Cao Bing, who was originally killed, saw that Army B had a strong fighting spirit, and almost wanted to repel Zhao Yu's defensive soldiers, and suddenly his fighting spirit was high, and he wanted to chase and kill the retreating Zhao army, but he didn't want a cavalry to suddenly appear on the city gate tower and rush over.No, it cannot be said to be a cavalryman, but a team or two of them.Two teams of 100 cavalry led by Ma Chao and Ma Dai respectively, each team attacked more than 50 people, and climbed the left and right steps of the city gate tower to the city gate tower, and rushed towards the Cao soldiers.Since ancient times, cavalry has been the nemesis and nightmare of infantry, especially Ma Chao, a brave and skilled Xiliang iron horseman.In this small space, those Cao soldiers had no way to dodge at all, and in the face of these rushing cavalry, even if they dodged to one side and were not hit by the war horse, they could not avoid the sword and gun moves of the cavalry on the war horse.Especially the two led by Ma Chao and Ma Dai, they are invincible everywhere they go, even if those Qingzhou soldiers and horses are brave, but with the physique of manpower, it is difficult to resist the sprint of the war horse, especially the high war horse of Xiliang.There were more than 1,000 Cao soldiers on the city walls on the left and right sides, but in this case, the Xiliang cavalry facing Ma Chao could not resist, and the people in front desperately wanted to push back, but the people behind were crowded and did not move and stampede.In this way, it is more beneficial to these Xiliang cavalry, Ma Chao and Ma Dai led a column of cavalry to charge and kill, and even those Cao soldiers who were climbing the city wall and just emerged to settle accounts, not to mention nearly 200 people.What's more, the two of them made the morale of those arrogant Qingzhou soldiers drop greatly, and the courage of the charge has also been dispelled a lot.After the two teams of cavalry sprinted, they saw that Ma Chao and Ma Dai's team changed from the head to the tail of the team, and the tail of the team became the head of the team, and without waiting for those Cao soldiers to react, they began to retreat all the way down the city gate tower, like a whirlwind blowing on the city wall, and the Cao army was scattered, and then disappeared without a trace.Those Cao soldiers wanted to counterattack and pursue, but they turned out to be a step slower, and after the retreating phalanx adjusted its formation, it rushed straight in after the cavalry of the B army retreated.Ancient military formations play a decisive role in battle, formations are not only used in large-scale battlefield battles, this time this kind of small area on the city wall Zhao Yu still uses the advantage of the formation to win more with less.Previously, Zhao Yu set up a phalanx, one on the left and one on the right, holding the two main roads leading to the city.Even if there were many enemy soldiers, they did not disperse Zhao Yu's phalanx, which shows that the mystery and coordination of this formation are so important.After the addition of the enemy's Qingzhou soldiers, Zhao Yu's phalanx was somewhat difficult, and after the Xiliang Iron Cavalry retreated, Zhao Yu immediately ordered: "Transform the fish scale array to charge." ”The fish scale formation, the general is located in the middle of the formation, the main forces are assembled in the center, divided into a number of small phalanxes in the shape of fish scales, arranged according to the echelon, the front end is slightly convex, and it belongs to the offensive formation.Tactical thinking: a central breakthrough.Concentrate forces to launch a fierce attack on the center of the enemy formation, which is used when the second side has the advantage, and the weak point of the formation is the rear flank.And this time, the fish scale array set up by Zhao Yu is somewhat different, one of them is smaller, and the other is a small number of people, if you want to attack with a fish scale array on this city gate tower, of course the original formation will not work.And Zhao Yu really turned this formation into a big shark, and the leader of the formation was a tall sergeant with a strong body, wrapped in battle armor, holding a big shield, leading the soldiers behind him to charge into the enemy.Behind it are spear and shield soldiers, shields are used to defend against external damage, and spears are used to assassinate foreign enemies.At the periphery of the queue are sword and shield soldiers, who are responsible for protecting themselves and their teammates from damage, and in the middle are pikemen, who are responsible for assassinating enemy soldiers.The really important position of the fish scale array arranged by Zhao Yu was not the sergeant holding a spear in the middle, but the shield soldier at the head of the formation and on the outer side.Although the spearmen are brave, if they are not protected by the shield of the head and belly of the formation, the spearmen will not be able to fully exert their strength and let go.This temporary combination had a very effective effect, and it also sprouted a strange thought in Zhao Yu's heart.If it is a combination of trapping camp and special battalion soldiers here this time, then let alone this Qingzhou soldier, even if there are more, Zhao Yu is not afraid.The soldiers of the trapped camp and the special battalion have their own unique training, and the achievements they have experienced over the years are by no means comparable to these ordinary sergeants, in addition to the combination of formations, the key is timing.If it was before, Zhao Yu would definitely not be able to form a fish scale array, Zhao Yu was the impact of the Xiliang cavalry to disperse the enemy's formation, and when the enemy army had not yet regrouped, the fish scale array would come to raid and carry out a second hunt, this effect was by no means inferior to the effect achieved by the Xiliang iron cavalry before.Especially after Zhao Yu gave the order to remember his hand, he would retreat immediately, and he must not fall in love with the enemy, let alone miss the best time to retreat because of greed and greed, because once the enemy army is given a chance to breathe and counterattack, even if the second army retreats, there will be no chance to retreat."
Archer, fire bolts ready."
And just when the soldiers of the fish scale array on the left and right retreated, suddenly Zhao Yu ordered the original archers to start preparing fire arrows, could it be that Zhao Yu wanted to attack with fire and block the enemy's counterattack When the people of the fish scale formation retreated, those Cao troops also began to prepare for a counterattack again, and the two sides were only a short distance away, and it was just a sprint to catch up.And when the fish scale array retreated, it was also quietly transforming into a phalanx to retreat, with the sword and shield soldiers in front and the pikemen behind, once the enemy soldiers approached, the sword and shield soldiers could defend and defend, and the pikemen were auxiliary attacks."
Shoot the arrows."
With Zhao Yu's order, hundreds of rockets shot out in the direction of the left and right sides, spreading out in mid-air like a pair of angel wings.Seeing this scene, Xiahoudun and Cheng Yu under the city wall couldn't help but be full of doubts.Although he had seen Zhao Yu give a formation to defend and counter the attack of Army B, he was immediately cooperating with the superb riding skills of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, such tactics made Xiahou Dun, who had ghost plots and experienced battles, couldn't help but be amazed.But the next scene made the two stunned again, only to see that the hundreds of fire arrows flew into the crowd of Army B on both sides, and the fire instantly ignited.The fire burned along with the trend, and it could only be stopped when it burned directly in front of Zhao Yu's phalanx, which made Xiahoudun and Cheng Yu unable to understand it anyway.Even those Cao Bing who were burned couldn't figure out what was going on, and it was not difficult to see from this fire that this was not the level to which ordinary rockets could burn when they fell on people, and it was definitely mixed with a large amount of fire oil and flammable materials to burn to such an extent.Especially those fires burst into flames as soon as they hit people's bodies, and they can't be extinguished no matter how they are put out.However, all this can only be known by Zhao Yu and those sergeants, at that time, when Ma Chao and Ma Dai's Xiliang Iron Cavalry returned, and the fish scale array rushed into the enemy group, some soldiers in the formation secretly threw some things on the ground, and those things were fire oil.It's just that because the soldiers of the Fish Scale Formation rushed to kill, yes, those Cao Jun couldn't notice it at all, and even if they stepped on it after the counterattack, they thought they had stepped on the corpse of their companions.When the fish scale array retreated, the fire arrows in the hands of Zhao Yu's archers also shot out, and after the fire arrows ignited those fire oils, they quickly rose in tandem.Poor Cao Bing is in this sea of fire, even if he wants to run, it is impossible, he wants to extinguish the fire source on his body, but how can these fires ignited by fire oil be extinguished, even if they are extinguished, they are all in a sea of fire.The fire on his body was extinguished, and the fire on the ground burned again, and some of the scorching sergeants who could not stand the burning of the flame fell to the ground and rolled around, only to cause more burning.Rushing forward, there were enemy spears waiting, and some desperate people could not bear the pain and had to jump from the city gate.A few people also happened to jump on the position of the siege ladder below, and smashed the soldiers of Army B who were climbing down directly."
General, we lost, we lost completely."
Seeing the scene on the city wall, Cheng Yu almost choked up and said, then looked at Xiahoudun with an expressionless face, and couldn't help but pull out the saber on his waist and put it on his neck and said: "The prime minister values Cheng Yu so much, and entrusts me with the whole of Yanzhou."
But Cheng Yu actually lost the trust of the prime minister, lost the entire Yanzhou, and lost the loss of our army, Cheng Yu had no face to see the prime minister, so he apologized to the prime minister by killing himself. ”That is, Cheng Yu was really ready to swing his sword and wipe it to his neck.But when he heard a clang, a spear picked up the long sword in his hand, and then only heard Xiahou said: "This failure is not just to blame Mr. alone, but to blame that Zhao Yu is too cunning, and he actually took advantage of the unpreparedness of my army to detour to the rear of our army."
And Yanzhou is lost, Xiahoudun should bear the main responsibility, death is not terrible, but I, Xiahoudun, am unwilling, I am not willing to be defeated by Zhao Yu, I want to go back to the prime minister to ask for the guilt, I Xiahoudun vowed to avenge this blood sea of revenge. ”Xiahoudun's impassioned anger also deeply infected Cheng Yu on the side, only to see Cheng Yu once again look at the sergeant of Army B who was burned by Zhao Yu on the city gate, gritted his teeth and said: "I, Cheng Yu, swear that I will let Zhao Yu repay his blood debt in my lifetime." ”"Pass on my military order, Mingjin will withdraw the troops."
Xiahoudun on the side immediately said to the deputy general behind him, and as a horn sounded, the Cao soldiers who were on the way to attack the city suddenly saw a glimmer of hope and turned around and began to retreat.Now that the walls are on both sides of the city in flames, and the enemy archers and pikemen are waiting for the opportunity to assassinate, who can climb the walls and fight the enemy in such a situation.For Zhao Yu and his entourage, who were defending the city, they couldn't help but be shocked when they heard Cao Jun's clarion call to withdraw their troops, and everyone didn't believe their eyes.Looking around, when they really saw that the enemy army began to retreat in a hurry, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.This time, everyone undoubtedly performed a myth, and with a force of less than 3,000 people, they actually blocked and repelled the attack of Xiahoudun's nearly 70,000 troops
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