After Yuan Shao gave the order, the coalition forces changed their formations to prepare for battle.
The horses roared, and many knights of the Chinese army rode out from the formation. They all assembled from the left wing and formed a formation. The infantry reorganized and spread out the formation. The battle line could be seen from the river to Jishui. The battle was imminent, and everyone checked their positions.
Luggage and weapons. The luggage contained dry food and water bags. The soldiers ate while walking, hoping to stay in the best condition to face the enemy.
After half an hour, the 20,000 knights were assembled, led by Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin, Cavalry Commander Zang Hong, and Fei Lian Colonel Wei Zi. Then Cao Cao led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, together with Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun and others.
The relatives came to the formation on horseback. Cao Ang held high the banner of Fenwu from behind. Cao Cao said to the generals: "Fight quickly and decide quickly."
So he set out to pursue the enemy. Xu Rong saw that the coalition forces had changed their formation, but he still stayed where he was. When the coalition forces were about to open the battle line, he asked General Pi: "How far is it from Bian River?" "Thirty miles."
"That's enough." Xu Rong ordered the tribes to turn back to Aocang when the rebels pursued them, but they should not go too fast and keep a mile away from the enemy.
The two armies began to chase on the plain. It was already noon, but the sun could not be seen. The sky was densely covered with clouds and the air was gloomy and solemn. After passing a corner of the river, rain and fog filled the air. Thin raindrops fell from the sky, and the riders were stunned.
The sleeves of the military uniform were wet.
The sound of the surging water in the river made Cao Cao anxious. He kept wiping the water drops on his face and stared at Dong Zhuo's cavalry not far away. He was trying his best to ride the horse, but the Liang people still kept their distance, as if to stay.
There was enough energy to spare. Several hundred riders in the vanguard managed to catch up with them. The Liang people turned around and fired with light bows. They were easily repelled by three hails of arrows. We were a little tired from chasing and the horses slowed down a little, so these Liang people also let go.
Slow down your horse and review your pursuers with interest.
After an hour like this, the two armies chased for twenty miles by the river in one breath, but they still didn't start fighting. Liang Ren circled half a circle on the field with great interest, but the allied knights were quite interested.
Tired.
Army Commander Xia Houyuan looked around and saw that many of the knights were panting and looking pale, and the infantry behind them were also getting further and further away from the cavalry, with a gap of five miles. He couldn't help but feel worried, and he took a deep breath of moisture.
, suggested to Cao Cao: "General, this is not a solution. It is better to slow down and wait for the rear army!"
At this time, Cao Cao was unable to get off the tiger, so he refused: "The military order has been issued, but we cannot repeat the battle. The rear army is already suspicious of fighting. If I also retreat, the morale of the three armies will be low and they will fight on their own. The Liang people only need to look back for a moment."
If you hit me, you won't be able to do anything important!" When he said this, he couldn't help but spat again and cursed in a low voice: "These wolf cubs regard me as a lamb!"
When wolves are hunting their prey, they stalk their prey like this, following without killing, making the prey alert and unable to escape. Until the prey is exhausted and unable to resist, the wolves then run with their claws exposed and kill Cao Cao with one blow.
Because of this feeling, I compared it to a wolf.
He thought about it for a while and gained something. He immediately rode his horse to the front and asked Bao Xin: "Brother Bao, do you still have strength?"
Bao Xin kept whipping the horse's buttocks with his riding whip. Looking at Liangqi ahead, his pupils almost burst into flames. He replied to Cao Cao: "We haven't fought, so why don't we have the strength?" "How many miles can the horse run?" "My horse is a divine horse.
You can run into Dongdu today!"
Cao Cao knew that he was depressed, so he expressed his plan: "Our army's horses are not as good as those of the Liang people, and it is useless to entangle here. It is better to attack Aocang directly. As the saying goes, if you attack the enemy, you must save it, and the Liang people will definitely fight. If they don't wait, they will fight."
If we engage in battle, we can surround Ao Cang with a large army. Look at Ao Cang, these Liang people are all clowns!"
Bao Xin nodded in agreement, and the 20,000 cavalry troops headed west. When Liang Qi saw this, he stopped teasing and galloped towards Bianshui.
The original name of Bianshui River is Danshui. It is famous for the red color of Danshui fish in the water. Later, the king of Wei widened the river here and built Bianshui Canal for water transportation. Danshui was also renamed Bianshui. In spring, the tide of Bianshui River has not yet risen.
It flows low, but the banks on both sides are green and green, and the vines bloom with golden flowers, which highlight the blue of the water.
The sergeants were not interested in admiring the beautiful scenery at this beautiful time. The Liang cavalry were divided into three columns and took the lead in crossing the Bian River regardless of the pursuers behind them. The coalition cavalry arrived soon after, but they hesitated to cross the water. Although the Bian River was shallow, the canal walls were
It is three feet high, enough for the Liang people to take advantage of the danger and kill the enemy.
Cao Cao decisively ordered: "Now that the water is shallow, the Liang people are rushing across. What can't we do? Let's go there too! If they fight at the river, they will face each other on the other side. When Yuan Jun comes, let's see where they can escape!"
So they all chased forward.
When the cavalry approached the canal dam of Bianshui River, the Liang Cavalry was able to cross the river. As expected, they did not guard the embankment and continued to march westward. The pioneer knights of the coalition army stepped into Bianshui River, and the water flow reached the horse's belly, so that they successfully stepped onto the west bank.
At that time, many people’s soles had never touched water.
After Cao Cao crossed the river, he pointed to the hills in the north and said, "That's Aoshan." The spirits of all the soldiers were lifted up. Aoshan was in front of them, and Aocang was naturally not far away. And those who were teasing
The Liang people who had followed them all the way, now under Aoshan, no longer retreated, but formed a battle formation. The enemy general obviously planned to defeat Cao Cao first, and then Yuan Shao.
Finally, when the battle was about to end, Cao Cao personally patted his horse on his horse and went to all the ministries to encourage him, saying: "You guys have come all the way and have chased the enemy for thirty miles. You are really tired. However, our army can run for thirty miles, and the enemy's horse can also run for thirty miles.
Even though they have excellent equestrian skills, they lose the hearts of the people and are just rebellious. But I, King Qin’s army, fight rebellion with obedience and have reinforcements behind me. If we persist for an hour, we will be sure to win! Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"
Bao Xin's younger brother Bao Tao served as the vanguard. He was wearing armor on his horse, holding a long spear in his left hand and a horse rein in his right hand. He responded to Cao Cao's remarks to his subordinates: "This is the ancient battlefield where Han and Chu fought for hegemony. Emperor Gaozu fought fiercely with the overlord here.
Many famous generals have been born. Even if we die here today, we will share the grave with the heroes. We have no regrets!"
The knights in the front row let out a thundering roar, and rode forward and rushed out of the formation. Their horses' hooves kicked up the flying soil and dust, and soon a layer of yellow-black dust mist rose from the ground, but because of
Under the influence of the moisture in the air, they gradually dimmed again. At this time, the charging cavalry gradually gathered in the middle, forming a conical shape with a narrow front and a wide back, stretching forward.
At the same time, Liang Ren's knights finally came out. The sound of hooves as the two armies chased was like the beat of drums. But at this time, the cavalry from the east and west sides rushed together, and the sound on the ground rumbled like thunder. The only difference was that
Liang Ren's vanguard was covered with iron armor, and the sound of charge was even duller and more powerful.
The two armies quickly approached for a short time. The soldiers on both sides did not shoot arrows, but maintained their strength and thrust the tips of their spears forward as much as possible, hoping to use the huge momentum of the horses to kill their opponents. In this final gap, the two men
No one in the army shouted anymore. At this moment, everyone had a tacit understanding, that is, the most powerful answer can be given with the strongest iron blade.
Finally, the vanguards of the two armies collided with each other from the east and west directions.
The galloping horses darted through the gaps in the place very nimbly, and many people rushed out of the enemy's horse formation with almost no damage. But behind them, there was a series of crisp sounds, which were the collision and breaking of poles.
sound.
Some people were impaled by the long spear that came flying forward, and flipped backwards from the saddle with the spear pole that had escaped their hands. However, because his horse lost the burden on its back in an instant, it blew like a gust of wind, and fell from his hip.
But more experienced soldiers lowered their bodies and raised the tips of their spears to avoid the enemy's thrusts as much as possible.
Obviously Liang Qi was much more experienced. In the first battle, more than 400 people fell, but Liang Qi's damage was almost one-sixth that of the coalition forces. But the coalition forces did not stop, Bao Tao raised his head and shouted
He looked at the knights beside him and asked them to gather together again, making a large arc to the west, and then turned around to join the subsequent coalition cavalry. The cool cavalry also turned around and returned to the bulk of the army to continue fighting with them.<
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The distance between the two sides has been shortened, and it is no longer possible to continue hedging. At this time, they can only decide the difference with real hand-to-hand combat. However, during the hand-to-hand fight, the coalition knights are not as experienced as Liang Ren. They always think about punches and are afraid of less collisions.
They were bullying the others, but they never thought that the target of the Liang people was not the knights at all, but the horses under them, especially since most of their horses were not armored. The Liang people held long spears and used sharp blades with two edges to cut them.
Crossing the horse's belly, they retreated as soon as they made contact, without giving the enemy a chance to react. The horses were in pain, and first went crazy and then collapsed to the ground. Many people fell to the ground.
After Weitz met the cool man, his horse obviously began to slow down. He lowered his head and discovered that a bloody mouth stretched backward from the left front belly of the mount, and did not stop until it reached the saddle, with blood pouring out.
The horse's belly and legs were soaked. He jumped down before the horse fell, and was about to ask his subordinates to replace it with a war horse, but his armor was gorgeous and had feathers that showed his identity. The knights gathered around him when they saw it.
Come over, but all the coalition knights left in fear. No one came to save Wei Zi, so he was stabbed to death by Liang people.
All these situations were seen by Cao Cao. He was under the banner of Fenwu and saw that Liang's cavalry could not exceed ten thousand people, but he gradually took control of the situation. However, the coalition knights were twice as many as the enemy and were retreating steadily. Many of them were frightened by the horror of the battlefield.
Frightened, he tried to break away from the team and flee far away.
Cao Cao was greatly disappointed. He ordered Cao Ren to capture several deserters and behead them in public. He also drew a line around him and said: "Anyone who crosses this line will be killed without mercy!" Then he killed a dozen people who tried to test the law.
After stabilizing the situation, the coalition knights had given up the idea of defeating the Liang people immediately. Seven or eight of their knights gathered in a group. The former stabbed with the tips of their spears, while the latter drew their bows and arrows and tried to drive back the Liangqi who were close to them. They looked very strange.
Embarrassing, but Liang Qi had no good solution at this time, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.
Finally, another cloud of sand and dust rose up from the east bank of Bian River. Cao Cao saw the banners of Yuan and Qin raised behind him and breathed out a hot breath. He thought to himself that although the scene was not satisfactory, he finally won.
On the vast plains, in the drizzle, the allied forces were lined up, showing their strength and boundless strength. When Yuan Shao saw that Cao Cao was in a disadvantageous situation, he immediately ordered his army to cross the Bian River to support him. All the troops felt that they had a chance to win, and all responded loudly.
, the infantrymen waded down the embankment one after another, and climbed over the Bian Canal from the waist-high Bian water.
Guan Yu's troops were lined up on the left wing of the rear army, sizing up the battlefield situation, and suddenly whispered: "Something's wrong!"
Xu Huang also noticed something was wrong. He asked, "The Liang people didn't withdraw?" Guan Yu looked at the south. He frowned and said, "Where are the defenders of Aocang? Where will they come from?"
While he was talking, a trumpet sound penetrated the rain curtain from the south. Everyone in the coalition army looked towards the source of the sound. When they saw the scene, they were all shocked and thought almost at the same time: Our army has been defeated!
To the north, a cavalry force of ten thousand people crossed Aoshan Mountain and marched along the Bian Canal towards the east bank, but this was not shocking. What was shocking was that, in the north of the Bian Canal, two-foot-high water waves were running along the canal wall.
The sound of the water rushing down was louder and faster than thousands of troops and horses.