Chapter 386: Beiwei Legion, the killer weapon named by Xiao Fang! Hu Gou, are you worthy enough to be the enemy of Da Chu?
The Wuhuan soldiers in the front row were thrown to the ground, and screams were heard one after another.

The Wuhuan soldiers in the back row had no time to retreat and were colliding with the Wuhuan soldiers in the front row.

In a blink of an eye, tens of thousands of Wuhuan soldiers were densely packed outside the chariot formation.

They could not break through the wall of the Chu army's chariots, so they could only wave their swords and hack at the Chu army's chariots like crazy.

To no avail.

After all, it was a chariot, not a piece of tofu. How could they possibly chop it down with the swords in their hands?
The killing of the Chu army had just begun.

The spearmen hiding behind the chariots used the chariots to protect themselves from being killed by the Wuhuan people's swords. They could then calmly and wantonly kill the Wuhuan people in the gaps between the chariots.

Screams came one after another, echoing over the Yishui River.

Outside the Queyue formation.

Tadun looked at his cavalry, who were blocked outside the Chu army's chariot wall and were stabbed at will by the Chu army like living targets. He felt heartbroken and filled with hatred and anger.

"Great Chanyu, this chariot formation of the Chu army is too strange. We can't break it at all."

"It's not a good idea to continue fighting like this. It will only result in our soldiers being killed and injured in vain."

"Great Chanyu, retreat!"

The little king Su Puyan who was running over shouted.

Tadun frowned and clenched his fists suddenly.

Of course he knew that the outcome had already been decided and there was no point in continuing to fight.

But if we withdraw our troops now, how can we explain to Yuan Shang when we return?
Aren't all those boasts just like a slap in the face to oneself?

How would Yuan Shang laugh at himself, and how would those Wei army advisers and generals look at his joke?

It's a disgrace...

Tadun was conflicted and for a moment he was in a dilemma.

Inside the Queyue Formation.

Zhang Liao looked at the Wuhuan soldiers who were blocked outside the formation and couldn't help but sigh:
"The Prime Minister's Queyue formation is truly a brilliant formation that uses infantry to defeat cavalry. It makes full use of the terrain and combines chariots, crossbowmen, and spearmen perfectly..."

After sighing, Zhang Liao took a deep breath, and murderous intent burned on his face.

We have almost finished defending, it's time to turn defense into offense.

"Send a message to Bo Ping to open the chariot array!"

"Beiwei cavalry, listen to my orders. Follow me to defeat the Wuhuan cavalry!"

Zhang Liao raised his sword and issued an order in a stern voice.

Eight hundred heavily-armored cavalrymen fastened their armor, clenched their swords and spears, and their murderous intent burned in their hearts.

The Beiwei Iron Cavalry was named by Xiao Fang, after the famous Beiwei cavalry, the most elite cavalry of Yue Family Army!
Beiwei means high mountains.

Beiwei Iron Cavalry implies that the Iron Cavalry are rushing towards you like a towering mountain pressing down on you.

When Gao Shun received the order, he immediately ordered the chariots to open a gap about ten feet wide in the middle.

The Wuhuan cavalry who were frantically hacking at the chariots were completely stunned by the sudden change in formation of the Chu army.

We were just worrying about not being able to break the Chu army's chariot formation, but how come they opened it on their own?
What does this mean?
"Carry the Wei riders, follow me to kill the Hu!"

Zhang Liao let out a long roar, rode his horse and dragged his sword, and was the first to charge out of the Queyue formation.

With a wave of his sword, the three Wuhuan cavalrymen who were still stunned had their heads chopped off before they could react.

Eight hundred Beiwei heavy cavalry followed Zhang Liao and rushed out like a steel torrent.

The heavy armor rolled and in an instant the unsuspecting Wuhuan cavalry were crushed to the ground in large numbers.

Screams suddenly rang out, and the Wuhuan army was thrown into chaos.

Tadun, who was still struggling, heard screams in the front. He looked up and was immediately overjoyed.

The Chu army actually rushed out?

He was still worrying about not being able to break the Chu army's chariot formation, but then the Chu army, for some reason, counterattacked on their own?
I couldn’t ask for more!
Tadun was overjoyed, the dark clouds on his face disappeared, he waved his mace and shouted:
"All troops, listen up! Encircle and kill the Chu bandits that have rushed out! Kill them!"

When the order was given, thousands of Wuhuan cavalry rushed towards Zhang Liao's heavily armored troops from all directions.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Kakaka!"

The sounds of crashing, breaking, and screaming all rose up in an instant.

Countless streams of blood rose into the air, dyeing the sky outside the Queyue Formation red.

Then, the Wuhuan people were defeated.

Only 800 Beiwei cavalry were like a magic sword, easily piercing through the Wuhuan cavalry that was dozens of times their number.

The iron cavalry rolled in, invincible. Large groups of Wuhuan cavalry were knocked to the ground and crushed under their feet.

Although the Beiwei Cavalry were small in number, they were a heavily armored legion built by Liu Bei with all the financial resources of the Chu State.

This is a legion with both men and horses covered in armor and armed to the teeth.

How could the Wuhuan people's fragile light cavalry be able to defeat such a heavily armored army that was like a torrent of steel?

In front of the Beiwei heavy cavalry, the Wuhuan light cavalry was like paper, breaking into pieces and falling down at the slightest collision.

Crush!

A complete crush!
Immediately afterwards, the Wuhuan people were defeated and scattered like frightened birds.

The military discipline of the Hu people is not strict to begin with. They are brutal enough when the wind is in their favor and will fight more and more fiercely, but when the wind is against them, they run faster than anyone else.

The terrifying crushing force of the Beiwei Cavalry naturally broke his mentality easily, making them so frightened that they dispersed without warning without even hearing Tadun's orders.

"Great Chanyu, the Chu cavalry is actually heavily armored. Our army can't resist it at all!"

"Our army has collapsed, Great Chanyu, retreat quickly!"

Su Puyan screamed hoarsely, his voice full of panic and despair.

Tadun was already frozen on his horse, his mouth wide open, his eyes bulging, as if he had seen a ghost.

He got it.

This battle was clearly a trap set by Liu Bei for him, aimed at destroying his Wuhuan cavalry.

The so-called sneaking across the Yishui River was clearly a bait, only to lure his Wuhuan cavalry out of Yijing.

The crescent chariot formation, the crossbows, the heavy cavalry, the spearmen, and the heavy armored cavalry that rushed out at the end...

Everything was coordinated perfectly and was carefully designed to restrain his cavalry.

It was a trap from beginning to end.

Liu Bei's purpose was not to capture Ji County, but to lure and kill his Wuhuan cavalry!
"Good Liu Bei, you are worthy of your surname Liu. You are indeed sinister and vicious. You actually set up such a trap to lure and kill my Wuhuan cavalry!"

Tadun woke up with a distorted face and gnashed his teeth and cursed. Just as he was in shock and anger, the Beiwei cavalry in front of him had already rushed to the front.

The Wuhuan people standing in front of them had no time to protect the great khans, and they fled in panic like waves.

Zhang Liao rushed forward, cutting a bloody path with the long sword in his hand like cutting vegetables and melons, and rushed straight towards him.

"retreat!"

"Retreat quickly——"

Tadun was awakened by this, and turned around and tried to escape, shouting in panic.

late.

Zhang Liao was coming so fast that before he could speed up his horse, he was already in front of him like a towering mountain, pressing down on him.

"Hu dog, where are you going!"

Zhang Liao roared like thunder, and slashed wildly in the air with the long sword in his hand with the force of thunder.

Tadun was horrified and had no time to escape, so he quickly swung out his mace to block.

Originally, his martial arts skills were not weak, but he accepted the challenge in a hurry. He was already scared before they even fought, and the power of the mace in his hand was less than 30% of the original.

"throat!"

There was a dull loud noise.

Tadun couldn't hold the mace and was knocked away by Zhang Liao's sword.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Liao swung his sword again, as fast as lightning and as powerful as thunder.

The terrified Tadun didn't care about the severe damage to his internal organs and quickly drew his sword to resist.

"Crack!"

Another slash of the sword came down.

With a scream, Tadun's sword was cut off, and the hand holding the sword was also cut off.

"Ah~~"

A very shrill howl was heard.

Tadun, whose hand was broken, fell headfirst off his horse, rolled over and wailed in pain.

"Vulnerable!"

"You barbarian dog, don't you know how much you are capable of? How dare you become an enemy of the Great Chu?"

Zhang Liao admired Tadun's miserable state, snorted disdainfully, and brandished his sword, shouting:

"Tie up this Hu chieftain and immediately send him back to the Yijing camp to be dealt with by the king!"

Several cavalrymen rushed forward from behind and tied up Tadun, who had lost his hand.

Seeing their own Great Chanyu being captured alive, the Wuhuan cavalry collapsed and fled.

Zhang Liao led his army in pursuit, and Gao Shun also broke out of the formation and led his infantry to kill the defeated Wuhuan soldiers.

Blood flowed like a river and corpses were everywhere.

The 8,000 Chu infantrymen killed the Wuhuan people so badly that they screamed like ghosts and howled like wolves. They chased them for nearly ten miles and killed nearly 20,000 enemies.

Tadun was captured and the main force suffered severe damage, so the Wuhuan army collapsed.

After a short rest, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun led 8,000 troops northward along the Sang River and headed straight for Ji County.

...

The main city of Yijing.

On the top of the city wall, Yuan Shang was standing with his hands behind his back, staring in a trance towards the downstream of the Yishui River.

Although he pretended to be calm and confident, a hint of worry flashed across his brows from time to time.

Others could not see it, but Shen Pei could see that Yuan Shang was worried about Tadun's interception of the Chu army in the lower reaches of the Yishui River.

Almost three days had passed since Tadun led his 30,000 cavalry away.

For three days, there was no news from Tadun, and no one knew whether he had won or lost.

Yuan Shang naturally felt uneasy.

I don't know why, but a familiar ominous premonition quietly grows in my heart.

This ominous premonition appeared many times when he fought against Liu Bei, and without exception it came true.

This made Yuan Shang more and more anxious as he waited.

"Don't worry, my king. This battle is different from our previous battles with the big-eared thieves."

"We can say that we have the upper hand in this battle. We have 30,000 Wuhuan cavalrymen, while the Chu army that crossed the river only has 8,000 men."

"Even if we cannot completely annihilate the enemy, it should be no problem to stop them from crossing the Yishui River and heading straight to Ji County."

"Who knows, Tadun's victory report may be on the way."

Seeing that Yuan Shang was worried, Shen Pei smiled and comforted him.

Yuan Shang's tightly furrowed brows relaxed a little, and a picture of the Chu army crossing the river appeared in his mind.

After thinking it over, he really couldn't understand why Tadun couldn't defeat a mere 8,000 Chu troops.

Moreover, the attack was launched when the Chu army was halfway across the river.

Moreover, the Wuhuan cavalry carried enough shields and should have been able to withstand the Chu army's crossbows.

Yuan Shang really couldn't think of any reason why Tadun failed.

"Zhengnan's words make sense. It seems that I really don't need to worry too much. Tadun will definitely win this battle. There is nothing for me to worry about."

After Yuan Shang laughed at himself, the worry on his face disappeared.

Then he turned his gaze towards the Chu camp on the other side and sneered:
"Liu Bei, you have won battle after battle and you think you are invincible. You don't take me seriously at all."

"This time, I will use the heads of your eight thousand soldiers to make you look at me again!"

As Yuan Shang's sarcastic words came out, the sound of hurried footsteps was heard.

Wen Chou rushed up to the city wall in a hurry and with a look of horror on his face.

"Your Majesty, something happened!"

"An urgent report has just been sent back from Quanzhou. Tadun was defeated by Zhang Liao and Gao Shun south of Quanzhou. All 30,000 cavalrymen were killed and Tadun was captured by Zhang Liao!"

"The Chu army has conquered Quanzhou and is heading north along the Sangshui River, heading straight for Ji County!"

Yuan Shang's body swayed, and his face froze in shock and horror for a moment.

(End of this chapter)