Chapter 196: The Battle of the Six Rivers (4)

It was just a breath of time, and the war horse had already rushed far away. Chen Cheng glanced at the broken part of the armor of his left arm, and it was really fierce enough just now, even the thick arm armor was pierced. The chain mail he wears inside has no sleeves, and can only add an extra layer of protection to his body.

Therefore, the protection of the vital parts of his body is better than elsewhere, and the only weakness of his whole body is the face door. When I was in Yinchuan, I also used to make a fully enclosed helmet, which only leaked a little gap in the eyes. In that case, the weakness of the front door will not be there, but it will cause the problem of poor visibility.

It's okay to fight on foot, anyway, as long as you care about the position within a radius of more than ten meters. Fighting on horseback, you still need better vision. So, despite having a thick, fully enclosed helmet in his "inventory", he rarely uses it, still using a traditional helmet.

The skill of "Iron Bone", with each level, can reduce some damage and increase two points of health, which is not very useful in the early stage, and will not show the effect until the point is full and the effect is stacked. But more importantly, the buff of "damage taken by three-quarters" is what makes him shoot like a hedgehog and continue to fight.

Of course, the double armor on the body is the more important reason, if you go into battle bare-chested and are rushed by a gun, you still have to kneel.

Chen Cheng turned his head and prepared to stew Zhang Liao Lu Bu, who had just taken a look. Although these two people are famous figures in history, since they are on the battlefield, there is nothing to say, life and death are just destiny. However, he had just rushed too fast and too far, and his back had been cut off by the reflected enemy troops.

In front of him, there were also many Han cavalry who rushed towards him with a large number of people. Seeing that if he didn't leave, he would fall into a situation surrounded on all sides, even if he was already proficient in using a weapon like Fang Tian's painting halberd, he didn't dare to be surrounded by a heavy surrounding, so he could only beat his horse and run out to the side, looking for his own soldiers and horses to converge.

"Brush, brush", the Han army on horseback raised a strong crossbow, and Wangshan pointed to the strong enemy not far away. The officer in iron armor shouted: "Don't be afraid! He's only one man! ”

said that he should not be afraid, but in fact, he himself trembled slightly. The more something is missing, the more something to advocate. It's like when the more "etiquette" is talked about in society, the more it shows that the current era is the collapse of etiquette and music.

Chen Cheng hit his horse and left at the right time, leaving the crossbow arrows in the sky behind. The mount under his crotch was galloping, but his majestic body suddenly shook slightly, and he reached to the side and pulled out a crossbow bolt that had been shot into the muscle of his left leg. Fang Tian's halberd was admittedly powerful, but it could not be equipped with a shield. It works very well against miscellaneous soldiers and rabble, but when it comes to elite troops, it has the problem of insufficient protection.

He rode away quickly, and then burrowed into the smoke and dust again. There were enemies in front of him, left and right, and Chen Cheng was slashing at the nearby enemies while moving closer to his own soldiers and horses in a relatively neat formation. In the smoke and dust, only people within ten meters could be seen clearly, and a Han army armored horse collided with him, and as soon as he saw his appearance clearly, he showed a shocked expression, and a Fang Tian painting halberd had already looked back with a roar.

The Han cavalry was also considered to be a strong martial artist, and in an instant, he had already raised the shield in his hand and blocked the front of his body.

"Click", the wooden shield shattered, and the small branches on the halberd slashed the armor on his body, and suddenly brought up many fragments of armor leaves. As soon as the two sides were united, the Han army's armored cavalry rushed out of the distance, and then he looked down and saw that the armor on his chest had been cut open with a long hole, revealing the dark and strong body inside.

He reached out and touched it, but there was nothing wrong with it except for a few flesh wounds. He was stunned at first, and then he became afraid. Looking around, there were shouts and fights everywhere, but the enemy who looked like a demon god was gone.

Once again, he fought hard to disperse a group of Han light cavalry, and Chen Cheng finally returned to the side of the guards. Wei Ran was hesitating to launch an assault in which direction after losing his lord, when he saw Chen Cheng at this time, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shouted: "Lord! ”

Chen Cheng looked at it, and there were only sixty horsemen left in the guards who followed Wei Ran, and even the deputy commander Zhao Si was gone, and the others didn't know where they had scattered. Although he could see the location of enemies and friendly troops, he could not accurately tell who each person was.

Although there is still a scuffle here, because the large battalions of Han Sui's army have been burned down in succession, the morale of the Xiliang army is now low. Although the firelight was not visible in broad daylight, the dozen or so billowing black smoke could be seen clearly by everyone.

Wei Ran said loudly: "Lord, what should we do now?" ”

Chen Cheng lifted the halberd, pointed to the front right, and said, "Follow me!" ”

Dozens of guards followed behind Chen Cheng, killing out of one cloud of smoke and dust, and then into another cloud of smoke and dust. Chen Cheng and his subordinates continued to move closer to the friendly army, and when they encountered enemy troops along the way, they stepped forward to fight. After a long chaotic battle, no less than 100 people were killed, and the guards also lost seven people, and finally killed near the Flying Bear Hussar.

The Flying Bear Hussars had always been trained in the manner of assault cavalry, with spears and shields and horizontal knives for close combat, and spears for long-range attacks, and only a small number of officers at the rank and above had bows and arrows. When it comes to the array charge, they are the strongest assault cavalry of their time. When it comes to melee, the Flying Bear Hussars are not inferior to any elite cavalry.

The only problem is that they have too few people. Even if it is a one-to-three exchange ratio, it does not make much sense in this big melee of thousands of people. Chen Cheng stepped forward, Liang Xing heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and twisted his waist without thinking. Seeing that it was Chen Cheng, he hurriedly put down the riding gun in his hand and shouted: "Lord! ”

Chen Cheng asked loudly, "Where is the flag?" ”

Liang Xing was stunned and said, "I lost it in the scuffle just now." ”

"How many more people do you have under your command?"

"And four hundred horsemen."

Seeing Chen Cheng's face darkened, Liang Xing hurriedly explained: "I will let them attack in batches with either fifty horsemen or one hundred horsemen, so as to cause continuous pressure on the enemy." ”

Chen Cheng's face was a little pale, and he said in his heart: Liang Xing can be regarded as a soldier. He said to Liang Xing: "Blow the rallying horn and let the cavalry move closer here!" ”

The majestic horn sounded, and the message was conveyed through the length of the message. When the surrounding cavalry heard this, they all got out of the fighting state and rushed towards this side. Seeing the retreat of the flying bear hussars, some of the Han cavalry wanted to pursue, but they might as well throw them over with a javelin whistling, and the cavalry in front of them were even nailed to the ground with men and horses, and the one on the right saw that the thieves were so ferocious, and there was no general to command, so they restrained the war horses and temporarily stopped the pursuit.

It didn't take long for several teams of flying bear hussars to rush over under the leadership of officers at all levels, and Chen Cheng roughly counted them, about 700 horses. Although some cavalry did not return, he could not wait for everyone to return. There are still one or two thousand Qianghu cavalry on the battlefield who are fighting with the Han army, but those cavalry are not familiar with the military number of the Liangzhou army, and it is not impossible to gather them, but it will also take a long time.

For those rangers, all they need is to understand the two orders to attack and retreat. Other times, it is up to the front-line soldiers to judge for themselves what to do. Is it an attack, or a detour, or a retreat? In this day and age, combat experience and battlefield instinct are often more important than familiarity with the art of war.

The strength of his own battalion is only 4,000, and he can support it for a long time by relying on the strong combat power and strong bows and crossbows of the trapped camp, but if it takes a long time, he will also lose a lot of troops.

There are tens of thousands of Huangfu Song's army, all of them are well-trained elites, and they are strong soldiers, if they do not count the casualties, it is still possible to break through the large camp on the edge of the Changpo Plateau. As long as an army is willing to shed blood, it will eventually be able to advance. The Han army attacked so fiercely, Chen Cheng was unwilling to bet on whether Emperor Fu Song had enough determination.

After hastily assembling, Chen Cheng shouted to the people around him: "Come with me!" ”

The sound of horses' hooves sounded again, and this time, Chen Cheng did not gallop with all his might, but controlled the speed of the horse, keeping in line with the cavalry on the side. The direction that the halberd was pointing in was the location of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao that he had seen before. He thought about whether to take the opportunity to kill from this side and directly attack Huangfu Song's Chinese army. But just now he had already seen the infantry cavalry around Huangfu Song who were waiting for him, so he put this idea behind him.

Of course, it's good to kill Huangfu Song, but after rushing in, I'm afraid that I won't be able to rush out.

Under the battle flag raised on the right flank, Huangfu Song calmly and even indifferently watched the battle ahead. Each infantry phalanx consisted of about five or six hundred men, which was exactly the strength of a curve. The generals of the front line transferred one phalanx after another, constantly engaged in a brutal war of attrition with the defenders.

When one of the infantry phalanx was crippled, it was withdrawn and repaired, and another phalanx was sent up. Although the camp of the Xiliang Army under the Changpo Plateau is strong, it is not too big, and it is enough to attack with two Qu troops each time, and no matter how many people can't use it, it will only become a target for the defenders.

Round after round of arrows, the Han shooters were already heavily wounded, and no less than two hundred wounded were dragged down, and many more were shot dead under the camp walls. With so many casualties among the crossbowmen, the casualties of the infantry only increased. The five infantry phalanxes of the front army had been broken up and formed, no longer in the original form of flower formations, but under the command of the front-line officers, the same troops were grouped together and launched a series of attacks on the camp wall.

The previous phalanxes had already attacked for one round, and they were withdrawn and repaired one after another. The herald rode back and shouted to the two infantry phalanxes on standby: "General Li has an order, the left and right sides of the Chinese army will immediately step forward and take over the attack!" ”

The generals in the phalanx immediately stood up and responded in unison: "No! ”

At the sound of the officers' orders, the soldiers sitting on the ground stood up and rushed in the direction of the enemy camp.