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Chapter 35: Breaking the Army

Although the troops are still slightly better than the Han army, in order to ensure the victory of the decisive battle, Chen Can made a greater determination to fight the decisive battle than Zhang Zhi. Without having time to find out the strength of the Han army out of the city, Chen Can directly decided to dispatch thirteen garrison teams to fight the Han army based on his intuition, and thus gained the advantage of more than 200 troops in the two garrison teams on the battlefield.

Don’t think that there are too few people in two hundred people. The Han army’s total troops leaving the city are only more than 1,100. If the strength advantages of the two garrison teams are used well, they will immediately gain an overwhelming strength advantage in a local battlefield.

The soldiers of the Jike County were not only in terms of military strength, but also in terms of equipment and the number of elite combat soldiers. Among the thirteen garrisons, five were the standing troops of the county seat of Qilan, and the strictest training was the best in the county. Although the remaining eight garrisons were relatively poor in terms of equipment, they were all county-level elites trained in combat with barbarians. The combat effectiveness was far greater than the Wulian Han army, which expanded the two garrisons into fourteen garrisons in just two months.

Well, theoretically speaking, it is also inferred according to common sense that this should be true if the supply of heat and salt is not considered.

Both military strength, equipment and combat effectiveness were advantageous. Chen Can, who had been familiar with military affairs since childhood, also confidently chose to use the crane wing formation to defeat the enemy with the crane wing formation, personally led the elite troops of five garrison teams to the center, and established the central army's main formation, and the county soldiers of the eight garrison teams were arranged on the left and right, spreading like crane wings. They could not only attack the enemy's wings, but also detour behind the enemy's formation, attacking the enemy's formation from the rear, with both offense and defense, and at the same time they could also give full play to the strength and combat effectiveness advantages of county soldiers.

After the formation of the county soldiers was arranged, Wu Lian Han Army, who were arranged in a cone formation, had also slowly arrived in front of the county soldiers. As a result, the first thing that attracted the attention of Chen Can and the county soldiers was of course the obviously overly bloated paper armor on the Han soldiers and colorful plastic armor. After seeing these seemingly ridiculous armors, Chen Can, Liu Huan and others were of course surprised and said, "What's going on? What armor are the soldiers of Zhang Zhi's thief army wearing? Why have they never seen them before?"

On the contrary, Su Ding, who had been demoted to Qu General, saw that something was wrong and hurriedly ran to Chen Can and said, "Prince, the situation is not good. Those armors that looked a little bloated were the weird armor that had suffered a great loss last time. I don't know what it was made of. It can be worn on the body like iron sleeve armor, and it is difficult to pierce even if it is stabbed with a spear."

"This is the kind of iron armor you are talking about? It doesn't look like it's made of iron?" Chen Can asked in surprise: "Also, didn't you say that there are very few monster armors like this in the thief? Why did so many of them appear today?"

"The General of the Mo didn't know, why so many strange armors appeared on the thief army? Logically speaking, it was impossible for the thief army to create so many armors in such a short time?" Su Ding scratched his head and said, "But General of the Mo is sure that this kind of monster armor is the armor that caused the last loss to the General of the Mo to kill the arrows and shoot, so the General of the Mo was captured by the General of the Thieves."

After saying that, Su Ding, who had suffered a great loss, quickly said: "Prefect, this kind of monster armor is too difficult to deal with. The thief army suddenly appeared so many monster armors. We may have a lot of danger in this battle. The best way is to retreat quickly to defend the camp!"

"Fuck!" Chen Can was furious and scolded: "What's the difference between retreating the army and turning around and letting the thief army cut? Go back and lead the team, I don't believe it. This kind of monster armor can really defend against swords and arrows like the iron sleeve armor that our tie goalkeepers are qualified to wear. Isn't this equivalent to hundreds of tie goalkeepers in the tie army? Can there be such a ridiculous thing in the world?"

Su Ding, who finally made a correct opinion, had no choice but to honestly retreat to his direct garrison team. Liu Huan on the other side noticed another detail and hurriedly said to Chen Can: "Prevent, please see, the garrison team led the army to the front and serve as the vanguard of the thief army. He was under the banner of Wu, and the one who led the team must be Wu Ma."

Looking up, seeing that Wu Ma's banner was indeed walking in front of the Han army, Chen Can was secretly happy and hurriedly called one of his own soldiers and explained to him a few words. The soldier clasped his fists and sang his promises. He rushed out of the county soldiers' main formation, ran to the Han army's formation, and shouted at the Han army's vanguard team: "Mahjong Wu, Chen Taishou Junling, he knew that you were the Zhang Zhi thief army who was forced to surrender last time. He didn't blame you. Now, as long as you put down your weapons and surrender, you are still the general of our Ke County! There is also a heavy reward!"

"When I go back, I will tell Chen Can, and I will appreciate his kindness!" Wu Ma replied loudly: "But as a Han general, I should be loyal to protect the country and be unswerving. Let him be prepared. I will never be ruthless to him on the battlefield!"

Chen Can's personal soldiers were helpless and were afraid that the Han army would shoot arrows, so they could only run back and report. Chen Can was not surprised when he heard this and said, "It doesn't matter, we don't have to be afraid of him. There are so many surrendered soldiers from our county soldiers in the bandit army. If the fight starts soon, as long as the situation is a little bad, they will naturally make a smart choice."

At this time, the Han army had already beaten the advancing drum. Under Zhang Zhi, who was in the middle of the line, the Han army soldiers from the eleven garrisons were neatly shouting the slogan of restoring the Han Dynasty, maintaining a strict line and slowly advancing, step by step towards the central position of the county soldiers, like a huge triangle, directly piercing into the middle of the crane wing formation of the county soldiers.

On the county soldiers, there were sufficient numbers of strong bows and crossbows, and they were ready to wait for Chen Can to send a signal, and then they fired arrows at once, covering the Wulian Han army with few attacks. Chen Can also calmed down and planned to wait for the Han army's vanguard to enter within fifty steps, and then ordered the drums to shoot the Han army, and shot the Han army with heavy casualties. However...

However, no one expected that when the Han army vanguard team led by Wu Ma came to the county soldiers about 60 steps, the advancing drums in the Han army suddenly stopped beating. The second Han army led by Zhu Xiang quickly placed sixteen log pillars in front of the formation, aimed the front end of the log at the county soldiers' positions, and then took out a torch and placed it at the back end of the log...

"What are the traitor army doing?"

When Chen Can and the county soldiers were inexplicably surprised, a loud noise like thunder suddenly came one after another. With the loud noise, the front ends of the sixteen wooden pillars sprayed orange-red flames one after another. The crowd of county soldiers and soldiers who were waiting in line suddenly screamed.

For some reason, without seeing any feather arrows flying out, dozens of county soldiers suddenly fell to the ground, either rolling on the ground, or covering their faces and screaming like pigs. There was a sudden chaos in front of the formation. Chen Can, Liu Huan and others were all shocked and screamed in shock, "What's wrong? What's that?"

At this time, the Han army had already beaten a dense charge drum. Taking advantage of the chaos in the front of the county soldiers, Wu Ma roared and led the direct troops to launch a charge, holding up the sword spear and weapons, directly attacking the front of the county soldiers' positions. The Han army brigade behind followed closely and launched a full-scale attack from the beginning!

It’s not okay to fight like this. There is no experience in formation fighting from top to bottom. Comparing with county soldiers to change formation tactics, what is the Han army seeking death?

"Bang the drum and shoot the arrow!"

Fortunately, Chen Can reacted very quickly and immediately ordered the drums to beat and shoot arrows. As a result, as the drum sounded, the county soldiers who had not been hit by sharp stones did not care about rescuing their fallen companions. They immediately fired arrows at the same time, attacking the Han army that was charging in a dense manner, intending to use bows and arrows to weaken the Han army first, shoot the Han army's ranks, and then calmly respond to the Han army's attacks.

The moment that completely shocked the county soldiers finally came. After the feather arrows shot to the Han soldiers, they had almost no blocking effect. Even though countless Han soldiers in bloated armor had already had feather arrows inserted into their bodies, they still kept their pace, as if they were not affected at all. They still maintained a charge state, and they could hardly see the scene of Han soldiers falling to the ground by being caught in arrows.

The second wave of arrows was shot again, but it was useless. Even though the Han soldiers' bloated armor was already covered with more feather arrows, the momentum of charge still did not weaken, and the third wave was the same.

"What a iron armor?!" Chen Can yelled in disbelief and added in disbelief: "It's impossible! How could the thief army rush so quickly in such thick iron armor?"

"What kind of armor is the thief army wearing? Why is the crossbow of bows and crossbows useless?"

Similar screams came one after another in the county soldiers. Many county soldiers who shot arrows clearly saw that the arrows they fired were shot very accurately on the Han army soldiers, but they could not cause harm to the Han army soldiers. Only a very small number of feather arrows that lucky enough to shoot the faces and limbs of the Han army soldiers could make blood flow out of the Han army soldiers.

It is no surprise that the paper armor of the Ming and Qing dynasties was able to resist bullets from primary muskets to a large extent, not to mention that the kinetic energy was much smaller than that of the projectile. Moreover, how could the paper quality in the 21st century be comparable to the paper quality in the Ming and Qing dynasties?

Depending on the situation, Chen Can could only try hard to force himself to remain calm and shouted loudly: "The Central Army is stable! Stay stable! Use the banner, double-teams on both wings! Double-teams on both wings!"

"Stay firmly! Sta firmly!"

The grassroots generals of the county soldiers who had already started to panic in their hearts shouted loudly, and the banner of double-teaming on both wings was quickly launched. As a result, the eight county soldiers lined up on both wings did not hesitate, and immediately hedged to the left and right, shouting and storming towards the two wings of the Han army's cone formation.

The distance was closer. Before the county soldiers who were surrounded by the two wings joined forces with the Han army, the Han army vanguard team led by Wu Ma had already stabbed straight to the front of the county soldiers like a knife. The county soldiers who had been blown up by the Han army's pine cannons quickly suppressed their fear and raised their spears, and stabbed them fiercely at the Han army soldiers who were shouting.

The paper armor, which is technology ahead of this era for hundreds or thousands of years, also played an unimaginable role at this moment. No matter how sharp the county soldiers' spears forged by marinated iron are grinding, they are almost unable to penetrate the paper armor on the bodies of Han soldiers, no matter how fierce and fierce they are.

On the contrary, the spears poked by the Han army soldiers, under the physical support of high calories and high salt, were able to penetrate the leather armor worn by the county soldiers, and then caused damage to the body of the leather armored county soldiers, causing a famous county soldier to scream, and lie down in a pool of blood forever with unwilling roars and incredible eyes.

"What kind of armor is worn by the thief army? How can it block swords and arrows more than iron armor, and it is so flexible to wear?" This is the puzzled question of many county soldiers before their deaths.

The county soldiers stabbed the spears with no use, and it was difficult to even make a deeper cut on the paper armor. This naturally means that the combat effectiveness of the county soldiers has dropped sharply, and they can hardly be beaten to repay the battle. The Han soldiers only need to pay attention to avoiding the enemy weapons that stabbed them towards their necks and faces, and devote most of their energy to slashing people with swords, stabbing the spears and killing the enemy, stabbing a famous county soldiers and slashing them in a pool of blood, and stepping forward and invincible.

At this time, the county soldiers who came to the two wings had already joined the Han army. However, the situation of the war was similar. The Han army, which arranged paper armored soldiers on both wings, also responded calmly with excellent armor that was leading the era for hundreds or thousands of years. Without any need to worry about their own safety, they stabbed the spears with extremely calmness, killing the soldiers and soldiers of the county and county with worse equipment, screaming endlessly.

The county soldiers only had a slight advantage over the two rear corners of the Han army's cone formation, but this advantage was not great, because although the Han soldiers who were walking in the last row were unable to equip paper armor, they were all wearing leather armor that was barely enough in this era, and also had physical strength support from high calorie and high salt. Therefore, even if the Han army's rear team had less experience and poor physical strength, they could still fight with the county soldiers without any sign of defeat.

Relying on the advantage of military strength, the two county garrison teams also deviated from the cone formation of the Han army, trying to assault Zhang Zhi's flag from the rear, and capture the thief first and capture the king directly to take down the culprit Zhang Zhi. However, they saw incredibly painfully that in fact, the Han general Zhao Quan, who was most trusted by Zhang Zhi, took him all equipped with paper armor, and firmly protected Zhang Zhi's back. No matter how they attacked, they would not defeat Zhao Quan's direct troops.

"Actually, I can be more patient. When I build enough paper armor and give all my soldiers all the equipment, even if the county soldiers do not divide the troops, I will still be sure to win the decisive battle in the front and the losses will definitely be smaller."

While Zhang Zhi was observing the battlefield, Liu Huan, who led two garrison teams to guard the central army's position, was already hard to resist by the paper armored soldiers of the Han army led by Wu Ma and Zhu Xiang. He had to gather his formation and temporarily form a circular formation to resist the attack of the Han army. However, even so, even though his physical strength and armor were at an absolute disadvantage, Liu Huan's troops were still killed and injured, falling to the ground, and the circular formation continued to shrink.

Panic and fear were finally filled with Chen Can's face, which made Chen Can's plan to escape. However, considering the tragic end of his own taking the lead in running, Chen Can still orders his direct troops to change the round formation and prepare to face the enemy. At the same time, he ordered Su Ding to lead the elite county soldiers of the other two troops to come forward to rescue Liu Huan who was already surrounded.

Unfortunately, Chen Can must regret that he had too many concerns before. Su Ding, who had not taken a deep background in the background, asked him to continue to command the troops. After receiving Chen Can's counterattack order, he looked at the Han army's paper armored soldiers who were still invincible in the forest of swords and guns. Su Ding, who had already suffered a great loss, not only did not fight forward to death, but also his legs became weak. He only barely stepped forward for a distance with the elite county soldiers. Seeing some Han army's paper armored soldiers turning around to prepare for themselves, Su Ding no longer had the courage to continue moving forward.

In a timid manner, Su Ding chose to stand in and stand in a stalemate without a general leading the army to attack. The county soldiers naturally had a high morale. Even if they barely fought with the Han army's paper armored soldiers, the offensive was still weak and it was difficult to see the effect. They were directly blocked by a small number of Han army's paper armored soldiers. Wu Ma and Zhu Xiang took the opportunity to lead the army to strengthen the offensive. After a bloody battle, they finally defeated the round formation formed by Liu Huan in a hurry, and were also killed directly in the formation general Liu Huan.

As soon as Liu Huan died, the county soldiers under his command also collapsed and fled to the rear. The Han army took the opportunity to continue attacking, shouting and directly attacking Chen Can's Zhisu Tun team.

At this time, Zhang Zhi's old opponent Su Ding helped again. Seeing Liu Huan collapse, Su Ding turned his head and fled directly to the county camp without saying a word. The two county garrison teams under his command also quickly collapsed, resulting in the only Chen Can's direct garrison team left in front of the Han army.

"Su Ding's husband! I swear to kill you--!"

After roaring in anger, Chen Can no longer control the fear in his heart and shouted: "Mingjin! Mingjin! Go back to guard the camp!"

The sound of golden calves was heard hurriedly beside Chen Can, and the county soldiers blocked by the Han army and behind immediately retreated. The Han army was as motivated as a rainbow, roaring towards Chen Can's flag like a tide, and the slogan of capturing Chen Can alive also sounded in the Han army formation.

At the critical moment, Chen Can, who was too loyal to his duties, made a wrong decision, that was, he did not take advantage of his horse and left the team to escape first and return to the camp. Instead, he chose to lead his direct troops and retreat, trying to personally lead the rear of the army to cover the defeated troops in the county to retreat back to the camp, and win the opportunity to fight to defend the camp. As a result, in a slight delay, the Han army came up, not only to kill, but also to use the local military strength and physical strength advantages to quickly surround his direct troops.

"Surrender and not kill! Surrender and not kill! Capture Chen Can alive!"

Excited shouts filled the entire battlefield, and the Han army soldiers were endless, attacking Chen Can's direct troops from all directions like a tide. Chen Can roared and led his army to break through, and personally waved his sword to kill the enemy, trying to break out of the siege and escape back to the camp, but doing so was destined to be useless. After several rushes without breaking out of the Han army, there were fewer and fewer county soldiers around Chen Can. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Chen Can could only sigh and cross the sword to his neck...

"Prince! No——!"

Several personal soldiers almost grabbed Chen Can, who was trying to commit suicide at the same time, and cried and shouted: "Prince, you can't die! Think about the people of Jing Ke, think about your family in Qilan City! You can't be unlucky!"

"Prince, surrender!" Some personal soldiers cried, "Less than two months ago, we were all from the Han Dynasty, and our opponents were from the Han Dynasty's army. If you surrender to them, they will definitely not kill us!"

Recalling the scene of his high spirits under the banner of the Han Dynasty, and his wife and children in Qilan City, Chen Can's hands began to weaken, and the sword in his hand was also taken away by his personal soldiers. As a result, Wu Ma, who was stained with blood all over his body, rushed to Chen Can with a team of Han troops, holding a spear and shouting: "Prefect Chen, surrender! We are the army of the Han Dynasty, and we will not make things difficult for you, the former important minister of the Han Dynasty!"

Chen Can's personal soldiers threw down their weapons and knelt on their knees. Chen Can also lowered his head with trembling lips and let the Han army soldiers swarm forward and held him alive and captured him alive...
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