At Lü Bu's command, ten thousand Xiliang cavalry charged forward and began massacring the prisoners.
While the prisoners were being slaughtered, a general came down to the city and relayed Lü Bu's words to the Qiang soldiers on the city wall.
Seeing the massacre below the city, the Qiang soldiers knew that if they did not fight back, the Han army would really dare to kill all their wives and children.
As Lü Bu said, what's the point of guarding this dilapidated city when his wife and children are gone?
In an instant, all the soldiers guarding the city walls were also filled with the idea of going out to fight.
He would rather die under the sword of the Han army than watch his loved ones die tragically.
At the same time, the screams of the prisoners outside the city deeply agitated the Qiang soldiers defending the city.
"Bastards, I'm going to kill you all!!"
"These damned Han soldiers, I'll skin you alive!"
Upon witnessing the killing of their loved ones, the Qiang soldiers on the city wall angrily drew their swords and charged down the wall.
Seeing this, the Qiang general did not dare to stop them any further.
He could stop ten or a hundred people, but he dared not stop a thousand or ten thousand.
All the soldiers are now enraged, and if he tries to stop them, he might be hacked to death by his own men.
Seeing the commotion of the Qiang soldiers on the city wall, Lü Bu's lips curled up. He then ordered the cavalrymen who were slaughtering prisoners to withdraw and began to arrange his troops.
At the same time, the Qiang soldiers on the city wall also ran into the city, then jumped onto their horses and rushed towards the city gate.
The city gates opened, and squads of Qiang cavalry charged out of Gangcha City, shouting loudly.
Upon seeing the corpses of their people scattered all over the city, the Qiang soldiers became even more ferocious, charging straight towards the Han army formation without a second thought.
At this moment, they had completely forgotten about life and death. The only thought left in their minds was to kill those Han soldiers and torture them in the most cruel way.
Twenty thousand Qiang cavalry charged toward the Han army, disregarding their own lives, brandishing their scimitars and roaring angrily.
"Hmph, a bunch of worthless weeds!"
Seeing the Qiang soldiers rushing towards him haphazardly, Lü Bu snorted coldly, his face full of disdain.
Lu Bu then gestured to his personal guards, "Drive all the remaining prisoners over there and force them to stop their charge!"
"Here you go!"
The guard agreed and then rode away.
Soon, the remaining 20,000 prisoners were driven to meet the charging Qiang cavalry.
"Whoa!"
"Stop...!"
"Get out of the way...!"
The Qiang cavalry, who were galloping at full speed, saw their tribesmen coming towards them, immediately tightened their reins, and then shouted loudly.
The sudden slowdown of the front ranks caught the cavalrymen in the back ranks off guard, causing them to crash straight into the front ranks.
In an instant, countless Qiang cavalrymen fell from their horses, groaning in agony. The already loose Qiang formation became even more chaotic.
Meanwhile, the Han army, under the command of Lü Bu, Zhang Liao, and Zhao Yun, had also formed their battle formation.
Lu Bu's five thousand wolf cavalry were in the center, with Zhang Liao on the left and Zhao Yun on the right.
Seeing that the Qiang cavalry had been stopped by the prisoners, Lü Bu raised his halberd and pointed it at the enemy army in chaos.
"Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, charge!!"
With a loud shout, Lü Bu spurred his horse's flanks, and his Red Hare shot off like an arrow.
"Kill!"
The wolf riders behind them roared in unison and followed closely behind.
"Xiliang Iron Cavalry, charge!!"
At the same time, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao on the left and right flanks roared in unison, leading their respective 10,000 Xiliang cavalrymen to charge forward.
Whether it was the Bingzhou wolf cavalry or the Xiliang cavalry, the warhorses they rode were all excellent warhorses from the Danyang military horse farm, far superior to the warhorses ridden by the Qiang people in both size and speed.
Soon, the speed of the Han cavalry reached its peak.
Upon seeing the rapidly approaching Han cavalry, the fleeing Qiang prisoners turned pale with fright and ran even faster behind the Qiang cavalry.
In an instant, Qiang women and children mingled with the Qiang cavalry, causing the entire formation to fall into chaos.
Many Qiang cavalrymen wanted to resist the Han army, but they were afraid that their warhorses would accidentally injure their own people, wives and children, so they dared not urge their horses on easily, and for a time they were stuck in a dilemma.
Just as the Qiang people were thrown into chaos, the Han cavalry had already charged to within three hundred paces.
Before Lü Bu, Zhang Liao, and other generals could speak, the Han cavalry at the front uniformly took out their crossbows and aimed them at the Qiang people in front of them.
When they reached a distance of two hundred paces, the Han cavalrymen pulled the triggers of their crossbows.
With a series of "bang bang" sounds from the crossbows, tens of thousands of sharp arrows, following the momentum of the charge, headed straight for the Qiang people.
In an instant, nearly a thousand Qiang cavalrymen on the outermost edge and countless Qiang women and children let out miserable groans as they fell to the ground, struck by arrows.
After a volley of arrows, Lü Bu brandished his halberd, and the wolf knights behind him quickly drew their spears and formed a wedge formation, charging toward the center of the Qiang people.
Meanwhile, Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, on either side, led their respective Xiliang cavalry to charge towards the flanks of the Qiang.
Soon, Lü Bu charged into the Qiang ranks, leaving behind a trail of severed limbs and broken bodies wherever his halberd went, including those of Qiang soldiers, women, and children.
Led by Lü Bu, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, like a sharp blade, pierced into the Qiang people's ranks without any hindrance and charged forward with unstoppable momentum.
Like Lü Bu, anyone who stood in their way, whether a woman, a child, or a Qiang soldier, was a target for their slaughter.
At the same time, Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, leading their Xiliang cavalry, also rushed forward.
However, instead of charging into the enemy lines, the two men led their soldiers, took out their bows and arrows, and began indiscriminately firing at the Qiang people on both flanks.
In an instant, countless Qiang soldiers, women, and children fell to the ground, their bodies mingling together in a scene too painful to bear.
Despite the fact that many Qiang soldiers on both flanks tried to break out of their formation to engage the Xiliang cavalry in hand-to-hand combat.
However, faced with the barrage of arrows fired by the Xiliang cavalry, the Qiang cavalry, who were not even wearing a single piece of leather armor, were completely powerless to resist. As soon as they entered the battle, they were riddled with arrows.
Even many of the Qiang people's warhorses were pinned to the ground by powerful arrows.
In just a few breaths, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao led their cavalry to flank the Qiang people and charge into their rear.
Subsequently, the two teams slowed their horses, blocking the Qiang people's retreat and forming an encirclement.
"Kill!!"
At the same time, a loud shout rang out, and Lü Bu, riding Red Hare, led his wolf riders out of the Qiang army formation, successfully breaking through the Qiang formation and splitting it in two.
"Kill!"
Seeing this, Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun seized the opportunity and led their respective troops to charge towards the Qiang people who had been split in two.
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