[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-kingdoms-game-i-roleplay-as-the-big-eared-":3,"chapter-three-kingdoms-game-i-roleplay-as-the-big-eared--three-kingdoms-game-i-play-as-big-eared-liu-neti-chapter-297":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Three Kingdoms Game: Playing the Big-Eared Thief, and the Netizens Break Down",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2026497,3063,"Chapter 297: Heavy cavalry and elephant troops—the Allied forces never saw them coming","three-kingdoms-game-i-play-as-big-eared-liu-neti-chapter-297",297,"\u003Cp>When Cao Cao received the battle report from Ding Yuan Shao’s side, he was struck with astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Liu Bei has actually improved the trebuchets and bed-mounted crossbows, allowing them to not only defend cities but also fight in the field!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cheng Yu said in a low voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“My Lord, the chariot formation that Ding Yuan Shao spent a fortune to build has been destroyed in a single stroke!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao gave a cold snort.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Such obsolete things—only Ding Yuan Shao would still be playing with them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At the same time, he felt fortunate that he hadn’t taken the center position; otherwise, those bed-mounted crossbows and thunder-bolt catapults would have been greeting him!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He shouted loudly,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Order Yue Jin to continue the attack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Xu Zhu and Xia Hou Dun, lead your troops to assault the flanks of Gao Shun’s Camp-Crushing Battalion!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Understood!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Tell Cao Chun to lead the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and charge! Charge! Charge!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Understood!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gao Shun’s side moved as well!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gan Ning and Huang Zhong each led a unit of elites to engage Xu Zhu and Xia Hou Dun!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When enemies meet, their eyes turn red with hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In close-quarters combat, blades, spears, swords, and halberds were all aimed at the opponent, the fighting becoming inextricably fierce!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Rumble!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With thundering hooves, Dian Wei and Cao Chun led Cao Cao’s most elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry into the fray!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhang Fei and Chen Dao also led Liu Bei’s personal guard cavalry to meet them!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A rain of arrows and crossbow bolts bombarded them, but this time the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were prepared; each man carried a shield, limiting the lethality.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Chen Dao made a prompt decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Shoot the horses!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although the horses were armored, their defense was still relatively weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Despite the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry’s desperate defense, nearly a thousand men fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cao Cao’s heart bled—those were his elites!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, the two sides were now closing the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Spears!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Dian Wei roared, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, using the momentum of their horses, hurled the short spears in their hands!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The short spears also caused hundreds of casualties among the personal guard cavalry!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before the two sides had even engaged in close combat, both had already suffered losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Soon, the two elite cavalry forces collided in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhang Fei and Dian Wei swatted away surrounding enemy soldiers and clashed once again!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The main armies were also locked in a stalemate!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sun Ce had sent out fifty thousand troops this time, and seeing the twenty thousand-plus cavalry charging toward them, he said,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“It’s Guan Yu and Zhang Zhang Liao!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Liu Bei wants to use cavalry to crush us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhou Yu nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“My Lord, our army should prioritize holding our ground. Once the enemy’s momentum fades, we will counter-attack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Agreed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Order Cheng Pu and Chen Wu to hold firm at all costs, and use long spears and longbows to exhaust Liu Bei’s cavalry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Facing the long spear and longbow units, Guan Yu and Zhang Zhang Liao did not hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The horns blared urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The two cavalry forces swept forward like a whirlwind!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sun Ce’s longbowmen began firing a rain of arrows at the cavalry!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guan Yu and Zhang Zhang Liao’s front-line cavalry also used crossbows to bombard Sun Ce’s army!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Soldiers on both sides were constantly struck by arrows and fell!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The earth shook as the two sides drew closer!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cheng Pu shouted,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Spear formation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Countless long spears turned the formation into a hedgehog array!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was a sharp weapon for dealing with light cavalry.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If the cavalry charged, even if they weren’t injured themselves, their warhorses would be pierced.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sun Ce sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Does Liu Bei think his cavalry is invincible? I will make him return in defeat this time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Rumble!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The shaking of the earth seemed to intensify suddenly!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guan Yu and Zhang Zhang Liao led the cavalry to split into two groups, charging diagonally toward the flanks!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhou Yu looked, and his expression changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“No! It’s heavy cavalry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sun Ce looked and saw a unit of nearly two thousand heavy cavalry charging out from between the two groups of cavalry.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Black helmets and black armor—armed to the teeth!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Each was mounted on a tall, powerful horse; not only were the men armored, but the horses were as well, and everyone held a long spear!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>These warhorses were the best Liu Bei had selected from hundreds of thousands of horses in Bingzhou, Liangzhou, and even the Western Regions; they were taller than ordinary warhorses and had much greater load-bearing capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They could withstand the weight of fully armed heavy cavalry!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was a sharp weapon for plains warfare, and Sun Ce would be the first to test its power!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The heavy cavalry did not hesitate in the slightest, charging into Sun Ce’s spear formation like a flood!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In an instant,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sun Ce’s front ranks collapsed like a landslide; they were routed almost upon contact!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They had never encountered such an army; the long spears struck their armor and merely sent sparks flying!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The steel torrent crushed Sun Ce’s entire front-line infantry defense!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Once the heavy cavalry emerged, they were truly unstoppable!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sun Ce’s spearmen and shield-bearers were scattered one after another!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cheng Pu was a veteran general in the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He issued orders continuously, trying to dissipate the heavy cavalry’s momentum by having the infantry retreat once, twice, and a third time to change the rhythm!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And it actually had some effect; the heavy cavalry’s charge stalled, and to charge again, they would need to gallop for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the heavy cavalry’s mission was already complete!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guan Yu and Zhang Zhang Liao seized the opportunity to lead the other cavalry in like a whirlwind, slaughtering their way into the formation!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Infantry who had lost their formation were no match for cavalry!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Cheng Pu and Chen Wu fought desperately, but they still couldn’t stop the soldiers from routing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It wasn’t that the Danyang and Lujiang troops weren’t trying hard; it was simply that they couldn’t withstand being charged by heavy cavalry and then flanked by light cavalry!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sun Ce wanted to join the battle,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>but Zhou Yu hurriedly advised,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“My Lord, we cannot fight them head-on right now. Let someone cover the retreat, and we will fall back to the camp and use the heavy crossbows on the ramparts to defend!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sun Ce knew he couldn’t let his emotions dictate his actions!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Let Chen Wu lead the Lujiang elites to cover the retreat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Understood!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sun Ce led the main army back toward the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guan Yu and Zhang Zhang Liao pursued for a while, but did not approach the camp, focusing instead on surrounding the ten thousand or so Lujiang elites led by Chen Wu!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Soon, the infantry was split into several pieces!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Chen Wu exchanged a few blows with Guan Yu and was knocked off his horse!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Bind him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing their commander captured and with no hope of escape, the Lujiang troops threw down their weapons and knelt to surrender!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guan Yu ordered Zhang Zhang Liao to escort the surrendered troops back.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He himself led the cavalry to guard the side of Liu Bei’s center army, preventing Sun Ce from turning back to attack, and waiting for an opportunity to act!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the center, the battle was intense!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Vanguard Battalion, elite infantry, heavy shield-bearers, halberdiers, and spearmen were all crammed together.\u003C\u002Fp>",1243,"2026-06-15T20:59:59.217Z","2026-06-17T08:46:25.510Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","af61f6e21a0df256864b4500a460d1c2b39c64e4c06e46d2e7eae9b850b7e208","three-kingdoms-game-i-play-as-big-eared-liu-neti-chapter-298","three-kingdoms-game-i-play-as-big-eared-liu-neti-chapter-296",418,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-kingdoms-game-i-play-as-big-eared-liu-neti-cover.jpg"]