Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Three thousand infantrymen quickly rushed out of the city, but they stopped at a distance of an arrow. Then hundreds of archers came out of the team and began to draw their bows and arrows. It seemed that they wanted to shoot arrows at the top of the city.

Sibitu sneered with disdain, "Oh, this Han general must have left his head out today. At this distance, and from below, if he can shoot me, I'll rip my head off and use it as a drinking vessel."

Just as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of arrows whistling in the air. Several arrows flew over the city wall, over the tower, and fell into the street behind the city.

Under Sibitu's astonished gaze, the Han army archers retreated again, and the second wave of test arrows came again. This time, all of them hit the top of the city wall. Then, waves of dense rain of arrows flew over like an overwhelming force. The guards on the city wall were caught off guard, and nearly two hundred people were shot dead in two rounds.

With arrows flying all over the place, a good longbowman could shoot twenty arrows in a minute, which means one arrow every three seconds on average. However, Zhang Mo's longbowmen obviously failed to reach this level, and they could only shoot one arrow every five seconds. Four hundred people were divided into two teams and shot at the top of the city wall. The rain of arrows was really a rain of arrows, with almost no rest.

The advantage of the longbow is its long range, but its disadvantage is its poor accuracy. It can only use dense rain of arrows to cause damage to the enemy. After Zhang Liao understood this feature, he ordered his soldiers not to build ladders, but to carry logs to hit the city gate. As expected, the Huns concentrated their only hundreds of guards in front of the city tower, which is why the archers' hit rate was so high. If the enemy had dispersed the city wall, even if they pulled 4,000 longbowmen over, it would not have been of much use.

Under the suppression of the longbowmen, the guards on the city wall hardly dared to show their heads. The soldiers carrying logs rushed towards the city gate. The Hu people could only take advantage of the tiny gap between the two rounds of arrow rain to shoot arrows or throw stones, but the effect was minimal. After a while, the soldiers who were knocking on the gate rushed to the bottom of the city.

"Boom--boom--"

The banging sound of the city gate hitting the wall struck Sibitu and the soldiers' hearts again and again.

Sibitu held up a shield and gazed into the distance. His gruff voice roared angrily amid the howling of soldiers and the crashing of logs, "Where's Atuye? Where the hell is his mother? Why don't you come back to save her?"

Atuye, who was being talked about by Sibitu, could hardly protect himself at this time.

Although his troops were led away from the infantry formation by Zhang Liao, they could still see the smoke signals set off by Gao Lang from this distance. When the smoke just started to rise, he wanted to lead his troops back to rescue. However, before he could order a retreat, the Han army, which had just been killing in a lukewarm manner, suddenly erupted with extremely terrifying fighting power like a mad buffalo. His soldiers were like docile sheep, and were chopped down and knocked away one by one.

The Bingzhou cavalry's combat effectiveness had been deliberately suppressed yesterday and today, and this feeling made them very depressed. Now they can finally let go, and everyone is like a compressed spring, and the moment they are released, their momentum will soar into the sky.

Momentum, or morale and fighting spirit, were crucial in battles in the cold weapon era. In addition, the Xiongnu cavalry were worried about Gaolang City at the moment and wanted to go back to rescue it, so they had lost half of their fighting spirit. As Zhang Liao led the Bingzhou cavalry to charge and fight, the army formation was broken into pieces in a short while, and nearly a thousand Xiongnu cavalry died at the hands of the Han army.

In the chaos of the battle, Atuye looked back at the official road in the distance, and the vague infantry formation was no longer visible. He finally realized that he had been fooled. This group of officers and soldiers had been pretending to be weak yesterday and in the morning, just to lure him to a farther place so that the infantry could attack the city.

Fortunately, this place was not far from the city gate, and it was still in time to go back for rescue. Atuye wanted the vanguard who was rushing in the front to stay behind to cover the retreat, and he led his troops back first. However, at this time the team was completely disrupted by Zhang Liao's men, and no one carried out the order. The vanguard who was almost defeated by the killing was fleeing for his life.

Zhang Liao danced with his crescent silver halberd like a stick stirring water, blood splattered wherever he passed, and no one could stop him.

When Atuye saw Zhang Liao charging towards him, his face changed. He no longer cared about whether he was the last one to follow him or not, and rode his horse to flee towards Gaolang. Today's battle was already lost, so it would be better for him to go back quickly to repel the attacking infantry and defend the city.

The general fled, and the other Xiongnu cavalry followed suit. With no one to cover their retreat, they were chased by another group of cavalry. That feeling was really bitter. The lagging Xiongnu cavalry were killed in an instant and blood flowed like a river. Zhang Liao led his men to chase after Atuye's team. The Bingzhou cavalry, who were also highly skilled in riding, freed their hands and began to shoot arrows. Screams came one after another from the Xiongnu team.

Some Huns turned around and shot back while running, but their shots were indiscriminate and their accuracy was not guaranteed. Hitting the enemy was a matter of luck, and being hit by the enemy was their bad luck. After a round of pursuit and shooting, only about a thousand Hun cavalry were left when they returned to the outside of Gaolang City.

Atuye was stunned when he saw the flag on the city wall had been changed.

How could it be so fast? It took him just over half an hour from the moment he saw the smoke to the moment he returned. Even with a full complement of siege equipment, a mere 3,000 men couldn't have taken the city so quickly. Could the Han army have flown in directly? And what about Sibitu? Did he escape or die?

What should I do now?

Zhang Liao did not give him much time to think. The Bingzhou cavalry, which was closely behind him, had already rushed over. The homeless and defeated Xiongnu cavalry were slaughtered again and were completely in chaos. They fled in all directions. The Bingzhou cavalry automatically dispersed in various directions to chase them. In the end, the more than a thousand Xiongnu cavalry were almost wiped out.

At the cost of sacrificing more than 300 Bingzhou cavalry, Zhang Liao not only recaptured Gaolang City, but also slaughtered nearly 5,000 Xiongnu cavalry. This achievement is enough to be recorded in history.

Standing on Gaolang City, Zhang Liao looked at the official roads of Lishi and Linxian counties intersecting in the north, and the tense expression on his face couldn't help but relax. After taking Gaolang, he would have a foothold and could wait for the opportunity to leave the city and attack the Huns' grain train at any time.

The next day, news of Zhang Liao's capture of Gaolang reached Lü Bu's base camp. Everyone was shocked, especially Hou Cheng, who was also a member of the Bingzhou Army. "Wenyuan actually captured the city with only 4,000 men?"

If the battle report had not been sent by his own scouts, he would have thought it was an enemy conspiracy.

Lu Bu was also a little surprised, only Zhang Mo looked as if it was nothing new. In history, Wen Yuan led 800 men to charge Sun Quan's army of 100,000 men in Hefei. It can be seen that this guy is a man with ideas and dares to take risks. Now he led 4,000 men to capture the city, so there is really nothing surprising about it.

Hou Cheng pressed on, "How did he get it? Tell me in detail."

The man reported Zhang Liao's capture of the city in detail. Hou Cheng's initially incredulous expression immediately turned into disapproval. "This is because the Hu people are too stupid. Otherwise, how could they have taken it so easily?"

Is it simple? Zhang Mo pondered, this battle is simple to say, but it is not simple at all to do.

The first difficulty is the control of the battle situation among cavalry. If they kill too fiercely, the Hu people will be afraid. If they kill too leniently, their own people will be killed and defeated by the Hu people. Zhang Liao was able to control the battle situation to the extent that he would not lose or be defeated, which shows his high command ability.

The second most difficult aspect was the infantry capture of the city. If the timing wasn't right, the Hu cavalry would rush back to rescue, leaving the attacking infantry to be slaughtered. While longbowmen played a significant role in the capture of the city, Zhang Liao's ability to accurately calculate the arrival time of the infantry, the time required to capture the city, and the return time of the enemy cavalry was a testament to his exceptional skill.

If you give the same thing to someone else, they may not be able to do it well. Zhang Babai has a promising future!