Chapter 974: The Veteran's Desperate Fight
"Attack!" Kusroyi roared and led the Dawn to the front.
The elite Kushan army launched an offensive like a tide. It was no longer a consumption-oriented attack like the previous fearless spearmen. This time it was not only about quantity, but also quality.
At the moment the two sides engaged in battle, the strength displayed by the elite troops of the Dawn Headquarters was even enough to surpass the coordination and battlefield intuition of the elite troops of the Han Army. Some of them swept across with guns, some attacked the legs and feet of the Han Army that were not well covered, and some went straight to the vital points of the Han Army in front. They worked in groups of three or two as if they were one person.
The seemingly chaotic attack, with the mutual cover and cooperation of three or five Shuguang soldiers, made the Han soldiers on the front feel what it meant to be surrounded by enemies. It was obvious that the cooperation of this wave of Kushan soldiers was not inferior to that of the Han Dynasty, and even better.
"Shoot!" Seeing the chaotic situation at the vanguard after the initial contact, Jiang Wei immediately ordered a rain of arrows to suppress them, preparing to counterattack against the trend with a wave of Kushan elites.
However, facing the rain of arrows shot by the Han army, the Dawn soldiers, on the one hand, cooperated with their comrades to burst out with all their strength to suppress the Han army in front, and on the other hand, bent their bodies to reduce their surface area, and either dodged naturally or raised their guns to deflect the rain of arrows used by the Han army to suppress them.
"Ding ding ding~" Many arrows were deflected by the soldiers of the Dawn headquarters, and the remaining arrows that could not be avoided mostly hit their armor.
They were not just any ordinary soldiers. When it came to the decisive battle, Kusroyi naturally provided them with .
The simplicity in normal times is to temper one's will, but if one does not wear armor during a decisive battle, that is seeking death. Elites are not cabbages, each one is more valuable than the other.
Moreover, the Kushans have no shortage of high-quality open-air iron mines, and although they cannot prepare armor for all their soldiers, as the Dawn of the top legion, it is still enough for them to obtain such a set of equipment.
What's more, as the successor of Rahul's will, Kusroyi also has enough knowledge in this regard. It's just armor. It's a national asset anyway. He should ask for as much as he can. If others cannot arm themselves, that is their business. He should arm his own legion first.
They, the Dawn, deserve such armor, and this is the starting point for their Dawn to move towards light.
After withstanding a wave of arrow rain, almost the entire Dawn headquarters engaged in battle with the Han army. The entire central Han army and the Kushan army were engaged in a full-scale battle. The soldiers of both sides quickly organized themselves under the command of their respective grassroots officers, and began to cooperate in twos and threes to deal with the attack of the other side.
However, it was visible to the naked eye that the Han camp was collapsing. Neither the elite troops of Yan Yan's headquarters nor the legions under Zhang Ren's command were a match for the Shuguang headquarters.
"Change the formation and let them in!"
Yan Yan looked at the sunken defense line in front of him, with no expression of joy or anger on his face, and coldly issued a new military order.
Khusroyi is stronger than most Kushan officers, and Dawn is stronger than most legions.
However, if this alone is not enough, Shuguang's strength is not far behind the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty. Even if they are stronger, they only have a slight advantage and will still suffer casualties.
As long as you can't solve the problem of his legion talent, no matter how strong his explosive power is, he will be dragged to death by himself. It all depends on whether you are willing to drag him to death.
The war drums roared, and both the Han army and the Kushan army formed a huge formation to test the limits of their opponents. It was like the whole army of both sides had engaged in a battle. For a moment, the entire battlefield erupted in all kinds of roars, with arrows raining for cover, swordsmen and shieldmen charging, and the dense spear formations of spearmen were like hedgehogs.
However, Yan Yan and Kusroyi, who were in command positions, knew that the so-called all-out battle was just an illusion.
Neither Yan Yan nor Kusroyi used their full strength, and the reserve teams of both sides did not press forward. More importantly, even until now, there has been no so-called battlefield infiltration between the two sides.
Yan Yan was like a pocket filled with stuffing, tightly wrapping up the sharpness of Kusroyi's thrust and constantly wearing away Kusroyi's edge.
Once Kusroyi and Shuguang's fighting spirit is exhausted, they will be greeted by Yan Yan's counterattack.
In other words, both the Han army and the Kushans currently maintain control over their own frontline legions. A war of this scale may look fierce, but in fact, if either side wants to leave the battlefield, they can easily do so after suffering some losses.
However, once the opponent is placed within one's own battle line, it basically means the beginning of a full-scale battle. At that point, it would be difficult for ordinary generals to retreat even if they wanted to. The armies of both sides are entangled together, and it is very likely that the entire battle line will collapse after a retreat in one place.
Rahul and Zhuge Liang were both waiting, waiting for the full-scale battle to begin.
It was a tie between Kusroyi and Yan Yan, this was the common judgment of Zhuge Liang and Rahul.
Before Shuguang took the last step, it would be impossible to break through Yan Yan's defense.
Similarly, Yan Yan could not hold off until the moment when Kusroyi's fighting spirit was exhausted. The battles between the two sides were just preparations, and the real feast had not even begun.
But Rahul is very confident, because Kusroyi is not only a legion commander, but also a legion commander. The 50,000 Dawn soldiers, under the leadership of the Dawn headquarters, will launch the most powerful wave of attack.
That wave of attack would certainly not defeat Yan Yan, but there were more than just Yan Yan and Kusroyi on the battlefield. Just a little more pressure would be enough to crush Yan Yan.
Zhuge Liang was also very confident. Yan Yan and Zhang Ren were just a spear and a shield. The real controller was Jiang Wei. It was just a dual command. He was not inferior to Rahul at all.
"Dawn Reserve Army, press forward!"
Kusroyi glanced at the Han troops in other directions who were calm and steadily maintaining the front line, and gave orders with cold eyes.
Perfectly predicted by Rahul and Zhuge Liang, it can be said that every step taken by both sides is within the game between the two sides.
And when the Dawn reserve army pressed forward, Rahul and Zhuge Liang both straightened their bodies, and the real battle was about to begin.
"Soldiers, follow me!"
The moment a gap opened up in Yan Yan's pocket, Kusroyi immediately inserted himself into the gap in the Han army's front line. For a moment, his momentum was so great that it seemed as if he was going to cut off the connection points in the front of the Han army in one breath.
The Dawn Headquarters and the Dawn Reserves began to infiltrate the front line directly. At this point, it was impossible for anyone to withdraw.
"Hmph!" Yan Yan snorted with a cold face. The legion's talent was stimulated to a certain limit. He constantly mobilized various units to encircle and block the enemy. He did not seek to curb the counterattack of the Kushan army instantly, but only needed to delay the enemy and wait for the enemy's temporary courage to pass.
Kusroyi also quickly mobilized his legions to try to break through, constantly mobilizing elite legions to cooperate with each other in the hope of creating a fatal flaw in the Han army's main formation.
However, no matter how Kusroyi mobilized the legion, even if he launched a three-dimensional attack, it was difficult to really hit the flaws in the opposing Han army's front line.
It's not that these loopholes don't exist, but when Kusroyi was deploying troops based on a certain loophole, Yan Yan was also adjusting his troops to curb the loopholes on the front line caused by the troop movement.
Neither side has the ability to instantly see through the other side's front line flaws, nor does it have the ability to calculate the opportunity for the other side's corps to form short-term flaws while mobilizing their own corps. Although both of them deserve to be excellent, they are still quite far from being a famous general of that level.
"Terrible resilience." Kusroyi gritted his teeth and said with cold eyes.
Looking at Yan Yan who was less than a hundred meters away from him, Kusroyi's face was as heavy as water. If he was really delayed, the battle situation would go in a bad direction.
He couldn't help but look towards the horizon. He didn't know whether Peacock would attack or not, but he was now extremely eager for Peacock's beyond-visual-range support.
"Order Deng Xian and Li Feng to get ready."
Yan Yan said expressionlessly that he was ready to concentrate his superior forces to try to kill Kusroyi. Even if he couldn't kill him, he had to see what kind of combat effectiveness this wave of elite Kushans had.
He knew that he would not be able to hold on today. This battlefield was not something he could withstand. They were just pawns in the game between Zhuge Liang and Rahul.
He anticipated his own exit and even thought of how he would exit.
Peacock, peacock again!
The dawn has now pushed him to his limit. Peacock only has one round of shooting opportunity, but this round of shooting will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
Therefore, he wanted to destroy Kusroyi before losing, even if he had to die, he would take someone with him.
Following Yan Yan's order, a large number of elite soldiers rushed towards Kusroyi, and the battle line became like a sieve, but correspondingly, all the pressure was transferred to Kusroyi.
Yan Yan's desperate counterattack was carried out with the determination to die.
"God's will!" Zhang Ren did not care about the consequences at this moment. He directly overdrew his talent and let the golden light shine on the elite soldiers under Yan Yan's command.
Then he rushed towards Yan Yan with all his might. He couldn't just sit there and watch Yan Yan face such a terrible attack alone.
The originally lukewarm battlefield became intense after Kusroyi rushed into Yan Yan's pocket formation.
Suddenly, there was a violent explosion. Neither side took a step back. Soldiers continued to die on the battlefield, and then more soldiers rushed forward.
The only option is to fight to the death!
"Fight!" The legion glow that Yan Yan burst out made the morale of the soldiers behind him rise again and again.
"I'm waiting for you to reach the peak!" Kusroyi's eyes flashed with a gleam. He was holding back, waiting for now.
"Dawn!!!" The fully blooming dawn brought together the will of 50,000 dawn soldiers.
He used his powerful will to forcibly gather the clouds, just like a god breaking through a boundary to gather the essence of heaven and earth.
"Ha!" The huge sword blade appeared the moment Kusroyi raised his sword.
Kusroyi even felt that he had touched the threshold of breaking through the realm.
If he cuts it down, he will also become a god who breaks through the boundaries!
At the same time, Yan Yan's face became extremely ugly. The moment the other party raised his hand, he understood what the other party wanted to do, and he also understood how great the impact of such a blow would be!
He was at the peak of his power and was about to be forced to bow down.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Yan Yan was not discouraged. On the contrary, an even brighter fighting spirit burst out from him. Since Kusroyi could do it, he, Yan Yan, could do it too.
As a veteran general, Yan Yan was well aware of the dangers of using legion attacks when the clouds were entangled, but he would not believe that the other side would use this tactic without certainty. This was a battlefield, not a joke.
If a legion attack on a battlefield like this fails to kill anyone and instead hits its own head, then there is basically no hope for the rest of the battle and the enemy's morale will definitely be greatly reduced.
Similarly, on this kind of battlefield, when a legion attack hits the enemy's head, it will definitely boost the morale of one's own side. If you really want to say how many people can be killed by a legion attack on this kind of battlefield, to be honest, one or two hundred at most, but the momentum boost brought by that kind of prestige cannot be resisted!
To be honest, Yan Yan had never thought that a will army could perform a move like a god breaking through a world under the clouds.
However, Yan Yan no longer had time to ask how Kusroyi did it. He wanted to win and he didn't want to die.
Yan Yan also raised his weapon. Xuan Xiang, who had not understood it before, now understood it completely. He used the uniqueness of his talent to forcibly reproduce the formation.
Although it looks nothing like the original formation, Yan Yan's talent is invincibility. When he adds this legion talent to the formation, it also has the effect of invincibility.
"cut!"
Kusroyi was one step faster after all. The long sword in his hand burst out with amazing light, and then he aimed at Yan Yan's position and chopped down fiercely.
"Break it for me!"
Yan Yan didn't even bother to look at it, and directly used all his strength to shoot out the cloud energy he had attracted, and the attacks of both sides collided in the air.
The wills of both sides are all placed on the clouds. What they are competing for is not only the cloud attacks, but also the will.
The fierce legion's attack, with powerful force, bombarded the Han army camp, although most of it was offset by Yan Yan's attack.
But it still successfully hit the main camp of the Han army in front, forming an empty circle with the attack collision as the origin and extending for dozens of meters.
Only Kusroyi and Yan Yan were left standing there. All the soldiers who were previously within the range were blown away.
All the Han and Kushan soldiers outside this range who were affected suffered some injuries, but in terms of losses, there were not many casualties.
However, facing this scene, the morale of the Kushan army suddenly rose a lot, and the entire legion burst out with fierce morale and counterattacked the Han army.
"Damn it!" Yan Yan's face turned pale. He had overdrawn too much.
Although the morale of the Han army did not collapse, the morale of the Kushans still began to rise. Both sides achieved their goals, but Khusroui was better.
Yan Yan wanted to say something to boost morale, but he only felt dizzy and his vision went dark.
Having used all his strength, Yan Yan could only stand there, keeping his body straight to tell everyone that he had not fallen down .
"Shoot!"
Kusroyi issued a killing order. He admired Yan Yan very much for still fighting on the front line at such an old age. However, the battlefield was ruthless and once you were on the battlefield, you had to take risks.
Letting him die on the battlefield is Kusroyi's greatest respect for Yan Yan.
Arrows were fired at once, and Yan Yan stood there, with the surrounding Han soldiers still several steps away from him.
