Chapter 539 The Destruction of the Alliance

Speaking of which, the northern allied forces marched southward in six ways. At first, it could be described as overwhelming. They reached the vicinity of Xuzhou in less than ten days, and Cao Cao's troops, who moved the fastest, even directly attacked outside Lujiang City.

He didn't go to grab Xuzhou with others, because now Li Yunfei's real base camp is in Lujiang. It is said that there is a secret research institute here, and many incredible weapons come from here, so he is going to take this Lujiang in one fell swoop. If he can get that Institute, all losses are worth it.

It's just that the ideal is very full and the reality is very skinny. It is precisely because of his actions that the plan that Xu Shu had prepared a long time ago started a few days earlier, not because he was afraid that Cao Jun could really take Lujiang City. But I was afraid that after Cao Cao was frustrated in Lujiang, he would go directly across the south of the Yangtze River and join forces with Liu Zhang's coalition forces in Jingzhou. The credit would be Zhuge Liang's. Although he and Zhuge Liang are good friends, since it is his own business, of course he has to deal with it by himself, otherwise he will not be laughed at by him when he sees Zhuge Liang in the future.

However, Xu Shu was a little surprised that the first attack on Cao Jun was not arranged in advance. The old seven led the Wild Wolf Army, but the Phoenix Army of the eldest lady. According to Xu Shu's arrangement, the Phoenix Army was the last to attack. It's because I'm afraid that the lord's favorite jewel will miss something.

But Miss Lu hated Cao Cao deeply, and she had the vengeance of killing her mother. Her mother Yan died at the hands of Cao Jun. Now she finally has the opportunity to capture the rightful owner and avenge her hatred. Of course, she is a little impulsive.

He didn't even choose to sneak attack, and the plain area is not easy to sneak attack, so he directly led tens of thousands of crossbow cavalry, and set up a formation in the wild to strike Cao Cao's army of more than 100,000.

Of course, the reason why she did this was not entirely impulsive, but she was sure, because the equipment was so good that it could completely ignore the difference in numbers between the enemy and us.

Hearing the report from the spies, an army of tens of thousands of young ladies blocked the way a few miles ahead, Cao Jun was immediately excited, and expressed their intention to capture those young ladies and present them to the lord.

The spies carefully observed the surrounding area, and after confirming that only the ten thousand female soldiers were there, and no ambush was found in other places, Cao Jun finally moved.

More than 30,000 cavalry were dispatched directly. In their perception, 30,000 cavalry fought against 10,000 enemies, and the opponent was a group of women's soldiers. It must be a sure win.

But what they didn't know was that the 10,000 women's army was a real elite, armed to the teeth. When the distance was close enough, Cao Jun also began to charge, and the Phoenix Legion also launched an attack, but instead of charging, they used field bed crossbows. Two waves of attacks were followed by several waves of strong crossbows.

This was just an appetizer, which reduced Cao Jun's cavalry by nearly 10%, but when the cavalry entered the range of more than 300 meters of crossbows, the tragedy began.

Wave after wave of crossbow bolts was continuous like a torrential rain. The impact speed of the cavalry was at most 40 kilometers. It would take at least 30 seconds to cover a distance of more than 300 meters. The newly improved steel company The crossbow has a rate of fire of less than one second.

Moreover, arrow boxes similar to magazines were produced. Each crossbow cavalry horse would carry six arrow boxes, each with 20 arrows. Under this kind of large-scale battle, there is no need for too much aiming at all. As long as the angle is aligned, and then the joystick is continuously pulled to shoot, the density of the arrows struck is simply terrifying, comparable to modern machine guns. .

Hundreds of thousands of arrows, under continuous blows, half of the 30,000 cavalrymen were killed when they approached 200 meters, but it was not the continuous arrows that really broke the confidence of these cavalrymen Arrow, but followed by Burst Arrow. A row of hundreds of bursting arrows suddenly exploded in the charging formation. After a while of shaking, Cao Jun was completely stunned and his confidence was completely broken.

Although only a thousand people were killed by a wave of bursting arrows, they collapsed completely when the second wave of bursting arrows hit again, and the tens of thousands of cavalry who had finally approached were scattered in an instant.

Lu Lingqi also drew out her steel sword, and rushed out first. The girls of the Phoenix Legion also drew out their steel swords and charged. Although the defeated cavalry wanted to turn their horses to resist, they were greeted by a burst of arrows. Yu, leaving another wave of corpses, had no choice but to continue running for his life.

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With the explosion of hundreds of explosive arrows just now, Lao Qi in Lujiang City a few miles away also heard the movement, and immediately knew that the Missy's Phoenix Legion had launched the attack first, so he rushed out with the cavalry in a hurry. The pawns rushed out after him.

No one thought that the eldest lady who has always been very well-behaved and obedient would suddenly go crazy and launch the first attack, allowing the 100,000 troops led by the old seven to change from the main attack to the assist. Although it is a bit depressing, but being robbed by the eldest lady It doesn't matter if he gets credit, he is worried that something unexpected will happen to the eldest sister, and then he will be in big trouble. Therefore, the speed of rushing out is also extraordinary, and the rushing is even more fierce.

Seeing the defeat of the cavalry, Cao Jun's camp hurriedly set up a shield array, trying to block the cavalry's impact, but it didn't take long for the shield array to be erected, and the terrible explosion began, and the earth felt They were all shaking, the formation collapsed in an instant, and orders could not be conveyed. Under waves of arrows raining down, Cao Jun suffered an unprecedented defeat. The soldiers dropped their heavy shields and fled in all directions...

It is really because the weapons of the two sides are too different, there is no way to fight back and they can only be beaten passively.

When Lao Qi's cavalry arrived, Lu Lingqi had already defeated Cao Jun's camp. He sent those infantry to help capture the prisoners, take back the arrows, and clean up the mess. Arranged plan.

The defeated Cao Jun became a frightened bird, and pursuers appeared all around, some of them were really crowded, and some were just bluffing, but Cao Jun was scared out of his wits. escape.

Under the beneficial driving of the chasing soldiers, let their escape route get into the ultimate pocket. Even if Guo Jia is extremely intelligent, under the general situation of such defeat, there is no way to turn the tide. There is a problem, but I can't stay, because staying is the end of death, and there is still a chance of escape, so I can only run.

The team that was left behind never returned. They were either captured as prisoners or shot into hedgehogs by random arrows. Even Xu Chu, who was extremely brave, was shot down by a series of shots as soon as he rushed out. However, bravery is useless... There is no effective means of counterattack at all, because the range of the opponent's crossbow is more than double that of his own.

Several other teams were also ambushed and hunted down, but the losses were not as serious as Cao Jun's, but all the coalition forces gathered together again during the siege and interception.

It stands to reason that it would be better to annihilate them separately, but Li Yunfei's army prefers to merge and annihilate them together. On the one hand, the weapons are more suitable for large-scale team battles, and on the other hand, they want to let this group of seemingly incompatible coalition forces have their own internal turmoil. Endgame...

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When the six coalition forces went south, there were more than 600,000 people, but now there are less than 300,000 people left, huddled in the almost abandoned Shouchun City, surrounded by the army, it can be said that it is impossible to escape, once you go out It was a hail of arrows, and there was an increasing trend of encircling the army.

Xuzhou's new army is fighting more and more. At the beginning, it was 250,000 tens of thousands, and then it expanded to more than 500,000 in one breath, and then it continued to expand. In just one month, the current total strength has soared to more than one million. public.

The food and grass in Shouchun City could barely support the coalition forces for more than ten days. Xu Shu was not in a hurry to attack, but began to set up defense lines around to prevent the turtle in the urn from escaping.

Trapping them to death is enough, there is no need to attack and cause unnecessary casualties, the coalition forces also want to break through, but the cavalry charges that have been organized several times have all been shot back by crossbow arrows, if they break through with a shield array, they will be hit by the bursting arrows Open the shield formation and then greeted by the rain of arrows.

The statistics of casualties on both sides, calculated step by step, have reached a ratio of more than a hundred times. The war has progressed to the present, and the coalition forces have lost more than 300,000 people, while the Xuzhou army has lost less than 3,000 people. This battle is not at all. It was a fair contest, and it was only a matter of time before the coalition forces were wiped out...

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In addition, I have to say that Zhuge Liang is indeed a talent, especially that eloquence is well-deserved unparalleled in the world, because Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu's army were in a gap, and he even persuaded Jiaozhou Mu Zhangjin to surrender by the way.

Speaking of which, Zhang Jin originally heard that the Northern Alliance was going south to attack, and Xuzhou was in chaos. He also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. The initial goals were Wuling and Changsha. If it goes well, he will continue to go north.

It’s just that his tens of thousands of troops arrived in Wuling, and they were ambushed by a few teams sent by Zhuge Liangbu. They still ambushed several times one after another, then bluffed a few times, and then persuaded him again. The battle of Xuzhou has basically ended, and the hundreds of thousands of alliance troops have been surrounded by millions of troops in an abandoned city, waiting to die, he was really scared, after Zhuge Liang persuaded him, he directly took refuge here, and by the way offered the whole Jiaozhou...

After Zhuge Liang had no worries about the future, he brought his military talents to the extreme, and all kinds of equipment emerged in an endless stream, and they were used just right. Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang's coalition forces retreated steadily after being abused. The army pushed to the vicinity of Wuzhangyuan and approached Hanzhong. It was only at this time that the pace of attack was postponed. At any rate, it would be better to ask the lord to make a decision. Zhuge Liang is not too arrogant now, and he doesn't think he is smarter than Li Yunfei.