The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 785
With a long howl in Ma Chao's mouth, the left and right cavalry immediately approached and charged forward behind Ma Chao.

Cao Jun's shield soldiers in the front row stood firm and watched the iron cavalry rushing in front of them. The shields in their hands trembled slightly, but no one took a step back.

They are Cao Jun's last line of defense, the Eldest Young Master put his wealth and life in their hands, if they retreat, the Eldest Young Master will be in danger.

The archer drew the arrow again and shot towards Ma Chao.

Ma Chao, who took the lead, was unafraid, braved the rain of arrows, and rushed forward, and soon rushed to the periphery of Cao Ying's central army.

Seeing a shield with iron nails erected in front, in order to clear the way for the soldiers behind, Ma Chao gave up the idea of ​​jumping over, dragged the spear in his hand backwards, and then stabbed it forward suddenly, with a thunderous sound. Potential.It seemed that what he was holding in his hand was not a long spear known for its dexterity, but a stalwart hammer.

boom!
A huge force hit the shield, and the five or six soldiers holding the shield were instantly knocked out.

Seeing this, the shield pawns on the back floor immediately filled up again in order to prevent the enemy from rushing forward.

Afterwards, the spear matrix on the last three floors began to move forward, and the long spear shafts were put on the shoulders of the front shield pawns, stretching back and forth to stab forward.

For a while, the cavalry team led by Ma Chao fell into a stalemate here.What's even worse is that the crossbowmen in the rear didn't stop for a moment. Even a blind cat can catch a dead mouse, not to mention such a dense arrow.

During the stalemate, the cavalry around him kept falling off their horses, and even Ma Chao, the commander in chief, was hit by an arrow in his left breastbone. Fortunately, the armor on his body was relatively strong, but the skin was scratched, and there was no pain other than a little pain. Big problem.

"General, you can't go on like this!"

A small school not far away ran over, looking anxious. Many brothers had already been injured, and they couldn't rush over.Those spears and barbed shields were really annoying. Although they couldn't do much damage to them, they kept them out firmly.

In this case, the advantage of the cavalry was gone, and it was most effective to let the pawns charge and fight, but the soldiers below were fighting fiercely with Cao Jun, and no one could come to help them.

Under normal circumstances, exchanging one cavalry pawn for ten pawns would be considered a loss-making business. In the current situation, it is a complete loss.

Realizing this, Ma Chao gritted his teeth and turned around, roaring angrily, "Let's go!"

A group of cavalry pawns followed Ma Chao, turned around and swooped down.

Seeing Ma Chao's retreat, Man Chong, who was quite worried at first, suddenly laughed, stroked his beard, and said, "This Ma Chao is quite sensible, if it takes a while longer, his Xiliang cavalry army will have to confess here."

Man Chong smiled happily, but Cao Ang didn't have much joy on his face. Ma Chao suffered from him. Once he rushed to the battlefield, he would definitely vent his anger on the fighting Cao soldiers.

Needless to say, how terrifying the fighting power of a vigorous cavalry army is.

In this way, the pressure on generals such as Yu Jin and Le Jin below will increase several times.

Generals, you must persevere!

Cao Ang prayed silently in his heart.

At this time, Huang Zhong, who was ordered to block Qu Yi, was about to arrive at the location reported by the scouts.

The horseshoes came and went, and the sentry lying on the ground could hear them very clearly.

"General, there are a large number of cavalry soldiers approaching us." The sentry nervously ran back to where the army was and reported the matter.

The man in the general's armor turned around, with his hands folded behind his waist, his slanted eyebrows, his cold eyes, and a two-inch scar on the right eye of his cheek. , there is a ruthless energy that makes people dread and stay away.

This person is none other than Yuan Shao's general and the leader of this trip, Qu Yi!

"All officers and men listen to the command and act according to the general's deployment." Qu Yi scanned the surroundings, his voice was not loud, but it made everyone hold their breath and listen carefully, for fear of missing half a word.

"Here!" After listening to Qu Yi's order, the Hebei soldiers responded loudly.

Not long after, the cavalry led by Huang Zhong arrived.

The clatter of horseshoes galloped on the wide road, and the long weeds on both sides kept shrinking in the eyes, and they quickly retreated backwards.

The pawns on horseback were flying like lightning, Huang Zhong rode in front, thinking about how to kill one party later, he didn't pay attention to the surrounding environment.Because according to the position described by the scouts, the enemy is still a little far ahead, and there is a distance.

TATATA~TATATA~~~
The sound of horseshoes approached, and Qu Yi, who crouched in the middle of the road, raised the shield above his head, jumped up, shouted loudly, and gave a short and quick command: "Do it!"

All of a sudden, the road ahead seemed to explode, and amidst the rising mud and dust, countless feathered arrows shot out from the front.

The war horse under his crotch was frightened and abruptly stopped galloping.

At a distance of more than ten steps, it couldn't be any closer, and almost all the pawns on horseback became living targets at this moment.

When the crossbow arrows came, the unsuspecting cavalry had no time to react, and countless people fell off their horses.

At the same time, the Hebei soldiers who were prostrate in the tall grass on both sides of the road also showed their figures. In their hands, they also held crossbows, each with a hand.

The crossbow arrows were shot from three sides, and after only the first wave cooperated, one-third of the pawns behind Huang Zhong fell down.

Unlike the soldiers who continued to load crossbows in front, the Hebei soldiers on both sides retracted their crossbows behind their backs after the first wave of crossbows were shot, and charged forward from both sides with their weapons.

Compared with bows, crossbow arrows have significantly longer range and stronger lethality.Not only that, the crossbow has relatively low requirements for users, and it can be shot without strict training, and its hit rate is extremely high. It is a powerful long-distance lethal weapon in ancient times.

But the only downside is that it takes too long to assemble the arrows.

Therefore, after the Hebei soldiers on both sides shot the first wave, they put away their crossbows, switched to the weapons at hand, and fought close to the stopped cavalry.

"The old man was careless for a while, and he fell into the kid's trick!"

Huang Zhong didn't know that he was ambushed by the enemy, his beard trembled with anger, and the big knife in his hand was like chopping vegetables, slashing fiercely at the Hebei soldiers rushing from both sides.

However, these Hebei soldiers seemed to be unafraid of death, and kept going forward to kill them.

After the crossbow was loaded, another wave came!
Many cavalrymen on horseback fell down again, Huang Zhong figured it out this time, the reason why the Hebei soldiers on both sides were so desperate was to delay the exchange of crossbow arrows for the crossbowmen in front.

The killing efficiency of crossbow arrows is far faster than their melee fighting.

If you want to turn the situation around, you must first get rid of these annoying things!
(End of this chapter)