Three Kingdoms

When they saw the Hu cavalry approaching, Jiang Dongbing's eyes widened, and then they all turned to look at the high platform. After all, only Zhou Yu had experience in fighting cavalry before and had a record of victory, while the other big soldiers Some people have no direct experience in fighting cavalry, especially ordinary soldiers.

Cheng Pu and other veteran generals were better off. Pan Zhang, Xu Sheng and others basically failed in cavalry combat and did not understand. When they saw hundreds of Hu cavalry rushing here, they could not tolerate it. The color on my face keeps changing!

This is true for generals and colonels, not to mention small soldiers. The uncontrollable sound of panic rang out from Jiangdong's military formation, and the shock caused by the sound of rolling horse hooves made everyone present feel as if it was difficult to stand still, as if they were about to be thrown flying in the next moment.

The Jiangdong soldiers who couldn't react in time were inevitably a little confused. Some people saw the big horse rushing towards them and subconsciously wanted to escape, while others shouted for the hedgehogs to gather for defense. They bumped into each other, and each other was stunned. The panic in the array increased again.

In the camp of Cao Jun, Cao Ren laughed loudly, pointed at the high platform where Zhou Yu was and shouted: "Who has the courage to fight?" Can you take the leader of the enemy chieftains in Jiangdong? ! 』

Cao Zhen and Han Hao stood up almost at the same time and responded loudly.

Cao Ren nodded and said, "Both of you are warriors!" Now that strong reinforcements have arrived, it’s time to defeat the enemy! Let's pack up the queue first, and when a certain order is given, they will go out in three groups to take the enemy chief's head and achieve immortality! 』

Inside Cao Jun's camp, there was a chorus of shouts. The veins on everyone's neck were exposed, and they were gnashing their teeth, as if they were going to rush out and devour Jiangdong's flesh and blood in the next moment.

But Cao Ren knew that even though the remaining soldiers in Cao's camp looked fierce, they were actually weak inside. After all, after long battles, they only had this strength left. If we fail to attack at the most critical moment and go out too early and fall into the siege of Jiangdong soldiers, we may even lose the last chance of victory!

All we can do now is wait, wait, wait for the final attack window to arrive!

On the high platform on the other side, Zhou Yu looked at the rushing Hu Qi, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat, "They are Wuhuan people..."

The Wuhuan people came to take revenge...

Zhou Yu had planned to burn a group of Wuhuan people to death. Although Tadun's death was not unrelated to Cao Cao, the problem was that Zhou Yu was the one who committed the murder, so the Wuhuan people naturally hated Zhou Yu more than Cao Cao. .

Although Zhou Yu also wanted to say something about retribution, but at this moment he had to deal with these rushing Hu Qi first. Even the noise coming from Cao Jun's camp, Zhou Yu was not distracted at all and just watched. Looking to the north, watching the Wuhuan cavalry roaring in, they issued orders repeatedly to deploy their soldiers' formations to meet the enemy.

The order was issued, but because the main attack direction of all Jiangdong Army was towards the Cao Army camp, now it is necessary to change the direction of the array, and the transfer will be somewhat delayed...

Moreover, the main formation of the army faces the north, which means that Jiangdong soldiers have entered a "last-ditch" situation to a certain extent.

There are certainly some successful cases of last-ditch battles in history, and they have been written about by historians and strategists of all dynasties. However, the intention of these historians and strategists in writing "successful cases" of last-ditch battles is not to say that as long as they see water, they will be able to fight. Soldiers inspire the BUFF of a last-ditch battle, but they warn others that they need to pay more attention to the causes and consequences of a successful last-ditch battle.

No matter from which aspect, Jiang Dongbing is far from being in an embarrassing situation where he needs to fight against the odds.

After all, the Dangyang River is not an insurmountable natural chasm. Even if there is no boat ferry and the pontoon is destroyed, Jiangdong soldiers can swim across. In addition, Jiangdong camp has not been damaged. It is not impossible to retreat, but It’s just a matter of how much is lost. Therefore, when Jiangdong soldiers change their formations, it only means that the formation of Jiangdong soldiers loses flexibility, which is more troublesome. It does not have much effect on stimulating the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

"etc! Commander, look! Cheng Pu suddenly pointed at the smoke and dust rising in the distance, "Then... what is that?" ! 』

Zhou Yu looked at it intently, and then his heart suddenly shrank!

"This...how is this possible?" ! 』

In the distance, among the dust raised by the Wuhuan cavalry, there was a vague flag raised high, and that flag was obviously different from the Han military flag used by Cao Jun. It was a tricolor flag!

The tricolor flag of the Han hussar!

After a while, the generals and commanders on and off the Jiangdong stage also saw this situation, and couldn't help but turn pale and look at each other in shock.

Is this true or false?

If these are really hussars and horses, it means that Zhou Yu's previous judgment about Cao Jun may have been biased. Once Cao Jun really joins forces with hussars, it will be no different for Jiangdong to try to capture the northern part of Jingzhou. As good as ascending to heaven! It’s hard to say that even Jingnan can’t maintain it!

Maybe the reason why the three-color flag was hidden before was because Fei Qian and Cao Cao had some conditions but had not yet reached an agreement? Is it intentional to lure Jiangdong forward until he is in the current predicament? !

Pan Zhang narrowed his eyes and kept moving his eyeballs from side to side. Compared with ordinary generals and generals, he has more to think about, that is, the issue of positioning. Well, it can't be said that Pan Zhang is the only one. Most of the generals in Jiangdong are facing this problem. It just depends on how to choose.

Pan Zhang is a general directly promoted by Sun Quan, so his interests are basically directly linked to Sun Quan. The reason why Pan Zhang will obey Zhou Yu's assignments and arrangements now is just because Zhou Yu's previous strategies were also for the benefit of Sun Quan. Try hard, but what if Zhou Yu makes a mistake in judgment, which may lead to heavy losses?

So if it's just in case, should you...

In the battlefield, sometimes you can't think too much. If you think too much, your hands will naturally slow down. Pan Zhang's troops naturally shrank even more, and even got closer to the Dangyang River, as if they were preparing to grab the pontoon bridge and turn around at the next moment.

"Meet the enemy!" Turn to meet the enemy! 』On the high platform above the Jiangdong Army Formation, the flags were still swaying vigorously, expressing Zhou Yu's tenacious and unyielding fighting spirit. However, this fighting spirit was not effectively conveyed. There were many people on the battlefield who behaved like Pan Zhang, so The overall morale of Jiangdong's soldiers, before the new troops appeared, was like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun, melting rapidly, and soon they could no longer even hold on...

Especially after seeing the "Hussars and Cavalry" flying the tricolor flag.

At any time in the history of cold weapon warfare, when well-equipped cavalry with heavy armor for both men and horses appears on the battlefield, it will give the opponent a huge shock and threat.

When Jiang Dongbing saw the uniformed cavalry advancing neatly under the three-color flag, rolling forward like an iron wall, he felt like he was about to be beaten flat... no, he was about to be squeezed. Like beans and rapeseeds, I couldn't help but howl in fear!

The barbarian cavalry roared and bared their teeth and claws to attack on both wings, but not many people paid attention to these barbarians now, because the armored cavalry coming from the north and slowly accelerating was almost like a magnet, firmly attracted Everyone's eyes!

Each of the armored cavalrymen has put down their visors, and there seem to be some ferocious patterns on the visors. This is no different from the rumored hussars, and it seems to further prove that this is a hussars. A cavalry in the army! These cavalrymen have bright armor, and there are some decorative red tassels on their saddles. They are rippling slightly in the air with the ups and downs of the war horses, like neat steel waves, hitting directly towards the Jiangdong soldiers' formation!

In the eyes of Jiangdong's generals and soldiers, with such surging power of cavalry, who else could it be besides the Han hussars?

This is real!

It's really a horse!

In General Jiangdong's mind, an idea suddenly came to mind. These armored cavalry were very expensive at first glance. However, in order to support Cao's army, the Han hussar could casually take out such a frightening force. The armored cavalry is coming...

So if the Han hussar Fei Qian uses all his strength, how many troops will there be? How many mounted cavalry? !

If there had not been a battle with Cao Jun's camp, Jiangdong soldiers might have been able to fight with the cavalry attacking from the north with their courage and bloodshed. But now, although Jiangdong soldiers have almost turned Cao Jun's camp into a refugee camp, the same is true for Cao Jun's camp. Jiangdong's own soldiers were at great expense. The Jiangdong soldiers were also of mortal flesh, and it was inevitable that their muscles and bones would be exhausted. Now they were attacked by the cavalry, and their morale was shaken. Some even felt timid. When they saw the cavalry roaring in, their first natural reaction was to avoid it, forgetting everything. training and orders!

In the blink of an eye, the armored cavalry crashed into the array of Jiangdong soldiers. Huge shouts and screams erupted at this moment, soaring into the sky!

Although Jiangdong's soldiers formed an array, it was unfortunately not thick. After all, Jiangdong never expected that a large-scale cavalry would appear in the north. Such a defensive array would be difficult to fight against the Hu cavalry, let alone the straight-faced cavalry. The cavalry!

Scattered arrows struck and landed on the armor of the cavalry. Most of them fell down with a clanking sound. A few of them were rooted in the thick armor, but they still could not stop their charging pace. . The so-called intensive shooting of Jiangdong archers is like shooting a lonely person, which is useless and has no effect.

It seems that just for an instant, the Jiangdongbei defense line, which was originally lined up in a line, looked like a shoddy white iron chassis. It looked okay, but when it was touched lightly, it bent and deformed, even for the middle and low-rise buildings. The officers and generals roared loudly, but there was no way to maintain the array.

Especially on the line where the armored cavalry attacked, no one knew how many Jiangdong soldiers were stabbed and hacked to death, no one knew how many bodies were trampled under the horses' hooves, and no one knew how many lives disappeared in this instant!

Under the protection of thick armor, ordinary swords and guns cannot break through the defense at all. Therefore, even if some Jiangdong soldiers who are still brave enough attack the armored cavalry, they often only bring out some sparks, and at most one or two pieces are blown away. The nails are of no use at all! unstoppable!

In the blink of an eye, countless Jiangdong soldiers were knocked down by the armored cavalry, and then trampled under the hoofs of the horses. The weight of the horses, cavalry, and armor was catching up with the small vehicles of later generations, and they collided with the flesh at a speed of more than 40 miles. If the arms, legs and feet are collided and trampled, the hands and feet will be broken immediately. If the chest and abdomen are trampled, you will just hear a clicking sound, the sternum and ribs will all collapse, and the internal organs will be crushed to pieces!

During the collision, some mounted cavalry fell from their horses, but it was obvious that more casualties were caused by Jiangdong soldiers. These armored cavalry charged forward. Some of the cavalry had already thrown away their spears and drew their knives, and they were hacking away headlessly. With the help of their horse power, blood spurted out wherever their long knives passed! Stomping and crashing, it is a bloody road to hell!

Jiangdong soldiers screamed and shouted, becoming more and more frightened, so that some people began to stumble and squeeze back, trampling their own queues into more chaos. So in just a short time of about a stick of incense, Jiangdong in the north The guard array of soldiers was broken through by these armored cavalry!

After breaking through the guard array, the originally thick array of armored cavalry was slightly deformed and loose. However, in the eyes of the other Jiangdong soldiers, these armored cavalry were still extremely terrifying, especially after the heavy armor was stained with flesh and blood. The white smoke rising from Kazuto's breath behind the ferocious mask makes people feel like these guys are like ferocious beasts! A beast that devours flesh and blood!

Before these Jiangdong soldiers could recover from their fear, the Jiangdong soldiers' guard array was broken through, and in a blink of an eye they were rushed in by the barbarian cavalry that followed. The chaos suddenly became more and more chaotic, and they were crowded into a ball, and then they cried for their fathers and mothers in the blink of an eye. scattered in all directions.

The archers at the back of the guard array fired arrows at the armored cavalry, which only made a little sound when they hit the heavy armor, without much lethality. Then they saw the armored cavalry getting closer and closer, and finally They all howled, dropped their bows and arrows in fear, and ran away!

The armor of each cavalryman was stained with blood and scattered pieces of meat, like small pieces of meat shaved off a big bone stick, with various tendons and cartilage hanging on the heavy weight. The outside of the armor makes people feel frightened just by looking at it...

The armored cavalry looked fierce on the outside, but in fact, after running a long way to come for reinforcements and fiercely charging into battle, both the riders and the horses were breathing heavily at this moment.

Therefore, when the armored cavalry ran into Zhou Yu's Chinese army array head-on, the impact was not very strong. After the initial shock, the Jiangdong Chinese army soldiers were also elite after all, and most of them were battle-hardened. The veterans were not so easy to collapse. Under Zhou Yu's order, they worked hard to surround them from all directions, seeming to use their lives and flesh to defeat these armored cavalry and completely drown them!

"Can't stop!" Onward, forward! "Cao Xiu kicked the horse's belly vigorously under his visor, urging the horse forward. The horse under his crotch was also a good horse. Even though it was exhausted, it still rushed forward with all its strength!

Behind Cao Xiu, Cao Jun's disguised hussar cavalry also knew that if they were really surrounded, they would lose their greatest advantage, so they followed Cao Xiu hard and rushed to the high platform amidst the surging crowd...

In fact, Cao Xiu imitated the hussar cavalry, which was more of an appearance, and he did not learn the essence at all. Although the cavalry charging into the formation is extremely powerful, it will be extremely miserable once the charging cavalry fails. It is said that after the war horse loses speed and is pulled off the war horse by the enemy soldiers, it may not be able to climb up even if it wants to! Even if it is not trampled to death, even a small short blade can cause it to lose its life!

Fortunately, Cao Jun, Cao Xiu and others were inexperienced, and Jiangdong soldiers had no experience in dealing with uniformed cavalry. The two sides were like boys and girls without any pre-marriage guidance who were suddenly thrust into the bridal chamber for actual combat, in the darkness I fumbled around, each with his or her own pain. The feeling was always somewhat different from what I originally imagined, but I couldn't tell what was wrong...

At this moment, a huge shout of killing suddenly came from the side of Cao Jun's camp, and all the Cao Jun soldiers in Cao Jun's camp were killed!

Jiang Dongbing instantly became surrounded by two sides!

Zhou Yu's heart suddenly moved. The soldiers in Cao's camp actually rushed out? Seeing such momentum, the entire army was mobilized, with no reservations! Could this be Cao Cao's plan?

Could it be that Cao Fei and Cao Fei really cooperate so closely?

In this case, Cao Cao's army may be behind! After all, without the support of a large army, how could these soldiers of Cao Jun's camp, who were on the verge of collapse, dare to charge into the formation without reservation? In this way, Cao Cao wanted to lure all of them across the river first, and then when the strength of his soldiers weakened, he would tightly entangle his troops by the river, and then add a large army to annihilate them in one fell swoop!

What a vicious strategy!

What a ruthless strategy!

If this is really the case, then so far away...

Zhou Yu's face turned pale and he looked up into the distance. There was smoke and dust in the distance, and the battlefield to the north was very chaotic. It was difficult to have a clear vision and discern more effective information for a while.

"Captain!" Cheng Pu stood on one side, frowning, staring at the armored cavalry marching hard in the center, "Let me go down and take care of these guys!" 』

Although the opponent was protected by heavy armor, Cheng Pu also had experience fighting with Sun Jian and the Xiliang cavalry back then, and he knew some tactics on how to deal with the cavalry. Moreover, according to Cheng Pu's observation, the martial arts of these armored cavalry were basically basic. In general, they are all mediocre, and even the commander among them is mediocre. If he can take advantage of the chaos and hide in the battle line, and suddenly apply a heavy weapon, it is impossible to say that he can be killed in one blow!

Although Cheng Pu had never fought with armored cavalry before, according to his experience in fighting heavy armored infantry, ordinary swords, guns, swords and halberds were difficult to effectively kill heavy armored infantry. However, blunt blows with heavy hammers and maces could. It can directly hit the body through the armor. If it hits a vital part, it can also have the same one-hit killing effect as a sword or gun against light armor.

Zhou Yu pondered.

Although Cheng Pu seemed to say it very easily, Zhou Yu knew that in a real battle, life and death would be decided in an instant. If the cavalry were so easy to deal with, his own military formation would not be oppressed to the current situation.

Zhou Yu looked into the distance, pointed at the smoke and dust rising in the distance, and said, "If there are only cavalry at the moment, why does the smoke and dust linger?" 』

Cheng Pu was stunned for a moment and said, "Could it be that there are Cao's infantry behind?" ! 』

Zhou Yu nodded slowly and said: "I can bet...but Lord Jiangdong Jiye...can't bet...send the order to withdraw the troops..."

"Captain!" Cheng Pu shouted anxiously from the side. If we withdraw our troops now, we will definitely suffer serious damage...

Zhou Yu touched a letter in his arms. It was a piece of intelligence from the west of Jingzhou. He once again confirmed his thoughts and sighed longly: "Retreat the troops!" 』

Whatever, whatever!

It's not that I can't do it, but it's just that the weather doesn't allow Jiangdong to do it, so what can I do?