Fenghou

Chapter 1513 Guangnan
Tang Qian, the commander of the upper army, stood on a high place at this time, commanding [-] soldiers to besiege the city.

It is true that Liu Qiong led the army to quell the chaos, but it does not mean that there are no other generals in the Western Army. The remaining general is Tang Qian. He is a scout and pays special attention to intelligence.

Just a month ago, Tang Qian received an important piece of information that Liu Guangshi's armor was extremely short of armor and food, so Tang Qian decided to set up a set up in Gaoyao, transporting a large number of fake soldiers and food to the warehouse, and sent people to to preach.

Xi Jun had dealt with Liu Guangshi before, and knew that he was greedy and liked to use surprise soldiers to attack, so he set up this trap by taking advantage of Liu Qiong's opportunity to lead the army to quell the chaos.

Sure enough, Liu Guangshi got the news and thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he personally led [-] elites to Gaoyao County, Duanzhou.

Liu Guangshi's army burned, killed and looted all the way, and liked to rush to the houses to loot property. Tang Qian discovered this characteristic, so he set up wine and meat traps in the houses as he liked, and more than 6000 soldiers were poisoned.

At this time, eight thousand soldiers blocked the city gate with crossbow arrows, and the arrows shot at the fleeing enemy army like a storm. Groups of enemy soldiers fell down at the city gate. The corpses piled up like a hill. Many soldiers tried to escape by climbing over the hill of corpses, but they still fell down in the pile of corpses.

At this time, the soldiers of the Western Army threw hundreds of cans of kerosene over, and a raging fire ignited in front of the city gate. The flames engulfed the corpses. Howling and running, he fell headlong into the fire within a few steps.

Thousands of people also climbed up the city wall. They waved and shouted, begging to surrender. The only answer to them was merciless arrows.

Many soldiers couldn't help jumping down from the city, waiting for them to be ruthlessly assassinated with spears.

The fire burned from dusk to the morning of the next day. All [-] enemy soldiers died in the city, and none escaped. Even Liu Guangshi was buried in the fire following his ambition.

Tang Qian didn't stop, he immediately led an army of [-] to Wuzhou, Liu Guangshi's hometown.

Liu Guangshi's 10,000+ army is indeed a mob. Hearing that the lord is dead, they all scattered and went their separate ways.

But Liu Guangshi's general Pan Wen thought this was an opportunity. The Western Army only had 2 people. If he could defeat the Western Army, he could replace Liu Guangshi and become the new King Annan.

Pan Wen immediately led an army of [-] to face off against the Western Army who had killed from [-] miles away.

Wuzhou and Duanzhou are separated by Kangzhou and Fengzhou, but Fengzhou is very small. Fengchuan County, the state capital, is located in the southernmost part of Fengzhou, close to the Xijiang River, on the north bank of the Xijiang River about fifteen miles away from Fengchuan County. In a wilderness with a width of more than twenty miles, two armies met unexpectedly.

The [-] troops of the Western Army consisted of [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. Among the [-] infantry, there were [-] heavy armored infantry. They also carried [-] small trebuchets, which were only one person tall. The throwing pole is two feet long and weighs [-] catties. It is usually carried by horses. When it is used, it can be assembled very quickly. It can project a small iron fire mine weighing [-] catties - an iron hedgehog, a hundred steps away.

In addition, the Western Army also carried ten large iron fire mines weighing two hundred catties, which were specially used to bomb the city.

The Western Army quickly lined up, with [-] heavy armored infantry at the front, [-] crossbow troops behind them, who were also spear troops, [-] lance troops and trebuchet operators, and [-] cavalry at the end.

Seeing that the opponent was exhausted from afar, Pan Wen immediately ordered the whole army to attack, trying to overwhelm the formation of the Western Army with crowd tactics.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of war drums was like thunder, and the [-] troops came like a tide. Pan Wen also knew that the opponent's bows and crossbows were sharp, but he didn't care much about the life and death of soldiers. Soldiers can be recruited again after they die, but soldiers with armor and horses are not so easy to get. When he arrived, what he valued was the armor and equipment and horses of the [-] Western Army, as well as the great prestige that defeating the Western Army could bring.

Another most important reason is that Pan Wen is a native of the country and has never left Guangnan West Road, let alone fought against the Western Army. He is only a soldier of the Song Army and has a deep understanding of the corruption of the Song Army. He equated the Western Army with the Song Dynasty army.

The 100 crossbowmen lined up into nine factions, with [-] or [-] people in each row, and their spears were placed under their feet. Once the enemy came up, they would carry their crossbows behind their backs and become a spear army.

Tang Qian also didn't expect the enemy army to be so direct, and the whole army came up directly. Seeing the enemy army rushing in like a tide, he shouted: "Bows and crossbows are ready!"

Ten thousand military crossbows are facing upward at a 45-degree angle, and the cold arrows are flashing murderous intent in the sun. The enemy troops are getting closer and closer, and have already entered the 150-step line.

Commander Zhang Heng shouted, "Archery!"

There was a rapid sound of clappers, and [-] crossbow arrows in the first three rows soared into the air, shooting towards the enemy crowd like a black cloud. The enemy soldiers raised their shields to resist, but their crude shields could not stop the powerful The crossbow arrows shot, one after another the enemy soldiers fell down screaming.

Immediately after the arrows from the fourth to sixth rows were shot out, more than 3000 arrows shot into the enemy army like raindrops. Countless enemy soldiers were hit by the arrows and rolled over. Nine rows of arrows shot out, and the arrows covered the sky.

In the first round, 3000 arrows shot down more than [-] soldiers, but for the [-]-strong army, the casualties of more than [-] people did not make waves at all.

Tens of thousands of troops rushed to the one-hundred-step line, and the second round of crossbow arrows began to fire.
Five thousand soldiers rushed westward from three miles away from the north. The tactical intention was very obvious, that is, to go around behind the enemy and attack the enemy from behind. At this time, it was too late for the enemy to turn back.

Pan Wen just wanted to make a quick decision, first to defeat the western army in the front, and then turn around to deal with the cavalry.

After two rounds of arrows, the enemy suffered nearly 7000 casualties, and more than [-] soldiers finally came to the front. Two thousand heavy armored infantry swung their three-pointed and double-edged swords, and appeared in front of the enemy like a mountain.

Behind them are [-] soldiers who have just transformed from crossbow army to spear army. Thirty small trebuchets and [-] spear throwers are hidden among the spears.

The enemy army slammed into them, but they were greeted by Mo Dao with a cold light. Under the blade, flesh and blood flew, heads rolled, and stumped limbs and arms were all over the ground. In an instant, the air was filled with an extremely strong smell of blood, but the heavy armor The infantry has seen this for a long time, and the soldiers behind have experienced many battles and don't care.

At this time, a soldier suddenly shouted: "Tang Dutong, there are elephants!"

When Tang Qian turned his head, he saw hundreds of elephants rushing out from the forest in the northwest direction, riding soldiers on them, rushing towards the side of the Western Army formation. Tang Qian shouted sharply: "Spear throwers to fight!"

Two thousand and five hundred gunmen rushed forward, throwing unusually sharp steel spears, and shot out cold rays of light. The extremely sharp steel spears pierced the heads of the war elephants, and the elephants fell down with a bang.

In just a moment, more than a hundred of the five hundred elephants were killed. The elephant herd was frightened and tried to turn around and run for their lives, but the mahouts above shouted loudly, forcing the elephants to charge.

The spear-throwers immediately changed their targets, aiming at the man on the back of the elephant. They threw the spear accurately, and one by one the enemy soldiers screamed and fell from the elephant. In a moment, hundreds of mahouts and soldiers were all killed. Assassinate.

Without the threat of the elephant driver, nearly [-] elephants turned around and ran into the forest.

At this time, Tang Qian saw that the time was ripe, and ordered sharply: "The trebuchet throws fire and thunder!"

Thirty trebuchets were transported to the front and began to shoot continuously. Three iron hedgehogs were thrown into the enemy army one after another. The iron fire thunder exploded in the crowd, the poisoned iron nails scattered and splashed, and the crowd screamed.

The enemy army on Guangnan West Road had never seen such a terrifying firearm. The soldiers were shaken, and countless soldiers from the front army turned around and fled.

At this time, [-] cavalry came from behind, and the tens of thousands of troops could no longer hold on, and the whole line collapsed. The corpses of the army were scattered all over the field, and the blood flowed like rivers. Pan Wen, the general, was surrounded by cavalry of the Western Army and beheaded under his horse.

Two months later, Liu Qiong and Tang Qian led the army to completely pacify the Guangnan two roads, leaving [-] troops to garrison the Guangnan two roads, and the army returned to the court.

(End of this chapter)