Chapter 135
Gao Lan nodded after hearing this. Zhang He was about to go to war, but when he saw the Youzhou army opposite him leave the barracks! Not many people came out, only 40,000 to 50,000! Most of them were infantry! Xu You looked at it and said with a sneer: "It seems that there is a fraud! The Youzhou army is definitely not as many people as it appears. Otherwise, they would not have pointed out such a few people, and they are all infantry, not the cavalry unit that the Youzhou army relied on to become famous!" Zhang He and Gao Lan looked at each other, nodded, and Zhang He took the people up, preparing to test with the enemy.
Because the Youzhou Army's powerful generals have never lost since they went out to fight, especially the King of Jin Liu Bin is invincible. Therefore, Zhang He and Gao Lan were not ready to challenge the enemy and clamor to boost morale. With a shout, they commanded the troops to rush on the entire line and prepare for a successful battle. Zhang He was not ready to fight, and there was no movement on the Youzhou Army! After they came out, they just stood in front of the military camp and did not move!
Zhang He frowned, but the commander army continued to advance! When Zhang He's troops were only one mile away from the vanguard of the Youzhou Army, a flag suddenly flashed on the city wall built by the Youzhou Army, and a thousand stone chariots were ready to go. With the waving of a green flag, the locust-like gravel came overwhelmed. Zhang He's army suffered its first blow. The troops running in front shrank under this sudden blow, and at the same time hindered the pace of the subsequent troops. For a moment, all those who could move in Yuan Shao's army retreated. There was no one else who could move in the rock-falling area. Only those seriously injured people were there, wailing.
Zhang He remained calm in the face of danger and shouted: "Strive to reward the former. Those who retreated behind the enemy!" Gao Lan also shouted at the right time behind: "Brothers, rush forward! We will win after this distance." A group of personal soldiers quickly transmitted Zhang He and Gao Lan's shouting. The supervising team with a big sword also stood up. With Zhang He and Gao Lan's orders, the second group and the troops who returned from the last defeat rushed up again. These soldiers shouted loudly while rushing. For a moment, there were echoing everywhere on the battlefield: "Roar! We will live after rushing." As these words echoed, Zhang He and Gao Lan's stormtroopers hypnotized themselves and boosted their morale again. In order to survive, they rushed forward again.
The gravel kept falling from the air, and people kept falling down among the advancing army. Maybe they saw too much and were already numb. Or maybe they burst out with greater vitality in order to survive. Zhang He and Gao Lan's second wave of stormtroopers stepped on their companions' bodies and quickly advanced forward. After the rockfall zone passed, it was indeed safe. The surviving soldiers roared angrily, preparing to vent the sorrow of their companions' death on the enemy in front. However, just when they were two hundred steps away from the city wall, disaster fell on their heads again.
Countless rain of arrows flew down from the city wall. Each of the warriors who survived the rockfall had several sharp arrows penetrated through them. They fell helplessly before the city wall. This time, there was no one who retreated. All the troops attacked this time were killed before the city wall. Zhang He and Gao Lan also frowned. It was not easy to deal with. In a short period of time, the two 10,000 teams were gone. If they rushed down, how many casualties would there be?
Zhang He and Gao Lan looked at each other, and their eyes were full of helplessness. No matter how big the casualties were, they had to be beaten. Originally, the lord was furious because of a sudden change in Bohai City. If he was blocked by the few people in front of him and was unable to move here after losing 20,000 troops, he would definitely not let his brothers go. Moreover, the enemy blocked the road, and even if he wanted to retreat to set up a camp, he might not allow him. At that time, the people led by his brothers would be destined to be defeated. Besides, he had not yet contacted the enemy and retreated. Those who did not know the situation would definitely be talking about him and others! He would not think about continuing to live here in the future! His fame was bad!
Xu You was also observing and thinking at this time. What the hell is the Youzhou Army doing now! The enemy arranged both stone chariots and archers on the city wall. This preparation was too sufficient. It was impossible not to beware of his army rushing to the nearest. Just the troops next to the city wall, there could not be so few? Moreover, the troops on the front of the breakthrough were standing there, not moving at all. It was obvious that their troops had suffered a serious blow, but they still did not move! It was not a good thing. There must be conspiracy and traps here.
Xu You thought this and was so scared that he was sweating. Xu Youyu said with a tremolo: "Two generals, attack slowly. There are traps in front. Moreover, the preparations on the city wall are too sufficient. Our frontal attack will definitely lead to heavy casualties." Zhang He smiled bitterly in his heart: What other traps are used? Just the combination of two troops, the stone chariot and the archer, is such a wide coverage of medium and long-range strikes, which is not something that his infantry can overcome.
Moreover, although this city wall does not have a real city wall and is so unattainable, it is also very steep. Now that we have no climbing siege equipment, our troops risk their lives to rush under the city wall, and they may not be able to do anything to the enemy there. They only increase casualties. Zhang He looked at Gao Lan with concern, and obviously Gao Lan also found the problem. Gao Lan lowered his voice and said, "We cannot attack strongly. Let's retreat. First set up a large camp, and then discuss how to attack here." Zhang He shook his head and said, "We cannot retreat. As long as we retreat, our army will then cover it up. It will be difficult for us to be undefeated. If we lose to this enemy, we cannot convey to the Lord." Zhang He said the truth. For a moment, these generals leading the team were in a dilemma.
Xu You turned his eyes and said happily: "Two generals. The enemy is only defending the danger with the advantage of man-made places, which also proves that our previous speculation is good. The enemy's troops are indeed short of troops. Since this is the case, why don't the two generals divide their troops to attack by detour. With such an open ground, they cannot have more than so many troops and equipment in one place! As long as we do not attack the places where they are well prepared, they attack the empty land on both wings at the same time. With their archers, they are not easy to capture."
Zhang He and Gao Lan heard this, his eyes lit up. It was indeed a good idea. However, Zhang He raised his eyes and saw the Youzhou soldiers around the city wall. Zhang He shook his head again and said, "It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate. Look, there are soldiers guarding the city wall. If we divide our troops and intercept them with soldiers, and then use stone chariots and archers to cut off our follow-up forces, how should we resist?"
Xu You smiled and said, "What's the difficulty? We can first use ten thousand soldiers and horses to spread the queue and spread the attack range of the stone chariot. Then we carefully rush into the attack range of the stone chariot, and wait for it to fire, and immediately dodge and exit. In this way, let it rush in and out repeatedly, lure the stone chariot to all the stones. Is it impossible for them to prepare too much gravel above the city wall. In this way, the stone chariot is not worth fearing, and the two generals can take advantage of the enemy's troops to attract the attention of the enemy, and take the people from the rear to the sides. If they are not prepared, they can attack from the empty place to give way and take down the enemy on the city wall in one fell swoop. Moreover, in a hurry, even if the enemy can intercept and block the two generals, the troops they block are limited, how can they fight against the two generals?
What is the army effectively blocking? Besides, we attack from both sides at the same time, so the archers on the city wall cannot form densely covered shooting like before. Moreover, after the melee, they throw rats and are afraid of weapons. The power of the archers is also greatly reduced. At that time, isn’t it time for the two generals to create another magical skill? Besides, if the archers change direction, wouldn’t Yu still command these troops to attack from the front and cooperate with the actions of the two generals! The most important thing is that when we fight here, Chunyu Qiong and others in the city will definitely find something! Since the enemy has made such sufficient preparations on our side, it is difficult to say on the other side! The troops in the city take the opportunity to attack them, and they will definitely not be able to cope with it! The victory will still belong to us!"
Zhang He and Gao Lan heard it, it made sense. He immediately followed the plan. Unfortunately, although Xu You was quite smart and had good plans, he had never dealt with the Youzhou Army after all, and he didn't even know the basic situation of the Youzhou Army's combat style and combat effectiveness! How could he have any effect when dealing with the Youzhou Army in the way of dealing with other armies? Isn't the Youzhou Army so easy to deal with?
Standing on the platform and watching Zhang He, Zang Ba, who was dispatching troops, was even more amused by their tricks. However, Zang Ba still cooperated to let the stone chariot launch a few rounds of sparse stone rain. Until Zhang He, Gao Lan's two military horses had already walked far away. Only then did a purple flag on the podium wave waving. On the other side, Zhao Yun, who had been waiting for a long time, saw the signal and immediately rushed out from the avenue inside the city wall with 40,000 cavalry. He was steel helmets, steel armor, and even the heavy cavalry were hanging in steel skirts on the body. When he rushed over, the earth was trembling. The cavalry was the king of the cold weapon era, and the heavy cavalry was the king of the king! The heavy cavalry group charge was like a tank charge in a modern war! Unstoppable!
Chapter completed!