Chapter 80: The Eight Formations of the King
When the first wave of catapult attacks ended, Liu Yun's siege battle officially began.
If you let the enemy troops in the city know that this is just a wave of warm-up, their hearts should be quite cold.
The swords and guns slammed into the iron armor, making a crisp and neat sonorous sound, revealing a surging murderous aura.
The black clouds overwhelmed the city, and the dark night, and the black clouds that were neatly advancing on the ground, if it weren't for the firelight, they seemed to be connected, like black-armored heavenly soldiers who came out of the night.
Liu Yun's front army, Zhao Dengqin led 5,000 infantry troops in a tight phalanx formation, slowly approaching the city wall.
The pikemen held heavy shields outside, and the more agile sword and shield soldiers held ring-headed knives and round shields hidden in them, and the whole formation was like a moving fortress.
As soon as the army formation circled into the outer part of Chang'an City, suddenly a light cavalry rushed over at a rapid pace, and immediately the general carried a spear, blushing and roaring.
"Change formation!"
Zhao Deng roared angrily, and the scout quickly waved the torch and ordered the whole army with fire.
Instantly, the phalanx split in two, like a wide open mouth, making way for this cavalry front army.
When the light cavalry was more than halfway through, it quickly closed and bit the rear cavalry in the middle of the formation.
The pikemen were in front, and the cavalry was picked.
The sword and shield soldiers were behind, and the cavalry sat down on the horse's hooves.
About a thousand cavalry fell into such a military formation, as if they were in a deep quagmire, not to mention the effective enemy, it was the panic of the war horses and you pushed me, and many people were injured in an instant.
The enemy cavalry that rushed out of the formation, went around in a half circle, and rushed back again.
The repetition of the old technique would inevitably no longer work, and Zhao Deng quickly ordered the pikemen to form a shield wall to resist and destroy the cavalry rear army that rushed into the formation first.
At this time, the formation is slightly chaotic, and the lethality of the enemy is naturally greatly reduced. As long as you hold on for a moment, when the formation is reorganized, it is an opportunity to fight back.
The infantry is already full of weakness against the cavalry, and it may be barely possible to block one out of ten, and the military formation is the foundation of the infantry charge.
The cavalry was unable to enter the formation for a long time, so the general who led the army quickly turned the horse's head, opened the distance, and prepared for the next charge.
But at this time, Zhao Deng's army formation had been reorganized, and the sound of neat footsteps sounded again.
Everything in front of him made Zhao Deng admire Liu Yun in his heart, and his own father-in-law was a real cow.
It is indeed effective to form a military formation in a way that brings the old with the new.
These 5,000 infantry were composed of 3,000 Zhao Deng's old troops and 2,000 Hanzhong troops.
Before, Zhao Deng was also worried that the two thousand infantry would completely disrupt his formation and make the battle lost.
After all, he has an old department under his command, and all this has been trained countless times, and even if there is a mistake, it can be quickly remedied.
But these two thousand troops are almost completely unfamiliar with all this.
But unexpectedly, the chaos that Zhao Deng was worried about did not happen, and the riot only lasted for a while, and then it was like it again.
"Kill!"
Zhao Deng's heart was suddenly full of confidence, and he roared and ordered the soldiers to charge.
The infantry that formed the phalanx charged the cavalry!
Although the pace was slow, the momentum was impressive, especially the uniform footsteps and shouts, and the little hearts of the enemy soldiers trembled when they listened.
Charged twice by cavalry, it didn't even break up?
This should be the elite of the Hanyang Army!
If they knew that there were 2,000 troops in it, and the remaining 3,000, in the eyes of Liu Yun, the boss of Hanyang, they had always been treated as the defense army of Pingxiang City, and they didn't know what they would think in their hearts, they should rush to the top.
"Withdraw! Evacuate! ”
The lieutenant immediately took a look at it and resolutely decided to withdraw the troops.
In his heyday, the two charges failed to break through the enemy's formation, and he knew in his heart that with the current state of his cavalry, it would be difficult to have another chance to make a contribution.
The remnants of more than a thousand cavalry turned around and ran, Zhao Deng ignored it, his goal was to occupy Chang'an Waiguo.
The infantry can charge the cavalry, but chasing the cavalry is really a bit of a fantasy.
Although Zhao Deng didn't pay attention to it, someone did.
The retreating cavalry was about to sink into the city, when a cavalry suddenly came out of the stab.
Immediately, the cavalry, all black-armored and long-sworded, like a fierce tiger pounced on food, brazenly plunged into his ranks.
The lieutenant was immediately shocked, did not dare to put up any resistance, and immediately fled around the city.
This cavalry that suddenly rushed out was the scimitar light cavalry on the right flank led by Yan Yan, and when it moved here, it happened to bump into this crippled cavalry, and it was a slash to rush up.
The light cavalry, which was already wounded in the bones, experienced a fierce charge, and there were only a few fleeing less than 100 horsemen.
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In the palace of General Zuo, Huangfu Song ordered to behead the defeated cavalry captain You Ping.
Three thousand light cavalry rushed to kill an infantry formation, but they fled with less than a hundred cavalry!
Wai Guo is also lost!
This happened almost in the blink of an eye, and the angry Huangfu Song's heart was about to explode.
Rong Ma has never encountered such a bleak time in his life, and this group of bastards just wants to nail him to the pillar of shame.
The soldiers and horses that were scheduled to attack the camp tonight have not moved yet, and they have lost the city and lost their troops, and they have become such a mess.
"All of them are dumb? Speak! ”
Huangfu Song's grim gaze suddenly lifted and looked at the full hall of people.
There were more than a dozen generals standing in the hall, but at this time, they all seemed to have become civil officials, all of them bowed their heads and kept silent.
All the calculations that should have been displayed on the battlefield have become a belly slander in the stomach.
Zhang Bing slowly raised his head, the eyes of the chicken thief carefully swept over the people in the hall, stepped out of the column, cleared his throat and said loudly: "Lord, Liu Yun is menacing and unstoppable, and now Waiguo has been lost, and Chang'an City has lost its barrier to rely on." It is better to be inferior than ...... Lead the army east to return to Luoyang, please Your Majesty send an edict to recruit this thief. ”
Huangfu Song snorted coldly, a murderous aura flashed in his eyes, and shouted: "He is the Taishou of Hanyang County, how can he say that he is recruiting An?" ”
"Lord, after all, there are still some differences, Liu Yun is in the position of being too guarded, and he is a little condescending." Zhang Bing said leisurely.
Huang Fu Song did not reply, but looked at the others.
Sensing the eyes of the middle father, Huangfu Li stood up and said: "Middle father, Zhang Sima is reasonable, turn enemies into friends, enter Luoyang together, and the remnants of Dong Zhuo, Ke Heishan, Baibo thieves, then the world will be cleared, and the people will be safe." ”
"From the younger brother, Liu Yun's thief temperament is still inconclusive, and the heart of the thief is indispensable. If he abandons Chang'an and goes eastward, Luoyang will be in danger. Huang Fuhong shook his head and retorted.
"Abandoning the car to protect the handsome, although it is not a clear policy, but looking at it, this policy is particularly good. Now in the Beijing Division, Wang Yun is in power, and Lu Bu leads the troops, these two people are in high positions, but they have no outstanding knowledge. At that time, the government and the opposition will be chaotic, and the day will be precarious. "Huangfu Li argues with reason.
Huangfu Hongmeng stepped out, pulled his neck and shouted: "Niu Fu is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, Dong Zhuo was stabbed to death, how can he give up easily?" If this thief unites with Liu Yun and is caught between the left and right, who should the court deal with? Trapped in Luoyang, do you hold on to the city? ”
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