Dust was billowing, and the thumping of horse hooves shook the sky. Wave after wave of Yuan Jun soldiers were like moving ants, rushing towards the Tuzhai of Guandu in a dark mass.
What a crowd, what a majestic momentum.
Wen Chou was in charge of the front army. He kept commanding the cavalry, urging them to move forward quickly without stopping for a moment.
The earthen stronghold in Guandu was just built by Cao's army. It did not have high walls to defend it. It mainly relied on earth slopes, fences, horses and other objects as barriers. As long as the heavy cavalry broke through the horses, Cao's army in the stronghold would be defeated.
Hebei Yuan Jun's foot stepped on his horse.
Seeing Yuan Jun begin to attack, Li Dian, who was guarding Cao Cao, seemed a little anxious.
He hurriedly reported: "Sikong! The front of Yuan's army is coming to attack the stronghold. It is very powerful. Please ask Sikong to quickly order the deployment of defenses!"
Cao Cao said calmly: "Why are you panicking! Our army is the best in the world. Each one is against ten. Why should we be afraid of Yuan Shao's millions of people? Just calm down, you are also a general after all!"
After listening to Cao Cao's words, Li Dian woke up immediately, and then calmed down his panic eyes. He quietly turned his head to look at the overwhelming crowd of Yuan's army in the distance.
Cao Cao turned to look at Tao Shang and said, "Brother Tao, do you think what Cao said is right?"
Since the conflict between Cao Cao and the pottery merchant, Cao Cao never called the pottery merchant "Brother Tao" again.
Today, when the pottery dealer heard it at first glance, he felt that it was really a bit strange.
In this tense and difficult time, Cao Cao's address to the potter's brother turned out to be so smooth.
The potter didn't know why, but he felt an indescribable sadness in his heart.
What a long-lost title. If there hadn't been a fight for supremacy in troubled times, perhaps Cao Cao and himself would still be a pair of close friends with playful smiles, like real brothers.
The emotions in his heart surged, but Tao Shang did not show any trace on his face. He just smiled faintly and said: "Brother Meng De's soldiers are brave and brave, and they all use their lives. I think one is worth ten, and Cao Jun's soldiers are enough to defeat him."
Ten thousand! Yuan Shao's soldiers and generals should be treated as if they were nothing... They are all useless."
When Cao Cao heard this, he straightened his back and laughed, with a proud expression on his face.
"My dear brother, I'm really impressed. In fact, my soldiers are not particularly strong."
Tao Shang took advantage of Cao Cao's joy and continued: "Brother Meng De's soldiers are like dragons and tigers. I think the men and horses under my younger brother are completely redundant here. If it delays the performance of Brother Meng De's soldiers in the battle, it seems that it will be too late."
It’s not good... We might as well replace them with the logistics support and let them cheer for the warriors under Brother Meng De from behind, cheering them up, what do you think about this?"
The smile on Cao Cao's face suddenly stiffened.
"Brother Tao..."
"What's wrong?"
"Don't make such a fuss."
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At this time, on the city top of the front line, Cao Ren, who was responsible for governor of Cao Cao's various ministries, turned to look at the generals of Cao's army who were ready for battle, and said loudly: "Everyone, the battle is about to begin. Although their army is strong, our army is strong."
He is a master of hundreds of battles, so why fear Yuan Shao’s rabble! It’s not about the number of soldiers, it’s about strategy rather than bravery among the generals!”
"Mighty! Mighty!"
"Depending on the strength of the city or the strength of the territory, we can also defeat Yuan Shao's army. However, doing so is not enough to strengthen the military power of our army, let alone the majesty of our army! Isn't that right?"
"Mighty! Mighty!"
"Don't be afraid, fear will lead to fear, don't hesitate, hesitation will lead to chaos, don't hesitate, hesitation will lead to laziness, only by moving forward and fighting bravely can we win and defeat the enemy and serve the country and the people!"
"Mighty, mighty!"
"A last-ditch fight will last forever!"
"Mighty, mighty!"
"According to the order, all ministries will go into battle according to the order!"
"mighty!"
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
The entire Cao camp's soldiers, including the generals of the Xuzhou army, after being inspired by Cao Ren, couldn't help but feel an inexplicable surge of blood in their chests, and their chests were filled with passion. They wished they could rush out now.
Tuzhai, killing Yuan's soldiers to release the bravery in his chest.
"Put up the Huangqi flag!" Cao Ren shouted.
As the yellow flag swayed back and forth, the bow and crossbow battalions of Cao Jun and Tao Jun led by Yu Jin and Gan Ning respectively set up their formations on Tupo Jian City.
Cao Jun's archers took the lead in showing off their power.
First, they fully drew the stiff bows in their hands, aimed their arrows at the sky, and looked at the Yuan Jun cavalry approaching from far away, without showing any signs of panic.
It's not because they are iron men, it's just because they are strong soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles and have extremely rich combat experience that they can perform like this.
This is the battle experience!
It happened that Cao Jun's soldiers and Tao Jun's soldiers both had this experience.
This leads to the fact that most of them are not afraid of the number of enemy troops and are not afraid of death.
Because they know that fear will only bring them death.
Yuan Jun's cavalry was getting closer and closer, and Yu Jin shouted: "Fire the arrows!"
The arrows released by the two-stone strong bow with full strings were shot towards the sky!
Countless arrow rains were like densely packed locusts, shooting into the sky from bottom to top, and then forming an arc, shooting hard towards the crowd of bee pupae cavalry.
Thousands of arrows were fired together, like dark clouds covering the sun, tearing open the entire battlefield.
In an instant, countless Yuan Jun cavalry and war horses were seen howling and being shot off their horses. There was a roar of people, the war horses screamed, and the roar of the horse's hoofs trampling the earth was also like boiling.
Since there were too many cavalrymen in the Yuan Army, many arrows were shot out randomly, but the hit rate was quite high.
However, the cavalry charge was defeated by the crossbow formation. This incident had long been expected by Wen Chou and others.
It was just ordinary crossbow tactics. Even though some of the cavalrymen in the front line of Yuan's army were lost, they continued to rush towards the Tuzhai in Guandu.
As long as you cross that simple barrier, you will be the world of Yuan Jun!
Trample them to death.
Gan Ning laughed loudly, winking at Yu Jin provocatively and showing off, and then pursed his lips to signal Yu Jin to watch his performance.
Then, Gan Ning was seen ordering his messengers: "The crossbow battalions will take turns to launch in two formations!"
The soldiers of the Jinling Lianyu Battalion stepped forward and, following Yu Jin's strong bow formation, began to fire continuously at Yuan Jun in a continuous crossbow formation.
At this time, not only the formation of Yuan's front cavalry was in chaos, but also the expressions of Yu Jin and Cao's generals changed.
One arrow, one arrow, one arrow... The crossbows of Jinling Company's crossbow battalion seemed to be endless and inexhaustible. They shot wildly towards the formation of the cavalry without any interruption at all.
Crossbows are the nemesis of cavalry. Facing crossbows, the only chance for cavalry to win is to seize the gap between the bows and arrows to charge quickly. As long as the cavalry rushes to the front of the crossbow army, the cavalry can use the crossbows.
The crossbowmen no longer have any use.
One by one, they fired slow but extremely fast crossbow arrows. Before they knew it, they were slowly eating away at the front vanguard cavalry army led by Wen Chou, shooting them to pieces.
Gan Ning divided the company of crossbows into two parts. After the first part was fired, he immediately asked the second battalion to take over the first battalion, while the first battalion's company of crossbows quickly turned back and reloaded, preparing to take over the second battalion.
attack.
However, even if the Liennu Battalion is so sharp, there are still some gaps after a long time.
But when a gap appeared and Cao Jun's crossbowmen did not take any action, Gan Ning couldn't help but become a little angry.
He raised his fist at Yu Jin in a demonstrative manner and said loudly: "Yu Wenze! Can you still fight? If you can fight, fight. If you don't understand, find someone to cooperate with me... After being a general for so many years,
If you can't even manage a crossbow camp, how can you become a general? Bah!"
Yu Jin's face suddenly turned red. He had just been shocked by the performance of the Jinling Crossbow Battalion. He was speechless and his mind went blank.
At this moment, Gan Ning suddenly drank, and Yu Jin suddenly realized what he was doing.
He glared at Gan Ning angrily, and then ordered his subordinate Cao Jun's crossbow battalion to release arrows to meet the enemy.
In this way, the gap between the Gansu and Ning companies was filled.
The crossbow formations of Cao Jun and Tao Jun took turns, and the arrow rain in Guandu Tucheng showed almost no pause. The cavalry camp in front of Yuan Jun was shot to pieces, and it was Wen Chou himself who blocked several consecutive crossbows.
, Sakura, who was hit by an arrow on the helmet, had no choice but to retreat in panic.
After a hail of arrows repulsed Yuan's cavalry, the infantry and cavalry alliance of Cao Cao's army and Tao Shang's army began to take action in earnest.
All the gates of the front village in Guandu were opened, and Cao Tao's elite troops rushed out of the city and lined up to stand by.
There were dozens of generals in Tao's army including Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Xu Rong, Zhou Tai, Taishi Ci, Xu Sheng, Zang Ba, Ji Ling, Zhang Xiu, etc.
In Cao's army, there were dozens of powerful men including Pang De, Yan Xing, Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xia Houyuan, Yue Jin, Cao Xiu, Liang Xi and others.
Cao Tao's coalition forces are preparing to launch a fierce battle against Yuan's army.