Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1037 After Many Twists and Turns
Cao Ren wiped the sweat from his forehead and forced himself to cheer up.

In this battle, the Han soldiers threw away their heavy shields and instead used spears and broadswords, combined with bows and crossbows, to advance step by step into the camp.

Although this offensive was not fast, it was cautious, steady and extremely effective.

The Han Wuzu were heavily armored infantrymen. The armor on their bodies was enough to defend against several attacks from ordinary swords and bows and arrows and would not be easily penetrated. Therefore, when attacking camps and enemy formations, they could almost attack without defending and charge forward recklessly, which was a huge advantage.

As soon as Gao Shun's "Break Through the Formation" stunt was activated, this group of heavily armored infantry, several thousand men in a team, rushed into the Cao army camp in a black mass, and were invincible. Even though the Cao army soldiers used swords and arrows, the damage was very limited and was not enough to resist the offensive of the Han army.

Seeing the camp being breached one by one, Cao Ren became extremely anxious.

"No... I can't panic, I absolutely can't panic... If I panic now, I will definitely fail. If the camp is lost, even if Meng De comes back, he will die."

He bit his tongue hard and forced himself to calm down.

His eyes repeatedly moved between several gaps, including the village gate, as he racked his brain for a solution.

When his eyes swept over a pile of chevaux-de-frise, they suddenly stopped.

"Got it!" Cao Ren's eyes lit up.

When the Han army was attacking, they suddenly saw a commotion behind the enemy.

Immediately afterwards, the Cao army, which was still fighting desperately, suddenly retreated quickly. However, before the Han army could take advantage of the situation and advance forward, they saw rows of Cao army soldiers carrying barricades and rushing towards them quickly.

"What is that?" The Han army soldiers were a little confused for a moment.

A general commanding the front line was the first to react: "The enemy is trying to resist stubbornly. Kill them quickly with your spears."

All the soldiers were instantly awakened, and the spearmen quickly came to the front.

One after another, extremely sharp spears stabbed out at the same time in a very orderly manner.

"Puff puff……"

Although such noises were heard, none of the spears were able to penetrate the bodies of Cao's soldiers.

A Han army general took a closer look and his face changed: "Not good, they actually gathered the rattan shields in the army and tied them all to the chests of these soldiers, and then they charged at us against the barricades. How can our spears penetrate them?"

As he spoke, Cao's army's large array of chevaux de frise collided with the Han soldiers.

On both sides of the chevaux de frise were wooden spikes that had been sharpened very sharply. However, the wooden spikes on the side facing Cao's army had naturally been chopped off, while the wooden spikes on the side facing the Han army had become the sharpest weapons. In addition, the height of the wooden spikes was almost right from the chest to the neck of these soldiers.

Therefore, in the initial confrontation, many Han Wuzu soldiers were pierced in the neck by the wooden spikes and died on the spot.

The attack formation of the Han Wuzu was inevitably somewhat scattered by the impact of this large array of barricades, and the trend of advancing forward was instantly reversed.

At this moment, the messenger beside Cao Ren waved the command flag, and all the military marquises, garrison commanders, team leaders, squad leaders, and platoon leaders in Cao's army issued new military orders one after another.

Immediately afterwards, behind the chevaux de frise formation, long spears were thrust out from between every two Cao soldiers carrying chevaux de frise.

After these spears were thrust out, sometimes there was a sound of piercing people's bodies, and sometimes there was a sound of hitting the heavy armor of the Han Wuzu soldiers, and so on. However, no matter what, hundreds of Han Wuzu soldiers died under these spears.

Seeing that his new tactics were working, Cao Ren couldn't help but relax a little. Then he looked at Gao Shun provocatively and shouted loudly.

"General Gao, please give me some advice on Cao's strategy of 'fighting fire with fire'. I wonder if your army's spears are more powerful or ours?"

Gao Shun listened to this and watched the changes in the battle situation, but his expression did not change at all, and he did not even frown. "Use the stone-breaking heavy crossbow."

As soon as these five words were spoken, the messenger conveyed them immediately.

Afterwards, a number of extremely heavy stone-breaking crossbows were pushed out from the rear of the army.

This stone-breaking heavy crossbow was improved by Liu Ye, who ranked first in the assessment of Luoyang Taixue Institute of Technology last year. Four wheels were added to it. Instead of being assembled before the battle, it was now assembled in advance and can be retracted. When needed on the battlefield, it can be pushed out with wheels and then unfolded. It can be used normally by just locking specific parts at several key positions. It is extremely convenient.

This Liu Ye was the great uncle of the Han emperor who presented the map of the catapult to Cao Cao during the Battle of Guandu and solved the urgent need of Cao's army. He was also one of the first batch of students in the School of Engineering of Luoyang Imperial College. Because of his age and the fact that he was already extremely knowledgeable, he was directly admitted to the fifth dormitory after admission.

During the assessment last year, he ranked first in the Institute of Technology. In addition, he was a member of the royal family, and the three blacksmiths who had been in charge of the forging of military weapons since Huangshui Township were already old. Therefore, he was sent to the Industrial Manufacturing Department along with several other students from the Institute of Technology.

These students all have their own strengths. Some are good at building cities and roads, some are good at metallurgy and forging, some are good at exploring minerals, and some are good at shipbuilding and carpentry. Liu Ye is the best among them. His grades are always first-class in all subjects of the Institute of Technology.

After his modification, this stone-breaking heavy crossbow became easier to use, and its power increased instead of decreased.

Dozens of heavy stone-breaking crossbows were all aimed at Cao's camp. The crossbows were loaded with arrows in just a few breaths.

"Adjust the angle, second gear."

The crossbow arrows of the Stone-Breaking Heavy Crossbow have a total of five angles. The first angle is flat shooting. The higher the angle, the higher the shot. This is also the latest function improved by Liu Ye and a group of craftsmen.

"put."

After the order was given, all the crossbow arrows shot into the sky.

The crossbow arrows fired at the second gear angle all flew diagonally upwards over the heads of the Han army.

After flying about a hundred steps, the crossbow arrows drew half a parabola and then quickly began to fall, preparing to draw another half of the parabola.

"Not good, retreat quickly..."

Before Cao Ren could even shout the word "retreat", the crossbow arrows had already fallen at the same time.

To say that they fall like raindrops is both accurate and inaccurate.

It is accurate because they are indeed extremely dense, but it is inaccurate because the force of the raindrops cannot be compared with that of these crossbow arrows.

"Puff puff……"

One by one, the Cao army soldiers were shot through by crossbow arrows, and many were even nailed to the ground by the crossbow arrows.

Even those Cao soldiers who had rattan shields on their chests to protect them were no different from ordinary soldiers when facing this heavy crossbow.

The powerful heavy crossbows directly penetrated the rattan shields and pierced through the bodies of the soldiers.

Since each chevaux de frise was carried by five Cao soldiers and tied to them with ropes, if one of the five was shot dead by a crossbow arrow, the remaining four would be almost unable to move, because not only would there be one less person to bear the weight of the chevaux de frise, but the four would also have to bear the weight of a dead body.

In the blink of an eye, the large array of chevaux de frise was shot to pieces by wave after wave of stone-breaking heavy crossbows.

"Stop the crossbow, charge."

At Gao Shun's order, the heavy stone-breaking crossbows stopped shooting arrows, and the Han army, which had already reorganized its troops, rushed forward again with a roar.

(End of this chapter)