While Cao Jun in Zhuoxian County held a grand celebration banquet, the Yuan brothers next door felt a huge pressure like a mountain.
A spy has just come to report that the 50,000-strong army led by Qiao King Su Puyan, an important Wuhuan force, was defeated by Cao Jun in one fell swoop.
Of the original 50,000 soldiers, fewer than 15,000 were able to escape in the end. Su Puyan himself was almost overtaken by Cao Jun's general Zhao Yun.
Su Puyan suffered a huge setback, which posed a huge threat to his own prestige and the dangers surrounding him from his fellow tribesmen...
Stealing chicken but losing rice...Su Puyan did not dare to stay in Youzhou any longer. After hastily gathering some of his soldiers who had escaped, he led the army directly out of Youzhou and headed back to his hometown.
Seeing that nearly one-third of Wuhuan's army of more than 100,000 people were gone in one fell swoop, not only the Wuhuan leaders who had their eyes high above their heads in the past, but even Shanyu Tadun felt great pressure.
This group of people originally came here to make money, but when they saw Su Buyan's tragic situation, they suddenly had their own thoughts.
In order to stabilize people's hearts and to gain the initiative, Tadun finally decided to take the initiative.
If he could defeat Cao Cao in one go, then the colorful world of the Central Plains would really be ravaged by himself.
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After a day of rest,
Cao Cao personally led more than 50,000 soldiers out of Zhuoxian and slowly came towards the Wuhuan garrison stationed on the border of Yan State.
In this team, except for the thousands of infantry led by Zhang Nanjiaochu, the rest are all cavalry. There are also a thousand iron pagodas hidden in the cavalry team. This will be a massacre for Cao Jun against the Wuhuan people.
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Everyone attaches great importance to this battle.
Although the Wuhuan people's combat effectiveness is slightly inferior to that of the Huns, they are also nomadic people after all. They have superb equestrian and archery skills and should not be underestimated. But more importantly, the opponent now has about 120,000 cavalry, and the strength of the two sides is very different.
Nearly doubled.
When Cao Cao arrived at the predetermined location, the Wuhuan people had already formed their formation.
More than 100,000 people were divided into more than a dozen military formations. It was such a vast area that one could not even see the end of it!
When the distance between the two sides was still more than a few miles, Cao Cao waved his hand and the army stopped advancing, and the soldiers of Cao's army quickly formed their formation.
The soldiers lined up in an orderly manner, with flags flying between the formations and a great momentum.
Standing at the front of all the cavalry arrays are undoubtedly the 10,000 cavalrymen of the Dragon Cavalry Battalion; to the left and behind the Dragon Cavalry Battalion are the 12,000 cavalrymen of the Wolf Cavalry Battalion; and to the rear and right are the cavalry led by Cao Chun and Cao Xiu.
Ten thousand tigers and leopards ride.
The central army behind these three cavalry teams is the 10,000-strong cavalry battalion led by Xia Houyuan and Zhang Liao, and the 1,000-iron pagoda hidden in the central army led by Dian Wei and Tai Shici, totaling more than 50,000 cavalry!
The spears were like a forest, and the iron swords on the waists of the soldiers also shone coldly in the sun.
The 50,000 well-armed and well-armed Cao Cao cavalry seemed to use Zhao Yun's dragon cavalry camp as an arrow to form an unstoppable front line!
Cao Jun, this is to launch an active attack with unstoppable momentum!
Just when Cao Jun was setting up his formation, a whimpering and desolate horn sound suddenly sounded from the Wuhuan formation on the opposite side.
The Wuhuan cavalry military system is the same as that of the Xiongnu. Ten thousand people are one guard, commanded by a ten thousand captain. The ten thousand people are divided into ten armies. Each army is equipped with a thousand captain, a hundred captain, a ten thousand captain, and a five-man captain.
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The prairie cavalry does not have as many formations as the Central Plains cavalry. They are cavalry divided into teams, fighting the enemy in the form of wolves in small teams!
Wuhuan people do not use shields, they all wear double cowhide armor, and their weapons are not organized. They can use knives, spears, maces, whatever comes handy.
"Woo! Woo!" The low horn sounded again, which was the order for the Wuhuan people to attack!
Cao Cao's army was not ambiguous. When the Wuhuan people's horn sounded, Cao Cao ordered: "Blow the drums and march! The whole army charges!!!"
"charge!!!"
"Kill the enemy!!!"
Under Zhao Yun's seat, a jade lion figure stood up in the night light. He was dressed in silver armor and pointed his spear directly at the sky. "Dragon Cavalry Camp, I am invincible!!!"
"Dragon Cavalry Camp, I am invincible!!!"
"Dragon Cavalry Camp, I am invincible!!!"
Zhou Yan, who was tricked into the wolf riding camp by Lu Lingqi, looked at the young senior brother leading the way in front of him, and was suddenly fascinated, and his eyes could no longer accommodate anyone else.
At this time, Lu Lingqi was naturally not to be outdone. She tightened the reins of the bay red horse and shouted angrily: "Wolf Cavalry Camp, charge with me!!!"
"charge!!!"
Lu Lingqi took the lead in the battle, followed closely by Zhao Xue, Gan Ning, and then Zhou Yan, who was on the battlefield for the first time but was inexplicably excited.
However, behind them, there is a silent, majestic man wearing ordinary cavalry armor and holding a tiger-headed golden gun. He is Ma Chao, the groom captain from the Wolf Cavalry Camp!
In terms of talents, the Wolf Cavalry Camp has Zhao Xue, Gan Ning, Zhou Yan, Ma Chao, and Hao Zhao; while the Dragon Cavalry Camp still only has Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan.
But compared to frontal combat, the Dragon Cavalry Battalion is still more skilled.
This is because the Dragon Cavalry Battalion has been using Professor Lu Yan’s military formations since it was formed. The Dragon Cavalry Battalion officers also regard obeying military orders as the first priority. Even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire ahead, as long as Zhao Yun says to charge, these groups
People will rush forward one after another without even frowning! On the battlefield, personal bravery becomes even more insignificant. Only military discipline is the first element of victory.
Wuhuan Chanyu paused, raised the scimitar in his hand, and shouted: "My sons, kill me!"
He rushed out first, and tens of thousands of cavalry behind them launched at the same time, with a thunderous momentum! When the other Wuhuan leaders saw Tadun rushing out, they all screamed and charged together.
Thousands of horses galloping, like the surging waves in the sea!
"Kill!" The shouts of killing from both sides went straight into the sky.
Viewed from a high altitude, Cao's army was like an indomitable arrow, rushing towards the Wuhuan cavalry that surged in like sea water.
Just when the two sides were still two hundred steps away, Xia Houlan suddenly ordered: "Prepare the crossbow!"
"put!!!"
This is a repeating hand crossbow that can be used with one hand after more than ten generations of improvements.
The crossbow arrows are loaded in advance. During the battle, the soldiers only need to take them from their waists and pull the trigger continuously. But there is only one chance, because the cavalry has no time to change the arrow cases during the battle.
“Whoosh whoosh!!!”
Although only 10,000 soldiers of the Dragon Cavalry Battalion were equipped with single-handed repeating crossbows, nearly 100,000 crossbow arrows were fired at once.
A forest of crossbow arrows shot at the Wuhuan people. Those Wuhuan people who were rushing at the front instantly seemed to have hit an invisible city wall, and people and horses fell down one after another!
At this time, the Wuhuan people's bows and arrows also fell from the sky.
Cao's cavalry lay down on their horses, took off their shields, and put them on their heads to resist the arrows falling from the sky.
However, some soldiers relied on the strength of their armor and resisted without hiding.
Not to mention, it was really difficult for the Huns' bows and arrows to penetrate their iron armor.
There were only some particularly unlucky ones who were shot in weak defense areas such as the face or joints, or their horses were shot and fell off their horses.
Under the continuous crossbow attack of the Dragon Cavalry Battalion, the Wuhuan people suffered tens of thousands of casualties; but after the wave of arrows from the Wuhuan people, Cao Jun's side only suffered about a hundred casualties.
Tadun looked at the huge gap between the soldiers and armor of the two sides, and couldn't help but have a bad premonition in his heart...