Chapter 407: Qingzhou Soldiers with Amazing Combat Strength
The Xuzhou military horses, although they did not all rush up at one time, were also densely packed with people.
In the face of this density of enemy troops, the power of the Red Tempered Chariot and the improved crossbow to defend the city was also greatly increased, and the enemy suffered tens of millions of casualties after a few volleys.
This is not over, waiting for the Xuzhou soldiers to rush closer, a large rain of arrows flew up from the military formation, and then fell straight from the sky to the heads of the Xuzhou soldiers, which was the projectile of the archers day by day.
Projectile, and it is a projectile that cannot see the target, which is quite a test of the soldier's bow and arrow skills, therefore, Li Yang only dares to let the day-by-day archers do it.
As for the problem of low projectile hits, for the dense Xuzhou military horses, this is not a thing, and they can shoot a lot of people to death.
Although the soldiers' projectile power is not as strong as that of the Red Chariot and the City Guarding Crossbow, it is superior to the speed and number of them.
The attack speed of those two instruments was still too slow, and in just a few rounds, Xuzhou's men and horses had already rushed to the front of the battle.
The large shieldmen who had retreated before returned to their positions, resisting the onslaught of the enemy.
The crossbows guarding the city were also all pushed back, and the original position of the crossbow guarding the city became a group of soldiers armed with spears.
They crouched behind the shieldmen and stabbed the enemy with their spears through the gaps in the shields.
Under the command of the generals, the spearmen stabbed in a uniform manner, collected the guns, and stabbed again, and with each stabbing attack, a large number of Xuzhou soldiers fell.
After about five stabs, the shieldmen and pikemen collectively took three steps back and repeated the previous action again.
During this period, the shield soldiers and pikemen also suffered some casualties, but they brought more than ten times the casualties of the Xuzhou soldiers.
What's more, the Sun-Chasing Archers and Red Refining Chariots behind him are still attacking.
The large number of casualties on the front line made it difficult for Guan Yu to arrive.
Even if he knew that if he persisted like this, with the advantage of his troops, he would be able to break through the shield formation in front of him sooner or later, and it would not be a big problem to defeat the Qingzhou soldiers and horses when the time came.
However, in this case, the Xuzhou side will pay a painful price, which Guan Yu does not want to see.
Just when Guan Yu was hesitating to give the order for the soldiers to withdraw, he suddenly felt a shake on his left side.
Guan Yu was instantly shocked, this feeling was too familiar to him.
Although he was panicked in his heart, Guan Yu still showed an unusually calm expression on his face, and ordered the heralds: "Quickly Mingjin, let all the soldiers withdraw." ”
Chen Deng, who had been following him after returning from Guan Yu, said loudly at this time: "The left flank must be attacked by cavalry, and the spearmen can be adjusted to defend." ”
"The military advisor is right, the spearmen can defend the left flank, and there is no need to withdraw the troops at all." Cao Bao also shouted on the side.
Chen Deng was stunned, he just let the spearmen defend, but he didn't stop the withdrawal!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if it continues like this, the loss of the Xuzhou side will be too great, and Chen Deng will naturally not fail to see it.
Guan Yu squinted at Cao Bao and said, "The one from the left wing is the Yanyun Iron Cavalry, the number one combat force in Qingzhou, which should not be underestimated. ”
"Humph! It's just a bunch of cavalry. Cao Bao saw that Guan Yu 'despise' himself so much, so he snorted coldly, "Give me five thousand Danyang elite soldiers, and let them have no return." ”
"The Danyang elite soldiers should not be used now, but I give you the command of all the spearmen and soldiers on your left flank." Guan Yu continued to squint at him and said, "As long as you can stop Yan Yun's iron horse, you dare to take it!" ”
At this time, the gong for the collection of troops had already sounded, and it was obvious that it could not be changed.
"Humph!" Cao Bao snorted coldly again, turned around and went directly to the left flank, obviously accepting Guan Yu's military order.
Guan Yu watched Cao Bao leave his back coldly, and said to Chen Deng: "You go and order, all the archers on the left flank retreat, and let the Danyang elite soldiers display the left side of the Chinese army." ”
Chen Deng was taken aback, Guan Yu didn't expect anything from stopping Yan Yun's iron cavalry!
"General Guan, the lethality of archers to cavalry is still very large, you see......"
Before Chen Deng could finish speaking, Guan Yu interrupted: "For those monsters who even wear armor on horses, ordinary bows and arrows can't hurt them at all. ”
"This ......" Chen Deng was speechless for a while, as if he was shocked by Guan Yu's description.
During the time when the two were talking, Yan Yun's iron cavalry had already rushed to the front of the left wing of Xuzhou, and Zhao Yun was rushing to the front.
First of all, a piece of silver light rushed out of the camp of Yan Yun's iron cavalry, and before the spearmen in front of the formation could react, they were nailed to the ground one by one.
These silver rays of light were the spears of Yan Yun's iron cavalry.
Two spear attacks in succession almost killed the spearmen in front of the left flank of Xuzhou.
Subsequently, Yanyun Iron Cavalry instantly changed formation, with Zhao Yun as the head, forming an awl, and inserting it straight into the left wing army.
"Zhao Zilong, how could he be on the left flank!" At this time, Guan Yu also found Zhao Yun and muttered in shock.
"Yuanlong, the army is temporarily under your command!" After that, without waiting for Chen Deng to react, he rode towards Zhao Yun.
Guan Yu knew that with Zhao Yun's Yanyun Iron Cavalry, he could even penetrate his left-wing army, so even if he knew that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent, he had to stop the momentum of Yanyun Iron Cavalry.
However, Guan Yu is obviously thinking too much!
No matter how powerful the Yanyun Iron Cavalry is, it is only 10,000 people, and no matter how you say it, it is impossible to fight millions of people, and now it has such great power, it completely relies on the charge of the cavalry.
When the horses are unloaded and the power of the charge is gone, the Yanyun Iron Cavalry, which is surrounded by the enemy, will also be wiped out on the spot.
Therefore, the Yanyun Iron Cavalry charged diagonally at the beginning, and before Guan Yu could rush to it, Zhao Yun had already taken the Yanyun Iron Cavalry and left the Xuzhou camp.
Of course, it's not that simple.
After Yanyun Iron Cavalry rushed out of a certain distance, he turned his horse's head, lined up in a straight line, and came back to the Xuzhou formation again.
It was still the first two rounds of javelins, and then it turned into a conical formation, and after charging and killing a large number of Xuzhou soldiers, it rushed out from another place again.
came here repeatedly, and each time it hit a different place, which made Cao Bao, who had been organizing and wanting to defend, his face turned green, and he hated Guan Yu to the extreme.
'Such a strong army, how can it be stopped without Danyang elite soldiers. ’
Just when Yan Yun was rushing to kill the left wing of Xuzhou, Li Yang and the others were not idle.
Taking advantage of the retreat of the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, the crossbow that hid the city in the military formation was pushed to the forefront again and began to continue to kill local soldiers.
As for the Red Refining Chariot and the Sun-Chasing Archer, they haven't stopped until now.
Up to now, the soldiers who died defending the city and the soldiers who were in the hands of the archers and the red charioteers had accounted for as much as seventy percent of Xuzhou's total losses, which showed their fearful power.
Li Yang stood on a high place, looked at the left flank of Xuzhou again, and gave an order to the heralds, "Let Zilong and them withdraw!" ”
The herald received the order and rode away.
After all, Li Yang's place was far away from Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun could see it only if he needed the herald to get close and wave the command flag.
"Big brother, really don't chase and kill anymore?" Zhang Liang asked with a smile when he saw the herald running down.
Li Yang rolled his eyes at him and said, "What do you think you don't know?" What are you doing after them? Not to mention the loss of soldiers, it is also a waste of resources. ”
"Yes! It's a bit more than worth the loss. Zhang Liang continued to laugh.
Li Yang glanced at him again, and then returned to the battlefield, "This battle can be won, and sixty percent of it is the reason why our army has arranged it in advance, and the next big battle will be difficult." ”
Zhang Liang did not answer this, obviously knowing this.
"However, it turns out that the strategy of the elite soldiers is still correct!" Li Yang said with emotion.