There is no doubt that Jincheng is a strong city, and the garrison of Zhang''s Liang army is no less than 100000. It can use the strong city for defense. Even if it is bad, it can last for months or even years. There is no fear of losing in the short term.


    Zhang Chong clearly could stick to Jincheng and wait for the river surface of the Yellow River to become mild while defending. At that time, Zhang Liang''s army on the North Bank of the Yellow River had the conditions to cross the river. With Jincheng as a strong city and at least 300000 troops on the North Bank of the Yellow River, Zhang Liang''s Congress had a very obvious advantage at that time and did not need to take any risks at all.


    It happened that Zhang Chong took a risk, or the kind of risk that looked unreasonable, which made Xie an have to think more.


    "It''s normal to attack the camp in foggy weather..." Yuan Qiao looked very distressed, touched his forehead and said not so sure: "but when he transferred out the big troops in the city, the main general also went out in person? This seems very abnormal."


    According to the information about Zhang Chong explored by the state of Han, Zhang Chong is not a stupid guy. Xie''an has enough reason to believe that Zhang Chong must have found that someone in the city has secret communication with the state of Han. Under this situation, he still dares to lead the army out of the city in person. If there is no trap, it can''t be said.


    What Xie an wants to think about is that the trap arranged by Zhang Chong is to induce those traitors to launch, or to deceive the Han army into the city.


    Although he thinks so, Xie an feels that this is still their opportunity. He knows that any military action will not be 100% sure. Every military action is an adventure. When the income is high enough than the risk, the risk is no longer a risk. It should be said that it is an opportunity.


    "The first cavalry army is ready to enter the city and mobilize the remaining County soldiers to enter together. After entering the city, leave the necessary manpower to control the city gate, and the rest take breaking into the city to conquer the grain depot and Quartermaster depot as the primary goal." Xie an looked very calm. After a slight pause, he continued: "the third infantry army is ready to give up the army camp and wait for the cavalry to send a signal to enter the city immediately."


    Cavalry siege? There are County soldiers. Xie an did not say what arrangements were made for those who took refuge in the Han state, such as Yi Chuai, which could reflect preparedness and distrust.


    Yuan Qiao must say something in front: "it is very likely that Yi Chuai and others did not sincerely take refuge in the big man. They should give the Lord enough convenience to generals at all levels. If necessary, they can control or kill them without reporting."


    Xie an didn''t give any response. His attitude is the best attitude.


    The sunrise has risen, but the thick fog has no sign of fading. When you stay in the thick fog, you can see the diffuse fog everywhere, and the range of vision is increased to four or five steps.


    Zhang''s Liang army''s rush camp continued all the time. They paid a heavy cost of casualties, which can be regarded as occupying the open space on the west side of the Han Army camp. Some Zhang''s Liang army broke into the buffer zone full of sundries and fought fiercely in the fog with the stationed Han army.


    The Han army was dressed in red robes with black armour on the upper body and black bunches on the lower body. The helmet on the head would be inserted with a colorful plume. The officers including the Marquis and above would also have a bright red cloak, which was much brighter in color than Zhang''s cool army in an earthy uniform.


    Li Mi had put on his helmet again. He took his team out of the open space and retreated into the buffer belt full of debris.


    Most of the Han troops acting as open and secret sentries actually withdrew safely to the buffer zone. After entering the buffer zone, they were left. Their main task is to still lead the arrow direction to the bow and crossbow fingers in the rear. When necessary, they have to fight with the suddenly emerging Zhang Liang army.


    "It''s sticky and it''s starting to fucking itch." Didn''t Li Mi''s forehead be watered by blood? In addition to the fishy smell, the blood has a strong viscosity, and it doesn''t feel good on the scalp and skin. He wanted to take off his helmet and scratch, but he knew that it was likely to be hit by an arrow from nowhere. He could only complain constantly: "when can the fog disperse?"


    According to the understanding of the soldiers at the bottom, the reason why Zhang''s cool army is still charging endlessly is that the fog has not dispersed. As long as the fog dispersed, Zhang''s cool army should stop.


    Bursts of bleak horn sound suddenly came from a distance. Li mi was a little stunned before he reacted: "the cavalry is going to take the initiative!"


    There are many ways for the Han Army to give orders. The field of vision is not limited. Generally, it uses flags, followed by the sound of drums and horns. It is a tradition for infantry to use war drums to send orders, while cavalry usually use horns.


    To be honest, cavalry can''t always carry huge war drums. It''s the most convenient to use horn as a means of signaling, not to emulate any Hu people.


    A large number of cavalry will move with great momentum. The horse hiss and Howling will be very frequent. After moving, the horse''s hoofs will not only make the ground tremble, but also make the sound of horse''s hoofs deafening.


    "Han Army..." Zhang Chong is standing on a nest car. Of course, he can''t see far under the thick fog, but he has ears: "... The cavalry is out."


    It is not easy to carry out large-scale military operations under the condition of limited vision. The truth is the same whether it is under the night or in foggy weather.


    There was a battle in Greece thousands of years ago. When a Greek general faced the Persian army, he initiated the first large-scale night attack by the Greek army. The night attack with more than 10000 people is not only the first in Greece, but also the first in the world''s military history?


    Of course, the idea of night attack was very good, but the Greek general ignored one thing, that is, the large-scale night attack required infinitely high quality of the army. As a result, the Greek army launched night attack with good wishes, but because the coordination between them was not in place, trampled on each other, and mistakenly thought that the mutual killing of the enemy was too serious, A good night attack did not cause much damage to the Persian army, but the Greek army disintegrated in fratricide and lost an unprecedented battle.


    Facts have proved that small-scale infiltration and sneak attacks are certainly possible without sufficient vision, but no force can do too large-scale military operations at all. It is after the era of instant messaging that large-scale night warfare can be carried out. Even this can not achieve good results. Things such as getting lost and accidental injuries can not be avoided.


    In the military history of China, the person who did the most perfect night attack was Sun Bin, the martial saint. After a long time of planning, he carried out a very perfect investigation of the terrain, and then kept rehearsing the military contact information in advance. Pang Juan also extremely "cooperated" to enter the dead place, which was the best result of a night attack.


    In addition to the night attack by Wu Sheng Sun Bin, which was not a night attack (in fact, it was an ambush), looking through the history of cold weapons in China, it is pitiful to find successful examples of night attacks. The most famous ones are probably the battle of Li Ze in Wu Yue and the battle of Cao Cao burning Wu Chao. You can imagine how difficult it is to succeed.


    Zhang Chong noticed that the cavalry of the Han Army showed a happy expression. He had been waiting for this moment.


    In the thick fog, with the Han Army''s camp as the center, there are Zhang''s cool army everywhere outside the fence defense belt. They don''t have any formation. Most of them run around blindly in a piece of debris. Those who don''t run around squat in place. They will be covered by a wave of arrow rain from time to time whether they move or not.


    In addition to the debris buffer zone, more Zhang''s cool troops are working hard to dig trenches and canals. They can''t dig trenches and canals how deep or wide in less than half an hour. They will do so. It''s not a temporary intention. Zhang Chong explained it early in the morning.


    Out of the area of the Han Army''s defense chain, Zhang''s Liang army here looks more organized. They arrange the formation as much as possible, but to tell the truth, because of the limited line of sight, it is also a distorted formation to adjust hard.


    First, a sound of horn came. Almost all Zhang''s Liang Jun who heard the horn subconsciously turned his head in the direction of the sound, and then generals and schools at all levels began to roar.


    "Vertical gun array!"


    "Come on, come on! The gun head tilts forward and the bottom pestles in the soil!"


    "Archers, don''t be fucking stunned and enter the state of drawing a bow to be shot!"


    Amid the shouts and reminders, the heavy breathing sounds fluctuated with each other. Sergeant Zhang Liang, who stood side by side, would constantly look at the people around them. Everyone looked so nervous.


    The sound of horse hoofs is extremely loud. Even in a far place, you can feel a sense of overwhelming oppression.


    The cavalry of the Han army who left the camp was Cui Xuan. He was either a high-level officer or a village chief. However, his identity background was not simple for ordinary people, just because he was the cousin of the queen of the Han country.


    Cui Xuan is dressed as a sudden cavalry. The left and right sides centered on him are backward inclined and side-by-side sudden cavalry. The horizontal column is a triangular charge formation with 250 horses, followed by a large number of robes.


    The cavalry charge cannot be too dense. The front, rear, left and right intervals of each ride are at least three steps or more. This is to prevent accidental collision between each other. It is also to make the lance have enough casting distance. In addition, the cavalry really needs enough activity space, which can be done without stepping on their legs when they subconsciously want to move. The cavalry has to ride if they want to. They can listen to the command and respond in time.


    The cavalry out of the camp knew what they were going to do. They were led by robes familiar with the sundry buffer belt. They would rush out from the reserved road. When charging, they would not care what was in the way. Anyway, they would plow in the past and would never do anything stupid to slow down and fight with the enemy.


    Cui Xuan, who was in the absolute vanguard position, had his riding gun broken when he didn''t know what to stab. After discarding the broken gun pole in his hand, he carried the shield to protect his chest, pulled out the extended horse chopping knife and went straight out. Occasionally, the blade would cut something, and the aftershock came. His ears were full of horse hoofs, and there was no scream, Only when the robes get wet, it''s said that someone must have killed some people.


    When running at high speed, he will more clearly feel the existence of the wind. The gap between his eyes left by the visor is filling the wind. He will hear the roaring sound from the gap of the armour. Cui Xuan can even feel the frustration of what hit the shield several times. Fortunately, there is no pain in any part of his body.


    The roaring sound of horses'' hoofs rolled forward and could only see the distance of four or five steps. In fact, under the current situation, he could only rely on familiarity to judge where he rushed. Cui Xuan guessed that he should have rushed out of the sundry buffer belt. Without thinking, he let go of the shield tied by the rope sleeve and grabbed the horn between his waist and blew wildly.


    The horn sound is agreed in advance to remind paoze in the rear of "archery, continuous shooting".


    In addition to being portable, the horn was chosen as a tool for transmitting orders because its sound has enough penetration.


    For the sudden cavalry in the front position, those who have a lance will always put the lance forward, while those who do not have a lance will cross out an extended saber. Without exception, they will block the shield in front of their chest.


    The cavalry in the rear immediately took out the crossbow when they heard the horn. After pulling the trigger, they fired the crossbow and arrow. They pulled the trigger repeatedly, and the crossbow and arrow were fired continuously.


    Cui Xuan''s eyes caught several crossbows and arrows crossing his shoulder. A burst of guilt in his heart was constantly breaking and scolding. It''s very dangerous to charge in such a foggy environment. If you don''t die in the hands of the enemy but are shot dead by your own people, you''ll be suffocated to the point that you can be angry to death if you live.


    The continuous firing of crossbows must have achieved results. The sudden cavalry in the front position trampled on the people lying on the ground at high speed, occasionally bumped into the standing figure, and arrows began to be fired in front, and casualties were inevitable.


    In a dense fog environment, one side is a cavalry charge, the other is a pawn. When both sides can see each other, it is actually the time to distinguish life and death. In such an environment, the high-speed cavalry will take more advantage. If they rush close enough, they will give in. The pawn doesn''t have enough reaction time. After dividing life and death, they will leave at one touch.


    Cui Xuan began to feel that the jingling sound on his body became more and more frequent. It was not that it was raining, but that the arrows from the enemy were increasing.


    Sudden cavalry. The knight has plate armor on his chest, shoulder protection on his shoulders, scale armor on his arms, leather armor at some joints, and tight armor on the front half of the horse, that is, there is no armor on the back of the knight and the back half of the horse. They themselves are the cavalry used to rush the array. They just need to move forward, that is, they can''t win and there''s no need to escape. The war horse under failure won''t have enough physical strength to maintain speed. They can''t escape after being chased by light cavalry.


    Cui Xuan tried his best to lower his body. His eyes looked forward through his visor. The wind was pouring, and his eyes were stinging. He should have secreted tears. It looked hazy.


    Constantly felt what the mount hit, and the short and shrill scream passed in a flash. Cui Xuan blinked his eyes and let tears flow down before he recovered his good sight. What he could see was a row of fuzzy figures. At that time, his brain responded very quickly: "fuck your mother, it''s a gun array! I''m going to burp my fart!"