Chapter 860 The war escalated
Xian Yuyin's blow can really be described as a snake hitting seven inches, he led all the Youzhou cavalry troops who could be assembled in Jixian County, and gave Gongsun Du a slap with a mortal mentality.
This slap was not only loud but also extremely painful, although Gongsun Du had obtained the correct use of the catapult from Cao Cao's messenger yesterday.
But he didn't really understand the catapult, it can be said that except for the amazing power of the catapult and the direct suppression of the enemy at the beginning of the battle, Gongsun Du knew nothing about the other taboos of the catapult.
Liu Ye's improved catapult, although it is much lighter than the ancient catapult, but that is only comparative.
Compared to the most mobile and nimble cavalry of the time, even the new catapult was unusually heavy.
If Liu Ye went to the Jixian battlefield in person, after suppressing the Youzhou defenders in Jixian County at the beginning, Liu Ye would definitely immediately send troops to escort the catapult back to his camp.
Even if he didn't send the catapult back to the safest camp of his own side, Liu Ye would immediately mobilize his cavalry to both sides of the catapult after the suppression was over.
In this way, if the enemy wants to use the mobility of the cavalry to sneak up on their own catapults, the cavalry on both sides of the catapults will definitely be able to give the opponent a head-on attack.
When the time comes, he will cooperate with his own foot soldiers, and maybe he will be able to wipe out the opponent's cavalry in one fell swoop, but it is a pity that Gongsun Du did not think of either of these two methods.
If he hadn't killed that innocent Slinger general yesterday, he wouldn't have suffered such a huge loss today.
Because after yesterday's accident, the general had already begun to think about how to use the catapult.
He was originally going to report what he was thinking to his lord after the lord ordered the killing of the hateful Cao army envoy.
But he didn't expect that before he could speak, Gongsun Du's sword had already cut through his throat.
If Gongsun Du was not so snobbish and dared to risk offending Cao Cao and deal with yesterday's events impartially, then he would definitely not have such a big loss today.
Maybe he can take the opportunity to lure out all the last bit of mobile force in Jixian County, and then he will be able to launch an unscrupulous attack on Jixian County.
It is even very possible that by annihilating the Youzhou cavalry, he will severely blow the morale of the rest of the Youzhou soldiers in the city, so as to take down this city that has brought him countless pain in one fell swoop.
But Gongsun Du didn't choose to do so, he chose what seemed to be more beneficial to him at that time.
In this way, it became even more unforeseen for Gongsun Du to win Jixian County!
In the end, which approach is more beneficial to himself, now don't say that Gongsun Du can't give a conclusive conclusion, even God can't give a conclusion, at this time, Gongsun Du only feels that he is about to explode!
He looked at the Youzhou cavalry who had completely destroyed their catapults and catapults, and now they were still fleeing towards Jixian one by one, Gongsun Du really wanted to order his subordinates to keep the other party at all costs.
But he soon suppressed this idea himself.
Because he knew that if he gave such an order, it would probably not be the news that he had completely annihilated the Youzhou cavalry.
Rather, it was the siege warfare that had already gained the upper hand, and because of this order of his own, he gave up the advantage he already occupied.
Even if their own soldiers can completely annihilate the Youzhou cavalry at that time, the two sides of the siege will return to the same starting point again.
This is absolutely unacceptable for Gongsun Du, who is obviously running out of time.
That's why he decided to endure this evil breath and wait for him to settle accounts with Liu Yu's old thief after he took Jixian County.
Since Gongsun Du did not order to encircle and annihilate him, it was definitely great news for Xian Yuyin and them, and they ran all the way to kill directly under Jixian County.
Under Liu Yu's prepared response, Xian Yuyin and the others safely withdrew to Jixian County at a small cost.
Their safe return is tantamount to a shot in the arm for the defenders of Jixian County.
At that time, the morale of the Jixian defenders, who were already on morale and fell into the downwind, immediately became high.
Subsequently, under the deliberate guidance of Liu Yu, they drove down the Liaodong army, which had already occupied part of the city wall.
For a while, in the battle at the head of Jixian County, the Youzhou army once again gained the upper hand, even if Gongsun Du outside the city jumped like thunder, but his subordinates were still driven off the city by the other party.
The furious Gongsun Du could no longer care about it, and he was sympathetic to his soldiers, and he constantly ordered his subordinates to speed up the attack.
For a time, Jixian County, the place of Youzhou governance, became a huge meat grinder.
At the same time that Gongsun Du and Liu Yu were fighting in Jixian County, Zhao Yun's deputy general with more than 1,000 soldiers had already met the large army that was rushing to his aid.
As soon as they met, the lieutenant who had received Zhao Yun's general order went straight to his own Chinese army, where he found Tai Shici, who was Zhao Yun's deputy.
Originally, Liu Yuan just ordered Zhao Yun to come to support Liu Yu, but he didn't expect Liu Yu to be even more stubborn than he imagined.
For this reason, Zhao Yun decided to go to Jixian County in person to persuade Liu Yu and let him agree to lead his troops and enter Youzhou to help the other party defeat Gongsun Du.
However, he was the only general in the army at that time, and if he only entered Youzhou with a small number of men, then this army would fall into a situation where the dragons were leaderless.
Although the Jizhou army is well-trained, it also has to be divided into what happens.
In the absence of the main general, if they encounter an ordinary situation, these Jizhou troops will certainly be able to deal with it freely.
But in case Zhao Yun and the others leave, this army will be exposed to the sight of other princes, once the other party sends a general to attack them, Zhao Yun's absence is equivalent to burying this elite soldier directly under the opponent's soldiers.
Therefore, after Zhao Yun made a decision, he immediately sent someone to send a letter to his lord, hoping that the lord could send a general to be his deputy.
After receiving Zhao Yun's letter, Tai Shici beside Liu Yuan immediately became excited.
In the previous battle to pursue Cao Ang, although he performed remarkably, he was not able to really show his talents.
Now that there is finally a chance to engage the enemy on a large scale, this is definitely a godsend for Tai Shici, who is still a new Ding in Jizhou.
Therefore, under Tai Shici's active request, Liu Yuan sent him as Zhao Yun's deputy.
After receiving the order, Tai Shici did not delay for a moment, and only led one hundred and ten guards to rush to Zhao Yun's camp in the shortest time.
After Tai Shi Ci arrived, Zhao Yun dared to leave his own brigade with 5,000 cavalry, and now when Zhao Yun was away, Tai Shi Ci became the supreme commander of this team.
When Zhao Yun's lieutenant told Tai Shici about Zhao Yun's decision, Tai Shici's eyes burst out, and he admired Zhao Yun's decision.
However, at this time, he had some other ideas, as long as he could upgrade Zhao Yun's strategy a little.
Then whether it is for the Gongsun Du army who is attacking Jixian County, or Liu Yi, who is still chasing them, it is possible that they will be defeated in a battle!