Xia Houyuan fell into the trap of Tao Shang and Guo Jia, and was surrounded by Jinling troops in three directions.
When it comes to the number of war horses, Cao Cao's army is second only to Hebei Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and the Xiliang warlords. However, when it comes to the fighting skills and sturdiness of the soldiers, Cao Cao's army is by no means inferior to any strong army in the world.
But no matter how brave the soldiers of Cao Cao's army are, there are still many factors that influence the victory of the war. Especially after an army is surrounded by three sides, no matter how powerful the army is and its equipment,
It is absolutely impossible to reverse the comeback.
The formation of the army and the configuration of soldiers' equipment generally place heavy weapons and highly lethal units in the front of the formation facing the enemy. However, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers on the flanks and rear of the three armies is far less than that of the front. If the enemy chooses to attack from the front,
If you attack from the rear or flank, you will receive less counterattack and can cause greater damage to the attacked party.
At the same time, if the troops in formation are attacked on the flanks, it will take time to redeploy if they change their formation to compete. In the face of a battle situation that is changing all the time, this will definitely cause chaos and will undoubtedly be more detrimental to the battle situation.
Pincer attack, encirclement, and pincer offensive are the most typical methods of destroying the enemy in ancient combat methods! Once you are flanked, the difficulty of deployment and rear support will increase exponentially.
Therefore, in this situation, no matter how brave and good at fighting Xia Houyuan was, he would still be disappointed and helpless in this state.
War is never something that one person can control.
Faced with this situation, Xia Houyuan's first choice was to find a way to break through Xu Huang's front line and open a way for his side to escape.
After all, Xu Huang was the one that suffered the most serious impact from Cao's army, and he had also been under the greatest pressure since the war began.
"Commanders of the three armies! Charge! Open the front army formation!"
Xia Houyuan shouted in the formation, commanding Cao Jun to rush towards Xu Huang's formation quickly and powerfully.
But the problem is, as one of the five good generals in the future, Xu Huang, who was compared to Zhou Yafu by Cao Cao, how could he not figure out Xia Houyuan's true meaning?
Under the command of Xu Huang, the Jinling Army roared and rushed forward, like a huge boulder, pressing in front of Xiahou Yuan's army. No matter how Xia Houyuan's death squads hit and splashed blood, they refused to retreat.
In this fight between the two sides, you came and I went back and forth, and it turned into a bloody gourd, but no one was willing to take a step back.
But it is obvious that Xu Huang's current performance is more heroic than Xia Houyuan's because he and his soldiers stand closer to the front.
Xu Huang had been warned by Guo Jia before the war. He already knew that the war would reach this point. Facing Xia Houyuan's offensive, he gritted his teeth and refused to take a step back.
Because he knew that if he persisted for just a moment longer, Xia Houyuan would suffer an even greater failure.
Xia Houyuan finally retreated.
It's not that he can't defeat Xu Huang, but that he is now on the outflanked side. The longer the delay, the more disadvantageous it will be to his own side.
He didn't have the time to go head-to-head with Xu Huang.
It's a pity that Xia Houyuan's death squads clashed with each other in this wave of charges, and the blood was shed in vain.
However, this charge did have a certain impact on the Jinling Army.
Although a double-team situation had formed, the bravery of Cao's army exceeded the Jinling army's expectations.
But even so, it still could not reverse the decline of Xiahou Yuan's army, which was scattered and defeated.
"Who are the generals of the Jinling Army who are attacking us now?" Xia Houyuan asked the military lord next to him while helplessly leading his troops to attack and fight fiercely, stabilizing the formation of the soldiers.
The military leader had already received the news from the scouts in the front line, and immediately said to Xia Houyuan: "The one who confronts our army head-on is Xu Huang of the Jinling Army, the one who attacks our right wing is Tao Ji of the Jinling Army, and the enemy in the rear
The main formation of Fang is under the banner of Xu Chu and Xu Rong, and looking at the front formation, it is the Tiger Guards who are the pioneers!"
When Xia Houyuan heard this, he suddenly woke up.
Xu Chu, Xu Rong, Tao Ji, Xu Huang, Hu Weijun...
In order to annihilate his troops, Tao Shang sent out all these elite generals, so what kind of defense force did he have around him?
As we all know, the most famous generals around Tao Shang are Xu Chu and Xu Rong, and the most combative unit is the Tiger Guard of Jinling City.
Now, neither Xu Chu, Xu Rong, nor the Jinling Tiger Guards are with the pottery merchant.
Perhaps the real weakness of the Jinling Army at this time is coach Tao Shang!
Thinking of this, Xia Houyuan's eyes suddenly narrowed, and a glimmer of hope rose in his chest again.
While commanding his troops to change their positions, he sent people to entangle the bodyguard cavalry and coordinate with him to move toward the rear position.
Among Cao Jun's troops, for some unknown reason, all the war drums were beaten at almost the same time. Along with the fierce drumbeats, Cao Jun's soldiers also worked up their courage and launched a final counterattack against the Jinling Army that was squeezing them from three directions.
Jinling Army rear formation...
The potter's ears were filled with the sound of a huge drum, and the sound was so dry that he couldn't help but cover his ears with his fingers.
Zhao Yun frowned and asked curiously: "Cao's army was defeated again, so why did the drums suddenly sound so loud? What's the purpose of this?"
Tao Shang smiled and said to Zhao Yun: "As the saying goes, Xiahou Yuan ordered the three armies to fight in unison in order to hide the obvious. On the surface, he was urging his soldiers to fight bravely in order to break through the dilemma of the three surrounded armies, but in fact it was just to confuse us...
...As Tao expected, Xia Houyuan will lead his elite cavalry and head straight towards my direction in just a short while."
Speaking of this, Tao Shang paused and said: "As the saying goes, capture the thief first and capture the king first. This is what Tao planned, and so did Xia Houyuan. In this close encounter, whether he was captured or I was killed, then
It all depends on whose fist is harder... My left and right fists are the two of you! Please!"
Zhao Yun flicked the silver spear lightly and said calmly: "Master Tao Mansion, don't worry."
Taishi Ci held a halberd in one hand and a bow in the other, confidently saying: "Someone will capture Xia Houyuan alive!"
Not long after, they saw a sudden commotion in the rear formation of their own army in front of Tao Shang and others, and then another moment of chaos.
The pottery merchant narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Here he comes!"
Not long after, I saw the military formation in front being charged by a group of about seven to eight hundred fully armed elite Cao Jun cavalry. A group of Cao Jun's cavalry were covered in blood and fought bravely. Under the command and leadership of Xia Houyuan, they were rushing forward.
He ran towards the location of the pottery merchant's banner.
After Xia Houyuan broke through the enemy's formation and saw the pottery merchant in the distance, he was also overjoyed.
He vaguely seemed to be able to see where the pottery merchant was stationed.
The pottery merchant on the chariot can be vaguely seen, and there are not many soldiers and horses around him. There are only about two hundred cavalry, and the supporting generals beside him are just two people riding white horses and wearing uniforms.
The young general in white robe.
In Xia Houyuan's eyes, such a sparse lineup is too easy to break through!
Seeing Xia Houyuan's cavalry charging towards him, Zhao Yun raised his war spear and pointed hard at the opponent's cavalry.
In an instant, the Baima Yi soldiers who accompanied Zhao Yun to protect the pottery merchants were the first to move.
Facing the white-horse Yi Cong rushing toward their own side, Cao Jun's cavalry did not take it seriously.
Firstly, the number of the opponent's cavalry was small, and secondly, Cao's cavalry did not regard the opponent's cavalry as cavalry of the same level as themselves.
Many people have told them that the southerners are not good at riding horses, so fighting against the southern cavalry is basically an advantage for them.
But they never imagined that the cavalry they encountered this time was not the cavalry of Jinling City, but the world-famous White Horse Yi Cong... detachment.
Zhao Yun rushed in front of everyone, the white horse he sat on rode the fastest, and the silver gun in his hand shone like a bolt of lightning.
"Meet the enemy!"
The commander of Cao's army, who was galloping at the front, raised his spear high and shouted, but then he fell down at a faster speed. Zhao Yun stabbed a hole in his throat in an instant, blood spurted out, and his body was straight.
He fell straight down.
Facing the blocking cavalry in front of him, Zhao Yun did not hesitate.
He is like the divine needle of Dayu thrust into the sea, breaking through the water waves and becoming unstoppable.
It is also like the continuous flow of water passing through the stone gaps, without any obstruction, light and clear.
Behind Zhao Yun was Tai Shi Ci, a top warrior who was good at wielding a halberd. Looking at Zhao Yun's marksmanship, he was inexplicably horrified.
Is this a marksmanship that humans can use? Taishi Ci was screaming in his heart.
In fact, from the very beginning, although Taishi Ci saw that Zhao Yun was not an ordinary person, he really did not expect that Zhao Yun's marksmanship would be so superb. It was just because Tao Shang had special respect for Zhao Yun, and Taishi Ci's house was full of love.
Only then did I feel a little more close to and admire Zhao Yun.
But at this moment, Taishi Cicai discovered that the situation was not the case at all!
He has always believed that when it comes to martial arts with spears and halberds, he should be the best today! Only Lu Bu, whose name is only heard but not seen, can compete with him.
But now, Zhao Yun's martial arts skills, especially his unpredictable marksmanship, are deeply shaking the heart of Tai Shici, who has always been proud of himself.
If nothing unexpected happens, this person's marksmanship may still be better than mine!
While facing the enemy, Taishi Ci watched Zhao Yun's shooting skills intently, his eyes full of incredulity.
The enemies rushed towards Taishi Ci, but he just shot them down with a casual move, but his eyes were always fixed on Zhao Yun, refusing to move at all.
Behind Taishi Ci were the three Pei brothers leading a part of the cavalry to cover Shuangjiao.
If Taishi Ci looked at Zhao Yun with incredible eyes, then Pei Qian and others looked at him with naked admiration.
Divine gun! This is simply a divine gun!
Pei Qian used a gun, and he had met many people who used guns, but he had never seen Zhao Yun use a gun like this.
War guns are originally weapons for killing people. They are bloody and heart-stopping. However, when Zhao Yun wielded the silver gun on the battlefield, it seemed like a beautiful sight. The moves were cruel and deadly, but it still looked abnormal.
Elegant and fascinating.
There are not many people who can fight so beautifully.
If Lu Bu fighting on the battlefield feels domineering, Xu Chu feels heroic, Gao Shun leading the camp feels cold, then Zhao Yun feels heroic!
Brave heroic spirit.
Zhao Yun's shooting distance was extremely short. He didn't seem to want to spend any more effort, but he was sure to hit the target with one hit, killing them all the way, almost never needing a second shot.
The white horse and silver spear, the weapon in Zhao Yun's hand seemed to be magical. Everything within seven feet of it, whether it was a person or a horse, a knife or a gun, would naturally fall down, but he didn't seem to move.
Just like a pass.
This is the highest level of marksmanship.
Zhao Yun took the lead, followed closely by Tai Shi Ci, and Baima Yicong followed suit. They broke through Cao Jun's cavalry formation and quickly advanced towards Xia Houyuan himself.
Seeing the sudden rush of cavalry, Cao's army led by Xia Houyuan couldn't help but feel a little stupid.
This can't be true, can it?
How could this be true?
When did the southern army have cavalry that was so skilled in charging into battle?
Seeing the cavalry rushing towards him following Zhao Yun, Xia Houyuan was shocked and angry!
He was originally the one who killed the pottery merchant, but now, how could it be that the person who was killed seemed to be himself?
Especially the silver spear general, he is definitely not from the south!
Xia Houyuan's eyes were sharp, and he could tell at a glance that Zhao Yun and the white horse Yi Cong behind him must be warriors who live on horseback all year round, otherwise they would never have such riding skills!
Even Xianbei on the grassland is difficult to compare with... m.