Chapter 188 [Blocking (Part 2)]
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The Youzhou Army's speed of deployment of troops was obviously not as fast as that of the White Wolf Army. Moreover, Gongsun Xu planned to attack the city this time, so he brought a lot of supplies and siege equipment, so the formation was even slower.
Le Jin's purpose is to delay time, so how could he miss this opportunity? He immediately sent an order to use a tun of wolf-fang flying cavalry to attack Youzhou army to set up a formation. The wolf-fang flying cavalry general Wu Zhui was ordered to attack.
The wolf-fanged cavalry rode their horses and rolled out. Under the leadership of Wu Zhui, they scattered into scattered cavalry lines and rushed towards the left-wing infantry formation of Youzhou Army.
The Youzhou Army is not the Xuzhou Army, and the proportion of cavalry under Gongsun Zan is also very high. This time, Gongsun Xu led 3,000 people and 800 cavalrymen. When he saw the White Wolf Army sending hundreds of cavalry, he also waved the flag and greeted them with hundreds of cavalry.
It is obvious that Gongsun Xu wanted to prove something. But he was eager to win and committed a big taboo in military strategists: knowing oneself but not the enemy.
The Wolf-Tooth Flying Cavalry is a powerful archer who is defeated by even the Wuwan Raid Cavalry. Bailang has been in the city for three years, and the Wolf-Tooth Flying Cavalry is only 500. The strict screening shows that it is obvious. Of course, this is also because of the small population base in western Liaoning. Although Ma Han has brought a large number of people from Qingzhou and Xuzhou and has also recruited a large number of soldiers from it, these Central Plains people can be used as infantry, but the cavalry is very reluctant to be a Wolf-Tooth Flying Cavalry? Save it.
The Youzhou cavalry is just ordinary light cavalry, of course, equipped with bows and arrows, and there are also good riders who are good at riding and shooting. However, this is not a specialized archer after all, and you have to play sprinting against mature strong archers like Wolf-fang Feiqi. It is obvious that you are looking for abuse.
The cavalry on both sides quickly met at the midline of the battlefield. A hundred steps away, the wolf-fanged cavalry raised their bows and drew arrows. Wu Zhui shouted: "Gathering!"
Buzz —
The hundreds of arrows were shot at the scattered scattered, as if it had rained in the Youzhou cavalry formation. Many Youzhou cavalry had not yet taken out their bows and arrows, and blood flowers bloomed in the unexpected rain of arrows, and the people and horses were overturning with wail. The arrow rain did not stop, one after another, as the wolf-fanged flying cavalry continued to approach. The hit rate of the arrows became more and more accurate. At seventy steps, the Youzhou cavalry only shot out more than ten arrows, which could not reach the position at all, and fell to the ground obliquely, because their master had already died when the arrows left the string.
When the Wolf-Tooth Flying Cavalry rushed to fifty steps, there were no more than ten cavalry left in Youzhou, and they fled in all directions. The Wolf-Tooth Flying Cavalry beats the horses like flying, without stopping. The corpses of the people and horses were galloping by the ground like wind, and the target remains unchanged - the Youzhou Army's left-wing infantry formation.
At this time, the left wing of the Youzhou Army was still in temporary chaos of the formation. As a result, in the horrified eyes of nearly a thousand Youzhou infantrymen, their iron hooves rushing. The dust smoke flew, and black lines emerged from the dust fog, like black poisonous snakes, devouring their lives.
After the three-wheeled arrow rain, the wolf-fanged flying cavalry had already swept from the left to the back of the formation. The wolf-fanged flying cavalry warriors never cared about the killing and injuries caused by the enemy. They did not shoot repeatedly while the enemy was in chaos to expand the results. Instead, they turned the horse to turn left and flew past seventy steps away from the enemy formation, without stopping at all, and returned with a horse.
Sure enough, they had just left the Youzhou army for more than a hundred stairs, and no less than five hundred cavalry surged out from the two wings of the Youzhou army, sweeping towards them like an avalanche.
The wolf-fanged cavalry ran and shot at each other. From time to time, some of the Youzhou cavalry were caught in an arrow and the horses with an empty saddle continued to run wildly. The horses with an arrow neighed, fell upright or fell in front of them, throwing the cavalry on their backs away. Sometimes, the unlucky cavalry was trampled by the war horses behind them after they were caught.
The Youzhou cavalry are veterans with battlefield experience. Generally, they will stop chasing only outside the range of the rushing crossbow. However, this time they witnessed heavy casualties in the comrades, and their habit of measuring the crossbow shooting distance of You and Ji states, they chased them to 200 steps away.
Le Jin was overjoyed when he saw it on the high slope and immediately passed the mission to the flying tower's flag-keeper. The powerful crossbow soldiers crossed the guardrail and went forward to the protective pile. Under the cover of the sword and shield soldiers, they shot and killed the enemy cavalry.
Fifty powerful crossbowmen acted quickly, and the Youzhou cavalry had rushed to 180 steps. Although the Youzhou cavalry had tried their best to chase, they still had not achieved decent results. Their arrows could not reach the tail of the Wolf-Too Flying Cavalry. All the Wolf-Too Flying Cavalry could turn back and shoot arrows, which made the Youzhou cavalry who were conscious of the goods shocked and wore them, and were very angry for a moment and finally stopped chasing.
At the same time, the sound of gold sounded in the Youzhou military formation, which was a warning line for Gongsun Xu to be afraid that the cavalry under his command would be chased, so he ignored it and chased the crossbow range of 200 steps.
To be honest, Gongsun Xu's mood at this time was even more depressed than under his command. The strength of the White Wolf's bow cavalry was completely beyond his expectations. Especially when his opponent could fire a target of the enemy a hundred steps away, even the White Horse Yi Zong could not do this, which made him very shocked.
Gongsun Xu couldn't help but secretly rejoice. Fortunately, he did not bring Baima Yilu this time, otherwise he would have suffered such heavy losses. I am afraid that the king and father would not spare him. In fact, this time, he could not bring him even if he wanted to bring him. Because this attack on Bailang City was Gongsun Xu's act of taking personal grudges and revenge, he did not ask Gongsun Zan for instructions.
The last time the robbery was to destroy the alliance between Yuan Shao and Tadun, so Gongsun Zan sent his personal guard Bai Ma Yicong to help him. This time, Gongsun Xu was eager to take revenge after receiving information from an unknown person. He was eager to take revenge and attacked fiercely. There was no Bai Ma Yicong in his cavalry because this was his father's personal guard and he was not qualified to regard him as his entourage.
Since the last time the bride robbery incident was snatched by Ma Han, Gongsun Zan was also very dissatisfied. This was a challenge to his authority by a soldier in the past. Afterwards, he gave an instruction to his eldest son, "You can wait for an opportunity to slowly draw it." This is equivalent to giving Gongsun Xu a flexible instruction: You can do it as you wish, and do it if you have the chance.
This is where Gongsun Xu dared to come out and attack Bailang City this time.
At this time, an aide next to him drove the horses side by side, with a worried look on his face and whispered: "The eldest son, the white wolf bow and cavalry is also famous among the Hu people. Even if our cavalry is superior, it will be difficult to defeat his strong bow and arrow. Try to use the military formation to attack the enemy formation. Once the enemy formation is broken, it will be difficult for a scattered cavalry to achieve success."
Gongsun Xu glanced at the staff and bowed slightly: "Cheng Lu's words are reasonable. Later, he will personally command the front army to attack and the rear army's baggage. Please Cheng Lu."
The staff member hurriedly replied: "The eldest son only focuses on defeating the enemy. Ji Yili will take responsibility for the affairs of the rear army."
This person who can make Gongsun Xu treat him with courtesy is Gongsun Ji, the chief of Youbeiping.
Gongsun Ji was originally a subordinate of Liu Yu. In the fourth year of Chuping, when Liu Yu's tens of thousands of troops attacked Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Ji ran to Yijing overnight and reported Liu Yu's plan, allowing Gongsun Zan to prepare in advance. In the end, he turned defeat into victory and killed Liu Yu. Gongsun Ji's report on the secret is invaluable.
Afterwards, Gongsun Zan rewarded him with a thousand gold medals and was appointed as the chief minister of Youbeiping, and ordered him to assist his eldest son, which was also considered as a reward for his contribution.
It was precisely because of Gongsun Ji's righteous act and his sincerity to surrender, that he received the respect of Gongsun Xu and did not regard him as a subordinate.
Gongsun Xu saw that the military formation was still a little confused in the left wing, and was basically listed. He took a yellow flag from the hand of the flag and was about to send an order to attack while striking the team, a scene suddenly happened in the distance, which made him stunned. The flag in his hand fell to the ground without even realizing it.
After chasing more than 500 cavalry in Youzhou, they caused dozens of cavalry deaths and injuries and found nothing. They chased them 180 steps in front of the White Wolf Army. They had no choice but to turn back in disappointment. However, like the main general, they once again made a big mistake because they "don't know the enemy."
Across one hundred and eighty steps, the White Wolf Army's powerful crossbows were in place, and fifty tiger-shooting crossbows had their own targets. In front of them were sword and shield soldiers holding infantry shields, behind them were archers, and beside them were the team leader. At this moment, the team leader was holding a wooden whistle in his mouth, staring at the flag bearer flying upstairs in the formation with a nervous expression.
When the triangular flag in the flag bearer's hand slashed down with force, the scream of the wooden whistle in the team's mouth also sounded at the same time.
Beep—
The screaming sound of the wooden whistle was covered by the vibration of the huge bowstrings of the crossbow arrows at the same time. The sword and shield soldiers who were serving as covers were filled with buzzing and echoing. Fifty birch-shaped crossbow arrows with poles and fine iron-shaped crossbow arrows flew out of an astonishing distance and drilled into the dense formation of people and horses 180 steps away.
Puff puff puff puff puff puff puff!
The iron horn breaks the armor, penetrates the flesh, breaks the bones, and penetrates the body. A bunch of splashing blood intertwines in the air, hits and explodes blood flowers, and these huge blood flowers blend together to form a blood curtain...
Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
The war horses and knights fell heavily into the soil, stirring up dust and mist in the sky. The dust and mist mixed with the blood curtain and condensed into blood beads, falling like rain.
"Strong crossbow formation! Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
The Youzhou cavalry was in chaos and fled wildly regardless of everything. However, the crossbow was dense and raining, and hesitated by the horses. After every sudden sound, dozens of cavalry rushed forward. This nightmare encounter was not until most of the Youzhou cavalry rushed out 250 steps away, and finally the sound was gone.
At this time, the entire battlefield was filled with corpses of men and horses, blood flowing into depressions. At a rough look, there were no less than two hundred cavalry...
Gongsun Xu's mouth was always open, enough to stuff an egg into it. The scene in front of him was very similar to the battle at Jieqiao three years ago: hundreds of cavalry assaults, shields and ambushed, and all the crossbows were launched, and all the people and horses were defeated. What's even more terrifying is that during the Battle of Jieqiao, the powerful crossbow formation that first climbed the dead soldiers was launched at fifty steps, and finally the chase was 150 steps before the chasing was stopped. After this battle, the Youzhou cavalry fought against the Yuan army and did not dare to approach 200 steps. This habit was also brought to fighting with other forces.
This was a good habit, but I met the White Wolf Crossbowmen who didn't play according to common sense. Where did they get the big yellow crossbow? There were hundreds of them (due to the rapid firing intensity of the tiger crossbow, Gongsun Xu had the illusion that his opponent had hundreds of crossbows). This was a huge killing weapon that even the best-equipped Jizhou army could not get a hundred!
At this time, Gongsun Ji's urgent voice came from Gongsun Xu's ears: "Young Master, the enemy's army has not many powerful crossbows, at most no more than 200. Taking advantage of the loss of the enemy's crossbowman's strength, it is difficult to continue. It is actually to force the army to defeat the enemy. Without further ado, if we miss the opportunity, our army's morale will collapse and it will be difficult to recover!"
Gongsun Xuru was enlightened and snatched all the flags in his hand. He shot out an ancient brain and shouted: "The whole army charges, victory and defeat are here! Life and death are here to fight!" (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, novels are better, updated and faster! u
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