Chapter 259: Total Annihilation
Hearing the sound of the horn in front of him, Xu Rong Huoran stood up, his eyebrows furrowed.
Fan Chou just said that everything was going well, and in the blink of an eye, he asked for help, which was a bit abnormal. Although accidents often occur on the battlefield, there are also differences in the severity of accidents, and some accidents can be fatal.
Xu Rong looked far away and saw Henghuan's battle flag between Fan Chou and Wang Fang. The battle flag was flying, he couldn't see it clearly, and he could vaguely see that it was a black bird, and it was definitely not a beast such as a wolf and bear commonly used by Xiliang's generals.
This is Sun Ce's subordinate.
Xu Rong chuckled in his heart. This battle flag is a bit like Dong Yubu, who was defeated by Fan Chou before, why did he come back again?
Xu Rong did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent heralds to the front of the battle to check the situation. Trumpets and flags can convey simple signals, and the details depend on the eyes and ears of the herald. The herald galloped away, Xu Rong paced back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, and when he saw the slip written on the case, a trace of uneasiness flashed in his eyes.
Isn't there a providence in the dark? I already know that this battle will be lost, so I have to write about this battle?
Xu Rong was stunned for a moment, then shook his head again, throwing this strange feeling out of his mind. The fierce battle is in full swing, this kind of thinking is unacceptable, not to mention that I still have a winner and a loser, but Sun Ce is about to be broken through the Chinese army. No matter how strong he is in governing the army, once the Chinese army is broken through, the victory or defeat is a foregone conclusion.
Despite this, Xu Rong's heart was still throbbing, and his always calm mood fluctuated uncontrollably.
Before the battle, Deng Zhan led his troops to kill and attacked Fan Chou's flank.
At the same time, the Wugang car, which had been silent for a long time in the Chinese army, began to roar again, shooting a rain of arrows at the Xiliang soldiers who were close at hand.
This time instead of individual arrows, bundles of bundles of iron arrows were used, and the distance of the arrows was not very far, at best, thirty or fifty paces, which was not even as good as an ordinary bow, but it was dense and penetrating. The Xiliang soldiers were caught off guard and were shot to the ground one after another, even those soldiers wearing iron armor were not spared, and many people were shot through the body and killed on the spot.
The Xiliang soldiers who were fighting in the fierce battle suffered heavy losses, and they were stunned and dodged one after another, but the battlefield was full of people, and where could they hide.
For a while, the screams were everywhere, as if they should respond to the roar of Wugang's car, setting off the majesty of Wugang's car.
In the Chinese army, Sun Ce patted the railing of the general platform and asked Guannan on the side. "Hughes, I'll ask you a question."
Guan Nan looked at the Xiliang soldiers who were in a mess, and they all looked stupid. He watched the battle in the Chinese army, and saw that the Xiliang soldiers had been storming the Chinese army's position, although they had not been able to break through, but the offensive was fierce, and Fan Chou took the personal guard battalion to kill it, he was worried that the Chinese army would not be able to resist, and was attacked by Fan Chou in one fell swoop, so nervous that he was terribly nervous, and he also had a stomach for the flashy Wugang car. Suddenly seeing Wu Gangche's large number of killings, he was suddenly confused, and he didn't notice what Sun Ce said at all.
It wasn't until Sun Ce asked for the second time that he suddenly woke up.
"General, you...... What do you want to ask? ”
"Confucianism says that the six arts of a gentleman, archery and royal cars are among them, you drive so well, do you have any research on archery?"
"I know a little bit about fur, but it's very limited, mainly because I don't have the opportunity to learn it."
"And how do you have time to learn to drive?"
Kannan looked embarrassed. "That'...... It was ordered by the first emperor and had to be learned as a last resort, otherwise it would not be. ”
Sun Ce suddenly realized. He knew that Emperor Ling of Han had done a lot of tricks in the palace, and driving a donkey cart in person was one of them. He didn't ask about the car again. "Do you know when the crossbow has the highest utilization rate?"
"What does the general want to say?"
"Well, let's put it simply, is it more affordable to have heavy arrows or light arrows?"
Kannan was silent. Seeing the lethal effect of Wu Gangche, he already knew the answer, of course, the heavy arrow could exert the power of the bow and crossbow better, but he believed that what Sun Ce wanted was by no means such a simple answer. He also believed that Sun Ce was not showing off. He is not a fool, how can he not see that Sun Ce has been guiding him and has high expectations for him.
If Sun Ce's expectations can be met, a mere analysis will never be the end of his career.
Guan Nan thought about it for a while, but still said honestly: "This ...... I haven't studied it, so I don't dare to speculate. ”
"What is known is known, and what is not known is not known." Sun Ce was very satisfied with Guan Nan's answer. "Don't worry, if you have a chance to go to the baggage camp, you'll know."
"Whoa."
While the two were talking, most of the Xiliang soldiers who had been pressing the Chinese army had been destroyed by Wu Gangche's close-range concentrated fire, and the situation was reversed in an instant, and the Xiliang soldiers who were still full of morale just now quickly collapsed, Fan Chou rushed to the front of the battle, and cut down more than a dozen routs one after another, but still failed to reverse the situation, and countless people turned around and fled. Fan Chou and his guards were attacked by the rout, and not only could they not advance, but even turned around with great difficulty.
Fan Chou also became nervous. He has been fighting for many years, and he knows too well the weaknesses of the Xiliang soldiers. It is easy to fight a smooth battle, which can be called elite, but once the situation is unfavorable and encounters a hard bone, it is very easy to form a rout. Xiliang has many famous generals, tens of thousands of troops at every turn, and has not been able to pacify the Qiang Rebellion, and finally relied on Duan Cheng to lead more than 10,000 elite attacks to pacify the Qiang Rebellion, which is the best example.
At this moment, the rout occurred suddenly without the slightest mental preparation, which caught him off guard, and he fell into a predicament before he had time to react. It is impossible to control his subordinates, let alone organize an attack. Fan Chou was so anxious that he ordered to blow the trumpet for help, and the rapid sound of the horn sounded like a sound and spread to the Chinese army.
The Chinese army reacted and ordered Wang Fang's troops to squeeze forward, break through Dong Yu's troops, and respond to Fan Chou.
But Fan Chou couldn't wait for Wang Fang. Deng Zhan led 4,000 soldiers to fight from both wings and quickly took control of the situation. The rout rushed to Dong Yu's front, seeing that Wang Fang's troops were two or three hundred steps away, but there was no hope of escaping. They were relentlessly shot by Wu Gangche, and they fell to the ground one after another, and the formation was in a mess, and they couldn't stop Deng Zhan at all.
Deng Zhan led the pro-guard army to fight like the wind and rushed in front of Fan Chou in one breath. The thousand troops broke in a flash, Fan Chou's people and horses were cut in two, blood splashed, and steaming internal organs gushed out and flowed all over the ground. Fan Chou's eyes widened, looking at half of his body, the look in his eyes quickly dissipated, turning into nothingness.
The war drums of the generals suddenly sounded, and the guards around Deng Zhan stepped forward to tear down Fan Chou's battle flag and threw it on the ground. The soldiers under his command were excited, and shouted in unison as they fought bravely.
"Broken! Break! Break! ”
Xiliang soldiers were shocked by the lethality of the thousand troops, and in the face of Deng Zhan and the guards around him, it was like seeing a powerful ghost, some turned around and ran, and some were paralyzed on the ground, their bodies like chaff.
In the blink of an eye, Fan Chou's army was completely annihilated.