After receiving Cao Cao's order, Xiahou Dun could only cautiously advance little by little in Bohai County. At the same time, he scattered the scout horses around the army and closely monitored the surrounding movements! But although they were not ambushed by the Tengjia Army, they did not find the people of Jizhou.
, Such a strange state has always made Xiahou Dun very uneasy!
On the way to Nanpi City, Xiahou Dun looked at the surrounding fields and sighed softly, "The land in Jizhou is too flat. You can still see some undulating mountains in the Central Plains. Jizhou is completely a large plain with no undulations at all. Such a terrain
What are we going to do to fight the Tengjia Army’s cavalry!”
Cao Ren complained, "The Tengjia Army is besieging Nanpi with more than 100,000 people, and the people of Jizhou are running towards the Central Plains. I really don't know what Mengde is thinking, and let them rush forward. We don't have enough Tengjia Army with our small number of people."
call taxi!"
Xiahou Dun said, "Jizhou is probably going to be occupied by the Tengjia Army. We will have to face Thunder Lord in Qingzhou in the future. Meng De probably wants us to see the combat effectiveness of the Tengjia Army. He knows what he is doing, and at the same time he also wants to delay Tengjia Army."
It’s time for the Jia Army to occupy Jizhou, otherwise hundreds of thousands of Tengjia Army rush into Qingzhou and we will be doomed!”
But at this moment, Cao Ren looked into the distance in surprise!
"What are you looking at?" Then Xiahou Dun followed Cao Ren's gaze and looked into the distance, and saw a puff of smoke gradually rising in the distance. Xiahou Dun was also a veteran of many battles, so he naturally knew that this was the smoke caused by the march of the army.
Judging from the speed, it should be the cavalry of the Tengjia Army!
He shouted loudly, "Place the Wuhan Iron and Steel carts, baggage carts, chariots, and antlers at the outermost perimeter, and the army will form a dense defense formation!"
Then he found his bodyguard and said, "Go to Mengde and tell Mengde the news that the Tengjia Army's cavalry army is attacking us. This time, there are tens of thousands of cavalry coming from the Tengjia Army. Let Mengde pay attention!"
The guards received the order and immediately rode towards Pingyuan County!
Song Yi lightly kicked the horse's belly, watching the Han army not far away constantly changing its defensive formations, and sneered, "I didn't expect there are fools who dare to come to Jizhou to support now! It's just that the number is a little smaller!"
Song Yi is also a veteran who has been fighting for decades. From the size of this formation, it can be seen that the enemy does not exceed ten thousand people. For the current Jizhou battlefield, even defeating them is not a big achievement!
This can be regarded as Cao Cao's bad luck. After the land was divided, the people in Jizhou instantly became supporters of the Tengjia Army. They were discovered by the people in Jizhou just after they entered Jizhou. Then the people in Jizhou reported it to the Qingzhou Army, and the Qingzhou Army came to support Jizhou.
The news reached Wang **, who naturally passed the news to Li Gang immediately. At the same time, he arranged for the people who were close to the Qingzhou Army to retreat, because the Han army had the habit of massacring the people, especially those who had defected to the Tengjia Army.
The common people have been killed, and they will not let go if they make mistakes.
Wang ** did not dare to let the people of Jizhou appear in the sight of the Qingzhou Army! He immediately organized the people to withdraw from the Qingzhou Army's investigation range. This is why Xiahou Dun did not see a single person in Jizhou. Before they arrived, the people had been
Wang** organized and fled to other counties!
At this time, Li Gang was commanding the army to engage in a fierce offensive and defensive battle with Ju Yi. After learning that the Qingzhou Army was coming to support Ju Yi, he sent Song Yi to lead 30,000 cavalry to repel Cao Cao's army!
"Woo, woo, woo" the horns of the attacking horns resounded through the fields, and the Qingzhou Army was even more panicked!
The 30,000 cavalrymen galloped and formed an offensive cone-shaped formation under the command of Song Yi.
Song Yi charged at the front and shouted loudly, "Don't let any of this Han army go!"
The cavalry behind Song Yi also shouted loudly, "Kill, kill, kill!"
Cao Ren's eyes widened in surprise and he said, "Where did the Tengjia Army's cavalry appear from? Why didn't our scouting horses find them!"
Xiahou Dun said loudly, "Now is not the time to talk about this. Let's each defend ourselves and strive for a night when we can hold on, and then escape from here under the cover of night!"
The best news for Xiahou Dun now is that it is afternoon. As long as they persist for two hours, it will be dark and they still have a chance to escape!
Xiahou Dun's vanguard force is an elite force that Cao Cao has trained for more than two years. Although they are exhausted and even a little afraid of the cavalry of the Tengjia Army, they have rich combat experience and know that escaping now is simply asking for death.
Only if the army can maintain its formation will it have a chance of survival!
So under the command of Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Li Dian, and Yu Jin, a diamond-shaped defensive square of spears was quickly deployed! The outermost periphery was even covered with various chariots, steel chariots, and baggage vehicles to slow down the cavalry.
impact!
When Song Yi's cavalry rushed over, they could not find a breakthrough in this tightly defended formation, so he shouted loudly, "Shoot the enemy with bows and arrows!"
30,000 cavalrymen took out their bows and fired arrows at Xiahou Dun's army!
"Boohoo!" 30,000 long arrows shot at the Qingzhou Army like a heavy rain!
Xiahou Dun saw this and shouted, "Raise your shield!"
Cao Cao knew that for his army, the cavalry of the Tengjia Army was the most dangerous enemy, so his army brought enough weapons and equipment to deal with the cavalry, such as spears, giant shields, steel chariots, chariots, and even
He also specially practiced the battle formation to deal with cavalry, and he used it today!
The soldiers of the Qingzhou Army raised their shields one after another to form a giant shield wall!
"Tuk-tuk-tuk!" The long arrows of the Tengjia Army were blocked by the shields, without causing many casualties!
Song Yi ordered his 30,000 cavalry to continuously fire around Xiahou Dun's army, but he neither killed many Qingzhou troops nor broke through the Qingzhou army's formation! Even Xiahou Dun continued to command the crossbowmen in the formation to fight back. After all, the power of the cavalry bow was not as good as that of the Qingzhou army.
Crossbows and Xiahou Dun's counterattack caused a lot of casualties to the Tengjia Army! Of course, the Qingzhou Army suffered greater casualties, but they were injured but not in disorder, and the army could continue to hold on.
Of course, it was possible for Song Yi to charge into the battle forcefully, but the casualties would be too great. Song Yi did not want a victory with huge casualties.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So Song Yi said loudly, "Blow up the enemy's formation at Artillery Station!"
Song Yi also has 10 artillery pieces in his hands, but his artillery is not a bronze artillery weighing hundreds or thousands of kilograms, but a flying thunder cannon that often appears in the anti-Japanese war. It only weighs a few dozen kilograms. Strictly speaking, this should be classified
To the mortar category!
Although the flying thunder cannon has a short range and is easy to explode, it has many advantages. It is powerful and simple to manufacture. The most important thing is that it is light in weight and can follow the cavalry in battle. As long as a war horse is placed left and right, it can transport two flying thunder cannons.
Thunder cannons, 10 flying thunder cannons can be transported with only 5 horses.
It can be said that the flying thunder cannon is naturally suitable for fighting with the cavalry, and it is indestructible when used to break the enemy's military formation. After the enemy's military formation is broken, all that is left to the enemy is the ruthless killing of the saber! It can be said that the cavalry and the flying thunder cannon
It is the golden partner of this era.
As Song Yi's order was issued, dozens of war horses stayed outside the 100-step bow and arrow range of Xiahou Dun's army, and thousands of cavalry protected the artillery station!
I saw the soldiers of the Tengjia Army unloading something like an iron bucket from their horses, and then the Qingzhou Army's formation facing them started to get busy!
Xiahou Dun was baffled by everything, because he had never seen this kind of weapon before, and kept thinking about what these iron buckets were used for, but a flash of lightning flashed in his mind, and he was surprised and said, "Artillery, this is
The artillery of the Fujijia Army!"
As Lei Gong defeated Huangfu Song, the first general of the Han Dynasty, the power of artillery was also mythical by the Han army. According to legend, it was Lei Gong's magic weapon, and it was used with lightning and thunder. No matter how the army was in front of Lei Gong's magic weapon, they would only die.
Of course, a general like Xiahou Dun knew that this was not Thunder God's magic weapon at all, but a new type of weapon. The imperial court had even obtained the gunpowder of the Tengjia Army. Unfortunately, Cao Cao's official position was still too low at this time. He knew
The Tengjia Army had this kind of weapon, and even the imperial court was studying it, but he didn't get the gunpowder formula, and he didn't even know what the artillery looked like. That's why Xiahou Dun regarded the flying thunder cannon as an artillery!
But Xiahou Dun thought of it too late, and he didn't know how to face the flying thunder cannon. After all, he had never seen the power of the flying thunder cannon, and he still had a bit of luck in his heart. He didn't think the artillery was as powerful as everyone said!
After the thunder cannon was placed, the artillery put in the gunpowder for propulsion and placed it, and then 20 kilograms of black powder shells wrapped in a round cake shape! Stuffed into the muzzle!
When all this is done!
Song Yi shouted, "Let it go!"
Artillery fires the fuse!
"Bang, bang, bang!"
One after another, the thunder cannon shells drew a huge curve and fell into the Qingzhou Army's formation!
"Boom boom boom!"
The heavy black powder shells were so powerful that all soldiers within 3 feet of the shells were shocked to death. Soldiers within 10 feet of the shells were also stunned by the shells and fell to the ground.
More importantly, the power of the flying thunder cannon is as powerful as an artifact to ordinary soldiers. Their enemies use the artifact to kill people. This simply shattered the outlook of the Qingzhou Army soldiers!
The roaring sound of artillery shells was like a giant hammer smashing into their hearts. The fear of Lei Gong suddenly overwhelmed the reason of the Qingzhou Army soldiers. They didn't care that two legs could not run with four legs. Now they
I just want to escape from the battlefield, and Li Lei Gong’s artifact is getting better and better!
So the Qingzhou Army, which had just returned to a rigorous military formation, collapsed instantly, and the surrounding soldiers fled towards Qingzhou one by one!
Xiahou Dun pulled out his long sword and shouted loudly, "Don't run. Running away now is asking for death. Push the Wuhan Iron and Steel cart to the front. Don't mess up the formations of the various units. If you mess up, we will be dead!"
Even though Xiahou Dun killed people to establish his authority, he still could not prevent the army from being defeated!
But at this time, no one paid attention to him as a pioneer general. The power of the thunder cannon caused their morale to collapse. The soldiers dropped everything they could, turned around and fled the battlefield, running like wolves and swine. The scene was very ugly!
At this time, Cao Ren found Xiahou Dun and shouted, "Yuan Rang, run quickly, we won't be able to escape if you don't run!"
After saying that, regardless of Xiahou Dun's thoughts, he slapped Xiahou Dun's war horse with the sword in his hand. The horse was in pain and ran towards the rear!
Song Yi saw that he had destroyed the enemy's morale with one shelling and said with a smile, "Speed up, kill them and don't let any Qingzhou Army go!"
At this time, there is no need to use flying thunder cannons to attack. The Qingzhou Army is already a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Now as long as his cavalry rushes up, they can completely annihilate this army!
Song Yi commanded 30,000 cavalry to outflank the Qingzhou Army and completely surrounded the Qingzhou Army. Seeing that they could not escape, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army raised their hands and surrendered one after another!
Pingyuan County, Gaotang City!
Cao Cao just received news from Xiahou Dun's personal guards that the Tengjia Army led tens of thousands of cavalry and rushed towards Pingyuan County!
Cui Jun panicked and said to Cao Cao, "Mengde, we have to leave Pingyuan County. If we don't run, we won't be able to escape!"
Cao Cao originally wanted to wait for news from Xiahou Dun and the others, but he did not expect that Xiahou Dun would directly lead his defeated troops to Gaotang City! He knelt in front of Cao Cao and said, "Mengde, I disappoint you. The 5,000-strong Pioneer Army has been completely defeated by the Tengjia Army."
Annihilated, now the cavalry of the Tengjia Army is attacking Pingyuan County!"
Cao Cao was shocked and said, "What's going on? You were defeated so quickly?"
Cao Cao had expected the defeat of Xiahou Dun and the others. After all, the number of enemies was several times greater than that of Xiahou Dun and the others, and they were also cavalry, giving them an advantage. However, Cao Cao did not expect that they would be defeated so quickly!
Xiahou Dun could only tell Cao Cao the story of the battle, focusing on the power of Tengjia Army's artillery!
Cao Cao had only heard of artillery but had never seen it before. He could only look at Cui Jun!
Cui Jun was also surprised and said, "Although Lei Gong has artillery, a cannon weighs over a thousand kilograms. How could Lei Gong let the artillery fight with the cavalry?"
But Xiahou Dun said, "The Tengjia Army's artillery is like an iron cylinder, weighing only a few dozen kilograms. I saw that one war horse of the Tengjia Army can transport two artillery!"
Cui Jun was shocked and said, "Did Lei Gong develop a new type of artillery?"
Cao Cao said helplessly, "It should be so. There is no one in the world who knows artillery better than Lei Gong. It would make sense if he developed a new type of artillery!"
Cao Cao looked at Cui Jun and asked, "Brother Zhou Ping, your Jizhou army has been fighting with Lei Gong for several years. I wonder if you understand how artillery is made?"
Cui Jun said, "The artillery just came out not long ago, and we haven't made it yet, but we have already figured out the formula of the gunpowder, and its power is no less than that of Thunder God's gunpowder!"
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this. He had found a treasure. Cui Jun must not let him leave!
Xiahou Dun said anxiously, "Mengde, the Tengjia army has artillery to break the formation, and cavalry to chase down the defeated troops. We must flee back to Qingzhou as soon as possible. If we don't flee, we won't be able to escape!"
Cao Cao was also a decisive person. The loss of 5,000 men made Cao Cao know that his men were far from the opponent of the Tengjia Army. After knowing the answer, Cao Cao decisively stopped the loss!
He knew that the cavalry was marching quickly. Even though it was dark now, he ordered the army to march overnight, crossing the Yellow River from Pingyuan County and fleeing to Gaotang County, which was not far away! However, Song Yi was repairing 10,000 men and led the cavalry to Gaotang County only to find that
Cao Cao has escaped long ago!
Song Yi said angrily, "This Cao Cao ran so fast, I couldn't even catch up with my four legs!"
But he did not continue to pursue Cao Cao's army. Instead, he led the army to attack all the county towns in Pingyuan County and completely captured Pingyuan County on the north bank of the Yellow River!