The soldiers of the Daqian Army and the Han Army rushed and collided on the battlefield. The soldiers were shouting and shouting as much as they could. The weapons in their hands were pointed at the enemy. The two iron cavalry collided in an instant.
"boom!
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In an instant, the warriors at the front were knocked off their backs by the attackers. A large number of warriors fell off their horses and were trampled to death by the other party's or their own horses. Now there are tens of thousands of horses in this small area. Anyone who falls off his horse will die. This must be their fate!
After the collision, the two cavalrymen quickly separated. At a distance of about 200 steps, both cavalrymen quickly turned around and quickly organized their formations to prepare for the next round of hand-to-hand combat.
In the center of the collision, hundreds of soldiers were left dead or seriously injured. Even though these soldiers were wearing iron armor, they faced heavy weapons such as battle axes, hammers, swords, and sabers. Either they were deformed or their internal organs were severely damaged. Under normal circumstances, these seriously injured people would not survive tomorrow.
There were injured soldiers from both the Han army and the Daqian army. The proportions between the two sides were not much different. They were bleeding profusely and fell to the ground. There were also many soldiers who were seriously injured but not dead, groaning on the battlefield!
Song Yi looked solemn when he saw this scene. The Daqian Army generally has the advantage of weapons and equipment, or else it has the advantage of military strength. The most important thing is that the Daqian Army fights for itself, and its organization and morale are the highest in the world. The one-to-one battle loss ratio has not appeared for a long time. It is obvious that the enemy on the opposite side is the most elite of the Han Dynasty!
On the opposite side, Zhang Liao's face was also very ugly. The cavalry in his hands were formed by veterans he brought from Bingzhou. They were all veterans who had fought for several years. They had rich combat experience. In addition, the Han Dynasty had vigorously popularized iron armor in recent years. Zhang Liao thought that he The cavalry in hand is enough to defeat Daqian's elite.
But now in the actual battle between the two sides, he found that the elites in his hands could only compete with Daqian's ordinary cavalry. If Daqian also dispatched elite heavy cavalry and Mo Dao soldiers, he would not be the only one to be defeated this time. Such a result This is hard for Zhang Liao to accept!
Realizing that if he continued to fight head-on like this, he might be defeated, Zhang Liao divided his cavalry into three groups, hoping to separate and surround Song Yi's cavalry, and then concentrate his superior forces to annihilate his soldiers.
But Song Yi didn't let Zhang Liao get what he wanted. He gave up the strong attack, brought the cavalry very close, and used wall charging to avoid Zhang Liao's plan of dividing and encircling him!
For a time, thousands of horses galloped on the battlefield, and the dust was flying. Daqian's warriors were like ferocious tigers. One blow would definitely take away a large number of Han soldiers. Zhang Liao's cavalry was like a pack of wolves, moving swiftly and swiftly, surrounding Daqian's army. A bite from the east and a bite from the west, but the damage caused is not much worse than that of the Daqian army. In this way, the soldiers from both sides collided and slashed with each other on this battlefield for a long time. A large number of soldiers fell in each round, and the entire battlefield The blood flowed into rivers and the grass turned red!
On the battlefield, Zhang Liao was unparalleled in his bravery. He was covered in blood while riding on the horse. The iron spear in his hand was as fast as lightning and like a dragon. As long as he fought with Zhang Liao, the soldiers of the Gan Army would be killed with one shot through their armor, or they would be swept off their horses by Zhang Liao's shot. .
Zhang Liao used himself as a sharp edge to constantly break through the cavalry formations of the Daqian Army. But even if he could break the formation, under Song Yi's command, the cavalry of the Daqian Army would still break through the encirclement using wall-mounting tactics and quickly assemble together!
It was always difficult to deal a fatal blow to the army. After Zhang Liao saw that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, he set his sights on Song Yi. He decided to have a beheading battle to end this fierce battle!
"Drive!" Zhang Liao led his bodyguards to charge towards Song Yi!
The battlefield was already small, and soon Zhang Liao came to Song Yi's side!
Song Yi saw Zhang Liao facing him with a smile on his face, and he also had the idea of killing Zhang Liao to end the battle.
In Song Yi's opinion, his martial arts skills are among the top ten among the Daqian Army. If it was Lu Bu who came this time, he would turn around and run away. He had fought against the Bingzhou Army several times before, and he naturally knew that Lu Bu's martial arts skills were the worst. Only their governance can defeat it.
However, Zhang Liao was known for being good at military training among the Bingzhou Army, and I had never heard of Zhang Liao having any reputation for bravery (in the Bingzhou Army, the charge of charging into battle was usually left to Lu Bu, and the command of the army was usually given to Gao Shun.)
When Zhang Liao got closer and closer, Song Yi slashed at Zhang Liao with his heavy sword. Zhang Liao blocked Song Yi's sword with his iron spear, and then the spear passed through a circle, blocking Song Yi's sword, and the spear went straight towards Song Yi! Song Yi directly used an iron bridge on his war horse to avoid the blow.
But Zhang Liao was unyielding, and the spear in his hand swept across him. Song Yi even couldn't hold the sword in his hand when he stabbed him straight! In the end, Zhang Liao's spear swept him off his horse!
"General!" Song Yi's personal guards saw him being knocked off his horse, and immediately rushed to resist Zhang Liao, and protected Song Yi from climbing on another war horse again!
"Song Yi, where can you escape!" But although Song Yi's personal guards were elite soldiers, they were far behind Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao stabbed them with a few straight moves, and these personal guards were killed by Zhang Liao, and then Zhang Liao continued to pursue them. Song Yi!
Facing the threat of death, Song Yi immediately fled to his own army!
Duan Peng naturally saw the situation on the battlefield, and he said to his messenger: "Ming Jin withdraws the troops!"
Obviously if this battle continues, the only one who will be defeated is Da Gan's army, and even Song Yi may die at the hands of Zhang Liao. Losing a general in the first battle will easily affect morale.
Then he said to Wan Lang: "Lead a battalion of cavalry to stop the Han army and bring Song Yi back!"
Wan Lang cupped his fists and said: "No!"
Then 5,000 cavalry followed Wan Lang into battle!
"Dang, Dang, Dang!" Ming Jin's voice of withdrawing his troops spread throughout the battlefield, and the cavalry of the Daqian Army began to retreat towards their own formation!
Zhang Liao wanted to continue the pursuit, but found that Wan Lang led 5,000 cavalry towards him, which aroused Zhang Liao's scruples. At this time, the Han army also heard the sound of withdrawing troops!
It turned out that Lu Bu discovered that Da Qian's army was once again sending out a battalion to fight. He was worried that Zhang Liao and others would be in danger, so he also offered gold to withdraw his troops!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After Zhang Liao and Song Yi went back, Duan Peng and Lu Bu found that it was getting late, so they simply retreated back to the camp, and the battle ended for the first time.
At night, the Han army camp!
"Judging from today's test, our army's combat effectiveness has caught up with Daqian's army when our troops are equal in strength." Lu Bu said a little happily.
In today's battle, Zhang Liao's cavalry lost more than 1,500 people, and the Daqian army had almost the same number. This was enough to make Lu Bu happy. Starting from the second year of Zhongping, he and Lei Gong fought against each other with the same strength. He has never had the upper hand, even if he sends out his most elite trapped camp. But now that his equipment is not inferior to that of the Daqian army, he finally has the strength to fight.
But Zhao Yun still persuaded: "Judging from today's battle situation, the combat effectiveness of the Daqian Army is not much worse than ours. If we really want to fight them, it will be very difficult to defeat them. There is a high probability that both sides will lose, but Duan Peng will lose both." Get up, but we can’t afford to be hurt!”
But at this time Yuan Tan said: "There is no need to fear death in a battle. General Zhang Fei said that it is very good. We have an advantage in numbers. We have an army of 800,000, while Lei Gong only has an army of 300,000. If a battle like today can be fought, If we fight a few more games, victory will definitely belong to us!"
Although Yuan Tan was also distressed that his cavalry would be severely damaged here, if he could not defeat Lei Gong, the Yuan family would not have a future. Compared with the Yuan family's future, a mere tens of thousands of cavalry would be nothing.
Lu Bu saw Yuan Tan supporting him and smiled and said: "It can be seen from today's battle that although the soldiers of the Daqian Army are elite, most of their officers are from the Yellow Turban Army and the Hu people, and their command skills are mediocre. The full strength of such an army cannot be used.
"Tomorrow we will attack across the board. I will personally lead the charge. We will mainly defeat the center of the Daqian Army, and then completely separate the left and right wings of the Daqian Army. You two, Xiansi and Zilong, will lead the remaining armies and surround the Daqian Army. The left and right wings, and then use the local advantage in strength to wipe out all the troops on the left and right wings, and completely defeat the 50,000 cavalry of the Daqian Army!"
Lu Bu said excitedly: "The 50,000 cavalry of the Daqian Army were annihilated by us. This will definitely shock Lord Lei and make him afraid to divide his troops unscrupulously to attack the city of Yanzhou again!"
Yuan Tan and others all support Lu Bu's opinion and plan to have a decisive battle with Da Qian's army tomorrow!
In the evening, Daqian army camp.
Compared with the lively atmosphere of the Han army, the atmosphere here has become serious. Since the Daqian army rose, except for the first year when it was weak, it was chased by the Han army to Mayi, Bingzhou. But after taking root in Mayi They have never been defeated before. Whether they encountered the Xianbei people, the Xianbei people, the Wuwan people, or the Han army, they have always been invincible. The enemy was defeated by them. But today they were defeated by the same number of Han troops. The cavalry was defeated and thousands of soldiers fell on the battlefield!
Since the enemy's strength greatly exceeded Duan Peng's expectations, they renegotiated their strategies.
Song Yi smiled bitterly with his injuries: "Judging from today's battle, the strength of the Han army opposite us is not bad. At least it can fight our army head-on. Now let's not say we defeated the enemy. We want to remain undefeated." It’s very difficult. This Zhang Liao is unknown but he didn’t expect to be so powerful. I almost confessed today.”
Then Song Yi regretted and said: "The gunpowder given to us by the ruler was wasted on Wubao in Yanzhou. If we had enough gunpowder in our hands today, what would Lu Bu's army mean? We could have kept them all. !”
Duan Peng and others also looked regretful. Xu Wei gave them 200,000 kilograms of black powder. They thought it was a lot, so they attacked the county town of Yanzhou and bombed it with gunpowder. They also used gunpowder to attack Wubao in Yanzhou. They conquered the world in half a month. They destroyed 4 county towns and 15 forts without causing too many casualties. It can be said that gunpowder played an important role. However, when they waited for the most important gunpowder, they no longer had this most powerful weapon in their hands to deal with the enemy! What if? Today they still have gunpowder in their hands, they can definitely defeat Lu Bu's army!
But now is not the time to regret, Duan Peng said seriously, "The Yanzhou War is related to the rise of Daqian's hegemony. We cannot lose, and we cannot afford to lose. Now let's think about how to defeat the enemy opposite us!"
Wan Lang immediately said: "Our advantage in military strength is too small. The government has taught us that the strongest method of war is to bully others with force. We must learn to use more people to bully fewer people to the greatest extent. Now that we do not have an advantage in military strength, the opponent The Han army has caught up with us in terms of combat effectiveness and equipment, not to mention the generals of the Han army. From today's Zhang Liao, we can see that their strength is stronger than ours! If we really want to defeat Lu Bu, we must think Find a way to gather more troops!"
Duan Peng frowned and said: "Duan Yun's cavalry is still on the front line of Dongping Country. Even if we inform them now, I'm afraid it will take 5-6 years for them to join us. With such a long time, I'm afraid the battle will be over. !”
Wan Lang said: "Puyang City has been captured by our army. Lu Bu doesn't know this news. Now General Huanglong's 50,000 troops are being repaired in Puyang, and our location is only 100 miles away from Puyang. Now we go to notify General Huanglong , When the battle reaches its peak tomorrow, and General Huang Long’s 50,000-strong army rushes onto the battlefield, everyone asks, what can the Han army do to resist General Huang Long’s 50,000-strong army?”
Song Yidao: "You have to march hundreds of miles in one day, and you have to go into battle immediately. I'm afraid it will be very difficult, right?"
Wan Lang thought for a while and said: "We are sending out messengers now. They should be able to arrive in Puyang in the middle of the night. Then we will start to assemble the army. We will rush for new troops from early morning. We should be able to feel the battlefield coming!"
Duan Peng shook his head and said: "General Huang Long's men are not cavalry. They cannot march hundreds of miles in one day and still retain their combat effectiveness! We have to find a way to delay it for one more day. General Huang Long leads the army to ambush in Lihu, waiting for us. When the battle with Lu Bu was at its fiercest, General Huang Long led his troops to attack the Han army again, so that we could not only defeat Lu Bu but even possibly annihilate the Han army!"
Wan Lang thought for a while and said: "We can also agree with General Huanglong on a battlefield for ambush, like Xiancheng near Puyang. This will not only save the Huanglong tribe dozens of miles of travel, but also speed up their march.
Moreover, our army can also make a rout and lure Lu Bu and others to the battlefield we set. At that time, General Huanglong's 50,000 troops will pour out and give the Han army a head-on blow. We will then use the cavalry to contain the main force of the Han army. , so that we can defeat the rebels as quickly as possible at the minimum cost."
Song Yi shook his head and said: "A rout on the battlefield is a very serious matter. If we explain it to the soldiers, it will be difficult to keep this news secret and it will be easy for the enemy to know. But if we don't tell the soldiers, we are afraid that the false rout will turn into a real rout.
If we act too smart and fight a big defeat, we will make a fool of ourselves."
"In my opinion, we should find a way to hold on for one more day in Lihu. When General Huanglong's reinforcements arrive, we will have nearly 100,000 troops by then, and the initiative on the battlefield will be back in our hands."