Chapter 1255: Fighting Across the River
Bai Xiaowen led the Youzhou Army, marched for a whole day, traveled hundreds of miles, defeated the enemy nine times, and beheaded fifteen enemy generals.
Although Bai Xiaowen and other awakened people still have the strength to fight again, most of the Youzhou army is exhausted, especially the emperor Luanjia and the accompanying officials, most of them are complaining.
According to common sense, after nightfall, you need to rest in place and wait until dawn to start again.
However, Bai Xiaowen ordered that the whole army could only rest for an hour.
Given this hour of rest time, Bai Xiaowen also considered it.
First of all, although the Youzhou Army has experienced nine battles, they all faced a weak army of one or two thousand people, and all they achieved were crushing victories, and the fighting intensity was very low.
Secondly, the Youzhou Army's march was all under the strategy of Meng De's new book - Binggui's swift strategy, and the physical exertion was reduced by 50%! Moreover, in order to take care of the speed of the emperor Luanjia and the chariots and horses of the hundred officials, the soldiers did not travel fast and consumed little physical energy.
Cooperating with the Youzhou Army's own physical recovery, it can be said that the physical consumption is not great.
The reason why you feel tired is that you are mentally exhausted and need sleep.
However, the Youzhou army won nine consecutive victories, with minimal casualties, and their morale has been rising. Even the exhaustion of the march did not lower their morale much.
Under such circumstances, Bai Xiaowen dared to issue such a strict order of "only rest for an hour", and there was no need to worry about the soldiers mutiny and collapse.
As for the emperor and the officials, it is probably because the horses and carriages are tired and their buttocks are numb? Naturally, Bai Xiaowen wouldn't care about it.
An hour later, Bai Xiaowen ordered the whole army to light the torches and set off by night.
The team that only slept for an hour was a little sleepy at first, but after walking for a while, they regained their energy.
As for whether walking at night will be ambushed by the enemy, Bai Xiaowen said that with his wide-range telepathy and antenna search, there is no need to worry at all.
After walking like this for most of the night, at dawn, the Youzhou Army finally arrived at the ferry to the north of Mengjin, and saw a mess of Sizhou Army, busy digging ditches and setting up camp overnight.
In the dark night, you can only look at it by the light of the brazier and torches facing the temporary camp. For a while, you can't see how many people are there, only the shadows of people.
Dong Zhao said with some admiration: "My son marched so fast that the Sizhou army hadn't had time to set up camp. If the opponent's camp was built after noon tomorrow, it would be at least twice as difficult to attack again! Taking this opportunity to attack, the Sizhou army It can be defeated with one drum."
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes, first asked Cecilia to give some instructions, and the latter took the order and left.
Bai Xiaowen then directly ordered that the Youzhou Army's 20,000 troops be divided into four teams to attack the Sizhou Army's temporary camp.
With the sound of a gong, the out-of-form Sizhou army fled in all directions, without any fighting spirit.
The Youzhou army took advantage of the momentum and stepped forward to snatch the ferry.
Bai Xiaowen explored the ice of the Yellow River.
The ice layer is not too thick, but it is still no problem to carry the army across the river.
Bai Xiaowen rode in the front on his furry claw. The 20,000 army escorted the Emperor Luanjia and the chariots and horses of the officials, forming a long line, ten people side by side, meandering forward.
This ferry is a place where the Yellow River is narrow and the river bed is gentle, and it is most suitable for troops to cross.
However, when Bai Xiaowen led the Youzhou army and was about to reach the opposite bank, he heard the sound of a clapper, and on the opposite river bank, a black army lined up, arrows raining like rain!
From time to time, the Youzhou army shot arrows and screamed.
At the place where the torches were lit on the opposite bank, a military general put on his armor and put on his armor, showing off his power and mocking loudly: "Yuan's son, you have fallen into the trap!"
"A shield."
Bai Xiaowen's voice was quiet and diffused under the blessing of spiritual power. He had been prepared for a long time, and he set up a long line, and the ones at the front were sword and shield players, standing at the front with their shields upright to block the rain of arrows.
Bai Xiaowen threw insight at the general.
A third-rate military general, considered a basically qualified leader, named Yan Ming.
"Zhong Yao is indeed very wise. After receiving Cao Cao's order, he must have assembled the Sizhou army and set up an ambush on the north bank of the Yellow River! His purpose was not to prevent me from crossing the Yellow River, but to wait for us halfway across the river and launch an ambush. As for The soldiers who built the stronghold on the south bank are just a cover-up."
Fortunately, these are all within the range of Bai Xiaowen's telepathy.
Bai Xiaowen rode Angry Claw, charged forward with his own arrows, and was the first to step onto the dry riverbed on the other side. In the cold cave, the exposed mud on the river bed was also frozen hard.
Bai Xiaowen immediately launched a large-scale deterrence, and at the same time issued an order, the whole army of Youzhou sprints!
Give an order, and the Youzhou army is like a long snake waking up, speeding up to the north bank.
However, at this time, a sudden change occurred.
In the middle of the Yellow River, on the frozen surface of the river, there was a deafening explosion! The momentum of this explosion is almost stronger than the high-explosive bombs of modern warfare, and it is accompanied by the rising flames, and the momentum is not small.
Bai Xiaowen's insight received information that this is a special prop temporarily used by the Sizhou Army - Thunder Fire Formation!
It's actually black powder.
In terms of advanced level, black powder is more than one grade behind modern explosives. However, these thunder and fire formations are fused with Taoist magic from the Three Kingdoms planes, making them more powerful and fierce.
Of course, this is just an official explanation.
The real reason is that the power of items in the spirit world has nothing to do with the "advanced technology", but only the strength of the contained psionic particles.
The contained psionic particles are of high strength, and the attack power of wooden swords and bone spears can far exceed that of steel weapons.
And the strength of psionic particles is directly related to the difficulty of the plane.
Bai Xiaowen frowned.
Although the power of this thunder and fire array is not weak, but the range of a single spread is only ten meters, and there are six explosions in total, which is not a serious blow to the entire Youzhou army.
Moreover, due to the coldness of the Yellow River, it was not suitable for the use of the thunder and fire array. Many soldiers were injured and survived. Only a few unlucky soldiers at the center of the explosion were directly killed—a total of dozens of people were killed.
However, Zhong Yao's burying of the thunder and fire array was not to use these thunder and fire to wipe out the Youzhou Army, but——
Blow up the Yellow River ice!
The ice layer was originally not thick, only enough to support the weight of a human body crossing the river. At this moment, when it was bombarded by violent thunder and fire, large pieces of the ice layer broke apart, and finally formed an ice-breaking area with a diameter of hundreds of meters!
Thousands of Youzhou soldiers, together with the chariots and horses of nearly ten court officials, fell into the icy river.
The follow-up ice cracks are still expanding! The Youzhou army was divided into two sections, like a snake being cut in two, the head and the tail could not look at each other.
"Calm down!"
Bai Xiaowen's deterrence-spiritual force field maintains the output of mental power, controls the enemy and prevents the archery team from continuing to harass, so as not to cause greater panic, and at the same time said loudly, "Protect the emperor Luanjia! Jiao touch Zhang Nan, and lead me to each department People and horses, go around the ice cave from left to right, and go ashore to support!"
Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan hurriedly agreed.
Suddenly, a dull drum sounded.
Accompanied by the sound of the drum, there seemed to be a dazzling white light, like a thunderbolt, which disappeared in a flash!
Bai Xiaowen snorted, and his mental force field was forced to end early.
Prompt information on the rules of the spirit world:
"General Chun Yudao of Zhong Yao's army beat the drum."
"You have received the concussion effect of the si drum, the special effect of the deterrent skill: the mental force field is interrupted!"
Bai Xiaowen's expression finally changed.
When the mental detection found that there was an enemy army ambushing on the north bank, Bai Xiaowen also ordered the Youzhou army to cross the river forcibly. One of the factors he relied on was his deterrence!
In the Three Kingdoms plane, on battlefields below the medium scale, deterrence is a magical skill, which can make enemies in a large area a living target, at least for a minute.
Although this one-minute battle is inconspicuous in the whole battle, if you let the soldiers under your command hack, you can kill a thousand or eight hundred enemies at most.
However, the main function of deterrence is to disrupt the enemy's formation! Once the enemy's formation is chaotic, they are not far from defeat.
In the event of a surprise attack, deterrence can also deter the enemy and leave space for the friendly army to reorganize.
The name of divine skill is definitely not an exaggeration!
However, Bai Xiaowen's tried and tested mental force field was actually broken by a blow.
"I still underestimated the aboriginal army of the Three Kingdoms plane!"
Bai Xiaowen made a self-criticism.
Zhong Yao must have understood Bai Xiaowen's combat characteristics, and knew that there is a long-term control "Taoism" that is very powerful. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to prepare props such as sigu in advance!
The aboriginal army in the past should have been defeated by Bai Xiaowen because he didn't know the details of Bai Xiaowen, but it will not be so easy to take advantage of the spiritual force field in the future.
The only good news is that the cooldown of Bai Xiaowen's deterrence is not long, only a few minutes. Even though Sigu interrupted his continuous mental output, he still retained his mental power! Wait until the cooldown of deterrence improves, and it can play a role again.
I don't know how rare the si drum is... It would be very troublesome if it could be played all the time.
Soon, Zhong Yao's army on the north bank of the Yellow River recovered from the dizzy state, and once again drew their bows and arrows to harass the Youzhou army, causing even greater chaos.
In the dark night, there are ice caves and arrow rain, which can easily cause the Youzhou army to retreat and retreat to the south bank.
This back and forth, the casualties of the soldiers are second to none, the delay is really terrible!
Fortunately, Bai Xiaowen also has another plan.
On the north bank of the Yellow River, a few miles away, at another narrow place in the riverbed, a group of cavalry successfully landed—the hussars led by Cecilia!
When the Youzhou army crossed the river, it seemed that they were ambushed by Zhong Yao's army, and they were in a panic, but is this not a cover?
The successful landing of the hussars led by Cecilia is a ray of hope.
Bai Xiaowen remotely controls and airdrops at fixed points.
The death knight and three terrifying knights appeared in the forefront of the hussars.
Legion Charge!
Blood-red arrows bloom on the ground on the north bank of the Yellow River.
The shooter unit under the command of Chun Yudao and Yan Ming was pierced through by Tie Liu, a hussar soldier who dominated the entire process!
These archer troops are all improvised guards from various cities in Sizhou. It is okay to shoot arrows in a downwind battle. In real hand-to-hand combat, after there are casualties, they will be defeated at the touch of a finger.
Especially when the opponent is the hussars who have experienced many battles!
The pressure ahead suddenly drops. Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan hurriedly led their soldiers and horses, bypassed the ice cave, and rushed across the Yellow River.
After all, the hussars had the strongest charge in the first wave, and when the domineering state disappeared later, the impact force would inevitably weaken a lot.
"Heavy shield soldiers! Heavy shield soldiers step forward, block the cavalry, and protect the archers!" The general Yan Ming, who was still triumphant just now, said that Bai Xiaowen was tricked, and hurriedly shouted.
The heavy shieldmen covered in black armor came out and formed a shield wall. Without a hegemony, the hussars would have to pay a lot of casualties if they wanted to break through this shield wall.
However, it is no longer necessary.
Because, Bai Xiaowen has already crossed the river and landed!
With the help of the enemy's arrow rain, Bai Xiaowen suffered hundreds of damages, and his power value has quietly climbed to 90 points.
He designated the death knight again, launched symbiosis, borrowed the power value of the death knight, and his power climbed to 127!
Then, Bai Xiaowen took a deep breath and activated the super-large snake!
The raging flames covered hundreds of meters, enveloping the heavy shield fighters, a large number of archers, and the military commander Yan Ming.
If it is said that Bai Xiaowen's 100 points of spirit bring terrifying continuous burning magic damage, then what does 127 points of strength represent?
Terrifying impact force!
Yan Ming was the first to bear the "rush", his burly body was blown away like a small stone, and the separation of the horse and the horse was staged in mid-air. It flew straight for dozens of meters and turned into a rolling gourd.
It was still a blackened gourd, with the negative status of severe burns and halved attributes.
This is true for all generals at the leader level, not to mention those heavy shield players and archers.
Bai Xiaowen's big snake slash directly cleared out an area of hundreds of meters, and everywhere he went, there was a mess of ashes.
Such a spectacular sight is hardly inferior to Zhang Jiao's Huangtian Leichi!
Of course, there is still a gap in terms of power.
Brother Jiao relied on his super-high mental strength and the extra lightning damage buff to form a scene where a thunder pool melted the enemy army, and the soldiers who were recruited had no hope of surviving.
However, Bai Xiaowen used the power of the pain potential and the power of the death knight to form a terrifying impact and knock the enemy into the air, creating the illusion of clearing the field. In fact, most of the soldiers who were hit still survived with residual blood, but they would be severely burned and their attributes would be halved.
Bai Xiaowen then added a shot to deal with the seriously injured Yan Ming.
The front of the Sizhou Army, which was not considered elite at first, was completely crushed by the charge of the hussars and Bai Xiaowen's super-large snake. As soon as Yan Ming died, they "shouted" and fled in all directions!
Rumble...
As the drums sounded, the central army of the Sizhou Army pressed forward, led by General Chunyu Dao, trying to drive the 800 Winged Cavalry and the vanguard of the Youzhou Army back to the Yellow River.
However, Qiao Rui's soul rhythm resounded leisurely.
Just now, Qiao Rui commanded the soldiers under her command to rescue the soldiers and officials who fell into the water, and after confirming that the Emperor Luan was safe, she rushed over to help.
hum!
The si drum sounded again, but this time, it only caused Qiao Rui to pause slightly, and the tone was scattered for a second, and then she continued playing the rhythm of the soul.
In the central part of the Sizhou Army led by Director Chunyu, the attributes dropped rapidly. However, they waited for work with leisure and had a numerical advantage, so they still suppressed Bai Xiaowen's vanguard on the bank of the river.
Bai Xiaowen has no better way, now is the time to compete in the combat effectiveness of the army! He didn't try to control Chunyudao with the spell of confusion, but controlled Chunyudao's command, a rare elite-level general and school, which can be said to be accurate.
Although the accused general and school would be hacked to death by the people around him, the panic caused and the blow to morale were real.