282, Bloody Battle Shuanggu Road II (Ask for subscription)
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Chu He really wanted to swallow these eight thousand Yongzhou cavalry.
The most powerful thing about the Yongzhou army is their mobility, and the cavalry force is as many as 50,000 or 60,000, which is also the main reason why the soldiers and horses sent by the Southern Barbarian Army and the Sanzhou Alliance Army cannot annihilate the Yongzhou soldiers.
If you can't catch up with others, you can't talk about extermination.
It is quite difficult to destroy such a powerful cavalry in the field, and now Chu He is using the left flank as a threat to force the Yongzhou cavalry to pass through the Shuanggu Road, and the opportunity is extremely rare.
As long as you can swallow all these 8,000 cavalry, plus the tens of thousands of cavalry on the left flank, you can defeat one-third of the core strength of the Yongzhou Army at once!
At the same time, the black iron horse of the Yongzhou Army is also of great significance to the Changding Army.
It is impossible for Meng Shu to sell all such important strategic resources to the Chu River, and now there are only about 10,000 excellent war horses in the Changding army, which are divided into five guards, and each guard does not have many cavalry troops.
Only by forming a strong enough cavalry can we cooperate with the Scorpion Tail Tiger Air Cavalry to act, otherwise with only a thousand Scorpion Tail Tiger Air Cavalry, there is no problem in attacking and disrupting the enemy's formation, and it is difficult to destroy the enemy army in a battle of more than 100,000 at every turn.
The Scorpion-tailed Tiger is not invincible, the enemy's giant bed crossbows, the spears and arrows of the strong in the army, may also kill and injure the Scorpion-tailed Tiger, it can only be said that the Scorpion-tailed Tiger Air Cavalry occupies an absolute advantage.
Therefore, it was only more than 100 defenders of the pass who launched an offensive against the Yongzhou cavalry who were close to the pass to clear the barricades and reject the horses, and the other Qianyuan guards were still stationed everywhere and did not participate in the attack, lest the attack be too fierce and scare off the Yongzhou cavalry.
The Eight Bull Armor-Piercing Crossbow took the lead in attacking, and the six Armor-Piercing Giant Arrows had been aimed at for a long time, and there was a narrow valley road below, and hundreds of Yongzhou cavalry gathered together, and it was difficult for the Armor-Piercing Giant Arrows to fail.
Those powerful cavalry had already taken precautions, and they could narrowly avoid the attack of the armor-piercing giant arrow, but the ordinary contradictory cavalry and archer cavalry holding the shield had no time to react, and they were torn apart by the armor-piercing giant arrow in an instant.
The three-edged arrows with extremely amazing penetrating power even pierced through the double-layer iron shield, tore apart the bodies of the cavalry horses, and killed and injured the people behind them, and the two giant crossbows instantly took the lives of the fifteenth or sixteenth cavalry!
Then, the special bowstring oscillating sound of the steel bow sounded, and hundreds of steel arrows roared to the brush.
These steel archers are not Jiang Wuwei's ordinary soldiers, but the most elite Qianyuan Guard, their strength starts from the double golden bell jar, and their physical bodies are quite strong, comparable to third-grade martial artists, they all use strong bows of more than twenty stones, and they have long been aimed at the target, and the lethality can be imagined.
Before the attacked Yongzhou cavalry could react, there was a series of screams, and dozens of Yongzhou cavalry were shot by steel bows in an instant, including several elite sword cavalry who had reached the realm of third-grade martial artists!
If Cao Zhi knew how tragically the steel archers on the side of the flat hill had inflicted on Lu Kai's troops, he would never have easily let these elite cavalry go up to test the reality of the Qianyuan Guard.
Cao Zhi, who was furious, immediately issued an order to attack, and hundreds of cavalry flew up from the horses, climbing the cliff with both hands and feet, and there was even a great master of the five-rank realm, vowing to kill the hundred hidden abyss guards on the cliff on the spot!
The fierce birds and demon beasts flying cavalry in mid-air also threw out the iron spears in their hands one after another, driving their mounts towards the Eight Bull Armor-Piercing Crossbows on the nearby highlands!
At the same time, those archery masters in the cavalry team also shot arrows with amazing strength at the Changding army on the cliff.
Especially the eagle beak helmet general next to Cao Zhi, in his hand was a second-grade divine bow that was as red as blood, and on top of the arrow, it contained amazing rune power, which actually penetrated the silicon-manganese alloy heavy shield, and even the elite of the Qianyuan Guard, who was protected by steel armor behind him!
Relying on the golden bell jar and steel armor, the Qianyuan Wei is not a problem to deal with ordinary third-grade martial artists, and even when encountering a fourth-grade martial sect, he can make two moves, but such a great master in the early stage of the fifth grade, plus the second-grade divine bow, ordinary Qianyuan Wei is absolutely unable to resist!
A large force of cavalry quickly stepped forward, flew out of the iron claws, and cleared the barricades, obviously Cao Zhi planned to break through the entire pass in one go.
On the side of the Qianyuan Guard, the two scorpion-tailed tigers rose into the sky and fiercely pounced on the enemy flying cavalry that was flying on the Eight Bull Armor-Breaking Crossbow.
The two third-grade golden bell jar powerhouses on it, with steel bows in their hands, were fired in succession, and they had not yet been killed with the enemy, and had already shot five or six fierce birds and demon beast cavalry of the Yongzhou army.
Half of the Qianyuanwei on the cliff continued to shoot the enemy with a steel bow, and the other half fought with the elite of the Yongzhou army who climbed the cliff.
The eaglesbill general originally planned to shoot the enemy with arrows one after another, but immediately a sense of danger appeared in his heart, and he secretly screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly avoided it.
Sure enough, a few cold rays of light then shot past him, and the armor-piercing giant crossbow that broke through the sound barrier was by no means something that the ordinary cavalry behind him could resist, and four or five cavalrymen were killed by the armor-piercing giant arrows.
The five-rank great master who led the team to attack the cliff was about to kill and vent the anger and grievances in his heart, but as soon as he raised the stainless steel heavy sword in his hand, he found that his back hurt, and when he looked down, he saw a huge blood hole in his chest and abdomen, and through the blood hole, he even saw the soldiers and generals who climbed up behind.
Chu He made a move.
Although it was three miles away, the super alloy steel bow in his hand was a super strong bow of one hundred stones, with a range of five miles, and it also relied on the powerful literary qi cultivated by Tianxuan Jin and Tao Te Ching, how could a copper furnace master resist it!
The battle on the cliff did not last long, one hundred Qianyuan guards were killed three and ten were wounded, but the elite of the Yongzhou army who attacked the cliff were almost killed and wounded, and only four or five people escaped off the cliff.
Without the leadership of the Fifth Rank Grand Master, the two Four-Rank Martial Sects with relatively strong combat power were shot and killed by Chu He, and the rest was difficult to kill and injure the Qianyuan Wei under the dual protection.
The greater significance of these elites of the Yongzhou army hitting the cliff is only to prevent the Qianyuan Guard's cavalry from attacking the cavalry of Gu Dao, so that the people below can quickly clear the roadblocks.
As the cavalry of the Yongzhou Army Brigade entered the valley road, the Qianyuan guard on the cliff suddenly retreated quickly and escaped into the mountains and forests.
The large bed crossbow not far away was also quickly disassembled, except for the most untechnical and tens of thousands of pounds of bed frame, which was difficult to remove, all other parts were taken away by the Qianyuan Guard.
The scorpion-tailed tiger air cavalry, which fought with the flying cavalry of the Yongzhou Army in mid-air, did not continue to fight with the other party.
The Yongzhou Army is just a mount of a first- or second-grade demon beast, and it can only rely on the numerical advantage to entangle the Scorpion Tail Wing Tiger Air Cavalry, and it is quite difficult to stop the Scorpion Tail Wing Tiger from leaving.
Of course, even if they can catch up with the scorpion-tailed tiger, they don't dare to chase and kill the past, the opponent's steel bow is sharp in the distance, and the scorpion-tailed tiger is fierce in the close-quarters, how can they resist?
Although Cao Zhi won the pass, his mood was even heavier.
In this short contact battle, the Yongzhou army dispatched three or four hundred men and horses, and there was no shortage of the most elite soldiers, but in the end they only killed and injured dozens of people on the other side, and on their own side, they lost two hundred ordinary cavalry, more than thirty elite sword cavalry, and even included a five-rank grand master and three fourth-grade martial arts, and seventeen or eighteen third-grade martial artists!
This is by no means a few empty numbers.
If it weren't for the fact that this army was the elite of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yongzhou, if it weren't for the two most elite swordsmen among the 8,000 soldiers and horses, and if it weren't for Wang Yan sending the two lieutenants of the swordsmen's cavalry, the ordinary 8,000 cavalry troops would never be able to get this number of strongmen.
Eight thousand cavalry, including Cao Zhi, there are only three five-rank powerhouses.
The dead red-faced adjutant general, the canonized Wupin Jin Wuwei general of the Shu State, and one of the most ranked generals in the Yongzhou army.
Although it is only the realm of the early stage of the five products, with the blessing of the official seal and the luck of the Shu Kingdom, the real strength can reach the middle and late stage of the five products, and I can't imagine being killed by Chu He's arrow, and I don't have the slightest chance to show my ability.
Chu He also didn't expect that the red-faced general he killed with one arrow would be the highest-ranking general killed since the war between the Changding Army and the Yongzhou Army.
With so many times the enemy, it was still the elite of the elite who were dispatched, and only a dozen enemies were killed and wounded, which shows how terrible this black armor army is.
Cao Zhiqiang's confidence in passing the Shuanggu Dao was shaken again, a hundred black-armored soldiers were so difficult, there were three or four thousand black-armored soldiers here!
Of course, it is also possible that the other party deliberately placed the most elite strong men of the whole army in the pass to scare off the Yongzhou army, but Cao Zhi did not dare to fight, if he fell into the trap of the other party and lost the 8,000 cavalry, Wang Yan would never give him good fruit to eat.
After discussing with the eagle's beak helmet general, Cao Zhi still decided to pass the pass first, and then send a message to ask Wang Yan, explain the problem, and wait for the army to come.
Anyway, there is a relatively open valley road in front, which is thirty zhang wide, and the water of the Shanjing River next to it is relatively relaxed, even if the Changding army attacks, there is room to deal with it.
As long as the headquarters of the Yongzhou Central Army arrives, they can send hundreds of Blood Condensation Realm powerhouses, plus dozens of four-rank martial arts sects, to kill the mountains, and with the blessing of the Zhou Mu Lord's iron bones and martial courage, they can definitely suppress the Qianyuan Guard, and even completely annihilate this Qianyuan Guard of three or four thousand people!
Now Cao Zhi can no longer care about supporting the left-wing army, in his heart, as long as the 4,000 men and horses of the Standing Army can be left, even if the left-wing army is wiped out, it is worth it!
In order for the pass to be recaptured by the Changding army again, Cao Zhi left the eagle beak helmet general and 1,000 cavalry to guard the pass, and the remaining 6,000 cavalry passed through the pass quickly.
This decision seems quite sound, but war is not a unilateral decision.
The Yongzhou army had just passed through the pass, and suddenly, the water of the Shanjing River suddenly tumbled, and several huge wooden shells like the hull of the ship churned up from the water, and huge bubbles appeared.
Hundreds of soldiers of the Changding Army wearing demon beast skin armor then emerged from the river, burst out of terrifying blood, roared angrily and sent a terrible rain of arrows to the Yongzhou army guarding the pass, and then brandished a giant Mo knife two meters long, and rushed over with great ferocity.
In the process of rushing and killing, one by one the jars roared out and fell into the pass valley road.
Five hundred people in the abyss had a jar of dozens of catties, which was filled with fierce fire oil and soaked burlap, and a total of 20,000 catties of fierce fire oil was ignited by the rocket, and the entire pass fell into a sea of fire in an instant, completely sealing the retreat of the Yongzhou army.
The scouts of the Yongzhou army did not find that there was still an ambush of the Changding army nearby, because the ambush soldiers of the Changding army were hiding in the Shanjing River.
The wooden shell is upside down in the water, there is an iron chain to tie the boulder to fix, not afraid of being washed away by the rapid river, although the air in the shell is not much, but the latent abyss guards are all elite, the triple golden bell jar realm, the breath is long, enough to hide in the water for an hour.
The eagle-beaked helmet general was instantly forced, and the blood qi of hundreds of blood condensation realm powerhouses was even solidified into blood water, suppressing his cultivation to the death, and he was originally in the early stage of the fifth grade, but he even only had the combat power of the middle stage of the fourth grade!
He couldn't figure it out, where did the Changding Army get so many third-grade martial artists, the Yongzhou Army gathered the elite of the entire Yongzhou, and the third-grade martial artists that could be taken out were only five hundred!
If you let the eagle-beaked helmet general know, in the Changding army, there are more than 2,000 third-grade martial artists, including more than 1,000 scorpion-tailed tiger cavalry, they will definitely turn around and flee immediately, and they will never dare to get closer to Tianshui County again!
Cao Zhi was also taken aback when he saw Qianyuanwei suddenly emerging from the Shanjing River, and immediately found that dozens of scorpion-tailed winged tigers appeared in the sky above the Changding Army, quickly attacking in the direction of the pass.
These extremely huge scorpion-tailed winged tigers actually grabbed a steel cable under them, and under the steel cable, there were pieces of mountain rocks weighing three or four thousand catties!
Where does Cao Zhi still not understand what Chang Dingjun is paying attention to!
Unfortunately, in such a terrain, it is impossible to turn thousands of cavalry out of the mountain pass, and even if they can really retreat, they will definitely break up in formation, and they will suffer heavy casualties under the attack of the Changding army.
Cao Zhi could only order the elite and strong men in the army to quickly support the rear, and then issue an order to fill the trap at any cost, intending to launch an offensive against the Changding army!
Hundreds of Qianyuan guards wearing demon beast skin armor are also not weak, and the leather armor made of third- and fourth-grade demon beast fur will not be much worse than the stainless steel battle armor, especially the wood and stone body of the third grade, which is enough to withstand the full force of ordinary third-grade martial artists.
A wave of arrows rained the lives of more than 200 cavalrymen of the Yongzhou army, and the black iron horses that lost their knights fled in terror, completely disrupting the array of the Yongzhou army, and they were forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Qianyuan Guard without any preparation.
Even the eagle's beak helmet, a five-rank great master, was entangled in a battle formation by twenty elites of the Standing Army, and it was even more impossible for the other Yongzhou cavalry to compete with this fierce Qianyuan Guard.
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the 1,000 men and horses left behind were killed, and the rest were also defeated, and on the side of Qianyuanwei, at most, five or six people were lost!
The scorpion-tailed tiger air cavalry quickly forced into the mountain pass, and dozens of thousands of pounds of boulders fell from the sky towards the pass, not to mention that there was a fire blocking the road at the pass, even if there was not, there was no Yongzhou army cavalry daring to break through the pass.
Chu He let dozens of elite scorpion-tailed tiger air cavalry come out, not to kill and injure the enemy, but to practice the tactics of the air cavalry, after all, such an opportunity is very rare.
When the five hundred Qianyuanwei annihilated the Yongzhou army stationed at the pass, only the eagle-beaked helmet general led dozens of remnants to dig out the pass, and the scorpion-tailed winged tiger had flown back and forth three times, transporting mountains and rocks with a total weight of more than 300,000 catties.
Hundreds of thousands of catties of mountain stones, although it is impossible to completely seal the pass mountain road, but even if the fire is extinguished, it is quite difficult for the cavalry of the Yongzhou Army to cross this boulder barricade, not to mention that there are hundreds of elite Qianyuanwei who have cultivated three grades.
Cao Zhi hurriedly sent out a distress talisman, and then, with a pale face, he saw the Chu character banner waving, and thousands of stubborn Changding troops slowly pressed towards them!