Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3410 Fear Transfer

Arrows whizzed down like a dark cloud covering the sky, but they could not stop the herd of yaks running down from above.

Yaks are also cows. Although they appear to be as slow as ordinary cows on weekdays, once they become ferocious, they will just charge forward with red eyes without thinking twice!

Cao's army originally wanted to suppress the cavalry army's rush downwards, in order to form a localized effect of outnumbering the enemy, but these mad yaks charged forward and could not be suppressed at all!

When the first yak carrying fireworks rushed into the front line of Cao's army, no defensive fences or wooden chevaux de frise could stop it!

Some yaks were trapped in the trap, but more yaks rushed up and trampled many of Cao's soldiers on the front line to death or injured them!

The miserable cries pierced through the deep sound of war drums and the thunderous roar of killing. The smell of blood once again filled the area around Tongguan and along the river.

A large part of the first line of defense set up by Cao's army suddenly collapsed.

At the collapsed site, life disappeared, and it even seemed that sound disappeared in an instant.

When the first wave of yaks charged over, those miserable howls suddenly rose into the sky amid the thick smell of blood.

"Up there! Look up there!"

Suddenly, a soldier of Cao's army shouted and pointed to the sky.

Some people looked up and were immediately frightened to the point of paleness and fear.

  In the sky, many stone bullets appeared out of nowhere!

Because of the elevation angle problem on the turret, the artillery could not attack the relatively close-range Cao army formations in the lower city of Tongguan, but the catapults with parabolic attack mode could.

“Boom… Boom…”

Thirty or forty stone bullets fell from the sky, tumbling and spinning in the air, as if they were performing a happy dance.

A stone hit the head of a Cao army soldier head-on, and in an instant the Cao soldier became a headless torso. Blood, brain matter, broken bones and the headless body flew up together, and then smashed down the next two or three Cao army soldiers.

Even if the stone bullets fall on the open ground, they still have a certain amount of splash damage.

The broken pieces of stone bullets flew everywhere, and a Cao army soldier had his sternum broken by the broken stones before he could even scream. Before he died, he was still holding the stone embedded in his chest tightly, staring, as if he was still wondering why a piece of stone suddenly grew on his chest.

More Cao Jun soldiers had their limbs broken and their internal organs injured...

At one moment, corpses spurting blood, heads with brains splattered, and bloody broken limbs were flying everywhere, it was extremely horrifying.

The herd of yaks broke through the barricades set up by Cao's army, destroyed the chevaux de frise, and lured out the traps dug by Cao's army.

The catapults disrupted Cao's army's battle line, expanded the chaos, and disrupted Cao's army's battle array...

Zhang Liao in the upper city of Tongguan clapped his hands and cheered loudly, then gave orders. He asked Ma Yue to lead the cavalry to follow the second wave of yaks to expand the attack. Then he asked Zhu Ling to lead another group of people with simple ladders to cross the ravine between Linzhiyuan and Niutouyuan to open up a second front.

Ma Yue knocked hard on the chest plate of his armor twice, then raised his head and shouted, "Brothers, follow me!"

The Hussars, who had been suppressed for a long time, had been filled with anger with no place to vent. Now seeing that Cao's army's line was crumbling, everyone's eyes were blazing with anger, and their morale was high. They lined up in neat rows, waiting for the order to rush towards Cao's army in the lower city!

  The second wave of yaks was released and ran wildly along the passage of flesh and blood!

More and more yaks rushed into Cao's chevaux de frise. These big guys with thick skin and flesh would not stop until they were exhausted, further tearing Cao's formation into pieces.

The catapults deployed in the upper city threw further towards the rear line of Cao's army formation, creating conditions for the next cavalry attack and clearing the way.

The bloody fight has just begun.

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On the high platform in the center of Cao's army, Liu Fu looked up at the figures on the upper city of Tongguan and frowned.

Cao Zhang said with some concern: "Is the entire cavalry army going to be dispatched today? Do they want to fight all at once?"

Liu Fu shook his head and said, "As long as they send out the cavalry, the fortifications arranged in the camp will be enough to resist... I am just worried..."

"We should be able to hold out," Cao Zhang said, "We have deployed three thousand soldiers over there... Even if it's three thousand pigs, it will take some effort to kill them..."

Guanqiu Jian was stunned for a moment, and seemed to want to say something, but swallowed his words back. Now, he was the least qualified person to question and comment.

Liu Fu glanced at Cao Zhang and said nothing.

As the three were talking, they suddenly saw horses rushing out from the upper city of Tongguan, trampling on flesh and blood, and rushed into the lower city line of Cao's army, killing indiscriminately.

"Order the chariot camp to retreat a hundred steps!" Liu Fu frowned and observed for a while, then gave the order, "The front line is in chaos, which will affect the deployment of our chariot camp!"

"Military Advisor! It will take time for the chariot camp to retreat!" Guanqiu Jian said.

Guanqiu Jian looked a little nervous, with some sweat on his temples. "Now the cavalry is attacking recklessly, which will greatly shorten the time we can hold the chevaux-de-frise formation. Military Advisor, do you think we should use the general's Tiger Guard Battalion?"

"What?" Liu Fu looked at Guanqiu Jian with dissatisfaction, "The cavalry is just so-so at the moment, how can you mobilize the general's elite troops?!"

The Huben Camp and the Feibiao Camp were basically sub-camps of Cao's Central Commander and Central Guard.

Cao Zhang always liked bravery, so he named his direct camp "Hu Ben".

Guanqiu Jian suffered a loss last time, so his ambitions were reduced a little. Now he is trying to be safe, which seems to be an overreaction. After hearing Liu Fu's shout, he turned pale and took half a step back.

Liu Fu originally wanted to scold Guanqiu Jian, but seeing Guanqiu Jian's expression, he swallowed his words back.

Guanqiu Jian had some friendship with Liu Fu, and they were both from a noble family, so it was not appropriate to blame him too much.

"You go to the flank and guard our baggage!"

Liu Fu waved his hand and said to Guanqiu Jian.

Guanqiu Jian responded and hurried down the platform.

When he was about to go down to the bottom of the platform, he almost fell down from the steps of the platform. Fortunately, he held on to the railing and did not fall down. However, his helmet fell off and rolled on the ground for a few times like a severed head.

A Cao army soldier hurried forward to help Guanqiu Jian pick up the helmet and handed it back.

Guanqiu Jian took the helmet somewhat shyly, put it on his head casually, not caring whether it was crooked or not, and walked back without even daring to look back.

Liu Fu looked at Guanqiu Jian who was walking away in a hurry, shook his head slightly, then focused all his attention on the front and ignored Guanqiu Jian.

Guanqiu Jian walked hurriedly, he didn't know why he had become like this.

At that time, he felt that he should be a warrior, inherit the glory of Guanqiu clan, become a general who commanded with confidence and fought bravely on the battlefield, and made immortal contributions...

He has been working towards this direction.

But now he was scared.

Although this was not his first time on the battlefield, he was more afraid than the first time.

Before, when he watched others die, Guanqiu Jian thought that he was brave enough to face death because he was calm. But when he really felt the threat of death, he realized that life was so fragile...

He felt a little regretful. If he had known that on the battlefield, not only the soldiers would die, but commanders like them would also be walking on the edge of a cliff and would be smashed to pieces if they were not careful, he would never have come to this damn battlefield.

Even so, he would not come because he would be laughed at by others.

Being laughed at is better than dying.

After walking a distance quickly, Guanqiu Jian felt that the heat on his face seemed to have subsided a little.

Only then did he remember Liu Fu's instructions and turned to go to the side camp.

Suddenly, Guanqiu Jian felt that he seemed to be unable to integrate with this battlefield.

There were soldiers hurriedly and fully armed all around.

Running back and forth, looking anxious.

The hoarse shouts of the messengers came one after another.

The laborers carried loads and pushed carts, transporting arrows and other perishable items...

Guanqiu Jian looked up in bewilderment and saw all around him a riot of colourful flags, some standing tall and fluttering in the wind, some moving back and forth, some shaking violently up and down, and some spinning like gyroscopes. The sky was clear.

The sun is warm in autumn, and there is an extremely large azure sky, a few thick white clouds, and then there are whistling arrows. There are countless arrows in the sky, and occasionally you can see a few roaring stones.

  The sounds of war drums, fighting, and shouting that filled the world made his ears buzz. The strong smell of blood also made him feel that he was truly on the battlefield, but where should he be on the battlefield?

What should I do?

When he was reading in the past, especially when he was reading military books, Guanqiu Jian always felt that he could see the battlefield clearly. He felt that fighting on the battlefield was as simple as counting his fingers. Commanding a battle was to give orders and then let the soldiers fight for a piece of soup like ants and insects on the path in the courtyard.

This is……

  How naive and ignorant!

"Get out of the way...get out of the way!"

The sound of shouting came from behind Guanqiu Jian.

Guanqiu Jian subconsciously dodged to the side.

I saw a group of civilians carrying the wounded to the rear camp.

Guanqiu Jian suddenly felt a little angry, because these lowly civilians who could not read a single word dared to order him around? !

But the next moment, Guanqiu Jian felt helpless and ashamed.

Even the common people knew what they had to do, but Guanqiu Jian was confused and timid...

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"kill! kill! kill! 』

Ma Yue led his men out of the upper city of Tongguan and attacked the Cao army line in the lower city.

"Kill! All good men, follow me and charge! I don't believe these bandits can't be defeated!" Ma Yue shouted loudly, "Everyone is watching from above! Whoever dares to take a step back will be disgraced in front of his ancestors! Kill all the bandits! Bring honor to our ancestors!"

"Kill all the rebels! Bring honor to our family!"

The other hussars followed suit.

"Hahaha!" Ma Yue brandished his sword, "That's it! A real man should achieve fame and honor on horseback! Why should you beg on your knees! Kill, kill, kill! May the cavalry win forever!"

"The hussars are victorious!" 』

  They are not afraid, nor do they have any doubts, and they will not retreat because of death!

No one is not afraid of death, but people are more afraid of a life worse than death, and they are more afraid that they will pay the price of their lives while their families are still poor and distressed, or even suffer bad luck because of losing the pillar of the family, and be eaten up by others...

Because of concerns, I am afraid of death.

The man who has nothing and the man who has no worries are equally brave.

The logistics support and welfare pensions of the Cavalry Corps are first-class.

In fact, it is really simple. It means that the slogans we shout out can be truly implemented, and the military pay and benefits can really be distributed to every soldier's home, instead of being stored in the warehouses of small officials in villages and towns, who would rather let them rot and be thrown away secretly than distribute them...

that's enough.

In addition, among the Cavalry Corps, there are generals like Ma Yue who are willing to charge with their soldiers instead of charging for me. So what is there to hesitate and be timid about?

Ma Yue rushed forward, leading his soldiers like waves, rushing forward and attacking!

"Kill! Kill them!"

Ma Yue led his soldiers and rushed forward along the path the yaks had taken, hacking and slashing at the Cao army in the front row, forcing them to flee in panic.

As the losses of Cao's front line grew heavier, the military school in charge of command in the Cao's line in the lower city of Tongguan became extremely anxious.

"It's no use! We can't hold on any longer! Where are the reinforcements?!" The military school at the front of Cao's army shouted anxiously, "Why aren't there reinforcements coming from behind?!"

At this point in the battle, even a fool would know that the lower city of Tongguan could not hold out.

Cao's army had to either retreat back to the Tongguan camp or fight a bloody battle with the Hussars on the Tongguan Slope, but no matter which choice they made, it was not a good option.

  Moreover, if we cannot repel the Hussars this time, they will have more space and more forward positions to prepare for the attack next time!

Especially on the Tongguan Slope Road, Cao's army found it difficult to deploy!

We finally reached Tongguan Pass, are we just going to give up like this?

"Reinforcements! Where are the reinforcements? !"

Cao Jun’s military school shouted.

"The reinforcements are not coming..." A soldier at the Cao army academy suddenly said, pointing to the Tongguan Slope Road in the back and shouting, "They have formed a chariot array on the slope!"

"What?!" Cao Jun's military school student turned his head sharply, his neck groaning as he could not bear the heavy load.

The Tongguan Slope is surrounded by a plateau on one side and a river on the other. Now that the Cao army has not sent reinforcements, they have formed a chariot array on the Tongguan Slope. It is almost clear that they are going to give up the lower city of Tongguan and use the Cao army soldiers in the lower city of Tongguan as sacrifices in exchange for time to build a chariot array on the Tongguan Slope...

The Cao army military school looked up at the flag on the high platform of the central army in the rear.

"Hold on, hold on..." Cao Jun's military school said through gritted teeth, "We're being killed right before our noses, how the hell are we still holding on?!"

"If we keep defending, all our brothers will die!"

The Cao army schoolmaster stood up suddenly and slashed at a barricade in front of him with his sword, "It's over! He is unkind and I am unjust! Retreat, we retreat!"

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On the Tongguan Slope, giant shields and giant spears were being assembled on the baggage carts in a busy procession.

Cao Xiu could think of using baggage carts to stop the cavalry of the Hussar Army, and others could think of the same. The methods envisioned by each person were slightly different, but generally speaking, they still could not escape the limitations of the era of cold weapons such as "swords, spears, and shields."

Until Maxim appeared...

  After the initial battle, Cao Zhang and Liu Fu had determined that the intention of the Cavalry Army was very clear. It was not only to recapture the lower city of Tongguan, but the Cavalry Army also intended to attack Cao's Tongguan camp and defeat Cao's central army!

In order to strengthen the defense of the center, Cao Zhang ordered the left and right wings to shrink and move closer to the central army.

Moreover, because the Cavalry Army used yaks to charge, the original array of chevaux de frise set up by Cao's army became somewhat thin.

These yaks have thick skin and flesh, and even if the chevaux de frise were nailed to the ground, they would be knocked over and broken by them. Therefore, Liu Fu had to use the means he had originally prepared to deal with the attack of the cavalry army in advance.

After several major battles with the Hussars, almost all the generals and counselors in Shandong were thinking about how to deal with the Hussars. Some people did figure out something, but some people just pretended to figure it out to make a living.

The use of giant shields and spears in combination with chariot formations was one of the ideas. In order to give full play to the role of the giant shields and spears, block and kill a large number of Hussar cavalry and reduce his own casualties, Liu Fu also deliberately stacked and staggered the giant shields and spears like a maze, so that the entire chariot formation constructed with giant shields and spears could become the grave of the Hussar cavalry.

In Liu Fu's imagination, even if the cavalry rushed into the chariot formation, they would not be able to run away because of the large shields and spears of the chariot formation. Once they really ran away, it would mean that they would be hit by the spears, and if they didn't die, they would be half-crippled!

In the narrow and winding formation of huge shields and spears, sharp weapons and powerful martial arts will be useless.

Whoever has more people can defeat the other.

In this regard, Shandong undoubtedly has an advantage.

The means of countering the Hussar Cavalry were exposed in advance, and although there would be some losses, as long as the counterattack of the Tongguan Army was blocked and the Hussar Army suffered certain losses, it could be considered effective and worked, and did not make Liu Fu too uncomfortable.

But Liu Fu didn't think of it, or maybe he did think of it, but he subconsciously ignored the morale problem of Cao's soldiers...

Perhaps in Liu Fu's heart, like Guanqiu Jian, he regarded these Cao army soldiers as grass.

  Since it is just a weed, why should we care about it and take it to heart?

The war drums roared, and the Hussars were writing on the heads of Cao's soldiers to express their depression and anger over the past period of time. The collapse of Cao's soldiers' formation was beyond Liu Fu's expectations!

The officers and soldiers of the Hussar Army showed no fear. They shouted and fought hard all the way. Even if they were injured, they were unwilling to retreat easily!

When the soldiers of one side are no longer afraid of death, fear becomes the exclusive property of the other side.

Thus, before Liu Fu's chariot camp was fully deployed, the array of Cao's soldiers at the lower city of Tongguan on the front line suddenly collapsed, and the army fled towards the Tongguan Slope Road in disarray!

(End of this chapter)