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Volume 1 Chapter 180 Death Charge!

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    Hearing the sound of war horses trampling the soil, it was impossible not to be afraid. However, the eight hundred soldiers under Qu Yi were all fighting men who crawled out of the dead. Their courage and discipline had long been tempered. No one came out of the trench.  climb out.

    Yan Gang looked at Yuan Shao's soldiers behind the wall opposite, with a cruel smile on his face. He leaned down, tightened his grip on the spear in his hand, and then raised it in a hurry.  .

    Seeing Yan Gang's gesture, more than a thousand horse archers immediately raised their short bows, strung their arrows, and fired quickly forward!

    In an era without stirrups and high-bridge saddles, being able to control a galloping warhorse with both legs, holding the reins with your mouth, and being able to bend a bow and shoot arrows was already a rare elite person.  Even though Gongsun Zan had about 10,000 cavalrymen in his army going south this time, only these more than 1,000 men could complete this important task.

    Seeing the cavalrymen in Gongsun Zan's army bending their bows, Yan Liang quickly shouted: "Put up your shields!"

    Hearing his order, the shield man in charge of covering immediately raised his wooden shield diagonally upwards, while the pikemen on standby also pointed their spears diagonally forward and shook them continuously.  Despite this, many arrows still shot in from the gaps in the shields, killing the archers who only wore civilian clothes!

    Yan Liang did not issue an order to counterattack. Although Yan Gang and the others rushed over, their targets were relatively sparse, and the coverage shooting could not achieve much results.  Except for a few marksmen who were good at shooting, all the crossbowmen did not dare to shoot under Yan Liang's strict order.

    Seeing that only a few archers in Yuan Shao's army counterattacked, Yan Gang was overjoyed. He naturally did not expect that Yan Liang would dare to make such a big sacrifice, and thought that the main force of Yuan Shao's crossbowmen had not yet arrived on the battlefield.  After all, the battle has just begun, and the crossbowmen need to carry a large number of arrows, so it is common sense that the marching speed is slow.

    So Yan Gang happily pushed down the spear in his hand. Seeing this signal, except for the cavalry in the rear, the remaining cavalry began to quickly assemble to form an assault formation.

    Yan Liang smiled coldly and shouted loudly: "The whole army is ready!"

    Hearing his order, the crossbowmen put their fingers on the triggers, and the archers drew their longbows and prepared arrows.

    Yan Gang was getting closer and closer, and he could vaguely see the reaction of Yan Liang's men, but he didn't pay attention. The crossbowmen could only deal a certain blow to them unless they continued to cover a certain area.  However, with the charging speed of the cavalry, the opponent only shoots one or two arrows. As long as he can rush to them, the small crossbowmen are not worth mentioning!

    Yan Gang lowered his head to ensure that the oncoming airflow would not flow into his mouth, and shouted loudly: "Kill!"

    Hearing his cry, dozens of guards around him immediately repeated loudly: "Kill!"

    The entire guard battalion heard the cry, and the five hundred cavalry shouted: "Kill!"

    The entire cavalry assault group heard this shout. Everyone quickly whipped their horses and adjusted their positions to form a cavalry assault formation.

    And at this moment, Yan Liang shouted loudly: "Fire the arrow!"

    Hearing Yan Liang¡¯s order, the two guards behind him immediately pressed Yan Liang¡¯s battle flag forward and shook it left and right twice!

    After seeing this signal, all the crossbowmen immediately started shooting.  Especially the more than a thousand strong crossbows, which had long been loaded with bowstrings and arrows. Now as soon as they heard the order, the archers immediately hit the triggers with their mallets!

    Just listen to the sound of "Bang bang bang" The sound of the crossbow arm is shaking violently, the bowstring is shaking violently, and the spears used as crossbow arrows are shot out quickly!

    When Yan Gang heard the sound, he couldn't help but open his mouth and filled his stomach with cold wind!  Oh my god, it's impossible. How come there are so many powerful crossbows in Yuan Shao's army? My cavalry!

    But now it¡¯s too late to regret, so we can only speed up and move forward.  What's more, with the inertia of the cavalry, once they launch a charge, they can't make a sudden turn. They can only hope that the speed of the cavalry can cover them as always!

    Now there is no need for Yan Gang to give orders, everyone is whipping their horses crazily, speeding up, speeding up, speeding up!

    More than 4,000 cavalrymen accelerated their charge collectively, and the sound of horse hooves stomped so hard that the ground shook. The 800 elite soldiers under Qu Yi were all veterans who had struggled on the line of life and death. Facing such a powerful cavalry charging group, there were dozens of them.  I couldn't help but follow my body's instinct, lifted off the wooden shield covering my body, dropped my weapon and rushed back!

    Yan Gang was shocked when he saw dozens of people suddenly jumping out from under the empty dirt ground in front of him.  However, facing the collective charge of the cavalry, it is useless even if you dig a hole to hide, I will just crush your turtle shell!

    At this time, Yan Liang's crossbowmen kept firing, and Yan Gang also clamped the spear with his arm, aiming accurately.?Crash!  It was only then that the cavalry in the front row discovered the shallow pit on the ground. They didn't think so. How could such a shallow pit stop the charge of our invincible cavalry? The other party was so naive!

    The cavalrymen in the front row successfully passed these traps with just a slight lift of their horses, and then they fell off their horses with a crash!

    My God, there are so many small pits ahead!

    The cavalry's horses are charging at high speed and cannot stop at all. Even if they are lucky enough to rush through dozens of small pits, they will eventually stumble and step into a trap.  And as long as the hoof of the war horse falls into this small shallow pit, it will be pushed forward by the inertia brought by the high-speed charge, and it will break with a click!

    And once the war horse charging at high speed breaks a bone, it will suddenly fall to the ground and throw away the cavalry on the horse.  If you are lucky, you will die on the spot; if you are unlucky, you will inevitably be hit by the body of the war horse with broken bones and tendons. If you want to die, you will not be able to die for a while, if you want to live, you will not be able to survive even if you struggle for a moment!

    In just one moment, the more than 500 cavalrymen at the front were all hit, and they screamed one after another!

    Yan Gang's eyes widened and he shouted loudly with a cry: "Slow down and turn!"

    But now that the cavalry has launched its final charge, how can it easily slow down and turn?  During the adjustment process of Yan Gang's cavalry, more than 700 cavalrymen were unable to stop their horses in time and rushed into this death trap!

    While Yan Gang's cavalry was slowing down, the crossbowmen on Yan Liang's side performed exceptionally well and kept releasing arrows.  Especially the more than a thousand powerful crossbows, which were constantly spitting spears of death under the control of the soldiers!

    Under this high-efficiency massacre, in just a short moment, nearly three thousand of the cavalry participating in the charge fell!

    If it were the cavalry of those nomadic tribes, they might have become a mess, like birds and beasts scattered!  However, these cavalrymen under Yan Gang are all elite men who have experienced great battles. Their organizational discipline and fighting will are among the best in the entire army.  Even in such adversity, the cavalry still did not flee the battlefield, but continued to move forward, forward, forward!

    Finally, a cavalryman stepped on the corpses of his comrades and crossed the trap. Just as he raised his sword with a grim smile, Qu Yi shouted loudly: "Climb the dead first, I will be invincible!"

    While roaring, Qu Yi lifted up his shield and jumped out of the ditch.  Upon hearing his order, more than 600 soldiers jumped out from the ground and rushed towards the cavalry on the opposite side who was blocked by the corpses!

    There were originally 800 dead soldiers who climbed up first. During the charge of Yan Gang's men, more than a hundred of them could not bear the heavy pressure. They overturned their shields and fled to the rear. They were immediately killed by the crossbowmen and crossbowmen of Yan Gang's men.  Shot to death by Yan Liang's soldiers supervising the battle!  Dozens of others were hiding close to the ground and were stunned by the momentum of the cavalry charge. Their internal organs were injured and they lost their combat effectiveness!

    The soldiers under Qu Yi roared loudly and struggled forward, while Yan Gang's cavalry had to slow down in order to avoid the horse traps on the ground. Facing the dead soldiers who jumped nimbly among the corpses, they unexpectedly  Unable to cope with it, the way was blocked by more than 600 dead soldiers.

    Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yan Liang loudly urged the soldiers to shoot, shoot, and shoot again, shouting until his throat became hoarse.  Under his urging and supervising the battle, several soldiers were even busy carrying crossbow arrows back and forth and died of failure!

    Seeing that the cavalry were badly beaten on Yuan Shao's defense line, Gongsun Zan frowned and shouted loudly: "Gongsun Fan, you lead two thousand cavalry to outflank the enemy from the left; I personally lead three thousand white horse retinue.  Attack the enemy from the right wing; the rest of the infantry will press in! This time we have met Yuan Shao's main force, we must defeat them in one battle!"

    After hearing his order, the generals agreed loudly and immediately returned to their respective ministries and led their troops to attack.  According to Gongsun Zan's calculation, although Yan Gang's troops are in crisis, with the combat power of the cavalry, as long as they are determined to attack, they will be able to persist until the left and right wings are encircled!

    However, crossbow arrows were flying above his head, the sound of crossbow machines was in his ears, and all in front of his eyes were the corpses of the soldiers who died in battle.  How long can even the elite cavalry under Gongsun Zan last?

    Yan Gang has replaced three war horses, all covered with blood stains, some from the enemy and some from his own.  The spear in his hand had long been broken in the battle, and now he only wielded his long sword and fought desperately with Yuan Jun.

    There were no fewer than ten soldiers who fell under his sword, but the more Yan Gang was beaten, the more frightened he became. Where did the opponent come from?  Why is it that a small soldier can fight three or four moves against him, and even if he loses and dies, he still vows to leave a few wounds on his body!

    At first, Yan Gang felt very sad and angry as he watched the soldiers around him being shot one by one.  But then, watching the guards around him being accurately shot by Yuan Jun's bows and arrows, I already felt something in my heart??Some fear.  Especially as there are fewer and fewer soldiers around him, and Yuan Jun's momentum is getting stronger and stronger, Yan Gang already knows in his heart that he has been completely defeated, and it is impossible to turn defeat into victory!

    Thinking about the expectations of his lord Sun Zan for him, and seeing that the Yuan Jun soldiers in front of him could not conceal their greed in wanting to capture him, Yan Gang sighed and killed himself with a horizontal knife!
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