Chapter 133: Fierce Battle (Part II)
Zhang Nan lay dead on the horse's back, panting constantly.
It's so thrilling! It's horrible! These three arrows simply grazed his back and shot away, even if he fell down a little later, it is estimated that he will die at this time.
Zhang Nan lay on the horse's back like this, not daring to move, let alone raising his head slightly, he was afraid that as soon as he raised his body, the arrows chasing his life would follow.
The so-called general is a nest of bears, and when the sergeants in southern Zhang saw the coach behaving so badly, their morale naturally relaxed in an instant. Huang Zhong ordered the archers to shoot a few formations, and then ordered the swordsmen to attack, although he could not achieve a decisive advantage, but he could be regarded as having the upper hand with a small number of troops.
On the other hand, Xu Huang led 5,000 troops to meet Han Meng's 10,000 troops on the right flank, only to see Xu Huang's mountain opening axe to open and close, and hack to death any enemy soldiers who dared to approach mercilessly.
Xu Huangbu is a combination of sword soldiers and spearmen. The swordsmen are the first to fight the enemy, and the pikemen are the second, taking the opportunity to find a gap to aid or assist the attack.
Although the soldiers in Xu Huang's division did not have archers with superb archery, in addition to archery, in terms of the individual strength of the soldiers, the sergeants of Xu Huang's division were better than Huang Zhong's. The tactics of the combination of swords and pikemen not only play a greater role in lethality, but also have a good protective effect on themselves, which can be described as both offensive and defensive.
Although Han Meng's troops are numerous, Han Meng, like Zhang Nan, is not good at the method of commanding troops. And Xu Huang, as one of Cao Wei's five good generals, is not a waste of fame, so although the number of Xu Huang's department is only half of Han Meng's department at the moment, he can fight a stalemate with the other party.
Huang Zhong and Xu Huang's troops on the flank battlefield were still able to show ease in the face of the enemy army that outnumbered their own troops, but it was not so easy to face Zhao Yun and Xiahou Dun, who were overlooking the 35,000-strong army.
Gao Ran's dominating ability may not be top-notch, but it is definitely among the first-class, at least it is definitely not comparable to Zhang Nan and Han Meng. And with the experience of Fang Cai Chun Yu Qiong, at this time, Gao Ran was heavily protected by his own soldiers, and also arranged a lot of archers on his side, Zhao Yun wanted to kill the generals, it would definitely be as difficult as the sky.
Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Lan are all the four court pillars of Hebei, the first two are known for their outstanding martial arts, and the latter two are famous for being good at leading troops. At this time, the Gao Lan Department was outnumbered, and Zhao Yun's Department and Xiahou Xuan's Department suddenly showed signs of collapse.
If the forces of the two sides are the same, with the abilities of Zhao Yun and Xiahoudun, they will not be afraid of him. But now the gap in the number of the two sides is too large, and the Zhao Yun Department and the Xiahou Dun Department combined, there is still a gap of 20,000 people in the Gao Lan Department. Now the situation on the battlefield is a hard-fought battle, and there is no strategy to speak of, which is extremely unfavorable to Zhao Yunbu and Xiahou Dunbu.
Most of the soldiers in the Gao Lan Department were spearmen, supplemented by a small number of sword and shield soldiers, and looking at the battle situation, there were two or three Yuan soldiers holding spears to besiege a Cao army soldier. In the face of the flanking attack of many Yuan soldiers, the Cao soldiers basically had no power to fight back, and could only continue to dodge left and right, which was really embarrassing. As long as there is one mistake, the soldiers of the Cao army will be pierced through the body by the spear and die in a tragic battle. As for some of the Cao army commanders and even chiefs who were relatively strong individually, they had to face the encirclement of more than five Yuan soldiers, and they often had several spears stuck in their bodies at the end, and the tragic situation was unbearable.
Cao Cao originally expected Huang Zhong and Xu Huang to quickly protect the two wings, and then gallop to the aid of the Chinese army. However, although Huang Zhong and Xu Huang have the upper hand in the current situation on the two wings, they only have a slight advantage, after all, the numerical disadvantage is there. If Huang Zhong and Xu Huang's troops were expected to rush to the aid after breaking through Zhang Nan and Han Meng's troops, it is estimated that Zhao Yun and Xiahou Xuan's troops would have been wiped out long ago.
"Sikong, Yu please fight." Behind Cao Cao, Guan Yu clenched his fists and said in a deep voice.
Since Guan Yu joined Cao Ying, he has not had a chance to perform. Yan Liang and Wen Chou are now killed by others, and they have no connection with Guan Yu at all.
Guan Yu is eager to make meritorious service at the moment, which is not to say that he is eager to show himself in front of Cao Cao, but he always remembers that he can only break away from Cao Ying's agreement after making meritorious service.
Guan Yu is a person who keeps his promises, since he said that he will leave after making meritorious contributions, then he will definitely practice what he says.
Because of this, Guan Yu was even more anxious to make meritorious contributions. Although it is not yet known the whereabouts of his brother Liu Bei, the credit is still established as soon as possible. If one day he learns where his brother is, but he still hasn't made an inch of success in Cao Ying, won't he be able to get out?
Hearing Guan Yu's request to fight, Cao Cao was silent, and finally shook his head and did not agree.
First, he has not yet accepted Guan Yu's heart, and he is afraid that Guan Yu will learn of Liu Bei's whereabouts after his meritorious service and leave, but more because it is not the time to send Guan Yu to attack.
With Cao Cao's talent, although he didn't want Guan Yu to make meritorious contributions, this did not mean that he would deliberately hide Guan Yu when he needed to move.
But now it really can't be done, although it is not advantageous to engage reinforcements at this moment, the Chinese army Zhao Yunbu and Xiahoudun are difficult to support in the face of the aggressive offensive of the Gaolan Division, but due to the efforts of the two wings, the defeat is not particularly obvious. The news of Guan Yu's defection to himself is not known, but it is regarded as his secret weapon, and he must not be easily dispatched until the last moment.
"Yun Chang, don't worry, there will be a chance for you to make meritorious contributions, but now is not the time." Cao Cao's eyes stared at the battlefield in front of him, and he comforted Guan Yudao.
Guan Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, and wanted to continue to ask for his life, but after his lips trembled, he finally held back the thought of speaking.
In the battlefield, Huang Zhong's troops on the left flank had already achieved a large advantage, and although Zhang Nanfang was far from being able to defeat the army, he had also been defeated and retreated.
Zhang Nan saw that the defeat of his troops was decided, and he had no intention of fighting, so he fled and moved straight to Yuan Shao's camp.
Seeing this, Huang Zhong only divided half of the swordsmen to continue to entangle with Zhang Nannan, and at the same time ordered the archers and the other half of the swordsmen to rush to the aid of the Chinese army.
Zhang Nan had been frightened by Huang Zhong's three arrows before, but as time went by, seeing the losses of his men increasing, Zhang Nan was even more discouraged, and he just wanted to retreat as soon as possible.
Zhang Nan must be thanked for his timidity, if he made up his mind to fight Huang Zhong's troops to the death, then it would be quite a troublesome matter, and Huang Zhong's goal of rushing to the aid of the Chinese army was basically impossible to achieve.
Now that Zhang Nan has no will to fight, the morale of his troops is naturally lost, and 1,000 or hundreds of swordsmen are enough to deal with it. What's more, Huang Zhong's goal is not to annihilate them all, as long as he can defeat Zhang Nannan.
Now the situation of the Chinese army is very bad, Zhao Yun's 8,000 people have lost more than 1,000 people in the previous contest with Chun Yuqiong's department, and now although they have the help of Xiahou's department, but the number of Gaolan's department on the opposite side is even greater, and after a while, Zhao Yun's department and Xiahou's department have a total of more than 3,000 casualties.
After Huang Zhongbu joined, although the decline weakened, the situation was still not good.
After all, although the previous contest with Zhang Nannan was quite smooth, it was impossible to be free of damage after all, and half of the knife men were divided to continue to entangle Zhang Nannan, and the number of people who could be put into the battlefield of the Chinese army was only about 2,500 people.
The so-called drop in the bucket is like this.
Although the archers of the Huang Zhong Department can inflict some casualties on the Gao Lan Division, the number of the Gao Lan Department is too many, and the archers of the Huang Zhong Department are only a thousand people, and the damage they can cause is really limited.
"Du Ning, Zheng Ting, Pang Mo, lead your team to intercept and kill the archers." Although the number of archers is small, it is better to eradicate them as soon as possible if they can cause ranged damage on the battlefield.
Du Ning and the other three all held the position of military marquis, each commanding 500 people. After the three of them received the order, they immediately led their soldiers to kill the archers in Cao's army.
Seeing this, Xiahoudun also hurriedly allocated a team of men and horses to protect the archers, after all, although these archers are not many in number, they are also the only troops that can suppress the enemy formation a little, and they must not be destroyed.