Rangers of the Three Kingdoms - C429
“Take over the Changjin Ferry Pass, and seize its food?” That was possible, but he had already sent Guo Si to rush there with more than thirty thousand cavalrymen. Just with these thirty thousand Xiliang Steel Cavalry, those over two hundred thousand Army of Montenegro s would not be able to take over the Changjin Camp. Furthermore, he had already sent Li Meng from the Fu County Base Camp to attack the Changjin Ferry Pass, so it was almost impossible for the Army of Montenegro to take over the Changjin Ferry Pass.
Wang Fang saw that Li Ru’s face was gloomy and did not speak, but he became impatient, and said coldly: “Military Advisor, since the Black Hills Thieves does not attack, we will not attack, what are we waiting for? “After standing here for half a day, the soldiers are already hungry.”
“Hungry?” Li Ru was shocked, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Black Mountain military formation. Although they were very far away, Li Ru could still feel that Army of Montenegro soldiers seemed to be very tired. There were even some soldiers sitting on the ground.
“Is this because Black Hills Thieves did not eat and the soldiers were hungry? Or did Yang Lin purposely show weakness in order to lure us to attack? ” As a strategist, Li Ru always thought things through as thoroughly as possible. He really did not dare imagine that Yang Lin would catch the hungry Army of Montenegro on the battlefield.
“Lord Commander, gather 10,000 heavy armored soldiers to attack the great formation of the Black Hills Thieves.” No matter what intentions Yang Lin had, he decided to give it a try. If Army of Montenegro was truly extremely hungry, he would suppress all the soldiers at the same time and destroy the great array of Army of Montenegro in one go.
Wang Fang was startled, he was obviously unhappy, what if they wanted to attack? However, Li Ru was a popular man to Dong Zhuo, so he did not dare offend him. He could only follow Li Ru’s orders and gather the Heavy Armor Squadron members that he had under him, in preparation to attack Army of Montenegro.
Yang Lin looked to the east from time to time, his eyebrows knitted even tighter. Although he did everything he could think of to order the three Army of Montenegro armies that were in charge of attacking to practice attacking formation so as to attract the attention of the West Cold Army, he was not sure how much longer he could lie to Li Ru.
The reason why he placed his position more than a thousand steps away from the West Cold Army was because he wanted the terrain to be advantageous, also because he wanted to stay as far away from the West Cold Army as possible so that Li Ru would not be able to figure out the truth. He even made the soldiers take turns to rest, to disrupt Li Ru’s train of thought.
From his guess, for someone as cautious as Li Ru, with such little military strength, he shouldn’t risk attacking the Black Mountain Army that had more than 200,000 people. As long as he endured until the afternoon, when his own reinforcements arrived, wouldn’t these thirty thousand West Cold Army s be a piece of cake?
But no matter how good his calculations were, he had encountered the cautious but very smart Li Ru. The position of the West Cold Army was quickly adjusted, ten thousand heavy armoured soldiers walked out from the battle formation, and formed an offensive formation in front of the West Cold Army.
Almost all of the over sixty thousand soldiers that Wang Fang was leading originated from the original West Garden Army. After Dong Zhuo entered the Luoyang, with just an imperial edict, all of these West Garden Army became Dong Zhuo’s troops and most of the generals had already been replaced, led by Dong Zhuo’s generals.
The quality and equipment of the soldiers were all top-notch, it could be said that they were the elite masters of this era. No one would have thought that this team would fall into Dong Zhuo’s hands, and lose his river and mountain in the end.
The Heavy Armored Step Soldiers in the West Garden Army were the main assault teams that the West Garden Army had specially used to break the enemy’s formation. The soldiers were all carefully selected tall and strong warriors. Every single one of them wore armor that weighed at least a hundred kilograms. In each of their hands was a tall and sturdy steel shield.
The soldiers of the West Garden Army were very confident in their combat abilities, they did not even put these Black Hills Thieves who they called a motley crowd in their eyes. They arrogantly raised their heads and looked down at the Black Mountain military formation in disdain.
“Wuwuwu …”
A low and deep Bullhorn sound came out, slowly spreading through the wilderness. Everyone could feel the surrounding air slightly trembling. This was the West Cold Army blowing the attack horn, the horn’s sound slowly swept past the Army of Montenegro’s heads, the tense atmosphere immediately enveloped the Black Mountain military formation.
The hundred-year-old locust tree on the slope also shook its head in fear, as if it couldn’t bear to see the fighting taking place on this piece of land. A few dark clouds drifted over, blotting out the cold sun in the sky. The land suddenly became dark.
The uninterrupted Bullhorn’s voice immediately grabbed the hearts of the Army of Montenegro’s men. Whether they were willing or not, whether they were hungry or tired, regardless of whether they were leaders or soldiers, they had to fight with their lives on the line! Otherwise, everyone would face annihilation.
Li Ru spurred his horse and walked forward, his eyes sweeping across all the heavy armoured s. Seeing their high morale, he couldn’t help but reveal a gratified smile. With such excellent equipment and such high morale, how could there still be an enemy formation that could not be breached?
But when he turned around and saw that there was still no movement in the Black Mountain military formation, a series of questions arose from the bottom of his heart. What exactly is this Yang Lin doing? How could he not be moved by the attacks of the West Cold Army?
“Attack!”
Li Ru waved his hand with all his might and gave the order decisively. In this boundless wilderness, he didn’t believe that Yang Lin could come up with any new tricks. Li Ru’s face was gloomy, just like the sky, which was covered with black clouds. He gazed at the great array of the Army of Montenegro, and revealed a cold smile.
“Phew …” Phew… Phew… “Phew …”
“Boom …” Dong … Dong … “Boom …”
The heavy armored pawns shouted. Along with the thumping of the battle drums, he began to move towards the Army of Montenegro’s position with orderly steps. This kind of shout and Battle Drum could adjust their pace, allowing the attacking troops to advance in unison. At the same time, it could also intimidate the enemy, destroy their will, and also boost their morale.
More than ten thousand heavy armoured soldiers formed an offensive formation, shooting towards the Army of Montenegro like arrows. In order to maintain their offensive formation, they did not advance at a fast pace. A dense mass of heads. Just like a huge black cloud, covering the wilderness, pressing down heavily on Army of Montenegro’s heart.
Due to the heavy armor and steel shield s they carried, the heavy armored soldiers didn’t move very quickly, but their footsteps were very orderly and unusually heavy. Every step they took, the ground would shake as well, and the few leaves on the old locust tree were shaken to the point of crumbling.
“archer, get ready!”
The one in charge was the, he who was in charge of the Taihang Company. Seeing the heavy armored guard of the West Cold Army get closer and closer, he involuntarily tightened her grip on her greatsword, only to discover that her hands were already sweating. He forced himself to remain calm and raised her broadsword expressionlessly.
“Three hundred steps, fire!”
Following Yang Feng’s command, all of the archer released their bowstring at the same time. More than thirty thousand Arrows strings flew and at the same time, shot through the dark and cold sky, emitting ear-piercing sounds.
“Ding ding ding ding …”
“Clank, clank, clank, clank, clank …”
The Arrows that was shooting towards them pierced the body of the Heavy Armored Step Ape ruthlessly, but it only produced a sound of metal striking metal that was not pleasant to the ears. The armor and steel shield s that were being shot at by the steel shield were simply too thick. The Arrows s that were hit by the armor either broke apart or refracted, causing a bunch of beautiful sparks to fly. Only a few unlucky soldiers were shot in the face and fell to the ground screaming.
“Quick!” Fast! “Fire!”
Seeing that the Arrows actually did not shoot down the’s Heavy Armor Steps, Yang Feng panicked. He no longer cared about being under the same command and quickly urged the archer to shoot continuously. The Army of Montenegro panicked and took out his Arrows to shoot.
However, no matter how fierce the Arrows s were, they were still unable to stop the West Cold Army from advancing. They walked towards the great formation of the Army of Montenegro with orderly steps and loud shouts. Even though a few heavy armored soldiers had fallen, some of the soldiers behind them had also come to replenish their strength.
“Strong crossbow, prepare to shoot!”
Although Yang Lin had estimated that it was very likely that the arrows of the Army of Montenegro s would not be able to shoot down the Heavy Armor Squadron members, he never expected that the heavy armors and steel shield s would be so powerful. He could no longer wait and hurriedly transferred his cavalry of Youzhou, wanting to shoot down the enemy with his crossbow.
“Dong Dong Dong Dong …”
The cavalry of Youzhou rode on their horses and raised their crossbows, shooting out a wave of crossbows that was much more powerful than the Army of Montenegro’s arrows. At such a close distance, even armor would have their hearts pierced by arrows, when shot by Arrows s, it would bring about a large amount of blood rain, and even take a person’s life.
But very quickly, West Cold Army found a way to deal with the crossbows. Although the Arrows s with strong crossbows could pierce through armor, they could not pierce through steel shield s. West Cold Army’s heavy armor immediately hid behind the steel shield, causing the strength of the crossbow to be greatly reduced.
“Brothers, kill …”
When the leader of the Heavy Armor Squadron saw how powerful the crossbows were, and how they were not far from the Black Mountain military formation, if they continued like this, the casualties would be even greater. He raised his blade and shouted towards the sky, leading all the Heavy Armor Steps soldiers forward.
“Kill …”
More than ten thousand heavy armoured steps soldiers howled, they raised the ring shaped blade in their hands high up and rushed towards Black Mountain military formation. Under this cold sky, more than ten thousand ring blades were raised at the same time. The sharp blades illuminated half the sky in an instant.
Facing the incoming West Cold Army heavy armored foot soldiers, the Army of Montenegro soldiers could no longer hold on. Many soldiers began to retreat, some even began to flee, and some of the generals even pulled their horse reins tightly, preparing to escape at any time.
“Personal squad, get ready to shoot!”
Yang Lin’s face congealed as he ordered coldly. Of course he was clear of the Army of Montenegro’s fighting strength. Even if two hundred thousand young and strong people, they still wouldn’t be a match for thirty thousand West Cold Army. Especially since they had not eaten yet, as long as these heavy armoured soldiers came into contact with each other, the Army of Montenegro would collapse on the spot.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Numerous black Thunderbolt Bomb s were thrown out, and suddenly exploded in the midst of the Heavy Armor Squadron. The huge explosion was like thunder, deafening everyone. Those heavily armored pawns s were blasted into the sky before they could clearly see what was happening.
No matter how thick the equipment of the Heavy Armored Step soldiers were, they would not be able to withstand the might of the Thunderbolt Bomb. Most of the West Cold Army who were leading the charge were killed by the explosion, while the pawns who was following behind was stunned for a moment. Seeing that iron lump were still throwing bombs out of the Black Mountain military formation, he screamed in fear and scrambled back to his own position.