"Tianshui's Xiliang Army doesn't move, then we can only go east and fight with Cao Jun. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoAnyway, our task is to attract the main force of the Cao army and create opportunities for the lord and them, so no matter what, we have to fight with the tiger and leopard cavalry of the Cao army. ”

"It seems that there is no better way to do it, but this is the case."

"I've said it a long time ago, Ge Laozi, just fight when you should fight, what is there to hesitate about. There are not many people in the Cao army, four thousand against three thousand, our new army and the flying army have never faced such a small number of enemies, Lao Tzu is afraid that he will be a turtle son. ”

"Xingba, since we want to fight, we have to take the initiative, we don't have a geographical advantage, and there are not many people, so we can only make up for it from elsewhere. I would like to arrange for some brothers to harass Cao Jun's camp at night, and I forgive Cao Jun for not daring to make large-scale sorties at night. Fa Zheng suggested.

"Okay, I'll arrange this." Gan Ning answered, and went out to find someone.

"It's a pity that there are too few people in our flying army, we only have one flying army, and there are too few crossbows, tomorrow will definitely be a hard battle." Zhang Ren was a little regretful.

"Righteousness, you are wrong, tomorrow to deal with Cao Jun, the crossbow may not be effective, the focus should be on the strong crossbow. The cavalry of the Cao army mainly came from the Xiliang Legion, and the Xiliang Legion was dominated by heavy cavalry, and it was difficult for ordinary crossbow arrows to hit them hard, so they had to shoot with strong crossbows. In the first battle tomorrow, you must use the strong crossbow well, and the repeater can be placed on both wings, and when the opponent rides up, then use the repeater to suppress it. ”

On the night when the people of Longxian County and the army of Yizhou celebrated together, Gan Ning took dozens of flying troops to attack the Cao army camp on the Weihe Plain not far away, so that the Cao army did not rest well all night.

The next day, early in the morning, a scout came to report, saying that not far away, Liu Zhangjun's traces were found, and it was seen that the situation was coming in the direction of Cao Jun.

Cao Ang was stunned when he heard this, this Liu Zhang is horizontal enough, he really wants to fight with me on the plain?

"Assemble the army, go to war!" Cao Ang was full of fighting spirit and ordered loudly.

It's finally here.

Let me Cao Ang see how you ride with your steps.

When Cao's army came out of the camp and was ready to fight, the scouts came to report that Liu Zhang's army had stopped advancing and began to prepare for defense on the spot.

Cao Ang secretly scolded a gutless bandit and yelled: "Set off with me and break through the Yizhou army!" With a finger of the spear, the iron flow rolled forward.

After walking less than a dozen miles, I found Liu Zhangjun not far ahead.

"Zixuan, it's better to be careful. It's better to send a team of people to test it first. Zhong Xuan hurriedly beat his horse and came to Cao Ang's side. His injuries have basically healed, especially the leg injury is relatively minor, and he is no longer in the way of riding.

Cao Ang nodded and waved his hand, "The left and right leopard battalions will stop first, the five brothers of the tiger battalion, Jiazi, Yichou, Bingyin, Ding Mao, and Wushen, charge me, level the enemy army, and capture Liu Zhang alive!" ”

"Flatten the enemy army and capture Liu Zhang alive!"

As soon as the flag was ordered, five torrents rolled forward, and it didn't take long for them to merge into a thick iron stream, like a storm on the flat ground, sweeping towards the Yizhou army.

"Ready, shoot!"

At the sound of an order, the arrows were like flying locusts.

The Yizhou army all adopted a squatting position, and after shooting an arrow, they immediately bowed their waists and ran back, and then the back row became the front row. Shoot in rows and shoots out, and retreats in rows and rows. Step back, roll back, shoot while shooting, shoot while retreating. This means that the entire defensive formation can be moved back and forth.

Cao Jun is not completely powerless to fight back.

The tiger battalion descended the mountain like a fierce tiger, began to accelerate, and as it ran, the riders raised their crossbows and shot vigorously. The war horse rushed at high speed, coupled with the advantage of the crossbow arrows, the two were combined, and the crossbow arrows shot out rushed towards the Yizhou army with a roar. The power of its crossbow arrows is still above the strong crossbow of the Yizhou army. However, the crossbow arrows used by the cavalry usually only fired one round. The bolts are pre-wound and only need to be snapped on the springs. After shooting a round, basically the crossbow is not used, and it is more troublesome to re-attach the arrow string on the horse, and it is basically not needed, after an arrow, basically the war horse has already rushed to the enemy, and it is time to use weapons such as knives and spears.

In the blink of an eye, many people have already fallen from their horses, and many people on the side of the New Army have been shot.

Fortunately, the new army has helmet masks, and in the crouching position, the area of receiving arrows is relatively small. Although the new army did not have armor, the front arms of the new army had arm guards, which could block ordinary swords and other weapons, and the squatting and raising crossbows also happened to protect the heart and other vital parts. And the new army usually carries personal bags, clothes, quilts, sappers and shovels, and when they turn around and run backwards, their backs are also protected, except for being clumsy, crossbow arrows are impenetrable, unless they are shot at places other than the back.

This design of the new army is to completely get rid of the situation of the old-style army, which is too dependent on military supplies, and does not need any big carts and small carts for marching, and does not need any gongs, drums, tents, and other messy things. You can walk as you go, so that the mobility of the troops can be enhanced.

The Tiger Camp is also not good.

The tiger battalion is full of heavy cavalry, and all the men and horses are armored, and ordinary crossbow arrows are simply not able to stop the pace of the tiger battalion's advance.

"Concentrate the strong crossbows on both sides, shoot crosswise, and finish out the few in front." Zhang Ren yelled.

As soon as the words fell, the strong crossbows on the left and right sides shot fiercely, knocking over several heavy cavalry who rushed in front to the ground. The shooting overturned was overturned, but because of the huge inertia, even the horses and people were smashed, and the dust was flying, and many soldiers of the New Army were still injured.

There was just such a little chaos, and soon more than a dozen Cao troops rushed into the position of the new army, and Cao Jun had a long knife in his hand, slashing while rushing. Its momentum is like a running bull, and it is indomitable, as if the layers of defense of the new army are like paper paste tofu.

"Sniper, marksman, give me a quick kill!" Gan Ning yelled.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh,..."

"Ahh

"Ahh

The sound of bows and crossbows, screams, and roars was endless.

As soon as the battle began, it entered a very fierce white-hot level.

Cao Ang didn't expect the new army to be so resilient, and the tiger battalion to charge so fiercely, but they didn't completely tear through the opponent's defense; Zhang Ren Ganning didn't expect Cao Jun's charge to be so sharp, and he adopted a defensive formation of retreating and shooting while retreating, which could not delay the momentum of the opponent's charge.

In the first shot, the entire position of the new army retreated five hundred steps back before it could stand firm again and repel the first wave of Cao's army's charge.

Only once rushed into battle, Cao Jun's tiger battalion lost more than 200 cavalry and more than 200 wounded, and the 500 cavalry who charged into battle were all wounded if they did not die. The New Army was even more miserable, with more than 400 killed, more than 500 wounded, and thousands of direct casualties.

All of a sudden, the huge casualties made both sides a little frightened.

Although it seems that the casualties of the Cao army are much smaller, the casualties of the Cao army are all the tiger battalions. Among the 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry sent by Cao Ang this time, there were only 1,000 people in the tiger camp, and half of them were killed or injured at once, which also surprised Cao Ang. The tiger camp is used to break the formation, I didn't expect the opponent's crossbow arrows to be so sharp and the defense so resilient.

But war is about death.

Cao Ang waved his hand again and ordered the leopard riders on both wings, plus the remaining tiger riders, to charge the whole army.

He could also see that the defensive formation on the opposite side was already precarious and could not be supported.

"The whole army has it, follow the general, rush me!" Cao Ang's spear pointed forward, "Flatten the enemy army and capture Liu Zhang alive!" ”

"Flatten the enemy army and capture Liu Zhang alive!"

"Flatten the enemy army and capture Liu Zhang alive!"

The sound of horses' hooves was like angry waves, rolling forward. (To be continued.) )