I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 554, both lose

After the cavalry was restrained by Liu Bei's hollow phalanx, Yang Feng sent artillery battalions and large infantry to attack Liu Bei's army.

In terms of artillery, Dagan has the advantage. Dagan's artillery is powerful, has a long range, and has a large number, which is far from what Liu Beijun can match.

So Yang Feng pushed hundreds of cannons to the forefront of the army. When Liu Bei's army came within range of the artillery, Yang Feng immediately gave the order to bomb the Han army, and the artillery battalion continued to bombard Liu Bei's phalanx.

"Boom boom boom!" Amidst the indiscriminate bombardment of the artillery, Liu Beijun suffered heavy casualties. The hollow phalanxes with spears were opened up by the artillery, and the battlefield was filled with gunpowder smoke.

But Yang Feng never expected that Liu Bei didn't want to compete with Dagan in the power of long-range artillery.

Even though his army suffered heavy casualties under the artillery bombardment, Liu Bei still let the army withstand the artillery bombardment, and kept approaching Yang Feng's army.

Liu Bei's hollow phalanx can weaken the lethality of the artillery to the greatest extent and reduce the loss of the army. The Jingzhou army relies on such tactics that do not count casualties, and keeps approaching Yang Feng's army.Forced Yang Feng to give up all the advantages of the army, when the armies of both sides approached 10 steps, Liu Bei's army charged across the board, the soldiers of the two sides strangled together, the artillery could no longer exert its power, and the two sides carried out the most brutal hand-to-hand combat Fighting battle.

This battle was extremely cruel, and the soldiers on both sides continued to fall, and the blood stained the land even more.

Yang Feng's soldiers are elite and have excellent tactics, facing the advantage of the Jingzhou army's several times the army, they are constantly fighting.The cavalry of the Dagan Army continued to intersperse around Liu Bei's army.The [-] cavalry were divided into multiple groups, constantly attacking the weak areas of Liu Bei's army, and wanted to cooperate with Yang Feng's infantry to completely divide and outflank the hundreds of thousands of Jingzhou army, gather and annihilate them.

The Jingzhou army on the battlefield did not show weakness. Under the command of Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other generals, they took advantage of their numbers and their bravery to constantly behead the senior officers of the main army. Generals such as Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and Wei Yan all gained victories.

In particular, Zhang Feiyong was unstoppable, beheading 5 generals of the Dagan Army one after another, two military Sima and a school lieutenant, and broke through the formation of the Dagan Army opposite him, almost cutting off Yang Feng's army in the middle.

Facing such an unstoppable Zhang Fei, Yang Feng could only keep moving his central army closer to increase the density of defense to withstand the tide of attacking Han army. At the same time, he issued an order to prohibit the senior generals of the Datian Army from charging. at the forefront.

He also ordered Duan Peng's cavalry to continuously attack the Jingzhou Army's phalanx, hoping to use the mobility and impact of the cavalry to defeat Liu Bei's army.

In this way, the two sides fought fiercely for a whole day. Although Liu Bei had more than twice the force advantage, the bravery of the generals was even more difficult for the main army to match the enemy.

However, with the prolongation of the fighting time, the physical fitness and equipment advantages of the soldiers of the Dagan Army gradually emerged. The strength and strength of the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army were gradually consumed in this day's fierce battle, and the offensive gradually declined. The dry cavalry broke down, and the soldiers continued to flee.

Seeing that this battle was going to be defeated by Liu Beifang, at this moment, the sound of fierce drums suddenly came from the southeast of the battlefield.

Both Liu Bei and Yang Feng were taken aback by the sudden arrival of an army, who had no idea whether this army was an enemy or a friend.

But soon Yang Feng saw the Chinese character flag and the Guan character flag of this army through the telescope.

He was taken aback and said: "This is Guan Yu's army, hurry up and withdraw!"

But at this time, it was too late for Yang Fengmin and Jin to withdraw his troops. Guan Yu's 3 army suddenly rushed into the battlefield like this, directly hitting the flank of the Dagan army.

The soldiers of the Dagan Army, who had been fighting fiercely for a day, were already exhausted. When they found the reinforcements from the Han army, their morale plummeted. Facing Guan Yu's onslaught, it was difficult to resist, and several battalions of soldiers were soon defeated.

Faced with such a sudden attack, Yang Feng could only command the army to retreat quickly, and at the same time ordered Duan Peng's cavalry to contain the main force of the Han army and cooperate with the army to withdraw from the battlefield.

And Liu Bei finally encountered a chance to defeat the big army, so he was naturally unwilling to let Yang Feng's army withdraw from the battlefield like this.

After Liu Bei and Guan Yu's army met, the army covered up all the way, trying to keep Yang Feng's army on the battlefield completely.

But Duan Peng's cavalry continued to hinder the pursuit of the Han army on the periphery, and after Yang Feng's army completely withdrew from the battlefield.Duan Peng led his men to withdraw directly from the battlefield.

Facing the rapidly retreating cavalry, Liu Bei and Guan Yu could only watch them retreat.

Under the setting sun, Liu Bei looked at the large army that had withdrawn from the battlefield and said helplessly: "Without cavalry, even if we defeat the large army, it will be difficult to continue to expand the results of the battle."

"On the contrary, even if they are defeated, they can calmly withdraw from the battlefield with the cavalry. This is too bad for us!"

Zhang Fei, who was covered in blood, heard Liu Bei's words and said: "After this battle is over, we will return to Jingzhou and piece together to see if we can form a battalion of cavalry."

In this era, most of the countryside in the Han Dynasty was still a large manor economic system. This system basically served those powerful clans, so there were war horses trained by powerful clans in each Wubao. Of course, war horses raised in the hinterland of the Central Plains, Naturally, they are not as majestic as those on the grassland, and their numbers are relatively rare.

If you cross the Yangtze River, the war horses in the north will basically not survive, and the war horses in the south are not much different from the donkeys. This is why Liu Bei has not reorganized the cavalry.

Zhao Yun said helplessly: "Even if we get these cavalry, we have no place to raise horses? Jiangnan can't support the war horses in the North!"

Zhang Fei said: "It's not easy. We can set up the racecourse in Nanyang County. Now that Jiangnan is about to be attacked by Dagan, Nanyang County must be fortified and cleared, and the people must evacuate to the south of the Yangtze River! In this way, Nanyang Isn't the county the best place to raise horses?"

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "Third brother's words are justified. After this battle is over, the imperial court should rebuild the factory and horse farm!"

At this time Guan Yu came over, I looked at Liu Bei excitedly and said: "Brother!"

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and said excitedly: "This time, the second brother's support is not timely. I am afraid that the brother will be defeated again. The second brother is the biggest hero in this battle!"

Guan Yu excitedly said: "Younger brother just happened to meet at the right time. The biggest result of this battle is your big brother."

After Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and others exchanged pleasantries for a while, Yuan Ji brought the results of this war. The Han army suffered more than 3 casualties, while the Dagan army left [-] corpses on the battlefield!

Liu Bei said helplessly: "We won the prestige in this battle, but lost the strength. We can only be regarded as a loser."

(End of this chapter)