Chapter 1010: The White Horse Ferry Expedition Rises
The 20,000 Yuan army, lined up in a neat formation, advanced towards the Cao army's large array.
In the middle of the Yuan army, Zhao Yun and Yan Liang stood on horseback, and behind them stood three thousand brightly dressed Qin army tiger guards.
The Tiger Ben Guards, all of them holding swords and shields in their hands, were ready for battle.
This battle was the first confrontation between the Yuan army and the Cao army, and the Qin army Hu Benwei would not participate in the battle, and their task was only to defend the Chinese army for Yan Liangzhen.
Looking at the Cao Jun array in the distance, Yan Liang's cheeks twitched violently twice.
was almost killed by Guan Yu, Yan Liang was already angry, in this battle, he must fight Cao Jun to the death, let Cao Cao know that he, one of the four court pillars in Hebei, is not as simple as killing if he wants to.
At the same time, among Cao's army, Cao Cao also stood on his horse to look at Yuan's army, which was advancing towards them.
"Cao Gong!" The Yuan army was advancing forward, and Xiahou Dun, who was beside Cao Cao, clenched his fists and said to him: "The enemy army is empty, and the last general is willing to lead the troops and horses to break the Chinese army!" ”
"Defeat the Chinese army?" As soon as Xiahou Dun's words fell, Cao Cao turned his head to look at him, and said with a stunned expression: "Yuan Rang doesn't know that at this time, it is the Tiger Benwei under the command of King Qin who is guarding the enemy army?" ”
"What about Tiger Benwei?" Turning his head and glancing at Yuan Junzhongjun, Xiahoudun said with some disapproval: "The Qin army is not undefeated by our army......
"Yuan let me be confused!" Before Xiahoudun could finish speaking, Cao Cao stopped him from talking and said to him: "Our army won earlier, but it was only the main force of the Qin army that was defeated, as for the three guards of the Qin army, when did our army get benefits from them?" ”
was reprimanded by Cao Cao, Xiahoudun hugged his fists, but he didn't dare to say more.
The three guards of the Qin army have long had a high reputation in the world.
But wherever there are three guards of the Qin army, although the situation on the battlefield may not be clear in the end, the people who want to protect the three guards have never missed.
If Zhao Yun hadn't appeared, Yan Liang would have been killed by Guan Yu at this time, and Yuan's attack would not have happened.
The killing of Yan Liang failed, Guan Yu's red face was already a little purple, and he stood behind Cao Cao, and his face also showed a sense of guilt.
Cao Cao didn't blame Guan Yu, after all, Zhao Yun's sudden attack was also beyond Cao Cao's expectations.
It's just that from this battle, Cao Cao can see that Guan Yu's bravery, maybe it's really a bit of a waste, and he was able to fight with Xu Chu earlier, I'm afraid that with the help of him, he will be lighter than Xu Chu.
is really on the battlefield, fighting with real knives and guns, Guan Yu may really be inferior to Xu Chu.
didn't look at Guan Yu, Cao Cao frowned, looked at the Yuan army array that was getting closer and closer, and ordered Xiahou Yuan on the side: "Miaocai, order the army, meet the enemy immediately."
"No!" With a fist in response, Xiahou Yuan turned around and shouted to the Cao army behind him: "The whole army is facing the battle!" ”
tried his best to avoid meeting Yuan Shao's army, but Cao Cao did not expect that in the first battle of Yuan Shao's army in Baima, he encountered a tough battle.
With Xiahou Yuan's order, Cao Jun's large array also took a step forward.
The heavy infantry at the front, holding large shields, advanced as they pushed forward, shouting like the soldiers of Yuan's army.
Behind the hoplites were rows of longbowmen with longbows.
In any field battle, as long as the two sides line up, the longbowmen fire arrows at each other, which has become a necessary procedure before the battle.
The Han army, which was not from a nomadic background, was indeed not as skilled as the nomadic cavalry in riding and archery on horseback.
In Cao Cao's army, most of the officers and soldiers in the army were men from Henan and Hebei, and on horseback, they were not as skilled as the northerners.
As for Yuan Shao, although he won Gongsun Zhan's territory, because the surrounding horseback ethnic groups have stopped a lot in recent years, the cavalry has not developed much, and the army still follows the combat habits of the Jizhou army in the past.
The two infantry-based armies advanced on each other, and each other's cavalry were watching the battle from a distance, waiting for the battle to have a result, and then they would rush forward and reap more enemy lives with their rapid mobility.
The infantry on both sides was in large formations, and the soldiers took very neat steps, and when their footsteps fell on the ground, a thick cloud of dust and smoke would be stirred up on the ground.
Dust and smoke billowed and rolled around the soldiers, and the distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer.
"Stop!" Almost at the same time, in front of the Yuan army and Cao army's array, an officer raised his arm and shouted loudly, stopping the march of the army.
The moment the officer raised his arm, the two armies finally stopped.
The heavy infantry in front, after stopping their tracks, quickly lined up a tight shield wall, covering the entire large array with large shields.
The longbowmen behind them quickly ran into the array of heavy infantry, and put their arrows on the bowstring one by one, pulling the bowstring full, and the arrows pointed diagonally into the air.
The longbowman is quite different from the crossbowman, because the crossbow arrow is fired too strongly, and when the arrow flies, it flies almost parallelly, so the crossbowman will generally hold the crossbow flat when aiming at the enemy.
The longbowmen, on the other hand, shoot arrows that fly towards the enemy in a parabolic shape, and the array of longbowmen will show an angle of about 30 degrees diagonally upwards before each arrow is fired.
Both longbowmen drew their bowstrings and aimed at the enemy, but neither fired their arrows first.
Both armies were waiting, waiting for the Chinese army to give the order to fight.
Standing in the middle army, looking at the large array of Cao Jun, Yan Liang's eyes narrowed slightly, raised one arm, and then pressed his arm down violently.
At the same time, among Cao's army, Xiahou Yuan also gave the order to attack.
As the flags of the two armies waved, the longbowmen on both sides finally loosened their bowstrings and fired arrows at their enemies.
The arrows flew into the air, drawing arcs in arcs and heading towards the enemy's array.
The flying arrows, wrapped in the sound of the wind, let out a whistling sound, flew into the opponent's array, and slammed into the shields of the opponent's heavy infantry.
The sound of "crackling" was endless, and the heavy infantry in both arrays held large shields and hid their bodies behind their shields, with the help of shields, shielding the attacks of the opponent's arrows, while the longbowmen, after shooting arrows, would immediately crouch down, hide in the shield array, put the next arrow on the bowstring, and then stand up and shoot new feathered arrows at the enemy.
A Cao army longbowman shot arrows at the Yuan army array opposite, and for some reason, he did not squat down, but stood there, and pulled out the second arrow from the quiver and put it on the bowstring.
Just as he had just drawn his bowstring and was about to launch arrows at Yuan's army, a feathered arrow flew head-on.
When he found the feather arrow, the Cao army longbowmen were stunned, and before they had time to dodge, the feather arrow had already penetrated his throat, piercing his throat through.
Falling to the ground, the bowstring in the hands of the Cao army longbowman loosened, and the longbow raised upwards actually shot the arrow straight into the sky at the moment of his death.
The arrow shot in mid-air and plunged straight into the sky, but after all, it was not a rocket or missile launched by high technology in later generations.
Underneath the arrow, a heavy infantry of the Cao Army was shielding the feathered arrows flying in front of him, and he didn't notice it at all, just above his head, an arrow was piercing towards his head faster and faster.
With a crisp sound of "pop", the arrow that flew straight into the air fell down and pierced into the head of the Cao soldiers below.
The angle at which the arrow pierced was impartial, and it happened to be in the middle of the helmet of the Cao soldiers.
There was no possibility of unloading the strength at all, and the arrow pierced deep into the helmet of the Cao soldiers.
was holding the big shield, listening to the crisp sound of "crackling" on the shield, the Cao soldier holding the big shield only felt a pain in the top door, and then his eyes were black, and he fell down.
The arrow that fell from mid-air pierced deep into the helmet and sank into the head of the fallen Cao soldier, and what remained outside the helmet was just a feather feather fluttering with the wind.
The arrows fired by the archers on both sides became denser and denser, and the Cao army never showed the slightest sign of advancing, while the large array of the Yuan army underwent a huge change when the arrows were at their most dense.
The heavy infantry sequences that were originally lined up in the rear of the army, while the longbowmen and the Cao army were firing at each other, were arranged in two phalanxes, advancing from both sides of the array, towards the front.
The heavy infantry arrays with the middle arrows protected the longbowmen and exchanged fire with the Cao army, while the two heavy infantry arrays on both sides bypassed from the flanks, braving the feather arrows fired at them by the Cao army, and gradually advanced towards the front of the array.
Countless arrows were shot on the shields of the soldiers of the Yuan army, and with the dense arrows falling like rain, one by one, the soldiers of the Yuan army, under the fire of the enemy's arrows, fell on the battlefield.
But more Yuan Jun was holding a big shield and arranging in a neat formation, advancing step by step.
Seeing that they were about to advance to a place parallel to the large array in front, the two large formations of the Yuan army that came out from the flanks suddenly shouted in unison, and the steps of the soldiers also sped up a lot, and they rushed towards Cao Jun quickly.
The Yuan army suddenly launched a charge, and the heavy infantry of the Cao army also reacted immediately, and the array of the heavy infantry immediately compressed inward, and the formation was tighter again.
"Kill!" The heavy infantry of the Yuan army, which bypassed the large array, let out a shout in unison, and the array also dispersed in an instant with this shout, and tens of thousands of heavy infantry of the Yuan army, while shouting, blocked in front of them with a big shield, and pounced on the array of the Cao army like a tide.