Chapter 777 Xu Rong VS Cao Cao (Part 1)
When Xu Rong proposed the arrangement of troops and horses, this proposal was unanimously opposed by the generals in the army. In the end, Huangfu Chaobo made a decision. He knew that in order to defeat Cao Cao when the enemy was evenly matched, he must move dangerously. . So today's Huangfu Chaobo army, except for the 500 soldiers of the Tiebei camp, is just the same.
Of course, at the beginning of the war, there will still be five thousand cavalry in the central army.
As for the reaction of Cao Cao's army, as analyzed by Xu Rong, although Cao Cao's army fought several battles with Sizhou's army, they lost more than they won, and they hardly gained half a point of advantage in a head-on battle. Therefore, after hearing the news that the Sizhou Army had gathered, although Cao Cao withdrew his troops, he did not retreat to Puyang City. Instead, he set up a formation between the two cities. It was obvious that he hoped to have a battle with the Sizhou Army to stabilize the situation. Its status in Yanzhou.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, 100,000 troops from both sides formed a formation on the field. As Xu Rong expected, the formation of Cao Cao's army was a mixture of heavy infantry and Qingzhou soldiers, with one layer of shields and one layer of spears, and so on. After that, there was a square formation of ordinary soldiers, and the tiger and leopard cavalry were divided into two. They were arranged separately on both sides of the formation, and in Cao Cao's central position, like Huangfu Chaobo, he only left a small number of soldiers and horses to guard him.
As the war drums of the Chinese army's attack sounded, the Sizhou Army's formation began to slowly advance towards the enemy's battle formation. Almost at the same time, Cao Cao's army also sounded the drumbeat of attack.
The military formations on both sides got closer and closer with the roaring drums. When they were 150 steps away, the drums from the Chinese troops on both sides suddenly accelerated, and then the soldiers in the two military formations screamed. Tian's killing cry, and then he quickened his pace and rushed towards the enemy formation in front.
As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, the archers from both sides began to shoot at the other side's military formation. The rain of arrows rose into the sky, met in the open space between the two sides' military formations, and then rushed towards the opposite military formation. And go.
For a moment, only a dense hum could be heard from the two military formations, and then, a cloud of arrow rain enveloped the formations of both sides. Then, there were clanging sounds among the soldiers and pitiful cries of soldiers wounded by arrows.
A distance of a hundred steps may only take three rounds of arrows for the cavalry, but it also takes several breaths for the infantry.
After several rounds of arrow rain, both sides suffered little losses. Cao Cao's army won because the infantry defense was strong enough, but their number of archers was not as much as that of Sizhou's army. Although the Sizhou Army's defense is slightly worse, it is faster. In addition to the archers in the military formation, there are thousands of crossbowmen. The arrow attacks of the big yellow crossbow and the continuous crossbow are stronger than those of ordinary archers. , coupled with the arrows of Yuanrong's crossbowmen, which were as dense as locusts, put a lot of pressure on Cao Cao's army.
After the baptism of arrows, the two soldiers and horses finally collided unstoppably, and the killing cries of tens of thousands of elites finally mixed together. For a time, the entire world was filled with blood mist, and countless soldiers rushed to kill without hesitation. Come together.
Two hundred steps away, in the center of the Yanzhou Army, Cao Cao and Sima Yi stood together on the watchtower. Cao Cao was nervous as he looked at the soldiers in front of him who were killing the Sizhou Army like a raging wave.
Although he had fought several battles with the Sizhou Army, he had never had such a large-scale head-on battle. Even though Cao Cao had confidence in his army, he was still nervous when the battle actually came.
When he saw the soldiers from both sides fighting together, Cao Cao felt that his heart was already in the air. Fortunately, the final result made him sigh in relief. Although the Sizhou Army seemed to be a bit stronger in terms of momentum,
But in the end the two sides were still at a stalemate.
Afterwards, both sides went back and forth, and no one could do anything to the other. The soldiers in the front row kept falling, and the soldiers in the back kept replenishing them. The soldiers in the front row kept dying and replenishing, and the archers in the back kept coming Throwing arrows at the enemy formation on the opposite side, the stalemate lasted for nearly an hour.
Standing on the watchtower, Cao Cao could see that his heavy infantry soldiers were a little tired and their movements slowly became sluggish, and the same was true for the soldiers of the Sizhou Army opposite.
Just when Cao Cao thought that today's war would end in this way, both sides would retreat and there would be no more clues.
Suddenly, a blast of horns came from the center of the Sizhou Army. Cao Cao's heart skipped a beat and he looked up at the Sizhou Army where a fierce battle was going on.
Suddenly, several loud roars erupted from the Sizhou Army's formation. Immediately afterwards, two soldiers were seen quickly forming a small cone-shaped formation. Two small openings were opened from the front of the Sizhou Army. It popped out from among them and quickly moved towards the battle formation on its side.
Then, while everyone in Cao Cao's camp was stunned, the two soldiers, led by their respective generals, were like red-hot chrome iron inserted into frozen lard. Once they were inserted to the bottom, in Cao Cao's eyes, the seemingly solid defense line was like paper. Generally, it will break with one poke.
Immediately following these two soldiers, countless elite soldiers of the Sizhou Army poured into the Yanzhou Army formation, and then quickly formed small formations, killing all directions inside.
"Damn it, which army and horse are these, and why are they so powerful! The battle has been going on for nearly an hour, but they still have such fighting power!" A general of Cao's army shouted in shock;
Cao Cao and Sima Yi looked at each other and saw inexplicable fear in each other's eyes. They both thought about which troops it was, but they always thought that the thousands of soldiers in Huangfu Chaobo's center were trapped in the camp. and Tie Ying Rui Shi, but no one expected that Huangfu Chaobo would actually look like a fish.
Seeing more and more Sizhou soldiers following the two camps of Sizhou elites into his own army, Sima Yi hurriedly said: "My lord, we still have a chance. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will attack the two wings of the Sizhou Army. If the Sizhou cavalry blocks them, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry can just annihilate them. If they dare to let go, the enemy's infantry wings will be in danger."
Cao Cao was stunned. This was to use the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry that he had painstakingly trained to exchange for the enemy's light cavalry. However, if he didn't do so, his elite infantry could be said to be finished.
After a little hesitation, Cao Cao immediately ordered the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to attack the two wings of the Sizhou Army.
As soon as Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry moved, Xu Rong's countermeasures came. Now Cao Cao's troops have all been used, but Xu Rong still has 5,000 cavalry in his hands. So as soon as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry moved, Xu Rong's military order was also issued.
The first to act were the White Horse Volunteers and Xiliang Iron Cavalry guarding the two wings of the Sizhou Army. The two schools of cavalry immediately accelerated and headed towards the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Then the 5,000 cavalrymen were divided into two groups, one to support the other two schools of cavalrymen. In this way, it became 15,000 cavalrymen against 10,000 cavalrymen of Cao's army.