Chapter 697 (1/2)

The Jiangdong army outside the north gate was in full force, while the two thousand huaisi warriors were getting closer and closer, gradually approaching within 200 paces.

Two hundred steps is not a distance for cavalry.

Seeing the sudden attack of Cao's cavalry, the general of Jiangdong army was naturally worried, while Li Shu, on the top of the city, was overjoyed, directing his own troops to counterattack.

Zhou Yu could see that although the arrangement of Han Dang was very reasonable, it was just the formation of soldiers to resist the cavalry. However, the line-up of Han Dang army was too thin. Originally, there were only 3000 people, and hundreds of people went to fight in the city. The remaining two thousand people could form a small formation.

On the other hand, the cavalry of Cao's army, which came from the opposite side, had more than 4000 horses, and the galloping formation was almost comparable to that of the ten thousand troopers. In front of the valiant cavalry in huaisi, Han dangjun was like a mantis pawn cart.

”Newspaper!”

Under the earthen platform, a sentry came flying up and said in a loud voice, ”Captain Tai Shi, do you want to suspend the siege and lead the troops to support old general Han?”

Tai Shici and Han Dang are the ”only two” in the Jiangdong army who are proficient in riding battles. Naturally, he knows the strength of the cavalry group charge. Relying solely on Han Dang's more than 2000 troops, the lineup is too thin.

Before Zhou Yu said anything, another fast horse came at a gallop. The horse whistled and said in a loud voice, ”governor Du, General Huang, would you like to send troops to meet old general Han?”

Cheng Pu on one side worried: ”Gongjin, there are too few horses for the righteous. Otherwise, let Gongfu and Ziyi lead the army to take over.”

”No Zhou Yu shook his head.

”Why?” Cheng Pu doesn't understand. Han Dang, Huang Gai and he are the only old generals left in the Jiangdong army. Especially since zumao sacrificed for Sun Jian, they have helped Sun Jian, sun CE and Sun Quan. Their feelings are as strong as iron stone. When they see that Han Dang is in a critical situation, they naturally want to help him.

Cheng Pu was discontented and said, ”is it difficult? The governor of Dadu thought that Han Yigong could stand up to the cavalry of Cao's army with only 2000 men?”

However, Zhou Yu didn't care. He explained: ”general Cheng, Cao Ren's headquarters are cavalry with strong mobility. If Taishi Xiaowei and Huang Laojun divide their forces to support General Han, then our troops outside the west gate and South Gate will be weakened. When Cao Ren lets go of old general Han, he will go straight to the west gate or south gate. What should our army do?”

”Is it difficult for General Han to divide his troops to support General Huang and Ziyi? Two legs can't run four legs Zhou Yu said with profound meaning.

Cheng Pu suddenly realized that Zhou Yu had deliberately failed to save him, so he said with shame: ”no wonder he was appointed governor of Dadu. Gongjin is really brilliant.”

”But our army can't turn a blind eye to justice, can we?” Xu Sheng couldn't help saying.

”Of course, we should save it, and we should swallow up the cavalry of Cao army in one fell swoop!” Zhou Yu said in a loud voice.

Today, most of the horses in the world are produced in Liu Ye. In addition, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Du occupy Youzhou and produce war horses under their command. The other princes have no large-scale cavalry.

The two thousand cavalry, if not all of Cao's cavalry, must be a large part of them. If they can be annihilated, they will certainly have an advantage in the battle against Cao's army. Therefore, Zhou Yu tried every means to annihilate Cao Ren's troops.

”Order!”

Zhou Yu ordered Huang Gai, Tai Shici, and Chen Wu to continue to attack the city and capture Shu County as soon as possible. The troops and horses were in formation outside the city, and they were not allowed to go out at will

”Order Han Dang to hold fast, and our Chinese army will go out in person to rescue the north gate!”

Zhou Yu's vision was ambitious. At his command, Cheng Pu, Xu Sheng, pan Zhang and other generals responded with their fists, while the 13000 Central Army responded in unison, and their morale was high.

”Attack!”