Liu Yan's army must be clearing out the remaining Taiping Dao forces in Zhuocheng and stabilizing the order in Zhuocheng. It is temporarily unable to take care of the northern campaign.

However, it is conceivable that if the Yellow Turban Army cannot enter Fanyang City before dawn, then Liu Yan's army will definitely give up everything in Zhuocheng and attack with all its strength. At that time, the Yellow Turban Army, which has lost the protection of the city wall, will only die.

The generals were worried and talking about it, but there was nothing they could do.

Facing Gongsun Zan, who was as fierce as a wolf and as cunning as a fox, everyone really couldn't think of a way to defeat the enemy.

Finally, everyone's eyes turned to Xu Kang involuntarily.

Seeing everyone's earnest gazes, Xu Kang's face turned pale, and cold sweat covered his back.

He had already thought about it countless times in his memory. What examples of successful wars in later generations used foot to control cavalry? And which ones could be practically applied here? It turned out that there was none.

In this world, the only people who can fight against cavalry are cavalry. Using foot to defeat cavalry is just a fantasy that exists in the minds of literati.

The most famous dynasty in history that adopted the so-called foot system of cavalry was the Song Dynasty. But that was not because its infantry was so powerful, but because they did not have excellent horses that could be provided to the cavalry, and they lost the North China and Northwest regions that produced war horses. At that time,

The Central Plains Dynasty was simply unable to organize a large-scale cavalry team, so it had to adopt the strategy of using foot to control cavalry. As a result, the Song Dynasty became the weakest dynasty among the unified dynasties in China, and was eventually overrun by foreigners.

Destroyed the country.

Infantry cannot restrain cavalry, but it can compete with it if it is equipped with advanced equipment. This advanced equipment is what we usually call strong bows, hard crossbows and other long-range attack weapons. With these two weapons, infantry can attack when cavalry launches attacks.

Fire suppression, thereby interrupting the cavalry attack. Examples of this can be found in the Three Kingdoms. For example, in the battle between Qu Yi and Gongsun Zan, he relied on eight hundred hard crossbows to defeat tens of thousands of Gongsun Zan's cavalry.

But the problem is that the Yellow Turban Army simply does not have these two weapons that can suppress the cavalry.

What should I use to fight against Gongsun Zan?

After all, it’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.

Thinking of this, Xu Kang smiled bitterly, was he really going to die here? Was his strategy of asking everyone to break out together wrong? For the first time, his heart was filled with despair.

This saying is absolutely true. Just when everyone was getting desperate, a cavalry unit appeared on the battlefield.

The high "Steel Sword" flag and the iconic yellow scarf wrapped around the head all indicate that the people coming are the cavalry team of the Yellow Turban Army.

"They are our cavalry."

"The Steel Sword Knights Camp is the Steel Sword Knights Camp."

"The Steel Sword Knights Battalion is here to rescue us."

…

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, whose courage had been broken by Gongsun Zan's cavalry, cheered heartily, as if they would be saved as long as the cavalry appeared.

Zhao Bahu was the top leader of this cavalry. When he rushed to Fan Yang with the remaining defeated soldiers, he found that there were no traces of any battle.

Zhao Bahu was very surprised. After careful questioning, he found out that the army went south without attacking the city.

Pei Yuanshao was about to lead everyone to celebrate, but Zhao Bahu was already broken into a cold sweat.

Zhao Bahu analyzed: "This army has a very strong fighting capacity. There is no reason to let us go so easily. Since they are unwilling to fight in urban warfare, they must have gone to our large forces to fight in the field."

When Pei Yuanshao heard this, he said indifferently: "Our army has tens of thousands of people. How many people can they have? How dare they stroke the beards of my army." Although Pei Yuanshao was appointed as the captain of the cavalry team by Xu Kang, in fact he

not much

The experience of small cavalry combat does not understand the terrible effect that five thousand light cavalry can have when facing infantry.

"No, I'm going to take the cavalry to help." Zhao Bahu was still worried.

"But what will happen to Fan Yangcheng when you leave?" Pei Yuanshao didn't want to meddle in other people's business.

"Let's do this. I will lead two thousand cavalry, and the men below will follow you to defend the city." As soon as Zhao Bahu finished speaking, he said hurriedly: "That's it." Then he left in a hurry.

In this way, Zhao Bahu appeared with his cavalry at the right time when the army needed him most.

As the two teams approached, the cheers of the people became louder and louder.

Zhao Bahu rode a horse and walked at the front of the team. He stared blankly at the welcoming crowds on both sides. The heroic cheers he received were really unreal.

What's going on? We obviously haven't fought a battle yet? Why are there such loud cheers? No, there was one. Could it be that our interception of Gongsun Zan's cavalry at night was exposed, but that battle can't be regarded as our victory.

In any case, there is no doubt that the arrival of the cavalry greatly enhanced the power of the Yellow Turban Army.

After the unanimous consent of all the generals, Xu Kang was finally appointed as the temporary commander-in-chief of the army, responsible for dispatching the army and coordinating operations.

Xu Kang organized his army into small groups of 2,000 men and formed a fish-scale formation in order to reduce the shooting damage of the official cavalry.

The cavalry was placed on the periphery to contain the officers and soldiers. At the same time, he ordered Zhao Bahu: "This time, you must bite Gongsun Zan's cavalry firmly. Under no circumstances let him disrupt the advance of the large army. Do you understand?"

"Understood." Zhao Bahu agreed loudly.

Seeing that time was running out, the sky in the east had begun to glow with colorful clouds. Xu Kang knew that he could not wait any longer and shouted: "Let's go, let the officers and soldiers see the power of my Taiping Road."

"Yes." The loud killing cry was earth-shattering. At this moment, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army was raised to the highest level.

Gongsun Zan led his army to rest on the ground not far from the Yellow Turban camp. He turned a blind eye to the increase in the number of thieves and their subsequent actions. After all, this is a battlefield, and excellent soldiers and troops need long-term training and interaction.

It can only be formed through running-in. Is it possible to make your soldiers look brand new with just a few words?

However, when Gongsun Zan saw Xu Kang's fish scale formation, there was a hint of appreciation in his eyes. Being able to get along with the best defensive cavalry formation in such a short period of time, there must be some capable people in this bandit army.

However, Gongsun Zan was not anxious at all. When he saw that the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army had already come out, vaguely intending to confront him, he understood that they wanted to use the cavalry as a containment.

But how could Gongsun Zan let them do it so easily? He said to Yan Gang: "General Yan, I order you to command two thousand troops and destroy the rebel cavalry for me. Are you sure?"

Yan Gang glanced at the cavalry team with various equipment and said disdainfully: "I only need a thousand elite soldiers."

Gongsun Zan laughed and said: "Well said, you are worthy of being a veteran who follows me. But I will still give you two thousand. I hope you will not disappoint me."
Chapter completed!