Zhao Yun and Tian Kai with 3,000 Youzhou cavalry hid behind the soil slope, and when the sentinel found out that there was something unusual in the forbidden village, they immediately prepared, which was equivalent to the ban with more than 6,000 people out of the gate of the village to rescue Xiahou Yuan's camp, Zhao Yun shouted, looked back at the dragoon armor and Youzhou cavalry who were ready to go, holding bows and arrows and spears, and said: "Brothers, you are all veterans who have fought with Zhao in Jumashui and Lecheng County, naturally I know that I will not fight uncertain battles, and dragoon armor, you are the most elite troops of the lord, and opposite, As he spoke, he pointed to the forbidden subordinates and said, "But there are only 6,000 foot soldiers, and this battle can not be won." ”

He laughed out loud and said: "But the brothers must not underestimate the enemy, just fight bravely to kill the enemy, and then Zhao will ask for credit for the brothers." ”

The eyes of the three thousand Youzhou cavalry flashed with fiery light, and the dragoon armor was the same, this is the desire for war or the expectation of the reward after the battle, but no matter what it is, the six thousand cavalry on the plain against the six thousand foot soldiers, no matter what, this credit will definitely not be able to run, only to hear one of the Youzhou cavalry shout: "General Zhao, don't say that you will not treat the brothers badly, it is General Liu, we have already learned from the mouths of other brothers that he is also a general who treats soldiers well, this battle is 6,000 cavalry against 6,000 foot soldiers, Even if we win, there is nothing to be proud of, and then we will not want any reward from the general, just give the brothers more good wine and drink it. ”

As soon as these words came out, I heard a chorus of voices all around, and said: "What the second son said is very right, although General Liu is good, but he is not allowed to drink alcohol during this campaign, but he also bitterly waits for me. It's almost a bird. ”

Although the words they said were rude, they were warm to Zhao Yun's ears. These people have been at war with foreign races all year round, and Youzhou is a bitter cold land. So every winter, the soldiers drink more to keep warm, although all of them are good at the battlefield, but at the same time they are also addicted to alcohol, at this time listen to their request for wine, laughed and said: "When the time comes, the good wine is full, but you have to follow Zhao to defeat the ban." ”

Saying that, the gentian gun played with a flower gun, waved it forward, and said, "Brothers, follow me." Zhao Yun urged the horse to rush. Three thousand Youzhou soldiers followed, followed by three thousand heavy armor dragon riding armor, they were like an off-string arrow, Zhao Yun was an arrow, and the rest of the Youzhou soldiers were arrows, and they were forbidden to kill the past.

Yu Ban, who was rushing to the rescue of Xiahou Yuan's camp, suddenly heard the guard beside him say, "General, look over there." ”

Yu Ban stationed in the horse and looked into the distance, only to see the sound of hooves in the distance like thunder, bringing up smoke and dust all over the sky, and the earth trembled. As if the end was coming, he was shocked, and he said that he was dazzled, and when he observed again, he accurately found that a cavalry in the distance was coming towards him. This cavalry is different from the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, although it also has armor, but it is only leather armor. And, of course, the Dragoon Armor, if not for the strange armor it wears. He really had to think that these armor soldiers in front of him were riding wolf horses, otherwise why did they all carry a spear in their hands?

Look at the murderous atmosphere in the distance. The cavalry, who exuded a cold aura like a thousand years of ice, couldn't help but shudder, and said with a slight shudder: "Where did this cavalry come from?" When did Tian Kai have cavalry? ”

He had doubts in his heart, although he was anxious to save Xiahou Yuan, but he didn't want to die in vain, and everything in front of him clearly told him that Tian Kai was not for Xiahou Yuan, I am afraid that the real person is himself.

But he couldn't retreat like this, otherwise how would he explain to the lord at that time, and hurriedly shouted: "Array of guns." ”

Hearing Yu Ban's order, the lieutenants hurriedly shouted and shouted: "The sword and shield hands are in front, the spearmen are in the back, and the archers are second, array, array." ”

Yu Ban glanced at the formation formed in an instant, and then looked at the cavalry in the distance, and sighed in his heart, if the cavalry retreats, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, if the cavalry retreats, it is better to line up to see how the combat power of this cavalry is, and the gun array is the only way for the infantry to deal with the cavalry, if this cavalry is really powerful, then you can also bite off a bone of him in the retreat is not too late, although it will still suffer heavy losses, but it is much better than retreating at this time, if these cavalry are not as powerful as the phenomenon, then today's head is probably his only skill.

He thought so in his heart, but sighed again, it's a pity that he doesn't have crossbowmen under his command, otherwise with crossbowmen in hand, the result of this battle will be expected.

A smile appeared on the corner of Yu Ban's mouth, he couldn't wait to see if the combat power of this cavalry was strong or weak.

Suddenly, Yu Ban saw the cavalry in the distance stop less than two arrows away from him, only to see the white horse master on the opposite side waved his big hand, and the cavalry behind him suddenly fanned out and dispersed, and the spear that was still in his hand was hung in the mezzanine next to the saddle bridge, and the longbow had been replaced in his hand, and he instantly drew an arrow from the pot bag behind him, ready to shoot.

Yu Ban was shocked in his heart, the cavalry could not pay attention to the formation by relying on mobility, but the formation of the infantry and the cavalry was the most important. Thinking of this, he sneered in his heart, since you want to be like this, then without cavalry and crossbowmen to protect the sides, you can only use a circular formation. Thinking about this, he shouted loudly: "The cone formation has been changed to a circular formation." ”

Zhao Yun looked at the movement on the opposite side coldly, slightly surprised, although this Yu Ban formation is wonderful, but I don't know that the tactics of my cavalry are more flexible, if he returns to the village early to defend, maybe there will only be more than a hundred casualties, but he has to rely on the infantry and cavalry to resist, since he has brought humiliation on himself, you know, now these light cavalry may still be afraid, but once the heavy cavalry behind arrives, it will become a massacre, but before waiting for the dragoon heavy armor army, Zhao Yun also wants to let them taste the power.

sneered in his heart, just at the moment of the forbidden formation, he saw that he bent his bow and arrows, and slowly filled the overlord bow in his hand, and then his hand was loosened, and as soon as the string was flicked, the arrow was shot at the forbidden soldier at an elevation angle.

And just when Zhao Yun shot the first feather arrow, the surrounding Youzhou cavalry also shot out the arrow feathers in their hands at the same time, and the arrow feathers covered the sky and the sun like dark clouds, and shot into the circle that had not yet formed with Sen Leng killing intent.

If the Cao army had formed a circular formation and had swords and shields to resist, it might not have suffered so heavy casualties, but at this time, their formation had not yet been formed, and it was a dense circular formation, although they were wearing armor, how could they resist the volley of more than 3,000 feathered arrows.

In an instant, the wails rang out, and many Cao soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, killing and wounding nearly three or four hundred people instantly.

After the first wave of arrow feathers fell, the Cao army quickly assembled and formed a circular formation, and Yu Ban saw that the cavalry in the distance was bending their bows and arrows to prepare for the second wave of arrow feathers, knowing that they did not want to fight with their own side in close quarters, a trace of cruelty flashed in their eyes, and they said hatefully: "Since you don't come, then I will go in person." As he spoke, the flag officer ordered a line of charge.

At this time, when he received the order to charge, how dare he slack off, and at the same time he charged forward while maintaining the compactness of the formation without confusion, and the spearmen and spearmen followed the sword and shield hands, and shouted and killed the cavalry on the opposite side.

Seeing Cao Jun approaching rapidly, it was useless for the Youzhou soldiers to shoot the elevation angle again, so they had to change to flat shooting, and the dense arrow feathers shot towards Cao Jun at a flat angle, this time the effect was not as powerful as before, most of the arrows were resisted by the shield, only a few passed through the gap and shot the sword and shield hand, and the sword and shield hand that was shot was shot by the rest of the arrows at the moment when the shield lost balance, but the effect also stopped there, because the gap was immediately blocked again by the pikemen behind him who picked up the shield of the sword and shield hand.

The effect of the second round was not great, and it was clear from the few screams that although the advance speed of the circle was slowed down, with the end of the second wave of arrows, the circle once again sped up to kill the Youzhou cavalry.

It's just that as the circle approached, Yu Ban, who thought he could confront this cavalry head-on, saw the opposite general make a strange gesture, and after he stretched out three fingers, he saw that the cavalry began to retreat, and when he withdrew more than ten steps, those cavalry drew their bows and arrows again.

He scolded despicably in his heart, but he admired the white-robed young general in his heart for understanding the cavalry so deeply.

The third round of arrows rained out, and the casualties this time were greater than the previous ones, after all, the pikemen's use of shields could not be compared with the sword and shield hands, and the miserable screams came again but Yu Ban felt as if a sledgehammer was beating his chest, and his eyes flashed with coldness, because he heard the sound of drums and fighting from the Xiahou Yuan camp, he didn't know what the situation was over there, but at this time he was dragged by this cavalry.

And the thing that made Yu Ban hate in his heart was that the cavalry on the opposite side actually had at least three pots of arrow feathers hanging on each person, so that was at least sixty feather arrows per person, what kind of concept is this? Yu Ban didn't dare to think about it, but he knew in his heart that if he continued to rush forward and kill, the cavalry on the opposite side would definitely continue to do so until the arrows were exhausted, and then he would come to completely deal with the remaining foot soldiers.

But what he was most concerned about now was what happened to Xiahou Yuan, but he didn't dare to go to the rescue, if there was a slight change, it would only wipe out all the soldiers with their backs to the cavalry.

Since the result of the battle is to increase casualties in vain, and rescue is equivalent to death, then now there is only one way to withdraw the troops, but the soldiers are withdrawn to the barracks, Yu Ban is a little unwilling, this battle is too bad, and he has no strength, but it seems to have hit the flying flotsam, how can he retreat willingly.

But the facts were already in front of him, if he did not retreat as soon as possible, the losses would be even heavier, and in the moment he was thinking in his heart, the fourth wave of arrows was coming, and he had already seen the soldiers and lieutenants turning back frequently, and their helpless eyes were full of inquiries about themselves, as if to say: "General, what should we do?"

Yu Ban has been at the end, when the fourth round of arrows is over, he hurriedly commanded the flag officer to give instructions to retreat, and the soldiers fled backwards one after another as if they had been amnestied, Zhao Yun smiled bitterly, I didn't expect the Cao army to be so bad, and his dragoon heavy armor army retreated before it was sent out? But seeing them retreating, he couldn't wait for the dragoons to let them go, so he immediately took off his gentian spear, shouted, and said, "Brothers, kill with me." ”

It was easy to kill all the way, less than a kilometer away, when Yu Ban escaped back to the camp and closed the gate to count the soldiers, a mouthful of blood spurted out, not that he was seriously injured, but after seeing the number of people counted: nearly 2,000 casualties in this battle. (To be continued.) )