Chapter 982: The Great Array Advances
"Good time!" Xu Chu also brandished his weapon and rushed up, Lu Bu shouted, the halberd in his hand stepped forward, and blocked Guan Yu's big knife that slashed at him and Xu Chu's sledgehammer that smashed at him at the same time, and then slashed the halberd towards the two of them.
Lu Bu's painting halberd was cut, and the two of them raised their weapons at the same time to block.
Even though it was a combination of the two of them, when the weapon and the halberd collided together, Guan Yu and Xu Chu still felt a tingling in their palms.
Holding the big knife tightly, Guan Yu's Danfeng eyes were also much rounder.
After many years of fighting on the battlefield, he had never seen a general as brave as Lu Bu.
Although he had some intersections with Lu Bu in the early years, Guan Yu had never fought with Lu Bu, but now that he has fought again, he knows that Lu Bu's reputation as the world's most brave martial artist is not in vain!
Guan Yu and Xu Chu both knew that if the two of them attacked Lu Bu in the same direction, it would be absolutely impossible to kill Lu Bu.
The two tacitly turned around their horses, chose different directions, and launched a new round of attacks on Lu Bu.
What they didn't expect was that in the face of attacks from different directions, the halberd in Lu Bu's hand was dancing like a wind leaf, and every time they launched an attack, they would be successfully blocked by Lu Bu.
Watching the fight between the servants, Xiahou Yuan held a big knife and frowned tightly.
From the fight between the servants, Xiahou Yuan had already seen that although Xu Chu and Guan Yu were fighting with Lu Bu with the strength of the two, they were still at a disadvantage.
Knowing that if this continued, one of Guan Yu and Xu Chu would definitely be picked by Lu Bu to kill the horse, and Xiahou Yuan also shook the reins, urged the war horse, and rushed up to Lu Bu.
The three fierce generals surrounded Lu Bu, the hooves of the war horses kept changing directions, and the blades in their hands kept greeting Lu Bu.
If he only dealt with the two of them, Lu Bu was still confident that he would kill both of them on the spot after hundreds of times.
But he was facing a servant at this time, and they were all world-famous fierce generals, even if Lu Buwu was brave, he could only fight with them to a draw.
Knowing that continuing to fight was just a waste of money, Lu Bu held the long pole of the halberd with both hands, blocked the three weapons that were split, and after blocking the weapons of the three people, he carried the reins, turned the war horse, and ran towards the array of the Qin army.
Guan Yu's horse was fast, but Lu Bu withdrew, but he didn't dare to chase after him.
Lu was just after a fight, Guan Yu already knew how powerful Lu Bu was, and he refused to risk losing his life and went to chase Lu Bu.
Riding a horse, Lu Bu was about to run in front of the Qin army's array before he grabbed the reins and glanced back.
Guan Yu, Xu Chu, Xiahou Yuan and others fought with Lu Bu, and everyone was tired and panting, looking at Lu Bu from afar, no one dared to step forward to fight again.
When Lu Bu withdrew, the servants did not order the archers to shoot Lu Bu to death.
A brave warrior like Lu Bu, even if he was riding his horse with his back to the archer, I am afraid that the archer would not be able to help him.
Without full certainty, ordering to shoot arrows at Lu Bu is nothing more than being a villain in vain.
Staring at Lu Bu from afar, there was a trace of fear in the eyes of the servants.
Especially Guan Yu, it was too simple to kill Guan Hai earlier, his heart was already a little swollen, and now that he was fighting with Lu Bu, he knew that among the Qin army, there were opponents who were more difficult to deal with than Guan Hai!
Lu Bu rode back to the front of the big formation, looking at Guan Yu and the others from a distance, and after a while, he slowly raised his arm.
Seeing Lu Bu raise his arm, the soldiers of the Qin army who were waiting in formation all clenched their blades one by one, just waiting for Lu Bu to give the order to move forward.
"Advance in formation!" Finally, Lu Bu's raised arm pressed down and gave the order to move forward.
With Lu Bu's order, the entire Qin army roared in unison, and the soldiers raised their steps, lined up in a neat formation, and advanced towards the Cao army.
The Pu Dao hand in the front blocked the round shield in his hand in front of him, and the Pu Dao hand in the back row raised the round shield diagonally in order.
In this way, in front of the entire array of the Qin army, a shield wall composed of round shields was formed.
The shield and the shield are very closely connected with each other, with such a tight shield array to cover, the Qin army walking behind the shield array, even if it is attacked by the dense arrow rain of Cao Jun's archers, there will not be too many casualties.
The Qin army's large array advanced as a whole, and Xiahou Yuan and the others, who had just fought with Lu Bu, also hurriedly turned their horses around and entered the large array.
As soon as he returned to the big array, Xiahou Yuan shouted loudly: "The Qin army is coming, and the whole army will meet the enemy!" ”
The Cao army that followed Xiahou Yuan and others to meet was as many as 100,000 people, and after Xiahou Yuan gave an order, the 100,000 Cao army lined up in a neat formation and also advanced towards the Qin army.
One hundred thousand Cao troops lined up in a neat formation and advanced towards the Qin army.
The arrays of the two sides were getting closer and closer, and when the two armies were only a hundred steps apart, the Qin army stopped walking.
As soon as the big array stopped moving, the strong crossbowmen of the Qin army standing behind the big array raised their strong crossbows one after another and aimed at the Cao army big array opposite.
There were still more than 100 steps between the two sides, and even if the Qin army's strong crossbowmen fired arrows, they would not be able to reach the Cao army's array.
All the crossbowmen were holding their crossbows flat and aimed at the Cao army who was advancing towards them, and when the Cao army came into range, they fired their arrows.
The Qin army stopped its pace, but the Cao army did not stop advancing, and their large array was still advancing slowly.
When the Cao army advanced to a distance of only a hundred paces from the Qin army, the cavalry of the Cao army gradually stopped advancing, and only the heavy infantry and archers continued to advance.
The difference between the forces of the two sides was five times, and the Cao army that was advancing forward was surging towards the Qin army array like a dark cloud covering the sky and the earth, as if they wanted to use their powerful momentum to engulf the Qin army completely.
When two armies meet in the field, if they are equal in number, it is the array and the courage of the soldiers that compete.
However, if the difference between the two sides in numbers is too great, then the side with the smaller number will definitely suffer a great loss in the battle.
After all, in the field, it is the overall combat strength of both sides.
In the face of the Cao army that was slowly advancing, the soldiers of the Qin army did not feel the slightest pressure, and everyone looked at the Cao army who was pressing towards them, and their eyes flashed with a strong fighting intent.
The lone army went deep, since the day they set out on the expedition, they had already had the consciousness of being surrounded by the Cao army, and now facing an army of 100,000, for this Qin army, it was only the beginning of a difficult battle.
The crossbowmen held their crossbows, and their sharp arrows aimed at the Cao army that was advancing towards them.
Cao Jun was getting closer and closer, and Qin Jun could even faintly see the carved patterns on their shields.
"Crossbow!" When Cao's army advanced to a point where it was only seventy or eighty paces away from the Qin army, a Qin officer raised his arm and shouted.
As soon as the officer's shout fell, all the Qin army's strong crossbowmen picked their fingers on the crossbow's reed, and just waited for the officer to give another order, and then pulled off the reed.
The strong crossbowmen of the Qin army raised their strong crossbows, but the Cao army's large array continued to advance forward.
The speed of Cao's march was not very fast, and the formation of the big shields must be kept neat and uniform in order to play the greatest effect.
This Cao army, which is composed of the Qingzhou army, lacks training on weekdays, and the formation they set up, although it has the momentum of a large array, can be really used, but it is not very handy.
It was for this reason that when the Cao army's large array was advancing, it was impossible for it to be as fast as the main force or the Qin army's large array was advancing.
Holding a strong crossbow in both hands, Qin Jun's strong crossbowmen squinted their eyes one by one, aiming at Cao Jun, who was getting closer and closer, and some people couldn't help but want to pick off the machine spring in advance.
"Launch!" Just when the crossbowmen were about to take it anymore, the officer finally gave the order to fire.
The crossbowman in the front row, while the officer gave the order, picked his fingers on the machine spring.
The first arrow flew towards Cao Jun, and the Qin army's strong crossbowman who fired the arrow immediately squatted down, pulled out the feather arrow from the quiver, and put it on the strong crossbow.
The moment they squatted down, the Qin Army's strong crossbowmen in the back row immediately picked off the machine spring.
The crossbowmen fired arrows in rows, and then crouched down in rows, making room for the crossbows behind them to fire.
Countless feathered arrows flew towards Cao Jun like locusts, and flew towards Cao Jun's shield array.
The officer's order to fire the crossbow came after Cao's army had advanced to a distance where the crossbow was extremely lethal.
One after another, the arrows were wrapped in the sound of the wind, and they let out a roaring sound, and flew towards the Cao army who were advancing forward with a large shield in their hands.
The powerful feather arrow slammed into Cao Jun's shield, making a "crackling" sound.
Attacked by the Qin army's feather arrows, the Cao army's heavy infantry held large shields to block the arrows flying towards them.
The force of the arrows was very fierce, and when Cao Jun, who was holding the big shield, blocked the arrows, he only felt that under the impact of the arrows, the big shields were trembling slightly, and even their arms were shocked and numb.
Most of the arrows were blocked by Cao Jun's big shield, and a small number of arrows drilled through the gap between the big shield and the big shield, knocking Cao Jun behind the shield to the ground.
Most of the Cao troops who were shot over were on the inside of the large array, and their fall did not have much impact on the defensive nature of the entire array.
But there were also a small number of Cao Jun who were holding a big shield in front of them, and they were shot by a feather arrow at a tricky angle and fell to the ground.
Their fall was a catastrophic consequence for the Cao army behind.
As the shielding shield fell, the Cao army behind was immediately completely exposed to the shroud of the Qin army's arrows.
The Cao army, which had not yet reacted, fell in the arrows of the Qin army that flew into the array, until someone with a large shield stood in front of them.
Braving the arrows fired by the Qin army's strong crossbowmen, the Cao army's large array was still slowly advancing.
Every time they pushed further, they would drop some of the Cao Jun who had fallen from the arrows and the feathered arrows that had crashed into their shields all over the ground.