Cangzhou beacon fire

Chapter 17
The battlefield was divided into three at this time. On the frontal battlefield, Li Tong commanded the remaining [-] troops to resist Qi Sheng's [-] troops, while the [-] green feather cavalry on the side fought fiercely with Fan Yi's [-] troops. , On the other side, the [-] squad formed by the Qingyu Cavalry was madly rushing towards the [-] archers who had detoured to the left side of the Qingyu Cavalry.

Qi Sheng watched the battle from behind the army become increasingly stalemate, and couldn't help feeling worried. "Give it to me! Be sure to break their formation!"

Although the formation on the frontal battlefield is barely holding up, but under the disadvantage of troops, it has already shown signs of decline and is retreating steadily.

"Notify the rear formation, let the guards lead General Zhong to break through the encirclement and go first!" Seeing that his formation was gradually disintegrating, Li Tong shouted to a soldier beside him, who nodded and ran to the rear.

At this time, both the Yue Army and the Sanyuan Army were exhausted. After Li Tong chopped down a Sanyuan soldier, he also began to breathe heavily.

"If this goes on like this, we will lose sooner or later!" Just as Li Tong was hesitating, a Sanyuan cavalry had already arrived with a spear in his hand facing Li Tong.

Just when Li Tong was secretly thinking about the catastrophe, a sharp arrow shot from behind and hit the soldier of Sanyuan in the throat. The soldier groaned and fell under the horse.

Li Tong looked back, but saw Zhong Lin riding a horse with a bow in his left hand.

"General! Why are you back again! Hurry up and evacuate from the rear!" Li Tong said in surprise, with worry and a hint of blame in his tone.

Zhong Lin set up another arrow and aimed at it: "I, Zhong Lin, have struggled in this battlefield all my life, and I have never flinched! I didn't do it before, and I don't do it today." A three-yuan cavalry fell down.

Then Zhong Lin threw away the bow in his hand, drew out his sword and raised it above his head, and said sharply: "So what if you die in battle! I, Zhong Lin, am never afraid of death! Soldiers, stand up for me."

After these generous speeches, the morale of the Yue army suddenly rose, and all the Yue soldiers shouted loudly, and the formation gathered again.

Qi Sheng watched from a distance, and said with a smile: "Zhong Lin, it's useless, it's only a matter of time before we are defeated." After speaking, with a wave of his hand, another group of cavalry rushed into the battlefield from behind.

Due to the advantages of strength and first move, Qi Sheng's Sanyuan cavalry adopted a strategy of charging in turns. After a wave of charging, they would retreat, and then a new wave of cavalry continued to charge. Yue army is abundant.

Moreover, the archers behind Qi Sheng were always firing high-level shots at the rear of the Yue army. At this time, the Yue army had to resist the cavalry attack and face the arrow rain. The losses on the frontal battlefield were gradually expanding.

On the other hand, the situation of the Qingyu Cavalry led by Feng Jin is not optimistic. Although Cai Kang divided his troops and cleared out the three-yuan archery team that was devious on the side, the physical strength of the Qingyu Cavalry began to be unable to keep up with the continuous influx of three-yuan cavalry. superior.

Fan Yi watched his troops advance step by step, and smiled with satisfaction, everything was expected, within three quarters of an hour, the Yue Army would be defeated, and it would be a one-sided hunt.

At this moment, a light cavalry scout from behind Qi Sheng rushed over anxiously.

"General, six miles behind our army, there is a Yue army coming here."

Qi Sheng frowned slightly, Yue Jun?Could it be reinforcements?Then he asked, "How many are there?"

"The night is too dark, but the number of torches is estimated to be in the thousands."

When Qi Sheng heard about thousands of troops, he felt a little more relaxed. Thousands of reinforcements are not worth it. "Order the Juma Battalion to set up in the rear, and protect the Bow and Arrow Battalion!"

After Jumaying received the order, the battalion commander rushed to the rear to set up the formation as soon as he gave the order.

The Juma Camp of the Sanyuan Army is similar to the Shield Spearmen of the Yue Army, but they use thicker iron shields and black iron spears. The shield soldiers are in front and the spearmen are behind. The shield soldiers are combined to form an iron wall. On the shield wall, the spearmen put the black iron on the protruding part of the shield, and put the tail of the gun on the ground. At this angle, the height of the tip of the spear is about eight and a half feet, which is exactly the height of the head and neck of the horse and the body of the cavalry. .

In the formation, a three-yuan soldier with a gun saw the body of the shield-wielding soldier in front of him trembling, patted him on the shoulder and teased: "Why are you still shaking? New here?"

The shield soldier touched his head and smiled awkwardly: "Yes, I just joined the army this year."

The spearman smiled and said, "It's okay, even if Luo Guo rides the Thirteenth Battalion, he won't be able to pass the height of our Juma Battalion's guns."

The shield soldier dispelled his worries and asked, "Brother, where are you from? When did you join the army?"

"I, from Yuandong, Zhao Qi, have been in the army for three or four years."

"My name is Zhang Qiang, from Huxi."

The Battalion Commander of the Rejecting Horse Battalion passed by at this time, heard voices in the formation in the darkness, and cursed: "Who is talking? Do you want to die?"

The two quickly shut their mouths.

Five miles away, Zhong Yao and a group of cavalry from the new battalion were galloping wildly. They were all holding guns in their left hands and a torch in their right. The flames flickered in the night, like a fast-moving fire dragon.

Earlier, when the Qingqi scouts reported to his father that the army was about to abandon the city and evacuate to the Shuishui City, Zhong Yao knew that the situation was not good.

The Sanyuan Army's expulsion of the Qianhe Army and the confrontation with the Yue Army is really a good move. If the Yue Army defends Fengshui City, the Sanyuan Army will reap the benefits of the fishermen. If they abandon the city and flee, they can only retreat to the Weishui City. The Shuangzi Mountain Road to the east of Shuicheng is too narrow, it is difficult to quickly pass a large number of troops, and if Sanyuan surrounds Shuangzifeng, it will really be a fish in a urn.

"Report, brother, at Wuli, the Sanyuan army has set up a formation to resist horses, and there are killing cries in the distance, obviously there is a battle." Xiang Zheng drove the horse and reported. Xiang Zheng has always been the pioneer of investigation. Yes, even after becoming the commander of the first battalion.

"The whole army speeds up. My father's army should be over there." Zhong Yao's anxiety was clearly revealed on his face. .

"Here we come!" On the side of Sanyuan Jumaying, through the gap between the shields, Zhang Qiang faintly saw the distant flames gradually getting bigger, and the intensive sound of horseshoes became louder and louder.

"You're looking for death! Don't show your head." Zhao Qi from behind cursed and pushed Zhang Qiang's protruding head back.

Zhong Yao took the lead and galloped to the front of the team, commanding the back and saying: "Keep the distance between the front and the back by a hundred feet!" Hearing the order, Xiangzheng next to him raised the torch in his hand for a circle and then pulled it back.

The cavalry who saw the signal of the torch also put up the torch in the same way, and the cavalry behind did the same.

Then the cavalry at the rear began to slow down one by one to increase the distance. After a while, the distance between rows of cavalry in the new battalion was fixed at about a hundred feet. Zhong Yao belonged to the first row and did not slow down from the beginning to the end.

When they came to the Sanyuan Juma Formation one mile away, every time the cavalry of the new battalion of the Yue Army advanced dozens of steps, one of the cavalry would forcefully throw the torch in their hands forward. This throw was half a mile away. This is the only way to ascertain the enemy's situation ahead.

When a torch was thrown into the horse-repelling formation, Zhong Yao and a group of cavalry from the new battalion became vigilant and shouted: "Half a mile in front! Throw it over! Then sprint with all your strength!" As soon as the order was issued, the other cavalrymen in the same row They all threw the torches in their hands towards the Sanyuan Rejecting Horse Formation.

Sparse torches fell on the horse-repelling formation, and some soldiers' uniforms were ignited and screamed and rolled, but they were also extinguished by other soldiers in an instant. The damage was not great, and the formation did not shake in the slightest.

The fire was flickering, and the position of the enemy's horse-repelling array was clear. Zhong Yao held up the spear in his hand, "The enemy is ahead! Soldiers, charge!"

(End of this chapter)