359. Fight to the death
Zhen Rong's death, on a huge battlefield, did not cause much turmoil, and the commotion only spread in a small area.
Nearly 60,000 tiger and wolf fierce army, fangs and claws pounced on the enemy, most of the cavalry attacked, the momentum was great, the life and death of one person could not affect the victory or defeat of the two armies at all, as long as the Chinese army was not chaotic, the battle flag did not fall, even if ten Rong died it was irrelevant, not to mention, Liu Bei's original intention was to let him die, his death was just a predetermined ending, no matter whether this battle could survive or not, with Liu Bei's black-bellied temperament, he had already made a decision to eradicate these dissidents, and this time it would naturally be his time, Sooner or later, dying is just a process.
"Block them."
Cao and Liu's two former armies joined forces, there are nearly 50,000 horses, this time the rapid march to Chang'an outside the city are the elite of each family, the combat effectiveness will naturally not be bad, under the command of Cao and Liu, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, forming a dense phalanx, rejecting horses and spears, the front army spears and spears are like thorns, looking at it from afar, it will be to the thorny hedgehog generally, just those spears and spears put out of the dense battle is enough to make people's teeth sour.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who had been fighting on the battlefield since Yuan Shang had not yet reached the crown, had rich experience, and as soon as they started fighting, they put on the most standard infantry and cavalry formation, slowly advancing in a dense phalanx, and the archers were waiting to shoot until the tiger and wolf army entered the firing range, and the bow and arrow were like bullets, popping.
"Run it over."
The corners of Yuan Shang's mouth flashed a trace of hideousness, the three thousand wolf riders were armed to the teeth, and the elite soldiers and horses of the three thousand light horses turned around the heavy horses, which can be described as the descendants of Yuan Shang's lineage. It has always maintained a three-thousand-strong establishment, and that inheritance is deeply accumulated with blood, so no one has ever dared to question the combat effectiveness, and many times, the tiger cubs of the Tiger Wolf Fierce Army are working hard to enter this powerful combat camp.
Wang Ling, as the only commander of the heavy cavalry under Yuan Shang, has always regarded himself as Yuan Shang's confidant, and he does not have many opportunities to make a move, but no one dares to treat him inappropriately.
His method was simple and rough, and with Yuan Shang's order, the wolf rider slowly accelerated from the middle army. The ground shook as if the mountains were shaking. Three thousand heavy cavalry, even Cao Cao never owned, the entire thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, only Yuan Shang, a loser, can afford to raise. And the state is not rich, though. But it is rich in fine horses. If you want to arm a strong heavy cavalry, the war horse, armor and the source of soldiers are indispensable, and after taking control of the state, Yuan Shang has already begun to temper it. Based on the wolf cavalry, he finally came up with such a heavy cavalry with a number of three thousand people, and no matter how much it is, it can no longer support his huge consumption, a heavy cavalry is worth three to four light cavalry, and the huge consumption of burning money every day almost made Yuan Shang's full-time financial management master Feng Jichou break his head.
However, the wolf cavalry was one of the strongest descendants of Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses, and several other soldiers and horses in the same period had been integrated into the battalions of the tiger and wolf army, only the wolf cavalry maintained its persistence, and even became more powerful.
The effect is naturally not bad, the wolf cavalry is a light cavalry with amazing combat effectiveness, in the process of transformation, although there has been a period of malaise and even a sharp decline in combat effectiveness, but because of the tilt of resources, and gradually recovered, silent for more than a year, this is the complete transformation success, now the wolf ride, off the heavy armor, is a powerful light horse, put on heavy armor is a beast-like heavy cavalry, that domineering collision ability, straight to make people's teeth sour.
Historically, the entire Three Kingdoms has completed the transformation of Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, and some of the light cavalry has transformed into heavy cavalry, while Yuan Shang has been one step ahead of him because he occupies the territory that should have belonged to Cao Cao, so he has completed the transformation between light and heavy.
Cao Liu's two soldiers and horses were still advancing slowly, and the hedgehog ball covered with long thorns rolled forward, one left and one right, with a tacit difference of less than fifty steps, while the tiger and wolf army clenched their fists and punched each of them.
The first heavy punch went down, Liu Bei had already had the intention to get rid of Zhenrong, who was successfully trampled under the feet of the horse's hooves, but the rest did not stop the imaginary turmoil, but continued to advance, as the elite of Xuzhou, the death of a forward general was not enough to cause their rout.
The mountain opening axe in Xu Huang's hand had turned blood-red, and Liu Bei's Xuzhou army, no one could block his move, and at this time, Wang Ling led the wolf rider and passed by him in a heavy manner.
"Stinky boy."
Xu Huang scolded, looking at the three thousand wolf riders behind Wang Ling, his eyes revealing a trace of covetousness.
Not only him, but all generals above the rank of captain are eager to obtain a part of the heavy armor, which has long been an open topic for the main general to ride the wolf.
Liu Bei and Cao Cao's faces changed slightly, and the trembling on the ground was much more terrifying than the collective attack of most of the cavalry.
Cao Cao's eyes were not good, but he could clearly see the heavy cavalry of the enemy army with armor on his feet.
"Heavy cavalry to break through the gap?"
Cao Cao's eyes condensed slightly, if it was simply only three thousand heavy cavalry, as long as it entered his military formation, it would be two thousand more heavy cavalry of the enemy army, and it would also have to be awarded, the key was that behind the wolf cavalry, there were tens of thousands of light cavalry cruising to protect the two wings, so that the strategy of Cao Jun wanting to trap and kill the wolf cavalry was not enough to implement.
"Stand in the spear formation."
Cao Cao snorted coldly, facing the attack of wolf cavalry and tens of thousands of roaring tiger and wolf light cavalry, this simplest and most practical defensive formation is actually more effective.
Cao Ren understood, the five-colored small flag in his hand swayed, and the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the front army stopped advancing, taking the battalion as a unit, widening the distance, erecting guns and spears, and the Cao army, which was already covered with thorns, was even more difficult to start.
Cao Cao does not seek to attack, only to return Yuan Shang in vain, now the sky is getting late, in Cao Cao's view, Yuan Shang will not be early or late but will not attack when the sky is getting dark, there must be a reason they do not know, no matter what is strange in this, Cao Cao must block Yuan Shang, Cao Liu and the two armies, the soldiers and horses are twice as large as the tiger and wolf army, if it is aggressive, it may not be able to defeat Yuan Shang, if it is defended, it is naturally more confident.
Although the two armies of Cao and Liu have no ravines and dangerous places to defend, however, if more than 100,000 people really set up a good position, like a stone, blocking Yuan Shang's way, it is really a bit troublesome, in the face of this situation, if Yuan Shang wants to enter Chang'an smoothly, he must break a hole in the defense line of Cao and Liu's two families, which is also the reason why Yuan Shang let the wolf ride on the field in advance, otherwise, the general heavy cavalry attack is usually arranged at an important moment of final decision, and destroy the morale of the enemy army with a powerful breaking formation. Although the heavy cavalry had first-class charging ability, it was too heavy to carry out repeated impacts, and Cao Cao saw this clearly and decided to defend with a dense array of guns.
"Stop the advance and line up."
Liu Bei also made a decision similar to Cao Cao, the death of Zhen Rong, Liu Bei's goal has been achieved one or two, as for the death battle with Yuan Shang, he has never thought about it so.
These tens of thousands of Xuzhou elites, but they are all the strength of his future development, although sacrifice is inevitable, but if it is lost too much because of this, it is also a big blow to his reputation, you must know that Liu Bei took Xuzhou at the beginning, similar to Chen Deng's Chen family, and some of Tao Qian's old subordinates before his death were not very enthusiastic about him, if the Xuzhou elite was defeated in a war, then the group of Xuzhou scholars who were good at opportunism would think of him, Liu Bei could think of it with his ass.
The flag swayed, accompanied by the sound of the majestic horn, the soldiers and horses of the two families of Cao and Liu quickly formed a defensive array, with spears in front, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, blocking the path of the tiger and wolf army.
Yuan Shang's eyes sank slightly, but he didn't slow down because of this.
The wolf riders were still advancing slowly, and the tens of thousands of cruising light riders were already shooting with their bows.
In terms of cavalry quality, under the premise of not dispatching the tiger and leopard cavalry, the ordinary Cao army light cavalry is not the opponent of the tiger and wolf army at all, this group of Han people who grew up on horseback is not much different from the Hu people in the grassland outside the Saiwai, and they are also born cavalry seeds.
At this time, the wolf rider had already advanced hundreds of meters closer, and under the rain of arrows, it was less than twenty steps away from the phalanx formed by the Cao and Liu families, and this was enough to launch a powerful charge. (To be continued......)