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Although they are unwilling to admit it, they have to admit that Yanshi City has caused huge trouble to the coalition forces.
Although Dong Zhuo's army paid a heavy price, a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses gathered here to engage in an offensive and defensive battle with the 200,000 Dong Alliance army. After less than three days of fighting, more than half of them were lost one after another. Although they lost their combat effectiveness, they did effectively hinder the progress of the coalition forces in these two or three days.
And the more critical point is that at this time, the coalition's military rations are almost completely exhausted. If they were nervous before but were able to allocate some, then they are now officially facing a real food crisis.
Perhaps this is why, on the third day, the coalition's offensive was even more intense than the previous two days. This made the defenders of Yanshi City almost face defeat under the first wave of the opponent's attack. .
Although Xu Rong and the others were very tired and didn't want to fight anymore, they couldn't afford to retreat like this. At least even if they lost their lives, they still had to stop if they could.
The center of the three coalition forces was filled with angry roars: "Trash, trash, this is not Hulao Pass. There are less than 40,000 people on the other side, so they blocked my army outside a small city. Look, you are all here." What are you doing, what a bunch of trash! You are a loser!"
Yuan Shao was wantonly venting his dissatisfaction and anger over the past few days, especially towards people like Kong Rong, Wang Kuang, Bao Xin, Zhang Chao, and Kong Niao, and the latter couldn't help but look a little embarrassed. After all, Yuan Shao's scolding was a bit excessive. , but what they said is almost true. The performance of their subordinates was really bad. Even if they were used as cannon fodder, they were definitely the worst cannon fodder. Especially later, they seemed to be frightened by the enemy's tenacious defense, and they were unable to attack in succession. Instead, they only saw piles of corpses of their own soldiers in front. They became timid and retreated. Even Yuan Shao's military order to kill those who retreated without mercy could not stop them for a while. In the end, they finally managed to stabilize the situation, but they were unable to stop them. They had to withdraw their troops and rest for a while before launching the attack again.
It can be said that Yanshi was able to defend for so long. In fact, it does not mean how good their defense is, or how extraordinary the abilities of the three generals are. More importantly, it is because the performance of these opponents was so poor that they directly dragged themselves down. The hind legs of allies.
It is said that you are not afraid of opponents who are like wolves, but you are afraid of teammates who are like pigs. If Yuan Shao heard this sentence, he would definitely agree with it. He is feeling this kind of depression now.
But after all, the battle will continue, but before he can turn his attention to the front again, he hears the rapid clatter of horse hooves behind him, which suddenly attracts the attention of most of the Chinese troops behind him. Yuan Shao couldn't help but pay attention to the coalition soldiers. He was a little disapproving at first, but when he saw the scene behind him clearly, he also felt stunned.
A large "red sea", the eye-stimulating red color suddenly fills people's entire field of vision, and a large flag with the word "LV" is also very eye-catching
It¡¯s Lu Bu¡¯s Bingzhou Qingqi!
This Bingzhou light cavalry is so fast that they have brought this characteristic into full play. But what is most eye-catching in the eyes of the coalition soldiers is that their red cloaks are very eye-catching and eye-catching. The wind kept shaking waves.
However, on the battlefield, one still has to rely on strength to win attention. It seems that Yuan Shao doesn't care about it at all. It's just that Lu Bu led this group of Bingzhou Qingqi to come. It was really beyond the expectations of the coalition forces. They didn't even think about it. Dong Zhuojun seems to be able to fight a charge with them. You must know that the numerical advantage of the coalition forces is not in vain. It also means that they have many more options to choose from. Just like now, if it were Dong Zhuojun There may not be any good way to deal with this situation, but among the coalition forces, there are naturally units that can restrain the cavalry.
The key to restraining cavalry is to stop their charge. This is where cavalry is most destructive, except of course for heavy cavalry.
However, what was unexpected was that Dong Zhuojun didn't seem to place any hope on these light cavalry at all. Even when Lu Bu led this group of light cavalry here, they looked more like they were here for sightseeing. Originally, Zhang Yang and Gongsun Zan's cavalry were recharging their strength. They were basically useless in this kind of siege. When facing Lu Bu's attack, they were the first to shoulder their responsibilities and rush forward, but they were quickly defeated by Lu Bu. Avoiding it, and even not having time to make contact at all, it was only at this time that everyone realized that something seemed wrong on the other side¡ª¡ª
"This is what is this?"
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That¡¯s all to see thisThe first reaction in the heads of the people behind the scenes, and then they saw that there was more than one cow, or even more than ten cows, or a hundred cows. This was a large herd of cows, a huge herd, and each one of them was running with all his strength. , it looked like they were chasing Lu Bu and the others.
However, before the coalition cavalry could react, they saw Lu Bu and his cavalry pulling off their red cloaks and throwing them in this direction.
What kind of wind is blowing today? It was obviously east-west. In other words, their throw did not require much skill or strength. They just relied on the wind to float to the allied cavalry camp. Suddenly, they were enveloped like red clouds, making it easy for people to see. I didn't even feel dizzy.
However, what is even more shocking is the reaction of the cattle on the opposite side.
With a rumble, the ground shook violently, alerting everyone in the coalition and making them suddenly realize the horror of the scene in front of them.
Those cattle actually rushed towards the coalition cavalry angrily one by one, causing the coalition soldiers who were originally stationed at the rear to panic. But when they got closer, they discovered that these cattle were not just cattle, they were Each of them had red eyes, as if they were extremely angry, and there seemed to be some instinctive panic in their anger, especially their butts or tails, which were lit with a string of flames, and the sound of beeping, beeping, was small. But at a close distance, I could still hear clearly, and at the same time, I felt a flash of cold light in front of my eyes - there were actually blades with a cold light tied to the backs of these cows.
Since ancient times, there have been battles in which a small number defeated a large number, but they are very rare. In fact, it is impossible for a battle to truly annihilate the enemy. The decisive factor in the outcome of a battle is not The number of casualties, but the collapse.
Especially in a battle where a small number wins a large number, because the number of people is relatively small, even if the enemy is standing there for you to kill, you will not be able to kill them all in a while. Therefore, at this time, you can usually only say to defeat or defeat the enemy. , and it is impossible to say that it is annihilation, unless some unconventional means are used, such as fire attacks and water attacks. The most typical differences in the Three Kingdoms era are the Battle of Chibi and Guan Yu flooding the seven armies, regardless of whether it is the former or the latter. These are all places that can be encountered but cannot be sought, and they all depend on favorable weather, time, place, and people.
And the place Lu Bu wanted to come out of was the famous Fire Ox Formation in history.
In fact, this is certainly not his original creation. Whether it was during the Warring States Period, in the West, or even in Japan, the Fire Bull Formation was not unique.
? ? The earliest in ancient China, this was the tactic used by Le Yi during the Warring States Period when he defeated the Yan army.