Ma Yan looked at the Xiliang generals' banners under the slope. Although he didn't know which Xiliang general he was facing, no matter who the general in front of him was, it seemed simple to capture the one he was defending.
The camp, with the few troops in front of them, is simply a dream.
Although the Xiliang army seems to have opened up the camp and seems to have the upper hand, Ma Yan only needs to look back at the crossbowmen arrayed in the camp, and he is somewhat glad that he is not facing someone.
Some hairy crossbowmen...
"Crossbowmen, come forward and shoot!" With an order, five hundred crossbowmen, under the cover of the shield soldiers, rushed to the front of the formation and began to fire at the Xiliang soldiers down the hillside.
When the sound of "boom boom boom" sounds, the huge power of the crossbow is fully demonstrated!
If an arrow is hit, some soldiers can endure the pain and continue fighting, but for crossbows, basically just one hit can make the unlucky soldier quit the battle series immediately!
The Xiliang army formation, which suddenly suffered a heavy setback from the crossbowmen, was in a panic. Flags in the formation were waved wildly, showing the tremendous pressure the Xiliang soldiers were under.
When Li Meng saw the cavalry trying to rush up the slope, each one was like a seedling, being cut down to the ground cleanly by the sickle, he couldn't help but yelled angrily: "Damn it! This camp is full of crossbowmen!
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Xiliang soldiers, whether they were infantry or cavalry, their offensive momentum was suddenly blocked.
Although not all of them are crossbowmen as Li Meng said, in fact the crossbowmen in the camp account for two-thirds of the force, five hundred archers, five hundred crossbowmen, plus
If the swordsmen, shieldmen and spearmen responsible for external defense want to attack the camp, they must at least wait until the arrows and crossbows are exhausted!
But there is not much time left for Li Meng and Wang Fang.
In the south of Su City, Fei Qian and Zhao Yunzheng returned with their cavalry...
Zhao Yun put himself in the shoes of the Xiliang soldiers in Sucheng and realized that if he were the commander of the Xiliang soldiers, he would be extremely helpless.
If the forces are almost equal, who would choose to leave the city for a decisive battle instead of relying on the advantageous city to defend?
So after learning that the opponent is building a dam, should you choose to attack without thinking immediately or wait for the opponent's troops to be weak before launching a surprise attack?
Okay, after all the optimal choices, we are now in this situation.
What if you choose to hold on and not fight?
The result is not much better. Once the dam is broken, Sucheng will not become a vast ocean, but there will be a piece of mud inside and outside the city. So by the time the terrain is slightly drier and the formation is allowed, at least three or four days will have passed.
It was enough for Fei Qian and Zhao Yun to go to the city behind Su City for a walk and come back...
The city behind saw Fei Qian's flag but not the Xiliang soldiers' flag. What would happen?
The Xiliang soldiers, who needed to defend on three sides, suddenly seemed to be broken through in one direction, and a large number of cavalry appeared. So what does it mean?
By that time, I'm afraid things will be beyond the control of the Xiliang soldiers and generals in Sucheng...
Therefore, the Xiliang soldiers in Sucheng will have to make a choice, and it seems that no matter what choice they make, the consequences will be the same.
Zhao Yun could only be grateful that he was now on Fei Qian's side with the advantage.
If the cavalry gallops on flat ground, it can reach about 80 miles in an hour. If it gallops at full strength, it can reach 150 to 200 miles. Of course, after the horse has run at full strength for about 200 miles, it must stop to rest and repair.
, eat more, and then wait for the horse's physical strength to recover before continuing, otherwise the horse's wear and tear will be extremely high.
After passing Su City in Guanzhong, it was mostly flat ground. Fei Qian and Zhao Yun led the cavalry in a circle. Although it was a bit far, it was actually not an unacceptable distance for the cavalry.
Perhaps because Zhao Yun was galloping on the flat ground, the rising smoke was discovered by the guards above Su City when they were more than twenty miles away. In panic, the two leaders of the Xiliang soldiers
The commanders were all in the north of the city. The military princes who stayed behind could only subconsciously order to close the city gate to prevent Zhao Yun's cavalry from raiding the city. At the same time, they hurriedly sent people to notify Li Meng and Wang Fang in front...
Fei Qian saw the figures shaking on Su City and vaguely heard the sound of warning gongs. He turned to face him and said, "Zilong, you go first, and I will hold the line."
Zhao Yun nodded, then raised his spear, took half of the Bingzhou cavalry with him, and gradually began to increase the speed of the horses. The Bingzhou cavalry dispersed into three sharp arrows with two hundred riders each, and then they crushed Wang Fang's rear formation.
Passed by!
"The rear formation turns! The rear formation turns! Line up the spear formation! The spearmen come forward! Archers, the archers also turn! Backward! Backward!" Wang Fang was so anxious that big beads of sweat flowed down his face.
He hurriedly issued an order, "Quick! Send someone to notify General Li Meng quickly and wait for the cavalry to come for reinforcements!"
However, when the two armies confront each other, in order to achieve better coordination with each other and to facilitate unified command and dispatch, although there are gaps in most formations and formations, they are not spacious enough to turn and change at will.
The infantry also had to march in order in order to fight effectively, and Wang Fang issued a number of orders in a hurry. The flags in the army were waving wildly, and a queue of spearmen suddenly collided with a queue of archers.
In one place, there was a lot of pushing and shoving, making it even more chaotic.
In the battle formation, the soldiers' field of vision is limited, and the surroundings are blocked by their comrades, so they cannot know the situation outside the battle formation. Although Wang Fang's order cannot be said to be wrong, under this sudden situation, the soldiers in the formation cannot know the situation outside the battle formation.
Unable to coordinate, chaos began to spread involuntarily, even affecting the soldiers in the front line who were attacking the slopes with arrows and crossbows...
At this time, Li Meng, who was blocked by several attacks at the rear of the camp, had just seen the smoke rising closer and closer in the direction of Su City after receiving the news from Wang Fang asking for help, and was waiting for the order to go.
While rescuing Wang Fang, he suddenly heard soldiers shouting around him: "General! It's over! Behind! Behind!"
Li Meng couldn't help being furious and shouted: "I know someone is coming from behind in Sucheng! No need to shout, come with me..."
"No, no! General! Behind! Behind!" Several of Li Meng's personal guards also shouted eagerly.
"The back?"
Li Meng looked at the guard next to him who was pointing towards the back of his cavalry array in panic. He couldn't help but follow the guard's direction, turned his head and looked north, and his face suddenly turned red...
