roccoschili Chapter 205 The Xie Brothers Display Their Might and Defeat the General Who Is Surrounded
Chapter 205 The Xie Brothers Display Their Might and Defeat the General Who Is Surrounded
Now, Han Tao, the "Hundred-Victory General," was confident in his bravery and relied on the indestructible chain of cavalry formations. He was determined to win the first merit and paid no attention to the unknown bandits like Xie Zhen and Xie Bao.
Seeing the two men turn their horses and flee in defeat, he became even more triumphant. With a swing of his jujube wood spear, he pounced on them like a hungry tiger, giving chase relentlessly.
"You two damned scoundrels! Today I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget, and show you what it's like to die under my spear!"
His warhorse was also magnificent, its hooves flying, and it was only thirty or fifty paces away from the two fleeing soldiers.
Seeing that he was about to catch up, Han Tao was overjoyed. He raised his jujube wood spear high, ready to strike the "two-headed snake" Xie Zhen off his horse!
Just then, Xie Zhen, who had been fleeing for his life ahead, suddenly pulled on the reins, and his warhorse reared up and let out a long neigh!
He didn't run away!
Han Tao was slightly taken aback, then sneered.
"Are you out of options, trying to fight like a cornered beast?"
However, before he could finish speaking, Xie Zhen had already turned around, and the steel fork in his hand drew a strange arc in the air. Instead of stabbing, he used the iron ferrule at the end of the fork to clash fiercely with his jujube wood spear that was thrusting at him!
Han Tao felt a strange force come from him, which actually deflected his sure-fire spear strike by three points!
In a battle between masters, the difference lies in the smallest of margins!
In that split second, Xie Bao, the "Double-Tailed Scorpion" who had been following Xie Zhen, suddenly turned around, his steel fork lashing out like a scorpion's tail, not at Han Tao himself, but aimed straight for the eyes of the warhorse he was riding!
This move is truly insidious and vicious!
Han Tao was horrified!
He never dreamed that these two seemingly crude hunters would have such a tacit understanding and such cunning tricks!
He hurriedly sheathed his spear and returned to defense, trying to block Jie Bao's steel fork.
But he forgot that his jujube wood spear was still entangled with Xie Zhen's steel fork!
"We've fallen for their trap!"
Han Tao inwardly cried out in alarm, but it was too late!
Seeing him return to defense, Jie Zhen suddenly flicked her wrist, and the steel fork slid down his spear shaft like a slippery eel. With a "click," the fork teeth firmly jammed the head of his jujube wood spear!
Meanwhile, Jie Bao's steel fork has arrived!
Han Tao had no choice but to desperately turn to the side, narrowly avoiding the fork that was aimed at the horse's eye.
But the sharp fork tip still managed to carve a deep, bone-revealing gash on his well-maintained face!
Blood instantly blurred his vision!
"what!"
Han Tao screamed in horror and anger.
He then realized that those two bandits had been putting on an act for the past thirty rounds! They were making a fool of him!
All that panting and the near-death experience was an act!
These two are probably just as skilled as me in a one-on-one fight! And when they team up, I can't even last three moves!
"You two scoundrels! Prepare to die!"
Han Tao's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like a madman. He abandoned the jujube wood spear that was stuck in his hand, drew the sword from his waist, and prepared to fight the two to the death.
However, the sight before him made his blood freeze in that instant.
A thunderous roar suddenly erupted from both sides of the valley!
"Everyone, go! Girlfriend, get to work!"
In an instant, the two thousand Trapped Hoof Camp soldiers, who had been lying in ambush in the grass and pits on both sides, suddenly charged out like demons crawling out of hell, leaving no one alive!
Two thousand hook-and-sickle spears, gleaming with a chilling light, like the fangs of a venomous snake, reached for the legs of the arrogant chain-linked horses for the first time!
"General! There are ambushes both in front and behind!"
The government troops and knights behind them cried out in alarm.
Han Tao looked back and saw his five hundred linked horses charging towards him at high speed with overwhelming force.
But in front of them, on what appeared to be a flat grassland, countless infantrymen wielding rattan shields and strange weapons suddenly appeared!
"Fire arrows! Fire arrows!"
Han Tao's eyes were bloodshot as he roared hoarsely.
The well-trained cavalry, though startled, remained calm and immediately drew their crossbows from their backs, unleashing a barrage of fire at the suddenly appearing infantry!
However, when the rain of arrows fell into the formation, there was only a series of muffled "crackling" sounds, and then they disappeared without a trace, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.
Before the Liangshan army's formation, hundreds of rattan shield bearers had already formed a tortoise shell formation. The tough rattan shields, soaked in tung oil, blocked all the arrows!
The moment the government troops fired their arrows, the linked cavalry at the forefront collided violently with the hook-and-sickle spearmen lying prone on the ground!
"Crack!"
"Hiss—!"
A series of teeth-grinding sounds of bones cracking, along with the warhorse's extremely mournful neighing, instantly echoed throughout the entire valley!
The thirty linked horses at the very front were as if their forelegs had been severed by an invisible giant scythe!
Heavy armored warhorses running at high speed, the moment they lose the support of their forelegs, the enormous inertia causes their heavy bodies to crash forward!
The rider on horseback was thrown off his horse like a tumbling gourd by this sudden turn of events.
Their heavy iron armor, however, became the most deadly death warrant at this moment!
Many knights fell to the ground, unable to move or even crawl, crushed by the heavy armor weighing over a hundred pounds.
Before they could even struggle, the warhorses in the rear, unable to stop in time, trampled over their companions' bodies!
"Pfft!"
"what!"
The heavy hooves pounded on the iron armor, producing a dull, teeth-grinding thud.
The armor instantly caved in and deformed, the broken bones pierced the internal organs, and blood and bits of flesh gushed out from the gaps in the armor plates!
That wasn't a battle; it was a bloody, one-sided massacre!
Even more terrifying, the iron chains connecting the horses had now become the most deadly chains!
Once one horse falls, it immediately triggers a chain reaction, pulling down the two adjacent warhorses on either side as well!
If one row falls, then all rows will fall!
In the blink of an eye, the once unstoppable, iron-wall-like formation of cavalry had turned into complete chaos!
People trampled people, horses trampled horses!
The knights in the front row struggled and howled on the ground, only to be trampled into a pile of minced meat by the iron hooves of the rear row!
The rear guard's warhorse was tripped by its fallen comrade in front, and then trampled by the warhorse behind, breaking its spine!
The entire valley instantly transformed into a hell on earth filled with screams, wails, and despair!
"Break their chains! Divide and surround them to kill them!"
Lei Heng, nicknamed "Winged Tiger," wielded a broadsword, his eyes bloodshot, like a killing god crawling out of hell. He was the first to leap out of the ambush pit.
Behind him were hundreds of equally murderous Traps soldiers!
The hook-and-sickle spears in their hands were no longer hooks, but had transformed into sharp scythes!
The barb, forged from refined steel, slashed fiercely at the iron chain connecting the horses!
"Clang!"
Sparks flew everywhere!
One after another, the iron chains as thick as a child's arm snapped instantly!
Freed from the restraint of the iron chains, the once unbreakable chain of horses was instantly broken into pieces!
Without the speed and formation of a group charge, these heavily armored and immobile cavalrymen became lambs to the slaughter in the face of agile infantry!
"kill!"
"Red-Haired Devil" Liu Tang was like a tiger descending the mountain. He didn't clash head-on with the sturdy iron armor with his sharp broadsword, but instead aimed at the gaps in the armor and the knight's face!
A lone government soldier knight, having just regained his footing from the chaos, had not even had time to raise his spear when Liu Tang had already charged in!
A flash of light!
A head, still bearing a look of terror, shot into the sky!
Scalding hot blood gushed from the headless cavity, splattering Liu Tang's head and face, making his crimson face look even more ferocious and terrifying!
Lei Heng and Liu Tang, like two sharp daggers, led the soldiers of the Trapped Hoof Camp, charging back and forth in the already collapsed chain of cavalry, as if they were in an empty field!
The blade rises, the head falls!
The spear pierced through, blood splattered!
Those heavily armored knights who usually looked down on infantry were now powerless to fight back and were cut down from their horses like chopping vegetables!
Han Tao, watching from afar, was utterly dumbfounded and terrified!
He never dreamed that his proud and invincible Lianhuan Horse would be defeated so quickly and so miserably in this small valley!
This is hardly a war.
This was clearly a meticulously planned massacre of the chain of horses!
He watched as those knights, who usually swaggered around like tigers, were slaughtered like pigs and sheep. He saw their faces, torn apart by the hook-and-sickle spears and filled with fear and despair. A chill ran from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head!
"Retreat...retreat quickly!"
He finally snapped out of his shock and roared at the top of his lungs.
However, at this moment, how easy is it to retreat?
The entire valley was already completely blocked by dead horses and chaotic soldiers!
You can't go in!
We can't retreat!
He wanted to reorganize the formation, but the orders couldn't get through and the soldiers were already in chaos!
He wanted to personally step forward, kill the enemy general, and boost morale, but the brothers Xie Zhen and Xie Bao were like two door gods, already holding him back tightly!
His sword was locked in a perilous struggle with the two elusive steel forks!
He could barely protect himself, let alone kill the enemy!
Just as Han Tao was falling into despair, he suddenly heard a great drumbeat and a deafening battle cry from the valley entrance!
"Han Tao, you scoundrel! Don't run! I'm right here!"
A thunderous roar, like a bolt from the blue, exploded in Han Tao's ears!
He turned around in horror and saw a group of people appear at the entrance of the valley!
The two leading generals, one wearing a black robe and carrying a 62-pound water-milled Zen staff upside down, who else could it be but "Flowery Monk" Lu Zhishen?
The other one, dressed in a tiger-skin skirt and wielding a large iron cudgel, exuded a murderous aura; he was none other than "The Pilgrim" Wu Song!
Behind the two men were hundreds of spirited Liangshan infantrymen who had already completely blocked their only escape route!
At this moment, Han Tao's heart sank completely, turning utterly cold.
Finished!
It's all over!
Today, I fear we will all be wiped out here!
"Brothers! Follow me and charge in! Don't let a single one escape!"
With a roar, Lu Zhishen charged ahead, the heavy monk's staff as light as straw in his hands.
He ignored those on horseback and targeted the government soldiers' knights who had fallen from their horses and were struggling on the ground.
With a single blow of the staff, a crisp "crack" resounded, and the man, armor and all, was smashed into a pile of minced meat!
Wu Song was even more ferocious, wielding his iron rod with incredible speed and power.
A government soldier knight, seeing him charging towards him, raised his long spear and thrust it.