Chapter 8 Ratcheting Swords Section 13(1/2)
The speed of the Wuwan Iron Cavalry was getting faster and faster, and the sudden sound of horse hooves gradually formed a huge roar sounded from both ends of the battlefield. The surging cavalry army roared and roared like a flood breaking the dike, swelling like a flood, and it was magnificent, and the entire battlefield trembled with the violent shaking of the ground.
The Han army's iron cavalry did not move. They arranged densely in cone shapes, like two lions, quietly lying on the left and right wings of the Han army's position, with disdain in their eyes. In their eyes, the Wuwan iron cavalry seemed to be no longer a sharp weapon, but a dying livestock.
The Iron Cavalry of Wuwan arrived in an instant, and the two sides were 100 steps apart, and the long arrows in the hands of Wuwan people roared out.
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Xianyu Fu on the high platform stroked three long beards with his hands, and looked at the approaching Wuwan man, with a hint of anger and hatred flashing in his eyes.
"Order the chariot battalion to launch an attack."
The flag was waving, the horns were roaring, and the cone heads of the two wings suddenly split into two. The cavalry soldiers turned their horses' heads and ran wildly to the left and right sides. As the iron cavalry was divided, the chariot battalion that was ambushed in the iron cavalry formation suddenly emerged. One after another, the crossbow chariots were arranged in an interlaced array, like bloodthirsty beasts waiting for people to eat, suddenly opened their bloody mouths.
The Wuwan people were even more excited. They thought the Han cavalry dared not fight, so they set up such a huge chariot array to block their attack.
Xiao Shuai Yang Dian shouted loudly: "Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet, tell the king that there is a car formation in front of him, tell him to attack the wings, hurry up..."
The horn soldier just raised the horn and saw a very terrifying scene. He suddenly let out a shocking roar in the car formation opposite. Countless crossbow arrows rushed into the sky at a speed that was so thoughtful that they were.
In the blink of an eye, the crossbow arrow flew over an eighty step away and drilled straight into the running Iron Cavalry Army of Wuwan. The Iron Cavalry was like a giant being hit by a waist, bent over, then screamed to the sky and fell down with a bang.
The horn soldiers heard a "buzz..." sound, and then they saw the galloping horses suddenly lost control and flew up in the air and fell to the ground. The iron cavalry soldiers on the horses died in batches of arrows. Some were pierced by crossbow arrows. Some flew out with the fallen war horses. Some were nailed to the horses. Some were hit in the air by the war horses rushed up from behind, and some were stepped into meat pie. In just a moment, the cavalry soldiers in front of them and their war horses suddenly disappeared, disappearing like air without a trace.
The horn soldier looked at him in a daze, the roar of war horses filled with his ears, the roar of crossbow arrows breaking through the air, the shrill howls before death, and the shattered flesh and blood of humans and animals being trampled. He felt nothing, and he even forgot about fear.
The little coach Yang Dian, who was running around him, suddenly arrived at the war horse, and then flew into the sky. Yang Dian shouted helplessly in the air. Countless crossbow arrows instantly shot him into a hornet's nest. More crossbow arrows pierced his body and shot bloodily into the bodies of the soldiers who followed him.
A crossbow arrow shot into the horn soldier's chest with a "swish..." and nailed him firmly to the horse's back. He took a last look at the blue sky and felt a biting pain spreading his whole body. Before he died, he finally realized that he had not sounded the horn.
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The Karasuma people died in pieces, without any strength to fight back. Every time they took a step forward, they had to pay an astonishing price.
The rushing Iron Cavalry of Wuwan could not stop the impact for a moment and continued to run wildly. Although the horn of the police sounded throughout the battlefield, they still attacked tenaciously, dying one after another under the dense crossbow arrows.
Zhang Chun was shocked. When he saw the Wuwan people still rushing towards the vehicle formation without knowing their lives, he couldn't help but stomp his feet in a hurry, and waved his hand desperately and shouted: "Retreat... order the Wuwan people to withdraw..."
Qiu Liju, Wuyan and Su Puyan were both commanding the army to attack at this time. They did not know that their vanguard army was bloody massacred by the Han army's crossbow chariots. The Han army used a chariot array to block their attack speed and used a dense array of arrows to kill their soldiers. This is normal. This is the case in war. If you retreat in such a fierce battle, what else can you fight?
They thought that Zhang Chun was simply an idiot, blindly commanding. The two sides had not started contact and had to retreat before they started fighting. How to retreat in this state? At this time, the impact formation that had already formed would inevitably be chaotic. If the Han army, who was ready to go, would be defeated in this battle.
"Don't pay attention to him." Qiu Liju waved his hand and said, "The Han army has a chariot formation, so we will attack on both sides of the chariot formation."
"King, the Han army's arrow formation is too dense, and the vanguard army must have suffered heavy casualties."
"If we take down, we will suffer even more casualties." Qiu Liju shouted at his little coach, "Order all troops to attack the two wings of the Han military chariot formation."
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The Han army distributed more than a thousand crossbows on the left and right wings of the battlefield, with the purpose of accidentally attacking the Wuwan Iron Cavalry. Now, their goal has been achieved. The Wuwan people not only suffered heavy losses, but were also forced to temporarily change formations.
Xian Yufu looked at the battlefield on both sides of the left and right wings and nodded with great satisfaction, "Order the cavalry on both sides to attack immediately and slaughter the Wuwan people."
"Order the chariot battalion, fill with crossbow arrows, ready to attack again."
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The first time the Hun cavalry saw the power of the crossbow chariot, they were also a little frightened. In the past, they heard from their ancestors that the armies of the Han Kingdom were very powerful, but they had never seen it with their own eyes. They did not know how powerful the most powerful armies of the Han Kingdom were. In their eyes, the Duliao Camp was considered the elite of the Han Kingdom, but there were no special armies worth mentioning in the Duliao Camp. Some old Hun soldiers had seen such crossbow chariots at the Great Wall Pass, but there were few crossbow chariots on the pass, and they could not tell how powerful it was. Today, they finally saw that hundreds of crossbow chariots were fired at the same time, and the earth-shaking power made everyone dumbfounded.
If these crossbows are aimed at the direction of the Huns, will they still have a chance to survive?
While thinking, Liu Bao looked at Li Hong beside him. The legendary figure from the northern border was holding a spear in his hand, with a solemn expression, and was staring at the Wuwan Iron Cavalry opposite him with full concentration, full of murderous aura. The fates of the two were closely connected from that day on Li Hong's swearing. One prospered and the other prospered and the other lost. He never thought that fate would be so magical.
The war drum sounded. Li Hong looked back suddenly, raised his gun and shouted wildly: "Huh... Huh..."
The black panther responded in the same voice, roaring like thunder: "Huho...Huho..."
The Hun soldiers suddenly burst into blood, and they all used all their strength to shout, "Huho...Huho..."
"Kill..." Li Hong kicked the black panther, and the war horse jumped out, "Kill it up..."
Eight thousand iron cavalry followed closely behind, like a roaring storm, sweeping towards the Wuwan people.
On the left wing of the battlefield, Yan Rou, Jiang Wu and Nie Xiao, led 12,000 iron cavalry to rush up with the momentum of rivers, and it was unstoppable.
The two sides collided and a bloody battle began.
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In the right-wing chariot formation, the commander Zhang He sat upright on the war horse with a peaceful expression. He looked up at the roaring arrows in the sky, and said to Yin Si with a smile: "After this battle, the chariot camp will become famous all over the world."
Yin Si stared at the iron cavalry soldiers who were rushing back and forth on the battlefield ahead. He didn't pay attention to what Zhang He said, but just kept nodding.
Zhang He smiled and said, "Zhongzhi, it's not your first war. Why are you nervous? Just smile, just smile."
Yin Si barely grinned her mouth, and laughed even worse than crying.
"Last time, my old man and I were hiding on the mountain, more than a hundred steps away from the battlefield." Yin Si said, "This time it was in the middle of the battlefield, I..." Before he could finish his words, a long arrow roared and scared him to hurriedly hide behind the chariot. Zhang He took a long spear, and the arrow flew up and fell to the ground.
"What are you running? Just fight a few more battles." Zhang He slapped him with a gun and said, "You are so smart, you can't die. After you transform this crossbow cart, it will be much more useful and will increase its power."
"Brother Junyi, how many Wuwan people have we killed?"
Zhang He thought for a while and said, "There are always three or four thousand. The Wuhuan people are very powerful. They not only do not escape but also attack even more fiercely. If we do it again, I don't believe that they can't be shot to death."
The soldiers of the chariot battalion turned a deaf ear to the fighting around them. They nervously and busy surrounding the crossbow chariot to fill in crossbow arrows, preparing for the next round of shooting.
At this time, the left-wing chariot formation had already taken the lead in filling the crossbow arrows. Zhang Xiao, who had been busy for a long time, wiped the sweat from his head and shouted loudly to the flag soldiers: "Tell Lord Xianyu that the crossbow arrows have been loaded."
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"Sir, the chariot battalion is ready." Song Wen reminded in a low voice.
Xian Yufu pointed to the middle assault army that was striving to advance and said loudly: "Order Lord Yan to shrink his formation, accelerate his attack, and quickly distance himself from the left and right sides."
"Tell Lord Xianyu and Lord Hua to retreat steadily."
"Order the chariot battalion to quickly move closer to the central army and shoot the left and right sides of the rebels."
The flag soldiers immediately sent out signals continuously, and the war drums were also ringing densely.
"Sir, I want to use the iron cavalry to attack the left and right sides of the rebels?" Song Wen asked.
Xian Yufu nodded slightly. He looked at the sun moving westward in the sky and said to himself: "It's already afternoon. Why haven't Lord Liu arrived yet? Bo Gui's cavalry should have arrived too?"
"Sir, Lord Liu may have delayed something." Yu Peng said, "If they can arrive at this time and directly attack the rebels' flanks, we will win this battle."
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When Zhang Chun saw the Wuwan people rushing up like crazy, and fighting with the Han cavalry, he couldn't help but admire their bravery. He just asked them to retreat in a panic, but he did violate the taboo of military strategists. Fortunately, the Wuwan people didn't listen to them. They knew cavalry warfare well and still attacked forward.
Suddenly, he found that the left and right sides of the Han army could no longer resist and was gradually retreating. His army was advancing step by step. The left and right sides of the troops were about to encircle soon, but he was not happy at this time. Because the attacks on the left and right sides were blocked, the time for the encirclement was delayed, which made the situation in the middle road very critical, and Liu Shi's army was soon to be broken through by the Han army. Although the two wings met, the middle road was broken through, and his army could no longer form an encirclement of the Han army. Now even if the Wuwan cavalry defeated the Han army's cavalry, it would not be able to save the crisis.
Zhang Chun immediately wanted to withdraw his troops. When the battle reached this point, there was no hope of winning, so it would be better to ensure the draw. As long as you withdraw from the battlefield as soon as possible, today will be a draw.
"Order Xian Yuping from the left and Zhang Yuntian Qiang from the right to stop attacking, immediately leave the Han army and move closer to the middle, and strive to ensure that the Central Army will not lose."
"Tell Liu Shi that the left and right troops rushed to support immediately and asked him to hold on for a while."
"I asked the Wuwan people to attack more fiercely and fiercely."
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On the vast plains on the east and west sides of the battlefield, the cavalry on both sides became more and more fierce. Under the leadership of Shangguan, the soldiers formed battle formations and rushed back and forth. The Qiang people and the Huns with disheveled hair, and the Wuwan people with bare hair were all brave and good at fighting, and everyone fought bravely, and they only killed blood.
Liu Bao held the spear and stabbed the left and right, and there was no general under his command. Suddenly, the horse was caught in an arrow and fell to the ground. Liu Bao was caught off guard and was lifted more than ten steps away. A group of Wuwan people roared and rushed forward. Liu Bao's servants were shocked and swarmed forward. Liu Bao jumped up, running wildly against the Wuwan people while drawing his sword in his hand.
The Wuwan people arrived. Liu Bao was not afraid and rose into the air. He cut over the enemy soldiers with his right hand, grabbed the horse's hair with his left hand, and then fell on the horse's back. At this time, several spears stabbed from the left and right directions at the same time. Liu Bao didn't think about it, and hugged the horse's neck and flew up in the air.
The Huns arrived from the left, and Li Hong led a few black panthers to the right. Everyone rushed to the right, and the swords and guns were used together, and the arrows flew away, and suddenly killed several Wuwan people.
"Thank you, General..." Liu Bao fell back on his horse's back and shouted loudly.
"If you die, the Huns will not have the Great Shanyu." Li Hong laughed and said, "Brothers are so smart in equestrian..."
Suddenly he found something, and suddenly looked back and roared: "Wuyan, stop for me..."
Wu Yan, the King of Khanlu who passed by, looked back and was shocked. It was a face he was most reluctant to see. The leopard was still long and disguised, and it was still as murderous as ever, without changing at all. Wu Yan kicked the horse's belly and ran away wildly.
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Under the command of Zhang He and Zhang Xiao, the chariot battalion on the left and right wings quickly moved the crossbow chariot to rush towards the rebels' attack army on both sides.
"Brother Junyi, it's two hundred steps away from the rebels." Yin Si pointed to the battlefield ahead with a shocking sound of killing sounds and shouted loudly, "We can shoot now."
"Push another fifty steps." Zhang He shouted, "See clearly and shoot again, don't kill your own people by chance."
Zhang Xiao from the left wing ignored these things. He was already impatient, "shooting... densely scattered..."
The crossbow chariot trembles, and the crossbow arrows roar.
The rebel soldiers were caught off guard. They were cut down by sharp blades, one after another, and in the blink of an eye, they lay down huge pieces. The rebel general Zhang Yun was also shot into a hornet's nest and fell on the battlefield where corpses were everywhere.
The rebel soldiers were hit hard and immediately retreated like a tide.
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After receiving the order to accelerate the attack, Yan Liang immediately asked Gao Lan to command the center and led the guards to the front line.
The general was not afraid of life and death, and led the way and took the lead. This greatly boosted morale. Fighting side by side with the world-famous Lord Hutouyan, not only Gao Shun and Li Yun felt honored, but even the other soldiers were full of passion and were filled with infinite strength. The assault speed suddenly accelerated.
Seeing that Liu Shi couldn't resist, he rushed up with his personal guards. Unfortunately, he met Yan Liang. Yan Liang's big sword was flying, and no one could stop him. After three swords, he immediately chopped down seven people. Liu Shi pulled away quickly, and the personal guards around him came up to rescue him, but at this time no one could stop Yan Liang, who had already been red-eyed. Yan Liang stared at his huge eyes, roared angrily, and attacked fiercely. He slashed three people in one breath, and then chopped Liu Shi into two pieces with a knife.
The middle army lost its chief general and was in chaos. After several hours of fierce battle, the soldiers were exhausted and the entire defense collapsed in a blink of an eye.
To be continued...