Chapter 184: This Praying Mantis Is Not Professional

Xu Chu did not stand at the front of the team at this time, but commanded in the middle, and the outermost part of the independent brigade was composed of all shield soldiers, and the Danyang army was still far from breaking through.

Xu Chu looked at Chen Deng in the middle of the formation, and a smile suddenly flashed on his face, without the slightest hint of urgency. At this time, Chen Deng's uneasiness became stronger and stronger, and he always felt that Xu Chu had some conspiracy. But after thinking about it carefully, Chen Deng didn't understand what else Xu Chu had to do, you must know that the scouts in Xuzhou City were almost a hundred miles away, but he didn't find a shadow of the Jizhou army, so Chen Deng ruled out the possibility that Xu Chu still had reinforcements.

It's just that Chen Deng seems to have forgotten that when the Jizhou army framed the catapult under the city of Xuzhou three days ago, their scouts did not react at all.

"Pass the order, the first person to kill in will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and the one who kills the enemy will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver to be promoted to the official rank." Now that he was engaged in the battle, it was very difficult to withdraw as soon as possible, so Chen Deng could only continue to command the troops to launch a fierce attack. Moreover, Xuzhou is also prepared, Chen Deng can only defeat Xu Chu's troops in the shortest possible time, even if it is the Jizhou army and the original Chen Deng, he is not afraid.

Chen Deng ordered, and the affairs of the Danyang Army were immediately greatly boosted, and the time had come to get promoted and make a fortune, and everyone used their strength to eat milk.

However, no matter how the Danyang army attacked, the circular formation of the Jizhou army was still as stable as Mount Tai, although it was crumbling, but there was no rout.

And Chen Zhi was also ruthless, and the Shuanglong on both wings of the water formation took turns to hit the Jizhou army, and this formation also came up and began to attack, quite a posture of bullying more and less. The Danyang Army is an elite army, if the ordinary troops really can't stand such an impact, but the independent brigade was trained by Xu Chu. Three thousand people didn't even blink an eyelid against ten thousand, and each soldier's eyes flashed with determination, because they knew that they would not lose, which was confidence in their own strength.

The corpses were piling up, the blood was pooling, but no one cared about it. Troubled times are like this, either you kill people or people kill you, the difference is just who can continue to live for a while.

However, most of the fallen soldiers were Danyang soldiers, and the Jizhou army was in the turtle shell at this time. From time to time, a few rounds of crossbow arrows were shot out from the inside, anyway, the outside was all kept by the Danyang Army, and there would be no accidental injuries.

The fight continued, the people on both sides played a real fire, the Danyang army was red-eyed, and if it weren't for Xu Chu's prestige there, the Jizhou army would probably be in a mess at this time. Just when the two sides were fighting inseparably, there was a sudden movement in the rear of the Jizhou Army, and the Jizhou Army camp was actually set on fire.

Seeing this situation, Chen Deng's face finally pulled out a smile, but the smile was very reluctant, because he saw General Cao Bao enter the Jizhou army camp with people without hindrance. What does it mean that there is no resistance encountered? It means that there is no one in the Jizhou army camp, and the hundreds of stone-throwing troops of the Jizhou army are not in the camp, which means that Xu Chu has already seen his plan clearly.

Looking at Xu Chu's face that was not a little surprised, Chen Deng was even more sure of this, since he knew that he would face a situation of being attacked from both sides, but he could still be so calm, thinking that he should still have a backup preparation, Chen Deng's mind kept thinking about how to solve this matter. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for Chen Deng to protect the 25,000 troops outside Xuzhou City, and the only thing Chen Deng can do is to minimize the losses as much as possible.

Cao Bao led 15,000 men from the Jizhou army camp to Xu Chu's department, and the first one was a hundred cavalry. Xuzhou is close to the south, and war horses belong to high-end consumer goods here, and local pastures come to feed, and it costs a lot to smuggle them from the north, so when war horses arrive in Xuzhou, it is sky-high. Rao is rich land in Xuzhou, but it is impossible to form a large-scale formed cavalry unit, so such a powerful branch of the Danyang Army can only be reduced to pure infantry with grievances, but this is good, anyway, Tao Qian has no ambitions, and raising so many Danyang troops is just for a better lookover.

Fifteen thousand people formed a sharp formation, and Cao Bao, as a leading general, naturally rushed to the front.

Although there are only 100 cavalry, if this 100 cavalry is used well, the effect is really not ordinary. The Jizhou army is now shrinking into a circular formation, and it is really difficult to break through, but if you add this hundred cavalry, it will be completely different. In other words, in fact, this hundred cavalry is a death squad, rushing up is only a little open a small gap in the circular formation of the Jizhou army, Cao Bao believes that with the 15,000 Danyang army behind the fierce as long as there is a small crack can defeat the formation of the Jizhou army, which is like a fly staring at the seam.

Xu Chu saw that it was a hundred cavalry that rushed out first, so he knew what Cao Bao's idea was, and it would be really good to change this idea to other armies, but Cao Bao could only blame him for his ideas when he met the Jizhou army. The fighting style of the Jizhou army is not the army of other places at all, and there are several ways to deal with the cavalry alone, which is enough for Cao Bao's 100 cavalry and a pot.

When the Danyang cavalry was still two hundred steps away from the circular formation, everyone in Xuzhou turned their eyes here, because whether the cavalry could break through the military formation of the Jizhou army was already related to their success or failure, and it could be said that they had high hopes. Chen Deng also ordered the soldiers on both sides to retreat a little bit and give up a place for Cao Bao's army to attack, and a vacuum area was suddenly formed in Xu Chu's rear.

The cavalry advanced smoothly, and soon advanced another fifty paces, and the Jizhou army did not make any reaction at all, perhaps because there was no reaction to make it! Now the Jizhou army is entangled by Chen Deng, even if you want to change the formation, it is very difficult, and at this time, the change of formation is definitely a test for the military quality of the soldiers, once something goes wrong, it will be a loss. Cao Bao thought in his heart, and couldn't help but speed up the march.

The cavalry continued to recommend forward, but the Jizhou army still did not react, Cao Bao could even see Xu Chu's face, but in a vague way, Cao Bao did not see Xu Chu showing a distressed or overwhelmed look as he thought, on the contrary, Xu Chu's face was very calm.

Cao Bao's heart couldn't help kicking, and he secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, but it was too late, the speed of the cavalry was very fast, and it was only a hundred steps away from the Jizhou army, and it was useless for Cao Bao to order the troops to stop. And at this time, even if the cavalry is ordered to stop advancing, the army that follows behind will cause a pushing accident, and the incident of stampede will be unavoidable.

So at this time, the only thing Cao Bao could do was to order the cavalry to speed up and strive to meet the Jizhou army as soon as possible. As long as it is a short-handed encounter, even if the Jizhou army has any conspiracy and tricks, it will be in vain, and then it will be a white knife into a red knife to pay attention to strength.

However, Cao Bao's idea was obviously wishful thinking, and Xu Chu had no intention of letting the Danyang army get close at all. With a wave of his big hand, he saw hundreds of javelins flying out of the circular formation, and as soon as this thing was shot, dozens of cavalrymen were knocked down on the spot, as long as they were hit, there was no chance of survival, even if they were lucky not to die under the javelins, but there were still impulsive companions behind him, and one person and one kick could let him go to see Lord Yama.

In the first two days of the siege, Xu Chu did not take out the javelin, but hid it for two days, and this shot made a big profit.

Xu Chu is also a ruthless person, if he doesn't make a move, he will definitely knock the enemy down. A circular formation is enough to support only about 1,000 people, and the remaining 2,000 people are either armed with javelins or crossbows, and they also focus on taking care of the troops on Cao Bao's side, and Cao Bao's 100 cavalry has not yet rushed close before they are all wiped out by the dense repeaters. Even Cao Bao himself was unfavorable, and his left arm helped him with an arrow. But fortunately, the combat effectiveness is only slightly discounted, and it can still make Xu Chu enjoyable.

Since Cao Bao brought people here, the Jizhou army has shown its fierce side, and the crossbows and javelins have been poured out as if they didn't want money, and then they saw the Danyang army fall in large pieces. Although the blood gathered into a river, the circular formation of the Jizhou army did not move at all.

Just when Xu Chu was desperate with Cao Bao Chen Deng, the fire in the Jizhou military camp was burning, and behind the Jizhou army camp were all cavalry, no more, no less than 3,000 people, who was the leader?

"More than everyone says, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and the mantis Cao Bao is not very dedicated! You see, after attacking for so long, I haven't even opened a hole. Look at the 100 cavalry just now, just like that virtue, they still went to be a death squad, similar to a death squad. Huang Kan pointed to the battlefield in the distance with a horsewhip, commenting heartlessly, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Haha, if they are stupid, they can only do this kind of work." The cavalry of the cavalry brigade was not a good servant, and the brigade commander immediately started to coax as soon as he spoke. However, with the burning fire, few people discovered their existence.

And this gag, the whole atmosphere has changed, there is no tension among the cavalry, although they are all veterans, but this kind of pre-war adjustment of the atmosphere must still be done.

Of course, when Huang Kan compared Xu Chu to a cicada, Xu Chu didn't know, if Xu Chu knew that he was compared to this, he would definitely shoot Huang Kan to death with a knife on the back. At this time, Xu Chu was staring at Cao Bao tightly, Cao Bao was the only general in the entire Xuzhou who could live a few tricks with him, Xu Chu had to keep an eye on it, otherwise he would be depressed if he was snatched away by others.