When the Han army fired the fifth wave of arrows, only less than a thousand soldiers in the first echelon of the Wu army were intact, but it was these less than a thousand shield soldiers and the daredevils behind who were wounded and fought with pain.
However, the soldiers charged in front of the Han army, raised their swords and slashed at the Han army's shield soldiers.
"boom!"
After a loud noise, the two armies finally met each other. It was at this time that Ling Cao's second-tier cavalry formation rushed out completely. Everyone fell on the horse and galloped quickly, taking advantage of the opportunity in front of them.
The shield soldiers were holding back the Han army, and they were charging and killing them.
The third echelon formation followed closely behind, with another wave of infantry holding shields, while the fourth echelon formation was ready.
Zhou Yu watched the entire battle and saw that most of the people on the first step were killed, but it did not cause much damage to the Han army. He couldn't help but frowned, hoping that Ling Cao could create some miracles.
Zhuge Liang also had an insight into the entire battlefield from the rear, and saw that the Wu army kept attacking. The first wave of infantry came fiercely, killing many soldiers standing on the front line, while the second wave of Wu troops rushed over quickly.
There were a total of five thousand cavalry in one wave. Everyone was crouching on their horses. No one could be seen. They could only see the horses' heads moving up and down. When they galloped, even the ground trembled.
He hurriedly ordered a change of formation, and the W-shaped battle formation immediately split into two sides and turned into two V-shaped battle formations. At the same time, the two thousand cavalry hidden behind the inverted V of the original W-shaped battle formation quickly dispatched and began to trample them unscrupulously.
There were hundreds of Wu army infantry remaining in front of the first battle formation.
The advantage of cavalry over infantry is very obvious, so as soon as the Han cavalry was dispatched, they immediately surrounded the remaining hundreds of Wu army shield soldiers. At the same time, the pikemen also dispatched at the same time, two thousand pikemen.
He quickly rushed to the front line with a spear that was more than ten feet long. The spears were pointed out in unison. Every soldier was at a distance from each other. After spreading out, they were like a thorny city wall, hoping to withstand the impact of the Wu army's cavalry.
The scattered archers of the Han army also began to take up their positions, and began to aim at the rushing Ling Cao and others. After giving the order, they released arrows one after another.
Among the 30,000 Han troops, there were only 10,000 bare crossbowmen. This was such a powerful lineup. Under the dense arrows, there must be very few cavalry that could charge forward.
Ling Cao lay on his horse. When he saw the Han army's arrow formation rising again, he immediately shouted: "Disperse!"
After giving the order, the five thousand cavalry immediately divided into two sides and dispersed to the left and right wings.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Half of the locust-like arrows hit the ground, and the cavalry led by Ling Cao also lost more than a thousand horses. But the strange thing is that when these horses fell to the ground, the knights could not be seen. When the cavalry dispersed
, some knights caught everyone's eyes. It turned out that the cavalry behind them had already left their mounts. Under the cover of their mounts, they took off the round shields they were carrying on their backs, took out the repeating crossbows tied at their waists, and directly transformed into
The infantry continued to rush forward.
Behind them was a third wave of 5,000 infantrymen, pressing forward all at once.
Ling Cao and other more than 3,000 cavalry dispersed on both sides and quickly opened the distance between the two wings to avoid the Han army's spear-lined battle formation. At the same time, he also wanted to attract the attention of the Han army's archers and let them follow him in shooting arrows.
Zhuge Liang was slightly surprised when he saw such a scene, and hurriedly ordered another change of formation. At this time, the Han army's cavalry had basically cleared away the first wave of Wu's soldiers, and retreated together with the spearmen. Two V-shaped cavalry
The battle formation moved closer to the center, with shield soldiers in the first line, crossbowmen in the second line, archers in the fourth line, pikemen scattered on both sides, and cavalry surrounding Zhuge Liang. The W-shaped basket formation was formed again, forming a wall.
Defensive city walls.
After Zhou Yu on the opposite side saw this situation, he ordered the remaining fourth wave of cavalry and fifth wave of infantry to rush out at the same time. The cavalry was just a tool to cover the approach of the infantry. In this battle, it also served as a way to attract the attention of the enemy archers.
Therefore, at this station, Zhou Yu mainly used infantry, and the cavalry only cooperated in the battle. But if the two armies really collided, the cavalry would detour behind and directly attack Zhuge Liang's command point.
Five waves of attack formations were drawn out, and Zhou Yu only had more than a hundred cavalry left. He had already put all his troops on them, striving to determine the outcome in one battle.
Seeing such a scene, Zhuge Liang felt quite stressed. When he was about to order a change of formation, he suddenly heard a cry from the rear of the camp. When he looked back, he saw a fire in the rear camp, and the left camp suffered a violent attack.
During the attack, Sun Ce, wearing golden armor, a golden helmet, holding a blood-drinking gun, and wearing a white cloak, led thousands of Wu soldiers to fight out of the dense forest.
As soon as he saw this, Zhuge Liang suddenly realized that Zhou Yu was too cunning this time. The invitation to fight with him was a lie, but the sneak attack on the camp was real. He resented that he was young and energetic, too confident, and fell into Zhou Yu's trick. At this time, Zhuge Liang
The camp was in chaos, attracting countless soldiers on the battlefield to watch, and the fire spread quickly. The Wu army was excited, the Han army was panicked, and the superiority and inferiority of the army were immediately revealed.
At this moment, Ling Cao and his cavalry suddenly turned their horses and made a gesture. The second wave of Wu army's cavalry, which had detoured to both wings, immediately rushed towards Zhuge Liang.
Ling Cao took the lead, took out his spear, and led hundreds of his followers directly into the Han army's camp. The archers panicked and scattered. Zhang Nan (Note 1) led the crowd to resist, but was stabbed to death by him. The Han army
All the troops dispersed, which actually reduced Ling Cao's troubles. After a quick charge, he cut a bloody path and headed directly towards Zhuge Liang.
When the cavalry around Zhuge Liang saw Ling Cao's men attacking from both sides, they all protected Zhuge Liang and retreated into the camp. Xu Jing led his troops to greet him and blocked the gate of the camp. Ling Cao fought bravely and invincibly, leaving corpses everywhere he went.
Xu Jing and other officers were all frightened, and seeing that they could not resist, they retreated.
At the same time, Zhou Yu also pulled out the long sword from his waist, shouted "drive", and shouted loudly: "Today is the day to break the thief. Sons of the state of Wu, come with me and retaliate against those who have been wronged."
Those who have a grudge will take revenge, and those who kill Zhuge Liang will be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"
Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men. The Wu army shared the same hatred with the enemy and worked hard to achieve consecutive defeats in the past month. It has long been irritated. Today, when the Han army camp was attacked, his emperor personally rushed behind and led his troops to kill him. The governor
They were even more moved when they went into battle even though they were wounded. With their shouts, their courage doubled and they rushed towards the Han army.
The Han army had come all the way from afar and was out of men and horses. They were attacked again last night. Today, they originally wanted to use the fighting formation to improve their morale. However, they didn't know that their own camp had been set on fire, and the mountains and plains were filled with Wu troops. Under attack from both front and rear,
Wu Jun, who had long been frightened, launched a general attack
, they immediately broke up and fled towards the camp to take refuge. However, at this time, more than 2,000 cavalry led by Ling Cao were chasing Zhuge Liang, and there was chaos inside the camp. The rear camp was on fire, the left camp was fiercely attacked, and the soldiers were all heading forward.
The army fled, and Sun Ce happened to lead his troops to pursue them, and they all headed towards the Chinese army.
Zhuge Liang has never commanded such a large battle. There are problems in troop dispatch and personnel deployment. The key is that this is a tired division. Moreover, the military strength is almost the same as that of the Wu army, so there is no advantage. Moreover, the weapons of the Wu army are...
The equipment was much higher than that of the Han army. After comparison, Zhuge Liang made a serious mistake.
Before he became an official, he liked to compete with Pang Tong in private formations, but that was only when they were evenly matched, and in a square place as big as a palm, both of them could see the overall situation from the air. But now,
He commanded an army of more than 100,000 people. This was the first time he encountered such a scene. He wanted to take this opportunity to defeat Zhou Yu and make himself famous. Who would have thought that this would happen?
In front of him, Sun Ce led his troops to kill. The sky was dark and the earth was dark. He quickly broke out of a bloody road. He looked at Zhuge Liang with a spring breeze, as if he was already in Sun Ce's pocket. Behind him, Ling Cao also pursued fiercely, although there were many
The cavalrymen risked their lives to cut off the rear, but they could not withstand Ling Cao's attack.
There were obstacles in front of him and ghosts behind him. Zhuge Liang really seemed to have fallen into a bottomless pit. Although there were many Han troops, they were all taking refuge and no one paid attention to him. Just when he felt that he had no way out, he saw Shamo.
Ke led a group of men and horses to fight over. Everyone was wearing rattan armor and riding war horses. As soon as they came out, they intercepted Ling Cao's attack.
The vine-armored cavalry rushed out and immediately showed the potential to turn the tide. Shamoko fought with injuries and forced Ling Cao back with a slash. He hurriedly rode his horse to Zhuge Liang's side and shouted loudly: "Prime Minister, follow me!"
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At the critical moment, Zhuge Liang saw Shamoke coming to kill him. As if he had taken a reassurance, he followed Shamoke without hesitation. Zhuge Liang quickly ran out of the right camp with thousands of vine-armored soldiers escorting him.
Sun Ce, Ling Cao and others continued to fight, but they were a little annoyed when they saw Zhuge Liang escape.
"Ling Cao, Xu Sheng is holding the battle!" After Sun Ce shouted this, he was unwilling to give up on Zhuge Liang. He wanted to capture him alive, so he followed closely with two hundred cavalrymen. His horses galloped wildly, and his spears danced.
At that point, all the Han troops fled.
Soon, Sun Ce caught up with Zhuge Liang's group of vine-armored cavalry. Sun Ce knew that the vine-armored soldiers were invulnerable, so he fired all his spears at the faces of the vine-armored cavalry. He stabbed one to death with one shot and killed more than a dozen others.
Seeing that Sun Ce was unstoppable, the vine-armored cavalry were frightened and dispersed one after another.
"Zhuge Kongming, where are we going?" Sun Ce's horse ran very fast, gradually getting further and further away from his men, and the vine-armored cavalry in front did not dare to block the way.
Zhuge Liang turned around suddenly, but saw Sun Ce charging forward single-handedly and getting closer and closer to him. He couldn't help but feel a little fear in his heart. He slapped the horse's butt and shouted loudly: "You evil beast, run away!"
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(Note 1, this Zhang Nan is not the Zhang Nan of the Huaxia Kingdom. Although he has the same name, he is a different person. The Zhang Nan of the Huaxia Kingdom was a general under Yuan Shao, and the Zhang Nan here was Liu Bei’s original team member in history.
Wen Jin was born in Hailing, Guangling (now Rugao, Jiangsu).)