Chapter 273: I've Been Waiting for You for a Long Time

Flesh and blood were ground to pieces in this great winch.

The blade flies, and the spear stabs.

The dull sound of the knife slashing into flesh and bones, the groans of pain after the soldiers were seriously wounded, the neighing of the horses after being killed, and all kinds of terrible sounds drowned out the rumbling drums of war.

The entire battlefield is like a ghost domain.

In addition to the continuation of the fighting, more and more follow-up troops were thrown into the battlefield.

Liu Feng, who was standing high on the horse, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see the line to the west, spanning more than ten miles, countless soldiers were entangled together, most of them were stained with blood, and they couldn't tell who was who.

There have been countless battles and countless killings, but at this moment, looking at such a large-scale melee, Liu Feng's heart couldn't help but feel a little shocked.

From early morning to noon, the corpses were piled up and the blood stained the earth, but this decisive battle was still won or lost.

On the flanks ahead, the dust suddenly fell.

The sentry on the nest car hurriedly swirled the signal flag, and the soldier next to him hurriedly said: "Lord, the enemy in front of the side has been killed by cavalry." ”

Liu Feng nodded slightly, the battle has come to this, and it should be time for Cao Ying to use his killer weapon.

"Give the order to go down, and the cavalry will attack."

When the order was laid, the yellow order flag swirled and stirred, and the four thousand cavalry parading on the flanks quickly rushed out of their own camp when they heard the order, and killed in the face of the onslaught.

The black armor of the raging cavalry reflected the sunlight, and the surrounding body showed a golden glow like the outer edge of a flame.

With a thunderous roar, these brave knights, one by one, thundered and lightning, fast like dragons, as if they had returned from hell to the world of vengeful ghosts.

Being in the south and without a source of horses, Liu Feng was able to establish such a large-scale cavalry, thanks to the two brothers Cao Ren and Cao Hong.

In the early years of the Battle of Jiangling, Liu Fengsheng captured Cao Ren and captured the first pot of gold of nearly 1,000 good horses. Later, in the battle of confusing water, Cao Ren's tiger and leopard cavalry were broken, and thousands of war horses were captured again.

It was with these captured war horses, coupled with the search from everywhere, that Liu Feng was able to establish a cavalry of about 5,000 people.

Although its number is still far behind the Cao family's cavalry, it is not easy for a warlord based in the south.

Moreover, Cao Ying's cavalry has suffered many losses over the years, and under the rise and fall, Cao's cavalry superiority can no longer be the key to determining the outcome of the war.

When he was thinking, the two iron streams that came from the east and west had already collided.

After a wave of people turned on their backs, thousands of horsemen wrestled together.

When the dust settled, when Liu Feng stared at it from afar, he suddenly found something unusual.

According to the reconnaissance before the battle, Cao Ying should have about 10,000 cavalry, but at this time, the number of enemy cavalry in this battle was less than 3,000 cavalry.

And on this wilderness, the distribution of forces on both sides of the enemy and us was unobstructed, and after careful search, there was no trace of the other more than 7,000 cavalry of Cao's army.

Among them, there seems to be another mystery.

After a long time of careful observation, the corners of Liu Feng's mouth hooked, and a subtle smile flashed.

#####泥泽之中, Yu Ban and his three thousand iron horsemen were marching slowly.

Since last night, he and his knights have been urging thousands of people to fill in the land and open the way.

In such a large-scale battle, it is impossible for both the enemy and us to have only so many troops on the surface, just to transport grain from Xuchang, Cao Jun recruited 60,000 people this time.

Liu Fengjun is no exception, and this Lejia decisive battle also recruited a large number of people in the Huainan area.

However, to Yu Ban's excitement, shortly before the start of the war, he had just received a piece of information that lifted his spirits.

Perhaps in order to ensure the superiority of the left flank, Liu Feng transferred more than half of the more than 10,000 Jiangdong soldiers originally deployed on the right flank, and built a simple barracks with thousands of people, as if to make up for the reduction in troops.

The enemy's change in battle is exactly in the hands of the ban.

As long as his cavalry can successfully fill through the water, with the impact of the cavalry, he can disperse those people who are basically ineffective in one blow, and use this rout to easily break through the enemy's camp and crush the thousands of Jiangdong soldiers who are unbearable to fight in one fell swoop.

Everything seemed to be proceeding according to Prime Minister Cao Cheng's expectations, and Yu Ban seemed to have seen the dawn of victory.

"Work harder, give me some money."

Thinking of this, Yu Ban whipped and shouted, driving the people to speed up the filling speed.

It was past noon, and before I knew it, it was gradually sinking westward.

There was a shout of killing in my ears, but there was still no sign of abating, and the bloody battle continued on the main battlefield in the south of the swamp.

However, Tanma came more and more anxiously, bringing bad news that the army was gradually exhausted, and Cao Ying repeatedly sent his henchmen to urge Yu Ban to speed up his actions.

All Yu Ban can do is whip the people to work non-stop.

Thousands of people, from last night to now, have hardly rested, and they have not even had a chance to drink saliva. Under the coercion of the officials and soldiers, they could only be endlessly busy like animals, overwhelmed, and hundreds of them died of exhaustion.

Yu Ban is not a cruel person, but at such a critical moment, he can only put away the kindness in his heart, order the corpses of the people to be filled into Zezhong, and still cruelly whip these coolies.

At dusk, a mile-long dirt road through the swamp was finally filled.

On the banks of the swamp, the men who were reinforcing the camp noticed something unusual in the swamp, and soon a frightened person returned to the camp to report the news.

Without hesitation, Yu Ban let out a long roar and led his three thousand cavalry to rush out of the swamp and head towards the camp that the Southern Army had just set up.

As if descending from the sky, the iron horse suddenly appeared in front of him, and more than a thousand people scattered in terror.

The forbidden iron flow was unstoppable, and the iron cavalry stepped through the fragile camp fence and drove straight into the enemy camp.

Just when Yu Ban was preparing to take advantage of the enemy's rout to crush the thousands of Jiangdong soldiers who were caught off guard in one fell swoop, he was shocked to find that behind the scattered people, there was a heavily guarded southern army infantry formation.

Under the banner, the veteran Zhang Ren stood with a horizontal sword, and when he saw the enemy cavalry rushing into the camp, the corners of his mouth full of white whiskers couldn't help but reveal a sneer.

A few days ago, when Liu Feng received Cao Ying's war letter and went to the scheduled battlefield to inspect, he secretly felt that something was wrong.

Subsequently, Pang Tong's thorough analysis made Liu Feng suddenly realize.

Qi is in harmony.

Over the years, from Guandu to Xuzhou, from Xuzhou to Guanzhong, Cao Ying has won all kinds of battles with surprise soldiers.

Pang Tong didn't believe that in such a decisive battle that would determine the rise and fall, Cao Ying would put all his winning chips on a flesh-and-blood battle of 200,000 people.

If you are like Cao Ying, there will be strange soldiers.

This swamp, which seems to be impossible to use soldiers, is precisely the best place to surprise soldiers.

On the same day, when responding to Cao Ying's invitation for a decisive battle, Liu Feng and Pang Tong decided to make a plan.

According to Cao Ying's expectations, he lined up the Jiangdong soldiers with weak combat power behind the swamp on the right flank, and in order to further confuse Cao Ying, he even cut down the soldiers and horses on the right flank, and deliberately sent a group of people with no combat effectiveness.

And hidden in this battalion was the 5,000 elite Jingyi mixed corps led by Zhang Ren.

When Yu Ban and his cavalry rushed into the camp, Zhang Ren knew that his young lord had once again made the right judgment.

The long knife waved, and under the command, thousands of good bows and crossbows were fired in unison, dense as flying locusts, and highly poisonous arrows rose into the air, like a net from heaven and earth, pouring towards those enemy horses who could not stop their footsteps.

Cao Jun thought that he was the one who was taken by surprise, and when they rushed into the camp, they only wanted to kill, and when they suddenly saw the neat enemy formation in front of them, they were all shocked.

Just when they were stunned for a moment, the rain of arrows was already roaring.

Yu Ban was in a hurry to block the sword, and the knights who should be a little slower to his left and right were like harvested wheat stalks, and they were planted under the horse in pieces.

With just one round of arrows, more than 100 soldiers were killed.

"Don't retreat, rush up for me!"

Yu Ban roared sharply, forcing his terrified subordinates to continue to rush forward.

At this moment, knowing the plan, he had no chance to withdraw his troops, and the narrow dirt road in the swamp could not tolerate his cavalry to retreat quickly, and retreating backwards would only become a live target for the enemy to shoot.

Moreover, if it is withdrawn, Cao Gong's plan will be lost, and the consequences caused by this are really hard to imagine.

Up to now, Yu Ban can only try desperately, as long as he can defeat these thousands of Southern Army foot soldiers, there is still the last glimmer of hope for turning defeat into victory.

Inspired by the ban, the soldiers could only muster up their courage and rush forward in the face of the rain of arrows.

However, they soon found that the camp was full of tents, curtains, and other obstacles, and the horses under their crotches could not rush up at all.

Only then did Yu Ban realize that the reason why the enemy had set up camp was simply to lure him into charging the camp, which in turn would weaken the impact speed of his cavalry.

It is difficult to ride a tiger, and there is no way back.

Yu Ban could only dance the big knife wildly, drive the horse to dodge left and right, and approached the enemy with difficulty.

Behind them, their soldiers fell off their horses one after another, screaming and screaming.

Before engaging the enemy, more than half of the casualties were already in the army.

Yu Ban's heart became colder and colder, and the little blood that was left supported him to move forward like death.

Finally, with a thunderous roar, the war horse leaped high.

At his feet, the southern soldiers had already set up spears to meet him. When he was in mid-air, the long knife swept forward, only to hear the sound of clicking, and all the spears in a row were cut off.

Yu Ban was like an iron tower, falling from the sky and crashing into the enemy formation.

Behind him, the remaining seven or eight hundred cavalry followed Yu Ban and fought through the torn rift.

5,000 foot soldiers and 800 cavalry were entangled in a group.

In the middle of the formation, Zhang Ren witnessed Yu Ban's astonishing leap, and he couldn't help but have some admiration for this brave enemy general.

Then, he snorted coldly, waved the treasure knife in his hand, and rushed towards the enemy general who rushed left and right.

(To be continued)