If a general leads a branch of people for too long, the army will form a distinct personal imprint. This is the case with Tian Guofeng's troops stationed in Xiangyang.

Tian Guofeng is known for his bravery. He is leading the way in attacking and fighting. His best attitude is to attack and disrupt wars. When he fights against the enemy, his favorite thing is to mess up the battlefield, to pull the opponent's ability to command and fight to the same level as himself, and then to solve the opponent with his own ferocity.

This kind of fighting style will be invincible when facing a slightly weaker army and general. However, after encountering a unit with strict military discipline and strong combat resilience, it will not be so easy.

And his deputy general Chen Changfu is not a professional general, and has the same characteristics as Tian Guofeng.

Such an army naturally has fatal flaws, so after the reorganization, this army was supplemented with a large number of professional military officers, who made up for the weaknesses of the general in this regard. After more than a year of hard work, this army became a sharp army with unstoppable attacks and rock-solid defense.

Faced with the Liang army's siege, Tian Guofeng led his army out of the city to fight as usual.

Three thousand cavalrymen with Mount Tai as the core are the powerful tools in Tian Guofeng's hands.

Cao Bin, who was ordered to lead his troops to attack Xiangyang and seize this important strategic stronghold, did not expect Tian Guofeng to react like this.

The 50,000 Liang army, plus the tens of thousands of young and strong men, Cao Bin, who pretended to be a 200,000 army, thought that in front of the absolute superior force, Tian Guofeng would definitely rely on the strong city of Xiangyang to consume his troops, so he also carried out a series of procedures for siege as step by step.

There are not many ways to use a strong city of Xiangyang, and they can only fight head-on, consume and manpower.

When the young and strong men of the people were under the surveillance of the supervision team, carrying sandbags to the moat, the gate of Xiangyang opened wide, and Tian Guofeng led three thousand cavalry to sweep out.

The tall horses and all the machetes, the whistling Tang cavalry did not show any mercy to these civilians, and wherever they passed, they formed a sea of ​​blood.

The three thousand cavalry were divided into three teams. After successfully creating a while of killing, they chased the civilians like sheep and rolled them back towards Cao Bin's formation.

Tian Guofeng did it intentionally.

These panicked young and strong men, except for running in the middle of the road, would be driven back by the cavalry by any other direction. If they did not want to be killed by the cavalry, they could only run to Liang's main formation with all their might.

The Liang army commander in the rear of the civilians was the first to be affected.

Even though they were swaying their swords and slashing these civilians desperately, they were too few to stop the scene. In the midst of chaos, even they were wrapped up in a circle of confusion and turned back towards the formation.

At this time, if the Liang army generals were slow to deal with it, they would be scrambled by the chaotic army. If these three thousand cavalry rush into the Liang army's main formation, they would be able to find a chaotic battle as Tian Guofeng expected.

But this time his opponent was Cao Bin, the former general of Xuanwu who had been through the battlefield for a long time. The war he experienced in his life was much better than Tian Guofeng.

As the saying goes, he has eaten more salt than Tian Guofeng has eaten, and he has walked more bridges than Tian Guofeng has walked.

After a little surprised, he immediately ordered all the long-range weapons to attack immediately.

Compared with the fact that this formation was shaken, the lives of some young and strong men were not within his consideration at all. If the men were gone, they could retake and recruit them again.

When the sky was covered with black feather arrows and when the sound of the powerful crossbow broke through the air resounded across the battlefield, two cavalrymen from the Liang army split out from their wings, one left and one right, and rushed towards Tian Guofeng's rear.

Their intention was so obvious, that was to keep this army that dared to leave the city. The big flag of the field that was waving in the wind surprised Cao Bin.

He really didn't expect that the opponent's chief general would leave the city in the first battle.

Feather arrows fell and wailed everywhere.

These feather arrows had limited damage to Tian Guofeng's cavalry. They were covered in armor. Except for a very few unlucky people, the rest continued to rush forward almost without any impact.

But the young and strong men of the people fell down like cutting leeks.

The battlefield was almost emptied.

Tian Guofeng's cavalry was immediately exposed.

Looking at the pike soldiers and large shield soldiers from Liang Jun’s formation, Tian Guofeng couldn’t help but sigh, “Damn it, this reaction was too fast.”

The wishful thinking of rolling the bead curtain was immediately lost.

However, he did not intend to give up.

After spending several years in the Liang army camp, he still knows the elite Liang army very well. As for Cao Bin, he is even more acquaintance. The two of them fought side by side when they were under Zhu Youzhen’s command!

Since the first shot is gone, then the backup method must be used.

He took out a whistle from his waist and blew it up vigorously. The two cavalrymen on the left and right immediately turned and divided into the left and right wings. He himself led a thousand cavalry and still rushed towards Cao Bin's formation.

This made Cao Bin a little confused.

Of course he was familiar with Tian Guofeng. This man was extremely brave, but he was not a fool. He used cavalry to attack the long spear and shield troops that had arranged the array. Was he here to die?

Surely not.

He must have had some plans, but he just didn't know it.

Since we cannot guess the opponent's combat intention, we can only respond to changes in a constant manner, wait for the opponent to take action, and then adapt to the situation at will. No matter what, Tian Guofeng only has three thousand cavalry, two of which are heading towards the left and right wings. Only one thousand people want to break through their central army's main formation is a dream.

The sharp whistle kept coming from Tian Guofeng's mouth, and the cavalry actually began to slow down. This made Cao Bin even more inexplicable. What advantages does the cavalry who lost their speed have?

More than one hundred cavalrymen emerged to the front and were obviously separated from Tian Guofeng's headquarters.

Cao Bin suddenly thought of a possibility, his face changed slightly, and he immediately whispered a few words to a general beside him. The general ran towards the front line like a flying position.

Gauge bomb!

Tian Guofeng wanted to use hot oil bombs to cause panic and break through his own formation.

Generally speaking, Cao Bin was not wrong.

However, what Tang Jun dropped after igniting was not a hot oil bomb.

But gunpowder weapons and grenades.

Compared with the fierce oil bomb, the lethality of the grenade is much more powerful.

After deliberately calculating the time, grenades were thrown hard to the large shield array and exploded one by one. A large amount of smoke rose up, and countless broken iron pieces roared and flew. No matter whether you were iron armor or leather armor, you would die if you were next to each other, and you would be injured if you were rubbed.

In the thick smoke, Cao Bin could no longer see the battlefield ahead.

When the second round of explosion sounded again, Cao Bin took a deep breath and ordered sternly: "Press up in front of the Central Army!"

Although I can't see clearly, Cao Bin could roughly guess the situation on the front line, and it must have been in chaos at this moment.

The fire was not as expected, and the soldiers' sneering screams came from the thick smoke. It was obvious that the front line was seriously injured. It was very likely that Tian Guofeng would tear the hole open.

The Liang army's central army's flag pointed in front of the front, and the central army's main formation set up shields and tree spears, slowly pressing forward.

The front line was exactly as Cao Bin expected. The sudden attack tore open the defense line of the Liang army formation. When the second round of explosion sounded, Tian Guofeng had already begun to accelerate the impact.

The first line of defense was soon torn a big gap by Tian Guofeng.

He hoped to drive away these obviously a little confused Liang Jun to roll the bead curtain again.

However, the sound of war drums coming from afar made Tian Guofeng dispel this idea.

He was very familiar with Liang Jun's command system.

That was the most severe military order to order all departments to stick to their positions, take a step back, and kill Wuhe.

I can't get much benefit.

Tian Guofeng, who was slashing and slashing in the chaotic Liang army lineup, looked at the Liang army's central army slowly pressing forward, and whistled, rushed towards the flank.

Unfortunately, he used up only two hundred grenades in his hand at one time.

The grenade was just developed and not yet manufactured on a large scale. The batch given to them is just trial supplies.

However, it is much more useful than a fierce ignition bomb, and its lethality is somewhat beyond Tian Guofeng's expectations.

This battle was a shock, allowing Cao Bin to see his majesty. Next, Cao Bin had to worry about this powerful weapon at any time during the attack.

Although I'm gone, I can still scare you.

The wind blew the clouds, and Tian Guofeng rushed out with his cavalry, first responding to the left wing, then joining the troops to pick up the cavalry on the right, and then retreating towards Xiangyang City.

The Liang army cavalry was a little confused by the sudden explosion, and their pursuit was a little slow. They watched Tian Guofeng's troops retreat back to Xiangyang City with great difficulty.

Cao Bin was extremely annoyed at the disarray battlefield.

Is the loss big?

The civilians did suffer a lot of losses, but his army did not suffer much damage, with less than hundreds of casualties, which was almost negligible for an army of 50,000 people.

But morale was actually affected.

"Ming Jin, stop the troops!" He issued an order in great anger.

Above the city, soldiers cheered in waves, and the Liang army came in a fierce momentum and returned dejectedly. This sensation made everyone's morale greatly boost.

But Tian Guofeng, Chen Changfu and other experienced generals did not have much joy.

The strength of this Liang army was obviously beyond their expectations. It was difficult to fight if they were defeated without panic, disperse without chaos, and advance and retreat in moderation.
Chapter completed!