Chapter 994: The Unpredictability of the Battlefield
Yuan Tan succeeded in one blow, and the momentum was even more arrogant, after missing Li Dian, he swept with a big knife in both hands, and more than ten Cao soldiers in front of him fell to the ground one after another, and all the spears held by Cao's soldiers were broken on the spot!
At this time, Yuan Tan had already broken through Cao's cavalry formation and rushed into Cao's infantry army. At present, Cao Bing has already set up the big shield in his hand on the ground with a majestic movement. On top of the V-shaped gap, there are large lances of about three zhang, forming layers of strong lance forest barriers. On the tip of the large lance that pointed obliquely to the sky, there was a bright and dazzling light, as if it was only waiting to drink blood.
Seeing this, Yuan Tan's face immediately became even more angry, and he shouted: "Cao thief is so treacherous, he actually made the cavalry suspicious, and secretly used this to trap us!" ”
However, in the battlefield, saying this has no effect at all. Yuan Tan was very glad that he relied on his indomitable courage to take the lead in breaking through the confusion of Cao's cavalry, and saw the gap in the giant shield array that was still too late to set up a successful setup. After pulling the horse's head hard, he drove diagonally to that place.
The big knife slashed down again, and the force was equally fierce, however, the giant shield wrapped in iron was not flesh and blood at all. Yuan Tan slashed it with a single sword, and after only half of the slash, he plunged the big knife into the giant shield. Seeing this opportunity, a Cao Juntun commander hurriedly waved the big knife in his hand to take Yuan Tan directly, and at the same time, in order to encourage his combat strength, he also shouted: "Yuan Tan, suffer death!" ”
Yuan Tan was in a hurry, suddenly turned around and opened his mouth to the chief of Cao Juntun and roared, its sound was like thunder, like a landslide and a stone crack, the chief of Cao Juntun only heard a buzzing sound in his ears, and then his eyes flashed with gold stars, Yuan Tan was overjoyed when he saw this, and the big knife in his hand had been withdrawn from the giant shield, and he slashed the head of the person with a backhand.
"Hahaha!" Yuan Tan looked up to the sky and laughed three times: "I am the tiger and leopard of the Yuan family, Cao Jun will die quickly!" With that, Yuan Tan once again danced the big knife and rushed wildly, and no one could stop him for a moment. Behind him, the eight hundred sharp soldiers of the Yuan family swore to obey each other, and the attack arrow composed of these eight hundred sharp soldiers was like a sharp boning sharp knife, and it entered the front of the Cao army at once, and rushed out of a gap in the entire spear and shield array.
In the middle of Cao Jun's army, Xi Zhicai showed a solemn look on his face slightly, and said to Cao Cao: "Lord, although Yuan Tan is brave and unscrupulous, his force is really impressive. In just a few moments, its forward almost broke through the front of our army! ”
At this time, Dian Wei, who had already recovered, was beside Cao Cao, and when he heard Xi Zhicai praise Yuan Tan's martial arts, he couldn't help but say with disdain: "It's just that I have no power, I only comprehend a trace of strength, but I have just entered the gate of martial arts." If it were me or Zhong Kang wielding the knife and accumulating qi, why would it be difficult to cut off the three giant shields? ”
Xi Zhicai didn't know martial arts, but when he heard Dianwei's comment, he saw that Xu Chu really looked proud. immediately understood that Yuan Tan was just a role in selling the first in front of a real martial arts master.
Cao Cao then said lightly: "Zhicai really thinks that our army's shield array has not had time to be arranged? Wen Ze is comparable to the famous generals of the ancients, how can he make such a big mistake? Yuan Xiansi didn't realize the heart of domination, so he blindly rushed, and he fell into my arms! Passed the order, let the generals act according to the plan, and then increase Yuan Tan's arrogance. ”
Xi Zhicai listened to Cao Cao's explanation and was surprised at the moment. Continuing to pay attention to the battlefield, he found that Yuan Tan had gradually broken away from Yuan's army and penetrated deep into the enemy's formation. If you fight for a while, you will definitely fall into the army of Cao Jun. At that time, as Dian Wei said, with Yuan Tan's force alone, a general can step forward, and he can take down Yuan Tan's head, 100,000 troops, and after losing his main general, he will collapse without a fight!
But what happens on the battlefield often can't be inferred by common sense. The courage of the generals, in addition to inspiring morale, does have an unexpected effect. After Yuan Tan broke through Cao Jun's shield array first, the Yuan family's elite horseman, who was still full of ugliness before, became fearless of death under the inspiration of Yuan Tan!
The blood has been hot, and the mind can no longer control the body. After the Yuan Jiajing cavalry completely collided with the Cao cavalry, they had already rushed into the Cao army's lance shield array, and when they saw that Yuan Tan Daxu was already floating in the heart of the Cao army's array, they actually launched a wild charge against the lance and shield array, and directly collided with the Cao army's lance shield array viciously with people and horses, and the sharp lance pierced hundreds of Yuan cavalry with spurs in pairs in an instant.
But at the same time, the wild momentum of the Yuan cavalry also caused the Cao army's big lance to break one after another, driven by the huge inertia, the war horse that had been killed continued to run forward, and hit the incomparably strong shield wall erected by the Cao army's infantry, and the huge impact sound resounded in the sky in an instant.
In this huge impact sound, there was also a crisp sound of bones shattering, which was the sound of the Yuan family's war horse's leg bones and neck bones being broken, and the miserable howls of the soldiers of the two armies before they died were even more endless, and hundreds of Yuan cavalry were thrown high by the huge inertia in an instant, and when they fell rapidly from the air, they were horrified to find that waiting for them was still a piece of dense sharp lance.
"Lord, you deliberately let Yuan Tan go, did you expect that these cavalry would go crazy so far?" At this time, Xi Zhicai's ears were filled with only the sound of tragic fighting, and at this moment, his pale and clear face actually showed a trace of excited flush because of the bloody and cruel battlefield.
However, Cao Cao shook his head silently. He is a man, not a god. Although the current situation is very good, because Yuan Tan's lone army has gone deeper, in exchange for a large number of deaths of the Yuan family's elite horses, he also knows that if this continues, after the Yuan family's morale soars to an extreme, his ingenious arrangement will become a complete fake show.
In the era of cold weapons, morale is always an important factor in determining the outcome of a battle. What cannot be touched or seen dominates the advance or retreat, battle or surrender, as well as life and death on the battlefield.
Under the wild charge of the Yuan cavalry, the Cao army infantry in the front row also suffered heavy casualties, although the scimitars thrown by the Yuan family cavalry before they died were all blocked by the solid shield wall erected, but the Youzhou war horses that hit the shield wall with strong inertia made them suffer enough.
The huge shield, though strong enough, also relied on the bodies of the infantrymen to support it. And the big lance that protrudes from the shield wall and is thick enough to have a bowl mouth can stab the Yuan cavalry to death. But it was no longer possible to stop the wildness in their blood, under the almost suicidal fierce impact of the Yuan family's cavalry, the solid shield walls were knocked away, and most of the Cao soldiers behind them were even knocked backwards and flew away.
At this time, it is very appropriate to describe this scene by turning people on their backs. And the miserable howls of the soldiers of the two armies before they died were even more permeated in the entire sky. And this situation lasted for nearly half an hour, and the charge of the Yuan family's cavalry did not stop because of death, and the subsequent cavalry still swept madly and disregarding life and death. Like waves of turbulent waves, continuously and viciously impacting on the Cao army's defensive formation, many Cao family infantry were either hacked to death by the Yuan family knights, or were killed alive.
What's even more odious is that in order to deliberately let Yuan Tan go before, the entire lance shield array was not impregnable. The knights of the Yuan family who had entered the gap also saw the madness of the robes, and after going deep into the lance shield array, they turned their horses' heads one after another and began to attack on both sides, like the spreading hot water melting the ice and snow, gradually expanding from the gap bigger and bigger. The originally neat and strict Cao Army's lance shield array finally appeared chaotic, and if this chaos was allowed to continue to spread, there would be a moment of effort. The entire defense will collapse completely!
However, Cao Cao was still unmoved by this, as if he was just playing chess at this time, falling under the opponent's tricks, bowing his head and pondering. The battle in front of him and the shouts in his ears are nothing more than a chessboard illusion. He pondered for a moment and began to lay out his back moves, trying to make up for his mistake.
"Let the tiger and leopard ride up and see if you can break up the cavalry behind Yuan Tan......." Cao Cao said, the lives of thousands of soldiers were just a test piece he used to break the game.