Chapter 127 - The Urban Army Retreats (1/2)
Chapter 127 - The Urban Army Retreats
Translated by Bloodfalcon, Edited by Krayto
The Black Flag made their move first. They are heavy infantries, and their method of attack is crus.h.i.+ng their enemies with sheer strength. Although they are slow, every step they took would strike fear in their opponent’s hearts. The imposing look of their heavy armor would make anyone cower.
“Good, maintain this momentum. CRUSH THEM NOW!!!!” Zhou Cheng is intoxicated with this feeling. This heavy infantry is truly awesome in Zhou Cheng’s eyes. These heavy infantry is the result the Zhou clan’s many years of training. They will become the Zhou clan’s barrier in this times of war and will become a bridge for the Zhou clans rise to fame and fortune.
This Wancheng city will be the Zhou clan’s tribute for Sun Ce.
“These heavy infantry is as good as Formation Breaker!” Liu Mang muttered to himself, it was truly comparable with the Formation Breaker. When at the road to Kaiyang, Liu Mang had been fighting alongside Formation Breaker, at that time, the Formation Breaker formed a tortoise sh.e.l.l formation and when enemy came, the formation swallowed 2,000 troops in one blow.
And the Black Flag in front of him, is similar to the Formation Breaker of that time. If this is a battle in open-field, these the Black Flag would not be so good, because they simply did not have enough speed to do attack and any enemy can avoid them, but currently the Urban Army was trapped inside the city, unable to maneuver freely. So they can only meet them head-on.
“Raise bows!!! SHOOT!!!” For the Black Flag to reach them, they required quite a lot of time. Liu Mang needed to cut down their numbers first by volleying. The opponents are wearing heavy armor, but with a volley and with gravity added, they should able to pierce their armor. With Liu Mang implementing three waves of firing, they are able to volley-fire without stopping.
If ordinary foot soldiers were the one who is charging right now, their numbers will be reduced greatly after this attack. Even the elite soldiers like the Danyang soldiers can only bite their teeth and retreat when faced with this kind of volley-fire. And now that volley-fire is falling toward the Black Flag like acid-rain.
However, that volley-fire proved to be futile by the Black Flag's armor. The volley-fire simply cannot penetrate their heavy armor and they occasionally deflected the arrows using their own weapons. Even 1 or 2 people just snorted coldly toward Liu Mang to show that his efforts were futile.
“HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Useless, useless!! Your volley-fire is useless to my elites!!!!” Zhou Cheng's face become more fierce and said “Increase speed, grind them to the ground!!!”
“HMPH?!” Liu Mang's brow wrinkled. Is the heavy infantry this strong?! If the enemies were heavy cavalry, Liu Mang's arrows can at least bring injury to their warhorse. But his volley-fire only tickle the Black Flag.
“General, should we rush them?!” Cheng Yu proposed his method. When heavy infantry meet with each other, there will be a duel naturally.
In Liu Mang's hand now there is only 1,000 troops and they are forming a formation of 300 great s.h.i.+elds at the front, 300 spearmen, 300 archers and 100 cavalry soldiers that act as phalanx bodyguard. Those 300 great s.h.i.+eld soldiers is the one who wore the heavy armor.
Looking at the Black Flag getting nearer and nearer Liu Mang said his order “Urban Army, first row lift your s.h.i.+eld!”
Cheng Yu was really excited. He is a general, so naturally he longs for contributing merit to his military service, and is also eager to defeat the enemy on battlefield. The spearmen were already prepared and pointed their spears toward them.
Cheng Yu also lift his hand. When Liu Mang issued his order, he will bring his cavalry soldiers to do the initial a.s.sault, tearing open these heavy infantries stubborn defense with the cavalry's momentum.
However Liu Mang’s next words surprised everyone on the field, making even Cheng Yu vomit blood.
“RETREAT!!!!”
“WHAT?! RETREAT??” Cheng Yu really cannot believe his order. Where can we retreat?! Right now they cannot advance or retreat, we are sitting ducks.
The last result is, they will be suffocated by the opposition and will be annihilated inside the city.
Although Cheng Yu did not want to believe the order, Liu Mang’s order was law, so the only thing Cheng Yu can do is prepare his cavalry unit to retreat.
“Heh, want to run away?! A moment ago, you were truly spirited and now you want to run?! TOO LATE FOR ALL OF THAT!!! I WANT TO GO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO!!! ALL ARMY FULL RUs.h.!.+” Zhou Cheng truly become crazy. As long as he killed this Lu Bu's son-in-law, he would bring the biggest gift to Sun Ce. Lu Bu’s army has killed Sun Ce's wife Da Qiao, and for that reason, now Sun Ce is storming Wancheng city.
So, killing Lu Bu's beloved son-in-law and giving his head to Sun Ce, it is certainly the best gift.
“WANT TO KILL ME? THEN COME AND GET ME!!!” Liu Mang is really annoyed with these Black Flag because they did not want to release him at all.
“QUICK, FULL RETREAT, THROW THE GREAT s.h.i.+ELD!!!” The front row of Urban Army is holding the great s.h.i.+eld. Those great s.h.i.+elds that Liu Mang brought was incorporated into Formation Breaker after Battle of Mt. Bagong.
The Urban Army now is also using the great s.h.i.+elds because of its good defenses but it is very heavy and will hinder their retreat speed as well, so Liu Mang ordered them to discard the great s.h.i.+eld and they all complied with Liu Mang’s order.
As a reaction the Black Flag also increased their speed. Their appearance was like a tiger closing in on its prey, once they reached their prey, they will surely die.
“General, we have discarded our s.h.i.+elds! What is next!!!?” Cheng Yu was anxious. What kind of army retreated before even battling? He even ordered for their weaponry to be discarded? If this continues, what else will be discarded? Did Liu Mang want them to fight barehanded and naked!?
“ALL TROOPS, DISCARD YOUR HELMETS AND ARMOR!!!” Liu Mang did not pay attention to Cheng Yu but issues order directly. Eh, after discarding the s.h.i.+eld, they now discarded their helmets and armor?
With this, the Urban Army could be described as armor less. What good it can bring with this f.u.c.ked-up strategy?
If anyone saw this, they would say that Urban Army is truly routed. The only thing left is their banner. If they threw down their banner, then this Urban Army can be considered defeated, even if all of their troops are intact.
“After they thrown down their s.h.i.+eld, now they also threw down their helmet?!” Zhou Cheng become really confused.
Normal soldiers only wear lightweight iron armor, their armor is so thin that it like a padded aluminum foil. When they are faced with a volley-fire, they will be dead immediately.
Helmets and arm guards are usually made of stronger material in order to protect their arms and head. They were built like that so the enemies’ attack can avoid their vitals as well as countering their enemies attack.