Winter mornings are not as beautiful as expected. Even in the tent, there is still a biting coldness in the air, making people reluctant to leave the warm bed no matter what.
However, no one in the army understands everyone's feelings. Military orders are like mountains and drums and horns are blowing. Not to mention small soldiers, even generals must enter combat status as soon as possible, otherwise, they may pay the price with their lives.
"Woooo..."
As the horn sounded suddenly, it was like a roar. At first it was as high as a cloud, and the next moment it became continuous, revealing not so much high-spirited fighting spirit as unforgettable panic.
The continuous military camp, like a giant beast awakening from a deep sleep, suddenly trembled, and then opened its teeth and claws, showing its power to unknown dangers and enemies.
There were people running everywhere, the clanging of armor, the sound of swords and guns, and the sound of long and short orders, one after another.
"Quick, get to the wall, the enemy is coming from the east!" the sentry shouted, pointing out the direction for his colleagues to defend against the enemy.
"Get your weapons, keep up, keep up!" The generals, who had barely put on their armor and were far less neatly dressed than usual, shouted and ran quickly. Behind them were soldiers who were even more embarrassed.
, with a look of panic on his face. From the outside, he looked like a group of defeated soldiers.
"General! The general is here!" The next moment, the general raised his flag in the wind and began to move eastward. The morale of the army finally calmed down.
"Where did this enemy come from?" After the shock subsided, the soldiers asked each other detailed questions.
The enemy to the east should still be a hundred miles away, and it is impossible to arrive in front of him overnight. However, except for this enemy army, there should be no one in Hebei who dares to be an enemy of General Yuan.
"Who else could it be? Isn't it the Qingzhou Army? Why did it come so fast? This is not simple. Look, all the people coming are cavalry. Can you not hurry up?"
The sentry warned because they saw smoke and dust, and there was no detailed information. Although there were some open posts and hidden sentries in the periphery, the enemy came too fast, far exceeding the speed of the intelligence feedback. As the enemy troops quickly approached, the defenders saw
After clearing the enemy's army, all the cavalry came. That's why they were so fast, like thunder and lightning, which caught people off guard.
"Mom, is this really going to start a fight? Can we win?"
"Can't we win? General Cao can't defeat Wang Pengju with his large army. We are just a partial army, so what can we accomplish? It's better to let the Jizhou people take the lead."
"What's wrong! We fought so many times from Liaocheng to Leping, but you still haven't seen the character of Jizhou people? They're just a bunch of soft-footed shrimps! Let them stand in front, and they won't be defeated by a single blow.
?Aren’t we going to be unlucky together by then?”
"That's right... Hey, it's here now? Here it is, rushing up!" Before they could chat for a few words, the soldiers' leisurely ideas disappeared, and the remaining sleepiness was also swept away.
, his eyes were wide open and his mouth was wide open.
I saw where the smoke and dust were rising, horses as strong as dragons, and countless cavalry galloping, coming towards me! They had no intention of stopping. No matter how you looked at it, they seemed to be charging directly into the formation!
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." The horn sound became more and more urgent, the flags kept changing, and military orders came out from the central army like a flowing stream.
"The spearmen, take three steps forward, form a horizontal formation, and defend the wall to the death!"
"Crossbowmen, prepare on the spot and wait for orders!"
"Cavalry, leave the camp immediately, detour behind the enemy's rear, and find out what the enemy's incoming force is!"
Seeing that the defensive formation had been set up, Cao Ren breathed a sigh of relief. Being on his own was indeed something many people aspired to, but the pressure it brought was also extraordinary, especially when facing such an opponent.
"I didn't expect that I could be caught off guard like this. Wang Yu used his troops and he was really unpredictable."
Raising his hand to wipe away the non-existent cold sweat, Cao Ren let out a breath and smiled at the deputy general Shi Huan beside him: "Haha, Gong Liu, you were wrong this time. You didn't think Wang Yu would save him.
Qingyuan, but he happened to come, and he came very quickly! If it wasn’t someone who besieged Dongcheng, maybe he would have succeeded!"
"The general's military skills are exquisite and his troops are well-trained, so there is no risk of being attacked by surprise." Shi Huan respectfully replied: "However, Wang Yu may not go all out when he comes here..."
"Of course I won't be deceived by him. A hundred miles in a night? He can't fly." Cao Ren curled his lips with a disapproving look on his face. He raised his riding whip, pointed eastward, and said proudly: "What's coming is just hundreds of light cavalry."
Forget it, if we meet those two brothers from the Lu family, they might really be trampled by them. Now, hey, either they will retreat on their own, or they will come and get bloody!"
Although there were only a few hundred cavalry, each of these cavalrymen had two or even three horses, and they made a huge noise. Thousands of horse hooves hit the frozen soil, stirring up smoke and dust all over the sky, covering the sky like a giant yellow dragon.
The sky blocked out the sun, completely blocking the view to the east. No one knew whether there was any murderous intention hidden behind the smoke and dust.
"What the general said is true, but..." Shi Huan hesitated before speaking.
"But what? Gong Liu, I'm not talking about you. Your cautious attitude is really annoying. Although Liu Dai's lord was put in a position, other than that, Wang Yu didn't take advantage of it.
No matter how cheap it is, my lord is still smarter than him. Otherwise, how could he not have calculated that Qingyuan City would be surrounded by us?"
Cao Ren said proudly: "The current situation is also within the lord's expectation. I think that Wang Yu is arrogant and has a very high self-esteem. Apart from the lord, how can he take the world's heroes in his eyes?"
?Whether it’s for reputation or for anger, he has to save Qingyuan!”
As he spoke, the corner of his mouth moved, and a look of contempt escaped: "He must also know very well that if the whole army comes, it will only be entangled by our army, so he sent his light cavalry to attack, trying to cooperate inside and outside, and will be trapped
Liu Bei rescued Liu Bei. Unfortunately, he didn't see through the mystery at all. Instead, the lord guessed Liu Bei's thoughts to almost 10%, and the inside and outside should be consistent? Huh, what a beautiful idea! "
Shi Huan turned around and looked at Qingyuan City. He saw the flags at the top of the city were messy and the figures were mixed. It seemed that the quality of the troops was too low. In a hurry, not only could they not organize order, but they fell into chaos.
At least, it's understandable on the surface.
But if it comes to getting to the bottom of things, Shi Huan can't guarantee it. He clearly remembers the lord's secret order before the troops were divided. The most critical one is the analysis of the relationship between Liu Bei, Qing and You.
The analysis process is quite shocking, and the results of the analysis are also eye-opening and refreshing.
It turns out that everyone in the world has focused their attention on Wang Yu and Gongsun Zan. Who would have thought that the seemingly inconspicuous Liu Bei could also play such a key role?
This is not accidental. Just looking at Liu Bei's calmness after being surrounded, you know that the lord's evaluation is indeed true. From a purely subjective point of view, this is a hero who is not inferior to the lord!
When Wang Yu came to rescue him, he sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, advancing and retreating freely;
If Wang Yu didn't come to rescue him, he could surrender to Kaicheng under the pretext of caring about the safety of the people. He hesitated and refused to be ordered to withdraw, using the same excuse, which not only preserved his strength, but also did not damage his reputation.
If Wang Yu had divided his troops to come to rescue him, that would be what he is doing now. He would pretend not to react at first, and when the besieging army was ready, his reasons for not leaving the city to respond would be even stronger.
Such a scheming is really frightening. Fortunately, this person is not in our own camp. Otherwise, I am afraid that it will be a thorn in my back all the time, making it difficult to eat and sleep peacefully.
"Two hundred steps!" What interrupted Shi Huan's thinking was a sharp warning sound. The cavalry rushed into the formation very fast. Just when he was in a daze, the Qingzhou Qingqi had already entered the shooting range!
"Raise!" Cao Ren gave the order, hundreds of long bows were raised, and the archers assumed shooting postures.
The most labor-intensive part of archery is the process of drawing the bow full and maintaining it. Therefore, no general will instruct the archer to draw the bow round and then aim. Instead, he will aim first, then draw the bow and release it. This is the most reasonable and optimal way.
Effortless way.
At the same time, the spearmen in the front row also formed a formation, with rows of spears densely covered together, poking out from the gaps in the village wall, like a thorny jungle created out of thin air.
With bows in the distance and spears nearby, coupled with the powerful crossbows placed in the archery towers on the village wall, a killing array for the cavalry was formed in an instant!
Taking advantage of the pause in issuing orders, Shi Huan cautiously reminded him softly: "General, should we set up another shield formation?"
"Shield array? Is it necessary?" Cao Ren was a little impatient.
Whether he didn't like Shi Huan's meddling or just because he was dissatisfied with Cao Cao's arrangements, he couldn't tell. Anyway, he felt that the deputy general assigned by Cao Cao just didn't trust him.
Cautious, steady? Is it necessary?
When he led his troops to fight in Huai and Si, and became famous all over the world, this deputy general was just a nobody in the army, but now he comes to advise him on military affairs, and he often wants to influence his plans. It is really unreasonable.
Of course Shi Huan felt Cao Ren's unhappiness, but thinking of his lord's kindness, he had to bite the bullet and perform his duties: "I heard that the paper armor of the Qingzhou Army is quite skillful..."
"You mean..." Cao Ren frowned.
He didn't quite believe in the existence of paper armor. In his opinion, it was an excuse made by the proud Yuan Shao after he lost the battle. How could paper armor be used? If it was so easy to use, his own army and Wang Yu
From Liaocheng to Leping, I haven't seen the other party take it out?
Paper armor only appeared once in the Battle of Longcuo, and has always maintained a rather mysterious color. If it is not captured, there is no relevant information. Although Cao Cao tried hard to find out, there was still not much success, and Cao Ren naturally had no way of knowing.
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"It's too late, let's find out what's true first." Within a few words, the Qingzhou Army rushed closer again. The distance of a hundred steps passed in an instant, and Cao Ren could already clearly see the attire on the opponent's body.
It was indeed armored, not the legendary gold, but silvery white. Under the morning sun, a silvery brilliance, like flowing mercury, shimmered and flowed over.
It was too late to change the way of defense. Is it true or a bluff? I can only use real swords and guns to tell! Cao Ren raised his right arm high and suddenly dropped it.
"Wind!" The half-open bow string was quickly tightened, rounded, and then bounced away, transferring huge kinetic energy to the arrow. A black cloud flashed with cold light and flew away into the sky, falling accurately towards the rushing cavalry.
queue.
The cavalrymen calmly raised their shields. The shields were not large, but Cao Ren noticed that the cavalrymen did not bend down and hide behind their horses. They just raised their shields diagonally to protect their heads, faces and horses.
head, completely leaving the defense of other parts to the silver-white armor on the body.
His heart tightened. Wang Yu and his Qingzhou Army were already very difficult to deal with. If the legend of this paper armor was true, wouldn't it be even more powerful? If this paper armor really was hidden by Wang Yu, prepare for the critical moment.
By applying his trump card, can he still be able to entangle Qingzhou’s main force as he wishes?
As the cloud of arrows fell from the sky, his confidence began to waver;
When the cloud of arrows landed in the queue of the Qingzhou cavalry, and after combing through the queue but not getting any results, his heart skipped a beat, and he instantly felt cold.
Is it really that amazing?
Cao Ren was stunned, and everyone in Cao's army was frightened. The cavalry on the opposite side ran at the same speed as the light cavalry, but their costumes and defenses were as exaggerated as the armored cavalry.
Considering the morale of the military, no one will promote paper armor in the military without accurate information. What is not understood is always the scariest thing. The fact that the long-range attack did not achieve results shocked everyone, so that
Long-range attacks have lost their continuity.
"Fire the arrows, and then fire them again! There's nothing to be afraid of. Concentrate your fire and don't give them a chance to breathe!" Shi Huan didn't have time to remind him, so he could only give the order instead. The enemy cavalry was picking up their bows and was obviously about to start shooting.
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Before Cao Jun could organize a second round of attack, he saw the Qingzhou cavalry formation suddenly split up. The seemingly dense formation suddenly became loose, and stopped advancing at a distance of about 80 steps.
It is divided into two and runs parallel to the village wall.
Cao Jun's crossbowmen instantly lost their targets, and the spearmen became decorations. This was not the first time they fought against an enemy who was good at riding and shooting, but the difference was that the opponent was tightly protected, making the shooting difficult.
The attrition strategy came to naught, and they didn’t know how to deal with it.
Cao Bing was stunned. The Qingzhou Army had no intention of stopping. They had been taught that they did not give the enemy a chance to breathe. They skillfully turned their horses, loosened their reins, drew their bows and set arrows, and continued
He shot arrows into Cao's camp.
Screams of misery are everywhere!
The spear formation became a decoration and the best target. In order to defend against the cavalry charging into the formation, the spearmen formed an extremely tight formation, huddled in front of the village wall in an airtight manner.
If the Qingzhou cavalry really collided, let alone the paper armor, even the most sophisticated fish scale armor would be bruised and bloody. But since they did not collide, but greeted them with bows and arrows, it would be Cao Cao's turn to be unlucky.
Soldiers.
After a round of galloping, almost no arrows were missed. It's not that all the cavalry are superior in archery, it's just that the wall of Cao's soldiers is too concentrated. As long as the arrows are shot over the wall, they can hit the target. If they are not riding bows
The power is relatively limited, so it is not impossible to kill two birds with one stone.
"Shoot again, shoot again!" Cao Ren was furious and roared loudly: "The front line retreats, retreat layer by layer, the archers and crossbowmen stay still, continue to fight back, don't be chaotic, and you will survive if you obey orders!" The order was passed!
, he turned around again and ordered to Shi Huan: "Gong Liu, you go to the rear to suppress the formation, don't let Liu Bei find an opportunity to come out and take advantage..."
Shi Huan asked in surprise: "General, are you trying to..."
Cao Ren snorted coldly and shouted: "Hmph! Set up an eight-door golden lock formation, lure them over, gather them and annihilate them!"
"...Here!" Seeing Cao Ren's fierce expression and murderous intent in his eyes, Shi Huan did not dare to persuade him any more and obeyed the order, but he still felt uneasy in his heart.
The Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation is one of the high-end changes of the Xuanxiang Formation, and it is second to none among the many illusion formations. Cao Ren has been on the battlefield for many years and is familiar with the art of war, so it is not surprising that he can control this battle. In fact,
The layout of Cao's camp was based on the orientation of the Eight Golden Locks, so it was very convenient to set up the formation.
Cao Ren's clear vision and courage to make prompt decisions are also remarkable. But the question is, will the enemy cavalry rush in?
You have underestimated Liu Bei before, so don't underestimate Wang Yu now. Although Liu Bei's conspiracy is very hidden, Wang Yu is not an ordinary person. Even if he is not aware of it for a moment, can he still not notice it all the time? What if he notices it?
, will you still try your best to save Qingyuan?
Shi Huan tried to put himself in someone else's shoes and imagine how he would deal with it if he were faced with such a situation.
There were too many possibilities and too little time. Until he reached the rear army, he could not think of a clue. At this moment, a high-pitched horn sounded from the central army. It sounded like... angry?
Looking back in shock, I saw two streams of smoke moving quickly along the edge of Cao Ying, quickly bypassing Cao Ying, and rushed towards Gao Lan's troops who were besieging the north gate, and Lu Xiang's troops at the south gate.
The two friendly armies were waiting and watching, and Gao Lan once raised a flag to ask if rescue was needed. Naturally, this proposal was rejected by Cao Ren, but no matter what, both armies were well prepared for defense.
It's a pity that long preparation time is useless. The Qingzhou cavalry's riding and shooting tactics with paper armor cannot be easily handled.
Facing the waiting Gao Lan, Lu Xiang and the Qingzhou Army did not panic and repeated their old tricks. They ran around the besieging Jizhou Army and ran away. The screams of misery were endless and could be heard clearly even from hundreds of steps away.
Gao Lan was very strict in running the army. Although he didn't think of a way to break it, he managed to stabilize his position by using a shield array combined with bows and crossbows. But Lu Xiang didn't have this ability, and the front army was swept away.
The Chinese army immediately began to waver, but Cao Ren conveyed instructions to lure the enemy.
As a result, Lu Xiang gave the order to change the formation, and the Jizhou Army's formation immediately fell into chaos. Those in front wanted to escape, but those behind shouted to hold on, bumping into each other, and trampling on each other, which immediately attracted the attention of the Qingzhou Army.
I saw the Qingzhou Army once again adjusted their formation. The leading general, armed with a pistol in his left hand and a halberd in his right hand, turned into a hurricane amid loud shouts, and crashed straight into the formation of Lu Xiang's army, immediately expanding the chaos completely.
The attempt to lure the enemy was successful, but the result was frustrating.
The trumpet sound became more and more urgent, and the flags danced more and more urgently. Shi Huan seemed not to hear it, but just looked at the chaos in the distance blankly. He understood, really understood.
Wang Yu had already seen through Liu Bei's true face, so he would not march the whole army westward as his lord expected. He would just send a brigade of light cavalry and use the most powerful and mysterious tactics to give the siege troops a chance. surprise attack.
Now, Lu Xiang's formation is in chaos. If Liu Bei is determined to break out, this is the best time. If Liu Bei still doesn't move, then Wang Yu will have an explanation and will not hurt the friendship with Gongsun Zan. Have a reputation for being kind and righteous.
In an era where heroes emerge in large numbers, you can’t underestimate anyone. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)