Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 243 Wuzu Divine Machine
"Erlang, as long as we get through this, we can take all the food, silk, and beauties from the Han people. Charge!"

Kuitou shouted loudly and rushed to the front with full confidence. The 70,000 cavalrymen behind him shouted excitedly. Everyone looked at the Han soldiers in front of them, as if they did not see enemies, but piles of treasures and beauties.

Seeing that the Xianbei army had run to a distance of less than 200 steps, Ye Xiang quickly asked the messenger beside him to prepare to raise the flag to order an attack.

Gao Shun shook his head at him.

"The enemy's strength is too different from ours. Shooting at this time will surely cause the enemy to temporarily buffer the attack, which will reduce casualties. It won't be too late to shoot them when they are trapped in front of the battle line!"

When Ye Xiang heard this, his eyes widened.

"But if this happens, General Gao, you will be in danger! Without my crossbows to slow down their momentum, with so many cavalry charging over, can these heavy shield soldiers really stop them?"

Gao Shun had no expression on his face, but said firmly, "Don't worry!"

Ye Xiang thought about it, and finally asked the messenger to put down the flag.

Cui Jun, Zhang Yong and others on the city wall were very puzzled when they saw this scene.

Liu He seemed to understand Gao Shun's intention: "Bo Ping is very courageous!"

Gao Shun looked at the vast army in front of him that was enough to cause an earth-shaking movement. His face was calm and he kept counting silently in his heart.

"One hundred steps... eighty steps... sixty steps..."

A soldier behind him looked at him and said, "General, can you draw your spear now?"

Gao Shun shook his head: "Wait until you are twenty steps away."

"Fifty steps...forty steps...thirty steps...twenty steps!"

"Okay! Spear!"

The 2,500 spearmen behind him had been waiting anxiously for a long time. When they heard the order, almost in an instant, all the spears stabbed out from the top of the two shields!

"What!" Kuitou was shocked and tried to rein in his horse with both hands.

His warhorse was a carefully selected good horse with extraordinary physical strength, so of course he could be reined in. However, the ordinary Xianbei cavalry behind him did not have such treatment.

The soldiers behind him saw their leader suddenly stop, but they were unable to stop their horses, so they had to quickly change direction to avoid rushing forward and hitting Kui's head.

Just this small action caused the cavalry behind Kuitou to fall into chaos, and many of them fell to the ground with their horses.

However, more Xianbei cavalrymen in front could not stop their charge and ran directly into the spears, being pierced through!
Many cavalrymen, both men and horses, avoided the spears but crashed into the heavy shields.

The surface of this heavy shield was covered with spikes. After the men and horses crashed into it, bloody holes were pierced on their bodies. Their deaths were ten times more tragic than those of the people who died under the spears!
Under such a powerful charge, although the Xianbei cavalry suffered heavy casualties, the heavy shield soldiers were not having an easy time either.

Under the impact of this moment, their blood surged, and many of them even vomited blood on the spot. Their eyeballs almost bulged out of their sockets, which was very horrifying.

Several soldiers had their shoulder blades broken because they chose the wrong point of force to support their heavy shields.

However, even so, these soldiers did not say a word, no one cried out in pain, and no one retreated!
"What a Han Wu soldier! General Gao's ability to train soldiers is truly unique!"

Shi Tao couldn't help but pat the city wall and praised it.

However, no matter how strong the willpower of these soldiers is, they are still mortals after all. Faced with such great pressure, how could they possibly withstand it without making any mistakes?

Almost immediately after the Xianbei army collided, the soldiers behind several heavy shields began to lose strength, causing the heavy shields to move continuously backwards under the impact, creating a small distance between them and the other heavy shields on both sides.

Kuitou had already moved back a distance at this time. After calming down, he quickly discovered these flaws.

“Haha, I thought you were so strong, but it seems you are just so strong. Get past them!”

At this moment, Gao Shun turned around and nodded to Ye Xiang.

Ye Xiang had been waiting for this moment and immediately asked the messenger beside him to raise the flag.

"shooting!"

As soon as these two words came out, tens of thousands of arrows flew out from behind the Han Wu soldiers. The saying "arrows flying like locusts" was not an exaggeration to describe the situation at this moment. The Shenji Camp was only about ten steps behind the Han Wu soldiers. These arrows easily flew over the heads of the Han Wu soldiers, flew forward for a distance, and then fell one after another.

This process happened in a split second. By the time Kuitou and the Xianbei army reacted, countless arrows had already fallen like hail!
"Oh……"

"Sorry..."

The screams of people and the wailing of horses suddenly resounded through the sky!
"Protect the leader!"

Kuitou's personal soldiers used their bodies to block the flying arrows for their leader.

Kuitou was still in shock. He looked around and saw the dead and the injured. He was filled with anger and wanted to curse, but the words just came to his throat and he couldn't say anything.

"Damn it, come again!"

Before he even had time to catch his breath, the second round of rain of arrows appeared above his head again!

This time the bodyguards were prepared. They took out the small shields they carried with them and put them on Kuitou's head.

"Dong dong dong..."

The rain of arrows fell on the shield, causing bursts of noise.

"Captain, let's retreat! It will take some time to completely break through this shield formation. Under such a dense and continuous rain of arrows, by the time we reach the pass, I'm afraid we'll have suffered heavy losses!"

Kuitou listened to the advice of a personal soldier beside him but ignored it completely.

"No! We must win this battle. Otherwise, if we withdraw like this, when we return to the tribe, Qianman will seize power. We cannot retreat!"

He made up his mind and grabbed a shield.

"Erlang, hurry up and charge forward! The sooner we break through the shield formation in front of us, the fewer casualties we will suffer! The first person to break into Yanmen Pass will be rewarded with half a pound of salt and ten Han Dynasty women!"

For the Xianbei people, such rewards are much more tempting than food, cloth, jewelry and the like!
Upon hearing Kuitou's words, the eyes of all the Xianbei soldiers, who were already a little frightened, became red again.

The heavy shield formation of the Han Wu soldiers was broken into several times in a short while.

The Xianbei people vented their long-pent-up anger on the Han Wuzu soldiers who were knocked down, and in a blink of an eye, they chopped these soldiers into a bloody mess.

"Dog thief!"

Gao Shun's eyes suddenly burst when he saw the miserable appearance of the soldiers he had trained personally and lived and ate with every day.

When Liu He saw that Gao Shun was about to charge out himself, he quickly called out to him.

"General Gao, Ye Xiang, you two must lead the army back to the interior as soon as possible. There must be no mistakes!"

Although Gao Shun was angry, he was not a reckless and impulsive person after all. After being yelled at by Liu He, he immediately regained his composure.

Under his command, the Han Wuzu maintained their formation and retreated in large strides, while Ye Xiang behind him divided the Shenji Camp into four waves of troops, which returned to the city one after another. The soldiers whose turn it was not to return to the city continued to stay where they were and fired arrows forward to slow down the enemy's momentum, thereby reducing their threat to the Han Wuzu.

This thrilling battle may sound long, but in fact it only lasted less than half a minute.

"General Liu, I am ashamed."

Gao Shun clasped his fists and lowered his head, looking ashamed.

"General Gao, what is there to be ashamed of? Being able to hold off the charge of 70,000 cavalrymen for nearly half a quarter of an hour with only 5,000 men is unprecedented, if not unprecedented. After the victory, we should commend you for your achievements!"

"It's not Gao's achievement, but General Liu's effort in equipping the military equipment."

Liu He smiled and said, "General, there is no need to be too modest. Everyone knows your ability to train and command troops. Well, let's see how Yun Chang and the others perform next."

Gao Shun stopped talking and stood beside Liu He, watching the battle under the city wall.

(End of this chapter)