Chapter 596: Yan Liang's Defeat
"Camp!" Tian Yu's persistence finally made Gongsun Zan regain some of his composure, put away the spear hatefully, pulled out the long sword, pointed in the direction of Yan Liang, and shouted in a deep voice.
With Gongsun Zhan's order, the 20,000 iron horsemen instantly began to accelerate wildly, and the soldiers in the front line all held the reins in their left hands and their guns in their right hands, and their upper bodies were lying on their horses, staring intently ahead. The soldier in the back picked up the longbow, held the bow in his left hand, and pulled out the arrow from behind him with his right hand, shooting at Yan Liangjun at a rapid speed. Despite the constant acceleration and attack, the entire army still maintained a conical formation, and there was no sign of disarray.
Yan Liang saw that the soldiers led by Gongsun Zhan were so neat and uniform, and at first glance they were well-trained elite soldiers, and his heart suddenly sank. However, when the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, Yan Liang has always had a ruthless spirit in his heart, although the tired army behind him is inferior to the other party in all aspects, Yan Liang also has to fight to the death.
"Kill!"
Without hesitation, he mobilized the few clouds of the army, Yan Liang's legs were clamped, which made all the war horses under his command roar in pain, and then the strength was from the legs to the waist, and finally condensed on the arms, holding the knife in both hands, the arms were bulging, the green tendons were exposed, and the knife with a hideous face blasted out. The huge crescent-shaped blade was as thin as a cicada's wings, and in an instant, it swept over the dozens of elite soldiers at the forefront of Gongsun Zhan's army.
But the scene that Yan Liang was looking forward to did not appear, and Gongsun Zhan skillfully mobilized the cloud qi of the army in front of him and turned into a conical air blade like the tip of a spear, facing Yan Liang's desperate blow.
The two attacks collided, but in the end, it was Yan Liang's sword that won, and he continued to fly forward after shattering Gongsun Zhanjun's qi blade. But at this time, the sword was already at the end of the canopy, and it was easily blocked by the cloud qi of Gongsun Zhanjun.
Gongsun Chan snorted coldly with disdain: "With such inferior means, you dare to meet me head-on with cavalry." ”
When it comes to cavalry warfare in the world, there is basically no one who can come out of Gongsun Zhan. After decades of crisscrossing northern Xinjiang, the accumulated cavalry combat experience is not comparable to Yan Liangwen Chou, who relied on his own force to become a monk halfway. In the confrontation between the two, on the surface, Gongsun Chan fell into the upper hand, but in fact, Gongsun Chan was not damaged at all, and the cloud energy consumed to resist this attack was not even half of the opponent's.
Under the formation of the conical formation, Gongsun Zhan maintained the cloud qi of the legion in a conical state, protecting his own soldiers. Gongsun Zhan's blow to the qi blade just now was extremely powerful, but it was extremely condensed, skillfully breaking through a point in the middle of Yan Liang's sword, and stabbing out a crack, so that when the blade hit his own cone-shaped cloud qi shield, the broken place was easily split between the vertebrae, and the sword blade split into two and slid to both sides. And the oblique shields on both sides of Gongsun Zhan's army dispersed the power of this sword, turning it into hundreds of soldiers on both sides to spread evenly.
If it is said that leading the infantry in a positional battle Gongsun Zan is getting an axe in front of Yuan Shao, then rushing with cavalry is Yan Liang looking for himself to be ugly. Although he was brave, the means of leading the cavalry to fight were too simple and clumsy in Gongsun Zhan's eyes, and countless details were extremely crude, and many key points were far less ingenious than Gongsun Zhan's. The formations of the two sides look similar on the surface, and they are both conical formations commonly used in cavalry charges, but their power is very different.
Gongsun Zhan, who came up and made the other party suffer a secret loss, had no waves in his heart, and calmly led 20,000 horsemen to charge. And Yan Liang was shouting wildly, taking the lead, dancing the big knife in his hand, and leading the army to collide directly with Gongsun Zhan.
As a result, there is no doubt that Gongsun Zhan's cavalry easily penetrated Yan Liang's cavalry, like an iron cone stabbed into a wooden cone, and the gap between the two hostages, the cavalry under Yan Liang's command was defeated again and again.
But Yan Liang had already fallen into madness at this time, and the whole person exploded. With the continuous rout of the army, Yan Liang's fighting spirit is constantly improving, the big sword in his hand is too fast and too light, and the Youzhou Iron Cavalry, which was not very easy to deal with around, seems to be getting weaker and weaker, and the advance speed that was originally like a deep swamp has gradually become overwhelming. Yan Liang's eyes were completely full of red glow at this time, and he was covered in blood and scars, like a hell blood demon god, regardless of the attacks around him, he just dodged the fatal damage with his instinct, and the big knife in his hand was constantly flying, and any enemy army that was close to his attack range would be split in half in an instant.
"What a warrior!"
Seeing that his own iron cavalry had crushed the opponent's cavalry and firmly gained the upper hand, and Yan Liang was still leading some of the elites to charge against the current unstoppably, Gongsun Chan said with half envy and half emotion.
"Yan Liang is indeed worthy of being the number one general under Yuan Shao, with the courage of faith and cloth." Tian Yu sighed lightly.
"Why don't I have such a fierce general?" Gongsun Chan said with some pity for the first time.
"Your Majesty doesn't care about this kind of fierce general who only has brave martial arts on weekdays?" Tian Yu said with a smile.
Gongsun Zhan's face stiffened when he heard this, and he was silent.
How could he not like the fierce general, but his self-esteem was too strong, or should it be said that vanity. Why do you always want to go head-to-head with each other? Don't you just want to prove your bravery? Behind the pride is a fragile inferiority, Gongsun Chan is such a contradictory person, he does not want to see his subordinates brave and stronger than himself, and there is no room for others.
In the history of the late Han Dynasty, what was the final outcome of Gongsun Zhan? After the defeat and the general trend has gone, the whole person is suspicious, from the previous righteous and brave white horse general to a soft egg who has no interest and is bent on escaping. His subordinates were besieged and unwilling to save him, full of suspicion of his subordinates, unwilling to fight back and break through, and stayed in the fortified city by himself, relying on a group of women to deliver messages. Is this still the lawless Gongsun Chan from before, who will do it without saying a word, and go up to be tough? Gongsun Zhan's biggest weakness is his arrogance, and behind this arrogance is vulnerability.
"Your Majesty, this is not the time to relax. This is only an army of 20,000, and the main force of Yuan Shaojun's army is still sniping at the lord's 100,000 iron cavalry, and we must quickly solve Yan Liangwen and go to support. Tian Yu's exhortation to Gongsun Zhan was only a small marginal game, and he hurriedly said knowing the current situation.
Tian Yu was very clear about the intention of sending Yan Liangwen Chou to attack at this time, and the other party obviously wanted to use these 40,000 iron horsemen as bait to split Gongsun Zhan's army. Although Gongsun Chan was able to easily deal with the 40,000 army, it must have taken a lot of time, enough to judge and command the main force of Yuan Shao's army to stop the 100,000 iron cavalry that had charged before.
It can be said that the victory or defeat of both sides in this battle depends on whether the charge of these 100,000 iron horsemen can be stopped. If the Zhao army was really trampled by the Yan army's 100,000 iron cavalry, Gongsun Zan would have won the battle. On the contrary, if the camp is not successful, but is entangled and surrounded by the other party, and constantly consumes the encirclement and suppression, Yuan Shao can completely defeat Gongsun Zan in this battle.
In Tian Yu's opinion, the 100,000 iron cavalry charge was too hasty, and it was an extremely unwise gamble, which directly caused the advantage of Gongsun Zhan's cavalry power to be completely abandoned, and the success or failure of the entire battle was pressed on the success of the camp. Tian Yu has advised him many times, but he has been ignored by Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan is determined to do this, Tian Yu really has no choice.
"I know!" Gongsun Chan looked at Wen Chou, who had already led the army not far away, and said in a deep voice.