Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3347 Qin Chu

Even though the school swordsman stacked up his shields and moved slowly, he looked like an old man, but when the school swordsmen whistled and started charging, it was like a steely wind. , directly swept through the remaining distance of the stone bridge, and rushed into Cao's army array!

It happened to be stuck in the gap between Wenpin's order to change the array!

Wenpin ordered the archers to suppress Huang Zhong's archers and then retreat to the second line.

There is nothing wrong with this command.

The problem is that Cao's rigid soldiers cannot keep up with Huang Zhong's flexible troops!

If the normal process is followed, then Cao Jun's archers will retreat while shooting, and change positions with Cao Jun's sword and shield men behind them. This is basically a normal battle formation operation, and this tactic is the most basic, and it is also a pattern engraved in the hearts of almost every soldier.

Following thousands of trainings, the sword and shield man turned slightly sideways to get out of the way. At this moment, the archers were about to pass through the passage and then regroup behind the sword and shield man.

But Huang Zhong's school swordsman roared out!

Huang Zhong's school swordsman did not wait for Huang Zhong's order, and directly seized this opportunity for Cao's army to change formation!

Faced with the sudden change of the swordsman, the archers of the Cao Army on the opposite side were inevitably affected by it, triggering an effect similar to a domino.

It turns out that Huang Zhong's swordsman moves very slowly. Of course, the main purpose is not to deceive Cao Jun, but to seek stability and reduce the probability of casualties. Therefore, in the first half of the stone bridge process, it is inevitable that Cao Jun will be attacked. The soldiers left the impression that these swordsmen could not move fast, or that it was difficult to move fast...

However, at this moment, the swordsman suddenly accelerated, which naturally caused Cao Jun's archers to be caught off guard. Most of these archers are still responding at the original movement speed of the swordsmen, and the speed of formation changes is also slower. Seeing the school swordsmen rushing forward crazily, Cao Jun's archers who were still behind were inevitably frightened and their movements changed.

Some people began to speed up, trying to get back to the safer second line before Huang Zhong's swordsmen arrived, while others were dumbfounded and at a loss, while others tried to turn around and shoot the oncoming swordsmen...

Although the swordsmen rushed forward and indeed entered the range where the archers were more powerful, because Cao Jun's archers were changing formations, many of them were not ready to shoot, and even the arrows were still in their quivers. Take it out, there is only an empty bow in your hand!

Even though Cao's archers took out the arrows in time, they were not very accurate in their haste. Not all archers are marksmen, especially when dealing with moving targets. Just like a hunter shooting prey, if there is only one prey, then the accuracy will probably increase. However, if a group of prey are flying around, a slightly inexperienced hunter will often fire his gun blankly. Because the eyes are aiming at one, but the hands may be aiming at another.

Under such circumstances, even if the school knife hand was shot, it was not a critical part.

Several school swordsmen were shot with arrows in their chests, but their fine iron breastplates could not be shot through.

Several others were hit by arrows in their arms and legs and were unable to continue fighting, so they retreated under the protection of their comrades.

After Cao Jun's archers finished a round of shooting in a panic, the school swordsman almost rushed in front of him!

Some of Cao's archers wanted to continue shooting, but they were attacked by Huang Zhong's archers!

The school swordsman gave up his position on the stone bridge, and soon more archers from Huang Zhong's side filled in. Under the fearful eyes of Cao Jun on the opposite side, the archers from Huang Zhong's side in the second row raised their long swords. Bow, began to lob a wide range.

"Strong wind!" 』

"Strong wind!" 』

The archers on Huang Zhong's side repeated the command, and a large number of arrows roared out, rushing towards the sky, and then turned around and fell towards Cao Jun's side!

Cao Jun's swordsmen, shieldmen and archers were crowded together, and there was no room to hide!

"Pfft!" 』

"Ahhhhh..."

Screams sounded one after another.

Cao Jun's sword and shield players were okay. They kept their heads down and used shields and armor to resist falling arrows. But Cao Jun's archers were unlucky, because most of these archers had two armors and could hit them wherever they wanted. It doesn't hurt?

"Strong wind!" 』

There were loud shouts, and there was another sound of arrows whizzing into the sky.

As the arrows rained down, Cao's soldiers rolled to the ground wailing.

Originally, the mountain path was not wide, with a cross-section of only forty or fifty steps, and the widest places were only sixty or seventy steps wide, so the distance between the two sides was not that far. Under such circumstances, the arrow shot from the hoist Arrows can already cause relatively large damage to unarmored or thinly armored units.

Even though the arrow missed the target, it still splashed a lot of blood.

"Strong wind!" Strong wind! 』

The archers on Huang Zhong's side, who were taking turns to shoot, immediately retreated quickly after finishing shooting the arrows in their hands, until they retreated behind their own spearmen array. The following archers took over the position of the previous archers, aiming at the heads of Cao's army and pouring arrows.

The bow string was like fried beans, banging continuously, and the arrows rose into the sky with claws and fangs, and then bit out bursts of blood mist in Cao's army array. The thin-armored Cao Jun archers suffered terrible injuries. Even if a large number of Cao Jun soldiers were hit by arrows, even if they did not scream and roll on the ground, it was impossible for these people to continue to participate in the subsequent battles while covering their wounds.

Under such circumstances, Cao's army was bound to be in great chaos.

On the one hand, Cao Jun's sword and shield couldn't be moved, and it was blocked by his own archers. On the other hand, the passage to get out of the way couldn't be closed, because it was also blocked by his own archers!

This state of being beaten without being able to fight back is really frustrating, especially when you see your comrades around you fall down one by one and you are helpless. This kind of psychological pressure is not to mention how great it is. What's more, Cao Jun's fighting will itself is not that strong. Those in the front are already an array that can only be pulled together after being mixed with Wenpin's remaining troops. This approach can only be a temporary maintenance, but it will eventually come out. question.

After disrupting Cao's army's formation, Huang Zhong's archers gave way to both sides, revealing the heavily armored spearmen in the middle. The dense layers of spears and halberds were turned up, shining dazzlingly in the sun. Waves of heavily armored spearmen rushed towards them, shouting and drawing their guns, as if they were going to mix with the school swordsmen and completely wipe out Cao Jun's array. Defeat, defeat!

Compared to the school swordsman's sword and shield, the bright spears and halberds have sharp edges at each tip, standing upright in a piece, shining out with a dazzling light. All of these men had thick armor and stout bodies. They rushed in so desperately and seemed to have an unstoppable momentum. Even the soldiers of Cao's army who did not join the battle to meet the enemy were frightened.

"kill! 』

Huang Zhong's spearmen joined the battlefield.

Although Huang Zhong's school swordsmen can also penetrate and defeat these Cao army formations, relying on the school swordsmen alone will undoubtedly be greatly restricted and can easily be restrained by the opponent, so some heavy armor is added. The spearman is like injecting lubricating oil into this killing machine, which significantly improves its operating efficiency.

As Huang Zhong's men attacked Cao Jun's line, the chaotic Cao Jun array became increasingly unable to hold up.

The sound of knives, choppers and guns piercing into flesh was endless, and the sounds of muffled screams were also heard constantly.

After Huang Zhong's ingenious deployment, Cao's soldiers were unable to deal with the situation, and naturally they had to pay a greater price. At the forefront of the battle, Cao Jun's army suffered nearly half casualties in a blink of an eye, and many of the remaining Cao Jun soldiers were injured. Their originally dense and dense military formations were no longer in formation.

In particular, the **** courage that Cao's soldiers had managed to bring up with great difficulty has been completely eroded.

Even if the remaining individual soldiers of Cao's army broke out in a mad struggle to the end, who would be the opponent of the experienced and fleshy school swordsman? The shield withstood the few explosions, and then took advantage of the opponent's shortness of breath to swoop in with a knife, and that was it. It took a little more effort and a little longer than other Cao soldiers.

Huang Zhong's heavy armored spearmen are even simpler. There are swordsmen in front to resist the line and resist Cao's soldiers, and Huang Zhong's archers in the back to support them, so that these small number of heavy armored spearmen do not need to consider their own risks. Just focus on attacking. Their sharp spears and halberds are designed to search for flesh and blood in the cracks between people. As long as there is a slight flaw in the array of Cao's soldiers, these spears and halberds will arrive, taking away puffs of blood. Every assassination kills the lives of Cao's soldiers.

In this narrow and awkward mountain road, soldiers from both sides were shouting unconsciously at each other in the fierce battle, shedding sweat and blood.

Human struggle is always a manifestation of primitive power and impulse.

When their lives were in greatest danger, soldiers from both sides were biting, struggling, and killing each other based on instinct. They poured all their courage and fear into their shouts, trying to inspire themselves and frighten their enemies in this way.

Weapons rise and fall one after another, just like the reincarnation of every day and the end of every dynasty.

It begins in iron and blood, and it perishes in iron and blood.

Every swing was filled with power and desperation.

They slashed and stabbed at opponents who had the same skin color and language as them, who in peacetime might have been their friends, neighbors or even relatives.

We even met at the same conference, greeted each other, and traded each other's output and gains. But now in the torrent of war, everything has been distorted, and human nature has been stripped away in extreme circumstances. The instinct of survival.

The soldiers who were slashed and stabbed had different reactions in the face of fatal injuries.

Some soldiers will feel aggrieved at the last moment of their lives. They may still have fields that have not been cultivated, roof tiles that have not been repaired, endless filial piety, and no love, but as the blood spurts and flows, everything will change. Became clouds in the sky and dust on the ground. Some soldiers fell silently, sighing helplessly. They may have been used to life and death, and had a premonition of such an ending, but they were unable to change it and could only accept it silently.

Hot blood flowed from their bodies and soaked the mountain road.

Wuguandao, who had had enough of the blood between Qin and Chu, now received fresh blood and fresh meat again and again.

The brutal and **** battle did not last long. Cao's soldiers soon couldn't hold on any longer and began to collapse and retreat. They didn't even wait for Wenpin to send reinforcements or issue orders...

In the eyes of Cao Jun's soldiers, their own comrades are getting fewer and fewer, but their enemies seem to be increasing. Many people could no longer suppress their inner fear and ran away screaming.

"Cao's army was defeated. 』

Huang Zhong muttered.

Through the confused blood mist and smoke, we can see that many of Cao's soldiers have been beaten. Some of them are running around with their heads in their hands, some are discarding their weapons and running back screaming, while the rest are dumbfounded. , I don’t know what to do.

"This is already pretty good..." Huang Zhong praised half-heartedly, and then gave the order, "Form up!" Push forward! 』

"Wait... wait..." Pang Shanmin hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General Huang, this... you have forgotten the trap you just mentioned..."

"How could you forget?" "Huang Zhong smiled and raised his chin slightly, his long beard fluttering in the wind, "The rockets are ready... Let's see how Wen Zhongye chooses..."

"How to choose Wen Zhongye?" Pang Shanmin didn't understand.

Huang Zhong seems to be talking about the present and the future.

Pang Shanmin stood behind Huang Zhong, looking at the battlefield on the mountain road, and suddenly he understood a little bit more.

There were many marriages between Qin and Chu back then!

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, although various vassal states often used marriage as a political means to make friends with each other in order to strengthen ties and support each other, the marriage between Qin and Chu was more special than other vassal states from the beginning.

Because Qin and Chu were both barbarians to the vassal states in the Central Plains.

The original purpose of the marriage between Qin and Chu was also to fight against the powerful opponent in the Central Plains at that time - the State of Jin. With such common interests, there are seven accurate historical records of marriages between Qin and Chu. This does not include cases that may not have been recorded, and these marriages are all very high-level. Qin Ying and King Ping of Chu married Bo Ying, and the Empress Dowager Mi Bazi of Qin Xuan was the daughter of a Duke of Chu. This marriage not only helped the two countries to support each other politically, but also promoted cultural exchanges between Qin and Chu. and fusion.

So Liuli and Liubaili, from a certain perspective, are a kind of trust between the original "relatives".

But in the end this "trust" was exchanged for benefits.

Qin and Chu were originally friends, relatives, and friendly troops, but they still couldn't escape the end of fighting each other on Wuguan Road.

If the Chu State could cross Lantian during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, perhaps history would be different.

While Qin failed to invade Jingxiang, Chu may still use birds and flowers as characters...

Now, Pang Shanmin suddenly realized that it was actually very similar to history.

Qin Chu back then, how could he not be Qin Chu now?

The drums of the Chinese army sounded, and Huang Zhong's soldiers responded in unison. Suddenly, their voices were so powerful that they rolled through the mountain road like muffled thunder.

The school swordsmen reorganized into formation and advanced like a wall. But the soldiers of Cao's army in front of them retreated one after another, and no one dared to step forward to fight.

Cao Jun's courage is exhausted!

This is like collapse. Not everyone can hold it tightly and endure it...

Wenpin looked at the defeated Cao soldiers and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to give some order, but fell silent after a moment.

In such a scene, even if he charged forward with his remaining troops, he might not be able to change anything.

Is there anyone who can change the entire situation of the war with one person?

It does exist, but it often requires the right time, right place, right people, and both are indispensable.

It's like Guan Erye beheading Yanliang.

Mr. Luo just said that Yan Liang thought that Guan Yu was coming to surrender. Guan Yu's horse was fast, but Yan Liang was careless, and then he was slashed with a knife. But in fact, Guan Yu killed Yan Liang in history. It was so fierce that even novels would not dare to write it like that.

Historically, Guan Yu was not a surprise attack, let alone a sneak attack, but an honest and upright charge into the formation to kill.

Because what is described in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms is "Ascend in front of the feathers, defeat, and kill the good." 』

"Climbing forward" means rushing in front, and "breaking through" means breaking through the opponent's formation.

Therefore, Yan Liang was definitely not unprepared and was killed. It can only mean that he was on guard, but failed to guard against it...

It is high risk for a general to fight in person. Generally speaking, few people will do this.

Wenpin clenched the long knife in his hand, veins popped out, but his feet did not move.

After a while, Wenpin ordered, "Ming Jin!" withdraw troops! 』

The guard beside Wenpin was stunned for a moment, "General, are we going to withdraw like this?" So, what about those horse-rejection traps? 』

A horse trap equipped with a fire starter.

Indeed, if we rely on these traps, we can still delay it for a while, and we can even kill some more of Huang Zhong's soldiers.

But then...

Wenpin raised his head and looked at the array of Huang Zhong's men in the distance. His eyes moved slightly, and finally he shook his head and said, "Strategies should not be exhausted." 』

These traps are no longer necessary.

On the one hand, Wenpin thought that Huang Zhong had probably seen through these traps, and the braziers in the distance were a warning to Wenpin. If Wenpin still wants to resist and lure around the trap, then what awaits may not be Huang Zhong's soldiers, but rockets falling from the sky!

On the other hand...

"Ming Jin withdraws troops!" ” Wenpin repeated.

Since Wenpin reiterated his point, although his guards felt it was a pity to abandon the trap and retreat in vain, they still carried out the order.

The sharp sound of gold ringing sounded, and Cao Jun's soldiers retreated in a hurry, as if they had received an amnesty.

Upon seeing this, Huang Zhong also ordered to withdraw his troops.

After all, going past those traps to hunt down Wenpin was not a smart and rational choice.

In a war, it is right to use the remaining brave men to chase the poor aggressors, but it is also right not to pursue the poor aggressors.

And the most important thing is that Wenpin seems to have shown an interesting attitude by giving up the last resort here...