Zhang Yang in Huai County was also panicked at this moment. He never expected that Cao Cao would go north to attack Hanoi County. He was "driven" here to serve as the prefect of Hanoi three years ago.

Obviously, his foundation was not stable, and even his military expenditure was not sufficient. Therefore, he could only raise five thousand soldiers, including three thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry. However, compared with the cavalry, infantry was like a farmer who picked up weapons.

"I can't fight, I can't fight at all. Cao Cao dispatched 5,000 infantrymen and 2,000 cavalrymen, and combined 7,000 elite troops to attack my five thousand men... Isn't this bullying?" Zhang Yang was already a little disappointed.

"General, now the enemy troops are at the city, and they are about to set up camp twenty miles away. I guess they will attack the city tomorrow. We have to make plans early!" Zhang Yang's subordinates came forward to advise.

He was originally a black bandit, but he could not compete with Zhang Yan and led the remaining troops to join Zhang Yang. The six hundred elite troops of Zhang Yang's two thousand infantrymen were the original troops of the Gu Gu.

Seeing that Zhang Yang might be defeated at any time, he was suddenly a little anxious. I came over to surrender, and originally planned to find an opportunity to occupy Hanoi, but Cao Cao came over to take action before he took action. It was really time for me.

However, when Cao's army was at the city, he had to share the same hatred with Zhang Yang, just because he was worried that his lips would die and his teeth would be cold.

"Plan, what are my plans?" Zhang Yang was also panicked. "Even if I send someone to Yuan Shao for help now, she wants to send troops here, Huai County is probably already in its inflicted. The only thing I hope now is the three thousand cavalry troops on the Shooting Dog side and my last trump card, which can come tomorrow and disperse Cao's army at the same time!"

In the chaotic times, who doesn’t have a few aces? Cao Cao still had a tiger and leopard cavalry, and at the same time, he secretly asked Chen Dao to form a heavy infantry according to the trapped camp. Only a few people knew about this. Zhang Yang occupied this place for so long, how could he not have a trump card?

At the same time, in the military camp of the Shootou side, Yang Chou had already summoned his troops to send troops to rescue Zhang Yang.

She actually looked down on Zhang Yang a little. After all, she was just a soft boy. She had no ambition to make progress and just wanted to be a local emperor with peace of mind. But in this chaotic world, who would give you a safe and stable division?

In the past, Cao Cao didn't even go north, but felt that Hanoi could be recovered at any time. Yuan Shao would choose to go all the way to Hanoi because he was interested in Zhang Yang's personality. With Hanoi as a buffer, it was a good thing for Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

But now that the two must start a war, there is no need to leave this buffer zone. Even if anyone captures this place, it is like a thorn in the back, forcing the other party to worry.

In other words, Zhang Yang must have finished playing, but Yang Chou didn't want to be buried with him. But she looked back at a certain unit behind her. The troops of this thousand people should not be underestimated. If she hadn't been concerned about this unit, she could immediately take these three thousand cavalry and go directly to Cao Ang, and she might have been a lieutenant or a general in the court...

"War a war first, fight if you can beat it, and surrender if you can't beat it!" Yang Chou gritted his teeth and then made a decision.

The next day, the army set out, with three thousand cavalry, with one thousand aces, marched towards Huai County. When they arrived in front of the formation, not only were the siege equipment ready, but Cao Ang was about to launch an attack.

"Report, in the northwest direction, a cavalry unit is coming towards our army!" The scout reported immediately. At that time, Yang Chou was not even able to get close to the front line.

"General Cao Xiu!" Cao Ang immediately looked at Cao Xiu who was on standby next to him. There was really no room for cavalry to perform in the siege war.

"Get orders! The whole army changed horses!" Cao Xiu had already waited, and immediately gave an order, then dismounted and transferred to the armored horses. At the same time, three thousand auxiliary soldiers stepped forward and operated on the horses before returning with the horses that were transported to avoid any trouble.

Why is it difficult to raise cavalry? A truly qualified cavalry usually has three horses, horses that charge, backup horses, and horses that travel. Since there are two more horses, one or two grooms naturally need to take care of them. Including the part that people eat horses and chew, the consumption of a cavalry can be worth the consumption of fifty soldiers.

It must be admitted that on the battlefield, three hundred cavalry can crush 1,500 infantrymen, unless they are elite troops like Mo Daobing who specialize in restraining cavalry.

"Charge!" The enemy had already appeared on the horizon, but for some reason, the speed was not fast. Cao Xiu didn't care. He issued an order as soon as possible, and the large army immediately launched a charge.

Charging is not achieved overnight. It requires a major change of about a few dozen meters of buffering and speeding up before charging. The current distance between the two sides is 500 meters, and this is the distance of the charge.

"Go forward!" Yang Chou seemed to be prepared. Seeing this, he waved his hand and the cavalry troops immediately dispersed, detoured backwards, and then gathered to prepare for charge.

After the cavalry dispersed, a force of more than a thousand people appeared in front of Cao Xiu. This was a powerful crossbowman!

At that time, according to He Jin's intention, Zhang Yang went north to recruit soldiers. He Jin also had high hopes and assigned him a thousand pairs of yellow crossbows. Zhang Yang was under the command of Yang Chou, but he was also called surveillance. After all, three thousand cavalrymen, but his efforts, if Yang Chou patted his butt and ran away with these cavalrymen, where would he cry?

A thousand powerful crossbow soldiers immediately set off their stance, and the opponent was less than 200 meters away from him. At this time, Cao Xiu wanted to stop the charge, which was too late. So he had no choice but to charge forward, and the rest could only be handed over to armor.

"Charge!" Cao Xiu shouted, instead of slowing down, he accelerated his speed. The soldiers behind him obviously understood what the commander meant and followed him to charge.

"Shoot!" The captain who commanded the powerful crossbows shouted, and a thousand powerful crossbows immediately fell into the Cao army's position. At the same time, the powerful crossbow soldiers dispersed as soon as possible to prepare for the cavalry's charge.

After these thousand crossbow arrows passed, if ordinary cavalry were replaced, at least hundreds of people would have to be killed. However, Yang Chou faced the heavy cavalry with a slightly lower casualties. After the continuous resistance of the armor plate, although many crossbow arrows penetrated the armor plate and hit the soldiers behind the armor plate, what was amazing was that none of the soldiers fell down, at most they lie forward or backward.

None of the two thousand heavy cavalry fell off the horse, even the dozens of soldiers in front of them almost became hedgehogs!

"When did the big yellow crossbow become so bad that it can't even shoot the other person?" This idea just flashed through Yang Chou's mind and was directly denied by her. With such high-intensity shooting, it is impossible for him to be alive!

"Charge, charge!" But she had no choice but to lead the army to charge. The crossbow arrow could not stop the other party, but at least it slowed down a little. It was just that there was no cavalry falling off the horse, so the situation of a sharp slowdown did not occur. It can be said that she was almost at a loss for the charge this time.

But she had no choice but to lead the army to charge. When both sides were less than 100 meters away, she understood the truth. It turned out that these Cao troops actually tied themselves to the horse with special leather buckles. Even if they died, they would not fall down easily.
Chapter completed!