Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3572: Soldiers Attack the General

On the banks of the Dan River, a fierce battle was taking place.

Cao's soldiers were coming towards them from the front, their spears and swords flying.

Behind them, hussars rushed forward, blocked the spears and held up the swords.

A sword hit a man, and the man felt the pain and chopped back with a roar.

Bones shattered.

Bloody.

The adrenaline secreted by both sides in a short period of time permeates and affects each other, and even drives people crazy.

Cao's army's front line gradually could not hold out.

More and more Hussars rushed forward.

Originally, Cao's army had more soldiers and were suppressing the Hussars, but with the arrival of Liao Hua and the increase in subsequent reinforcements, the advantage of coordination between the Hussars finally emerged.

On the battlefield, once the situation tilts, it is difficult to turn it back, but tilt does not mean overthrow. Although Cao's army was forced to retreat by the Hussars, it does not mean that the Hussars can win.

After all, Cao's army had the advantage of terrain beside the Dan River, had the initiative, and could also replenish its troops nearby.

The shouts of his comrades became louder and louder, gradually arousing Li Du. His slightly exhausted body seemed to be injected with new strength. He kept slashing with the knife in his hand, and blood splattered all over his face.

The bloody smell filled the air all around, seeming to fill the gaps in the armor and blocking Li Du's nose, making him feel like he was swallowing blood with every breath.

Li Du also paid a heavy price to deal with the heavily armored soldiers of Cao's army.

Although he eventually killed the heavily armored soldier of Cao's army, he was still counterattacked by the heavily armored soldier of Cao's army.

At his ribs, he didn't know whether the opponent's blade cut through the armor plate, or hit the armor plate and then hit his ribs. Anyway, he felt a burning pain on his ribs with every step he took.

He didn't even have time to take off his armor to check.

The wet linen clothes stuck to his back, and it was hard to tell whether it was sweat or seeping blood.

"Whoosh!" 』

Suddenly, a comrade in front of me fell to the ground, screaming.

Li Du looked up and saw more than a dozen new archers from Cao's army lined up in formation and shooting arrows at this side.

Because of the mountainous terrain, large-scale troops cannot be deployed in many cases, and small teams are more dominant. At this distance, bows and arrows are very lethal.

Li Du saw a round of arrows coming down and shooting down several of his comrades.

The archers also saw Li Du, and some of them shouted and shot at Li Du.

Several arrows whistled towards him. Li Du blocked most of them with his shield, but one arrow still grazed Li Du's leg...

It's a bit cool.

"Fuck!"

Faced with the new threat, Li Du rushed towards the place where the Cao army archers were forming a formation without hesitation.

He completely forgot about his physical fatigue and that the wounds on his body were still bleeding.

He clenched the knife in his hand, his face was ferocious, and he roared, "Kill!"

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The strong smell of rust filled the nasal cavity, and the corpses underfoot exuded warm intestinal fluid, which mixed with the unique fishy smell of the river bank, constructing a space of death that shrouded the banks of the Danshui River.

The arrows made a dull "puff" sound when they penetrated the flesh, and the sharp whistling sounds of colliding with metal came one after another. The whimpering of the river in the distance was sometimes heard amid the shouts and screams.

Cao's army is usually equipped with spears, after all, spears are cheap. However, in the current terrain, spears are not easy to use, but swords and shields can be used for both attack and defense.

Although the spear can attack at medium distance and can also use terrain to suppress and push back hussars, compared with the sword and shield, as long as it is close to a certain distance, the damage of the spear is actually less than that of the sword.

Wang Er, a new recruit on the left wing of Cao's army, retreated tremblingly, urine dripping down his trouser legs onto the muddy ground. He suddenly threw away the spear in his hand, turned around and fled.

"Where are you going?!" The soldiers in the rear immediately shouted, "Go back!"

Cao's new soldier Wang Er cried with tears in his eyes, "Please, let me go... I have elderly people and children at home..."

"I'll count to three! Get back!" The soldiers of the supervisory team raised their swords and guns.

The cold light flashed on the swords and guns.

"I, I..." Wang Er wailed, "I don't know how to kill people... I can't, I can't..."

The supervisor team stepped forward, grabbed Wang Er's head, and said with a cold look, "I'll give you one last chance... Do you want to go or not?!"

"I don't……"

Before Wang Er could finish his words, a soldier from the supervisory team stabbed him in the neck with a knife.

Blood spurted out, staining the supervisor's robe and armor red.

The soldier in the supervisory team was obviously an old hand at killing people. He didn't even have to use much effort as his sword cut into the gap between the vertebrae in Wang Er's neck. Then he circled, pulled, and cut, and Wang Er's head fell off.

The headless corpse fell to the ground with a thud, still twitching slightly.

The old soldier of the supervisory team picked up a spear from the ground, stabbed Wang Er's head with the spear tip, and then stuck it in front of himself. He looked around at the other Cao army recruits who were vaguely casting their gazes at him.

"Fight forward! There is still a chance to survive! If you run away and retreat, you will... die!"

The new recruits of Cao's army trembled, their faces were pale, and they were filled with fear, but they had to tremble and move forward with their spears raised.

Spearmen, the cheapest consumable.

The spearmen under Cao Ren were quite well-equipped. Even though they did not have iron armor, they still had leather armor.

But compared with the soldiers of the Hussar Army, they are far inferior.

The current tactics of Cao's army are to focus on individual Cao's heavily armored soldiers, with a bunch of small miscellaneous troops, and then add archers and supervisors. Although this makes the overall combat effectiveness of the team not very high, it can at least ensure that it will not collapse too quickly to a certain extent.

These are what Cao Ren summarized and improved little by little during his battle with Liao Hua...

However, once the weak recruits were separated from the protection of the heavy-armored elite soldiers and lost their coordination, they would easily be seized by the hussars and strangled. After losing the miscellaneous Cao army soldiers around them, those heavy-armored elite soldiers would naturally fall into attacks from multiple directions. Even if they were wearing heavy armor with strong protection, they could not avoid becoming dead souls under the swords and guns of the hussars.

When Cao Ren and his men came over, he saw a group of Cao's troops being "besieged" by hussars not far away...

Although it was called a "siege", in fact, Cao's army had more soldiers. However, because the hussars cooperated very well with each other, the Cao's soldiers were suppressed and hesitated.

"ah! 』

Screams rang out.

With one strike from the cavalry soldier, the leather armor on Cao's army broke open and blood gushed out.

Seeing that the formation was about to collapse, Cao Ren shouted loudly and immediately rushed forward with his guards.

Cao Ren's direct guards were naturally all elite soldiers, and they crushed and killed those hussars who rushed too far forward.

Cao Ren held the blood-stained sword and looked around the banks of the Dan River.

These battle situations are everywhere.

Although Cao Ren managed to prevent the collapse of the small team in front of him, the other Cao army lines were also crumbling.

He also saw Liao Hua at the foot of the hill, leading his soldiers to expand around the landing point, while setting up a temporary medical treatment site near the boats on the beach to collect the wounded...

"..."

Cao Ren was silent for a moment.

He knew that Liao Hua's approach would make the soldiers more confident, but he still couldn't do it.

Being able to gather some wounded soldiers after the battle was already the limit of what Cao Ren could do. To be like Liao Hua, who was directing the battle while also taking care of the wounded, was simply...

It was precisely because of Liao Hua's move that even though the hussars saw Cao Ren and realized that Cao Ren, who was wearing heavy armor and had guards around him, was a tough nut to crack, these hussars were still more ferocious than Cao Ren had imagined. They showed no fear and some of them rushed forward directly.

Cao Ren frowned. Just now, he thought that as long as he killed Liao Hua, he would win the battle. But now his own line was almost broken...

Cao Ren felt as if there was some evil in his heart. He didn't know whether it was because of anger, worry, or...

Scared.

This is just a cavalry detachment!

"Order! Speed ​​up the fire ships! Burn their retreat!"

……

…On the Dan River, Cao Ren’s fireboat team came out from their hiding place and went upstream.

The old ship was struggling with the Danshui River; its oars were shaking and making creaking noises.

Lieutenant Li clenched his sword tightly and looked at the soldiers on the battleship on the side, who were placing the prepared arrows in front of them...

The river breeze suddenly changed direction, and a damp smell of algae blew in his face. He remembered the day he left home, when his wife was standing at the ferry holding their one-year-old child, the apricot blossom embroidery on the swaddling clothes fluttering in the wind.

His children...

Captain Li suddenly understood something. Perhaps this was the reason why Cao Ren asked him to lead this fireboat fleet.

He had a home, a wife, and children, all within the area controlled by the Cao family.

These are all handles, and they are all in Cao's hands.

Captain Li let out a long breath and felt cold.

Maybe the river breeze is too cold tonight.

"Captain!" the soldier on the upper deck of the ship shouted, "The general has given the order! Let's speed up!"

"knew!"

Captain Li responded and then turned and went into the cabin.

"The general has given orders!" Lieutenant Li looked at the kerosene cans in the cabin, "Prepare for a fire attack! Pour out the kerosene! Be ready for battle at any time!"

This tower ship was originally going to be abandoned, so Captain Li and others only needed to pour out the kerosene, and then find an opportunity to rush into Liao Hua's fleet, grab some of it upstream, and then they could ignite the tower ship, turning it and Liao Hua's fleet into a sea of ​​fire!

If Liao Hua's fleet tried to escape from the fire ships and wanted to flee to the other side, then the two or three half-sunken wrecks on the other side would also be set on fire at the same time. By then, there would be fire in the river and soldiers on the shore. Liao Hua's troops would certainly be surrounded on all sides and would have no way to retreat...

Yes, if everything goes according to plan, everything will be great.

However, when Cao Ren was plotting against Liao Hua, did he consider how many people would die in the process of implementing the plan?

Captain Li walked into the darkness of the cabin.

Because there was kerosene in the cabin, we couldn't light any lamps at all. We could only grope around by looking at the starlight and moonlight outside the cabin.

"Quick! Pour out the kerosene!"

Captain Li's hand stopped at the mouth of the jar and felt some sticky black liquid slowly seeping down the pottery wall.

For some reason, the scenes of those people being burned to death by kerosene and the shrill screams suddenly appeared in his mind again, exploding in his ears. He stood up suddenly and his helmet hit the cabin beam heavily.

A dark shadow covered his pale face.

He retracted his hand as if avoiding a snake or scorpion, "You...you guys...I'll go to the bow to take a look!"

Captain Li did not dare to stay in the cabin any longer, nor did he dare to go and see whether the old soldiers had poured the kerosene. He just felt panicky and dizzy, and almost fell down when he was leaving the cabin.

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……

Although Li Du also has the surname Li, he is not a captain, he is just a troupe leader.

But he was promoted to Quchang without relying on anyone else, nor with Liao Hua's approval. He was promoted to Quchang because of his accumulated merits!

Of course, if you want to become a military marquis, there are more requirements. Not only do you need to have meritorious service, but you also need to understand military tactics and know writing. In any case, both civil and military examinations are required. It is not like the rank of Quchang and those below, who can be promoted as long as they have enough military merits.

Therefore, in the Hussar Army, there is no such thing as a death squad or a fearless squad. Anyway, there are definitely people who want military merit...

If you die in battle, your family will at least receive a pension based on your rank. If you survive, it is guaranteed that some people will be promoted after a major war!

Everyone can see it, and whether they know arithmetic or not, they all know how to calculate.

Isn't being a soldier just risking your life?

If you can create a new world, naturally there will be people who will fight for it with their lives!

"Ahhh!"

Li Du saw a hussar soldier in front of him being stabbed in the chest and abdomen by Cao's army, with the bloody spear tip sticking out from behind. The hussar soldier also slashed the Cao soldier's neck with a knife, and the two fell to the ground almost at the same time.

These hussar soldiers were so crazy with killing that they completely forgot that there were Cao's soldiers in front of them.

"Damn it..."

Li Du cursed.

We need to form a formation!

Once left alone, he would inevitably be subjected to concentrated fire from Cao's army.

But inevitably some people will lose their minds while fighting...

"Form a formation, form a formation!"

Li Du shouted as he hacked and killed Cao's soldiers.

Fortunately, many people have rushed up...

The victory or defeat of a battle is actually very complicated. It cannot be simply summarized by applying a few data. Every subtle emotion may determine the victory or defeat.

Li Du was in the middle of it, with blood and flesh flying around him. He thought the fight between the two sides was more like wild beasts biting each other. Every move had to suppress the opponent, and he had to judge who was stronger and weaker at any time, which knife could be taken and which gun could not be taken. Judgments were made in an instant, and decisions were made in an instant. A slight hesitation could mean the difference between life and death.

Fighting for life and death consumes a lot of energy.

Because it is different from training, in a life-and-death fight, every sword and every gunshot almost uses up all the strength of the body. Ordinary people may not have the strength to keep up after a few hits with all their strength, and their hands and feet will shake. Soldiers have to go through a long period of training and control the distribution of their strength in the fight in order to have a higher survival rate on the battlefield.

Li Du did not dare to be careless. He was already injured and his strength was almost exhausted, but he still tried to stand up straight, holding up his shield, and shouting to fight hard, because he knew that he was the pillar of the front line, and he had to hold on at least until Liao Hua came to replace him...

Blood flowed from his injured foot and dripped onto the ground.

The Cao army on the opposite side also received a group of reinforcements and collided with Li Du and others.

At this distance, bows and arrows have lost their effectiveness, and hand-to-hand combat is the only option.

"Let's fight!"

Li Du raised his head and stared into the eyes of the Cao army soldier opposite him, his pupils filled with blood.

Although his strength had declined a little, his fighting spirit had not diminished in the slightest!

Another comrade fell not far in front of Li Du.

The wounded soldier was stabbed but not dead. He was groaning on the ground.

Li Du rushed forward, protected himself with his shield, and asked his teammates to drag the wounded soldier back. Then he realized something, looked up, and saw Cao Ren.

At this moment, Li Du realized the danger.

This kind of instinctive intuition is like when a beast meets another beast and can immediately make the judgment.

Can't win!

But he can't retreat!

"Archers!" Li Du suddenly held out his shield to block a comrade who was about to charge forward, "Go to the back and find the archers! The ones in front are all heavily armored and can hardly be hurt by swords and spears!"

"Ah? Where are the crossbows?" The soldier was stunned. Fortunately, he didn't say anything. He was so drunk with killing that he couldn't hear anything.

"The archery team that just killed Cao Jun must have some leftover bows and arrows!" Li Du took a few deep breaths and adjusted his breathing. "If I had known, I... you go! I'll stop these guys first!"

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Where do so many brave soldiers come from under the cavalry?

At this moment, Cao Ren had only this one question in his mind.

Then I couldn't help but feel envious and jealous...

At this moment, Cao Ren faced the young man who was bleeding but still ferocious. He suddenly remembered the wolves he had seen in the wilderness. Even though they were injured, they still had a resolute ferocity, with bloody light flowing in their eyes and fangs.

Cao Ren understood that he had to suppress Liao Hua's vanguard now, otherwise there would be no discussion!

Even though Cao Ren had some admiration for Li Du's bravery, at the moment he could only...

"kill! 』

Cao Ren slashed Li Du's shield with his sword, making a loud "clang" sound.

Li Du was knocked into a state of stiffness by Cao Ren's sword, and his body was unstable.

Cao Ren took advantage of the situation and took a step forward, kicked Li Du's shield away, and held his sword horizontally, "Surrender and I will spare your life!"

Cao Ren did want to recruit Liao Hua's vanguard. On the one hand, Cao Ren felt that Li Du was brave and worth recruiting. On the other hand, he also considered that if Li Du surrendered, it would inevitably affect many surrounding hussars...

Li Du regretted it a little. He should have slowed down and not rushed so fast. When he heard Cao Ren's call for him, he lowered his head, pretending to be thinking, but in fact he was secretly breathing and regaining his strength.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the rear of Cao's army, "Oh no! The Hussars! The Hussars are attacking!"

Cao Ren was stunned and couldn't help but look back.

"Good opportunity!"

Li Du's eyes were shining with brilliance. He immediately raised his sword and rushed forward, aiming for Cao Ren's throat!