Chapter 173: Breaking the Army

Even if it is an elite, in the valley road, it is flanked by people in front and back, the enemy in the belly and back, and the cavalry is going to fall into chaos and eventually collapse by attacking down the hillside.

Not to mention that this is still a night battle, the Cao army, which has poor night vision, fights by firelight, and has no idea how many enemy troops have come from front and behind, which aggravates this confusion.

And Xu Huang's soldiers are not elite, his own training of recruits is to go to Jingzhou battlefield before the recruitment, although Jingzhou broke Guan Yu to play a military momentum, and then Xu Huang strictly drilled, but after all, the army is still short, in the face of this situation immediately chaos.

And the remnants of Xiahou Shang's army, which had previously been incorporated under Xu Huang's command, were originally dissatisfied with Xu Huang's strictness, and at this time they were in a desperate situation and had no way to escape.

Some people have no intention of fighting, so they simply throw away their weapons and beg to surrender on their knees.

For a time, the Cao army was in chaos, and the command system of the Cao army, which needed to rely on the soldiers to operate normally, was immediately paralyzed.

Liu Chan's military formation was under the command of Wang Ping, a small tooth goalkeeper who has no dazzling achievements at present, and at this time he also showed his excellent execution, meticulously commanding the military formation to fight according to the tactical plan previously arranged by the prince.

As Cao's army retreated, the army continued to push forward, and finally seized the intersection of the road leading to Beishan.

Seeing that Cao's army was in chaos, and that the large army in the valley road could not be arranged, and the number of people who could fight at the same time was limited, he immediately drew excess troops from the rear army into the Beishan Trail and rushed to the fire site to rescue.

In the chaotic night battle, Cao Bing only had a military formation of hundreds of people in the Chinese army, which was still very tight, and at this time he was holding a torch to protect a Xuan armored general and rushing to the rear.

Although they did not raise the flag, they were as conspicuous as a reef in the sea, and immediately pointed out the direction of Liu Chan's attack.

The general in that formation must be Xu Huang.

In the case of the chaos of Cao's army, this person can keenly judge that the enemy army attacking in the rear is weak, and decisively swing his army backwards.

And in the face of a desperate situation, he still does not give up, and wants to gather all the strength that can still fight to fight a bloody road, and he has to praise him for not being chaotic and persevering.

It's just that...... In the face of the sheer difference in absolute strength, these struggles will ultimately be futile.

"Those must be Xu Huang's own soldiers, and the generals in the formation are Xu Huang, General Meng Qi, help Gu capture this person!"

"Good!"

The special throwing gun brought by Ma Chao was only the last one left at this time.

He raised his throwing gun and began to wait for the best time to throw it.

For today's Ma Chao, he no longer needs to throw a gun like the Red Star Cavalry behind him, repeatedly estimating his speed and the enemy's difference, the difference between height and height, and the range of throwing guns at different strengths and angles......

The use of wonder, in one mind.

The skill of throwing a spear has become an almost instinctive skill for him, like eating and riding a horse.

"Raise your gun!" In the cavalry team behind him, Hu Li, the military Sima and cavalry captain, gave the order instead of Ma Chao.

The cavalry rushed down halfway, and a fine light flashed in Ma Chao's eyes, and he threw the spear in his hand violently!

The buzz of the gun pierced the night sky and flew towards Xu Huang, who was fighting backwards under the escort of his own soldiers.

Xu Huang was wielding a halberd, slashing and killing the enemy soldiers in front of him, but fighting to the death was just his character, in fact, he knew in his heart that he was going to die here today.

In such a state, how could he still pay attention to this throwing gun that broke through the air?

Burst!

The spear took advantage of the height difference and plunged into the hind legs of the mount under his crotch with great force.

The war horse rolled to the ground with a scream, and at the same time threw Xu Huang on the horse's back down.

At this point, although the three throwing spears brought by Ma Chao were not missing, they were all poked at the enemy general's horse, either intentionally or unintentionally......

"Throw!"

The cavalry team could not throw the spear as far as Ma Chao did, because Hu Li's order was a little less than his night.

However, because it was the first time that the height difference was also taken into account, Hu Li overestimated the impact of the drop on the firing range, and the spears of the cavalry team were not thrown into Xu Huang's Chinese army's own soldiers, but moved forward a lot, nailing the flank soldiers who were already in chaos......

The crossbowmen who had been arranged were still thinking about shooting at the cavalry team, and most of them, either in front of them or behind, had already begun to find their own way out.

However, the chaotic crowding in the dark did not increase their chances of survival, but rather killed a lot of people because of the crowding and stampede......

This kind of chaotic army, which could not even maintain a formation, was nothing in the face of a cavalry charge.

Although the Dian horse is a small horse breed, it is not as large and heavy as Liu Chan's Wu Hu and Ma Chao's Li Feisha, but it is more than 600 catties (Han catties).

At this time, the high-speed impact of the slope is still undoubtedly crushing for Cao Bing...... It's not an adjective here, it's literally crushed.

Especially Liu Chan's black horse, the firelight and the noisy shouts around it did not make it panic, but became angry due to irritability.

crashed into the crowd, knocked several Cao soldiers into a black horse rolling gourd, sprayed white gas from his nostrils in the cold mountain rainy night, rushed and trampled on any Cao soldiers who dared to stand in front of him, and rushed straight to Xu Huang's place under the guidance of Liu Chan.

Liu Chan was worried about the troops at the fire place, and his impatience made the strength in his hands rise steadily.

Ma Chao on his side is also brave and fierce, the two of you are left and right, rushing all the way to kill, invincible!

The cavalry team that followed behind had such sharp "arrows", keeping the formation and following behind, harvesting the lives of Cao Jun all the way.

Xu Huang, who was not seriously injured after falling off the horse and still led his own soldiers to resist desperately, looked back, only to see that the two fierce generals were leading the cavalry to kill him, and he didn't dare to let his own soldiers turn their backs to them, so he hurriedly shouted: "Turn back and resist the enemy!" ”

The personal soldiers brought by Xu Huang are different from other recruits who have not been trained for a long time, these are also his elite veterans.

Hearing General Xu Huang's order, these pro-soldiers who were fighting with the Guan Xing Department immediately divided into two groups, and the front continued to resist the attack of the Guan Xing Department, but they were mainly defensive, and they no longer rushed forward desperately as before.

The others turned back in unison, and the men in the front row were half-kneeling, poking the shafts of their spears into the mud and pushing them to the ground, pointing diagonally in the direction of the cavalry, and the row behind them did so, but at a higher angle of the spears.

The soldiers who use the halberd in the back carry the halberd on their shoulders, and their legs are one in front of the other, and the front is stretched and the back is bowed.

As soon as the cavalry rushed, these halberders had to see the right moment to wield their halberds with all their might, not at the armored knights, but at the necks of the horses.

This is one of the standard formations for infantry against cavalry.

The quality of the soldiers, especially the courage, is extremely high, so in each army, the ones who can fight against the cavalry are elite.

For example, the first camp of Koji Yi against Bai Ma Yicong, Yuan Shao's halberd soldiers, and Lao Liu's Bai Yu soldiers...... And so on, but the elite of the infantry army generally has the ability to counter-cavalry charge.

Xu Huang's own soldiers also did this, and at this time, in the face of the cavalry charge, none of them rushed as crowded and fled as the other Cao soldiers around them.

Although he was breathing heavily and his eyes were round, he still held his weapon tightly and waited in his place.

But...... This was just a desperate resistance of the infantry in the face of the cavalry, and without a large number of soldiers armed with strong crossbows ready to shoot at the rear, the spear array and halberdiers alone would not be able to restrain the cavalry.

Unfortunately, the crossbows that Xu Huang's personal soldiers were equipped with were just ordinary light crossbows, and the number was not "massive" at all.

At this time, he could only shoot at the rushing cavalry, but the dim vision and rainy weather made the hit rate very touching, which can be called a random shooting method.

Xu Huang didn't have the certainty of being able to block this round of charge, and he already had the consciousness of death when he was caught in front and back.

However, seeing that the other party responded quickly, Liu Chan did not intend to use the lives of the already scarce horses and elite soldiers to collide with the other party, and his own side now had an absolute advantage, and this kind of "heroic" behavior was really unnecessary.

As soon as the spear in Liu Chan's hand swung, Ma Chao immediately understood and raised his gun to give a signal.

Although his vision was not good, Hu Li, who had been paying attention to the front, reacted immediately, immediately turned his horse and led the cavalry to turn.

In the slightly surprised gazes of a group of Xu Huang's own soldiers, they deviated from the original route that rushed towards them.

Is this the Shu army afraid?

However, the thought has only just risen......

"Raise your gun!" Hu Li took down a simple throwing gun hanging on the side of the horse again, "Throw!" ”

This time the distance is much closer, and the accuracy has naturally risen a lot.

"Ahh

Cao Jun, who was hurriedly turning the spearhead and adjusting the formation as the cavalry turned, were shot one after another, and dozens of his own soldiers fell one after another.

But what is even more fatal is that there is a flaw in the formation.

Hu Li once again led the cavalry to turn with Ma Chao's command, drew a small circle and turned back again.

The previous chaotic Cao army's physical passive blocking, coupled with the two turns, made the cavalry charge charge a lot faster, but for this time...... It's enough, too.

The cavalry finally broke through the enemy line and killed it!

And Liu Chan and Ma Chao kept staring at Xu Huang, who was also holding a halberd, and at this time they split their heads from left to right to kill him.

Xu Huang is very familiar with Ma Chao, and he knows that he is definitely not an opponent in a horseless state, and he can't run, so he takes the initiative to kill Liu Chan!

He had seen Liu Chan fighting in the valley with his own eyes, but at that time, Liu Chan was chasing and killing deserters after all.

Although he had heard of the Battle of Jingzhou and the rescue of Liu Feng by riding alone, he had not seen it in person after all.

In his mind, Liu Chanyong is brave, and he is worse than Ma Chao, who has been fighting for many years.

But in a desperate situation, he didn't dare to be careless at all, and Liu Chan could also use horsepower to help Xu Huang, who rushed towards Liu Chan, swept forward after the halberd swept, aiming at the neck of Liu Chan's black horse is a full blow!

Click!

The spear and the halberd rod slammed together, and a strong force came from the rod, and both hands hurt, and the halberd actually flew away in Xu Huang's unbelievable gaze......

He thought that he had paid enough attention to Liu Chan, and there was no temptation or sparing his hand in this blow, which was a blow that he did his best to survive.

In such a situation, he can only have a chance to get out if he captures Liu Chan or Ma Chao alive.

I didn't expect this to be the result.

However, Liu Chan swung the spear this time, and after a long battle, the spear shaft was finally overwhelmed, and it was broken into two in the ferocious impact......

(End of chapter)