Chapter 217 Halberd Warrior Shen Pei looked at the situation on the field and saw that Lu Bu, Xiahou Yuan and Zhao Yun were entangled with each other. Although they were slightly at a disadvantage and failed to achieve the original goal, they had completed the basic strategy. However, the Ma Teng army that Shen Pei had been expecting did not appear. On this battlefield, what Shen Pei was most worried about was the cavalry under Ma Teng. In a battlefield of this scale, cavalry and infantry could not play a decisive role, especially in the fish scale formation he had set up. Even if several layers of "scale armor" were broken, the worst that could happen was that they would be abandoned, and the rest of the soldiers would still be unaffected. While besieging Zhao Yun, Shen Pei hoped to force Ma Teng out, resolve this major threat, and establish the situation for the war. Seeing that Zhao Yun was entangled by Lu Bu and Xiahou Yuan, Guo Jia immediately ordered Le Jinjun to speed up the march and start the attack. Upon seeing this, Shen Pei also ordered Cao Hong's troops at the front of the fish scale formation to meet the enemy. Cao Hong's talent of "rewarding the army" made his soldiers more motivated and more powerful. This matter was known to Li Ru long before he entered Yanzhou. Therefore, before the war, Li Ru brought over most of the gold, silver and copper coins in the treasury.
This was also the first time that Cao Hong had fought such a lucrative war. Incentivized by massive amounts of money, the soldiers under his command were now as powerful as any troops in the Yuan-Cao-Lu alliance. However, the person he met was Le Jin. Before the battle began, archers at the forefront of the armies of both sides began shooting, and two rains of arrows poured down. Compared with Cao Hong's troops which were in some chaos, although Le Jin's army also suffered some losses, its formation was not disrupted at all. As the distance between them continued to close, the archers on both sides quickly retreated, and Cao Hong's troops revealed several rows of spearmen, forming a dense spear formation. However, Le Jin's party had a large number of sword and shield soldiers who charged forward fearlessly, using shields to block spears and fighting with swords at close range. "kill!" The short-statured Le Jin fearlessly led his personal guards to the front, waving the long sword in his hand, and the spears in the hands of countless Cao soldiers were broken. Then he took a few steps forward, sweeping and killing several infantrymen. Zhao Yun's courage to lead the charge showed his confidence in his own martial arts, while Le Jin simply liked to lead the charge and was known for being the first to climb. The guards he led were named "Pozhenying". In fact, at the beginning, Le Jin wanted to name it "Xiandengying" or "Xianzhenying", but facing Qu Yi and Gao Shun, he chose to settle for the second best. Seeing this, Cao Hong led his personal guards to rush forward without hesitation, with a bit of "soldier against soldier, king against king" attitude. The royal family generals under Cao Cao's command were all a bit fierce and most of them liked to charge into battle. The two men soon engaged in a fight, and their martial arts were almost equal. Cao Hong is not only known for his loyalty, but also for being able to hold off Ma Chao for forty or fifty rounds at a critical moment. However, Le Jin's personal guards were no match for Cao Hong and they quickly pushed the battle line forward. The talent "Brave and Resilient" is activated. When Le Jin's troops lead the charge as the vanguard, the soldiers are not afraid of life or death, and their combat effectiveness increases dramatically. Countless sword and shield soldiers rushed forward and fought hard, without hesitation using their flesh and blood to pave the way for the friendly forces behind them. Soon, a big hole was torn in Cao Hong's army, and more and more sword and shield soldiers poured in. Shen Pei frowned slightly when he saw this scene. Le Jinjun's advancement speed was really too fast, and such terrifying offensive ability was really beyond his expectations. The spearmen of Cao Hong's army were prepared to restrain the iron cavalry. Although they would be somewhat restrained against the sword and shield soldiers, they should not have been defeated so quickly.
Seeing that the ten carefully prepared defense lines were torn apart by Le Jin's troops, Shen Pei immediately ordered the archers interspersed among them to concentrate their fire, not to care about their own casualties, and to slow down the enemy's offensive. Although the sword and shield soldiers tried their best to block and cooperated well, they were still unable to stop the arrows from three sides and fell one after another. However, these casualties did not slow down the pace of Le's advance. The army was still like a sharp knife, stabbing fiercely at the heart of the enemy. "Damn it! These enemies, aren't they afraid of death?" Seeing that the situation was not right, Cao Hong, who led his personal guards to retreat and lead the troops to kill the enemy, looked at Le Jinjun who was advancing continuously, and could not help but say with hatred. These armies were like tree roots, constantly piercing deeply into his army and spreading their roots everywhere. Even if he stood in front and blocked the enemy's attack, the enemy would quickly bypass him from both sides and continue to advance. Such a terrifying enemy was truly the only one he had ever seen in his life. Cao Hong's ten lines of defense ultimately failed to hold and were broken into by Le Jin's army. Then Cao Ren, who was in the second formation, led his troops to block it. He was known for his defensive skills, and although he performed better than Cao Hong, he still found it difficult to hold on. However, after the resistance of Cao Hong's troops, Le Jinjun's offensive was eventually weakened, and compared with Cao Hong, Cao Ren was undoubtedly more mature and calm. After realizing that even he could not resist Le Jinjun's attack, Cao Hong chose to focus on defense without hesitation. Through the cooperation of spearmen and shield soldiers, Le Jin's troops, who were originally scattered, were forced to regroup again, and gradually became one from their original scattered attack. However, doing so actually accelerated Le Jinjun's advance. However, just as Le Jin's army continued to charge, a group of heavy infantry wearing heavy armor and holding halberds appeared in front of them. "Halberd warrior!" Le Jin murmured. Only by knowing both yourself and the enemy can you fight a hundred battles without danger. Shen Pei was trying to gather intelligence about Tian Ze's army, so Tian Ze would naturally not be idle either. Jia Xu's intelligence layout was much earlier than Xu You, Xi Zhicai and others, and he had long been aware of the existence of the Great Halberd Soldiers. Although Jia Xu's description of the halberd soldiers was extremely astonishing, one still had to fight on the battlefield to know how powerful they were. Le Jin rushed forward without hesitation. Chunyu Qiong looked at Le Jinjun in front of him with disdain in his eyes. He had once been one of the Eight Commanders of Xiyuan together with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and had seen all kinds of elite troops. Although the army before him was strong, it was not to the point that he was afraid of. The halberd soldiers under his command are elite soldiers drawn from an army of hundreds of thousands. Although there are only three thousand of them, they have awakened their own legion talents. Combined with his own talents and those of his lord, he dares to fight even the former Northern Army. Three layers of heavy armor, the attack and defense bonus of the legion talent, the will bonus of Yuan Shao's talent, plus Chunyu Qiong's talent can exempt the weight brought by heavy armor to a certain extent while enhancing the flexibility of the soldiers. At this time, the halberd soldiers are terribly strong. Under the charge of Le Jinjun, the halberd soldiers kept swinging their halberds and harvesting, and their heavy armor made it almost impossible for them to ignore Le Jinjun's attack. It was like an unshakable mountain blocking Le Jinjun's way. "It's really hard!" Looking at the army's front that was blocked by the halberd soldiers from afar, Guo Jia murmured.
"It's a pity that you are not the only ones who have the Military Soul Corps! And I have a trump card in my hand that can restrain you." (End of this chapter)