Chapter 910: The Secret of the Rain War

"Wow!"

The rain came very quickly, from the first drop of rain to the whole vision becoming dim and blurry, just counting the time.

The scattered raindrops soon became a line, and then again, and finally turned into a curtain wall, which lay in the middle of the battlefield. It seems that God is angry, and after the storm, there is simply a thunderstorm, saying that he wants to separate the two warring sides.

However, heaven and earth send out killing opportunities, but the stars change, dragons and snakes rise to land, and people send killing machines, but heaven and earth are repeated. Even the wrath of heaven cannot completely eliminate human killing.

"Good rain, just in time!" Ma Chao laughed loudly and shouted: "This is God's help, sons, follow me to break the enemy!" ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! The morale of the Xiliang army was high and the cheers were thunderous. The hooves of 240,000 horses flew up and down, kicking the muddy water into the air, mixing with the pouring rain, and the feet of the galloping army seemed to be stepping on a huge dark cloud.

No wonder Ma Chao is happy, as we all know, the most feared thing about long-range weapons is rain and snow. After a few days in a humid area, the bowstring will become slippery and loose, and its power will be greatly reduced. In the current heavy rain, even if the Qingzhou Army's bow and crossbow can be forcibly used, its power and accuracy will drop a lot.

The Xiliang cavalry only has paper armor on its body, and it is not equipped on every soldier, and the strong crossbows and crossbows of the Qingzhou army are still a great threat to the cavalry. Ma Chao has always suspected that Wang Yu's hidden killer weapon is likely to be the crossbow, and more strong crossbows will be launched at the same time as the Xiliang army launches an impact.

Now he is not worried, in such weather, even if the Qingzhou army hides more ballistas, it is too late to enter the attack position and launch a salvo. Even if it is barely launched, the lethality is worrying, with the double protection of heavy rain and paper armor, the power of the cavalry impact can be exerted to the strongest!

It is said that the enemy is unlucky, and it is beneficial to his side, but at the same time as Ma Chao was ecstatic, Wang Yu's mouth also escaped a trace of an unfathomable smile.

"Kong Ming, there is really you, even the time is so accurate, in the future, the world will be unified, and the director of the Meteorological Bureau will definitely be concurrently served by you."

"Bureau of Meteorology?" Zhuge Liang was stunned.

"Well, it's a department that specializes in observing the weather and making forecasts in advance......" Wang Yu explained casually, then smiled, and his voice turned sharp: "The rain is coming just in time, it is God's help!" Command the whole army to meet the enemy according to the established strategy! The shame of the defeat of the snow is determined in the world, all today! ”

"Oh!" The generals agreed in unison.

The next moment, the drums and trumpets in the formation were also sounding in unison, and the drummers and trumpeters all tried their best to ignite the blood in everyone's hearts with a stormy melody.

"Don't pay attention to those miscellaneous soldiers, change formations, the whole army changes formations! Go all out! Xu Shu wiped the rain from his face, and shouted with all his strength while waving the big flag in his hand.

"The general has an order, change the formation to meet the enemy!" The heralds could no longer run around and give orders, so they could only rely on shouting in unison to pass on the orders layer by layer.

The defeat a month ago was not only a major stain on his life, but also a smear to the brilliant achievements of the hussars. Although the lord is magnanimous, his colleagues are generous, and no one chases after him, he himself is not so easy to forgive himself.

With his character, he will not feel sorry for himself all the time and be entangled, but when the opportunity of shame is placed in front of him, he is still inevitably excited.

The tactics of the infantry soldiers were studied by Xu Shu and Wang Yu together, and he was also in charge of the drill and the commander of the battle. Everything went well before, but such an achievement is still far from the real goal, and what really tests him and determines success or failure is the moment when the Xiliang cavalry launches a comprehensive impact!

"Change formation now? Isn't it too late? "The Xiliang army is deployed in a crane wing formation, with the two wings in front and the Chinese army lagging behind, even if it has experienced a tragic infantry battle, the relative positions of the military horses of each department have not changed. Rushing to the front were the soldiers and horses of Ma Play and Yang Qiu, and both of them were happy at the moment.

Before Ma Chao ordered a general attack, the two of them were desperate for a while, Qingzhou's crossbowmen were too strong, even if the Xiliang army could win in the end, the men and horses involved in the first wave of attacks would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

Now the rain blocked the view and drenched the bowbow. And when he heard the order of the Qingzhou Army from afar, it was obvious that he had not been able to complete the assembly. Ma and Yang are all overjoyed.

It is undeniable that the infantry formation used by the Qingzhou Army for white-knuckle combat is indeed very strong, but that formation is only suitable for foot combat, and is not suitable for resisting cavalry at all. From the battle situation just now, it can be inferred that the Qingzhou Army should have a contingency charter and can assemble in a very short time, but this sudden rainstorm interrupted their pace.

Without the threat of long-range weapons, and without the blocking of dense arrays, the danger of the striker is greatly reduced, and the chance of meritorious service is correspondingly increased.

At this moment, the confidence of the Xiliang generals to win has reached its peak.

"Cluck!" As if echoing, a pale blue lightning bolt slashed down, and the dim vision was completely illuminated. Yang Qiu and Ma Yu were pleasantly surprised to find that the enemy was retreating, as fast as the sea at low tide.

What made them even more pleased was that the enemy did not regroup as they retreated, but on the contrary, although a single squad was strengthened to about thirty people, the overall array became more and more dispersed. The distance between the two squads was thirty or forty paces, and the frontal attack area of the entire squad was only three people tied together.

"Boom!" Before they had time to experience the joy of victory, Yang and Ma Erjiang were awakened by a thunderclap, and both of them felt their hearts throb suddenly. The field of vision darkened again, blurred, and the figures on the battlefield were ghostly, and the tiger roared and the dragon roared.

The heavy rain curtain blocked the space, and it was difficult to see the scenery from twenty paces away. The second general Yang and Ma and the cavalry under their command were full of anticipation and urged the horses to gallop wildly.

It is necessary to rush forward as soon as possible, so that the hapless Qingzhou people have no time to make further adjustments. In terms of the power and speed of the cavalry, apart from delaying the speed of the cavalry with a dense formation, what else can stop the violent advance of the iron cavalry?

Even in the Juyong Battle that day, didn't Wang Yu sacrifice the assault ability of the Iron Cavalry, and relied on the strong defense of the Iron Cavalry to delay the speed of the Xianbei Cavalry before launching the Yellow Turban Warrior's counterattack?

Now in front of the Xiliang cavalry army, there are neither iron cavalry nor dense infantry formations, and the vertical cavalry tramples past, victory, there is no accident!

"Kill!"

The impact of the heavy rain on the cavalry was far less than that of the infantry and crossbowmen, and the last distance of more than 100 steps was left behind by the Xiliang cavalry in an instant, and the cavalry at the front could already clearly see the enemy's figure.

At the front, there are three columns, five rows of small spear formations, and at the front of the array, there are several large oars, stacked in front of the array. Not counting the spear and shield array, there is also a rejection horse placed in front of the shield array!

If this military formation were to be enlarged to 1,500 people, or even 15,000 people, the courage and threat felt by the Xiliang cavalry would definitely be much greater than it is now. But now there are only fifteen people, and although the frontal defense is a bit tricky, it takes a certain amount of sacrifice to break through, but there is such a big gap on the side, and it is enough to bypass it.

Anyway, the main duty of the forward cavalry is not to kill and wound the enemy, but to break down the enemy's formation and divide the enemy. Now that the enemy has made way out of the way, let's go around it first, anyway, there are still more follow-up men and horses, and when the main force arrives, it will be enough to attack from the side.

Not only did ordinary cavalrymen think so, but even battle-hardened generals like Yang Qiu and Ma Play didn't feel any different, but they were just overjoyed. felt that Wang Yulang was famous, or that the luck of his own young general was indeed so good that he was against the sky, and he had atmospheric luck, so he only fell a heavy rain and disrupted the pace of the Qingzhou army.

They had no intention of fighting hard with the small formation of the Qingzhou Army, and paid an unnecessary price, so they directly pulled the reins of the horses and bypassed them. As he passed by, he did not forget to turn his head and look at the enemy with mocking eyes, wondering what kind of expression was on the faces of these stupid enemies at this moment.

Of course, this action also has the meaning of observing the enemy position. If the enemy doesn't have too many spears on the flanks, they don't mind letting the knives in their hands open a little first.

Thankfully, the narrow flanks of the Qingzhou Army's infantry formations did not have spearmen, but consisted of a very strange configuration.

The most conspicuous thing is the shield soldiers, every other person, there is a shield-wielding foot soldier, they hold the shield in both hands, the sword behind their backs, at first glance they are in charge of defense. Behind the shield-bearers was a Changge soldier, and standing between the two shield-bearers was a soldier with no weapons.

It is not accurate to say that they did not hold a weapon, they held a large black box in their hands, and looked at the posture of a few weapons. But the box was square, without edges and sharpness, and it was impossible to see the appearance of the weapon.

"Damn, I don't have a lot of skills, but there are a lot of ghost tricks. Forget it, Lao Tzu doesn't have time to play with you, let's empty the formation behind first! Yang Qiu thought about it, but he still didn't dare to act rashly, scolded and muttered, raised the front finger of the war knife in his hand, and motioned for the army to rush over first.

Yang Qiu didn't want to provoke these strange wooden box soldiers, and wanted to let others go, however, those wooden box soldiers obviously didn't know the truth of reciprocating the peach, but they refused to let him go easily.

"Twenty steps ahead...... Wind! At the same time as the next lightning bolt exploded in the air, a loud shout came from the small infantry formation in Qingzhou. Those soldiers holding strange wooden boxes leveled the boxes in their hands in response, if anyone who is familiar with the Qingzhou Army Drill Code will definitely be able to recognize that this posture is completely the standard posture of crossbowmen shooting!

"Buzz!" Neither the walls of the box nor the sound of horses' hooves hitting the water could drown out the sound of the bowstrings fluttering.

"Whew!" The heavy rain curtain could not stop the cold light that burst out of the box.

"Poof!" In the end, the paper armor, which has always had a miraculous effect on long-range attacks, turned out to be like paper paste, and it failed to block it at all, and was easily penetrated by the cold light, which made the owner of the paper armor feel a heart-rending pain, and turned over and fell off the horse in a miserable hiss, smashing up a large piece of mud.

"It can't be!" Yang Qiu was taken aback and roared wildly in his heart.