The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 673 Turning from defense to offense
The tremendous power and impact of the stones and crossbow arrows quickly created a gap in the outermost shield formation.

Cao Cao held the hilt of his sword tightly on the high slope, and saw that the Kushan army's formation was flowing like running water, with new shields always filling the gaps. "Pass my order, the catapults will fire in three waves, and the crossbows will concentrate on one point in the front formation and fire continuously!"

The sharp sounds of the giant arrows from the crossbows tearing through the air suddenly became more frequent. The Kushan shield soldiers on the periphery had just used their shields to block an armor-piercing arrow when they saw a chain reaction of collapse in the shield wall on the right.

The cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan were still surrounding the periphery.

This time was different from yesterday. The anxious party changed. Xiahou Yuan was extremely calm and was just waiting for the "coward" in front of him to reveal a flaw.

Time passed little by little, the midday sun turned the battlefield into a furnace, and the Kushan army's shields were covered with dents from stone bullets.

Compared with the Kushan army, which suffered heavy casualties and was in a tense state, Cao Cao only spent a lot of energy placing catapults and crossbow arrows and suffered no damage.

Hussein looked at this scene with a heavy expression.

At this moment, he already understood that his final battle had arrived.

In the past, when he was in a defensive formation, he had adopted similar tactics against the enemies he faced.

However, due to the haste of the battle, the enemy was unable to assemble many large-scale equipment on the spot, and the power of the catapults and crossbows they built were relatively limited, and their accuracy was not high.

His talent can distribute part of the damage suffered by his soldiers to the surrounding soldiers, while the Buddhist beads can bring unparalleled willpower and organizational ability.

The combination of the two ensured that no matter how powerful the enemy's attack was, the infantry he led would be able to withstand it.

Even if they encountered elephant soldiers, they could hold the battle formation by relying on the soldiers' patience and fearless counterattack.

But this time, he deeply felt the technological gap.

These large machines were built by the Han people too quickly and are too powerful.

The power of the stone throwing was far beyond his imagination.

In the past, when he encountered hurled stones, he was mostly able to resist them thanks to his talent and a large number of shield soldiers holding huge shields.

However, the impact of the stones this time was so great that even the heavy shields could not withstand it. Many soldiers holding shields had their arms broken and their internal organs shattered.

The same is true for the bed crossbow.

These crossbows are not only extremely powerful, but also highly accurate.

The continuous fire concentrated on one spot meant that even if the surrounding soldiers kept filling the gaps, the gap in the army formation continued to expand.

When the speed at which the shield soldiers were replenished could not keep up with the speed at which they were killed, the spearmen, crossbowmen and others in the rear were exposed and suffered fierce attacks from the enemy.

"Fulusha, we can't hold it anymore!" Hussein said dimly.

At this moment, he no longer cared about his own life or death. Defeat and death were inevitable, it was just a matter of sooner or later.

Another wave of stones came crashing down, and Hussein watched helplessly as the shield wall on the left shattered like glass hit by a huge hammer, and the remains of several shield soldiers were thrown into the air like rags.

Before the shield soldiers on both sides could fill their positions, the spear array of the spearmen in the back row had been exposed to the crosshairs of the bed crossbows, which stabbed hard, clearing a gap and leaving corpses all over the ground.

"General! The left wing can't hold on!" The deputy general's shout was drowned out by the roar of the catapult.

Hussein staggered slightly as he rushed to the left wing, almost slipping as he stepped over the sticky internal organs.

The ground was littered with corpses of soldiers; what they had suffered was absolute technological crushing and devastation.

If they continue to defend, tomorrow at most, these 20,000 soldiers will all die here for nothing. "Where did the Han people get so many slingshots and crossbow arrows?" Housai was very puzzled at this time.

It would be fine if there were a large number of crossbows and catapults, but the enemy's slingshots and crossbow arrows also need to be carefully cut, polished and prepared. How could they produce so many in such a hurry?

Little did they know that at this time Cao Cao's rear army had already arrived at the eastern border of Kushan.

Faced with the threat of tens of thousands of elite troops, Hubishekhar III had no thought of resistance. He positioned himself without hesitation and pledged his loyalty to Cao Cao.

As a great hero, Cao Cao accepted the proposal sincerely, painted a beautiful picture for Hubishka III, and encouraged the future Kushan ruler strongly.

Afterwards, Cao Cao proposed to mobilize Hubishekhar III's 30,000 baggage and troops for help, and Hubishekhar III naturally did not dare to refuse.

There were already more than 2,000 artisan soldiers in Cao's army, all of whom were talents trained based on Tian Ze's model.

Under the command of these people and with the help of some advanced equipment brought in advance, the 30,000 baggage soldiers began to work very hard.

With the help of the surrounding rocks and trees, slingshots and crossbow arrows were manufactured on an assembly line and sent to the front line.

Although the hastily made slingstones were not round as required and had some deviations in accuracy, and the crossbow arrows only had a little iron mixed in at the very front and tail, they were still barely usable.

After all, there is such a large fixed target in front of us, so a slightly larger error doesn’t matter.

Watching the catapults and crossbows firing continuously with no sign of stopping.

Hussein took a deep breath, and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes: "Since we can't defend it, then we won't defend it."

"General, what do you mean?" asked the deputy general.

"Attack! Attack the enemy in front of us. Even if we die at the hands of the enemy, it is better than dying in such a cowardly way!" Hussein roared.

The sacred Buddhist beads held tightly in his hand were crushed to pieces.

The ethereal feeling that was originally imposed on the soldiers suddenly disappeared, and at the same time, a strange force began to appear in everyone's mind.

One thought makes you a Buddha, one thought makes you a devil.

Behind the emptiness is endless killing and evil thoughts.

kill!kill!kill!

The pupils of the 20,000 Kushan soldiers turned blood red at the same time. They felt murderous intent rising in their minds, and the only thought in their hearts was fighting.

They roared and threw away their shields, holding spears and swords, staring at the enemies in the distance with eyes like evil spirits. Everyone seemed to be crazy and rushed towards the Han army around and in front of them.

Cao Ren, who was commanding the catapults and crossbow carts, never let his guard down and immediately noticed something unusual about the Kushan army.

Looking at the Kushan army, whose style was completely different from before and seemed like two extremes, Cao Ren immediately ordered all catapults and crossbow carts to be pushed back to the rear.

At the same time, the chariots on both wings, the elite cavalry of Cao Hong's army ready to go, and the most elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry of Cao's army appeared as the vanguard.

"This group of cowards are finally willing to fight us head-on." Cao Ren said in a deep voice.

As the most defensive general under Cao Cao, Cao Chun actually prefers attacking. He does not like this kind of attritional fighting style. He believes that a head-on fight is his character.

(End of this chapter)