The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 290 Chapter 289
The battle is imminent!
Yuan Jun's three thousand soldiers marched forward bravely, facing the iron chain chain of horses like a torrent of steel, without a trace of fear, but with great excitement.

That's because Yuan Shao issued an order, promising to kill one enemy soldier, ten gold rewards, beheading one general to get a hundred gold, and if he could kill the enemy leader, he would be rewarded with a thousand gold.

Under the reward, there must be a brave man!
These three thousand soldiers were all for the great reward, so they summoned up their courage and marched forward bravely.It is unknown how many people would be willing to work so hard if they knew that they were only being used as cannon fodder.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes approached from far away, and the ground trembled. The cavalcade of iron chains charged towards Yuan Jun's three thousand infantry.

"boom!"

With a loud noise, the iron chain chain horse formation rushed into Yuan Jun's battle formation from the front. The cavalry on the ground even waved the mace in their hands and kept beating.

In just a split second, more than two hundred of Yuan Shao's infantry were killed, while the iron chain cavalry continued to move forward unscathed.

Some of the smarter infantrymen lowered their bodies and wanted to hide from the gaps in the horses, but they were stopped by the iron chains that locked everything. Some thorns were struck on the iron chains. Under the violent impact, the iron thorns directly pierced Yuan Jun's soldiers The armor was deeply embedded in the flesh, and blood flowed immediately. Dozens of soldiers were stopped between the horses, dragged by the advancing horses, and screamed in pain.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The archers who had been hiding behind the chain of chain horses all shot towards the sky and scattered arrows one after another into the dense crowd of enemy soldiers rushing over.

"Change! Turn left and right to outflank!" Xu Chu himself was in the fifth row, and after seeing the battle ahead, he shouted loudly behind him.

With a sound of falling, the five rows of chain horses in the back, two of them detoured to the left, the other two detoured to the right, and the remaining row slowly moved forward, always blocking the front of the archers, forming a steel-like wall , to prevent the archers behind them from taking damage.

As soon as the battle started, Yuan Jun's infantry was at a disadvantage and was trampled mercilessly by the cavalry formation. The armored cavalry rushing to the front had already been stained red with blood, while the cavalry behind them raised their crossbows and charged towards the enemy. The enemy on the opposite side shot wildly.

The crossbow is evolved from the bow, and it is said that it was made by the Yellow Emperor. It is also called the nest bow and the crossbow. It is a weapon used for archery in ancient times.

A crossbow is a bow equipped with a crossbow arm, which is mainly composed of a crossbow arm, a crossbow bow, a bow string and a crossbow machine. It is a powerful long-range lethal weapon in ancient times.

Because the firing of crossbows does not rely on manpower, but by machine, the range of a crossbow is basically fixed. Different crossbows have different ranges, and the number of people operating them is also different.

When shooting, first put the arrow on the arrow, pull the bowstring back, hang it on the hook, aim at the target, and pull the trigger to shoot the arrow.

Because the operation of the crossbow is very simple, compared with the bow, it does not require much training at all, so it is also easy for soldiers to master.

For this reason, Zhang Yan specially manufactured 10,000+ crossbows to equip the entire army. Basically, in Zhang Yan's army, from the general to the soldiers, each person has a crossbow hanging from his waist.

However, the range of crossbows is limited. The range of the crossbows equipped by the whole army is only about eighty or ninety steps, and those crossbows with a range of more than a hundred steps, or even two hundred steps, cannot be operated by a single person.So Zhang Yan basically didn't use it very much, but continued to use bows and arrows, which were long enough to use.

The reason why the entire army is equipped with crossbows is because of Zhang Yan's intention. There are no guns at this time. Within a hundred steps, crossbows are used much more frequently than bows.

Shooting with a crossbow is like holding a pistol. In an encounter, even if you don't have a bow and arrow, but with a crossbow in your hand, you can at least snipe the invading enemy.

The cavalry in the back rows held the crossbow machine and shot out the crossbow arrows. The front row killed the enemy, the rear row shot arrows, and the chain cavalry formation was fully displayed at this moment.

Yuan Shao, Tian Feng, Zhang Yun, Gao Lan and others were all watching the whole battle closely. The infantry commanded by Wen Chou was at a disadvantage from the very beginning of the confrontation in front of the cavalry formed by chains.Although these three thousand soldiers were not as elite as the cavalry led by Wen Chou, at least they were the experienced Jizhou Army who followed Yuan Shao in the Northern Expedition. They were the elite of all Yuan Shao's troops.

At that time, he had a brilliant record on the Youzhou battlefield. He not only resisted Gongsun Zan in his heyday, but also completely defeated Gongsun Zan's army in the later wars.

But such an elite division, in front of Zhang Yan's iron chain cavalry formation, seemed vulnerable!
The soldiers of the chain chain horse formation cooperated tacitly, and the formation was not chaotic. They sprinted in front and shot at the back. There were more than a thousand archers assisting shooting at the back of the chain chain horse formation. Three thousand soldiers died and were injured in just a moment. Mostly.

On the other hand, the enemy army, relying on this strange battle formation and extremely strong armor, did not kill or injure a single person, which is really staggering.

Such a powerful army made Yuan Shao and others feel horrified after seeing it, and even felt a chill in their hearts.

Yuan Shao, who had been frowning tightly, couldn't bear it anymore when he saw such a scene, and immediately said to Tian Feng beside him: "Military Master, can you find any flaws in it?"

Tian Feng said: "Not for the time being. However, I have already understood the strength of the chain chain horse formation, and I will come up with a countermeasure tonight. The lord can send an order to withdraw the army. If the army is not withdrawn, the three thousand soldiers will take the whole army Annihilated. The enemy army has already circled around from the left and right, and it is too urgent to withdraw now! If it is too late, not only the three thousand soldiers will be wiped out, but even General Wen Chou will have difficulty escaping."

Yuan Shao nodded, and immediately sent an order: "Ming Jin withdraws troops!"

There was constant fighting and screaming on the battlefield.

At first, all Yuan Jun soldiers were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to risk their lives to earn rewards.

But it wasn't until they actually fought against the chained cavalry formation that they realized that the opponent was too powerful. They kept waving their weapons and slashed at the cavalry on horseback, but it was only a jingle With a loud sound, the blades were cut, but the cavalry wrapped in the thick armor was unscathed, only a thin mark was drawn on the armor of those cavalry.

It's too perverted!

Yuan Jun couldn't cut down these cavalry, but was able to be killed by these cavalry. The climax of the charge was instantly wiped out by a torrent of icy steel, and the rest was just a fearless struggle.

Many soldiers of the Yuan Army wanted to slash the horse's legs, but before they could swing their knives out, they were beaten to death or wounded by cavalry wielding maces. After falling to the ground, they were trampled to death mercilessly by the enemy's horseshoes , The stomach was trampled by the horse's hoof, and the intestines flowed out. Some even had their heads smashed by the horse's hoof, leaving their brains all over the place.

At this time, the iron chain chain horse formation also outflanked from left and right, attacking from three sides, showing a fan-shaped state, and the archers behind them kept shooting, bringing fatal blows from the air.

Three thousand soldiers of the Yuan army killed more than 500 people in less than a short time, while the opponent didn't even hurt a single person. The difference is really too big.

Wen Chou commanded the entire army, and he was also anxious. If this continues, the entire army may be wiped out.Under such circumstances, even the elite of Wen Chou's subordinates had no choice but to come.But there is one advantage, that is, if you run fast enough, at least not so many people will die.

The battle at this time has basically been reduced to a one-sided massacre. The iron chain chain horse formation is unstoppable, and Yuan Jun's officers and soldiers are all terrified, and they have already begun to retreat.And Wen Chou, also anxious for a while, was about to give the order to retreat!
At this moment, Ming Jin's voice suddenly came from Yuan Jun's camp, and Wen Chou immediately shouted to the soldiers in front, "Retreat! Retreat!"

As soon as the words fell, Wen Chou was the first to run away. He rode his war horse and ran very fast. In a short time, he ran away without a trace.

And those remnants of Yuan Jun's defeated generals also ran away, scrambling to be the first, for fear of dying under the iron hooves of the chain of chain horses.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and the remaining more than 1000 soldiers of the Yuan army quickly ran back to their own camp. The iron chain chain horse formation did not chase, but just raised the crossbow to shoot at the defeated army. After the defeated army ran out of range, will stay in place.

Afterwards, Yuan Shao listened to Tian Feng's advice, retreated three miles, set up camp, and when he thought of a way to deal with the cavalry array, it would not be too late to attack again.

After Yuan Jun retreated, Zhang Yan ordered his subordinates to go out of the city to build a battlefield, and buried all the soldiers killed by Yuan Shaojun. Of course, the soldiers collected all valuables on their bodies.

In this battle, Xu Chu and others wiped out 830 six enemy troops. Although the number of enemies wiped out was small, they at least demonstrated the strength of the army to Yuan Shao's entire army, so that Yuan Shao did not dare to underestimate Zhang Yan.

It was getting dark gradually, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun led the army of the headquarters, arrived in the twilight, Zhang Yan received him personally, and let Zhang Liao and Gao Shun enter the city to rest. In the small city of Xian, an army of 3 people gathered, Immediately it looked crowded.

Nearly an hour later, Bao Xun also arrived in Xiancheng with an army of [-] militiamen. There was no room for so many people in Xiancheng, so Zhang Yan had no choice but to let Bao Xun lead the [-] militiamen to camp outside the city as a backup. strength.

……

Outside Hulao Pass, Cao Jun's camp.

Cao Cao received two proclamations in one day, one was announced by Zhang Yan, and the other was announced by Yuan Shao. The two proclamations criticized each other, but both mentioned a very important message, the emperor Liu Xie was killed.

Whether Yuan Shao killed it or Zhang Yan killed it is not important to Cao Cao. The important thing is that the death of the emperor will inevitably cause turmoil.

Cao Cao smiled sadly, and said to himself: "This war is getting more and more interesting..."

(End of this chapter)