Four hundred and fiftieth chapters only owe Dongfeng
Cao Chun's Tiger and Leopard Battalion rushed into Tao Jun's tent like a whirlwind on the plains along the gaps in the densely packed tents in Tao Jun's camp.
The tiger and leopard cavalry were all elite, and they moved quickly without any delay. In an instant, they had penetrated deeply.
However, Tao Jun's Liennu Battalion had already prepared an ambush deep in the camp. They were waiting for the soldiers of the Hubao Battalion to rush in and let them see how powerful they were.
Where the potter's camp is located, only the west side is the most complete plain land, and the terrain is extremely flat.
Therefore, after planning, Tao Shang and Guo Jia believed that if Cao Jun sent the Hubao Battalion to raid this night attack, it would definitely break in from the west, so he asked Gan Ning to lead the Liannu Battalion to wait in the west.
Tao Shang still remembered the bravery and prowess of the Haw Par Battalion last time. If he wanted to defeat the Haw Par Battalion, he could only rely on the Jinling Repeating Crossbows that had just been completed on a large scale.
Since the Jinling Repeating Crossbow was made by Zhuge Liang, after many improvements, it was finally developed into a genuine product and put into large-scale production at the Equipment Wei Mansion in Jinling City.
The thousand repeating crossbows that Zhuge Liang had in our county were only a small part of what Jinling City produced.
The truly large-scale deployment is in the pottery merchant's main camp, and the main force of the Liennu camp is also in the main formation of the Chinese army.
The Liennu Battalion may not be able to deal with other soldiers and horses, but if it wants to deal with all the powerful cavalry in the world, it will definitely be able to do twice the result with half the effort.
All things are born to be interdependent and mutually reinforcing each other. This is an eternal truth.
The so-called south boat and north horse, even if the pottery merchant has Yu Erbi and Liu Hu to buy and raise horses for himself, compared with the princes in the north, he is still a little bit behind. If you want to compare the war horses with the princes in the north,
The pottery merchant is always passive, no matter how hard it is, he can never straighten his back.
In terms of power, the pottery merchants occupied Xuzhou and Yangzhou and divided the southeast. Their vast territory ranked first among the princes.
When it comes to financial resources, the output of the Jinling Iron Mine and Huai'an Salt Mine is comparable to that of the entire Han Dynasty, and Jinling's wealth is well known to the world.
When it comes to grain and grass, irrigation tools such as Jiangdong plows and keel waterwheels are now popular throughout the Southeast. Farmland has doubled in six years, grafted rice is harvested two to three times a year, and grain and grass are abundant.
When it comes to population, in the past few years there have been wars in the north and chaos in Huainan. Many people from outside the area admire the blessings of the southeast and the prosperity of Jinling, and have moved to the southeast to live in peace. It can be said that it is a land of prosperity.
When it comes to the number of soldiers, the Jinling Army plus the Xuzhou Army, and now the Yellow Turban Army and Lei Bo, Chen Lan and others who Zhang Xun is about to surrender have joined. Tao Shang can deploy a total of 200,000 soldiers.
There were even more civil servants and military generals.
Of course, there are also those who are fools, and the pottery merchant also has little losers like Mi Fang and Tao Ying under his command.
At present, the power of the Tao clan is at its peak. The only difference is that they have more infantry and cannot compete with the large-scale horse army in the north.
Without troops that could compete with the war horses of the North, the pottery merchants had never dared to make an easy expedition to the north or west.
All is ready except for the opportunity.
But now, with the Jinling Repeating Crossbow, the pottery merchant finally had something to rely on to restrain the horse army!
This trend changed in another way, and was finally firmly grasped by the pottery merchant.
Today, the main force of the Jinling Crossbow Battalion, led by Gan Ning, will first conduct a trial-style training battle against the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
While Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry were heading towards the inner camp to clash, a huge disaster suddenly struck without warning.
Countless arrows and crossbows, under the command of Gan Ning, shot towards Cao Jun like machine gun bullets.
As soon as the time came, the soldiers of the Haw Par Battalion who were in the front row fell into a pool of blood one after another.
The horses were braying, the soldiers were shouting and howling, and the shrill screams were particularly terrifying in the camp.
According to the experience of the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion, after this wave of crossbows passed, there should be a time lag before the opponent drew the bow and stringed it, or re-strung it, but for some reason, this wave of crossbowmen in Jinling City did not.
The rain of arrows from the Jinling Army's crossbows continued to fire, as if it was endless, and they could not be exhausted.
The front vanguard of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were in this extremely long crossbow formation, roaring and devouring their lives by the endless arrows.
The duration of the crossbow is too long, and there is no way to get closer!
And the casualties caused by the continuous time lock are too great!
Cao Chun was a master of military training and an expert of troop command. Although he didn't know why Jinling City's crossbows were so powerful, as if they couldn't shoot them all, he knew that the current situation made it impossible for him to continue.
It's flushed!
The lethality of this crossbow array is too great for the cavalry!
Every soldier in the Haw Par Battalion is the best among the best who he has carefully trained. Every time someone dies, Cao Chun's heart will twist and he will cry.
Cao Chun almost died of pain today.
In this case, in order to ensure that the Haw Par Battalion would no longer suffer huge losses, Cao Chun could only order the Haw Par Battalion to retreat outside the tent quickly!
Cao Chun's cavalry in the west played a key role in the five-pronged attack on Tao's camp. Their mission was to rush directly into the center of Tao's camp and disrupt all the enemy's commands.
Deploy it, and then launch a coordinated attack from the inside out to the attacking colleagues in other directions. After such a circle, the entire pottery merchant will be basically destroyed.
However, the sudden retreat of the Hubao Battalion cavalry completely aborted this strategic plan, and the pressure on the other Cao troops will increase unprecedentedly.
Cao Ren was guarding outside his tent when he suddenly received this military report from the scouts and was shocked.
Unexpectedly, the Haw Par Battalion was defeated so quickly?
This was truly unheard of before.
Cao Ren knew the fighting power of the Haw Par Battalion best. Now that they were defeated in such a short period of time, it shows that Tao Shang must have made careful preparations in advance.
It seems that I was right not to go in suddenly beforehand.
At this point, we need to rush in and quickly engage the various troops to prevent them from being trapped in it and unable to evacuate.
Thinking of this, Cao Ren took action immediately!
He turned to Zhang Ji and Liang Xi and said: "You two, please lead a group of soldiers and horses to bluff outside the camp so that you can respond at any time. I will go in here to respond to all the soldiers and horses!"
"promise!"
After Cao Ren gave his instructions, he commanded his soldiers to rush towards Tao Jun's camp along with himself along the burned fence.
While Cao Ren clashed with Tao Jun's camp, he ordered his cavalry, infantry, and crossbowmen to disperse, and then formed dozens of square formations while advancing, so that in the Tao Jun camp with many tents, Cao Ren could
Reach the maximum attack speed, because the large phalanx is easily blocked by obstacles in the camp, and secondly, it prevents the troops under its command from being scattered and doing their own thing. Although the small phalanx is difficult to manage, it can still be achieved as long as the order is appropriate.
Effective command and mobilization effect.
Cao Ren was extremely confident in his ability to command troops and horses.
As soon as Cao Ren entered the camp, he commanded the soldiers to fight while running to the right. When he was young, he met Xia Houyuan who was fighting fiercely with Xu Huang.
Xu Huang was old and prudent. When he saw Cao Ren's military formation, he knew that this man was by no means an easy man to deal with. He was a master in using troops.
Tao Shang had already issued strict orders to himself. He only had to retreat from the enemy without defeating him. Seeing that Cao Ren was a powerful enemy, Xu Huang thought that there was no need to fight with him to the death. Losing too many men would be more than worth the loss, so he sent Cao Ren and
Xia Houyuan let him go.
Although Tao Ji, who faced Xiahou Dun, was brave and courageous, he was still inferior to Cao Ren and other first-class generals. Therefore, when Cao Ren came to meet Xiahou Dun, he did not dare to fight.
Only when he was assisting Cao Hong, he was desperately pestered by Zhou Tai, and Gan Ning's Liennu Battalion also came to support him.
The two of them were born as water thieves, and they are not afraid of anything, no matter what bullshit you are, you are a master of using weapons!
Cao Ren had no choice but to change his tactics and fight in a bloody battle. After losing the lives of many of his soldiers, he led Cao Hong out of the siege.
After this battle, Cao Ren also realized the power of Gan Ning's crossbow battalion, and he was shocked and frightened.
If Jinling's Liennu Battalion hadn't fought with Cao Chun's troops just now, costing a lot of arrows, Cao Ren would have felt that his soldiers would have been in danger.
Several groups of soldiers and horses retreated respectively. Cao Ren personally intercepted the rear and led his troops to block the pursuit of Jinling soldiers.
Although under the strict orders of Tao Shang, the generals of the Jinling Army did not dare to pursue too deeply, but in the face of repeated bombings by Zhou Tai, Gan Ning, Xu Huang and others, Cao Ren could still hold on. His ability was so strong,
It is truly admirable and jaw-dropping.
Just after the five generals of the clan withdrew from the Tao camp under the governor of Cao Ren, the scouts came to report that Xu Rong, the leader of the Tao army who had never appeared, led his troops to raid Zhang Ji and Liang Xi who had stayed outside the tent.
In the military formation, the two were in danger and sent someone to ask Cao Ren for help.
Although Cao Ren had no expression on his face after hearing this, he sighed secretly in his heart.
The man named Tao was really good, one move after another. It seemed that tonight's game was not over until he exhausted himself to death.
Thinking of this, Cao Ren immediately ordered his troops to follow him to rescue Liang Xi and Zhang Ji and confront Xu Rong.