Chapter 195 Battle of Kuangcheng (2)

After Li Dian's order was issued, thousands of troops from the front army slowly retreated.

There is a gap in the middle.

In this way, the entire formation of Cao Jun became a concave character.

The reason for this was that the people at the front of Yuan's army were not men, but a large number of equipment.

It's obviously not worth using one's life to fight against the equipment, so it's natural to stay away from the edge for the time being.

The Cao Jun camp itself was built on the ruins of the Pucheng area.

There are some temporarily built village walls, earthen hills and arrow towers on the left and right sides.

Therefore, if the Yuan army from the opposite side charges directly, they can use a large number of bows and arrows to counterattack.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer at this time. If you look at it from the sky, you will see dense and countless black spots on both sides.

On the other hand, Yuan Jun's side, which had more black spots, was overwhelming the mountains and plains, coming like a surging tide.

But in Cao Jun's eyes, they only saw the boundless tide surging like waves.

Although the sun was shining brightly and the blue sky was as clear as a million miles away, the two armies were too far apart at first and could not see anything clearly.

As the shaking on the earth got closer and closer, the wilderness in the distance became densely packed with a layer of black edges.

The black edge immediately branched out into several thin black lines that seemed to be separated from each other, winding down the soil slope like earthworms, and spreading out left and right on the soil beach at the bottom of the slope.

In the front row are hundreds of charging vehicles, nest vehicles and other items used to rush into formations. Now they are not used to attack Cao's camp, but have become field positions used to attack Cao's army.

But this kind of thing is suitable for attacking cities and camps, because it is relatively bulky. It is good for attacking cities and camps that cannot run away, but it is very difficult to use for charging into formations. For example, it may not be possible to rush in now.

Yuan Jun in the distance made some adjustments, and with the sound of several long horns, irregular black tides of more than a dozen large and small pieces slowly surged towards Cao Jun's formation like waves chasing the shore.

Row after row of chariots and chariots piled up in front of the formation. The gloomy and desolate sound of horns was mixed with the intermittent shouts of people shouting for horses. The cavalry of the Yuan Army on the left and right flanks held their swords and restrained the horses, leading the formation as if the water was flooding the tidal flats.

Press on slowly.

The spear is like a dense forest, the knife is like a snow thicket, the flags and flags are flying with murderous intent, the tip of the spear flashes with dazzling white light in the sun, and even the warm spring breeze becomes cold and chilling in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Yuan Jun's line advancing unhurriedly, Li Dian under the banner of Dagu still stood still, riding a horse on a slope.

The man in his thirties showed an extremely stable psychological quality at this time, and his long face with clear lines seemed to be made of iron, without any movement or expression.

Several captains inspecting the military affairs of the school came and went like a revolving lantern, loudly reporting the latest military information one after another: "Report! There are three teams of cavalry on the enemy's right flank, numbering about 700 people!"

"Report! There are about a thousand people on the enemy's left wing."

"Report! There are about three hundred vehicles on the opposite side, rushing towards the front army."

"Report"

Amidst the military intelligence reports, Li Dian slowly raised his right hand.

The hillside, which had become extremely tense due to the influx of news, suddenly became silent. The messengers and flag wavers who were always ready at all times focused their attention on that palm.

Ancient wars were fought not by shouting, but by beating drums, golden bells, gongs, horns, flags and even whistles. At this time, any command meant to convey a certain message.

If you choose to take the initiative to attack, then all kinds of drums, trumpets, and flags will move wildly. If you choose to retreat, then the golden trumpets and gongs will have to be beaten desperately.

Any kind of information represents the direction of the war, so countless soldiers must always pay attention to Li Dian's orders.

The silence under the flag immediately affected the surrounding phalanxes. Whether it was the recruits with their mouths full of bitterness and their throats dry, or the veterans with their weapons in their arms and eyes closed, everyone could not help but turn their faces and focus on the pole in the breeze.

On the slightly swaying banner.

This silence was like a silent order, spreading like a wave, and spread throughout Cao's army in an instant. Under the shadow of the bright sun, everyone held their breath and held their heads high, waiting for what order Li Dianhui would issue.

"Let the sword and shield bearers go in front, and all the archers and crossbowmen gather on the earth mountain and the archery tower, and let the people in the camp push the stone carts up to the earth mountain."

"Moow one by one"

The nine soldiers who had been preparing for the attack immediately blew their horns.

Three horn blasts passed by, and short and boring orders sounded from far and near. Cao's army, which was originally silent, immediately started to move like a pot of boiling water.

Groups of soldiers followed the officer's command and either advanced or retreated, moved sideways or lined up. In an instant, the dispersed formations became tighter. According to the structure of the Wush sentry camp, rows of archers and shield-handlers lined up.

The spear-hands, the sword-hands and the ax-hands are arranged in a staggered manner.

Groups of sword and shield bearers began to crowd forward and line up their shields in front of the formation, and groups of archers began to climb up. The stone carts and bed crossbows arranged in the right camp also began to be carried outside the camp.

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The formations of both sides are getting closer and closer.

Although Yuan Shang's army was only the front army of Yuan Shao's army, he also had a vanguard, so he sent the governor Ma Yan as the vanguard general to lead a tentative attack with 5,000 men.

Ma Yan's front army pushed more than 300 ram chariots, with 700 to 1,000 cavalry on each side of the left and right wings, and 3,000 infantry in the center.

The horn of attack first came from under the banner of the Mayan general, and then came rolling wheels.

Chao Chao Chao Chao, driven by thousands of soldiers, rushed towards Cao Jun.

"Fire the arrow!"

The generals on the left and right of Cao's army issued orders one after another.

Suddenly, arrows were like rain, sweeping towards Yuan Jun's vehicle array like a blanket of heaven and earth. Some of them penetrated the flesh with a pop, some hit the shield with a clanking sound, and some were nailed to the wood of the vehicle, and their wings buzzed.

Yuan Jun actually did not expect that Cao Jun would dare to go out of the camp to fight with them. They thought they were attacking the camp, but they miscalculated and used vehicles to lead the battle, but they were repulsed by a hail of arrows.

Ma Yan roared angrily and continued to issue orders to attack, but under the dense rain of arrows, Yuan Jun stopped moving forward in disgrace, suffering heavy casualties.

"Charge the formation and destroy those mountain archery towers!"

Yuan Shang, who was in the rear, saw this situation and asked the rest of his troops to rush towards the Tushan Archery Tower on the left and right flanks of Cao Jun's army.

However, Li Dian had already deployed sword and shield men in the front row, and the two sides quickly engaged in close combat.

This suddenly changed from a fight of several thousand people to tens of thousands.

The sound of horns blaring, the roar of drums, the sounds of fighting, the banging of weapons, the grunting and hissing of men as swords and guns penetrated flesh, and various other sounds filled the battlefield.

Bows and arrows were being fired from both sides, and soldiers charged one after another. Often the people in front would fall down just as they charged too fast, and the people behind them would already follow.

In less than half an hour, Yuan Cao's soldiers at the forefront had suffered thousands of casualties. Countless corpses fell in front of the two armies, with blood flowing in the oars, broken arrows, blades, armor, and people everywhere.

Fragments of body limbs and even internal organs can be seen everywhere.

When the war was getting intense, a long trumpet blast suddenly appeared on the left side of Yuan's army and on the right side of Cao's army. In the wilderness to the east, behind a patch of steep hills with undulating hills in the distance, three thousand Cao's troops suddenly appeared.

Under the leadership of Zhang Liao, these Cao troops launched a fierce attack on Yuan Jun's left wing like lightning. There was a cry of killing as fast as the wind, and then the enemy's flag on the opposite side changed, and the low and desolate horn horn sounded like thunder on the grass beach.

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Suddenly, the cavalry on both wings of Yuan's army spread out to the left and right, and the large tent soldiers in black helmets and black armor in the middle square, guided by several orange flags, led their horses and slowly pressed forward like dark clouds.

The shouts and fights in the back of the wilderness suddenly died down; then a burst of more violent shouts and fights erupted...

After about two quarters of an hour, the shouts of death gradually subsided.

The tinkling sound of gold resounded through the wilderness, and Yuan's troops who were still fighting in the front began to retreat, leaving behind their companions who were still fighting with Cao's army and the corpses of their comrades on the ground, and retreated toward the rear like a tide.

Li Dian immediately ordered the pursuit and assisted Zhang Liao.

After the two sides fought again, Yuan Jun retreated four or five miles away.

Yuan Shang obviously did not expect that Cao Jun would dare to set up an ambush in the wild when the number was small.

Zhang Liao suddenly attacked his left wing, overwhelming the army formation on the left wing, beheading the generals, causing the army to disperse in a small area, and was almost rolled back by the defeated army.

Under this situation, Yuan Shang ordered the front army to suspend the offensive while he sent people to relieve the siege. After barely repelling Zhang Liao, he began to retreat.

About two-quarters of an hour later, Cao Jun finally beat the golden sword and retreated. The wilderness was densely covered with countless corpses, various weapons, flags, shields, and clothing scattered and piled up. The entire wilderness was soaked in blood.

Li Dian sent people to pick up Zhang Liao, but Zhang Liao came back covered in blood. His clothes were torn in pieces here and there. Because he was going to attack at close range, he couldn't wear the large armor used by generals, so he only wore a small armor to protect his upper body.

As a result, he was slightly injured.

However, this injury was not a problem. He raised his head and glanced at the sky. It was already the end of the afternoon, and there was only an hour before dark. He said to Li Dian: "Be careful with your arrangements first. Yuan Shao's army is still behind.

, it may be a night attack, or it may be a temporary camp and attack again tomorrow, there is nothing wrong with being careful."

"I know."

Li Dian said in a deep voice: "General, go back to the camp to rest first. I will arrange the rotation immediately."

"good."

Zhang Liao nodded. The hardest part of this battle was him and the former soldiers on the left and right wings in front of the formation.

As long as this kind of large-scale war is not a fight to the last soldier, then to a large extent only the front row will engage in close combat. Even if there are casualties among the soldiers behind, they are often caused by arrows.

So if nothing unexpected happens, under normal circumstances, as long as there is no major collapse of the situation on both sides, it often takes a long time to fight to determine the winner. It is normal to fight for a day.

But today, he made arrangements in advance. He personally led his men to the east to ambush, and attacked suddenly at the most critical moment. Even if the enemy was aware of it, it would be difficult to defend him in a short time, so he still drove Yuan Shang back with difficulty.

However, this can only be regarded as an appetizer, and the real large-scale battle is still to come. The two of them did not dare to take it lightly. Zhang Liao went back to rest first, and asked Li Dian to stay where he was for defense.

At three o'clock in the day, an endless black border appeared on the distant land again, and the entire Cao army suddenly became nervous.

Because this time the black border is really boundless.
To be continued...