Regarding the effect of the oil bomb, Zhuang Shaoyou was also a little surprised. Originally, Zhuang Shaoyou's purpose was to throw the oil bomb out, then sprinkle the oil inside on the ground, and then ignite it with a fire crossbow to burn the enemy formation! It definitely works well!

As a result, the effect is really good!

The coalition phalanx suffered heavy casualties, because most of the fire oil bombs fell behind the shield carts, that is, the most dense place for coalition soldiers, and the coalition forces were defenseless, so it produced such an astonishing lethality.

Only a small part of the 200 oil bombs exploded, most of the black oil had been drained, or not enough to produce an explosion, and the soldiers who were killed and injured were indeed not many, no more than a thousand, but the most fatal thing was the ensuing fire! Thousands of soldiers were swept away by the sudden rising fire, struggling to roll on the ground, but to no avail!

There were also hundreds of shield carts that were destroyed and burned out by explosions and fires.

When the coalition phalanx was in hell on earth, the corners of Zhuang Shaoyou's mouth twitched slightly, and he sighed secretly: It's better to use this kind of thing less in the future! It's so hurtful!

But time is pressing, and the fighter plane is fleeting! So Zhuang Shaoyou didn't have time to show any compassion, and hurriedly ordered:

"Pass my orders! The cavalry corps sent 10,000 horses out of the city to attack! Immediately! ”

Under the order, the west gate of Puyang was opened, and the iron horsemen who had been waiting for a long time galloped towards the outside of the city. ”

The distance of hundreds of steps was approaching in an instant, and Tai Shi Ci shouted violently: "Scatter!" Prepare for flying! ”

The 10,000 charging iron horsemen were divided into two at a distance of more than 100 paces from the coalition forces, all the way to the north, all the way to the south, turning and separating, like two dancing dragons, swift, smooth and imposing.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The 10,000 iron horsemen were fired almost at the same time, Tai Shi Ci stepped on the stirrups with both feet, only used his legs to control the horse, opened the bow in his left hand, grabbed three feather arrows in his right hand, and shot quickly! Immediately after one round of shooting, there will be another round, and every time it is three arrows in a row, so it's not fast!

The rest of the soldiers did the same, with their feet firmly on the stirrups and their arms bent bows and arrows, and the vast majority of soldiers could only release one arrow at a time, and only a few good hands could shoot two arrows at a time.

In fact, in the training of cavalry, almost every soldier can make a double bead trick, but now it is a war, not a show, and the consumption of two beads is not proportional to the gain, so one shot at a time is the most reasonable rate of fire, and Tai Shi Ci's three consecutive beads at a time naturally does not represent his highest level, just because three consecutive beads are Tai Shi Ci's most accustomed way of archery.

The coalition phalanx, which had been chaotic due to the fire before, was hit by Tai Shi Ci's iron cavalry, and it suddenly became even more unbearable.

Zhuang Shaoyou at the head of the city nodded slightly, cavalry, although the number of battles is the least, but every time it is so sharp!

Suddenly, there was a shock in the direction of the coalition army, and Zhuang Shaoyou hurriedly ordered: "Mingjin retreats!" ”

"Ding, ding, ding!"

Tai Shi Ci Tie Cai, who was teasing the coalition army, suddenly adjusted his direction and retreated towards the west gate, retracting the formation while marching forward, and when he arrived at the west gate, the cavalry had become a side by side column, and the horses entered the city, everything was so smooth, without the slightest drag.

When the west gate of Puyang was closed again, Yuan Shao's Jizhou cavalry only killed five hundred steps away from the city, Zhuang Shaoyou naturally would not miss the opportunity, the city's crossbow carts and fire crossbows fired a salvo, killing the front of the Jizhou cavalry in chaos, and the cavalry in the rear who could not stop the horse's hooves were crowded with each other, and some of them slammed into the defeated forward, causing chaos.

The ballista retreated and reloaded, while the fire crossbow battalion seized all the time to continue firing rockets, but it could only complete two salvos, and the cavalry of Jizhou fled and withdrew from the range of the fire crossbow, but in just such a short time, the cavalry of Jizhou had already lost two thousand men and horses!

Yuan Shao's flesh was in great pain, and he immediately ordered the whole army to fight again!

In the south of the city, after paying the price of more than 1,000 casualties, Yuan Shu's heavy infantry finally arrived in front of the city with the shield cart, and the elite archers of Jingzhou began to shoot at the defenders of the city.

Sun Guan shouted hard at the head of the city, and kept issuing various military orders, seeing that the coalition forces under the city were becoming more and more arrogant, Sun Guan was anxious and shouted: "Herald!" Someone sent a message to the general, saying that the south of the city was in danger and requesting the use of fire oil bombs! ”

After giving the order, Sun Guan continued to concentrate on commanding the defense of the city.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the herald brought back Zhuang Shaoyou's instructions: "Until the last resort, no fire oil bombs must be used!" ”

When Sun Guan heard this, he was immediately disappointed, but he didn't dare to have any opinions on Zhuang Shaoyou's order, although he didn't understand why, but he knew in his heart that Zhuang Shaoyou couldn't give him small shoes at this time!

"Someone! Transfer the 2nd Division and 3rd Brigade up!! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou's corps is composed of two divisions under one infantry corps, three brigades under one division, and 5,000 troops directly under the corps. The formation of the infantry division consisted of pikemen in the 1st brigade, sword and shield bearers in the 2nd brigade, and crossbowmen in the 3rd brigade.

Soon, 2,500 crossbowmen climbed the city wall and, without an order, automatically divided into five teams and rushed to the predetermined location.

The four towers under the city kept rising and falling, boxes of crossbow arrows and gravel were transported to the city, and the city fireballs, crossbow machines, and catapults were constantly spitting out the coalition array below.

Where is this war, it's simply burning money! That is, Zhuang Shaoyou, it is impossible to be so extravagant if you change to other princes! Moreover, even if you have money, you can't get these things casually.

In the east of the city, the triumph of shield bearers, archers, and shield chariots slowly approached the city wall, while Gongsun Zhan's 10,000 iron cavalry was ready to launch a surprise attack at the right time, approaching the city to suppress the defenders at the head of the city with a rush.

The general in charge of defending the city in the south of the city is Huang Zhong! That's right, Huang Zhong, the commander of the First Legion.

As the first infantry under Zhuang Shaoyou, the first army has undoubted combat effectiveness, and its past achievements are also obvious to all, although the veterans have been diluted after the expansion, but after three years of training, it is still an elite, and the only thing lacking is the evil aura emitted after being stained with blood many times.

The two divisions of the First Army each guarded a city wall, supplemented by 5,000 newly recruited strong men, and it was no problem to hold the city, and there were only sporadic small coalition troops in the north of the city, so Zhuang Shaoyou arranged the 3,000 city defense army to defend the city in the north of the city, and Le Jin was in charge of the north of the city, and the task was the most relaxed.

"Whoosh!"

Once three times in a row, Huang Zhong solved a difficult coalition commander, and breathed a long sigh of relief, looking around, he saw that the coalition forces were still pouring towards Puyang.

Suddenly, the earthquake trembled, and two teams of iron cavalry rushed towards the east gate, the number of 10,000, it was Gongsun Zhan's Youzhou iron cavalry that launched!

There were three brigades of regular troops and one brigade of new troops at the head of the city, and only one brigade of regular troops and one brigade of recruits in the reserve on standby under the city, Huang Zhong's expression was full of worry.

I secretly complained: I don't know what the general thinks, why don't you let the fire oil bomb be used?

Without thinking about it, Huang Zhong shouted with a solemn face: "All the fire crossbow battalions have them, aim at the enemy cavalry, and prepare to shoot!" ”

With Huang Zhong's order, the previously free-firing fire firebolt battalion stopped attacking, the loading of the loading, the correction of the azimuth of the correction, each performed its duties, and everything was in order.

"The 1st Battalion is 45 degrees north of the east, 720 paces to the east, and the 2nd Battalion is 40 degrees southeast of 100 paces, launch! Immediately! ”

The Fire Crossbow Battalion was a little surprised, but still resolutely carried out Huang Zhong's order.

"Whoosh!"

After the launch, the hearts of the soldiers of the fire crossbow battalion were pinched, such a shooting method is a lot off! But soon they were dumbfounded!

The oncoming iron cavalry suddenly turned and moved inward, and then a rain of flames and arrows annihilated the cavalry forward, and more than a thousand cavalry were shot by arrows, most of them did not die directly, but they fell off their horses, and then were trampled into a mess of flesh by the iron hooves of the rear team! The horses in the front were also standing with their heads held high in pain, and the cavalry in the rear couldn't dodge and crashed into it, and the momentum of the iron cavalry charge was stagnant.

Huang Zhong roared loudly: "What are you doing in a daze!" Whoever can get there is a fucking arrow for the old man! ”

Hearing Huang Zhong's roar, the Ballista Battalion and the Fire Ballista Battalion both moved, reloading for loading, correction for correction, and launch for launching.

Huang Zhong's expression was a little pale, and he shook his head secretly: "It's not your own soldiers, it's really not easy to use!" ”

The tactical strike forces of the First Army are all in Zhuang Shaoyou in the west of the city, while the fire ballista battalion and ballista battalion on the east side of the city are seconded from Sun Guan's Third Army Corps, there is no way, the manpower is too small!

Just now, Huang Zhong judged that Gongsun Zhan's cavalry would change formations, and predicted the general direction of its formation, so he commanded the fire crossbow to preview in advance, and the effect was naturally very good.

The commanding generals of Gongsun Zhan's iron cavalry are experienced, so they will temporarily change the formation, hoping to evade long-range attacks and minimize casualties, but unfortunately, when they meet Huang Zhong, an old Jianghu, the plan did not succeed. And the outsiders who don't know how to do it look like the cavalry themselves have to crash into the pile of arrows, and the stupid can't be more stupid.

The crossbow carts in the city fired in unison, ravaging the iron cavalry that had slowed down the attack.

Gongsun Zhan, who was observing the scene from a distance, was taken aback when he saw this, and was very distressed when he saw that his descendants had suffered repeated setbacks, and this time the two thousand people were gone! That's not enough to reach the city walls!

A young general behind Gongsun Zhan, about twenty-five years old, dressed in bright silver armor and more than eight feet tall, made a silver spear, stepped forward and saluted: "My lord, the last general is willing to go!" ”

Gongsun Chan shook his head categorically and said, "Dragons can't!" If I hadn't had to, how would I have attacked the city with cavalry? The meaning of cavalry is in the field! Those ignorant fools, alas! ”