Chapter 171: Surprise! Weaknesses of the Dao?
It is true that Captain Wu Fu of the Yue Cavalry was right, even if the four hundred soldiers selected by Zhang Huang rode on the war horses, even if those war horses were also systematically trained, these four hundred soldiers and soldiers still could not be called cavalry, because they did not know how to use horsepower to enhance their own lethality.
Could it be that you expect a group of civilians from poor peasant backgrounds who have never touched or even seen a war horse to perform every movement on horseback like the highly trained cavalry of the Northern Army? After only half a day of cramming, it's quite remarkable that these guys can manage not to fall off their horses.
To put it bluntly, these 400 Yellow Turban cavalry are at most just "infantry on horseback" Cheng DΓΉ!
But then again, Zhang Huang didn't expect them to be on the same level as the cavalry of the Northern Army.
You must know that the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army also have their unique advantages, that is, the Xuanmen Dao Method, that is, the demon art in the mouth of the world. Of course, not all the Yellow Turban soldiers know Taoism, however, the Yellow Turban Army's Central Plains Taiping Dao believers, almost everyone knows a few offensive Taoism techniques. And the largest number of people who have mastered it is the fire curse, after all, "fire" is one of the oldest "awe" of mankind.
Because of this, if someone thinks that these four hundred Yellow Turban soldiers carefully selected by Zhang Huang will not have much lethality if they step on the war horse without training, this judgment is wrong.
Yes, the quality of the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army is generally not as good as that of the soldiers of the Northern Army, and many of them have never even heard of the stunts of martial artists such as "Rigid Body", "Cutting Iron", "Spear Penetration", "Yayan", etc., but. They have mastered the art of Taoism, and even the most common fire spell in the Taiping Dao is as powerful as a pot of boiling oil burning with flames.
So. Even if this group of "infantry on horseback" does not have to use swords at all, their combat effectiveness is absolutely not to be underestimated. Even, their destructive power far exceeds that of the Northern soldiers.
"Whoosh-"
The Yellow Turban soldiers on horseback led their horses with their left hands, and with their right hands, they kept throwing out fire talismans that had been prepared one after another. These fire talismans, which were originally just half-blood cinnabar, runic paper, and Xuanmen symbols, turned into one huge skull-like fireball after another after being thrown out by their owners, and smashed into the swarming Northern soldiers around them.
What happens if you are hit by such a fireball?
The Northern Sergeants present had fully answered this question.
I saw many soldiers of the Northern Army after being unfortunately hit by fireballs. In an instant, it turned into a burning burning man, accompanied by a miserable howl and the smell of burnt flesh, and finally turned into a charred corpse. Unrecognizable and unrecognizable.
This is just some relatively weak original Taiping Dao believers, and the more powerful ones can also condense flames on horsewhips and swords. Or even create a large-scale sea of fire. Even if it is a non-commissioned soldier of the Northern Army who is extremely strong in terms of physical strength and individual combat effectiveness. In the face of such "awe-inspiring disasters", it is inevitable that there will be a weak side.
"Demon ...... Black art! β
"This wave of thieves will all use witchcraft!"
Countless soldiers of the Northern Army shouted in panic, and even some of them had a look of fear on their faces.
It is true that the powerful Northern Army soldiers are never afraid of the challenge of any army in the world, even if they are fierce Northern Huns, they are still under their invincible and indestructible military momentum, but in the face of the non-human terrible power of Xuanmen Taoism, how can the Northern Army soldiers be able to resist with strong personal physical strength? Flesh and blood alone. Can it really withstand flames strong enough to smelt iron?
"The second team of the front song is scattered!"
"The six teams of Zuoqu collapsed...... Collapse! β
"The four teams of the front song are scattered!"
"Right Song...... The first, third, and fourth teams of the right song are all scattered! β
It is not surprising but unbelievable, in front of the four hundred "pseudo-cavalry" led by Zhang Huang. The infantry battalion of the Northern Army, which was famous for its offensive and defensive capabilities, was defeated by nearly 10 Quxia squads in less than half a column of incense, with more than 200 casualties.
"Why are there such casualties?!"
Zhou Yang, the Marquis of Ququ, who was the first to arrive here, saw that the ground near him was full of charred corpses of his infantry battalion killed by the fire curse of the thieves, and he was furious, grabbed the nearest infantry who seemed to be the commander, and asked angrily.
"Qu ...... Lord Quhou ......" The frightened Tun Chief's face changed continuously, and it took a few breaths before he gradually quieted down, turned his head to look in the direction of Zhang Huang and the others, and whispered in some sadness, "Brothers...... The brothers simply couldn't get close to those thieves! β
"What?!" Zhou Yang, the Marquis of Ququ in the infantry battalion, was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly turned his head to look at the camp that had become a battlefield, and he found that the soldiers of their infantry battalion had not yet approached Zhang Huang and the other four hundred pseudo-cavalry, and they would be hit by the opponent's non-human fireball, and their whole bodies would burn into flames and burn alive.
Think about it, how can the non-commissioned officers of the infantry battalion of the Northern Army compare to the attack range of the fire spell of the original Taiping Dao believers under Zhang Huang based on the length of the spear in their hands alone? This is simply pure restraint of the troops, Zhang Huang's four hundred pseudo-cavalry completely suppressed the infantry battalion soldiers on the opposite side, it was simply a scene of hanging and beating one side, and the latter had no power to resist!
[Damn!] Why didn't the shooters of the Shootout Battalion come to the rescue?! ]
A little annoyance flashed in Zhou Yang's mind, but now was obviously not the best time to blame the friendly forces for their poor rescue. After thinking about it, he asked the tun chief beside him, "The 'rigid body' can't block its demonic arts?" β
The tun chief showed a bit of sadness on his face, shook his head and said in a low voice, "Just now there is an uncle surnamed Cheng who carried a rigid body and rushed forward, but he was also ...... He was also burned alive by thieves with witchcraft. β
In the middle of the "......", a few hints of surprise flashed in Zhou Yang's eyes, and he immediately gritted his teeth with hatred.
He flinched, and after learning that he couldn't even resist the demon of the four hundred yellow turban pseudo-horsemen, even Zhou Yang, who was the Marquis of Ququ in the infantry battalion, inevitably had a heart of retreat in his heart, and he didn't give an order immediately for a while.
Zhou Yang's hesitation made the nearby Northern Army infantry hesitate as well. One by one, they looked at their commander in horror, holding their spears and looking at a loss.
[Not good!] ]
Zhou Yang chuckled in his heart, and he quickly realized that it was his cowardice that had had a negative impact on the soldiers of the infantry under his command.
Come to think of it. Zhou Yang gritted his teeth, his eyes showed a bit of determination, and he roared with a fierce expression on his face, "Damn, death is death!" β
With that, he snatched a spear from the hand of the infantry next to him, and rushed towards the Yellow Turban soldier not far away.
"And those who are not afraid of death?"
One of the Yellow Turban soldiers noticed Zhou Yang's actions. Immediately launched an attack on Zhou Yang with several nearby companions.
For a while, five or six fireballs as large as human skulls and burning roared towards Zhou Yang, facing such a precipitousness. Even Zhou Yang couldn't help but be frightened, and the ground turned pale.
"Roar!"
I didn't have time to think about it, but I saw Zhou Yang scream, and a gray and strange mist suddenly burst out from his body, in this tumbling mist. A giant blue-eyed cat with purple and black body screamed and burst out. Grabbing the ground with the cat's claws with sharp claws, he bared his teeth and growled at the passing Yellow Turban soldiers.
However, after an instant, both Zhou Yang and this weird huge black cat were hit by those five or six fireballs. At the time of arrival, the place where Zhou Yang was located turned into a sea of fire and swallowed it.
"Lord Quhouββ!"
The infantry of the Northern Army, who saw this scene nearby, shouted loudly and inexplicably with grief and indignation.
But then, a familiar voice cut off their cry of sadness.
"What are you screaming about, Lao Tzu is not dead yet!"
ββ¦β¦ Belch? β
Under the incredulous gaze of countless Northern soldiers. Zhongqu Quhou Zhou Yang stood in the midst of a raging sea of fire, looking at his right hand with a look of surprise and surprise. Due to excessive surprise. He didn't even have time to pay attention to the small flame at the hem of his armor, and let it sizzle and burn.
[Not all of them are blocked, but ...... Unexpectedly I don't feel much pain......]
Casually extinguishing the flames on his body, Zhongqu Quhou Zhou Yang glanced at the Yellow Turban soldiers who were also stunned, and immediately looked up at the martial soul phantom that had been transformed overhead.
"That's true...... Unexpected! "Zhou Yang, the Marquis of Zhongqu, who originally wanted to use his actions to motivate his subordinates, suddenly found that he had found a way to crack the Yellow Turban Army's demon art by chance.
However, he was not sure about this, so he decided to try it first.
So, having made up his mind, he quickly rushed towards a Yellow Turban soldier.
Facing Zhou Yang's rapid approach, the Yellow Turban soldier looked shocked. You must know that they do not have the sturdy and robust physique of the Northern Army soldiers, and they have never been involved in the comprehension of the rigid body.
Subconsciously, the Yellow Turban soldier threw out a fire talisman towards Zhou Yang, and this fire talisman quickly turned into a huge fireball and smashed towards Zhou Yang.
And this time, Zhou Yang not only didn't mean to dodge, he didn't even slow down, while running briskly forward, he flicked his left hand at the right time, and smashed the huge fireball in a terrifying way. Subsequently, the flames that fell after the fireball was smashed did not slow down Zhou Yang's speed in the slightest, and before the Yellow Turban soldier could react, he had already rushed in front of the other party.
"You ......" The Yellow Turban soldier was probably the first time he had seen a living person with his own eyes, and he shot down his Dao technique with his left hand alone, and raised his hand and pointed at Zhou Yang in a daze.
"Hey! β¦β¦ Perfunctory! With a cold snort, Zhou Yang's gun rose and fell, cutting the opponent's throat with the sharpness of the tip of the gun.
Several Yellow Turban soldiers nearby were also surprised when they saw this, and they besieged them one after another. However, without exception, Zhou Yang killed them one by one after resisting and shooting down the opponent's Dao method with his own body.
"I see...... "Glancing at the corpses of several Yellow Turban soldiers at his feet, Zhou Yang, the Marquis of Qu in Zhongqu, sneered, turned over and jumped on a war horse that had lost its owner for the second time, and raised his arms and shouted, "Ordinary soldiers retreat, and Dubo, Qu General, and Junhou who have martial souls come forward." β¦β¦ Martial soul, can block the thieves and demons! β
Many of the soldiers of the infantry battalion, including Du Bo, Qu General, and the military marquis, were stunned at first when they heard this, and then their faces immediately showed ecstasy, but in the end, the expressions on their faces all turned hideous.
"Ahββ!h
"Roar!"
"Yellow!"
Blood for blood, but all the soldiers of the infantry battalion who were nearby and had mastered the martial soul were all killed after Zhou Yang gave an order. Suddenly, a thousand strange soul creatures stood impressively on this land with bursts of strange tumbling mist clouds.
As Zhou Yang judged, the martial soul of the martial artist actually had a strong resistance to the Taoist skills of the Taiping Dao believers, although it was not to say that all of them were credited, but the power was so weak that at most it was just a fire spell that burned Cheng DΓΉ, and how could it be taken into their eyes.
"Kill!"
More than a dozen infantry battalion generals who had mastered the martial soul and killed those Yellow Turban soldiers together.
In the face of these humanoid monsters that could even resist the fire spell, the Yellow Turban soldiers, who were still a little triumphant, suddenly turned like earth, and more than thirty people were killed in an instant. You know, before that, they barely had the slightest casualties.
"It's painful to kill our brothers, isn't it? Bastard thing! "Hou Penghou, the former commander of the infantry battalion, finally arrived with people, and after understanding the situation, he killed the enemy alone, and smashed the heads of several Yellow Turban soldiers with one shot.
"Let's go...... Come on! β
Faced with this group of monsters that could not be killed with witchcraft, the only thing the Yellow Turban soldiers could do was to escape. It's not to run away, but to move closer to Zhang Huang's side, after all, these are extremely tenacious Taiping Dao believers, and they will not shake their faith because of the sacrifice of their companions.
"What's going on?" The attrition at the rear of the formation made Zhang Huang, who learned about it, feel that something was wrong. After all, before this, the four hundred Yellow Turbans under his command had completely suppressed the infantry here, but in a short period of time, why did the momentum of the infantry side of the Northern Army overshadow them?
When Yang Feng heard this, he immediately investigated the matter and sued Zhang Huang for this unbelievable matter.
"Little Heavenly Master, it's not good to do big things! I don't know why the generals of the Northern infantry were able to resist the power of the fire curse...... The fire spell smashed on them with minimal effect! β
"What?" Zhang Huang's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he subconsciously turned his head and looked behind him carefully. After a long time, he gradually saw the clues.
[Those shadow-like beasts...... Martial spirits? Could it be that martial spirits can block the Dao technique? ]
Zhang Huang, who gradually felt that things were a little unexpected, suddenly remembered Sun Jian at this time. I remember that when he was pursued by Sun Jian in Luoyang, Sun Jian also stepped out of the sea of fire that he conjured with Dao art unscathed, in the case of awakening the martial spirit.
"It's not good......"
Zhang Huang, who realized this, chuckled in his heart, because no matter whether it was reducing or completely exempting the power of Dao Techniques, it could not change the fact that the four hundred original Taiping Dao believers under his command were no longer unstoppable. The generals of the Northern Army who have awakened the martial spirit, their strength is not something that these original Taiping Dao believers can resist. You must know that even Zhang Huang himself, under the premise of not awakening the martial soul Yiwu, his strength is at best only the level of the military marquis and quhou of the Northern Army, let alone the soldiers under his command?
"Assault! β¦β¦ Rush over! β
Zhang Huang gave the order for the assault with an eager face, and he realized more and more that if there were no surprise soldiers and no surprise moves, the Yellow Turban soldiers under his command would definitely not be able to defeat the Northern Army!
The heritage of the Northern Army...... Too strong! (To be continued......)