Chapter 3: Hu Cavalry Rushes
Unlike Yuan Shu's impatience, Liu Miao was very comfortable, not just because he had succeeded in stealing the camp, but because he could imagine Yuan Shu's reaction when he saw his letter. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Yuan Shu, as the second generation of the world's top family, and his son-in-law, has always been very arrogant, even his half-brother Yuan Shao is not in his eyes, not to mention the young boy Liu Miao, who was not famous before. As a result, Yuan Shu will inevitably be furious and eager to retaliate against Liu Miao's provocation and insult.
What Liu Miao needs to do now is to wait for Yuan Shu to attack.
Sure enough, as Liu Miao expected, as soon as the day dawned, he received a report that Yuan Shu had sent troops, and pushed the camp forward for another five miles.
Liu Miao summoned the generals and asked: "Yuan Shu is anxious to get back on the field, how should you deal with it?" ”
As soon as Liu Miao's words fell, Yue Fei came out of the crowd, "Yuan Shujun was tired from afar, and he was stolen by us last night, and now he is eager to attack, relying on an arrogant atmosphere. We might as well take the defense as an offense, and defeat their strikers hard, and wait for their morale to be lost, and it will be easy to defeat them. ”
Liu Miao and Liu Ji looked at each other and smiled, what Yue Fei said coincided with the strategy they had discussed before, Liu Miao smiled and said: "It seems that Pengju has made up his mind, and the first battle today will be handed over to you." I'll give you 2,000 divine arm archers, 2,000 back guards, and suddenly set up a formation, how to arrange it, it's up to you to decide! I will lead the generals to support you! ”
"Order!" Yue Fei happily stepped forward to take the order.
Liu Miao looked at the generals again and encouraged: "Yuan Shu seems to be powerful, but it is just a rabble, even if there are 100,000 people, what is the way?" Today, I want to show the majesty of my Yangzhou army, so that the people of the world will no longer dare to underestimate me and wait! ”
"Obey the Lord's orders!" The generals responded in unison.
On the other side, Yuan Shujun poured out of the nest, and the strategist Yuan Jian persuaded: "The Yangzhou army is waiting for work at ease, and occupies a favorable location, so it is better to slow down." ”
Yuan Shu sneered: "I have many generals and generals, far better than Liu Miao." Liu Miao lives in Yangzhou, where has he ever seen such a male soldier, but he can just play some tricks of sneak attack. Today's battle is bound to defeat him. I heard that Yangzhou has cultivated countless fertile fields, and it happened to kill him to cross the river to collect grain. ”
When the soldiers heard this, they knew that the commander had the ambition to win, and they were greatly encouraged.
Yuan Shu left only 5,000 soldiers to guard the camp, and drove towards Ping'a City with more than 50,000 horse infantry troops. The layers of flags of various colors are like rolling clouds, making the already gloomy sky even more depressing. Yuan Shu rode a tall horse, stopped on the high post, looking at this huge formation, he was very complacent, maybe even Dong Zhuo's elite Xiliang army would be difficult to directly defeat it.
The Yangzhou army is already far away, looking at the sparse formation, there are probably not even 10,000 people.
"Bo Fu, what do you think of the Yangzhou army?" Yuan Shu squinted at Sun Ce, who was not far from him. This Sun Ce is very similar to his deceased father Sun Jian, and he has the courage of ten thousand people at a young age, which is deeply favored by Yuan Shu. However, Yuan Shu felt that Sun Ce was a little young and vigorous, unruly, and still needed to be polished.
"Ming Gong, I see that the Yangzhou army is in strict formation, and it is quite lawful, I'm afraid it's a hard bone." Sun Ce replied loudly.
Yuan Shu frowned, squinted his eyes, and said with some displeasure: "You are a little younger after all, you have never seen any battles, if your father Sun Wentai was here, he would have raised troops to fight." ”
Sun Ce was very uncomfortable when he heard Yuan Shu talk to his late father, but he couldn't make a sound after all.
After a while, a strong wind suddenly appeared, and the flags were rolled and the hunt sounded.
Yuan Shu began to motivate morale: "The wind is sweeping, indicating that this battle will become a wind and clouds, this is the heavens want to destroy Liu Miao, all the soldiers should fight bravely!" ”
For a time, the morale of Yuan Shu's army was greatly boosted, and the cheers soared into the sky, and even the Yangzhou army a few miles away could hear it clearly.
Yuan Shu glanced at the direction of the Yangzhou army again, and saw that there were thousands of soldiers in front of it, standing still, forming a defensive formation, guarding the wide area with water on both sides, and it should be a crossbow formation. If Yuan Shujun wanted to attack Liu Miao's main formation head-on, he had to pass through here.
Yuan Shuwhip pointed ahead and said loudly: "I heard Tao Gongzu's message that there is an elite crossbow soldier under Liu Miao's command, probably that's it." If it can be broken head-on, the thief army will be frightened, and Yangzhou will be at your fingertips. Who can come out on top for me? ”
When Yuan Shu's voice fell, several generals answered the request.
To deal with the crossbowmen who are on the lookout, either charge with fast cavalry or take cover with sword and shield men.
Yuan Shu looked left and right, and was a little difficult to decide for a while. He wanted to use cavalry to cover up this brilliant way, but the elite cavalry under his command was only 3,000, and they were all his guards, and he didn't want to let them fight a war of attrition in the first place.
Just when Yuan Shu was hesitating, a sturdy-looking and strangely dressed general stepped forward: "General, why don't you let me take my sons and daughters up, and let those thin Yangzhou soldiers see the power of my Great Hun cavalry!" ”
Yuan Shu took a look and found that it was the Huns Yu Fuluo. This Yu Fuluo came to the Central Plains because of the Southern Xiongnu coup, first joined Yuan Shao, and then rebelled, and after being defeated by Cao Cao with the Montenegrin army, he took refuge in Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu had always felt that the Huns were not very reliable, so he hadn't noticed Yu Fuluo before, but now when he saw him asking for his life, he suddenly felt that he seemed to be a good candidate, and the most important thing was that he didn't need to use his own relatives.
So Yuan Shu immediately agreed, and asked Yu Fuluo to take his 3,000 Hun cavalry to charge the battle.
Yu Furo was overjoyed, and he shouted and gathered all his people and rushed away.
When Yu Fuluo took refuge in Yuan Shu, there was an agreement that he would help Yuan Shu fight, and he could share more than half of the spoils, similar to the mercenary form in later generations, so he was so active. In his opinion, a charge will come to those Yangzhou soldiers, as long as he approaches the Yangzhou crossbow soldiers, those are lambs to be slaughtered, well, fat sheep. As for the losses of the Hun cavalry, they only survived a round of shooting, and he could afford this loss.
The iron cavalry surged, the dust flew, and the smoke and dust stirred up were like a giant beast devouring space, getting bigger and faster, getting faster and faster, obscuring the already somewhat drowsy sky, and only crushed in the direction of the Yangzhou army, as if it was going to be submerged in the next moment.
However, the Yangzhou army still stood solemnly and silently.
The distance between the two sides quickly approached two hundred paces, and the Hun cavalry were all good marksmen, and with the help of the horsepower of the forward charge, the archery generals could also reach each other, so the cavalry at the front began to draw their bows and release arrows.
The arrows poured towards the Yangzhou army like flying locusts, but the accuracy was a little worse, and many of them fell into the water pools on both sides, causing bursts of splashes. Even if an arrow falls into the formation, it will not be able to cause any damage due to insufficient strength.
Yu Furo also tried to shoot an arrow, but because he fell behind, he couldn't see it really, and it was estimated that he didn't make any achievements. He muttered and scolded, "What a shitty place, the fucking dust is too big, and even people can't see it clearly." After a pause, he said happily: "That's okay, I can't see clearly, it's the same on the other side, and it can also reduce the losses of the sons!" ”
As soon as the words fell, there was a noisy sound in front of him, and someone shouted: "There is a trap, control the speed behind!" ”
It's all rushed up, and it's still controlling the speed of a hair! Besides, isn't slowing down a live target at this time? The cavalry behind either did not know what was going on in front of them, or they were dismissive and focused only on the impact. In fact, they couldn't control their speed even if they wanted to, and the whole team of horses was running one after another, but it wasn't something that could slow down one or two.
Yuan Shu, who was standing on the high ground in the rear, saw that the Hun cavalry seemed to be stagnant and had not approached the enemy formation for a long time, he was very puzzled and at the same time very annoyed, and shouted: "Go and see, what's going on with the Huns?" ”
Soon, there were scouts who reported that the Huns were blocked by traps.
Yuan Shu was furious, "It's all at this time, even if it's a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, you have to rush over for me!" Give me a drum to cheer me on! ”
When the war drums sounded rapidly, Yu Furo was also wondering, he sent several servants to contact him in succession, but they did not bring back any news. It seems that the troops are still rushing forward, but the formation has been chaotic, and the noise in front is still continuous, and there seems to be the neighing of horses? Could it be that the striker has already taken over?
Yu Fuluo ordered the herald to blow the trumpet, and he wanted to be on the front line.
When the trumpet sounded, Yu Furo and his personal guards cavalry accelerated forward in formation, and the cavalry along the way were greatly encouraged and cheered.