Chapter 552: The End of the Road
The ice water fell, and due to the biting cold for a moment, the Wei soldiers unconsciously shrank their heads and reached out to grab them.
As a result, there was a brief flaw in the shield array.
The Han army took advantage of this opportunity to shoot arrows, and successfully relied on this flaw to shoot and kill many Wei troops.
The shield array is a whole, and if one less soldier raises a shield, it is possible to expose the bodies of the two soldiers on the left and right.
In this way, a domino effect occurs.
The death of a shield soldier indirectly exposed the bodies of the soldiers around him, and the Han army kept shooting the soldiers who exposed their bodies to death, and the soldiers died and exposed the bodies of others.
The flaws of the Wei army are getting bigger and bigger, the shield array has also lost its effect, and it cannot be mixed into one, more and more soldiers have been killed and wounded, and the Wei army is suddenly in chaos.
"What's going on? Check it out! Shi Bao was leading his troops to attack the Han army camp, and when he heard the movement in the rear, he immediately sent someone over to investigate.
The soldier quickly came back and reported to Shi Baoyu: "General, the back is in chaos, and the brothers have suffered heavy casualties!" β
Shi Bao shouted: "Our army has a shield, and if we maintain a formation, we are not afraid of bows and arrows, how can it be chaotic?" β
"The Shu army filled the clay pot with ice water and shot it down with a trebuchet, and the brothers were stimulated by the ice water and messed up the formation, and the flaws became bigger and bigger!"
"Damn, go back!" Shi Bud scolded angrily and hurriedly ordered a retreat.
Shi Bao led the soldiers back to the rear, Chen Tai, Zhao and other generals hurriedly greeted him, seeing that the soldiers were disgraced and embarrassed, several people also knew that Shi Bao was returning in vain.
Shi Bao told the generals about the situation: "The wall built by the Shu army has been doused with water, and now it is frozen, and it is even more indestructible.
And they also prepared ice water, which was loaded in a clay pot and shot down with a trebuchet, and our soldiers were excited by the ice water, and the formation was chaotic, even if they had shields, under the shooting of the archers of the Shu army, it was difficult to protect themselves! β
Hu Zun slapped his thigh and said angrily: "I knew that this withdrawal was not so simple, the Shu army was so well prepared, and we couldn't rush through it at all!" β
Guo Huai said to everyone with relief: "Now that Your Majesty has appointed Sima Yi as the governor of Guanzhong, he will lead 20,000 soldiers and horses in Tongguan, and he will definitely find a way to meet us."
Since the Han army is fully prepared, let's not act rashly to avoid unnecessary casualties, and stay here to see if Sima Yi will send troops to meet us. β
Sun Li said in a deep voice: "The Shu army must have built two camps, one to prevent us from advancing eastward, and the other to prevent Sima Yi from coming to support. Even if he led 20,000 soldiers and horses in Tongguan, it would not play a big role. β
"Don't jump to conclusions!" Guo Huai glared at Sun Li: "As long as the mountains and rivers are exhausted, don't give up easily!" β
On the east side, Chen Tai, Guo Huai and other generals could not break through the Han army's blockade.
On the other side, Liu Chan also led his troops to catch up.
Although Cao Zhen abandoned the grain and grass for the aftermath, Liu Chan was also prepared and selected three thousand strong men in the army in advance.
Due to the narrowness of the road in Tongguan Road, although Liu Chan had tens of thousands of people, they swarmed up to clear the road, but it delayed time, while the three thousand strong men were just right, not crowded, and with their strong strength, they were able to clear the road in the shortest time.
In just one time, 3,000 Hercules cleared the road.
At this moment, Cao Zhen led 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command were responsible for breaking the queen, so they were also very well prepared.
Ten thousand soldiers were archers, and another ten thousand soldiers were spear and shield men.
Because Cao Zhen knew that if Liu Chan led his troops to pursue, he would definitely use cavalry to charge the formation first, wait for the formation to be disrupted, and charge and kill with foot soldiers was the best way to reduce casualties and expand the results to the maximum.
The infantry resists the cavalry, and uses spears, spears and shields to form a spear and shield array, which can effectively defend against the impact of the cavalry. As for the archers, they hid behind the spear shield array and shot at the enemy in front.
There are not many shields in the hands of the rear soldiers, but they are all large shields, and the soldiers can block their entire bodies as long as they put their shields on the ground.
At the top of the shield is an inverted triangle, and the soldiers in the rear hold spears and spears, and put the spears in the grooves of this inverted triangle, and the formation is formed.
If the cavalry rushes over, it will hit the spear, and the impact is so powerful that if it is stabbed by the spear, even the armor of the cavalry will be injured.
After the road was cleared, Zhao Yun took a thousand armor and cavalry equipment and launched an attack on the Wei army.
The armor and horses are all armored, and the soldiers use heavy weapons such as axes and clubs. As the horses galloped, the earth seemed to tremble.
Zhao Yun took the lead, holding a gentian bright silver spear, and killed the Wei army.
"Shoot me the arrows!"
Cao Zhen stayed among the archers, and when he saw Zhao Yun leading the cavalry to kill, he immediately ordered the archers to release their arrows.
The arrows in the sky shot at the armor cavalry, but the Wei army's bow was not a divine arm bow, and the power was average, and it could not cause effective lethality in the face of the armor cavalry.
Zhao Yun took the lead in rushing towards the gun shield array, in front of him, there were no soldiers, only a one-person-high shield, and spears sticking out of the shield.
The speed of the war horse is very fast, if it is not good at controlling the war horse, it will be enough to hit the spear headlong, but Zhao Yun is not among them.
He rode his horse and rushed to the Wei army, and his speed did not slow down much, but the gentian bright silver spear in his hand stabbed out, and pierced the shield with one shot, only to hear a muffled snort, and the soldier who raised the shield behind the shield was also stabbed to death by Zhao Yun.
Immediately, Zhao Yun picked up the spear, and flew out with the shield and the soldiers.
Although the shield of the Wei soldier is large, it is not pure iron, such a large shield, the pure iron soldier can not hold it at all, this shield is made of hard wood wrapped in iron sheet.
Ordinary bows and arrows can't cause damage at all, but in the face of Zhao Yun's Gentian Bright Silver Spear, this shield is as if it is papier-mΓ’chΓ©.
As the shield was picked up, the spear in the inverted triangle erected on the shield was naturally taken out. Although the spear was held by the soldiers in the rear, in the face of Zhao Yun's blow, the soldiers could not hold the spears in their hands at all.
"Kill!" Zhao Yun roared, the spear was stabbing, and Wei Shu, who had lost the spear in front of him, stabbed to death again.
Seeing this in the rear, Cao Zhen hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and give me a top!" Don't let Zhao Yun rush in! β
There was no need for Cao Zhen to say much, the Wei army in the rear hurriedly held the shield and came up again, trying to maintain the formation.
However, how could Zhao Yun give Wei Jun this opportunity, the gentian bright silver spear of the mobile phone stabbed out again, and accepted the life of this Wei Jun who was not afraid of death. Immediately, the spears shot out again and again, attacking the Wei troops around them, but after a while, they made a cut.