Chapter 465: Battle of Liyang IV
Xi Zhicai passed the book on a fast horse for 800 miles, and informed Liu Yi of the news obtained from Xu You, and the Yuan army in the Battle of Liyang was the Xiahou Department of Yanzhou, and Liu Yi and Guo Jia and the generals had made the decision to immediately send troops to fight a decisive battle, and the news of Xi Zhicai strengthened Liu Yi's determination even more, and early the next morning, the army began to press on the whole front.
First of all, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang's Xuanwu White Tiger Second Battalion launched an attack on Yecheng Yuan Shangjun's Dazhai, the previous Yuan Shang used the method of trial and night attack to attack the camp of Xu Huang's Longxiang battalion, Gongming and Jia Junshi discussed and temporarily took a defensive position, the defense of the camp is by no means as good as Jiancheng, plus Yuan's army is fully prepared, and the number of people is superior, Longxiang Battalion has suffered some losses, and there are nearly 20,000 Longxiang Battalion soldiers who follow the Xuanwu White Tiger Second Battalion to act together, this is the time when they raise their eyebrows, so they are all fighting bravely to be the first, and their morale is high, Coupled with the White Tiger Battalion's siege weapon Piercing Cloud Bow, Yuan Shangjun's camp was in turmoil for a while, and it seemed that it was in danger of collapsing at any time.
If it is an attack on Jiancheng, the power of the White Tiger Battalion's cloud-piercing arrows is not as powerful as the sky-bombarding cannon of the Vermilion Bird Battalion, but this attack is the opponent's camp, which is on the same horizontal line, the cloud-piercing bow has a long range, and the characteristics of fast firing rate are completely brought into play, and it is difficult for the archers of the Yuan army to threaten the White Tiger Battalion in the distance, but the soldiers of the White Tiger Battalion can accurately kill the opponent, which makes the soldiers of the Xuanwu Battalion and the Longxiang Battalion charge to bear a lot less blows, and their advantages are self-evident.
In just one hour, Yuan Shang's Dazhai was broken through three lines of defense by the other party in a row, Liu Yijun's offensive came extremely quickly and fiercely, for the Youzhou army to fight a decisive battle in advance of this move Jizhou army is obviously unprepared, Yuan Shang after all, he is less on the battle formation, and the battle can be calm and calm, but once he faces adversity, he immediately panicked, and constantly sent people to ask for help outside the camp, and at this time, a large number of cavalry of the Youzhou army appeared around the Yuan army's camp, but did not pursue those soldiers who went out of the camp for help, Liu Yi needed them to ventilate and report the news at this time.
With him and Zhao Yun personally leading the iron cavalry battalion here, Xiahou Xuan's Yanzhou army will not dare to come to the aid alone, otherwise no matter how strong his combat strength is, the all-out iron cavalry battalion will only be wiped out, and his only choice is to come with Yan Liangwen Chou and Xiahou Yuan's cavalry to have the strength to fight, which is also the situation that Liu Yi wants to see the most, so that he and Zhao Yun can take the initiative to attack the enemy's cavalry, and Xiahoudun's Yanzhou army will also be dealt with by the infantry led by Xu Huang.
If the enemy army does not move, Liu Yi can first eat Yuan Shang's soldiers in Yecheng, and he doesn't believe that Yuan Jun will ignore Yuan Shang, the beloved son of the lord? Yuan Shang Yecheng army's camp slightly rushed forward, not without the intention of luring the Youzhou army to take the initiative, their idea is to hold this village steadily, with Yan Wen and the two cavalry to entangle Zhao Yun's iron cavalry battalion, Xiahou Yanzhou army suddenly appeared, can hit the opponent's attack force by surprise, at this time Yuan Shang can lead the army from the camp to kill and Xiahou Tang join forces to break the enemy, Liyang Gaogan can also lead the army to come, as long as the Jizhou infantry army can break the Youzhou infantry army, Zhao Zilong's iron cavalry battalion is strong but can not be afraid after losing its support.
Yuan Shang's forward assault did attract Liu Yijun's attack, but if he did not attack, he attacked, and the attack power of the second battalion of Xuanwu White Tiger exceeded Yuan Shang's estimate even by trial, at this time they couldn't help but regret that they did not do their best to strengthen the camp, they did not expect that Liu Yijun's offensive would be so decisive, and what was even more unexpected was that Liu Yi also led 20,000 soldiers to the Liyang battlefield.
Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang led the command to break through the opponent's three lines of defense within an hour, at this time they were attacking the first and the strongest camp in Yuan Shang's camp, where the enemy army also braved heavy casualties under the suppression of the White Tiger Battalion's cloud-piercing arrows, and they also knew that if this camp was broken again, it would be a short-handed situation, and Liu Yijun's fearless spirit and well-coordinated battle formation were difficult for them to face, and many soldiers of the Longxiang Battalion and the Xuanwu Battalion fell in this less than a hundred paces distance. Bodies can be seen everywhere.
"Damn, this Yuan Shang's turtle shell is really hard." Looking at the continuous fall of his corporal in front of him, Pei Yuanshao said hatefully, when he joined Liu Yi, he had already passed the year of standing, and now he is not confused, but his sturdy body is still the same as in the past, and he also has the majesty of a general, the lord has treated him well for more than ten years, in addition to the joy of the battle, the family is also a happy party, his eldest son Pei Yun has been in the Zhang Hehu guard camp at this time, if he hadn't met the lord that day, how could he have come to these more than ten years of comfortable days, yesterday he promised that the old fourth battalion would never disgrace him, Seeing the situation in front of him, he was anxious.
"Hehe, there are still three catties of nails in the rotten ship, besides, this Yuan Shang is still Yuan Benchu's beloved son, how can you have some ability, don't worry, I have already asked Dalong to arrange it, and in a few moments you will take a good look at how I break his turtle shell." Zhou Cang said with a smile, as generals, they don't know how many times they have faced death on the battlefield, and they are used to these scenes.
"Cloud Discharge Car? Why did Lao Tzu forget this stubble, let the brothers stop attacking temporarily, you kid didn't say it earlier, I still have to hate Tie Niu that kid is not here, if he wants his bombardment cannon to be there, there is no need for the brothers to be so desperate. Pei Yuanshao immediately looked happy when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to postpone the attack and wait for the cloud chariot to go into battle.
The so-called cloud car is actually a rushing car, but after the continuous improvement of Youzhou craftsmen, this row of cloud car is five zhang long, two zhang wide, more than one zhang high, the four sides of the wooden frame with a thick iron chain hanging a hit wood, this wood weighs nearly a thousand catties, it is transported from Liaodong, the front section will sharpen it and wrap it with iron sheet, when using it through the wooden wheel to push it to the enemy city gate or the city walled front, more than ten soldiers with a giant rope to pull it up and then hit the thing that is blocked, that force can be described as invincible, is a sharp weapon for attacking the city, And it also has different specifications from the bombardment cannon, but although the power of the cloud car is great, the action is extremely difficult, and it is necessary to use a large car to pull it after disassembly, there are only five in the Zhoucang Xuanwu camp, and they are all brought to the battlefield today.
"How can you let me say it earlier, that thing is powerful, but it is extremely troublesome to use, and it is easy to be taken advantage of by the enemy, I also want that kid Tie Niu to be here, in the end, his sky-bombardment cannon is easy to use, and you will have to let your brothers rush in front later, and those corpses must also be moved away for me, otherwise it will be difficult for the cloud chariot to approach the opponent's camp." Zhou Cangyan said.
"Then you can rest assured, Lao Tzu personally led the heavy armored army, and it should be time for them to come out, this heavy armored army is a kind of heavy infantry, they and the generals and Zhao Yun's heavy cavalry battalion generally have full body armor, this is Liu Yi inspired by the ancient Western war that day, those iron cans of the general heavy infantry can not be afraid of the opponent's crossbow arrows, but due to the limited production process, and such an infantry army moves slowly, it is also difficult to stop the opponent's flying stones, can only be used in some specific situations, and can not be equipped with a large area of each battalion, Only the Xuanwu Battalion and the Qinglong Battalion have such equipment.
"Of course, Lao Tzu's family has all been turned out, can you still hide your secrets? Since you promised that the lord would not embarrass him, you and I have to knock Yuan Shangxiaoer's turtle shell open for him even if we hit him headbutt. Zhou Cang's words were extremely firm, this is a dead task.
A moment later, a strange group of soldiers appeared in front of the defenders of the Yuan army, those infantry soldiers were all covered under armor, only the eyes were opened on the helmets, the strange thing is that although they walked slowly, there was no stiffness, hundreds of people pushed forward, and the sound of gold and iron hitting the ground seemed to hit the heartstrings of the defenders with each step, which was very thrilling.
But their stunned was only for a moment, no matter what monsters came they couldn't let them get close, the rain of arrows became dense for a while, shooting at these ironclad sergeants only heard a clanging sound but it was difficult to hurt their bodies, that steel front was still pushing forward with a steady sound of shock, many Youzhou soldiers followed behind these ironclad infantry at this time, temporarily moving the bodies of their comrades to both sides, and when the ironclad infantry marched a distance, five huge rushing carts were pushed onto the position again, and their speed was not fast at first, But with the effect of the inertia of the opposing soldiers, he sped up, and after blocking enough arrows from Yuan's army, the ironclad infantry army separated to both sides, and this non-chariot reached the front of the opponent's camp.
Dozens of soldiers braved the rain of arrows of the other party and began to desperately shake the crashing wood to impact the opponent's camp, although there were comrades with shields to cover the dense arrows, but from time to time someone fell down from the arrow, but immediately the successor would fill his position, the impact of the car did not have a momentary pause because of the casualties of the soldiers, at this time the high platform of the Yuan army has begun to shake, many defenders are difficult to gain a foothold and fall from above, at this time the originally dense arrow rain is much more sparse, but also so that the frequency of the impact of the car is not affected to speed up.
After the power of the cloud chariot was exerted, the strong camp could no longer withstand such a blow, and after a stick of incense, there was a loud bang, and the camp of the Yuan army was finally opened, and Pei Yuanshao, who was hiding behind the ironclad infantry, roared a tiger, and took the lead to kill the gap, and the soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion saw that the commander personally went into battle, who would be willing to lag behind? And the soldiers of the Long Xiang battalion will not fall behind in such a decisive battle, and this gap of less than three zhang has instantly become the focus of contention between the two sides.
Pei Yuanshao wielded a steel knife and tirelessly killed the Yuan soldiers who came up one by one, not only Liu Yi had the habit of going into battle in person, but which of the generals under his command was not like this? Usually the boss reprimands his subordinates in the same tone, but it is not ordinary in wartime, after all, this is a confrontation in the era of cold weapons, and the generals' martial arts can still play a greater role.
In less than a moment, the corpses of the enemy and us in the gap were piled up, and the two sides did not give in to each other to fight to the death, and after fighting seven times in a row, Pei Yuanshao cut off the head of the captain of the other party and flew several feet away, and the body was still five feet high from the blood in the upright neck, sprinkled on every soldier on both sides who were fighting to the death, and aroused their ferocity. Once injured, they will come forward and pounce on each other, and then use everything as a weapon to roll and fight with each other on the ground until one of them dies! There was a blur of flesh and blood on the face of that corpse.
At the same time, the attack of the cloud car did not stop, and then one after another the gap was opened by it, and the same bloody scene will be staged in the gap, at this time the martial arts are not very effective, and the formation can not be put out, and the double competition is who is more ruthless than whom, who can persevere better than whom, and courage and guts play a greater role here than the body.
Both sides are non-stop, there are soldiers rushing to the gap, falling down and rushing again, both the living and the fallen corpses are naked, this kind of fight lasted for a full hour, when Pei Yuanshao slashed the last defender with the hilt of the knife to support the body in place and gasped for breath, he found that the height he was standing on had risen by at least four feet compared to the beginning! At this time, he did not forget to command the follow-up soldiers to kill the enemy.