Chapter 224 War is cruel
This is also Guo Jia's idea, even if the Xianbei army is so strong and numerous, it can't attack the enemy head-on, so it starts from other places, such as burning grain and grass. Without food, no army can sustain itself.
The fire burst into flames, causing the sky to turn a lot redder. Hou Luohou, who was chasing the 3,000 light cavalry of the Zhang family, saw this firelight, and his face changed greatly, so he gave up the goal of getting farther and farther away, and turned back to kill it.
Unfortunately, it was too late after all. By the time the Marquis of Tho Luo returned with the army, the camp had long since ceased to exist, and some were just scorched with hot temperatures.
The fire in the south burned the sky, and Kebineng, who was sleeping, was called up. When he saw the fiery sky, he also said with anger in his eyes: "What a Zhang Zhiyuan, he actually attacked my department again, you are forcing me to hit you hard." ”
The clay people have three points of earthiness, not to mention the single ability of a tribe.
He didn't attack Zhang Chao immediately, but he just didn't want to lose too much. It's just that now, the other party's various actions really stimulated him, making him feel that it was not okay not to send troops.
Enraged, Kobineng gave the order for the team to assemble. He wanted to rush over while Zhang Chao's troops were fighting with the Marquis of Tho Luo, and he wanted to give this general of the Han Dynasty a little color.
The 50,000-strong battalion began to assemble in the dark of night, and the news was immediately known to the scouts of the Bingzhou army who were observing from afar, and the news was immediately transmitted back.
After Zhang Chao and Guo Jia, who had not rested all night in the camp tent, learned the news, after the two glanced at each other, Zhang Chao gave an order: "Gather the team immediately and prepare for battle." ”
Regarding the fact that once Lu Bu succeeded, Ke Bineng would attack in anger, Zhang Chao and Guo Jia had expected it, and they were ready to give an order, and the 30,000 infantry of the first legion, who had been sleeping in their clothes, quickly got up and began to assemble, and there was no panic in the process.
After Kebineng gathered the army in anger, he left 10,000 soldiers to guard his house, and led the other 40,000 cavalry straight towards Zhang Chao's camp. He didn't expect his move to be unknown to the other party, because whether he knew it or not, he would decide to fight, and the 40,000 cavalry behind him would make him not believe that he would lose.
The 40,000 Xianbei army began to move in the night, and when they reached the land of five miles away from Zhang Chaoda's camp, the sky was getting brighter. Looking from a distance, he already saw a dense figure in the distance, which was the scene where Zhang Chao put on a military formation to greet him.
Among them, 30,000 cavalry were in regiments, and the whole fifteen brigades were neatly arranged to prepare for the enemy.
"Rush over." Although from a distance, the formation of the state army was so neat, but in anger, Kebineng still gave the order to attack. He hoped that the cavalry would be stronger than the infantry to win this battle, even if it was at a great cost, he admitted it.
The first to receive the order was 10,000 Xianbei cavalry. No one dared to disobey the order, and immediately shouted and galloped from afar.
A full 10,000 cavalry, rushing from afar, it was like a tsunami from the sky, raising a large cloud of dust.
"Archer, ready, put!" When he saw the other party's cavalry surging like a tide, Zhang Chao, who was standing in the middle of the Chinese army, rode on the white crane horse and gave an order with a big hand. Immediately, the drummers next to him struck the drum beat of releasing their bows and arrows.
Fifteen regimental battalions, even five regiments of soldiers took out their bows and arrows, drew their bows to the fullest, and were ready to shoot at any time.
A full 10,000 Xianbei cavalry soon entered the range of the archers, and then the five regiment commanders gave the order to release the arrows at the same time, and the 10,000 feathered arrows were immediately fired, drawing an arc forward.
In the face of the rain of bows and arrows, the Xianbei cavalry was indeed not so panicked, they either raised the shield in their hands one by one, or hid their bodies flexibly on their horses, or waved their swords in their hands to block.
The Xianbei cavalry has many years of experience in fighting the Han army, and has practiced many times in response to bow and arrow attacks, and it is indeed possible to shorten the distance between the two sides at the lowest cost.
In the Chinese army, Zhang Chao saw the performance of the Xianbei cavalry, and couldn't help but nodded appreciatively and said to Guo Jia on the side: "Fengxiao, the Xianbei cavalry is really brave, this Kebi can indeed train soldiers." ”
"The lord said yes. It is said that Liu Yu is also deeply popular with the people in Youzhou, and he is benevolent, and his soldiers are also using their lives. It's just that when facing an opponent like the Xianbei cavalry, even if it is Xinqi, it will eventually be defeated. Guo Jia sighed.
"Not bad. The Xianbei knight is very powerful, but I am not Liu Yu, he has a knight, and I have it. Come, herald Dian Wei to get ready. Zhang Chao nodded as he spoke to the flag-bearer behind him.
Flag bearers usually use flags to convey orders from their commanders, like drummers and gong players. As soon as the drummer struck, the army attacked, and the gong player moved, and Mingjin withdrew his troops.
Just as the Xianbei cavalry began to approach the soldiers of the 30,000 Legion step by step with their equestrian skill, they suddenly gave way as the flag in the hands of the Chinese army changed. Then the chief of the guard, Dian Wei, appeared on the battlefield with two thousand heavy cavalry of the Zhang family wearing black armor.
Dressed in black and silver-white armor, it looks like some of them are just revealing their eyes, nose, and holes, and a terrifying black helmet, with purple feathers on their heads, all of them are wearing black robes, and when they look at it from a distance, they have a murderous aura that expands outward.
This is the heavy cavalry of the Zhang family, which has never been defeated, and it is also the army that Zhang Chao is most proud of.
Maybe he is not as good as the Zhang family light cavalry in flexible warfare, but there is indeed no one who can be his opponent in a frontal collision like this.
Dian Wei appeared here with two thousand heavy cavalry of the Zhang family, which was Zhang Chao's idea. This is the first time that he has faced Kobi head-on, and he wants to leave a very deep impression on the opponent.
"Zhang Jiaerlang, the enemy is in front of you, kill with me." Dian Wei rode on a horse, holding a pair of iron halberds, and after a loud shout, he was the first to gallop away. The two thousand heavy cavalry of the Zhang family who followed him did not make the slightest sound, but only clamped their legs and hurriedly followed, showing the three-meter-long giant knife in their hands.
The same is true for the charge of the Zhang family's heavy cavalry, which will not make a single superfluous sound, in Zhang Chao's words, this is to gather every trace of strength in the body to ensure that no point is wasted in the battle, and all the strength is used in the giant knife to kill the enemy.
The sudden appearance of Dian Wei and the two thousand cavalry made the Xianbei cavalry who were rushing towards show a frightened look on their faces, facing the heavy cavalry that rushed straight without a sound, for some reason, they had a creepy feeling in their spirits.
The Xianbei cavalry, who was already moving forward, only hesitated for a moment in their hearts, and then collided with the Dian Wei army, and then the first head-on contact between the two sides came.
All the heavy cavalry of the Zhang family are not only very well covered, but also the healthy horses they ride are also covered with armor, which can ensure that ordinary swords and guns cannot be harmed. In addition, the length of the giant knives they held could be as far as three meters away to injure people, so that more than a thousand Xianbei cavalry were cut down under their horses with just one contact between the two sides. Hundreds of people were injured at the same time, and only a handful survived by virtue of their equestrian skills.
"Chop the horse." Dian Wei saw that there were still fish caught in the net, so he announced a new order to the heavy cavalry of the Zhang family army with a loud shout.
As soon as the new order was delivered, the two thousand cavalry changed the direction of the giant sword in their hands and continued to rush forward with Dian Wei.
Chopping horses, this is the means used by the heavy cavalry of the Zhang family in the face of a strong enemy. If your cavalry is good at riding, then I will cut down your horse, and then see how you can defend yourself.
Following Dian Wei's order, when the heavy cavalry passed through the Xianbei cavalry camp again, there were more than a thousand Xianbei infantry on the ground, and most of them were untidy, and they all fell to the ground because of the death of their horses.
Suddenly changed from cavalry to infantry, the advantage was not there, Dian Wei took the Zhang family heavy cavalry to a back kill, and when he came to these Xianbei infantry again, with the giant knife raised high, a head and corpse were separated.
"Who is so powerful, send reinforcements quickly!" Kebi, the queen of the Xianbei army, witnessed this scene with his own eyes, and was very surprised, fearing that the 10,000 cavalry would be too badly injured, so he immediately issued an order to send reinforcements again.
After receiving the order, the 10,000 Xianbei cavalry rushed forward under the leadership of their respective junior generals.
At this time, Dian Wei took the Zhangjia heavy cavalry to rush back and forth, killing more than 4,000 enemy troops, and now seeing that a large number of Xianbei cavalry were rushing forward, he immediately had a more murderous aura on his face, and he raised his halberd to prepare for the third charge. It's just that at this moment, the sound of Mingjin suddenly sounded behind him, which was Zhang Chao calling for the Zhang family's heavy cavalry to go back.
With the military order of the lord, although Dian Wei still wanted to rush and kill, he did not dare to violate the military order, so he had to lead the army back.
When Dian Wei retreated, the 10,000 camps behind him gave way to a large road and led it through, and when more than 10,000 Xianbei cavalry rushed behind him, five regiments of pikemen came out.
The long spear shimmered silver in the rising sun, and the tip of the spear pierced towards the horses of the Xianbei cavalry.
More than 10,000 Xianbei cavalry rushed in the distance, like small fish that knew that the tide was coming, and jumped straight in with the idea of wanting a carp to jump over the dragon gate.
This is war, cruel and merciless.
More than 10,000 cavalry crashed into the 10,000 pikemen, and then the sound of fluffy banging was endless.