75 Xingyang vs. Cao Cao. Defeat Cao Cao
It was Cao Ren and Cao Hong who galloped out.
The two have been mixed with Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, and Xiahou Yuan brothers since childhood, and this time Cao Cao resigned from Luoyang and returned to Chenliu to recruit the nursing staff, and the four of them contributed to help Cao Cao.
Without the help of the four people and the funding of the big gold lord Wei Zi, in just a few months, how could Cao Cao have gathered a team of thousands of people from scratch.
At this moment, the two of them saw that Xiahou Yuan was defeated by Lu Bu, and all they thought of was to step forward to help in the battle, and the fighting generals on the battlefield would fight, unless they found that they were invincible and fled immediately, otherwise once they were defeated, they would be injured at least at worst, and they would be killed at worst, and even worse, it would greatly hit their morale.
Therefore, those who dare to take the initiative to call for battle in front of the two armies are most likely to be brave and extraordinary, and the main general will not fight easily, otherwise, if they are killed as soon as they go into battle, and the soldiers have no orders, they will immediately collapse before the battle and flee for their lives.
Therefore, when they saw that the Xiliang army was in the formation, it was Li Dao, who stood under the banner, who came forward to fight, and they couldn't help but be happy, and they thought that the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to this battle had arrived.
In the Xiliang Army, Li Dao was not the only one who fought, but also Zhang Xiu.
After one move, Lu Bu had already tried out Xiahou Yuan's hypocrisy, under his full attack, Xiahou Yuan only had to defend with all his strength, and he might occasionally be able to counterattack once, but if he wanted to defeat Xiahou Yuan, or even hit or kill him, it was not something that could be done in a hurry.
Therefore, when he fought a few moves, he still had time to sweep the battlefield, and when he saw Zhang Xiu fighting and catching up with Cao Hong, he was still a little taken aback.
When he first saw Zhang Xiu, Lu Bu only thought that he was very handsome, and his temperament was slightly feminine, but he didn't expect that Zhang Xiu would have the courage to fight.
"Hey, could it be that the rumors in later generations that Zhang Xiunai is Zhao Yun's fellow senior brother are true?"
Lu Bu had this thought in his heart, seeing that Xiahou Yuan on the opposite side was already a few steps away, the corners of his mouth immediately turned up, he concentrated his concentration, his wrist flicked, and Fang Tian's halberd "buzzed" with a crisp sound, which suddenly rose from under Lu Bu's armpit, like a poisonous snake out of a hole, turning from static, swift and unmatched.
This is exactly what Lu Buling Xiahou Yuan fears the most.
In the first move, he rashly cast a big move to sweep away thousands of troops, but as soon as the move was cast, Lu Bu gently and skillfully turned his horse to avoid it, so that he was immediately in a situation of being beaten before he could fight.
So now that he has learned to be obedient, he no longer dares to make rash moves, but keeps an eye on Lu Bu's shot and then responds.
But Lu Bu, a cunning guy, Fang Tian's halberd was often held in his hand so casually, or dragged behind him, and every time he was less than ten steps away, he burst into flames, almost a sudden attack.
This kind of play made Xiahou Yuan feel very aggrieved, he didn't dare to make the first move, and he went all out to take precautions, and when Lu Bu made a move, the reaction time left for him was only a few very short steps.
But he can't retreat at this time, as soon as he retreats, the morale will disappear, and the Xiliang army will inevitably take advantage of the situation to cover up the whole army.
Clang!
Xiahou Yuan's big knife struggled to hold up, and set up the Fang Tian painting halberd stabbed by Lu Bu, and then leaned back, just leaning back, holding the big knife, from under the Fang Tian painting halberd, frantically urging the war horse, galloping past.
The sound of horses' hooves behind him was far away, Xiahou Yuan's waist was straightened, and he straightened up, feeling relieved in his heart.
This was already the first move, and he devoted all his attention to dealing with Lu Bu's attack, and he couldn't remember it clearly, and in his busy schedule, he turned his head to look at both sides, and his face couldn't help but change greatly.
There are four generals on each side of the two sides, and they are fighting each other, and the battle situation is just half of each.
In detail, he and Cao Ren are at a disadvantage, while Xiahoudun has the upper hand and Cao Hong has a slight upper hand.
Now the competition between the two sides is to see which side is the one who loses first, but after such an assessment, he was stunned to find that the first to lose was most likely him, not Cao Ren.
He didn't know at this time that the person who was fighting against Cao Ren was the commander of the Xiliang Army, the general of the chariot cavalry, Li Dao.
Between the calcium carbide firelight, when he turned around, he shouted violently, not only to encourage himself and Xiahoudun and the other three, but also to give coach Cao Cao a signal: make a move when it is time to shoot, but don't wait for the result of the fight, it may be too late.
Sure enough, when he took Lu Bu's two more moves, and turned his head to look at the battle circles, he saw that Cao Ren's defeat had been revealed, the hood on his head had disappeared, his long hair was scattered, and he was very embarrassed, and his situation at this time was not much better, and his arms were already slightly numb.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of war drums sounded, low and majestic, and Xiahou Yuan's whole body was shaken, which was the signal of the commander Cao Cao to order the army to attack.
Almost at the same time, the war drums in the Xiliang army formation also sounded at the same time, and the soldiers on both sides shouted in unison, one after another, competing with each other, and everyone who was fighting in the formation slowly broke away from the battle group and distanced themselves.
In the chaotic battlefield where the two armies rushed to kill, no one dared to fight like this, even if they led the army to kill, there must be personal guards behind them, otherwise, even if they were brave and brave, they were easily injured by the blades from all directions.
In the chaotic army, the competition is the combined strength of the soldiers on both sides, not the personal bravery of the generals. Lu Bu also has a deep understanding of this understanding, even if he rides a red rabbit horse, once he is trapped in a heavy siege, he must fight his way out of a bloody way and flee quickly, otherwise, it will be a matter of time before he dies in battle.
Even if you can escape, the big and small wounds on your body will definitely not be able to escape, it is just a matter of number and depth.
It was only a moment of effort, and the eight people who fought together returned to their respective military formations, and at this time on the battlefield, the war drums were already ringing frequently, shouting to kill the sky.
On the side of the Kwantung coalition army, the number was superior, and the vanguard army that set out from Sujube included Cao Cao, Bao Tao, Yuan Yi, Qiao Mao and other departments, with a strength of nearly 40,000 troops. On the other hand, on the side of the Xiliang Army, when they set out from Luoyang, there were only more than 20,000 people, and they fought with Sun Jian repeatedly, lost some and added some, and now there are less than 20,000.
But the Xiliang army is well-trained, it is an elite soldier who has been in battle for a long time, and there are even elite cavalry led by Lu Bu and Ma Chao, so in terms of overall combat strength, it is the Xiliang army that has the upper hand.
But at this time, Cao Cao had no experience in commanding the army, and his assessment of the combat strength of the army still stayed on the number of people, although he realized that the combat power of veterans who had seen blood and the newly recruited recruits were not the same, but he thought that he could make up for this gap in combat power by virtue of the superiority in numbers.
Therefore, when he waved his army to cover the killing, Cao Cao was full of confidence and was full of confidence in winning the battle.
But in fact, what he didn't know was that Li Wei, the commander of the Xiliang Army, was also confident of winning the battle at this time.
The vanguard armies of both sides soon collided with each other, attacking each other, and the result was that the soldiers of both sides were mixed with each other, and the battle lines could be described as staggered.
This kind of melee, unlike one attack and one defense, can give full play to the advantages of the military formation by relying on a tight military formation and a shield wall composed of thick and tall shields.
On the battlefield, you can see a soldier everywhere, standing closely with each other, facing the enemy soldiers rushing in front of him, first of all, the pikemen stabbed with a spear, next to the pikemen, there are two foot soldiers with a shield in their right hand and a knife in their left hand.
The advance and retreat of the five non-commissioned officers were all ordered by the commander of the five guards in the middle, and a total of six non-commissioned soldiers were like a small and sophisticated killing battle array, constantly harvesting the lives of the non-commissioned officers of the coalition army.
When encountering a large group of allied soldiers, two or more non-commissioned officers will move closer to each other, and soon form a larger killing battle array, and when fighting against the double allied non-commissioned soldiers who have gathered around, they will not fall behind at all, but will have the upper hand.
Only a quarter of an hour after the start of the war, the commander Cao Cao found that the battle situation was a little bad, the forward team of the two sides fighting, the banner of the Xiliang army continued to advance forward, although slow, but the pace of the breakthrough was extremely firm, on the other hand, the flag was constantly falling.
This only shows one problem, that is, not only can their side not attack the Xiliang army's formation, but they are constantly attacked by the Xiliang army.
In desperation, Cao Cao could only keep giving orders, only to see flags flying, and put a team of soldiers into the front line of the battle, trying to continuously put pressure on the Xiliang army through the numerical advantage.
At this moment, the war drums of the Xiliang Army were loud, and the banner with the word "Li" on it moved forward, which immediately attracted the cheers of the Xiliang soldiers, and the morale was immediately boosted.
On the battlefield, there is a lot of noise, shouting and killing, cheering, orders, screams, cries, intertwined with each other, with the rich smell of blood that permeates the entire battlefield, the whole battlefield is purgatory on earth, here, life is worse than grass mustard, every moment, there are soldiers who fall in a miserable cry, and there are soldiers who stop breathing, and let countless pairs of feet trample on them.
When Li Dao led the Chinese army to rush forward, the sound of the command sounded at the same time, and the elite cavalry led by Lu Bu and Ma Chao, who had not moved on both wings, immediately launched, circled in a large circle, and entered from the flank of Cao's army.
This set of tactics has proved to be quite effective when fighting against Sun Jian's army, at that time, Sun Jian's army was equal in number to Cao's army, but the combat power was higher, at that time, Sun Jian's army could not resist, and today, the coalition army led by Cao Cao is even more unable to resist.
These soldiers under his command, whether it is his headquarters or Bao Tao, Yuan Yi and Qiao Mao's department, when facing the rumbling and galloping torrent of iron hooves, nearly half of them can't even lift the blade in their hands, and the remaining half of the people are, although they can raise the blade, they are also weak and powerless, let alone killing, even hurting people, it is impossible.
The two elite cavalry, like two sharp knives, were fiercely inserted into the coalition army led by Cao Cao, the iron hooves were everywhere, invincible, and the coalition soldiers, like grass, kept falling under the torrent of iron hooves, and more were panicked and fled in all directions.
No matter how Cao Cao gave orders, no matter how bravely the generals under his account supervised the battle, and no matter how hard the rear army supervised the battle team to drive away the soldiers, the rout of the coalition soldiers was like an avalanche and irreversible.
In just a moment, the army that Cao Cao was proud of was on the verge of collapse.
"Mengde, go!"
Xiahou Yuan struggled to rush forward to kill, there, the banner of the Xiliang army was unstoppably killed, and behind him, was the commander Cao Cao's main formation of the Chinese army, most of the soldiers had fled, and only the elite troops were still loyally guarding around Cao Cao.