Chapter 1228: Plans Can't Keep Up with Changes
Balas occupied the high platform built with secret techniques and frantically suppressed Xu Chu and the shield guards on the right wing, causing more and more Kushan soldiers to enter the camp. The front gate of the camp also began to be demolished frantically. The Kushans planned to flatten the camp and its people together.
After making sure that the situation was very good, Barras turned his attention to Dian Wei who was wreaking havoc on the right wing.
"Everyone defend!" Although Dian Wei couldn't see Balas, he intuitively sensed the impending danger.
The veterans of the infantry battalion did not suspect anything and quickly adopted a defensive posture, waiting to be hit.
But the expected peacock crossbow arrow did not fall, instead, a pile of light like debris fell.
Dian Wei could not feel the danger in the silver light that seemed a little unreal, but Dian Wei's intuition told him that these things were extremely dangerous.
“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!!”
The pain caused by countless fine needles piercing various parts of their bodies made the soldiers of the infantry battalion a little crazy. Fortunately, these soldiers were all carefully selected warriors and they also endured a lot of painful training in their daily lives, so they were not affected.
"Oops!" Dian Wei's face looked a little ugly. He had already understood that the arrow of will represented by the debris itself was not fatal, but the stinging pain caused by the attack was the real fatal thing.
A needle inserted into the arm, leg or chest, one centimeter into the flesh, will not be fatal at all, but the pain is real. However, if a needle is inserted into the eyes, tongue, or any part of the body, the pain becomes unbearable.
Especially when attacking, if a soldier is caught by the opponent while attacking or parrying, his moves will be distorted due to the pain.
This is extremely fatal. In a battle of the same level, a mistake may result in being killed on the spot.
Once out of shape, the spiral spearmen are not unable to stab the spear heads into the gaps in the armor.
More importantly, because of the Frog Eyes talent, this legion doesn’t care how fast you move.
Almost every arrow of will can hit the vital point.
This legion, to a certain extent, has a restraining relationship with the white horses, but the premise of this restraint is that the white horses stand still and are attacked by them first. Otherwise, they can indeed lock onto the figures of the white horses, but their arrows cannot catch up with the white horses.
On the contrary, Bai Ma can use the swift arrow to kill Baras directly.
Although the attack power of the Swift Arrow is very weak, it has no problem defeating Balas, who is also a fragile character.
"Retreat and make way!" Dian Wei made a prompt decision and chose to retreat. They also needed the cover of the rain of arrows.
At this moment, the entangled clouds have completely covered the battlefield. He is no longer the warrior who can fight against ten thousand people alone. He also needs the cooperation and protection of the soldiers around him.
On a battlefield with this number of people, they will simply become super soldiers. Although they can still wreak havoc, their combat effectiveness has been infinitely compressed.
Before, one strike could kill several people, but now it’s considered a profit if you can kill one person.
Dian Wei picked up his spear from the ground while retreating. Since he could not charge into the battle, he would act as a cannon. Coincidentally, he also had some experience in throwing.
Every spear of a spiral spearman picked up from the ground allowed Dian Wei to take away a Kushan soldier.
If there were no clouds, Dian Wei's spear throw would be enough to take away hundreds of soldiers directly.
"What a troublesome thing. It's a pity that I didn't bring enough soldiers from the Shesheng Battalion. Otherwise, I would have exchanged this legion first!"
By this time, Cao Ren had already figured out the role of Balas. A top-level auxiliary corps of the Royal Guards was extremely difficult to deal with. Unless it was a corps with will defense, it would be restrained and unable to perform at all in the face of the opponent.
"Go and inform General Xiahou Yuan to lead the Yue cavalry to prepare for a charge. With a legion like this in place, we will only become targets if we rely on defending the camp!" Cao Ren began to adjust the deployment with an expressionless face.
This is the war of empires. The plans made before the war will immediately become a piece of waste paper after the war. Cao Ren understands that if he doesn't risk losses to kill Balas's legion now, they will suffer even greater losses next.
Among their group of legions, only the Tunqi led by Xiahou Dun at the moment can be considered a will-type legion, but a will-type legion does not necessarily have will defense, which means that this wave of assault will definitely result in heavy losses, but Cao Ren had to give this order.
The consumption of a single shot will arrow of Baras, which is a pure witness arrow, is approximately a few hundredths of that of a mainstream will arrow, and the damage is about one percent.
In addition, willpower can be restored without a limit. The less it is consumed, the faster it recovers. In theory, Baras can fight an entire war with arrows of willpower.
This is why Balas's arrows of will are like a rainstorm hitting your face. In terms of damage, it can be ignored. At most, the skin will turn red. But in terms of the impact it causes, it is more annoying than a high-powered arrow of will.
To be honest, Baras's Archer Corps has now embarked on a completely different path from other will legions. Others' will attacks are aimed at killing the enemy, while Baras's Archer Corps focuses on control, and unlimited control and weakening.
So Cao Ren directly chose the plan of killing by force.
"Toot, toot, toot!" The horn sounded. Dian Wei and Xu Chu were stunned for a moment, but neither of them said anything. Instead, they chose to charge according to Cao Ren's deployment.
The horn sounded designated by Cao Ren contained only one order, which was to attack at all costs.
Although Dian Wei and Xu Chu did not understand, it did not prevent them from carrying out military orders.
Cao Ren's abilities are obvious to all. When Yue Fei and Cao Cao stayed behind in the central army, Cao Ren was able to serve as the commander of the front army. This in itself is an affirmation of his abilities. Now that Cao Ren has made the judgment, all they have to do is execute it.
"General, the enemy's front camp cavalry has already started moving."
After observing for a moment, the Peacock Legion Commander confirmed that the cavalry on both wings of the Han army camp had already moved, and spoke to Barak with some concern.
“A wise choice!”
There was a gleam in Barak's eyes. He knew that the Han army chose to kill Baras by force. That was why he threw Baras out and used him as bait. However, he was not worried about Baras' safety because Baras had guards with him and nothing would happen to him for a while.
"Go Kapil, it's our turn to attack now!" Barak turned around and said to Kapil. Although the refueling tactic was a good choice, he chose to strike hard.
"Okay!" Kapil didn't say much. He took the Imperial Scepter and seven top-level guards legions and followed Barak to the front battlefield.
"General, what should we do next?" The Peacock Legion Commander turned and asked Atel.
"Wait, wait for the Han Dynasty's reinforcements to arrive, then immediately launch an attack on the Han Army's front camp. Do not hold back any strength, and do your utmost to directly defeat the Han Dynasty's organizational strength. Do you understand?"
Atel gave orders calmly. The work in the rear had been done. Now it depended on whether Barak could gain the advantage.
If Barak could do it, he would set out immediately with reinforcements. If Barak could not do it, he would immediately organize people to block all entrances to prevent the Han Dynasty from taking the opportunity to attack.
The Yue cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan arrived at the battlefield first.
"Shoot!"
The Kushans were also well prepared. They deployed a large number of heavy infantry and spearmen on both sides to guard against the cavalry on both wings.
The Kushan grassroots officers gave orders loudly, but after the arrows were shot out, they seemed to have eyes, and they naturally scattered to the left and right, and then fell to the ground.
The leader Xiahou Yuan did not even slow down, and charged straight through the gap in the front line. At this time, the Kushan troops had already adjusted the front line and were waiting for the arrival of the Yue cavalry.
There was no special trick. The moment the Kushan soldiers approached to block them, the Yue cavalry in the front stabbed out with a spear.
The vacuum gun and the gun head were mixed together. At the moment the gun head was held, the vacuum gun passed through the Kushan soldier with a sharp effect, leaving a hole directly in the Kushan soldier's body.
Then, without waiting for the Kushan soldiers to react, the Yue cavalry soldiers threw away their spears, drew out the broadswords they had prepared, and relied on their talent for air flow to kill the Kushan soldiers beyond their expectations.
Xiahou Yuan, who was at the front, slashed with his sword. At the moment the blade was blocked, the cut air passed through the Kushan officer's body with a sharp effect, sparks splashed on his shoulder armor, and a deep wound that could be seen to the bone was left on his face.
"Die!" Xiahou Yuan's sword was very fast, one strike faster than the other, like a strong wind sweeping fallen leaves, and he directly killed the Kushan officers who stood in front of him.
"Kill!" Xiahou Yuan raised his sword and roared. A bright light burst out from his body, and his magnificent momentum pressed towards the Kushans like a mountain torrent.
The morale of the Vietnamese cavalry behind him was greatly boosted. Killing an enemy general in battle was always a good way to boost morale.
"Falgon! What are you doing!" Vallon, who led his soldiers to charge forward, roared in anger. Xiahou Yuan was too fast. If they couldn't stop Xiahou Yuan, Falgon Baras and his men would be in danger.
"There are more troublesome guys coming here!" Falgon roared without turning his head, and then the arrows in his bow and arrows were faster than the other. Xiahou Dun and his cavalry had also arrived.
If Yueqi is the present moment, then Tunqi is the warriors, and a legion of noble will.
Although there is a huge gap between the upper and lower limits, Xiahou Dun's own legion talent makes up for this very well. Now Xiahou Dun can make the Tunqi play the role of a top-level guard.
A top-level Royal Guards-level will-type legion has an innate crushing effect on any legion that does not have three talents and military souls, unless the opponent is also a legion of the same will-type.
“Bang!”
Xiahou Dun slammed heavily into the defense line built by the Kushans. The fierce impact force, combined with the powerful defense brought about by the distortion of reality by will, directly knocked the heavy infantry at the front of the battle line flying. This terrifying explosive power made the Kushan officers extremely difficult to deal with.
The rain of arrows from the sky slammed heavily into Xiahou Dun's cavalry, and Xiahou Dun, with fire in his eyes, directly activated his legion's talent to increase his will without limit, and then used his will to strengthen his defense.
Unlike other people's legions which have clear attributes, the talent of Tunqi is that my belief is strong enough, so I can do whatever I want. I don’t believe you can kill me today, hold on!
A hexagonal defense layer appeared directly above the heads of the Tunqi. Arrows rained down from the sky, but they could not hurt the Tunqi at all.
The Han army's counterattack suppressed the Kushans in an instant and stunned the Kushan army. They had originally been the ones attacking at night, but now they became the attacked party. This contrast was difficult for them to accept.
"Don't panic, the Legion is ready to attack!"
Balas took over the command temporarily, while Cabecchi led his troops directly to confront Xiahou Dun.
The Kushan officers were not fools. Although the Han army's reaction was resolute and decisive, they were not fools either.
"Falgon, don't be dazed, attack!"
Falgon looked at Dian Wei's infantry battalion, Xu Chu's shield guards, Xiahou Dun's Tun cavalry, and Xiahou Yuan's Yue cavalry who controlled the airflow to interfere with the arrows.
He just wanted to smash the bow and arrow in his hand. After pursuing a high shooting rate, the power of his arrows was totally not enough. None of the four vanguards of the Han army could be hit by him.
"Falgon, focus your fire on this legion!" Baras saw Falgon's confusion and directly took command of Falgon, ordering Falgon to attack Xiahou Dun, while he himself led his troops to suppress Xiahou Yuan.
After all, the arrow of will is not susceptible to air flow control.
As for Xiahou Dun, defense also consumes willpower. Even if Falgon's attack cannot break the defense of Tunqi, the more willpower consumed, the better.
Baras also discovered the problem that Falgon was facing now, which was that his attack power was not enough. He was too weak to face the Han Dynasty in this camp.
This is not Falgon's fault. Falgon's positioning is to use high-speed shooting to deal with the fragile legion and suppress the opponent's archer legion. Facing these thick-skinned and tough enemies, he naturally has no place to use his strength.
The advancement speed of Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun kept decreasing, and finally stagnated. They were only one step away from Balas and his men, but this one step was like a chasm.
"Damn it, all the crossbows have been smashed!" Cao Ren was a little annoyed. At this time, he should have used crossbows to shoot to break the situation, but Peacock's top blast had destroyed all the crossbows on his side, making it impossible for him to advance the front line.
The Kushans' defense of the central camp was stronger than he had imagined, and his four-line attack failed to directly crush the Kushans.
The Kushan army had recovered its momentum and was about to begin a counter-encirclement of Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan who had penetrated deep into the enemy camp.
Cao Ren struggled for a moment, but he could only choose to mobilize all his elite soldiers and fight his way out through sacrifice.
Cao Ren knew that if this order was given, only one in ten of these elite soldiers would survive, but that was how war worked, and Barras' threat directly affected the overall battle situation.
Plans can never keep up with changes. That's how it is. He can only make the cruelest decision now.
Directly sacrifice these sharp warriors in exchange for overall victory.
