Chapter 436: Never set fire to it, it's hard to advance
The sound of bowstrings continued to sound, and arrows flew through the air.
The air was densely covered with a rain of arrows, and a piece of black pressure fell towards the entrance of the snake road.
The snake path is too narrow.
Cao's army held the entrance, and it was difficult for Xu Huang's army to rush in.
But the rain of arrows also did not merit.
When he saw the rain of arrows falling, Cao Bing, who was at the front, put up his shield.
Cao Bing in the back also raised his shield above his head.
A thousand Cao soldiers, all hiding under their shields.
The rain of arrows falling from the sky didn't even hit a single person.
All the arrows were blocked by a huge shield covered in iron sheets.
The snake path is only a zhang wide, and two shields can cover it.
A thousand people, more than a hundred shields were raised, like pieces of fish scales linked together.
When the arrows landed on it, they slid away, and they could not penetrate the iron-clad shield at all. Not to mention hurting someone under the shield.
After a few rounds of arrow rain, a thousand Cao troops, only a few who were unlucky, with their arms and thighs exposed outside the shield, were injured by the arrows.
Not a single one of Cao's troops was shot.
The loss of arrows is high, but it does not serve its purpose.
Xu Huang had no choice but to order to stop shooting.
Attack, can't attack.
Cao Jun's two shields stood in front, and behind them were spearmen.
As long as Xu Huang's people rushed forward, spears would pass through the gaps in the cards.
The Yellow Turbans couldn't even get close to a kilometer away.
Arrows also lose their power.
Xu Huang wanted to throw stones again.
But he had on hand, there were no catapults.
And there aren't many rocks around here.
So this choice was immediately ruled out by Xu Huang.
The rain of arrows stopped, and Wang Xiaohu approached again with the Yellow Turban Army, also holding a shield.
The fighting between the two sides continues.
It's just that it's hard for the Yellow Turban Army to move forward.
An hour passed, and then Cao Jun retreated ten zhang in the evening.
And at this distance of ten zhang, fifty Cao soldiers and sixty Yellow Turban soldiers died.
Every step forward is to step on the corpse of an enemy, or the corpse of a comrade.
At the entrance, thick blood flowed on the ground, slowly seeping into the earth.
Black earth, with a crimson touch.
A broken spear, stuck in it.
Many soldiers fell, but his hands were still clutching their weapons.
Whether it's Cao Jun or the Yellow Turban Army.
They are all the best.
A thousand Cao troops, holding here, did not flinch in the face of an enemy twenty times their size.
The Cao army in front of him held on to the snake path, and every step forward had to pay a huge price.
But the Yellow Turban Army is still advancing.
Fall down, and someone will fill his vacancy soon.
The range of the battle was small.
But the more you fight in a small place, the more fierce the battle will be.
The corpses on the ground are not a layer, and there is a corpse on top of a corpse.
The belligerents put their feet on the corpses of their comrades.
"General, set it on fire." Zhang Xiao said.
This is not the first time he's been advised to set fire.
Before the rain of arrows fell, after the first collision, he was resolute towards Xu Huang.
If the fire goes down, these Cao soldiers will be burned to death.
They themselves just need to watch from the outside, there is no need to fight at all, and there will be no casualties.
But Xu Huang did not agree.
As soon as the fire burned, not a little. It's a big piece.
will not only burn the thousand Cao troops in front of him.
There are also 100,000 people who have already entered the snake path.
Xu Huang wanted to win, but not to such a crazy point.
He liked what Zhao Hui said.
"The army is not to kill, but to protect."
If in the snake road, 100,000 people become 100,000 Cao army.
Xu Huang will not hesitate.
But he would not let 100,000 people accompany him to the funeral in order to kill Cao Cao.
Although Zhang Xiaoshun mentioned it again, Xu Huang still did not agree.
The fire will be engulfed in flames for dozens of miles, and it is not at all something that can be controlled by manpower.
Xu Huang can see the scene of thousands of miles of red land together with the fire.
With the snake road as the center, there will not be a living creature within a radius of a hundred miles.
The fire may burn for a month before it gradually goes out.
Unless it's a sudden heavy rain.
Not everyone can slaughter 100,000 people without changing their faces.
Cao Cao is one.
Yuan Shao is also counted as one.
Although Zhao Hui is now the most powerful. But he couldn't.
Among his subordinates, only Jia Xu can do it.
Xu Huang can't do it, Zhao Yun can't do it, even Dian Wei can't do it.
Don't look at Dian Wei killing on the battlefield, killing people like hemp.
But he wanted to burn 100,000 ordinary people to death, including the elderly, women, and children.
If it was Zhao Hui's order, Dian Wei would carry it out, but after the execution.
Dian Wei's mind will be under tremendous pressure, and he will even dream of the soul of the unjustly deceased.
Every day I was in a trance, and I didn't know what I had done.
Killing 100,000 soldiers and killing 100,000 unarmed civilians are two completely different concepts.
A hundred thousand soldiers are enemies, and if you don't kill them, they will kill you.
Don't say 100,000, it's 200,000, 500,000, Dian Wei won't be soft.
There will be no guilt in killing.
No matter what reason they became soldiers, since they went to the battlefield, they had to be prepared to die in battle.
The same is true of Dian Wei himself.
Every time he rode the black whirlwind and picked up the double halberd to go out, Dian Wei was fighting with a mortal heart.
Xu Huang didn't choose to set fire to it after all.
Even if you can't break through here, there is still hope over there.
Xu Huang asked several lieutenants to take turns to lead the Yellow Turban Army to attack Cao's army.
Don't give Cao Jun a little respite.
Xu Huang himself rushed to the front.
But here, even if Xu Huang is strong, he can't break through Cao Jun's giant shield.
As soon as he went down with an axe, at most he made Cao Jun, who was holding a giant shield, take a step back.
These Cao Jun, who held shields in their hands, were all behind them their comrades-in-arms.
They take a step back, and immediately there will be companions who will press against their backs.
Xu Huang's battle axe smashed on the shield, and it was not only the Cao soldier who held the shield who was forced, but more than a dozen Cao soldiers to bear it together.
Even Xu Huang's strength is much stronger than these Cao soldiers.
However, it is impossible to have more than a dozen Cao soldiers.
If you want to advance, you can only kill the Cao soldiers behind the shield.
Xu Huang is here, and his role is very limited.
Unless he has the terrifying power of Lu Bu.
If Lu Bu was here, he might be able to fly a dozen Cao soldiers with a halberd.
Fang Tian's halberd smashed down, and the dozen or so Cao soldiers at the front fell directly.
No matter how bad it is, it can also hurt Cao Bing holding a shield.
Although Xu Huang is holding a battle axe that is known for its strength.
But his strength is still much worse than that of the top generals.
Xu Huang's own force value, after all, is only first-class.
Xu Huang led the way and advanced twenty zhang, and he retreated.
Although here in the snake road, his role has dropped a lot.
But with his strength, he is at the forefront, and the speed of advance is definitely faster than that of ordinary Yellow Turban Army.
But even so, the effect is not obvious.
Xu Huang also wants to rest.
forcibly advanced twenty zhang and killed more than a hundred Cao soldiers, and Xu Huang's physical strength was almost consumed.
If you want to destroy these thousand Cao soldiers, it will still take nearly a day.
(End of chapter)