Shu Chen

Chapter 96
On the Jinggu Road, where there is no pass, the soldiers and horses of the two schools want to hide and dormant, which is tantamount to a dream!

However, Huo Yi did it.

Or in other words, it was Zheng Pu who took the human heart and habitual thinking into consideration!
Most of the soldiers led by Huo Yi were barbarians from the South, who were accustomed to traversing the mountains in search of prey and mountain goods, and were also very good at concealing their whereabouts.

When they set out, Zheng Pu specially instructed them to walk along the Bailong River, through the rocks and the river, and try not to step on the grass, or chop the grass and trees to show traces.

Moreover, the place he chose to hibernate was on a cliff.

It was a cliff that broke off abruptly and was more than [-] feet above the ground.

It is open on all sides, walking on Jinggu Road, you can see it at a glance without sending troops and horses to investigate.

But Huo Yi and others are here, let the soldiers who are good at climbing climb up first, tie the rocks with hemp ropes, and then the whole army climbs up in relay and hides in the forest on the cliff.

In this way, not to mention that the official seal of the Qiaotou siege will not be unexpected.

Even after Huo Yi heard Zheng Pu's careful instructions, he couldn't help but be amazed.

At that time, he finally understood in his heart why the prime minister, who has always been a high-ranking minister, would treat the stubborn and ruthless Zheng Pu so differently!
Commander Zheng, you are more than capable of planning!

Hearts are exhausted!

Moreover, he is actually twenty-one years old, and he is truly a genius!

I'm a big man and a latecomer, who can stand shoulder to shoulder?

This is the gift of God's endless blessing on me, a great man!

When the prime minister sees a book and knows a little, how can he treat it as an idle generation?
I am as mediocre as me, but I had a lot of contempt for him in my heart before, alas
Huo Yi, who had a great change in Zheng Pu in his heart, curled up and lay on the rocks, looking down on the Jinggu Road in the distance, the mighty Di people heading towards Baishuiguan.

He couldn't help but worry about Zheng Pu again.

There are about [-] cavalry pioneers, [-] foot soldiers in the rear, and there are still nearly [-] people in the villages and herdsmen. There are so many thieves!
I don't know if the Overseer will be able to hold out until I lead the army against the war?
Zheng Pu, who is more than thirty miles away, the answer is that there is no need to worry!
Fighting against horses with footsteps in the wild, when the Great Han attacked the Xiongnu from Emperor Wu, he used a large number of wugang chariots to fight in formation.

The Wugang chariot is a military chariot, two feet long and four feet wide, with a spear tied on the outside and a large shield scull on the inside.

It can transport soldiers, food and grass, weapons, and it can also be used for combat.

The Wugang chariot during the battle was covered with leather rhino armor, tied with a spear, and erected a sturdy shield.

Several Wugang car rings can be buckled together to become a solid fortress.

The soldiers sheltered behind the shield chariot, and the sword and shield soldiers and spearmen guarded the archers and crossbowmen, so that they could pour crossbow arrows through the holes in Wu Gang's chariot without any distractions.

Of course!

With WISCO, you can form the biggest killer of the Han against the nomads: the strong crossbow array!
For example, when Li Ling went out of the fortress in the past, he fought against 110,000 Xiongnu with [-] infantry in Junji Mountain.

Of course, it is also a pity.

The Han army waiter dared to rebel, and revealed the details of the Han army's exhaustion of arrows and arrows, which led to the defeat of the Han army and the capture of Li Ling when he broke through the siege.

When Li Ling was captured, he sighed: "After recovering dozens of arrows, it is enough to escape."

In other words, if the crossbow arrows are sufficient, the Han army will be undefeated even if they face the enemy more than [-] times with foot and cavalry!

Naturally, Zheng Pu is not an arrogant person.

With his ability to dispatch on the battlefield, he dare not compare himself to Li Ling, who is behind the door.

However, he felt in his heart that, with the WISCO chariot, sufficient crossbow bolts, and two hundred veterans who survived a hundred battles, it would not be arrogant if he only needed to hold on until Huo Yi led his troops to attack from the rear.
Baishuiguan army warehouse, all the crossbows were moved by him.

There are 150 crossbows, dozens of them are kicking crossbows and waist pulling crossbows that need to be wound with the help of feet or waist.

The bow power of the waist-drawn crossbow can reach seven or eight stone! 【Note 1】

Compared with the big yellow crossbow, it is not inferior.

Zhao Guang, who was extremely physically fit, held one in his hand to see if there was a chance to kill the Diren Chieftain.

Due to the fact that there were only [-] soldiers and they could not block the road and guard it, Zheng Pu asked the soldiers to follow the trend of the mountain range and found a curved cliff to fall to the camp.

There are cliffs on the back, and the enemy is only on both sides.

And it is in a circle.

This is a circular battle formation in field defense, with the golden drum flag deployed in the center, which is one of the "ten formations" in ancient times.

More than ten WISCO vehicles were displayed in front of each other in a staggered manner.

The spearmen were behind and put the spear on the shield. Half of the spear body came out, and the sharp edge was proudly swaying the cold light of the sun.The spear tied to the outside of WISCO's car became a barrier for both offense and defense.

Up close, the halberd and spears are as dense as a forest, like a frightened hedgehog with thorns.

Looking from afar, like a reef in the ocean, standing proudly, ready to meet the slap of the stormy waves.

The crossbowmen hiding behind the big shield on the inside of the WISCO chariot, relying on the sword and shield soldiers to raise the shield for defense, took advantage of the hollowed-out gap of the WISCO chariot's large scull, and were already equipped with crossbow bolts on standby.

In this way, King Di Fuzhang, who led his troops, couldn't help twitching in the corners of his eyes.

Living freely between the Han and Wei Dynasties, he is not an ignorant person.

He knew that the Han army had excellent armament, and the range and power of the strong crossbow far surpassed that of the Di people's bows and arrows.Moreover, the penetrating power of the strong crossbow arrow is extremely strong, and Diren's leather armor and wooden shield can't resist it at all.

The two hundred Han troops were defending in formation with WISCO vehicles. If they wanted to break through, they would have to pay at least several times their casualties.

Unless you surround yourself without attacking, and wait for the Han army to run out of food and collapse without a fight!

Of course, this thought gave up.

Not to mention that he only asked his soldiers to come with food for three days, then the Han army at Baishuiguan got the news, could Anneng not send troops to rescue the evil?

I just don't know, what is the morale of these Han troops?

Seeing me leading nearly [-] paces to ride here, do people panic?
With all the chiefs stationed on the bank of the Bailong River, looking at the strict formation of the Han army, I was slightly worried.

Suddenly, he seemed to hear a very faint string sound in his ears.

When I looked at it, I caught a little starlight, and it was running towards my chest!

Immediately, his thoughts were thrown out of the sky, and goosebumps arose all over his body.

Relying on his superb riding skills, he folded his body back in a hurry. As soon as the back of his head was attached to the horse's butt, he felt a sharp wind whistling past from the tip of his nose, causing a burning pain.

But he was not in the mood to taste the pain because he was lucky.

The unfortunate chief behind him fell silent and died on the spot.

"mighty!!"

There was a sudden burst of cheers in the Han army.

However, Zhao Guang, who was holding a crossbow at the waist, threw his fists fiercely, with a look of indifference on his face.

He originally wanted to snipe and kill, but the thief in the middle immediately, but he was expected to be in the second car by mistake!
Moreover, after the thief was frightened, he had already turned his back.

However, Zheng Pu, who is under the banner of Ya, is the flute on his lips, pouring out the passionate melody.

Let all the soldiers of the Han army sing and sing, "The wind is blowing, the clouds are flying! In the Weijia Sea, go back to your hometown! And the warriors, guard the Quartet!"

The singing is strong and heroic.

The seal, which also let the galloping horse return, completely eliminated the idea of ​​how to deter the morale of the Han army.

Only a strong attack!
"Dig the stove to make rice, and fight to the death tomorrow!"

Fu Zhang touched the tip of his nose with his hand, bared his teeth in pain, and roared an order angrily.

Well, when I arrived from the bridge, it was already dark.

Silent all night.

The next day, in the east beyond the skyline, the fish's belly was slightly white, and Chaoyang Fang jumped out of the mountains, shedding red light on the world, and the Di people's army was beating drums loudly.

The troops and horses of all the troops have already formed, and they are slowly coming under the scolding of their respective chiefs.

The soldiers walking in front were all holding small round shields, and more of them were four dissimilar pieces made up of a few wooden boards.

"Advance is life, retreat is cut!"

The talisman standing under the scorpion, directed at all the tribal chiefs, said with a fierce voice, "If I don't break through the enemy's line today, I will leave the tribes and other tribes after I return!"

Moreover, he also let his eldest son Fu Jian lead five hundred cavalry soldiers, and supervise the battle and marching law with the sword.

But there are those who do not enter upon hearing the drum, and those who retreat without authorization, all will be killed!
The chiefs were helpless, but did not dare to refute.

In the first place, Fu Zhang let the [-] foot soldiers he led serve as Xian Deng.

The other is that with the strength of the Fuzhang tribe, they really have the strength to flatten them all.

They can only exert their bravery in their bones, arouse the clansmen's determination to die, and hope that it will be decided in one battle.

"Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Exciting drums sounded, kicking off the war.

I saw many Di people holding swords and horizontal shields, leaving the formation and starting to arch forward. After entering within 150 steps, they ran wildly, roaring and charged towards the Han army chariot formation.

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

All of a sudden, the sound resounded across the river, causing ripples in the Bailong River flowing quietly.

However, the Han army formation was dead silent.

Zhao Guang, who took over the command of the battle, stared at the soldiers just now, and threw arrows with calculated distances. Even if Di Ren rushed within a hundred paces, he did not order to shoot.

He wanted to wait for Di Ren to rush within sixty paces before shooting the crossbow arrow.

The Di people who were hit by the arrow, whether they died or not, would cry and fall to the ground, tripping or hindering the subsequent charge of the Di people.

Moreover, at this distance, one's crossbow arrows can pierce through the wooden shield, and the Di people will not have time to form a formation again within this distance, thus becoming a target.

It's too late, it's too soon.

"hit!"

Zhao Guang suddenly burst into anger, and let the crossbowmen hold down the hanging knife.

The short and thick crossbow arrows bloomed countless blood-red and coquettish flowers in the charging Di Ren formation.

The soldiers who shot the crossbow bolts immediately turned sideways to let out the hollows of the large shield, and squatted down to wind the strings.

Another crossbow soldier immediately leaned over and aimed the arrowhead.

The technique of three-stage shooting allows the arrows to shoot without interval, and also makes the rebels like autumn wheat swept by the strong wind.

Falling down, weeping endlessly.

It also inspired them to swear to death, and they became more and more brave.

This kind of courage to go forward and die, even Zheng Pu, who is the enemy, admired it when he watched the battle.

However, it may be that the command of the seal "invincible" is too exciting for the potential.

Under the leadership of the major chiefs, the Di people all had red eyes.He held the shield in his hand across the front of his neck, ignoring the continuous attack of the crossbow arrows, strode over the corpses of the clansman, and ran towards him.

"kill!"

"kill!"

They vented the anger in their chests with short words.

It also made Zhao Guang and Zheng Pu frown.

The opponent used tactics regardless of casualties to hit the weakness of the Han army: too few troops!

The corpse lay on the ground, and the mountain road was full of mourning.

Faster than expected, just two quarters of an hour later, the suppressing advantage of the Strong Crossbow Array was offset by Di Ren's fearlessness.

Relying on the advantage of the number of people, the Di people have already rushed to the front of the WISCO car one after another.

Taking advantage of the inertia of the rush, someone was short, kicked on the ground with both feet, and bumped into it with a shield on his shoulders, hoping to break the big turret of the WISCO car.

Just a pity.

The big scull was already heavy, and the force of their impact could only make the big swaying, not collapse.

It is also clever, directly swinging the blade and slashing the spear tied to the car.

Hoping to expand the space, rubbing his body into a short-term encounter with the Han army, blood splattered three feet.

"Raise the spear!"

"prick!"

At this moment, Zhao Guang, who was in the formation, slammed violently, and asked the spearmen to straighten the weapons in their hands and stab them out.

"Pfft!"

The sound of the sharp edge cutting into the flesh continued to sing the melody of death.

At least half of the Di Ren who rushed to him fell into a pool of blood while clutching their chests.

However, one dies, and another rushes up, like the endless greenery in spring, which has been pervading the eyes of the Han army.

The spear tied to the car was cut off.

The heavy scull was also hit by the Di people who were fearless to die.

Those crossbowmen who fell to the ground with the big scull and showed their bodies, although the spearmen were trying their best to cover and defended themselves with armor, they still suffered casualties.

"Retreat! Draw the knife!"

Zhao Guang spoke again.

The soldiers quickly thrust their spears forward, and regardless of whether they were stabbed or not, they let go and retreated to give way to the WISCO car.

The ring-head knife pinned to the waist is also unsheathed with a cold glow.

In this regard, Di people cheered for a while.

Impatiently, he rushed into the narrow passage in the chain of WISCO vehicles, and some climbed onto the WISCO vehicles, trying to break through the army formation in one go, but met with death.

The WISCO cars are staggered, the passage is too narrow, and only one person can pass through.

And when the Di people rushed out of the passage, they were greeted by the sharp-looking Huan Shou Dao of the Han soldiers on both sides.

Those Diren who climbed onto the WISCO car and jumped down would also be kissed by two or three spears in midair.

"Drumming!"

"Fighting!"

Zheng Pu, who was standing at the tooth flag, shouted at the drummer, pulled out his sharp blade, and rushed forward under the guard of Qi Ya Cuo.

"war!"

"war!"

The leader's leadership will always arouse everyone's swearing to follow.

In a small circle, the Han soldiers were in high spirits and shouted a declaration that they would never retreat.

One side rushed forward without fear of death, and the other side vowed to defend it to the death.

The sword was bright, the spear tip was dazzling, and the arrowhead broke through the air, converging into a rippling smile on the corner of Death's mouth.

Every moment, someone fell to the ground.

Every moment, someone wailed, saying goodbye to the unworthiness of this cold world.

The barren land of Yinping greedily draws blood, enjoys the gluttonous feast of human cannibalism, and laughs at the return of human life.

Perhaps, the weeds that grow on this mountain road in the next year are at least half a zhang high?

Zhao Guang held the ring sword in one hand and the short spear in the other.

With the soldiers behind the WISCO car, try to contain it as much as possible to prevent more Di people from rushing in.

His face and armor were splattered with black and red blood, but it did not delay his angry eyes and roaring like thunder.

He swung the ring-headed sword and slashed a Di Ren, including his head, shoulders, and shoulders; with the strength of his body leaning forward to the left, the short spear attached to his left hand was raised over his shoulder and stabbed into another Di's mouth.

His strength was so great that even his teeth were blown out several times.

When he straightened his body, he kicked the body in front of him that had not fallen down with one kick, and kicked the Di Ren, who continued to move forward, and tripped several times.

"kill!"

Another roar.

Zhao Guanghuan's first sword and short spear staggered forward again.

With the corpses of countless Di people, they blocked the passage of the Wuhan Iron and Steel Car, and the end was extremely brave!
Zheng Pu's side is also not weak.

With the incomparably brave Beggar beside him, he burst out with boundless courage.

The long-handled caltrops danced wildly, smashing countless heads, and the long sword shone like a poisonous snake spitting into Di Ren's throat or eyes.

The Xiaoyuan Array is as solid as a rock, and it will stand still despite the wind from east, west, north and south!
The deadlock between killing and being killed lasted for about half an hour, and Diren's offensive began to decline.

It wasn't that they lacked the courage to die, but that the layers of corpses on the ground seriously hindered their way.

From the thirty steps before the WISCO car to the front of the small circle, every inch of soil was crisscrossed, and more than two corpses were stacked!

Let them not even have a foothold.

This kind of setback of being stumbled and fighting for a long time without noticing makes Di people's momentum also disappear, and their eyes gradually become no longer blood red.

"Woo~~~"

"Woo~~~~~~"

At this moment, the rear formation of Di Ren blew the horns of retreat.

Fuzhang lived up to being praised as "wise man" by Di people.

Watching the battle from the back, he could see that the Di people were weak in the follow-up and could no longer make contributions, so he simply let them retreat first.

Naturally, he won't give up on offense.

But let the eldest son Fu Jian's five hundred cavalry, all dismount and hold bows, projectile!

To suppress the Han army did not dare to take the lead, clear the way, and then send a new force to suppress it, intending to do it with one fell swoop.

"call"

"call"

Zhao Guang threw out the short spear in his hand, and slammed into a Di Ren who had turned around and retreated before he sat down on the ground.It doesn't matter whether the ground has long been extremely sticky, and has long been extremely fishy.

After the fierce battle, he felt as if he had been thrown into a pile of hot coals in his chest and abdomen.

It hurts, it hurts.

However, when countless arrows fell from the sky, he instantly became alive.

The cat hid behind the shield and scull, staring at Di Ren, who was pulling the corpse outside, feeling a little anxious in his heart.

The disparity between the forces of the two sides is too great, and I fear that the small circle formation will be broken in the next wave.
"Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

The drums of war were thundering and urging.

Di Ren, who was crying and howling, came again with red eyes.

However, Zheng Pu, who had been bathed in countless blood, laughed out loud.

All the Han troops also cheered.

Because they saw that behind the Diren Daxing, there was a military flag embroidered with the word "Xuanwu", which had broken free from the shackles of the earth and fluttered in the wind! ——
[Note 1: In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the crossbow was drawn at the waist, and the picture is shown in the stone portrait of Wu's Ancestral Hall in Jining. "Book of Jin · Ma Long Biography" said that the waist draws the crossbow, with a strength of 36 jun (about nine stones)]

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