C150 (1/2)

”Hold on!”

Huangfu Song screamed at the top of his lungs as he waved the longsword in his hand, pointing at the hole that the xanthopanax had broken through. Yuan Shu's face was ashen, the hole that he had opened up was his soldier. He immediately took a few steps forward, swung his sword and cut down the retreating soldier, then shouted fiercely.

”Those who step back will be killed without mercy!”

Yuan Shu's soldiers were already scared senseless. Even though he had killed all the soldiers who were retreating, he did not manage to boost the soldiers' morale, as he did not manage to stiffen the soldiers' legs. Facing the ferocious xanthopanax, their morale had quickly passed, their resistance had started to decline, and the soldiers in the back were not willing to fight. Before xanthopanax even reached them, the soldiers in the back had already started to think about how to leave the battlefield. Although they were also afraid of being punished by martial law, it was still possible to find a suitable reason to leave the battlefield.

Yuan Shu was an experienced general who had fought in battles for a long time, he roared out loud to forcefully boost his morale, but as time slowly passed, the soldiers' courage to fight soon disappeared, the speed at which the xanthopanax attacked became faster and faster, the number of people attacking also increased, and Yuan Shu's soldiers slowly retreated, only the soldiers in front were still doing their best to resist.

In the beginning, the soldiers were still moving back slowly, but as the xanthopanax's attack became more and more intense, the soldiers in front of them kept falling, but no one moved forward, so there was a gap, and the soldiers that stood out took a step back to maintain the formation. Then there was a gap, then a step back, followed by two steps, then three steps, and by the time they had retreated seven or eight steps, the soldiers behind were already beginning to retreat in large strides.

Yuan Shu who was shouting and commanding the battle also saw the soldiers' fear. He immediately waved his sword and cut down a few more soldiers who tried to escape, but he was no longer able to reverse the situation. There were too many openings, so the xanthopanax grabbed the opportunity and rushed in.

When Gao Sheng saw that the officers and soldiers had started to retreat, he immediately led the Soldiers of the Yellow Scarves to roar and brandish his blade wildly to kill. In that moment, all he saw was flesh and blood flying everywhere as wails filled the air. Broken limbs and arms rolled all over the place.

No matter how Huangfu and Yuan Shu shouted, it could not stop the soldiers under him from retreating. Soldiers who had lost their courage would not be able to immediately raise their morale just by relying on killing two people, it was said that defeating a soldier was akin to collapsing a mountain, and once it collapsed, even a god would rarely be able to control them. Seeing that the defeated soldiers could not be dealt with, Huangfu Song prepared to order Yang Lin to charge forward and suppress the attacking xanthopanax.

”Command cavalry of Youzhou to attack the charging xanthopanax.”

When the order to attack was transmitted to Yang Lin, his heart could not help but sink. In front of the two armies, it was no more than five hundred steps wide. If the cavalry army charged, xanthopanax who was attacking would definitely be shot by the Yellow Scarves' Great Formation.

”Brothers, pull down your masks, follow the official army formation, attack!”

But, an order was an order, so Yang Lin did not hesitate at all. All he could do was to get as close to the imperial official army formation as possible in order to avoid his attacks. Pointing his long spear at the sky, he grabbed the horse belly and rushed out first. Over thirty thousand cavalrymen followed him like a torrent, charging forward from east to west.

”Kill …”

Amidst the continuous roars, the solemn cavalry of Youzhou was suddenly like a flood that had broken through the dike, moving from quiet to fast, until she finally finished accelerating and started to sprint with all her might. Over thirty thousand riders gradually formed into a tidal wave, sweeping towards the xanthopanax soldiers who were rushing over in formation.

Thirty thousand sabers were held up high, just like a dense forest of sabers, the sharp sabers emitted a cold light under the sunlight, forming a strange wall of light. Thirty thousand voices shouted in unison, a loud and clear roar pierced the sky, and tens of thousands of horses' hooves galloped forward, like muffled thunder, they smashed down from the sky.

Yang Lin pulled his spear forward, and the fine horses below him started to speed up, the hundreds of cavalrymen behind them also started to speed up, the surging cavalry of Youzhou soon entered the final sprinting distance. The rolling iron hooves kicked up a cloud of dust, confusing the dark sky. The thick murderous intent spread throughout the battlefield like spider webs.

More than thirty thousand cavalrymen came rolling over, colliding with the xanthopanax soldiers that were swarming forward. Like a giant wheel that had collided with a raging wave, water droplets filled the air as they collided with the golden spear. The giant wheel was still moving forward, but the surging waves had already shattered into pieces.

”Kill …”

Yang Lin's long spear was handed over to him and a soldier of the xanthopanax followed suit. With a lift of his right hand, the soldier was thrown off his spear, and Yang Lin's long spear drew a circular arc in the air before him. Once again, the spear blade moved forward.

The Youzhou cavalry rushed through the two formations like a tornado, the sharp blades already reached them in the sky, the brutal strike landed on the soldiers and soldiers of the xanthopanax Army, amidst continuous miserable howls, the soldiers and soldiers that were charging from the xanthopanax fell to the ground.

”Die!”

Guan Yu bellowed, and ferociously pounced on the horse belly, the stallion beneath him roared and galloped forward, the long knife in his hands slashed past, and more than a dozen of the xanthopanax soldiers were actually cut in half at the waist, as though they were running xanthopanax soldiers who had been scared senseless, as if they were demons that had seen hell.

Zhang Fei, who was right behind Guan Yu, turned left slightly, and swept his spear out, causing a row of xanthopanax to be smashed away. In mid air, his spear swung towards Guan Yu again, the tip of the spear slashed across the waist, leaving behind a mess of blood and intestines.

Dian Wei roared, he rushed towards the xanthopanax soldiers, a cold light flashed, one of the soldiers had been cut into two halves by Dian Wei's halberd, the other two thieves were killed by the cavalrymen who followed closely behind Dian Wei. Under Dian Wei's fearless attack of the large iron halberd, it was difficult for the soldiers of the xanthopanax to make even one move.