Chapter 550 Cavalry's Attack Means
One hundred thousand people walked out of the camp, all over the mountains and fields, and countless flags stretched for 10 or 20 miles...
"Report!"
"Report to the general, thousands of thieves appeared ten miles away from our army."
Yuan Shao took a deep breath and looked at the countless soldiers from afar, and he could not help but feel endless heroic ambitions in his heart.
"Then Dong Hu is really in a hurry to die... Will the other thieves leave the camp?"
"Return to the general, except for the ten thousand cavalry, no one of the thieves responded. The brothers heard news that they were burying the pot and making rice at this time."
"Are you burying a pot to make rice?" Cao Cao suddenly spoke in confusion.
The spy hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Reply to the general, the thieves are indeed burying pots and making rice. The ten camps of the thieves are filled with smoke. Brothers deliberately went around the lower wind vent to investigate."
Cao Cao nodded silently, Liangbing had countless cavalrymen, and the spies would never dare to approach Dong Buyi from the camp. He could still smell the aroma of food when he ran to the lower vent...
"By the beginning, we need to speed up the marching speed. While Dong Hu has not entered the battlefield, our army can have more time to arrange troops. If the 100,000 thieves will take the lead in entering the battlefield, we will be worried about panic among the soldiers."
"Meng De said so much!"
Yuan Shao looked solemn and turned to look at the commander.
"I ordered all troops to speed up the march immediately and be sure to enter the battlefield before the thieves!"
"I'm telling Wen Chou that Cao Ren leads the cavalry to scatter and live in front of you. Never let the thieves disturb our army!"
"promise!"
The soldiers were sent to the back of the small flag and ordered the soldiers to run away wildly. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao suddenly accelerated forward. The enemy had already appeared on the battlefield. If they were not in the forefront, how could they control the latest news?
Countless carriages were pushed and pulled forward by soldiers. The princes from all walks of life were afraid that they could not resist the attack of Liang and the elite cavalry. All the carriages that could move were dragged out, but they lacked enough animals to drag, so they could only use the way soldiers dragged.
Perhaps he was taught by Sun Jian's defeat, the princes from all walks of life did not dare to let themselves walk on the narrow dirt path. The soldiers all struggled to drag a cart and walked in the gradually dry wheat fields, extending ten miles wide, with a depth of several miles. Countless people moved forward, and the good wheat fields were as if they were pushed horizontally by bulldozers.
Not only Yuan Shao, but Cao Cao learned that there were tens of thousands of cavalry on the battlefield, Sun Jian and the princes also received news, and the speed of the march accelerated again. Countless generals rode horses and scolded the soldiers and pushed the carriages forward.
The big carts of this era are not the light carts in TV series or the donkey carts in later generations, but extremely heavy and durable supplies and grain carts. The wood used is hard wood with a dense density. Two-wheeled one is better. One person can still walk on the hard dirt road, but if you walk in the wheat field, you will be so exhausted that you can't pull it away. If it is a big cart with four wheels, let alone one person, four or five people will not be able to pull it away.
It is good to be solid and durable, but it takes life. It is extremely difficult to walk in the wheat field. Not only are there several people trying hard to drag in the front, but there are more than a dozen people pushing behind, struggling hard to trek through the wheat field. From time to time, there are horse-riding generals who ride by, and who will be whipped if they don’t drag in the hard way.
Dong Hucai didn't care about Yuan Shao or Cao Cao tried hard to drag the cart, but when he heard the news sent back by the spy, he couldn't help but laugh.
"It seems that Yuan Shao wants to fight with us. Sun Niu, are your things ready?"
Sun Niu hurriedly swallowed the meat from his mouth into his stomach, patted his chest and said, "Lord, please be careful... Hehe... we must burn them out of the turtle shell, just... brothers may not be able to satisfy their cravings in a month or a half."
"Ha ha……"
Everyone laughed.
"Ha ha……"
"When I return to Luoyang, let's ask my brothers to hangover for ten days!"
"Ha ha……"
...
"Come."
"Give me instructions and eat slowly. Give me an hour to eat this meal, and then take another half an hour later, and then we will go to the battlefield to kill the enemy."
"We're not in a hurry!"
"Ha ha……"
Everyone burst into laughter again. Many of them had participated in the battle with Yan Xing and knew the difference between a tired enemy and an energetic enemy.
One side drank and ate meat, while the other side pushed countless cars through the wheat fields for more than ten miles until they saw ten thousand cavalry. The 100,000 troops stopped. However, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others did not immediately let the soldiers rest, but immediately formed a team to form a formation. An enlarged version of the Yuli Formation was not an offensive Yuli Formation with the joint combat of the sporting chariots, but a defensive Yuli Formation. It placed countless cars in front, back and left and right of the military formation to prevent large cavalry from rushing into the formation.
Countless soldiers formed a formation in a mess in front of Wanqi. Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others were extremely nervous, fearing that Wanqi would harasse and attack while they were in chaos. However, Dong Fu and Dong Fang did not react. Not only did they ignore it, they all turned over and dismounted, each taking out jerky meat and maltose to replenish their physical strength.
Seeing this scene from afar, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Cao Cao laughed and said, "Then Dong Hu was really too arrogant. If he were fucked, he would definitely run around and harass him at this time and would never give up such a god-given opportunity."
Yuan Shao nodded in agreement and smiled: "As Meng De said, Liang Bian Barbarians are indeed too arrogant, but they are quite beneficial to our army."
"Come here! I'll order all troops to speed up the rectification of troops and horses, at least put wooden carts on the periphery to save the barbarians from harassing us!"
"promise!"
The spy left when he beat the horse, but Yuan Shao's eyes were fixed on Wan Qi inside and outside. He looked at their ignorance at him, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.
"Meng De, those thieves are unprepared. Can they let Wen Chou and Cao Ren fight?"
Cao Cao was shocked and said hurriedly: "It is absolutely not possible at this time. Our army's military formation has not been fully set up. Our cavalry is relatively small. We must not take the initiative at this time."
He hesitated again: "After our army is arranged in an orderly manner, if we are willing, we may try it out."
"As Meng De said!"
Yuan Shao looked up at the blazing sunshine in the sky, turned his horse's head back into the formation. It was too hot, so it would be better to get into the carriage and cooler.
The 100,000 army marched slowly and only entered the battlefield in the near future. With the whip of countless generals of all sizes, it took an hour to get the team neatly and have the power of the Han army formation.
Seeing the huge army formations that had been formed for several miles, Dong Fu, who had been sleeping under the tree for an hour, was woken up...
"Brothers, it's time to work-"
"On the longbow, the big yellow crossbow--"
Dong Ju roared, and countless people climbed onto the war horses, and they all pulled out the straight longbow borrowed from the infantry brothers, and the ten-stone yellow crossbow. Although they were not used to this powerful longbow, the yellow crossbow was too troublesome. Using the longbow on a Mercedes-Benz battle horse would consume more arm strength. Using the yellow crossbow was even more troublesome. You need to jump to the ground, step on the crossbow arms with both feet, and then climb onto the war horse and run around and shoot.
Whether it is drawing a long bow straight or a big yellow crossbow of ten stones, it is too troublesome, and it cannot compare the rate of fire with the riding bow, but it is their only weapon that can kill infantrymen from a distance.
Countless cavalry rushed forward, screaming and rushing towards Yuan Shao, and then he felt a little disdainful.
"I have a big cart and a tower shield is a wall. Even if they can rush to the formation?"
"snort!"
"A stupid guy, if I could be afraid of half an hour ago, I would be afraid of it at this time...will I be afraid of it?"
"I'll send orders to all the troops that if those thieves dare to approach and shoot with their bows and arrows, their short riding bows will not do anything to us!"
"promise!"
The flag bearer hurriedly sent an order, and the generals nodded and secretly agreed with Yuan Shao's words.
"What the leader said is that those thieves are too stupid to come when they should come, and come when they should not come when they should come. What's the use of losing their lives?"
Zhang Chao chuckled and smiled, and others smiled and nodded. This was obvious, but the next moment...
"Bang."
An arrow almost shot Yuan Shao, and the six-foot arrow fell in front of him, and the tail was still trembling violently...
"scare!"
Yuan Shao realized it later and was stunned for a moment, then suddenly jumped backwards.
"The leader..."
"General..."
Several people drew their swords and looked at the iron cavalry who was screaming one or two hundred steps away with nervous expressions. Liu Sheng was extremely brave and drew his sword to block Yuan Shao.
"General retreated quickly-"
While shouting, he nervously squeezed Yuan Shao backwards, and screams rang out in his ears.
"How is this possible?"
"How can I shoot so far with a bow?"
Yuan Shao suddenly pushed Liu Sheng away, opened his eyes wide and looked at the countless iron cavalry who were galloping past one or two hundred steps away. Only then did he discover the longbows used by those damn bastards, the big yellow crossbow...
"General retreated quickly-"
A ball of black flew over, and Liu Sheng was shocked. He wanted to hide but couldn't dodge.
"Bang!"
"Ouch!"
"Die...we're dead-"
Blood covered his cheeks, and Liu Sheng was frightened and screamed, "Dead, Dead," and howled. He was so scared that he raised his shields to protect Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Zhang Chao ran backwards.
After screaming several times, Liu Sheng realized that he was not dead and discovered that he was hurting him. It was a pebble the size of an egg.
"General, go quickly! Those cavalrymen are about to shoot arrows again-"
"ah?"
Liu Sheng was stunned. The next moment, he didn't want the sword and ran away. The two of them followed him and carefully guarded them with their swords until they ran three or four hundred steps away. Then they felt scared and wiped the blood on their foreheads...
"Liu Sheng, you... aren't dead? You're not dead even if you hit the forehead? Could it be that the thief's arrows are not strong enough?"
Zhang Chao said with confusion, and Liu Sheng felt angry.
"What are you talking about by Prefect Zhang? If Old Liu dies under the stone, are you happy?"
"Stone?"
Yuan Shao looked puzzled.
"Can those thieves knock the stone out a hundred and fifty steps?"
Liu Sheng pointed to his forehead and smiled bitterly: "The Qiang people have been herding sheep since they were young. They will throw stones to drive away cattle and sheep. Most people throw them directly with their hands. If they are lazy, they will use a ponytail and hemp rope to make a stone-capping belt and wrap it with a stone. If they are on the mountain, they can throw them hundreds of steps away. If it is a plain, they can throw them almost a hundred steps, but if they tie a stone-capping belt with a stick, they can throw them one or two hundred steps away."
Liu Sheng said again: "Lintao people are poor, and bows and arrows are expensive. When the tiger kid was still a salt camel, everyone carried a baby camel caravan, and everyone wore a stone castle and stones. Later, it was a mercenary camp. Dong Buyicon, they all had a belt. When there was no bow and arrow, they would throw stones..."
"General, don't underestimate the stone. Within dozens of steps, as long as you are not wearing armor, you will either die or be injured wherever you hit. If a Qiang man is good at throwing stones, once he is targeted by them, he will not be able to escape. They will use a flying stone rope, which is tied up two stones to a rope, and tied up two legs at once, and he will not be able to escape."
Zhang Chao said dissatisfiedly: "The Qiang people seem to be very powerful. If they are so powerful, they will not be defeated by the Han Dynasty every time!"
Liu Sheng said unhappily: "The people of Liangzhou are wild and aggressive. Not to mention that they are uneven. They are messy in armor, swords and weapons. They are not Han soldiers wearing armor and holding excellent crossbows. No matter how powerful the stone is, they can just block it with a shield. Moreover, stones a hundred steps away can mostly smash people's heads and blood, and their noses and faces are bruised, but bows and arrows can shoot people to death a hundred steps away. The two are naturally different."
As he said that, Liu Sheng pointed at the countless Qiang cavalry screaming outside the military formation.
Chapter completed!