Twenty miles north of the Bingzhou camp, on a huge training ground, five thousand Bingzhou wolf cavalry, led by Lü Bu, were neatly lined up in an open space.
Two miles away from Lü Bu and his five thousand Bingzhou cavalry, opposite him, were a large number of straw targets made of human figures.
After three days of continuous forging by the craftsmen within the Bingzhou camp and the hundreds of blacksmiths brought by Jian Shuo, all the Bingzhou cavalrymen were now equipped with horseshoes and stirrups.
Today, Lü Bu has led the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry to gather here to test the practicality of these two items.
Zhang Huan, Jian Shuo, Dong Zhuo, Gao Shun, and others stood on a high platform not far away.
Seeing that Lu Bu's Bingzhou cavalry had assembled, Zhang Huan turned to look at a flag bearer beside him.
"Send word to Fengxian, let him begin!"
"promise!"
The flag bearer received the order and immediately went to the front of the platform, waving a red flag in his hand.
"Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, charge!!"
Upon receiving the order, Lü Bu shouted loudly and spurred his horse forward.
"kill!!"
Five thousand cavalrymen gave a loud shout and followed closely behind.
"Boom!!"
In an instant, the sound of ten thousand horses galloping resounded, like rolling thunder!
"Tsk tsk tsk, these horseshoes are really good! The sound of them running is like thunder, and the ground beneath their feet is like a rolling dragon! Just this momentum alone is enough to make the enemy tremble!"
Dong Zhuo, perched atop the high platform, felt the earth tremble beneath his feet and couldn't help but marvel.
Zhang Huan and the others nodded in agreement.
"Prepare the crossbows!!"
At this moment, Lü Bu led the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry to charge to a distance of nearly one mile from the straw targets. With a loud shout from Lü Bu, the cavalrymen on both flanks equipped with new hand crossbows immediately took out their crossbows and aimed them at the human-shaped straw targets.
"put!!"
When they were nearly 200 meters away from the target, at Lü Bu's command, the soldiers with crossbows immediately pulled the triggers.
With the sound of crossbow strings ringing out, a dense rain of arrows poured out from the cavalry ranks. The high-speed spinning crossbow bolts whistled through the air as they headed straight for the straw targets.
A series of "thud thud thud" sounds of sharp blades entering flesh followed.
In an instant, hundreds of grass targets in front were filled with crossbow bolts, resembling humanoid hedgehogs, with most of the bolts completely embedded in the ground.
The spectators in the stands all stared wide-eyed, their faces showing shock.
Because they had deliberately stuffed three layers of sheepskin into the straw target to test its armor-piercing capabilities, it was so easily penetrated by the crossbow bolts.
"What kind of crossbow is this? Its power is ridiculously high!"
Dong Zhuo looked incredulous. Although some crossbows could easily do this, Lu Bu and his men were using hand crossbows. Judging from their size and strength, how could they not be this powerful?
Jian Shuo, standing to the side, chuckled and said, "Hehe~ This is a specially made hand crossbow meticulously crafted by Marquis Moyang and his disciples. Its power goes without saying. Not only can it fire multiple bolts at once, but it is also extremely easy to reload!"
"Lord Moyang, you are truly a remarkable person!"
Zhang Huan couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, and the others nodded in agreement. Whether it was the Fangtian Halberd, the Goose Feather Blade, or the Bright Light Armor, Mo Shang and his companions were present in almost all of them.
While everyone was talking, Lu Bu's Bingzhou wolf cavalry had already charged to within 100 meters of the target.
"kill!!"
At Lü Bu's command, the soldiers following behind him, wielding long spears, gripped their shafts tightly, the gleaming tips of their spears pointing directly at the target in front of them.
Meanwhile, the crossbowmen on both flanks began to move towards the sides, attaching their crossbows to their horses and immediately taking out powerful bows, drawing their bows, and shooting down the straw figures on both sides of the straw targets.
Thanks to the presence of double stirrups, the crossbow cavalry moved very smoothly and no accidents occurred.
At this moment, Lü Bu, who was charging forward, had already reached the straw target.
"kill!!"
With a loud shout, Lü Bu pointed the blade of his halberd straight at the heart of a straw target. Combined with his rapid charge, the blade gleamed with a cold light, like a bolt of lightning, and in an instant, it pierced the straw target through the heart.
Then Lü Bu shouted again, forcefully flicked the straw targets upwards, and then turned around, gripped the halberd shaft with both hands, and swept it horizontally, breaking the straw targets that were swept by the halberd blade.
In an instant, a blank space appeared around Lü Bu, but his momentum did not diminish as he continued to charge forward.
Meanwhile, on the other side, with a series of "thud, thud, thud" sounds, the soldiers behind Lü Bu also thrust their spears into the straw target, then immediately pulled them out and followed closely behind Lü Bu.
Because of the added protrusion at the back of the blade of these spears, the soldiers could pull and sling the spears very smoothly, and there were almost no instances of the spears slipping out of their hands.
Following closely behind the lancers, a thousand cavalrymen, wielding longswords, began harvesting the remaining straw targets, their blades flashing and snapping the targets in two.
"break!!"
With a loud shout, Lü Bu swung his halberd, cleaving the last straw target in half in front of him. Immediately afterwards, the entire team charged out of the straw target formation.
In just a few minutes, Lu Bu's Bingzhou wolf cavalry tactically breached the troop that had set up 5,000 straw targets. These processes were almost seamlessly connected, without the slightest hesitation.
"Hiss~ Good!!"
Jian Shuo, watching from the stands, gasped in amazement as he saw Lu Bu lead the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry in a charge that flowed like clouds and water, and couldn't help but shout his approval.
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