002, heavy cavalry charge(1/2)
DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG!!
At noon, on the east bank of the Feishui River, the cold wind blew the flags, and a dense drum beat sounded in Cao Cao's military camp.
"Open the door!"
As the military leader shouted loudly, the gate of the camp slowly opened.
Cao Xin rode a bay-red horse, carried a large iron gun weighing more than 100 kilograms, and led a thousand soldiers and horses to snake out of the village gate.
I saw him with a jade-like face, handsome features, wearing bright silver armor and a red cape, looking majestic and heroic.
He was followed by eight generals including Dian Wei, Zhang Baiqi, Liao Hua, Pei Yuanshao, and Li Dayan.
Zhang Baiqi and the other seven were the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army whom he captured when he was a bandit in Xuzhou.
After three years of fighting, all of them became good at fighting and became second- and third-rate generals.
Dian Wei was the bodyguard he found after joining Boss Cao's camp. He is currently a Sima of the other department. He holds a pair of large iron halberds and is a top military general.
The remaining soldiers were also elite soldiers who had fought many battles with him, and could equal ten to one. This was why he dared to stand up and fight Zhang Xiu.
After the soldiers left the camp and marched less than a mile, they encountered Zhang Xiu's leading army. The distance between the two sides was less than one mile.
Looking from a distance, Zhang Xiu's army was lined up on the river bank, with flags fluttering, covering the sky and the sun, and the formation was spectacular.
"Hush!"
Cao Xin reined in his horses and ordered his men to rectify the cavalry and put them into attack formation.
"Uncle Six!"
Cao Ang and Xiahou Shang rushed over.
Cao Ang is the eldest son of Cao Cao. He is 21 years old, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and strong body.
Xia Houshang is Xia Houyuan's nephew. He is 20 years old, short and stocky, with huge strength in his arms and can lift a five hundred kilogram cauldron.
These two people wanted to make meritorious deeds and took the initiative to serve as backup, but they couldn't be driven away.
"Uncle Liu, Zhang Xiu has 5,000 people and we only have 1,000. How are you going to fight?"
Cao Anglema asked.
Cao Xin didn't have any good ideas, "Zixiu, don't worry, you lead the infantry to raid the formation behind, and I will personally lead my 100 heavy cavalry to attack Zhang Xiu's middle army and kill Zhang Xiu."
"Uncle Six, I have twenty cavalry, and I will go with you."
"I'll go too!"
Xiahou Shang shouted, brandishing a long-handled axe.
"Don't even think about it. According to what I said, you lead the infantry behind to suppress the formation. I will lead the heavy cavalry to attack Zhang Xiu's army. When I defeat Zhang Xiu's army, you will follow up and encircle him. Do you understand? If you dare to disobey orders, don't follow me next time.
I'll play together."
Cao Xin struck the two men's armor with his spear.
Although he was the same age as Cao Ang, he was Cao Teng's adopted son. He was Cao Cao's sixth brother. He was older than Cao Ang and Xia Houshang, and his strength was stronger than the two of them. The two of them dared not disobey.
"Hey, Uncle Six, what if you lose?"
Xia Houshang grinned.
"Don't talk nonsense, how could I lose?"
Cao Xin glared at him and waved his hand to tell the two of them to get out of here.
Considering that Cao Ang was killed in the Battle of Wancheng, Cao Xin called Dian Wei and ordered him to take his elite infantry to protect Cao Ang personally and prevent him from running around on the battlefield.
Dian Wei took the order and took the people away.
"General, the cavalry has been reorganized and is ready for action."
Zhang Baiqi, the head of the cavalry of the headquarters, shouted.
Zhang Baiqi is a rare cavalry talent in the Yellow Turban Army. He is 38 years old and is good at fighting. When he was in Xuzhou, he was caught and beaten twice by Cao Xin before he was subdued. He is currently the captain of the bandit-breaking school and is the highest-ranking general under him.
Cao Xin took a step forward on horseback and walked up to the cavalry team with his spear raised.
"Brothers, have you all eaten?"
"have eaten!"
shouted the cavalry.
"Haha, just eat it. Look over there, everyone. That's Zhang Xiu's military formation. There are five thousand enemies in this battle. They are said to be the most elite troops of the Xiliang Army. Are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid!"
"Five thousand people are just a ball. Even if 50,000 people come, I will still hit it."
"General, hurry up and set off, my sword is already thirsty."
The cavalry soldiers laughed.
"Brothers, you said it well! The Wancheng Army is nothing but elite. Only our Langya Army is the real elite. Brothers, we have only one purpose here today, which is to defeat the Wancheng Army and make our Langya Army famous.
Everyone in the world knows how powerful our Langya Army is, do you have confidence?"
Cao Xin shouted.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
The cavalry soldiers roared loudly.
"Brothers, let's go!"
Cao Xin wielded a large iron spear and led more than a hundred of his cavalry in a triangular cone formation, with the arrow pointed directly at Zhang Xiu's army formation.
This team of Langya cavalry is a heavy cavalry that he spent a lot of money to build. The soldiers are wearing two layers of fish scale armor, and the mounts are all tall horses from the Western Regions. The horses have matching saddles, and key parts are covered with iron armor.
Although it is temporarily inferior to Li Shimin's Xuanjia cavalry and Jin Wushu's Iron Buddha Tu, in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, few cavalry could compare.
This is also the main reason why he dares to hit more with less.
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"Archers prepare!"
"Archers prepare!!"
On the opposite battlefield, seeing Cao's cavalry return, Zhang Xiu's general commanded thousands of archers and started shooting mode.
"shoot!!"
With an order, thousands of arrows were fired. Thousands of arrows shot up into the sky, and then fell quickly, like black rain, towards the galloping cavalry.
It's just that the accuracy and power of the upward shooting mode were too poor. After two rounds of shooting, only three horses were frightened and fell behind.
Before the third round started, the armored cavalry rushed to the front of the formation.
"Armored Cavalry?"
In the military formation, Zhang Xiu frowned and saw that the other party was carrying the banners of 'Langya' and 'Cao'. He wondered, could it be Cao's thieves' tiger and leopard cavalry?
"Whoever comes, the thief will report his name."
"Who is coming? The thief will tell you his name."
A group of soldiers followed and shouted loudly.
"Langya Cao Xin came here to marry Mrs. Zou. Where is Mrs. Zou?"
Cao Xin shouted loudly.
"Where is Mrs. Zou?!"
The knights under Cao Xin roared.
"Damn it, Hu Che Er Niu Lu, go up and chop him to death for me."
Zhang Xiu roared angrily.
"Yes, General!"
Generals Hu Che'er and Niu Lu accepted the order with clasped fists, and left the two-wing military formation with their cavalry.
There were more than 400 cavalrymen in the two groups, all of whom were elite cavalrymen of the Xiliang Army. They had participated in the plundering of Luoyang and Chang'an and had extremely strong combat effectiveness.
"kill!!!"
The Xiliang cavalry rushed out half a mile menacingly and collided with the galloping Langya cavalry, causing them to flip over.
"Get away!"
Cao Xin shouted, his energy and blood surging, he waved a cone-headed spear more than ten feet long, and faced the enemy's cavalry forward.
I saw him with his spear like a dragon, flying away Niu Lu, the enemy's left cavalry general, and then sweeping left and right, carving a bloody path.
Under his spear, the enemy cavalry were lifted up one by one, hitting the cavalry in the rear, and became a mess.
In a short moment, Cao Xin's spear sent over forty people flying, piercing through the opponent's cavalry square. Directly in front was Zhang Xiu's central army. He called out, led Pei Yuanshao and ten others, and headed straight for the opponent's central army.
"Zhang Xiu, bring me your head!"
To be continued...