Chapter 709: Divergence
Sun Ce pondered for a long time, but still shook his head. "Controlling more with less, the soldiers are too tired, and once Zu Lang seizes the opportunity to fight back, it is likely that the previous efforts will be wasted. Let it be, if he enters the city, do as you planned, and if he doesn't enter the city, we will continue to pursue him until he collapses.
Guo Jia was anxious, and his voice became louder. "General, raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while, and destroying Zulang is today, how can you pity the physical strength of the soldiers? At this time, shouldn't we go all out to achieve all the results? โ
Sun Ce smiled and tapped Guo Jia's shoulder. "Bonghyo, I know your feelings, I also want to kill Zulang in one go, but it's too risky. Once you miss it, the consequences are unimaginable. I'm still willing to save three points in case of an emergency. โ
Guo Jia's eyebrows were raised, slowly flattened again, and his brows frowned slightly. He looked at Sun Ce. "General, think about it again, it's a rare opportunity."
Pang Tong also said: "General, I think the plan of sacrificing wine is feasible. The bandits have been shattered by the general, and the collapse is imminent, and our army has hundreds of knights, like a tiger driving sheep, and there is no difficulty. โ
Sun Ce shook his head. "Whether it's a man or a horse, no matter how strong you are, there will be times when you get tired. Don't talk about it, I've made up my mind. After speaking, he turned over and got on his horse, took the overlord kill from Guo Wu's hands, took the reins of the horse, turned back and forth twice, and said: "Prepare according to the original plan, give Zu Lang the final blow, and then start the pursuit." โ
Sun Ce kicked his horse and galloped away. Yan Xing and Chen Zhi followed, followed by two hundred knights.
Guo Jia and Pang Tong exchanged a look and spread their hands. Guo Jia watched Sun Ce almost arrive in front of the formation, raised his hand, and issued an order to counterattack. The herald waved the flag in his hand and passed the order to the troops, and the drummer beat the war drum vigorously, making a rapid and powerful drum sound, heralding the beginning of the final counterattack.
The soldiers of the Guards Battalion who were blocking the frontal attack shouted in unison, the sword and shield men and the spearmen began to squeeze forward, and the crossbowmen increased their speed and shot with all their might, especially the archers, who kept waving their hands, and the arrows were like meteors, and the previous arrow had just been shot, and the strings were not stopped, and new arrows were mounted, and they shot continuously, and there was almost no obvious pause.
"Get on the arrow, get on the arrow!" The archers shouted as they fired.
More than a dozen wagons were pushed, and two people worked together in each cart, one pushing the cart, and one lifting the quiver, placing them in front of each archer, and throwing the empty quivers back onto the cart, and running down in a circle, they were all so tired that they were panting, but they had no time to rest, and rushed back to the rear.
The rain of arrows suddenly intensified, and immediately hit Zu Lang and the others, and even Zu Lang himself suffered two arrows. The arrows penetrated deep into the iron armor, piercing the flesh and skin, and the pain of moving was piercing. Zu Lang gritted his teeth, raised his knife and shouted, shouting to order his subordinates to resist and buy more time for the other departments. The bandits roared angrily, raised the rattan shield and bamboo shield in their hands to shield the rain of arrows, and squeezed forward desperately.
The two sides fought together, and no one would let them.
Sun Ce rode his horse and rushed over, Yan Xing kicked his horse and marched with him, and said loudly: "General, I'll break the formation." โ
Sun Ce nodded. "Be careful."
"Thank you, General." Yan Xing raised the spear in his hand and shook it twice, and the herald beside him raised the horn and whined. The Xiliang knights immediately accelerated and grabbed in front of Sun Ce, they took out the short spear from the leather bag, held it upside down, took it over the shoulder, and accelerated to gallop.
When the captain of the guard battalion heard the sound of the horn, he immediately shouted: "Points! Divide! โ
The two hundred-man phalanxes facing Zulang's direction suddenly dispersed, making way for a gap. As soon as the pressure in front of the bandits was relaxed, they were happy to raise their swords and shout, when they suddenly saw a war horse approaching, and then they realized that the situation was not good. Before they could react, Yan Xing let out a loud shout and threw the short spear in his hand.
More than a dozen short spears breathed out with the help of horse speed, and although the speed was not as fast as that of arrows, the power was not inferior.
"Phew!" The short spear struck the shield, and the shield cracked a large hole, and the shieldman was like a lightning strike, and his footing was unstable, and he took two steps back.
"Poof!" The short spear pierced the body, passing through the body, and blood splattered out.
Zu Lang heard the sound of the horn, saw the galloping war horses, and saw that several guards who rushed to the front were stabbed with short spears and killed on the spot, and a gap appeared in the dense formation. Before he could react, more short spears flew over, and he instinctively shouted:
"Raise your shieldโ"
Countless shields were raised, but to no avail, and in a moment, more than a dozen people were hit by the whistling short spears.
"Turn-" Yan Xing rushed to the front of the formation, suddenly turned around, made an almost impossible movement, swept past the front of the formation, and galloped along the gap between the phalanxes.
Just in front of the soldiers on both sides, Yan Xing and one hundred Xiliang knights made an extremely exquisite blitzkrieg tactic, circled their horses back, and then connected to the end of the formation, started the second assault, and threw a batch of spears. On the infantry position, which is not spacious, they rode their horses like flying, advancing and retreating freely, seemingly thrilling and abnormal, but they were just right, the huge body of the war horse was as flexible as a fawn, and the mud kicked by the horse's hooves splashed the faces of the soldiers of the guard battalion, but the war horse hardly touched them.
After the initial surprise, the soldiers laughed and cursed.
"These barbarians from Xiliang are really good horses."
"This short spear makes it good, tsk, it's simply indestructible."
"Amazing, amazing, no wonder they are arrogant, they really have a bit of capital."
Hearing the praise of the soldiers of the personal guard battalion, who have always been conceited, the Xiliang knights were even more energetic, beating horses like flying, throwing spears like rain, and exerting their riding skills and martial arts to the extreme.
Zu Lang's position was hit hard by this, and the losses were heavy, and more than a hundred of the guards around him fell, and the rest were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their legs trembled, like swings. The lethality of these short spears is too strong, even more terrifying than strong crossbows, most of those who have been hit by the short spears are dead, and those who are not dead also fall to the ground, desperately waiting for the final fate, few people can still stand after being hit by the short spears.
The fighting spirit of the bandits was crushed, and when Yan Xing and the others rode their horses to kill again, many people turned their heads and ran, no matter how Zu Lang shouted, they couldn't shout. The guards were also anxious, ignoring Zulang's struggle, and ran away with him.
Yan Xing withdrew his short spear and rode his horse out of the gap and into the bandit formation. Where the spear landed, two bandits were killed by him.
A hundred knights followed, rushing into the rout of the bandits, killing as much as they could, one moment concentrating on the assault, the other fighting on their own, although the battlefield was full of people, they regarded nothing as if they were like tigers into wolves, galloping back and forth.
Sun Ce saw it in his eyes and said to Chen Zhi and the others: "See, we still have a lot to learn from riding battles." โ
Chen Zhi was also surprised. "I didn't expect Yan Yanming's cavalry battle to be so exquisite and breathtaking."
"Linyuan admires fish, it is better to retreat and close the net." Sun Ce raised a thousand troops and roared loudly. "Attack, kill Zulangโ"
"Whoa!" The three thousand guards shouted in response and began to fight back in an all-out way.
The bandits collapsed on all fronts.