Chapter 105 Battle Strategies
Historically, Ju Su's evaluation of Yan Liang was that he was impatient and should not be alone. His behavior was not just impatient but arrogant.
Soon, his black horse rushed towards the Yellow Turban Army with four hooves. He didn't take it seriously at all about the crossbow arrows that were shot at him in the carriage. The knife surface turned into a stream of light and easily knocked all the arrows away.
Suddenly, a fiery red light emerged from a box car. Yan Liang's eyes were stunned. He swung his knife at a very fast speed, and he had no time to slash the red light away, so he could only block it with the knife surface.
"nail……"
A huge force came from the knife surface, which shocked Yan Liang's arms and his scalp became a little numb.
Fortunately, he used the knife face to block it just now. If he called casually, he might have been shot by the arrow.
Seeing the round groove on the knife surface, Yan Liang hurriedly slowed down his horse and shouted, "There is a talisman crossbow, be careful."
However, when his shouts came out, the crossbowmen in the grain truck also activated at the same time. What Yan Liang could not imagine was that in the transportation team of more than 3,000 people, there were more than 2,000 crossbowmen. Except for the dozens of grain trucks that were ranked at the edge that did not reach the Han army's position, all the others took action. More than a thousand arrows shot at the Han cavalry team, dozens of which were talisman crossbows that shot at Yan Liang like before.
Soon, the blood flowers were flying in the Han cavalry team. Ordinary crossbows cut such a long distance were not very lethal to them. Most of the armor on their bodies could withstand it, but the talisman arrows were different. Unless they had steel armor, they were all penetrated, especially those ordinary cavalry and war horses wearing leather armor, after being pierced by the talisman arrows, they were basically dead and alive.
"General, the enemy is ambushing, we have to retreat quickly." Seeing Yan Liang rushing to the grain truck, Zhang Nan shouted.
Yan Liang himself was prepared, but he was not afraid of talisman arrows and crossbows, but ordinary soldiers were not good. Once those ordinary crossbows could also cause harm to Han soldiers, the casualties would be huge.
"You lead the brigade around the thief's ration truck and see me riding alone to break the formation." Yan Liang was not a military idiot, so he ordered Zhang Nan.
After receiving his military order, Zhang Nan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, turned his horse's head, began to change direction, and fired his bow and counterattacked the Yellow Turban Army. Suddenly, there was a tinkling sound on the side of the box grain truck. Most of the arrow branches shot by the Han army were blocked by the walls of the box truck, and only a few shot branches were blocked by the iron helmets and shoulder pads of the soldiers on the truck. Although it did not cause much damage to the Yellow Turban Army, some unfortunate guys were also caught.
However, after Yan Liang approached the grain truck, he suddenly waved his knife, and the blade cut a big hole in the wall of the car. In the carriage, at least three yellow turban soldiers screamed. Fortunately, the Black Mountain Village soldiers holding the talisman and arrow crossbow were surrounded by them. Otherwise, with their armor, they would not be able to resist Yan Liang's quick knife.
His extremely powerful aura frightened Guo Zhen, drew his sword and pointed at Yan Liang, "Everyone gathers to shoot and kill the enemy general first."
While shouting, Guo Zhen also kicked the horse and retreated. His behavior caused the entire team to begin to shrink back.
Seeing the scarlet blood at the edge of the knife, Yan Liang did not continue to use this reckless way to kill the enemy because of his own sword. Instead, he turned the blade and slapped the back of the cart on the back of the knife.
The painful war horse ran forward and immediately left the car alone. As long as the Han cavalry surrounded it, they would be captured alive and beheaded.
"Swoosh swish swish swish!"
After Guo Zhen's order, dozens of arrows shot towards Yan Liang in a concentrated manner. However, he had retreated too far. Yan Liang just pulled off the cloak behind the armor and waved it in front of him, and all the crossbow arrows were swung away. Even the war horse under his crotch was not attacked by the crossbow arrows at all.
"Release the talisman arrow crossbow quickly!"
Seeing Yan Liang approaching the next grain truck, Guo Zhen shouted.
Hearing his shout, Yan Liang became nervous, directly pinned the war horse and turned his head.
The Black Mountain soldiers hiding in the carriage sighed.
Guo Zhen was too afraid of death. If Yan Liang went deeper and allowed several people to launch talisman crossbows at him at close range and in different directions at the same time, then even if he was brave, it would be useless. He would not be able to defend against several or even dozens of talisman arrows at the same time.
Therefore, turning around and leaving the market is Yan Liang's best choice.
"Shoot the arrow."
The windbreaker wearing armor stood up from each carriage with a shout from the leader Zhang Tong and shot arrows in the direction where Yan Liang was.
Yan Liang, who was running away from the horse, did not dare to avoid arrows by luck, and directly lifted his legs from the horse's back and rode back. However, he was still one step slower, and a talisman arrow hit his shoulder directly, not only shot his iron armor through, but also pierced into his muscles, almost piercing through his entire shoulder.
However, Yan Liang did not slow down his sword dancing speed because he was caught, because once he could not resist these talisman arrows, he might face several arrows piercing into his body.
Every time he flew a talisman arrow that might hit him, Yan Liang would feel numb all over his body. By the time he ran a hundred steps away, he would already be sweating all over.
Of course, the blood flowed and his armor was red. This was the first time he had been so embarrassed when he went to the battlefield. However, what he could not imagine was that when he was riding the arrow backwards, two more talisman arrows came to his head and waist on his back.
It turned out that the grain truck that he had slapped out before was driven back again. After all, there were two storm cavalrymen on the car, and they would jump on the horse and pull the horse around and turn the direction.
These two arrows were accidental sneak attacks. If Yan Liang wanted to block them, he had to turn around first. Time was not enough for him to swing two swords.
Soon, Yan Liang had plans in his heart, tilted his head to avoid the arrow shot towards his head, and the big knife directly spun from his waist, slashing the arrow shot towards his waist.
"Swish!"
Yan Liang, who had just turned around and turned his head, felt a burning pain on his face. The arrow actually scraped directly from the corner of his mouth to the base of his ear, taking away a large piece of dough and flesh, and blood flowed all over his face.
However, he had not had time to grin and cry because there were still several people in the car carrying ordinary crossbow arrows shooting arrows at him.
“Hi!~”
After sweeping several ordinary crossbow arrows in succession, Yan Liang had already arrived next to the car that returned to attack him. He shouted and waved his knife to the front, and actually split the car in half.
Several alive soldiers on the carriage immediately rolled onto the ground. Yan Liang was now outside the range of the large team, and there was no danger at all. He wanted to cut melons and vegetables to kill these people before leaving, but he did not expect that the two Black Mountain soldiers who rolled onto the ground turned around for a moment, half-kneeled and raised the crossbow and pointed at Yan Liang. Then he did not fire for a long time, looking alert.
This kind of rolling on the ground and getting up and fighting immediately is the tactical movements that the Black Mountain soldiers often trained. They were pointing at Yan Liang at such a close distance, but Yan Liang was also stunned because if he forced his move, he would easily capsize in the gutter.
Moreover, two injuries on his body are bleeding heavily. If he stays here for a long time, it will be dangerous. After hesitating for a while, he still beat the horse away.
"Retreat, find a place to heal the general." Zhang Nan ordered directly after receiving Yan Liang.
This short round of battle is not very motivated, but the casualties of both sides have reached nearly a hundred people. This is the characteristic of crossbow battles, which are both injuring money and people.
After Yan Liang left, the two storm cavalrymen holding talismans and crossbows on the ground breathed a sigh of relief. They did not have arrows, but each of them had only three talisman arrows in their hands. They had shot two rounds before, and the round they had just shot was the last arrow in their hands.
After all, the talisman and arrow crossbow is not easy to build, and the cost of arrow branches with talisman power is also extremely high. That is, Ge Xuan, a genius, built some of them in the Yellow Turban Camp, which are specially used to snipe the opponent's generals. How could it be assembled to the army on a large scale?
"Hurry up, clean the battlefield." Zhang Tong shouted to everyone, and the soldiers of the Breaking Wind Cavalry immediately moved, while Guo Zhen was still immersed in the lucky luck that he had just been in danger, and was afraid.
Seeing the people on the Rising Wind Riders moving, the Yellow Turban soldiers who were still recalling the scene of Yan Liang shattering a box truck made of more than a foot thick with one knife began to come back to their senses and join the team to clean up their companions' bodies or heal their companions.
"Ship Guo Qu, let me command next!" Zhang Tong, who was somewhat regretful that he did not take Yan Liang, looked at Guo Zhen and said.
In the previous confrontation, it seemed that one of his side had injured Yan Liang, but in fact it was a huge loss, because they shot hundreds of talisman arrows, which was too expensive, and the number of casualties on both sides was equivalent.
The reason for this situation is that Guo Zhen’s command is not good, and he did not drag the enemy here according to the pre-arranged routine, creating an opportunity for them to snipe the enemy generals.
"Shouldn't we go back to the camp to replenish supplies?" Guo Zhen looked at Zhang Tongdao in surprise.
"Is our supplies in the camp?" Zhang Tong asked Guo Zhen.
There are quite a few ordinary crossbow arrows in the camp where food is stored, but there are no talisman arrows at all. Now they can rely on to retreat to the enemy, so if they go back, they will be dead in the end. Walking forward and reaching Zhangbao camp, there may be a glimmer of hope.
"But, we haven't transported the food to the camp, and the camp will not be able to hold on." Guo Zhen said in confusion.
"Even if you think we are delivering food to the camp, then the Han army will think we are delivering food to the camp. In fact, we don't need to deliver food to the camp at all." Zhang Tong said with a smile.
"We don't need to deliver food to the camp? Will your young master give it?" Guo Zhen said in an outspo.
Chapter completed!