The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 289 Chapter 288
While directing the whole army to move forward slowly, Zhang Yan ordered Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to come quickly. He had a premonition that a big battle might happen today.

So, while thinking about it, Zhang Yan sent someone to Lihu again, and asked Bao Xun to lead the fifty thousand militiamen disguised as regular troops to join him. look.

Xu Chu led two thousand chain horses forward. In this era of cold weapons, the chain horses are like tanks of later generations, rampant and unscrupulous.

The road gradually opened up, and Xu Chu also changed his original deployment, advancing forward in a row of 100 people, and the steel torrent composed of [-] rows of chained horses, like a rolling mountain, any person or thing blocking the route , will be crushed mercilessly.

Wen Chou suffered a disadvantage and did not dare to directly confront the iron chain cavalry, but for a while, he couldn't think of any way. The only thing he could do was to avoid fighting, continue to retreat, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

Because, behind the chain chain horse formation, there are thousands of infantry, most of them are archers. Reach the goal.

In Wen Chou's view, Yan Liang must have underestimated the enemy too much, so he was wiped out by the enemy, so that the entire army was wiped out.He will not be as stupid as Yan Liang, at least he will not be head-to-head, because his soldiers and horses are pitifully small, and he will wait for the army to arrive, and then fight Zhang Yan together after the army arrives.

Soon, Wen Chou retreated to Xiancheng, which was a small military fortress. Wen Chou did not dare to enter the city, for fear of being surrounded by the enemy, and continued to retreat.

When Zhang Yan learned that he had arrived in Xiancheng, he ordered Xu Chu to lead his army into Xiancheng. He had few troops. If Yuan Shaozhen led an army to confront him head-on, if there was a fortress, it would be beneficial for Zhang Yan to confront him. .

Therefore, Xu Chu no longer chased Wen Chou, but entered Xiancheng. Afterwards, Zhang Yan's army filed into the city, gathered in Xiancheng, closed the gate of the city, and began to prepare for defense.

Wen Chou saw that Zhang Yan was no longer chasing or retreating, but stayed outside Xiancheng, quietly observing every move of Zhang Yan's army, and waiting here for Yuan Shao's army to arrive.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Yun led an army of [-] to come first, exchanged pleasantries with Wen Chou, and was also surprised when he learned that Yan Liang's entire army had been wiped out.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao led the generals to arrive one after another, joining forces with Wen Chou and Zhang Ying, and the follow-up army also arrived one after another, only two miles away from Xiancheng.

After Wen Chou saw Yuan Shao, he immediately reported to Yuan Shao that Zhang Yan's army had a very powerful cavalry, and all the horses were chained together with iron chains. Strong, impenetrable with spears, immovable with knives, impenetrable with arrows, Yan Liang was defeated by this kind of battle formation, and he was almost surrounded.

After hearing these words, Yuan Shao frowned tightly, turned to Tian Feng and said, "Military Master, do you have any strategies to defeat the enemy?"

Tian Feng pondered for a moment, then said: "My lord, I have never seen this formation of chained horses with chains, and I don't know how powerful he is. Why don't you send a team of people to go to the city of Xiancheng to fight with the chains of chains?" The horse formation fights for a while, and the subordinates watch from the side to see if there are any shortcomings in the chain chain horse formation, so that we can prescribe the right medicine."

Yuan Shao immediately said to Wen Chou: "Do you still dare to fight against the chain horse formation again?"

Wen Chou immediately clasped his fists and said, "The final general is willing to go. However, the general's subordinates are all elites in the army. If they go to die at this time, I'm afraid it will damage the strength of our army. Why don't we draw a soldier from the rear army?" , and hand it over to the command of the future, let them try it out."

Yuan Shao nodded, and said: "What you said makes sense. Going to fight this time is undoubtedly going to die. Your subordinates are the elite of the Jizhou Army, and they are all cavalry. If you go to die, it's not worth it. How about this, I will give you [-] infantry, and you lead them to go and try it out. You don't have to participate in the battle, you can just command from behind, and if something goes wrong, you will immediately retreat."

"Here!" Wen Chou cupped his fists and said.

Therefore, Yuan Shao immediately asked [-] infantry to be drawn from the rear army, and all of them were handed over to Wen Chou's command.

Wen Chou brought these three thousand infantrymen to the outside of Xiancheng in a mighty manner, and stopped at a place about [-] steps away from Xiancheng.

Bows and arrows in the army can shoot up to 250 paces, and those with superior physical strength can only shoot [-] paces with strong bows and crossbows. Wen Chou kept his troops at [-] paces, which can be said to be an extremely safe distance.

The city gate of Xiancheng was closed tightly, but the city tower was full of people. It was already approaching dusk, and the sky was still covered with layers of haze. Without the sun, there would be no afterglow of the setting sun. The cold wind howled in the wilderness, blowing people Biting cold.

Although it is already the end of the first month, the weather is still not warming up at all, and judging by the cloudy sky, it seems that there will be a heavy snowfall.

Standing on the tower, Zhang Yan looked at Yuan Shao's army that was densely packed outside Xiancheng. Tens of thousands of troops stretched for several miles.

Under the city, Wen Chou led [-] infantry to fight, and single-handedly rode a chain of horses with iron chains. Zhang Yan sneered, and said lightly, "You can't control yourself!"

"My lord, let the last general lead the iron chain cavalry formation to fight. Wen Chou ran too fast before, and now the last general will never let him run away again." General Huben Xu Chu clasped his fists.

Zhang Yan nodded and said to Xu Chu: "You can go, but please remember that your duty is to command the entire army, not to fight the enemy. Wen Chou's life or death is determined by the battlefield. You must not leave The army, fight Wen Chou alone. Teamwork is the key to the victory or defeat of the Chain Chain Horse Formation, and if you are alone, it will not be able to exert its strength at all."

"Keep it in mind at the end!" Xu Chu said.

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "Go."

Although Xu Chu did not belong to the bodyguard army, but was a general leading an army alone, Zhang Yan once had Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, and Xu Sheng participate in the training together, and also gave them the method of commanding the chain horse formation.

That's why Xu Chu was able to command the iron chain cavalry formation so familiarly.There is only one word difference between a fighting general and a famous general, but there is a world of difference.

Xu Chu is highly skilled in martial arts and likes to fight alone. He is also a ruthless character who is invincible in charging and fighting. He is an out-and-out fighter.

But a real famous general does not only depend on the level of martial arts, but depends on the analysis of the battlefield situation, and how to command the battle and win the war.

Calculated in this way, Xu Chu has nothing to do with famous generals at all, but a fighting general like him is an indispensable role in the army and will be the courage of the soldiers. This is the best interpretation.

In Zhang Yan's army, there were many generals who were skilled in martial arts and good at leading the army in battle, such as Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Yu Jin, Zang Ba, Gao Shun and others. High strength, and brilliant record.

In contrast, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and others are all top-notch fighters. They have very few opportunities to truly lead the army independently.

Of course, there is another person in Zhang Yan's army that should not be ignored, and that is Lu Meng, who was promoted to captain. This person is still young and has not yet shown his extraordinary ability, but in the near future, Zhang Yan Yan firmly believed that this young man named Lu Meng would definitely radiate the radiance he should have.

In addition, there are many literati who can lead the army alone to fight. Chen Deng is a typical example.In the official history, when Chen Deng served as the prefect of Guangling, he once defeated many with less, and defeated Sun Quan's army twice, which shows his ability to use troops. It is a pity that Chen Deng was not Cao Cao's direct line at that time, and he was not valued by Cao Cao. Coupled with his untimely death, otherwise, there should be a strong stroke of him in history.

The city gate of Xiancheng was slowly opened, and Xu Chu drove out of the city with a chain of chain horses, forming a formation below the city, with only 1000 people.And behind them, there are still two thousand crossbowmen.

When Wen Chou saw the enemy army appearing, he immediately became cautious. He looked back at the three thousand soldiers behind him who were eager to fight, and felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

These soldiers were undoubtedly going to die. If they knew that they were going to die, would they still be so excited?
"Ahead is Wen Chou, the defeated general?" Xu Chu suddenly called out.

Wen Chou was pulled back to reality by this thunderous voice, turned his head, and in the steel torrent of armored cavalry on the opposite side, someone shouted.

Xu Chu then shouted: "I am Xu Chu, General Huben of the Great Han. I was chasing you to fight, but you still have the guts to fight?"

Wen Chou was also angry in his heart. In front of so many people, he actually said that he was defeated.Although he was angry, he also knew how powerful the opponent was. What's more, he came to fight this time to let Tian Feng see the flaws in the chain chain formation. Even if he was angry, he had to endure it.

Wen Chou said loudly: "Don't talk big there. I didn't want to fight you in the previous battle. Otherwise, I will teach you that you will have no bones left. This time I will kill your brother and leave nothing behind!"

"Big words!" Xu Chu sneered, and moved forward with the mace in his hand, and a hundred armored cavalry in a row began to move forward slowly, from slow to fast, and gradually rushed to the front .

The first row rushed out about thirty steps, the second row followed suit, the third row, and the fourth row rushed out.

Seeing this, Wen Chou immediately waved his spear and shouted loudly: "The meritorious service is today, go!"

Following Wen Chou's order, the [-] infantrymen howled immediately, let out bursts of shouts, and rushed towards the chain of chain horses rushing towards them.

(End of this chapter)