Chapter 385 Battle of Xiapi – Part 5 (1/2)
Chapter 385 – Battle of Xiapi – Part 5
The rain of arrows crippled Yan Liang's footmen. Two thousand men behind the shield bearers were killed by the volley while 300 shieldsmen succumbed to the raining projectiles.
Han Dang gathered two battalions to form a 2,000-man infantry army. They took out swords and shields, getting ready for melee combat.
Yan Liang's remaining 6,600 men, injured or well-conditioned, rushed at the defensive array of 2,000 Han Dang's swordsmen.
*BOOM*
Han Dang's swordsmen clashed at against 2,500 shield-bearers on the front. They used their shields to bash against plank shields, pushing back the front soldiers.
Yan Liang's soldiers planted on the ground to stop Han Dang Army's advance. Afterward, they took out their short swords to fend off the attackers.
At the back lines of Han Dang's side, the remaining 8,000 soldiers separated into four groups, 2,000 each. Two of the newly formed battalions rushed to the flanks of Han Dang Army, which they ran into the remaining two forces of Yan Liang's footmen.
The 4,100 footmen who survived the arrow rain also divided into two armies. Each covered the flanks of the shield bearers.
Again, Yan Liang's flanking armies collided into Han Dang's wing troops.
The number of the fighting personals were similar, but Han Dang had the advantage since he had 4,000 more men acting as archers.
The archer commanders pinpointed at the backlines of melee enemies, and the remaining 4,000 men pointed their crossbows at the enemies.
The second volley flew to the air and rained at the center shield bearers, killing another half of their army. However, the arrows also killed friendly soldiers in the process as the forces were still entangled against each other.
Han Dang screamed, ”Stop shooting! You're killing your allies!”
The archers stopped firing and pulled out their spears, getting ready to reinforce the frontline instead of using their crossbows.
However, Yan Liang moved from their left flank and appeared behind his combating soldiers at the center, behind the shield bearers.
3,700 Heavy cavalries formed a wedge formation behind Yan Liang.
”Breakthrough the center! Crush them!”
The charge from Yan Liang caught Han Dang off-guard.
”Reserve troops! Form spear walls and support the center!”
The command came late. Armored riders had already charged forward, which ran over their ally shieldsmen from the back and crushed the shield and sword fighters at the center.
Han Dang was commanding his soldiers on a horse. He pulled back to his left flank, getting away from the slaughter.
3,500 Riders brokethrough the chaos at the center and reached the 4,000 reserved troops.
Before they could reach the unprepared spearmen, Huang Gai led his 1,000 light riders to Yan Liang's right flank.
As if he was a linebacker who had marked the opposing running back in a football game, Huang Gai had been maneuvering his horsemen, following after Yan Liang's movement behind their frontline.
Now, it was his time to ambush Yan Liang.
”GOTCHA, YOU LITTLE BITCH!!”
Huang Gai roared as he interrupted Yan Liang's charge.
The collision between horses sent 500 riders from both sides flying.
Also, Huang Gai found Yan Liang, who had turned around to protect his men.
*BOOM*
A halberd from Yan Lang and a halberd from Huang Gai clashed once more. The second duel between these two giants sent shockwaves and caused loud noise throughout the battlefield.
Thanked the sudden interruption, the 4,000 spearmen managed to complete their array before the remaining armored horsemen could reach them.
Spearwalls worked against the chargers this time as the riders failed to break their formation. All horses fell to the spears and threw off their passengers.
Another one thousands of spearmen paid the price with their lives to stop the charge, but Yan Liang's private soldiers were obliterated in ten minutes afterward.
Yan Liang and Huang Gai were still entangling in their duel when the cavalry battle concluded.
Seeing that he had lost, Yan Liang attempted to retreat.
”HAHAHA! YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, BITCH!!”
Huang Gai laughed and chased after Yan Liang. Meanwhile, Han Dang also blocked Yan Liang's escape path.
Noticing the obstacle, Yan Liang yelled at Han Dang, ”GET LOST!”
*CLANG*