Chapter 420: Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas

Although he believed in his heart that the other party's plan to lure the enemy must have a plan, but Xu Huang did not spare the siege of the Longxiang battalion at the same time as he was taking precautions, if the enemy army felt that he had fallen into the trap and got carried away, it might be an opportunity to capture Liyang, so the Longxiang battalion was the elite today, and launched the most intense attack towards the head of Liyang City without reservation.

Soon Gao Gan felt abnormal, the rain of arrows on the head of the city was difficult to stop the formation of the Longxiang battalion soldiers from charging, and a cloud ladder was erected after a while, they were strong in the field, and now it is also a general toughness to attack the city, no wonder Yi'an County's Jianlu Weihuang's ability to hold only three days, it seems that he is still a little proud now, even if Xu Huang and Longxiang Battalion have fallen into his calculations, they must rely on Liyang Jiancheng to defend until the cavalry comes to it, otherwise his high cadres will become a joke on the battlefield, A single thought can have serious consequences.

After the initial chaos, the Liyang defenders gradually stabilized their positions under his leadership, and the siege war became stalemate for a while, and it was difficult to distinguish between the top and bottom.

Seeing that the defense of the head of Liyang City was re-strengthened, Xu Huang's eyes showed a trace of regret, although he never thought that he could easily take this city, but at the moment of Fang Cai, there was indeed an opportunity, and now in addition to attacking with all his strength, he also had to be distracted to guard against the surprise attack of the enemy cavalry that might appear at any time, even if he had the time to prepare, he could not tolerate the slightest negligence.

After blocking the attack of the first wave of Longxiang battalion, Gao Gan finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Xu Gongming deserved to be a general under Liu Yi, the organization of the offensive was as continuous as the Yangtze River, and a slight relaxation caused a large number of casualties among his subordinates, fortunately, no matter how strong the enemy's offensive was, it would never be possible to take Liyang in a moment, and then I am afraid that he would never have such a chance again, and now the more the enemy offensive is stronger, the more beneficial it will be for him, and the Gao Gan at this time has no spare strength to do anything to show the enemy weakness, It's too late to go all out.

The wave-like offensive of the Long Xiang camp has been maintained for a full hour, but the casualties of the comrades in front of them do not seem to affect the brave rush of the follow-up soldiers at all, they tirelessly sacrifice their lives and deaths to impact the city of Liyang, and it seems that they will not give up until they take this city! The fierce fighting has not stopped since the beginning, and the number of fallen soldiers on both sides has exceeded 2,000, and it is still growing, and the scene of such a fierce battle is not inferior to that of Tian'an County.

At this moment, a cloud of dust and smoke rose in the distance to the southwest of Liyang, more than ten zhang high, and the range was extremely wide, and after a while, there was a roaring sound accompanied by bursts of earth trembling! The senior cadres who were commanding the battle at the head of the city finally showed a smile on the corner of their mouths when they saw this, looking at this posture, I am afraid that Wen Chou and Xiahou Yuan have already attacked with all their might, and the Longxiang camp under the city must be in a catastrophe.

At the same time, Xu Huang also noticed this anomaly, the dust and smoke of that scale plus the roaring sound and the shaking of the earth, there is only one reason for such a scene, there are a large number of cavalry rushing to Liyang City to kill, I am afraid the number will not be less than 60,000, it seems that Jizhou is really a big deal this time, if he did not take precautions in advance, in the face of such a large number of cavalry at this time, the destruction of the whole army is the only end, and the balance of the battle of Jizhou will also be broken.

"Mingjin collects the troops, the whole army is arrayed, and a horse fence is set up!" In the face of the menacing enemy army, Xu Huang's face did not fluctuate at all, his eyes became colder and colder, and the herald immediately issued an order to the whole army through the banner in his hand, and for a while, the entire Longxiang battalion moved at the same time, and the large array of 50,000 people went their own way but did not interfere with each other, without the slightest panic and chaos, which was mentioned by the senior cadres after the war, and could not help but admire it.

When the dragon camp attacked the city, it was like a huge wave, and when it retreated, it was as fast as the tide, no one would have the slightest melancholy, and they were still able to maintain a relatively complete formation during the retreat, which was amazing! At this time, those soldiers holding white cloth to cover things also launched action, after the white cloth was untied, there was a long log and cross bracket below, and soon the Yuan army at the head of the city saw that the periphery of the Longxiang battalion army formation quickly set up a long log array, and the direction facing was where the enemy cavalry was attacking, and there was a strict formation of crossbow archers at the back hundred paces, Xu Huang wanted to use this formation to organize the indomitable impact of the cavalry, Even if the opponent's riding skills are exquisite, someone can use superb riding skills to jump over this wooden formation, but the overall formation will also be affected, plus the archer's blow, as long as he can resolve the initial momentum, Xu Huang has the confidence to rely on a solid formation to drag the opponent.

The assumption of the wooden fence quickly closed from the two ends to the middle, how to fight against the cavalry is also one of the key points of the drill of the battalions of the Youzhou Army, I have seen Hua Xiong's ambush on Niu Fu outside Luoyang City, and he has had countless experiences of breaking the enemy with iron cavalry, Liu Yi deeply understands the huge advantage that the cavalry with the help of horsepower has over the infantry army on the plain, although such an advantage is difficult to reverse in this era, but it can be weakened by ideas, and the wooden fence array with the help of equipment is one of the methods, The skillful movements of the soldiers of the Longxiang battalion also proved that they could already talk about the effectiveness of daily exercises, and as the siege soldiers retreated, the wooden fence array gradually closed behind the entire Longxiang battalion, and the scene of standing on a high place to watch this dynamic was extremely shocking!

Almost at the moment when the wooden fence of the Longxiang camp was closed, a black and oppressive enemy cavalry on the horizon in the distance also appeared in everyone's field of vision, and the whole earth trembled under the galloping of thousands of horses, and the momentum was like the sky falling apart. Now that the formation has been arranged, every soldier of the Longxiang battalion has a solemn look on his face, and there must be a fierce fight to the death, and I don't know how many comrades will be separated by life and death after this battle!

Yan Liangwen and the two generals rode to kill in the front, followed by them is all the elite cavalry in Jizhou, a team of 10,000 people lined up into four huge phalanxes, and the cavalry behind them are all dressed in black robes and black armor, everyone has a cold murderous aura on their faces, this dress formation is the characteristics of Cao Jun's ace tiger and leopard riding, headed by the golden helmet and bronze armor, majestic, it is the Xiahou Miaocai who is very good at running thousands of miles by General Cao Ying! Although the two sides are fighting jointly, after all, this time it is Cao's army supporting Jizhou, and there is no reason to let the tiger and leopard ride to take the lead, and excessive casualties are not the outcome that Cao Cao is willing to end.

Looking at the soldiers of the Longxiang battalion who were waiting in the distance without a trace of panic and the wooden fence array in front of them, General Yan Wen'er suddenly felt a pang in his heart, the scene in front of him was very different from what they thought in their hearts, and the momentum of the enemy army gathering in one place was also like a mountain, could it be that Xu Huang had already seen through this strategy? Otherwise, how could there be such preparation?

Hebei two generals Liu Yi has made many friends in this life, and he also has enough understanding of these two people, and the accounts in the history books and performing arts are not true, in addition to the amazing bravery, the two of them are very unique in commanding the army, especially the cavalry, even if they are not as comprehensive as Xu Huang, Ju Yi and others, it is also a rare general. Almost at the moment they saw the enemy, the two reacted quickly, the momentum slowed down slightly at the same time, the two 10,000 people split out and went around a semicircle to attack the two wings of the Longxiang battalion, and the remaining cavalry continued to rush towards the opponent's position, the second general led the army to press the formation, although Xu Huang's formation restrained the momentum of the cavalry rushing, the eyes of the two can also see that as long as they change the formation and advance slowly, once the wooden fence formation is destroyed, Xu Gongming will not escape the annihilation of the whole army, The cavalry troops outflanked on both wings were also guarding against his strong men breaking their wrists and retreating, although they would not suffer less casualties under the other party's blows, but as long as they could annihilate the Long Xiang battalion, the price would be extremely worthwhile.

General Yan Wener's analysis of the situation was almost the same as Xu Huang's heart, but when the enemy cavalry gradually approached, he still calmly ordered the crossbowmen to prepare to release the arrows, and did not have any intention of withdrawing, and looked like he was fighting to the death with the enemy.