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Chapter 206 Three hundred iron troops break through ten thousand formations!

"Hold your position!" the officer shouted.

Under the military flags fluttering in the wind, Han soldiers formed a tight formation.

"Fight to the death and never retreat!"

On one side are the most elite infantry in the world.

On one side is the most elite cavalry in the world.

The most powerful troops of Han and Wei launched an extreme showdown outside Chencang.

"kill……"

The Wei army's cavalry suddenly increased their speed and began to race wildly in the snowy field.

The sound of rumbling iron hooves rolled in, and countless shouts of killing shook the surrounding areas and reached into the sky.

The torrent of two thousand cavalry rolled through the snowy fields and pushed towards the left flank of the Han army like an overwhelming mountain.

It seemed like it was going to shatter the earth!

Countless cold and sharp arrow clusters rushed out from the Han army's formation and instantly turned into a metal frenzy, shuttling among the Wei army cavalry, making sharp whistles.

In an instant, dozens of riders tumbled and fell from their horses.

But this did not affect the momentum of the Wei army's cavalry at all.

The Han army only fired once and then quickly switched to tight defense.

When the Wei army entered a range of about 200 meters and began to charge, the speed of the war horses increased to a limit in a short period of time.

This limit is approximately 17 kilometers per hour, which is equivalent to meters per second.

It only takes about ten seconds to reach the distance of two hundred meters.

In about ten seconds, if the crossbowmen are prepared, they can complete three batches of shooting.

However, the reinforcements of the Han army arrived in a hurry, and the momentum of the Wei army was too strong. The Han army officers gave up many long-range strikes and switched to defense.

This charge was even more terrifying than the previous one.

The cavalry group in the front row was like a huge steel wave crashing on the Han army's defensive front, and the front defense collapsed in an instant.

Dozens of Han soldiers were crushed into pulp.

Countless halberds pierced each other.

The sharp halberd head pierced the belly of the war horse and the throat of the Han soldier, and a large amount of blood spurted out.

The Han soldiers at the back immediately filled in and formed a new defense after the front defense collapsed.

Amidst countless heart-rending shouts of death, the momentum of the cavalry at the front was abruptly curbed.

The first row of attacking cavalry fell down one after another.

The cavalry followed one after another.

They squeezed out all the strength in their bodies and roared, charging forward. After their comrades in front fell, their horses immediately jumped up and continued to charge.

The sound of countless armors colliding with each other was heard, and the Han army's military formation became more dense, with people next to each other, airtight.

The soldier at the front had his armor pierced and his chest pierced. The Wei cavalry could not pull out their halberds and could only push forward.

The body of the soldier who was stabbed to death was forcibly supported by his comrades behind him. The comrades behind him were also forcibly pushed back, with his feet almost off the ground.

The front part of the Han army's formation was pushed back nearly a meter.

The scene was like a pile of dirt being pushed up.

Countless people showed painful expressions.

Comrades have died one after another, dead together, and their bodies piled up, becoming the most effective defense against the cavalry.

The Wei army's arrogant charge was finally contained. Even if the cavalry behind them rushed up, they could not shake the Han army's formation at all.

The Wei cavalry further behind could only slow down, and the cavalry that could not slow down hit the front and piled up together.

The cavalry further behind completed the detour in sufficient space.

In this wave of impact, the Wei army filled in at least hundreds of cavalry, and there were more than 200 cavalry struggling in front of the formation.

Xiahou Ba was unwilling to be blocked.

He rode on his horse and shouted to the surrounding cavalry: "Gather, regroup! The Shu thieves can no longer hold on! Gather immediately!"

The most elite cavalry has arrived here. The Han army's defense has suffered several consecutive attacks, and Xiahou Ba will not give up just yet.

He's like a crazy beast.

In fact, the Han army's defense was indeed approaching its limit.

If these defenses are broken, the Chinese army will be completely exposed to the iron hoof of the Wei army, and the Han army will undoubtedly lose this battle.

After completing their detour, the Wei army began to regroup.

Far away on the left battlefield, the Han army's forward had advanced to only a few hundred meters away from the Wei army's center.

The forward general was Zhang Yi. He led 300 infantrymen and continued to advance in an orderly formation, like a condensed steel cube moving forward in the snow.

There was a loud thud of footsteps.

"Keep the pace!" Zhang Yi shouted, "Keep the formation!"

For infantry, moving forward rhythmically means maintaining physical strength while ensuring the coordination of the formation.

During this process, more than a hundred cavalry of the thousand Wei imperial guards fighting with Jiang Wei had stretched the battle line to this area.

At this time, a man from the Han army came with a hundred cavalry and thundered over, blocking the way of the Wei army's cavalry.

This man is Zhang Liao's son Zhang Hu, a general who once served under Sima Yi.

"As long as I, Zhang Hu, are here! You can't even think of succeeding!" Zhang Hu roared, and after rushing to that area, he blocked the Wei army's last hope.

The Wei army's center has seen the Han army's forward.

By this time, neither side of the Wei army would think that this was a turning point in the war.

Even Dai Ling, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army's middle route army, was overjoyed when he learned that the Han army's forwards only came with more than 2,000 men, and was ready to turn all the two thousand Han army's forwards into his own military exploits.

Xiahou Ba, who was preparing to command the second charge, also received intelligence from the scouts that the Han forward had arrived in the middle of the Wei army. He laughed and said: "Jiang Wei committed suicide! A great victory is just around the corner!"

The Wei army's middle route army first used bows and arrows to attack the Han army's forward. A large number of arrows were shooting at the shields and streaking across the armor.

Some of the Han infantry were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, but the infantry armor had almost no impact.

Zhang Yi took a deep breath. Wearing the armor, which weighed more than sixty kilograms, he crossed the two-mile road and finally reached the enemy's front.

For a time he feared that his flank would be outflanked by the enemy's cavalry.

Now it seems that Jiang Wei took over the Wei cavalry attack with all his strength.

Buying him valuable time.

Only fifty meters!

The archers of the Wei army continued to change their arrows, and a large number of arrows rained over their heads, making sharp whistling sounds.

A large number of arrows rained from the front.

The stepman A held up his round shield in his left hand and continued to move forward.

When he was thirty meters away, Zhang Yi suddenly shouted: "Kill!"

The Han army, which had been holding back for a long time, shouted together: "Kill..."

They began to speed up, not to run, but to trot, a very rhythmic trot.

The ground was shaken loudly.

At this time, the soldiers at the front of the Wei army's middle road could clearly see the enemy coming.

Their faces couldn't help but show panic.

Because this was the first time they saw such armor.

His whole body was wrapped in iron armor, looking like an iron man.

"Hold your ground!"

The Wei army officer roared, the Wei army's shields were raised, their halberds were stretched out, and a complete defense was immediately established on the front.

The Han army's infantrymen are getting closer and closer.

Twenty meters, ten meters!

They lined up neatly, marched in unison, and also held halberds.

The two sides quickly confront each other!

The halberds pierced the shields and armor of both sides, making the sound of iron weapons clashing. Amidst the shouts of killing, both sides began to stab each other with all their strength.

The iron armor of the Wei army was inherited from the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The iron armor of the Eastern Han Dynasty had protection on the wrists, upper parts of the arms, and protection on the chest and abdomen.

But the infantry armor is the most defensive in the cold weapon era. Not only does it have an armor skirt, but also the whole circle of the neck is protected by iron sheets, with only the eyes exposed.

The Han soldiers stabbed forward crazily, especially in the Wei army's face.

The sharp halberd stabbed his face, cut it open, and poked his mandible. When he pulled it back, blood flew out.

The Wei army's long halberd scratched the infantry's armor, making a sharp friction sound, but it could not hurt the Han army.

In this kind of head-on confrontation, both sides make judgments.

After only a few encounters, several people in the front row of the Wei army fell. When Zhang Yi saw that there was a breakthrough, he threw down his halberd, took off the iron bone flower from his waist, and strode in.

The head of this Iron Bone Duo is probably a little smaller than an adult's fist, round, but with protruding bumps.

This thing was one of the main weapons in the Song, Liao and Jin dynasties.

why?

Because during the Song, Liao, and Jin dynasties, iron smelting technology improved significantly, the Song, Xixia, Liao, and Jin all began to engage in arms races.

Among them, it is famous for its iron armor.

For example, the Jingsai Army, Beiwei Army, and Bu Renjia of the Song Dynasty, the Tie Yaozi of the Xixia State, the Tie Lin Army of the Liao State, and the Tie Fu Tu of the Jin State.

Wearing iron armor is greatly improved.

Many soldiers during the Three Kingdoms period did not wear armor, but almost all soldiers during the Song and Liao Dynasties wore armor.

The knife could no longer kill the enemy quickly or even cause damage to the enemy, so weapons like Tieguduo appeared.

Zhang Yi strode in, and a Wei army's halberd was stabbed at him, stabbing him in the neck and tearing at the armor, but it still couldn't hurt him.

He roared angrily, raised his Iron Bone Flower, and smashed it down on the Wei Jun's helmet.

With a muffled sound, the Wei Jun's helmet was dented, the skull inside cracked, and he fell to the ground.

After Zhang Yi made this move, without any pause, he hit the head of the Wei Jun next to him.

One hit is accurate.

No matter if you are wearing a helmet.

It even hit the armor on the chest. The armor was fine, but the ribs were directly broken.

A fierce general like Zhang Yi can even shake the internal organs in his chest.

There are now three hundred Han soldiers like him who are fully armored!

Wei Jun's frontal defense was torn apart before it lasted for half a minute.

The standard weapon of the Wei army in the back row is the Huanshou Sword.

The knife has almost no lethality in front of Bu Renjia.

In other words, the sword directly used the soldier's brute force to cut out the internal injuries of the footman one after another.

But on the battlefield, the enemy is killed in an instant.

So these three hundred people, like tigers and wolves entering the sheepfold, crushed the Wei army's resistance with an extremely powerful attitude.

The more than 1,700 infantrymen at the back began to expand their results.

Xiahou Ba never expected that a weapons revolution would actually change the situation of the Second Battle of Guanzhong.

Even if he used Cao Rui's imperial cavalry.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier.

(End of this chapter)