Chapter 98: Another Defeat
Woo woo woo woo ~
As the Yuan army continued to approach, a whimpering horn suddenly sounded in the court army, and the imperial soldiers and horses blocking the front retreated to both sides like tides, revealing the things hidden behind the military formation.
"This is..." Yuan Shao sat on the horse's back and looked at the things that were revealed after the Han army formation retreated in the distance, and his face became astonished.
Tian Feng's eyes twitched twice, and he said to Yuan Shao quickly: "Lord, please quickly order the entire army to stop charging and retreat immediately!"
But in the imperial army, a row of chariots ran across the east and west. Although they looked a bit strange and were not complicated in their entirety, they were made of solid wood. They were different from the ones recorded. They had no carriages and four wheels supported the chariots, but the distance between the body and the ground was extremely low.
The car was six feet wide, but a rootless and sharpened wooden stake was poked out in front of it, and it stabbed forward like the fangs of a wild beast. The body of the car was covered with barbs, and it was very shocking just by looking at it.
As the whimpering horns continued to sound, the strange chariots began to push towards Yuan Jun with the hard push of the soldiers.
There were more than 800 vehicles, which were blocked by the military formation before and could not be seen. But at this moment, as the army ahead retreated, the 800 chariots appeared ferociously in front of the Yuan army. With the advantage of the high terrain, the chariots began to accelerate under the push of the soldiers and rushed over like eight hundred beasts. The army, which was originally as powerful as a rainbow, quickly dissipated against these 800 monster-like chariots.
Outside this city, the terrain of high north and low south added a lot of help to this chariot array. The speed of the vehicle continued to accelerate, and in a blink of an eye it collided with Yuan Jun.
"Bang~" It was like a storm slamming on the solid rock. In an instant, a large number of Yuan army could not avoid hitting the gradually accelerating chariot. The sharpened wooden stakes easily pierced Yuan Jun's body like fangs. Yuan Jun's weapons had no effect except that they could leave a few cuts on the chariot.
"Charge!?" Yuan Shao looked at the battle situation in front of him and was inexplicably frightened. Although the chariot was once prosperous and almost became the standard for measuring a country's military strength in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, as time passed and the times changed, the chariot withdrew from the historical stage due to various defects. Unexpectedly, Liu Xie actually reproduced it today, and used the terrain to maximize the power of the chariot.
In fact, this kind of chariot is already very different from the original chariot. Rather than being a chariot, Liu Xie would rather name it a chariot, specifically for breaking the formation.
"Stop the charge and retreat slowly!" Yuan Shao's face became ugly. The originally neat formation had now become fragmented under the impact of the chariots.
"Can't retreat!" Tian Feng's expression changed drastically when he heard this. Once he retreated, it would be completely finished. The chariot seemed powerful, but in fact the manpower was exhausted. After killing many Yuan army soldiers in the year, the speed had slowed down.
The most important thing is that Yuan’s morale is not high due to the head-on attack of the chariot. When he retreats at this moment, he may develop into a collapse. Even if these Yuan’s soldiers are well trained, they are still new recruits. Not to mention new recruits, even veterans, in this case, once they retreat, they may collapse directly, let alone new recruits who have not experienced many battle formations?
In fact, chariots are not terrible, especially such human-powered chariots, which cannot launch an unlimited charge. What is really terrible is the deterrence it brings and the blow to morale. At the moment when the two sides began to confront each other, the chariot's overwhelming charge was enough to psychologically make Yuan Jun feel irresistible.
But at this time, it is the most time for the commander to take the teaching test. If Yuan Shao is not confused by the illusion of invincible chariots and makes some adjustments appropriately, although his morale has been lost a lot, he may not be able to fight. It is just that Yuan Shao did not. He directly gave the stupidest order and slowly retreated!
Both sides have reached this level, and the formation in front has become fragmented under the impact of the chariots. How can it be retreated at this time? It is still slowly retreating? Retreat at this time will only cause chaos. These new recruits are indeed well trained. If they fight with the wind, they can be invincible. However, after all, they are not veterans who have experienced battle formations for a long time. Their mentality and understanding of the battlefield are far from comparable to veterans. Once they order to retreat at this moment, it is equivalent to being in trouble. If they want to make a comeback, it is impossible.
If at this time, the court sent cavalry to take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing... Tian Feng would not dare to think about it anymore.
Yuan Shao's orders had been passed down one after another. Tian Feng closed his eyes in pain. He knew that this battle that had just begun was no longer hopeful with Yuan Shao's wrong order.
The facts were not as expected by Tian Feng. With the issuance of Yuan Shao's retreat order, the originally stable formation in the rear began to chaotic, and the chaos was not caused by the chariots of the court, but by the soldiers of the Yuan army who witnessed the power of the chariots in front of him, running around like frightened beasts, constantly rushing to the military formation in the rear, without even the need for the striking of the court's army. The Yuan army's army was already in chaos.
"Kill~"
Zhao Yun brought the light cavalry out of the formation again. At the same time, Xu Chu also led the Iron-armored Cavalry from the other side to charge against Yuan's army who was in chaos.
The two thousand iron armored spirit cavalry were like a torrent of steel, crushing over with the momentum of destruction. Seeing this, some Yuan army soldiers wanted to avoid it or wanted to resist, but the formation that had been completely disrupted was just a completely disrupted. How could sporadic resistance have an impact on the iron armored spirit cavalry? In just a moment, the iron armored spirit cavalry was like a sharp dagger, crashing into Yuan army's softest inaction, ruthlessly cutting the chaotic Yuan army. Yuan army, who was blocking the war horse, was either knocked away or crushed by the cold horse's hooves and stepped into pulp.
The Iron Armored Essence Cavalry is like a plow plowing through the wilderness. Wherever he passes, the Yuan army fell all over the ground like the weeds in the wilderness, and it is full of chaos. After the Iron Armored Essence Cavalry broke out of the army formation, it went all the way without stopping. Although the Iron Armored Essence Cavalry's combat power is not good, it is insufficient for long-term combat. If the Yuan army had not been disorganized by such a large formation, with Yuan Shao's research and preparation methods for the Iron Armored Essence Cavalry, the Iron Armored Essence Cavalry would not have such great harm. Even if it was too fierce, it would be impossible to eliminate the entire army.
"Don't be confused, don't be confused!" Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang held the weapon in his hand and roared hysterically, trying to stabilize the morale of the army.
However, the battle formation, which was already chaotic due to the impact of the chariots and Yuan Shao's retreat order, was now led by Xu Chu to plow the ground like an iron armored cavalry. The even more chaotic Yuan army soldiers could not control it. At this time, the gap between the new recruits and veterans was highlighted. Some veterans knew that they could not be confused at this time and could barely hold their positions, but the new recruits were completely panicked and ran around like headless flies. Not only could they not stick to their positions, but they even dispersed the stable positions of some veterans.
Zhao Yun led the light cavalry to attack again, but did not break into the crowd, but continued to shoot archery clusters around Yuan's chaotic military formation. A rain of arrows fell, making Yuan's already chaotic formation even more chaotic.
Yuan Shao was also a little panicked at this time, glaring at Tian Feng fiercely, making Tian Feng feel depressed and want to vomit blood. He said with a tough bullet: "Lord, you should retreat to Bicheng at this moment, which may help you recover some disadvantages."
This place is not far from Bicheng. Now that the defeat is determined, it is impossible to stabilize the situation again. It is better to retreat into Bicheng and take advantage of the city to block the imperial army first and then reintegrate the troops, perhaps a little vitality can be preserved.
Wow~
The sound of the trumpet of the imperial court sounded again, and the chariot in front was blocked by the piles of corpses, making it difficult to use again. As the sound of the trumpet of the trumpet, a soldier named behind the chariot quickly emerged from the rear of the chariot and launched a crazy pursuit of the chaotic Yuan army soldiers, making the already chaotic Yuan army formation even more chaotic.
"Retreat~" Looking at the Yuan army soldiers who were completely in chaos ahead under the pursuit of the imperial army, Yuan Shao's face turned pale. Even if he didn't say it, the Yuan army soldiers who were already in chaos at this moment had already begun to retreat wildly.
"Chasing!" Liu Xie clearly saw on the high platform that Yuan's formation was completely chaotic. At this time, there was no such thing as the enemy Mo Zhui. Yuan Shao came to find trouble this time without overestimating himself, and Liu Xie was not going to spoil him.
As the general attack horn sounded, Zhao Yun took the lead and led the light cavalry into the enemy's formation, splitting the enemy's formation first.
"Don't be confused! Stay calm!" Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang brothers shouted wildly in the chaos. Although the formation was completely messy, they had to retreat at this moment. If they continued to be so messy, they might be able to kill themselves.
Unfortunately, no one listened to the command of the two of them anymore. Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang were furious and rushed back and forth between the crowd with their own soldiers. However, if someone who did not obeyed the order and pushed them randomly, he immediately stepped forward and killed them with one knife. Lu Kuang personally held a big knife and killed a soldier who pushed his companion down. Just as he was about to turn around, a cold murderous intent suddenly filled his whole body, and Lu Xiang's heart-wrenching roar came from his ears.
"Puff puff puff puff~"
Three crossbow arrows that broke through the air shot through Lu Kuang's body. The burly body stiffened on the horse's back. The raised sword fell weakly, and the body also slid down from the horse's back and was trampled by the surrounding Yuan army soldiers.
"Brother!" Lu Xiang's eyes were so loud that he was slapped forward frantically. Seeing a group of Yuan army soldiers stepping back and forth on Lu Kuang's body without any consciousness, he couldn't help but be furious. He didn't care about his robes at this moment, and killed five or six soldiers in an instant.
"Puff~" Yuan Jun was furious when he saw Lu Kuang killing his brother by his side and killed him. He chased after him with a knife and cut off Lu Kuang's horse's leg.
"Give me my brother my life back!" The soldier rushed towards Lu Kuang frantically, and killed Lu Kuang with a fierce sword, but was thrown away by Lu Kuang. Before he could stand firm, six arrows shot at the same time in a buzzing sound. In Lu Kuang's angry eyes, the soldiers around him did not care about him, as a general. His body was hit several times, and he fell powerlessly, and was instantly obscured by the surging and turbulent troops.
Chapter completed!