Chapter 250: White Horse? Hum! He will never come back! [Ask for a subscription and ask for a monthly pass]
Xiahou Yuan, the captain of the military academy, five hundred on three days, and one thousand on six days.
This remark is the army's praise of Cao Wei's general Xiahou Yuan, who is good at blitzkrieg and is known as a god speed.
At the same time, this also reflects how fast the top cavalry corps of the era has.
As the most powerful Youzhou iron cavalry under the rule of the Han Dynasty today, the 20,000 cavalry led by Yan Gang can be called the top in the world.
Therefore, under the full charge, it is absolutely not a problem to travel 200 miles a day.
Therefore, from the south bank of Jiangshui to Cao Jun's camp, this is more than ten miles apart, and it only took Gongsun Jun less than half an hour to cross all of them.
At this moment, it is hundreds of steps away from Cao Jun's camp.
Yan Gang is leading his soldiers to rest here for a while, and at the same time sending some people out to investigate in all directions.
to determine if there were any other enemies ambushed on the left in addition to Cao's army.
At the same time, it is also necessary to have a general understanding of the planning of Cao Jun's camp, so as to help him formulate specific tactics.
Before the army set off, General Gongsun had already explained to him the significance of today's battle.
Yan Gang naturally didn't dare to slack off.
It didn't take long to wait.
The soldiers who had been sent out to require, rode back on fast horses.
"General Yan, after our careful search, we can confirm that there is no large group of enemy troops ambushed around, but if the small force is wrong, due to the rush of time, the villain and others dare not be conclusively sure."
"General, this is the defense map around the Cao army's camp, and the east, west, and south sides have been locked with horses, leaving only a gap in the north."
"I don't know if they don't have enough horses to resist them, or if they have the confidence to fight with our army."
After collecting the news from his subordinates.
Yan Gang immediately thought for a while in his mind.
Soon he had an idea.
"It's not that the number of rejected horses is insufficient, and it's not that we have the confidence to fight with our army, but it's that compared to the left and right flanks, and the back, which are difficult to defend."
"Obviously, facing our army head-on is already the only way out that the enemy can choose!"
"So they set aside the north in the hope that our army can break through from the front, so that they can more or less fight the trapped beasts, and they will not be crushed at the first touch."
……
The logic is smooth and reasonable.
The more Yan Gang thought about it, the more he felt that it must be like this.
At the same time, after thinking about this problem.
Yan Gang couldn't help but feel a little laughed at his previous over-cautiousness.
It's too much worry!
The enemy army was less than 15,000 men, and even the total number of troops was inferior to his own cavalry.
Not to mention the natural restraint relationship between the troops.
Cao Jun was basically unable to fight.
There is really no need to make things so complicated, make sure that there is no ambush on the left and right, and directly rush over in a wave, knocking the enemy into a person and turning over on his back.
Trample back and forth a few times.
Cao Jun almost collapsed.
Come to think of it.
Yan Gang immediately instructed the left and right lieutenant generals: "Let the soldiers get on their horses, put away their bows and arrows, this battle does not need to use cavalry shooting, just charge directly on horseback!" ”
"Order dozens of horsemen to go ahead, and give me the ones that are cut north of Cao's camp, and those who refuse to move away, and open a road out."
"Another team to check for anything like ironthorn, and if there is, sweep them all up!"
"Since the enemy army has flowed out of the north to us, then we will not go anywhere, but go from the north!"
Arrogant, but reasonable.
After all, in the face of an enemy whose strength is far weaker than his own, it is really rare to have to act step by step, and Yan Gang is obviously not such a person.
……
The cavalry could stop the cavalry, but in the same way, the cavalry could find a way to break the formation.
In general, infantry is used as the front row.
With a shield, he removed these horses with his bare hands.
It's just that now the Gongsun army has no infantry to accompany it, so it can only adopt a tricky way.
"Whew!"
With a slight cracking sound.
A rope was unmistakably attached to a row of repulsive horses north of Cao's camp.
Then two horses marched side by side, and on horseback were soldiers who were holding the rope tightly with their hands.
Under the strong power of the two horses, the horse that had been standing in front of the camp gate was immediately dragged and left its previous position.
As it is.
The already loose horse rejection array in front of the camp gate was immediately completely broken.
Then there was a specially selected group of cavalry, charging back and forth on the left and right of the camp, with some leafy branches tied to the tails of the horses.
Dust while cleaning.
Soon a considerable part of the thistles, which were buried deep in the sandy earth, were swept away, and the rest were hardly a threat to the cavalry.
At this point, the Cao army's camp was immediately exposed, and the soldiers of the Youzhou Iron Cavalry pointed directly at him.
And in the whole process.
There was no movement in the camp against Gongsun Jun, and there was even the slightest obstruction.
It's as if he's lying flat and laughing.
I saw that the obstacles were cleared.
Yan Gang's face, which was hidden under the armor, immediately showed a somewhat cold smile.
At this moment, Cao Jun's camp was already meat on the board in his eyes, so it was quietly placed there, waiting for him to take a knife and cut it off piece by piece, chew it and swallow it in his stomach.
Therefore, Yan Gang didn't want to wait for a moment.
"The whole army, listen to my orders!"
"Assault forward!"
……
With the order of the commander of the army.
The heralds reported at all levels.
The black pressed a large cavalry corps, and immediately under the leadership of the commander, they started slowly, and then ran more and more fiercely.
As the distance between them and Cao's camp was constantly shortened, the speed of the cavalry had reached its peak when they were within two hundred paces.
Smoke billowed and the earth shook.
The yellow sand splashed by the horse's hooves really seems to connect the heavens and the earth, and this scene is like the end of the world, so that all those who face its majesty will feel their hearts and minds tremble.
And then we just need to keep the momentum going.
Charge forward with no indomitable progress.
A fierce man plunged into the camp of Cao's army, trampled the enemy camp to pieces with his horse's hooves, and smashed all the people and things that could be seen in front of him.
That's it!
"Da Da Da!"
Twenty thousand war horses, not long apart from each other, trampled on the same land.
What exactly is this experience?
Yan Gang couldn't say clearly.
He only knew that he was in the midst of ten thousand armies, facing the dazzling sunshine at the turn of spring and summer, leading the invincible Youzhou Iron Cavalry in the world and terrifying the enemy.
The event itself is very refreshing!
As the distance between the two sides shrank wildly, the scene presented to Yan Gang became clearer, and the situation in the camp made him even more proud.
I saw the Cao soldiers standing in the center of the camp in formation, not holding a long weapon similar to a spear in their hands, but standing in place looking a little stunned.
What's wrong?
Could it be that you were stupid by the thousands of cavalry?
Yan Gang felt that it was very reasonable.
Although he was separated from a certain distance, he couldn't see the expressions and movements of those Cao soldiers clearly.
But he guessed that these ordinary soldiers were facing a cavalry army that attacked like a sea of mountains.
It must be that his face was pale, trembling, and he was trembling, and he almost wanted to go first.
Perhaps they don't have to wait for themselves to rush into the enemy line, and the enemy army will collapse on its own because the morale of the army is broken and demoralized.
Come to think of it.
Yan Gang was even more excited, and he was full of pride.
"Charge, keep charge, kill me!"
Invincible, never stop!
Any enemy army will be reduced to powder under the iron hoof!
And under his orders, the cavalry marched a little faster, which can be regarded as stimulating the last trace of potential of the war horse.
……
At the moment in the camp of the Cao army.
Cao Ren half-crouched by the edge of the trench.
Always keeping an eye on the cavalry gradually approaching them, feeling the terrifying momentum that covered the sky like a mountain and a tsunami.
I couldn't help but swallow two mouthfuls of saliva.
A man and a horse in one place, such a combination is a giant for a person who walks on two legs.
And the fear of giant things, that is definitely deeply imprinted in the hearts of most people.
Not to mention the thousands of colossal things pouring in.
Therefore, it would be a bit too fake to say that there is no fear in my heart, at least the soldiers who are hiding under the trench at the moment.
There are already many people holding shields with their hands trembling, if it weren't for the soldiers of the Cao Army who participated in the war this time, they are all good fighters who have experienced several wars.
He also received intensive training before the war.
I'm afraid it's already going to be messy.
Faced with these additional situations.
Cao Ren didn't pay any attention to it.
He didn't care what the enemy army was, what our army was, he just stared at the direction of the cavalry.
Silently calculating in his heart, the distance between the Youzhou Iron Rider and the trigger point they had arranged in advance.
Two hundred steps.
One hundred and fifty steps.
One hundred steps!
Cao Ren clenched his fists tightly, his hands were so hard that his knuckles were a little white, and his upper and lower teeth were clenched tightly, ready to roar angrily.
You can see how nervous it is now.
Fifty steps!
A little distance is fleeting.
Seeing that the war horse in the front row had already rushed past the marking point he had made before.
Cao Ren didn't dare to hesitate in the slightest.
Immediately pulled his throat and roared vigorously.
"Flip the Shield!!
……
The green veins on Cao Ren's forehead burst out.
His eyes stared out, and his face was even more vicious, so hideous that it was terrifying.
But under his hoarseness.
Its sound can be described as sonic boom.
The soldiers in the long and narrow trench immediately heard the orders of their own general.
According to the training content of the past few days, without saying anything, he turned the shield in his hand over and turned it at a small angle, facing the direction of the cavalry.
At the same time all soldiers with shields.
They all followed and repeated Cao Ren's order.
"Flip the Shield!!
Accompanied by the soldiers in unison.
More than 200 shields were immediately turned over, and the bright silver copper sheets inlaid on the reverse side emitted bursts of dazzling and sharp silver-white light under the dazzling sun's light.
All of a sudden.
Countless sunlight reflected by the copper sheet went straight to the north of Cao's camp in the form of a white light, dyeing the entire battlefield white.
The next second.
A catastrophic scene erupted.
……
Under the powerful light pollution, all the oncoming war horses were stimulated and went crazy.
War horses are animals, their eyes are also fragile, and after being exposed to strong direct light, they will feel extremely stinging, and even close their eyes and cry.
And a war horse is not the same as a car.
After the driver is exposed to the bright light, he may also step on the brakes, or he may not have time to react and let the car continue to run wildly.
But the war horse will only want to stop!
Or change direction as much as possible to avoid bright light.
In this way, the catastrophe broke out.
"Hiss !!"
For a moment, the front row did not know how many well-trained war horses forced themselves to stop in place.
And then again under the strong inertia of the body.
They all fell.
At the same time, there were horses galloping left and right, completely disrupting the advance route of the rear cavalry.
Smoke and dust filled the air.
Only this time it was no longer because of the horse's hooves, but the dust splashed when the horse fell.
……
If the front row collapses, it will lead to chaos in the back row.
A behemoth like a war horse, once it falls, it will cause the hooves of the horses in the back row to stumble as well.
So it's like dominoes.
One after the other, they fell forward in turn.
Although, with the law of decay, and the effective command of generals and colonels at all levels, after a few successive rows of downfalls, the cavalry will not continue to plant forward.
But it also means a little bit at the same time.
That is, it will be difficult for the cavalry to continue the charge!
This is definitely a fatal problem.
Once the speed of the cavalry slows down, then this class loses all the so-called advantages over the infantry, and even performs worse than the infantry.
Yan Gang was dumbfounded!
He felt the chaos around him, and looked at the copper plates not far away, which were still flipped over and reflecting a strong white light in this direction.
For a while, the heart was like ashes.
Even on this sunny day, Yan Gang felt cold in his hands and feet, and the whole person seemed to be in the Nine Hells, and his soul was blown away.
Cao Jun, it's so vicious!
How can you come up with such a solution?
This also told him how to go back and explain to General Gongsun, before leaving, he patted his chest and said unashamedly, which would make Cao Jun never dare to go against Gongsun Jun again.
However, the result of the moment.
But he wanted to slap himself twice.
And that's not all!
The next scene made Yan Gang's eyes widen in horror, and he couldn't stop gasping.
……
I saw that when he was charging before, the Cao soldiers who stood in place, as if they were frightened, were holding crossbow machines in both hands at this moment.
The arrow is pointing straight at yourself!
"Withdraw, withdraw!"
"Pass my order, the rear team will become the front team, withdraw the troops immediately, and don't stay for a moment!"
However, Yan Gang's voice had just fallen.
From a distance, I heard a loud roar from Cao Jun's camp.
"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows to me!"
The crossbow arrows used in this era had a range of 200 or even 300 paces.
And the position of the Youzhou cavalry at the moment is between fifty and one hundred steps.
Then there will only be one outcome.
The arrows fired by the crossbow machine will be more penetrating and more lethal!
"Whoosh...... Burst! ”
After the sharp sound of breaking through the air, there was a sharp arrow, and the popping sound of entering the flesh was heard.
In the cavalry formation, it can be said that blood is splattered.
Among them were men and horses.
War horses, soldiers, are all crying out in pain.
The wails were endless.
And that's clearly not enough.
"Squat down in the front row, row arrows in the back!"
In order to make full use of the hundreds of crossbow machines on hand, Cao Ang decisively implemented segmented shooting.
Every shot of a crossbow arrow.
It basically means a blast.
Compared with the lives harvested on the spot, the more important result was that the cavalry of the Gongsun Army fell into chaos more and more.
It's already a pot of gruel!
……
It's over, it's completely over!
This is the only thought in Yan Gang's heart at this moment.
What we have to think about now is not how I will be scolded by General Gongsun after I go back.
It's how many people can he bring back intact under such an offensive by Cao Jun?
This is an unknown number for Yan Gang.
But no matter what.
The most important thing now is to retreat!
No matter how much is lost, as long as the living force can be retained, it will not be a catastrophe.
He has 20,000 cavalry, as long as he wants to retreat, no matter how much Cao Jun kills, it is impossible to kill too much.
There is still a turning point in this matter!
Just when Yan Gang was thinking so.
Suddenly, he heard a smack, like a hissing sound of breaking wind.
Then he felt a sharp pain in his head.
Raise your hand and touch it.
I saw that the door of my head was already full of blood.
"I ......"
The words have not yet been spoken.
Yan Gang's eyes were already dark, and then he fell down heavily, falling straight into the mixed crowd.
"General! Checkmate! ”
The roars of the lieutenants and guards were heard from the left and right, and the voices were full of panic.
And from the perspective of these people.
to be able to find out.
In the position of Yan Gang's brain.
There was an arrow, and it was still trembling.
Yan Gang, the commander of the cavalry of the Gongsun Army, was killed by an arrow from the camp of the Cao army!
And to be able to have such a masterpiece among the hosts.
Cao Jun is the only one up and down!
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