Chapter Ninety-Six: The Chu Army's Counterattack
The two armies were only two or three miles apart, and those rhinoceros roared and roared and rushed towards the Chu army's military formation. The Chu soldiers in the front row of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info were terrified, even though there was a thick shield in front of them. But that thing was not enough to withstand the onslaught of such a heavy organism as the rhino, and the people in the front row ran backwards. The people behind didn't know what was going on, and suddenly there was chaos in front of the Chu army. The soldiers in the front and back rows were huddled into a lump.
Those rhinoceros were wrapped in bronze armor all over their bodies, like a divine beast that respected the heavens of the nine heavens. The sharp horns were sheathed in bronze and resembled daggers. Between the actions, the chains between the rhinoceros "rattle" sounded, like a soul chasing rope in hell.
"Boom!" The rhinoceros weighing one ton hit the horse rejuvenator directly, and the more than 100 catties of the horse rejuvenator were directly knocked into the air. These things are for the defense of the war horses, at most the defense takin cavalry has been reinforced. Who would have thought that the Yun family would not need cavalry at all to charge the formation. Rather, use the rhinoceros! At this time, Xiang Yan regretted it too late, and only hoped that this round of impact on the Chu army would suffer less losses.
The rhinoceros burst into the crowd, its bronze-sheathed horns opening open the chests of one soldier after another. The sturdy rhinoceros knocked one strong man after another in heavy armor. Manpower is simply insignificant in the face of such a monster. The soldiers were so frightened that they forgot to attack the rhinoceros with their weapons for a while.
Each rhinoceros will drill out of a bloody alley when the rhinoceros rushes through the front phalanx. The Chu army, which was still neatly lined up just now, was already in a mess. There were dead and wounded Chu soldiers lying everywhere on the ground, and some of them had their stomachs slashed open. The intestines flowed all over the ground, and the sound of hoarseness and shouting could be heard clearly by the Qin army several miles away.
Many people were crushed in the chest by the rhinoceros, and their bones got stuck in their hooves. I couldn't pull it out for a while, and the whole person was taken away like a rag doll. It doesn't take long for the corpse to become fragmented. Arms and thighs flew all over the place, and finally became many unrelated parts.
Almost without any resistance, the front army of the Chu army of 20,000 people was crushed. They scrambled to flee to the military formation behind them, even if someone crashed into the long halberd of the robe and was stabbed in the chest. Or have their heads decapitated by the Overseer's steel knives, and they'll have to flee this hellish place.
The dense military formation of the Chu army still played some role, at least delaying the impact of the rhinoceros. Under the buffer of human life, the potential energy of the rhinoceros impact gradually disappeared. The soldiers of Chu rushed up with a "whoop" and "whoops", and the halberd greeted the rhinoceros fiercely. Some of them are clever and go around the back of the rhinoceros to burst the rhinoceros chrysanthemums.
This method proved to be excellent, and the halberd only had to be inserted into the rhinoceros chrysanthemum. As long as it is stirred inside, the rhinoceros will quickly stop. And then a big gulp of blood spurted outward! Eventually die!
This highly effective method was quickly promoted, and 300 rhinoceros were swallowed up by the vast sea of Chu army. There was only one corpse left behind, proving that these behemoths had been here.
Mangled corpses, wailing soldiers. Xiang Yan's heart was dripping blood, and Xiang Yu had mentioned it to Xiang Yan about raising rhinoceros in Pingliang. Xiang Yan felt that it was just a young and fun cloud key, who knew that Yun Key would use such a behemoth for military purposes. This kind of thing rushes up, it's a nightmare for infantry phalanxes.
However, what happened later told him that the nightmare had just begun. Before the soldiers could wake up from their shock, a group of guys with long noses slowly walked out of the Qin army's formation. With the sound of earth-shattering drums and trumpets, rows of things emitting green smoke flew towards the Chu army's military formation.
"Boom......! Boom Boom! The explosions came and went, and the soldiers of Chu didn't have time to understand what was going on. It was engulfed in smoke and fire, and its living bodies were thrown into the air. Then it was torn to shreds by countless shrapnel, or it was beaten into a sieve by countless steel balls.
If it was an aperitif before the meal just now, then now the cloud key will start the main meal. The stone thrower on the back of the war elephant kept throwing deadly bombs into the Chu army's formation. Following the orange-red flames and bursts of black smoke, countless Chu soldiers let out the most tragic screams. I've never fought this kind of battle, and I'm glad I killed the rhinoceros in bronze armor just now. Now, he was killed by an even more tyrannical weapon.
The most desperate thing is that when you meet a rhinoceros, you can still have a desperate object. But when you encounter war elephants, you can't find anyone even if you want to fight hard. Surrounded by red-hot steel, they turned living people into mutilated corpses. Blood and fire, iron and blood, the three are truly fused at this moment.
"The cavalry on both flanks went out, and the infantry charged after the cavalry." Xiang Yan's face turned pale, he couldn't go on like this. If this continues, before the battle is really fought, the Chu army is in danger of collapsing. Xiang Yan gave the most helpless order, allowing his 8,000 cavalry, which he regarded as treasures, as cannon fodder to attack the Qin army. In this way, it will be possible to cover the infantry, who are clumsy in action.
Xiang Yan knew the characteristics of the Yun family, Xiang Yu said. The main tactical idea of the Yun family army is to kill the enemy on the way to charge, as a veteran on the battlefield. Of course, Xiang Yan knew how to deal with this tactic, that is, to rush forward. Get close to the enemy army and let the Chu army get entangled with the Qin army. In this way, the Yun family's ferocious long-range strikes will be greatly reduced. Unless the Yun family can get out of the way and kill themselves and the Chu army together.
When the Chinese army of the Chu army was crying wolf, the cavalry of the Chu army on both flanks took the lead in charging the Qin army.
Cloud Key placed the main force in the Chinese army, just to saturate after the attack. Defeat the central army of the Chu army in one fell swoop, so that it can cause the collapse of both wings. Unexpectedly, Xiang Yan actually gave his life to the death.
Thousands of cavalry of the Chu army frantically charged the Qin army's military array, and these cavalry were the pride of the elite elite pride of the Chu army. All of them were carefully selected from the millions of troops, and the Chu State lacked horses. Cavalry is a scarce variety, and these 8,000 cavalry are regarded as treasures by Chang Wenjun on weekdays. Whether it is treatment or status, it is the most high-end existence in the Chu army. Now, it's time for them to reciprocate, with life!
Kankan rushed within the range of the Qin army, and the Qin army formation on the opposite side made a "buzz" sound. It was the sound of the bolts breaking away from the strings, as loud as a hurricane in the air. The sun in the sky was obscured by a dense barrage of arrows, and the swift galloping steel cast the shadow of death mercilessly on the charging cavalry.
Although the Chu army had been prepared, it was faced with this kind of rain like arrows. There were still countless knights who fell from their horses, and the horses behind them did not slow down in the slightest, and stepped mercilessly over their bodies. In an instant, their bodies became tattered and turned into minced meat!