Cheng Pu and Huang Gai were able to command their soldiers to fight Gao Shun with ease.
The soldiers and horses under Sun Jian were not weak. Moreover, when the two men joined the battlefield, Gao Shun had already been fighting with Zhang Fei's men for a while, which was when the formation was scattered.
Being rushed by Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, the remaining formation was completely broken.
Just as the two were enjoying their killing spree, they suddenly saw reinforcements appearing from behind.
"Duke, most of the Xiliang army is cavalry, good at charging. You should lead two thousand troops to form a flank formation to prevent the enemy from raiding!"
Cheng Pu chopped down an enemy soldier and shouted at Huang Gai.
"good!"
Huang Gai nodded solemnly and quickly led his troops to rush to the flank.
Seeing this scene in Zhang Xiu's eyes, he couldn't help but be stunned.
These two old guys are quite capable!
Just now, he was about to lead his troops to penetrate from the flank, but unexpectedly, Cheng Pu guessed what he was thinking.
Then there is no choice but to rush forward.
As long as the opposing general is not Guan Yu, Zhang Xiu has the confidence to break through the formation.
The charging momentum of the five thousand Xiliang cavalry was extremely astonishing. After Zhang Xiu bypassed Lu Bu and Zhang Fei all the way, he finally ran into Cheng Pu's front army formation.
Although he was mentally prepared, Cheng Pu was still taken aback by this formation.
Of the three-layered defense array, only one layer was left after just one charge.
Moreover, Zhang Xiu's subsequent offensive was almost continuous, and it seemed that the last layer of the array was about to be lost.
At this moment, Cheng Pu encountered the same predicament as the previous princes of Guandong.
In plain field battles, the Xiliang Cavalry is invincible!
However, Cheng Pu was a veteran of the battlefield after all. He came up with a countermeasure on the spot and hurriedly shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Cut the horse's legs!"
No matter how powerful the war horses are, they are just beasts after all, and they are definitely not as flexible as soldiers.
Although the horse's legs are extremely thick and not easy to cut off, they are an excellent target for attack. Once the war horses struggle in pain, it is possible that many cavalrymen will be knocked to the ground by their own mounts, and they may even be thrown to death.
This is naturally an excellent tactic, but there is a prerequisite for its use. The Xiliang cavalry must slow down before it can be realized.
After resisting several rounds of charges, the Xiliang Cavalry's offensive finally weakened. Although Cheng Pu's soldiers suffered heavy casualties, they were not penetrated through the formation, and there was room for the tactic of cutting off the horse's legs.
Most of the Xiliang cavalry were blocked, but Zhang Xiu was obviously not included.
Under his charge, very few enemy soldiers survived the silver spear.
Rushing all the way into the depths, before he knew it, he had arrived not far in front of Cheng Pu.
Zhang Xiu was overjoyed when he saw this. He hurriedly clamped the horse's belly and rushed to kill Cheng Pu.
At this time, Cheng Pu was frowning and watching the battlefield situation, but unexpectedly, a young general in white robes suddenly shot out from the rebel army, holding a silver gun in his hand, which was obviously aimed at him.
Good boy, you don’t talk about martial ethics, right?
Cheng Pu was furious immediately. He has also been a fierce warrior who has been killed in mountains of corpses and seas of blood many times. Although he is over forty years old, he considers himself to be as brave as before. Unexpectedly, he was targeted for beheading. How could he bear it?
"The thief looks at the knife!"
Cheng Pu raised his long knife high and struck Zhang Xiu.
Therefore, before Zhang Xiu, who had come from afar, had time to launch an attack, he had to raise his gun to block Cheng Pu's attack.
Keng!
After the knife went down, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but take a step back, his hands feeling numb.
Feeling the power coming from the weapon, Zhang Xiu was greatly surprised.
This old guy has something!
But fortunately, it shouldn't be a problem for Bai Yuhe to kill him.
"Boy, you are very brave, you dare to sneak attack on me!"
Cheng Pu waved the big knife in his hand twice, with a stern smile on his lips.
"Now that you're here, then...die here!"
After saying that, Cheng Pu trembled with the long knife in his hand and took the initiative to kill Zhang Xiu.
"The old thief does have some martial arts skills, but I don't know if your martial arts skills can match your tone!"
Zhang Xiu sneered, raised his gun and fought with Cheng Pu.
On the other side, Huang Gai saw Zhang Xiu charging forward, so he quickly gave up his flank defense and used his main force to fight back against the Xiliang army.
Dong Zhuo's army has been attacking Xingyang for more than a month, but has achieved no results at all. Now is the time when morale is low. In contrast, the coalition forces were recuperating in the city this month.
Now that they are in a fierce stalemate, the Xiliang army is gradually showing signs of decline.
If this continues, he will be defeated within an hour at most.
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Zhang Heng looked at the great situation in the field, but his brows wrinkled a little bit.
It's not okay to keep fighting like this!
Seeing Zhang Heng's brows tightening, Liu Bei couldn't help but ask, "Ziyi, what's wrong?"
"There is nothing wrong at the moment, it's just..." Zhang Heng pointed at Dong Zhuo's large army in the farthest place, "Please see, Mr. Xuande, the Dong thieves have not dispatched the real elite until now. If this is the case, If the battle continues fiercely, when both sides' troops and horses are exhausted, it will be our defeat."
Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this and asked quickly: "How can you say this?"
"Based on the number of people, the Xiliang army under Dong's command is fully ten thousand more than ours. Furthermore, if the battle continues fiercely, until both sides have their troops, Dong will send the Flying Bear Army."
Now Liu Bei completely understood what Zhang Heng meant.
Regardless of the current battle situation on the field, whenever Liu Bei dares to increase his troops, Dong Zhuo will also send troops to intercept. Just waiting for Liu Bei to press the entire army up, Dong Zhuo will definitely activate the Flying Bear Army.
When the two sides are fighting hard to separate each other, a heavy armored cavalry suddenly comes out, which can definitely cause a devastating blow!
"Since Ziyi knows Dong Dong's thoughts, does he have any good ideas?"
Zhang Heng shook his head, "The terrain here is flat and there is no room for action. Fighting in such an environment is inherently disadvantageous to our army. For this plan, I would like to ask Duke Xuande to offer gold to withdraw his troops and make plans later."
At this point in the war, the Xiliang Army's combat strength was almost tested, and Zhang Heng thought it was time to withdraw the troops.
"this……"
When Liu Bei heard this, there was a trace of hesitation on his face.
He naturally believed in Zhang Heng's judgment, but in such a good situation, he was worried that Sun Jian and Cao Cao would not be willing to retreat.
Sure enough, before Liu Bei could speak, Sun Jian raised his eyebrows and said: "Brother Ziyi, the situation is very good now. It is the time to attack the rebel army. How can we retreat easily? Isn't it just 10,000 Flying Bear Army? Anyone who dares to come out, I will lead the army to defeat it, my dear brother, don’t worry!”
Hearing this, Zhang Heng could only smile bitterly and nod, saying nothing.
If he goes on talking about it, he is suspected of shaking the morale of the army. Now he only hopes that Sun Jian has really thought of a countermeasure, and at the same time secretly reminds Liu Bei to keep his trump card.
While several people were talking, the situation on the field changed again.
Seeing that Zhang Xiu and Lu Bu were at a disadvantage, Dong Zhuo frowned and sent Zhang Ji, the only remaining captain, to fight.
However, the number of people assisting in the battle this time is a bit too large, a total of 20,000 troops!
It cannot be said that his and Zhang Heng's ideas are very similar, they can only be said to be exactly the same.
It's a war of attrition, right? Then simply fight faster, so that I can use the Flying Bear Army to harvest!
Liu Bei frowned when he saw this, and just when he was about to give the order, Cao Cao on the side sneered and asked for a fight.
"The enemy force is strong, Brother Mengde must be careful. Wen Yuan, you lead our troops to help Brother Mengde!"
Cao Cao only had 5,000 men under his command, but in full view of the crowd, Liu Bei could not tell Cao Cao that he had few soldiers, so he had to send Zhang Liao to fight with him.
"Thank you Brother Xuande. With Wenyuan's help, I will definitely be able to stop the enemy!" Cao Cao said, cupping his fists.
It can still be done in a short time with 10,000 people to block the 20,000 Xiliang army. It can leave enough time for the current battlefield to annihilate the 10,000 enemy troops of Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu.
Sun Jian suddenly smiled and said: "Brother Meng De will go first, and I will arrive soon!"
Hearing this, everyone immediately looked at him with doubts on their faces.
Sun Jian did not explain, but shouted to Han Dang behind him: "Justice, get on the chariot!"
"only!"
Han Dang responded with clasped fists, then waved his hand back, and saw Sun Jian's team rolling out baggage trucks, hundreds of them in total.
Seeing this, Zhang Heng couldn't help but be slightly startled.
Good guy, where did these grain trucks come from? What did Sun Jian do with these things?
Probably aware of everyone's doubts, Sun Jian explained: "I have seen the ferocity of the Flying Bear Army last time. I have been thinking hard about the solution for this month. You will see the results soon."
After Cao Cao and Zhang Liao led the army away, Sun Jian also began to take action.
He led his seven thousand troops into the field, but protected hundreds of baggage vehicles in the middle.
By the time he arrived at the battlefield, Cao Cao and Zhang Liao were already fighting Zhang Ji ahead.
But Sun Jian simply ignored the two sides fighting on the battlefield, and instead ran behind Cao Cao's army to wait.
After the baggage trains were in place, Sun Jian immediately ordered to turn around and charge, preparing to help the soldiers and horses behind him. He first annihilated the two enemy forces of Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu.
At this time, the battle in the field had changed from thousands of people fighting to tens of thousands of people. In such a chaotic situation, the few hundred baggage trucks were not very conspicuous, so Dong Zhuo did not notice them.
