Chapter 391: Cao Liusun joins forces
Chapter 391 Cao Liusun joins forces
Chapter 390: Cao Liusun joins forces
Xiang Yu has already suffered from Yue Fei twice, so it is naturally impossible for him to suffer a third time. After the Overlord Cavalry is prepared, ordinary arrow attacks will naturally not have much effect.
Five thousand spearmen were also in place, and surrounded a thousand Overlord Cavalry in three directions, while less than a thousand Overlord Cavalry went straight into the middle army.
As soon as the two sides fought, Yue Fei ordered the archers to stop firing arrows. After all, these five thousand spearmen did not have heavy armor for defense. If they fired arrows, they would really be shooting at their own people.
Plancers in the game generally defeat cavalry, but it would be naive to think that this is also the case in reality.
If the spearmen really restrained the cavalry in ancient wars, why would the Southern Song Dynasty and Zhu Ming Dynasty, which were dominated by infantry, be defeated by the Yuan, Meng and Manchu Qing Dynasties, and eventually perished?
Yuan, Meng and Manchu dynasties both relied on cavalry to dominate the world. The Song and Ming dynasties could not defeat cavalry, so why didn’t they just train more spearmen? Why didn’t the ancients think of this?
The reason is naturally that cavalry cannot be restrained by spearmen alone.
If you want to rely on the spearmen to suppress the cavalry, unless the cavalry loses its impact, the spearmen will not be able to attack the cavalry, and there is basically no possibility of the cavalry taking the initiative to hit the muzzle of the spearman.
Of course, it is not right to say that it has no effect at all. After all, there are many cases of using spearmen to defeat cavalry, but these are all due to the lack of coordination of arms, and Yue Fei is a typical example.
When the Jin Dynasty invaded the Song Dynasty, it was said: There are less than ten thousand Jurchens, and they are invincible if they are full of ten thousand.
Yue Fei used the Jin Dynasty's military strength to defeat the elite Jurchen cavalry, the Kaizi Horse, with hooks, sickles and spears.
Of course, that battle was also the result of the cooperation of multiple arms. It was impossible to complete the battle with hooks and sickles alone. It can be seen that the spearmen are not useless against the cavalry. The key still depends on who is commanding.
Although Xiang Yu only had a thousand cavalry in his hands, Yue Fei paid the highest attention to it and directly sent five thousand elite spearmen into battle. However, the result far exceeded his expectations.
As soon as the two armies met, the spearmen of the Han army in front were knocked down by the Overlord Cavalry. The troops on the left and right had no time to encircle them, and the formation was completely disrupted by the thousand cavalry.
Yue Fei felt a little regret when he saw this. If he had known that the Overlord Cavalry with less than a thousand people had such combat power, he should not have surrounded him on three sides and should have concentrated his troops on the front.
At this point, it was too late to say anything. Yue Fei could only try his best to remedy the situation, so he decisively ordered: "All archers prepare for hand-to-hand combat."
The five thousand archers abandoned their bows and arrows and drew out their steel swords, and immediately converted into short sword soldiers.
Seeing that the thousands of spearmen in front were about to be unable to withstand it, Yue Fei immediately ordered: "The whole army attacks."
With the support of 5,000 swordsmen, the frontal force of nearly 7,000 troops finally stopped the attack of less than 1,000 Overlord Cavalry.
At this moment, the two pursuers from behind had also arrived. Bawangqi was trapped in the siege of ten thousand soldiers and horses, but Wangqi, who was trapped and still fighting, broke out with stronger combat power.
When the general Xiang Yu was once again blocked by Ran Min and Lu Bu, the Overlord Cavalry, with less than a thousand men, rampaged through a formation of ten thousand people, killing nearly ten thousand elite Han troops and unable to fight back.
Yue Fei also had a headache about this, but there was nothing he could do in the short term except to ensure that he would not get out of trouble.
On the other side, under the leadership of Cao Cao, 4,500 elite Han troops also fought against 7,000 Yellow Turban warriors, and they did not lose at all.
Although the soldiers of the Han army were elite, their combat power was actually weaker than that of the Yellow Turban warriors. The key to the Han army's ability to gain the upper hand was its superiority in generals.
Among the nine generals including Cao Cao, in addition to seven of the eight old men of the Yang family, taking Cao Cao alone, he had Xiahou Dun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong.
Yuan Shao has Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, Ju Yi and others, Sun Jian has Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others, Liu Bei has Guan Yu, Gongsun Zan has...
Among the 4,500 elite Han troops, there were more than twenty generals in total, much more than Qin Hao's men.
It is precisely because of having so many generals as his backing that Cao Cao was able to fight against the greater number with a smaller force and still had a slight advantage. Of the current three-way confrontation, two have reached a stalemate. For Xiang Liang, which one can be used as a breakthrough.
Seeing this, Qin Hao immediately issued an order, saying: "Send an order to Zhang Fei and Qin Wu to lead five hundred cavalry to support Cao Cao."
The 20,000 cavalrymen of the Yellow Turban Army have suffered nearly 8,000 casualties so far in the battle, and the Han army has also lost no less than 3,000.
At present, the strength of the two sides on the Chinese side is about the same, but the Han army is obviously more morale and more powerful, so even if 500 people are transferred to support other roads, it will not have any impact.
Five hundred cavalry does not play a big role in the central army, but on the left and right wings, it may become the last straw to overwhelm the enemy troops along the way. This will play an immeasurable role in the overall battle situation.
“Qin Wu is here, the yellow turban thief must die!”
“Ding dong, Qin’s martial arts skill ‘Tiger Roar’ is activated. It is activated when the legion is fighting. The enemy’s morale will decrease and their combat effectiveness will decrease.”
“Zhang Fei from Yan is here, why don’t you, the Yellow Turban traitor, quickly dismount and surrender?”
“Ding dong, Zhang Fei’s skill ‘Roaring’ is activated. When roaring in a group battle, it can reduce the morale of all enemy troops;”
The addition of Qin Wu Zhang Fei and 500 cavalry completely broke the balance on the right wing. After the 500 cavalry broke into the formation, the yellow scarf warriors were immediately defeated by the Han army.
Seeing the opportunity, Cao Cao immediately shouted: "Soldiers, the enemy army can no longer hold on. We must defeat them completely in one go."
“Ding dong, Cao Cao’s skill ‘Inspire’ is activated.”
“Inspiration: Speeches can also be the key to reversing the situation. This skill can boost the morale of the entire army and improve the combat effectiveness of the entire army. Command +2 and force +2.”
“Ding dong, due to the effect of Cao Cao’s skill ‘Inspire’, the morale and combat strength of the Han army have increased. Cao Cao’s current commander has increased to 95, and his force has increased to 82.”
“Kill!” Cao Cao shouted, and then he actually led the charge.
The soldiers' morale immediately rose upon seeing this, and their combat effectiveness was greatly improved again compared to before.
Under the overwhelming offensive of the Han army, the right wing led by Xiang Liang was finally defeated. Of course, this was not because Xiang Liang was incompetent, but because there were too many talented people on the Han army. Xiang Liang was really unable to defeat four hands with two fists.
Seeing that Xiang Liang was about to run away, Sun Jian immediately shouted: "We can't let Xiang Liang go."
Then Sun Jian quickly chased after him and stopped Xiang Liang in time.
Seeing that the Han generals in front were blocking the way, Xiang Liang decided to break out in a different direction, but unexpectedly, he was blocked by Cao Cao and Liu Bei on his left and right.
Just when Xiang Liang was thinking about how to break out of the encirclement, he heard Sun Jian smile heartily and said: "Brother Mengde, Brother Xuande, Sun found this beam first. You don't want to **** it from me, do you?"
"Brother Wentai, that's wrong." Cao Cao shook his head with a smile on his face and said, "You don't want to take all the credit for such a big achievement, do you?"
Liu Bei immediately said: "Brother Wentai, you are greedy."
Sun Jian's face flashed with helplessness, and he said: "Then let's share the credit equally."
After saying that, the three of them looked at each other and smiled, and then attacked Xiang Liang in tacit agreement.
(End of this chapter)