btmnovel Chapter 203 Battle against the Xiliang Army
Chapter 203 Battle against the Xiliang Army
Chapter 203 Battle against the Xiliang Army
Hua Xiong then led the troops to Jishui. Knowing that Liu He had strong generals under his command, he did not come forward to call for a fight, but spread out his troops and prepared to attack the bridge by force to take Ao Cang.
When Liu He saw it, he said to Guan Yu and others: "The enemy has many soldiers, and the Xiliang army is well-trained. It is not comparable to the bandit army in the past. It cannot be compared with them. It is necessary to use tactics to defeat them."
All the generals clasped their fists and said, "I would like to listen to the general's order!"
Liu Heyan said: "Observing the terrain in the past few days, you can enter Ao Mountain from the northwest here, and you can detour from the mountain to the other side of the Cao River. Yun Chang and Yide pretended to go back to the city to defend, but they went around from the mountain to the enemy's back and flanked them. Then Hua Xiong Capable."
The two took orders, and each took a thousand troops back to the city.
When Hua Xiong saw that Liu He had divided his troops back to the city, he was secretly delighted. Seeing that there were only [-] defenders left on the other side, he immediately ordered the soldiers to cross the river.
The Xiliang army is mainly composed of cavalry, and the troops are divided into two teams to stand at the bridge, and the infantry in the middle is on the bridge as a whole.
Liu He ordered Zhang Yun to lead the euphorbia soldiers to guard the bridge. Dian Wei led the team in front of the army, Zhang He commanded in the rear, Zhu Ling and Yu Jin led their bows and crossbowmen to stand on the left and right sides of the bridge, and Yan Liang led [-] cavalry to respond at any time.
When Hua Xiong gave an order, the drums in the formation blared loudly, the infantry went up to the bridge with their shields, and came to the middle of the bridge.
Zhang He ordered the soldiers to hide behind the shields, and only waited for the enemy to approach before sending an order to remove the shields. Dian Wei took the lead and waved his halberds. Several people screamed and flew up from the crowd, and were thrown into the river like sacks.
The euphorbia warriors were also well-trained infantrymen. Seeing how brave Dian Wei was, they all moved out with their halberds, shields in front, and stabs with halberds in the rear, blocking all the Xiliang troops rushing forward.
At the same time, the archers guarding the bridgehead also launched a counterattack, aiming at the enemy army at the bridgehead, shooting arrows like locusts. In a blink of an eye, hundreds of bandits fell down, leaving only a field of corpses.
Hua Xiong was furious when he saw this, and immediately sent another thousand soldiers to charge, but the position at the bridgehead was limited after all, and the superiority of troops could not be reflected, so three times of conflicts still failed.
There were corpses all over the bridge, and blood poured into the river, Zhao Cen saw that the opponent's army had lost a lot of bows and arrows, so he stepped forward and said: "Lieutenant Hua Du, you missed before going down just now, please ask your subordinates to lead the troops again. "
Hua Xiong said in a deep voice: "Infantry is hard to see results, you can lead [-] cavalry straight forward, and the governor will follow up."
Zhao Cen took the order, changed the weapon in his hand to a broadsword, summoned the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, selected five hundred cavalry, and rushed straight to the infantry at the bridge.
Rumbling--
The horse's hooves trampled on the bridge deck, making muffled noises, and rushed forward in a blink of an eye.
"Hold your shield!"
Zhang He had already come to the front of the army. With a roar, he grabbed a shield himself and placed him in the middle with Dian Wei. The other soldiers also stood side by side and inserted the shield into the gap in the bridge deck.
"Fire the arrows!" At the same time, Zhu Ling and Yu Jin also ordered the archers to shoot the arrows together.
bang bang bang-
The war horse galloped over and bumped into the half-man-high shield, but instead of breaking it as before, it seemed to bump into a wall, and they retreated amidst the neighing sound.
It turns out that these shields are not made of wood, but made of steel. Each one weighs forty to fifty kilograms and is extremely strong. There are euphorbia warriors behind them with long halberds to withstand it. There are also spikes half a foot long on the shields to block The cavalry attack.
"Hold the halberd!"
Zhang He shouted loudly again. In the chaos of the cavalry, the halberd was thrust out from the hole at the front of the shield. The injured horses were still struggling, but they were stabbed in the vital parts by the halberd and fell to the ground.
At this time, the rushing cavalry could not stop, the front row fell down, the rear row was still rushing over, huddled together at the head of the bridge, bows and crossbows were fired at both sides, people shouted and neighed, only a few dozen people remained in an instant .
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Zhao Cen blocked the arrows in the chaotic army, and hurriedly turned his horse's head and left. When Dian Wei saw it in front of the formation, he hurried out with a roar of a tiger, swept his iron halberd, and chopped off Zhao Cen's mount. .
Zhao Cen fell off his horse and hurriedly got up with his saber. Dian Wei had already rushed forward, so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart, he shouted: "Don't kill me, I wish... ah..."
Dian Wei's approach was too fast for him to react, and Zhao Cen's head flew up into the sky as he swiped the iron halberd with his left hand.
Hua Xiong was furious when he saw this, he wanted to urge his troops to charge himself, when suddenly there was a commotion behind him, he hurriedly turned his head to look, two cavalry came from nowhere, they rushed into the rear formation separately.
"Beat the drum!" Liu He saw clearly immediately, and immediately sent an order to attack.
At this time Dian Wei was fighting vigorously. Hearing the sound of drums, he waved his iron halberd and rushed to the bridge first. Ling also led the infantry out.
The Xiliang army was in disarray, and Zhang Fei, who was killed behind him, rushed into the formation first and went straight to the Chinese army. Hua Xiong was furious, and returned to his horse to fight Zhang Fei.
"Hahaha, we can't miss again this time, let's see Lao Zhang capture you."
Zhang Fei hurried forward and stabbed the flag guard behind Hua Xiong to death first. Seeing the commander's flag fall, the Xiliang army became more chaotic.
Amidst Hua Xiong's furious roar, he swung his knife and leaped his horse, and went straight to Zhang Fei, and the two of them fought on the bank of the river.
At this time, Guan Yu was already rushing to kill in the army, rushing from left to right, as if entering no one's land, killing the Xiliang army with their heads in their hands, rushing to flee.
Although the Xiliang army was large in number, Hua Xiong was blocked by Zhang Fei, the formation of the rest of the troops was in chaos, and several generals rushed to kill them. No one could stop them, and they were defeated.
Hua Xiong fought with Zhang Fei for thirty bouts, and he felt unable to hold on, he didn't expect that this black-faced guy was stronger than the one just now, when he was startled and distracted, he was swept off his horse with a spear by Zhang Fei.
Before he could struggle, Deputy General Qin Liang rushed forward with his troops, pinned down Hua Xiong tightly, and tied up his hands and feet.
When Hua Xiong was captured, the Xiliang army was already in chaos, and they fled separately. Yan Liang and others divided up their troops to chase them down, shouting that those who surrendered should not be killed.
Liu He and Cheng Yu were watching the battle on the bridge. At first, they wanted to go out to have fun, but they were persuaded by Cheng Yu. All previous efforts were wasted.
Zhang Fei led his troops back first and laughed and said: "General, I have caught a big fish this time for you to interrogate."
"One man, Yide, can reach thousands of troops!" Liu He nodded in praise, and ordered him to escort Hua Xiong into the city.
Afterwards, Guan Yu and others also seized the weapons and turned them around. Liu He ordered people to clear the battlefield and lead the troops back to the city.
Zheng Hun saw the fight just now at the top of the city, and said with emotion: "If the general hadn't been here, who would be able to be a Xiliang cavalry?"
Cheng Yu said: "The Xiliang army has been defeated this time, with loss of soldiers and generals. Hu Zhen will not dare to come again. He will definitely report to Luoyang. If Dong Zhuo sends a large army to come again, it may be difficult to resist."
Zheng Hun said: "The proclamation has been sent out, there should be rebels coming soon."
Liu He said with a smile: "Just tell him to send troops. It would be best if Dong Zhuo came in person. First persuade the two thousand captives to surrender to replenish the troops. I will go to see Hua Xiong in person."
(End of this chapter)