Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 176 Breaking the Army
Even the elite, if they were pinched back and forth in the valley road, attacked from the front and back, and cavalry charged down the hillside, they would fall into chaos and eventually collapse.

Not to mention that this is still a night battle. Cao Jun, who has poor night vision ability, fights by firelight, and has no idea how many enemy troops have come before and after, which exacerbates the chaos.

Moreover, the soldiers led by Xu Huang were not considered elite. The recruits he trained himself were recruited before going to the Jingzhou battlefield. The day is still short, and there is immediate chaos in the face of this situation.

The remnants of Xia Houshang's troops who had previously been merged into Xu Huang's command were already dissatisfied with Xu Huang's strictness, but now they were in a desperate situation and had no escape.

Some people had no intention of fighting, so they simply threw away their weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender.

For a while, Cao's army was in chaos, unable to form a formation, and the command system of Cao's army, which needed to rely on soldiers to operate normally, was immediately paralyzed.

Liu Chan's army formation was under Wang Ping's command. This little tooth general, who had no outstanding record so far, also showed his excellent execution ability at this time. .

As Cao Jun retreated steadily, the army continued to push forward, and finally seized the intersection leading to Beishan Trail.

Seeing that Cao's army was in disarray, and the army in the valley road could not be separated, and the number of people who could fight at the same time was limited, they immediately dispatched surplus troops from the rear army to the Beishan trail to rush to the fire site to rescue.

In the chaotic night battle, Cao Bing only had a central army with hundreds of soldiers still very well-organized. At this time, he was holding a torch to protect a general in black armor and rushed to the rear.

Although the general flag was not displayed, they were as conspicuous as a rock in the sea, and immediately pointed out the direction of attack for Liu Chan.

The general in that formation must be Xu Huang.

This person can keenly judge that the enemy's attacking force from behind is weak when Cao's army is in chaos, so he decisively swings his army back.

And in the face of desperation, he still does not give up, and wants to gather all the strength that can still fight to fight a bloody road, so he has to praise him for his perseverance and perseverance.

It's just... in the face of the huge difference in absolute strength, these struggles will be futile in the end.

"Those must be Xu Huang's personal soldiers, and the generals in the formation are undoubtedly Xu Huang. General Meng Qi, help the lonely capture this person!"

"it is good!"

The special throwing gun brought by Ma Chao is now the last one left.

He raised his spear and began to wait for the best time to throw it.

For today's Ma Chao, he no longer needs to throw a spear like the Red Star Cavalry behind him, repeatedly calculating in his mind the speed, height difference between himself and the enemy, the range of throwing the spear at different angles of force, etc...

The use of the wonderful, with one heart.

For him, the skill of throwing a spear has become like eating and riding a horse, it has become an almost instinctive ability.

"Raise the gun!" In the cavalry behind, Hu Li, the commander of the army and captain of the cavalry, gave the order instead of Ma Chao.

The cavalry rushed halfway down, a gleam flashed in Ma Chao's eyes, and he threw the spear in his hand suddenly!
With a buzzing sound, the throwing gun pierced the night sky and flew towards Xu Huang who was struggling to fight back under the guard of his own soldiers.

Xu Huang was brandishing a long halberd, slashing and killing an unknown number of enemy troops in front of him, but fighting to the death was only because of his character. In fact, he knew in his heart that he might die here today.

In such a state, how could he have noticed the throwing spear that came through the air?
puff!
Taking advantage of the difference in height, the throwing spear pierced into the hind legs of his mount with great force.

The war horse rolled over with a mournful cry, and at the same time threw Xu Huang off the horse.

So far, although the three spears brought by Ma Chao have been fired without fail, either intentionally or unintentionally, they all stab the enemy general's horse...

"Throw!"

The cavalry could not throw their spears as far as Ma Chao did, so Hu Li's firing was a little later than him.

However, since it was the first time that the height difference was taken into account, Hu Li overestimated the impact of the difference on the shooting range. The spears of the cavalry were not thrown into Xu Huang's Chinese soldiers, but moved forward a lot, and the already chaotic The flank soldiers crucified quite a few...

The crossbowmen who were originally arranged were still thinking about shooting at the cavalry, but most of them had already started to find their own way of life.

However, the disorderly crowding in the dark did not increase their chances of survival. On the contrary, many people died because of the crowding and trampling...

This kind of chaotic army that couldn't even maintain its formation was nothing in front of the cavalry charge.

Although the Dian horse is a small breed of horse, not as big and heavy as Liu Chan's Wuzi and Ma Chao's Lifeisha, it still weighs more than six hundred catties (Han Jin).

At this time, with the high-speed impact of the slope, it is still undoubtedly crushing for Cao Bing... here is not an adjective, it is crushing in the literal sense.

Especially for Liu Chan's Wu Zou, instead of panicking from the flames and the noisy shouts of killing around him, he became furious because of his irritability.

Crashing into the crowd, knocking several Cao soldiers into black horses rolling on the ground, blowing white air from their nostrils in the cold mountain rainy night, rushing and trampling any Cao soldiers who dared to stand in front of them, and straightened under Liu Chan's guidance. He rushed to where Xu Huang was.

Liu Chan was worried about the troops at the place where the fire started, and his urgency made the strength in his hands rise steadily.

Ma Chao beside him is also as brave as before, the two of you left and right, rushing all the way, invincible!
The cavalry following behind had such sharp "arrows", keeping the formation and following behind reaped the lives of Cao Jun all the way.

Xu Huang, who was not seriously injured after falling off the horse, was still fighting on foot and led his own soldiers to resist desperately. Looking back, he saw two fierce generals leading cavalrymen rushing towards him. Said: "Turn around to defend against the enemy!"

The soldiers brought by Xu Huang are different from other recruits who have not been trained for a long time. These are also his elite veterans.

Hearing Xu Huang's order, these soldiers who were fighting with Guan Xing's Ministry immediately divided into two groups. The front continued to withstand the attack of Guan Xing's Ministry, but they focused on defense and no longer rushed forward as before.

The others turned around in unison. The people in the front row half-kneeled on the ground, poked the shaft of the spear in their hands into the mud and pressed it against the ground, pointing obliquely in the direction of the cavalry. The row behind them did the same, but the angle of the spear was higher. Some.

The soldiers who used the long halberds in the back carried the long halberds on their shoulders, with their legs in front and back, and bowed in front and back.

These halberdiers only waited for the cavalry to charge, and then they had to see the timing and swing their halberds with all their strength, not at the armored knights, but only at the horses' necks.

This is one of the standard formations for infantry against cavalry.

The quality of the soldiers, especially the courage, is extremely high, so in each army, those who can fight against the cavalry are all elites.

For example, Qu Yi fought against Baima Yicong's first battalion, Yuan Shao's euphorbia soldiers, Lao Liu's Baimai soldiers...etc. All elite infantry generally have the ability to charge against cavalry.

Xu Huang's soldiers also did this. Facing the charge of the cavalry at this time, none of them crowded and fled like the other Cao soldiers around them.

Although he was breathing heavily and his eyes were wide open, he still held his weapon tightly and waited in his position.

But... this is just the infantry's all-out resistance when facing the cavalry. If there are not a large number of soldiers equipped with crossbows ready to shoot, the spear array and halberds alone cannot restrain the cavalry.

Unfortunately, those crossbows equipped by Xu Huang's personal soldiers are just ordinary light crossbows, and the number can't be called "a large number" at all.

At this time, they could only shoot sparsely at the cavalry rushing forward, but the dim sight and rainy weather made the hit rate very impressive, which can be called random shooting.

Xu Huang was not sure that he could stop this round of charge, and when he was double-teamed, he had already realized that he must die.

However, seeing the opponent's quick response, Liu Chan did not intend to take the already scarce horses and the lives of elite soldiers head-on with the opponent. Now that his side has an absolute advantage, such "heroic" behavior is really unnecessary.

When Liu Chan waved the spear in his hand, Ma Chao immediately understood and raised his gun to signal.

Although his vision was poor, Hu, who had been paying attention to the front, reacted immediately, pulling his horse and leading the cavalry to turn.

Under the slightly surprised eyes of Xu Huang's soldiers, they deviated from the original route towards them.

Is this because the Shu army is afraid?

However, this idea has just arisen...

"Raise the gun!" Hu Li took down a simple throwing gun hanging on the side of the horse again, "Throw!"

This time the distance is much closer, and the accuracy has naturally increased a lot.

"what!!"

Cao Jun, who was hastily turning their spearheads and adjusting their formation as the cavalry turned, was shot one after another, and dozens of their own soldiers fell one after another.

But more deadly is that there are flaws in the formation.

Hu Li followed Ma Chao's command and led the cavalry to turn again, drew a small circle and turned back again.

The previously chaotic Cao Jun's body was passively blocked, and the two turns made the cavalry's charging speed drop a lot, but for this time... it was enough.

The cavalry finally broke through the enemy's formation and went in!
But Liu Chan and Ma Chao, who had been staring at Xu Huang who was also holding a halberd, split their heads to kill him from left to right.

Xu Huang was very familiar with Ma Chao. He knew that he was no match for him without a horse, and he couldn't run, so he took the initiative to kill Liu Chan!
He had seen Liu Chan fighting in the valley with his own eyes, but at that time Liu Chan was chasing deserters after all.

Although he had heard about the battle of Jingzhou and the rescue of Liu Feng by Shan Qi, he had never seen it himself.

In his mind, Liu Chanyong was more courageous than Ma Chao, who had fought for many years.

But in a desperate situation, he didn't dare to be careless at all, and Liu Chan could still use his horsepower to rush towards Liu Chan's Xu Huang after a run-up, and then the halberd swept forward, aiming at Liu Chan's black horse's neck and hitting with all his strength!
Click!

The poles of the spear and the halberd collided heavily, and a strong force came from the pole. With a pain in both hands, the halberd flew away under Xu Huang's unbelievable eyes...

He thought he had paid enough attention to Liu Chan, and there was no temptation or reservation in this blow. It was a blow he did his best to survive.

Under such circumstances, he had no chance of escape unless he captured Liu Chan or Ma Chao alive.

Didn't expect this result.

But Liu Chan swung the spear this time, after a long battle, the spear was finally overwhelmed, and it was broken in two by the fierce impact...

(End of this chapter)