Chapter 323: Attacking Qingniu Pass(1/3)
Outside the south gate of Xuchang, the entire battlefield presents a magnificent scene.
The Liang army connected nearly a thousand chariots into three indestructible walls, crushing the Cao army from the east, west and south respectively. The Cao army divided three infantry into two groups of infantry and launched a scattered charge, trying to stop or even destroy the walls that were crushing forward. Zhang He and Zhang Liao each led a cavalry to the southwest and southeast corners to advance wildly, trying to break through the encirclement before the three solid walls of the Liang army were completely closed, and then deviated behind the Liang army and launched two-sided attacks on the Liang army.
"Boom~~"
The horse's hooves were churning and the smoke and dust rolled. Zhang He led three thousand elite cavalry to the southeast corner. At this time, the gap between the two panel walls in the south and east was less than twenty steps wide! With another incense stick, the only gap would be completely closed. At that time, the Cao army had no other choice except for a strong attack.
"drive!"
Zhang He quickly urged his horse to fight, and was about to ride the horse through the gap, an extremely shrill sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded in front of him.
He looked up in shock and saw three cold stars shooting towards him in the shape of a font. Zhang He let out a long roar and the big iron spear in his hand had already pierced out like lightning. There were only three crisp sounds of ding ding. The three cold stars had been picked down by Zhang He, but they were three wolf-toothed arrows as thick as a thumb.
"It's you again!"
Zhang He's eyes tightened in an instant and he stared at the front.
In the flying dust, a horse stood proudly, and it was Jutu, the sharpshooter under the butcher's tent. Zhang He and Jutu were also considered old rivals. During the battle outside Xuchang City, the two had two archery battles. Jutu was slightly better at that time.
Ju Tu waved the iron-fetal bow in his hand fiercely and shouted sternly: "Zhang He, do you have the courage to compete with this general for archery skills? Use humans as the target to shoot three arrows, and life and death are all in peace. Do you dare?"
Zhang He's eyes suddenly had a strong murderous intent, and he was about to bite his steel teeth. Just as he was about to agree to Ju Chu's shirt, he suddenly saw the two walls slowly rolling forward, and it would be completely closed soon! Zhang He shivered with a cold heart and shouted: "I will not be fooled by you, the children of Qinghe County, kill..."
"Kill and kill!"
Amid the tide-like shouts, three thousand Hebei Jingqi followed Zhang He and the gap that had not yet closed was surging forward. Almost at the same time, Zhang Liao and Zangba led another two thousand Hebei Jingqi to launch a storm of charge towards the southwest corner. Ju suddenly saw that Zhang He was not deceived, so he took the bow and slapped the arrow and howled to the sky: "Brothers, shoot the arrow!"
"Swish swish swish!"
With a command from Ju Tu, the wolf cavalry lined up behind him had already pulled their bows and shot arrows.
Almost at the same time, the slowly closing wall was also raining like arrows, and the Hebei cavalry rushing forward fell in an instant.
"Attack!" Zhang He's eyes were about to break, and his iron spear was pulled forward with great force, and howled to the sky with all his might. "Roar up, don't give them a chance to shoot a second arrow!"
The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the remaining two thousand cavalry cavalry of Hebei were like wounded and madly wolf counties, roaring and pounced towards the wolf cavalry in Jutu. In a flash, the two armies were less than ten steps apart, and it was too late to shoot the second row of arrows.
Ju Tu threw the iron-tied bow to the ground, and Chuo Dao raised his hand and shouted: "Brothers, change the knife!"
"Clang clang clang..."
Amid the endless metal friction, the two thousand wolf cavalry behind Ju Tu abandoned their bows and changed their swords. Ju Tu led the sabers in his hand forward. The two thousand wolf cavalry howled and urged the horses to rush forward, facing the Hebei cavalry forward fearlessly. In a sudden, the two cavalry were like two huge waves colliding head-on, and suddenly, brilliant blood flowers appeared. The tragic wailing sounds and the neigh of the war horses resounded through the sky in an instant. The two armies were in front of the formation, and the horses were in a mess.
"Bang!"
Jutu's horse-slashing sword slashed heavily on Zhang He's iron spear. A loud bang suddenly burst into the sky. The wild power rolled back from the horse-slashing sword like a tide. Jutu couldn't control it, and the back of the sword bounced back and smashed heavily on his chest. Jutu immediately groaned and opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood. Then the two horses intersected, and Zhang He had already jumped into the wolf cavalry formation with a spear. Two Hebei cavalry generals were also slapped in front of Jutu. The two sharp sabers were raised high and they were about to slash.
Ju Tu's saber was barely raised in half before he found that his arms were sore and numb. He couldn't get excited. In a hurry, Ju Tu twisted his waist and dodged, but it was too late. He heard two slight sounds. Ju Tu immediately felt a chill in his shoulders. He lowered his head and found that his arms had already left his body. Ju Tu's shock was extraordinary, but when his soul was all emerging, another Hebei rider slapped his horse and killed his sword. A cold light flashed, and the sharp blade had already slashed across his neck. Ju Tu felt that he had flew up in an instant.
When the person was in the air, Ju Tu found that his body and his mount were still underground. In front and behind, the cavalry of the two armies were like a pot of boiling water, which was already in chaos. The next moment, the noise of the battlefield suddenly disappeared, and the whole world became strangely quiet. Then the whole world gradually began to dim until it was pitch black. Ju Tu suddenly felt extremely cold, and the last trace of consciousness finally slowly dissipated.
"puff!"
Ju Tu's head rolled in the air and flew several feet away before falling heavily to the ground.
"Those who block me will die!"
Zhang He shouted loudly, and the iron spear in his hand stinged out like a poisonous snake. Two Wuhuan wolf cavalry were stabbed into the throat before they could raise their swords. Blood was splattering and fell from the horse's back. Zhang He urged his horse to come forward and suddenly felt that there was no enemy cavalry to stop him. Only then did he find that he had killed the enemy formation and turned around quickly. There were only a dozen personal soldiers behind him who were swearing to death. Cao Cao, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others were not among them. Looking up, the cavalry of the two armies were still fighting fiercely. Some of the Hebei cavalry had already rushed out of the gap in the wall, but were entangled by the Liang cavalry and could not get out.
There were more Hebei cavalry but were blocked within the wall. The Liang infantry on the wall poured arrows and rained down the wall and threw guns. The Hebei cavalry was casualties at an astonishing speed.
Zhang He's eyes fell on two slowly closed walls like a knife. At this time, the gap was only five steps wide and was about to close soon.
"Let's go!" Zhang He pulled his horse back and led his iron spear forward to the dozens of cavalry soldiers behind him shouted, "Kill back!"
In the chaos of the army.
Cao Cao, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Jia Kui and others were running in panic. Cao Xiu's tiger and leopard cavalry were brave and good at fighting. There was no problem in breaking through alone. However, it was not easy to escape by guarding Xun You and other scholars who were powerless in the chaos. Cao Xiu led his army to rush left and right for a long time and still couldn't break out. There were only 40 or 50 cavalry left. Seeing that the situation was getting more and more critical, he suddenly saw that the Liang army cavalry broke into pieces and was defeated one after another. Cao Xiu took advantage of the situation to lead the army to cover up the killing. When the two armies merged, they realized that Zhang He was killing him again.
Cao Cao wiped away the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and said to Zhang He: "If Jun Yi (Zhang He's name is a prose character) is not trying to save him to death, my life will be over."
Zhang He bowed his hands on the horse and shouted, "It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. The lord will break through quickly with the last one."
"Lord." As soon as Zhang He finished speaking, Jia Kui suddenly chased after him in panting and said breathing, "No, Mr. Xun You and Mr. Cheng Yu are all lost in the chaos."
Zhang He hurriedly said to Cao Xiu: "General Cao Xiu can quickly protect the lord and two gentlemen, and he will go quickly. Finally, he will go to find Xun You and Cheng Yu, two gentlemen."
"General, be careful!" Cao Xiu bowed to Zhang He with his fists, then pulled his gun and shouted, "Go!"
The Liang army's rear formation was looking at the tower.
Suddenly, the school hurried upstairs and whispered a few times in Li Su's ear. Li Su's face changed instantly, and he rushed forward and said to Gao Shun: "General, Ju Tu has been killed in battle."
Gao Shun's eyes were dull, and his expression immediately returned to normal.
On the battlefield, the three panel walls were completely closed. The Hebei cavalry, who were fighting fiercely with the Wuhuan Wolf Cavalry in the southeast and southwest corners, were immediately cut into two pieces. Only a small number of Hebei cavalry escaped before the panel walls closed. Most of the Hebei cavalry were entangled by the Wuhuan Wolf Cavalry, and then under the squeeze of the two panel walls, people were overturned and crowded into a group of each other.
The sharp arrows and spears poured down from the wall like a storm. The Hebei cavalry who had no time to break through were soon killed and injured, turning into corpses all over the ground.
At this time, the Cao army infantry who was clamoring to advance had barely rushed to the front of the three-panel wall.
"attack!"
Qinghe strong general Jiang Qi raised his swords high and roared towards the sky.
Five hundred armored infantry behind him roared and rushed up to the Liang Jun wall covered with sharp antlers.
As the blood splattered, the heavy armored infantry rushed in the front had no time to clear the antlers on the wall with their swords, and then they rushed forward with the subsequent infantry. The sharp antlers completely penetrated their bodies and the strong heavy armor. The next moment, the Liang army soldiers like ghosts appeared on the wall.
Amid the neat and loud sound of trumpets, rows of sharp guns poured down.
"Uh."
"oops."
"Oh my God~~"
"My eyes, I can't see anything~~"
"Help, save me, save me quickly, I don't want to die yet..."
The tragic howling instantly soared into the sky, and the crowded Cao army infantry fell into a pool of blood, wailing.
"Damn it!" Jiang Qi held his sword tightly, and his eyes were about to spit out of fire. He suddenly turned back and shouted to the personal soldiers behind him, "Prepare a ladder!"
The personal soldiers behind Jiang Qi responded with a loud bang, and lying on the wall covered with deer antlers fearlessly, and actually set up a ladder with flesh and blood. Jiang Qi shouted loudly and stepped heavily on the back of the strongest soldier at the bottom. The strong body of the soldier suddenly paused forward, and a piece of sharp antlers had pierced through the breastplate and penetrated his heart. The red blood instantly overflowed along the corner of his mouth.
Jiang Qi stepped on three steps in a row, and his figure was already lifted up in the air and finally jumped onto the wall.
"So so!"
Before Jiang Qi could stand firm, three sharp wolf-toothed arrows shot towards him. Jiang Qi shouted loudly and rushed to block the two swords, barely shooting down the three sharp arrows.
Before he could take a breath, another cold murderous intent came. Jiang Qi looked up in shock, and two guns were shot from left to right, and they were shooting at the speed. Jiang Qi's eyes suddenly became extremely ferocious. He roared to the sky and opened his arms suddenly. When the two guns slid against the ribs, he held them hard and grabbed them.
The next moment, Jiang Qi suddenly rotated over, and the two guns that were under the organs turned around. The two Liang army infantry rushed towards him could not dodge and were instantly stabbed through the chest by the sharp spear.
"Swish swish swish swish swish~~"
Amid the shrill sound of breaking through the air, dozens of guns shot towards Jiang Qi like a storm.
"Dangdangdang~~"
Jiang Qiwu tried hard to block more than a dozen shots, but finally failed to block the subsequent shots.
Amid the crisp sound of the sharp blade cutting through the flesh and blood, Jiang Qi's majestic body suddenly paused, then his eyes bulged out and fell straight down from the wall. At this time, Jiang Qi's body had already penetrated more than a dozen guns, and before it landed, he had been shot into a hedgehog.
After Jiang Qi died, more than 2,000 armored infantry in his army were in chaos in an instant. They were killed and injured after being thrown by the Liangzhou army like a storm. In less than a moment, the bodies of Cao's army in front of the front panel wall were already piled up like mountains.
Cao's army's rear formation.
Xun Yu's eyes were clear and sharp, and he said to the Cao army's small school beside him: "Transfer the order to let General Lu Qian's archers press forward, and use direct shots to suppress the Liangzhou defenders on the southern panel wall to cover the attack of the heavy armored infantry."
With Xun Yu's order, Lu Qian's archers quickly pressed forward, and sharp arrows flew away. The Liangzhou guards on the front wall were shot and fell down from the wall. The infantrymen of Han Meng, who succeeded Jiang Qi's attack, suddenly became very motivated, and howled and stepped on the bodies of their companions and climbed up the wall.
In less than half a stick of incense, more than a hundred Cao army infantry had climbed on the front panel wall. The front panel wall, which was nearly ten feet wide, was completely controlled by Cao army.
The subsequent Cao's army was still climbing upwards continuously, and the scale of victory was tilting rapidly towards Cao's army.
Liang Army rear formation.
Li Su hurriedly said to Gao Shun: "General, Cao's army has attacked the front panel wall!"
"Well." Gao Shundao, "Send the order, the bed crossbow fire!"
"Get orders!"
The personal soldiers behind Gao Shun responded with a loud bang, quickly raised a red triangle flag and waved them forward a few times.
In front of the two armies.
There was a sudden sound, and countless black holes suddenly appeared on the front panel wall, which had almost been cut off, each hole was the size of a fist, as if a gust of cold wind was coming out from the inside, revealing a heart-wrenching chill. When Cao Jun was in a panic, rows of guns suddenly shot out from these black holes!
In fact, these are not gun thrown, but giant crossbows shot out by bed crossbows!
The Cao army infantry crowded like ants in front of the wall suddenly suffered heavy casualties. Many giant crossbows even shot through the bodies of several Cao army soldiers in a row, and then stringed the bodies into a string like grasshoppers.
When Han Meng was leading dozens of personal soldiers to chop the cart under his feet on the wall, Meng heard a fierce howling behind him soaring into the sky. He turned around and was frightened to find that almost all the soldiers who were still crowded behind the wall were scrambling to climb upwards.
What took their lives was a giant crossbow with a thickness of a spear for ordinary soldiers!
His grandma, what's going on?
When Han Meng was shocked, he suddenly felt a strange noise under his feet. He lowered his head quickly and suddenly found that many black holes had appeared on the top of the wall that was originally flat like the ground.
To be continued...