The Black Flag Army moved. They were heavily armored infantry. Their goal was to directly crush the enemy. Although their movement was slow, every step they took brought an astonishing shock. When the heavy armor hit your face, your heart would tremble.
"That's it. Crush them like this!" Zhou Family was very intoxicated with this feeling. Heavy armored infantry, this was built by several generations of the Zhou Family. In this chaotic world, it would become the barrier for the rise of the Zhou Family.
Wancheng city was a gift from the Zhou Family to Sun Ce.
"Heavy armored infantry!" Liu Mang and the Formation Breaker had fought together. The Formation Breaker's way of fighting was to become a turtle shell and slowly open its mouth to swallow the enemy.
But now, the Black Flag Army in front of him was absolutely crushing. In the field, they did not have high-speed mobility, so the troops could completely avoid them. But now, in the city, there was no way to avoid them. The only thing they could do was to meet them head-on.
"Raise the bow, shoot!" The arrival of the Black Flag Army would take time. During this time, they would first taste the taste of the bow and arrows. Liu Mang raised his hand and shot out wave after wave of arrows. The tall arc and the effect of gravity made each arrow have the ability to penetrate a person. Liu Mang used three consecutive shots, row after row of arrows. This kind of arrow rain was not only dense but also uninterrupted to attack the enemy.
If it was ordinary infantry at this time, there would have been countless casualties. Even some elite soldiers like the Danyang soldiers could only frown and eat the arrows. But now, this kind of projectile rain did not have such a big effect. The arrows were like rain in the sky above the Black Flag Army.
However, this rain of arrows was very loud. Even when they hit the Black Flag Army, they were unable to cause any damage. They were either blocked by the heavy armor or deflected by the heavy infantry. Occasionally, there would be one or two muffled groans that told Liu Mang that he had indeed caused casualties to the Black Flag Army.
"It's useless, useless! Keep the arrow rain for yourself! "Zhou Cheng's face showed a ferocious expression." Speed up and crush them! "
"Hmm?!" Liu Mang's brows furrowed. Were heavy armored infantry fighters this strong? If they were facing heavy cavalry, Liu Mang's arrows would still be able to injure the warhorses. But now, they were just tickling the Black Flag Army.
"General, let's charge!" Chengyu suggested. Heavy infantry naturally needed heavy infantry to fight. Liu Mang's City Guard was formed in groups of three to three. Every one thousand City Guard consisted of three hundred Giant Shield Soldiers, three hundred Spear Soldiers, three hundred Archers, and a hundred Cavalrymen. Among them, the three hundred Giant Shield Soldiers were the heavy infantry.
"City Guard, First Platoon, raise your shields!" Liu Mang ordered as he watched the heavy infantry getting closer and closer.
Chengyu was excited. As a general, he naturally desired to achieve military merits and defeat his opponent head-on. The spear in his hand had already begun to move forward. Chengyu also raised his hand. As long as Liu Mang gave the order, he would lead the Cavalrymen to charge at the front and use the momentum of the Cavalrymen to tear apart the heavy cavalry's tortoise shell.
"Retreat!" Liu Mang's name almost made Cheng Yu spit out a mouthful of blood.
"What? Retreat?! "Chengyu couldn't believe it. They were in the city. Where could they retreat to? Moreover, they couldn't change their formation from the back to the front. The speed of a person retreating was definitely slower than the speed of a person running in the front. They were going to be chased away!
The end result would definitely be that they would be blocked in the city and completely annihilated.
Although Chengyu didn't believe it, he still resolutely carried out Liu Mang's order. The Cavalrymen covered the flanks and retreated in the direction they came from.
"Want to escape? Weren't you very arrogant a moment ago? Now it's too late! I want to see where you can run to! Everyone, speed up, speed up! " Zhou Cheng went crazy. As long as he killed Lü Bu's son-in-law, it would be the biggest gift to Sun Ce. The Lvbu's Army had forced Sun Ce's wife, Big Joe, to commit suicide. This was the reason why Sun Ce returned to Wancheng City in anger.
If he killed Lü Bu's son-in-law and gave his head to Sun Ce, it would be the best gift.
"You want to kill me so much? Then come! " Liu Mang didn't know how he provoked the Black-Clothed Army. It seemed that they would not be satisfied until they killed him.
"Quickly retreat, throw away the giant shields!" The giant shields in the hands of the front army were not only big but also too heavy. With the giant shields, they couldn't run fast.
The Black-Clothed Army on the opposite side also increased their speed. If they continued like this, they would soon be overtaken. Once they were caught, they wouldn't be able to escape.
"General, let us go. If we continue like this, we will continue like this!" Chengyu was anxious. If they continued like this, would they really be completely annihilated? Even the giant shields were thrown away. What would they throw away next? Throw away their helmet and armor?
"Take off your helmet and throw it away!" Liu Mang didn't pay attention to Chengyu and directly issued an order. Do they really want to throw away their helmet and armor? From the helmet to the arm armor, then to the half armor, then to the whole body armor, the City Guard lost everything along the way.
This really became a rout. Even if it was a rout, it wouldn't be so thorough. Now they only lacked the flag. If they lost the flag, the City Guard would really become a defeated army.
"Did they throw away their armor and shields?" On the battlefield, whether a soldier was wearing armor or not was completely different. Ordinary soldiers wore half-body armor, which was a thin piece of metal that could only be used to attack from below the crotch. Once they were hit by a dense rain of arrows, it would result in countless casualties. The more elite soldiers would wear a helmet or a vambrace to protect their arms and head. This way, they could avoid being hit in the vitals and have the ability to counterattack. The best armors were for the Marquis and Generals. Their armors were heavy, had strong defensive capabilities, and were also comfortable. They were all specially made.
Now that they had thrown away their helmet and armor, they were completely exposed to the enemy. They didn't even have the ability to defend against a slight attack. Could it be a trap?
Zhou Cheng hesitated. Just as he was about to ask the troops to stop, a black flag in front of them suddenly attracted his attention.
"Throw away the flag!" Liu Mang shouted. The flag represented the location of an army's commanding general. The general was telling the troops that their commanding general was fighting together with them. Once the flag was gone, the soldiers would think that their commanding general was killed or ran away. If their commanding general was gone, how could they fight a battle?
Therefore, the flag was also a manifestation of morale. Without the flag, it represented a rout, which meant that they had admitted defeat.
"You want to surrender? You won't have this opportunity! "Zhou Cheng was still hoping to take Liu Mang's head to claim credit. How could he let Liu Mang live?
"Pass down my order, the entire army will pursue. Those who kill one person from the Lvbu Army will be rewarded with a thousand coins. Those who kill five people will be promoted to a higher rank. Those who kill a general of the Lvbu Army will be rewarded with the surname Zhou. Follow me into the clan and bring honor to our ancestors!" Zhou Cheng's conditions had already bewitched everyone's hearts. The Black Flag Army didn't have much motivation to kill people and be promoted, but the reward of having the surname Zhou enter the Zhou Family's genealogy was really too tempting. These Black Flag Army were the Zhou Family's private soldiers, but in fact, they were slaves that the Zhou Family had cultivated since childhood. What they desired was to obtain a free identity, and not as a servant. As long as they entered the Zhou Family's genealogy, then they would be the children of the Zhou Family, the master of the Zhou Family. At that time, their descendants would be able to enjoy the treatment of nobles, and no longer be servants like them.
"Kill, kill, kill!" The heavy armor was originally unbearably heavy, and the long journey was very tiring. However, when they heard the promise of their young master, they went crazy. Each of them was in the late stage of concealment. Their faces were flushed red, and the swords in their hands seemed to have inexhaustible strength.
"Ah ah ah!" Several teams of City Guard soldiers who were running slowly, and some of them who had leg cramps, were all surrounded by the Black Flag Army. Without armor and giant shields, the City Guard soldiers who only had a long sword or spear were no match for the Black Flag Army. They were swallowed up in an instant.
These people also couldn't stop the Black Flag Army's footsteps.
"General, general!" Chengyu shouted, "If this continues, we will only be wiped out. All of us will be wiped out. Chengyu requests to attack."
Those who fell were all fellow soldiers. They didn't die on the way to charge, but they died on the way to escape. They didn't even fire a single shot, and they retreated after a few rounds of arrows. This made Chengyu feel very uncomfortable.
In fact, Liu Mang's mood was also very uncomfortable. The wails of the City Guard soldiers who fell on the road, and the determination to resist when they were caught, made Liu Mang's heart ache. However, he couldn't stop. If he stopped, it would really be over.
"If I ask you to attack now, you will only be sending yourself to death!" Although the cavalry battalion was made up of heavy cavalry, there were too few of them. There were only a hundred of them. If they were to charge into 3,000 heavy infantry, wasn't that just sending themselves to death? Liu Mang wasn't stupid. He wouldn't do such a stupid thing.
"Let me lead the cavalry battalion and charge! We would rather die on the way to charge! Don't! Don't! " Chengyu didn't say everything, but Liu Mang knew what he meant. Chengyu also knew what it would be like if a hundred cavalrymen charged into 3,000 heavy infantry. However, he still wanted to fight. Firstly, it was for the sake of those who died. Secondly, he didn't want to be so cowardly. Secondly, it was to buy time for the other City Guard soldiers to escape. Since the general ran away, then let him go back alive!
Let these hundred cavalrymen cover the general's retreat! Three thousand heavy infantry soldiers couldn't be blamed for running away. Even if the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry encountered them, they wouldn't want to take on this tough bone. If they were careless, they might even lose their teeth.
Looking at Chengyu's determined expression, Liu Mang gritted his teeth. The black chess soldiers behind him seemed to have slowed down their speed. "Okay! I will give you one chance, but only one. You will lead the cavalry battalion to charge once. After charging, immediately circle back to me from the flank. I need you! The City Guard needs you. Without the cavalry battalion, the City Guard is no longer the City Guard! "Liu Mang had always taken care of the cavalry battalion. Why? Because Liu Mang had led the cavalry battalion to charge once. Last time, the cavalry battalion was completely annihilated. In order to protect Liu Mang, not a single person survived. Now, Chengyu was going to do the same thing as Liu Mang. Back then, Liu Mang encountered a few thousand infantry soldiers under Chen Lan and Lei Bo. Now, the cavalry battalion had to face 3,000 heavy infantry soldiers!
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