Dian Wei, heavy infantry, iron pagoda, humanoid tank...
Qiao Rui took the lead and led the vanguard into the west gate of Xiapi City.
After passing the city gate, he saw the Beiwei army a hundred steps away, who were rapidly building a shield wall on the main road.
Seeing that Cao's army was forming a formation, Qiao Rui pointed straight at the shield wall in front and shouted: "Come here, charge into the formation!"
"drink!"
"drink!"
"drink!"
Following the uniform shouts, rows of heavily armored infantrymen also walked out of the rear row of Yuan Jun.
Although they were all covered in armor, their so-called heavy armor was only covered with iron on the chest, front and back, and the rest was just leather armor stitched together with cloth and rawhide.
The heavily armored infantry of the Qiao Rui Army were also armed with large shields and long knives. From a distance, they looked vaguely like they were carrying the Wei Army.
Cao Cao made a simple comparison between the armor of Qiao Rui's heavy-armored infantry and the improved heavy armor of Beiwei's army. He then sneered and said to the people around him: "Hi! Yuan Shu is actually imitating Beiwei.
Army, but with poor equipment, it’s too far away!”
"The iron-making technology of Chenliu Workshop is superior to all the princes!" Cheng Yu returned with a smile.
At this time, Cao Cao suddenly heard Dian Wei's words "Please call me Iron Buddha",
The first thought that came to his mind was: "Mr. Lu, is this a new unit?"
The armor Dian Wei wore was thicker and sturdier. It had a cape, body, leg skirts, curtains, etc., plus a special ghost mask. Once the mask and curtains were pulled down to protect the face and neck, it would be really dangerous.
What's more, the whole body is protected by iron armor.
"Dong dong dong!"
Wearing more than ninety kilograms of heavy armor (made by Han Dynasty), Dian Wei began to speed up slowly, preparing to pass through the Wei army on his back and charge towards the heavy armored infantry on the bridge.
Cheng Yu muttered: "Why do I see that there is only Dian Wei in this Iron Buddha Tu?"
At present, there is indeed only Dian Wei in this iron pagoda. The main reason is that it is too expensive.
The 3,000 cavalrymen backing the Wei Army and Zhao Yun had already accounted for 70% of Chenliu County's military expenditure. If Lu Yan dared to build another 1,800-meter iron pagoda, Mao Jie and Yi Ji would have to fight for him.
Lu Yan actually made this set of heavy armor for Dian Wei to show to Boss Cao.
If Boss Cao is satisfied this time, Lu Yan can encourage Boss Cao to pay for a heavy armored infantry force.
As for the heavy cavalry, although its deterrence is very terrifying, its shortcomings are also obvious, and if the war horses are equipped with heavy armor, the cost will increase exponentially.
The method of dealing with cavalry had already been spread by Lu Yan from Luoyang during his battle with the Xiliang Army. Wouldn't it look stupid for him to get any heavy cavalry?
For now, heavy armored infantry is completely sufficient whether it is dealing with cavalry or infantry charging into battle.
Just when Qiao Rui's heavy armored infantry was still fifty steps away from Bei Wei's army, Bei Wei's army's formation suddenly opened a two-person wide passage.
"Dong dong dong!" A shocking sound came from the deep passage.
After hearing this strange sound, Sergeant Yuan's progress slowed down slightly.
Along with the sound, a terrifying human monster rushed out of the passage!
Due to the weight on his body, Dian Wei was unable to leap high, but he still relied on his monster-like strength and endurance to launch a charge faster than an ordinary person could sprint with all his strength!
"What is that!!!"
"Oh my God! Is that a monster?!"
"Monster! Monster! Help!"
...
When Qiao Rui's heavily armored infantry was slightly panicked, Dian Wei had already crashed into the enemy's crowd like a high-speed tank!
"boom!!!"
There was a loud noise, and in an instant, countless soldiers of Sergeant Yuan were thrown into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground on both sides!
Dian Wei's advance lasted for more than twenty steps before it finally came to a halt.
However, Qiao Rui's soldiers who trapped him in the middle of a crowd found in despair that their weapons could only scratch Dian Wei's armor...
Nothing remains except a white mark.
Dian Wei disrupted the formation of Qiao Rui's heavy infantry, and when the remaining heavy infantry of Yuan's army rushed to the shield formation of Beiwei's army, both their strength and momentum were much weaker.
After withstanding the first wave of impact, Taishi Ci would naturally not let go of this perfect opportunity to counterattack when the enemy's old strength was gone and new strength was not yet regenerated!
Pulling out the two swords from his waist, Taishi Ci roared with all his strength: "Back to the Wei army, I am invincible!"
"I am invincible!"
"I am invincible!"
With a crash, the shield wall behind the Wei army instantly disintegrated, and what greeted Qiao Rui's soldiers was the Su Tiedao that could cut thirty pieces of iron!
Taishi Ci gave up his shield and used two swords instead.
After the shield wall in front of him disappeared, he struck a soldier Yuan who had a bumpy face in front of him and stabbed him in the head!
Sergeant Yuan raised his shield and tried to block Tai Shici's full blow.
However, the sword flashed past,
With an inexplicable "Puff!" sound, the soldier's shield, together with his upper body and half of his body, slid diagonally to the ground!
After Taishi Ci killed an enemy soldier, two enemy soldiers slashed at Taishi Ci's body with their long swords.
However, Taishi Cili ignored the sword that was about to strike him, and instead used two more swords to kill two Qiao Rui heavy-armored infantry standing in front of him.
"Hiss!!!" Xu Chu and his Tiger Guards, who were watching the battle from behind, couldn't help but gasped.
"The weapons and armor of the Beiwei Army are too terrifying!" Xu Chu muttered to himself in a daze again: "Fortunately, I didn't go to the Beiwei Army to spar..."
After the Beiwei army withstood the attack of Qiao Rui's soldiers, they began to launch a counterattack.
Led by the two extremely sharp swordsmen of Dian Wei and Tai Shi Ci, the Beiwei army, with only three thousand men, actually pushed the Qiao Rui soldiers back nearly fifty steps.
Fortunately, Qiao Rui's team of supervisors killed several retreating soldiers, and then relied on their superior numbers to stop the retreat, and finally formed a tug-of-war with the Beiwei army.
The disadvantage of the Beiwei Army is that their armor is too heavy. Their explosive power is very strong, but their endurance is not.
However, a master of war like Cao Cao would naturally not fail to see the pros and cons of this.
"Xu Chu, you lead three thousand Tiger Guards to attack Yuan's army from the flank to relieve the pressure on Beiwei's army."
When the order to fight finally came, Xu Chu raised his iron sword and roared, "My sons, follow me to kill the enemy!"
Cao Cao squinted his eyes and looked at the soldiers on the bridge waiting to enter the city outside the city gate.
Suddenly, Cao Cao turned his head and said to the bodyguard beside him: "Inform Cao Ang and order him, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu to lead the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to attack the rear of Yuan's army."
"Here!" the guard took the order and urged the horse to gallop away.
With the addition of Xu Chu and the Tiger Guards, and the harassment of tiger and leopard riders riding outside, Qiao Rui's army was finally unable to withstand it.
"But that Cao thief took advantage of me. Even if I have 10,000 troops to enter the city, Cao's army can't even think of driving me out of Xiapi!"
After all, the area at the city gate was limited. After being held back by Beiwei's army on the main road, Qiaorui's subsequent troops could not enter the city at all.
Coupled with the Tiger Guards' strangulation from the side, Qiao Rui knew that the situation was over. Although he was unwilling to do so, he had to face the fact that he was being driven out of Xiapi City.
"You are like a straw bag, but you still want to become the lord of Xuzhou?"
After swearing, Qiaorui decisively ordered to withdraw from Xiapi City.