When Yan Rou's order to attack was issued, three thousand cavalry teams attacked in three groups. Although the cavalry www.biquge.info is not suitable for attacking the city, most of the cavalry under Yan Rou's account are Wuhuan elite cavalry of the three counties, and their riding and archery skills are very good. I saw that the cavalry of the first thousand cavalry was speeding up a hundred paces in front of the city, raising their bows and shooting on their backs, and each of them shot at least five arrows in a short distance of a hundred paces; When the moat is about to be reached, the sound of "brushing" spreads out, and it detours along the moat to both sides of the city. It's really fast like lightning, and the attack is like thunder.

On the side of the Youzhou army, hundreds of archers were already guarding the arrow tower, waiting for the battle. Although they are all well-trained archers, they are much worse than the Wuhuan cavalry in terms of rate of fire and accuracy, and they are simply overwhelmed by the cavalry's upward fire. In addition to the archers on the arrow tower, there were also foot soldiers on the city wall who had already erected dense oar shields, and crossbowmen and some foot soldiers who could draw bows hid behind the oar shields and waited for the enemy to get close and launch a counterattack.

Zhao Yun and Tian Jing stood on top of the earth city and watched the enemy's formation, although they thought that Yan Rou would attack, but they didn't expect Yan Rou to be so resolute, they didn't even try to test, and directly let the three thousand cavalry launch an attack. "Master, it seems that this Yan Rou wants to break through the walled city and go south immediately. It seems that this battle is not easy to fight, right? Tian Jing said.

"I didn't expect this Yan Rou to be so difficult to deal with, this cavalry shooting, it is the most suitable to deal with our low Tucheng, on the one hand, suppress our crossbowmen and hit our morale; On the one hand, it is also a deliberate waste of our arrows. After three rounds, it is the real battle, I am afraid that the infantry will soon take the soil bag to fill the moat, once the river is crossed, this low city wall is afraid that it will not be able to stop many enemies, as long as there is a ladder can easily climb the city, when the time comes, it will be consumed. Zhao Yun sighed.

"The siege battle has always been like this, and it is people who fight. Master, the reserve Baima Yi Cong camp is ready, and is on standby in the wall, ready to enter the city at any time. Tian Jing said.

"Good! At present, it is not the time for the reserve Bai Mayi to go into battle from the battalion, let them be auxiliaries first, transporting bows, arrows, crossbows, rolling wood, stones, and rescuing the wounded. This time, we stuck to the camp, unlike defending the city, without the help of the people, we had to rely on ourselves. However, if the casualties in the city are too large in a few days, most of them will have to go to the city to the top. They are all half-grown children, and they are reluctant to watch them die in this Luhe camp for the sake of today's plan, it depends on whether God will help us or not, once the snow falls, the adults under Yan Rou's tent are only afraid to return to the grassland, because after all, the wives and children are all in the grassland, the men are out to fight, and the grassland is not taken care of, once something happens, it will be the business of the whole clan, so we must hold on. General Gongsun and Liu He confronted each other, I am afraid that there will be no half a year to tell the winner, if the Luhe camp is lost, Yan Rou goes south, then Yicheng will be attacked by the enemy. ”

After only a few words, seeing that Yan Rou's second thousand cavalry had already attacked the front, another burst of bows and arrows came out, as dense as flying locusts, and an arrow passed through the gap in the shield and flew towards Tian Jing's front door. Zhao Yun's eyes were quick, and he flicked away with an arrow, which flew past Tian Jing's sideburns, and Tian Jing secretly screamed that it was dangerous. When I came back to my senses, I found that many of the soldiers on the city wall were injured or killed this time. The archery of the Wuhuan cavalry was so precise that it could penetrate through the gaps in the shields, and the soldiers in the city were like live targets.

"Master, I'm afraid it won't work like this, after all, bows and arrows are not our strong point, and the enemy's cavalry is flying, we can't shoot them, but they can cause a lot of casualties to our army." Tian Jing said.

"I know it for the division, but this is also Yan Rou's strategic intention, suppress our crossbowmen, and then let the infantry fill the river. But we don't have many people, and we can't afford it. Zhao Yun sighed and said to the herald behind him, "Go down with the order, the defenders in the city will look for cover, mainly to protect themselves, and keep arrows and wait for the enemy to fill the river before concentrating on shooting." ”

Zhao Yun ordered, and there were many fewer shots in the city, but the soldiers defending the city were even more nervous. Because after all, the city is firmly defended, and shooting arrows outside the city psychologically feels that it is relatively safe. Once the enemy approaches, or even ascends the city, it is hand-to-hand combat, and it is a life and death.

How could you not think of it when you put down the psychology of the soldiers, just say that Yan Rou saw that the arrows in the city were suppressed by his own cavalry, and immediately gave the order, and Xian Yufu pressed up with two thousand infantry. Each of the two thousand infantry carried a sack filled with clods of earth and gravel. Most of these sacks were used to hold grain and grass, and in order to free up the sacks, the grain and grass are now piled up in the temporary barn behind the camp. And just like that, the sack was not enough, Yan Rou asked people to make a bag of soil and stones out of a military uniform. Finally made up more than 2,000. It's not much, but it's still possible to fill in a section of the moat if you concentrate it.

I saw that the 2,000 foot soldiers were divided into ten groups, lined up in a loose formation and moved closer to the Youzhou army camp. As soon as you are within range of your arrows, you will start running forward, rushing to the moat and throwing your sandbags into the river. After filling it up, run back, as long as you are not shot by a bow and arrow, it is a big fortune.

The Youzhou army received Zhao Yun's order before, and it was waiting for this moment, as soon as the enemy entered the firing range, they immediately fired their bows and crossbows. The first group of 200 or so men lost half of them after a rain of arrows, but most of the sandbags were filled into the river.

Yan Rou's cavalry immediately moved around the city wall, shooting at the Youzhou army in the city, so that the infantry filling the river was much less threatened, and the people behind continued to fill the moat. It is estimated that these two thousand people can fill at least a platform ten zhang wide with a bag of sandbags, and then it will be time for Yan Rou's infantry to attack the city.

Zhao Yun looked at it and gave an order to the herald behind him. The five hundred white horses who had been waiting by the gate of the village were ready to be prepared, the spear in his hand had been clenched, and the steel knife on his waist had already been unsheathed, waiting for this moment. I saw that the gate of the village was suddenly lowered, and five hundred cavalry rushed out. The gap had not yet been filled, but the cavalry prancing horses were just in time to jump over it. Bai Ma Yi plunged into the infantry who were filling the river like a sharp knife, only to see the spear pierced out, the enemy troops fell one after another, and the infantry behind scattered and fled before they could rush up. The cavalry rushing in front quickly dispersed, on the one hand to expand the results of the battle, and on the other hand, to give the cavalry behind the space to leap across the river. In a short time all the 500 cavalry had crossed the river, and in the face of the fleeing enemy with their backs to them, Bai Mayi charged from the whole group and launched a one-sided slaughter of the enemy's infantry.

This sudden change made Yan Rou confused for a while, he didn't expect that in the case of the disparity in strength between the enemy and us, Zhao Yun would dare to go out of the city to attack. But they are really not prepared, if they are in the whole team now, when the cavalry is assembled, I am afraid that these five hundred cavalry will have already been killed. Now we can only hope that the three thousand rangers under the castle tower will suppress the opponent's archers, and if they react in time, they may be able to organize an effective attack and deal a heavy blow when the five hundred white horses return from the slaughter.

This Wuhuan cavalry really lived up to Yan Rou's expectations, and they began to retreat consciously, slowly surrounding the five hundred white horses, and after a while, a net was formed, and it tightened towards the center little by little. Yan Rou suddenly thanked Zhao Yun for letting Bai Ma Yicong attack, you must know that it is easy to attack the city, if you want to trap Bai Ma Yicong and kill him with 500 people, it will be a world-famous thing.

Just as Yan Rou was thinking about the good thing, he suddenly discovered a strange thing, that is, these five hundred white horses had never killed the infantry who filled the river as he thought, and then killed them back the same way. Instead, he didn't slow down at all. Do they dare to storm my camp with 500 men if they don't want to die, you must know that there are nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed here.

It was no longer important for Yan Rou to think about it, because these five hundred white horse Yicong had already rushed over, and there was no intention of slowing down. Yan Rou realized that what he didn't expect was that the damn Xian Yufu led the rout and was retreating to the camp, because there were too many people, and the camp gate was blocked. At this time, the defenders inside couldn't rush out, and the outside routs couldn't run in, and Yan Rou's camp was in chaos.

When the 500 cavalry saw that they were about to reach the gate of the village, they hung their spears on the saddle bridge, took out the big yellow bow from their backs, took out the rockets that had been prepared before (smeared with phosphorus powder on them, rubbed against the air and spontaneously combusted), and aimed at Yan Rou's camp gate and shot a burst of arrows.

You must know that Yan Rou's camp gate is made of wood, and it will catch fire immediately, plus the door is crowded with soldiers inside and outside the door, this fire can be endured by Yan Rou. Suddenly, Yan Rou's camp gate burst into flames.

The five hundred white horses never continued to attack, nor did they return the same way, but bypassed Yan Rou's camp and fled westward. When Yan Rou's rangers gathered and returned, the five hundred white horses had left since morning, and they had only come back to fight the fire.

In the Luhe camp, the defenders were also rejoicing when they saw that Bai Ma Yicong had defeated the enemy's infantry, burned the door of the enemy's camp, and led away the enemy rangers. Zhao Yun looked at the door of the enemy camp that caught fire, looked at the jungle in the distant mountains, and thought to himself, these five hundred white horses have become outcasts from now on. However, they may be able to really revitalize this game of chess outside.

Tian Jing said, "Master, although my plan is good, it may not succeed, the five hundred cavalry are alone behind the enemy, there is no supply, no reinforcements, it is likely to be a dead move." Do you blame me for being sloppy? ”

Zhao Yun said, "Although your strategy is very risky, but I have thought about it, the key is who leads the troops, if the generals who lead the troops are excellent, I think at least they will not fall into death." As long as there is a chance, even if it is only one point, we will try, you say? ”

"I'm curious about who is leading the troops, so that you can rest assured, master?" Tian Jing asked.

"I won't tell you the truth, I have absolute confidence in this person, he is our fellow countryman Xiahoulan, although his marksmanship is not as good as mine, but he is skilled in the art of war, and he is a rare general. It's just that it's not reused all the time like me. This time, 500 cavalry went out of the city to fight, and Li Yizi and Le Hedang did not dare to take on this heavy responsibility. It is also because of this that Xiahoulan, a 500-year-old cavalry general, could lead the White Horse to a battle. Zhao Yun said.

Tian Jingxin said that Xiahou Lan is familiar with the name, and he doesn't want this character to be among the generals of the miscellaneous cavalry, as long as they can come back alive, this white horse is only afraid of another general. "But he is new to the White Horse Yi Army, how can he lead these five hundred Yi Cong cavalry?"

"You can rest assured that the biggest advantage of Bai Ma Yicong is the resolute execution of orders. Moreover, most of these 500 cavalry were trained by me back then, and each level was led by a commander and general, and they operated freely. What they need is a calm, witty, courageous and resourceful general to lead. And Xiahoulan has exactly that. When Zhao Yun said this, he was obviously full of confidence in Xiahoulan. Tian Jing is also full of expectations for Xiahoulan.

In a short time, it will be late. Zhao Yun began to arrange for the defenders of the city to go down to the city to rest, so that the soldiers who did not go to the city during the day changed their guards, and tightened their guards. Looking at the hundreds of corpses dropped by the enemy troops under the city, Zhao Yun knew that this tug-of-war offensive and defensive battle had just begun.