Chapter 77: Mounted Shooting
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Gao Gan immediately shouted loudly. "Formation, quick, fish scale formation, ready to fight!"
In the wilderness, if the infantry does not stand in formation, they meet in a loose formation.
The more dispersed the army, the more likely it is to be successfully defeated by enemy cavalry, and then it will usher in a painful result.
Only in dense formations could it be possible to block the onslaught of the enemy's cavalry.
He hurriedly ordered his men to take battle and prepare for a possible cavalry attack.
The high dry ability is still good.
After his order was given, the soldiers reacted quickly.
The halberders were at the front, followed by the rest of the sword and shield infantry, including the archers.
There are three layers before and after, each layer is cone-shaped, and the layers are tightly pressed, like dense "fish scales".
Xin Ping was protected in the fish scale array, and Gao Gan himself was at the forefront of the column.
At this time, the galloping cavalry of Lu Bu's army was already less than five hundred steps away from Yuan Shaojun, who had completed the formation.
Gao Gan could already see clearly a crimson battle flag fluttering with the wind, and there was only one big "Cao" character on the flag.
Another flag reads General Wuwei Zhonglang!
Seeing that the enemy was quickly lined up, Cao Xing, who led the army, was a little disappointed.
If the enemy is unprepared, you can charge straight into battle.
Use the powerful impact of the cavalry to directly crush the enemy and harvest the enemy's head.
I didn't expect the enemy to be well-trained and ready to line up so quickly.
It's not easy to defeat them now.
Cao Xing saw that the enemy was waiting solemnly, and he immediately changed his tactics.
Cao Xuan shouted loudly. "Change the bow and arrows!"
Even if you are ready for battle, we are not afraid that we will not be able to deal with you.
Hearing the order, the three thousand wind wolf riders immediately put their sabers back into their scabbards and took their bows and arrows out of their quivers.
Cao Xing quickly took out a strong bow. At the same time, he gave orders to the wind wolf rider.
"Follow me and guerrilla on the periphery of the enemy!"
Cao Xingyi sat down on his horse and turned around.
He led the wind wolf to ride in front of the Gao Gan army and suddenly made a bend, turning parallel to the Gao Gan army almost a hundred paces away.
Cao Xuan continued to shout. "Get on the arrow."
The three thousand cavalrymen took out the arrows from the quiver on the side of the horse, and immediately controlled the horse with pure skillful legs, and drew the bow and arrows.
The bow body was almost pulled into a full moon, and the arrow was slightly raised upward.
Seeing that the enemy did not dare to charge directly into the battle, Gao Gan grinned at the corner of his mouth.
Want to directly impact our army?
Dream.
My senior cadres have been leading troops to fight with Xianbei all year round, how can I not know the power of the cavalry, how can I not know how to deal with the cavalry.
Gao Gan watched the enemy's cavalry approach, and he was just about to shout loudly to release the arrows.
Cao Xuan shouted loudly: "Release! ”
The Wind Wolf rode when it was only one hundred and twenty paces away.
Led by Cao Xing, three thousand cavalrymen released their bowstrings almost simultaneously.
Seeing the enemy's movements, Gao Gan was startled.
Could it be the Huns and Xianbei's cavalry?
Just in Gao Gan's astonishment.
Three thousand feathered arrows shot out almost simultaneously, soaring into the sky, drawing a graceful arc in the sky.
Then it was overwhelming and shrouded in the stunned Gaogan soldiers.
When the arrow tears through the air. There was a terrible whistling sound.
When Yuan Shaojun's soldiers found out that something was wrong, the fatal feather arrow was already close.
The halberd soldier could only hold the halberd and desperately shoot the flying arrows.
But where can a bulky halberd knock out an arrow?
"Ah~!" Screams and wails rang out one after another.
I never thought that this cavalry would actually ride and shoot.
The only thing Gao Gan is happy about should be.
This wave of enemy arrows was a test shot.
Many arrows landed directly in front of the position and were missed.
His own men suffered less than thirty casualties.
Gao Gan shouted loudly: "Release the arrows." Shoot these dog thieves! ”
Five thousand archers under Gao Gan heard the order and immediately released the bowstring.
The rain of arrows crossed an arc and flew towards the Wind Wolf Rider.
The wind wolf rode at a gallop, not to mention running away as soon as he finished shooting.
Most of the arrows fired by the archers of the high-ranking army fell behind the cavalry, that is, a few arrows hit the cavalry, or the buttocks of the horses.
The arrow did not hit the vital part, and it was not easy to shoot someone directly.
The two cavalrymen who were shot in the back were still in great pain, although they had leather armor to withstand a lot of impact.
They endured the pain and continued to fight.
After running away, Cao Xing once again led the cavalry to rush from another direction.
Gao Gan directly ordered his soldiers to turn the direction and right.
The halberd soldiers and sword and shield soldiers had just been adjusted, and the second wave of arrows roared.
This time, the arrows are more lethal.
Even though many of Yuan Shaojun's soldiers had raised their shields to resist, the archers began to fight back.
However, nearly 100 Yuan Shaojun soldiers were still killed by arrows.
The archers of the high gan simply let the four cavalrymen fall off their horses.
After Cao Xing finished shooting an arrow, he immediately led the cavalry away and waited for the next attack.
Seeing the enemy's cavalry circling around his own soldiers and horses, he brought a lot of casualties to his own soldiers with cavalry shooting.
He could only shrink up and rely on the archers' counterattack to make the enemy dare not approach rashly.
Otherwise, I don't know how many casualties will be killed.
Gao Gan was very remorseful.
He didn't expect that the enemy would actually shoot on horseback, and instead of attacking the White Polish army, he would send it against him.
I knew that I shouldn't have led Gao Rou to lead the cavalry to arrow Cao Cao.
"These are the elite soldiers I have worked so hard to train!"
Gao Gan's heart was as painful as a knife, and the expression on his face was almost distorted.
He was very annoyed, but at this time he could only hold back his anger and remorse, waiting for the enemy to leave and then think about how to deal with the cavalry.
Drawing a bow is not an easy task.
A good bow like this costs almost 100 catties to pull it out.
Pulling ten times in a row is equivalent to lifting a barbell weighing more than 100 pounds ten times in a row.
And on the back of a galloping horse, it is even more laborious.
Even a well-trained archer pulls the bow a dozen times in a row, and then it is time to rest.
After firing ten rounds of arrows, Cao Xing's own arms were a little sore.
"Retreat."
Cao Xing immediately chose to retreat.
On the one hand, the cavalry needed to rest, and on the other hand, the war horses also had to rest.
In this way, you can maintain enough stamina to entangle with the enemy.
Seeing that the enemy had inflicted more than 200 casualties on his own soldiers, he ran away.
Gao Gan gritted his teeth hatefully.
"Send a message to Gao Rou immediately and ask him to lead his troops back."
"Send spies to spy around!"
"Heal the wounded."
……
One order after another was issued, and Yuan Shaojun's soldiers were also busy.
Seeing that the enemy had run away, Xin Ping rode his horse from the Chinese army to Gao Gan's side.
Seeing Xin Ping, Gao Gan clenched his fists and said, "Mr. Zhongzhi, the enemy is only afraid that he will come again." Our army wants to find a place to rest and wait for Gao Rou to join our army. Fang Hao continued to march to support the White Polish army. ”
Xin Ping shook his head and said, "There is no need to support the Baibo Army. They will be defeated. ”
Gao Gan was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted.
"Sir, are you saying that this enemy army is here to stop our army?"
"Hmm." Xin Ping nodded and said, "We were dragged back, and our plan to unite the White Polish Army to flank Lu Bu's army failed. The White Polish Army was not annihilated this time, and its strength was greatly damaged. Now if you want to defeat Lu Bu, the only way is ......"