Chapter 533: The strongest of the strong, the stronger of the strong
Sun Ce came a hundred steps outside the camp of Zhengbei and stopped advancing.
The drum sound changed, more than 3,000 cavalry arrays, the foot pawn in the middle, the knights on both sides, the typical infantry and cavalry with the large array, under the illumination of more than 1,000 torches, stood in front of the formation without concealment.
A hundred steps, beyond the range of an ordinary bow and crossbow, but within the range of a four-stone crossbow, a young crossbowman named Deng Xin, who was hiding behind the camp fence, couldn't hold back his impulse, raised the crossbow, aimed at Sun Ce under the banner, pulled the crossbow machine, and shot an arrow.
The crossbow bolt broke through the wind and galloped, and in a blink of an eye, it came to Sun Ce's face. Xu Chu heard clearly, raised the big shield, and was about to step forward to protect Sun Ce, Sun Ce stretched out his left hand, lightly pressed it on the shoulder of the lord Xu Chu, raised his right hand, and accurately grabbed the crossbow arrow flying in front of him.
Everyone was silent, and the soldiers on both sides looked stupid. Although the most commonly used crossbow in the army is the three-stone and four-stone crossbow, more than a hundred steps away is already the end of the range, and the speed will drop a lot, but in the dark, it is still not possible for ordinary people to grasp the crossbow arrows shot with their bare hands.
Sun Ce handed the crossbow arrow to Xu Chu. "This crossbowman is a good shooter, get him out. If you want to work for me, you can keep it, and if you don't want to, you will cut it. ”
Xu Chu promised loudly, inserted the crossbow arrow into his belt, pulled out his sword, raised his shield, and strode forward. The two hundred righteous people followed closely and walked towards the camp with their heads held high.
Seeing Xu Chu and the others approaching, there was a shout in the camp, and the crossbowmen immediately began to shoot. The righteous servants raised their shields in unison, formed a shield array, and quickened their pace to force towards the camp. The shield they used was not an ordinary wooden shield or leather shield, but an iron shield, which was covered with a layer of armor-thick iron plates, and in order to reduce weight, the iron plates had many holes, and the aperture was slightly smaller than that of the arrows, which could shoot into the shield, but could not penetrate. Even so, this shield is heavier than ordinary wooden shields and leather shields, and only the righteous servants with the best physical conditions can handle it freely.
Dense arrows shot at the shield array, Ding Dang rattled, sparks splashed everywhere, and in a few moments, there were a few arrows on each shield, but none of the arrows could penetrate the shield.
The servants ran faster and faster, rushing to the front of the men to take a few steps, crouching down in front of the trench and raising their shields, while a few more men rushed behind them, fell on one knee, and crouched on the ground, but carried their shields behind them. Xu Chu flew in and stepped on their shields. They shouted loudly, raised their shields hard, Xu Chu jumped up by taking advantage of the momentum, jumped over the camp trench, and roared in mid-air, like a tiger out of the valley, shaking the two Yuan soldiers who were facing him dizzy, and before they could wake up, Xu Chu fell to the ground, squatted slightly, and rushed forward again. Kicking out a pit on the ground, the earth was flying, and the heavy body was like a boulder thrown by a stone thrower, with the sound of the whirring wind, he came to the camp gate in an instant, and even the people with shields slammed into the camp gate.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the three soldiers of Yuan at the camp gate were knocked into the air, and one of the sword and shield men was too close to the camp gate, and was hit by the edge of his own shield, his head broke and he was bleeding, fell a few steps away, and fell to the ground with a bang.
With a "click", the bolt of the camp gate was broken by Xu Chu, and the camp gate shakily opened.
Seeing this, the military marquis guarding the camp gate screamed: "Block the camp gate, retreat and behead!" Before the words fell, Xu Chu's eyes turned to look directly into his eyes. Junhou's heart shook violently, and the following words were held in his throat, and he couldn't get out. Under his gaze, Xu Chu's long knife rose and fell, slashed left and right, killed seven people in a row in a blink of an eye, rushed in front of him, and slashed down.
The marquis was shocked and raised his shield to parry.
"Boom!" The shield was split in half by a long knife, and the marquis's wrist was severed, and the tip of the knife slashed through his face, splitting his head.
The marquis took two steps back and fell to the ground with a bang.
The soldiers of Yuan who stood in front of the camp gate were shocked inexplicably. They are also Jiang Qi's subordinates, and they have long seen the bravery of Sun Ce's subordinate guard battalion, but when they saw Xu Chu killing eight people in a row with his gesture just now, they knew that although those soldiers of the guard battalion were brave, they were still within the scope of normal people's understanding.
Xu Chu is not.
Just when the soldiers of the Yuan army were shocked, more righteous servants jumped over the camp trench and rushed into the camp gate. Some stood up behind Xu Chu, while others removed the camp gate and threw it on the camp trench. The others stepped on the camp gate and rushed over, Yuguan entered the camp, a group of five, cooperated with each other, slashed and killed, and cut down dozens of people in one go, and the remaining Yuan soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and fled, and no one dared to look back again.
Xu Chu took out the bloody sword, walked up to the crossbowman, and took out the crossbow arrow. "Who fired the arrow just now, shot my general, stand up."
The crossbowmen looked at Deng Xin in unison. Xu Chu's eyes swept away, and as soon as his wrist moved, the knife was on Deng Xin's neck. "My general admires your courage and archery, and is willing to ignore your past suspicions, as long as you are willing to serve him. Would you like to ......?"
"Yes!" Before Xu Chu finished speaking, Deng Xin knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. The bolt went out, and he regretted it. As a crossbowman with excellent archery, his eyesight was excellent, and he clearly saw that Sun Ce grabbed his arrow and handed it to Xu Chu, and he felt bad at that time, Xu Chu was coming at him nine times out of ten. At this moment, seeing Xu Chu take out the arrow and put the knife on his neck, he was already so frightened that he was about to pee his pants, and he only took his life to rest, and when he heard that Sun Ce wanted to recruit him, how could he be unwilling.
"Very good, pick up your crossbow, you can shoot whoever I mean, and see if you are a coincidence just now and really a first-class archer."
"Whoa." Deng Xin hurriedly got up, skillfully wound up, put on the arrow, and held it up. With the crossbow in his hand, he was immediately full of confidence, and his voice did not tremble, and he was as stable as the crossbow in his hand. "My lord, you say, shoot whom?"
"Deng Xin, you bastard who turns his face and doesn't recognize people." The other crossbowmen were extremely jealous of Deng Xin, knowing that they were not opponents, and when they saw that Deng Xin was going to make a name for them, they were angry one by one, and they scolded while turning around and running away, and in a blink of an eye, they were like birds and beasts.
Xu Chu quickly took control of the camp gate and sent a signal to Sun Ce.
Almost at the same time, Yuan Tan also received an alarm that the Zhengbei camp was broken by Sun Ce, and he couldn't help but gasp. Liu Bei Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other warriors to help, it took at least one meal to break through the Zhengdong camp, it was already breathtaking, after all, it was 500 people attacking 2,000 people, and the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, but I didn't expect Sun Ce's troops to be more powerful, and they almost achieved a decisive victory between words.
Yuan Tan almost didn't have time to think about it, and immediately ordered the two large battalions in the northeast and northwest to reinforce the Zhengbei camp.
The drums of war rose again, echoing each other and resounding in unison. The situation on the battlefield changed drastically, and the east gate of the originally lively Chinese army camp suddenly quieted down, and everyone's attention turned to the north camp.
Liu Wu breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground, sweating like rain. In addition to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, there were more than 100 people left around him, including more than 30 personal guards. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the two hundred people selected from Jiang Qi's old department immediately changed their camp and joined forces with their former comrades, and more than half of the two hundred Dongjun soldiers were lost, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were seriously injured, and they were all at the end of the crossbow.
"Let's go!" Guan Yu rushed over with Qianjun Po, who had only half of the blade left, and picked up Liu Bei and left. Zhang Fei waved a knife in his left hand and a spear in his right hand to break them off. More than 100 people seized this rare opportunity and quickly broke out of the encirclement from the open space between the two battalions.