Chapter 480: Victory
In the Han Dynasty, one mile was about 400 meters, and more than ten miles were only a few kilometers.
If you walk, a few kilometers will definitely be very long. But if you ride a horse, you will not be able to reach it long.
The reason why the drone was not released to find Liu Bei's logistics base before was to prevent Liu Bei's army from disintegrating. Yan Fei wanted to destroy Liu Bei's army, rather than defeat him again. At this moment, the army on both sides was fighting, and Liu Bei's army could not escape at all. At this time, when attacking Liu Bei's logistics base, Liu Bei could not use effective force to block it.
When the news of the logistical base being breached came, Liu Bei's army, who was fighting on the front line, would inevitably collapse. Because there were tens of thousands of local people being held in the logistical base. Most of Liu Bei's army recruited soldiers from the local area. It would be strange if they could continue to fight to the death if they could continue to fight.
Although the Cao army was the Northern Army, the number of cavalry under its command was not large. This time, only more than 2,000 cavalry were dispatched to Yan Fei. But compared to the Liu Bei army, this was a powerful force that they could only look up to. Because the total of all the cavalry of Liu Bei army was estimated to be only three or four hundred.
Seeing the Cao army's cavalry running towards his logistics base, even if he had no choice, Liu Bei could only grit his teeth and send powerful generals such as Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to lead the cavalry to block the attack.
Although Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were both peerless generals, the number of soldiers under their command was too small. Moreover, the Cao army cavalry did not stop fighting at all, leaving some people to entangle them and then continued to rush towards Liu Bei's logistics site.
The battle on the flanks did not affect the main battlefield. Both sides were basically trained according to the standard equipment of the Han army, and there was no difference between arrays. Although Zhuge Liang was portrayed as monster-like wisdom in the Romance, it was obvious that the Qimen Bagua formation in the book was useless in the real battlefield.
Piles of stones want to tie up tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and they can also call the wind, rain, and fog. What others don’t know, at least in Yan Fei’s opinion, is an insult to the IQ. A real war is head-on.
Two huge steel square arrays approached each other. When they were hundreds of steps apart, the crossbowmen in front of the array began to shoot dense sharp arrows. The rain of arrows flying all over the sky almost took off at the same time, and rushed towards the opposite side. Even because the arrows were too dense, they collided in the air.
After the rain of arrows fell, the crossbowmen with only leather armor were severely injured almost immediately, and a large number of grasses composed of arrows appeared on the ground almost instantly. These grasses were nourished with life and watered with blood.
After the three-wheeled arrow rain, the remaining crossbowmen on both sides retreated and disappeared behind the huge shield formation. Then the sword and shield soldiers behind came forward.
It is said to be a sword and shield soldier, but in fact, the soldiers at this moment have basically used swords and swords. They just use the word sword and shield soldier passed down from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
The sword and shield soldiers in the front row carried large shields and collided with the opposite side. Then they held the shields tightly. The soldiers in the back row used their spears, halberds, and long spears in their hands to lay them flat and stabbed them at the opposite side.
Countless long-handled weapons were coming and going on the shield wall. Thrilling shouts with various accents resounded throughout the earth. The bodies and wounded fell into pools of blood after being stabbed. This is the most real battlefield, either standing or lying down.
After the two sides confronted each other, it was soon obvious that Cao's army had an advantage. The reason was simple. Not only did the Cao army train better, but their equipment also had an overwhelming advantage.
Even if ordinary soldiers wear iron armor, they are only made of iron, but the iron armor worn by the Cao army in front is made of steel! And they are also steel produced in the modern world. The degree of strength is unimaginable to people of this era.
The sharp arrows shot by the soldiers of Liu Bei left spots at most, and the spears and halberds stabbed merely left scratches. Unless they stabbed the gaps such as eyes, mouth, nose, neck, etc., they could only rely on heavy weapons to kill. And how many warriors can use heavy weapons on the battlefield? Even if there are, these people are all taken care of on the battlefield. Usually, more than ten long weapons are stabbed together.
Cao's army slowly moved forward, like an extremely powerful road roller crushing over with an irresistible momentum. After they walked past, there were corpses and wounded men's shields and weapons.
Zhuge Liang, who was located in the rear, was shocked to see this scene. Although he saw that Cao's army had the advantage, he did not expect that it was so powerful that it was almost irresistible. As he was about to be suppressed completely, Zhuge Liang had to hurriedly join the reserve team to prevent the formation from collapse.
This reserve team was originally intended to be used by Zhuge Liang to rescue the logistics site. However, the crisis on the front battlefield forced him to divert his purpose. Although he could barely hold on to the reserve team for more time, it meant that the final defeat was inevitable.
Now Zhuge Liang is considering how to avoid losing as much as possible to preserve his strength, rather than continue to consume it.
"Lord." Zhuge Liang came to Liu Bei's side and said in a low voice, "The battle situation is not good, so you should leave quickly."
Liu Bei fought a war for almost a lifetime, and the current situation can naturally be seen. But he was unwilling to finally have some strength and abandon them all here. Although he often did this kind of thing, it would be very unhappy every time.
"Lord!" Looking at Liu Bei's hesitation, Zhuge Liang was also anxious, "It will be too late if he doesn't leave!"
Zhuge Liang has a very keen observation of the battlefield. Now the frontal battlefield is obviously unable to withstand it, and the logistics area will have problems in no time. The collapse of the entire army is right in front of him. At this time, gather the elite troops in advance and prepare. Once there is any problem, leave the battlefield first, and at least protect the elite troops.
In this era, recruiting soldiers is not difficult, as long as you have money and food, it is enough. But if you want the recruits to have combat effectiveness, you need elites as your backbone. In Zhuge Liang's opinion, defeat is inevitable now, so at least you can take away the elites. After that, as long as you have money and food, you can expand the army at any time. As for these here, let's regard them as loyalty to the Han Dynasty.
"But if it is withdrawn, what should Cao Jun chase after him?" Liu Bei frowned and asked in a low voice.
"You can let Mr. Liu Qi leave behind the rear." Zhuge Liang abandoned Liu Qi as an abandoned son expressionless. This not only eliminated a superior who was nominally pressing on Liu Bei's head, but also took advantage of Liu Qi's power. It can be said that he killed two birds with one stone.
Zhuge Liang could see clearly that the cavalry of Cao's army had already gone to the logistics site and would definitely not be able to get through in a short period of time. The remaining Cao's army was all infantry, and it would be extremely difficult to pursue if someone cut off the rear. They could calmly take away the elite troops. Even when the situation was critical, they could just go directly to the riverside and board the boat.
Of course, the people in the logistics site and Liu Bei's family can only say sorry for the time being. However, this is not the first time, neither Liu Bei nor Zhuge Liang cares very much.
However, just as Liu Bei's eyes changed and he was about to make a decision, thick smoke rose into the sky was rising from the logistics site more than ten miles away.
"Why is it so fast?" Zhuge Liang looked disbelief. There were more than 2,000 defenders in the logistics site and camps were built. How could he be captured so easily?!
As for why he was captured so quickly, it was because Yan Fei led the team to attack.
Yan Fei knew that he would win before the war started, and the difference was how much he won. So after making the decision to attack the logistics site, Yan Fei left his own flag and told Cheng Yu to take charge of the army. Later, he led more than 2,000 cavalrymen roared out and rushed to Liu Bei's logistics site.
Under normal circumstances, the main general cannot move around because it will disrupt the morale of the army. Fortunately, the Cao army now has the advantage, and there are old foxes like Cheng Yu in the central army, so as long as the front does not collapse, it will be fine.
After some people were separated from each other on the way to stop Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others from the pursuit, Yan Fei and the cavalry soon arrived at the logistics camp deep in a small woods.
This place is very hidden and is no big difference from the nearby environment of a hundred miles. If you didn’t go deep into the forest, you wouldn’t be able to find this camp located behind the clearings in the woods. After passing this forest, more than a hundred steps away was a camp made of wooden fences. At this time, there was a panic in the camp, and various shouts were heard in a constant stream. Many defenders also closed the gates of the village, and went to the wooden wall to protect them.
Yan Fei came very suddenly. The defenders guarding the logistics battalion did not expect that Cao's army would suddenly appear here. Although they hurriedly stepped on the wooden wall to prepare for the battle, they must have been afraid.
But the defenders soon felt relieved because they found that the Cao army outside were all cavalry.
This not-so-large camp is located between two small hills. Although the hillside is small, it is very steep, and it is definitely not something that war horses can pass through. A row of wooden walls two or three hundred meters above the entrance of this flat valley. Although the wooden walls are only three meters high, it is definitely not that Cao's army without any siege equipment can rush over. Unless they directly ride horses into it, rows of horses.
In the eyes of the defenders, relying on the wooden wall to guard for a period of time, when reinforcements arrive, everything can turn danger into safety.
Then, the defenders saw that the general Cao army more than a hundred steps away carried something like a bamboo tube on his shoulder.
"What is that?"
As soon as this thought arose in the minds of the defenders, a fire suddenly appeared in the bamboo tube. Then an extremely strange thing dragged a long white smoke and rushed towards the gate of the camp in the middle of the wooden wall!
‘Boom!’ A bolt suddenly sounded, and a terrifying roar accompanied by the fire and smoke rising from the sky swallowed the entire camp gate, along with the nearby wooden walls and the defenders on the wooden walls.
The sound was so terrifying, the fire was so dazzling. It even made the soldiers on both sides panic, and the war horses were roaring and neighing, running around everywhere.
After the cavalry outside finally calmed down, Yan Fei put down the rocket launcher on his shoulders and whispered orders to the guards beside him.
Chapter completed!