I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 252, Truce

At this time, the Jizhou cavalry, under the leadership of Zhang Xi, presented a conical attack on the rattan armor army!

Under the command of Wan Lang, after the Rattan Armored Army formed a diamond formation, the trebuchets launched the first wave of attack on Zhang He's cavalry at the same time, but the trebuchets were not modern artillery after all. The equipment took a long time and the hit rate was very low. Most of these stone bullets hit the back of Zhang Yun's cavalry, and few people were injured at all!

But when Zhang He's cavalry entered the range of the crossbowmen's attack, thousands of crossbowmen kept shooting at Zhang He's cavalry.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" A rain of arrows took away the lives of hundreds of knights, but the casualties were nothing to Zhang Yun and the others. The cavalry quickly crossed the distance of hundreds of steps!

After Zhang He got close to the 50-step range of Wanlang's army, the 4000 cavalry divided into two groups, outflanking the Tengjia army on the left and right. These cavalry rushed around the side of Wanlang's army like two long dragons.

Zhang He planned to take advantage of the maneuverability of the cavalry and lead his cavalry to attack from the flanks of the Tengjia army. Generally, the flanks in the army are weak points, and the army is prone to collapse in the face of an attack.Regardless of any military formation, as long as there is a gap, the cavalry can rely on mobility to destroy the enemy's overall defensive formation, break through the enemy's military formation, and then slaughter the enemy!

But Zhang Yun was surprised to find that he and his lieutenant led the cavalry around the formation, but they couldn't find any weak flanks when they wanted to attack the Tengjia army. Armored Spears!
Wan Lang saw the cavalry of the Han army circling in circles and shouted: "Crossbow archers shoot freely, shoot me all the long arrows in their hands!"

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Because they didn't need to shoot in unison, the crossbowmen quickly followed the cavalrymen and kept shooting their long arrows at Zhang He and the others!
"Hey, hey, hey!" Zhang He's cavalry and horses were continuously shot by crossbow arrows. Because they were too close to the rattan armor army, more than 200 of Zhang He's cavalry fell down again!

"Hey, hey, hey!" Zhang He and the others also used their bows to fight back!But cavalry bows are inherently weak, and the two major armies are all armored troops. Cavalry bows with poor attack power can't break through defenses at all. Except for a few unlucky people who are shot at the front door by bows and arrows or places that are not defended by iron armor, others can't attack at all. Unscathed!
The battlefield is changing rapidly, and there is not much time left for Zhang He to think. Zhang He found that he could not use tricks, and it was difficult to destroy the enemy with bows and arrows, so he could only attack head-on.

Zhang Yun didn't care about this strange formation, and led his subordinates to charge towards the formation of the Tengjia Army, trying to break through Wanlang's formation with the impact of the horses!

Zhang He raised his steel gun high and shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill the thief!"

The cavalry behind Zhang He also shouted: "Kill the thief!"

Then he used his spear to fly the shield in front of him, and let his horse step on the rattan armor soldier!And the cavalry behind him also ran into the army formation!
Zhang Yun's iron cavalry was like a black cloud with dull thunder, crashing into the formation of the Tengjia Army, roaring, horses neighing, and soldiers roaring.

Wan Lang immediately commanded the crossbowman to shoot wildly at Zhang He's army!

"Hey, hey, hey!" The dense rain of arrows shot into the fast-moving army of iron cavalry. Soldiers continued to fall from their horses at high speed, or their horses were shot by crossbow arrows. There are constant situations where people turn their backs on their backs.But the soldiers didn't change their faces when they saw this situation, and they still followed Zhang Xi and galloped towards the formation of the Tengjia Army!

The shield soldiers in the front row of the Rattan Armored Army nervously supported the shields in their hands, resisting their fear of the ferocious attack of the iron cavalry, watching the cavalry collide with their shields, countless soldiers retreated under the impact of the cavalry, but The comrades behind them tried their best to help them resist the charge of the cavalry.

Although Zhang Xi's cavalry were like a flood, they slammed into them like a thunderbolt, but the warriors of the Tengjia Army were solid rocks, and their formation was like a dam. No matter how fierce the flood was, they were helpless against the dam made of huge rocks. !
But after Zhang He's cavalry was stopped by the defense line, Wan Lang was overjoyed and pointed in Zhang He's direction and shouted: "The crossbowmen shoot them to death!"

The crossbow arrows kept shooting at Zhang He and the others. Zhang He's warriors had ceramic armor and could withstand these arrows as long as they were not too unlucky, but their horses didn't have such abilities. Dozens of crossbow bolts were shot, and they screamed and jumped wildly, trying to escape from the hell of the crossbow bolts!

And Zhang He shouted loudly: "The army retreats!"

One by one, the warriors quickly turned their horses' heads

At this time, on the other side of the battlefield, Zhang He's lieutenant rushed to the army formation on the other side of the Wanlang army formation to support Zhang He!
"Boom!" The two armies collided, and there was a huge and dull roar. This sound resounded across the battlefield. The soldiers of the Tengjia Army were all shocked by the internal organs, and the blood in their mouths continued. They could only rely on their comrades behind them. Only then can we stand on our own feet!
Immediately after the lieutenant finished charging, he said: "Turn the horse's head and continue charging later!"

Wan Lang saw this scene and said: "The crossbowmen in the last 4 rows, turn back and shoot the enemy!"

"Hey, hey, hey!" This wave of crossbow arrows from the Rattan Armor Army hit a few unlucky people who were running away!And the two thousand cavalry quickly turned around, let the horses run again, and then accelerated and continued to charge like here!

At this time, Zou Dan led 2000 Youzhou troops to rush towards Wanlang's army. For a while, Wanlang was besieged by the Han army on three sides, especially Zhang Xi and his lieutenant general. array!
At this time, both sides on the battlefield were desperately fighting each other. The Tengjia Army was viciously waving their sabers, and continued to kill the Han army, while Zhang He and the others continued to attack the Tengjia Army formation. The army formation in front of them.

But their impact was in vain. No matter how fierce they were, the formation of the Rattan Armor Army remained unmoved.

Zhang Xi observed the battlefield and found that even though he had the advantage of the cavalry, there were still more fallen soldiers on his side. He gritted his teeth and decided to charge again. If he couldn't break through the formation of the Rattan Armored Army, he planned to retreat!

"Kill!" Zhang He led the cavalry to distance himself, and then commanded his army to charge up again!This time Zhang He took the sharpest spear among himself, he took the lead, and kept waving the steel spear in his hand, flying away the shields in front of him. A group of soldiers from the army stabbed Zhang He's horse with their spears at the same time!
Zhang He was thrown off his horse in an instant. The Iron Armored Army around him wanted to surround and kill Zhang He, but a carp stood up and waved his spear continuously. Surround Zhang He!

When Wan Lang saw Zhang Yun rushing in, he said angrily: "Put them to death with long spears!" Dozens of soldiers held shields in their hands, formed a circle and stabbed them with long spears at the very front! "

Seeing that there were enemies all around, Zhang He could only bring his own soldiers to kill the soldiers who were close to his cavalry line, and led his own guards to kill them out!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of roaring war drums came from not far away, and Zhang Yun found another group of enemies appeared, obviously the Iron Armored Army from other directions came to support them!

At this time, Zhang Yun could only shout: "The whole army retreats!"

And Liu Yu on the city wall also saw this situation, he immediately said: "Hurry up and withdraw the troops, let them enter Yuyang County from the west!"

"Dang, dang, dang!" The voice of Ming Jin withdrawing troops came from Yuyang City.

The soldiers of the Han army retreated like a tide when they heard this voice, and then followed Zhang Yun to the west gate of Yuyang!

But at this time, Xian Yufu commanded the soldiers to put down the suspension bridge, open the city gate, and welcome the support army!
Naturally, Wan Lang was not reconciled to being at a disadvantage like this, and led the soldiers to catch up, but Xian Yufu had already prepared for it. When Wan Lang's army entered within a hundred steps of the city wall, Xian Yufu ordered the soldiers to use archery to block the pursuit of the rattan armored army. Bing, Wan Lang had to retreat after dozens of rattan armor soldiers were shot and wounded!
Then both sides retreated their troops, and the battle ended like this.Wan Lang counted the wounded and found that more than 500 of his soldiers died in battle, and the total number of lightly and seriously wounded was about 500!However, there were more than 1500 enemies left on the battlefield, and the battle damage ratio reached one to three, which is considered a very high casualty for the Tengjia Army!
Wang Yong also led the army over at this time. Seeing that the battle was over, he ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

And Wan Lang, whom he found by himself, asked, "Do you know the source of this Han army?"

Wan Lang said helplessly: "It should be the vanguard of the Jizhou Army. Half of the soldiers who attacked me this time were wearing ceramic armor. We only sold this kind of equipment to Zhang Yan on a large scale. After Zhang Yan was defeated, these Most of the ceramic armor fell into the hands of the Jizhou army, and Liu Yu's subordinates did not have this kind of armor! Huangfusong should be here soon!"

Wang Yong thought for a while and said, "Since Huangfusong is about to arrive, let's retreat to the camp as well. It seems that we can only wait for Qu Shuai's reinforcements!"

He just watched Wan Lang and Huangfu Song's subordinates fight. It can be said that Wan Lang was suppressed and beaten by Huangfu Song's subordinates throughout the battle. If Wan Lang's subordinates were not all armored heavy infantry and defended the army formation, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

One of Huangfusong's subordinates is so powerful, if he came in person, Wang Yong would not have the confidence to defeat Huangfusong!
On the other side, Zhang Yun and others all entered Yuyang City!Liu Yu summoned Zhang Yun and other generals who came to support him in the county guard's mansion!
Liu Yu looked at Zhang He strangely and said, "This general isn't my general from Youzhou, is he?"

Zhang He clasped his fists and said, "The officer is a captain under General Hussars. His surname is Zhang, his name is He, and his style name is Junyi. He is ordered by General Hussars to support Master Zhou! My general will arrive in Yuyang City in 2-3 days at most. !"

Liu Yuxin said happily: "Brother Yizhen supported so quickly, it was really unexpected!"

Then Liu Yu said with a sigh of relief: "Brother Youyi is in Youzhou, so I can rest assured!"

This period of time was really tormenting for him, and now that the first place in the big man is coming, he can finally hand over the task of commanding the battle to Huangfusong!During this period of time, Liu Yu found that he was really not suitable for commanding an army!

Then Liu Yu continued to ask: "We have been surrounded by the Tengjia Army during this period, and we don't know the situation outside. How is the situation in Youzhou now?"

Zhang Xi really didn't know the situation in Youzhou. He was on his way to Youzhou all the way, and he didn't know the current situation in Youzhou!

At this time, Zou Dan came out and said: "Ban's City is still in the hands of our Youzhou army, but it is already in danger. Lei Gong used thunder methods to blast two mouths more than one foot away in Ban's City, but Yan Gangxiao Wei led his personal guards to recapture the two gaps, and then blocked the two gaps again with boulder cement. However, under the attack of the catapults of the Rattan Armor Army, the two gaps were smashed open again, and now the entire Ban's City has been destroyed. The situation is at stake, Gaoliu's Captain Shan Jing and Lingqiu's Guan Jing, each leading 5000 soldiers to support!"

Compared with other places in Youzhou, Dai County and Shanggu County have 5 field soldiers. Adding Dai County, Shanggu’s dangerous terrain is very difficult to conquer these two places. This is why Huangfusong is not worried about the defense line of Dai County.

Liu Yu frowned and said, "It's Lei Fa again!"

The other generals also looked ugly when they heard that Lei Gong had a large number of iron armors and powerful trebuchets. They could understand these things and find a way to solve them.

But only this Lei Fa, they still don't know what it is?Unknown things are more terrifying. The only thing they know about Lei Gong's Lei Fa is that this thing seems to be afraid of water. As long as there is water in the city, they have never seen Lei Gong use it.

Of course, this may also be their illusion, after all, Lei Gong only used Lei Fa 3-5 times!There's very little they can get about Refa!

Zou Dan continued: "After Sun Qing of the Tengjia Army conquered Ning County, Guangning and other counties, he is now leading an army of 3 to attack Juyong Pass. Bogui is now guarding Juyong Pass, and under his order, he withdrew the soldiers outside the pass ahead of time. , so now there are more than 1 soldiers in Juyongguan, and they are not worried about the attack of the Tengjia Army, and there is no news of Brother Bogui asking for help!"

Only then did Liu Yu heave a sigh of relief, that is to say, the defense line of the entire Youzhou is still there, which is good, as long as it lasts another 2 months to resist the Tengjia Army, then the winter in northern Xinjiang will come, and the whole Youzhou will be snowed heavily by then Flying, facing this kind of weather, the Tengjia army had no choice but to retreat!

After this battle, it is better to digest the strength of both sides. In the next few days, neither Liu Yu nor Wang Yong have the idea of ​​continuing to fight!Both sides are waiting for their reinforcements!
While Liu Yu was waiting for Huangfusong, Wang Yong finally got his reinforcements. Li Gang came to support Wang Yong with an army of 3!

But when Li Gang saw Wang Yong, he said, "I brought Qu Shuai's order!"

Wang Yong immediately expressed his intention to listen respectfully.

Li Gang continued: "Shuai Qu said, I am your last batch of reinforcements. If you conquer Yuyang, I will lead troops to help you defend Yuyang City. If you do not conquer Yuyang, your camp is us." Attack the stronghold of Yuyang City, and I will be here with you to defend against the counterattack of the Han army, Qu Shuai will not send any reinforcements to you until the autumn harvest is completed!"

Wang Yong was surprised and said: "Attack after the autumn harvest, so there is still time to attack Yuyang City? I was delayed for half a month under Yuyang City and failed. Now Huangfusong is about to enter Yuyang!"

The autumn harvest in Mayi is in October, and the winter in northern Xinjiang is generally in November. If you really want to lead the army to attack Youzhou after the autumn harvest, you will not be able to fight for a few days, and the snow may even arrive earlier this year. On the way when the Jia army was really marching, it began to snow heavily in Youzhou.

But Li Gang said in a bad mood: "If you don't finish the autumn harvest, do you want our rattan armor army to starve to death! You don't know what's going on with the big man now. We can't buy food even if we have money, and the production of this batch of food in Bingzhou has been reduced. We captured Youzhou, and many people will starve to death.

And Youzhou is not fighting now, and it will be the same next year. If Liu Yu hadn't gone crazy, we wouldn't have had enough food and grass, and we were still fighting during the autumn harvest. Don't you know that Dong Zhuo is now commanding warlords from all over the Han Dynasty to besiege us? Tengjia Army, now we have to deal with not only Liu Yu and Huangfusong, but the entire power of the big man! "

Then Li Gang told Wang Yong about the current situation surrounded by the Tengjia Army!
Wang Yong also couldn't believe it. In less than a month, the situation of the Rattan Armor Army turned out to be as dangerous as it is now.
But Li Gang comforted: "Don't worry, the terrain of Bingzhou is dangerous. At the beginning, our commander-in-chief Qu had already occupied all the favorable terrain in Bingzhou. Don't think Dong Zhuo and the others are too many people, but it's just a problem of habit. It's just that there are too many people." They are all going to resist the enemy, so that we are short of manpower in the autumn harvest, so Qu Shuai plans to defend against the attack of the Han army now, and then fully counterattack after the autumn harvest is over!
"The armies in other directions of the Han Dynasty are only used to contain us. What we are really difficult to deal with is the Youzhou Army and Jizhou County. We only have half a year at most. If you can't conquer Youzhou before next year's spring plowing, our Tengjia Army will be A truly dangerous time!"

Wang Yong also worried: "The Youzhou Army originally had 8 troops, and now Huangfusong is supporting 5 troops. If Jizhou County comes to support them later, we will face 20 to 30 troops. This is not good! "

Wan Gang smiled and said: "Our rattan armor army will still be afraid of having too many enemies. The large number of people has always been our advantage. If it is not for the lack of food and grass, Qu Shuai can pull out a million troops! After the autumn harvest is over, Qu Shuai will at least Bring more than 20 troops, and then our Tengjia Army will be able to conquer Youzhou with a thunderbolt, we have such an absolute advantage, neither Liu Yu nor Huangfusong can stop our progress!"

"So what we have to do now is to guard this month's time, keep our current results, and then wait until Shuai Qu's reinforcements arrive!"

After listening to Li Gang's words, Wang Yong said: "Understood, I will definitely build this camp like a fortress, make it a nail, and firmly anchor it under Yuyang City!"

When Wang Yong received Li Gang, Liu Yu also brought the senior officials and generals of Youzhou to receive the new Zhenbei General Huangfusong!

As soon as Liu Yu saw Huangfusong, he happily grabbed his big hand and said, "Brother Yizhen, you are finally here, and now I can sleep peacefully!"

Huangfusong also laughed and said: "Brother Bo'an, you have done a good job. You can actually lead the Youzhou army to withstand the attack of 10 armored troops! I really want to see it with admiration!"

Liu Yu shook his head and said, "Yi really thinks highly of me. It is the generals of Youzhou who are capable enough to resist the attack of the Tengjia army. To be honest, our state shepherd has delayed their future! "

Then Liu Yu took Huangfusong to know the generals in Youzhou, and when he came to Zhang Yun, Liu Yu smiled and said: "Yizhen, you really have no weak soldiers in your hands. If Junyi didn't come to support you this time, I'm afraid my Yuyang City will be destroyed by vines." The Armored Army has broken through!"

But Zhang He said in embarrassment: "My subordinates recklessly attacked the Tengjia Army, and almost ended up annihilated. Thanks to Brother Yu Xing's rescue, they escaped unharmed!"

Huangfu Song asked: "Have you fought against the Tengjia Army?"

Zhang Yun nodded and said: "We attacked an armored army of less than [-] people in the Tengjia Army. At that time, the subordinates had cavalry, which took advantage of maneuvering, but the Tengjia Army made a strange formation, which made it impossible for the subordinates to perform well. Cavalry advantage!"

After speaking, Zhang Xi drew a diamond-shaped pattern on the ground and said: "This subordinate wanted to lead the cavalry to find the flanks of the Rattan Armored Army to attack, but under this formation, there was no flanking of the Rattan Armored Army. The cavalry attacked hard, but the rattan armored army was wearing iron armor, the equipment was better than the subordinates, and the soldiers were more elite than the subordinate cavalry. After a battle, the subordinates were defeated! About [-] people died in the battle, and the rattan armor Army casualties may only be a few hundred!"

Huangfusong comforted: "The Tengjia Army has the advantages of equipment and soldiers, and can also use formation to offset the advantage of your cavalry maneuvering. It can be said that you are completely at a disadvantage in fighting the Tengjia Army. It is already good to have the current exchange ratio. In our Jizhou County, only the Shield Sword Battalion can achieve a one-to-one exchange ratio with the Tengjia Army!"

Then Huang Fusong began to think carefully about the formation drawn by Zhang Yun. He found that this kind of army was tailor-made for infantry to deal with cavalry. The shield soldiers formed a solid line of defense, while the crossbowmen inside powerfully killed and wounded the enemies who dared to attack the formation. It can be said that it is an army formation integrating offense and defense, which is especially effective against cavalry rushing into the formation.

Of course, this army formation is not without its shortcomings, because most of the soldiers are carrying giant shields and spears, and only a few crossbowmen are used as offensive forces, which are weak in lethality. Carrying giant shields and spears, the mobility of soldiers becomes even worse Yes, there must be a special transport vehicle to help transport equipment, and the military formation has very high requirements for soldiers, and they will not retreat in the face of huge cavalry collisions. Such people can be called warriors, but now they have to call several Thousands of such warriors, or at least find a way to train soldiers to be warriors who are not afraid of cavalry attacks, which is not a small difficulty!

Huangfu Song had been thinking about how to deal with the huge cavalry of the Tengjia Army, and today's formation gave him great inspiration!If this army formation can be improved and its attack power strengthened, then they can fight against the cavalry of the Rattan Armor Army even in the plains!

(End of this chapter)