Chapter 225: Confrontation at the Palace Gate (2)
Yuan Kui's stepping forward made Zhuang Shaoyou fall into passivity for a while, he didn't have a good impression of the Yuan family, even if he really cut one or two, it wouldn't hurt, anyway, because of the relationship between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the contradiction with the Yuan family could not be reconciled, not to mention that there were hundreds of brothers who died on their own side, and they had to find Yuan Shao to get it back!
But Yuan Kui is different, he is the master of the dynasty, the emperor's master, if he kills Yuan Kui, it will definitely cause the Yuan family's crazy counterattack, even if he is not afraid, but it is also overwhelmed, not to mention that the Yuan family has deep roots, naturally more than the surface of this strength! The fourth generation of the Yuan family is an official, and his protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials are all over the world, and his influence cannot be ignored!
Zhuang Shaoyou is naturally not afraid of any threat of force, but as the saying goes: everyone is gold!
If you offend the world's corporals because of this, it will not be good, although the hands are no longer as lacking in talent as before, but if you want to dominate the world, you need more talents to help.
Just when Zhuang Shaoyou was in a dilemma, a scout hurriedly came to the front, glanced left and right, and whispered a few words in Zhuang Shaoyou's ear.
Zhuang Shaoyou turned around and instructed his subordinates: "Send Master Taifu home!" Qian, let's go back! β
The movement here quickly attracted the attention of Yuan Shao in the city, and when he saw that Zhuang Shao's guerrilla army had retreated, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but he was a little annoyed:
"Rats, is it that easy?!"
Zhuang Shaoyou didn't pay attention to him at all, and led people to retreat back with the people of the Yuan family, with hostages in hand, Yuan Shao would never dare to make a mistake!
However, Zhuang Shaoyou did underestimate Yuan Shao's determination, after some entanglement and struggle, Yuan Shao had already made up his mind to eliminate Zhuang Shaoyou no matter what the price was! Of course, the risk is not small, and the price paid is extremely high, for example, causing the expulsion from the Yuan family!
Zhuang Shaoyou retreated in an orderly manner under the command of Le Jin, but when he was just halfway through, there was movement in the palace, and thousands of iron horsemen suddenly gushed out from the main gate, like a river bursting the embankment, out of control!
Zhuang Shaoyou was taken aback, and immediately ordered to turn back to meet the enemy, but fortunately, Lejin was calm, retreated in an orderly manner, and always guarded against Yuan Shao, but who would have thought that Yuan Shao really disregarded the safety of everyone in the Yuan family, and resolutely wanted to fight Zhuang Shaoyou to the death.
"The pikemen set up the gun array, the ballista turned back to meet the enemy, there is no need to line up, the orientation is automatically corrected, and whoever enters the range will be killed!"
When retreating just now, the pikemen were at the end, and they didn't have time to move, the ballista was the first to evacuate, and then the crossbowmen, so, with Lejin's order, the pikemen quickly completed the formation, although the ballista was the first to retreat, but the action was slow, and the range was super long, so they could meet the enemy immediately after turning back, but the formation was too late to arrange, and the crossbowmen were under the command of Lejin, while re-arranging and advancing in the direction of the palace.
Yuan Shao, who had already given up everything, thought that he could surprise Zhuang Shaoyou by surprise, as long as the cavalry chiseled through his formation, the infantry behind would be able to follow up immediately, even if he couldn't be completely annihilated, he was definitely sure to hit it hard! These horses are all He Jin's old subordinates, and it doesn't matter if the losses are bigger, Yuan Shao's hole cards are not them!
The cavalry general is not stupid, after today's battle, the cavalry battalion lost hundreds of brothers, the cavalry general's impression of Yuan Shao fell to the lowest point, when he received Yuan Shao's order just now, he was already a little resistant, but he still barely carried out the order, but when he saw Zhuang Shao's guerrilla army turned around so quickly to counterattack, especially the spear array blocked in front, it was impossible to rush over!
The current situation is different from the battle of Fangcai, when the opponent's long-range heavy weapons were obviously not in place, but now it is different, the outrageous ballista is all in place, the battle of the West Park a few days ago, the cavalry battalion was also deeply shocked, the reason why there was no death knock at that time was to know that if it was a strong charge, it would definitely be a lose-lose situation!
The cavalry general looked at the few commanders around him, all of them had gloomy faces, obviously pessimistic about this battle, gritted his teeth, and ordered: "The whole army turns to the east!" Let's withdraw! β
With an order, the entire cavalry battalion was relieved, resolutely carried out the order, forced a turn before entering the range of the ballista, and galloped eastward, Yuan Shao, who was commanding the infantry in the palace to follow up quickly, was furious when he saw this, and scolded more than once, but he had no choice but to quickly command the infantry to retreat to guard the palace.
The cavalry general is not stupid, knowing that this time Yuan Shao was offended to death, so he simply didn't look back, anyway, the brothers under his command are all old people who have followed him for several years, and it is relatively easy to command, not to mention that even stupid can be seen just now, this is to let the cavalry battalion go to death! I think my brothers also hate Yuan Shao!
Today's scenes are really too dramatic, from He Jin's efforts to woo Yuan Kui before the enthronement ceremony in the morning, to Liu Bian's fault-finding fault at the ceremony but being frightened by Zhang Rang and losing his temper, and then to He Jin being killed by the Ten Standing Attendants, Yuan Shao led the army to conquer the palace and kill the eunuchs, and a series of events after that, and now the other party's cavalry has come to escape from the battle again, which is really overwhelming!
It seems that Yuan Shao's prestige under He Jin is far from enough, since the cavalry can run, can the infantry too? It's like a powder keg, it's just a little spark that lights it!
Thinking of this, Zhuang Shaoyou decisively ordered:
"The crossbowman stepped forward to set up a three-stage arrow array! Ballista Formation! β
Huhula sounded a movement, Zhuang Shaoyoujun quickly arranged the troops according to the military order, three thousand crossbowmen advanced to the palace gate less than three hundred paces, neatly lined up, the ballista at the back of the formation was only more than a hundred steps away from the palace, lined up, and the pikemen were responsible for guarding the ballista.
In less than half an hour, when Zhuang Shaoyou's army formation was arranged, Yuan Shao in the palace could also command his subordinates to re-ascend the city to defend, Yuan Shao saw that Zhuang Shaoyou dared to advance until his eyelids dripped down, it was really too deceitful! Hurriedly ordered: "Crossbowmen hurry up and shoot!" Can't let them line up! And the bed crossbow also hurry up and attack! β
The soldier below stammered and replied, "My lord, the other party is three hundred paces away from us, and our bows and crossbows can't reach it at all!" β
Yuan Shao stared at the man with red eyes, and continued to ask, "What about the bed crossbow?" β
The man was stunned by Yuan Shao's glare, and said uneasily: "The bed crossbow has been broken, you know it, my lord!" β
Yuan Shao was furious when he heard this, and scolded: "You group of waste! He pulled out his sword with a bang, and this time he didn't control it, and directly said that his subordinate stabbed him to death with a sword, and the soldiers around him were a little silent.
On the wall of the palace gate, there were originally twenty-four long-range bed crossbows, with continuous fire, a range of 100 steps, and the power was quite good, but unfortunately Yuan Shao also focused on taking care of these bed crossbows when he was making plans.
As the saying goes: Heaven is forgivable, but you can't live if you do it!
This time, Zhuang Shaoyou asked Le Jin to command the ballista to press the formation in the back, and personally led the crossbowmen to the front line, the soldiers were all highly motivated, and they all wanted to show in front of the general, especially those who had no chance to make meritorious contributions in the previous battles, and they were even more impatient!
Under Yuan Shao's compulsion, the crossbowmen in the city began to shoot at the arrow array, but the distance was too far, even if the condescending advantage of the city wall was not enough, all of this was in Zhuang Shaoyou's calculations, Zhuang Shaoyou was playing with bows and crossbows, this little thing was naturally difficult for him, looking at the arrows inserted thirty steps away in front of him, Zhuang Shaoyou snorted disdainfully, and ordered loudly:
"Arrow array preparation, 45-degree elevation angle throwing, indiscriminate covering attack!
First column, ready, put!
The second column, ready, put!
β¦β¦
Column, Ready, Put!
Reload! β
When the crossbowmen in the first column finished shooting, the crossbowmen in the first column had already been loaded for the most part, Zhuang Shaoyou sighed secretly, still can't he connect? It's a pity, although this crossbow machine is powerful, it is too slow to reload! It needs to be improved.
Zhuang Shaoyou waved his hand towards Le Jin, and Le Jin immediately understood, and ordered loudly:
"Ballista ready, ahead of the city, covered shooting!
First column, ready, put!
The second column, ready, put!
β¦β¦
Column, Ready, Put! β
The first round of crossbow shooting, the soldiers at the head of the city are hiding behind the city wall one by one, holding up their shields, barely able to resist, but before they have time to catch their breath, the second round is more ruthless, the ballista launches a giant crossbow, much stronger than the penetration of the crossbow, the general shield is difficult to block, even if the shield can't be broken, it will be knocked out by the impact force, the power is extremely amazing, of course, it is a little worse in mobility and rate of fire, it is a one-time consumable.
There was a scream on the head of the city, but everything was far from over, when the ballista finished shooting, the crossbowmen of the arrow array had already been loaded, and under the command of Zhuang Shaoyou, another round of covering shots was densely pressed to the head of the city, and the attack of the ballista just now had completely destroyed the will of the defenders.
Yuan Shao, on the other hand, was hiding in the command fort at the head of the city, looking at everything in front of him angrily, while in vain urging his subordinates to hurry up and fight back, but no one responded to him.
After three rounds of firing, the city could no longer hear the slightest movement, and it was densely packed with laughing arrows, and the ground was full of corpses, and all the soldiers fled from the city wall in terror one by one, scattering birds and beasts.
This battle, in the heart of He Jin's remnants planted an indelible fear of the village, the fear was planted in the bottom of the heart, after the war to ease up, everyone was shocked and angry, on the one hand, the shame and grievance had nowhere to vent, and on the other hand, Yuan Shao's insult and persecution.
Maybe Yuan Shao will also follow the old path of Yuan Shu?