Chapter 66: Breaking the Formation

Shi Tao stood firmly at the head of the city, and looked around, only to see that the Wei army was in a formation like a mountain, dense, and full of wilderness - this time in order to avenge the revenge of Jizhou, Cao Wei was desperate, and they knew that if they didn't fight this time, they could only wait for the fate of being wiped out. When Jizhou was stabilized and supplemented by the 100,000 military households in Jizhou and the surrender of the Wei army, the Ji Han army was not more than 100,000, but probably more than 200,000 or 300,000. When this large army joined forces with Luoyang, which had geographical advantages, to carry out a joint attack on the eastern states, the people who had the right time and place and the Ji Han army would no longer be able to resist it. Therefore, they wanted to take advantage of the emptiness of Sizhou to unite with Eastern Wu to attack Ji Han, recapture Luoyang, and confront Ji Han with the danger of mountains and rivers in exchange for time to survive.

Since the main forces are in Jizhou, the current ratio of Ji Han's strength in Luoyang and the Wei army is one to ten, and the difference in strength is extremely large. As far as the eye could see, the Wei army was pouring towards the isolated island of Luoyang like a tide, and the huge waves set off seemed to be engulfing it at any time.

Cao Wei's great Sima Cao Xiu was a very aggressive general, and was once regarded as a "thousand-mile horse" by Cao Cao. Although Cao Wei has the southern army, the defeated Chinese army, and Cao Rui's forbidden army, but under his coordination, there is almost no mistake in coordination. Dong Zhonglang's general Jiang Ji won with his wit, not only among Cao Wei's living strategists, he was considered an outstanding one, even in the Cao Cao period when his talents were at his peak, he could also be ranked among the top 20.

The Wei army, which consisted of these three as the main generals, was not inferior to Cao Zhen's Chinese army in combat power. The siege of the city is like layers of tides, endless, wave after wave, wave after wave. Attacking in front and defending in the rear, defending from the left to the right, and the whole army is unified. Like an arm and a finger, it is the essence of the formation. Shi Tao also had to admire that there were indeed masters in Cao's army.

In fact, in the early days of the Three Kingdoms, the combat effectiveness of the army was not very strong, and in that situation, it was easy for all kinds of masters to break into the camp with one enemy and a hundred broken formations, but in the later stage. If a person wants to do such a thing, he is simply looking for death, and in the face of a swift and well-trained army, relying on his personal strength and without the cooperation of the whole army, it will not work at all. Even if it was Lu Bu, if he encountered Kong Ming's Eight Formations, which was famous for cooperating with the battle, even if there were only three hundred people, he would not say that he would break out of the siege. Even if it can last for an hour or two, it's already remarkable.

Among the Three Kingdoms, the average combat power of the Wei soldiers fighting in the plains was the strongest, and in Ji Han, except for a few troops such as the Baier elite soldiers. The difference in the combat strength of the rest of the men and horses was not half a point, and the situation was not improved until the Han army obtained Liangzhou, Guanzhong, Northern Xinjiang, and Nanzhong, which were good sources of troops. The first two flying armies of Wudang and Wuwu came from the barbarians in the south, among which the vine armor soldiers with vulture bones were the strongest. The northern and southern armies of the Ji and Han dynasties and the Xiqiang iron cavalry are mostly from Tianshui, Longxi, Anding, Beidi, Shangjun, Xihe and other places, all of which are close to Rongdi, practice war preparation, and the people are good at martial arts, and there have always been many famous generals. The Bai'er Elite Soldiers and Kong Mingdi Hubu Battalion were drawn from the elites of various departments, and their combat power was far above the armies.

Be that as it may, in a head-to-head confrontation with Cao Wei. It was not many times when Ji Han directly defeated the Wei army with his strong troops. The Battle of Weinan relied on eight formations and terrifying mines, using the Wei River to cut off Sima Yi's southward reinforcements, and using eight formations and mines to eliminate the deep vitality of Cao Wei's lone army and then counterattack the whole army, which led to the defeat of the Wei army. The Sizhou War relied on the powerful siege weapons made by the hands of Ma Jun and Kong Ming's brilliant strategy, as well as biological weapons that ordinary people can't think of. In the Battle of Jizhou, he was even more in charge of the opposing landlord generals, cutting off the other party's grain and grass, so that the Wei army was unable to cope with internal and external troubles.

But this time, in the face of Cao Wei's strong siege. In order to delay time. Cao Wei's morale must be hit, and he can only use strong attack power to go head-to-head.

Shi Tao thought: Back then. Xu Shu and Xu Yuanzhi once commanded the four generals Zilong to break Cao Ren's eight-gate golden lock array. Facing the same Wei army today, can you command Pang De to give Cao Xiu a dismount? A competitive spirit rose from the bottom of his heart, he and Kong Ming, Xu Shu, Meng Jian are equally famous, Kong Ming is now the prime minister, Xu Shu has also commanded thousands of troops and horses to lay a great name in the world, Meng Jian organized a team of people in Xiliang, almost killed the current Ji Han Emperor, only himself, since he joined Cao Wei, as a pawn farmer, has been farming in addition to farming, there is no opportunity to show his talent. Today, with Kong Ming's belief and reuse, and the world's tiger leader like Pang De is willing to obey the command, facing a strong enemy like Cao Wei's great Sima Cao Xiu, it is the time to prove himself.

He took a deep breath and waved the command flag violently: Kill!

The city gate of Luoyang is open, and the iron cavalry is prominent.

"Four generals! Watch me kill the enemy! A shout rang out from below the city.

"Four generals! Watch me kill the enemy! Countless voices rang out from under the city.

The city gate was opened, snow-white armor, snow-white war horses, and five thousand iron horsemen rushed out of the city gate like an avalanche and pounced on Wei Ying!

The first time I saw the charging formation of the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry, and the first time I saw the majesty of the White Horse General, at this moment, Shi Tao at the head of the city felt a burst of excitement. Proud! Male! Such a unit with a soul is called a force. This army brought out by Zhao Yun, even if Zhao Yun is gone, his soul is still hovering and roaring above this army, this army has his shadow!

Shi Tao was full of confidence, waved the Lingqi, and the iron cavalry rushed towards the Wei army.

As soon as the city gate opened, the Wei army in front of the city gate couldn't believe their eyes, they thought that the first credit for breaking the city would fall on their heads, but the shouting Wei army crashed head-on into the avalanche, and in the blink of an eye, it was covered with a piece of silver white.

A suit of silver armor, a snow-white war horse, a flat-ended spear, a slight squint of eyes, and a tight sleeping corner of the mouth. They are unassuming, they do not shout, they calmly face all enemies, and they are good at using the fastest and fastest means to make the opponent kill with one blow.

Their attack rushed straight towards Zhang Hu's ironclad army. Zhang Hu is the son of Zhang Liao, one of the five good generals of Cao Wei, Zhang Liao, who is both civil and military, good at using soldiers, and once chased Sun Quan in Xiaoyaojin and almost died. Zhang Hu has won the true inheritance of his father, is quite skilled in the use of soldiers, and has made great contributions over the years, and was specially transferred here. At this time, Zhang Hu saw the Han army attacking, he was not surprised and rejoiced, now the Wei army is attacking the city, the siege weapon troops and infantry troops are too far ahead, if they face Ji Han's powerful iron cavalry, they will definitely be vulnerable, and the heavy infantry army with a dense formation of spears in their hands can slow down the speed of the other party. And the power of the iron cavalry is all in the speed, and if the speed is slow, it is likely to be divided and surrounded in the chaotic army, and there is only one way to die.

He shouted loudly: "The whole army is ready, form a dense formation, arrange guns and shields, and form a rejection formation to meet the enemy!" ”

The Wei army moved in response, with the giant shield in front, and the spears pierced through the gaps in the giant shield, reared like a copper wall. Neither a frontal attack nor an attack with arrows by the Han army could not inflict much damage on the Wei army.

However, when the Han army was less than fifty paces away from the Wei army, Pang De's war horse area drew a circle in front of the Wei army, and pounced on Cheng Wu's army next to him in an oblique stab. Cheng Wu is the son of Cheng Yu and always puts wisdom first. In the offensive, he played the role of the commander-in-chief of Cao Wei's former enemy. Zhang Hubu had already formed a defensive formation, and it was too late to switch to an offensive formation at this time, and he watched the Han army spin from his front like a flexible eagle and insert it into Cheng Wu's camp like an arrow.

Cheng Wu's military camp was facing Luoyang, and its flanks were protected by Zhang Hu, and they were completely defenseless, and they were suddenly rushed into chaos. Anxiang Hou Chengwu was originally wise, seeing that the city gate was open, the prophet siege troops were in front, and the protection was unfavorable, and he was commanding Changshui Captain Ren Jun and Yue Cavalry Captain Wang Hun to come forward to intercept them, and was suddenly attacked by Ji Han into the main camp, and couldn't help but be shocked for a while, and when he hurriedly organized a counterattack, the long arrows of black pressure had been shot down in a covered style.

Xiliang Tieqi was not good at arrows, in contrast, they were better at throwing guns. However, Zhao Yun and Pang De were both good at shooting, they thought that in the cavalry, the use of throwing guns was not convenient, and there was no continuous combat ability, so they were all changed to cavalry and archery units with guns and bows.

The landing place of this batch of arrows was the command camp in front of Cheng Wujun. These light cavalry troops were responsible for the signal transmission of the battalions, not the main combat force, and at this time, in the chaos of the battle, they were suddenly attacked, and more than half of them were killed and wounded, and the command system of the Wei army's front army must have been knocked out.

Although Cheng Wujun could not match the bravery of Zhang Hujun, but it was also not weak, although it was hit, it was quickly retracted, and retreated, this retreat was very learned, as long as the Han army pursued, it would fall into the encirclement of Zhang Hu and Le Lin's two armies, and fall into a chaotic battle. However, after attacking Cheng Wu's herald system, Ji Han's army did not pursue Cheng Wu, but turned around again and pounced on the army where the infantry captain should be registered. Ying Ji is just a literati, when it comes to command ability and strategy and tactics, far less than the above two, Deng was beaten a fiasco, at this time Ren Jun and Wang Hun two cavalry stepped forward, but was blocked by the Ying nationality of the infantry team, unable to move forward at all. The battle array of the Wei army began to be chaotic, those who wanted to retreat could not retreat, those who wanted to escape could not escape, those who wanted to enter could not go up, and those who wanted to defend on the side could not prevent it.

With a lot of effort, Wang Hun finally caught up with Pang De's army. Wang Hun shouted: "Pound, where are you going!" ”

He only saw that Pound sneered silently, ignored him at all, and rushed straight into his array.

Wang Hun turned around, but was surprised to find that his array had already been washed away. He was both surprised by the change in the battle formation and resented Pound's contempt, and slapped his horse and danced his sword to take Pound directly. Suddenly, a spear stabbed at him in front of him, and he blocked it with a horizontal knife, pushing the boat down the river like the Han army cutting it off. But the shameless Han army who attacked did not even block it, and continued to ride forward, seeing that the knife was about to be slashed. When there was a sound, the Han army behind him had already opened a horizontal gun for him, and the soldiers who had opened it still did not stop, rushing forward, and then the Han army behind had already stabbed at him, one gun, two guns, countless guns......

Wang Hun was in a hurry, and suddenly there was a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, he was already spinning and being picked up, and blood spurted wildly in mid-air, and he died.

The Iron Rider didn't stop at all, and a loud rumble passed by him.