Chapter 137 The dragon fights in the wild and the enemy is bloody
Thousands of crossbow arrows came from the sky.
Zhang Liao, who was ahead of all the tiger and leopard cavalry, was already paying attention to the white soldiers when he saw them placing crossbow arrows on the crossbow machine.
When he saw that the white soldiers were about to release their crossbows, he immediately waved the bow in his hand one step ahead, signaling the tigers and leopards behind him to spread out to the left and right.
"Military Orders of Wei Wu": "When you are in front, you are forward, when you are behind, you are behind, when you are on the left, you are left, when you are right, you are right. Anyone who ignores the order and is good at going forward, backward, left, or right will be killed."
After more than two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry saw Zhang Liao's command, they immediately followed Zhang Liao's command because they were frightened by the strict military laws of the Wei army.
And although more than two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry are currently galloping, each of them is a hundred-man general selected from the Northern Army with superb riding skills.
With their superb riding skills, each of them completed Zhang Liao's command in time.
Thousands of crossbow arrows fell rapidly from the air towards the ground, and the rapidly flying crossbow arrows shot towards the tiger and leopard cavalry below with a chirping sound.
However, due to Zhang Liao's command, these thousands of crossbow arrows carried huge power when they came to the ground, but they did not take away many lives of the tiger and leopard riders.
Under the attack of thousands of crossbow arrows with huge lethality, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry only lost nearly a hundred people.
This amount of damage may not be too much in normal times, but for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry who were about to rush in front of the Bai Jie soldiers, they used the loss of less than a hundred people to get the opportunity to get in front of the Bai Jie soldiers.
And in such a short distance and time, the Baijie soldiers had no chance to release a second round of crossbow arrows.
Zhang Liao looked at the spear in front of him. Zhang Liao could clearly see the cooled water droplets on the cold spear head.
There were many famous generals in Cao Wei, and others might hesitate when encountering this situation, but Zhang Liao, who was courageous and had always known what was ahead and never retreated, felt no fear in his heart at this time.
Back then, he was not afraid of Sun Quan's 100,000 troops, let alone only 3,000 Han troops now!
Zhang Liao, who was born in Bingzhou, was the best in riding skills among the generals of Cao and Wei.
Before he came to the river, when Zhao Yun commanded the white soldiers to thrust their spears at him, Zhang Liao pulled up the reins and drove the horse under his crotch to leap high.
When the white soldiers in front of him raised their spears and stabbed him, Zhang Liao waved the sword in his hand and swiped downwards. In an instant, all the white soldiers under his horse's hooves were killed by his throat.
Although the white soldiers were wearing heavy armor, their throats were not protected.
After killing these white soldiers, a rare gap in the defense of the white soldiers appeared in front of Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao, who was good at seizing the opportunity, immediately rode his horse through this rare gap and jumped straight into the battle line of the white soldiers.
After the first person broke into the Bai Jie soldiers' formation, Zhang Liao discarded the sword in his hand and took off the halberd he had been carrying from his back.
This is an ancient Chinese weapon that has both a straight edge and a chisel edge.
It was gradually replaced by the spear because of its inconvenience to use. However, in fact, if the lethality of a long weapon in close combat is greater, the halberd is the most lethal.
More than ten years ago, there was a man who was famous for his skill in wielding a halberd. He almost killed Cao Cao and fell into ruin.
After Zhang Liao entered the enemy's formation first, he shouted his name loudly and continued to charge at the formation of the white soldiers with his own bravery.
Zhang Liao wanted to do what he did back then, relying on his own bravery to tear open a line of defense for the tiger and leopard cavalry behind him.
The tiger and leopard cavalry not far behind Zhang Liao saw Zhang Liao attack first and kill the enemy. They were very brave and their morale was greatly boosted.
Two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry shouted Zhang Liao's name as General of the Eastern Conquest, and charged towards the front line of the white soldiers.
At that time, Zhang Liao relied on this move to defeat the defense line of a hundred thousand Jiangdong army.
But he forgot one thing. Today's Han army is not as large as the original Jiangdong army.
But the leader of the Han army was not Sun Quan, who feared the enemy like a tiger.
Just as Zhang Liao was waving his halberd to kill the soldiers, a spear with a cold light stabbed towards his face.
The spear came very fast. In front of this spear full of murderous intent, Zhang Liao's heart instantly sounded alert.
He reacted very quickly and blocked the stabbing shot with the halberd in his hand.
Although he dodged the fatal blow, his body fell back due to the huge force of the spear. If it weren't for his superb riding skills, he might have been knocked off his horse by this blow.
Zhang Liao's usual fighting method is to rely on his own bravery to tear a small hole in the enemy's defense line in front for the cavalry behind him.
Then, thanks to his bravery and bravery, the morale-boosted Wei army was able to follow him and pour in through the small opening he tore.
Then, relying on the cavalry's commanding position and unparalleled charging advantage, the gap became wider and wider, until the enemy was finally defeated head-on.
This move worked for Zhang Liao many times, but he overlooked one thing. This time he was facing Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun is a brave and courageous man, and despite his disrespectful position, Zhao Yun has always been relied upon by Liu Bei as his confidant general.
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao conquered Jingzhou southward.
In order to eradicate the enemy, Cao Cao personally led five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to pursue Liu Bei.
The tiger and leopard riders traveled more than three hundred miles in one day and one night, and chased them to Changban in Dangyang.
In the chaos, only dozens of people were left around Liu Bei, and all his wives were left among the enemy troops.
At that time, Zhao Yun went alone, deep into the enemy's camp, looking for Liu Bei's wife.
Five thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, that was the peak of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, among the murderous enemy troops, the history books do not record what exactly happened.
But in the end, Zhao Yun returned to Liu Bei with Liu Bei's youngest son Liu Chan in his arms and Liu Bei's wife Gan.
I just remember that when Zhao Yun came back, his uniform was stained with the blood of the enemy, but after all, he was not harmed at all.
In the roaring torrent of thousands of cavalry, it is extremely difficult for ordinary warriors to protect themselves.
However, Zhao Yun not only saved himself, but also brought back Liu Bei's wife from the rebellious army. This is Zhao Yun.
The tiger and leopard cavalry who died under Zhao Yun's gun were unknown at that time.
Zhao Yun's face was as calm as water, even when faced with the critical situation that the enemy general Zhang Liao had already entered his own formation.
Even when facing the enemy tiger and leopard cavalry, which were converging towards Zhang Liao's opening, there was never a trace of worry on his face from beginning to end.
Just rush in and fight out.
Zhao Yun did not give Zhang Liao time to react, he rode his horse and continued to kill Zhang Liao with his gun drawn.
If you don't move, you will be alone; if you move, you will be like a dragon.
Zhao Yun's silver spear stabbed Zhang Liao like a swimming dragon. Facing the murderous spear, Zhang Liao did not dare to be careless at all.
He had only experienced similar murderous intentions from a few people in his life.
Zhang Liao, who was in the Baijie army formation, quickly waved the halberd in his hand and stabbed Zhao Yun.
The halberd is a long weapon with huge lethality. Those who use this weapon are powerful and powerful people, and Zhang Liao is the best among them.
But when the halberd in Zhang Liao's hand collided with the spear in Zhao Yun's hand and made a screeching sound, it was Zhang Liao's palm that felt slightly numb.
This scene made Zhang Liao pay great attention to the person in front of him.
This is a fierce general no less than Yunchang.
Then he looked at Zhao Yun's appearance. He was eight feet tall, majestic in appearance, with a white horse and a silver spear. His mind instantly recalled a legend that had been circulated in the army.
That legend seemed ridiculous even to a fierce general like him.
But now, Zhang Liao had some faith in his heart.
Zhao Yun didn't care what Zhang Liao was thinking. He missed the first blow and quickly sent out a second blow.
And after the second thrust, Zhao Yun didn't have any fear in his heart when facing the world-famous Zhang Liao in front of him.
He has only one goal in mind now, which is to beat Zhang Liao out.
Zhao Yun raised his spear to stab Zhang Liao while commanding the white soldiers around him to continue to stick to the formation.
He ordered the white soldiers to raise their spears and stab the legs of the horses riding on the tigers and leopards who had rushed to the front of the formation.
Zhao Yun was born in Baima Yicong, and he knew too well what the advantages and disadvantages of cavalry were.
Elite cavalry such as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, whose main method is to attack and kill, more often rely on the impact force brought by the high mobility of the horses to tear apart the enemy formation.
Moreover, most of the cavalry took advantage of their superior position above the horses to kill and injure the infantry.
Just like this in the scene.
The tiger and leopard cavalry rushed to the front and rear of the white soldiers. Some of them wandered outside and released arrows to attack the white soldiers.
Most of the rest relied on the impact of the horses and their own advantages on the horses, waving the swords in their hands to harvest the lives of the white soldiers.
Many white soldiers have already died under their swords.
Since Hubaoqi used horses to give them an advantage, Zhao Yun left them without horses.
Originally, under Zhang Liao's unparalleled offensive, not only did the morale of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry rise, but it also affected the morale of the Baijie soldiers to a great extent.
But now Zhang Liao, who was regarded as an unparalleled general and the enemy's arrowhead, felt like he was retreating under Zhao Yun's offensive.
This scene fell in the eyes of the two armies on the field, and the morale of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry stagnated, while the morale of the Baijie soldiers was rising steadily.
For many new recruits of the White Guards, the nervousness and fear in their hearts had gradually decreased, and correspondingly, their courage was rapidly rising.
The slogan of "Yi Army" gradually sounded in the formations of the two armies. This is not a very noble slogan, but it is very reassuring.
As the slogan of "Yi Army" became louder and louder on the dry land, the morale of the Baili soldiers gradually reached its peak.
They followed Zhao Yun's instructions and had developed some of their instincts through rigorous training in the past.
With their morale high, their instincts have been completely aroused.
The white soldiers stabbed the enemy soldiers and chopped off the horse's legs. Many tiger and leopard cavalrymen finally fell off their horses after their horses' legs were chopped off.
And when the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry lost the war horses they relied on for survival, would they still be the powerful army that shocked the world?
After falling off their horses, the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry quickly stood up from the ground relying on their own physical fitness.
But as infantry at this time, they were undoubtedly at a disadvantage in front of the white soldiers protected by heavy armor.
In desperation, the tiger and leopard knight soldiers who dropped their horses could only move backwards.
And when the tiger and leopard cavalry in the distance were about to charge towards the white soldiers, the fate of the fallen tiger and leopard cavalry became a warning to them, making them at a loss for a moment.
In the long and narrow river, the advantage of the cavalry cannot be fully developed.
The location available for them to attack was the continuous white soldier formation guarding the river.
Zhang Liao wanted to use his own bravery and the bravery of the tiger and leopard cavalry to recreate a cavalry attack and killing battle in which the enemy was defeated head-on.
But what he didn't expect was that as a tiger and leopard rider, he had not succeeded in tearing open the enemy's defense line.
After Zhang Liao saw this, he was resisting Zhao Yun's offensive while commanding the tiger and leopard cavalry to gather towards him.
The place where he is now is the only place where he can tear apart the enemy's defense line through internal and external cooperation.
Zhang Liao's command was noticed by Zhao Yun. He was familiar with various cavalry tactics and quickly realized what Zhang Liao's purpose was.
Thinking of this, on the one hand, he ordered the soldiers behind him to attack Zhang Liao, and on the other hand, he stepped up his offensive against Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao was on the inside of Bai Jie's defense line, riding horses in all directions to kill.
His riding skills were so superb that he managed to dodge the spears that were thrust at him and the broadswords that slashed at his horse's legs.
He is also very brave. Under his charge, a small vacuum even appeared around him.
But it is a pity that at this moment, there is a Zhao Zilong who is as steady as a mountain in the Bailian army formation and never gives up.
Zhao Yun rode forward and turned the spear in his hand into countless spear flowers to stab Zhang Liao.
Under his speed and great force, the tip of his spear made a sound that broke through the air.
Zhang Liao's bravery was far superior to that of Chen Dao, so facing Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun also used all his strength.
Zhao Yun's offensive was not as brave as Zhang Liao's, but his offensive was extremely intensive.
Facing Zhao Yun's dense offensive full of murderous intent, Zhang Liao could only muster up enough energy to deal with it.
Under such a situation, Zhang Liao simply could not successfully continue to tear apart the Bai Jie soldiers' defense line.
And some tiger and leopard cavalry followed the gap opened by Zhang Liao and smoothly rushed into the formation of the white soldiers.
But before they could rush forward very far, they were all stabbed off their horses by Zhao Yun's spears.
As Zhang Liao was restrained, more and more white soldiers gradually surrounded Zhang Liao.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Liao fell under siege.
Some people's military formations cannot be charged casually.
After falling into siege, Zhang Liao continued to drive his horse back towards the rear under Zhao Yun's increasingly fierce offensive.
That is to say, Zhang Liao, who was highly skilled in riding and extremely brave, would have been defeated by Zhao Yun long ago under such circumstances.
At this time, on the other side of the river, Cao Cao had already arrived with his infantry.
When he came to the other side of the river, he saw that Zhang Liao and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were already at a disadvantage.
After seeing the familiar figure with a white horse and a silver spear, Cao Cao asked the generals behind him, "Do you know who that person is?"
Zhao Yun was not well-known among the generals under Liu Bei's command, and few of the generals behind Cao Cao knew him well.
Seeing that no one knew Zhao Yun, Cao Cao sighed, "The hero who was the savior of the past is still evil!"
Others don't know him, but when he personally commanded five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to pursue Liu Bei, would he not know the person who rescued Liu Chan from under his nose?
At this time, Cao Cao, who was riding on his horse, saw thousands of Han troops coming towards here not far away.
He saw that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry led by Zhang Liao could not succeed for a while, so he had no choice but to say: "Ming Jin."
When the sound of the Wei army's golden sound sounded, Zhang Liao knew that he would not be able to break through this place today, and he was annoyed and could only rush out with all his strength.
Because of Zhang Liao's bravery, Zhao Yun was unable to stop him for a while.
After breaking out of the enemy formation of the Baijie soldiers, Zhang Liao gathered the tiger and leopard cavalry and couldn't help but turn around and ask the Han general who caused his defeat today:
"Who are you? Please tell me your name."
After Zhao Yun heard this, he immediately raised his spear, the tip of his spear pointed directly at the ground, and the blood of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was still dripping from it.
He replied enthusiastically: "I am Zhao Zilong of Changshan!"
Zhao Yun stood majestically between the gray sky and earth, and announced his name with heroic words.
Zhang Liao remembered this heroic figure deeply in his mind, then he turned his horse's head and led the remaining tigers and leopards back to the other side.
Today, he retreated.
There are many explanations for the dragon's battle in the wilderness in history, and it even involves the Book of Changes.
But the use of these four words here only has a literal meaning, which is a kind of transformation, and does not have any other extended meanings. I hereby explain it here to avoid anyone saying that I used it indiscriminately.
This is the third chapter from yesterday. As promised, it will not be included in today’s update.
There will be another chapter in a moment, which is the additional update promised to everyone last night and will not be included in today's update.
I set the alarm clock and suddenly got up and wrote it.
I'm very tired, but I just don't want to break my promise.
(End of chapter)
This chapter has been completed!