Chapter 38: Feng Xian vs. Feng Xiao
"It's all over for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry!" Guo Jia gazed at the two surging currents of troops colliding below the Kaiyang Gate, knowing that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were done for. Their commander, Cao Chun, was already dead. If he had simply been killed in battle, it would have been one thing - after all, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were among the elite of the elite, and their morale would still have allowed them to unleash their greatest strength even without their commander.
But now, Guo Jia smiled bitterly, Cao Chun's death was too terrifying, he was nailed to the ground by a long spear, along with his horse, and the long spear had already taken root in the earth, making it impossible for Cao Chun to fall even if he died, like a statue.
The fearful and frightened expression on his face still remained, and the posture of fleeing in a hurry was also there.
Isn't this what happens when you go against others and Lü Bu?!
"Lü Bu, Lü Bu!" Guo Jia muttered to himself, could that man really rely on just one person to resist the entire world?
"Where is the military advisor now?!" Xushu and Xiahou's generals all turned their faces towards Guo Jia, Old Cao had already fainted, now only Guo Jia was in charge.
"What now?! Guo Jia was also in a dilemma, whether to launch a full-scale attack with the 100,000-strong army and overwhelm Lü Bu's forces directly, or to sound the retreat?"
"Where is the archer's camp?" Guo Jia asked, his eyes gleaming as he waved his feather fan.
"The archery camp is ready!" a general shouted from the side.
"Lang Manhuan, target ahead cavalry, fire!" Guo Jia issued the command without any hesitation.
"What a military advisor! " The cavalry in front of us not only had the Pingzhou Wolf Riders, but also the Tiger and Leopard Riders. Although the commander-in-chief was dead, there were still nearly a thousand Tiger and Leopard Riders.
This is absolutely indiscriminate, every single Tiger and Leopard Rider is an elite of Cao's army, all selected from various major camps, those are their sworn brothers, some even know each other.
"Launch!" Guo Jia turned his head and looked at the faces of the various generals below with a cold expression.
"But!" Someone wanted to refute, but found that the chill on Guo Jia's face had deepened. Although Guo Jia was just a scholar, his strategic mind could kill or wound tens of thousands of people, so he was not inferior to those generals with bloodstains on their bodies.
"Full draw, General Ma Xian! Target cavalry ahead, fire!" The general of the archer camp shouted loudly.
"Yes!" The entire archery camp brought out their longbows, nocked the arrows and drew to full. "Fire at will!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" The arrows shot out like a torrential rain, pouring down on the densely packed cavalry in front. The direct shots could only wound the outermost layer, but the parabolic shots were different. With a larger angle of elevation, they first soared into the sky and then, under the influence of gravity, plummeted vertically downwards, their killing power enhanced by the immense force of gravity.
"Ah"
"Ahhhhh!" Along with that came the sound of wailing and cavalrymen falling off their horses.
"Raise your shields!" Zhang Liao roared again.
The Pingzhou Wolf Cavalry once again raised the giant shields on the other side of their mounts. The large shields could protect all the cavalry inside, but some of the Pingzhou Wolf Cavalry still fell off their horses with arrows in them. It wasn't that the shields couldn't withstand the attack, but rather they had used the shields to protect the horses on their bodies. For humans, perhaps it was just a giant shield, but once the horses were added, it became completely different.
Occasionally, there were arrows shot from the state of Pingzhou, but they didn't want to harm them. These men from Pingzhou endured the pain, their eyes gleaming with ferocity, blood flowing out, which only further stirred up their ferocity.
"Kill!" A wolf rider from Pingzhou's eyes turned red, as the horse he was riding had been hit by several arrows. Although it didn't die on the spot, this war would likely be its end, and it could only be slaughtered for meat. For cavalrymen, their horses were their second lives, their brothers, their comrades-in-arms. Moreover, it was said that when bringing back these horses, Lord Liu Mang, who had saved the general, almost died. So, these Pingzhou wolf riders cherished these horses even more.
"Ahh!" The state wolf riders had huge shields to block, but the tiger leopard riders were not so lucky. The projectiles weren't direct shots, and their armor couldn't withstand them at all. One by one, the arrows shot in, making the tiger leopard riders like fish on a chopping board with no strength to resist.
"Milord?!" The border warlords looked at their former comrades, the former soldiers who had died innumerable times under their own bows and arrows, and all of them turned red-eyed. If it weren't for Xu Chu blocking Guo Jia's way, perhaps some of Xiahou's generals would have directly risen up to harm people.
Guo Jia's face was expressionless as he stared at the cavalry in front of him. "Large shields, long spears? Fast horses? What kind of cavalry is this?! Heavy armor cavalry?!" Guo Jia hesitated, if it were heavy armor cavalry, it would be impossible to have such speed, heavy armor cavalry could only charge a few times, after charging, not only the horse's combat effectiveness was gone, even people under the heavy armor couldn't bear it.
The cavalrymen of the Tiger and Leopard Riders had already reached their limit, unable to withstand the intense battle under heavy armor. They were exhausted, their horses were exhausted, and some horses even collapsed from exhaustion. However, the Wolf Riders of Pingzhou seemed not to feel any fatigue at all. Guo Jia saw that their horses were full of energy, what was going on?
Guo Jia himself could no longer see clearly.
Looking at the countless deaths and injuries of the Tiger and Leopard Riders, Guo Jia's heart also softened a bit. "Raise the flag and let the Tiger and Leopard Riders retreat!" Guo Jia did not order the 100,000-strong army to press on together, because he knew that once the army moved in unison, they might be able to capture Lü Bu, but in a decisive battle against such heavily armored cavalry, Cao's troops would lose at least another 30,000 men. The previous siege had already cost them 20,000 casualties, and if they lost another 30,000, even if they captured Xuzhou, it would be impossible to defend it, not to mention that there was still a fierce beast lurking in the north.
"Is Cao Jun going to retreat?! " Lü Bu looked towards the direction of the main camp, where Cao Cao was no longer visible on the commanding platform, leaving only one scholar, who was Guo Jia? The legendary ghostly talent?
Lü Bu sneered twice, then said: Let this God of War meet you, this genius.
Lü Bu wielded his long spear, letting the Tiger and Leopard Riders of Pingzhou go. The Tiger and Leopard Riders were no longer interesting to Lü Bu. Although Cao Cao's cavalry was elite, even compared to the former Pingzhou Wolf Riders, they were not much weaker. However, the current Pingzhou Wolf Riders had changed. Any one of them who could survive under Cao Cao's siege and pursuit was a seasoned warrior, a wolf among wolves. Even if you picked any one of them at random, they wouldn't be inferior to any centurion.
Adding the fine horses brought by Han Yang, heavy armor and long spears and giant shields, it can be said that the wolf riders of Pingzhou are not even ten thousand, and if they were, they would be unbeatable.
"Han Yang!?" Lü Bu furrowed his brow, still thinking of Liu Mang who had disappeared without a name in the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
"Cao Cao! Cao Mengde!!! Lu Bu's eyes gleamed with increased killing intent. You're not trying to take my life, are you? Then come and try the counterattack of this fierce tiger!"
"Charge back!" Lu Bu yelled, waving his long halberd.
The Bingzhou cavalry did not hesitate, and the scattered Bingzhou cavalry quickly gathered together. The opposing side was the commander of a 100,000-strong army, and even if the Bingzhou cavalry were elite, they could not break through, and might even be trapped inside and annihilated. Yet despite this, no one questioned Lü Bu, because he was Lü Bu, the master of cavalry, and in this world, there was still no one born who could compare to him.
"Lü Bu? What are you trying to do?" Guo Jia watched as Lü Bu had released those incomplete Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, but instead the main army charged towards him.
"Three thousand against one hundred thousand?! Guo Jia's eyes also burst with fighting spirit "The fierce tiger should also have its teeth pulled!" The command flag in Guo Jia's hand was waved, and the entire war machine of the 100,000-strong army began to move.
"Men with large shields in front, men with long spears behind, and archers at the back of the formation!" Cavalrymen are cavalrymen; once they lose their mobility, they become dead soldiers.
Guo Jia made all preparations for the final battle with Lü Bu.
"Hmph?!" Lü Bu sneered, "Guo Jia, Guo Jia, in terms of strategy, perhaps I, Lü Fengxian, am not your match, but on the battlefield, let me teach you a lesson!"
"Flanking, aggressive!" The Pingzhou wolf cavalry, which was originally charging straight at Cao's main camp, suddenly turned around and galloped towards Guo Jia's flank.
"What about the flank? Do you think I, Guo Fengxiao, am a mere empty reputation?! " Guo Jia looked at the rapid approach of the Pingzhou wolf cavalry on his flank. "Flank contraction, long spear soldiers line up!" Guo Jia's command flag waved again. "Archers prepare, target the Pingzhou wolf cavalry horses, rapid fire!"
Kuo Chia saw at a glance that, for the Pingzhou wolf riders, perhaps it was useless for cavalrymen, but people were wrapped in armor, but what about horses? As long as they hit the horse, the rapid cavalry would be thrown off by the warhorse and then trampled into meat pulp.
"Lü Bu, let me see your skills!"
