Even during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, firearms were still not the main force on the battlefield.
Due to technological limitations, if firearms really want to become mainstream on the battlefield, there is still a very long way to go.
But as long as firearms stand on the battlefield, the brilliance they display cannot be ignored.
At this time, the sky was gradually getting clearer, and the cold dew should have condensed in the mountains. However, at Suoyang Pass, these cold dews were directly broken into pieces by the blood energy, and turned into mist in the mountains, mixed with blood, and roars.
Mixed together.
Strictly speaking, neither side has a completely organized front, and there is no safe rear, but this is the most primitive state of war.
Change homes.
In fact, they consume each other.
Whoever cannot fight or consume the opponent in the end will lose.
Where the two armies met, hundreds of corpses lay scattered all over the place, and some of the dying ones were still wailing.
Spears and spears, swords and shields intertwined with each other.
The more Xu Chu went in to kill, the more densely Cao's army naturally became. Among the spears and swords, there was almost no room for everyone to move and dodge. If they didn't hack the opponent to death, they might be hacked to death by the opponent.
As a brave general, Xu Chu showed his majesty at this moment.
Wearing heavy armor, holding a heavy shield, shouting for a fierce battle, it seemed that his physical endurance was unlimited. The guards beside Xu Chu had rotated once or twice, but Xu Chu was still at the front, leading his soldiers step by step.
forward!
In fact, most of Cao's army has collapsed, and what is left are the core soldiers of Cao's army.
The military discipline of these Qingzhou veterans is indeed unsatisfactory, but they basically crawled out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Their morale is low and they still maintain some fighting instincts. It is not like some recruits who just know how to shut up when their emotions break down.
Eyes crying.
Even though Cao Jun was resisting with elites like the Qingzhou Central Guards, Xu Chu was still advancing step by step.
The city of Suoyang Pass is not very large, and there is not much room for outflanking on both sides.
Seeing Cao Hong's figure close at hand, Xu Chu couldn't help shouting, "That old man! How dare you fight with a certain person!"
The soldiers of both armies couldn't help but look towards Cao Hong.
"Cao Hong" remained silent, still standing motionless, neither responding nor retreating.
"General! Did Cao Jun ambush the crossbowmen?" Xu Chu's military academy came to Xu Chu's side and reminded Xu Chu, "Our general has crossbowmen around him..."
After hearing the reminder from the military academy under his command, Xu Chu's head calmed down a little.
Fighting in front of the battle is indeed a manifestation of honor as a military commander, but it is also full of huge risks.
Just like the hussars, they not only have heavy armored guards, but also strong crossbow archers. Any enemy general who feels that Fei Qian is not strong enough in force and is preparing for a sneak attack must be baptized by strong bows and hard crossbows.
"That makes sense..."
Xu Chu is better at this.
He listened.
Xu Chu glanced around and saw indeed that there were some shield-wielding guards on the left and right sides of Cao Hong. No one could tell what was behind the shields.
When Xu Chu was having a headache, the military academy laughed twice, and then whispered to Xu Chu: "General, I left two grenades for the last time..."
"Good boy!"
Xu Chu was overjoyed and immediately arranged it.
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"Cao Hong" indeed planned to use a powerful crossbow to deal with Xu Chu.
He is not the real Cao Hong. Even if he wears Cao Hong's armor, it does not mean that he has Cao Hong's martial arts. And even if he has Cao Hong's martial arts, he may not be able to defeat Xu Chu.
So when Xu Chu rushed in front of him, he shot him with a powerful crossbow, which was his last resort to make a comeback.
In the battlefield, victory or defeat depends on life and death. Even if the last blood comes back, it is still a win.
But can a strong crossbow really kill Xu Chu?
No one knows.
Because someone's hands may be shaking, the shooting may be slow, or even the firing may be stuck...
After all, "Cao Hong" is not a hussar, and it is impossible to have a whole team of full-time crossbowmen around him for a long time. It is already very good to have more than a dozen part-time crossbowmen.
And even if we gather more people, we can't gather more crossbow arrows.
The crossbow arrows are almost exhausted.
Close, close!
At this moment, his hands were shaking and his legs were shaking.
It's just that under the cover of the armor and shirt, it is not shown outside.
When gamblers bet their lives on the gambling table, most of them will not feel afraid, but rather excited.
Hold on, hold on!
There is more than one gambler.
He was making eye contact with the people around him and gesturing to each other.
They all stayed here just to bet on this wave.
If they succeed, they will be the heroes that everyone is watching. If they fail, they will not have any regrets about falling into the sky, because they were rolling in the mud. Just like the fish in the river swimming desperately upstream, trying to cross the dragon gate.
A little closer, a little closer...
He saw Xu Chu and others approaching gradually, and his eyes gradually became hot.
It was like seeing the hand holding the treasure box and preparing to lift the lid of the treasure box to reveal the dice inside.
Buy it, leave it, open the treasure, and win!
Everyone knows that the probability of winning a lottery is very small, and in many cases, winning or not is not entirely determined by probability. Even Newton cannot decide it. However, some people still feel that they are lucky.
Even though I have been working as a cow and horse for decades, I still feel that I am lucky enough to reach the sky.
What if?
Very good, very good!
Xu Chu and others seemed to have found nothing unusual, and were walking into the trap step by step!
This is death's trap and Death's gambling table.
The God of Death sat at the other end of the long table, looked at "Cao Hong" and smiled.
Perhaps what the God of Death likes to see most is human beings killing each other. The deception trap set by "Cao Hong" makes the God of Death find it interesting.
Only when human beings kill each other can there be so many tricks and methods. However, those beasts in nature only have a pair of sharp claws and claws, but they only know how to scratch, scratch and bite. It is so uncreative...
"Cao Hong", who thought he was favored by the god of death, was about to give a signal to the part-time crossbowman beside him, when he turned his head slightly, and saw a black dot flying over from the corner of his eye!
What is that?
Stone?
"Cao Hong" was stunned and could not react immediately.
Otherwise, although firearms appear today, they are still not the mainstream on the battlefield?
If it were in the era of gunfire and bullets in later generations, no one would think it was just a stone when they saw the little black dot parabola coming towards them!
Death likes to see death, he doesn't care who dies...
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The landing point of the grenade is not very precise.
It just fell on the left and right sides of "Cao Hong".
"Cao Hong" was not directly harmed by the explosion, but this was enough.
Along with the roar, some people's small gifts originally intended for Xu Chu were ejected with a shake of their hands. Others who barely reacted and pointed at Xu Chu were also tilted by others, and they were not accurate at all.
The strong crossbow is powerful, but it means that loading the crossbow is very slow. Once the crossbow misses, there will be no second chance at a short distance.
Xu Chu had already come up to kill him. His whole body was stained with flesh and blood, and his sword slashed a streak of blood at "Cao Hong".
"Old man! Take your life!"
"Cao Hong" quickly counterattacked with his sword, but was shocked by Xu Chu's sword and took a step back.
"Um?!"
Xu Chu frowned slightly, but his men did not stop and took another quick step forward. The sword instantly cut across the distance between the two of them, as if they suddenly broke through the limitations of space.
"Cao Hong" was obviously half a beat too late.
Xu Chu's sword almost hit his eyes before "Cao Hong" seemed to react and parried again.
"snort!"
Xu Chu struck again.
The third knife.
"Cao Hong" had lost his center of gravity and was kicked in the leg by Xu Chu, causing him to stumble and fall.
"Who are you?!" Xu Chu had already determined that this guy was not Cao Hong.
Because Xu Chu's kick was roughly where he hit Cao Hong before. The man just fell to the ground and showed no signs of pain.
"Cao Hong" naturally said nothing.
Although "Cao Hong" acted quite tough, his neck was not as tough as a sword.
"The enemy general has been awarded the head!"
Xu Chu cut down "Cao Hong" and immediately cut down the general's flag representing Cao Hong.
The soldiers of Cao's army who were still scattered and fighting in various places at Suoyang Pass suddenly lost their backbone. Some of them simply dropped their swords and guns, turned around and ran away, no matter whether they were in the mountains or outside the mountains, they were just running away. Some people just lost their minds.
Even if they were hit by swords and guns, they seemed to have lost any reaction. Others knelt down and surrendered...
In addition, a small number of Cao Jun soldiers were angrily cursing, scolding, and even hacking and killing their former comrades who surrendered on the ground, feeling that these surrendered Cao Jun soldiers had lost the face of the Shandong people...
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"This is indeed not Cao Hong and Cao Zilian."
He had always been injured, but when he came to take a look, he recognized him.
If it were other people, they might never be sure, but for Cao Hong, they were always too familiar.
"Where did the old thief escape to?"
Xu Chu is now a little confused and worried.
He didn't know whether Cao Hong didn't come from the beginning or ran away in the middle of the fight.
These are two completely different things.
If Cao Hong didn't come from the beginning, then this means...
"No! The camp may be in danger! Send the order, form your team immediately and prepare to return!"
Xu Chu thought about it and felt that Cao Hong had designed a trap to induce him to send troops to attack!
He may have fallen into a trap!
This suddenly reduced Xu Chu's original excitement by half, and also made Xu Chu decide not to continue advancing.
But Xu Chu's decision made him unwilling to accept it.
"General!" He had stopped Xu Chu and said anxiously, "If we take a step further, we can cut off the retreat of Cao's army! If we retreat like this, all our previous efforts will be wasted! If we let the tiger return to the mountain, it will bring disaster and prolong life!"
Have you ever been selfish?
There definitely is.
Everyone has selfish motives, but it depends on whether there is a conflict between selfish motives and official business.
If a person's selfishness is to first research something and slap those who laughed at him in the face, and then he really produces results and benefits the country and the nation, then naturally this selfishness cannot
This is not a bad thing. It can even be said that if there was no such selfishness, this research result might not have been achieved.
His selfishness was never a problem. He wanted to return to Heluo and shine on his family again. He must first avenge his enemies and repay his kindness. So he eagerly wanted to trap Cao Jun in Heluo and Weihan.
between.
Xu Chu pondered for a moment, then shook his head.
Before leaving Heluo, there were too many unstable factors.
If Xu Chu goes smoothly and really beheads Cao Hong at Suoyang Pass, then Xu Chu will inevitably develop greater ambitions and further want to march into Heluo to cut off Cao's army's retreat route...
But now, Xu Chu felt that the risk was too great, and there was indeed an attack by Cao Jun on the back road, so who could guarantee that Cao Jun could only go to Suoyang Pass in front of him?
What's more, who can say that they failed to kill Cao Hong, but taking prisoners, wounding, and killing these Cao soldiers was already a great achievement. Going forward would be a bit greedy.
Seeing that Xu Chu disagreed, he had always been helpless. Unwilling to accept it, he went to find those prisoners of Cao's army and asked if Cao Hong had really come with them and where he had gone. He asked eagerly and became more and more irritable.
The prisoners of Cao's army were too timid and afraid to speak, or they simply talked nonsense.
When Xu Chu saw this, he was a little unhappy, but he didn't say anything more and just turned around and went down the mountain.
"General!" came in a hurry again and stopped in front of Xu Chu, "I asked, the old thief escaped from the rock wall by hanging a rope down the mountain!"
"The rock wall?" Xu Chu looked back.
Always nodded quickly, "I've looked and there are indeed traces of ropes! The old thief must have escaped from there, there are not many of them! This is a great opportunity! General!"
Xu Chu frowned and looked at the mountains of Zhongtiao Mountain, and after a moment he said, "You want to lead the troops in pursuit? Are you familiar with the mountain road under this rock wall?"
I always gritted my teeth and said, "Familiar!"
Xu Chu said: "In the mountain road, cavalry cannot go, and can only use infantry. If there are too many people, it is difficult to move, but if there are few... forget it, don't rush for a while. My lord has said that when things are urgent, wait for them slowly, and when things are slow, wait for urgency."
The urgent need now is not Cao Zilian alone. If he captures his soldiers, then one of them is gone, so what's the harm? Why take the risk again?"
This is Xu Chu’s true thoughts.
If it was really Cao Hong who led the team, and Cao Hong escaped in the end, there would be regrets, but not much.
We have already won a big victory, now we just need to ensure that our camp is not lost. Why take any more risks?
It's a pity that I always feel that the opportunity cannot be missed and will never come back. If I let Cao Hong go this time and try to capture General Cao next time, even if there is a chance, it may not be his turn!
Xu Chu couldn't resist, and seeing that he had indeed made a great contribution, he divided his army into three hundred and asked him to lead him down from the rock wall to hunt down Cao Hong.
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On the other side, the war at Cynomorium Pass is certain, and the move here is in vain...
But he doesn't know it yet and is still trying his best.
"Kill..."
Lian Zhao raised his sword, looked back and gave instructions to his subordinates, and then rushed forward.
The arrival of Qianzhao caused chaos in the rear of the group of hussars led by Xu Chu, but it did not reach the point of collapse. After Li Li led his men to turn back, these hussars gradually recovered.
Order makes Qianzhao and others feel as if they are gradually falling into a quagmire.
And the troops in front of him were Li Li.
In the distance, Li Li's roar also came over, "Get ready... to load the arrow..."
Lancers and horse archers were not so clearly distinguished originally.
Whatever weapon you pick up is the same type of cavalry. But with the development of war, just like the evolution of society, concentration and specialization began to appear. Some people are better at something, and they will naturally do better.
Those who are somewhat metropolitan will gradually have to face the choice of a path of specialization.
This is the direction of human evolution as a whole and the necessity of social division of labor.
There are also people who choose not to compromise or evolve, but overall, this will deviate from the direction of human development as a whole.
The ones who led the troops were still the traditional cavalry of the Han Dynasty. They tended to be more lancers. If they had bows and arrows, they could also shoot.
The cavalry archers led by Li Li were undoubtedly one step further than the troops he had recruited.
And it’s a crucial step.
Arrows roared in.
The roar of the high-speed arrow tearing through the air is like the sneer of death.
The sound of arrows entering the body was drowned out by the roar of horse hooves.
Just like Qianzhao's original dream, it was also submerged by the torrent of reality later.
If you fell off your horse at this speed, you would be seriously injured even if you were not dead.
The torrent of history will submerge many people, no matter whether they are good or evil.
The arrows fired by Li Li and others were neat and orderly, and although the cavalry under Qian Zhao returned a round, the arrows they fired seemed a bit messy, and their power was naturally greatly reduced.
It's not that Qianzhao doesn't want to achieve the same attack effect as Li Li, it's just that the men and horses he leads are pieced together. It's already great to be able to fight with him desperately, and there is nothing else to ask for.
The distance between the two sides is sixty steps.
The bows and arrows have been put down, and the swords and guns have been raised again.
The two sides clashed, with swords and guns coming down.
Splattered blood, fallen bodies.
"Kill! Kill!"
Qianzhao waved his sword and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Qianzhao's personal martial arts skills are indeed very powerful. Facing his hussars, they can't get any benefits. Instead, many of them are wounded and hacked to death by Qianzhao. However, the men led by Qianzhao are very average.
Faced with the attack by Li Li and others, they suffered heavy losses.
Qianzhao dodged two swords, kicked away a spear with his foot, and then slashed the arm of a hussar soldier with the sword in his hand, causing all the pieces of his armor to fly. There was obviously a hole in his arm.
It bent abnormally and then rushed out of Li Li's impact array.
Qianzhao rushed out, but many of his men stayed on this land forever.
"Go! Go quickly!"
Qian Qian greeted and drank, but instead of going back in a circle to fight Li Li and others, he began to escape from the battlefield.
Under the circumstances, Li Li and others subconsciously turned their horses' heads and began to chase and kill the troops who led the attack.
"They're following!"
Qianzhao looked back and immediately shouted, "Quick! Speed up! Lead them into the trap!"
