Chapter 50: The White Whirlwind
Gongsun Zhan saw the eight hundred people shrunk into a ball just now, and then stood up again, shook the shield in his hand at his side, and couldn't help but say angrily: "You didn't shoot them? β
Tian Yu said: "There must be damage, but it's not big. I'm afraid I'll have to rush a little bit further. β
This kind of rain of arrows that rely on covering, because people shoot on horses, all have no head, and when they encounter unorganized troops, they can also scare the opponent, but the first camp is an elite division after all.
Gongsun Chan said: "I personally rode a horse to kill!" β
"No!" Tian Yu said: "They dare to let eight hundred people go ahead, there must be a conspiracy." Our main force can't be lightly released, in case the opponent's left and right wings are pressed, it will be a dead end. Good steel should be used on the cutting edge. β
Gongsun Chan is also experienced, and after a little hesitation, he said: "Okay, order the cavalry on both wings, continue to release arrows, and you go and command it yourself." β
The phalanx of 800 people rested for a while, and when they saw that the opposing cavalry began to move again, they couldn't help but get nervous.
Xu Dayan asked, "Are they coming again?" Are you still sitting on the ground and raising your shield this time? β
Yuan Xi looked at the cavalry teams pouring out from the left and right sides on the opposite side, this time they did not swarm out, but lined up in a thin long column. He immediately said: "It's still the same!" β
Sou!
The first cavalry galloped first, and fired an arrow within a hundred paces. Although the arrow was ridiculously off, the distance of the arrow was much closer than before, and the arc was flat. What's more, the cavalryman immediately drew a second arrow, turned around and fired another arrow like a cannon. With the first trajectory correction, this time the angle is much more accurate.
Yuan Xi shouted: "Liedun." β
The crowd sat down in groups, cascading on top of each other like fish scales, and raised their shields diagonally. But this time, the bow and arrows came more intensively, heavier, and over a longer time span.
Crackling -
A few arrows actually pierced the iron sheet under the wooden shield and stabbed out from the other side.
"Ouch-" someone exclaimed, one foot pierced by a bow and arrow, and blood dripping from it.
Yuan Xi shouted: "Steady, don't move, don't move no matter what." β
He struggled to carry the wooden shield with his own two hands, but he felt that it was as heavy as a thousand pounds, and his hands were already sore.
Everyone gritted their teeth and struggled to support under the sound of rumbling horses' hooves. This is a kind of torture, torture that cannot be fought back by just being beaten.
Finally, the sound of horses' hooves died down, and the world returned to peace. The sunlight in the sky pierced through the dark clouds, revealing a glimmer of golden light.
This time no one cheered, everyone wiped their sweat and carefully helped each other to their feet.
Yuan Shao was shocked to see it on the high platform, and then turned back sharply and said, "This is how Koyi fights? Just stand stupidly and let someone else? He lost all the morale of our army! Quick, pass the order, let him take the initiative! β
"My lord-" Tian Feng said: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate to give an order at this time." β
Yuan Shao said: "What's wrong, if you don't stop it, they will all be shot into hedgehogs." β
Fu Zhi also said: "You can't stop it, if you stop it now, it will disrupt the formation, and it will cause a rout when the time comes." β
Yuan Shao was about to speak, when he suddenly grabbed Tian Feng's sleeve, pointed to the front and said, "Look, who is that?" Isn't it Yuan Xi? Why was he there? β
His eyes were sharp, and Yuan Xi was turning around to talk to his teammates, and he looked at him squarely.
Tian Fengshang said to himself: "How is it possible? The second son won't be there......"
Yuan Shao called the guards and said, "Go, go to Captain Zhang He and summon Yuan Xi over." β
The guard took the order and departed.
Yuan Xi was shouting loudly in the phalanx: "Everyone is doing well, keep it up, they can't help us, and they have wasted so many bows and arrows, they must not be able to bear it......" He waved his hand behind him and said, "The banner is out!" β
There was already preparation in the back, and a huge white banner was slowly unfurled, with a few large characters written in ink on it, and four soldiers on each side held up the wooden stakes and faced the opposite side.
Judging from Gongsun Zhan, the words are still a little small, but thanks to the good eyesight of someone on the side, it is clear that it is: "Youzhou cavalry, ridiculous." β
"How can it be!" Gongsun Chan was furious and ordered left and right: "Get on your horse and prepare to charge!" β
As soon as he gave the order, all the knights immediately mounted their horses.
Yuan Xi hadn't relented yet, and Xu Dayan immediately said, "Look, White Horse!" β
I saw that a pile of white suddenly poured out of the middle of the opponent's large phalanx, just like squeezing toothpaste, the more and more it was squeezed, a large lump of white spread out, and began to line up in the open space in front of the array. After a while, the light cavalry on the left and right sides also slowly concentrated behind them.
Li Ping said: "Oops, they are going to gather all the cavalry together, boss, what should we do?" β
Yuan Xi said: "Don't look at it, Bai Ma Yi is good at riding and shooting, they must still shoot randomly, and we are the same, blocking." β
Xu said with big eyes: "This can't work, right?" This time, after they finished shooting, they killed them directly......"
Yuan Xi said: "What are you afraid of, isn't there still a general." β
He looked behind him, and there was a row of strong crossbowmen crawling on the ground, led by Lao Chen Pi, a personal soldier of Koji Yi. They had been lying on the ground for a long time, motionless, with a dark blanket on their backs and sprinkled with dirt. From a distance, it is impossible to detect that there are people here. Even Yuan Shao on the high platform looked away.
This is what Yuan Xi said, "the enemy is strong and shows weakness", if he put out a strong crossbow formation murderously at the beginning, Gongsun Chan may not dare to kill him directly. But now there are only eight hundred of them, a small phalanx alone, far away from the Chinese army behind, which is enough to whet their appetite. And Koji led the crossbowmen in a goose-shaped formation, which surrounded them on the left and right, just to cope with their charge. Koji Yi's pro-soldier team are all veterans who have been tempered for thousands of years, and it goes without saying that the crossbow crosshairs are crosshaired. And the strong crossbow that was rushed during this time, for ordinary people, the control is very simple, and it can be fired continuously in a short period of time, causing a large number of casualties, which is enough to deal with the cavalry on the opposite side. However, the craftsmanship of this era was so poor that perhaps after firing a few arrows, the crossbow was scrapped. So it has to be used all together. This is also the principle of centralization, one of the fourteen principles proposed by Yuan Xi.
"Readyβ"
Yuan Xi beckoned: "Sit down!" Raise your shield! Victory or defeat in one fell swoop! β
Li Ping raised his shield and said tremblingly: "Boss, if you don't die this time, can you give me more land?" β
Yuan Xi said: "No way! β
"It's stingy!"
Gongsun Chan got on the horse and was listed last. Over there, Tian Yu rode over and said: "Lord, it's really not the time to charge, I saw it before, all the swords and shields in front of them are on the battlefield, in case the cavalry falls off the horse, it will be a messy sword, and there is no reason to survive." And their army is still on display, eyeing the tiger. The strangest thing is that these 800 sword shield bearers seem to have no fear. When things go wrong, there must be demons. β
Gongsun Zhan said: "With Yuan Shao's Chinese army, what tricks can be played?" Only Koji's first camp is our threat! Now they are looking for their own death, and they have brought out eight hundred people, and brought the fat meat to their mouths, how can they not eat it? As long as the first battalion is defeated, the miscellaneous soldiers behind it are estimated that they will not even be able to stand on their feet. You're in the rear, I'll go and go back! β
He shouted, and the order was carried out immediately.
The white whirlwind began to surge, and the variegated light riders on both sides slowly followed.
A huge wave of sound began to press towards Yuan Xi's side, and everyone involuntarily gritted their teeth and their eyes widened.
Yuan Xi almost couldn't breathe, and his heartbeat was like a bell and drum.
It's finally here.