"The cavalry is here, come with me, assault, assault!"
"The cavalry attack, kill!"
"Youzhou Iron Cavalry, invincible in the world, kill!"
On the plains, the only ones who could deal with the cavalry were the cavalry. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the three cavalry formations in Bingzhou were disrupted by the attacks of their own archers, Gao Lan, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang almost simultaneously The order to attack was given, and in an instant, the three cavalry armies of the Youzhou Army also charged wildly.
"boom……"
The Bingzhou Cavalry is not as elite as the Youzhou Cavalry. There is a big gap between them in terms of individual quality and tactical coordination. Not to mention that the strength of the three Youzhou Cavalry is far superior to that of their opponents. Taking advantage of the enemy's chaos to attack, a pair of them collided with each other. Amidst the loud noise, the Bingzhou cavalry were instantly rushed to pieces. The infantry that followed were even more vulnerable. The battle had just begun. The defeat of the Bingzhou Army has been fully exposed.
"Ming Jin, retreat, retreat quickly!"
Guo Yuan originally thought that although the strength of his own army was slightly smaller, but with good training, he would not necessarily lose to the Youzhou Army. However, he never expected that the war had just begun, and he was at an absolute disadvantage. Seeing that the situation was not right, Guo Yuan dared to throw the Chinese army into the chaotic front line again. With a twist of his horse's head, he led the Chinese army's 25,000 soldiers and horses in a panic and hurriedly withdrew towards the camp. After escaping like this, the three-pronged attack force that was already unable to support itself suddenly fell into a state of collapse. A large number of soldiers turned around and fled, throwing away their helmets and armor.
"Archers cover, release arrows, release arrows quickly!"
As soon as the Bingzhou Army was defeated like a mountain, the Youzhou Army was naturally unwilling to give up. It started with a series of wild and indiscriminate killings. The poor Bingzhou Cavalrymen who were a little slower were all chopped to the ground. , escaped and died all the way, the huge battle losses were really shocking. Fortunately, Guo Yuan had earlier arranged for 10,000 infantry to be on guard at the fence of the front camp. With the order of Zhu Ao, who was left behind, a large number of arrows came from the camp. He rose into the air and used covering fire to cover his lagging troops together with the forwards of the Youzhou Army. When miserable howls started in the west, although the troops behind the Bingzhou Army suffered heavy casualties, the troops who were pursuing the front were also The Youzhou Cavalry was also caught off guard and had to slow down its pursuit.
"Quickly, close the camp gate, put on deer antlers, and all the archers go up to the fence in front of the camp to defend against the enemy!"
Although he had escaped back to the camp, Guo Yuan still did not dare to take it lightly. He did not care that there were thousands of stragglers in the rear who had not yet fled into the camp, so he roared in panic.
"Ming Jin!"
When the enemy is well prepared, attacking the enemy's camp with infantry and cavalry is a completely loss-making business. With Gongsun Ming's intelligence, he would naturally not do such a stupid thing. After only listening to his order, the Chinese army The golden gongs immediately rang loudly. The officers and soldiers of the third group of Youzhou Army who were about to commit suicide did not dare to disobey the order, and soon they all retreated to the starting position.
"Stop the whole army and give the order. Zhao Meng immediately leads the trebuchet troops to the front and bombards the fence in front of the enemy camp with incendiary bombs!"
Although he had won a great victory, Gongsun Ming was not willing to just withdraw his troops and return to the camp. After hurriedly arranging his troops and horses, he led his troops to advance forward, approaching until he was only 250 meters away from the Bingzhou Army camp. Only a few steps away, he raised his hand to stop his troops.
"Quick, go get the rawhide and cover the fence!"
Although Zhu Ao had been staying in the camp before, he had witnessed the power of the Youzhou Army's incendiary bombs from the tall watchtower. Now he saw that the Youzhou Army had sent its trebuchet troops to the front. Not daring to be careless in the slightest, he roared loudly.
"The trebuchet positions are ready. Load incendiary bombs and blow open the fence in front of the enemy camp!"
Although he had seen the Bingzhou Army adding raw cowhide to the fence in front of the camp, Zhao Meng didn't take it to heart. After the trebuchet position was ready, he shouted.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Following Zhao Meng's order, more than two hundred trebuchets of the Youzhou Army roared again. Although the hit rate was not high, more than sixty incendiary cans still hit the rawhide of Bingzhou Army Jiameng hard. On the top, more than ten others whizzed and fell into the camp, and the remaining more than a hundred smashed into the open space in front of the camp.
"Ming Jin!"
As soon as more than two hundred incendiary cans fell to the ground in such a mess, they naturally burst into flames again. Within a few breaths, the fence in front of the Bingzhou camp burned into seas of flames inside and outside. Unfortunately, it was a pity that The effect was obviously not very good - the incendiary bombs that fell into the camp did some damage, but only a dozen unlucky Bingzhou soldiers were burned to death. As for the ones that hit the rawhide, The burning pot, of course, burned the rawhide for a while, burning the rawhide to black everywhere, but it was nothing more than that, and it did not cause much damage to the Bingzhou Army. It was difficult for the fire attack to be effective. Although Gongsun Ming was unwilling to do so, he could only withdraw his troops. There was nothing else to do. Due to limited production capacity, the Youzhou army did not bring many incendiary bombs. Obviously, they could not waste them all so easily.
"Huh...here comes a letter to the general, saying that our army was suddenly plotted by Gongsun Xiao'er and suffered a lot of casualties. Please ask the general to send troops for reinforcements as soon as possible."
Seeing the Youzhou Army slowly retreating, Guo Yuan's tense heartstrings finally relaxed, but he still didn't dare to be careless. He shouted loudly and asked Yuan Shao for help regardless of his face. Reinforcements are needed...
"Report, my lord, that our army is not going well in the battle with the Youzhou army. Guo Shijun specially sent his general to ask for help from my lord. I have an urgent letter here for your lord to read."
In the main room of the inner courtyard of the General's Mansion in Yecheng, Yuan Shaoqiang, who had just received the news of his death at Jingxing Pass, was lying on the couch with his sick body supported. He was discussing countermeasures with Feng Ji and others when suddenly he saw a school captain hurriedly Entering from the outside, he rushed to the couch in a few strides. He kneeled on the ground towards Yuan Shao and said something in a hurry.
"What? Hurry, the courier is here!"
Although he had known for a long time that Guo Yuan's troops would not be the opponent of the Youzhou Army, Yuan Shao couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard the news of Guo Yuan's defeat, and Huo Ran sat down.
"Alas! Yanwu (Guo Yuan's name) is so reckless. His army is in danger. Who dares to go to the Youzhou army? But if Gongsun Ming can retreat, any conditions can be discussed. "
After just briefly looking through the battle report, Yuan Shao immediately knew that Guo Yuan had not told the truth. He was even less optimistic about the fate of his troops, and he couldn't help but become anxious...
