Chapter 66: The Great War against Cao Hong
"Mom!"
Zhao Yun fired three shots in a row, one shot was as fast as a shot, Yu Ban dodged the first two shots after fighting hard, and the third shot finally failed to completely dodge, so he could only roll off the horse with a bone. Rao is like this, his helmet has also been picked off by Zhao Yun's gun. With just one face and three rounds, Yu Ban had no room to lose.
"Stop, stop with me!" Knowing that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent, Yu Ban also knew that once he withdrew like this, then his flanks would be completely exposed to the front of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. In this way, Cao Hongjiu will not say anything about his life, even if he can run for a life, he will want to look good when he goes back to Cao Ying. But face to face, Yu Ban knew that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent. So Yu Ban made up his mind to fight with Zhao Yun, but he didn't fight to the death, haunting him like a mosquito, so that he couldn't free his hands to attack Cao Hong's rear.
I don't know if Yu Ban has thought about it, no matter how flexible the mosquito is, it will inevitably end up being slapped to death. At this time, Zhao Yun had 20,000 iron cavalry under his command, and the cavalry under Yu Ban's command only added up to more than 10,000 points. After several entanglements, Zhao Yunsuo changed the target of the attack, and directly took Yu Ban's more than 10,000 people to the knife.
"General Zilong, aren't you busy helping General Zhao first?" Pound watched Zhao Yun change his combat strategy, and felt that this was a bit risky. In case Zhao Feng can't force Cao Hong in the front, then even if he exterminates Yu Ban, it will be useless. Of course, Pang De also knew that just one Cao Hong, Zhao Feng was not afraid at all. I'm afraid that if Zhang Jaw and Xu Huang intervene horizontally, then it will be very disadvantageous.
"Don't worry!" As if anticipating what Pang De was worried about, Zhao Yun didn't say a word, and went straight to Yu Ban to kill. Yu Ban saw that the other party was coming, and made up his mind to entangle Zhao Yun before talking. But Zhao Yun's ability to command cavalry can be said to be the best in the world. 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, with 1,000 people as a unit, a total of 20. Under the command of Zhao Yun, like twenty poisonous snakes, they slaughtered the more than 10,000 cavalry troops from all angles.
"In the first part, the left flank javelin runs; the second, the right wing of the crossbow fire; the third, frontal riding and shooting; The fourth part, outflanking the right rear ...... "With a series of instructions issued from Zhao Yun's mouth, the commander played a flag and instructed all departments to act according to the order. Although the order was ordered, the twenty cavalry acted in accordance with the order, and the front and back were almost in unison, and in a short time the enemy army was besieged at the core. It can be long-range shooting, or hand-to-hand combat. You want to fight with me, I've run away; You tried to shoot me with a bow and arrows, but you found that someone near you was already slashing at you with a knife. The current Yu Ban army is suddenly like a full of holes, and it may collapse at any time.
"Hold it off, hold it off!" Yu Ban was suddenly anxious, although he knew that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent, and his number was also inferior, but Yu Ban never expected that after the other party adjusted his forces against him, it would be such a one-sided situation. If this continues, in less than half an hour, he will be completely defeated.
It was in this year in history that Ma Chao avenged his father and fought a decisive battle with Cao Yingxing in Guanzhong, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry once killed Cao Ying's army. If it weren't for Cao Ying's back road smuggled from Pubanjin to copy Ma Chao's back road, plus Ma Chao's discord plan and Han Sui's rebellion, the victory or defeat would be unpredictable. Time has passed, and Han Sui, who was supposed to be in trouble with Cao Ying at this time, has been dead for five years. On the contrary, it was Ma Teng, who should have died, still lingering on the sickbed. Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that not only Yu Ban, but the entire Cao army did not fully understand the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
In all the previous battles, including the battle in Luoyang a month ago, when Cao's army was at its most, it only encountered five or six thousand Xiliang iron cavalry. Even sometimes, the commander of the army is still Ma Dai's stunned youth. Now facing 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry at once, plus the commanders of the army are Zhao Yun and Pang De, who are the battlefield generals, Yu Ban suddenly sadly found that the enemy he faced was extremely powerful. Even if it is a one-to-one ratio of troops, it is very difficult to cope with it by yourself. If you don't have enough troops now, then you can't do it yourself.
The situation here is precarious, and Cao Hong, who is in the middle, can't take advantage of Zhao Feng in the face of Zhao Feng. 90,000 elite soldiers from Hebei Province faced the Sichuan army, which was almost equal to its strength. After several years of painstaking training by Zhao Feng, the combat power of the Sichuan army was far stronger than when he was in the street pavilion. Under such a hard-fought battle, the short Sichuan army showed no signs of collapse. Cao Hong was so angry that he screamed, but he was helpless.
"General Zilian, General Wen Ze is afraid that they won't be able to hold on. Would you like to support him a little more? Looking at Yu Ban, who was already showing signs of collapse, his eyes almost didn't pop out, why did Yu Ban become such a soft persimmon? But doubts are doubts, and if you let it go now, it will be tantamount to making him wait for death. Cao Hong also knew this, and looked at the surrounding situation, Cao Hong gritted his teeth, waved his hand, and signaled that Man Zhong mobilized the 20,000 foot soldiers who were finally left as reserves, not to support Yu Ban, but to attack Zhao Feng's army formation head-on.
Cao Hong is not a fool, if he uses foot soldiers to support the cavalry, then he will only mess up the battlefield, and it will be difficult to make a breakthrough for a while. Rather than this, it is better to shake Zhao Feng's infantry formation head-on. Cao Hong roughly estimated that Zhao Feng's infantry phalanx had about seventy or eighty thousand troops. I have already pressed 90,000 people just now, and now I am betting on 20,000, and the ratio of troops has almost reached 3:2, which is already quite obvious. And after Zhao Yun and Yu Ban saw this scene, they also understood Cao Hong's thoughts, and they were struggling to fight to the death at the moment.
"Command, trumpet, follow me!" Seeing the last 20,000 reserves rushing up, Zhao Feng's brows also furrowed slightly. Cao Ying's capital is too strong, although the two partial divisions have been blocked, but Cao Hong's main force and himself are still numerically advantageous.
Taking a closer look at the battle situation in the field, although the Sichuan army has greatly improved its combat effectiveness after years of rigorous training. But in the face of these strong men in Hebei, the Sichuan people with short stature still have obvious congenital disadvantages. If there is no Qianfei Army or Shanyue Army at this time, he is still sure that he will be able to continue to resist Cao Hong. But with the all-colored Sichuan army, this battle would be much more difficult to fight. The only way to do this is to rely on yourself to go into battle and see if you can boost your morale and stabilize the situation.
"Up!" With Zhao Feng's order, he launched it with Niu Jin and the others, and entered the fierce battle circle. The Sichuan army, which originally felt a great increase in pressure, saw that the main general was personally out of the horse, and suddenly had a great momentum, and shouted forward one by one, fearlessly fighting with the enemy who was far superior to him. As soon as Zhao Feng himself entered the battle circle, he already felt the huge pressure, and there were too many people on the other side.
"Hey!" stabbed to death one of Cao Jun's Dubo, the thirteenth person to die under his command. Since he entered the battle circle, no one has been able to catch him more than three moves. With the support of the commander's brave performance, the Sichuan army, which was already in danger, suddenly burst out with a new combat power and continued to maintain this fragile balance.
"Cao Zilian, dare to fight me to the death!" After struggling to shoot and pierce the chest of an enemy lieutenant on the opposite side, Zhao Feng did not pull out his spear, but raised it. Captain Cao, who was stabbed on the gun, was not dead for a while, but he couldn't break free, so he could only be suspended in the air and struggled. It looks like a frog impaled by a bamboo stick. The Sichuan army all loudly invited to fight, asking Cao Hong to come out and make a decision.
"Ahh With a scream, the man's body was thrown away like rags, and then trampled by thousands of horses. From beginning to end, Cao Hong did not make any positive response. Cao Jun's momentum was unsurprisingly discounted.
"Come on, prepare a horse and raise a knife, I want to fight to the death with Zhao Botao!" Cao Hong gritted his teeth and said. Man Zhong beside him hurriedly grabbed him, but at this moment, he heard a burst of exclamations from the rear army, Man Zhong and Cao Hong turned back in amazement, but saw that it was a group of people and horses killing their rear army.
"Could it be Liu Bei?" Cao Hong and Man Chong looked at each other, but at this moment, they heard that there was a group of men and horses from the south, and Cao Hong and Man Chong were immediately overjoyed.
"Is it General Xu, or is General Zhang here?" Cao Hong was overjoyed, and he was already incoherent. Those who came from the south were the only ones who could be their own two partial divisions. Even if it was Liu Bei, who was dying and struggling in Xingyang City, then as long as he added either Zhang Jaw and Xu Huang, Cao Hong would have an absolute advantage in strength. However, the smile on Cao Hong's face quickly stiffened, because he saw that this incoming army was not wearing Cao Jun's black armor, but Liu Jun's vermilion armor. This group of people and horses had about 10,000 people, and as soon as they joined the battle group, they immediately relieved the Sichuan army, which was obviously in a tight situation.
"What's going on, who's coming from the army?" Cao Hong was angry and ruined the tunnel. According to the intelligence, Zhao Feng is all the elites have been dispatched, and now there are any reinforcements in the south. Carefully asked someone to climb the heights to check the banner of the incoming army on this road, and only after a while did someone say uncertainly: "General Cao, the flag of the enemy army seems to be a partial general Liao." ”
"General Liao?" Cao Hong thought for a long time when he heard this, and finally asked Man Chong: "Berning, is there any fierce general surnamed Liao in Liu Bei's army?" ”
Man Chong thought for a while, but finally shook his head and said: "Look at the banner, this person is just a partial general, I think he is just a nameless, the general does not need to be distracted by this, or concentrate on dealing with Liu Bei behind him." ”
"I know!" Cao Hong gritted his teeth and said, and then ordered a part of the people to be separated and reflexively face the people who came behind him. But as soon as he stepped forward, Cao Hong realized that something was wrong. Because of the oncoming army, the banner played was "General Long Xiangwen".
"When did Wenpin come?" Cao Hong was even more surprised. According to the intelligence, shouldn't Wen Ping confront Li Yan in Yiyang? How could he suddenly appear behind him. Zhang Jaw and Xu Huang evaporated, and the scheduled partial division did not come, but the enemy troops from two ways came, and these two things were really not quite right. In Cao Hong's heart, there was already a vague premonition. But now it's hard to ride a tiger, and I've been caught in a scuffle, and it's not so easy to get out. Moreover, the other party's two reinforcements don't seem to be very numerous, even if they are added, they may not be able to eat Zhao Feng. If the troops are hastily withdrawn before the outcome is now known, it will be very detrimental to the morale of the military. Thinking of this, Cao Hong also secretly gritted his teeth, ready to continue to fight to the death.
It was this difference in thought, and the hard self-reliance, caused Cao Hong's fiasco. After receiving the help of Wen Ping and Liao Hua, Zhao Feng also stabilized and was able to fight Cao Hong again. On the other hand, Yu Ban, who has not received assistance, finally can't support it after continuing to hold on for a long time. Although the two reinforcements of Wenpin and Liao Hua were not aimed at them, the psychological pressure brought by them became the last straw that crushed their psychological defense.
"Not good!" When Man Pet saw this scene, he also exclaimed. The collapse of Yu Ban caused a series of chain reactions in Cao Jun. After repelling Yu Ban, Zhao Yun immediately swung his army straight into the hinterland of Cao Jun's foot soldiers, and then used the powerful impact of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to stab Cao Hong in the waist and eyes, and forcibly cut Cao Jun into two sections from the middle, and then surrounded the one with fewer people, ready to swallow it completely.
"Bastard Yu Ban, bastard Zhao Yun!" Cao Hong, who was fighting with Wenpin, saw this scene and was immediately angry. Just a little distracted, a big knife slashed over. Cao Hong hurriedly crossed the blade, and his arms were actually sore.
"Who are you?" Cao Hong looked at the yellow-skinned man in his thirties in front of him and asked in shock. From this move just now, Cao Hong knew that he was by no means this person's opponent. But when he saw someone coming across the big knife, he smiled and said: "Nanyang Li Yan Li Zhengfang, General Cao is polite!" ”
"Bastard!" Cao Hong knew that he would not be able to gain any more fighting, and was about to retreat, but saw that the remnants of the army from the north were defeated. The first person was Ma Yan and Liu Han, the captains under his command. He sent them to bluff and set up an empty village to block Liu Bei. Now that they are here, they can only say one thing: Liu Bei is also here.
Sure enough, when Ma Yan and Liu Han saw Cao Hong, they immediately said angrily: "General Cao's big thing is not good, Liu Bei personally led the army out of the city, I have few soldiers, I really can't resist it!" When Cao Hong heard this, he only felt dizzy in his mind, and now it was chaos, and he was actually defeated. No matter how tenacious Cao Hong was, he knew that it would be useless to continue fighting to the death, so he hurriedly ordered the three armies to withdraw in the direction of Tiger Pass.
"Cao Hong wants to retreat, stop me!" Zhao Feng, who was commanding the Chinese army, saw Cao Hong retreating westward, and hurriedly ordered to catch up and intercept him as much as possible. However, after all, the Cao army was well-trained, and it was Yu Ban's cavalry that was defeated at this time, and the overall retreat was quite orderly. Under the attack of Zhao Feng, Zhao Yun and others, after Cao Hong left more than 10,000 people, he finally fled back to the Tiger Prison with most of them.
"Jaw, Xu Huang, what the hell are you doing?" Cao Hong, who retreated along the way, kept gritting his teeth and cursing these two colleagues who had not arrived, and he couldn't figure out what they were tossing when he wanted to break his head, so that he couldn't help him encircle Zhao Feng. He naturally didn't know that Xu Huang was straining at the foot of Song Mountain at this time, while Zhang Jaw was staring at the wreckage of the boat floating on the Naluo River, and he couldn't do anything.
And under Xingyang City, Liu Bei, who escaped alive, saw Zhao Feng, and his first sentence was: "Bo Tao, I knew that you would definitely come!" ”
(To be continued)