Chapter 287 Lord, good opportunity!

The next day, the third hour of Mao had just arrived.

The horns were heard on the west bank of Danshui, and teams of Liangzhou infantry began to rush out of the camp, and they advanced to the west bank of Danshui to make an array to prepare to cross the river. While the infantry began to prepare to cross the river, a team of Liangzhou cavalry had already rode their horses through Danshui and advanced to the north side of Cao's army to seize the position to cover the Liangzhou infantry to cross the river.

Danshui is a tributary of the Han River tributary of the rural waters. It was sent to Fulao Mountain. It was only ten feet wide and seven feet deep. The riverbed was gentle and pebbles were piled up at the bottom of the river. Infantry could hike on foot during the dry water period. Even in the current flood season, Liangzhou cavalry could easily wader.

The river is weak and the morning breeze is blowing.

Cao Cao's Yanzhou army had already been with Chen Dao, and Chen Ying's Nanyang soldiers stood in the morning dew. Except for the two thousand troops left behind in the camp, the rest of the troops had been arranged here.

In the main formation of the central army, Cao Cao was wearing a big red robe, with a tall crown on his head and a sword on his waist, looking radiant.

Yu Jin, Tibetan Ba, Cao Ang, Cao Chun, Chen Dao, and Chen Ying were also energetic. Even Guo Jia and Xun You rarely changed into military uniforms, looking heroic.

"Lord." Guo Jia's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened and he whispered to Cao Cao, "The Liangzhou cavalry that monitors our army on the north side of the east bank of Danshui will not exceed 3,000 cavalry at most, but the Liangzhou cavalry that went on expedition this time had 5,000 cavalry, which means that there are another two thousand cavalry unknown whereabouts. You must be careful."

Cao Cao's little eyes narrowed and asked coldly: "Fengxiao thought, where did the other two thousand Liangzhou cavalry go?"

Guo Jia pondered for a moment and replied in a low voice: "If it is Jia Dushi below, he would suggest that Ma Butcher use these two thousand cavalry to attack the champion. Rang County, these two small cities are the support for our army when we withdraw. Once taken down by the Liangzhou army, our army will be worried about being cut off from retreat. The news will inevitably shake the army's heart."

[Champion, Rang County, Anzhong, Xingyang, four small cities are like four solid villages distributed in a linear manner between Wancheng and Cao's army camp. If Cao's army fails in the Battle of Danshui, they can fight and retreat along this marching route, and take timely rest and replenish them among the four small cities, thus ensuring that the soldiers of the three armies have enough energy and fighting spirit to withdraw back to Wancheng calmly.

Even though there are five thousand cavalrymen who come and go like the wind under the command of Ma Butcher, they cannot do anything to the solid city walls.

In a sense, the fortress belt formed by these four small cities is the last escape route when Cao Cao was defeated and the lifeline of the Cao army. Its importance is self-evident. The reason why Cao Cao dared to lead his army forward to Danshui and confront the Liangzhou army across the river is that the existence of these four small cities is crucial.]

Cao Cao's little eyes flashed away and said in a low voice: "If the horse butcher sent cavalry to attack the side, he would have to advance lightly, so he could not carry the large equipment necessary for attack. If there were no attack equipment, if the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry wanted to win the championship, the four cities of Rang County would be delusional."

After saying this, Cao Cao waved the whip in his hand fiercely and said in a deep voice: "It is no longer the period of 800 bandits. At that time, the court did not know the power of the horse butcher, and he repeatedly took advantage of it. In the end, even the strong Hulao Pass was successfully attacked by him!

But now, the butcher Ma already knows the tricks! Humph, isn't it just a big ladder in the siege and a false pass? As long as there is enough tinder oil and the soldiers guarding the city are vigilant enough, what other tricks can the butcher Ma play? Humph, shouldn't the butcher Ma really want to use the same trick again, right?"

"Soldiers are tricks, and our army should be careful." Guo Jia said, "The lord should find a way to remind the four cities to strengthen their vigilance to avoid being taken advantage of by the enemy."

"Lord, the Danshui level has begun to drop, and the Liangzhou army is about to prepare for the river flowing." As soon as Guo Jia finished speaking, Xun You suddenly shouted loudly, "The cunning butcher for horses. In order to cross the river smoothly, he either forcibly changed the Danshui river channel or intercepted the upstream!"

"Um?"

Cao Cao turned around and saw that the water level of Danshui was slowly falling. The pebbles on both sides of the riverbed had begun to appear. The Liangzhou infantry, who had been waiting on the west bank of the river for a long time, began to cross the river, and rows of heavy infantry carrying shields were the first to wade into the river.

The river water splashed and the soldiers shone. The two thousand heavy infantry soldiers were like a rolling iron stream, surging forward.

Behind the heavy infantry were rows of spearmen. The spears standing in the hands of the spearmen were like a dense forest. The cold light shining on the tip of the spear was almost cold to the sky in the morning.

Following the spearmen were rows of longbowmen wearing light armor. In order to prevent Cao's army from launching a strong attack from the front, the five thousand longbowmen had already removed the longbows on their backs and lost them to their hands, and a sharp wolf-toothed arrow was already on the string. However, if Cao's army had any abnormal movements, these cold-blooded killers who looked as if nothing had happened, would pull the bow and arrow as soon as possible, and pour the cold death onto the heads of Cao's soldiers without hesitation.

In addition, there were two light infantry phalanxes guarding the left and right wings of the Liangzhou military formation, just like two sedan chairmen, carrying heavy infantry, spearmen and long archers in the middle, slowly advancing forward. The light infantry of the two square formations was on guard and ready to face the raid from the two wings at any time.

The entire Liangzhou army was like a machine, advancing forward in an orderly manner.

"Impossible!" Guo Jia exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, "Although it is an enemy, it is impossible to admit that the Liangzhou army is indeed well-trained and the idea of ​​attacking halfway through can be stopped."

"This may not be!"

As Guo Jia finished speaking, Chen Dao, the Nanyang general behind Cao Cao suddenly turned away, rode his horse to the front of the formation, raised his gun and shouted loudly: "The men of Nanyang County, fearless warriors, raise the swords and spears in your hands, and use your bravery to tell the group of Liangzhou local dogs on the opposite side what is truly well-trained! What is the real elite soldier!"

"Roar~"

"Roar~"

"Roar~"

The three thousand Nanyang soldiers slapped their shields with their weapons in their hands, or punched their chests with their fists, and responded with a roar. The huge wave of sounds stormed and rolled between the world for a long time. With the waves of roars higher than the waves, the morale of the three thousand Nanyang soldiers rose to the peak.

Chen Dao pulled the spear forward and roared fiercely: "Kill~~"

"Kill and kill ~~"

Three thousand Nanyang soldiers responded wildly, following Chen Dao and swept towards the Liangzhou soldiers who were slowly crossing the river in front.

Cao Cao watched coldly at the center of the army, without any intention of stopping the Nanyang Army. Since the decisive battle with the Liangzhou Army is unavoidable, it is also a good choice to test the reality of the Liangzhou Army! Anyway, Cao Cao did not expect these three thousand Nanyang Army to be useful, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation.

On the other side of Danshui, the Liangzhou Army’s rear formation.

"Hand up and attacked?" Ma Yue sneered, "It seems that Cao Cao is still lucky!"

"It's the Nanyang Army!" Jia Xu stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "It should be testing the reality of our army."

"Well, I'll send a banner to tell Xu Chu's cavalry not to act rashly and continue to maintain pressure on Cao's army. As for these three thousand Nanyang miscellaneous soldiers~~" Ma Yue said this and turned to Gao Shun beside him, "General Gao Shun, let this group of ignorant thieves taste the causes and effects of Liangzhou infantry!"

"Abide by the order!"

Gao Shun hit his right fist with his chest (the helpless general of the one-armed man could not hold his fist and bow, so the butcher Ma had to invent the military salute of his right fist with his chest alone for Gao Shun), and immediately rushed forward, holding his only left right hand over the top, and the messenger who followed Gao Shun quickly raised the black triangle flag in his hand.

"Woo~~Woo~~Woo~~Woo~~"

The horn hands of the central army's main formation quickly changed the rhythm of the horn sound.

The three Liangzhou junior colleges marching at the front of the heavy infantry formation quickly stopped, drew their swords and raised them over the top, and at the same time, they whistled to the sky: "Ao~~ha!"

"despair!"

"despair!"

"despair!"

The three rows of heavy infantry soldiers who had not yet completely crossed the Danshui quickly stopped advancing and squatted down on the spot. Then they slapped the shields carried on their shoulders on the riverbed covered with pebbles. In an instant, three huge sounds were made, shattering the silent sky. In a flash, the three indestructible shield walls had suddenly taken shape!

The spearmen who followed the heavy infantry quickly squatted down, and at the same time pressed down the spear in his hand, giving up the space for the captain's archer to shoot arrows.

Liangzhou Army rear formation.

Gao Shun's open right hand clenched into a fist.

The flag changed again, and the rhythm of the horn sounded in response. In an instant, the creaking sound of the bow strings was endless. The Liangzhou Chang's archer, who was waiting for the battle, quickly pulled the bow and put the arrows on. A sharp wolf-toothed arrow was ready to go. The cold clusters of arrows were like hideous fangs, flashing with the cold flames of death.

"Kill~"

"Kill~"

"Kill~"

The three thousand Nanyang troops howled and rushed forward. The sky curtain of death was weaving densely above their heads. Nanyang Xiao general Chen Dao took the lead. The galloping horse hooves had already stepped onto the shallow river beach. More than ten steps forward, Chen Dao's iron spear could pierce the infantry school standing in front of the Liangzhou formation with one shot!

At this moment, Gao Shun clenched his right fist and waved it forward and fiercely.

"Dong!"

The endless horn sound stopped abruptly, but in turn, a fierce and suffocating drum sound. The naked drummer bulged the muscles of his shoulders and backs, and smashed the drumsticks as thick as his arms on the marching drum more than one person high. A loud thunderous sound suddenly sounded under the sky.

"Swish swish swish swish swish~~"

The sound of drums was still stirring in the world. Three thousand Liangzhou Chang's archers had already let go of the bowstrings in their hands. A sharp arrow suddenly flew into the sky, and intertwined into a black rain of arrows, quickly flying over the head of the Nanyang Army, and then fell down fiercely with the roar of death.

"puff!"

A Nanyang soldier who was running hard was shot through the throat by the wolf-toothed arrow that was piled up in the air, and fell down without even humming.

"Erhu!"

Another older Nanyang soldier squatted down quickly and reached out to pull up the Nanyang soldier who was caught in the arrow. However, his hands had just stretched out, and two sharp wolf-toothed arrows were piled up in the air. One shot into his eyes, and the arrows were clustered straight through the back of his neck, while the other branch was piled up straight from the top of his head, instantly taking away his life.

"Ah~my legs~~"

A young Nanyang recruit was struggling in pain with his right leg of the arrow holding the arrow. Not far from the recruit, a Nanyang veteran was hiding under the body of a companion who had been killed by the arrow. He grinned at the recruit: "Boy, you are not lucky. This arrow did not shoot through your throat."

“Uh~”

As the Nanyang veteran finished speaking, another sharp arrow shot through the throat of the Nanyang new recruit. A low roar sounded deep in the throat of the Nanyang new recruit, and then fell to the ground, staring directly at the Nanyang veteran not far ahead. His diffuse pupils were filled with love for the world.

Chen Daoran, who was riding a horse, looked back suddenly, and what caught his eye was an extremely tragic scene!

The Nanyang soldiers who were brave enough to move forward were like chopped wheat, falling down one by one. The originally neat and majestic military formation suddenly became sparse and messy. Just by the baptism of two rounds of arrow rain, less than half of the Nanyang soldiers were able to follow Chen behind him.

“Ah~~”

Chen Dao's eyes were about to break, and he jumped up on his horse. The heavy iron spear in his hand had already fallen like a powerful inertia.

"Puff!"

After a loud thunderous sound, the heavy infantry in Liangzhou who were blocking Chen Dama was completely crushed into the riverbed. The shields were broken, the skulls were broken, and the red blood suddenly moistened the water surface.

“Gaga ~~”

The dozen longbowers in the front row immediately lowered the longbow in their hands and aimed at Chen Dao, who was like a crazy tiger in a flat manner. In a flash, more than a dozen sharp wolf-toothed arrows had locked Chen Dao firmly. Although there were still dozens of steps between them and the archer, Chen Dao was clearly subjected to the cold murderous intent.

"snort!"

Chen Dao snorted coldly, his pupils contracted instantly.

"Swish swish swish swish swish~~"

Amid the shrill sound of breaking through the air, more than a dozen wolf-toothed arrows shot towards Chen Dao in a straight line. Chen Dao shouted loudly and swept across the iron spear in his hand in a swinging manner. The arrows shot in front of him were blocked one by one. Chen Dao and his cavalry were completely unscathed! There were even two Liangzhou infantry who were cut through the chest by Chen Dao's spearhead, their belly cracked, and their internal organs flowed across the river!

“Gaga ~~”

The harsh bowstring sounded again. This time, dozens of long-bowmen's arrows had aimed at Chen Dao. In the distance, Ju Tu also slowly raised the iron-tied bow in his hand. The wolf-tooth arrow as thick as a thumb was already on the string. The harsh creaking sound, the bowstring with five stones had already collapsed~~

"Go to die!"

Chen Dao shouted and swept across the heavy armor. Two Liangzhou heavy infantry soldiers were the first to be attacked. They were swept into the body and flew up in the air. They shot in a few dozen wolf-toothed arrows, shooting everything on the heavy armor of the heavy infantry, and then bounced away. When Chen Dao was about to urge the horse to advance, a violent icy cold attacked like a tide!

"Stern brother, be careful!"
To be continued...