Chapter 185: Defeated like a mountain

"Woohoo." A long and low horn sounded, and from the rear of Cao Bao's army, Cao Bao would not be stupid enough to think that his backup force was coming.

In fact, this kind of thing doesn't need Cao Bao to think about at all, and the ground tremors and a little look back can understand all the problems.

Cavalry, a large area of cavalry under black pressure, and thousands of cavalry rushed towards the rear of Cao Bao's army in such an overwhelming manner. Cao Bao's brain was short-circuited on the spot, where did these cavalry come out? However, no one came out to answer him, and the cavalry would soon approach Cao Bao's army.

"Order Zhou Wen to organize a defensive line with pikemen, and the archers will immediately counterattack." Cao Bao is also a general who has seen the world, and he reacted after a short period of distraction.

Zhou Wen is the deputy general of Cao Bao's army, responsible for the safety of the rear of the army, and at this time when Cao Bao gave the order, the enemy cavalry was about to storm the main formation. Hastily organizing a defensive line would not help, so Zhou Wen decisively chose to retreat backwards with pikemen and form a ten-step formation.

Don't underestimate the 10 steps to quit, it's a wise choice. Before the pikemen formed a formation, the Danyang army in front took the initiative to send it up with their chests to resist the impact of the cavalry, which won time for the pikemen's formation. If Zhou Wen chose to form a formation at the front, perhaps the cavalry would have been able to complete the formation after rushing over.

It can be said that the archers arranged by Cao Bao to counterattack are useless, and they can only blame the Jizhou cavalry for being too fast, and they will disappear in the blink of an eye. The only thing that succeeded was the pikemen phalanx organized by Zhou Wen, but unfortunately, this pikemen phalanx that was exchanged for the lives of the Danyang army did not achieve any results that Cao Bao wanted to see.

Xu Chubu put javelins inside, and cavalry put javelins outside, which was also a round of a large piece. Coupled with excellent horsemanship and sharp sabers, the pikemen did not have the effect of restraint, on the contrary, suffered heavy losses.

Under the leadership of Huang Kan, the cavalry successfully entered Cao Bao's army, and it is very likely that they will not stop all the way. The cavalry relied on the horse's speed as long as it rushed into the enemy's army, and because of the reason for the previous run, the war horse was a real wild horse at this time, and it could also help the cavalry hit people. One by one, the cavalry rushed into Cao Bao's army like an engine with full horsepower, and everywhere they went, there was a sudden gust of bloody rain.

There were still a few who really died at the hands of the cavalry, and most of them were trampled to death by their own people. Although the Danyang Army is the elite of Xuzhou, it is still a little inferior in front of the thousands of cavalry in the formation system, maybe this is the first time they have seen this situation! The generals' emergency measures were not in place to organize an effective counterattack.

In addition, at that time, not much attention was paid to the military quality of the soldiers, and the generals only paid attention to the physical training of the soldiers, and even the combat consciousness was rarely cultivated. So with a short hand, the Danyang army is a bit of a mess. In addition, the reason why the Danyang army is very strong is that it is strong in terms of physical fitness, and the tactical problem is still a little insufficient.

With the killing of the Jizhou cavalry, the whole scene suddenly changed sharply, and the Jizhou army was slowly reversing the previous decline. The moment Chen Deng saw the cavalry appear, his mind suddenly short-circuited, followed by a burst of despair. At this time, if the troops were ordered to retreat, then what would happen was not something that Chen Deng could predict. The only thing Chen Deng could do was to order the troops to attack, and at the same time keep a close eye on the direction of movement of the Jizhou cavalry, and organize the archers to counterattack head-on in advance.

However, at this time, the abnormal changes suddenly returned, and this time it was time to really test Chen Deng's heart endurance.

"One regiment resisted the attack from the front, while the regiment resisted the attack from the rear, and the third regiment rushed out with the general and struck hard at the enemy. Open the gate and attack. Xu Chu raised the nine-eared eight-ring elephant nose knife in his hand and ordered loudly, and then the circular formation of the Jizhou army began to change formation in the stunned eyes of all the Danyang troops.

As we all know, changing formations in battle is a rather unwise choice, because in the battlefield, fighters are changing rapidly, and it is easy for the enemy general to seize the gap and draw a knife behind his back when he is not divided. Therefore, no general dares to suddenly change the formation when he has already been in close contact with the enemy, this is not only to consider the command ability of a general, but also if the change of formation is not successful, then what awaits them will be the possibility of the defeat of the whole army or the annihilation of the whole army. Changing formations in the face of battle is a matter that extremely tests the nerves and hearts of the generals of the enemy and us.

Under the attention of everyone, the circular formation of the Jizhou army was divided into three, the Danyang army wanted to drill up when they saw this opportunity, Cao Bao and Chen Deng also ordered the troops to rush forward, this opportunity is rare, as long as it is seized, then the rout of the Jizhou army will not be a problem.

But the result made Chen Deng and Cao Bao almost drop their jaws, and the Jizhou army formation, which was full of flaws, seemed to be pouring water and not entering, and under the desperate attack of the Danyang army, they did not even succeed in blocking the Jizhou army mutiny.

"Yikes." Xu Chu seemed to be dissatisfied with the Danyang army's approach of falling into the well, and with a loud shout, he rushed into the Danyang army with a nine-eared and eight-ring elephant trunk knife and pinched the horse's belly, and went straight to Cao Bao. Everywhere the big knife went, the Danyang army that stood in the way was either hacked to death with a knife or was regarded as seriously injured, trampled to death or disabled by his companions in the pushing, pushing and shouting, and Xu Chu quickly took advantage of this to kill a bloody road.

Although the three regiments of soldiers who followed Xu Chu were not as fierce as Xu Chu, they were also veterans who had been on the battlefield, and each of them greeted the enemy with a sharp broadsword. Sometimes fighting a war is like a bastard fight, the competition is to see who is more fierce and who is more deadly.

This time, the three regiments finally seized an opportunity for a main attack, where could the soldiers of the three regiments not behave well, and rushed forward with a murderous look on their faces, and this momentum alone deterred some Danyang troops. As soon as the Jizhou Army met in a short fight, it ruthlessly disrupted the offensive rhythm of Cao Bao's army, and at the same time created good conditions for the second regiment to change formation.

When Xu Chu rode a horse and rushed towards Cao Bao, Cao Bao also reacted and patted the horse to meet him. Although Xu Chu's performance is very fierce, Cao Bao is not a coward.

"It's good to come." Xu Chu immediately shouted when he saw Cao Bao coming, and with a knife in his hand, he solved the two Danyang soldiers who were trying to sneak attack him next to him, and then moved forward to kill.

Seeing Xu Chu fighting in the army like no one else, Cao Bao was quite angry, these Danyang troops were all his soldiers, and the relationship between Cao Bao and his subordinates was very good.

"Damn." Cao Bao roared loudly, and then held a spear and killed. The two were not far apart at this time, and Cao Bao arrived in front of Xu Chu after shouting.

Xu Chu blocked it with a nine-eared and eight-ring elephant trunk knife without looking at it, but he never thought that this Cao Leopard's strength was quite large, and Xu Chu's body fell back a little after this blow. But these are not problems, Xu Chu looked at the gap and used his left hand to pull Cao Bao's spear, and quickly took the spear back.

Xu Chu grabbed the air with one hand, and the hand holding the knife immediately slashed towards Cao Bao, Cao Bao didn't expect Xu Chu's speed to be so fast, and he was caught off guard by Xu Chu's knife.

Cao Bao was knocked to the ground by Xu Chu, and several guards around him immediately rushed up to help Cao Bao up, but before Cao Bao could stand firmly, Xu Chu rushed up, and without saying a word, he raised the nine-eared eight-ring elephant trunk knife and slashed towards Cao Bao. However, the area where Xu Chu is located is the territory of the Danyang Army, and the Danyang Army can't watch Xu Chu chop up his general, and many people immediately rushed up to block the knife for Cao Bao.

Xu Chu also lived up to their intentions for their own generals, and the nine-eared and eight-ring elephant trunk knife made a miracle and quickly cleared a vacuum around Cao Bao, and there were corpses lying underneath.

Cao Bao's heart was broken, these Danyang soldiers all died to block the sword for him. "Brute." Cao Bao picked up the spear and rushed up again, Cao Bao, who was blinded by hatred, had no rules in his marksmanship, and he came with a move of exchanging a life for a life.

"Troubled times are like this, either you die or I die, there is no right or wrong." Xu Chu said expressionlessly, and then urged the horse to step forward and cut off Cao Bao's head, and Cao Bao was cut off by Xu Chu without even preparing for prevention. Xu Chu didn't have time to continue to worry about Cao Bao at this time, you must know that he still has a task to complete today.

"The enemy general is dead, so don't hurry up and put down your weapons and surrender." This persuasion was not shouted by Xu Chu, but by the soldiers of the third regiment, at this time Xu Chu had already returned on horseback, don't forget that there was a Chen Deng in front.

"The first regiment and the second regiment will rush with the general, and the third regiment will cooperate with the cavalry brigade to continue to expand the results of the battle." Brigade Commander Xu Da gave an order, and the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd regiments who were on the defense almost didn't cheer when they heard it, and followed Brigade Commander Xu Da to the front with all their strength.

Chen Deng, who had been unable to attack for a long time, was originally anxious, and after seeing the perfect change of formation of the Jizhou army just now, he was immediately distraught, and this alone was not comparable to the Danyang army. The commander was distracted at a critical moment, and the Danyang army lost its command and soon became a mess, and had to retreat under the counterattack of the Jizhou army.

"Strategist, give the order to return to the city! The Jizhou army has cavalry, and we are not their opponents on the plains. The adjutant general next to him persuaded Chen Dengdao, because the Jizhou cavalry saw that the pikemen had been arranged to wait, so they had to stop rushing forward in order to avoid unnecessary losses, but now the surrounding Danyang army was bleak. The tall war horse and the sharp horse chopping knife perfectly interpret what it means to perform, but this tuition fee is the life of the Danyang army.

Tao Qian, who was watching the battle on the city wall, performed similar to Chen Deng at this time, watching the Danyang Army struggle from the initial advantage to the present, the old man who was over half a hundred years old did not hold back, a mouthful of blood overflowed from his mouth, and the officials next to him hurriedly surrounded Tao Xuzhou and helped Tao Xuzhou down, and at the same time hurriedly called the doctor.