Han Hai Tang Ergui
Chapter 623
In the north of Jize County, Liu Zhiyuan hastily retreated here, which was carefully planned.
The most critical factor is that he can rely on Jize County to hoard grain and grass.
However, Zhang Tie chased from the Zhangshui River, and the transportation of grain, grass and luggage would inevitably have to cross the Zhangshui River again, and the transportation capacity doubled.
It is also because he has built several simple forts outside the city of Jize County. Relying on these forts and supporting them with chariot formations and repelling horses, the army can play a very good role in blocking the cavalry of the Zhou army.
However, although Liu Zhiyuan did make a second plan, the entire Hedong army was still very shocked.
Because they originally thought that even if the method of anvil and hammer could not take advantage of it as expected, the carefully selected 4000 people would not lose so badly!
Regardless of the fact that the Hedong Army still has more than 6000 people, in fact, the elite of Hedong is about 4000 people in Liu Zhiyuan's own teeth, the Zhangde Army in Guo Wei's hands is [-] people, and the Wujie Army in Shi Hongzhao's hands is more than [-] people. People, the rest are the [-] people that Bai Zairong and others cobbled together.
Except for the 3000 people, the rest are leftovers with a relatively low armor penetration rate.
They never expected that the elite 4000 people from Hedong who fought against more than a thousand pro-armies of Zhou State were defeated in one round.
Of course, there were reasons for Bai Zairong's early escape, but before Bai Zairong's early escape, the Hedong Army was already on the verge of collapse.
Moreover, Wang Yin didn't try his best, but he really couldn't beat him, and he was pushed back and couldn't stand up after a face-to-face encounter.
In the distance came the sound of a horn with a pitch several degrees higher than that of a cow's horn, which is the unique sound of a conch horn.
Hedong is not near the sea, so the Zhou army used conch horns for this expedition to avoid conflicts with the horns from Hedong.
Shi Hongzhao stood in Jize County with his brows furrowed. At this time, the sun had already set and the only ones still blowing the horn were Zhou Guo's annoying You Yiqi.
They followed all the way from Zhangshui, and beat the Tuyuhun cavalry in the rear of the palace very badly. At this time, they were still using the horn to determine the general direction.
It is estimated that it will not be long before the locations of several camps of the Hedong Army outside the city can be found out.
Shi Hongzhao walked back a little irritatedly. When passing by several houses, there were faint moans and crying in the room.
Moan is the wounded soldier who was wounded by the Zhou army today. In the battle by the Zhangshui River, the Hedong army suffered as many as a thousand casualties, but most of them were either killed or captured. There are only a few here.
Those who cried were all women from Jize County. The people of Jize County were not as lucky as Pingxiang County. The Hedong Army had no time to go wild in Pingxiang County, but when they entered Jize County, they immediately had more time.
At that time, as soon as they entered the city, the generals occupied them in different areas, and immediately allocated all the gold, silver, grain, cloth, women, young men, and even donkeys and mules.
The weeping women were hidden by the generals and used to reward the brave soldiers and take care of the wounded soldiers below. Presumably it was because of the late night that these women dared to cry.
Shi Hongzhao shook his head, but it wasn't because he had a heart of kindness. In this era, it is actually normal for warriors to harm the common people.
He, Shi Hongzhao, would not think that these soldiers had done anything wrong, but he felt that it was unlucky to hear a woman cry so late at night.
And just beside the Zhangshui, Zhang Tie had just arranged for the entire army to cross the Zhangshui.
Tonight, the Zhou army camped by the Zhangshui River. Anyway, it is only a dozen miles away from Jize County, and there is no time to set up camp tomorrow morning.
Compared with the chaos and panic of the Hedong Army, the Zhou Army is much more solemn.
In today's battle, regrettably 17 people were killed in battle and later died of serious injuries, 39 people were killed by silver guns, and more than [-] people were injured.
Most of the people were injured by the crossbow arrows. The Hedong Army is worthy of being the most beautiful warrior of the Five Dynasties. Even though it has been declining at this time and its equipment is also at a disadvantage, it still insists on fighting with Regret Mountain for five years. Rounds of crossbows fired at each other.
"Mr. Erlang, Song Zheng can no longer follow you!"
As an old man of the Yuan Cong faction, Song Zheng opened his toothless mouth and looked at Zhang Chen with red eyes.
But he was not about to die, but the knee of his right leg was smashed by Wang Yin Yabing.The mouth was also hit with a heavy hammer, the jaw was dislocated, and the front teeth were almost completely knocked out, so that it was a bit leaky to speak.
"Can you talk? What do you mean you can no longer follow? You injured your leg, and you didn't die in battle?
Should I go to Ma Yaozi in Xuzhou for an inspection, or go to Guanzhong as a county captain?You say now, I will let Guo Tiance arrange it later. "Zhang Tie gave Song Zheng an angry look.
Song Zheng also smiled, and then looked at Zhang Ting with some guilt, "Saint, I want to go back to Shazhou."
"Go back to Shazhou? Is it because you are worried that your legs and feet will be inconvenient to be an official? What are you afraid of? I allow you to choose two personal guards and let them push you wherever you go."
Zhang Ting was a little surprised. Although Shazhou was the place where he started his family, it was too remote. Even immigrants from Guanzhong rarely wanted to go to Shazhou.
Song Zheng shook his head heavily, "I actually wanted to go back a long time ago, but I always thought that the world was not settled, and we had to follow the saints to fight against the separatists.
Now that I'm injured, I just go back. Luo Fengma and his mother are all in Shazhou, and I have to take care of them when I go back. "
Luo Fengma died in Polu Prefecture, north of Shule, and was one of the first group of people to die.
Moreover, Ye Niang of Luo Crazy Horse is even more worry-free. The old couple are old, nostalgic for their homeland, and refuse to leave Shazhou life and death. Most of the rewards of gold and silver have been distributed to poor relatives. Herding sheep in Shazhou.
Lian Zhangqian ordered them to live in Tokyo, but they ran to Tokyo for three months and ended up staying for five days. They said they had seen Chang'an and Luoyang, and that they had no regrets in this life, and then ran back to herd sheep.
In fact, among the martyrs of Zhang Ting's Yuan Cong faction, there are still several pairs of old people like this, all because of language barriers and different living habits, they are unwilling to leave Shazhou.
"I was originally born as a slave soldier of the Cao family. I never thought that I would be able to be where I am today. It stands to reason that this life belongs to a saint. But as I get older, I want to go back to my hometown and teach my children well, so that he can do it for me again." Saints fight."
Zhang Tie nodded emphatically, then looked at the gray hairs on his head, and suddenly realized that many people in his regret mountain city were already getting old.
When I went to Anxi that year, Zhang Tie was considered young, but most of the others were actually 40 years old like Song Zheng.
The generals of his week are about to be promoted to the new generation, and the process of unifying the world must also be accelerated, while his elite team is still in its prime.
After attending the cremation ceremony of the dead warriors and visiting the wounded soldiers, Zhang Tie could not rest.
Because You Yijun of Youyu Linwei had brought back the sentry information, Wang Yisi had also sorted out the map, and all the generals above the capital of Yuhou had arrived.
Zhang Tie took a closer look, and found that Liu Zhiyuan arranged the [-] troops in a diamond shape.
At the front end is a Dazhai Fort that can hold two or three thousand troops, at the end is Jize County, and on both sides are two defensive fortresses with tall archery towers.
Of course, this is not a very regular rhombus, but a compressed very flat rhombus.
And between the diamond-shaped one city and four villages, the Hedong army used trenches, horses, and chariot formations to form a defensive line to prevent cavalry raids.
A large number of vehicles are equipped inside, and the young and strong in Jize County have also been organized to quickly deliver supplies and remove the wounded.
Li Cunhui personally ran to the front to inquire about the situation, and he was explaining to Zhang Ting and other generals.
"After Youyu Linwei followed the Hedong Army to Jize County, we did not choose to continue pestering the hundreds of cavalry behind the Hedong Army, but tried to intersperse the fort.
It was discovered that the combination of the trenches on the two wings and the formation of vehicles, together with the archery tower, can easily limit the speed of the cavalry. I think the idea of the Hedong Army is to let us attack the front by force.
However, the frontal forts were long stretches, and there was also a large fort that could calmly mobilize troops, so it was difficult to use cavalry. "
Bai Congxin also shook his head, "There are archery towers, military fortresses and trenches on both sides, it seems that we don't want our cavalry to attack from left to right and copy the rear.
There are many rejections of horses in the front, isn't this still the same old way, restricting cavalry according to local conditions, intending to fight with us on foot. "
Feng Hui was more familiar with this than Bai Congxin and Li Cunhui, he stood beside Zhang Tie and said.
"Saint, this is Zhu Liang's favorite cavalry formation in the old days. There are strongholds on both sides. If my cavalry gouges the two sides, it will be blocked by the chariot formation and archery towers, and it will be extremely difficult to break into. I judged that, There must be a sharp weapon like the Fuyuan crossbow.
If it is a frontal attack, the center of Dazhai Fort must be elite soldiers, and it is impossible to capture it easily.
If it is bypassed, the elites in Dazhai Fort can harass everywhere, if it is a strong attack, the Hedong Army can move away and reject horses to support, it is very difficult to fight! "
After Zhang Tie listened, he took a closer look at the map. He always felt a little familiar, and finally realized, isn't this thing just stacking formations?He used it in Shule Polu Prefecture.
It just turned the group of archers forward into a Dazhai Fort, and the horses on both sides turned into trenches and chariot formations.
Abandoning the ability to attack from both sides, and mainly relying on Dazhai Fort to limit the frontal attack of cavalry, soldiers and horses on both sides can move away and refuse horses to attack depending on the situation.
Zhang Tie thought about it, and Bai Congxin, who had muttered a few words just now, suddenly noticed it too, and he suddenly looked at Zhang Tie.
"Saint, isn't this the method of stacking cavalry with infantry? The core is to block the speed of cavalry, and then use bows and crossbows as projections.
It may be that the Hedong Army did not have enough bows and crossbows, so they built a large fort to store elites, thinking of the city wall while waiting for the time to move. "
When Bai Congxin said this, he suddenly stopped talking, because after the battle between Zhang Ting and them in Polu Prefecture in Anxi, he had analyzed the weakness of this stacked formation.
The conclusion reached is that the only shortcoming of this large formation that has given up movement is that it is afraid of the high-mobility long-range projectile weapons that are better than him.
And it just so happens that there is this in the Zhou army—a camel whirlwind cannon that can be transferred at any time and fired quickly.
Thinking of this, Zhang Tie and Bai Congxin looked at each other and smiled.
Feng Hui and others had never seen the power of the Camel Whirlwind Cannon, because the maintenance cost of this thing was too high, and Zhang Tie was never willing to use it.
I brought it with me when fighting the Southern Tang, but with the fighting power of the Southern Tang army, I didn't need it at all.
In fact, he wanted to give up on this golden finger invented by Zhang Tie at a certain time, because in Zhang Zhou now, the camel whirlwind cannon was almost useless.
This thing appeared in history because Xixia wanted to use it to deal with the Song army. When using it, cavalry was used to restrict the movement of the Song army's heavy infantry, and then the camel whirlwind cannon was used to smash it.
But in Zhangzhou, the Zhou army was strong in infantry and cavalry, while Mengshu, Southern Tang and other countries basically only had infantry, and the quality of heavy infantry was not as good as that of Zhang Zhou. Khitan, like Zhang Zhou, was good at cavalry.
Therefore, the camel whirlwind gun has never been used, and it belongs to the chicken ribs in the chicken ribs, but I didn't expect to use it here.
When Zhang Ting told Feng Hui and others about the camel whirlwind cannon, everyone was overjoyed. The fort of the Hedong army was built with a lot of wood and a small amount of earth and rocks. The defense is actually not strong, and it is difficult to withstand the bombardment of the camel whirlwind cannon. .
Simply smash their Dazhai Fort first, blast out the Hedong Army, and let them take the initiative to come to fight.
On the fourth day of June, Zhang Tie dawdled for another two days, waiting for all the camels to cross the river, and then led an army of [-] to the north of Jize County.
Before that, the entire land from Zhangshui to the north of Jize County had completely become an arena for cavalry and dogfights from both sides.
Zhang Zhou dispatched the hussars of Zuo Jinwuwei, and the Hedong army also abandoned the usual practice of using Tuyuhun cavalry, and dispatched more than a thousand cavalry from Hedong Yamen.
On the way Zhang Yu led the army to arrive, you can see ownerless horses, blood all over the ground, and Hedong cavalry throwing corpses in the wilderness. The fierce fighting between the two sides can be seen.
The cool breeze in the morning blew over the battle flags, and the Zhou army was divided into three sides, with a total of seventeen square formations.
Between the phalanxes, dozens of drum bands marched with the army, playing big drums and hujia in unison, and all the soldiers sang loudly.
'Dunhuang has been a master in ancient times, and I feel the admiration of all the tribes.Lintai has long been famous for looking at Longting in Xiaojie.I only hate the gefan tribe, and it's hard to express my love.Sooner or later, we will destroy the wolves and worship the holy face together. '
Don't underestimate this song "Bodhisattva Barbarian. Dunhuang Going Out of Gods in Ancient Times". This word came from after Tubo fell into Shan, Liang and other states. It was a military song at that time when Yan Chao led the soldiers and civilians of Shazhou to hold on to Dunhuang, the last stronghold in Hexi.
Since the Yan Dynasty was poisoned and Tubo completely occupied Hexi, the upper-class slave owners of Tubo forbade the Hexi survivors of the Tang Dynasty to say that Tangyin was wearing Hanfu, and burned a large number of books with Chinese characters.
In order to maintain the cohesion of the same enemy and not forget the language of their ancestors, most of the border people in Hexi learned Tangyin and Chinese characters from these songs.
The 20,000 people who came now, except for Feng Hui's [-] Silver Gun Capital, and the more than [-] soldiers from the three divisions of the Zhongwu Army of Xuchang Prefecture, the Guide Army of Guide Prefecture, and the Taining Army of Jining Prefecture, all came from Hexi, Zhang Zhou of Longyou is a close disciple, so everyone can sing.
The loud military song was sung over and over again, and after the ministries arrived at the predetermined positions, they still did not stop.
And the hussars of Zuo Jinwu Guard, who were in charge of playing and guarding, had already begun to expel the Tuyuhun Rangers from Hedong who were approaching.
Finally, amidst the singing, the yellow umbrella symbolizing the emperor's presence, the silver-bordered three-star flag symbolizing the commander-in-chief of the army, and the silver-white pendant golden tassel banner stood up. The singing stopped suddenly, and [-] soldiers shouted long live three times in unison.
Immediately afterwards, the big drum, which could only be driven by a dozen civilians, was sounded. The big drum sounded, and the small drums arranged in sequence continued to ring.
Amidst the sound of the drums, as the main force, the silver-and-white gold regiment dragon flag of Regret Shandu was raised high, and the soldiers of Regret Shandu on horseback shouted "destroy the enemy's formation" three times.
After calling Habayashi three times, the big drum continued to beat. This time, the flag of the right habayashi guard with a silver and white background was erected.
Immediately afterwards, the recognition flags of the Left Jinwuwei, Right Jinwuwei, Yinqiangdu, Zhongwujun and other troops were also raised one by one, and the drums began to be intensive.
Regret Shandu left and right commanders Zhang Zhaozhong, Zhang Zhaojiu, commander Li Cunhui of the right feather forest guard, commander Bai Congxin of the left Jinwu guard general rank, Yuhou Huguang, the commander of the right Jinwu guard general, and Feng Hui, the commander of the silver spear. They each sent their customary messengers to Zhang Tie's side.
The tacit understanding between these messengers and the general is very high, which can ensure that on the noisy battlefield, the commanders clearly know the orders from the commander.
After the flags of all the troops were erected, the flags were covered in the sky for a while, and the orderly soldiers shuttled back and forth, and smoke and dust were everywhere on the battle formation, which immediately heightened the chill atmosphere before the war.
At this moment, fierce cheers came from a distance. It turned out that the hussars of the Zuo Jinwu Guard completely defeated the more than a thousand Tuyuhun cavalry sent by the Hedong Army.
Yang Guizhong, Zheng Yang of the Zuo Jinwu Guard Cavalry Team, held the head of General Tuyuhun in his hand, rode his horse and threw it in front of Zhang Tie to praise him.
Zhang Tie laughed twice, "Yang Guizhong is brave and brave, and I will give you twenty pieces of Shu brocade, and I will transfer to an official!"
The whole army cheered thunderously, and then the drum beat again, and the armies and guards also beat the drum, and all the armies shouted in unison; Woohoo!Woohoo (sound O HO), then the whole army moved forward, approaching the formation of the Hedong Army.
Liu Zhiyuan watched Zhou Jun coming in a row with spears and spears in Jize County, and felt the pressure doubled, so he immediately asked the drummer to beat the war drum.
The Hedong Army also hooted in unison, and went forward to the left and right ends of Dazhai Fort, and the light infantry on both sides of the trench-car array-archery combination also began to prepare with swords and bows.
The Hedong Army is bounded by Dazhai Fort. On the left is Murong Yanchao's 5000 people. They are composed of Liu Zhiyuan's cronies and soldiers. The armor rate exceeds [-]%, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.
On the right is Shi Hongzhao's 5000 people, half of which are his own Wu Jie army, and the other half are drawn from warriors from various armies. At least half of them are armored, and their combat effectiveness is not weak.
According to the tactics agreed before the war, Murong Yanchao and Shi Hongzhao beat the military drums, 10,000 people formed into ten square formations, and marched in a chain. Together with them, there were 10,000 people from various armies with weaker combat effectiveness. .
Shrinking to the back of the stronghold from the very beginning, this is not the virtue of warriors of the fifth generation, how could they have been cowarded so early?
At least this plan will only be made if the field battle is unfavorable, not to mention that they have a lot of people.
In the phalanx, the small school with superb archery skills on both sides came out at the same time with bows and crossbows. When they marched two or three hundred steps, they stopped, and the strong bows and crossbows in their hands began to shoot at the enemy.
Although there are still more than [-] steps, strong bows and crossbows are still very effective against enemies without heavy armor, and the enemy army is densely packed from a distance, so there is no need to aim at it.
There were screams in twos and threes, and some unlucky ones in each army were shot at the area not covered by the nail leaves, and some were even so unlucky that they were shot in the eyes and face.
As the distance gets closer and closer, more and more military academies are eligible to go forward, and the two sides are whimpering forward, and the damage is getting bigger and bigger.
Seeing at least hundreds of elite crossbowmen from the Hedong Army, Zhang Ting immediately beat the drums and raised the battle flag ordering Lin Weixiao, the right feather, to dispatch.
Li Cunhui, who had been following Zhang Ting's instructions, immediately ordered Wen Chongle, the Marquis of Yu on the left, and Yue Sao Nu, the Marquis of Yu on the right, to set off with [-] fine cavalry each, and attack the Hedong Army from both sides.
On the side of the Hedong army, the drums were also beating. Liu Ci, the capital of Yuhou of the left horse army, and Li Tao, the capital of Yuhou of the right horse army, went to fight. The two also led [-] fine cavalry to intercept.
There were still one hundred and sixty steps before the Chinese army made contact, and the horse troops on the left and right had already begun to charge.
Zhang Zhaojie (Qion Re Duojin) was standing beside Zhang Teng, and Zhang Teng pointed to the cavalry who were entangled in the distance and said to Zhang Zhaojie.
"This is the only fine cavalry in the east of the river, and it is not inferior to our army, and the infantry in the east of the river is not far away, so don't disturb it.
Now you go to gather more than a thousand fine cavalry, don't go to battle yet, wait for the Hedong infantry to take [-] steps, then suddenly break out, first defeat the Hedong fine cavalry, and then go to tear the formation of the Hedong infantry. "
Zhang Zhaojie immediately took orders and went to assemble the cavalry teams of the various guards.
On the battlefield, the two sides had reached the range of [-] steps, and the elite archers of each army shot feather arrows marking the distance of [-] steps.
This means that after the soldiers of both sides enter the [-]-step line, the sky will be full of arrows.
Soon after one hundred and twenty steps, the chief officers of each army shouted "stop" at the same time, and then the golden bell rang, and the whole army stopped. Arrows caught on the bowstring.
Then the horn beeped twice, and the sergeant yelled at the same time, 'Kill! '
Immediately, all arrows were fired, with direct shots from the front and projectiles from the rear.
In an instant, there seemed to be a swarm of violent bees flying in the sky, and countless arrows were shot from the opponent, but there were not many screams, only the jingling of the arrows passing through the armor.
One hundred and twenty steps. For a team with both sides in heavy armor, the fear caused by the arrow's imminent shooting is far greater than the lethality.
The horns of the whole army sounded for two rounds, and the chief officers of each army checked and found that the lethality was not strong.
At this time, the golden gong was sounded again, and the sound of the drums changed from a heavy blow to a continuous rapid drumbeat. The sergeant immediately put away his bow and arrow, held a spear and other melee weapons again, and continued to move forward with a whining sound.
"Order all the troops to shoot again at sixty paces, regardless of the Hedong Army!"
Zhang Tie also immediately issued an order, and the messengers around him rushed down one after another, passing on Zhang Tie's order.
Eighty paces, at this distance, the two sides can already see the general shape of the opposite side, and some people with good vision can even see the appearance of the opposite side clearly. The pressure is very great.
The Hedong army couldn't bear it anymore, they blew the golden gong again and blew the horn, and the rain of arrows slanted towards the Zhou army.
A soldier in Regret Shandu was hit by seven or eight arrows in a row. He screamed in pain, blood came out from his neck and chest, and the severe pain made him fall to the ground.
But in order not to affect the formation, he just relied on strong willpower to roll out of the phalanx, and then took out the mouthpiece and put it in his mouth to bite it tightly, so as not to affect other people with screams.
Zhang Zhaozhong (Barbarian) stood at the front of the team. For the convenience of commanding, he did not wear a mask. At this time, an arrow floated from a distance and hit Zhang Zhaozhong impartially.
Zhang Zhaozhong shook violently, and the soldiers on the left and right looked at the bravest warrior in Regret Mountain Capital in fear.
Zhang Zhaozhong shook twice, but he didn't let out a scream. The nephew next to him wanted to check it out.
Zhang Zhaozhong pushed him away, snapped the arrow and pulled it out, bringing out a pile of flesh and blood and throwing it to the ground.
He was unlucky, because the probability of being shot in the face like this was extremely small, but he was also lucky. The arrow shot from the left cheek and penetrated his cheek, but did not hurt other flesh and blood, and even his teeth were not damaged. damaged.
The wild bear pulled out the arrow and threw it to the ground angrily. Then he hammered his chest with both hands and turned around with blood on his face, roaring twice at the soldiers.
All the sergeants immediately responded to him by smashing their chests with their left hands, and their morale was like a rainbow for a while.
On the other hand, the Hedong army shot three rounds in [-] steps. Although they shot down a considerable number of Zhou troops, they did not cause a serious blow, and they immediately felt a drum in their hearts.
The speed with which the bows can be opened in a short period of time, and the speed with which the crossbows can be reloaded, are all impressive. Now that they have fired all the strong bows and crossbows, it will be the turn of others.
Amid the fear and anxiety, the forward speed of the soldiers unexpectedly slowed down a bit, and Liu Zhiyuan immediately had someone beat the drum for the whole army to attack.
Out of the fear of being shot by the enemy's bow and crossbow, the soldiers of the Hedong Army simply roared and began to charge.
'when! Zhou Jun's golden gong sounded, drums and horns sounded, and at sixty steps, the whole army's bows and crossbows were fired together, especially the god arm bow, which was much stronger than the bow and faster than the traditional crossbow.
The whole army of the Hedong Army assaulted menacingly, but was suddenly attacked by the Zhou army with almost all the archers. The arrows of the violent storm shot down, and the soldiers in black iron armor kept falling down. empty.
But as soon as they charge, the warriors of the Hedong Army will be barbaric. Even if your arrows are like rain, I have to charge. Limping, but still not stopping.
Their rush achieved excellent results. Zhou Jun, who had to strike five rounds with a bow and crossbow before attacking, was rushed to the front in the third round and had to start hand-to-hand combat ahead of time.
At this time, the Zhou army's golden gong sounded, and then the drums and horns rang loudly again. The soldiers made gha gha sounds to threaten each other, and at the same time they held long spears and rifles and slammed into each other.
For a moment, the stabbing team continued to extend to both sides, and the contact surface between the two sides suddenly seemed to grow two rows of teeth.
Looking from a distance, those spears were constantly rolling and stirring. The contrast between the bright red blood and the black and white armor was extremely conspicuous, as if the earth was bleeding.
The breakthrough point was still in Regret Shandu, and Mo Dao was tumbling and flying with flesh and blood, showing his rage.
However, the Hedong Army has also summed up the experience. It is ineffective to use a spear to strike against the Regret Shandu Mo Dao. It is better to directly pounce on the Mo Dao.
It's a pity that they encountered a harder stubble this time!
As soon as a soldier of the Hedong Army stabbed Man Xiong, Man Xiong's Mo Dao fell from the nine heavens.
It is completely different from cutting it down with the power of a barbarian bear and others. Even Zhang Ting can't keep up with the barbarian bear in using the Mo knife.
The sharp tip of the blade slashed across the armor leaf of the soldier of the Hedong Army. The huge impact made him scream, and then fell down limply after spitting blood.
The barbarian roared angrily, took another step forward, met the opposite side and stabbed it, and then chopped down.
This time the soldier on the opposite side also roared wildly, and the point of the gun hit the barbarian's cloth-covered iron plate heavily, causing the barbarian on top of it to stagger, and there was a sharp pain in the chest and abdomen.
But this severe pain aroused the ferocity of the barbarian even more. He slashed faster and harder, and all the strength in his body was hit on the blade.
'flutter! ' With a dull sound, the knife cut through the armor leaf of Dun's neck, and slammed the Hedong soldier's neck. He didn't even hum, his neck showed a strange flip, and his muscles and bones were twisted, and he died of exhaustion.
The field of vision on the battlefield is actually very bad, especially after the adrenaline soars, everything except combat feels reduced, so the flag is the best way to guide the way forward.
Under the assault of Man Xiong and other soldiers of Regret Shandu, Regret Shandu's silver-and-white gold regiment dragon flag rushed more and more fiercely, and the morale of the surrounding soldiers became more and more prosperous. Everyone screamed, and the Hedong Army kept retreating .
Finally, after two quarters of an hour of fierce hand-to-hand combat between the two sides, the Hedong Army couldn't hold on anymore. They retreated and retreated until dozens of steps later, before they slowly stabilized their position.
However, Zhou Jun's pursuit of this wave was too long, many people were killed a little bit, and they rushed forward a long way, and they were a little out of touch.
Seeing this, Shi Hongzhao took off his leather jacket, put on the armor himself, and rushed forward with his teeth soldiers.
And watching the coach's commander-in-chief begin to move forward, the Hedong Army, which had been retreating again and again, mustered up the courage to counterattack.
On the other side, Murong Yanchao saw this, and asked people to hold up a big banner to push back in person. The soldiers in front of the Zhou army were already close to exhaustion, and the soldiers behind couldn't keep up, so they were beaten back.
It's just that between this advance and retreat, the formations of both sides are completely messed up, there is me in you, and you in me.
And at this time, no one else is conspicuous, only the general who is holding a big banner is conspicuous.
The Hedong army was furious, and under the leadership of Shi Hongzhao, they rushed towards the silver and white gold dragon flag in Regret Shandu.
The soldiers of the Zhou army also became fanatical, rushing towards the banners of Shi Hongzhao and Murong Yanchao one after another.
The situation became more chaotic, and the battle became more intense. The orderly confrontation disappeared, and the soldiers took out big axes, hammers, and large cleaves, which were more conducive to melee combat and more capable of piercing armor, and even entangled each other on the ground. group.
Almost all the soldiers who fell on the ground held long daggers in their hands. The two rolled over in the bloody mud, and ended each other's life by lifting the nail leaves or stabbing in with their necks.
Zhang Ting was at a high place, and when he saw the opportunity coming, he immediately ordered someone to notify Zhang Zhaojie to attack the Hedong Army at this very moment!
Zhang Zhaojie took the order to set off and summoned Li Cunhui, Zhao Kuangyin, Wang Shenqi, Cui Huxin, Shen Nianban and other powerful generals.
Five hundred cavalrymen in armor and half-armored horses rushed towards the Hedong army. Their target was Shi Hongzhao, the number one warrior in Hedong.
In fact, Liu Zhiyuan also kept people. He gave an order, and the last [-] Bingzhou Xiaoqi of the Hedong Army were also dispatched. They also had a goal, and they were heading towards the wild bear.
The sound of horseshoes shook the sky, even in the fierce fighting, Shi Hongzhao heard the sound of cavalry charging. He realized the danger, and immediately ordered his soldiers to stop charging and instead deployed spears to defend.
Zhang Zhaojie arrived in a thunderous manner, but Shi Hongzhao had already completed the basic formation, and there were still five or six hundred people left.
As soon as Zhou Junxiao arrived, the Hedong Army's bows and crossbows were all fired, the spearmen were not afraid, and the whole steel hedgehog did not move at all.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Zhaojie commanded the five hundred cavalry to dodge instead of rushing in, and directly drew a circle to go around, using the acceleration of the horse's sprint, to pour out the arrows in his hand at close range.
Because Shi Hongzhao's dental soldiers had to draw their bows from a long distance to slow down the charge of the Zhou army's cavalry, most of their arrows missed.
Zhou Junxiaoqi, on the other hand, shoots at close range, with much better accuracy and armor-piercing effect.
After going straight for a round, Shi Hongzhao's teeth soldiers suffered heavy losses, while Zhang Zhaojie made a big circle and came back again. This time, the contrast was even more obvious, but the elite Shi Hongzhao teeth soldiers still defended.
Liu Zhiyuan saw Zhou Guo's elite armored cavalry continuously attacking Shi Hongzhao in Jize County, he jumped up anxiously, and ordered Bai Zairong, who was the backup, to select the elite and go out to rescue Shi Hongzhao.
On the other side, Liu Zhiyuan's Hedong Jingqi besieged the wild bear, which was not going well.
Because although there are only 300 people around the wild bear, Dunzhu is also there, and the 300 people have almost a thousand and two white spears in their hands.
After the 200 people here stabilized the front line, a white spear threw a devastating blow to the incoming Hedong Jingqi. When the two sides met each other, the Hedong Jingqi lost almost [-] cavalry.
When the cavalry faced the undisturbed elite heavy infantry, they were so helpless and helpless if they went directly.
Hedong Jingqi rushed twice, lost almost [-] riders, and then retreated wisely.
By the time Liu Zhiyuan dispatched Bai Zarong, it was already too late. After four consecutive charges, Shi Hongzhao's soldiers finally collapsed.
During the fourth impact, the spearmen who raised their guns suddenly collapsed, and Zhang Zhaojie rushed in first.
In desperation, Shi Hongzhao exploded with extremely strong fighting power. With a roar, he threw the spear in his hand, hitting Zhang Zhaojie's chest, and almost knocked Zhang Zhaojie off his horse.
Seeing this, Li Cunhui, who was behind Zhang Zhaojie, accelerated his charge and hit Shi Hongzhao's head with one stroke. Shi Hongzhao screamed, his body spiraled in a circle, and then fell heavily to the ground.
Li Cunhui laughed, and immediately jumped off his horse to hold Shi Hongzhao down, but Shi Hongzhao was half-dressed. He strangled Li Cunhui's neck, wrapped his feet around Li Cunhui's waist, and was about to dig out his waist long dagger.
It's a pity that Li Cunhui's hand was faster than his, and he directly took out a fine steel dagger, lifted Shi Hongzhao's armor leaf, and stabbed it indiscriminately.
The rest of the Zhou Guojun generals also rushed over, killed the last Shi Hongzhao's soldiers, and together they stabbed Shi Hongzhao into a bloody hole.
Among them, Zhao Kuangyin was the calmest. He didn't care about Shi Hongzhao, but rushed forward and chopped down Shi Hongzhao's flag of recognition directly on the ground.
With the fall of the flag of the number one warrior in Hedong, the confidence of the more than [-] Hedong troops in the battle suddenly collapsed, and they retreated while crying.
Fortunately, at this time, Bai Zairong, who was ordered by Liu Zhiyuan, came to the front line, and he immediately ordered to block and reject the horse, barely recovering some of the decline.
On the top of the city, Liu Zhiyuan was helpless, he could only watch Zhou Jun sweeping through the various horses, trenches and chariot formations arranged by the Hedong Army.
All of a sudden, Liu Zhiyuan's legs were weak for a while, he knew that the entire Hedong army was over.
Although some were able to escape back to Jize County, Zhou's army was few, and a few forts could be held for the time being, but they would never have the confidence to compete with Zhou's army.
The most critical factor is that he can rely on Jize County to hoard grain and grass.
However, Zhang Tie chased from the Zhangshui River, and the transportation of grain, grass and luggage would inevitably have to cross the Zhangshui River again, and the transportation capacity doubled.
It is also because he has built several simple forts outside the city of Jize County. Relying on these forts and supporting them with chariot formations and repelling horses, the army can play a very good role in blocking the cavalry of the Zhou army.
However, although Liu Zhiyuan did make a second plan, the entire Hedong army was still very shocked.
Because they originally thought that even if the method of anvil and hammer could not take advantage of it as expected, the carefully selected 4000 people would not lose so badly!
Regardless of the fact that the Hedong Army still has more than 6000 people, in fact, the elite of Hedong is about 4000 people in Liu Zhiyuan's own teeth, the Zhangde Army in Guo Wei's hands is [-] people, and the Wujie Army in Shi Hongzhao's hands is more than [-] people. People, the rest are the [-] people that Bai Zairong and others cobbled together.
Except for the 3000 people, the rest are leftovers with a relatively low armor penetration rate.
They never expected that the elite 4000 people from Hedong who fought against more than a thousand pro-armies of Zhou State were defeated in one round.
Of course, there were reasons for Bai Zairong's early escape, but before Bai Zairong's early escape, the Hedong Army was already on the verge of collapse.
Moreover, Wang Yin didn't try his best, but he really couldn't beat him, and he was pushed back and couldn't stand up after a face-to-face encounter.
In the distance came the sound of a horn with a pitch several degrees higher than that of a cow's horn, which is the unique sound of a conch horn.
Hedong is not near the sea, so the Zhou army used conch horns for this expedition to avoid conflicts with the horns from Hedong.
Shi Hongzhao stood in Jize County with his brows furrowed. At this time, the sun had already set and the only ones still blowing the horn were Zhou Guo's annoying You Yiqi.
They followed all the way from Zhangshui, and beat the Tuyuhun cavalry in the rear of the palace very badly. At this time, they were still using the horn to determine the general direction.
It is estimated that it will not be long before the locations of several camps of the Hedong Army outside the city can be found out.
Shi Hongzhao walked back a little irritatedly. When passing by several houses, there were faint moans and crying in the room.
Moan is the wounded soldier who was wounded by the Zhou army today. In the battle by the Zhangshui River, the Hedong army suffered as many as a thousand casualties, but most of them were either killed or captured. There are only a few here.
Those who cried were all women from Jize County. The people of Jize County were not as lucky as Pingxiang County. The Hedong Army had no time to go wild in Pingxiang County, but when they entered Jize County, they immediately had more time.
At that time, as soon as they entered the city, the generals occupied them in different areas, and immediately allocated all the gold, silver, grain, cloth, women, young men, and even donkeys and mules.
The weeping women were hidden by the generals and used to reward the brave soldiers and take care of the wounded soldiers below. Presumably it was because of the late night that these women dared to cry.
Shi Hongzhao shook his head, but it wasn't because he had a heart of kindness. In this era, it is actually normal for warriors to harm the common people.
He, Shi Hongzhao, would not think that these soldiers had done anything wrong, but he felt that it was unlucky to hear a woman cry so late at night.
And just beside the Zhangshui, Zhang Tie had just arranged for the entire army to cross the Zhangshui.
Tonight, the Zhou army camped by the Zhangshui River. Anyway, it is only a dozen miles away from Jize County, and there is no time to set up camp tomorrow morning.
Compared with the chaos and panic of the Hedong Army, the Zhou Army is much more solemn.
In today's battle, regrettably 17 people were killed in battle and later died of serious injuries, 39 people were killed by silver guns, and more than [-] people were injured.
Most of the people were injured by the crossbow arrows. The Hedong Army is worthy of being the most beautiful warrior of the Five Dynasties. Even though it has been declining at this time and its equipment is also at a disadvantage, it still insists on fighting with Regret Mountain for five years. Rounds of crossbows fired at each other.
"Mr. Erlang, Song Zheng can no longer follow you!"
As an old man of the Yuan Cong faction, Song Zheng opened his toothless mouth and looked at Zhang Chen with red eyes.
But he was not about to die, but the knee of his right leg was smashed by Wang Yin Yabing.The mouth was also hit with a heavy hammer, the jaw was dislocated, and the front teeth were almost completely knocked out, so that it was a bit leaky to speak.
"Can you talk? What do you mean you can no longer follow? You injured your leg, and you didn't die in battle?
Should I go to Ma Yaozi in Xuzhou for an inspection, or go to Guanzhong as a county captain?You say now, I will let Guo Tiance arrange it later. "Zhang Tie gave Song Zheng an angry look.
Song Zheng also smiled, and then looked at Zhang Ting with some guilt, "Saint, I want to go back to Shazhou."
"Go back to Shazhou? Is it because you are worried that your legs and feet will be inconvenient to be an official? What are you afraid of? I allow you to choose two personal guards and let them push you wherever you go."
Zhang Ting was a little surprised. Although Shazhou was the place where he started his family, it was too remote. Even immigrants from Guanzhong rarely wanted to go to Shazhou.
Song Zheng shook his head heavily, "I actually wanted to go back a long time ago, but I always thought that the world was not settled, and we had to follow the saints to fight against the separatists.
Now that I'm injured, I just go back. Luo Fengma and his mother are all in Shazhou, and I have to take care of them when I go back. "
Luo Fengma died in Polu Prefecture, north of Shule, and was one of the first group of people to die.
Moreover, Ye Niang of Luo Crazy Horse is even more worry-free. The old couple are old, nostalgic for their homeland, and refuse to leave Shazhou life and death. Most of the rewards of gold and silver have been distributed to poor relatives. Herding sheep in Shazhou.
Lian Zhangqian ordered them to live in Tokyo, but they ran to Tokyo for three months and ended up staying for five days. They said they had seen Chang'an and Luoyang, and that they had no regrets in this life, and then ran back to herd sheep.
In fact, among the martyrs of Zhang Ting's Yuan Cong faction, there are still several pairs of old people like this, all because of language barriers and different living habits, they are unwilling to leave Shazhou.
"I was originally born as a slave soldier of the Cao family. I never thought that I would be able to be where I am today. It stands to reason that this life belongs to a saint. But as I get older, I want to go back to my hometown and teach my children well, so that he can do it for me again." Saints fight."
Zhang Tie nodded emphatically, then looked at the gray hairs on his head, and suddenly realized that many people in his regret mountain city were already getting old.
When I went to Anxi that year, Zhang Tie was considered young, but most of the others were actually 40 years old like Song Zheng.
The generals of his week are about to be promoted to the new generation, and the process of unifying the world must also be accelerated, while his elite team is still in its prime.
After attending the cremation ceremony of the dead warriors and visiting the wounded soldiers, Zhang Tie could not rest.
Because You Yijun of Youyu Linwei had brought back the sentry information, Wang Yisi had also sorted out the map, and all the generals above the capital of Yuhou had arrived.
Zhang Tie took a closer look, and found that Liu Zhiyuan arranged the [-] troops in a diamond shape.
At the front end is a Dazhai Fort that can hold two or three thousand troops, at the end is Jize County, and on both sides are two defensive fortresses with tall archery towers.
Of course, this is not a very regular rhombus, but a compressed very flat rhombus.
And between the diamond-shaped one city and four villages, the Hedong army used trenches, horses, and chariot formations to form a defensive line to prevent cavalry raids.
A large number of vehicles are equipped inside, and the young and strong in Jize County have also been organized to quickly deliver supplies and remove the wounded.
Li Cunhui personally ran to the front to inquire about the situation, and he was explaining to Zhang Ting and other generals.
"After Youyu Linwei followed the Hedong Army to Jize County, we did not choose to continue pestering the hundreds of cavalry behind the Hedong Army, but tried to intersperse the fort.
It was discovered that the combination of the trenches on the two wings and the formation of vehicles, together with the archery tower, can easily limit the speed of the cavalry. I think the idea of the Hedong Army is to let us attack the front by force.
However, the frontal forts were long stretches, and there was also a large fort that could calmly mobilize troops, so it was difficult to use cavalry. "
Bai Congxin also shook his head, "There are archery towers, military fortresses and trenches on both sides, it seems that we don't want our cavalry to attack from left to right and copy the rear.
There are many rejections of horses in the front, isn't this still the same old way, restricting cavalry according to local conditions, intending to fight with us on foot. "
Feng Hui was more familiar with this than Bai Congxin and Li Cunhui, he stood beside Zhang Tie and said.
"Saint, this is Zhu Liang's favorite cavalry formation in the old days. There are strongholds on both sides. If my cavalry gouges the two sides, it will be blocked by the chariot formation and archery towers, and it will be extremely difficult to break into. I judged that, There must be a sharp weapon like the Fuyuan crossbow.
If it is a frontal attack, the center of Dazhai Fort must be elite soldiers, and it is impossible to capture it easily.
If it is bypassed, the elites in Dazhai Fort can harass everywhere, if it is a strong attack, the Hedong Army can move away and reject horses to support, it is very difficult to fight! "
After Zhang Tie listened, he took a closer look at the map. He always felt a little familiar, and finally realized, isn't this thing just stacking formations?He used it in Shule Polu Prefecture.
It just turned the group of archers forward into a Dazhai Fort, and the horses on both sides turned into trenches and chariot formations.
Abandoning the ability to attack from both sides, and mainly relying on Dazhai Fort to limit the frontal attack of cavalry, soldiers and horses on both sides can move away and refuse horses to attack depending on the situation.
Zhang Tie thought about it, and Bai Congxin, who had muttered a few words just now, suddenly noticed it too, and he suddenly looked at Zhang Tie.
"Saint, isn't this the method of stacking cavalry with infantry? The core is to block the speed of cavalry, and then use bows and crossbows as projections.
It may be that the Hedong Army did not have enough bows and crossbows, so they built a large fort to store elites, thinking of the city wall while waiting for the time to move. "
When Bai Congxin said this, he suddenly stopped talking, because after the battle between Zhang Ting and them in Polu Prefecture in Anxi, he had analyzed the weakness of this stacked formation.
The conclusion reached is that the only shortcoming of this large formation that has given up movement is that it is afraid of the high-mobility long-range projectile weapons that are better than him.
And it just so happens that there is this in the Zhou army—a camel whirlwind cannon that can be transferred at any time and fired quickly.
Thinking of this, Zhang Tie and Bai Congxin looked at each other and smiled.
Feng Hui and others had never seen the power of the Camel Whirlwind Cannon, because the maintenance cost of this thing was too high, and Zhang Tie was never willing to use it.
I brought it with me when fighting the Southern Tang, but with the fighting power of the Southern Tang army, I didn't need it at all.
In fact, he wanted to give up on this golden finger invented by Zhang Tie at a certain time, because in Zhang Zhou now, the camel whirlwind cannon was almost useless.
This thing appeared in history because Xixia wanted to use it to deal with the Song army. When using it, cavalry was used to restrict the movement of the Song army's heavy infantry, and then the camel whirlwind cannon was used to smash it.
But in Zhangzhou, the Zhou army was strong in infantry and cavalry, while Mengshu, Southern Tang and other countries basically only had infantry, and the quality of heavy infantry was not as good as that of Zhang Zhou. Khitan, like Zhang Zhou, was good at cavalry.
Therefore, the camel whirlwind gun has never been used, and it belongs to the chicken ribs in the chicken ribs, but I didn't expect to use it here.
When Zhang Ting told Feng Hui and others about the camel whirlwind cannon, everyone was overjoyed. The fort of the Hedong army was built with a lot of wood and a small amount of earth and rocks. The defense is actually not strong, and it is difficult to withstand the bombardment of the camel whirlwind cannon. .
Simply smash their Dazhai Fort first, blast out the Hedong Army, and let them take the initiative to come to fight.
On the fourth day of June, Zhang Tie dawdled for another two days, waiting for all the camels to cross the river, and then led an army of [-] to the north of Jize County.
Before that, the entire land from Zhangshui to the north of Jize County had completely become an arena for cavalry and dogfights from both sides.
Zhang Zhou dispatched the hussars of Zuo Jinwuwei, and the Hedong army also abandoned the usual practice of using Tuyuhun cavalry, and dispatched more than a thousand cavalry from Hedong Yamen.
On the way Zhang Yu led the army to arrive, you can see ownerless horses, blood all over the ground, and Hedong cavalry throwing corpses in the wilderness. The fierce fighting between the two sides can be seen.
The cool breeze in the morning blew over the battle flags, and the Zhou army was divided into three sides, with a total of seventeen square formations.
Between the phalanxes, dozens of drum bands marched with the army, playing big drums and hujia in unison, and all the soldiers sang loudly.
'Dunhuang has been a master in ancient times, and I feel the admiration of all the tribes.Lintai has long been famous for looking at Longting in Xiaojie.I only hate the gefan tribe, and it's hard to express my love.Sooner or later, we will destroy the wolves and worship the holy face together. '
Don't underestimate this song "Bodhisattva Barbarian. Dunhuang Going Out of Gods in Ancient Times". This word came from after Tubo fell into Shan, Liang and other states. It was a military song at that time when Yan Chao led the soldiers and civilians of Shazhou to hold on to Dunhuang, the last stronghold in Hexi.
Since the Yan Dynasty was poisoned and Tubo completely occupied Hexi, the upper-class slave owners of Tubo forbade the Hexi survivors of the Tang Dynasty to say that Tangyin was wearing Hanfu, and burned a large number of books with Chinese characters.
In order to maintain the cohesion of the same enemy and not forget the language of their ancestors, most of the border people in Hexi learned Tangyin and Chinese characters from these songs.
The 20,000 people who came now, except for Feng Hui's [-] Silver Gun Capital, and the more than [-] soldiers from the three divisions of the Zhongwu Army of Xuchang Prefecture, the Guide Army of Guide Prefecture, and the Taining Army of Jining Prefecture, all came from Hexi, Zhang Zhou of Longyou is a close disciple, so everyone can sing.
The loud military song was sung over and over again, and after the ministries arrived at the predetermined positions, they still did not stop.
And the hussars of Zuo Jinwu Guard, who were in charge of playing and guarding, had already begun to expel the Tuyuhun Rangers from Hedong who were approaching.
Finally, amidst the singing, the yellow umbrella symbolizing the emperor's presence, the silver-bordered three-star flag symbolizing the commander-in-chief of the army, and the silver-white pendant golden tassel banner stood up. The singing stopped suddenly, and [-] soldiers shouted long live three times in unison.
Immediately afterwards, the big drum, which could only be driven by a dozen civilians, was sounded. The big drum sounded, and the small drums arranged in sequence continued to ring.
Amidst the sound of the drums, as the main force, the silver-and-white gold regiment dragon flag of Regret Shandu was raised high, and the soldiers of Regret Shandu on horseback shouted "destroy the enemy's formation" three times.
After calling Habayashi three times, the big drum continued to beat. This time, the flag of the right habayashi guard with a silver and white background was erected.
Immediately afterwards, the recognition flags of the Left Jinwuwei, Right Jinwuwei, Yinqiangdu, Zhongwujun and other troops were also raised one by one, and the drums began to be intensive.
Regret Shandu left and right commanders Zhang Zhaozhong, Zhang Zhaojiu, commander Li Cunhui of the right feather forest guard, commander Bai Congxin of the left Jinwu guard general rank, Yuhou Huguang, the commander of the right Jinwu guard general, and Feng Hui, the commander of the silver spear. They each sent their customary messengers to Zhang Tie's side.
The tacit understanding between these messengers and the general is very high, which can ensure that on the noisy battlefield, the commanders clearly know the orders from the commander.
After the flags of all the troops were erected, the flags were covered in the sky for a while, and the orderly soldiers shuttled back and forth, and smoke and dust were everywhere on the battle formation, which immediately heightened the chill atmosphere before the war.
At this moment, fierce cheers came from a distance. It turned out that the hussars of the Zuo Jinwu Guard completely defeated the more than a thousand Tuyuhun cavalry sent by the Hedong Army.
Yang Guizhong, Zheng Yang of the Zuo Jinwu Guard Cavalry Team, held the head of General Tuyuhun in his hand, rode his horse and threw it in front of Zhang Tie to praise him.
Zhang Tie laughed twice, "Yang Guizhong is brave and brave, and I will give you twenty pieces of Shu brocade, and I will transfer to an official!"
The whole army cheered thunderously, and then the drum beat again, and the armies and guards also beat the drum, and all the armies shouted in unison; Woohoo!Woohoo (sound O HO), then the whole army moved forward, approaching the formation of the Hedong Army.
Liu Zhiyuan watched Zhou Jun coming in a row with spears and spears in Jize County, and felt the pressure doubled, so he immediately asked the drummer to beat the war drum.
The Hedong Army also hooted in unison, and went forward to the left and right ends of Dazhai Fort, and the light infantry on both sides of the trench-car array-archery combination also began to prepare with swords and bows.
The Hedong Army is bounded by Dazhai Fort. On the left is Murong Yanchao's 5000 people. They are composed of Liu Zhiyuan's cronies and soldiers. The armor rate exceeds [-]%, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.
On the right is Shi Hongzhao's 5000 people, half of which are his own Wu Jie army, and the other half are drawn from warriors from various armies. At least half of them are armored, and their combat effectiveness is not weak.
According to the tactics agreed before the war, Murong Yanchao and Shi Hongzhao beat the military drums, 10,000 people formed into ten square formations, and marched in a chain. Together with them, there were 10,000 people from various armies with weaker combat effectiveness. .
Shrinking to the back of the stronghold from the very beginning, this is not the virtue of warriors of the fifth generation, how could they have been cowarded so early?
At least this plan will only be made if the field battle is unfavorable, not to mention that they have a lot of people.
In the phalanx, the small school with superb archery skills on both sides came out at the same time with bows and crossbows. When they marched two or three hundred steps, they stopped, and the strong bows and crossbows in their hands began to shoot at the enemy.
Although there are still more than [-] steps, strong bows and crossbows are still very effective against enemies without heavy armor, and the enemy army is densely packed from a distance, so there is no need to aim at it.
There were screams in twos and threes, and some unlucky ones in each army were shot at the area not covered by the nail leaves, and some were even so unlucky that they were shot in the eyes and face.
As the distance gets closer and closer, more and more military academies are eligible to go forward, and the two sides are whimpering forward, and the damage is getting bigger and bigger.
Seeing at least hundreds of elite crossbowmen from the Hedong Army, Zhang Ting immediately beat the drums and raised the battle flag ordering Lin Weixiao, the right feather, to dispatch.
Li Cunhui, who had been following Zhang Ting's instructions, immediately ordered Wen Chongle, the Marquis of Yu on the left, and Yue Sao Nu, the Marquis of Yu on the right, to set off with [-] fine cavalry each, and attack the Hedong Army from both sides.
On the side of the Hedong army, the drums were also beating. Liu Ci, the capital of Yuhou of the left horse army, and Li Tao, the capital of Yuhou of the right horse army, went to fight. The two also led [-] fine cavalry to intercept.
There were still one hundred and sixty steps before the Chinese army made contact, and the horse troops on the left and right had already begun to charge.
Zhang Zhaojie (Qion Re Duojin) was standing beside Zhang Teng, and Zhang Teng pointed to the cavalry who were entangled in the distance and said to Zhang Zhaojie.
"This is the only fine cavalry in the east of the river, and it is not inferior to our army, and the infantry in the east of the river is not far away, so don't disturb it.
Now you go to gather more than a thousand fine cavalry, don't go to battle yet, wait for the Hedong infantry to take [-] steps, then suddenly break out, first defeat the Hedong fine cavalry, and then go to tear the formation of the Hedong infantry. "
Zhang Zhaojie immediately took orders and went to assemble the cavalry teams of the various guards.
On the battlefield, the two sides had reached the range of [-] steps, and the elite archers of each army shot feather arrows marking the distance of [-] steps.
This means that after the soldiers of both sides enter the [-]-step line, the sky will be full of arrows.
Soon after one hundred and twenty steps, the chief officers of each army shouted "stop" at the same time, and then the golden bell rang, and the whole army stopped. Arrows caught on the bowstring.
Then the horn beeped twice, and the sergeant yelled at the same time, 'Kill! '
Immediately, all arrows were fired, with direct shots from the front and projectiles from the rear.
In an instant, there seemed to be a swarm of violent bees flying in the sky, and countless arrows were shot from the opponent, but there were not many screams, only the jingling of the arrows passing through the armor.
One hundred and twenty steps. For a team with both sides in heavy armor, the fear caused by the arrow's imminent shooting is far greater than the lethality.
The horns of the whole army sounded for two rounds, and the chief officers of each army checked and found that the lethality was not strong.
At this time, the golden gong was sounded again, and the sound of the drums changed from a heavy blow to a continuous rapid drumbeat. The sergeant immediately put away his bow and arrow, held a spear and other melee weapons again, and continued to move forward with a whining sound.
"Order all the troops to shoot again at sixty paces, regardless of the Hedong Army!"
Zhang Tie also immediately issued an order, and the messengers around him rushed down one after another, passing on Zhang Tie's order.
Eighty paces, at this distance, the two sides can already see the general shape of the opposite side, and some people with good vision can even see the appearance of the opposite side clearly. The pressure is very great.
The Hedong army couldn't bear it anymore, they blew the golden gong again and blew the horn, and the rain of arrows slanted towards the Zhou army.
A soldier in Regret Shandu was hit by seven or eight arrows in a row. He screamed in pain, blood came out from his neck and chest, and the severe pain made him fall to the ground.
But in order not to affect the formation, he just relied on strong willpower to roll out of the phalanx, and then took out the mouthpiece and put it in his mouth to bite it tightly, so as not to affect other people with screams.
Zhang Zhaozhong (Barbarian) stood at the front of the team. For the convenience of commanding, he did not wear a mask. At this time, an arrow floated from a distance and hit Zhang Zhaozhong impartially.
Zhang Zhaozhong shook violently, and the soldiers on the left and right looked at the bravest warrior in Regret Mountain Capital in fear.
Zhang Zhaozhong shook twice, but he didn't let out a scream. The nephew next to him wanted to check it out.
Zhang Zhaozhong pushed him away, snapped the arrow and pulled it out, bringing out a pile of flesh and blood and throwing it to the ground.
He was unlucky, because the probability of being shot in the face like this was extremely small, but he was also lucky. The arrow shot from the left cheek and penetrated his cheek, but did not hurt other flesh and blood, and even his teeth were not damaged. damaged.
The wild bear pulled out the arrow and threw it to the ground angrily. Then he hammered his chest with both hands and turned around with blood on his face, roaring twice at the soldiers.
All the sergeants immediately responded to him by smashing their chests with their left hands, and their morale was like a rainbow for a while.
On the other hand, the Hedong army shot three rounds in [-] steps. Although they shot down a considerable number of Zhou troops, they did not cause a serious blow, and they immediately felt a drum in their hearts.
The speed with which the bows can be opened in a short period of time, and the speed with which the crossbows can be reloaded, are all impressive. Now that they have fired all the strong bows and crossbows, it will be the turn of others.
Amid the fear and anxiety, the forward speed of the soldiers unexpectedly slowed down a bit, and Liu Zhiyuan immediately had someone beat the drum for the whole army to attack.
Out of the fear of being shot by the enemy's bow and crossbow, the soldiers of the Hedong Army simply roared and began to charge.
'when! Zhou Jun's golden gong sounded, drums and horns sounded, and at sixty steps, the whole army's bows and crossbows were fired together, especially the god arm bow, which was much stronger than the bow and faster than the traditional crossbow.
The whole army of the Hedong Army assaulted menacingly, but was suddenly attacked by the Zhou army with almost all the archers. The arrows of the violent storm shot down, and the soldiers in black iron armor kept falling down. empty.
But as soon as they charge, the warriors of the Hedong Army will be barbaric. Even if your arrows are like rain, I have to charge. Limping, but still not stopping.
Their rush achieved excellent results. Zhou Jun, who had to strike five rounds with a bow and crossbow before attacking, was rushed to the front in the third round and had to start hand-to-hand combat ahead of time.
At this time, the Zhou army's golden gong sounded, and then the drums and horns rang loudly again. The soldiers made gha gha sounds to threaten each other, and at the same time they held long spears and rifles and slammed into each other.
For a moment, the stabbing team continued to extend to both sides, and the contact surface between the two sides suddenly seemed to grow two rows of teeth.
Looking from a distance, those spears were constantly rolling and stirring. The contrast between the bright red blood and the black and white armor was extremely conspicuous, as if the earth was bleeding.
The breakthrough point was still in Regret Shandu, and Mo Dao was tumbling and flying with flesh and blood, showing his rage.
However, the Hedong Army has also summed up the experience. It is ineffective to use a spear to strike against the Regret Shandu Mo Dao. It is better to directly pounce on the Mo Dao.
It's a pity that they encountered a harder stubble this time!
As soon as a soldier of the Hedong Army stabbed Man Xiong, Man Xiong's Mo Dao fell from the nine heavens.
It is completely different from cutting it down with the power of a barbarian bear and others. Even Zhang Ting can't keep up with the barbarian bear in using the Mo knife.
The sharp tip of the blade slashed across the armor leaf of the soldier of the Hedong Army. The huge impact made him scream, and then fell down limply after spitting blood.
The barbarian roared angrily, took another step forward, met the opposite side and stabbed it, and then chopped down.
This time the soldier on the opposite side also roared wildly, and the point of the gun hit the barbarian's cloth-covered iron plate heavily, causing the barbarian on top of it to stagger, and there was a sharp pain in the chest and abdomen.
But this severe pain aroused the ferocity of the barbarian even more. He slashed faster and harder, and all the strength in his body was hit on the blade.
'flutter! ' With a dull sound, the knife cut through the armor leaf of Dun's neck, and slammed the Hedong soldier's neck. He didn't even hum, his neck showed a strange flip, and his muscles and bones were twisted, and he died of exhaustion.
The field of vision on the battlefield is actually very bad, especially after the adrenaline soars, everything except combat feels reduced, so the flag is the best way to guide the way forward.
Under the assault of Man Xiong and other soldiers of Regret Shandu, Regret Shandu's silver-and-white gold regiment dragon flag rushed more and more fiercely, and the morale of the surrounding soldiers became more and more prosperous. Everyone screamed, and the Hedong Army kept retreating .
Finally, after two quarters of an hour of fierce hand-to-hand combat between the two sides, the Hedong Army couldn't hold on anymore. They retreated and retreated until dozens of steps later, before they slowly stabilized their position.
However, Zhou Jun's pursuit of this wave was too long, many people were killed a little bit, and they rushed forward a long way, and they were a little out of touch.
Seeing this, Shi Hongzhao took off his leather jacket, put on the armor himself, and rushed forward with his teeth soldiers.
And watching the coach's commander-in-chief begin to move forward, the Hedong Army, which had been retreating again and again, mustered up the courage to counterattack.
On the other side, Murong Yanchao saw this, and asked people to hold up a big banner to push back in person. The soldiers in front of the Zhou army were already close to exhaustion, and the soldiers behind couldn't keep up, so they were beaten back.
It's just that between this advance and retreat, the formations of both sides are completely messed up, there is me in you, and you in me.
And at this time, no one else is conspicuous, only the general who is holding a big banner is conspicuous.
The Hedong army was furious, and under the leadership of Shi Hongzhao, they rushed towards the silver and white gold dragon flag in Regret Shandu.
The soldiers of the Zhou army also became fanatical, rushing towards the banners of Shi Hongzhao and Murong Yanchao one after another.
The situation became more chaotic, and the battle became more intense. The orderly confrontation disappeared, and the soldiers took out big axes, hammers, and large cleaves, which were more conducive to melee combat and more capable of piercing armor, and even entangled each other on the ground. group.
Almost all the soldiers who fell on the ground held long daggers in their hands. The two rolled over in the bloody mud, and ended each other's life by lifting the nail leaves or stabbing in with their necks.
Zhang Ting was at a high place, and when he saw the opportunity coming, he immediately ordered someone to notify Zhang Zhaojie to attack the Hedong Army at this very moment!
Zhang Zhaojie took the order to set off and summoned Li Cunhui, Zhao Kuangyin, Wang Shenqi, Cui Huxin, Shen Nianban and other powerful generals.
Five hundred cavalrymen in armor and half-armored horses rushed towards the Hedong army. Their target was Shi Hongzhao, the number one warrior in Hedong.
In fact, Liu Zhiyuan also kept people. He gave an order, and the last [-] Bingzhou Xiaoqi of the Hedong Army were also dispatched. They also had a goal, and they were heading towards the wild bear.
The sound of horseshoes shook the sky, even in the fierce fighting, Shi Hongzhao heard the sound of cavalry charging. He realized the danger, and immediately ordered his soldiers to stop charging and instead deployed spears to defend.
Zhang Zhaojie arrived in a thunderous manner, but Shi Hongzhao had already completed the basic formation, and there were still five or six hundred people left.
As soon as Zhou Junxiao arrived, the Hedong Army's bows and crossbows were all fired, the spearmen were not afraid, and the whole steel hedgehog did not move at all.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Zhaojie commanded the five hundred cavalry to dodge instead of rushing in, and directly drew a circle to go around, using the acceleration of the horse's sprint, to pour out the arrows in his hand at close range.
Because Shi Hongzhao's dental soldiers had to draw their bows from a long distance to slow down the charge of the Zhou army's cavalry, most of their arrows missed.
Zhou Junxiaoqi, on the other hand, shoots at close range, with much better accuracy and armor-piercing effect.
After going straight for a round, Shi Hongzhao's teeth soldiers suffered heavy losses, while Zhang Zhaojie made a big circle and came back again. This time, the contrast was even more obvious, but the elite Shi Hongzhao teeth soldiers still defended.
Liu Zhiyuan saw Zhou Guo's elite armored cavalry continuously attacking Shi Hongzhao in Jize County, he jumped up anxiously, and ordered Bai Zairong, who was the backup, to select the elite and go out to rescue Shi Hongzhao.
On the other side, Liu Zhiyuan's Hedong Jingqi besieged the wild bear, which was not going well.
Because although there are only 300 people around the wild bear, Dunzhu is also there, and the 300 people have almost a thousand and two white spears in their hands.
After the 200 people here stabilized the front line, a white spear threw a devastating blow to the incoming Hedong Jingqi. When the two sides met each other, the Hedong Jingqi lost almost [-] cavalry.
When the cavalry faced the undisturbed elite heavy infantry, they were so helpless and helpless if they went directly.
Hedong Jingqi rushed twice, lost almost [-] riders, and then retreated wisely.
By the time Liu Zhiyuan dispatched Bai Zarong, it was already too late. After four consecutive charges, Shi Hongzhao's soldiers finally collapsed.
During the fourth impact, the spearmen who raised their guns suddenly collapsed, and Zhang Zhaojie rushed in first.
In desperation, Shi Hongzhao exploded with extremely strong fighting power. With a roar, he threw the spear in his hand, hitting Zhang Zhaojie's chest, and almost knocked Zhang Zhaojie off his horse.
Seeing this, Li Cunhui, who was behind Zhang Zhaojie, accelerated his charge and hit Shi Hongzhao's head with one stroke. Shi Hongzhao screamed, his body spiraled in a circle, and then fell heavily to the ground.
Li Cunhui laughed, and immediately jumped off his horse to hold Shi Hongzhao down, but Shi Hongzhao was half-dressed. He strangled Li Cunhui's neck, wrapped his feet around Li Cunhui's waist, and was about to dig out his waist long dagger.
It's a pity that Li Cunhui's hand was faster than his, and he directly took out a fine steel dagger, lifted Shi Hongzhao's armor leaf, and stabbed it indiscriminately.
The rest of the Zhou Guojun generals also rushed over, killed the last Shi Hongzhao's soldiers, and together they stabbed Shi Hongzhao into a bloody hole.
Among them, Zhao Kuangyin was the calmest. He didn't care about Shi Hongzhao, but rushed forward and chopped down Shi Hongzhao's flag of recognition directly on the ground.
With the fall of the flag of the number one warrior in Hedong, the confidence of the more than [-] Hedong troops in the battle suddenly collapsed, and they retreated while crying.
Fortunately, at this time, Bai Zairong, who was ordered by Liu Zhiyuan, came to the front line, and he immediately ordered to block and reject the horse, barely recovering some of the decline.
On the top of the city, Liu Zhiyuan was helpless, he could only watch Zhou Jun sweeping through the various horses, trenches and chariot formations arranged by the Hedong Army.
All of a sudden, Liu Zhiyuan's legs were weak for a while, he knew that the entire Hedong army was over.
Although some were able to escape back to Jize County, Zhou's army was few, and a few forts could be held for the time being, but they would never have the confidence to compete with Zhou's army.
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