At this moment, Yu Ban had an extremely uneasy feeling in his heart, he didn't want to affect his future strength to defend Xiangcheng because of this battle, so after giving the order, he changed the order and ordered the whole army to retreat immediately.

However, at this time, how easy is it to say that you want to retreat?

The cavalry of the Cao army was already entangled with the sword and shield soldiers of the New Han Army, and their charge was too urgent, so their military formation was already a little chaotic, and the horses were squeezing the horses, even if they wanted to turn around and retreat, it was not a matter of half a moment. What's more, the sword and shield soldiers of the New Han Army are now becoming more and more courageous the more they fight, and the cavalry of the Cao Army, which has been stagnant, counterattacked.

Of course, it is still possible for the cavalry to withdraw, after all, the four-legged one is much faster than the two-legged one. But what about the Cao army infantry who were banned in the Chinese army?

Just when the ban ordered Mingjin to retreat, in the military formation of the New Han Army, the drums beat loudly, and with a boom, the cavalry behind the Chinese army started.

The pikemen of the New Han Army in the Chinese army, in order to protect the archers in the center, have quietly spread out to both sides, and now, unconsciously, the archer army formation in the center has not quickly given way to both sides, a passage for the cavalry behind the Chinese army to quickly kill out of the formation.

Qin Jie took the lead and led more than 2,000 cavalry troops to gallop out.

"Soldiers, the meritorious deeds are today, kill with me!"

Qin Jie's eyes were burning, and with a wave of his sword, Pegasus fell into the crowd of Cao soldiers who had been staggered by the archers.

Cao Bing was led by pikemen, as long as their formation was not chaotic, then they could just restrain the cavalry. However, Cao Bing's pikemen. Shot mercilessly by the archers, one by one, when the roar of Mingjin's retreat rang out. The first time they obeyed the military order was to retreat with their spears in tow. The result can be imagined, he was killed from behind by Qin Jie's cavalry, and Cao Bing's soul was scattered.

"Qin Jie! You're so ruthless! I'm fighting with you! Yu Ban saw that his soldiers were killed all the way by Qin Jie's cavalry of the New Han Army, as if they were in a no-man's land, but all the Cao soldiers who were blocking the cavalry of the New Han Army were all smashed by the cavalry of the New Han Army, and their flesh and blood were all over the sky.

This is not over yet, the cavalry of the New Han Army. It seems that he didn't just rush to kill the pikemen in front of their army formation, but directly killed the pikemen formation, pounced into Cao Bing's sword and shield soldiers, looked at Yu Ban's general flag, and rushed all the way.

Yu Ban's heart was dripping blood, seeing so many Cao soldiers being killed, he was a little bloody, and he wanted to wave his army to fight Qin Jie.

"General Yu Ban, don't be impulsive. The whole army of the New Han Army has charged over, and our army seems to have lost the game, so withdraw quickly! ”

Yu Ban's personal general saw that Yu Ban had lost his cool and hurriedly pulled him. Escort him to retreat quickly.

"I was wrong, I can't withdraw, I can't withdraw. As soon as they withdrew their army, they pursued and slaughtered them. Li Dian! What about Li Dian? Quickly, General Li Dian led the cavalry to block the cavalry of the New Han Army. Fast! Yu Ban shouted anxiously.

The "cavalry ......" Yu Ban's personal soldiers didn't know how to respond, because. As soon as the sound of gold sounded, the whole army of Cao's army retreated, and the cavalry had already retreated, at this time, who could organize the cavalry that was already a little chaotic? Li Dian? It's just a martial artist, he rushed to kill with the cavalry, but he has fallen into the battle group, and it is estimated that it is a little difficult for him to intervene himself.

Although the cavalry of the New Han Army is not many in number, under the leadership of Qin Jie, it is invincible all the way, like a sharp arrow, clash all the way.

Cao Jun's sword and shield soldiers, they did not have the ability of Qin Jie, the "silver shield iron soldier" of the New Han Army, so naturally they could not resist the cavalry's charge. Their sword and shield soldiers only blocked the cavalry charge of the New Han Army for a moment, and then the cavalry of the New Han Army killed through their sword and shield formations and killed them among the archers of the Forbidden Chinese Army.

At the same time, the Chinese army of the New Han Army, the pikemen also gathered a good formation, followed by the cavalry led by Qin Jie, and also advanced forward, followed by the archers of the New Han Army, they pursued while shooting arrows to kill the Cao soldiers who retreated. In addition, the sword and shield soldiers also shrank some of their men and horses, protecting the two archers, because they were to be wary of the cavalry of the Cao army would reorganize their formation and enter the archery formation of the New Han army from the flank.

The defeat was like a mountain, whether it was Yu Ban or Li Dian, they didn't expect that the battle with the New Han Army, which was full of confidence, would be like this, and they were convinced.

The Cao soldiers who retreated on the whole line were all over the mountains, and their infantry were chased and killed by Qin Jie's army, with countless casualties. The entire battlefield was filled with blood, like hell on earth, and there were bloody corpses of Cao Bing everywhere.

Qin Jie led the army, pursued and killed for nearly ten miles all the way, and then reined in the horse and ordered the whole army to stop and continue the pursuit.

The generals below were a little puzzled by Qin Jie's lack of pursuit, because if he continued to pursue, he would almost reach Xiangcheng. When the time comes, the soldiers will come to the city and take Xiangcheng in one go.

Qin Jie shook his head angrily at the incomprehensible questions of the generals below: "If you continue to pursue, it is estimated that you will reach Xiangcheng in about ten miles." Do you really think that the Cao army that fought with us today is the entire strength of the defenders of Xiangcheng? Not counting these Cao troops who are fighting with us today, it is estimated that there are still about 200,000 troops in Xiangcheng. Do you want to say that with our current military horses, we want to take Xiangcheng, a heavily guarded town? Oh, go dream. Also, when you look up at the sky, it's getting dark. Before we arrived in Xiangcheng, we didn't have a siege baggage, how to attack the city? Therefore, we must know how to accept it when we see it. ”

"This place is not close to Xiangcheng, we don't chase, Cao's army has just lost a battle, as long as we don't rush too much, they probably don't dare to send troops to attack again, even if they come again, it's all tomorrow's business, but tomorrow, our army will also arrive. So, now, let's quickly divide some of our men and horses and choose a place to set up camp, and the other men and horses will try to clean up the battlefield before dark. ”

"Also, don't be lazy, order our spies and scouts to spread out about twenty miles of our military camp to be on guard, especially in the direction of Xiangcheng and Runan, beware of Cao Army sneaking up on our camp at night."

Qin Jie calmly and calmly gave orders to the generals below and asked them to act separately.

The task of Qin Jie's vanguard army was to clear the way for the main army of the New Han Army. Kill near Xiangcheng and gain a foothold. So, their plan to besiege Xiangcheng. That's almost half done.

In fact, although Yu Ban lost the battle with the New Han Army this time, it didn't hurt it too much. In this battle, although there were heavy casualties, almost one-third of the soldiers were killed or wounded, but the well-trained characteristics of Cao's army were still revealed.

The soldiers of the Cao army, they may also be a little frightened and panicked, but they are by no means those soldiers who will not resist. As long as their generals have orders. They will still strictly follow orders. Knowing that it was death, he dared to engage the pursuers of the New Han Army.

What's more, when Cao's army was defeated and retreated, although they also fled all over the mountains, their soldiers would all flee in the same direction, and they would not run for their lives indiscriminately. Those Cao soldiers who escaped from the battlefield will also return in time. Very few will be deserters.

In fact, Yu Ban was chased by the New Han Army in a hurry, and while he was retreating, he ordered Cao Bing to block the attack rhythmically. In addition, someone found Li Dian and asked Li Dian to reorganize the cavalry. If Qin Jie pursued further, he would really force Yu Forbidden Dog to jump over the wall in a hurry. I will definitely turn around again to meet the pursuing New Han Army. Because, Yu Ban absolutely does not allow Xiangcheng to lose. Even if he dies on the battlefield, he will not hesitate. And, the closer it is to Xiangcheng. The safer they are, because the military horses of Xiangcheng will come out to meet them at any time, and when the time comes, Yu Ban will lead the army to counterattack, and he can also return to a game.

Qin Jie ordered the New Han army to stop the attack and did not force Yu Ban too tightly, so Yu Ban led the defeated army and fled back to Xiangcheng in a hurry.

It was slowly getting dark.

The Xiangcheng meeting hall, firelight hunting, was silent.

Yu Ban, Li Dian and other generals who led the army to meet the New Han Army, everyone was covered in blood, and they didn't go back to change their bloody clothes.

One by one, they were dejected and listless.

"General Yu Ban, General Li Dian, what's wrong with this? Our intelligence is very clear, only Qin Jie led a soldier to kill the New Han Army, and you led a number of men and horses to kill the New Han Army, and now you are actually defeated and fled? You guys have a word, and also, where has the current New Han Army been? Next, how will we resist the enemy of the New Han Army? Man Pang stayed in Xiangcheng and did not participate in the afternoon battle, he only knew that his Cao army had returned from defeat, but he did not know the real situation.

"General Li Dian, you say, what's going on?" Yu Ban rushed to Li Diandao, and also had questions.

He has a lot of friendship with Li Dian, and it is not easy to ask Li Dian why the cavalry attacked the sword and shield formation of the New Han Army, but they failed to break through the enemy formation, but were restrained and counterattacked by others, which is obviously unreasonable. Also, even if this defeat is this time, we must report to Cao Operation as soon as possible, and explain the reason for the defeat to Cao Operation, otherwise, this battle will lose more than 20,000 people, and he can't afford to be held accountable.

"I, I don't know what's going on...... Li Dian looked depressed, and said angrily: "At that time, General Yu Ban, you ordered the whole army to attack, at that time Li was fighting with Qin Jie, and when Qin Jie was defeated and fled back to the military formation of the New Han Army, Li Mou and the cavalry launched an attack on the flank of the New Han Army. At that time, Li was already a little behind, but he didn't quite understand why the cavalry in front of him was blocked by those sword and shield soldiers......"

Speaking of which, Li Dian was really a little innocent, he was mixed in the middle of the charging formation of the Cao army's cavalry, and before he even reached the military formation of the New Han Army, he heard the sound of Mingjin withdrawing his troops. Of course, at that time, he was blocked by the cavalry in front of him, and he was stopped in his own cavalry. Therefore, he was confused, so he fled back to Xiangcheng.

"What? I don't know how you lost? "Man Pang is a little angry, when he has an absolute advantage, he actually loses in vain?

"General Yu, Manpang Military Division, yes, that's it......"

At this time, a cavalry corps who had personally experienced the whole process of the battle with the sword and shield soldiers of the New Han Army would report carefully. Tell everyone what is really going on on the battlefield.

After listening to the report, Yu Ban, Li Dian, Man Pang and other Cao generals looked at each other, and gasped in unison. Because, the New Han Army can always break the routine and do what capable people cannot.

Originally, according to reason, according to common sense, the cavalry was restrained by the sword and shield soldiers, and when the troops were trained, there was no need to train the sword and shield soldiers to resist the cavalry's charge. Because none of them thought that the sword and shield soldiers could defeat the cavalry swarm charge.

For them, if they want to train sword and shield soldiers to resist cavalry, they might as well put more effort into training pikemen and archers, so that it is better to effectively restrain the cavalry? But people just like this, but they just caught them off guard and made them lose their troops.

In this battle, they were convinced, and no one had anything to say.

After Man Pang was stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but say a little frustrated: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it." You don't need to be so depressed, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and Man will truthfully report the situation to our lord, and I believe that the prime minister will not punish you for this defeat. It's just that right now, the New Han army is approaching the city, and I have to wait to discuss the countermeasures as soon as possible, how to hold Xiangcheng firmly and defeat the New Han army. ”

"We lost this battle, but it is equivalent to allowing the New Han army to gain a firm foothold before our Xiangcheng, which is extremely disadvantageous for us. Tomorrow, the army of the New Han Army may be killed. I wonder if the New Han Army can still guess if we will attack the camp tonight? Yu Ban was resentful and unwilling in his heart, thinking of revenge and reversing the defeat.

"Raiding the camp?" Li Dian was stunned when he heard this, and then patted the table and said: "That's right, the Xinhan army has just defeated us for a while, and we will definitely be careless tonight, so let's attack the camp, and if we don't avenge today, we will not give up." ”

"No! Never! Man Pang was taken aback and quickly shook his hand.

"Oh? Why not? ”

"Alas, it seems that you still don't know enough about the New Han Army." Man Pang said with palpitations: "Since the establishment of the New Han Army, I don't know how many battles have been fought, have you ever told anyone who attacked the camp of the New Han Army and succeeded?" ”

"This ......" Yu Ban and Li Dian glanced at each other, but were speechless.

"Actually, why is it so difficult to attack the camp of the New Han Army? The main reason is that the New Han Army has too many means to prevent enemy troops from attacking the camp. Don't say anything else, let's just say that the New Han Army is really careless, defenseless, the whole army is sleeping, there is not even a whistle, and open the gate of the camp to let you in, but I expect you to just can't enter the camp of the New Han Army. Know why? ”

"Uh, why is that?" The generals were puzzled and shook their heads in unison.

"Tribulus terrestris! That kind of small nail can make the New Han Army sit back and relax when they camp at night, they only need to sprinkle iron thistles around their camp, how do you clear the way into the camp of the New Han Army? While you are clearing the road, the New Han Army is afraid that they will find you long ago. ”

The generals were silent for a long time. (To be continued.) )