In ancient siege battles, the defending side had to establish a stronghold, not just because it needed mutual support with the main city, but because every city could not be completely surrounded by walls.
Many people have the impression that the city, its buildings and residents are completely surrounded by city walls, but this is not true.
Human development has determined that the size of cities is always changing with each passing day. Whether it is the expansion of cultivated land every year or the flow of people back and forth, no city can be completely surrounded by a city wall.
The Great Wall did not encircle the whole of China, but it only encircled the main roads to a certain extent.
A city completely surrounded by walls only exists in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1 to 13.
Therefore, the important places around Qufu City or the places that were not protected were naturally protected by the pottery merchants who set up strongholds.
Therefore, the coalition forces of San Liu and Cao Cao naturally divided their forces to capture the main city and the attached Dazhai.
The person responsible for attacking Tao Shang's main formation was also the main force of Cao's army.
Those at the forefront are Cao Cao's army's death squads. These vanguard soldiers may not be the strongest, but they are certainly not the worst either. Those who can enter this camp must have sufficient physical strength, a fearless spirit, and
The courage to be willing to be cannon fodder for those behind the scenes, etc.
To put it bluntly, they are a group of soldiers who have an aura of ridicule and no wet nurse to feed them. They deserve the respect of the generals of the three armies.
Seeing Cao Jun's vanguard rushing towards his city, Tao Shang turned to Xu Rong and said, "Let all the ministries start acting according to the order."
"No." Xu Rong clasped his fists at the pottery merchant, and then ordered the horn soldiers to blow the horn.
The thick sound of the copper horn resounded throughout the sky and echoed in the eardrums of everyone in the city.
After the horn sounded, two cavalrymen appeared faintly from the east and west sides.
The one in the east was the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry led by Zhang Liao himself, while the one in the west was led by A Fei, who temporarily replaced Zhao Yun, and led the Jinling White Horse Army. The two armies went towards Cao Jin together.
Cao Cao personally supervised the battle from the rear. When he saw cavalry rushing out from both sides of the city, he couldn't help but froze, and then sneered: "What a boy from the Tao family, he actually placed troops outside the city. He is indeed well prepared."
Just as they were talking, Ah Fei and Zhang Liao's soldiers split into two groups and rushed into Cao Jun's death squad camp.
As the name suggests, the suicide squad is a team that rushes to die. The combat power of the team that climbs the pole to die is naturally not higher than that of the Jinling White Horse Army and the Wolf Cavalry.
"Fire arrows! Shoot them!" Ah Fei shouted loudly.
Following Ah Fei's loud shout, the Jinling White Horse Army began to bend their bows and arrows, and fired at Cao Jun's vanguard death squad.
The arrow rain of the White Horse Army is not very powerful, nor is it very dense, but it is better because it is a cavalry archer, so it is highly flexible. It has strong maneuverability and many changes in tactics.
The reason why A Fei was able to replace Zhao Yun in commanding the Jinling White Horse Army was because he had been part of Zhao Yun's army during this period, and there was not much talk between the brothers. Zhao Yun also selflessly taught him the skills of leading troops.
Now the pottery merchant named him the deputy general of the White Horse Army.
The arrow rain of the White Horse Army was not intended to cause much damage to Cao's army, but to disrupt the enemy's front line and make it easier for our own soldiers to rush in.
After a hail of arrows, as expected, a gap was opened in the flank of the death squad.
At the same time, in Qufu City, the shrill horn sounded again.
The troops in the city also took advantage of this opportunity and began to surge out of the city in unison, arranging their troops in formation.
Cao Cao seemed to have seen through Tao Shang's thoughts. He hurriedly ordered the messengers: "The soldiers and horses of the princes in Zhuo Guanzhong quickly attacked the Jinling Army's cavalry from both wings. Order Dian Wei's Liger Army and Cao Chun's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to attack the enemy forcefully.
Army in formation!"
At the same time, the cavalry of the Jinling White Horse Army had put down their crossbows and replaced their spears. Under the leadership of A Fei, they rushed into the formation of Cao's death squad.
"rise!"
"break!"
"rise!"
"break!"
The Jinling White Horse Army kept chanting the slogans they used during daily training, and violently stabbed every soldier who appeared in front of them with their spears.
Their movements are clean and neat, almost just repeating the most effective movement.
The White Horse Army's daily training is simple and crude. They just fly forward and lunge repeatedly under Zhao Yun's command.
Blood was sprayed in the sky, and countless soldiers of Cao's death squad fell in a pool of blood. Where the White Horse Army rushed away, it was like the entire phalanx was like fair skin, with a deep wound cut by a sharp knife.
Eye-catching and extremely terrifying.
The death squads were rushed away in this way, but the ligers and tigers who were supposed to be the supporting force behind them did not move.
Because Dian Wei, the leader of the Liger Army, had received Cao Cao's general order at this moment, he wanted to meet with Cao Chun before launching an attack on them.
Not to mention that the death squads in front suffered losses, even though they were all killed by Ah Fei, Dian Wei remained resolute and unmoved.
It's not because he's not bright-minded, nor because he's cruel, but because Dian Wei is a person who extremely follows Cao Cao's orders.
Cao Cao asked himself to take action after the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and Dian Wei would wait for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to arrive before taking action. Even if the sky fell and the earth collapsed, and the world ended, he would remain unmoved.
At this time, the earth seemed to start to tremble slightly.
But they saw a tightly packed heavy cavalry, like a torrent of steel, running towards Dian Wei with boundless momentum and murderous intent.
The spear-wielding general at the head was none other than Cao Chun, the most adept at fighting among the generals of the Cao family.
Cao Chun galloped to Dian Wei's side and shouted: "General Dian, follow me to fight!"
Dian Wei's suppressed fighting spirit finally broke out. He waved his double iron halberds, took the lead, roared and charged forward.
Cao Chun and the soldiers of the Hubao Battalion followed closely behind.
The actions of Cao Chun and Dian Wei were basically within the scope of Tao Shang's calculations. Moreover, among Cao Cao's three armies, the two most brave and capable regiments were the Tiger and Leopard Battalion and the Liger Army. This was something Tao Shang had known for a long time.
Therefore, in order to deal with these two corps, the pottery merchants were naturally well prepared.
On the frontal battlefield, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the White Horse Army killed a group of death squads before turning around and rushing back in the direction in which their own side came.
On the front of the city, the Kaizima and Tiefutu led by Xu Huang and the Tiger Guards led by Xu Chu had already charged from the front battlefield.
After the Jinling White Horse Army and Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry turned around and made a circle, they came back again from two directions.
The Iron Buddha has also rushed into the frontal battlefield, with kidnapper horses guarding them on both sides.
The two heavy cavalry collided with each other, making a loud noise that shook the world.
And Dian Wei also ran into his old enemy, Xu Chu, among the rebellious army.