Chapter 539: Ruthless Crushing
The soldiers of Dongwu couldn't help but be inexplicably surprised, how could they hear the sound of thunder in the middle of winter this year, this is really too strange, but if it wasn't thunder, how could there be such a movement? But they soon understood, if it was thunder, it must be lightning and thunder, at this time, the sky was clear, there was no cloud, how could there be thunder? The sound was strange, like thunder, but it was continuous, and it was obvious that the earth was trembling, and there was a feeling that the sky was falling apart.
Just when everyone was surprised, the direction of Jutie Mountain stirred up the sky of flying dust, straight to the clouds, and the birds in the forest were frightened by this sudden sound, fluttering their wings and flying, fleeing in a hurry, and even the cry was with a kind of poignant.
The generals of Eastern Wu didn't know what the situation was, they were all panicked, and their eyes all turned to Zhou Yu, waiting for Zhou Yu's order.
Zhou Yu's brows were tightened, and an ominous feeling shrouded in his heart, although he had not witnessed the power of the thunder cavalry with his own eyes, but Zhou Yu still knew the details of the Anlu battle, and only the appearance of the thunder cavalry would have such a big movement, which was shocking and murderous. Zhou Yu had a feeling of almost being stunned, didn't there be information that Lei Cai was still in Yicheng two days ago, eight hundred miles away, even the fastest light cavalry could not reach it, let alone the Lei cavalry wearing heavy armor? What the hell is going on, could it be that the information sent back by the scout is fake? Zhou Yu shook his head, these scout soldiers in Eastern Wu are experienced, not to mention that it is impossible for Liu Ze to hide such a huge army, once there is a slight movement, it will be detected by the secret agents sent by Zhou Yu to Jiangbei, so the intelligence will not go wrong at all. There's only one possibility. That is, two days ago, Lei Qi was still stationed in Yicheng, and he was just transferred to the Chibi front. But how they managed to complete the 800 miles in less than two days and arrived at Jutie Mountain, Zhou Yu was puzzled.
However, even if Zhou Yu is skeptical, it is impossible to investigate the reason in detail, not to mention that even if he finds out the truth now, it seems that there is no point, and now Zhou Yu has to deal with how to fight against Lei Qi, the rapid sound of horses' hooves is getting closer and closer, and there is less and less time left for Zhou Yu.
"There's an enemy attack! Prepare for the enemy! Zhou Yu gave the military order very slowly.
Soochow's army was also well-trained, and it was only a moment's work to transform from a marching formation to a defensive formation. The most effective defensive formation against cavalry is the pike. Soochow lacked organized cavalry. It was impossible to adopt the tactics of riding and cavalry, so they had to find a way to defend themselves, and for a long time a set of tactics against cavalry was formed, using a dense spear formation to resist the powerful impact of cavalry. It's still quite insightful. So Zhou Yu's order. The deployment of the Soochow army was quickly completed.
The pikes were very effective against ordinary cavalry. But it was the first time to deal with the heavily armored ironclad cavalry, and Zhou Yu didn't even have the slightest bottom in his heart, after all, the shock brought to Zhou Yu by the Anlu War is still fresh in his memory. Liu Pan's 50,000 cavalry was still defeated, and the infantry accounted for the vast majority of his 60,000 horses, so it was not easy to break the enemy.
And the terrain here - in an instant, Zhou Yu seemed to understand something, the trap! This is a trap for Liu Ze throughout! It seems that all his schemes, such as bitter and bitter schemes, have never been concealed from Liu Ze, and Liu Ze has set up suspicious formations, making himself think that he has been tricked, and deliberately let Huang Gai's fireboat burn down the Jingjun Water Village, with only one purpose, that is, to invite you into the urn, and he has already set up an ambush in Jutie Mountain, just waiting for himself to fall into the net. Jutie Mountain faces the mountains and faces the river, there is only one way to go, once the thunder cavalry rushes over, the infantry of Dongwu is powerless to resist at all, even if they want to escape, they can't go up the mountain and can't go down, on this single road, no matter how fast the infantry escapes, they can't escape the cavalry.
Zhou Yu thought about it so far, he couldn't help but feel a bad cold, Liu Ze's plan was too vicious, it was completely a vain attempt to put the entire army of Eastern Wu to death, in order to achieve this goal, Liu Ze even did not hesitate to sacrifice all the water army, so ruthless! So despicable!
Lu Su also saw that the situation was not good, and said anxiously: "Governor, Liu Ze is secretly ambushing heavy troops here, our army is invincible, let's withdraw for the time being." ”
Retirement? Zhou Yu smiled bitterly, since Liu Ze has carefully set a trap here, how can you allow you to get out lightly, with the terrifying impact and crazy speed of the thunder cavalry, the Jiangdong infantry has no hope of escaping at all, and now only by fighting to the death will there be a glimmer of life.
Zhou Yu pulled his sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "Sons, the enemy army is in front, only a desperate battle can have a chance to win, and the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road!" If you don't win, you die! Kill! ”
This army of Eastern Wu is also an elite journey of a hundred battles, following Sun Ce to expand the territory, repeatedly performed miraculous feats, Zhou Yu was calm and calm, and the spirit naturally infected every soldier, the enemy is current, there is only a dead end to retreat, and only a desperate battle can kill a bloody road, all the generals and colonels are holding high their swords and guns, shouting in unison: "If you don't win, you will die!" Kill! Kill! Kill—"
Han Dang has always been brave, and shouted: "Zhongerlang, come with me!" He led a team of pikes to meet the thunder cavalry. The 60,000 horses of Dongwu were high-spirited, posing as a decisive battle of ten thousand deaths, and swore to fight to the death.
In the dust and smoke, rushing to the front is naturally Zhang Yide, who has been aggrieved for a long time. Since the Anlu War, Lei Qi has not come in handy again, watching others fight against Chibi, Zhang Fei's heart is extremely uncomfortable. After receiving Liu Ze's order to march, Zhang Fei immediately led the Lei cavalry to set up the camp and rushed to Jutie Mountain in the starry night. Because of the long-range delivery combat system of the Thunder Cavalry, the Thunder Cavalry was lightly clothed and lightly armoured, and the sweat and blood of the BMW were extraordinary, and the journey of 800 miles was almost completed in only one and a half days, and the armor and horse armor on the transport vehicle were only half a day away from arriving at the front line of Jutie Mountain. The Chibi side was burning red, and the Third Army was already fully equipped, just waiting for Liu Ze's military order.
Liu Ze had already taken a seat at the top of Jutie Mountain, talking and laughing, watching the changes in the wind and clouds, and watching the mighty army of Eastern Wu slaughtering towards Jutie Mountain, Liu Ze calmly ordered the Third Army to attack immediately.
After Zhang Fei received the order, he immediately jumped on horseback as a soldier, and when he rode first, he rushed to the Eastern Wu army formation, Wu Anguo was on the left flank, Liao Hua was on the right flank, Zhang He was in the rear of the formation, and the Lei cavalry discharged a fan-shaped attack formation. It stands to reason that Zhang Fei, as the main general, should not take on the responsibility of charging into battle, but Zhang Fei's temperament is different from ordinary people, if he wants to be behind people to do something like command, he will not do it, so every time the Third Army has a military task, Zhang Fei always rushes to the forefront, but the deputy governor Zhang He has become the commander in charge of the overall situation.
The thunder riders charged like thunder, and the earth trembled as the heavy hooves of the horses struck the ground with a dull thunderclap. In the light of the morning light, the thunder horse showed its hideous face, in the eyes of the soldiers of the Eastern Wu, the thunder horse is like a monster, even the people and horses, are tightly wrapped in the thick steel back, the dark armor reflects the cold light, each horse is just like a moving steel fortress, thousands of horses roar coming, there is the momentum of Mount Tai overwhelming, the soldiers of the Eastern Wu holding spears in front of it, as small as dust particles.
The main role of the thunder cavalry is to charge the formation, relying on their own strong defense ability and impact ability to tear apart the enemy's defense line, so the thunder cavalry is not equipped with bows and arrows, but each person is equipped with two throwing guns, the short and sharp throwing spear is not as far as the range of the bow and arrow, but it can also throw fifty to eighty steps, in this distance, the lethality of the throwing gun is far more powerful than the bow and arrow, relying on the speed generated by the sprint of the war horse, the sharp throwing gun can penetrate and destroy the enemy's chariot and huge wooden shield at the forefront, It has a terrible lethality for soldiers who use spears to deploy formations, and a single throwing gun can often kill two or three enemy soldiers.
Han Dang commanded the spear phalanx to set up the formation, and deployed a large number of archers to live behind the spear phalanx, and when the thunder cavalry entered the range of the bow and arrow, he immediately ordered the bow to be released, wanting to use the arrow crossbow to block the attack of the thunder cavalry.
Thousands of archers released their arrows together, and the arrows shot were dense like rain, but the thunder cavalry did not slow down in the slightest, and the heavy armor was not afraid of the damage of the bow and arrow, for the thunder cavalry, it was like experiencing a drizzle, and continued to rush towards the Dongwu position with unhindered momentum.
300 steps...... 200 steps...... One hundred steps...... Fifty steps......
Seeing the tall and powerful Lei Cavalry rushing like Mount Tai pressing, the Dongwu soldiers standing in the front row couldn't help but shudder, and the spears in their hands began to tremble slightly.
When the distance was only fifty paces, the throwing spear of the Lei cavalry was decisively thrown, and the sharp tip of the spear came with the wind, instantly piercing the Dongwu soldiers in the front row, and even some of the throwing guns were like strings of sugar gourds, and three or four soldiers were in a row. There was some panic in the formation of the Eastern Wu Army, and before they could react, the Thunder Cavalry had already rushed up like a whirlwind, like chopping waves, and lightly tore through the defense line of the Eastern Wu infantry.
Morale is no longer the factor that determines the success or failure of the war at this moment, in front of the thunder cavalry armed to the teeth, under the encouragement of Zhou Yu to muster up the morale of the Dongwu soldiers who swore to fight to the death, the defense line formed by the fragile is like a piece of tissue paper, and the whole line collapsed in an instant, and the thunder cavalry roared, like a flood that broke the embankment, rushing and roaring, mighty, endless, and frantically crushing the one in front of him, like entering a no-man's land. (To be continued......)