Seeing three enemy detachments coming towards their direction, the archers kept pulling their bows in an attempt to slow down the approaching pace of Duning and the other three detachments, but the effect was minimal.
After all, the two armies were currently fighting, and the distance between the two sides could no longer be considered far. The other teams under Gao Lan's command restrained the swordsmen and spearmen of Cao's army, and Du Ning and the other three teams quickly reached the archers.
The archers had no role to play in close combat, and they had no choice but to die in vain. Seeing that Du Ning and other teams were approaching, Huang Zhong hurriedly ordered the archers to retreat. Unfortunately, it was too late, as there were already many archers.
One after another, they died under Yuan Shaojun's swords and guns.
At this time, the soldiers sent by Xiahou Dun to rescue the archers had also arrived, but Gao Lan didn't care at all. He only sent out Pang Mo's team to fight with them, while he ordered Du Ning's team and Zheng Ting's team to continue to annihilate the archers.
However, the number of Cao's troops was pitifully small. The number of soldiers sent by Xiahou Dun to assist the archers was only a few hundred, which was not enough for Gao Lan to take a serious look at it. Pang Mo's team also had 500 men, which was enough to cope with it.
The screams of the archers continued to sound. These soldiers with only one bow in their hands had no power to fight back in front of the wolf-like tiger Yuan Shaojun. The most they could do in front of a powerful enemy was to wave their bows randomly to resist.
But even if the back of the bow hits the enemy soldier's body, what kind of damage can it cause? The swords and guns in the enemy soldiers' hands can definitely kill people.
There are a small number of archers who have some knowledge of martial arts and have swords on their waists. However, after all, these archers who have some knowledge of martial arts are only a minority. What role can they play in this chaotic formation?
Almost every soldier of the Yuan army splashed a pool of blood when he swung his sword, and more and more archers were slaughtered.
It can be said that although the arrival of Huang Zhong's troops slightly slowed down Yuan Shaojun's advance, it only played a role for a moment. Gao Lan's troops did not even pause too much and continued to kill without scruples.
Although the situation faced by Xu Huang's troops on the right wing was not bad, it was still unable to open up the situation. Although Han Meng's troops could not gain the upper hand, there were many people after all, and it was not easy to deal with the idea of stalking them.
Come on. Although Xu Huangbu had the upper hand in the situation, he couldn't make a breakthrough for a while.
Cao Cao didn't look very good, and he was thinking about whether to throw the trapped camp into the battlefield.
The trapped camp can be said to be his trump card unit, but the number is really limited. Even if each of its sergeants is one to five warriors, if they are thrown into this battlefield, they will probably only cause a small squander at most, and then they will also
will be ruthlessly annihilated.
But isn’t the so-called elite used at critical moments like this? At this moment, Yuan Shao’s army is close in front of you, and your entire army is in danger of being overthrown at any time. If you are still timid and have many worries at this critical moment,
So what is the need to maintain the so-called elite troops, and what use are those elite troops themselves?
However, just when Cao Cao was about to give the order for Gao Shun to lead him into the camp and attack, the dust rising from behind the battlefield suddenly changed his face.
Cavalry! Troops of cavalry!
At this time, although Yuan Shao's face on the opposite side was still cold, the corners of his mouth could not help but tilt up slightly.
He had no patience to wait any longer. Although his army was in absolute victory at this time, he still felt that the progress of the war was too slow.
In Yuan Shao's view, as soon as his army comes out, it should be destroyed and destroyed. How can Cao Cao's mere ragtag army withstand one or two of his troops?
However, not long after the war started, his general Chun Yuqiong died unfortunately. Afterwards, although Gao Lan's tribe had an obvious advantage, Zhang Nannan and Han Meng's troops on both wings were defeated by Cao's army with superior strength. This still made Yuan Shao feel humiliated.
It's better to end it all quickly. With this thought, Yuan Shao finally used his trump card - five thousand brave cavalry.
As these five thousand cavalry charged forward, the battle would be over in an instant.
Yuan Shao's complacency was not groundless self-aggrandizement. As soon as these five thousand cavalry appeared, Cao Cao's face suddenly turned pale.
Cavalry! It turned out to be cavalry, and Yuan Shao actually sent out cavalry!
There are many horses in the north, so Yuan Shao naturally has a lot of cavalry, but most of the cavalry are arranged by him to defend against the Huns and Liaodong. Only these five thousand cavalry were brought to the Guandu battlefield this time. At this time, Yuan Shao was
Seeking a quick victory, all five thousand cavalry were thrown into the battlefield at once.
Five thousand cavalry may not be considered a lot in terms of quantity, but at the moment it is a devastating force for Cao Cao.
It is not impossible for the infantry to fight against the cavalry head-on, but the most basic premise is that your formation must be in order. However, now most of Cao's army is fighting with Yuan Shao's army on the battlefield, and it is impossible to organize a formation to fight against the cavalry.
In this chaotic formation, if our army is charged by Yuan Jun's cavalry...
Cao Cao almost didn’t dare to think about it anymore!
The biggest possibility is that the entire army will be annihilated! Even if the entire army is not annihilated, the vitality will be severely damaged and cannot be restored without five years of hard work.
Five years? If I were defeated in Guandu, would I still have the so-called five years to survive?
Nowadays, it is not that Cao Cao does not have cavalry, but there are not many horses in the Central Plains and other real estates. Even if he buys horses from merchants, the harvest is quite small. The so-called cavalry does not mean that one knight can match one horse. A qualified cavalry unit must at least do
Only one cavalry and three horses are enough. Historically, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the elite of Cao Cao's army, was gradually established after Cao Cao won the Battle of Guandu and gradually gained hegemony in the north.
Even Lu Bu, who came from Bingzhou, had few horses when he wandered around the Central Plains after killing Dong Zhuo and becoming independent. Although there were cavalry under his command, they were still mainly infantry. In the Battle of Puyang, Lu Bu led the entire army to attack Cao Cao's base camp in an attempt to
Cao Cao was beheaded, but in the end he fell short and failed to achieve his goal. If Lu Bu had more than a thousand cavalry under his command at that time, Cao Cao would have been beheaded long ago.
Now, Cao Cao brought only a thousand cavalry to Guandu, and they were all under the command of Xia Houyuan. Trying to let these one thousand cavalry fight against Yuan Shao's five thousand cavalry was tantamount to a moth flying into a flame and seeking destruction.
"Ming Jin, withdraw the troops!" Cao Cao now had no choice but to retreat.
Although retreating after the enemy cavalry attacked would cause immeasurable losses, Cao Cao had no other choice. If he continued to lead his army to stay here, he would simply be suicidal.
The greater the loss, the greater the loss. It is better than losing the entire army here.
However, retreating like this is obviously not possible. If you are chased by the cavalry behind you, the situation will be extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, it is entirely possible that your own life will be at stake here.
There must be a rear army that dares to die to hold off Yuan Shaojun with his life.
But the question is, who has the ability and courage to take on the task of the palace army now?