Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 750
"My lord, it's getting dark." Dian Wei stepped forward and said, "We only have half an hour at most. If we can't defeat the enemy army before dark, we'd better retreat. Thousands of people, our army's purpose is to attack the enemy's rear, if we delay here for a day, Yuan Shao will probably know our army's whereabouts, and the meaning of our surprise attack will be gone by then."

"I know." Gongsun Xu nodded and said: "But if we don't take down this enemy army, I'm afraid it won't be so easy for us to attack the enemy's rear. If we finish the battle before dark, even if we can't completely wipe out the enemy army, we must." It is necessary to beat the enemy back to the camp, so that they dare not report. "

Five hundred tiger soldiers rode forward to inquire about the enemy's formation. They were scattered and almost all stopped to inquire about 50 steps outside the enemy's formation. Then, many cavalrymen bent their bows and shot arrows for a tentative attack.

Not long after, Gongsun Xu ordered all the cavalry to come back, and then, staring at the enemy formation, he said: "Strike hard, break the enemy formation."

The rest of the generals thought that Gongsun Xu was going to use cavalry to charge the formation, and each of them tightened their reins to step back and accelerate, but Gongsun Xu stopped everyone.

"Dismount 1000 people." Gongsun Xu ordered: "Use the shields collected earlier and our army's shields. Everyone wears heavy armor and holds swords and shields in a phalanx to attack."

"My lord, do you want to fight on foot?" Dian Wei asked, "Our army has the strength of horses and the bravery of soldiers. It only takes one charge, and the enemy will be defeated."

"I said, 1000 people dismount and fight on foot." Gongsun Xu said again: "Another 500 people will be sent to surround the enemy formation to harass the enemy. If there is any change in the enemy formation, greet them with bows, arrows and short spears."

The rest of the people didn't dare to say anything, even Dian Wei knew that Gongsun Xu was really angry now, his words were a little rash just now, and he had already committed a crime of disrespect.

A thousand tiger and cardinal troops quickly dismounted to form a phalanx. All of them carried shields and swords. They were very familiar with this formation. When the tiger and cardinal army was formed, these soldiers had to practice this basic formation, so Arrays are now a piece of cake for them.

"If the evil comes, you go too." Gongsun Xu ordered again: "Break the enemy's formation and take down the enemy's general."

"No." Without any other questions, and without the slightest delay, Dian Wei immediately dismounted, picked up a large shield, and walked to the second row of the team. In this position, he could guarantee his own safety and at the same time ensure that he was in the first row. Time can attack.

"Advance." Dian Wei gave an order, and a thousand soldiers of the Huben Army marched forward with their shields on their shoulders. The enemy army was a dense circular formation, and they were a dense square formation. Both sides also used shields to cover themselves tightly. Even if there are archers on the opposite side, I'm afraid they won't be able to hurt them.

In terms of cavalry battles, the Huben army dared to compete with the front-running army, but in foot battles, the Huben army only paid attention to the trapped camp.During the Northern Expedition to Hetao, the generals of the Huben Army and the soldiers of the trapped camp staged a good show of riding against each other. At that time, both sides played very well, but the results of the trapped camp were even greater. The trump card of the army, the Huben army is not infantry in the pure sense, and it is almost normal.

However, the ferocity and bloodthirsty of the Huben army are higher than those of the soldiers of the trapped camp.Over the years, all the Huben Army mounted their horses and became cavalry. They are no longer infantry fighting on their legs. If it weren’t for the glory of previous years and other memories are still fresh, I am afraid the world will think that the Huben Army has been cavalry from beginning to end. Bar.

"This..." Ju Yi looked at the phalanx in front of him and sighed, "Gongsun Xu really deserved his reputation. The cavalry he led were not light cavalry, but he just refused to charge. There is nothing more difficult than him."

"General, shall we shoot?" A captain next to him asked, "If we don't shoot arrows, they will approach us."

"Shooting arrows now is tantamount to exposing yourself." Ju Yi shook his head and said, "Wait, I don't believe that this cavalry can always fight us in the formation of infantry. In terms of infantry combat, our army can be called the number one in Hebei. Unless the camp is coming, it is impossible for us to lose."

Steady and steady, step by step.The phalanx laid out by the Huben army approached the enemy formation step by step, until the distance between the two armies was less than [-] steps, the Huben army still did not disperse.The infantry phalanx was still advancing, Ju Yi waited hard for the moment when they dispersed, but unfortunately, Ju Yi couldn't wait.

"Accelerate, hit..." When the distance between the two armies was only ten steps away, Dian Wei suddenly ordered: "Knock over their formation."

The Huben army in the front row bent over and carried their shields forward, and the Tiger army in the back followed immediately. They relied on each other and covered each other, and they refused to give the enemy any room to shoot, even if the enemy did not shoot now.

There was a loud noise, and the phalanx of the Huben Army had already collided with the circular formation here.Due to the advantage of speed, and the fact that each of these tiger and cardinal troops is extremely powerful, the soldiers in the opponent's circle suffered a disadvantage in this collision.

Dian Wei had already switched to the front row during the running process. At the moment when the two armies collided, he kicked the enemy in front of him away. Afterwards, Dian Wei fought against the shield with one hand and entered the enemy formation with a knife in the other. among.

This kind of circular formation emphasizes the cooperation between soldiers, requiring all soldiers to stay close together as much as possible, and use shields and collective strength to resist the opponent's attack.However, the biggest disadvantage of this formation is the lack of flexibility. Soldiers can only maintain one posture and aim in one direction.

The ferocious and invincible Dian Wei has already started killing in the enemy formation.The broadsword in the right hand was extremely sharp, and both the enemy's shield and the enemy's body were cut off directly.This saber was tailor-made by Gongsun Xu for Dian Wei. There are two in total. At this moment, Dian Wei is carrying one on his back and one in his hand.

The hard and thick shield can not only resist the enemy's swords, guns, swords and halberds, but also can be wielded as a weapon. In Dianwei's hands, everything can be a weapon. When he wields the shield, he can smash the enemy's formation and sweep Flying enemy soldiers, many enemy soldiers were smashed by Dian Wei with their brains splattered and blood flowing.

"This, this person is Dian Wei." Ju Yi was in charge of commanding the most central position in the team. At first, he thought that even if the Huben army approached, it might be just a tug of war, but when Dian Wei defeated himself After the defense in front of the formation, he realized that he was wrong.

Taking Dianwei's side as the breakthrough point, the thousand soldiers of the Huben Army quickly disrupted the formation of the first few rows on Ju Yi's side. Such a ferocious slash.

"Bow and crossbow, shoot..." Ju Yi finally couldn't wait any longer. In the current situation, it might be impossible for him to rely on positional warfare and infantry formations to resist the opponent's attack. The Huben army is too fierce. It's already beyond Ju Yi's understanding of infantry.

The moment the arrow was shot, the soldiers of the Huben army leaned together as fast as possible, using their shields to block the enemy's arrows. Dian Wei moved very quickly, kicking a few enemy soldiers away to block the arrows for himself. After firing the arrows, Dian Wei went to the place where the enemy army was most concentrated.

The Huben army is fierce, but the dead soldiers in this circle are not weak.It's not a good feeling to be suppressed and beaten by the Huben army.Many people had no time to fight back before they were dying, and now they showed the bloodiness of these dead soldiers. Many people took advantage of the tiger's army dodging the arrows to attack, even if the arrows from behind might hit them .

After the first round of arrows, the Huben army did suffer some casualties from the enemy's arrows and the counterattack of some of the enemy's dead soldiers, but this situation could not last. At the moment they are all aiming at this side, they will not let their comrades fight alone.

"Sure enough, they are heavy crossbowmen." Gongsun Xu nodded and said, "Ju Yi can be regarded as a great general who can defeat Baima Yicong with heavy crossbowmen. Just give Ju Yi thousands of infantry, otherwise, Ju Yi might wipe out Baima Yicong."

After the crossbowmen were attacked, Ju Yi didn't dare to continue shooting arrows. The five hundred cavalrymen on the periphery were not easy to provoke. They were scattered, and the crossbowmen on his side could not destroy them in a short time. , Once there is a gap, they will be shot by them. Moreover, the cavalry on the periphery are too mobile, and they can move at will during the shooting process, and Ju Yi can't locate them at all.

When fighting against Baima Yicong before, Ju Yi also considered the existence of other peripheral cavalry.At that time, Ju Yi used some dead soldiers to withdraw their shields to attract the bows and arrows of the cavalry. As a result, the cavalry scattered around at that time were really fooled, and Ju Yi won the opportunity to shoot three rounds of arrows.

At that time, Ju Yi could be regarded as fully prepared. Everyone was equipped with bows and crossbows, and they did not need to be wound. In addition, the soldiers of Baima Yicong who were rushing forward were relatively dense, which increased the probability of being shot. .

Facing Gongsun Xu and the Huben army, Ju Yi's strategy had failed. He wanted to use the dead soldiers to attract the attention of the outer cavalry, but the Huben army in front was attacking too fiercely. The dead man was exposed on purpose, and it would be good if he could not be beheaded by those fierce tiger army.

Dian Wei directly charged into the circular formation from the outside, and a single strike would often take away several lives.With Dianwei as an arrow, the Huben army's attack was like a broken bamboo.

"Retreat, retreat to the woods on the left." Ju Yi knew that he had no chance. Gongsun Xu counted him to death. Now he doesn't have enough bows and arrows in his hand. If he spends it here, I'm afraid my side will be defeated before dark.The Huben army was obviously waiting for them to be weak before launching an attack. Ju Yi didn't want to be Gongsun Xu's captive, let alone be defeated just like that.

It is definitely unrealistic to escape. The Huben army is all cavalry, how could they outrun the cavalry?In order to survive, Ju Yi had to order the whole army to hide in the woods, so that it was possible to avoid the opponent's bows and cavalry.

(End of this chapter)