When Cao Hong heard that he still wanted to wait, he couldn't help but became anxious, "General Zhang, look at the enemy's current command post, main formation, and cavalry. The three formations have separated and are fighting on their own. His main formation is now defended on all sides and is unable to move.
, our army can take a detour and attack its rear, as long as we charge and kill
If you go in, the overall situation of this battle can be determined, and there is no need to do any more exploration!" Cao Hong was already a little excited when he said this, and then shouted: "The battle situation is fleeting, General Zhang, please let me lead the team to bypass the enemy.
Army's main formation, go directly from the rear to kill Han Dang's cavalry!"
At this time, several generals around Zhang Liao thought that Cao Hong's suggestions were reasonable, so Zhang Liao couldn't stop everyone's persuasion. After thinking for a moment, he agreed to Cao Hong's battle plan. At the same time, he also sent six groups of exploration cavalry to the left and right.
Let's see if Cheng Pu has any more ambushes.
The drums were beating loudly, and after Cao Hong's 5,000 cavalry were dispatched as the main force of Cao's army, the more than 20,000 troops behind him also began to hide in front of Sun's army and began to attack from the front.
On the small slope, Cheng Pu's originally nervous face turned red when he saw Zhang Liao finally attacking.
The cold wind blew on the slope. Cheng Pu, who lived with an iron-spine snake spear, sat on his horse and coughed a few times due to the cold. Cheng Zi beside him kindly put a big cloak on him, but Cheng Pu waved his son's hand and refused.
kindness.
"Dad, the weather is getting colder and you are getting older..."
Cheng Pu once again waved his hand to stop his son's kindness and said: "It's better to be cooler. Later we won't have to take off our clothes because it's too hot. Haha... look at how lively it is..."
Then Cheng Pu looked at the main battlefield in the distance, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.
As a general, especially a general, only if you can think calmly can you stay out of the battlefield and grasp the overall situation. Only if you can enjoy calmness can you make decisions that suit the needs of the battlefield.
At this moment, Cheng Pu's long-awaited time finally arrived. After confirming that Zhang Liao had fallen into the trap, he smiled slightly and murmured softly: "Sun Yi, Sun Hao, let's see your performance next.
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Sun Yi was sent to Cheng Pu by Wu Jing to follow him in the Chibi expedition. Wu Jing considered that Cheng Pu and Zhou Yu were short of major generals, so after Sun Ce confirmed Sun Quan as his successor, he sent the depressed Sun Yi to Cheng Pu.
In the army, regain confidence and build military merit.
Wu Jing and Sun Yi no longer wanted to compete with Sun Quan at this time. After all, they were a family, and it was the same who would be the head of the family. The two were slightly disappointed, but Sun Hao was also a member of the Sun family.
As a direct member of the family, my heart is not as simple as a little disappointed.
Sun Hao was Sun Jing's eldest son, and he was also the most talented and politically ambitious among Sun Jing's four sons. Unlike his father, Sun Hao was not as honest and honest as his father. He only wanted to assist Sun Ce, Sun Quan, and Sun Hao were older than Sun Ce and Sun Quan. He always believed that
After Sun Jian's death, his father Sun Jing should serve as the head of the Sun family.
The head of the family, and inherited some status, instead of the young Sun Ce. After Sun Ce died, he also advised his father not to work for another nephew, but to stand on his own. Their family has power and status in Changsha, why should they listen to that
Sun Quan's order is to do less and never change.
Not only was Sun Hao's proposal not supported by Sun Jing, Sun Hao was also scolded severely by his father Sun Jing, who kicked him out of the house and sent him to Cheng Pu as a young general.
At this time, Sun Hao did not know that his father Sun Jing had died in Baqiu, and his three younger brothers, Sun Yu, Sun Jiao, and Sun Huan, had also become Cao Ren's prisoners. At this time, he could only continue to serve in Cheng Pu's army due to his father's strict orders.
But one thing is strange. Neither Sun Yi, who is like Sun Ce, nor Sun Hao, the eldest son of Sun Jing, who has always been ambitious, are seen with Cheng Pu at this time. What are the high expectations for them?
At this time, in front of Cheng Pu's main formation, a large number of Cao Jun's infantry surrounded the entire Sun Army's formation almost instantly. They held up iron shields as high as one person and began to move away from the horses with the cooperation of the archers behind them, clearing the iron. Tribulus, ignoring the spears of the enemy heavy infantry behind him, used his life and blood to pave the way for the following troops.
However, unexpectedly, amidst Cao Jun's deadly rain of arrows that filled the sky, the infantry in front of them did not encounter any resistance from Sun Jun's arrows. The retractable spears between the shields attacked the approaching Cao soldiers.
When Zhang Liao was surprised by all this, the first batch of Cao Jun soldiers in front of Sun Jun's formation fell down, but at this time more Cao Jun soldiers swarmed in, and the soldiers became the best clean-up workers. , as long as they tear even a small hole in the opponent's iron wall of defense, it will be the moment for the cavalry behind them to show off their power.
"kill!"
Amidst the roars of the sky, Cao Jun's iron-blooded elites turned into majestic wind and lightning with the force of thunder like lang waves, violently hitting the iron shields of Sun Jun's most forward guarding soldiers, who had just passed by They had just picked up the body and the weapons in their hands, and when they aimed at the gap between the shields and inserted the equipment, spears flashing with cold light from behind the shields stabbed out one step ahead of them.
At almost the same time, the enemy array behind the iron shield of the army, with almost defenseless javelin throwers and archers, finally began to show off their power.
The bow strings sounded, and thousands of long arrows and javelins roared out with a ferocious roar of death. These bows, arrows and javelins shot diagonally into the sky at a neat angle, and then drew beautiful parabolas. The reflection in the air seemed to form a swarm of bees covered with steel thorns, and it fell fiercely towards Cao Jun's infantry group with the force of burning clouds and splitting the sky. Blood flowers bloomed in the crowd, and the tragic song of life sang again.
The javelin of the javelin thrower has a powerful ability to penetrate armor and shields. The archer is an excellent unit for long-range killing. Under the protection of the front armored heavy infantry phalanx, they are just like a group of hunters hunting, squatting. Lying there, he suddenly took action at this moment.
Cao's soldiers had powerful siege equipment for a while, but at this moment they were unable to fight back against the enemy shooter's close combat.
Cao Jun lost hundreds of people in battle, and the Cao Jun soldiers who surged up from behind aimed at the unprotected left and right sides of the enemy's large square formation, and first carried out the heaviest and merciless blow.
Flesh collided with flesh, and the light of the sword reflected the light of the sword. The soldiers of Cao's army who rushed forward used the most intense and high-spirited fighting spirit to incite the weapons in their hands to give the opponent the deepest and most violent blow, knocking the entire enemy formation into a trembling mess. Shocked rain of blood.
The difference between a strong army and a weak brigade does not lie in the difference in personal abilities. Apart from morale, its greatest strength lies in the speed and intensity with which the troops execute orders from their superiors.
When Zhang Liao's heavy infantry had just accepted the order and embarked on the offensive, Cheng Pu had already begun to make corresponding changes in response to the opponent's heavy infantry.
When a large number of Cao's infantry, led by a small number of heavy cavalry, launched a violent and fierce attack on their main formation, in Cheng Pu's main formation, war drums were beating and a sea of soldiers surged.
They finally took action!
But they are not attacking, but defending.
Countless horsemen were picked up by his heavy infantry soldiers and moved forward to meet the front line of the opponent's charge. At the same time, the guard vehicles beside him began to move.
Guard chariot, also called armored chariot, is a defensive chariot unique to the cold weapon era.
This kind of car is covered with iron armor, is thick and solid, and is extremely difficult to destroy. It has four wheels for pushing, and is as high as a person's neck. There is a draw plate on the car that can be pulled out to increase the height to about three meters. The roof of each car can accommodate
Two or three people are stationed, usually one long-range soldier, one archer, and sometimes one throwing ax or one throwing gunner. The main function of this kind of vehicle is to enhance the defensive power during battlefield battles.
Although the defense of the armored vehicles is good, it is difficult for the attackers to break through it, but each armored vehicle is linked to each other by chains to form a formation. Once it encounters strong infantry, use heavy weapons, hammers, etc. to smash the weak points of the connection, and then use the infantry to
Push away the armored vehicle, and the defense line of the guard vehicle will be immediately broken.
At this moment, countless Sun Army guard vehicles were connected into one, tightly protecting eight thousand of Cheng Pu's most elite soldiers in the formation. After giving up the length of defense, what they gained was the thickness of defense. The vehicle's
The flap opened, and countless caltrops were sprinkled on the ground in front of the car. The steel plate stretched out, and this time the people standing on it were not archers and long-range soldiers, but heavy infantry known for their strong defense.
"What exactly does Cheng Pu want to do?" Zhang Liao murmured to himself.
"General!" Hou Cheng in the front hurriedly turned back to his horse and shouted: "Cheng Pu has wrapped himself into an iron rice dumpling, and our cavalry cannot penetrate it!"
"I've seen it all." Zhang Liao said solemnly: "The following cavalry temporarily retreated and stood by, ordering the infantry phalanx to continue attacking, don't stop! Use our heavy infantry to break through and clear out the enemy's vehicle formation!"
"yes!"
Just when Hou Cheng took the order and left, the cavalry sent by Zhang Liao reported that all the cavalry sent by Zuo San Road to the valley to the west had disappeared, and none of them had come back yet.
Zhang Liao was shocked. You must know that he sent three groups of exploration horses on the left to explore the situation in the valley to the west and to contact Cao Cao's army of 5,000 troops attacking behind the valley. As a result, all three groups of exploration horses went away and never returned.
At that time, the cavalry in Cao's army could not be said to be the best in the world. They were also the leaders of Cao's army in sweeping through the Central Plains and pacifying the cavalry from all directions. Even Yuan Shao, who had the strongest military strength in the north then or now, had several times more men than them at one time.
In the process of scouting the cavalry with firepower, they were beaten to a pulp. Of course, in the end, there were not many left in this unit.
The person returned to Cao Zhi's army alive, but the personnel who could serve as scouts and cavalry missions were all the most elite soldiers in the army. This was not only the case in Cao Zhi's army, but also in most armies.
The purpose is to ensure that once the military situation is discovered, while negotiating with firepower, someone will come back to report the news.