Chapter 988 Cavalry Confrontation
"kill!"
Tens of thousands of Yuzhou troops charged forward with murderous intent, although Zhu Ling tried his best to command his troops to stop the Yuzhou army. However, Cao's army had already exhausted too much energy when they attacked the city. At this moment, facing the sudden attack of the Yuzhou army, just like the Qi army facing the Lu army in the Battle of Changshao, they were helpless.
"Get away!"
Hundreds of Yuzhou troops launched a fierce attack on a point of Zhu Ling's tribe. The nearby Cao army suffered heavy casualties and had no time to come forward to support. This point was immediately breached by the Yuzhou army, and this point became the trigger for Cao's army's defeat.
The Yuzhou army took advantage of the situation and charged in from this point. The surrounding Cao army was suddenly attacked from several sides. Finally, they could not withstand the enemy and were defeated. Such a defeat was difficult to resist. As the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain falling. Once the army is defeated, This will affect the entire army in a chain, and the entire Cao army in Zhu Ling's tribe suddenly became panicked and retreated one after another.
Zhang Fei was overjoyed: "Come here, my sons, and capture Xiahou Dun alive!"
"Defeat Cao's army and capture Xiahou Dun alive!"
After defeating Zhu Ling's tribe, Xiahou Dun's headquarters was exposed to the aggressive Yuzhou army without any cover. Once this army was defeated, it would be best to capture Xiahou Dun alive. In this way, Cao's army in the entire Huainan region would be in chaos without a fight. , and even able to mobilize the troops and horses in other cities through the tiger talisman on Xiahou Dun's body. The entire Huainan was equivalent to falling into the hands of the Yuzhou army.
"Attack the entire army and attack the enemy!"
At this moment, Cao Zhen suddenly stepped forward and shouted sharply, and behind him, five hundred cavalry rushed forward.
Compared to the tens of thousands of Yuzhou troops, a mere five hundred cavalrymen have little momentum, just like an ordinary person fighting against a huge beast. But these five hundred cavalrymen are not ordinary people, they are tiger and leopard cavalry!
The tiger and leopard cavalry under the command of Chun are all the best in the world, and perhaps hundreds of people will make up for them!
Generals of 100 are mid-level and low-level officers in the army. Even ordinary soldiers are served by Generals of 100 who are highly skilled in martial arts. It is natural to imagine the combat effectiveness that such an army can unleash.
The ones charging at the front were still the tiger cavalry in armor and cavalry. They were wearing heavy armor and holding sharp three-edged spears and sabers in their hands. They launched a fearless charge against tens of thousands of Yuzhou troops.
Poof!
The sharp spears pierced the leather armor of the Yuzhou soldiers, and the sharp sabers cut through their flesh. In an instant, dozens of Yuzhou soldiers fell to the ground, their bodies twitching.
It was indeed a force composed entirely of hundreds of generals. Although there were only a few hundred people, its combat effectiveness was not exaggerated. Tigers and leopards combined with each other and rushed into the Yuzhou army, slashing and killing them from left to right. The Tiger Cavalry faced off against the tens of thousands of Yuzhou Army's formation, while the Leopard Cavalry followed the hole created by the Tiger Cavalry and rushed into the Yuzhou Army.
The martial arts of the Leopard Cavalry are also not inferior to that of the Tiger Cavalry. The only difference is that they do not have as hard heavy armor as the Tiger Cavalry, and their defense is not as good as the Tiger Cavalry. However, while giving up their excellent defense, they also gained high-speed mobility and were able to freely display their outstanding martial arts in the Yuzhou military formation.
However, a mere five hundred cavalrymen, using mutual cooperation, actually blocked the offensive of tens of thousands of Yuzhou troops.
Xiahou Dun was overjoyed when he saw this and said: "Zidan, good job, why are you standing there in a daze? Why don't you hurry up?"
Seeing that Cao Zhen led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to successfully block the Yuzhou Army's offensive, Xiahou Dun was naturally overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the Chinese troops around him to charge forward. Encouraged by the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, their morale naturally rose, so a large black body of black water rushed towards the Yuzhou Army and attacked the flank of the Yuzhou Army.
The most critical reason why Cao Jun was defeated was morale. Now that Cao Zhen led the tiger and leopard cavalry to attack to restore the morale of Cao Jun, these Cao Jun soldiers were naturally overjoyed and hurriedly attacked from the side to save the defeat.
Under the two-sided attack of Hubao Cavalry and Xiahou Dun's army, Cao Jun finally managed to save the defeat and maintained an unbeatable situation.
Zhang Fei naturally screamed strangely when he saw this, and galloped out in person, intending to boost his morale with his personal bravery.
"watch out!"
The four-meter-long eight-foot-long snake spear came from a distance, carrying Zhang Fei's huge power and aiming at a tiger knight. It would be impossible for ordinary soldiers to withstand Zhang Fei's huge power. force.
However, this tiger cavalry is not an ordinary soldier after all. He is originally a centurion. He can stand out from countless soldiers and grow into a centurion. His martial arts skills are naturally extraordinary. He subconsciously picked up the long knife and chopped it on the spear, causing the momentum of the Zhangba Snake Spear to deflect slightly and pierce his heavy armor, making a bloody hole, but it was not life-threatening.
When Zhang Fei saw that the spear failed to stab him to death, his eyes widened naturally and he was about to stab him with another spear. At this time, the tiger cavalry next to him was assisting from the side and stabbed Zhang Fei with a spear from a distance.
This spear thrust would naturally kill the injured tiger knight, but Zhang Fei himself was not immune to injury, so Zhang Fei turned his spear head and blocked the thrust of the spear.
At this time, more tiger riders surrounded Zhang Fei from all directions, looking at Zhang Fei eagerly, as if they were preparing to work together to kill Zhang Fei.
"Humph, get out of here!"
Zhang Fei was naturally furious. He waved the eight-foot-long snake spear in his hand, danced it into a barrier, and rushed out of Cao's army. This was all thanks to Zhang Fei. If he had been an ordinary general, he would have suffered a lot of hatred. Under the siege of tiger cavalry.
Seeing Zhang Fei riding alone into the formation, Liu Bei could not help but blame him and said: "This third brother is really reckless! What should I do if something goes wrong?"
Zhang Fei broke out of the siege, and the morale of Cao's army was even higher. Zhang Fei's bravery was seen by all Cao's troops, but the tiger, leopard and cavalry teamed up to force Zhang Fei back. How could Cao's army not be excited?
When Zhao Yun saw this scene from a distance, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and ordered the Xiliang cavalry beside him: "Follow me!"
More than 4,000 Xiliang cavalry followed Zhao Yun's momentum and circled towards the Hubao Cavalry and Xiahou Dun's army from the side.
"Prepare for the first song——"
The first of the four thousand Xiliang cavalry, more than a thousand cavalrymen, grabbed their bows and arrows from behind. Mounted archery is a very sophisticated skill, especially in this era when the stirrup has not yet been invented (the stirrup was first seen in the Sui Dynasty). Only those nomads who have been riding horses all their lives can master mounted archery. The Han cavalry wants to master riding. Shooting, the difficulties that need to be experienced are unimaginable.
In fact, the only Han cavalry capable of riding and shooting were the White Horse Yi Cong under White Horse General Gongsun Zan. Zhao Yun happened to be a member of the White Horse Yi Cong back then, so he carefully taught the skills of riding and archery to his subordinates.