The beginning is the emperor

Chapter 183 Strategic Goal Failure (updated yesterday)

The ambush came so suddenly that basically all the soldiers didn't react.

The same is true for Commander Cao. He supported Commander Wu under the imperial decree, and tried to get to the battlefield in the shortest possible time. Unexpectedly, someone would ambush them here.

Countless arrows flew over like locusts, Commander Cao immediately shouted: "Quickly form the formation!"

All the soldiers had gathered quickly, Commander Cao got off his horse, and beside him, many soldiers who followed were shot by arrows and fell down.

A soldier was holding his throat, which was filled with red blood, and his face was full of despair.

At this time, Commander Cao didn't dare to be careless at all, and shouted at the top of his voice: "End the formation!"

The sword and shield soldiers in the rear quickly moved over with their shields and blocked the front. A famous sword and shield soldier reacted and blocked all the shields in front, forming a wall. The sound of clanging was endless, and those dense forests All the arrows shot from inside hit these bronze shields.

Seeing that more than half of the arrows were missing, Commander Cao was relieved, and the pressure on the rest of the soldiers also decreased.

Archers are definitely the most indispensable arms in the cold weapon era, and arrows are also hated by many generals, and their kill rate is more efficient than other arms.

For example, there are countless famous generals in the Three Kingdoms period who died of arrow wounds. Sun Jian, known as the Tiger of Jiangdong, experienced the battle against Dong Zhuo. age.

Sun Ce, the son of Sun Jian, known as the "Little Overlord of Jiangdong", had the courage of all men, but was shot and wounded by the assassins, and the arrow sores burst and died;

Zhang He, the five sons of Cao Wei, was ambushed at the wooden gate, and the arrow that flew from him hit Zhang He's right knee, and he died in battle. The army of Zhuge Ke in the state of Wu had arrow wounds in his eyes, and eventually died of arrow wounds.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Xu Huang and other famous generals who have experienced many battles were also killed by arrows, some died on the spot, and some died.

One of the important reasons is that in the era of cold weapons, most of the arrows are made of bronze, iron and other metals, and the design is very ingenious, with barbs. No small operation.The most terrible thing is that ancient arrows are very unclean, such as rust, dirt, even feces, and poison, which lead to very serious wound infection.

Moreover, in ancient times, the level of medical skills was very low. There was no timely debridement treatment and no antibiotics to kill bacteria. The wounds were often seriously infected after being sent back to the camp. Post-traumatic suppurative infection is a relatively common disease in trauma infection.Purulent infections include sepsis, sepsis, and toxaemia, and septic shock, which is the largest cause of death.

Even Guan Yu, after being shot by the arrow, asked Hua Tuo to scrape the bone to heal the poison. After the wound healed, the bone still felt pain every rainy day.

Heroes are afraid of cold arrows. There is nothing that can be done about it. Zhao Zilong entered and exited Changban Slope seven times. If Cao Cao had not ordered the arrows not to be fired due to his talent, it is still unknown whether Zhao Yun could have come out of Changban Slope alive.

In the game, the influence of arrow wounds is greatly weakened. Although it will not cause death, the negative status effects it brings are also quite serious, such as the upper limit of blood volume, the upper limit of energy, and the decrease of attributes. Even some hidden attributes and defense power will be reduced.

Commander Cao quickly commanded: "Form the formation, prepare to move forward, prepare the bow and arrow!"

Wearing armor, he looked at the ambushed enemy troops on the mountain in front of him. He was still shooting wildly from a high position, and the arrows covered a wide range. As a result, some of the soldiers on his side were still dying.

Whoosh whoosh!
Arrows shot past Commander Cao's ears with the sound of thumping cold.

"Ren Yuan, you immediately lead a group of people to attack from the side of the mountain, and you must immediately take down that group of enemy troops!"

"Yes!"

A partial general stood up and clasped his fists, leading a group of soldiers and moving quickly to the side.

In the entire army, the sword and shield soldiers in front were densely packed, forming an absolute defensive phalanx, and the archers in the back also began to fight back, drawing their bows and arrows one after another, and shooting towards the mountain in front.

It's just that they are at the bottom, while the members of the Shanzi Army and others are on the mountain, shooting arrows from bottom to top, and the hit rate is too low.

Prince Bai Yu stayed on the mountain, his eyes were full of calmness, the long bow in his hand was fully drawn, and an arrow shot out with a whoosh, directly piercing the head of a soldier below.

Looking down from the mountain, at the bottom of the mountain in front, thousands of soldiers are in a mess. The sword and shield soldiers in front are resisting the arrows. Move, then start climbing up the hill.

Prince Baiyu's expression was still extremely serious, and many soldiers of the Shanzi Army were already pushing the prepared rolling stones down the mountain on the other side.

Bang bang bang!
The rolling stone fell, and the soldiers who were rushing up the mountain along the road suddenly changed their expressions.

Ren Yuan also yelled: "Get out of the way!"

He ran towards the side, and some soldiers running slowly behind him were hit directly by the falling rolling stones.

"what!"

The soldiers screamed, and pieces of rolling stones fell from above. Ren Yuan and some soldiers hid behind the trees, waiting for the opponent's rolling stones to finish.

"There are not many opponents, as long as we rush up the mountain, we can definitely kill them!"

Ren Yuan roared, boosting morale.

On the mountain, Wang Zibaiyu's gaze fell to the distance, where Wang Xuan, who had left first, had appeared, and he was still leading the cavalry of the Shanzi Army!

After this period of looting in Pingyuan County, the number of war horses of the Shanzi Army has reached [-]. After all, there are not many others in Pingyuan County, and the resources of war horses and livestock are extremely rich. Getting a dozen war horses, or even looting a group of soldiers, is also very rewarding.

But now, the armed cavalry of the Shanzi Army, led by Wang Xuan, appeared behind Commander Cao and other thousands of soldiers!
Commander Cao apparently also noticed that behind them, there was a murderous group of thousands of cavalry charging towards them!

At this moment, Commander Cao opened his eyes wide with disbelief on his face.

What's going on, why does the opponent still have cavalry?
And attack from behind?
Various problems appeared in the head of Commander Cao. At this time, because in order to guard against the arrow shooting on the mountain ahead, almost all the defensive forces of the sword and shield soldiers were transferred to the front. For the rest of the soldiers, without the defense of the sword and shield soldiers, it was like opening the door, completely exposing their weaknesses to the opponent's cavalry.

What's more, just now I have dispatched some soldiers to attack the mountain, and the strength of the troops has been greatly reduced. Now the opponent's cavalry appears from behind, how can we fight?
When it was too late, Commander Cao yelled sadly: "The sword and shield soldiers go to the rear to defend against the enemy!"

Horseshoes flew like flying, and Wang Xuan's cavalry had arrived at the rear of the team in just a blink of an eye, and the long knife in their hands had been drawn out, emitting a cold light.

The deployment of the sword and shield soldiers was too late, and the entire team was in a mess. Facing the charge of the cavalry, the soldiers were all panicked.

"kill!"

Wang Xuan yelled.

He took the lead to kill in, the long knife in his hand had a cold glow, and he slashed forward. The soldier couldn't hold on, and was directly chopped to death with a knife. The soldiers on both sides were slashed left and right by Wang Xuan, and almost no one could stop him.

The cavalry around them, like a division of tigers and wolves, rushed into a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. The already somewhat chaotic team was torn apart by more than 1000 cavalry. The morale of those soldiers began to deteriorate. reduce.

Prince Bai Yu and the others on the mountain have also stopped shooting arrows. All the arrows have been shot, and now it is time to attack at the same time.

He got up, and led more than 3000 soldiers of the Shanzi Army on the mountain, and they also stood up one after another, and rushed down the mountain.

Lieutenant Ren Yuan and the soldiers on the mountainside had just recovered from the rolling stones. Seeing that there was no rolling stone attack on the mountain, they continued to charge up the mountain, but at this time, a soldier on the mountain rushed down quickly!

"kill!"

Prince Baiyu drew out his knife, and the soldiers of the Shanzi Army behind him also drew out their weapons for close combat, and rushed down the mountain from the mountain!

At this moment, all the soldiers of the Shanzi Army rushed down from a high place, their aura was aroused, their speed was extremely fast, and they were full of killing intent, which surprised Ren Yuan and others.

"Fend off the enemy! Fend off the enemy!"

Ren Yuan yelled loudly, but it was useless. All the soldiers of the Shanzi Army rushed down from the mountain, thousands of them, like a mountain torrent. When Ren Yuan and the rest of the soldiers fought against the soldiers of the Shanzi Army, they were at a disadvantage.

There was a cold light in Wang Zibaiyu's eyes, and a soldier below raised his spear in his hand, and while he was running wildly, he slashed head-on with his sword like a thunderbolt.

puff!
The blood burst out, the soldier didn't scream, he fell down, and the prince Baiyu slashed at the enemy next to him.

The rest of the soldiers of the Shanzi Army who rushed down also chopped down all the enemy troops at the first moment of the confrontation. The momentum was so fierce that the enemy army, which was also a C-level army, was not an opponent.

The Art of War says: "With a high view, the momentum is like splitting bamboo," which is what it means.

In history, the most famous general who wanted to adopt this strategy was Ma Di. Zhuge Liang sent him to guard the street pavilion, but he took the initiative to station his soldiers on the mountain, and was finally defeated by Zhang Xi.

Ma Su's garrison was different from that of the Shanzi Army. At that time, Zhuge Liang's intention was to defend the Jieting, not to retreat the enemy, but to stick to the position for a long time without allowing any mistakes.

But Ma Di wanted to fight against the mountain. At that time, the Wei army rode 5 people, and the main force of the Shu army was attacking Qishan. Ma Di's troops were seriously insufficient, so he wanted to defend the mountain. Nice defensive counterattack.This conflicts with Zhuge Liang's military intentions.

At the same time, his second purpose of adopting this strategy is to put it to death and survive, imitating the example of breaking the boat and fighting with one's back.But at that time, Xiang Yu and Han Xin had no choice, and Ma Su gave up the water source on his own initiative.You must know that Jieting, also known as Jiequan Pavilion, has spring water. Originally, the Shu army relied on the spring water and did not have to worry about water.However, Ma Di voluntarily gave up the water source and guarded the lonely mountain, which is equivalent to handing over the initiative to others. Once Zhang Yun cut off the water source, Ma Di had to attack, and handed over the strategic initiative to others in order to put him to death and survive. Extremely unwise.

Moreover, this strategy of breaking the boat and putting the boat to death is a strategy for short-term bursts and boosting morale. However, Zhang Yun's troops will directly consume these morale over time.

To put it simply, Ma Di is almost a model of talking on paper.

The soldiers of the Shanzi Army charged wildly, Ren Yuan drank, and the spear in his hand pierced through a soldier of the Shanzi Army who rushed down, and then when he was about to fight hard to kill the rest of the soldiers, a big knife stretched out from the side, He slashed directly in front of him.

As soon as Ren Yuan retreated, Wang Zibai Yu pursued him closely, holding a knife in both hands, and slashed fiercely, forcing the opponent to parry.

Dangdang Dangdang!
Like the sound of iron being struck, Wang Zibaiyu kicked out, already condescending, this time, Ren Yuan almost rolled down the mountain like a gourd.

The fall was messy, and just as Ren Yuan realized it, Wang Zibai Yu had already rushed down, and the long knife in his hand stabbed hard into his chest.

Ren Yuan's eyes bulged, Wang Zibaiyu drew his sword, without hesitation, he went into the rest of the battle.

At this moment, there were two battlefields in this ambush area. On the side battlefield, Prince Bai Yu and others were strangling some soldiers, and on the front battlefield, Wang Xuan led his cavalry and stabbed Cao Cao's team to pieces!

From the back to the front, those sword and shield soldiers who hadn't had time were also screaming and being knocked out.

However, Commander Cao also had some skills. Even though the team was in chaos and suffered numerous casualties, he still stabilized the team and allowed all the soldiers to gather into formation to resist Wang Xuan's cavalry.

However, Wang Xuan's cavalry could advance and retreat freely. Seeing that Commander Cao and the remaining soldiers formed an formation, they turned their horses around and rushed towards the left side of the mountain. Together with Prince Bai Yu and others, they harvested the remaining soldiers. Soldier.

In a short period of time, Commander Cao lost more than half of his soldiers, but the Shanzi Army did not lose many people. As a result, the number of soldiers of the Shanzi Army exceeded Commander Cao.

At this point, it is impossible to complete the mission of Commander Cao, and the strategic goal of Glory Kingdom is also a failure.

It was only a matter of time before Wu commanded the remaining cavalry and was completely strangled by Bai Qi.

　Thanks to the three brothers "You can't become a fat man with one bite", "Devil 007 Angel", and "|Cannon Fodder|" for their rewards. Today's update is still being written.Wait for the things to be done in the past few days, take a breather, and then make additional explosive changes.

　　
　
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