Wei School's Three Good Students

Chapter 212 Silver Horn is Executed.

Silver Horn's berserk vanguard arrived at the battlefield. Xuan Chong rode a peacock into the sky to command the battle. Bamboo orders were transformed into messenger birds and sent out from the peacock.

The peacock was enormous, but it used a stealth technique. From six hundred paces away, the peacock looked as small as a sparrow.

Xuan Chong chuckled as he looked at the situation of the triangular-horned man relying on the Triceratops behemoth. He immediately ordered his cavalry to attack.

On the earthen fortress, ten Yao-type light cavalrymen, having received their orders, headed straight for the triangular behemoth. Just as Kau was gaping in disbelief, wondering how the Yao warriors could challenge such a colossal creature,...

The cavalrymen collectively threw lime packets at the Triceratops' eyes.

This stuff is called a "noisy bomb" within the Wu family army, as opposed to a pure lime packet. It contains 5% caustic soda.

Because the Wu family army has now found an alkaline lake in Zhendi, caustic soda is now available. Caustic soda is more soluble than quicklime and is more corrosive to the skin. While quicklime causes tearing, caustic soda is easily dissolved in sweat and tears, making it even more damaging to the skin.

As this barrage of "noise bombs" was unleashed, the triceratops in the fray roared and went berserk. They then began to run wildly. The horned humans hiding behind them didn't have time to escape.

Meanwhile, the artillerymen on the earthen ramparts had already coordinated their attacks. After the light cavalry dispersed, the artillery officers, three hundred paces away, saw through their binoculars that the horned beasts had gone berserk and had made room to reveal the clusters of horned people behind them. They excitedly shouted: "Fire!"

Fifteen two-inch caliber infantry guns fired projectiles that, like fists smashing strawberries, tore the buttocks and upper bodies of the horned men apart, sending organ fragments flying. This round of shelling left hundreds of severed limbs and broken arms on the ground.

The horned men were forced to charge, but immediately thirty muskets were positioned on the rammed earth ramparts. As the whistle blew, a volley of gunfire erupted, and Silver Horn was hit on the spot, but his murderous aura was strong, and the bullets only dealt a heavy blow to his body.

Twenty breaths later, the battle began. After the horned men's line withstood the artillery and musket fire, they made direct contact with the Wu family army's pikemen.

The two thin rows of spearmen of the Yao army blocked the Jiao people's attack like a dam, and the clusters of spears moved nimbly like venomous snakes spitting their tongues.

Although the spear shaft appeared to be shaking, the spearhead pierced straight through the flesh, then slid out with blood, flicked upwards, then retreated two steps, and with the second round of attacks, the spearhead, which had been trembling on the white waxwood shaft, fell down again for a second piercing.

The 125-man spear squad remained unmoved for the duration of the three cups of tea's brew. Thrust, swing, and then thrust again.

In a small column flanking the spearmen, short soldiers wielding knives and revolvers moved beneath the spear shafts, firing volleys of bullets that killed those attempting to sneak through the gaps. But most of the time, these covering soldiers didn't even have a chance to fire; the spearmen would simply swipe downwards, pinning most of those trying to squeeze through the gaps to the ground.

Nowadays, with firearms being the main source of firepower on the battlefield, the spear is still relevant because the various "demons and monsters" on the battlefield cannot be dealt with by bullets. For example, when a ghost chariot lunges towards musketeers, most bullets will be deflected by its malevolent energy and fly around randomly.

Xuan Chong's southward expedition had been significantly reduced in size, and the remaining personal guards were all skilled in their craft, many wielding long spears. Some of them had achieved a level of skill so profound that their spear techniques were as dense as a thousand pear blossoms in bloom, leaving no room for error.

The meaning of "an inch longer, an inch stronger" is that others wielding weapons simply cannot reach the user of the longer weapon; before they can even get close, they have already been pierced in a vital spot by the spearhead. This is equivalent to being unarmed.

At this moment, the people in the corners of the battlefield are being slaughtered unilaterally. Unless the spearmen run out of energy, these people in the corners will not be able to break through the defenses.

After killing halfway through, these spearmen took out gourds from their waists and poured in a mouthful of sweet wine.

This wine was brewed from honey collected by bees after the tree spirits of Thorn Ridge bloomed. After the spearmen took a small sip, their martial energy was fully restored.

…bystanders…

Kau, riding a griffin in the sky, watched as the horned people came like a tide, but his efforts were as futile as a school of fish facing a whale.

He circled in the sky for a long time, barely accepting the reality that these horned people were no match for the foreigners.

These rebellious horned people had been wreaking havoc in the eastern cities for a long time, robbing caravans, storming shipping stations, and massacring many winged people residents. Their fighting strength was undoubtedly formidable, but they were completely powerless against these foreigners.

Kau looked to the other side, where the eight giant horned beasts (originally twelve, four of which had been crippled by artillery fire) were still not engaged in battle. They were being relentlessly pelted with lime packets by the cavalry, their frenzied rage unstoppable. They were being lured away from the battlefield by the cavalry.

At that moment, he heard the drums below, and the ranks of the Yao army began to shift again. Kau realized something: the hero-king riding the peacock possessed extraordinary battlefield command abilities.
From the initial bombing of the landing zone by the Skyships, it seemed they had grasped the direction of the battle, and then one move after another drove these frenzied but desperate people to their deaths.

…Militarily advanced…

About two cups of tea later, after the pikemen had faced the enemy head-on, Xuan Chong had completed the troop movement of his musketeers and cavalry to the flanks. This command was timed perfectly, when the pikemen still had about 70% of their strength remaining.

Having fought for so many years, Xuan Chong knew his soldiers' stamina levels intimately. Once a battle began, Xuan Chong would imagine the hourglasses above the heads of these soldiers, their stamina waning.

Xuan Chong knew exactly how long this battlefront could last, so he was able to make timely and unhurried deployments.

If there is a realm of horseback riding called "the unity of man and horse," then Xuan Chong is now one with the entire army.

As the command flag was raised again, the musketeers and crossbowmen ran to the sides of the men.
Midway through, Silver Horn realized Xuan Chong's tactical intentions, and his men used wooden barrels as wheels to assemble chariots for the charge.

Xuan Chong had already prepared a backup plan. The commander of the ninth level of the Yao army rode up to meet him.

This person's acquired ninth-level martial general is Wu Ling, who can swing a spear that can change length from five meters away and cut the axle of a chariot.

He laughed as he faced the scattered wooden debris with a single thrust, then stepped aside. At that moment, the Taiwanese gunners had already aimed at these guys, and after a burst of smoke and mist, the horned people fell dead one after another.

Silver Horn was not spared either; where he stood, the soldiers were riddled with bullets and their flesh was torn to shreds. However, Silver Horn did not give up. He managed to control a Triceratops with witchcraft and attempted to launch a final assault on the Wu family army's formation.

But he quickly despaired. It was Wu Leng, the young general, who turned to the side behind the Triceratops and used the "Crane Pecking the Moon" spear technique, instantly piercing the massive war beast and causing it to roar. The war beast had no choice but to turn its head and bite him.

The extension of his weapon reduced the behemoth's size advantage, leaving it with only a health advantage, while its agility was far inferior.

With the giant beast that had been finally summoned running away again, the horned men on the front lines were like lost souls, their morale completely gone.

…deterrence…

Xuan Chong glanced at Kawu and Muyun Haikuo out of the corner of his eye. One of the two winged tribesmen was stunned, while the other was peeking out in disbelief.

Xuan Chong knew the reason for their shock. This horned human army of eight hundred men, twice the size of the Yao army, had been so easily defeated.

What our side just demonstrated in the battle was merely the basic tactics of the generals of the inner court. That is, the commander-in-chief used artillery and cavalry to separate the enemy's key units and supporting units, and then deployed some scouts to divide the battlefield and annihilate them one by one.

Within the structured military system of Da Yao, there exists a complex command mechanism. This mechanism ensures that the entire army senses the general's presence and hears his commands during battle.

The Horned People are still at the stage of leading the charge. This is something they learned from the Feathered People. However, the Feathered People's generals can fly. Even when the central army is scattered and flies into the sky, the Feathered People can still see their commander even in the most chaotic moments on the battlefield and make tactical adjustments based on the commander's gestures.

Of course, the winged race's tactical level was also limited to the state where heroic generals rode powerful mounts and led other nobles in a group charge.

…trampled by iron hooves…
The pursuit began. A starting rocket launched, and sixty armored cavalrymen of the Wu family army appeared from the flank of the battlefield and began their charge.

These cavalrymen, wearing only breastplates, moved very slowly but maintained a very tight formation, pressing forward like a wall.

If Bodi Wu Hengyu's knightly tactics were like a small hammer, then this was a slow, powerful hammer. Of course, from the sky's perspective, there was no aesthetic appeal of a stampede of ten thousand horses; instead, all the horses were taking small, quick steps, moving forward as if gentlemen were on a date.

The fleeing horned people, startled by the sound of rapid hoofbeats behind them, turned around to see a wall looming over them.

Soon, three or four lances struck the foremost horned man, followed by the second and third. Each horned man was sent flying by the cavalry's lances.

Xuan Chong: The cavalry slowed down, but their impact became stronger, which is a very counterintuitive phenomenon.

The reason lies in the process of cavalry charging and transmitting the impact force to the victims, because cavalry charges do not rely on the horse's body to collide with the enemy, but rather on the impact of the lances and sabers.

The frequency of contact between sabers and lances is key to increasing the damage inflicted during a charge.

The impact of a lance is sufficient at low speeds; at higher speeds, it's excessive. For a skinny 100-pound person, a burly 200-pound person charging at you—whether it's a slow, deliberate jog or a fast, energetic charge—will knock the skinny person down. Oh, no need to knock them flying; once they're down, the fat person can easily stomp on them, causing massive damage. The trampling of a cavalryman's hooves is more bloody than a saber.

For cavalry against infantry, wielding weapons is more difficult, and the recoil requires the rider to exert more effort to maintain balance. Furthermore, while the rider is adjusting their balance, even with a strong horse's impact, the cavalry's weapon cannot inflict damage unless it makes contact with the target.

The charging speed exceeds 200 or 300, but the arm's maximum bearing capacity is still 70. During the impact, the arm has to be released, and the impact force is abandoned.

However, once the charge slows down, the saber can more easily hit the infantry. Relying on the horse's weight, the saber slowly scrapes against the infantry, much like a car brushing against someone.

When horses are lined up in a dense row, the impact per unit area is increased.

When the Wu family army's cavalrymen make contact with the horned men, their speed is similar to that of an ordinary person jogging. After hitting one horned man, the cavalryman's lance can hit a second one. In addition, with the formation being so dense, it is often three or four lances hitting one person at the same time. Even if the individual horned man is very strong, he will be directly knocked over by the force of these horses. — They are releasing all the impact force with their lances and swords.

As the cavalry advanced, their sabers and lances struck the enemy repeatedly, like the rotating blades of a combine harvester reaping wheat.

During this process, the cavalry's neat turns and synchronized steps were the result of countless hours of training, sweat, and food consumption! Of course, the effect was also excellent.

The horned people, who were trying to escape the spearmen's formation, suddenly collapsed and fell in droves, suffering heavy casualties as they were trampled by their own men and horses.

There were no men standing directly in front of the cavalry; they all collapsed like wheat fields being trampled by off-road vehicles. After the cavalry and their own spearmen had completed their sweep, the cavalry moved to the horned people's escape route, forcing them to turn back.

Upon receiving the order from Xuan Chong, the spearmen began their formation march. Instead of wasting energy on pursuit, they maintained their formation and advanced in small steps to maintain pressure.
After the pikemen split up, the firearms units that were waiting stepped out of their formation and fired a volley.

After being mowed down by bullets, the horned man suddenly found all his teammates lying on the ground. At that moment, the jogging cavalry in front turned around and pressed down on him like a wall once again. The surviving horned man didn't know where to run.

However, after a horned warrior in the army, whose spirit-training talisman had been implanted, shouted his pleas, these horned warriors, who had been unwavering in their faith and blessed by the evil moon just days before, all knelt down, dropped their weapons, and awaited their bondage.

…gunfire…

In the final stage, at the very end of the battlefield, a "game-like" combat phase unfolded. Within the Triceratops circle, rows of armored soldiers formed a tight encirclement within an area of ​​about a hundred feet. Inside this circle was the Horned Dragon Gate, where waves of high-ranking officers took turns engaging in battle.

They maintained an encirclement of eight people, occupying the Open Gate, Rest Gate, Life Gate, Wound Gate, Block Gate, View Gate, Shock Gate, and Death Gate respectively. Everyone used the same set of spear techniques, but the moves of "attack, defense, trap, and harassment" were related to the gate they were in, and as people rotated in, the "gate" each person occupied also changed.

Those who come up first are the most energetic and are often those who enter through the "Death Gate" and "Shock Gate," while soldiers who are about to retreat and rest exit through the "Open Gate" and "Life Gate." Then, those who enter through the "View Gate" and "Rest Gate" take their place.

The Triceratops was hampered by the eight guns moving back and forth. It took a step with its left leg, but it tripped. Its right leg was stabbed, and its tail swung to the left, revealing a large gash on its right groin.

Neither its tail nor its forelimbs could reach the two-zhang-long (approximately 6.6 meters) Six Harmony Spear, and during its charge, all its wide-open openings would be subjected to a piercing strike.

This eight-man spear formation is similar to the "Big Dipper Sword Formation" formed by swordsmen in martial arts worlds. It's just that renowned practitioners can use sword energy to achieve a similar long-range attack effect. Now, military spear formations can do the same. —The Wu Family Army clearly developed this formation to deal with those single, monstrous attacks on the battlefield.

Despite its enormous size, the horned dragon was timid and cowering, while the eight people around it resembled demons.

Those who have mastered martial arts can serve the emperor. The soldiers currently beating up the Stegosaurus are Xuan Chong's personal guards. Amid cheers from their colleagues, they stab at the Triceratops's lower ribs and other thorny spots.

Because at this moment, they knew that Xuan Chong was also paying attention to this place.

Wu Leng shouted at the rising bloodlust: "Brothers, show us your skills and capture them alive!"

This statement is clearly redundant; everyone knows it's better to capture it alive. Otherwise, they would have already aimed for the Stegosaurus's eye sockets, anus, tendons, and other vital areas. Now they're slowly bleeding it out, simultaneously weakening the Triceratops's strength and its ferocious resistance.

Yes, all giant beasts have wild instincts, but once they experience pain to a certain degree, they will be tamed and obediently implanted with training runes.

A few minutes later, Xuan Chong saw the six sword dragons fall one by one, four of them still alive, bound hand and foot on the ground. He nodded.

Xuan Chong was intentionally training his personal guards.

Xuan Chong carefully compared the combat strength of the generals on Da Yao's side with that of the Feathered Clan nobles. With the Feathered Clan riding vultures and dragon horses, their advantage in diving was countered by their spears; the faster they dived, the more they would be pierced.

Therefore, the Winged Race's close-quarters combat assaults won't appear until the very end. The main focus in the early game will be on archery. The Winged Race's "Wind-Riding Arrows" and the Great Yao's "Silk-Patterned Heavy Arrows" each have their own unique characteristics.

The peacock descended from the sky. Xuan Chong: Hmm, the winged people in the air weren't wearing iron armor, but rather an extra layer of silver-lacquered bone armor, so we could shoot them down with light arrows.

As Xuan Chong landed, his bodyguard Zhou Zhong ran up to him and said, "Sir, they've caught that guy over there."

Xuan Chong turned his gaze to the Silver Horn, who was bound hand and foot, a hundred meters away.

Xuan Chong walked over, and Silver Horn revealed a sinister smile. He clenched his fist and released a swarm spell, but it wasn't even halfway through. A beam of red light swept across Peacock's side, burning the entire swarm of bees to ashes.

Xuan Chong paused, looking at the guy. His mutated, twisted eyes, one big and one small, and his eerie fangs showed that he had been deeply corrupted and his mind was not clear. He waved his hand: "Behead him and display his head."

(End of this chapter)