelin'. They used the protection of their shields and threw javelins after getting close to us."

"javelin?"

Chu Yang was stunned. Of course he knew this thing.

Although the javelin's range is not as good as that of a bow and arrow, it can penetrate armor! If the opponent uses a shield for protection, it can indeed easily defeat the border soldiers.

"Your Highness, I saw it with my own eyes. Those javelins have extremely strong penetrating power. The leather armor our soldiers are wearing is like paper in front of them. We can't resist it at all."

The general guarding the pass said with a sad face.

"And those enemy soldiers are simply not human! They are fearless and have no regard for life or death. They only know how to charge forward frantically. Although our soldiers fought hard, they were outnumbered and had to give up the checkpoint in the end..."

Listening to the cries of the generals guarding the pass, Chu Yang's face became uglier and uglier.

He knew that things were worse than he had imagined.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Yang thought of the way the Persian Empire was defeated by the Macedonian army.

"If I remember correctly, Alexander the Great used a heavy cavalry charge to defeat this large-scale combat method."

"As for the Macedonian Phalanx, it is just a cover for the harvest in the rear."

Thinking of this, Chu Yang felt that he had to build heavy cavalry as soon as possible, and in large numbers.

But the Great Zhou only had chariots, not so many heavily armored cavalry!

The heavy cavalry attacked, and the light cavalry and mounted archers cooperated in the battle. This configuration is almost catching up with that of Genghis Khan!

Thinking of this, Chu Yang shouted.

"Han Xin!"

When Han Xin heard Chu Yang's call, he immediately stepped forward and clasped his fists.

"The general is here!"

"Gather all the cavalry for me!"

Chu Yang's voice was deep and powerful. "Pick out the sturdy cavalrymen and put all the horses in heavy armor!"

"The heavy cavalry formed a fan in front, followed by the lancers and horse archers in the rear."

"After the army rushed out of the city, the heavy cavalry crushed the front, the lancers harvested the rear, and the horse archers dispersed to the two wings at this moment."

Hearing this, Han Xin accepted the order and did it decisively.

Chu Yang was looking at the battle situation below with worry in his heart. He didn't know whether the heavy cavalry could break out of the enemy camp this time.

"Humph, if I had known that Cyrus would fight like this, I would have sent the Iron Buddha and the Crooked Horse to meet the enemy long ago."

Chu Yang muttered to himself, then walked down the city.

Not long after.

Han Xin arrived with 6,000 cavalrymen, full of murderous intent.

The two thousand Iron Pagodas in the lead, all wearing heavy armor, were like a moving steel fortress.

Following closely behind were two thousand lancers, armed with sharp spears.

The two thousand cavalry archers at the back.

Chu Yang jumped on his horse, took the spear handed to him by his personal soldier, pointed the tip of the spear forward, and shouted loudly.

"Open the city gates and go out to meet the enemy!"

Han Xin was shocked when he heard this, and hurried forward to dissuade him, saying, "Your Highness, you must not do this! The enemy is coming in full force, and we must not fight head-on. You are a noble man, how can you take risks so easily? Let me do this!"

Chu Yang raised his eyebrows and sneered, "General Han, are you questioning my courage?"

"The general will not dare!"

Han Xin quickly clasped his fists and bowed his head, saying, "But the enemy outnumbers us. If Your Highness... I will be held responsible for my death!"

"What are you afraid of!"

Chu Yang laughed loudly and said with great pride, "We have heavy cavalry leading the way in front of us, and lancers guarding on both sides. How could I be in any danger? Don't worry, I am not the kind of person who hides behind and cowardly!"

After saying that, Chu Yang no longer paid attention to Han Xin, kicked his horse's belly, and rushed out of the city gate.

"Your Highness!"

Seeing this, Han Xin could only sigh helplessly, quickly mounted his horse, and led the cavalry to follow closely.

The city gates are wide open.

Six thousand cavalrymen poured out like a torrent and headed straight for the enemy camp.

The heavy cavalry took the lead and rushed towards the enemy camp like a steel torrent. Wherever they passed, people and horses fell to the ground and screams were heard.

The Persian army obviously did not expect that Chu Yang would dare to take the initiative to attack, and even use cavalry against infantry, so they were caught off guard for a while.

However, they are, after all, an elite force that has been through many battles.

They reacted quickly and adjusted their formation rapidly, trying to resist the attack of the Great Zhou cavalry.

"Fire arrows!"

At the command of the Persian general, countless arrows fell from the sky like locusts, covering the sky and the sun, and shot towards the Zhou cavalry.

"Shield defense!"

Upon seeing this, Han Xin immediately gave orders, urging the heavily armed cavalry to raise their shields to protect themselves and the horses behind them.

Arrows rained down on the shields, making dense impact sounds, but they could not hurt them at all.

"rush!"

Chu Yang took the lead, the spear in his hand turned into a series of afterimages, knocking away all the arrows.

"Kill!"

The cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty was unstoppable and they charged into the enemy camp, dyeing the ground red with blood.

at the same time.

Cyrus, who was watching the battle from a distance, saw this scene and frowned involuntarily.

He had been on the battlefield for a long time, so he could naturally see that Chu Yang's cavalry tactics were extremely sophisticated and could not be compared with those of ordinary armies.

"How can this person fight like this? I have never heard of it before."

Cyrus thought to himself, and a sense of foreboding came over him. He immediately gave the order: "All cavalrymen, surround the armored cavalry that is charging at you! The siege soldiers will withdraw, and we must take down this cavalry corps!"

"The slaves who have crossed the natural barriers should be pushed to the major borders and wait for orders."

"As ordered!"

The deputy general at the side immediately bowed and took the order and left.

Cyrus' order was quickly conveyed and the Persian army immediately changed its strategy.

The infantrymen who were still besieging the city gate retreated one after another.

After receiving the order, the cavalrymen who were originally scattered everywhere rushed towards Chu Yang and others frantically.

This change.

Chu Yang gradually felt that the pressure around him was increasing. The enemy's cavalry was increasing in number, and they were about to be surrounded.

"Your Highness, the enemy has retreated!"

Just then, Han Xin's voice came from the side.

Chu Yang's heart moved when he heard this, and he immediately looked up. Sure enough, he saw that the Persian army was retreating, and their cavalry was surrounding him.

"Oh no! The enemy is trying to destroy our cavalry!"

Chu Yang understood immediately, and he made a prompt decision, shouting, "The enemy has retreated, all cavalrymen withdraw to the border, and fight with me again!"

"promise!"

The Great Zhou cavalry responded in unison. The next moment, the lancers who were still fighting with the enemy turned their horses around and rushed towards the border.

All of a sudden.

Six thousand cavalrymen charged into the enemy's formation, and wherever they passed, people and horses fell to the ground and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

Although the Persian cavalry were large in number, they were unable to stop their charge and could only watch them march away.

soon.

Chu Yang and other cavalrymen rushed to the border city gate.