Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie
Chapter 275: Almost Becoming a Headless General
Chapter 275: Almost Becoming a Headless General
Yuan Shao was angry at first, but after hearing Tian Feng's explanation, his anger gradually subsided and he said in a deep voice: "Issuing orders is related to the dignity of the commander-in-chief. We cannot change our orders at the last minute and confuse the three armies."
"Moreover, Chunyu Qiong is a veteran general in the army. It is the general's duty to observe the enemy in battle."
"Yuan Hao, why are you hesitating? If you dare to disrupt the morale of our army again, I will punish you severely!"
"Where are you, my men? Take Mr. Tian down from the platform and send him to the rear camp for resettlement."
Yuan Shao's face was darker than the bottom of a pot. If he had any suggestions, he should just say them directly. Why did he start by talking about success or failure? Fortunately, this was on the observation tower. If he were to shout like that on the battlefield, he would be defeated even if he didn't win.
If it had not been promised earlier not to punish Tian Feng for his speech, Tian Yuanhao would have been in prison during the march.
"Lord Yuan, you must accept my good advice. Chunyu Qiong is just an ordinary man and cannot be in control of the battlefield. He is fine for daily training of the cavalry, but if he wants to observe the enemy's position, he must turn around and get closer. If there is any change, he will not be able to respond in time, and the cavalry will surely be defeated... Lord Yuan..."
Even though Tian Feng was held up by the halberd warriors and asked to step down, he still kept shouting.
"Hurry up and shut his mouth!"
Yuan Shao gasped, veins bulging on his forehead.
When Tian Feng was carried by the soldiers and passed by Guo Tu, even with cloth stuffed in his mouth, he could not help but stare at the other party, and then glanced towards Yuan Shao frequently, indicating to Guo Tu that now was not the time for the Hebei gentry and the Yingchuan gentry to quarrel.
We must quickly persuade Lord Yuan not to give up the cavalry. These thousands of cavalry are far more powerful than tens of thousands of infantry. Once Liu Xuande defeats the cavalry, Hebei will surely lose the initiative.
Even if there were 7,000 Wuhuan cavalry helping in the battle, they were still Hu cavalry. How could they fight to the death for Lord Yuan?
Guo Tu, who had just stepped onto the observation deck, was also frightened by Tian Feng's appearance. He had just finished dealing with some military matters, but in the blink of an eye, Tian Yuanhao was asked to leave by the soldiers. Before he had the chance to make trouble, Tian Feng put him in jail.
"This is truly a God-given convenience!"
Of course Guo Tu saw Tian Feng’s actions, and even heard him shouting from the audience, but so what?
What does your advice have to do with me, Mr. Guo? Since Mr. Yuan doesn't like to hear it, it will be the same if I say it again. How can I be your cellmate?
After Tian Feng was taken away, everyone on the watchtower fell silent, and the rest of the staff and clerks who were not very close to him also remained silent.
Until Guo Tu came up, bowed to Yuan Shao, and congratulated him with a smile: "Liu Xuande is at a disadvantage at the moment, and our army can win in a short time. Tu would like to congratulate Yuan Shao on defeating the powerful enemy in one battle."
When Yuan Shao heard this, he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "You are the one who wins my heart."
Then he waved to him and said, "Come to my side quickly, let's watch Yuan defeat this powerful enemy and clap our hands together in joy."
Just as Yuan's army was feeling pleased with themselves on the high platform, Chunyu Qiong finally led his troops around the chariots on both wings of the Qingzhou army and attacked the enemy's rear.
Seeing that the enemy had hung wet curtains on their chariots, they must have been using them to prevent fire attacks. However, Liu Xuande had placed the left and right chariots too far apart, a full 350 steps apart.
Chunyu Qiong was overjoyed when he saw this and couldn't help looking up at the sky. If I don't take what God gives me, I will be blamed. Liu Bei thinks so highly of himself, I deserve to be able to accomplish such a great deed today.
With such a wide distance, it would be useless even if the infantry formed a square formation to resist the enemy. Lord Yuan had already allocated half of the armored cavalry to him for command.
As long as he led his army with overwhelming momentum to attack the enemy's formation, shock the Qingzhou army with his momentum, and thus disrupt their formation, he could advance to the rear formation in one fell swoop.
Moreover, when he was far away, he saw that the Qingzhou cavalry was afraid of their large number of people and horses and was coming aggressively, so they had retreated from the rear to a farther place to watch. The time for the round trip was enough for him to lead more than 800 armored cavalry and 3,600 light cavalry to break through the enemy's rear. When he arrived at the rear, he found a row of Wugang chariots with curtains hanging on them, and soldiers were hiding behind the chariots in a sword and shield formation.
Chunyu Qiong cursed in his heart, "Liu Xuande still dared to say that we in Hebei fear him like a tiger, but now he has no courage to fight him hand to hand, and only uses chariots to go around the left and right, and dare to fight from the front and back."
In the past, it was always the Han army that deployed chariots to annoy the Hu people, but today, the Yuan army's cavalry was also annoyed. They turned around for a long time but didn't know where to start. They couldn't just rush over, right?
Chunyu Qiong immediately hated Wu Gang's light chariots. Fortunately, the closer he got to the enemy's rear formation, the more clearly he could see how scarce the chariots were. There were only about 150 chariots parked at a distance of 350 steps, so the gaps between each light chariot were very large.
There is only one possibility for this situation to occur, and that is that the Qingzhou army does not have enough chariots.
In order to guard against arrows and to be able to dispatch soldiers freely in the chariot formation, the enemy expanded the chariot formation, but Liu Xuande never dreamed that the number of chariots he carried was not enough.
No wonder they ordered the cavalry to retreat. I'm afraid they were planning to attack us from behind when we charge...
Chunyu Qiong muttered secretly in his heart.
Now that we have seen through the enemy's intentions, we can defeat them!
He immediately ordered the soldiers beside him to blow the horn and wave the flag, dividing the cavalry into two, leaving 1,600 cavalry to fight against the enemy cavalry, while he personally led 800 armored cavalry and 2,000 light cavalry, and attacked Liu Bei's red flag and large banner without turning back, stabbing him to death under his horse.
"Buzzing..."
As the majestic trumpets of Yuan’s army sounded, the cavalry quickly separated, with a small number of them covering the enemy’s rear, while the remaining cavalry turned the reins and waited for the entire army to charge forward after accumulating strength.
The armored cavalry in front broke through the gap and broke the formation, while the light cavalry in the back drew their bows and shot to the left and right. The two cavalry combined in a goose formation and charged forward bravely, like a tiger pouncing on its prey, unstoppable.
Seeing it getting closer and closer, seven hundred steps, six hundred steps, five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps...
The Yuan army's light cavalry were ready to draw their bows and arrows, but the armored cavalry in the front discovered that the Qingzhou army had lifted the curtain covering the chariots at some point. The eardrums were deafening with a roar, and the trembling sound resounded through the sky, clanging continuously.
In the distance, arrows and crossbows were whistling towards us with the force of a thousand miles away.
The front row of armored cavalry bore the brunt of the attack, and their heavy armor was unable to stop the crossbow's close range fire from two hundred steps away.
In an instant, people and horses fell to the ground. More than eighty spear arrows pierced through the armor of people and horses. The huge impact force knocked the people into the air, then they fell heavily to the ground and were trampled by the war horses that had stopped their hooves.
Fortunately, the moment the knight was shot through the bloody hole, he instantly became silent and did not feel any unnecessary pain.
But the force of the spear arrow did not weaken at all, and it continued to fly forward, piercing through several more people.
Regardless of whether they were humans or horses, anyone who was hit by an arrow would have their heads smashed, their bodies rotted, and their bones and flesh flying everywhere.
The battlefield was suddenly filled with the neighing and screaming of men and horses, and the cries were extremely miserable.
Many cavalrymen could no longer control their frightened horses, and rushed around recklessly, finally tripping over the corpses.
A close-range volley of crossbows destroyed nearly two hundred cavalrymen, with their bodies shattered and bones scattered all over the field. The vast wilderness instantly turned into a channel of blood.
Chunyu Qiong was also frightened by the spear arrow flying past him, and his face turned pale.
He almost became a companion to Qu Yi and became a headless general!
(End of this chapter)
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