three kings

Chapter 297 Taking over the Central Plains Turns Defeat into Victory
Baihepo is located between Zhongmou and Guandu, where the terrain is flat and endless, which is very conducive to the charge of cavalry.

At this moment, two armies in Baihepo were fighting fiercely. Although Gao Lan and Shen Rong knew that Zhongmou's fall was imminent, they had no way to do it.

If you retreat at this time, the morale of the whole army will inevitably drop, and the opponent's cavalry will follow and gradually eat away.They have few cavalry, so how could they be able to outrun the cavalry on this plain.

So the only way for them is to attack and use their morale to defeat the cavalry in front of them. It would be best if they can capture the main general.

In this harsh situation, Gao Lan and Shen Rong chose to attack without any loss.

Zhao Yun was not afraid of them either. In tough battles, the cavalry already had a favorable advantage. After the opponent's command to charge was sounded, they also made people blow the horn to charge.

Seeing that Zhao Yun swung his troops to cover up the killing, Shen Rong immediately shuddered, rolled his eyes, and said, "General Gao Lan, you have rich combat experience, and you must have a unified order to deal with Zhao Yun. My nephew will hand over the army to Gao now." General command."

In fact, how could Shen Rong have such a good heart, he saw that the situation was critical and it was not good for him, so he just wanted to reduce the guilt.

Gao Lan didn't spend so much time, seeing that Shen Rong, who has always been aggressive, said such reasonable words at this moment, he was slightly surprised, but he also felt that what Shen Rong said was true, an army can only be brought into full play with unified instructions. The maximum capability of this army.At this moment, the battle of victory and defeat is imminent, and Gao Lan has no energy to think about other things. He nodded and said, "It's better to be respectful than obey orders."

He saw that the main attacking force in his army was spearmen, followed by sword and shield soldiers, and finally bowmen and three hundred cavalry.Relying on his experience, Gao Lan immediately drew up a set of tactics in his mind.

Use the spearmen to kill the enemy at a medium distance and block the opponent's attack; then mix the sword and shield soldiers in the middle as the guards of the spearmen, and then assist a small number of bowmen to defeat the enemy at a long distance. Such a long-distance echo allows three different arms to cooperate with each other , exerting several times the power.

"It's just in time!" Zhao Yun saw that the opponent had already formed a formation, so he immediately ordered to charge.

The cavalry is mainly based on breakthroughs, and has never had any special tactics, but since Zhao Yun took over Han Juzi, he has new recognition for the cavalry.

It is not that the cavalry has no tactics at all, but there are too few generals who can use cavalry. The Central Plains have always been dominated by infantry, so there are countless infantry tactics.Cavalry is a luxury. Although the Central Plains is fertile, it is not suitable for the survival of war horses.Only the harsh land in the north, through the elimination of nature, where the strong survive and the weak perish, can a fine and excellent war horse be trained.

Therefore, cavalry is generally used by foreigners, but foreigners lack culture, and it is difficult for them to create various cavalry tactics like the Central Plains.

As one goes up and down, the number of generals who can cavalry gradually decreases, and the number of generals who can cavalry tactics is even less.But Gongsun Zan was an accident.Although he has a bad nature and a rough personality, he is a rare cavalry genius.The various tactics dictated by Han Juzi gave Zhao Yun a refreshing feeling. Not only that, he also continued to absorb the knowledge imparted by Han Juzi, and let the "Eagle Riding Battalion" do actual combat training, which greatly increased the strength of the "Eagle Riding Battalion".

At this moment, he only led four thousand charges, and there were one thousand left, and he did not let them mount.Instead, each of them led their horses to form a column, intending to deploy this surprise army at the right time to exert an unexpected strike force.

Gao Lan looked serious, and waved the command flag vigorously, allowing the spearmen to quickly form a defensive spear formation. In addition, he asked a team of crossbowmen to deploy behind the spear formation. The crossbowmen faced Zhao Yun's cavalry.And without destroying the line of the spear array, as long as the crossbowman shoots all three rounds of arrows, he only needs to take three steps back, and he can charge the cavalry head-on.The spearmen only need to move three steps forward and three steps left and right, and they can form a huge spear array in an instant.

This can not only dampen the enemy's spirit, but also confuse the opponent's formation and reduce the pressure on the spear formation. As long as the cavalry loses their impact, they may not be opponents of the pikemen in short combat.

Zhao Yun saw the formation line listed by Gao Lan, with a serious expression on his face. The formation line of the other party was almost set up for him. If it was before, he would rush over without hesitation, but if he did so, he would still be in a hard fight. , Even if it is a victory, it is a situation where both losers.

But at this moment, it is different.Zhao Yun pointed his spear at the sky, and used a gun instead of a command flag to issue an order to attack another 1000 troops.

The cavalry was getting closer, and the noisy sound of horseshoes wanted to penetrate the battlefield.

A smile gradually appeared on Gao Lan's face. As long as the opponent entered the range, he could take advantage of the spearman's advantage and secure his victory.

He stared wide-eyed, waiting for the moment when Zhao Yunjun's personal killing rushed into the range of the crossbowmen.At this time, he suddenly discovered that Zhao Yun's troops gradually slowed down, and did not take advantage of the cavalry to charge the formation as he expected.

"What are they doing?" Gao Lan wondered blankly what the other party meant.

At this time, a cavalry suddenly divided into two teams, outflanked the opponent's cavalry from the left and right wings, and reached the front of the army led by Zhao Yun.

Their equipment is very different from that of ordinary cavalry. They carry big bows and quiver, but they don't have guns or spears that cavalry should have.The only melee weapon is a scimitar hanging from his waist.

"Not good," he exclaimed loudly, those cavalry were not ordinary charging cavalry, but cavalry archers who were good at riding and shooting. "The sword and shield soldiers stepped forward immediately, and the archers shot me arrows! They must not be allowed to come within a hundred steps of our army!"

The arrows flew into the sky and shot at the cavalry led by Han Juzi one after another.However, at the moment Gao Lan gave the order to release the arrow, Han Juzi changed his course and got out of the crossbowman's range with great precision.One by one, they continued to run, brushing against the edge of the crossbow's range, and circled to the opponent's right flank, causing all the opponent's crossbow arrows to miss.

Just before the opponent's crossbowman could react, "... whoosh... whoosh..." The sound of bow strings sounded like raindrops!

Hundreds of spearmen and crossbowmen on the left wing screamed and fell down.The set up gun formation suddenly became chaotic.

Gao Lan shouted sharply: "Calm down, calm down!!! The sword and shield soldiers stepped forward immediately..."

At this moment, Gao Lan was very annoyed. It was not that he didn't know that Zhao Yun's cavalry could ride and shoot.Before setting up the formation, he deliberately guarded against this move and prepared the sword and shield soldiers.

However, cavalry shooting tactics have always been to shoot several times to disrupt the enemy's formation before charging, and few people use it separately.Seeing that the opponent has already used the charging momentum, he expected that the opponent would not use the technique of riding and shooting to defend against the enemy.But who knows, the opponent unexpectedly separated the cavalry from the cavalry who rushed into the formation, and transferred the cavalry with bows and arrows to the rear where no one could see, and made a surprise attack, so that he had no time to adjust the prepared sword shield soldiers.

What surprised Gao Lan was not only this, but when Gao Lan's army was attracted by the cavalry archers led by Han Juzi.

The four thousand main force of Zhao Yun's army suddenly began to accelerate at full speed, imitating Han Juzi's troops but moving in an arc in the opposite direction, bypassing the crossbowmen at the head of the formation at high speed, and thrusting towards the chaotic left wing of the formation.

The place where Han Juzi's previous troops were shooting arrows was exactly where Zhao Yun was attacking at this time, and the cooperation between the two teams was almost seamless.

The other party is too fast.

Before Gao Lan's order was spoken, Zhao Yun's army had already ruthlessly plunged into his own army.

Gao Lan decisively killed more than [-] chaotic soldiers, and then barely restored the order of the vanguard around him, and ordered a counterattack.Looking at the army that has gradually regained its composure, I can't help but feel a little rejoicing in my heart. If the opponent still has a thousand soldiers, as long as we attack the front team at this time, our army may be defeated if we want to.

When Gao Lan counterattacked, Han Juzi asked the troops to take out the scimitar, folded the sword and shield soldiers behind them and rushed to kill them.This time it was beyond Gao Lan's expectation. He never thought that the archery army would suddenly rush into his army and meet him hand-to-hand.

A series of command mistakes made Gao Lan's army fall into a passive situation, especially the Chinese army. They were not Gao Lan's army in the first place, and they were not convinced by Gao Lan.Gao Lan's mistake made them doubt Gao Lan's command.

In this way, Gao Lan's situation is even more dangerous.

Not following orders.It is the taboo of military strategists.

Just when Zhao Yunwen surpassed the odds of winning, three hundred cavalry appeared behind Gao Lan, and the leader Hao Ran was Xu Chu from Xujiawu.

He stared at the eyes of a beast, roared and rushed into the rear of Gao Lan's army, with a knife in his hand, his head rolled down.

Zhao Yun on the left, Han Juzi on the right, plus Xu Chu, obviously surrounded Gao Lan's army on three sides. Although there were not many troops on the three sides, Xu Chu brought only three hundred troops, but for Gao Lan's army who had lost their fighting spirit, it was undoubtedly It was a fatal blow.

The trend of defeat has been formed, and Gao Lan has no way to recover, so he can only follow the time and break out forward.

Zhao Yun's Eagle Cavalry Battalion was full of anger and chased Gao Lan's remnants fiercely, covering tens of miles in one breath, if they were not worried about going too deep into the enemy's hinterland.

Zhao Yun also planned to capture Gao Lan alive, but even if he failed to capture Gao Lan, the Eagle Cavalry Battalion also gained a lot. Not only did they break through more than [-] people, but they also killed sixteen of the opponent's generals, and even captured the enemy general Shen Rong. .

PS: There will be another chapter later, but it is very late, so book lovers don't have to wait.

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