Chapter 551: Destroying Cao (8)
Is Xiang Yu that stupid?
Switching cavalry to infantry?
The people didn't believe it.
Cao Cao also had doubts about Sima Yi's words: "Zhongda, will you treat cavalry as an infantry envoy?" ”
"Naturally, I won't. But Xiang Yu said that it was not necessarily. He was crazy, and he felt that his broken barracks were invincible. He is invincible in the world. In order to build a great achievement, he is very likely to take risks. Sima Yi said.
"Well, I take your word for it."
Cao Cao said: "Anyway, it won't cost much. I'll ask someone to arrange it and see Xiang Yu's reaction. ”
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Sima Yi's strategy sounds incredible.
Liu Bei and Pang Tong also guessed that Xiang Yu would not be so stupid. No matter how arrogant you are, you can't change cavalry into infantry combat. Unless you are a fool to do that.
But...
In fact?
Xiang Yu is not only arrogant, but also very careful.
He challenged outside the village for several days, and when he saw that Cao Cao did not open the door to meet the battle, he also stationed in the camp to rest and confront Cao Cao's camp.
Every day, he went to observe the enemy villages.
In the first few days, everything was found to be normal.
Suddenly one day.
He saw the flaw.
The soldiers of the enemy's western village were lazy and lazy, and they were negligent in defense. It was Liu Beijun's banner. And it's the Qiang soldiers.
"It's weird."
Xiang Yu remembered that Xizhai was garrisoned by Cao Cao's troops before.
Why did they suddenly change to Qiang soldiers?
After he went back, he thought about it all night, and felt that something was wrong, so he decided to attack it and try the depths.
Early the next morning.
He changed the 20,000 broken military camps under his command, including 5,000 cavalry, into infantry, prepared cloud ladders, and attacked Xizhai.
Xiang Yu was very careful, afraid that there would be an ambush in Xizhai, so he personally led 15,000 horsemen to line up outside the village. Supervise the 5,000 foot soldiers to attack the village, and if there is any accident, he will rescue him in time.
"Kill..."
Five thousand foot soldiers rushed to Xizhai.
The ladder is hitched up.
Fast climbing.
Whoosh...
The Qiang soldiers stationed in Xizhai resisted desperately.
Their archery skills were superb and their hit rate was extremely high, causing a large number of casualties to the soldiers who attacked the village.
Xiang Yu has been watching from afar...
"Rush up, rush up!" Xiang Yu shouted.
He saw that some soldiers had climbed up the walled tower, and they were surrounded and killed by the enemy on the walled tower. If the attack is more swift, maybe it will be able to get in.
"There seems to be something wrong with the general..."
An adjutant general emerged from behind Xiang Yu.
"What's wrong?" Xiang Yu asked.
The adjutant general pointed to the upper floor of the wall and said, "General, please look, the soldiers we rushed up were surrounded and killed by other Cao troops. Wasn't Xizhai garrisoned by Qiang soldiers? Where did those Cao soldiers come from? ”
"You're saying they've been in ambush for a long time?"
"It must be." The adjutant replied.
"Hmph."
Xiang Yu snorted coldly: "You want to lure me into attacking the village and consuming my troops? Sima Yi and Pang Tong really tried their best. However, in my eyes, Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops are nothing more than chickens and dogs. As long as I can rush in, I will definitely be able to do something. ”
"You immediately go and select five hundred elites, follow me to attack the village, and I will personally kill the generals."
"General, you are the commander of the three armies, how can you risk your life?" The surrounding lieutenants were all in a hurry.
"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up!"
Xiang Yu's words are beyond doubt.
The adjutant generals also did not dare to disobey Xiang Yu's order, so they hurried to prepare.
A quarter of an hour later.
Five hundred elite soldiers, after the selection, were led by four deputy generals and came to Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu looked at them and said with great satisfaction: "Okay, I will personally lead you to attack the village." Once I broke through the walled gate, I broke all the departments of the military camp, that is, all rushed to kill, and fought a decisive battle with Cao Cao. ”
"No."
All the lieutenants responded.
"Kill..." After getting ready, Xiang Yu carried the coiled dragon halberd and ran to the front.
The lieutenant generals led five hundred elites and followed closely.
Whoosh...
Countless arrows flew in, and Xiang Yu brandished the coiled dragon halberd and knocked all the arrows away.
He ran to the bottom of the ladder and climbed up in three steps and two steps. It was as fast as a mad warhorse. From entering the enemy's attack range to climbing the walled tower, he was attacked three times, all of which were defused by him.
And with Xiang Yu taking the lead, all the soldiers seemed to be crazy and attacked desperately.
"Kill...!"
In a few blinks, Xiang Yu jumped onto the walled tower. His eyes widened with rage and he burst into a few shouts. The coiled dragon halberd swept wildly towards the surrounding Qiang soldiers, flying a large area.
Puff puff...
The Qiang soldiers didn't seem to be used to such a battle. I have never encountered such a formidable enemy. Those who were beaten were powerless to fight back. The number of casualties among the soldiers stationed on the walled tower increased.
Less than a moment of effort.
The five hundred elites who followed Xiang Yu's attack on the village all climbed up to the walled tower.
They occupied the mouth of the ladder and provided a safe road for the other soldiers who were attacking the fortress.
"Kill in, kill in, open the gate!" Xiang Yu didn't bother to pay attention to the soldiers who attacked the village, and rushed to the innermost part with a roar, ready to open the door of the camp and let his army rush in.
Whoosh...
As soon as he entered the camp, he found that there were many ambushes. Rows of powerful crossbows, all aimed at him, shot at a rapid pace.
Crossbowmen are not the same as archers.
It can shoot 300 paces and is extremely destructive.
If you are shot, you will surely die.
Xiang Yu didn't dare to be careless, picked up the overlapping two shields from the ground, held them in his hands, and then looked for the surrounding obstacles to block his progress. Although the speed of progress is a little slower, it is relatively safe.
Puff puff...
The soldiers who followed Xiang Yu to kill were a bit miserable.
They don't have Xiang Yu's bravery, and they don't have the reaction speed that surpasses ordinary people. In the face of the arrows that flew quickly, they fell one after another.
Rumble!
In the process of advancing, Xiang Yu saw a huge stone, and his heart was overjoyed. A dragon halberd hit it and knocked the boulder flying. After being hit hard, the boulder flies towards enemies in the distance.
Immediately there was a wail.
"Rush over and open the gate!" Xiang Yu burst out.
Taking advantage of the confusion of the enemy, the soldiers followed Xiang Yu down the walled building.
It's fast.
Xiang Yu was the first to rush down the walled building and ran towards the walled gate.
"Stop them, stop them..." At that moment, another large group of enemies ran in the distance. They all had three strong crossbows in their hands. Behind were the pikemen of the brigade.
"Die!"
Boom boom...
Xiang Yu flew several boulders one after another to cover the soldiers behind.
Boulders flew over and stopped the enemy soldiers from rushing in. gave the soldiers behind Xiang Yu to win time to rush and kill.
It's just a blink of an eye.
Hundreds of soldiers rushed to the gate of the wall. It was easy to solve the enemy soldiers stationed at the gate of the wall.
Xiang Yu personally opened the gate of the village.
"Kill...!" Xiang Yu shouted outside the village at the top of his voice.
"Kill..."
The 15,000 heavily armored iron cavalry of the broken barracks, which had been waiting for a long time, rushed towards the enemy village.
Xiang Yu stood beside him.
After his lieutenants brought his black horses over, he climbed on his horses and led the army into the village.
The courage of breaking the barracks has long been famous all over the world. When he was in Yizhou, he defeated Liu Bei's more than 100,000 troops. Now, although many elites have been lost, the number has increased several times. and Xiang Yu personally led it, and his combat effectiveness was especially better than that year.