Chapter 369: Embattled
In the rear, where Zhang He could not see, Tian Feng had already adjusted the deployment of a large number of shield soldiers were arranged on three sides of the phalanx, and the archers ventured to advance behind the shields and began to use their numerical superiority to suppress the rushing cavalry by projectiles, and the cavalry gradually began to suffer casualties. The phalanx of cavalry shooting also became not very smooth, and Tian Feng immediately commanded the infantry to step forward and enter the battle closely.
However, this stalemate did not last long, Tian Feng heard the sound of rumbling horses' hooves from the rear of his infantry phalanx, and those heavy cavalry followed all the way. Tian Feng clearly knew that the cavalry in front of him was a relative, and he was not good at individual soldiers, or he was not willing to directly break into the infantry phalanx to fight. After being single, they are heavy cavalry, and breaking through the formation is their forte!
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves shook the hearts of every Jizhou soldier, and also reminded Zhang He that Zhang Liao had caught up, and the infantry would not be too far, and his plan to lead his own soldiers to capture the enemy's main general Wei Tong to win the opportunity for the Jizhou soldiers was frustrated.
What made Zhang He even more anxious was that the strong man in front of him seemed to be getting more and more energetic. Thirty rounds later, it has completely occupied the ??????????????? got the upper hand.
Gao Ran had already been knocked off his horse by another of the enemy's junior generals, and fled from the battlefield and headed for the infantry phalanx behind him under the desperate escort of the last few of his own soldiers. Seeing such a situation, Zhang He no longer insisted, waved his big knife at Ran Min, swung Ran Min's spear with a knife, turned the horse's head and killed it surrounded by many ordinary cavalry.
Zhang He understood that his escape from the encirclement was entirely due to the deliberate indulgence of a young general in the rear who had never participated in the battle. Because his infantry needs a commander, and it needs someone to lead it to pose a threat to the cavalry, which is absolute confidence.
But then there was the rumbling of horses' hooves to the north. Zhang He fled back to his infantry phalanx in embarrassment, and the cavalry of Weitong's cavalry had finished their cavalry running like the magnetic field lines of a magnet, and thousands of light cavalry continued to return to their true nature and then dispersed, which was preparing for positional warfare.
Zhang He and Gao Ran returned to the formation in embarrassment, and Tian Feng told them that the ratio of their own casualties in the previous battle was about four to one, which means that their own side lost about 4,000 people during this time, and the opponent's protein powder was brought back by the war horse after the cavalry was injured. This is still a blockade on one side, if it is blocked on three sides, Zhang He doesn't dare to imagine what the result will be.
Now that they are surrounded, they have no time to treat the wounded, and the other side is outside the Baiwei Quan and can continue to treat the wounded. According to this attrition rate, their Jizhou soldiers, who are less than 20,000, can at most fight off one side to block the enemy.
To the west, Guan Yu led more than 4,000 cavalry to launch an assault from two miles away. From three hundred paces away, he could clearly see the panic of the enemy's infantry phalanx. Those unarmed minfu scattered in a hurry in the face of the cavalry, and a few timid Jizhou soldiers were also mixed in with the minfu.
Guan Yu did not stop them, because there were more Huang Zhongbu infantry in his rear, but kept accelerating, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps, fifty steps, all the cavalry got up from the saddle, held a short spear in his right hand and threw it.
Poof, poof, poof...... The Jizhou soldiers who had just adjusted their direction did not think of the enemy's heavy cavalry at all, and the short spears in the hands of the heavy cavalry in high-speed movement pierced into the bodies of the Jizhou soldiers with acceleration. The Jizhou soldiers, who were lucky enough to escape the rain of short spears, were quickly knocked over by the heavy cavalry. Guan Yu took the lead, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife flew up and down, leading the cavalry phalanx of Zhang He, who had 4,000 people and 15,000 people, to cut through the middle like tofu!
Guan Yu did not kill through Zhang He's infantry formation, but when he reached the middle, he suddenly turned to the south and swept the Jizhou soldiers in the southwest corner again!
Zhang He, who returned to the infantry phalanx, still adhered to the previous breakthrough plan, and Gao Ran and others rushed to the east of the Weitong with the infantry. He already took care of Guan Yu in the back.
But the light cavalry that had been in close combat before suddenly began to exert its might, and Ran Min rushed to the front, his target was Zhang He and everyone around him. Weitong finally joined the war, and in order to contain Zhang He, Xin Ai and others also took the lead in rushing to the front.
The heavy cavalry from the north finally arrived at the battlefield, Zhang Liao personally led the team, and there was also a fierce general Zhang Fei next to him. However, they did not directly re-enter Zhang He's formation like Guan Yu Nanyang, but stopped three hundred steps away.
Zhang Fei used his loud voice to yell directly at the Weeks and phalanx: "??????????????? Everyone listens, your 20,000 people are surrounded by 70,000 people in five parts of our army, don't say that it is difficult to fly, even if Yuan Shao came out of Yecheng, he saved you. ”
No one paid attention to him, and once people reached a desperate situation, they either collapsed or went crazy, and now Zhang He and everyone under his command almost fell into madness.
Zhang Fei saw that the effect was not good, so he shifted the target: "Zhang He, Zhang Junyi, my lord thinks that you are a general, and you have been surrounded many times without killing." Today's situation is not something that you can reverse alone, so it is better to lead your subordinates to join my lord.
Yuan Shao, the old puppet, who is disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unjust, has nothing to follow. Don't forget that you are all Han Fu's subordinates, even if you escape from here, you will be in prison. ”
Zhang He: "......"
Gao Yan: "......"
Tian Feng: "......"
Jizhou generals: "......"
Zhang Fei shouted, but the entire heavy cavalry stopped in unison, and they did not directly enter Zhang He's infantry phalanx like Guan Yu. In fact, at this moment, Zhang He's infantry was already in a crush, and they needed to meet the enemy on three sides. But the small shield couldn't stop Guan Yu's heavy cavalry, and the tribute archers couldn't hurt those cavalry. Now there are more than 10,000 such cavalry!
Guan Yu erased the southwest corner of Zhang He and retreated for a while, and began to prepare to charge again, but was stopped by Zhang Liao's heralds. As long as Guan Yu's troops lined up in place, the encirclement was gradually narrowed.
Zhang Liao saw that Zhang Fei's want and did not work, so he had to personally go out to the front of the battle and shouted in the direction of the Jizhou soldiers: "General Zhang Liao, you are cornered, and laying down your weapons is the only way out." Zhang Junyi, I will admire you for being a generation of famous generals who have not killed your subordinates. Everyone knew that Chun Yuqiong's 30,000 men had only held out for two hours under our siege, and they still had barracks and fences to cover. And you are only a target for heavy cavalry slaughter on this empty plain. There is no need to take your generals to struggle for nothing.
Zhang Junyi, Chun Yuqiong was completely annihilated in the north of you, and he would have crossed the river. Even if you bring all the 20,000 people under your command back to Yecheng, Yuan Shao will not be able to let you go. What's more, it doesn't seem like you can bring out more than a thousand Jizhou soldiers now. Even if you are lucky enough to be able to return to Yecheng, you will still inevitably be imprisoned and questioned, so why bother?
If you had surrendered, you would have promised that at least the men and men who had come with you and the 10,000 men who had fled would be all right. ”
Zhang He didn't react more, but he had already given up his plan to break through from the Ministry of Communications, not to mention that he couldn't beat Ran Min, and his infantry was no match for the cavalry at all. Even if they can break through, only those who grab the war horse can escape.
Tian Feng quietly came to Zhang He and said with a wry smile: "Junyi, it seems that everything is in their calculations. ”
Gao Ran also looked bitter: "Junyi, what Zhang Wenyuan said is right, now we have no way out." Even if we were all cavalry, we would run away by a maximum of one or two thousand. Now the miners are scattered, but don't forget that there are still three infantry behind them. It's better to ...... now."
Zhang He waited for Gao Ran, but Gao Ran didn't say the last few words in the end. Tian Feng also shook his head, in fact, he also wanted to persuade Zhang He just now. Zhang Liao won't treat those people, but there are more than 10,000 left??????????????? If the state soldiers want to break through, they will definitely be killed.
The two sides stood on all sides, and there was no longer a fight, but Weitong, Zhang Liao, and Huang Zhongbu had already surrounded the city for one and a half years, and all the remaining soldiers of Zhang He and those people who had time to take out the encirclement in the future. The air was filled with the suffocating smell of blood.
Time is slowly slipping away, Zhang Liao seems to be very patient, but Zhang He is very curious, could it be that Zhang Yang and Yang Feng really blocked Yuan Shao in Yecheng and couldn't get out? If that's the case, then he and the rest of the Jizhou soldiers basically have no way to survive at all.
The two sides were deadlocked for about half an hour, and the attackers did not rush to attack because of self-confidence. Zhang He couldn't find a chance to break through, and he didn't break through rashly.
Just when Zhang Fei and the others were waiting impatiently, a group of people suddenly appeared in the south. The number of people is not large, about three or four thousand, and the banner of the main general has a Ganzi written on it, most of them are infantry. When it was only a mile away from the battlefield, a few war horses came out of it, and a strong man with a bare arm carried a big knife, and there were several bells hanging around the neck of the war horse, which looked very shy!
Gan Ning grinned and came to a place about two hundred steps away from Zhang He and grinned: "Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Tian Feng on the other side listen, I Gan Ning is a naval captain, and I am the master of my family to solve the problem of Yinger and others, and now they are all in my camp, do you want to continue to work for Yuan Shao or will return to my lord and follow you." If you continue to follow Yuan Shao, I will let your family Alai follow you north. ”
Zhang He: "......"
Gao Yan: "......"
Tian Feng: "......"
Gan Ning's voice was very loud, and after he finished shouting, the people behind him shouted together, and the battlefield was silent because of the appearance of these people, and tens of thousands of people heard it at once, Zhang Fei, Ran Min, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and others all twitched the corners of their mouths, and before the war, they all knew that Wei Xuan valued Zhang He very much and hoped to be able to subdue Zhang He.
For this reason, Zhang Liao was also quite scheming when he deployed the battle, and now he finally surrounded Zhang He's group, and no matter how much he persuaded him to surrender, it had no effect. I didn't expect Gan Ning, this kid, to be so black, and he actually kidnapped the family members of Zhang He and others? This is a grand place to come and pick peaches.