Chapter 343: The Decisive Battle of Yanzhou (12)
East of Puyang City, Guanhai phalanx.
At first, it was the easiest place, but with the breakthrough of Tai Shici's cavalry, the pressure here suddenly increased suddenly. Although there are ballistas and crossbow machines to help, the Fourth Division under Guan Hai is the old unit of the Yellow Turban Army that has just taken refuge, and although it is also an elite unit, it is not yet proficient in new weapons, so its combat power must be greatly reduced.
Fortunately, the formation was neat, and the consumption was not too great, so it was still able to withstand the onslaught of 20,000 coalition troops on the East Road, and the battle situation was once stalemate.
On the battlefield in the west of the city, Zhuang Shaoyou's phalanx and Zhang He's 20,000 horses fought bloodily. The first division is all elite in a hundred battles, plus the top armament, so even in the face of three times the elite soldiers of Jizhou, it can still have a slight advantage.
As soon as the three thousand archers of Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang appeared, they were immediately suppressed by the ballistas, and they were so miserable that they could not form a salvo at all, so the phalanx of the 1st Division took a huge advantage in terms of long-range.
Zhuang Shaoyou wanted to lead the Guards Cavalry Battalion to rush up to help, but he was stopped by his subordinates and could only stand in the rear to watch the battle.
"Report! ~~~”
A scout flew to the front, then dismounted and saluted:
"General Qiyu! General Taishi's cavalry has successfully broken through! ”
Zhuang Shaoyou's eyes lit up when he heard the news, and he immediately ordered: "Order Guan Hai and Sun Guan to retreat immediately!" ”
Not long after, Yuan Shao, who was anxious on the command vehicle, also received a signal that the interception failed! Yuan Shao was in a hurry, and a mouthful of blood spit out, and everyone around him hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
Frustrated with his eyes closed, he let out a heavy sigh.
Guo Tu looked excited, a pair of small eyes were rolling around, and he leaned into Yuan Shao's ear and whispered a few words, Yuan Shao's expression suddenly eased a lot.
Frustrated and disdainful glanced at Guo Tu, he had already guessed what this villain said to Yuan Shao, and scolded in his heart: These selfish guys! When are you still thinking about fighting in the nest!
Then he looked up at the morning glow in the sky, and couldn't help but feel a little bored, thinking in his heart: I hope Yuan Shu can hold on for a little longer!
Yuan Shao got up to calm down, and immediately ordered: "Someone! Assault of the whole army! Push the cavalry up too! The main general of this alliance is Zhuang Shaoyou's team of men and horses annihilated under Puyang City! ”
Fu Zhi shook his head secretly, if this cavalry could be sent to intercept Zhuang Shaoyou's reinforcements, presumably Zhuang Shaoyou's cavalry would not rush out so smoothly! At this time, he was generous, but how could Zhuang Shaoyou not be prepared?
The coalition camp on the west road moved nervously again, and a group of cavalry took the lead in killing, numbering about five thousand! This is Yuan Shao's trump card that has been hidden!
The shock brought by the iron cavalry shocked the audience, Zhuang Shaoyou's expression became more and more solemn after discovering it, and immediately ordered: "The whole army shrinks the formation, and the pikemen are arranged!" Crossbowmen stop shooting and reload their arrows! The Ballista Battalion and the Fire Ballista Battalion aim at the enemy cavalry and fire a salvo! Qian, you command the 4th Brigade to prepare for battle! ”
The two sides were in full swing issuing various military orders, and the previous fierce battle situation instantly cooled down a lot, and the feeling of mountain rain and wind filling the entire battlefield filled the entire battlefield, and the current calm heralded greater waves.
After receiving the military order, Zhang He's troops began to disperse to the two flanks to make way for the approaching iron cavalry. The phalanx on Zhuang Shaoyou's side quickly shrunk, and the previously somewhat scattered formation tightened a few points again, the crossbowmen stopped shooting and quickly reloaded, while the four hundred ballistae of the three ballistae battalions and the eighty rocket ballistae of the fire ballista battalion quickly corrected their positions and aimed at the Jizhou iron cavalry who came over.
Zhuang Shaoyou came to the crossbow camp position and gave an order:
"All the fire crossbow battalions, a hundred steps ahead, launch!"
"A battalion of ballistas, five hundred steps ahead, launch!"
"The second battalion of ballistas, four hundred and fifty steps ahead, launch!"
"Three battalions of ballistas, four hundred steps ahead, launch!"
"Ballista loading, fire the fire battalion free fire!"
Yuan Shao on the command vehicle was dumbfounded, and he had previously taken into account Zhuang Shaoyou's ballista, so Yuan Shao specially told the cavalry to disperse the formation when attacking. As a result, the cavalry lost a quarter of the first attack!
Yuan Shao's mouth was bitter, but he still gave the order fiercely:
"Assault of the whole army! Give me all my strength to destroy the enemy army! Pass my order, and a reward of 10,000 per head will be given! Kill the enemy and reward millions! Kill Zhuang Shaoyou, reward 10 million! Promoted to three levels! ”
The less than 20,000 horses of the East Road Coalition Army battalion all poured out and slaughtered Zhuang Shaoyou's phalanx.
Tian Feng finally showed an anxious look on his face, and stepped forward to persuade: "General, withdraw first!" ”
Zhuang Shaoyou categorically vetoed: "Leaving his own soldiers to retreat alone, this kind of thing, General Ben will never do it!" ”
Tian Feng persuaded unrelentingly: "General, Yuan Shao is crazy, if he continues to fight like this, he will definitely lose both!" The general has a lot to do with it, and there is no room for mistakes! ”
"No more talk! The people and horses left behind in the herald city came to support, and they could come as many as they could! Lejin, press all the reserves! Let's fight to the death with Yuan Shao! ”
When Le Jin received the military order, he no longer hesitated, and led the reserve 2,000 men and horses to quickly integrate into the phalanx. At this time, the Jizhou Iron Cavalry had already killed the front, but the number was only less than three thousand, and nearly half of the men and horses were killed by the ballista and crossbow machine before, which can be described as a heavy loss.
But such heavy casualties also aroused the ferocity of the Jizhou iron cavalry, and under the command of the cavalry general, they slammed into the iron bucket-like phalanx, bringing up a blood mist, and it was impossible to tell whose blood it was in the chaos.
Zhuang Shaoyou no longer paid attention to everyone's obstruction, kicked the captain of the pro-soldiers, and then rode towards the battle formation first, and the three hundred pro-guard cavalry followed without saying a word and began to charge.
Zhuang Shaoyou, Le Jin, and Huang Zhong had already rushed into the battle formation and started fighting, and there were only four ballista battalions and military division Tian Feng left in the back formation. Tian Feng reluctantly collected his mind, and immediately ordered:
"Fire Ballista Battalion Free Fire! The Ballista battalion continues to suppress the enemy camp reinforcements! ”
"Someone! The order was given to General Guan and General Sun, saying that the general had already fought with Yuan Shaojun, and asked the two generals to send troops to help as soon as possible! ”
"Order the city defense army to come to the aid quickly!"
"Summons Qiao Taishou and orders him to quickly organize the people to climb the city to assist in defense! Make sure Puyang City is not lost! ”
On the command car, Yuan Shao looked at the battle situation that was once again in a stalemate, gritted his teeth, and ordered:
"Order the entire army of the South Road and the East Route Army to go out and start attacking the city with all their might, there must be no mistake!"
Outside Puyang City, at this unexpected time and place, the battle that was already nearing the end was another climax! The coaches of both sides were determined not to retreat, pressed all the chips, and started a tragic bloody battle.
A bloody battle that can change the original pattern.
At this time, Tai Shici and Qin Ling joined forces and began to rush to the aid of Shouzhang at full speed.
On the waterway of the Yellow River in the north of the city, the first brigade of Mo Yu's sailors had caught up with the sailors of the Yellow River Gang, and the leaders of the Yellow River Gang took the opportunity to make a decision and ordered the whole army to turn around and begin to break through downstream.
The Yellow River Gang are all small boats, and the number of big boats is small, so the steering is flexible. And the flexibility of the Ink Feather Sailor's warships was much worse, coupled with the large number of small boats, and they desperately escaped, they were actually free from the entanglement of the Ink Feather Sailor. The big boss escaped with more than 400 warships and began to go down the river.
Mo Yu stood on the deck, his face was still calm, and after observing the battle situation, he immediately ordered: "Pass my military order!" The whole army turned around, blocked the waterways, and pushed to the east! Throw this rabble into the sea and feed the king! ”