People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 239 The trump card
Guild wars!
This was a real collision of hard power between the two sides without any tricks. One side launched an attack with all its forces, while the other side erected an iron wall and defended without retreating, and casualties continued to rise.

Although the ratio of casualties on both sides is not balanced, the numbers on both sides are indeed increasing.

The casualties of Yuan Shao's army were obviously several times higher than those of the Yellow Turbans. Even so, the Yellow Turbans suffered greatly.

To Xuan Xia, every soldier is precious, and every casualty is enough to make Xu Chen heartbroken, but Xuan Xia cannot give in in this battle. Once he retreats, then Changshan, which he has worked so hard to get, will be lost again, and this is absolutely unacceptable.

As the reserve troops led by Zhang He and Gao Lan joined the battlefield, the pressure felt by the Yellow Turbans increased exponentially.

But this kind of pressure alone was not enough to break the Yellow Turbans' defensive limits, and it couldn't even shake the Yellow Turbans' formation in the slightest.

Under the excellent training system, formation coordination has become a kind of muscle memory for the soldiers. Every soldier strictly performs his own tasks. When a soldier in the front row falls, the next one will spontaneously fill the gap, leaving no loopholes in the defense line.

The heavy armored soldiers in the front row built a solid enough defense line, and the crossbowmen in the back row could shoot as much as they wanted. They could hit whatever they pointed at within ten steps.

The interval between their two shots was only two or three breaths. After the crossbow arrows pre-loaded in the quiver were emptied, other crossbowmen would take over as substitutes. This would be repeated to ensure intensive shooting coverage throughout the entire process.

This was very terrifying for Yuan Shao's soldiers. Although the crossbow was not as powerful as a strong bow and crossbow, once the arrow hit the target at this distance, it would be enough for the arrow to penetrate into their flesh and blood bodies by the length of a finger. The high-frequency and intensive shooting with such power would suffocate them.

Even Yuan Shao, Tian Feng and others who were observing the battle from afar felt a chill in their hearts at this moment.

As spectators, they could all feel the intensity of the fighting in the center of the battlefield, let alone how cruel it was faced by the soldiers in the middle of it. Just by putting themselves in their shoes and imagining it, they felt their scalps tingling.

Yuan Shao's face became more and more ugly. The performance of this war was far different from what he had imagined. He had attacked with all his might and overwhelmed the enemy with his absolutely powerful force, but he was unable to shake the Yellow Turbans, who only had tens of thousands of troops!

He could only say that the Yellow Turbans were very strong, really very strong.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why Cao Cao and Zhang He were easily defeated by the Yellow Turbans. This did not mean that these two people were incompetent, but only that the strength of the Yellow Turbans was beyond imagination.

It would be strange if Cao Cao and Zhang He could defeat an opponent who could not be shaken even with an all-out attack by troops several times their size, given their equal forces.

Tian Feng could not bear it any longer: "Governor, our army has been unable to capture the city for a long time and has suffered heavy casualties. If we continue like this, we may be in danger of collapse. It is better for us to withdraw our troops first and make plans later!"

Guo Tu followed closely behind him and said: "Governor, this is a critical moment. We must not relax. Use the last of our army's strength!"

This time, Yuan Shao finally did not hesitate and immediately chose Guo Tu's suggestion.

The battle has come to this point, there is no way I can just retreat. I must use all my skills, otherwise all my preparations for this war will be in vain.

"Qu Yi!" Yuan Shao stared at the battlefield and shouted in a deep voice.

Soon, a big man in armor stepped forward and said, "I am here!"

Yuan Shao didn't even look at them, and said, "Lead your troops to the camp first and break through the formation from the right wing!"

Qu Yi bowed and accepted the order, then turned around immediately.

But Yuan Shao hadn't finished yet, and called out again: "Liu Bei!"

Liu Bei, who had been keeping a close eye on the battlefield situation, also responded: "I am here."

Yuan Shao finally turned his head and took a look, but the first person he looked at was not Liu Bei, but the red-faced man standing behind Liu Bei. Then he continued to give orders to Liu Bei: "Lead your elite troops to break through the enemy's left wing!"

Liu Bei's expression brightened, and after accepting the order with a bow, he held the long sword at his waist and left with Guan Yu. When they walked down the platform, Liu Bei and Guan Yu's eyes were shining.

This is the moment when they have the best hope of winning after fighting against the Xuanxia Yellow Turbans. Perhaps today is the time to avenge their third brother!

Not long after, two teams of more than a thousand elite soldiers rushed out from the left and right sides of Yuan Shao's rear camp, and then headed straight for the two wings of the battlefield.

Although these two small forces are not numerous, they are the trump cards specially prepared by Yuan Shao. One is Qu Yi's elite vanguard battalion, and the other is an elite assault battalion built with Guan Yu's bravery as the vanguard.

In order to create these two killer weapons, Yuan Shao distributed the few armors in the army, just to allow these two teams to play the greatest role at the critical moment. At least when they broke the formation, they would not fall behind the Yellow Turbans with their strong armor and sharp soldiers in terms of external conditions. So there were these two elite teams that were also fully armored.

When the fierce fighting was in full swing on the battlefield, these two killer weapons were Yuan Shao's last hope to turn the situation around.

The gap between the Han Dynasty and Xuan Xia was revealed at this moment. Thanks to technological progress and productivity improvements, Xuan Xia was able to build equipment for the entire army on a large scale. However, when it came to Yuan Shao, he could only equip two teams of more than a thousand people as his strongest trump card, which was indeed shabby.

But no matter what, at least these two teams alone can be as good as the Yellow Turbans in terms of hardware.

Moreover, no matter whether it is the elite soldiers led by Guan Yu or the vanguard camp led by Qu Yi, the soldiers are all first-class elite warriors, fully capable of fighting with the elite of the Yellow Turbans in local areas. If they can be used as two sharp knives to break through the Yellow Turban defense from the left and right, the war will be very promising.

At this juncture, Yuan Shao was so nervous that he could not sit still. He stood up without knowing when, and then walked to the front of the platform to look at the movements of the two elite teams of Liu Bei and Qu Yi. The counselors around him were also paying close attention to the development of the battlefield.

They saw that the two armored teams on the left and right merged into the battlefield like two iron streams, rushing towards the left and right defense lines of the Yellow Turbans with an indomitable momentum.

The Yellow Turban defense line, which had never been shaken, finally began to loosen under their attack.

On the left front, Guan Yu, holding a cold saw, led his men to charge, and immediately suppressed the Yellow Turbans, forcing them to retreat step by step. On the right, Qu Yi's vanguard warriors were even more fearless and brave. First, hundreds of powerful crossbows were opened and fired at the same time. The powerful crossbow formation immediately penetrated the defense line of the Yellow Turbans' right wing, and then the elite troops in the rear followed closely and charged into the battle formation at a risk of their lives.

These two moves of Yuan Shao's were very powerful, and they immediately allowed his army, which had been unable to advance, to break through the situation.

He couldn't turn his entire army into an elite force like the Yellow Turbans, but gathering the strongest warriors to form two teams could also have miraculous effects.

Now Qu Yi and Liu Bei have each played their own value. Their heavy blow is enough to break through the defense and create opportunities for the overall attack.

However, the excitement on the faces of Yuan Shao and others only lasted for a short time before it was quickly suppressed by new changes on the battlefield.

The two elite armies of Liu Bei and Qu Yi did shake the Yellow Turbans' defense line a little, but the Iron Flow was not just something that Yuan Shao could use, the Yellow Turbans could use it as well. Moreover, the Iron Flow that appeared this time was not an Iron Flow of infantry, but an Iron Flow of cavalry.

When Yuan Shao had played all of his cards, the Yellow Turbans' back-up plan was no longer hidden.

Two cavalry units emerged from the left and right sides behind the Yellow Turbans. Both the horses and the cavalrymen were wearing heavy armor. Before they even started charging, the sound of their heavy hooves alone was enough to make people's hearts tremble.

Thanks to Xu Chen's existence, the armored cavalry, which should have reached its peak during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, stepped onto the stage of the times ahead of schedule.

As for the present, this kind of existence is undoubtedly a type of army that crushes the era. They are like two steel monsters, slowly speeding up with heavy steps, and finally running all the way to the peak speed, charging towards the two elite teams of Yuan Shao’s army with an unstoppable momentum.

They charged from the edge of the battlefield, and each round of charge could take away countless enemy soldiers. Soon they ran into Liu Bei and Qu Yi's troops. Under the powerful attack, the result was not surprising. The armies on both sides of Yuan Shao were instantly defeated.

The collapse here also triggered a chain reaction, causing the entire Yuan Shao army to collapse.

When the little flame that had just risen in his heart was extinguished, Yuan Shao sat down on the ground, knowing that he had already lost the battle.
(End of this chapter)