Chapter 416: Withdrawal?

The hedgehog array of the Dingping Army slowly moved towards the middle army of the Yellow Turban Army, the soldiers walked in neat steps, and the rhythmic shouts resounded through the sky, the light crossbows of the Yellow Turban Army were still shooting non-stop, and the crossbow soldiers looked a little panicked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info guns and arrows hit the hedgehog formation of the Dingping Army one after another, the huge dull impact sound was particularly harsh, and each round of shooting of the Yellow Turban Army crossbow would always cause certain casualties to the advancing Dingping Army, but this did not stop the advance of the Dingping Army, and the morale of the soldiers of the second battalion was surprisingly high at this time.

The generals of the Yellow Turban Army waved their arms and shouted, and some of the Yellow Turban soldiers moved carts and other objects to the forefront to set up a simple obstacle line, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers hurriedly set up a formation behind this obstacle line, with sword and shield hands at the forefront, followed by pikemen, and finally crossbowmen.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Du Xiang shouted.

Arrows rained down from the Yellow Turban Army's array, as if a dark cloud had suddenly risen. In the blink of an eye, the dark clouds turned into a rain of arrows and fell straight towards the hedgehog array of the Dingping Army, like a rapid shower. After a dense crash, the hedgehog array of the Dingping Army was full of arrows, and nearly a hundred soldiers were wounded or killed in this round of attacks, which was still closely protected by the tower shield, if there was no tower shield, this round of attacks would at least make the Dingping Army fall more than a thousand people.

The shouts of the soldiers of the second battalion weakened a lot, and many of the new recruits showed a trace of panic on their faces.

"Don't be afraid! Keep moving! ”

Zhang Fei shouted.

Hearing Zhang Fei's shout, the soldiers' emotions instantly calmed down, and the shouts became fierce again.

The Dingping Army's hedgehog array advanced against the rain of arrows of the Yellow Turban Army, accompanied by the whistling sound of the arrows tearing through the air and the rapid sound of the arrows hitting the shield like rain hitting banana leaves.

Approaching the front of the Yellow Turban Army's formation, after another round of arrow rain from the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Fei suddenly shouted: "Crossbowmen release arrows!" ”

The hedgehog array immediately stopped, and the thousands of strong crossbowmen in the formation showed their bodies, and took the powerful crossbows that had been drawn and aimed at the enemy soldiers who were close at hand.

Thousands of strong crossbowmen pulled the trigger sharply, and a powerful rain of arrows burst out, and the Yellow Turban saber and shield men at the front immediately fell in large pieces.

As soon as the crossbowman finished firing, he re-hid in the formation, and the tower shield man immediately covered the upper layer.

Immediately, the Yellow Turbans counterattacked with a rain of arrows, but most of the arrows were blocked by the tower shield.

Du Xiang frowned, his eyes fixed on the hedgehog array of the Dingping Army.

"Strategist!"

The general on the side didn't look at Li Damu, looking a little overwhelmed.

"Push the ballista to the back! The crossbowmen keep shooting! ”

Du Xiang ordered.

The Dingping Army's hedgehog formation stopped its progress when it advanced to the temporary obstacle set up by the Yellow Turban Army, and at this time, the Yellow Turban Army as a whole retreated nearly twenty paces, the pikemen and sword and shield men had formed several phalanxes to meet the enemy, and the crossbowmen were still firing non-stop.

Just when the Yellow Turban Army thought that the Dingping Army's hedgehog array was blocked by their obstacles, the Dingping Army's hedgehog array suddenly became a little shorter, and then they heard the Dingping Army soldiers shout violently, and the hedgehog array arched forward, and the simple obstacle formed by the cart in front of them was picked up a big gap, and this scene looked like a giant beast easily picking up the thin obstacle in front of it from a distance.

Seeing such a scene, the officers and men of the Yellow Turban Army couldn't help but be taken aback.

Du Xiang frowned, and ordered: "The phalanx stepped forward to fight!" ”

Immediately, three large phalanxes composed of 20,000 Yellow Turban Army spearmen, sword and shield men, like three bulldozers, pushed towards the hedgehogs of the Dingping Army from three directions.

This simple phalanx is far less sharp than the hedgehog array of the Dingping Army, but the 60,000 people in these three large phalanxes are more than three times the number of the Dingping Army at this time, and the strength of this number may be able to make up for the lack of combat skills.

Seeing the three large phalanxes pushing towards him, Zhang Fei in the formation frowned, but he could only go up hard at the moment.

The hedgehog formation of the Dingping Army stopped on the spot, the soldiers were a little out of breath, and their eyes looked at the three large phalanxes of the Yellow Turban Army that were already close at hand through the gap in the shield, the footsteps of the Yellow Turban Army became heavier and heavier, the shouts became louder and louder, and the morale was getting higher and higher.

"Steady!"

Zhang Fei said.

The soldiers couldn't help but tighten their blades.

Zhang Fei stared at the Yellow Turban military formation that was about to engage in battle, his eyebrows were furrowed, and at this time, Du Xiang was also looking at the battlefield with a solemn face.

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army formation in the middle suddenly let out a shout, and they were the first to make contact with the Dingping Army Hedgehog Formation.

"Turn!"

Zhang Fei shouted.

More than 10,000 soldiers of the second battalion shouted in unison, and the hedgehog array turned.

The strong inertia immediately disturbed the front of the Yellow Turban Army Array, and then the Hedgehog Array pushed forward, and the blood color suddenly appeared, and the death spiral formed by the Hedgehog Array continued to snare the Yellow Turban Army soldiers in it, and then spit out the stump and broken arm, and the Yellow Turban Army soldiers howled and rushed forward, like moths fighting fire.

At this moment, the two phalanxes on the left and right actually stopped, and they seemed to be afraid.

Seeing this, Du Xiang shouted in a deep voice: "If the order goes down, the left and right phalanxes will be pressed up immediately!" Violators will be dealt with by military law! ”

The herald promised.

Then the rapid sound of war drums sounded, which was the call to attack strictly.

The two generals on the left and right, who were hesitating, heard this stern war drum, and couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts, and then shouted: "Forward! Keep moving! ”

The left and right phalanxes immediately pressed towards the hedgehog array of the Dingping Army, and the soldiers of the two formations looked at the hedgehog array that was ruthlessly killing not far away, and it was difficult to suppress the tension in their hearts.

The middle phalanx and the hedgehog array fought for a while, but instead of building an inch, they suffered heavy losses, the frenzied mood of the soldiers had calmed down, fear had risen to the hearts of many people, and the middle phalanx of the Yellow Turban Army had already shown signs of chaos.

At this time, the hedgehog array of the Dingping Army was still advancing, and the net of death was still reaping the lives of the Yellow Turban Army, and the blood was splashed on the originally green ground one by one, and the screams came and went, which made people tremble.

Seeing that the middle phalanx of the Yellow Turban Army was about to collapse, the two phalanxes on the left and right of the Yellow Turban Army joined the battlefield in time, like a pair of iron tongs towards the hedgehog formation of the Dingping Army.

Du Xiang's eyes widened and he shouted: "Squeeze in at all costs!" ”

The war drums of the Yellow Turban Army were even more crazy than just now, and the officers and men of the Yellow Turban Army in the three phalanxes surged up towards the Dingping Army Hedgehog Formation as if they were crazy.

The Dingping Army Hedgehog Array rotated in place, blood burst out in circles, and the Yellow Turban Army soldiers fell to the ground in circles, on the surface, the Dingping Army Hedgehog Array still had the initiative to kill, but the rotation speed of the Hedgehog Array was slowing down, and the activity space was being rapidly compressed, and Zhang Fei, who was in the center of the Hedgehog Array, frowned.

Finally, after paying a heavy price, the Yellow Turban Army tightly squeezed the hedgehog array of the Dingping Army, once the hedgehog array lost its space to move, it could not exert its sharp killing power, and became an ordinary battle formation with a slightly stronger defense than the circle array.

The shieldmen on both sides howled and struggled to hold each other in order to maintain their formation; The pikemen desperately stabbed the spear in their hands, killing and injuring the other party, the soldiers on both sides kept screaming and falling, no one had the advantage, at this moment, Du Xiang, who was watching the battle in the rear, was already excited, and he felt that he would soon be able to annihilate the Dingping army that was blocking the way.

"Immediately send an order to the light cavalry, prepare for the pursuit!"

Du Xiang ordered, the herald excitedly agreed, and then ordered the standard-bearer to give the order, and then more than 10,000 light cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army began to move forward slowly.

The officers and men of the second battalion felt more and more pressure, the entire army formation was being pressed and slowly retreated, the wheezing of the soldiers became heavier and heavier, and the mood became more and more nervous.

Just when the soldiers of the second battalion were about to collapse, the familiar sound of war drums suddenly sounded behind them, accompanied by a loud shout.

The soldiers couldn't help but lift their spirits, and Zhang Fei shouted: "Reinforcements have arrived!" Let's go! Charge! ”

More than 10,000 soldiers shouted, and the hedgehog array, which had been unbelievable, immediately dispersed, and the soldiers roared and rushed towards the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Fei carried the Zhangba snake spear to urge his black dragon to rush to the front.

At the same time, reinforcements from the 15,000th Battalion also attacked in the flank direction.

The sudden counter-charge of the Dingping army violently disrupted the position of the Yellow Turban Army, the two sides scuffled, the crazy screams resounded in the sky, the soldiers on both sides were intertwined and sacrificed their lives to fight, the mountains and fields were full of fighting figures, the brilliant and terrifying sword light continued to bloom, particularly dazzling, and the blood color replaced the original green at a speed visible to the naked eye. Zhang Fei carried the Zhangba snake spear and rushed back and forth among the Yellow Turban soldiers, and where he passed, the Yellow Turban soldiers turned over on their backs.

Battles are brutal and chaotic, and often only one soldier kills his opponent and then falls to the sword of someone else.

Although the battlefield is chaotic, the goal of the two armies is still obvious, the Dingping army wants to drive the Yellow Turban Army back to the shore, but this goal is obviously very difficult, and the Yellow Turban Army hopes to annihilate all the tens of thousands of Dingping troops that suddenly appeared, so as to realize the development of strategic intentions.

"Order all the armies of the rear army to go into battle! Release all the divine soldiers to me! ”

Du Xiang ordered categorically.

After receiving the order, the 20,000 Yellow Turban troops who had just crossed the river were fully pressed, and the straw man soldiers who appeared in the river crossing battle appeared again, this time there were more than 20,000.

Tens of thousands of Dingping troops felt more and more pressure in the brutal fighting, the entire Dingping army was slowly retreating, the soldiers roared, frantically waving the blades in their hands, blood flowers bloomed on the battlefield one after another, and the soldiers who died in the continuous battle fell on the blood-stained grass, and the corpses of the soldiers on both sides were staggered and layered, and the eyes were full of corpses.

Zhang Fei brandished the Zhangba snake spear and rushed back and forth among the enemy troops, and no one could beat him, but his bravery alone could not change the situation of the entire battlefield.

Killing a leader of the Yellow Turban Army with a spear, Zhang Fei wiped the blood on his face, and glanced around at the surrounding battlefield, those soldiers who had newly joined the second battalion were fighting with the enemy on the hellish battlefield, no one showed fear, they could behave to such a point It was very unexpected for Zhang Fei, but the situation of the entire battlefield did not develop in the direction of favoring the Dingping Army, the Dingping Army was being pressed to slowly move away from the direction of the river bank, at the same time, the Yellow Turban Army accelerated the speed of crossing the river, and more and more enemies joined the battlefield.

Zhang Fei frowned, if it goes on like this, even he can't save the situation.

Just when Zhang Fei was worried about himself, the northeast of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly became chaotic, and it turned out that Zhang Yi personally brought the Golden Sword Guard to support Zhang Fei.

After seeing Zhang Yi's figure, Zhang Fei immediately shouted excitedly: "Brothers, the eldest brother has come to support us, kill me with Lao Zhang!" ”

Just as Zhang Fei was about to lead his troops to counterattack, he suddenly heard Zhang Yi shouting: "The soldiers of the second battalion listen to the order and withdraw immediately, and the Golden Sword Guard will be your palace, retreat!" ”

After hearing Zhang Yi's order, Zhang Fei, who was still high-spirited, instantly felt cold in his heart.