The gun and shield bearers in the front row were instantly thrown off their feet and fell in pieces.
The spear pierced the shield, sparks flew out, and the iron shields collided, creating a clanging crosstalk.
But when the first row of shielders on both sides were knocked down by the collision force, a gap opened and the situation was reversed.
Qu Yi's soldiers had iron shields on the outside and only light armor on the inside, which was not as good as the heavy armor of Gao Shun's enemy.
In this way, the spears of the trapped army can easily pierce the body of the Quyi army, while the soldiers of the Quyi army have almost no way to deal with the iron shell of the trapped army.
The first confrontation in the battle soon turned into a one-sided massacre. The advantage of the heavy infantry was fully demonstrated.
During the charge, swords and guns kept slashing, easily taking away at least one enemy.
But the enemy's swords and guns cannot break through the defense!
This is the strength of heavy infantry. Historically, Gaoshun's camp only had 800 troops, but it was already invincible and invincible.
Now there were three thousand heavy infantry alone, plus two thousand light crossbowmen, suppressing the Qu Yi army until they could not lift their heads.
"withdraw!"
As Qu Yi shouted at the top of his lungs, the vanguard army retreated directly.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Mo, Han Ding, Han Xun, Lu Kuang and other troops on both sides began to retreat. Without the suppression of bows and arrows, the Qingzhou Army's left and right flanks Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong immediately pressed in and began to pursue.
The Jizhou army was in a huge rout. They abandoned their helmets and armor and fled in panic. Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong led their troops to charge and killed thousands of people, causing heavy casualties to the enemy.
But after only pursuing for two miles, they could no longer catch up. Because Gao Shun's troops were heavy infantry and moved extremely slowly, they could not catch up.
So when Qu Yi's soldiers and horses left the battlefield of the trapped army, they immediately organized a counterattack. Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong combined only had 10,000 people, but the enemy still had 20,000, so they quickly fell into a bitter battle. When Tian Feng saw this, he
Immediately call for gold and withdraw the troops.
However, at this moment, seeing that the Qingzhou Army had won a complete victory and began to pursue, Gongsun Zan raised his spear and raised his horse, shouting: "The enemy has been defeated, it is time to pursue, charge!"
"rush!"
All the cavalry began to attack at the same time. It was like an earthquake, the ground shook, tens of thousands of horse hooves rolled up smoke like a sandstorm, and the light cavalry launched an overwhelming attack on Quyi.
Since Gongsun Zan's soldiers and horses were on both sides of the battlefield, and the cavalry's offensive was also a surprise attack from the side, the Qingzhou Army in the middle retreated smoothly, leaving the task of harvesting the endgame to the highly mobile
Gongsun Zan's cavalry.
Gongsun Zan led three thousand white horse Yi followers and rushed to the front. They were overwhelming and strangled countless remnants of Qu Yi soldiers along the way. With the addition of cavalry, the battlefield quickly became a criss-crossed situation, making it difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
The cavalry rushed into the formation and scattered all the vanguard troops. The soldiers fled blindly, while the cavalry pursued and killed them. The battlefield situation was excellent.
Zhang Fei returned to the formation, found Tian Feng, and complained: "Sir, this great victory happened at the time of pursuit, why did it suddenly win gold?"
Tian Feng's goatee trembled slightly, raised his head, and said with a smile: "Did you win?"
"There's none?"
"Where did you win?"
Tian Feng asked back.
"The soldiers of Jizhou have been defeated. Can't you see that, sir?"
Zhang Fei turned around and looked into the distance. The battlefield was already in chaos. The Jizhou army was running away in panic. The Youzhou cavalry had cut the battlefield into hundreds of square formations. Some were running away, some were resisting, and some were kneeling down to surrender. Jizhou
The army seemed to have been completely defeated.
"The Jizhou soldiers were indeed defeated, but this was just an illusion to deceive others."
Tian Feng chuckled and said: "If you think about it again, Yide will realize that what appears here is just Jizhou's forward army. Just as there are 20,000 main Chinese troops in our camp, guess where Jizhou's main Chinese army is now."
Where?"
Zhang Fei scratched his head, thought carefully for a moment, then looked at the Jizhou soldiers in the distance who seemed to have been defeated, and suddenly broke into a cold sweat: "Luring the enemy deeper?"
"Yes."
Tian Feng's eyes were deep, looking at Gongsun Zan who had already led his troops to pursue him to a deep position, he smiled calmly and said: "I'm afraid Gongsun Zan will suffer a big defeat this time."
The situation on the battlefield has not changed at this time. How can two legs compare to four legs?
The wilderness was full of fleeing Jizhou soldiers. People panicked and fled in all directions like ants on a hot pot. Many people panicked and even jumped into the rushing river in the direction of Zhangshui. No matter how you look at it,
, will all feel like this is a big defeat.
Gongsun Zan, together with his generals Yan Gang, Tian Kai and others, led three thousand white horse followers and pursued them all the way, pointing their swords at the banner of General Qu Yi who was fleeing in the distance.
Qu Yi provoked him on the battlefield before, but he still remembers this grudge.
The two sides fled one after another. There were only dozens of personal guards around Qu Yi, all of whom were riding horses and quickly fled in the direction they came from, while the pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer.
Ahead is a high slope, not a mountain, just a slope a few feet steeper than ordinary ground. Yuan Shao once stood on this slope overlooking the battlefield, but now it seems to be empty.
Qu Yi quickly ran up the slope with his horse. Gongsun Zan lost his sight, but he did not panic and continued to order the cavalry to pursue him.
But soon, I saw countless heads protruding from the slope. Each of these heads appeared on the slope beam holding a three-foot-long crossbow. They were looking down from a high position, and their sharp points shone silver-gray in the sun.
, dazzling and dazzling.
A strong crossbow is different from a light crossbow. According to historical records, the size of a light crossbow is generally within two feet, which is about forty or fifty centimeters. It is light in size, but has a short range and low power, similar to a pistol.
The Da Huang Qiang Crossbow of the Han Dynasty is the best crossbow for single combat. It belongs to the category of strong crossbows. The size is generally more than three feet. The user must be a strong soldier.
The longest range can reach more than two hundred meters. Although it is not as far and powerful as the Divine Arm Crossbow of the Northern Song Dynasty with the same size, it is already the most powerful individual long-range weapon at this time, and its power is similar to that of a rifle.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The first soldiers to die in history were never the troops who charged into battle, but the strong crossbowmen. In the Battle of the Boundary Bridge, Qu Yi used the strong crossbowmen to defeat Gongsun Zan.
At that time, Gongsun Zan led the white horse Yi Cong to launch a cavalry charge. Qu Yi responded with a powerful crossbow that had been ambushed long ago. Taking advantage of Gongsun Zan's army being in chaos, he launched a massive attack and defeated his White Horse Yi Cong.
The same is true now. Qu Yi knew very well that the Qingzhou infantry was strong. If he brought the powerful crossbows over early, he would at most kill some of the infantry, but would not be able to pose a threat to the powerful light cavalry. Once the cavalry charged into the formation, he would definitely lose.
Therefore, we set up an ambush early and used the vanguard army as bait to deliberately fake defeat and lure the enemy deeper. And the soldiers who ambush early played an important role at this moment.
When he saw Qu Yi appearing on the mountain ridge, he laughed loudly: "Gongsun Zan, you have fallen into my trap! Fire the arrow!"
"What?"
Gongsun Zan was horrified and hurriedly ordered a retreat. However, the cavalry charge could not be stopped so easily. Physical inertia alone was not something he could reverse.
The terrifying sound of the rubber band of the crossbow could be heard in the ears. All the soldiers who had arrived first pulled the triggers in their hands, and the crossbow arrows with the thickness of a child's arm were suddenly launched towards the cavalry. Before Bai Ma Yicong could react,
The arrows pierced through their bodies, and soldiers fell like raindrops.
For a time, the entire Baima Yi Cong fell into chaos. The ones in front wanted to turn their horses around as quickly as possible and get away from the battlefield. The ones behind them, unable to counteract the inertia of the horses' charging, collided front and back. In the rain of arrows, three thousand people were turned upside down.
The number of casualties is unknown.
"Quick, get out!"
Yan Gang roared with all his strength and said to Gongsun Zan: "General, leave quickly, I will break up the rear."
Gongsun Zan's horse, the Divine Horse, unexpectedly stopped its momentum, and then turned around and escaped from the side. The remaining white horse followers were scattered in a group, colliding with each other. Most of them were pierced by arrows and fell off their horses. Only a few of them were behind.
, adjusted in time and survived.
Seeing the defeat of Baima Yicong in the first battle, Qu Yi immediately mounted his horse and galloped, ordering the entire army to attack. A large number of soldiers emerged from behind the slope and began to charge down the slope, pursuing in the direction of the battlefield.
Only a large number of cavalrymen and white horses whose bodies were shot by crossbows were left on the spot, and the yellow soil on the battlefield was dyed red with blood.
Yuan Shao's central army began to exert force, and the army surged towards the battlefield like a tide. Gongsun Zan fled in panic, and could no longer control the battlefield behind him.
Because at this time, his cavalry was still strangling Yuan Shao's vanguard on the battlefield in the rear. There were enemy and friendly soldiers scattered in all directions, within a range of seven or eight kilometers, and it was impossible to organize them one by one, so Gongsun Zan could only continue to head towards his camp.
direction to flee.
Yan Gang led the remaining hundreds of Baima Yicong to cut off the rear, but was soon overtaken by Qu Yi. The two fought for more than ten rounds, and were finally killed by Qu Yi. The Baima Yicong who rushed at the front were almost completely wiped out.
Then a new round of strangulation began. All the soldiers and horses lost their organization and orders and became a mess.
As Yuan Shao's army arrived on the battlefield, all the troops swarmed forward, and the battlefield became even more chaotic. Yuan Shao himself also arrived at the front line in person, with only a few counselors and hundreds of strong crossbowmen and euphorbia soldiers around him, and boarded an approximately
Standing on a hillside five to six feet high, you can watch the situation on the battlefield.
He saw that there was no order at all on the entire battlefield, with stragglers running in all directions. From time to time, Yuan Shao's remaining vanguard army formed a formation and killed a large number of cavalry. There were also cavalry formations, chasing down the fleeing infantry. The whole situation was chaotic.
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But generally speaking, as Gongsun Zan's Baima Yicong was defeated and Yuan Shao's Chinese army pressed forward, the battlefield situation was getting better. A large number of cavalry began to retreat, and the remaining vanguard troops slowly began to gather.
At this time, what is the Qingzhou Army doing?
They did not sit back and watch. According to Tian Feng's words, they should not give others any words, and they should do what they should do.
In fact, they had already dispatched when Yuan Shao's army appeared on the battlefield.
However, Yuan Shao's central army had a total of 40,000 men, divided into seven or eight divisions. They were scattered on various battlefields and continuously defeated Gongsun Zan's cavalry. The three schools of Qingzhou Army immediately went to fight with the five schools of Jizhou.
Together.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, one school was divided into two divisions and one was composed of Wuqu, so the total number of people in one school was 5,000. There was one school captain, two army commanders, and ten Qujunhou, which belonged to a complete establishment.
The three schools dispatched by the Qingzhou Army were Gao Shun, Zhang Fei, and Huang Zhong.
On the Jizhou side, Yan Liang's, Zhang He's, Han Meng's, He Mao's, and Lu Xiang's tribes were dispatched, with a total of 25,000 people. They were in a confrontation at the beginning. Later, as the situation of the Youzhou Army became worse and worse, the Qingzhou Army also
He had no choice but to join the battle group and started a fierce life-and-death fight with the Jizhou Army.
Although there were fewer people fighting with more people, the terrifying force of the trapped army was enough to make the Jizhou army fearful. Coupled with Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong's bravery, they killed several enemy generals, even several army commanders, and even Zhang He, Han Menghe, who was the captain.
Mao Luxiang and others also almost died in their hands.
Only Yan Liang was indeed somewhat capable, and he fought Zhang Fei for thirty rounds without deciding the outcome. He also fought with the strong man Huang Zhong for several rounds, but there was no difference either. Huang Zhong originally wanted to shoot him in the chaos, but
But there are too many people and I can’t find the opportunity.
From the middle of the morning, the war continued until the sun was setting in the evening. Both sides finally temporarily withdrew their troops. The Qingzhou Army severely damaged the Jizhou Army at the cost of 2,000 men, killing and defeating 4,000 to 5,000 people.
The battlefield is full of soldiers. Although there is no smoke, the piles of corpses, the blood-red ground, broken armors, broken weapons, and the horses that have no owners and can only stand blankly in the sunset, neighing, all declare.
of the cruelty of this war.
The bright red fire clouds were as brilliant as blood. Under the reflection of the setting sun, the remaining soldiers in the wilderness returned to their respective camps with difficulty under the urging of the officers.
The battle is still not over. The Qingzhou Army just defeated the troops from the five schools led by Yan Liang. Yuan Shao's strength was not lost, but Gongsun Zan's vitality was seriously injured. Therefore, after Gongsun Zan's troops suffered heavy casualties, Yuan Shao began to change the direction of his main attack and began to attack Qingzhou.
The army launched an attack.
This chapter is not over yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading! But compared to the fierce fighting in the afternoon, the movement at this time has been much smaller. Even if there is fighting, it is only sporadic and local. It is not too much and is mainly concentrated in
Outside the Qingzhou military camp, there are enemies from all directions.
After another half an hour, Yuan Shao began to press forward with his central army. While organizing the remnants of the vanguard army to retreat, he allowed the remaining forces to join the battle group, and quickly took the initiative on the battlefield.
The Youzhou army had been completely defeated, and even Gongsun Zan himself was chased by Qu Yi all the way to the gate of his camp.
After beating Gongsun Zan back to the camp, Qu Yi led the soldiers who had climbed to the death to return to the battlefield.
Of course, the camps of the Qingzhou Army and the Youzhou Army were not in the same camp. Because the Qingzhou Army was infantry, they were closer to the Zhangshui River and camped along the water. This not only facilitated defense, but also protected the horses of the Youzhou Army from drinking water and grazing by the river.
The Youzhou Army, on the other hand, was on the plains, and its camp was very simple. Except for a row of fences in front, the large camp behind was unobstructed, and the main buildings were stables.
Just like the grassland peoples never choose to build city walls on the grassland, it is because for the cavalry, running is the right way. If there are obstacles around, it will tie up their own hands and feet, which is not conducive to the cavalry's attack.
Therefore, although there were not many defensive facilities in the Youzhou military camp, because it was far away, Qu Yi had penetrated deep alone. As Gongsun Zan's troops left behind came out, he had to retreat temporarily.
On the other side of the battlefield, as Gongsun Zan's cavalry troops retreated and fled, the pressure of the frontal battlefield naturally fell on the shoulders of the Qingzhou Army.
Yuan Shao sent a total of seven or eight troops. Except for the vanguard army that was no longer able to fight, almost all 40,000 Chinese troops began to press into the Qingzhou military camp. At the same time, 15,000 rear troops led by Yuan Tan were behind.
The army is also moving towards the battlefield.
As night falls, the stars fall everywhere.
With the remaining light of the sunset, the Jizhou army lit up torches. In the wilderness of the camp, including Yuan Tan who led the rear army, Yuan Shao's 80,000-strong army, half of the vanguard army was destroyed, and four of Yan Liang's troops were killed.
There were more than 60,000 people left out of five thousand, and the entire plain seemed to be lit with torches.
All Qingzhou troops retreated into the camp. Dian Wei, who stayed behind in the camp, had been observing the battlefield situation. When Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong and Gao Shun's troops in front began to slowly retreat, he immediately organized soldiers and went up to the camp wall to prepare for the battle.
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With the sound of ping-ping war drums and horns, in several camps that are horns with each other, groups of soldiers emerge from behind the crenellations of the rammed-earth village walls, bows are unsheathed and swords are unsheathed, and there is the clatter of iron armor and leaves everywhere.
There were sounds of anxious and angry urging, uniform shouts, short and urgent orders and sharp police whistles, making the whole camp extremely lively.
Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Gao Shun retreated into the stronghold covered in blood. Most of their bodies were covered with the enemy's blood, but their whole bodies felt as if they were coming out of water. After fighting for a day, the iron man couldn't hold on. He was sweating profusely and was exhausted.
Extremely, especially the trapped troops, almost all of them were paralyzed after retreating into the camp. They could pour out water after taking off their armor.
Tian Feng organized the rear camp to prepare light salt water to replenish the soldiers' salt, and at the same time arranged the troops to prepare for the battle as soon as possible. The Qingzhou Army was still in good order under his unified command, and no major problems occurred.
"Enemy attack!"
With a sharp cry, all the crossbows started to activate at the same time, and with a whistling sound like ghosts and wolves, they shot towards the Jizhou army that was already killing them in the distance.
Light crossbow, strong crossbow, and bed crossbow are the three representatives of crossbow arrows.
If you compare the light crossbow to a pistol and the strong crossbow to a rifle, then the immovable but powerful bed crossbow is a cannon!
The longest range can reach four to five hundred meters, and it is so powerful that it can string people into a candied haws.
Hundreds of crossbows were fired at the same time above the camp, which greatly intimidated the Jizhou soldiers and horses. The tinkling sound of gold rang out. After paying hundreds of casualties, they originally wanted to unite the Qingzhou Army and the Youzhou Army in one go.
Yuan Shao, who was annihilated, finally chose to give up.
Seeing that the enemy's torches began to retreat slowly and orderly, Tian Feng breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the soldiers to continue to be on alert while starting preparations for evacuation.
The enemy used 25,000 vanguard troops as bait, first defeated Gongsun Zan, and then put great pressure on Zhang Fei and other troops. In addition to the two or three hundred casualties of the trapped troops, the two light armored infantry schools of Huang Zhong and Zhang Fei suffered casualties.
They all numbered more than a thousand men, and the Qingzhou Army sacrificed at least three to four thousand men in the entire battle.
In addition to the defeated Yan Liang tribe, Yuan Shao still has at least 40,000 fresh troops in the rear who can fight again. If he attacks forcefully, even if he relies on camp defense, the final outcome is likely to be that neither side can get anything good.
At that time, Tian Feng's original plan to weaken Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan at the same time according to the plan left by Chen Mu would become a defeat for all three.
Fortunately, Yuan Shao was still sensible and did not continue to choose to attack forcefully.
Tian Feng stroked his chin beard, thought carefully for a moment, and said to Zhang Fei, Gao Shun, Huang Zhong and other generals who were breathing heavily in the camp: "Fortunately, our army suffered few casualties in this battle, so we can withdraw our troops."
"Everything is according to Mr.'s words!"
Zhang Fei had no objection. Not to mention that he respected Tian Feng in the first place. It was enough to say that before Liu Bei and Chen Mu left, he gave many instructions to listen to Tian Feng's words.
"Okay, withdraw the troops tomorrow!"
Tian Feng left his instructions, walked out of the camp, and looked up at the stars.
In today's battle, the three-point trend has been achieved.