The speed of the Wei army was very fast. Tens of miles from Gaoliu to Pingcheng, 100000 troops arrived in one day. After the troops arrived in Pingcheng, they began to prepare to attack the city in an orderly manner. At the same time, thousands of baggage carts had also been prepared for the formation. Tens of thousands of long spearmen and crossbow soldiers were matched with the formation, which were prepared by Xu you for the cavalry of the Tang army.
However, what they didn't expect was that the Tang army's response would be so fast. The next morning, shortly after the Wei army began to attack the city, tens of thousands of Tang army cavalry appeared in the sight of the Wei army.
"How could it be! No... impossible..." the position of the Chinese army, standing on the tall building car, Yuan Shao, Xu you and other people have seen tens of thousands of Tang army cavalry coming in like a tide from a distance.
"Didn't you say there were only twenty or thirty thousand? How could there be so many cavalry? Who can tell me..." yuan Shaoru was crazy and roared at the bottom of his heart;
"Your Majesty, it's not necessary to investigate this now. Please be prepared to evacuate." Xu you first reacted and pulled Yuan Shao dancing on the floor car.
"Yes, withdraw, quickly, order to withdraw..." Yuan Shao was in a panic. When he heard Xu you's withdrawal, he immediately shouted;
"We can't retreat like this. At least we should see whether the vehicle array can stop the cavalry of the Tang army. If it can't resist, we need to arrange several troops and horses to stop the attack of the Tang army in turns." Xu you looked at Yuan Shao, who was already incoherent, and interrupted him again.
Yuan Shao still experienced many wars. Although he was frightened by tens of thousands of cavalry of the Tang army, after several reminders from Xu you, he finally settled down a little, at least not as panicked as before.
"Come here and order the chariot array to resist the enemy!" In fact, the formation has long been ready to end. Now, with the command of the Chinese army, thousands of baggage vehicles began to form the formation, and the long spearmen and crossbow soldiers also gathered towards the inner circle of the formation under the command of the generals, ready to kill the cavalry of the Tang Army.
Seeing that Yuan Shao had finally calmed down a little, Xu you whispered: "king, we still need to prepare for the worst." With that, Xu you pointed at Gaoliu in the East.
Under his reminder, Yuan Shao also woke up: "can't the car array resist it?"
"Your Majesty, look at the posture of the Tang army. It should have been prepared long ago. We'll only wait for us to deliver it to the door, otherwise there won't be so many cavalry in Yanmen pass. If there were only 30000 or 50000 cavalry, these chariots might still be useful, but now there are obviously more than these cavalry. The minister estimates that the cavalry of the Tang army is no less than 70000 or 70000..."
"Seventy or eighty thousand... I regret not having heard Ziyuan's words." Yuan Shao whispered, which only he and Xu you could hear. "But there are nearly 100000 soldiers here..."
Xu you understood what Yuan Shao meant: "the king's safety is related to the survival of the state of Wei. If the king is okay, the state of Wei is okay. As for 100000 soldiers..."
Yuan Shao's expression was only a little struggle, then relieved: "according to Zi Yuan's view, what should we do?"
Xu you approached Yuan Shao, said so and so in his ear for a while, and then stepped back.
"Boom!..."
With the sound of the horse's hooves, tens of thousands of cavalry are now surging in the direction of Pingcheng. Zhao Yun is the main general of the first army, so he did not lead the army in the front. The front is the 10000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry led by Zhang Liao, and next to him are the sudden cavalry of huyandu and the Xiongnu cavalry of qubei.
"Report!" At this time, Zhao Yun was arranging the direction of the former soldier.
"Report, general, general Zhang Liao ordered his subordinates to report. It seems that the Wei army has formed a vehicle array with baggage carts outside the city. Please make a decision."
"Hum, it's just a mockery. How much do you really think such a childlike trick can do?" FA Zheng sniffed the speech and said with a smile;
Among the Tang army, in addition to Zhao Yun as a cavalry general, there is now another Zhang Liao. Tian Yu, huyandu and qubei are the people who are most familiar with the cavalry tactics, while there are few cavalry generals in the state of Wei. Therefore, at the time of negotiation, they had speculated on the tactics that the state of Wei might use to resist cavalry.
The car formation is one of them. However, for the car formation, Zhao Yun and they have long discussed the way to deal with it.
Hearing that Wei Jun really used the vehicle array against his cavalry, they both looked at each other and smiled.
"Go and have a look." Zhao Yun finished, lightly lifted the reins and left in the direction of the forward army.
"Drive!" Fazheng also clamped his horse's belly and followed up.
They quickly arrived at Zhang Liao's army. At this time, Zhang Liao's army was less than a mile away from the vehicle array of the Wei army. Seeing the arrival of Zhao Yun and FA Zheng, they quickly turned and saluted: "general, military division!"
"General Zhang!" They quickly responded.
"How?" Zhao Yun asked;
"General, please see, the Wei army has lined up a vehicle array. However, they only use ordinary baggage carts, but they don't know whether it is grain, grass or soil." Zhang Liao stretched out his whip and pointed to the Wei army position opposite.
"Just try it!" Zhao Yun said: "pass on general Huyan, send someone to shoot three rounds with rockets, and the target can be aimed at the vehicle array of the Wei army."
Soon, the nearby huyandu sent a full 2000 Turkmen cavalry to rush towards the Wei army. When they were a stone's throw away, 2000 rockets were fired at the Wei army's vehicle array.
Wei Jun's reaction was not slow, but dozens of baggage cars were ignited by rockets, and the thick smoke lit up the eyes of General Zhao Zhu. In fact, Xu you has already loaded nearly half of the baggage carts with soil. His intention is to put these vehicles with soil in a circle outside. On the one hand, the vehicles with soil are heavier, and on the other hand, he is afraid of the Rockets of the Tang army.
However, people are not as good as heaven. There are too many cavalry of the Tang army this time. In order to increase the defense range, we have to draw out some baggage carts with grain and grass to be mixed in them. In this way, it has become the direction of the breakthrough of the Tang Army.
"Order huyandu and qubei to lead the army back and forth and surround five rounds with rockets. After the order, the war horses who break the array are ready, and the direction of breakthrough can be put in these places." With that, Zhao Yun chose several breakthrough directions from the middle.
"General Zhang, after the horses break through the formation and open the other party's vehicle formation, your Bingzhou wolf riding is the first wave of cavalry to rush into the formation. After rushing into the formation, don't stop and directly attack the central army of Yuan Shao."
"Promise!"
"Herald, attack!"
In the Wei army, on the floor car, the monarchs and ministers of the state of Wei watched tens of thousands of Tang army cavalry rush back and shoot outside their own car array. Tens of thousands of rockets roared to the car array and fell into the car array. Soon, countless baggage were ignited by rockets.
Soon there was a roaring sound of horses' hoofs in the distance. Xu you looked up and saw tens of thousands of horses coming, but there was no knight on the horse's back. On the contrary, there were wisps of black smoke on the horse's tail.
"No, fire cow array! No, fire horse array!" Since Xu you had already wanted to use the chariot array to stop the cavalry of the Tang army, he must have thought of how the other party's altar would break his chariot array. Unexpectedly, the other party had prepared the horses to break the array so soon. It seems that his guess is not wrong. The Tang army has already prepared for it.
"Your Majesty, please change your clothes immediately and leave quickly! Weichen is willing to command troops here for your majesty!" Xu you immediately suggested to Yuan Shao that he knew that it was impossible for the vehicle array to stop the Tang army. Now he can only let Yuan Shao safely withdraw to Gaoliu. As for the hundreds of thousands of troops, he can't care so much.