At this time, the Jizhou cavalry, led by Zhang He, attacked the Tengjia army in a cone shape!
Under the command of Wan Lang, after the Tengjia Army formed a diamond formation, the trebuchet launched the first wave of attacks on Zhang He's cavalry. However, the trebuchet was not a modern artillery after all. Although the stone bombs were powerful and had a long attack range,
The equipment took a long time and the hit rate was also very low. Most of these stone bullets hit the back of Zhang He's cavalry, and few people were injured at all!
But when Zhang He and his cavalry entered the attack range of the crossbowmen, thousands of crossbowmen kept firing at Zhang He's cavalry.
"Boom!" A hail of arrows fell and took away the lives of hundreds of knights, but these casualties were nothing to Zhang He and the others. The cavalry quickly crossed the distance of hundreds of steps!
After Zhang He approached the 50-step range of Wanlang's army, the 4,000 cavalry divided into two groups and outflanked the Tengjia army on the left and right. These cavalry were like two long dragons running around the side of Wanlang's army.
Zhang He planned to take advantage of the mobility of the cavalry and lead his cavalry to attack from the flanks of the Tengjia Army. In general, flanks are weak points in the army. Facing an attack, it is easy for the army to collapse at the first touch. No matter if there is a gap in any military formation, the cavalry will
You can rely on mobility to destroy the enemy's overall defensive posture, break through the enemy's military formation, and then massacre the enemy!
But Zhang He was surprised to find that he and his lieutenant led the cavalry around the military formation. They wanted to attack the Tengjia Army but could not find a weak flank. It seemed that no matter which direction he attacked the military formation, he was facing Tengjia Army directly.
The spear of Army A!
Wan Lang saw the Han cavalry circling in circles and shouted: "The crossbowmen are free to shoot, shoot all the long arrows in their hands for me!"
"Boom!" Since there was no need to fire uniformly, the crossbowmen quickly followed the cavalry and kept shooting the long arrows in their hands at Zhang He and the others!
"Boom, boom, boom!" Zhang He's cavalry and horses were constantly hit by crossbow arrows. Because they were too close to the Tengjia Army, more than 200 of Zhang He's cavalry fell!
"Boom, boom, boom!" Zhang He and the others also used cavalry bows to fight back! However, the power of cavalry bows is weak, and the Wanliang army is an all-armored army. Cavalry bows with poor attack power cannot break through the defense at all, except for a few unlucky ones.
If the bow and arrow hit the face or a place that the armor did not protect, the others would not be hurt at all!
The battlefield was changing rapidly, leaving little time for Zhang He to think. Zhang He found that he could not use tricks or use bows and arrows to destroy the enemy, so he could only attack head-on.
Zhang He ignored this strange military formation and led his men to charge towards the Tengjia Army formation, hoping to rely on the impact of the horses to defeat Wan Lang's military formation!
Zhang He raised his steel gun high and shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill the thieves!"
The cavalry behind Zhang He also shouted: "Kill the thief!"
Then he used his spear to fly away the shield in front of him, letting his horse step on the soldiers of the Tengjia Army! And the cavalry following him also ran into the military formation!
Zhang He's cavalry was like a black cloud with dull thunder, crashing into the Tengjia army's formation, making waves of roars, the neighing of war horses, and the roar of soldiers.
Wan Lang immediately commanded the crossbowmen to shoot wildly at Zhang He's army!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" A dense rain of arrows shot into the galloping cavalry army. Soldiers kept falling from their horses with arrows while traveling at high speed, or their horses were hit by crossbow arrows. They fell down or ran around in pain. Among Zhang He's cavalry,
There were constant instances of people falling on their backs. However, the soldiers did not change their expressions when they saw this situation. They still followed Zhang He and galloped towards the Tengjia Army's formation!
The shield soldiers in the front row of the Tengjia army nervously held on to the shields in their hands, holding back their fear of the ferocious attack of the cavalry. They watched the cavalry rush into their shields. Countless warriors fell back under the impact of the cavalry, but
The comrades behind them tried their best to help them resist the cavalry's charge.
Although Zhang He's cavalry hit like a flood with thunderous momentum, the soldiers of Tengjia Army were against solid rocks. Their military formation was like a dam. No matter how fierce the flood was, they could do nothing against the dam made of huge rocks.
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But after Zhang He's cavalry was prevented from advancing by the defense line, Wan Lang was overjoyed and pointed in the direction of Zhang He and shouted: "Crossbow archers, shoot them to death!"
Crossbows kept firing at Zhang He and the others. Zhang He's warriors had ceramic armor and could withstand these crossbows as long as they were not too unlucky. However, their horses did not have such ability. Facing such a dense crossbow, every horse was almost beaten.
Hit by dozens of crossbow arrows, they screamed and jumped wildly, trying to escape from this crossbow hell!
And Zhang He shouted loudly: "The army retreats!"
Each warrior quickly turned his horse's head
At this time, on the other side of the battlefield, Zhang He's lieutenant rushed to the other side of Wanlang's military formation to support Zhang He!
"Boom!" The two armies collided, making a huge and dull roar. This sound resounded throughout the battlefield. The soldiers of the Tengjia Army were shocked with a strange smell in their internal organs, and there was blood in their mouths. They could only rely on their comrades behind them.
Only then can you stand on your own feet!
After the deputy general finished charging, he immediately said: "Turn the horse's head around and continue charging later!"
Wan Lang saw this scene and said: "The crossbowmen in the fourth row behind, turn back and shoot the enemy!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" This wave of crossbows from the Tengjia Army hit a few unlucky guys who were running away! The two thousand cavalry quickly changed direction, let the horses run again, and then accelerated and continued to attack here!
At this time, Zou Dan led 2,000 Youzhou troops to rush towards Wan Lang's military formation. For a time, Wan Lang was besieged by the Han army from three sides, especially Zhang He and his deputy general. The two cavalry soldiers repeatedly attacked Wan Lang's army like wheels.
Formation!
At this time, both sides on the battlefield were fighting for their lives. The Tengjia Army was victorious and fiercely waved their sabers, and kept killing the Han army. Zhang He and the others also continued to attack the Tengjia Army's formation. The war horses were galloping and roaring, and they fiercely hit those who blocked them.
The military formation in front of you.
But their attack was in vain. No matter how ferocious they were, the Tengjia Army's formation still did not move at all.
Zhang He observed the battlefield and found that even though he had the advantage of cavalry, more soldiers fell on his side. He gritted his teeth and decided to attack again. If he could not break through the Tengjia Army's formation, he planned to retreat!
"Kill!" Zhang He led the cavalry to distance themselves, and then commanded his army to charge forward again! This time, Zhang He used the sharpest spear among himself. He took the lead, waving the steel spear in his hand constantly, and smashed the shield in front of him.
The Tengjia Army defeated them all, and then led their cavalry to go deeper, but a group of soldiers from the Tengjia Army stabbed Zhang He's horses with their spears at the same time!
Zhang He was thrown off his horse in an instant. The armored troops around him tried to surround and kill Zhang He, but a carp stood up and waved his spear repeatedly. The soldiers surrounding him were quickly stabbed to death by him, and Zhang He's personal soldiers also ran over immediately.
Surround Zhang He!
Wan Lang saw Zhang He coming in and said angrily: "Stab them to death with spears!" Dozens of soldiers held shields in their hands, formed a circle and stabbed them at the front with spears!"
Zhang He looked at enemies all around, so he could only lead his own soldiers to kill the soldiers close to his cavalry line, and then lead his own guards to fight out!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of roaring war drums came from not far away. Zhang He found that another group of enemies had appeared. It was obviously the armored troops coming from other directions to support him!
At this time, Zhang He could only shout: "The whole army retreats!"
Liu Yu who was on the city wall also saw this situation, and he immediately said: "Quickly call for gold to withdraw the troops and let them enter Yuyang County from the west!"
"Dang, Dang, Dang!" The voice of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops came from Yuyang City.
When the Han soldiers heard the sound, they retreated like a tide, and then followed Zhang He towards the west gate of Yuyang!
At this time, Xian Yufu directed the soldiers to lower the suspension bridge, open the city gate, and welcome the supporting troops!
Naturally, Wan Lang was unwilling to suffer such a loss and led his soldiers to catch up. However, Xian Yufu had been prepared. When Wan Lang's army entered within a hundred steps of the city wall, Xian Yufu ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows and use bows and arrows to block the pursuit of the Tengjia army.
Bing, Wan Lang had no choice but to retreat after dozens of Tengjia Army soldiers were shot and wounded!
Then both sides retreated, and the battle ended like this. Wan Lang counted the wounded and found that more than 500 of his soldiers died in the battle, and the total number of lightly and seriously wounded was about 500! And there were more than 1,500 enemies left on the battlefield, and the battle loss ratio reached
One to three, this is already a very high casualty for the Tengjia Army!
Wang Yong also led the army over at this time. Seeing that the battle was over, he ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
Wan Lang, who he asked himself, asked: "Do you know the origin of this Han army?"
Wan Lang said helplessly: "They should be the vanguard of the Jizhou Army. Half of the soldiers who attacked me this time were wearing ceramic armor. We only sold this kind of equipment to Zhang Yan on a large scale, and after Zhang Yan's defeat, these
Most of the ceramic armor fell into the hands of the Jizhou Army. Liu Yu’s subordinates do not have this kind of armor! I think Huangfu Song should be arriving soon!"
Wang Yong thought for a while and said: "Since Huangfu Song is about to arrive, let's retreat to the camp. It seems that we can only wait for reinforcements from Qu Shuai!"
He had just watched the battle between Wan Lang and Huangfu Song's men. It could be said that Wan Lang was suppressed and beaten by Huangfu Song's men throughout the battle. If Wan Lang's men were not all armored heavy infantry and held the military formation, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
One of Huangfu Song's subordinates was so powerful. If he came in person, Wang Yong would not have the confidence to defeat Huangfu Song!
At the other end, Zhang He and others also entered Yuyang City! Liu Yu summoned Zhang He and other supporting generals at the governor's mansion!
Liu Yu looked at Zhang He and said strangely: "This general shouldn't be my general from Youzhou, right?"
Zhang He clasped his hands and said: "This official is a lieutenant under General Hussar. His surname is Zhang He and his given name is Junyi. He is ordered by General Hussar to support Mr. Zhou Mu! My general will arrive in Yuyang City in 2-3 days at most.
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Liu Yu said happily: "Brother Yizhen's support is so fast, it's really unexpected!"
Then Liu Yusong said in a tone: "Brother Youyi is in Youzhou, so I can feel relieved!"
This period of time was really torturous for him. Now that the first general of the Han Dynasty is coming, he can finally hand over the task of commanding the battle to Huangfu Song! During this period, Liu Yu found that he was really not suitable for commanding an army!
Then Liu Yu continued to ask: "We have been surrounded by the Tengjia Army during this period, and we don't know the situation outside. What is the situation in Youzhou now?"
Zhang He really doesn't know the situation in Youzhou. He has been rushing to Youzhou all the way, and he doesn't know the current situation in Youzhou!
At this time, Zou Dan came out and said: "Banshi City is still in the hands of our Youzhou Army, but it is already in danger. Lei Gong used his thunder method and blasted two holes more than one foot in Banshi City, but Colonel Yan Gang
The captain led his guards to retake the two gaps, and then blocked the two gaps again with boulders of cement. However, under the attack of the Tengjia Army's trebuchets, the two gaps were opened again. Now the entire Banshi City has been
We are in danger. Colonel Shan Jing of Gaoliu and Colonel Guan Jing of Lingqiu each lead 5,000 soldiers to support!"
Compared with other places in Youzhou, Daijun and Shanggu County have 50,000 field troops. Together with Daijun, it is very difficult to conquer these two places due to the dangerous terrain of Shanggu. This is why Huangfu Song is not worried about Daijun's defense line.
Liu Yu frowned and said, "It's Lei Fa again!"
The other generals also looked ugly when they heard Lei Gong. The Tengjia Army had a large number of iron armors and powerful trebuchets. They could understand these things and find ways to solve them.
But the only one is this thunder method. Until now, they still don’t know what it is. The unknown things are more terrifying. The only thing they know about Thunder God’s thunder method now is that this thing seems to be afraid of water. As long as there is water, they will not even look at the city.
Lei Gong used it.
Of course, this may also be their illusion. After all, Lei Gong only uses thunder magic 3-5 times! They can get very little information about thunder magic!
Zou Dan continued: "After Sun Qing of the Tengjia Army conquered Ning County, Guangning and other county towns, he now led an army of 30,000 to storm Juyong Pass. Bogui is now guarding Juyong Pass and withdrew the soldiers outside the pass in advance under his order.
, so now there are more than 10,000 soldiers in Juyongguan, and they are not worried about the Tengjia Army’s attack, and there is no news from Brother Bogui asking for help!”
Liu Yu then breathed a sigh of relief, which means that the entire Youzhou defense line is still there, which is good. As long as he can resist the Tengjia Army for another two months, winter will come in Northern Xinjiang, and there will be heavy snow in the entire Youzhou.
Fei Fei, faced with such weather, the Tengjia Army had to retreat!
After this battle, the strength of both sides was exhausted. In the next few days, neither Liu Yu nor Wang Yong had any idea of continuing to fight! Both sides are waiting for their own reinforcements!
While Liu Yu was waiting for Huangfu Song, Wang Yong finally waited for his reinforcements. Li Gang came with an army of 30,000 to support Wang Yong!
But when Li Gang saw Wang Yong, he said: "I brought Commander Qu's order!"
Wang Yong immediately expressed his sincere intention to listen.
Li Gang continued: "Shuai Qu said, I will be your last reinforcements. If you capture Yuyang, I will lead troops to help you defend Yuyang City. If you fail to capture Yuyang, our camp will be yours."
Attack the stronghold of Yuyang City, and I will be here with you to guard against the Han army's counterattack. Commander Qu will not send any more reinforcements to you before the autumn harvest is completed!"
Wang Yong was surprised and said: "If we attack after the autumn harvest, will we still have time to attack Yuyang City? I was delayed under Yuyang City for half a month and failed, and now Huangfu Song is about to enter Yuyang!"
The autumn harvest in Mayi is in October, and the winter in northern Xinjiang is usually in November. If we really want to lead the army to attack Youzhou after the autumn harvest, we won't be able to fight for a few days. The snow may even arrive early this year.
While Army A was actually marching, heavy snow began to fall in Youzhou.
Li Gang said angrily: "If you don't finish the autumn harvest, do you want our Tengjia army to starve to death? It's not like you don't understand what's going on with the big men now. We can't buy food even if we have money. Even if the production of this batch of food in Bingzhou is reduced,
Even if we capture Youzhou, many people will starve to death.
If you don't fight against Youzhou now, it will be the same next year. If Liu Yu hadn't gone crazy, we wouldn't have not prepared all the food and grass. We are still fighting in this autumn harvest season. Don't you know that Dong Zhuo is now commanding warlords from all over the Han Dynasty to besiege us?
Tengjia Army, now we have to deal with not only Liu Yu and Huangfu Song, but the entire Han Dynasty!"
Then Li Gang told Wang Yong about the current situation surrounded by the Tengjia Army!
Wang Yong couldn't believe it. In less than a month, the situation of the Tengjia Army had become as dangerous as it is now. It seemed like the whole world was the enemy!
However, Li Gang comforted him: "Don't worry, Bingzhou's terrain is dangerous. Our Qushuai had already occupied all the favorable terrain in Bingzhou. Don't look at Dong Zhuo's large number of people, but it's just a habitual problem. It's just too many tribesmen."
They all went to resist the enemy, so that we were short of manpower for the autumn harvest, so Commander Qu planned to defend against the Han army's attack now, and then launch a full-scale counterattack after the autumn harvest was over!
"The armies in other directions of the Han Dynasty are just to contain us. What is really difficult for us to deal with is the Youzhou Army and Jizhou County. We only have half a year at most. If we can't conquer Youzhou before the spring plowing next year, our Tengjia Army will be the only one.
Really dangerous times!"
Wang Yong was also worried: "Youzhou Army originally had 80,000 troops, and now Huangfu Song has come to support 50,000 troops. If Jizhou County comes to support again, we will face 200,000 to 300,000 troops. This is not good!
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Wan Gang said with a smile: "Our Tengjia Army is still afraid of having too many enemies. The strength of numbers has always been our advantage. If it weren't for the lack of food and grass, Qu Shuai could pull out an army of millions! After the autumn harvest is completed, Qu Shuai will at least
Bringing more than 200,000 troops, our Tengjia Army will be able to conquer Youzhou with thunderous momentum. We have such an absolute advantage that neither Liu Yu nor Huangfu Song can stop our progress!"
"So what we have to do now is to guard this month, preserve our current results, and then wait until Commander Qu's reinforcements arrive!"
Wang Yong listened to Li Gang's words and said: "Understood, I will build this camp like a fortress and make it a nail, firmly anchored under Yuyang City!"
When Wang Yong received Li Gang, Liu Yu also brought high-ranking officials and generals from Youzhou to receive the newly appointed Zhenbei General Huangfu Song!
When Liu Yu saw Huangfu Song, he happily grabbed his big hand and said, "Brother Yizhen, you are finally here. Now I can have a peaceful sleep!"
Huangfu Song also smiled and said: "Brother Bo'an, you have done well. You can actually lead the Youzhou Army to resist the attack of 100,000 armored troops! I am really impressed!"
Liu Yu shook his head and said: "Yi really thinks highly of me. It is the generals of Youzhou who are very capable and can withstand the Tengjia Army's attack. To be honest, it is us, the Zhou Mu, who has delayed their future!"
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Then Liu Yu took Huangfu Song to meet the generals in Youzhou. When he came to Zhang He, Liu Yu smiled and said: "Yizhen, you really don't have any weak soldiers in your hands. If Junyi hadn't come to support you this time, I'm afraid that even Yuyang City would have been destroyed." The Tengjia Army has broken through!"
But Zhang He said awkwardly: "My subordinates attacked the Tengjia Army recklessly and almost ended up being wiped out. However, they only escaped the disaster thanks to Brother Yuxing's rescue!"
Huangfu Song asked: "Did you fight against the Tengjia Army?"
Zhang He nodded and said: "We attacked the Tengjia Army, an iron armored army with less than ten thousand people. At that time, they had cavalry and had the advantage of maneuvering. However, the Tengjia Army created a strange formation, which made it impossible for their subordinates to perform their best. Cavalry advantage!”
After finishing speaking, Zhang He drew a diamond-shaped pattern on the ground and said: "My subordinates originally wanted to lead the cavalry to find the flanks of the Tengjia Army to attack, but in this formation, they could not find the flanks of the Tengjia Army at all, so they could only lead the cavalry to attack." The cavalry attacked forcefully, but the Tengjia army wore iron armor and had better equipment than their subordinates. The soldiers were also more elite than their subordinates' cavalry. After a battle, their subordinates were defeated! About 1,500 people were killed in the battle, while Tengjia soldiers were more elite than their subordinates. The military casualties may only be a few hundred!"
Huangfu Song comforted: "The Tengjia Army has the advantages of equipment and soldiers, and it can also use formations to offset the mobility advantage of your cavalry. It can be said that you are at a complete disadvantage when fighting against the Tengjia Army. The current exchange ratio is already good. In Among our Jizhou County, only the Shield Sword Battalion can achieve a one-to-one exchange ratio with the Tengjia Army!"
Then Huangfu Song began to think carefully about the formation drawn by Zhang He. He found that this kind of army was tailor-made for infantry to deal with cavalry. The sloping battle line, giant shields and spears perfectly protected the flanks of the army. Spearmen and giants The shield soldiers formed a solid line of defense, while the crossbowmen inside were powerful in killing enemies who dared to attack this military formation. It can be said that it was a military formation that integrated offense and defense, and was especially effective against cavalry charges.
Of course, this military formation is not without its shortcomings, because most of the soldiers are carrying huge shields and spears, and only a few crossbowmen are used as offensive forces. They are weak in lethality. Carrying huge shields and spears makes the mobility of the soldiers even worse. Now, special transport vehicles are needed to help transport equipment, and the requirements for soldiers in military formations are also very high. They do not retreat in the face of huge cavalry collisions. Such people can be called warriors, but now we have to recruit several soldiers. For warriors like Qian, or at least finding ways to train soldiers into warriors who are not afraid of cavalry attacks, this is not easy!
Huangfu Song had been thinking about how to deal with the huge cavalry of the Tengjia Army. Today's military formation gave him a huge inspiration! If this military formation can be improved and its attack power strengthened, then they will be able to fight even in the plains. You can now compete with the cavalry of the Tengjia Army!