25. The general, the handsome to the handsome (Part 2)
This battle started with the steady advancement of Cao Cao's army and Sun Ce's light cavalry advancing out of Yuan Shu's left wing.｀｀x.
It's good to have civilian officials around, and the status will naturally keep improving. Although it cannot cover the entire army, the key units are well covered, and this additional gain also boosts the morale of Cao Cao's army.
Even without the morale-related buff bonus, it becomes quite expensive because they have enough support behind them.
However, a similar light seemed to shine on Yuan Shujun's side. Apparently Zhou Yu had hidden a secret in Sheqiu City behind him, but he probably had similar thoughts to Cao Cao. Those civil servants probably would not be easily thrown into the battlefield. After all, they
The human body bones are not only precious, but also very fragile and difficult to cultivate.
Well, generally there shouldn't be any problem bringing them into the magic and priests of those fantasy novels.
However, under the rays of light, the appearance of two rays of light is enough to attract the attention of some interested people-it is the orange-red light rising from the two camps at the same time. Perhaps it is not too eye-catching among the colorful lights.
, and even behave a little low-key, but it is undeniable that no matter how low-key they are in time, these two rays of light are destined to be unable to escape the sight of the world.
Especially Cao Cao and Sun Ce, General Han and Zhou Yu, Zhang Fei and some people hiding in Sheqiu City...
Cao Cao has completely handed over Sun Ce's problem to Xiahou Dun, Zhang Fei and General Han. That kind of battlefield is obviously not a place where Cao Cao's ingenuity can work. Although there is no express provision, this kind of battle will ultimately affect certain things.
It's very taboo... Although in fact, in order to eliminate certain characters, they use black hands and guns.
This kind of thing has always happened, but it must wait until the opponent is exhausted. Otherwise, it will be like a shocking arrow from a certain space archer in the history of another plane. Although it said that the enemy was severely damaged, it was just because
He failed to kill the enemy, but instead caused the enemy who still had physical strength to violently attack and carry him away.
It is estimated that few people want to become an emperor with such a background and become a joke for the ages.
All in all, the war matters belong to Cao Cao, and the matter of challenging Sun Ce should belong to those brave generals who are eager to try.
And as time goes by, the three fierce general brothers seem to be fighting well. Although General Han still failed to win, he can actually be regarded as an enhanced version of Sun Ce. But continuing this stalemate is obviously not good for Sun Ce.
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But no matter what, after being sealed by the three-man battle, Cao Cao's preliminary strategic vision has been achieved. He can confidently and boldly deal with Zhou Yu.
The left and right wings of Cao Cao's army advanced steadily. Under Zhou Yu's mobilization, the right wing of Yuan Shu's army also began to advance slowly.
Doing this can put enough pressure on the enemy, just like when you are executed. The most terrifying thing is often not when the head is cut off. It is when the blade gradually gets closer to your body. If this process is stretched to a certain length, let
There is enough time to react physically and mentally, and the fear will be unprecedented, just like a prisoner who was frightened to death by the sound of dripping water.
Of course, this is also a way to ensure physical strength, and at the same time, it can also take into account the warm-up and adjust the state to the best while walking.
The shrewd commander knew what was the most important factor in deciding the war, so while there was still a considerable distance between the two sides, Cao Cao stepped out of the crowd and trotted on his beloved horse to inspect the troops.
While giving a short and powerful speech, or to put it more vividly, he used slogans to carry out the final pre-war mobilization.
At the same time, several veteran generals in Yuan Shu's army, such as Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and others, were also doing similar things.
These passionate voices continued to sound, one after another, and the valleys in the north and the rivers in the south echoed with the soaring fighting spirit.
Finally, when the atmosphere reached its highest peak, the passionate Cao Cao army took the lead in issuing an earth-shattering war cry. In this way, they vented their emotions, eliminated their uneasiness, increased their fanaticism, and frightened their enemies.
They are announcing: They are coming!
However, Yuan Shu's army, composed of Sun Jian's old troops and new troops who had great respect for Sun Ce, was obviously unlikely to be frightened by the threat from their defeated generals. In response, Yuan Shu's army, not to be outdone, also launched a tsunami-like attack.
Roar.
It seems that the roar of one's own side is echoing, whether it is Dalong Mountain where the central camp of Cao Cao's army is located, or the Sheqiu City city where Yuan Shu's central camp is located, huge war drums rumble, and Kong Wu's powerful warriors use huge
The drumsticks hit the most shocking notes, and at the same time, the soldiers who were infected by the sound of the drums had their faces red and their eyes radiating blood-red light.
Although the war drums of both sides cannot be compared with those used by Li Shushi when he besieged Wancheng during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, for the soldiers, it can inspire them to forget their fear and plunge into the crazy battlefield.
That's enough!
Cao Cao led the coalition army to continue to advance steadily, but had to pause from time to time to keep the front intact and compact.
Although Cao Cao's army deployed a large number of cavalry units on both wings, these cavalry units chose to hide behind the infantry or go far to the rear, and there was no chance of rushing forward in the first place.
Northerners are good at riding horses, while southerners are good at boats, and in water warfare, bows and arrows come first. Therefore, the archers of Yuan Shu's army generally have extremely outstanding abilities. Except for a few areas in the north, they cannot be compared with Nanjing in this regard.
.After all, even if you are a northerner
Fundamentally speaking, the strength and range of the mounted bow, which is extremely good at mounted archery, are lower than those of the walking bow. It is only because of the blessing of horsepower and more maneuverability that the walking bow seems to compare with the mounted archery.
Riding and shooting is even better.
The metallurgical industry in the Central Plains can be considered quite developed, so there are many excellent arrow clusters and arrows in abundance. However, the horses in the Central Plains are short and have good endurance but cannot maintain high speeds under high loads.
Horse breed, so not only could the Central Plains region not develop the heavy cavalry that appeared in Europe or even the Mediterranean and Near East regions, even if it did develop, it would be catastrophic because of the human race, horse breed, and most importantly, the powerful bows and arrows.
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Although the Battle of Agincourt was a victory in terms of tactical design, it also proved that as long as the battlefield is suitable, even iron cans can hardly perform at a satisfactory level under the attack of bows and arrows, let alone the light cavalry in the Central Plains.
The Battle of Jieqiao in the history of another plane and the first soldiers of Qu Yi to die were blown away by the wings of a certain butterfly, but it was obviously impossible for a commander like Cao Cao not to think of this kind of problem, and Zhou Yu opposite him also did the same
in this way.
Therefore, whether it was Cao Cao's personal guard Xuanjia cavalry, Xia Houyuan or Cheng Pu's cavalry on the opposite side, they all remained hidden. Both sides had a tacit understanding, leading the infantry holding leather shields, and slowly entered the enemy's bow and arrow range.
Inside.
The first to show off their power were the powerful crossbowmen from Taishan County. Because the left wing of Cao Cao's army and the right wing of Yuan Shu's army were facing each other, they were able to enter each other's shooting range faster. Relatively speaking, the crossbowmen from Taishan County
The range of the crossbows in the hands of the Yisongs is more than ten steps further than the bows and arrows in the hands of the Yisongs from Jiangdong Sanyue. And they are relatively free. Naturally, they can fire first.
However, if the distance of a crossbow exceeds a hundred steps, except for a few sharpshooters such as Xiaoqiang, Taishi Ci, and Huang Zhong, in fact, both accuracy and killing power have become relatively weak. And compared with
Firearms are more susceptible to the influence of the external environment. Therefore, even within the effective killing radius, it is necessary to rely on group advantages to make up for accuracy disadvantages.
Naturally, this kind of sporadic attacks launched as soon as they entered the range could not cause any trouble to Yuan Shujun.
In response, after more than ten steps, the Shanyue people also launched sporadic counterattacks, but judging from their increasingly faster pace, they preferred to engage in hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield rather than using bows and arrows.
A manly fighting style.
It seems that the right wing of Yuan Shu's army and the left wing of the coalition army will soon be strangled together.
It's just that Zhou Yu, who had returned to the command of Commander Yuan Shu's army, frowned slightly.
Because he had noticed that the cavalry hidden behind the infantry on the left wing of the Union Army seemed to have received some order, and the entire army was divided into two. One part seemed to be preparing to accelerate some kind of tactical intention, while the other half seemed to have
They have reached a position where they can make an easier assault, and they seem to be making some preparations.
Zhou Yu had to think carefully about the enemy's intentions, and such thinking even caused a slight delay in his command.
This gave the coalition forces that had already broken into the range of the archers in front of Yuan Shu's army's left formation still a little more room to organize their formation and prepare to start the final sprint.
After some testing just now, Cao Cao determined that the strongest long-range strike force among the opposing Yuan Shu's army should be concentrated on the right wing of Yuan Shu's army, which is his side. Xia Houyuan should also be aware of this, so he seems to have no scruples and plans to
Start from
However, as an ally who had cooperated with Sun Jian's army, Xia Houyuan also knew very well that Sun Jian left a cavalry unit for Sun Ce that may not be large in size, but definitely has good combat effectiveness, which made Xia Houyuan dare not invest in him.
All the cavalry at hand.
The enemy was adjusting their formation right under his nose, but his own archers were pretending to be deaf and dumb for some reason. This aroused the dissatisfaction of Cai Yang, the general of Yuan Shu's army behind the archers who was commanding the light infantry. He ignored Huang Gai's obstruction and rushed forward.
When he arrived in front of Sun He, the leader of the archers and his brother from the Sun Ce clan, he asked Sun He to command the archers to attack the enemy's vanguard.
Cai Yang was the general of Yuan Shu's army, and Sun He was a relative and confidant of Sun Ce. Naturally, he would only carry out the orders of Zhou Yu, the acting commander who was personally appointed by Sun Ce and awarded Ling Jian. This naturally aroused Cai Yang's dissatisfaction and even anger.
Even though the war was still going on, and even though the coalition troops had adjusted and started to move forward, there was still a fierce quarrel between the two people, and if they hadn't been stopped, a full-on martial arts fight might have broken out between them.
Of course, this fight started more because of Cai Yang.
Not only because he ignored his status and ran to Sun He to scream, but more importantly because of his status, he was not qualified to order his colleagues. Faced with Sun He who ignored him at the beginning, he actually planned to "teach him a lesson"
Give each other a try.
Perhaps he still can't forget the period of time when he was a knight-errant, which took up more than two-thirds of his completed life. He also can't forget the period when he was making waves in the Central Plains. Everyone praised him, and even the princes had to pay three respects.
days.
Indeed, in the eyes of Cai Yang like that, the Sun He in front of him was indeed nothing, and he might not even be worthy of carrying his shoes.
But probably the most important thing is that Cai Yang was personally hired by Master Yuan Shu, and in his opinion, Sun He was just a "foolish person" who climbed up the ranks by relying on Sun Jian's shadow and Sun Ce's kinship.
"How can the status be equal?!
If Zhou Yu's general order had not come later, not only Sun He was ordered to launch covering fire according to the previous arrangement, but other troops and generals stayed at their posts. Anyone who violated the order would be dealt with according to military law. Perhaps this incident would have caused more jokes.
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Zhou Yu naturally knew about what happened in front of the battle, and also knew that Sun He had actually suffered on his behalf, so he naturally faced Sun He, who was part of his own family and had suffered unjust injustice, although he did not explicitly punish Cai Yang.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Unless Cai Yang performs at an epic level in the next battle, he will definitely not be able to please him.
Of course, even if Cai Yang really becomes the hero of this battle, considering that "swords have no eyes" on the battlefield, the dead hero is the greatest, and the enemy is so cruel, it is natural to break through all kinds of bad things with arrows.
of.
This episode came and went quickly. After all, the current battle situation is more important, especially for the generals of the Sun family.
Facing the menacing coalition forces, under the orders of the generals of the archers at all levels, the archers deployed in front of the formation fired thousands of arrows. Although the number was only 4,000, what they showed was extremely...
A huge momentum.
Under the command of Sun He, the arrows fired by Yuan Shu's army were so dense that a small part of them collided in the air, but this did not damage the arrows thrown out by the archers at a high angle of 45°.
Cause huge damage to the Union Army.
Although the Union Army soldiers are equipped with light and strong leather shields, their defense capabilities against arrows are greatly improved, but in the face of such dense and continuous "arrow rain" attacks, even the Union Army soldiers who have been blessed by various buffs
It's also a bit unbearable.
Not to mention that Zhou Yu also arranged a row of wooden fences in front of the archers, which were not very strong but could effectively delay the enemy's attack, allowing the archers enough time to attack or retreat, so that the opposing coalition forces could not occupy much.
Too cheap.
Although the battle losses were rising rapidly, the coalition forces did not become panic because of this. Even though most of the reinforcements provided by Yuan Shao were newly recruited troops, which may have only experienced training and some low-intensity bandit suppression battles, but
They did not show too much panic under the encouragement and intimidation of the generals. Perhaps this was related to the fact that they were on the offensive side and had a certain psychological advantage.
Of course, it is more likely that the thousands of law enforcement teams following them gave them great courage.
Because he had determined the area where Yuan Shu's archer group was located, Cao Cao stopped his black armor cavalry and the cavalry supported by Yuan Shao to the edge of the battlefield, and temporarily controlled the entire battle situation by passing orders. He was waiting for the opportunity to exert force.
In fact, he didn't need to wait long before a good opportunity was almost presented to him by the other party.
The archers of Yuan Shu's army only had five to six rounds of shooting opportunities, and then the light infantry of the Allied Army rushed very close to them. Now Sun He had a choice, whether to retreat now or attack for one more round and then retreat.
The former can naturally make one's own tactical movements more relaxed, while the latter can have the greatest attack effect due to the distance. Of course, it will become a bit hectic when retreating, but because of the wooden planks deployed in front of the formation in advance,
Because of the fence, even the so-called chaos was actually enough for Sun He to make a decision at the right time.
In this way, it is actually easy to understand what kind of choice Sun He would make.
They still held their leather shields, but the leather shields in most of the soldiers' hands were covered with sharp arrow clusters, making the leather shields a burden for sprinting, but they could not be thrown away, otherwise the recruits had already proven this approach.
How stupid and desperate.
Even if there are civil servants at the rear to provide a small amount of treatment, they will never treat such naughty children who increase their burden!
The effect of close-range shooting is indeed very good. Even if one attack does not cause too much battle damage, the accumulated damage is extremely considerable. Even if nothing is visible for the time being, when the archers retreat, the light infantry behind them rush forward.
When they move forward, the accumulated damage will become the biggest defeat that will kill the coalition army. This is another consideration for Zhou Yu to place the archers in the dangerous zone in front of the formation. From the current situation,
Sun He executed this very well.
Then the archers can naturally come behind the light infantry and cause huge damage to the enemy under the cover of the light infantry.
But just when the archers were about to evacuate behind them in accordance with the command, a problem appeared that seemed small but was also very huge - other archers were retreating quickly, but only Cai Yang commanded
The troops did not give up the passage for the archers to retreat as required by the general's order. Apparently, even when the war was at its most intense, the ranger was still indulging his "chivalrous spirit."
Although the archers who failed to retreat were only a small part of the four thousand archer legion, even this part was enough to cause local chaos and make Li Dian and Yang Qun, who were rushing at the front, have bright eyes.
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Under the leadership of two people, the wooden fence could not hinder them for long. They quickly cut into the chaotic archers like a hot knife through butter. Let the archers who were confronting Cai Yang's troops
Their souls were shattered.
The generals found that they could no longer stop the panicked archers from fleeing in all directions. This panicked escape not only disrupted Cai Yang's already-formed military formations, but also disturbed the surrounding military formations, breaking the originally tight ties.
A gap appears.
Of course, compared to the surrounding military formations, the archers' impact on Cai Yang's troops was undoubtedly the most violent. Because if it weren't for Cai Yang's order, they would have safely retreated behind the infantry and began to prepare to assemble and carry out the second attack.
Waves of blows.
Cai Yang's life was cut off. Naturally, those archers would not be polite to him. At the same time, Li Dian, who was holding these defeated soldiers, Yang Qun's troops naturally took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Cai Yang's troops, and the large troops came one after another behind them.
Then it continued to widen the crack that had been opened, just like destroying the dead, and even rushed towards the archers who were regrouping behind the light infantry.
By the way, it was at this time that Yang Qun approached Cai Yang and let the old ranger die gloriously under his sword.
While Cao Cao was very angry, Zhou Yu secretly cursed the other party's "good luck".
Seeing that the enemy's left wing was in chaos due to an accident, Cao Cao was naturally in no mood to continue chatting with General Han. He noticed that the far end of Yuan Shu's left wing was somewhat weak at this time, and immediately mobilized nearly two thousand cavalry troops. At this moment
, Cao Cao showed his excellent battlefield command art - under his personal command, the cavalry quietly followed the footsteps of the infantry charge, followed the infantry closely behind and went around to the outside and left the edge of the battlefield again.
Cao Cao informed Xu Ding and Yan Ming of his tactical intentions. Although the two men's personal abilities were not outstanding, Yan Ming had the energy to fight in the northwest. Xu Ding also led cavalry in some battles during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
The most important thing is that these two people will not be like Cai Yang, who started internal strife before repelling the enemy, allowing the enemy to take advantage.
Because of the chaos caused by Cai Yang, Zhou Yu once again failed to notice Cao Cao's actions. When he found that the cavalry troops on the right wing of the Allied Army disappeared from his sight, the only thing he could do was to pray for something he had done before the war.
These arrangements can play their due role - although Zhou Yu knows very well that praying is definitely not a good habit for the commander of the entire army.
The cavalry troops on the right flank of Cao Cao's army were dormant. This strange force was patiently waiting and expecting them to shine on the battlefield.
However, compared to the right-wing cavalry unit as a surprise force, it was the Union Army's left-wing cavalry unit that stepped onto the battlefield stage before them, and it seemed that they became an important weight in determining the outcome of the battle on this side.
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Because of Xia Houyuan's caution, he only allocated half of his strength to wander around the enemy's periphery, using his skillful riding and shooting skills to inflict irritating but not devastating damage to the enemy, but it was undoubtedly a blow to morale. Moreover,
Because the cavalry moved more quickly, not only did the Shanyue people who were proficient in archery unable to take advantage of their advantages, but their energy was also dragged down and they were taken advantage of by the Taishan crossbowmen and even the light infantry of the Union Army.
Dilemma.
This is the time for Cheng Pu to make a decision. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
