Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 837 Risk your life in a fight

In the diffuse smoke, Yuan Tan covered his mouth and nose with wet linen cloth, supported the city wall and climbed to the top of the city. He saw that everything inside and outside the city was extremely chaotic and chaotic. The soldiers were panic-stricken. People inside the city were screaming in the smoke. The camp outside was also in commotion.

Not only because there was a fire in the city, but also because they saw Yuan Xijun starting to move.

In the direction of Dongwu City, the infantry of Yuan Xi's army advanced in formation, and a large number of cavalry surrounded them on both sides. There were dense lanterns in the sky, lighting up the road below. Yuan Tan had also heard of these paper lanterns flying in the sky. , I heard that it first appeared when Yuan Xi was attacking Jianghuai.

Yuan Tan didn't like this feeling very much. Yuan Xijun's strange things made him, a person who plays orthodox battles, repeatedly make mistakes due to the limitations of his thinking. Just like today, something that caused fire and smoke was buried under the city. It’s like a dilemma!

Seeing that there were still catapults in Yuan Xi's army, Yuan Tan knew that he could not delay any longer. He immediately called his generals and said: "The smoke in the city is too heavy and cannot be put out for a while. If we stay in the city, morale will inevitably collapse!"

"Now lead all the troops out of the city, gather the soldiers outside the city at the same time, and launch an attack from three directions!"

"Yan Jing is on the left, Peng An is on the right. Cen Bi is injured, so come with me in the middle to fight the fierce tiger to the death!"

Everyone roared and went down to the city, preparing to lead their troops to break out from the three gates. At this time, they wanted to seize a favorable position on the battlefield and counterattack before Yuan Xi's army deployed their formation!

Yuan Tan was right at the main gate, so he was the fastest to get out of the city. After he led his troops out of the city, he integrated the garrison outside the city and quickly advanced several miles forward, approaching Yuan Xi's army.

Zhuge Liang at the top of Dongwu City saw the movements of Yuan Tan's army through the telescope, and decisively asked the soldiers around him to fire a rocket. Fireworks exploded in the air. Yuan Xi's army was advancing when he saw it. He kept walking and several mules and horses in the formation pulled him. However, the ten trebuchets fired a wave of stone bullets in unison, hitting Yuan Tanjun who had just come out.

When Zhuge Liang saw this, he decisively let people fire another rocket. This time the catapult fired a barrage of fire bombs, which combined with the rain of arrows from Yuan Xijun's archers, once again enveloped Yuan Tan's army.

Zhuge Liang watched the rockets rising in turn lighting up the night sky, and he couldn't help but feel something. He thought that the battlefield scene he had seen was completely different from what he had imagined in the mountains before.

Although these soldiers were confused as to why they charged in such a full-scale without engaging in a battle test, the military order was in front of them. Under the leadership of the general, they held their weapons tightly and charged forward with shouts.

In contrast, the fireworks signals that rise from time to time on the battlefield are the guarantee for Yuan Xi's army to issue orders and mobilize freely, especially on the battlefield with great turmoil in the dark night. This is much faster and more effective than comparable sound flags and messengers.

Yuan Tan looked at the raging battlefield and frowned. This can't go on like this!

He quickly asked people to beat the drums. Yuan Tanjun listened and found that this was a signal for a full-scale attack!

Most of tonight's fire attack plan came from Zhuge Liang. Although his initial idea was actually immature, after Guo Jia reminded him, Zhuge Liang regarded Yuan Tan as the most difficult opponent and considered the worst-case scenario. , worked out multiple guarantee joints, and finally let Yuan Tan fall into the trap.

There is also fighting at the gate of Yuan Tan's auxiliary city. Although Yuan Tan led the Chinese army out of the south gate, Yan Jing and Peng An at the east and west gates were blocked by Zhang Liao and Xu Huang who rushed over respectively!

Zhuge Liang's proposal to Yuan Xi was to have the two of them block the road out of the city as much as possible. The longer Yuan Tan's soldiers stayed in the city, the easier it would be for them to collapse under the pressure of fire and smoke.

Yuan Tan had known that there was an explosive bamboo tube on the opposite side and had taken some measures to deal with it. However, Yuan Xijun did not throw the bamboo tube at this time. This made Yuan Tan uneasy. He always felt that the opponent was looking for the best opportunity to take action.

It was difficult to distinguish between friend and foe at night, and Yuan Tan's army had also been trained. As soon as the two sides came up, they used long weapons to test each other, waiting for an opportunity to knock off the shield in the hands of the front shield soldier.

Because of this, he worked even more conscientiously, trying his best to understand Yuan Xi's fresh ideas that he had never been exposed to before, and integrate them in the shortest time. At the same time, he combined his own thoughts, improved them, and created his own The unique tactic of moving the catapult was Zhuge Liang's attempt.

As everyone knows, it's not that Yuan Xi doesn't want to use it, but that he doesn't have much gunpowder reserves, and the cost-effectiveness of using it for explosions is too low, which is far less cost-effective than using it for firework communication.

Neither side's formation was completely open, but neither side would wait for the other side to open its formation before engaging in battle, so they inadvertently took the same action and started a melee.

Yuan Tan's soldiers in the city also knew how powerful they were. They endured the acrid smoke blowing in the wind and fired arrows at Zhang Liao and Xu Huang who were attacking the city gate, in an attempt to cooperate with the soldiers in the city to break out of the city.

However, the shield soldiers on both sides were already prepared and had their arms embedded in the grooves of the shields. The people behind them took the opportunity to counterattack the opposing weapons. You came and I went back and forth, and the situation fell into a stalemate as soon as it started.

This was beyond Yuan Tan's expectation. He originally thought that the opponent's catapult would have to stop and set up stakes before firing, but he didn't expect to hit him while walking!

More than half of the stone bullets fell in Yuan Tan's formation, knocking hundreds of people to the ground. Before the general could respond, the second wave of stone bullets arrived in just a dozen blinks.

As long as the more than 10,000 people in the city collapse, Yuan Tan's army will not only be cut off from their retreat, but their number of troops will be equal to that of Yuan Xi's army, and there will be almost no chance of victory.

Yuan Tan saw the peculiar design of the winch on the catapult opposite, and then he realized that these catapults sacrificed power and attack range in exchange for speed of fire and maneuverability. This was not a catapult in the traditional sense at all, but something close to it. The existence of long-range heavy cavalry!

But now he was unable to effectively counterattack, so he had to hold his nose and let the formation unfold on the spot, pulling out a long line of defense, not only to reduce the damage caused by stone bullets, but also to restrict the cavalry on both wings of Yuan Xi's army.

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang also knew that this was a critical moment and there was no room for error. He usually blocked Yan Jing Peng An who was about to rush out, while ordering people to fire arrows to suppress the city gate. The two of them were also chicken thieves, and many of the arrows were rockets. After a while, the city Dozens of rockets were nailed onto the door and it burned.

When Yan Jing and Peng An saw this, he was very worried and desperately urged his soldiers to break out. However, they faced Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, both of whom were world-class in martial arts. The two of them had to do their best to protect themselves, so how could they defeat each other?

Seeing the fire and smoke in the city getting bigger and bigger, there were several loud bangs, and several cellars collapsed. The fire spread to the houses in the city, and there were wailing and screaming soldiers everywhere. Yuan Xi saw the fire in the sub-city at the top of the city and sighed to Zhuge Liang: "The fire is burning, but the fire attack strategy is indeed a bit cruel."

"If Yuan Tan hadn't been too difficult to deal with, I wouldn't have wanted to be so decisive."

Zhuge Liang nodded silently and said, "I'm afraid he will have to fight to the death next."

Yuan Xi sighed: "Yes, he only has one choice now, which is a duel between the Chinese army and the Chinese army."

"I can't live up to his expectations. Let's go out of the city."

Yuan Tan saw the flames of the sub-city behind him soaring into the sky, and knew that the people in the city were probably in danger.

But at this time, he could no longer retreat. If he turned around and ran away, or returned to the city to put out the fire, he would be pursued by Yuan Xijun. The only way to survive now was to attack the opposing Chinese army with all his strength and defeat the opponent!

He has found out that the current general of Yuan Xi's army is still Zhang Xunchangxi during the day. In Yuan Tan's eyes, these two people are just between first-rate and second-rate. They lead the troops to attack and are sure to kill each other!

Thinking of this, he mounted his horse and shouted loudly: "Everyone, follow me and take a step back. Either way, you will die!"

The generals, including Cen Bi, roared one after another. They surrounded Yuan Tan, mixed with infantry and cavalry, and launched a swift and violent attack on Yuan Xijun's front army!

At this moment, Zhang Xunchang, who was blocking the front, complained endlessly. Yuan Tanjun's charging tactics had been refined for a long time, and it was simply not something that soldiers of their level could withstand. After a wave of impact, the formation began to shake. .

At this time, Yuan Xi arrived with his troops. He went to the front of the battle and shouted: "Xiansi, if you are in the same room and fight with each other, your relatives will be hurt and your enemies will be happy. Isn't it a joke to the world?"

"If brother still thinks he is a descendant of the Yuan family, surrender immediately. I guarantee that brother and his family will be safe!"

Yuan Tan heard this in front of the battle and sneered back: "What a loud tone!"

"Now that I bow to you, I have no shame in seeing others!"

"A hero is judged solely on the basis of victory or defeat. Today, between you and me, there can only be one left!"

After hearing this, Yuan Xi gritted his teeth and shouted: "In that case, I won't hold back anymore, brother, let me come here!"

Needless to say, Yuan Tan would do the same thing, so before Yuan Xi finished speaking, Yuan Tan had already led his generals and charged towards Yuan Xi!

As long as Yuan Xi is killed or captured, everything will be settled!

As the two sides continued to get closer, Yuan Xi did not confront Yuan Tan head-on, but instead rode back into the formation.

When Yuan Tan saw it, he sneered slightly in his heart. Yuan Xi was timid, and he overwhelmed the other party in terms of momentum!

In a battlefield showdown, no matter how many strategies are used before, in the end it is still a matter of life and death in front of the battle. Let me see how you can stop the hybrid impact of my riding!

As the stone bullets kept falling, people around Yuan Tan kept falling off their horses, but for Yuan Tan's cavalry, which had already picked up speed, this loss was almost negligible, and there were still dozens of steps before he could rush into the formation!

Yuan Tanjun's cavalry had already secured their shields. They were originally heavy infantry. This horse-riding charge into the formation was a one-time attack using the power of the horses to knock away the enemy's formation. The follow-up was to dismount and form a formation, directly destroying the opposite formation. , creating fighter opportunities for the friendly forces behind!

When Zhang Xunchangxi's soldiers saw the opponent's momentum, they couldn't help but fight. They had never seen such a scene before. They were afraid that they would collapse and flee under a single impact!

As a result, when they heard the order from behind, they dispersed to both sides as if they had received an amnesty, because this turned out to be a signal for them to move to the flanks!

While they were rejoicing, they were also confused. What was their coach thinking about withdrawing the Chinese army's defense? Could it be that he was giving up?

Yuan Xi had long seen that they could not stop Yuan Tan's army from attacking. Rather than causing chaos and affecting the friendly forces, it would be better for them to avoid it as soon as possible.

At this moment, the cavalrymen in front of Yuan Tan's army were confused. What did the other side want to do?

When Yuan Tan saw this, he roared: "Don't stop, just rush in!"

No matter what the opponent's plan is, he can't stop at this time!

As Zhang Xunchang's soldiers moved around, the soldiers behind him were finally revealed.

There were only 800 people in front of Yuan Xi.

Eight hundred infantrymen, without shields, with shining armor, and each holding an extremely large ring-headed sword.

(End of this chapter)