"Kill them!"
The South Xiongnu cavalry had already arrived in front of him. The crimson crossbows could no longer unleash their power. The real battle had begun.
Dian Wei brandished his crimson halberds and led the eight hundred crimson guards. Instead of retreating, they marched forward in an orderly fashion towards the Xiongnu cavalry.
The soldiers of Wei relied on their battle formations to unleash their greatest power.
The Red Blood Guards had evolved from the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty. During this period, they had incorporated many of Chu Feng's combat techniques from the Mo Saber Unit.
It could be said that the Red Blood Guards were a combination of the Wei soldiers and the Mo Saber Unit.
Of course, the so-called phalanx formation was not close to each other. Instead, there was a distance of two or three riders in front, back, left, and right, which meant that two or three cavalry could pass through.
The reason why they had to leave such a distance was to make it easier for the cavalrymen to be killed in the square formation.
Perhaps some people would think that the cavalry could just charge straight at them, but they were really speechless.
A cavalry charge required the momentum of the charge. A direct collision might be able to send people flying, but the momentum of the charge would also be greatly reduced, or even forced to stop.
Once the cavalry at the front was slowed down or forced to stop, the cavalry at the back would not be able to stop in time. It was very likely that they would directly collide with each other, and the entire cavalry formation would be in chaos, or even collapse instantly.
Cavalrymen who were not in formation and did not have the momentum to charge were like fish waiting to be slaughtered.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, the cavalrymen would not use such a suicidal method to fight.
In cavalry battles, they would usually penetrate the enemy's formation or harass them from the periphery.
The Southern Xiongnu cavalry was considered to be very experienced in combat. They weaved into the formation and waved their sabers, ready to attack.
"Slash!"
At this moment, Dian Wei, who was in the middle of the formation, suddenly shouted angrily. All the Red Blood Guards waved their sabers and slashed out.
However, it did not attack the cavalry, but the legs of the warhorses.
The warhorse roared and fell to the ground.
The cavalrymen on horseback were thrown out and fell on the ground. Before they could get up from the ground, their bodies were pierced by the Red Blood Guards behind them.
For a moment, the entire battlefield was filled with the shrill roars of warhorses and the screams of the Xiongnu cavalry.
When Liu Fei, who was standing on the city wall, saw this scene, his mouth was agape in shock.
He had never seen such a battle method before. Was this Red Blood Guard a special troop that the lord had newly trained?
No wonder General Huang was so assured to let these 800 Red Blood Guards deal with the thousands of Southern Xiongnu cavalrymen. They were simply too powerful.
The expressions of the vanguard generals of the Southern Xiongnu who were watching the battle from afar changed drastically.
He only knew that the spearmen of the burly man posed a great threat to the cavalry, but he did not expect that the broadsword infantry could also restrain the cavalry, and even cause far more damage to the cavalry than the spearmen.
"Kill them!"
This was the first time the Red Blood Guards had fought in real combat, and they had already displayed such power. All the Red Blood Guards were extremely excited and filled with fighting spirit.
Dian Wei wielded his blood-red halberds. One halberd chopped off a horse's leg while the other chopped off a cavalryman. He was like a merciless killing machine.
None of the Xiongnu cavalrymen who charged in his direction could make it past him. They were all killed by his halberd.
The 6,000 Xiongnu cavalrymen did not cause any damage to the Red Blood Guards. Instead, they left behind hundreds of corpses.
However, the Red Blood Guards did not stop. They continued to advance until they left the battlefield.
The previous battlefield was already filled with corpses. It was not suitable to continue fighting there.
At this moment, the South Xiongnu cavalry had just changed direction and charged over again.
"Turn!"
Under Dian Wei's command, the Red Blood Guards turned around and faced the Xiongnu cavalry head-on.
"Slash!"
Dian Wei shouted.
All the Red Blood Guards raised the Red Blood Saber in their hands and slashed fiercely.
They only had one move, and that was to cut off the horse's legs.
However, there was no solution to this move.
The South Xiongnu cavalrymen were helpless against this move.
When they passed through the Red Blood Guards, they left behind hundreds of corpses.
The Red Blood Guards were fully equipped with red blood helmets and red blood armor. They were all extremely thick and had shocking defensive power.
The cavalrymen charged past, and occasionally, someone would slash their bodies with a large saber, but they could not break through their defenses.
After paying a heavy price for two consecutive charges, the South Xiongnu cavalry changed their fighting style and began to attack the Red Blood Guards in circles.
In their view, with the speed of the cavalry, there would always be a chance for them to appear behind the Red Blood Guards.
However, they had encountered this situation countless times in their dreams. Although the ordinary Red Blood Guards could not remember the situation in the dreams, Dian Wei, the commander of the Red Blood Guards, knew how to counter the various cavalry attacks the Red Blood Guards encountered.
"Copper Coin Formation!"
With Dian Wei's order, the eight hundred Blood Red Guards quickly moved.
Although they were wearing heavy armor, their movement speed was not slow. After all, the soldiers of the State of Wei were required to carry three layers of armor, a quiver that could hold fifty arrows, three days of rations, and half a day to travel a hundred miles.
This marching speed was not slow at all.
The Red Blood Guards were trained according to the methods of the Wei soldiers, except that Chu Feng had mixed in some of the Mo Saber Unit's combat methods.
Even though he was wearing heavy armor, his movement speed was not slow at all.
Soon, the 800 Red Blood Guards transformed from a square formation into a circular formation.
The first three layers were made up of three hundred people, the fourth layer was made up of one hundred people, and the other one hundred people formed a small square formation in the middle of the circular formation.
This was to prevent the cavalrymen from attacking the circular formation from the inside.
With this small formation, they could avoid such a situation.
If one looked down from the sky, they would find that this formation was round on the outside and square on the inside, just like the current copper coins. That was why it was called the Copper Coin Formation.
"Slash!"
Dian Wei was in the middle of the copper coin formation. He was the commander of the Red Blood Guards and the eye of the formation.
As long as he didn't die, the Red Blood Guards would be able to change into different formations.
If they wanted to destroy the formation, they had to either defeat the Blood Red Guards with absolute strength or charge into the formation's eye and kill Dian Wei.
But whether it was defeating the Blood Red Guards or killing Dian Wei, it was very difficult.
The Red Blood Guards were high-level special troops in the middle ace stage. Their combat strength was strong, and it was very difficult to kill them.
As for Dian Wei, as a late-stage super first-rate general, he was extremely powerful. Even Huang Zhong, who was an early-stage peerless general, would find it difficult to kill him in a short time.
Dian Wei and the Red Blood Guards were almost invincible.
Following his order, the Red Blood Guards on the outside brandished their sabers and cut off the legs of the warhorses of the Xiongnu cavalrymen who were circling around them.
For a time, the shrill cries of warhorses and the terrified screams of cavalrymen echoed throughout the battlefield once again.
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