Chapter 697

The Jiangdong army outside the north gate was in full force, while the two thousand huaisi warriors were getting closer and closer, gradually approaching within 200 paces.

Two hundred steps is not a distance for cavalry.

Seeing the sudden attack of Cao's cavalry, the general of Jiangdong army was naturally worried, while Li Shu, on the top of the city, was overjoyed, directing his own troops to counterattack.

Zhou Yu could see that although the arrangement of Han Dang was very reasonable, it was just the formation of soldiers to resist the cavalry. However, the line-up of Han Dang army was too thin. Originally, there were only 3000 people, and hundreds of people went to fight in the city. The remaining two thousand people could form a small formation.

On the other hand, the cavalry of Cao's army, which came from the opposite side, had more than 4000 horses, and the galloping formation was almost comparable to that of the ten thousand troopers. In front of the valiant cavalry in huaisi, Han dangjun was like a mantis pawn cart.

"Newspaper!"

Under the earthen platform, a sentry came flying up and said in a loud voice, "Captain Tai Shi, do you want to suspend the siege and lead the troops to support old general Han?"

Tai Shici and Han Dang are the "only two" in the Jiangdong army who are proficient in riding battles. Naturally, he knows the strength of the cavalry group charge. Relying solely on Han Dang's more than 2000 troops, the lineup is too thin.

Before Zhou Yu said anything, another fast horse came at a gallop. The horse whistled and said in a loud voice, "governor Du, General Huang, would you like to send troops to meet old general Han?"

Cheng Pu on one side worried: "Gongjin, there are too few horses for the righteous. Otherwise, let Gongfu and Ziyi lead the army to take over."

"No Zhou Yu shook his head.

"Why?" Cheng Pu doesn't understand. Han Dang, Huang Gai and he are the only old generals left in the Jiangdong army. Especially since zumao sacrificed for Sun Jian, they have helped Sun Jian, sun CE and Sun Quan. Their feelings are as strong as iron stone. When they see that Han Dang is in a critical situation, they naturally want to help him.

Cheng Pu was discontented and said, "is it difficult? The governor of Dadu thought that Han Yigong could stand up to the cavalry of Cao's army with only 2000 men?"

However, Zhou Yu didn't care. He explained: "general Cheng, Cao Ren's headquarters are cavalry with strong mobility. If Taishi Xiaowei and Huang Laojun divide their forces to support General Han, then our troops outside the west gate and South Gate will be weakened. When Cao Ren lets go of old general Han, he will go straight to the west gate or south gate. What should our army do?"

"Is it difficult for General Han to divide his troops to support General Huang and Ziyi? Two legs can't run four legs Zhou Yu said with profound meaning.

Cheng Pu suddenly realized that Zhou Yu had deliberately failed to save him, so he said with shame: "no wonder he was appointed governor of Dadu. Gongjin is really brilliant."

"But our army can't turn a blind eye to justice, can we?" Xu Sheng couldn't help saying.

"Of course, we should save it, and we should swallow up the cavalry of Cao army in one fell swoop!" Zhou Yu said in a loud voice.

Today, most of the horses in the world are produced in Liu Ye. In addition, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Du occupy Youzhou and produce war horses under their command. The other princes have no large-scale cavalry.

The two thousand cavalry, if not all of Cao's cavalry, must be a large part of them. If they can be annihilated, they will certainly have an advantage in the battle against Cao's army. Therefore, Zhou Yu tried every means to annihilate Cao Ren's troops.

"Order!"

Zhou Yu ordered Huang Gai, Tai Shici, and Chen Wu to continue to attack the city and capture Shu County as soon as possible. The troops and horses were in formation outside the city, and they were not allowed to go out at will

"Order Han Dang to hold fast, and our Chinese army will go out in person to rescue the north gate!"

Zhou Yu's vision was ambitious. At his command, Cheng Pu, Xu Sheng, pan Zhang and other generals responded with their fists, while the 13000 Central Army responded in unison, and their morale was high.

"Attack!"

Zhou Yu stepped down from the earthen platform and sat on the chariot. Surrounded by thirteen thousand soldiers of the East army, Zhou Yu moved toward the north gate at a faster speed.

At this time, the distance between the two thousand cavalry of the Cao army and the Han Dang army had reached a hundred paces, and they were about to enter the Han Dang formation in an instant.

However, at this time, the two thousand cavalry suddenly turned around, braking sharply and turning aside about 100 steps away from Han Dang.

A Jiang Dongjun Archer felt a pang in his heart and couldn't help shooting out his arrows.

This is amazing. It seems to trigger a chain reaction. Nearly a thousand archers seem to have touched some mechanism. Qi Qi shoots the arrows on the bowstring.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The arrow has the strongest lethality within 50 steps, but after more than 100 steps, its power decreases sharply. Let alone the iron armor, even the leather armor is difficult to penetrate, and the time for infantry to charge 100 steps is enough to let the archer shoot three rounds, that is to say, there are only three rounds in front.

Most of the arrows were fired on the ground, because the cavalry of the two thousand Cao troops suddenly turned around, so they were exposed to a large open space in the vision of the Jiangdong army. These arrows were hailed in the open space one after another.

A small part of the arrows hit the cavalry of the Cao army, but most of them had no strength. They were soft and soft and hung on the armour leaves of the cavalry. There were also some powerful arrows that could kill people when they were more than a hundred paces. Several Cao soldiers were hit by arrows, and a few horses were hit by arrows. They raised their heads and hissed in pain, throwing their masters off their backs and eating pain I'm running away.It's broken!

Great!

The former is Han Dang's idea, while the latter is Cao Ren's mood.

"When bows and arrows are being wound up, the swordsman, shield hand and Spearman must stand up!"

Han Dang took a drink and frowned. He still underestimated the cavalry of the Cao army. Unexpectedly, Cao Ren was so good at commanding the cavalry that he used the method of seduction to attract the arrows of the Jiangdong army. As a result, the archer, as the first means of attack, became a waste.

Archers are not good at pulling their bows. They can catch arrows, open strings, and aim nearly ten minutes. They can still shoot two or three rounds of arrows when they face the infantry. However, cavalry charge very fast, and the distance of 100 steps is very quick.

Although Han Dang knew how to fight cavalry with troopers, he still left a loophole because his men were too few and ordinary soldiers had no experience in fighting cavalry.

Cao Ren, who was old in battle, would not let go of this good opportunity. He immediately said with great joy: "the enemy's arrows have gone out. What are you waiting for? Give it to me

"Kill!"

Two thousand cavalry of the Cao army roared together and gathered into a sharp cone formation. The mighty front pointed to the Han Dang army array, and the distance of a hundred steps came in an instant.

Archers can't count on it. They can only hope that the swords, shields and spearmen can cooperate with each other to resist the charge of Cao's cavalry.

Han Dang frowned tightly, and said in a sharp voice: "hold on to the sword and shield hand, and attack with the spear hand!"

Faced with the cavalry of Cao's army, Jiang Dongbing's Swordsman, shield hand and spear hand were all nervous. They cheered themselves up and grasped the blade in their hands.

Here it is.

Boom!

Finally, two thousand cavalry of the Cao army hit Han Dang army.