The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 336

The Central Plains and the North were in turmoil, and the Northwest and Sichuan had been in a long period of peace. Except three years ago, when the Dachanghe Kingdom of Yunnan went north to invade Western Sichuan and was repelled, they rarely used weapons.

Now that the enemy from the north is going south to the east of Sichuan, most of the sons in Shuzhong are passionate leaders, and the generals are all veterans in the battlefield, so they despise Chang'an's "female soldiers".

Yangtiling, twenty miles south of Bazhou, is cloudy.

The front line of the [-] Shu army was used as an arrow, and the left and right armies were used as flanks, slowly rolling forward in a flat push posture.

The second battle in ten years, compared to the invasion of the Great Changhe Kingdom in Yunnan three years ago, the [-] Chang'an 'female soldiers' in front of them were just a small fight.

Killing them, offering the captives or heads of the opposing generals to Chengdu, dispelled the idea of ​​the furious emperor's personal conquest. Wang Zongkan could also take the opportunity to prove that among the emperor's many adopted sons, he was not inferior to Wang Zongbi and others.

"Beat the drums and send an order to the troops in front not to retreat without my general's order. Destroy the invading enemy, capture the enemy general and reward him with a hundred taels of gold, and the whole army will drink for three days!"

woo~~
Lingqi's horn blew, and on the three drum carts, the big men with bare arms beat the drums hard. With the powerful and rhythmic drumbeats, the advancing [-] Shu army accelerated.

At the front of the Shu army, a large shield painted with animal faces and fangs was erected in front of them. The archers quickly stepped through the spears, took the feather arrows, and looked up to the sky while walking.At this time, the array of [-] Yong soldiers on the opposite side remained motionless, without even showing the slightest timidity, and both sides looked at each other as the two sides extended in darkness.

"What's their idea, to use defense instead of offense to frustrate me?"

As soon as he was within a stone's throw, there was still no movement on the opposite side, which made Wang Zongkan frowned and became suspicious, but this was only a short-term doubt for him, and it would not have much impact on the battle situation. Defending the faith of the homeland has been in war in recent years, and the soldiers have more or less experience in battle.

On the other hand, Chang'an Yongjun, fighting against Tubo only relied on the bravery of the party members, and exaggerated words of help from thunder and the like, just to fool the villagers and foolish women. If they want the veterans in the army to believe it, they are more willing to believe that it came from the steel knife in their hands Be realistic.

Right now, only 5 people have been brought south. According to the news sent back, they have not even seen the luggage. It can be seen that the lone army went deep without food and fodder. The Shu army can replenish the soldiers on the spot, and wait until the opponent runs out of food and panic, before launching a decisive battle.

The advantages are all here.

Thinking about it, Wang Zongkan couldn't help chuckling, and raised his hand again: "The order is that the front line breaks through the enemy's center line, forcing the Yong soldiers to split into two wings to rescue, while our two wings circle the opponent's back line and insert from the side. battlefield!"

The moment the word 'field' fell, his words changed abruptly, and he said, 'Huh? ’ with a long chants of doubt, and then said: “Change?”

On the other side of his field of vision, beyond the [-] advancing Shu army below, the Yong soldiers on the opposite side were arrayed in a dense and orderly manner. In a moment, the front of the Yong army moved quietly, and the shield wall parted left and right, opening thirty gaps. The thing was pushed to the front row by the soldiers, and stood side by side with the shield soldiers, and the big shield stood on both sides of the 'weird thing' to defend against the arrows.

Boom!dong dong!

The war drum urged the Shu army to advance.

With one arrow, in the advancing array, the walking archers of the Shu army let go of the bowstring, and the free and loose arrows were scattered and tentatively thrown up, passing through the advancing crowd below. When it landed on the big shield, there was a 'dang' sound, and it hit the edge of the round hole of the 'weird guy', rebounded and fell to the ground.

"Get ready!" came a screaming voice.

The advancing Shu army array, the rows of shield-carrying infantry were short of breath, and their footsteps were getting faster and faster. When the roar of "preparation" resounded from the opposite side, in the corner of the vision through the edge of the shield, dozens of black soldiers stretched out. There was an inexplicable pressure from the lacquered things, which made their hearts jump and their breathing became heavy.

The moment of the battle, the atmosphere has solidified.

The advance of the three formations of the Shu army was tumbling, trampling the ground like a raging tide, the shield pawns in front clenched their teeth, and the faces and expressions of the enemy soldiers in front became clearly visible.

Li Jian, the lieutenant general who led the attack, rode on horseback, followed the surging tide, and stared at the unmoving enemy line. The sound of "ready" gave him a bad premonition.

He glanced back at the center line, squeezed the reins and weapons tightly in his hands, then raised one hand, pointed the tip of the knife to the sky, and turned his head to look forward.

Roaring: "Don't retreat, kill—"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

Qi Qi yelled like a wave in the crowd. Looking at the enemy line that was getting closer and closer, the guns pressed down and protruded out of the shield wall. , issued a hysterical roar: "Kill——"

Among the countless screams, there was 'Boom! ' A loud bang broke, and the next moment, more roaring thunder continued.

Huge flames soared into the sky from the eyes of the Shu soldiers in front of them, and something dark broke through the waves of fire and flew towards them with a loud 'swoosh'. Come, hit the screaming Shu army shield pawns, the ferocious shouts stopped abruptly, the shield in front of him was shattered with a 'bang', and his body flew backwards, along with the two spear-wielding comrades behind him. Knocked down.

"what?"

"Get up!" "That thing's still on fire!"

In the stumbling array, someone stepped forward to help his companions up. In his eyes, there was an iron bump that knocked people over and a tail of fire that was burning rapidly. When he saw it, it had already burned inside.

Then, a huge flame blasted away, and the nearest person was lifted half a meter high. The blasted air wave, countless torn pieces of iron, copper, and iron filings splashed wildly among the crowd, and it was an unbearable scene. The sound of tearing flesh and blood was heard, and more than a dozen people around them fell down in an instant. Iron and copper pieces tore apart people's arms, chests, faces, and heads. The rest of the soldiers of the Shu army were stunned in place, with a huge roaring and buzzing noise remaining in their ears.

a moment.

More iron bumps flew across the sky with loud noises, crossed the shield soldiers in the front row, and fell into the formation of the Shu army. More than 20 heavy iron balls smacked on the person, which was the impact of the flesh and blood. However, from the person When the last flame of the rolling iron ball burned out, the terrifying scene rose again.

Groups of huge flames and terrifying roars, like blooming flowers, soared back and forth into the sky. The impacted air waves, countless iron pieces, copper pieces, and iron filings shot out, tearing the surrounding crowd, leaving flesh and blood behind. , stumps, pieces of cloth, and pieces of armor lifted up into the sky, and after the momentum was exhausted, they fell down one after another, falling on people's faces and bodies in bloody rain.

A soldier took a foreign object from his face, which was half of a person's ear. He raised his face, and immediately, blood rained down.

The power of the thirty iron cannons is not great, but for the soldiers of this era, the picture created is frightening. The commanders in each compartment were quite frightened, and they still greeted the gradually chaotic subordinates rationally. The soldiers moved closer to him, then turned to look at the handsome flag in the middle.

Wang Zongkan sat on his mount with his hands half-raised. The impact of the explosion made his head go blank. The order to mobilize the soldiers to deploy was stuck in his throat, making it difficult to say.

He, who has been through battles for a long time, doesn't understand how to deal with these things. This is something he has never seen or heard.

A moment later, the Yong army array on the opposite side sounded the sound of horns.The standing Yong army formation began to move with the horn at this time.

"It's over."

Wang Zongkan murmured, and the screams of Lingqi and personal guards in his ears brought him back to his senses, and he hurriedly ordered: "Order! Order! Reorganize in place and prepare for battle!"

The horns and semaphores carrying orders were played frantically, but their own army formation was already in chaos. Among the people, more frightened soldiers were yelling like crazy, and the frightened horses pulled the struggling knights on the ground to run around.

the same moment.

The mighty Yong army advancing from the opposite side almost all came out, the man named Geng Nian clenched the handle of his knife excitedly, and was escorted by several tall personal soldiers in the queue, with a face beside him The cold, tall and thin figure followed.

As they approached the chaotic and hesitant array of the Shu army, their pace became faster and faster.

"Chong——" that was Shi Jingtang's voice, he rode at the front and raised his gun and roared.

The instant the sound resounded, the [-] Yong soldiers from all sides behind them roared in unison, and their steps fell to the ground with a bang, thunder was heard, and then they kicked out suddenly, one after another figure ran wildly, Keeping the formation in a charging posture, they slammed into the front of the Shu army.

"Ahhh-"

Geng Nian felt the shouting voice and breath became hot, holding the blade and trying to keep up, but was pulled by the shoulder by the tall, thin and cold follower to slow down his speed.

Surrounding them, figures of soldiers passed them and threw themselves into the arms of the Shu army. What Geng Nian saw was countless flesh and blood, iron armor, and weapons colliding crazily. Human bodies were squeezed and torn apart by the soldiers.

With blood rushing back, Geng Nian held the handle of the knife, his body trembling faintly.

And the one who was also trembling was the commander of the Shu army, Wang Zongkan gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, his eyes were bloodshot from the scolding.

"Hold on, hold on—"

In such a head-to-head situation, any order almost loses its meaning, and can only rely on the confrontation between soldiers and soldiers.The generals of the Yong army on the opposite side, I am afraid that they are so careful in fighting, and their experience is not as good as Wang Zongkan. Then use this method to first fight the Shu army into chaos, and then use the army formation to entangle them, causing confusion in orders and preventing Wang Zongkan from fully displaying his abilities. Battle experience.

In the effort of two cups of tea, the front line of the fight broke apart like a dike, and the front line of the Shu army was forcibly killed and collapsed. The soldiers of the Yong army who pushed away the waves of blood and corpses poured out like a torrent, and entered a larger formation.

Wang Zongkan kept issuing orders, and the collapsed team assembled and rectified, pulled up again, and then continued to collapse. The scattered broken troops rushed into their own formations to stir up chaos, or took advantage of the chaos to hide in the surrounding forests.

That afternoon, thousands of people were fighting and running around in the vast field. In the chaos, Wang Zongkan took his personal guards and took the opportunity to get down from a high place and escape to the rear.

Suizhou.

The Shu army camp, which stretched for more than ten miles, ushered in the emperor's banner. Wang Zongyao, Wang Zongwan, and Wang Zongkui stood respectfully at the gate, watching the imperial chariot slowly approaching from the official road, took off their iron helmets, and lowered their heads.

The heavy shafts stopped, and the old emperor opened the curtain and nodded to them.

"Follow me into the account."

The old man said softly.

　Recently, Chunfeng is busy with his brother-in-law's funeral, and the Chinese New Year is also relatively busy, there may be some delays in the update, I hope everyone can understand.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)