Text Chapter 89 The fight is lively
The man was armed with a long knife and dressed in dark silver armor, riding a majestic horse. He is Gao Gan, Zi Yuancai, and Yuan Shao's nephew.
Seeing that his nephew volunteered to jump out, Yuan Shao nodded happily and said, "Okay, Yuan Cai is so heroic, I will go with you with 5,000 infantry to kill the enemy." ”
"Order." After Gao Gan agreed, he ordered his troops out, and a torrent of people drove forward.
Xu Rong slowly moved forward with two thousand infantry, and saw five thousand Yuan Shao's troops from far and near. Then he shouted, "Stop, prepare your bow and arrows." ”
For a moment, all ten phalanxes stopped, and then every soldier took out the bow and arrow behind him and prepared for it.
Gao Gan rode on his horse, and while leading the soldiers forward, he also gave an order: "The shield soldier is in front, and the other soldiers are behind, and they are crushed forward." ”
With the superiority in numbers, Gao Gan did not let the soldiers stop and prepare for the long-range shooting of bows and arrows, but decided to move on.
"Put!" Seeing that the enemy had entered the range of the bow and arrow, Xu Rong did not hesitate to give the order to attack, and at the same time, he rushed forward with the direction of the left and right spears.
These two teams totaled 400 people, all equipped with spears, which were used for the first wave of impact, especially against shield bearers and cavalry, which was very effective, and he just wanted to take this opportunity to see how Yuan Shaojun's combat power was.
Bows and arrows were fired in unison, and for a time they shot forward like a rainfall.
The shield-bearer held his shield aloft and stood in the forefront, blocking most of the arrows, but some of them fell sporadically, hitting some of the high-ranking soldiers, causing a little confusion.
"Kill!" As soon as the bow and arrows were released, Xu Rongzheng rushed to the forefront of the high-ranking team with four hundred pikemen. Then I saw him holding a machete in his hand and waving it up and down.
Xu Rong's strength is not small, the machete is like a child's toy in his hand, and he is whirring, and for a while, all the high-ranking soldiers within half a zhang of his side were hit by the machete and fell to the ground.
Xu Rong's bravery led the four hundred soldiers around him, and they waved the spears in their hands, and kept stabbing forward, knocking on the shields in the hands of the enemy soldiers, and crackling.
As soon as there was a battle in front, there were three phalanx halberd soldiers in the rear who followed, this is also a tactic that Xu Rong had thought of before, like a wave, if you don't do it, you will do it, and if you move it continuously.
Xu Rong took the lead, and the bravery of his soldiers made him quickly make a gap in front of the high-ranking camp, and then there was hand-to-hand combat.
Gao Gan saw that his soldiers had a tendency to retreat, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. After shouting, he galloped with his own soldiers around him. Yuan Shao was behind, and he couldn't show a hint of fear.
Xu Rong had already cut down about two dozen Yuan Shaojun's soldiers at this time, and the soldiers surrounding him were indeed increasing.
Knowing that in such a situation, even if it is one for two, it is still not advantageous in terms of quantity. Xu Rong thought about capturing the enemy general and breaking the opponent's morale. It was also at this time that Gao Gan arrived on horseback.
"Good time." After shouting, Xu Rong slashed out with two more knives, hitting the chest of Yuan Shao's soldiers in front of him and using his neck, ending the lives of the two Yuan Shaojun soldiers, and then slapping his horse and rushing towards Gao Gan.
Although Gao Gan is young, he has indeed been guided by famous teachers, and his martial arts are also excellent. In addition, he was surrounded by his own soldiers to help, and there was no reason to retreat, so he rushed over with a shout. Ji'er's two horses quickly converged, and the two generals also met together.
"I am a high-ranking cadre, who is coming!" Before entering the battle, Gao Gan also reported his name according to the rules of the battlefield.
"I'm Xu Rong, take my life." After Xu Rong shouted out his name, the machete slashed through the air and smashed towards Gao Gan like a meteor.
Xu Rong's move was very fast, and Gao Gan was a little anxious to take precautions. Seeing that the machete was coming, instinctively, he held the big knife to block. In this way, the machete fell on the long hilt of the broadsword.
With just one blow, there was a spark, which was the phenomenon of the iron objects colliding. And it was this blow that almost knocked Gao Ganyu off immediately.
Xu Rong's strength is far from being comparable to that of a high-level cadre. In addition, one side is in a hurry to meet the battle, and the other side is prepared, that is, under one move, it almost saw the victory or defeat.
Gao Gan, who was shocked by a machete and his arms were numb, secretly said a lot of strength, which retreated the horse, and after deliberately pulling a distance from Xu Rong, he once again attacked with a long knife.
After the experience just now, Gao Gan changed his attack strategy, not choosing close combat, but choosing long-range attack, so that the long knife in his hand would play an absolute advantage.
After Xu Rong succeeded in a blow, he wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but all around him were Gao Gan's personal soldiers, and they all stepped forward to block him, and after he killed three personal soldiers in a row, Gao Gan had already rushed back after beating his horse, and then the big long knife fell when he was a foot away.
One inch is long, one inch is strong, one inch is short, and one inch is dangerous.
Under the long-range attack, the machete in Xu Rong's hand naturally had no advantage, and all he had was to keep swinging the knife to prevent the big long knife from falling on his body.
If it were based on force alone, Gao Gan would not be an opponent. It's just that there are many factors that determine the outcome of a war. For example, people often talk about the time, place and people. These can all determine the final outcome of a battle.
Otherwise, if it was just by force, wouldn't Lu Bu be the most powerful?
In this battle, Xu Rong did not have any advantage, although he was much stronger by force, but when he needed not only the enemy's high-ranking cadres, but also other Yuan Shaojun soldiers on the side, he would soon be surrounded.
The Xiliang infantry is also very brave, but after all, the number is too small, only a thousand people before and after are put into the battlefield, with a ratio of one to five, so that in addition to taking advantage of a little at the beginning, they can only keep retreating, exchanging space for time.
The infantry was forced to retreat, which made Xu Rong have the potential to be surrounded alone. Seeing that the situation was not good, he swung his machete at it, and after a frustration, the whole person pulled out his horse and returned.
Xu Rong suddenly retreated without a fight, somewhat unexpectedly by Gao Gan. He knew that this person was very brave, and he had won victories against Cao Cao and Sun Jian, but he didn't expect that when facing him, he would turn around and retreat. For a while, a sense of pride flashed in his heart, and at the same time, he also shouted loudly, "Xu Rong, don't run away, I'll wait for two hundred rounds of battle." ”
Gao Gan shouted behind him, Xu Rong was indeed not looking back. The eldest husband does not have the courage of a horseman, knowing that the opponent is powerful, and he still has to turn back to fight, then only a brainless brave man will do this.
Xu Rong kept fleeing all the way back, and after gathering with the retreating pikemen and pikemen, he began to retreat in an orderly manner under the cover of the archers behind him.
Gao Gan wanted to continue the pursuit, after all, the situation was now in his favor, but at this time, the sound of Mingjin came from behind him, and it was Yuan Shao who was recruiting back and forth. Despite his dissatisfaction, he returned with his troops.
"Haha." Yuan Shaoza was in the middle of the Chinese army, and after seeing the high-ranking cavalry returning, he praised loudly, "Yuan Cai is heroic, this battle has won the victory, reward." ”
A reward made Gao Gan have nothing to say, so he had to retreat with his fists.
To say that Yuan Shao is also a person who knows soldiers, he will not make fearless sacrifices, and if he forces Xu Rong back today, the goal has been achieved, as for not pursuing? He is also for the sake of safety, this Xu Rong can defeat Cao Cao and Sun Jian, he should be a wise man, and he needs to be on guard at all times.
The battle between Yuan Shao and Xu Rong ended, and each side suffered about two or three hundred casualties. In comparison, the other battlefields are much more lively.
Cao Cao to Li Yu.
Before the battle, Li Rong had a sense of contempt, even if Xu Rong could win, there was no reason why he couldn't win. For this reason, as soon as the two armies met, he gave the order to launch a charge.
Cao Cao's army was waiting for work, relying on the condescending advantage, constantly rolling down the boulders prepared on the mountain, giving Li Yujun a head-on blow and winning the first battle.
Sun Jian to Guo Yan.
Also leaning against the mountains. Sun Jian did not use the method of rolling down the boulder to smash people, but took advantage of the enemy's halfway rush and lost his strength, led people to rush down from the top of the mountain, and scattered the Xiliang soldiers led by Guo Yan with the momentum of the tiger in the lower mountain, and won the first victory, but compared to Cao Cao, the loss was not small.
Liu Bei to Li Ji.
From the very beginning, the war was very tragic.
Originally, there were not enough sergeants, and in addition, there was no more favorable terrain, and only a small river no more than five or six meters wide and waist-high water blocked the Xiliang soldiers.
After the first and second rounds of arrows were fired, before the third round could be shot, Li Ji rushed over with a large number of Xiliang soldiers. Immediately, the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
Under the lack of numbers, Liu Beijun's soldiers were divided into two and suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, brave generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are here, which can be regarded as stabilizing their position. After a battle, it was fought until it was dark, and then the two sides gave up.
When the casualties were counted after the First World War, Liu Da'er cried again. The original 3,000 soldiers, after the First World War, were only less than 2,000 left, which made his strength even weaker.
The army of five roads, and the four roads all had a fierce collision. Looking at Zhang Chao's journey, it was indeed different from others, and it was very quiet from the beginning.
After Fan Chou led 1,000 Xiliang cavalry and 6,000 Xiliang infantry to the Zhang Chao camp mentioned by the scouts, he saw only one military general in white and 200 black-clothed light cavalry.
"What? Is Zhang Zhiyuan the strength of this point? Didn't you say that there were more than 3,000 people? Where have all the people died? Looking at the opponent who only had two hundred horsemen, Fan Chou looked disdainful.
The white-clothed military general did not answer, but after Fan Chou finished speaking, he raised his arrow and shot it.
The other two hundred light horsemen did the same, and at a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, they raised their arrows and shot them.