Cao Cao's flying geese formation, in addition to using long-range attacks, has the biggest advantage of covering a large area and can be used to cover the battlefield. It is especially suitable for limiting the mobility of the cavalry, so as to surround the enemy and annihilate them together.
But there is also a disadvantage, that is, the formation is too spread out and the strength is relatively unconcentrated. If the enemy adopts a resolute central breakthrough tactic, it will be difficult to resist.
Cao Cao is a master of the art of war, so of course he doesn't understand the pros and cons, but given the current situation, this is the only way.
Now several groups of soldiers and horses from Qingzhou are outflanking them from all directions. Time is life and there is no time for him to fight steadily. The solid defensive square, circle or yoke formations have poor mobility, so Wang Yu does not need to charge into the formation at all.
As long as the maneuverability is used to pull back and forth, it is enough to create an opening to save people.
When Wang Yu and Lu Bu meet up and calmly start to contain them, Cao Jun's 80,000-strong army will really be at the end of its rope.
Therefore, Cao Cao decisively set up the Flying Geese Formation to force Wang Yu to fight head-on. It would be best if he could defeat Wang Yu or even capture Wang Yu. Even if he could not, he would still have to greatly consume the strength of the Wind and Fire Cavalry in this battle.
force, leaving the opponent unable to pursue. Ordering the cavalry to counterattack was precisely to make up for the weakness of the long battle line.
Five thousand light cavalry and two thousand iron cavalry are not just decorations. No matter how powerful the Qingzhou Army is, it will have to pay a considerable price and take a considerable amount of time to win, and then it will be unable to continue to attack the infantry array. But they never expected that Zhao Yun would not
Planning to do more killing, he directly used a chaotic formation, and then forcibly opened a passage among thousands of troops.
Since the beginning of the war, the casualties of the 5,000 Leopard Cavalry have not yet reached 1,000, but their combat power has been ineffective. They can neither block the light cavalry in front nor cut off the connection between the enemy formations. Instead, they have been mixed with the Qingzhou Army's Qingqi on both wings.
At one point, more than 10,000 crossbowmen on both sides of the enemy's side were forced to throw rat weapons.
However, Cao Cao did not despair yet, because there were Cao Chun's two thousand cavalry behind the Qingqi. Although Xu Chu and Dian Wei were restrained by Lu Bu who suddenly went crazy, Xiliang's surrender general Pang De was also a good player and was even more skilled in cavalry combat.
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Cao Cao did not expect that the iron cavalry alone could complete the blocking task, but the iron cavalry should have the absolute upper hand in the battle against the light cavalry. His only hope was that there would be no more accidents.
Cao Chun lived up to Cao Cao's expectations and did not rush for revenge. He commanded two thousand cavalry to form a neat fish-scale formation and pressed forward steadily without leaving any flaws. In the smoke and dust that covered the sky, the gale-force cavalry surged like the wind.
The formation of leopard cavalry is as steady as a mountain.
"Get ready..." Pang De rode his horse to the front of the array and raised his voice to give the order.
After the Battle of Longshan was broken up, he originally tried to return to the army, but before he could get around the Qingzhou Army's front line, he got the news of Ma Chao's surrender.
Although he inherited the business from his father and his son, Pound really didn't have much loyalty to his young general. He was a very orthodox person, so he got along well with Ma Teng, who also advocated tradition, and with the unruly and arrogant Ma Chao.
There was no common language at all. Hearing that Ma Chao had surrendered, he went south to join Cao Cao without saying anything.
Even now, he has no regrets.
The distinction between scholars and common people, superiority and inferiority, this is an unshakable iron rule in the world! No matter who he is, as long as he dares to touch this iron law, he will be his sworn enemy! In order to maintain the righteousness of the world, he will die a hundred times.
Never give up!
"Flat spears!" The two hundred cavalry in the first two rows of the Tiger Cavalry were all Xiliang soldiers who followed Pound south. Following Pound's order, they once again performed their specialty, the two-foot-four-foot super long cavalry.
Spears rose up like a forest, pointing straight at the gale force cavalry on the opposite side!
In Bingzhou, they suffered a defeat. But this time, they were no longer wearing unreliable paper armor, but real iron armor! And the enemy army had no infantry that could form a star-spreading formation.
Pang De is very confident that this battle will be a battle of revenge for the men of Xiliang!
The Leopard Riders in the rear team felt the pressure from both front and rear at the same time, and all of them were terrified and fled to the two wings in panic.
The scariest thing about cavalry charging into battle is that those who are too fast will die under the enemy's sword, and those who are too slow will not fare much better. Your comrades may know you, but their horseshoes will definitely not know you.
Soon, the space between the Tiger Cavalry and the Gale Cavalry became empty, and Pound clearly saw the movements of the other party. He was a little confused, and subconsciously pulled down his visor, fearing that he had seen it wrong - facing the iron wall.
A huge array of cavalry, the Qingzhou cavalry was actually taking their bows!
Are they crazy? Not to mention the cavalry bow with far inferior range and power, even the strong infantry bow can't do anything with armor at a distance of fifty steps! Playing cavalry archery when the two armies are confronting each other is simply asking for death, right?
"Get ready!" But he did see Zhao Yun taking a bow and drawing an arrow. More than a hundred steps away, on the roaring horses, the white horse knights lined up in a row and drew their bows in neat movements!
Pound suddenly came back to his senses. It was indeed not because he was dazzled, because the enemy army had once again completed the change of formation!
"Look..." The distance was more than ten steps closer, and Zhao Yun issued the second command in an orderly manner.
The standard crossbow command is to order the archer to aim. The cavalry archers nocked arrows one after another, raised their hands and bent the bow. The bow was only half-open, and the right hand holding the arrow was close to the cheek.
"Ying..." This was the last command before shooting. Ying means to fully draw the bow, like the waxing moon. It was at this moment that Pang De suddenly discovered a strange thing, a strange thing that horrified him.
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The normal action of opening a bow is to use the right arm to pull the bow string backward, but the enemy rider uses his left hand to push the bow forward, fully pushing the bow at once!
Although Pang De is young, he is not bad at it. He knows this special method of pushing the bow. Only the bows that are well-made and extremely hard need to be drawn using this method. This is the same as pushing the crossbow.
Logically speaking, if the bow is stiff to a certain extent, the bowstring will not be able to be pulled, but it will be easier to push the bow body.
There was only one order left, and Pound's whole body was stretched to the extreme.
Once again, the ominous premonition that he felt during the Battle of Longshan once again enveloped his whole body. He really didn't want to believe that the enemy's cavalry shots could hurt the cavalry behind him, but this feeling was like maggots in the tarsal bones. Why?
All lingering.
He saw that Zhao Yun also fired the bow in person, and his usual smile was gone. Through the smoke and dust, Pound could clearly see those murderous eyes, staring coldly at him and the iron wall behind him!
In that look, it seemed as if what was coming was not a war horse roaring out of nowhere; not thorns that overlapped like steel; not a wild beast that chose to devour people with boiling blood; not a wall that was advancing at high speed... but the prey that was delivered to the door!
"Wind!" Zhao Yun shouted loudly!
At this time, there was only the last hundred steps left between the two sides. Two hundred bows vibrated in unison, and the same number of feather arrows screamed and rushed towards us! After a while, another two hundred feather arrows were shot upward, and a
A non-stop rain of arrows fell, completely covering Pound and his cavalry.
The rain of arrows, no, maybe it should be called the mist of arrows! In the blink of an eye, it spans a hundred steps, and when it reaches the mist of arrows in front of you, it is like a strong wind or a raging wave, unavoidable and unstoppable!
Pound fought hard, but his heart became colder and colder, because what came from his body was not only the normal sound of metal colliding, but also the sound of 'Puff! Puff!' as a large number of sharp blades entered the body - the iron armor was actually struck by
Shot through!
After finally blocking the first round of arrows, Pound took the time to look around and found that the array of hundreds of cavalry at the front had become sparse. At least fifty cavalry fell off their horses, and their bodies were all stabbed.
Full of feathers and arrows, the corpses piled up into a hill.
However, the rear army was not aware of it, and the trumpets from the central army continued to sound faster and faster, desperately promoting the battle.
In fact, now that the momentum has been established, it cannot be stopped even if it wants to. The cavalry in the rear army were not bothered by the corpses of their comrades, nor were they frightened by the arrows. They stared straight ahead and rushed forward one after another.
, the momentum of the charge is getting stronger and stronger!
This tide was not something that Pound could withstand. He did not bother to analyze what was strange about the enemy's bow, nor did he think about new strategies. He could only follow the trend and rush forward, hoping to cross these last few dozen steps as soon as possible.
distance.
However, a new order came from the other side, which directly ruined his last hope.
"Turn!" The horse archers who had just carried out a round of killings drew their bows and leaned down. At the same time, they turned their horses' heads and ran out diagonally, leaving their positions to their comrades behind them.
"see!"
"Ying!"
"wind!"
At the sound of orders, arrows were shot out one after another, and more and more cavalry fell on the war horses. Now not only Pound, but also Cao Cao, who was watching the battle from behind, also found something strange. The bows and arrows used by the cavalry archers were not ordinary bows and arrows.
, but an incredible weapon that can shoot through iron armor!
Faced with such strength, the Tiger Cavalry still showed frightening fighting spirit. None of them retreated and rushed forward bravely, hoping to rely on courage to cross this man-made natural chasm. However, no matter how they urged the horses, this short period
The distance of dozens of steps seems to be so close that it is the end of the world, and it cannot be crossed no matter what.
It's not that they run slowly, it's that the enemy's formation changes too quickly!
The cavalryman who completed a round of shooting was thrown directly into the diagonal thorn, like an unfolding lotus, with petals blooming from the inside out layer by layer, but the stamen in the center refused to reveal its true appearance.
The front row ran away, and the rear row fired volleys. The distance was shortened far less than the speed of casualties. In just a few breaths, Pound painfully discovered that not one of the two hundred good brothers who followed him south was dead.
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This is not surprising. Even Pound himself had four or five eagle feathers inserted into his body. Although none of them hit the vital point, they all penetrated deeply into the flesh. If Pound had not avoided the vital point by relying on his extraordinary martial arts, he would now be
He must be one of the corpses everywhere.
"Ah!" He grabbed an arrow that was shot in his thigh, roared, and struggled to pull it out.
Blood surged wildly, but Pang De didn't even look at it. The injury on his leg did not affect his combat power, but if he didn't see what was strange about the enemy's arrows, he would not be able to rest in peace.
This kind of arrow is slightly longer than ordinary feathered arrows. The tip of the arrow is black and blue. It is cold and reminds of the teeth of some kind of animal. Pound feels that this arrow is much heavier than the arrows he usually uses, and the arrow shaft is soaked in oil.
, tough and smooth. If you look closely, you will find that the arrow is four-sided, with extremely deep grooves carved on both sides of each edge.
Armor-breaking cone!
A term came to mind, and Pound was filled with grief and anger.
Armor-piercing arrows are not a new thing, but they are not easy to make and cannot be used on a large scale on the battlefield. It is no exaggeration to say that killing people with this thing costs almost the same as hitting people with gold and silver.
There is also the bow used by the Qingzhou Army. Pang De knows without a close inspection that it is not an ordinary bow. It is probably some kind of specially made strong bow. Otherwise, the range and power would not be so strong!
Once again, I was defeated by Qingzhou's magnanimity...
After an unknown amount of time, the long and heavy-casualty charge was finally over, but Pang De was disheartened, because until the end, the tiger cavalry could only catch up with a dozen or so scattered cavalry, and most of the light cavalry had turned in in time.
What he is about to face is the Fire Cavalry, which is forming an even thicker array and coming up from the smoke and dust in the sky! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)