Chapter 141 Evenly divided
Pan Zhang on the opposite side had already discovered Huang Gai when he appeared.
Seeing Huang Gai begin to mobilize the cavalry and armored soldiers behind him, Pan Zhang felt threatened and told Rushan camp to stop and stop pursuing the Sun family soldiers.
At the same time, he immediately ordered the second and third teams of armored soldiers who were resting behind to come up to fill the front and increase its thickness.
The fourth and fifth teams of armored soldiers further back began to wear armor again.
It is impossible for an armored soldier to wear armor all the time in battle. The heavy armor itself places a heavy burden on people, and it is too much for the person's physical strength.
After assessing that only thirty men were needed to fill the front line, Pan Zhang decisively divided his Rushan Battalion into seven teams, each with thirty men, and the last twenty men were divided into two groups, respectively. Led by the Chief, he also brought more than a hundred auxiliary archers, sword and shield soldiers to the city wall to prevent the opponent from raiding from the city wall.
The first team participated in the battle, the second team was on alert and stepped forward to support the rotation at any time, while the third team sat on the ground under the care of the auxiliary soldiers and replenished water.
The three teams behind were sitting on the ground, taking off their armor, eating or drinking to maintain or replenish their physical strength.
Except for the first two teams, the distance between each team in the back is thirty steps, and they are sheltered by private houses on both sides of the road, so they are free from the threat of bows and arrows.
Seeing that Huang Gai was about to launch a cavalry charge, a group of armored soldiers was too thin and could easily be scattered.
Once the front row collapses, the back row is likely to be completely defeated because there is no time to put on armor.
Pan Zhang did not dare to be careless and gave orders while staring at Huang Gai opposite.
When the second and third teams of armored soldiers had just entered the formation and formed a three-row battle line, Huang Gai's cavalry had already rushed forward.
If Pan Zhang hadn't been quick to respond, how could he have stopped Huang Gai's cavalry charge with just a thin row of armored soldiers?
For heavy armored infantry to restrain cavalry, three elements must be present.
First, the cavalry cannot harass from the flanks.
Second, the heavy armored infantry line must be thick, at least five or six rows.
Third, the morale of the heavy armored infantry must be high, and they must be stable and able to stand.
If a heavy armored infantry can stand still, even if it only has short weapons such as swords and hammers, it can still repel the cavalry.
On the frontal battlefield, cavalry can only form an exchange relationship with heavy armored infantry, rather than a restraining relationship.
But once the cavalry breaks through the heavy armored infantry battle line and causes the opponent's formation to collapse, it will be a complete harvest.
The reason why Huang Gai's surprise attack just now was so fast was because he saw an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Thirty armored soldiers could only open up a thin front at a distance of twenty steps.
As long as Huang Gai breaks through this layer, he doesn't care about the situation behind him at all, he continues to raid in depth, and throws the armored soldiers who were torn to pieces by him to the infantry behind to clean up, it will be a hearty battle. win.
And can Huang Gai break through?
That is too simple. A single row of armored soldiers cannot stop the opponent under a cavalry charge. The greatest contribution they can make is to exchange casualties.
Unfortunately, Pan Zhang's reaction was extremely fast and his planning was correct. The three-line armored soldiers had already undergone essential changes.
A trace of hesitation flashed in Huang Gai's eyes, but it soon turned into determination.
At this point, I have to rush.
The war horse had already picked up speed and could not stop immediately. The venue restrictions did not allow him to make temporary turns.
Rather than messing up the position and suffering casualties, it is better to charge forward forcefully.
The war horse slammed into the armored soldier with huge impact.
Some of the armored warriors who struggled a lot were knocked away together with their companions behind them.
A dozen of the armored warriors who were originally densely packed were instantly knocked out and fell to the ground. More than half of the armored soldiers got up again, but they were still dizzy, but many others were motionless, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
Of course, Huang Gai's cavalry did not have a good result. Three or four of the horses were overturned. Moreover, once the horses lost speed, the knights on top could not even cover themselves, let alone protect the horses under their crotches. .
The armored soldiers were all experienced elites. After blocking Sun Ce's cavalry, they immediately swarmed forward.
Some chop the horse's legs, some stab the knight, and some directly grab the knight's leg and pull it down.
Huang Gai came out of the formation at this time and saw that there were only three or five cavalry around him, and the armored soldiers who followed in the distance moved quickly and put on their breastplates again. With these few cavalry alone, In the past, food was also delivered.
“Turn back! Turn back!”
Huang Gai shouted loudly, feeling just a little annoyed.
At the same time, he turned his horse around and charged again towards the place where his cavalry was most numerous.
This time there is no acceleration distance as before, and the speed of pulling up is far from what it was before.
But the huge power of the horses allowed them to rush away from the armored soldiers, rescue their fellow cavalrymen, and get out of the battle.
In this round of charge, Huang Gai's side lost seven cavalry and six horses, and Pan Zhang's side killed nine armored soldiers on the spot and wounded 17 others.
The exchange ratio between the two sides was close to one to two, but taking into account the factors of fighting with foot and cavalry, Pan Zhang's side obviously won a small victory.
However, if Pan Zhang had reacted a little slower, Huang Gai would probably have chased Rushanying's ass by now, and it would have snowballed.
"The thief general who entered with dogs."
Pan Zhang spat viciously. Among the seven cavalrymen lost by Sun Cejun, two were killed by him on the spot. The other one also had an arm chopped off by him before he was dealt with by other armored men.
Pan Zhang did not even look at the heads on the ground, and gave the order: "Drag the wounded and dead brothers behind, and let the Li family take good care of the injured brothers. In addition, call the fourth and fourth brothers. The fifth and second teams quickly put on their armor and came up to replace the first and second teams.”
"By the way, keep these war horses for me and don't throw them away!"
Half of the six war horses lost by Huang Gaijun were cut down on the spot, and the legs of another horse were cut off. Although they were injured, two horses were intact and Pan Zhang regarded them as treasures.
Even if the horse's leg is injured, he should be taken down and taken good care of, maybe it will recover.
This is a genuine war horse that can charge into battle.
One horse is worth more than 100,000 yuan, and there is no market for it.
Huang Gai's cavalry retreated, but the organized armored soldiers had also come up.
Although the number of people was not as large as Pan Zhang's, there were at least twenty or thirty people, wearing iron armor and holding armor-breaking weapons such as small melons and awls.
The second contest between the two sides is about to begin.
Looking at the entire battle situation in Guangling City, in the middle, because Sun Ce's superior took the initiative to challenge Tai Shici, the battle lines between both sides became calm.
Pan Zhang on the left wing narrowly defeated Huang Gai to start the second game.
Only on the right wing, the Li brothers, who did not have strong support, although they had 1,500 troops, were retreating steadily and were forced back step by step by Cheng Pu.
If Liu Ye hadn't constantly secretly transferred troops from the other two fronts to reinforce them, allowing the Li brothers to retreat while fighting, and at the same time creating fire barriers to hinder Cheng Pu's army, the right wing might have been penetrated.
After another crisis on the right wing, Liu Ye filled in the two hundred people he had just transferred back from the center line and the left wing.
At the same time, he kept looking outside the city.
As early as when Pan Zhang was dispatched, he had already ordered the carriage to turn back and follow the official road to meet the following troops, so that the following troops only need to carry weapons and nothing else.
After the Li family occupied the Guangling arsenal, they obtained a large amount of weapons, weapons and armor. Just by the city gate alone, hundreds of sets of full-body leather armor were replaced by the wounded.
The key is to have fresh troops, not ordnance and equipment.
"Go to Pan Sima and ask if you can send me a team of armored soldiers. If not, then two ten thousand yuan or even one ten thousand yuan will be fine."
Liu Ye grabbed it. There was a guard beside him, hurriedly issuing orders.
After fighting fiercely for most of the night, his throat was dry and on fire, his body was dirty and messy, and he no longer looked like a celebrity at all.
However, neither he nor the guard cared about it. After receiving the order, the guard ran towards the left wing where Pan Zhang was.
Liu Ye came to the top of the city gate and looked at the various fronts.
Taishici and Sun Ce are still fighting in the middle. The speed of both sides has slowed down a lot. While recovering their strength, they are looking for opportunities to win with one blow.
Pan Zhang on the left wing had the upper hand. With the cooperation of the Five Hundred Li Family, he suppressed Huang Gai, but was unable to make a breakthrough.
Most of the other five hundred Li family troops originally assigned to Pan Zhang have been transferred to the right wing by Liu Ye, and a small number were injured and died in the battle.
The most dangerous thing is the right wing, and the Li brothers are also desperate at this time.
Seeing that the victory was imminent, the two brothers took personal command and did not hesitate to inflict serious injuries, so that the troops with heavy casualties could hardly resist Cheng Pu's fierce attacks one after another.
It’s just that the defense line retreated again and again. If we retreat another ten meters, we will enter the square at the gate of the city.
By then, Cheng Pu's troops will be able to open up a wider front, and it will be even less possible for the Li family to stop them.
Liu Ye turned around and looked at the dark outside of the city, hoping in his heart that there would be some light in this darkness.
This light represents Xuzhou's reinforcements and hope. Yes, like these torches.
Torch?
Liu Ye reacted suddenly and rubbed his eyes.
“Hahaha!”
The next moment, Liu Yeqian howled and laughed: "Reinforcements are coming!"
"Come here! Come here!"
Liu Ye turned around and shouted to the guards: "Immediately Go and inform Li Gongcao and Li Sima that reinforcements from Xuzhou have arrived, so that they must withstand the last quarter of an hour!"
Li Luo and Li Zhang were also overjoyed to receive the news that reinforcements were coming! Crazy, desperately encouraging the tribe, promising rewards.
The morale of the Li family also increased greatly, and they gradually stabilized the front line.
Cheng Pu on the opposite side is also experienced in fighting. He once followed Sun Jian in the north and south, and defeated Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu in Luoyang. He has rich experience.
The abnormality of Li Family Buqu on the opposite side immediately aroused his vigilance.
"Go and tell Bo Fu and Gong Fu that the situation has changed. I'm afraid reinforcements from the Xuzhou Army are coming. Let them prepare quickly. I will attack again here. If I can capture the city gate, Of course it's good, but if you can't win it, you have to think about retreating."
In fact, Cheng Pu has already exhausted his strength at this time.
Although he suppressed the Li family tribe from beginning to end and attacked fiercely, in fact, Sun Cejun was at the end of his strength.
After marching for a day, I only slept for a few hours, then galloped for several kilometers and then fought fiercely for half a night.
All the soldiers were tired, hungry, and had dry mouths. They really couldn't fight anymore.
If the Xuzhou Army arrives at this time, Sun Cejun should be thinking about how to protect himself instead of fighting for Guangling City.
"Attack again! Gentlemen, attack again! The other side will not be able to hold on!"
Cheng Pu loudly encouraged the soldiers in the military formation and cheered them up. .
But what disappointed him was that morale often waxed and waned.
The morale on the other side has increased, but the morale on our side has begun to slump because we have been unable to attack for a long time.
Cheng Pu smiled bitterly, knowing that the best opportunity had been missed.
So Cheng Pu had no choice but to retreat slightly, temporarily hand over the command to his deputy, and then ride towards the center line.
It’s not that Cheng Pu never thought about deploying troops from the center line, but he ultimately did not do so. The reason is very simple. What he lacked was not troops, but a place to deploy his troops.
Even if troops are mobilized from the center line, they can only expand thirty meters, so what's the use?
This is why the Li brothers would rather withstand a certain amount of long-range firepower from the city walls than grit their teeth and stick to the streets.
When Cheng Pu came to the center line, he found that Huang Gai had also arrived and was discussing something anxiously with Song Qian.
Huang Gai secretly took away hundreds of elites from the center line, but he still couldn't suppress the armored battalion on the opposite side. It only made his line less ugly.
Huang Gai persuaded with earnest words: "We must withdraw, Jing Xun, ask the young master to withdraw. When Xuzhou reinforcements arrive, we will not be able to leave if we want to withdraw."
"This..."
Song Qian had a look of embarrassment on his face and glanced at Sun Ce, who was still having a duel with Taishi Ci: "Bo Fu will definitely refuse to withdraw now."
"Let him come down!"
Cheng Pu came over at this time and said loudly: "Gongfu and I are here to persuade him, he must listen."
Song Qian saw Cheng Pu and Huang Gai reached an agreement and realized the seriousness of the problem.
"Okay, I'll let him come back right now."
Sun Ce was fighting Taishi Ci at this time, and he was very tired now. He couldn't yell randomly at this time. If he was distracted and missed, it would be a big problem. .
So Song Qian not only did not call Sun Ce, but instead shouted to Taishi Ci: "General Taishi, that's it for today. You and I have been fighting for a long time. Let's rest first and come tomorrow." Let’s fight again!”
Tai Shici heard the shouting, but didn’t take it seriously and didn’t even listen to what Song Qian said.
It was just a thought in his heart that he deliberately raised his head to look at Song Qian. In fact, he was paying attention to Sun Ce's actions from the corner of his eyes.
When Sun Ce saw Tai Shici distracted, he was overjoyed. He quietly moved to the area outside the corner of Tai Shici's eyes, and then pounced on him.
Sun Ce thought it was a sneak attack, but he did not expect that it was a trap deliberately set by Tai Shici.
Tai Shici did not let Sun Ce out of sight at all. He did not move his right foot and lightly stepped on the ground with his left foot. His whole body had already turned dozens of degrees and faced the rushing Sun Ce. Poke down and up.
If Sun Ce refused to give in, this awl would be able to break open the opponent's waist and directly injure him severely.
Sun Ce quickly adjusted his body and turned over, narrowly avoiding the move. However, his body hit the ground hard, and a hole was opened in the armor on his abdomen, and bright red oozed out. of blood.
Seeing this, Taishi Ci rushed forward and wanted to hit him.
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Song Qian saw that there was no way they dared to wait any longer, and all of a sudden they rushed out, trying to snatch Sun Ce back.
Sun Cejun's side moved, and Taishi Ci's side was naturally not to be outdone. More than a dozen sharpshooters bent their bows and set arrows, and the rest also drew their swords in their hands and rushed towards the field.
But seeing that Tai Shici had already rushed over, Cheng Pu and the others had no time to arrive.
Unexpectedly, Sun Ce was unhurried, saw the opportunity, raised his legs fiercely, like a rabbit kicking an eagle, put it heavily on Taishi Ci's chest and abdomen, and kicked him out hard.
Cheng Pu and the others heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly rushed forward to pull Sun Ce back.
Taishici's party had a small number of people and did not dare to entangle him. He also imitated the tiger and drew the cat, and pulled Taishi Ci back.
Sun Ce relaxed all over and let Cheng Pu and others carry him away. At the same time, he shouted towards Taishi Cina: "Old Taishi, when you get back, you need to find a doctor to take a look. Don't let me kick you." The Temple of the Five Internal Organs was destroyed."
Tai Shici was helped up by his men. Hearing Sun Ce's taunt, he laughed loudly: "How strong can a child's kick be? Jiangdong's child has hurt a vital part, why did he hit his foot? So weak."
After saying that, Tai Shici wanted to laugh a few times, but his injury was affected and he coughed violently.
When Sun Ce heard it, he also burst into laughter, but he didn't laugh much. It affected the wound on his waist, and his face was instantly put on a mask of pain.
Sun Ce was rushed to the rear, then took off his armor and took a closer look.
I found out that it was just penetrated by the tip of the awl and a tear was made. I only needed to clean the wound and sew it up. It was not a serious injury.
Cheng Pu and others were relieved and asked the doctor to quickly treat the wounds while making preparations for withdrawal.
Although Guangling City is very important, it does not belong to the Sun family if it is really captured. There is no need to spend all the capital for Guangling.
However, Cheng Pu and others were quite reluctant to part with the goods in the city's treasury and the grain in the granary.
“Move as much as you can, and leave the rest alone.”
Cheng Pu made a decisive decision and threw away all the food on the logistics vehicle, and then moved the goods on the The car, even if it was so, only moved less than 10%.
At the same time, Yuan Sui and others must leave together, and the Guangling County soldiers cannot stay anyway.
Under Cheng Pu's arrangement, all these people left first.
Sun Jiajun was responsible for breaking up the rear.
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Song Qian were all undecided about what to do with the remaining goods and granaries.
In the end, Sun Ce made the decision: "Let them all stay."
"Bo Fu?"
Cheng Pu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Sun Ce to do it so easily. Decided to stay.
He thought for a while, half persuading and half asking: "That's hundreds of thousands of stones of food. Bo Fu, you really aren't afraid..."
"What are you afraid of?"
Sun Ce was exposed A strange smile: "If we can capture Guangling, it will be a great achievement. But now we can't capture Guangling. In this case, why should we form a deadly feud with Liu Beijun?"
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