Although the number of troops far exceeded that of the regular army, Cao Zhi still fell into despair, and the thousands of cavalry also looked frightened and demoralized.

The giant arm catapult launched a roaring attack, and thousands of gravel whizzed out of the bullet pocket, blooming a gorgeous stone rain above the heads of the Yongzhou army.

The maximum amount of bombs dropped by ordinary catapults is only about 2,000 catties.

However, the giant arm catapult improved by Chang Dingjun uses a large number of steel structures, greatly improves the bearing capacity of the catapult, and also uses spring steel and rune power to enhance the throwing strength, and the maximum bomb weight is more than 10,000 catties.

Dozens of catapults can smash hundreds of thousands of catties of gravel into the valley road at a time.

These big watermelons, small only fist-sized stones, although they can't cause much damage to second-grade martial artists and third-grade martial artists, but for ordinary cavalry, they are absolutely fatal, hit by stones, at least broken tendons and bones, or at worst skulls cracked and killed on the spot!

More than 3,000 Qianyuan guards were also holding steel bows, aiming at the cavalry on the black iron horse, and the steel arrows continued to burst out with a piercing roar, harvesting the lives of the Yongzhou cavalry at an astonishing speed!

The goal of this battle of the Chu River is very clear, try to kill and wound the enemy army, and leave the horses and no people.

There are enough young people in Tianshui County, and with the outbreak of the Battle of Tongtianhe, which has spread to thousands of miles of land, countless displaced people have heard that Tianshui County has not been affected by the war, and they are all coming with their families.

Although most of the people who defected to Tianshui County were old and weak, women and children, there were also a lot of young and strong, such as today, Shui County no longer needed to buy prisoners of war from the Southern Barbarian Army, and even had to control the influx of displaced people.

No matter how high the yield of sweet potatoes is, the fields of Tianshui County are still not enough to feed tens of millions of people, and the most important task of the people of Tianshui County at this time is to open up wasteland.

Chu He did not use fire against the Yongzhou army, on the one hand, because of the lack of fierce fire oil, and on the other hand, he also wanted to save the black iron horse as much as possible.

The pass is raging flames, and there are huge boulders blocking the road, and the cavalry of the Yongzhou army has no way to retreat.

Under the frantic harvest of the Changding army, Cao Zhi could not control this army at all, and the frightened Yongzhou cavalry didn't even care about the horse trap on the road ahead, and drove the war horses to run frantically towards the front of the valley road.

I don't know how many cavalrymen did not die under the sharp arrows of the Changding army, but were squeezed down by their companions, and then trampled alive by countless horses' hooves!

There were also many cavalrymen, who did not have the slightest courage to fight with the Changding army, dismounted their horses, took off their heavy iron armor, and threw themselves into the Shanjing River, intending to cross the Shanjing River to escape with their lives.

Those powerful Yongzhou generals, although they knew that if they continued like this, they would be completely wiped out by the Changding army, but the soldiers were panicked, no matter how they shouted and roared, they couldn't organize the troops.

Two hundred Eight Niu Armor-Piercing Crossbows are constantly learning to find targets, and if these generals behave a little too much, they will attract several Eight Bull Armor-Piercing Crossbows to kill, how can they organize an effective offensive!

Chu He couldn't imagine that the cavalry of the Yongzhou army was so vulnerable, and he hadn't even used the power of the overlord's martial arts to bless the whole army, and Qianyuanwei killed the Yongzhou cavalry one-sidedly.

More than half of the Yongzhou cavalry who intended to flee from the Shanjing River were swept away by the turbulent river, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

Those Yongzhou soldiers who had finally swam across the Shanjing River were desperate to see dozens of scorpion-tailed tiger air cavalry hovering above their heads, and the steel arrows in their hands emitted a dazzling cold light!

The Yongzhou cavalry who rushed forward fell to the ground one after another, and Chu He was distressed.

If I had known that I wouldn't have dug so many pits, these black iron horses are definitely an excellent choice for mounts, and the quality is even more than double that of the black Puma, regardless of endurance, gravity and speed, they are far superior to the black Puma.

It is difficult for a war horse to recover from a broken leg that has been trapped in a horse pit, and even if it survives, it can only be used as a bad horse to help farmers cultivate the fields, or to tow a carriage to transport supplies.

The most elite more than 1,000 sword riders can launch a counterattack in the chaos, but the Qianyuan Guards are all steel monsters, and the arrows and spears in their hands do not pose much threat to the Qianyuan Guards at all.

Several fourth-grade martial arts sects and dozens of third-grade martial artists, under the leadership of the eagle-beaked helm general, slaughtered along the relatively gentle slope of the mountain, and were immediately stopped by the Qianyuan Guard.

After a short but tragic battle, the eagle's beak helmet general was killed by the two lieutenants of the Qianyuan Guard, and the rest were also cut down to the ground one after another.

The 7,000-strong brigade of Qianyuanwei, every deputy general and captain is a cultivator of the four-fold golden bell jar, and the general of the Scorpion Tail Wing Tiger Air Cavalry is the only fifth-grade grandmaster trained by Qianyuanwei.

These lieutenant generals and captains of the four-rank realm, with the blessing of the blood and qi of the army, are no less powerful than the eaglesbill helmets, not to mention that they have an absolute advantage in numbers.

Cao Zhi watched the cavalry being killed continuously, and his face was so pale that he couldn't see the slightest blood.

When Wang Yan received Cao Zhi's messenger, he ordered Cao Zhi to defend the place, personally led 3,000 sword cavalry and 5,000 elite infantry, and marched to Shuanggu Road.

It's just that Wang Yan couldn't imagine that in the face of the offensive of the Qianyuanwei, who was only half of the number of Yongzhou cavalry, the eight thousand cavalry with three five-grade grand masters could not support two quarters of an hour.

When Wang Yan led his army to Shuanggu Road, the flames of the pass had been extinguished, and the mountain road and the cliff wall on one side were burned to the point that the black mountain stone was cracked, which showed how fierce the fire was at that time.

The valley road inside the pass was completely stained red with blood, and the corpses of the Yongzhou army and the corpses of the war horses were lying all over the ground, and I am afraid that there were not as many as four or five thousand.

Obviously, the Changding army had already cleaned the battlefield, and there were no arrows stuck in the obvious arrow wounds on the corpses, and those valuable materials, sharp blades, divine soldiers, and battle armor in the hands of the soldiers were all scraped away.

Wang Yan suddenly fell silent, and the generals behind him were also pale and couldn't say a word, and then their eyes looked towards the cliff.

In the valley road, on the mountain ridge, there is no trace of the Changding army, only a black-armored soldier holding a steel bow, facing the mountain wind, standing proudly on the cliff of the pass.

Seeing the appearance of the Yongzhou army, the black-armored soldier suddenly shouted: "Where is the king of Yongzhou?"

A general next to Wang Yan suddenly changed color, and was about to take off the eagle feather bow and shoot him!

Wang Yan waved his hand slightly: "Wait, listen to what he has to say!"

Then, he drove forward and said coldly: "Old man Wang!"

An arrow from the steel bow brush in the hand of the black-armored Qianyuanwei shot out and landed less than three steps in front of Wang Yan: "My lord asked me to bring a sentence to Lord Zhou Mu, if you cross this arrow, I will always be determined that the army will not be spared, and I hope that Lord Zhou Mu will do it himself, don't make mistakes!"

After saying that, he turned over and got on the scorpion-tailed winged tiger and flew away, regardless of Wang Yan's reaction.

The Eagle Feather Bow General snorted angrily, and was about to shoot the boy of the Changding Army who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, but a big hand suddenly came over next to him and pressed his arm.

This time, it was not the king who stopped him, but the ruler engaged in the king's degree.

Wang Yan watched the other party fly away, his face gloomy and uncertain.

The flying dragon horse under his seat has the blood of a dragon, with wings on his back, and can soar into the green and dark, and the speed is extremely amazing, it is easy to chase and kill this scorpion-tailed tiger cavalry, but he didn't make a move after all.

It was not that the two armies fought and did not kill him, but that Wang Yan had to consider the consequences of killing this person.

Thirty years ago, this scorpion-tailed tiger air cavalry was certain to die, and now he is in a high position, and Wang Ling, who can decide the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people with a single thought, is no longer the young and vigorous grandmaster he was at the beginning.

"Lord Governor, I'm afraid we've fallen into the trap!"

Wang Du's face was extremely solemn, and he drove his horse to Wang Yan's side, and said in a deep voice?

A hint of sharpness flashed in Wang Yan's eyes: "How can Wang Zhizhong say this?"

"My lord, Xiaguan has been thinking about a question, why did the Yellow Turban Army get out of the way of Qingyun Dao and let us enter Huangsha County smoothly. ”

Wang Du took a deep breath: "The Changding army is so powerful, 30,000 soldiers and horses defeated the 40,000 soldiers and horses of Lord Fucheng, and even Lord Fucheng was captured, 4,000 Qianyuan Guard, and killed 8,000 elite cavalry of our army in a short time, so that Xia Guan figured out this matter." ”

At this time, Wang Yan had received a message from Lu Kai that the left flank was defeated and more than half of the soldiers and horses were killed, Lu Kai decided to surrender, and the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses were captured by the Changding army.

This is also the main reason why Chu He decided to withdraw from Shuanggu Dao and not to collide with Wang Yan's army.

A cold glint flashed in Wang Yan's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Are you saying that the Yellow Turban Army deliberately let us enter the land of Southern Xinjiang, and then fight with the Changding Army?"

Wang Du nodded: "On the battlefield of Tongtianhe, the Southern Barbarian Army led by Meng Shu was able to withstand the two counterinsurgency armies, and the reason behind it was because of the support of the Standing Army. ”

"The Battle of Tongtianhe has been extremely tragic, and the Changding Army still hasn't sent a single soldier to Tongtianhe, which shows that they are not of the same heart as the Southern Barbarian Army, the Yellow Turban Army, and the Sanzhou rebels!"

"The Yellow Turban Army is doing this, I am afraid that they want to use us to force the Standing Army to enter the war. ”

"If the rebels get the full support of the Changding Army, and tens of thousands of steel armor fall into the hands of the rebels, you can imagine how much impact it will have on the Battle of Tongtianhe, not to mention that these Changding soldiers are extremely strong, although there are only forty or fifty thousand troops, but in fact, they can reach hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses!"

Before Lu Kai decided to surrender, he had already passed on the situation of the Changding army to Wang Yan.

In the battle of Pingshanpo, in just one hour, 40,000 left wings were basically captured and killed by the Changding army, and only 300 or so people escaped, and the 40,000 soldiers and horses on the left wing only brought more than 2,000 casualties to the Changding army!

Normally speaking, with the strength of Lu Kai's department, more than 10,000 elite cavalry, as well as giant rhino cavalry, stone carts, etc., even if the 300,000 soldiers and horses of the three-state coalition army surrounded and killed him, it was impossible to pay only two or three thousand casualties!

When Wang Du said this, Wang Yan and the other generals were silent.

After a long time, Wang Yan asked in a deep voice, "How is the situation on Zhang Kuo's side?"

Wang Yan led the army to attack, and the battle report on the right flank was sent to Wang Du.

Wang Du immediately said: "General Zhang's 40,000 army was stopped by 10,000 red-armored soldiers of the Changding Army, and the leader turned out to be the seven-rank god of war. ”

General Zhang sent people to test, the blocking soldiers and horses, also quite sharp, the right flank lost more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, General Zhang did not dare to act rashly, is in the drinking horse lake and the enemy confrontation. ”

"Although the right wing troops, if they attack with all their might, the 10,000 Changding army may not be able to resist, but the left flank has been destroyed, there is no point in rushing to the flat hillside, and the flying leopards have not appeared as promised, General Zhang hopes to mobilize troops and horses to come back and join the Chinese army, so as not to be broken by the Changding army one by one. ”

Wang Yan pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Inform Zhang Kuo not to entangle with the Changding army, and quickly mobilize troops and horses to join the Chinese army!"

Then, his face turned blue and he stopped talking, and the Wyvern Horse had turned his horse's head and did not look at the dazzling steel arrows on the ground.

On the side of the Jueyun Ridge, in a wide mountain col, tens of thousands of horses gathered.

These tens of thousands of horses, dressed in a variety of ways, the mounts are messy, and the weapons are also different, not the standard weapons of the army, there is no posture of the army at all, and the more than 30,000 horses are faintly separated into three formations.

A giant eagle covered in pitch black with two particularly dazzling golden feathers on its wings roared into the col.

The giant eagle came down a giant man, and I saw that this guy was seven feet tall, with leopard eyes and a hawk nose, and his bare upper and lower body, revealing strong muscles like brass, and below him was wearing a pair of tiger skin shorts and trousers, and holding a long iron mace in his hand.

As soon as the giant man got off the giant eagle, he shook his head at the two burly giants next to him: "The Yongzhou army was defeated, and the 40,000 soldiers and horses on the left wing were all captured and killed, and it is estimated that thousands of cavalry were lost on the side of Shuanggu Road." ”

The body was short and stocky, and the muscles were bulging, as if the bald giant king with endless strength had changed suddenly: "The Changding army is so powerful? How quickly did this defeat the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Yongzhou army?"

It was the flying leopard at the head of the bandit army who came down from the giant eagle, and he nodded: "We all know the strength of the Yongzhou army, and we can't imagine that it is not the opponent of the Changding army!"

The Snake Mountain King, who was densely tattooed with giant snakes on his body, frowned: "It seems that we can't join forces with the Yongzhou Army to attack the Changding Army, Flying Leopard, what do you say we should do now?"

The fierce light in the eyes of the flying leopard flashed: "I decided to take people to Ji County, Tianshui County!"

The Snake Mountain King's face changed suddenly, and he said with a loss of color: "Are you crazy? Chang Dingjun is so powerful, you still dare to bring people to Ji County?"

The Flying Leopard sneered: "If you don't go to Ji County, where will you get the food to feed these tens of thousands of horses!

The King of Snake Mountain took a deep breath: "Could it be that when you get to Ji County, you can loot grain?"

"Don't forget, the scorpion-tailed winged tiger that appears outside from time to time, but the people of the Chang Ding Army have long paid attention to us, but they can't free up their hands to deal with us, and at this time we still go to provoke the Chang Ding Army, and there is only a dead end!"

The flying leopard waved his hand: "Don't be in a hurry, and listen to me slowly." ”

"The Changding army is now dispatched to deal with the Yongzhou soldiers, and Tianshui County must be extremely empty, even if there are 18,000 men and horses left, but in the land of eight counties of Tianshui County, how many people can there be in Ji County. ”

The Flying Leopard paused for a moment, and then said: "Although the Changding Army won the first battle, Wang Yan's Chinese army is really strong, plus the right wing troops, there are 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if they know that we are leaving Jueyunling, the Changding Army will never dare to withdraw its troops back to Tianshui County at this time." ”