Chapter 531
Yuan Shao stood in the command car, listening to the roar of horse hooves getting closer and closer in the distance, his eyelids jumped involuntarily.
Ten thousand horses are galloping, and they actually have such power? The chief of the White Horse is indeed well-known. Can I defeat him?
Yuan Shao did not stand with his personal guards. The personal guards had already assembled and were ready to go, but the infantry led by Yan Liang, He Yong and others were in the front. Because of the unique terrain on both sides, the cavalry usually arranged on the flanks were placed in the back formation by Yuan Shao, and four square formations composed of 20,000 infantry were blocked in the front.
The temporary change of plan was Tian Feng's insistence. Tian Feng tried his best to oppose Yuan Shao's tactics of leading the personal guards and Gongsun Zan to attack, and even tore through Yuan Shao's sleeves. Not only did he move fiercely, but he also spoke very unpleasantly.
Gongsun Zan has been using cavalry for many years, and he has always been in : White Horse Yi (Part 1) with cavalry as the main force. Whether it is the Wuhuan or the Xianbei people, all those who face him head-on are defeated. So far, Gongsun Zan has only been defeated by one person with cavalry, that is, the former Xianbei king Tan Shihuai. Do you think your ability to use cavalry can be compared with Tan Shihuai? Don’t forget, what price did Liu Xiu pay to kill Tan Shihuai? Even he himself almost died at the hands of Tan Shihuai.
When using cavalry, you are definitely not a match for Gongsun Zan. The reason why Gongsun Zan has never defeated you is because the cavalry is not good at siegeing cities, not that his cavalry level is not high. If you want to attack him in cavalry battles, there is only a dead end.
There is only one way to defeat Gongsun Zan. First, use the infantry formation to consume his spirit. The battle depends on morale. Morale is focused on one go, then it will decline, and then it will be exhausted. Use the infantry formation to consume his spirit. When his morale is low, the general will wait for his work and decide for a battle.
Even if all the 20,000 infantrymen are eliminated today, as long as the general is captured and killed, the general will win. But if the general dies, even if we wipe out the 20,000 Gongsun Zan, we will lose, and the entire Jizhou will lose. Whether the Yuan family can still win the world depends on Yuan Shu.
The last sentence made Yuan Shao calm down from the verge of tyranny. He accepted Tian Feng's suggestion, although he wanted to kick Tian Feng into Xize.
However, now, he was a little grateful to Tian Feng. The attack with Gongsun Zan seemed to be quite passionate and could boost morale. However, using his five or six thousand personal guards to compete with Gongsun Zan's 15,000 elite cavalry is equivalent to seeking death.
Yuan Shao was glad and his heart was raised again. Cavalry vs. infantry, small formations, one to three, large formations, one to five, Gongsun Zan had 15,000 cavalry, even one to three, it was equivalent to more than 40,000 people, and I only had 20,000 infantry. Can more than 5,000 cavalry, can I stop it? Even if Gongsun Zan wanted to leave some people to guard against Ju Su, he still had the advantage of this force.
Yuan Shao opened his eyes wide, and looked ahead nervously.
The terrain was special, with four infantry phalanxes arranged in sequence, and Yan Liang's phalanxes were at the front. Looking at the cavalry running in the distance, not only were the soldiers looking faint, but even Yan Liang felt a sense of fear. He looked at the familiar faces beside him, not knowing how many more could be seen after this battle. However, he still forced himself to put his sword out of the sheath according to his fear in his heart. Standing in the middle of the two archer phalanxes, shouting loudly: "Boundist, prepare--"
There was a "crash" sound. Although it was a little nervous, the crossbowmen still quickly entered the battle position. The crossbowmen grabbed the front and sat on the ground. They kicked the bowstring with their legs and raised the arrow. The crossbowmen followed closely behind, pulled the string, raised the arrow, and pointed the front. The archers were at the end. They held the bow with their left hand, hooked the string with their right hand, and pointed the feather arrows in front of them, waiting for the order to fire.
Yan Liang narrowed his eyes and stared at the cavalry as he was getting closer and closer.
Three hundred steps, two hundred and fifty steps, two hundred and twenty steps, enter the range of the crossbow.
Yan Liang waved his long sword hard: "Shoot!"
The messenger waved the colorful flags and issued an order.
The powerful crossbow captain roared: "The crossbowman shoots three times in a row! The archer prepares--"
The crossbowmen pulled the crossbow machine in response, and more than a thousand crossbow arrows made a neat "buzzing" sound, left the string, turned into a group of ominous crows, rushed out of the battle formation, drew a deadly arc at a high altitude, and then turned around and turned down.
"Raising the shield--" Gongsun Zan's people and horses were united, and raised his left hand to block the shield on his head. In a rapid charge, the person's body would lean forward. The most important thing was to protect the head and protect the head, that is, to protect most of the body. One or two arrows were added to the vital part, which would not affect the combat effectiveness. As long as the war horse was not shot into the vital part, there would basically be no problem.
What worried Gongsun Zan was that Yuan's crossbow was obviously farther than the nomadic peoples on the grassland. The cavalry's bow range was only a hundred steps. For cavalrymen who charged rapidly, it was only a few breaths. Even the best shooter could only shoot five or six arrows, but for ordinary archers, it was only three shots.
However, Yuan Jun's crossbow range was 200 steps, which invisibly increased the time. They could shoot more arrows and cause greater damage to his cavalry. Cavalry fell from the horse and fell from the horse, which would cause chaos in the charge formation. If the number of people was small, the people behind had time to adjust, but if too many were reached and the limit was reached, the charge formation would collapse.
What made him even more worried was that the terrain here was not suitable for cavalry fronts, it was too narrow and not flat enough. Even without the interference of the enemy's bows and arrows, they could not run at full speed as usual, which would also bring disadvantages.
In order to make up for this flaw, Gongsun Zan personally led the White Horse Yicong to the forefront, hoping to use White Horse Yicong's superb riding skills to speed up the charge, kill to the Yuan army formation as soon as possible, tear through their large formation, and as long as they rushed through the arrow formation, the next step would be to massacre.
Gongsun Zan stepped on the stirrups with his feet, his butt left the saddle, but his lower abdomen was tightly leaning against the saddle bridge. He listened to the sound of "dongdong" on the shield, but Ruying's eyes looked at Yuan Jun getting closer and closer from the gap.
Yuan Shao was in the distance, at the end. This coward! Gongsun Zan sneered, suddenly rose up, raised his hand and shot an arrow.
The long arrow roared away, and a spearman was just a hundred steps away. The spearman fell down in response.
At the same time, more than a dozen white horses around Gongsun Zan also shot arrows. They were all elite soldiers who had been fighting for many years. Whether it was riding, spear or archery, they were all first-class. The tacit understanding between each other was also developed through many bloody battles. As soon as Gongsun Zan's arrow was shot, their arrows followed, with very consistent directions and shocking accuracy.
Seven or eight spearmen fell down in an instant, and a gap suddenly appeared in the originally strict spear. The officer Yuan Jun, who was in charge of the spear formation, was shocked and had not had time to react. Gongsun Zan and his white horse Yichi shot like a sharp arrow and headed straight to the gap.
The spearman behind rushed over, trying to block the gap before Gongsun Zan arrived. Gongsun Zan obviously could not make them do what they wanted. He stood upright on the rushing war horse. He ignored the rainy feather arrow and shot his bright silver armor. He shot three arrows in one breath.
Three spearmen who intended to fill the position fell to the ground one after another and died on the spot.
The spearmen were shot in chaos by Gongsun Zan and others' exquisite archery techniques, and more and more corpses on the ground also interfered with their pace. The gap was not only not being raised in time, but instead expanded rapidly. In their eyes that were so anxious that they opened their eyes wide, a group of white figures quickly magnified. They raised the spear in their hands in despair and made their last efforts.
Gongsun Zan silently curled his lips, put away his bow, held the spear with one hand, and the spearhead trembled gently. He picked up a spear, and the sharp spear tip pierced the spearman's chest like a poke paper, and rushed into the infantry formation with a leap. The white horse leaped gently, and Gongsun Zan's spear pointed at the panicked crossbow captain.
Blood flashed out. The powerful crossbow captain screamed and was pierced by Gongsun Zan's spear. He held the handle of Gongsun Zan's spear tightly with both hands. Blood speared out from his mouth, screamed in despair, and was thrown out by Gongsun Zan.
The white horse Yi rushed into the gap. With the impact of the war horses, they quickly expanded their advantages. The outside used spears and the inside shot with bows, breaking the spear formation with a broken momentum, and then rushed towards the crossbowman.
Although the crossbowmen also brought swords, they faced these elite knights and tall and strong war horses. They were not able to fight back and were killed in a flash. More and more knights flocked to the battle, and the crossbowmen were quickly massacred, and the knights kept not stopping and rushed towards Yan Liang's central army.
Gongsun Zan took the lead, and the iron spear in his hand flew. The sharp spearhead wiped the sharp spearhead instantly took more than a dozen lives. More than a dozen elite knights behind him followed closely and firmly protected his wings. Together with Gongsun Zan, they formed the sharpest spear tip, waving the wine to tear open the Yuan army's defense line and quickly wedged into the depths.
In just a blink of an eye, the spearmen and crossbowmen in the front were all massacred. Gongsun Zan jumped on horseback and danced his spear, heading straight for Yan Liang in the central army.
Yan Liang was shocked by the impact of Gongsun Zan and Baima Yicong, but he had not forgotten his responsibilities. Faced with the shaky battle formation, he slashed left and right, killing three retreating soldiers in succession, and then yelled: "Whoever retreats, kill!"
Those soldiers who were terrified by Gongsun Zan were frightened by Yan Liang's ferocious evil spirits, stopped their retreating steps, plucked up Yu Yong, and moved forward again. Yan Liang glanced at Gongsun Zan who was getting closer and closer, and stretched out his hand: "Come on the bow!"
The personal guard handed over a three-stone strong bow. Yan Liang took the bow in his hand, and opened the bow like a full moon, and embraced it like a baby. He aimed a little and let out a loose string. As soon as the long arrow left the string, he quickly pulled another feather arrow and pulled the bow and shot the arrow again.
The long arrow almost flew over the head of the soldiers in front of him, and hit a Yi Cong in front of Gongsun Zan. The long arrow easily penetrated his armor and penetrated his body. The bloody arrow pierced a "pop" from the back, and the armor cracked a big hole and blood splashed out. The long arrow had not yet subsided, so it led to the Yi Cong flying backwards. His feet were put in the stirrups and could not fall off the horse's back, but he could no longer sit up again.
Gongsun Zan was startled and looked up. He saw Yan Liang and the feather arrow flying towards him who had just shot the second arrow. He opened his eyes wide, without avoiding it, held the spear with one hand and waved it hard.
The spearhead was like a divine help. The arrow in the middle of the feather arrow was knocked away with a crisp sound.
Yan Liang was unmoved and pulled out his strong bow for the third time and took a feather arrow.
"You dare!" Gongsun Zan roared, lifted the reins and rode his horse, and rushed towards Yan Liang.
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