Chapter 353: The Great War Begins (Part II)

The wind was bleak, the North China Plain was reckless, and Joan of Arc clenched the battle flag in her hand. She was already familiar with everything around her, and more than once fought for the lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

With the first, there will be a second, a third......

She looked at the end of the wilderness, opposite the battle line of the Yuzhou Legion, and the black pressure was overwhelming.

The Xuzhou Army had not been in a frontal formation for a long time and had a large-scale battle of more than 100,000 men. The weapon was unsheathed, and the sound of the clash of armor rang out from time to time.

The strong men of the two armies stood in front of the huge cowhide war drums, holding drumsticks in both hands, and just waiting for the commander to give the order to fight, the earth-shaking war drums would echo over the battlefield.

The white-robed army on the left flank, Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun lined up in front of the formation, and Chen Qingzhi's white-robed army served as the rear army. The two fierce generals each held guns and halberds, as one of the breakthroughs in this battle.

The reconnaissance corps on the right flank, Hua Mulan was equipped with equipment from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, holding a horse lance, and led the light cavalry to deal with Cheng Yanjin. Although the main task of the reconnaissance corps is reconnaissance, a reconnaissance cavalry that does not engage in hand-to-hand combat is not a good reconnaissance cavalry.

Joan of Arc and Tai Shici led the servant legion, the infantry and crossbowmen of the fifth colonel of the Northern Army respectively, and sat in the middle army, including a group of foreign cavalry.

The alien cavalry, as cannon fodder, has almost been consumed, and there are still quite a few infantry and crossbowmen. The servant legion was once again oppressed by Chu Tian and served as cannon fodder in this battle.

In the rear, Chu Tian, Wei Qing and Gongsun Ao led thousands of cavalry to the rear. Although it is only thousands of cavalry, this is Chutian's hole card.

Li Daozong suggested to Tang Dao: "Our army is prosperous, and the attack can be won." ”

"Attack on all fronts!!"

As soon as Tang gave the order, dozens of strong men in the army sweated like rain, and the drumsticks violently smashed the cowhide war drums, and the war drums rumbled, like thunder, echoing the whole army!

The 130,000 Yuzhou Legion, under the command of Guo Ziyi, Qin Shubao, and Cheng Yanjin, launched a fierce offensive against the Xuzhou Legion. The black oppressive military array turned into a surging black wave, sweeping in.

Guo Ziyi, commander of the Yuzhou Army, rode a war horse, pulled out a Tang sword, and urged the 10,000 Shuo Fang Army to be the vanguard. Beside him, there was also a military general commanding the spear and shield heavy infantry, which was said to be used by Tang to deal with the tiger heavy cavalry.

Qin Qiong led 30,000 cavalry to deal with the white-robed legion, and on the opposite side was a white wave, which was in stark contrast to the black Yuzhou legion. It is said that there are two fierce generals who command the white-robed army.

In order to deal with Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun of the white-robed army, he said that Tang sent Xu Chu to help Qin Qiong.

Cheng Yanjin's luck is better, and there is only one general on the opposite side, Mulan.

"The Yuzhou army has moved!"

Chu Tian, Fang Xuanling, Lu Su, and Cao Di watched the battle in the rear, and saw that the Yuzhou army had moved, but they were still holding their troops.

Victory or defeat is in an instant.

"Heavy cavalry of the cantonment cavalry, ready to charge the enemy head-on. Gongsun Ao, you attack with the Tun cavalry battalion. ”

The Tun cavalry camp still eats the bonuses of Chu Tian and Wei Qing, and Gongsun Ao just follows the Tun cavalry camp to march.

Guo Ziyi's crossbowmen were numerous, and the Chinese army could not compete with Guo Ziyi, and only by using heavy cavalry could Guo Ziyi be defeated.

Gongsun Ao left, came to the rear army, commanded the heavy cavalry of the 1,000 tun cavalry battalion, and prepared to attack.

The heavy cavalry of the tun cavalry battalion was disguised by Chu Tian as the Tiger Ben heavy cavalry, the real Tiger Ben heavy cavalry, and Chu Tian planned to personally lead the Tiger Ben army to destroy the other party when it was critical.

"The Chinese army is holding on, attacking on both flanks!"

After Chutian completed the deployment, he ordered to meet the Yuzhou Army. His strategy is also very simple, adopting the tactic of breaking through on both wings.

The rapid sound of war drums echoed, which was the signal for the Xuzhou Army to launch an attack!

"Drive!"

The cavalry of the white-robed army and the reconnaissance army attacked on horseback, and the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder. The cavalry on the left and right flanks shot out like sharp arrows, attacking the cavalry of the Yuzhou legion!

"Chu Zimou's tactic is really to break through on the flanks. I already know his tactics. Ordered Guo Ziyi to lead the infantry and cavalry to attack urgently, as long as he chiseled through Chu Zimou's Chinese army, he would definitely be able to capture Chu Zimou alive! ”

It is said that Tang urged Guo Ziyi's Chinese army to storm forward.

Guo Ziyi got the order, and 50,000 Yuzhou infantry cavalry approached the opponent's Chinese army!

Crossbowmen on both sides fired thousands of arrows in unison, and the rain of arrows weaved a net in the air, sprinkling down, and sharp arrows pierced the throats of foot soldiers, killing hundreds of soldiers!

The infantry battalion and the shooting battalion each have 3,000 soldiers as the backbone of the Chinese army.

Crossbowmen and English longbowmen of the Servant Legion joined the Chinese army and fired heavily at the Shuofang army.

A group of alien infantry such as the infantry of the Arab Empire, the warriors of the Toei, and the sword players of the Toyo were arrayed. Chutian wanted to use them as cannon fodder to win this battle.

"All the soldiers obey the order, for the glory and the lord, for the sake of the country, only death!"

Joan of Arc's shoulders stabbed, but she still waved the battle flag vigorously, triggering the trait that made the soldiers fanatical, and the servant legion fell into madness, and for the sake of faith and country, they could fight for their lives!

"Kill!"

Joan of Arc knew that the position of the servant legion was cannon fodder, and at this time she was already indifferent and commanded the servant legion to move forward!

The fanatical servant sergeants rushed to Guo Ziyi's Shuo Fang army!

There are constantly servant soldiers who are shot by stray arrows, but there are still servant sergeants who break through the rain of arrows and fight with Shuofang sergeants in hand-to-hand combat! The fanatical servant army did not care about the cost, and still tried their best to fight the Shuofang army before they died!

A samurai was slain by the Tang sword of the Shuofang army, and the katana also pierced the belly of the Shuofang army, and the blood stained Xiaopei's soil. The soldiers of the Arab Empire are even more crazy, they themselves have their own fanatical characteristics, coupled with the characteristics of Joan of Arc, the two are superimposed on each other, and the soldiers of the Arab Empire lose their humanity and are more like machines that only know how to kill!

The two sides fought fiercely, with hundreds of casualties!

Guo Ziyi's Shuofang army had never encountered such a formidable opponent. The legions of minions go forward and backwards, unaware of the pain, and only attack like wild beasts.

The servant legion suffered heavy casualties, and the Shuofang legion was also hit by it.

"I'll leave the rest to me!"

Gongsun Ao and a thousand fully equipped cavalry battalions succeeded Joan of Arc.

In order to consume Guo Ziyi's Shuofang army, Joan of Arc's servant corps almost exhausted all the soldiers. Next up is the heavy cavalry!

The hussars on both flanks are already engaged!

Zhao Yun's gentian bright silver spear and Qin Qiong's tiger head Zhan golden spear clashed, two war horses passed by, two emperor-level weapons collided, and the piercing sound made people's scalps tingle!

"It's amazing!"

When Zhao Yun and Qin Qiong clashed, they were surprised by each other's opponents, and no one could gain the upper hand in a round of confrontation between the two sides.

The Fang Tian painting halberd in Xue Rengui's hand slashed at the tiger idiot Xu Chu, Xu Chu blocked it with a big knife, and with a loud shout, he hit the Fang Tian painting halberd!

said that Tang had figured out the fierce generals of the white-robed army, and specially asked Qin Qiong and Xu Chu to deal with Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun.

Although Qin Qiong and Xu Chu may not be able to defeat the combination of Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun, it is enough to delay the white-robed army.

30,000 Yuzhou cavalry and 20,000 Xuzhou cavalry fought hand-to-hand combat, the horses neighed, and the sound of swords and guns clashing endlessly!

On the other side, Hua Mulan fought with Cheng Biting Jin and suffered a lot of losses, Cheng Biting Jin's axe cut off the Iron Eagle Scout's waist, and the armor was difficult to resist the big axe!

Hua Mulan held a horse lance and stabbed Cheng to bite the gold!

Cheng Yanjin avoided the horse lance and clamped the horse lance, wanting to take away Mulan's weapon!

Capturing the horse lance is one of Cheng Jin's skills, and Hua Mulan struggles, but it is difficult to recapture the horse lance.

"Why are there so many girls under the command of Xuzhou Mu. I almost captured a girl alive last time, and since she escaped, then I will capture you alive and go back to make contributions! ”

Cheng Biting Jin struggled to grab the horse lance, but Hua Mulan lacked strength, so she gave up the horse lance, took out a javelin, and threw it at Cheng Biting Jin!

The sharp javelin roared past, almost hitting Cheng Biting Jin, passing by Cheng Biting Jin's side, and penetrating Cheng Biting Jin's cavalry! The cavalryman, armed with a javelin that had been cut in half from his back, fell off his horse.

"What a ruthless......"

Cheng Yanjin was scared into a cold sweat, if he was hit by a javelin just now, he would either be seriously injured or killed.

Mulan's horse is of royal quality, and can carry heavy armor and multiple weapons. The horse lance was captured and the javelin was exhausted, and Hua Mulan pulled out the Tang knife and continued to fight.

"Protect the General!"

The Iron Eagle scout knew that Cheng Biting Jin was not easy to deal with, so they came to protect Mulan and prevent the main general Mulan from being killed by Cheng Biting Jin.

"The cavalry on both wings has been blocked by me, Chu Zimou's two-wing breakthrough tactics are bankrupt, and his heavy cavalry, which is used as a hole card, will appear soon."

It is said that Tang knows that Chutian has an elite heavy cavalry that has not yet been used, and this heavy cavalry that can defeat the Shuofang army will have to be used at this time.

After paying huge casualties, Guo Ziyi's Chinese army almost wiped out Joan of Arc's servant legions, and Chutian's Chinese army was only left with 6,000 infantry battalions and archery battalions led by Tai Shici, as well as foreign crossbowmen.

Chu Zimou is sure to use heavy cavalry!

It is said that Tang still has two reserve armies in the hands of Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, and Chen Zhibing, and victory is within reach.

Sure enough, the Chinese army of the Xuzhou Legion was in a state of turmoil, and Gongsun Ao and a thousand heavy cavalry went into battle. These thousand cavalry are heavily armored and armoured, with long halberds like forests, and the people are tall and strong!

"Chu Zimou's heavy cavalry has finally been dispatched!"

Guo Ziyi's Shuofang army killed and wounded thousands of people in order to eliminate Joan of Arc's servant army, leaving less than 5,000 people, and only more than 30,000 infantry behind them.

They were alarmed by the heavy cavalry that had destroyed the Shuofang army not long ago. In the first battle of Xiaopei, Shuofang's army was attacked by the other side, and half of them were killed and wounded. In the second battle of Xiaopei, they once again faced Chu Tian's high-level heavy cavalry!

"Regroup!"

Under the command of Guo Ziyi, the 5,000 Shuofang army shrank into a group, ready to meet the onslaught of the heavy cavalry of the Tun cavalry battalion.

A military general led 3,000 ordinary heavy infantry to join Guo Ziyi.

Guo Ziyi saw the man and nodded at the other party. The two commanders worked together, even if the other party was a high-level heavy cavalry, they were sure to block it.

"Kill!"

Gongsun Ao pulled out the Han sword, and the heavy cavalry of the 1,000 Tun cavalry battalion officially launched a charge!

The horse's hooves were raised high, galloping vertically and horizontally, and the heavy cavalry of the Tun cavalry battalion held the halberd, divided into twenty batches, and took turns to attack the Yuzhou Legion!

The Shuofang army uses bows and crossbows to shoot at the heavy cavalry of the tun cavalry camp! Thousands of arrow feathers covered the heavy armor of the heavy cavalry of the Tun Cavalry Battalion, and the iron arrows collided and rubbed against the iron pieces, splashing in all directions!

The heavy cavalry of the cantonment cavalry battalion galloped in the rain of arrows, and ordinary bows and crossbows did very little damage to them! The war horse is also covered by a large area of horse armor, and ordinary crossbow arrows cannot break the armor, and are bounced off by the horse armor!

"Swing the halberd array!"

The generals commanding the heavy infantry temporarily formed a defensive line, with long halberds like a forest, relying on shields and ground unloading, pointing straight ahead.

Iron hooves galloped, the heavy cavalry of the Tun cavalry battalion hit the Yuzhou heavy infantry defense line, the steel collided, the people turned over on their backs, the halberd broke, and the heavy infantry and heavy cavalry fell in batches! The weapons of both sides are halberds, stabbing each other at each other, and the halberds leave scratches on the iron armor, and the gold and stone collide!

The heavy cavalry of the cantonment cavalry battalion inflicted a lot of casualties on the opponent's heavy infantry, and row after row of heavy infantry was trampled to death by the iron hooves of the heavy cavalry of the cantonment cavalry battalion!

Twenty batches of heavy cavalry took turns to storm and break the opponent's ten rows of heavy infantry!

"All the soldiers hold on, do not retreat!"

The commander of the opposing heavy infantry did not waver, and his heavy infantry also had twenty platoons, trying his best to resist the heavy cavalry! He is obviously a famous general, and the heavy infantry has brought a lot of casualties to the heavy cavalry of the cantonment cavalry battalion!

Gongsun Ao fought hard, fought to the death, and did not retreat, in front of him was the iron halberd of the heavy infantry, and the heavy cavalry of the Tun cavalry battalion had to pay a huge price every time it was attacked, and it had broken fourteen rows of heavy infantry, leaving only six rows!

"I'm here to help you!"

Guo Ziyi led the Shuofang army to thicken the thickness of the phalanx and completely block the impact of the heavy cavalry of the tun cavalry battalion!

"The heavy cavalry of the opposing side poses a great threat to me. If you want to break Chu Zimou, you must break its heavy cavalry. Feng Yi can be up to this task, and he is as immobile as a mountain! ”

It is said that Tang appointed Dashu General Feng Yi to command 3,000 ordinary heavy infantry hidden in the Chinese army, in order to deal with Chutian's heavy cavalry troops!

Feng Yi is said to be one of the generals who were able to fight well in Yuntai under the command of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Feng Yi is a king-level commander in "Lord", in addition to attacking, he is also good at defense!

Saying that Tang didn't have time to recruit special troops for Feng Yi, just like Chu Tian hadn't had time to recruit Yulin Cavalry for Wei Qing, both sides were in a hurry to have a decisive battle.

Fighters are fleeting, and no one is going to wait until they are ready to go on a campaign.

"Chu Zimou's heavy cavalry is really terrifying, even Feng Yi's three thousand heavy cavalry were almost broken, who provided bonuses to his heavy cavalry? Huaxiong? No, Hua Xiong's ability is not that strong, or is it a golden vulture? ”

It is said that Tang witnessed a thousand heavy cavalry almost crush Feng Yi's 3,000 heavy infantry and Guo Ziyi's 5,000 Shuofang army, and thought that Chutian had a terrible heavy cavalry general. He believes that Chu Tian may have the military general Jin Wushu (a special class, Tiefutu).

However, this is no longer important, because Chu Zimou's heavy cavalry has been completely stopped, and it can no longer impact the Chinese army of the Yuzhou Legion.

"The other side has one or two powerful infantry commanders."

Chu Tian saw that Gongsun Ao's heavy cavalry of the tun cavalry battalion was blocked, but he did not panic. The heavy cavalry of the tun cavalry battalion was just a pretense to make the other party think that it was the tiger heavy cavalry that defeated the Shuofang army.

The real Tiger Army heavy cavalry has not yet attacked.