The drizzle was dripping, and on the plains, the soldiers of the Cao army, who were divided by the crossbow arrows of the Xinhan army, were trembling at the moment, looking at the crossbow arrows that were shot from front to back, left and right and turned into water arrows, and there was only fear in their eyes.

There is no enemy in sight, only a strong crossbow that urges life, how can they not be afraid?

The combat effectiveness of the Cao army can indeed compete with the New Han Army, at least, like the New Han Army, they dare to fight and dare to work, and they are not afraid of sacrifice. Also, they have long been trained by Cao Cao to be brave.

But how can you be brave? The bed crossbows of the New Han Army were erected two miles away, and when the arrows were released from a distance, they could only avoid the trajectory from which the crossbow arrows came, and did not dare to set foot in the area where the crossbow arrows came.

The sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the sky made all Cao soldiers tremble, and the whole person collapsed.

Of course, among the Cao army, there are indeed many generals who belong to the strength of second- and third-rate generals, and among them, many generals also have great tactical vision and react quite quickly. In the middle of the Cao army, the marching team of the Cao army, which was forcibly separated by crossbow arrows, when the Cao soldiers who were trapped in the crossbow arrow array by the crossbow arrows, looked at Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang and other Cao army generals who were not too far away from them actually ordered to lead the army to turn around and leave, and the ordinary Cao soldiers couldn't help but fall into an extremely frightened mood. Individual soldiers, because of fear, a little out of control, saw that their army actually turned around and left, they could not control the fear in their hearts, and wanted to forcibly rush through the area where the crossbow arrows kept flying, and wanted to force their way through the death zone. Unfortunately, as soon as they rushed into the death zone, they were directly dismembered by the continuous fire of crossbow arrows.

That scene of blood and rain. It's terrifying.

I saw a Cao soldier, as soon as he rushed into the area where the crossbow arrow came from, he was immediately pierced through his body by a sudden crossbow arrow. The strength planted in front of the crossbow arrow carried his whole person forward. This, as if watching a special effects moment in a movie, was suddenly brought up, and then he was shot by a crossbow arrow from the other side of the road. Two powerful arrows, one left and one right, hit his body at this moment. His body took on a strange twist that was squeezed by force. With a thud, another crossbow bolt struck his painfully raised head, with a slight crack. The entire skull turned into a red and white foam. Just like this Cao Bing. It was as if Pingkong had lost his head all of a sudden, and the situation was very weird.

The rest, some of the Cao soldiers who also rushed into the orbit of the crossbow and the strong arrows that flew from the bed, also seemed to be suddenly blown up by the strong wind, screaming and being ruthlessly strangled by the crossbow arrows.

At this time, those Cao Jun generals who were stunned by these sudden changes also reacted at this moment. Although, they were separated in a crossbow array. The sound of crossbow arrows and the screams of the sergeants were a little apprehensive for a while, but their eyes could see.

They saw beyond the bed crossbow battle array they had suffered. Numerous cavalry were rushing towards the rear of their army. At this time, the Xiahou brothers and Xu Huang, Zhang Xiu and other generals led the army to retreat, which is understandable, because those Cao troops behind, if they do not withdraw, I am afraid that they will really be wiped out under the cavalry charge of the New Han Army. They were divided by the crossbow arrow array of the New Han Army, and they were afraid that they would not want to evacuate this area for a while.

Counterattack!

These generals immediately thought of counterattacking. Although they were terrified by the power of the bolts, they were not yet completely beaten without the courage to do so.

They also discovered that they were separated by a bed crossbow battle array, and they found that just because they were standing in some uneven area, those crossbow arrows could not hurt them. Moreover, they also found that after being attacked by the crossbow arrows of the New Han Army, it seems that no military horses of the New Han Army have entered the bed crossbow battle array. Well, the bed crossbow will not be able to tell who is the Cao army or the New Han army, as long as the people and animals in the range of those bed crossbows will all harvest their lives. Therefore, under the blow of the bed crossbow, the New Han Army naturally would not rush to attack.

At this moment, the New Han Army only needs to separate the Cao army that entered the ambush circle, divide them into sections, and then trap them, as long as the cavalry of the New Han Army defeated the more than 100,000 horses behind the Cao army, and then turn around and slowly clean up these Cao soldiers who were trapped in the ambush position.

In this way, Cao Bing was given a chance.

Because, as long as they are not in the orbit of the crossbow arrows, they will not be in danger, and if the crossbow arrows are cast in a storm, they will only fall in the air. This is also the shortcoming of the bed crossbow, the bed crossbow can only fix the orientation, and can only exert the most effective lethality on a flat ground.

Among the Cao army, many generals of the unified army, they have noticed this situation.

Soon, under the orders of the generals, those Cao soldiers who were killed with a little fright, were gathered by them, although they could not gather all the Cao soldiers trapped in the bed crossbow array at once, but batches of Cao soldiers, divided into countless teams, were concentrated.

The gathered Cao soldiers, under the leadership of the generals, rushed to the small hills on both sides of the road that could not be shot by crossbow arrows, so that they could see the situation on the battlefield clearly.

They found that the bed crossbows of the New Han Army were actually only erected about two miles on both sides of the road, and most of them were arranged at the bottom of those undulating terrain, facing the smooth road. In some places, there are more than a dozen bed crossbows, while in others there are only one or two. If they attack along those wave-shaped hills, they can directly kill the bed crossbow position of the New Han Army, and it is possible to attack those New Han soldiers who are controlling the bed crossbow and constantly firing crossbow arrows.

The Cao soldiers who were trapped inside, they all knew that as long as they captured the bed crossbow position of the New Han Army, they could break through the siege of the New Han Army and rush out.

Of course, what they saw was not only the bed crossbow of the New Han Army, but also the soldiers of the New Han Army who were distributed between the bed crossbow positions. At this moment, those soldiers of the New Han Army did not rush towards them. Instead, as they are now, they are standing on the high points of those small hills, and they are in position. It's a great array of bows and arrows.

"Sword and shield soldiers are ahead, kill me!"

Cao's generals gave the order to have the soldiers charge the New Han army from the dead end of the bed crossbow.

Even if they saw the bow and arrow array of the New Han Army, they didn't have much choice now, and if they wanted to escape from this battlefield, they had to kill it.

Cao Jun's soldiers seem to be in a desperate situation at this moment. saw a glimmer of life in the desperate situation, and it actually made them forget how frightened Fang Cai was for a while, and everyone burst out with a fighting spirit. Screaming and rushing along the ridgeline of the hillside.

However, these dying Cao soldiers were doomed to be in vain.

Because, as early as when this ambush battle array was laid out, Liu Yi knew. It is impossible to use the bed crossbow to directly eliminate the Cao soldiers who entered the ambush circle. Nor realistic. Therefore, Liu Yi only wanted to use the bed crossbow to give Cao Jun coercion, and use the bed crossbow to divide Cao Jun's marching team. Make it difficult for them to form a counteroffensive with large corps. In addition, no matter how many Cao soldiers the bed crossbow can shoot directly, Liu Yi did not hope or thought that a round of bed crossbow could shoot the Cao soldiers who entered the attack position.

Bed crossbow kills and divides, coercion.

Now it seems that it has indeed played its due role.

And then. What really trapped Cao Cao's more than 100,000 horses was those little playthings. Those little four-cornered nail thistles. There are also the archers of the New Han Army, and the rest of the infantry army, which are the forces that really trapped the Cao army's hundreds of thousands of horses.

On the undulating slopes of countless hills, countless Cao soldiers rushed up to kill, and they were about to kill in front of the soldiers of the New Han Army.

However, in the distance of more than 200 steps from the New Han Army, those Cao soldiers who rushed forward rushed forward, they rushed forward, and before the archers of the New Han Army could cast their bows and arrows, they fell to the ground screaming miserably, or cried and jumped to their feet.

Originally, it was a neat queue, and everyone rushed forward with shields, ready to use it to block the bows and arrows shot by the New Han Army, but their originally neat and dense crowd was suddenly chaotic and scattered.

No, not scattered, but chaotic.

"Ah...... My feet ......"

"What is this? Oh my God, watch your step! ”

"Ahh......h My ass ......"

"Yes, it's a four-cornered nail......"

Cao Bing, who had finally calmed down a little, finally burst out with a little bit of fighting intent, but at this moment, he suddenly collapsed and scattered.

They charged forward, but they didn't notice their feet for a moment, and they rushed into the great array of thistles scattered all over the place.

Well, on these grassy slopes, in the area of more than two hundred steps in front of the bow and arrow array of the New Han Army and the bed crossbow, almost all of them were sprinkled with thistles. These small iron-clad objects, as if they don't need money, are thrown everywhere.

With the cover of grass, the Cao soldiers who only cared about charging forward didn't notice it, only when they climbed on the spikes of the thistle terrestris and suffered pain, they paid attention to their feet, and only then did they see countless black cold lights faintly revealing in the grass.

Stepping directly on the spikes of the thistle terrestris would not make Cao Bing die all at once, and Liu Yi was not insidious enough to quench the poison with these thistles. However, a soldier was pierced in the foot by those spikes on the battlefield, and some Cao soldiers even stepped too hard, and the spikes completely pierced the soles of their feet, which was fatal to them, because if they wasted their feet, how could they fight again?

Of course, there were some more unlucky Cao soldiers, who were stabbed in the foot by the thistle, and fell to the ground unsteadily, and then the thistle on the ground stabbed countless blood holes in their bodies. I am afraid that it will be difficult to save these soldiers.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Cao's soldiers were in confusion, and the archers of the New Han Army were lined up, and the rain of arrows that began immediately began to cover.

The whistling rain of arrows shot indiscriminately into the crowd of Cao soldiers, and immediately, the Cao soldiers who were originally howling in pain were nailed to the ground at once, screaming and wailing.

Almost all the Cao soldiers who wanted to charge the New Han Army along the ridge line of the hillside and break through suffered the same end, first being blocked by the dense iron thistles scattered all over the ground in front, followed by the bow attack of the New Han Army. Soon, Cao Bing, who saw that the road ahead was hopeless, had to retreat one after another and withdraw from the range of the bows and arrows of the New Han Army.

At this time, among Cao's soldiers, there were also many archers. They can also assemble a bow and arrow array, but their bow and arrow. However, the firing range was dozens of paces shorter than the range of the New Han Army's sophisticated strong bow, and it just so happened that the Iron Tribulus Terrestris Array laid down by the New Han Army was just outside the farthest range of their Cao Army's bows and arrows. If they wanted to shoot against the archers of the New Han Army, they had to break into the Great Array of Tribulus Terrestris. But even these dozens of paces are equivalent to a chasm that they can't cross and enter this range. It's like sending it to death.

The war was cruel, whether it was Cao Bing or the soldiers of the New Han Army, they had already trained their hearts like iron stones. No matter who they are, they want to put the other person to death whenever they have the opportunity. Therefore, now the new Han army. Although it seems to be more one-sided, suppressing Cao Bing to harvest his life. But no one relented.

On the battlefield, either you die or I live.

Cao's army retreated quickly, because they were really not sure that they could brave the bow and arrows of the New Han army to rush through the distance of the thistle. Even if they used human lives to fill it, they did not have the confidence to break through such a defensive line of the New Han Army.

Of course, if it was in normal times, it would be impossible for those thistles to stop Cao Bing, and they could be checked away for these small objects. It is completely possible to clear a way to enter the military formation of the New Han Army. However, this is now unlikely.

The bow and arrow cluster of the New Han Army. It's really too precise, and the generals who command, raising the command flag, really shoot there wherever they want. Wherever Cao soldiers are about to rush over, there will be a rain of arrows, and until they are all shot to the ground, they will move to the next area where more Cao soldiers are gathered.

A moment of effort, from the assembly of Cao soldiers to the rush up the gentle hillside, is actually a moment of time, but it is only this moment, and countless corpses of Cao soldiers are left on the hillside.

In front of the Cao army's marching array, Li Dian's war horse was also hit, and he led people to attack and kill the past, enter the archery army formation of the New Han army, and then bypass to destroy the soldiers of the New Han army who controlled the crossbow. It's a pity that his war horse rushed into the Tribulus Terrestris Array, and then was directly injured by the Tribulus terrestris, so that Li Dian had to retreat.

"General Lee! It's not okay to go on like this, our sergeants are separated, even if we can break out? What about the rest of the brothers? ”

A lieutenant general of Li Dian, his face was a little pale, and his expression was a little panicked.

Although Li Dian's force is not very strong, under Cao Cao's account, he is not even ranked, and he is probably still a little far from the strength of a first-class general.

However, he is also one of Cao Cao's favorite generals, because he is good at leading the army to charge into battle, fighting, and is more brave. Often, Cao Cao liked to have Li Dian as a vanguard general.

But at this moment, no matter how brave Li Dian is, there is nothing he can do, because of the situation in front of him, the New Han Army does not have to fight them head-on at all, so they are trapped like this, so that they have no place to come out.

Li Dian understood that their Cao Jun had been cut home this time, and they had followed Cao Cao for so many years, and they really hadn't encountered a war like this.

Now, it seems that as long as they avoid the killing range of those bed crossbows, they can temporarily breathe a breath in some high places on gentle slopes, but if they can't break through the ambush position of the New Han Army, then as long as the New Han Army's bow and arrow array squeezes towards them, they may only be shot alive by the New Han Army's bow and arrow in the end.

What should we do now? Is it really going to be wiped out here?

Li Dian looked at the battlefield and saw many situations where Cao soldiers were divided, and groups of Cao soldiers wanted to break out of the siege, but they were beaten back.

At this moment, Li Dian's heart was dripping blood.

There's no way, there's really no way. There was no way to get these Cao soldiers to break out of the siege of the New Han army. It was a premeditated ambush, much more prepared than the last time they were ambushed. Li Dian felt that he was powerless to return to heaven.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves and shouts of slaughter came from behind, and the sound of the sound curtain that could penetrate the sound of the bed crossbow firing meant that a more fierce battle was taking place behind it. Without seeing it with his own eyes, Li Dian could also imagine that his army of 250,000 people, the rear of his army, should be being impacted by the cavalry of the New Han Army at this moment. Now I hope that the Xiahou brothers, Xu Huang and other great people will rescue him and these Cao soldiers, I'm afraid it's unlikely.

Li Dian stared blankly at the flat ground below the slope, where powerful crossbow arrows were still radiating, ravaging some of the corpses of Cao Bing who were already dead but were stacked together.

Li Dian's eyes lit up at this moment, because he saw that although the crossbow arrows of the New Han Army were strong and powerful, it seemed that every crossbow arrow shot by him flew; The trajectory is certain, and it shoots at a certain height close to the ground, and those war horses that are shot to death, because their bodies are larger than human bodies, so, even if they fall to the ground, they can't escape the result of being shot by the crossbow arrows that come from the ground, but those corpses that are close to the ground will not be shot by those crossbow arrows again.

"There's a way!" Li Dian said a little excitedly: "You see, although these crossbow arrows of the New Han Army are incomparable, each of their crossbow arrows shoots from a fixed trajectory, and it seems to be close to the ground, but it is not really shot against the ground. If we all crawl on the low ground and crawl forward, we can dodge these bolts. ”

"Huh? It seems that this is really the case. As long as we're close to the ground, we don't have to worry about getting shot by those bed crossbows. ”

"General Li, also, these crossbow arrows, after each round of fire, there will be a short interval, not a coherent fire. Well...... The time between the launch of the crossbow bolts is estimated to be between twenty or thirty breaths. ”

…… (To be continued......)