Chapter 957 The smoke is thick

"Raise the bow......" Zhu Ling shouted loudly, the war drums sounded, and the more than 10,000 archers on both wings pulled out the strong bows in their hands in unison, and the arrows that flashed with cold light pointed upwards obliquely.

You don't need to aim, just throw the arrow at the place where the smoke is thickest.

"Let go ......" Zhu Ling roared: "Shoot, shoot continuously!" ”

On the attack planes on each flank, a total of thirteen thousand strong archers fired a salvo almost at the same time. The rain of arrows in the sky was like a huge dark cloud, and the area covered by it suddenly fell into darkness, and the howl of the long arrows tearing through the air was as terrible as the howl of a ghost.

The iron knight under the dark clouds didn't even have the interest to look up, under the cold armor, there seemed to be a raging fire in his eyes, and he only stared at the opponent in front of him.

Arrows rained down like a torrent of arrows from the sky, making a heavy 'thump, thump' sound.

Cao Cao's shot was not so arrogant, and he equipped the whole army with armor-piercing cones, but he was not unprepared, and the arrows equipped by Cao's archers were particularly aggravated by the weight of the arrows, although they did not reach the level of authentic armor-piercing cones, but they also had a certain armor-piercing effect.

But obviously, this kind of half-hanging armor-piercing arrow may be able to cause some damage to piercing armor and scale armor, but it is far from enough to break through the heavy plate armor.

Although it can smash a dent in the plate armor, when a large number of arrows are fired at the same time on a rider, the powerful impact can even knock the rider off the horse. Overall, however, the lethality is negligible and cannot have a substantial impact on the Iron Rider.

After passing through the opponent's painstaking interception and the smoke and dust in the sky, almost without any adjustments, the iron cavalry withstood the rain of arrows and launched a strong attack directly. Without hesitation, like moths to a fire, one by one crashed into the jungle of spears that had been gathering momentum for a long time.

Life is as bright as the legendary epiphany. Bloom in an instant, and wither in an instant.

The dozens of riders who were the first to rush into the battle formation were impaled on the spot along with their mounts, and blood gushed out like a waterfall. The blood soaked the fields covered with wildflowers and green grass. Even if it's finely crafted. It is the strongest plate armor in the world, and it can't stop the spear blade under high-speed impact.

The battle-hardened infantry of Cao's army turned a blind eye to the death of the enemy. The soldiers in the first row remained in a half-crouching position, their spears facing upwards and resting on shields more than half a man high. The blood of men and horses flowed down the lances, staining their hands and arms red, but all of them clenched their teeth tightly and remained motionless like stone sculptures.

The second platoon rests his spears flat on the shoulders of the first platoon. The spear pointed straight ahead, with broken flesh hanging from the tip. The spears of the third platoon were placed on the shoulders of the second platoon, and the spears were two feet higher than the previous platoon, and there was no chance of contact with the enemy yet. Leng Sensen flashed with blue light.

Carrying the ardent expectations of tens of thousands of soldiers of the Cao Army, a magnificent steel jungle rises from the ground!

The current Cao Cao is actually far inferior to the Wei Wu Emperor in history.

did not get enough benefits from Hebei, and the time to incorporate the Xiliang army was too short, although Cao Cao subjectively attached great importance to it. However, Cao's cavalry was still difficult to achieve, and the hastily mixed cavalry units were far from reaching the level of the tiger and leopard cavalry in history.

Another reason why the tiger and leopard are not strong enough is that there are no cavalry generals of sufficient level, and they have not been given the two famous generals Zhang Liao and Zhang Jaw, as well as a large number of military generals in Hebei, and only rely on Cao Xiu and Cao Chun for lack of experience. Younger generations with limited talent are far from enough.

Therefore, the really strong Cao army has to count the infantry.

On the one hand, it is because the infantry has fought many battles, seen many big scenes, has sufficient experience, high morale, and is well-trained. On the other hand, the commander of the foot pawn is the only one who has not entered the fork in history among the five good generals in the previous life-Lejin!

The style of Lejin is very similar to that of the Qingzhou general, if there must be a difference, it is only because of the slight difference in the personalities of the two. Yu Ban is a standard soldier, meticulous, iron-faced and selfless, somewhat rigid, and Lejin's personality is a bit similar to Zhao Yun, he is low-key, and he doesn't care about anything else except his own internal affairs.

It is precisely because of this that the cohesion of this army and horses trained by him is very high. In the face of the roaring iron horse, it was unwavering, and the strict queue was like a mountain, which made people sigh.

In an instant, Cao Cao reborn expectations in his heart, hoping that this confidant will be able to create a miracle and turn things around!

In such a battle, the Qingzhou army's best car suspension is not used, because the spear of the infantry is longer than the cavalry spear, after the contact, the cavalry has no room for maneuver at all, and rashly resorting to the car suspension method will only disrupt their pace in vain.

Under the influence of one another, will the miracle be far away?

Cao Cao began to consider whether he should let the archers turn their attention to the enemy's light cavalry. At this moment, the Wind Cavalry was turning, and it seemed that they intended to turn back and kill the Pantherans who were in a chaotic formation, and launch a covering attack while they were changing formations, and they would definitely have a great success.

You know, this time the Tempest didn't wear paper armor.

However, before he finished this thought, the front battle was already a sudden change!

It was a roar of countless loud noises......

The sound came from the impact, the crazy and ferocious impact!

The iron horsemen who were pierced through the body by the spear were still trying to move forward, and if they were still on the war horse, they would desperately urge the war horse, and if they were provoked by the spear, they would use the last bit of strength to throw their weapons into the enemy line, or grab the spear that pierced their bodies!

People are desperate, horses are also crazy, the vitality of horses is far beyond people, and the inertia of the huge body is even more difficult. Feeling the master's heart, the horse endured the severe pain and pounced forward with all his strength!

The first round of impact did not pose much of a threat, and with the help of layers of spears, the heavily armored foot soldiers stubbornly blocked the enemy's impact. Someone was crushed by a warhorse, and the gap was quickly replenished by other robes. Those who were not affected clenched their teeth and remained motionless like stone carvings.

But a second round of impact followed.

The Iron Cavalry soldiers put life and death out of the way, and there is no trace of scheming and strategy in them, only fearless courage and heroic march!

They did not hesitate to rush with their flying horses, where the spear array was denser, the more they had to rush, and in many places they were riding at the same time, and their impact was so powerful. It's simply not something that humans can contend with.

Although the shield in front of the formation was supported by wooden stakes, although the front and rear five rows could attack at the same time, although the heavily armored foot soldiers were equally fearless. Fight to the death...... But the phalanx still had cracks and dents. And then it shattered little by little.

The third wave of Iron Riders rushed over, followed by the fourth wave of Iron Riders!

The car suspension method of battle is indeed not available, and it cannot be used, Wang Yu's tactics this time are only the most untechnical, but they are also the most moving primitive tactics, and they are going forward and dying one after another!

There are more and more flaws in the spear array. It gradually turned into a huge crack. The iron cavalry soldier who forgot his life broke directly into the crack, and swung his lance sharply, fighting for his life.

In an instant, both sides suffered heavy losses.

Although the skilled Cao Jun's foot soldiers were not shocked. Relying on the advantage of the group, he launched a stabbing from all directions, and stabbed the iron cavalry that broke into the military formation one by one. But with the defense and weight of the plate armor, the mad war horse and the mad iron cavalry had to pull at least five or six opponents on their backs before they died.

The restraint of the cavalry in a dense spear formation was only relative. If the cavalry is brave enough to die, it is not difficult to knock this array into powder. And the Flame Iron Rider is like this now, where is it just so simple to have the courage to sacrifice? They have simply gone into a state of madness.

The iron rider is like fire, as the name suggests, mad and violent. Mighty Soldier!

Blood splattered, the sound of the horn was like a tiger roaring and a dragon's roar, and the crimson tide was surging, smashing more and more cracks on the black embankment, bigger and bigger!

Compared with the almost one-sided slaughter on the frontal battlefield before, the battle at this moment still has a little bit of mutual meaning, but Cao Cao still clutched the hilt of the knife, and the knuckles of his fingers were already white.

He knew where he was wrong, the Flame Iron Rider was formed with five hundred wolf riders as the backbone, and now that the old master was in danger, how could these people not fight hard? If he had made a decision earlier, suspended the siege of Lu Bu, and concentrated all his strength on dealing with Wang Yu, maybe this battle would not have been so embarrassing.

But now, he doesn't plan to make any changes.

No matter how weak the archers' attacks are, they are not completely ineffective, if you don't take advantage of the stalemate to weaken this brave and incomparable iron cavalry as much as possible, and wait until the array of heavy infantry is completely defeated, what else can you use to block it?

Cao Cao didn't want to be distracted again, he wanted to concentrate all his combat power and concentrate on the most threatening iron cavalry first. The Leopard Cavalry is definitely not the opponent of the Swift Wind Army, but to completely defeat these nearly 4,000 cavalry, it will take at least half an hour, right?

And Wang Yu is now in the Iron Cavalry Formation, although he is in the well-protected Chinese army, but in various senses, it can be regarded as a flaw. As long as this fierce iron cavalry is exhausted, Wang Yu will definitely not be able to face the siege of thousands of troops and horses alone. Kill him, and the whole battle will be turned upside down.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao didn't hesitate, snatched the horn with his hand, puffed up his breath, and blew a dragon groan! With banners fluttering and drums and trumpets high, he drove all his forces except the archers to the death vortex in front of him!

The soldiers on both sides knew that the battle had reached a critical moment, and they would rather die than retreat.

Several Qingzhou iron horsemen fell from their horses, and immediately abandoned their lances and swung their chain hammers, sweeping against the ground. Several spears did not dodge or dodge, and stabbed down. After a few breaths, there was a gap in the position where the cavalry had fallen from their horses. On the blood-stained meadow, several warriors fell to one place, shoulder to shoulder, face to face.

In order to maintain the battle array from being scattered, Le Jin rushed to the front line with his own soldiers. His skills were far better than those of ordinary soldiers, and when he saw that the enemy had broken out of the cracks, he immediately rushed forward to fill his position.

A Qingzhou cavalryman who had just stabbed his opponent laughed and shook off the corpse on the lance, and before he could level the lance again, Le Jin rushed forward diagonally, waved his broadsword, swept it from the saddle, and swept it half off the saddle.

"Hold on! The lord has sent reinforcements up! Le Jin, who had been sprayed with human blood as if he had just been fished out of the dye workshop, raised his knife and roared wildly, and rushed towards the next cavalryman.

The iron knight who had just rushed into the battle formation remained silent, his long lance swayed slightly, and he changed the angle slightly, and then effortlessly stabbed at the terrifying enemy general. Le Jin flipped his wrist, slanted off, and knocked the horse lance away with a knife. Then he stepped forward, and slashed another knife on the front leg of the war horse.

The horse that had lost its legs let out a terrible scream, fell forward, rolled and struggled. Although the cavalry on the horse was not panicked, their ankles flicked, and they shook off the shackles of the stirrups with dexterous movements, and took advantage of the galloping momentum of the war horse to pounce on Lejin in the air.

Le Jin didn't expect the enemy to be so brave, even an ordinary soldier was so fierce, he was immediately taken aback, but it was too late to dodge, so he could only use his sword upwards to parry.

"Boom!" Even the weight of the armor exceeded two hundred catties, coupled with the huge inertia, even the hundred-for-one steel knife could not withstand such an impact, and it was instantly bent into a half-moon, and it was broken into two in an overwhelmed groan!

"Get out of the way!" With this cushion, Le Jin exhaled and pushed hard, and dodged the ensuing smashes with his strength.

"Bang!" The rider fell to the ground with a bang, and although most of the force of the fall was removed, he was still blackened by the fall. Several Cao Jun spearmen quickly surrounded and raised their spears, ready to eliminate evil, but as soon as the spears were raised, the rider on the ground, who should have been unable to get up, suddenly jumped forward with both hands and feet, and crashed into the legs of one of the spearmen!

The spearmen were caught off guard for a moment, screaming and falling, and the fallen rider pounced on him, attacking with both head and hand. The spearman was overwhelmed and roared back, and the two rolled to the ground.

The other spearmen were stunned for a moment, then furious, and were about to besiege and help the battle, but they were cold and thunderous, and several horses rushed through the gap that was getting bigger and bigger.

The spearman did not care about the robe that fell to the ground, and hurriedly raised his spear to meet the battle, and the opponent greeted him with a lance, and several weapons collided together without any fancy feelings, making a crisp sound of gold and iron.

It seems to be evenly matched, but the iron horsemen have an extra war horse, and their riding skills are fine, and if they miss a blow, they immediately urge the horse to move forward and trample directly with the horse's hooves!

Of course, Le Jin couldn't watch the soldiers under his command die tragically, picked up a spear from the ground on his toes, rushed forward, and directly swept away the thousands of troops with one move.

"Ping!" A crescent halberd poked out obliquely, just right to block the spear of Le Jin, and the war horse also followed, bringing up a fierce wind, making people feel untenable.

Le Jin was caught off guard for a while, and was blinded by the sand and dust rolled up by the cavalry, and he knew that it was not good, so he hurriedly flew back. The spear was crossed in front of his chest to block the follow-up attack of the enemy general, but who knew that the pursuit was not a weapon at all, but a combat boot wrapped in pig iron!

"Ah......h Le Jin couldn't dodge it, and was kicked directly in the lower abdomen by the enemy! The strength of this kick was extremely strong, and through a layer of iron armor, Le Jin still heard the sound of broken ribs, and he let out an earth-shattering scream, vomiting blood and falling down.

The iron cavalry urged the horse to rush forward, ready to avenge the robe, and trampled the enemy general into flesh and mud, and the spearmen saw that the situation was wrong, and they also swarmed up and swore to defend the main general.

The tragic battle entered the final **.