Chapter 390 Huang Zhong Is Suspicious, Fighting in Various Places
Wei Yan's tough talk resulted in a massive attack from the other side. The heavy armored soldiers had already advanced to the bottom of the city wall and began to hit the city gate with logs, trying to drive straight ahead and fight in close combat. Even cavalry could hardly stop such heavy armored soldiers. It can be said that they were invincible in infantry combat.
Similarly, the disadvantages were also very obvious. Their marching speed was too slow. If it were cavalry, they would have run to the city gate long ago. The infantry was not slow either. Only the heavy armored soldiers were really moving forward step by step. The advantages were obvious, and the disadvantages were also obvious.
But it is undeniable that they were the best choice for attacking the city.
The soldiers in the city had already used several logs to support the city gate to prevent the city gate from being knocked open by the other side. At the same time, on the city tower, there were soldiers holding logs and falling from a high place. Although they could block sharp bows and arrows and the splash of gunpowder, they could not stop such a large object from falling.
The logs fell into the crowd, knocking them unconscious. They were not killed, but the huge impact made them dizzy and they could not stand up for a long time. In addition to logs, there were also rolling stones, which fell one after another. A large number of defensive objects were thrown out, knocking the people closest to the city wall unconscious.
If they could not be killed in one hit, they would hit them a few more times. The heavy armored soldiers finally suffered casualties. Huang Zhong took out his Eight Treasures Kirin Bow, pulled it to the full, and shot three arrows at the same time. The arrows that even made a sonic boom in the air penetrated the heavy armor like a piece of paper.
The soldiers brought by Huang Zhong were no longer hiding. They stood up from the city wall and shot arrows. Since Huang Zhong recognized Gu Rubing, Huang was under Gu Rubing's command and could enjoy the characteristic gains from Gu Rubing and other generals and military advisors, as well as the gains from artifacts such as the Imperial Seal, which could all be applied to them.
Now, everyone under Huang Zhong can say that they are sharpshooters. The arrows they shoot can also penetrate heavy armor, but they cannot penetrate the body like Huang Zhong. They can only barely pierce the heavy armor. However, it is enough. Two or three arrows, three or four arrows can kill a heavy armor soldier. As Huang Zhong and his men stopped hiding and began to attack, the heavy armor soldiers finally began to fall in groups.
"Who is that? What's going on? How can they shoot through the heavy armor?"
Shi Xie looked at everything in front of him with horror. The casualties of these 10,000 heavy armor soldiers reached thousands in a blink of an eye. Since the advent of heavy armor soldiers, he has never had such a large number of casualties. The number of people who died from the establishment of heavy armor soldiers to now is probably not more than today.
"Where are the catapults? The catapults are attacking the city! Don't let them continue to kill!"
Shi Xie roared at Shi Yi on the side.
"Brother, the roads in Changxin County are rugged, and large equipment such as catapults cannot be transported in at all."
"Then why are you still standing there? Why don't you let them retreat!"
Shi Xie looked at the king's army that he had carefully built, and was slaughtered by the enemy. He felt very bad. As the horn was blown in Jiaozhou, signaling retreat, the bustling heavy armored army began to retreat, but at this time the fatal flaw of the heavy armored army was revealed. Their speed was too slow, and they could only retreat slowly. In the process of retreating, huge casualties occurred.
After the heavy armored army retreated 300 meters, only Huang Zhong's attack could cause damage. The arrows shot by other soldiers, after flying 200 meters, had greatly reduced power and speed, and were not enough to penetrate the heavy armor.
At the back of the heavy armored soldiers, there was a tall and burly man holding a huge shield, constantly blocking the flying arrows. He was a deputy general of the heavy armored soldiers under Shi Xie of Jiaozhou. He was naturally tall and strong, and his strength was far beyond that of ordinary people. Most of the arrows shot by Huang Zhong were blocked by him, otherwise the casualties of the heavy armored soldiers would not be more than these.
Looking at the man waving the shield and slowly retreating, Huang Zhong closed his eyes tightly and pulled out an arrow from his back. When he opened his eyes, a flash of light shot out. Huang Zhong's skill, meteor arrow, suddenly made the deputy general standing at the back of the heavy armored soldiers shudder. He felt as if he was being stared at by some prehistoric monster.
Looking up, he saw Huang Zhong bending his bow on the tower and aiming at him. At this moment, his intuition suddenly told him to run fast. He couldn't bear this arrow at all. The strong intuition made him turn around and start running wildly. The slowly retreating Chinese armored army was knocked open by him from the middle, and soldiers were constantly pushed down by him.
Shi Xie also frowned, staring at the arrow on the wall aiming at Huang Zhong, and then saw a flash of light, and an arrow that was powerful enough to split mountains and rocks burst out from the bowstring.
The strong man who had already run into the crowd turned his head and saw that the light broke through the ground, rushed through the crowd, and flew straight to him. He only felt a flash of light in front of his eyes, and the next moment, he lost consciousness forever.
The heavy armored soldiers did not feel how terrifying the arrow was, but Shi Xie saw it clearly. It took about a breath for the light to go from Huang Zhong's bowstring to kill the strong man. Even Shi Xie's eyes could not catch up with the speed of the arrow, and the power was so great that it was astonishing.
The arrow shot out could actually penetrate so many heavy armored soldiers, and finally put the deputy general to death. Even after killing the deputy general, it flew dozens of meters away, disrupting the formation of the soldiers in front.
The power of a single arrow caused the loss of hundreds of heavily armored soldiers and killed a second-rate general. This terrifying power made Shi Xie feel a chill on his back. Only now did he realize how stupid it was for him to sit on the mountain just now. If Huang Zhong had shot him with an arrow at that time, he probably wouldn't even know that he was dead.
The death of the second-rate military general gave Huang Zhong a partial experience bonus, and his famous general points also increased. However, he didn't know this and had to wait until Gu Rubing came to see it.
Wei Yan looked at the arrow fired by Huang Zhong in astonishment and couldn't help but open his mouth. This arrow was much more powerful than the Huang Zhong he remembered.
"Han Sheng, how long have we not seen each other? Where did you go to train? The effect is so good?"
Huang Zhong ignored Wei Yan's joke and looked at his hands and the eight-treasure unicorn bow in his hands as if in a dream. Wei Yan asked the question he wanted to ask, how could his strength suddenly improve so much? The meteor arrow is not so powerful.
And what's even more strange is that he doesn't seem to be exhausted today. He repeatedly shoots with all his strength without any burden. Even now, he can't feel the slightest consumption. Just after the meteor arrow shot out, he actually felt that he It was like a warm current flowed through his body, making his whole body energetic, as if he had just woken up, rather than having experienced a big battle.
"If I said I didn't know, would you believe me?"
Huang Zhong said quietly.
"But I have some guesses. I have been in this situation since I started following Uncle Liu Huang. Could it be because of Uncle Liu Huang?"
"Uncle Liu Huang? Real or fake? How about I also go to pay homage to the mountain? Last time in Xiangyang, I seemed to switch to Uncle Liu on the spot, but I was worried that my father had just died and I had experienced the betrayal of my younger brother, so I didn't say anything. "
Wei Yan looked eager to try. He knew Huang Zhong's strength best. The strength he displayed today was much higher than before. Moreover, when did his soldiers become so strong? It was even more powerful than his own barracks. Each one of them was able to shoot through such thick armor. Even the most elite soldiers under his command couldn't do it.
"Really, I'm serious, how about you give me an introduction?"
Wei Yan looked at Huang Zhong seriously, and Huang Zhong gave Wei Yan a roll of his eyes.
"The young master belongs to Uncle Liu Huang. If we are under the command of the young master, isn't it equivalent to being under the command of Uncle Liu Huang?"
After Huang Zhong finished speaking, he turned and looked at the soldiers under his command. He also discovered that these soldiers were abnormal and had received even more terrifying improvements than him. He knew very well what level these soldiers under his command were, let alone shooting through that heavy weapon. Armored, they were not much different from those of Wei Yan's subordinates. The most they could do was leave a mark on the heavy armor. As a result, they could shoot through one with two or three arrows, which was really not normal.
If he has made any special move recently, it is what he said to Liu Bei. After all, this situation has only happened since then.
Thinking of this, Huang Zhong suddenly said to Wei Yan beside him.
"Maybe it's really because of Uncle Liu Huang, you can give it a try."
After saying that, Huang Zhong ignored the chattering Wei Yan and went down to the tower. Wei Yan chased behind him and continued to mutter.
In the Jiaozhou camp, Shi Xie banged the table and shouted loudly.
"Can anyone explain to me what's going on today? When did Huang Zhong come? Where did those archers who look like the reincarnation of Hercules come from!"
In today's battle, the total loss of his most valuable heavy armored soldiers was close to three thousand. This was a price he could not bear. For the three thousand heavy armored soldiers, he had to spend money just to buy equipment and heavy armor, which was an astronomical sum. Nearly one-third of the entire heavy armored regiment was lost. This would be his biggest reliance in the future, but now it seemed vulnerable.
"It has been found out that seven days ago, Huang Zhong led 50,000 people from Nanchang to Guiyang and entered Cangwu County."
Shi Yi replied from the side, and Shi Xie became even more angry when he heard this.
"Send a message to Sun Jian! Hurry up for eight hundred miles! Ask him? Where have all the people he sent to attack Nanchang County died? How could a big man like Huang Zhong be allowed to quietly lead so many soldiers? Come out of his encirclement silently!"
Shi Xie was on the verge of going berserk at this moment, trembling with anger. In his first battle out of the mountain, he originally thought that he would successfully capture Cangwu, and then attack Lingling. Everything would fall into place, but now, he Stuck on the first step.
And all this is because Sun Jian promised to capture Huang Zhong, but not only failed to capture it, but Huang Zhong came to support Wei Yan with 50,000 people.
"No, my subordinate will do it right away."
Shi Yi saw Shi Xie's current anger, so he immediately went to do it without saying anything nonsense.
"Then, when will we attack again?"
A counselor asked softly, but what greeted him was Shi Xie's big mouth.
"Attack? Attack is nothing! How to attack? Should I tie you to a catapult and throw you in?"
Shi Xie overturned the table and walked out of the tent, but his angry voice still echoed in the tent.
"Before Sun Jian writes, be optimistic about them and don't let them go beyond Changxin County."
In Jiangxia County, the real battlefield, Huang Zu led 80,000 troops and was stationed outside the city. He had no intention of defending the city. He was waiting for Liu Bei's support. Liu Bei said in a letter to him that Cao Cao He will set up defenses in northern Jingzhou and northern Yangzhou to block reinforcements. He only needs to wait patiently. As for Sun Jian, he does not have enough manpower and must not dare to attack Jiangxia County rashly.
So Huang Zu followed Gu Rubing's suggestion and stationed his camp outside the city, far away from Sun Jian's camp.
At this moment, in the Sun army camp, Sun Jian was not panicking at all, waiting for Gan Ning, Lu Meng and others to join him. Zhou Yu was in command, and the indomitable characteristic buff was provided to all the troops. In addition, Sun Jian's exclusive task was to survive. The longer they survived, the more buffs they would get. Now, Sun Jian felt that his troops were comparable to Liu Bei, so he dared to boast that he would attack the four counties together and compete with Cao Cao for food.
Huang Zu was waiting, and he was also waiting. The 200,000 troops were divided into 50,000 for Lu Meng, 30,000 for Zu Mao, and 50,000 for Gan Ning. Now he only had 80,000 troops in his hands, of which 30,000 were navy. Even if he could take down Jiangxia, there would be heavy casualties. Sun Jian certainly did not want such a result of both sides losing, so he allowed Huang Zu to challenge him in front of the battle and did not let the generals go to fight. Was it just to delay time?
Compared with the calmness of Jiangxia, Cao Cao's defense army, which was originally considered the calmest and the last to start fighting, has now fought with Zhang Liao and Zhang Fei. Zhang Liao and Zhang Fei are very close, one in Yanzhou and the other in Xuzhou, and both of them are cavalry, so they came faster.
Zhang Liao led 10,000 cavalry and started the assault from the north of Yangzhou. The 20,000 infantry of Xuzhou followed and have not yet reached the battle line.
Zhang Fei led 20,000 cavalry and 2,000 Yanyun 18 cavalry from Yanzhou through Yuzhou to the northern defense of Jingzhou, and had already killed the garrison here.
Zhang Fei met the brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan. The two brothers led 100,000 soldiers and stationed here. Although they were called 100,000, they were actually scattered on the entire front line. Only about 30,000 could join the battle immediately.
At this moment, Zhang Fei was fighting fiercely with Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun. When they were in Xudu, they had experienced Zhang Fei's strength, so they did not dare to be arrogant. The two of them attacked together, but they could not counter Zhang Fei, and were suppressed by Zhang Fei everywhere.
"Bastard! Die!"
Zhang Fei roared, roaring like a tiger and a bear. With himself as the center, a wave of air flew out, shocking Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan to retreat several steps. Xiahou Yuan felt dizzy and almost vomited.
Zhang Fei seized the opportunity of Xiahou Yuan's dizziness, clamped his legs, and flew out like an arrow from a string, rushing towards Xiahou Yuan, but how could Xiahou Dun sit idly by? He swept his sword across, forcing Zhang Fei to change the direction of the charge, turn his horse's head, and fight with Xiahou Dun.
Xiahou Yuan quickly recovered from the dizziness. He shook his head, which had just cleared up, and joined the battle. With a loud shout, he and Xiahou Dun both raised their swords and slashed at Zhang Fei.