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Chapter 79 The Horrible Armored Soldier

400 meters, accelerated...

300 meters, still accelerating...

200 meters, do you really want to ride the horse?

A high-pitched whistle sounded, and the archers in the first row and on both sides fired a volley. Several Turkic cavalry were shot off their horses. After the archers fired a round of arrows, they immediately ran to the sides. To the distance of 100 meters.

60 meters...

Another hasty whistle sounded, and the archers on both sides fired another volley.This time, more than a dozen people and horses fell down in response, and at the same time, the spears of the spear phalanx were raised forward at the same time, facing a stretched porcupine.

The Turkic vanguard did not hit the spears of the phalanx as Chang Sheng had expected, twenty quickly split into two groups and swept across the two wings.

While shouting loudly, they threw short spears and iron balls into the phalanx, and some even shot some arrows.

The archers on the two wings also fought back one after another, and more than a dozen people on each side were knocked down in an instant.

It is only the cavalry that attracts attention to the two sides, and the troops in the middle are the main force of the attack.

The forty or fifty Turkic warriors who came up climbed on horseback and rushed to more than 30 meters in front of the longevity camp. They left the horseback at the same time and landed on the ground deftly. The bow and arrow also entered a distance of more than 20 meters in front of the gun array.

Such excellent equestrian skills and combat literacy surprised Changsheng, and a thought arose in her heart—is it an armored soldier?

When an armored soldier leaned forward and approached, he pulled out a bow from behind as if conjuring, and then aimed at the spear phalanx while his body was flying in mid-air.

The bow in his hand was a standard infantry iron bow, and after aiming for a few tenths of a second, he quickly shot an arrow, and the flying arrow pierced through the air and hit the face of an infantryman in the front row.

When the soldier fell down with a scream, he rolled over again when he landed. Then he drew his bow and set an arrow, and when the arrow was shot, another infantryman fell down.

More than 40 armored soldiers fired three rounds in a row, and none of the spearmen in the first three rows of the Longevity Battalion could stand on the battlefield.

The archers on both sides are still aiming at them desperately to shoot.

Just when the officer commanded all the archers to shoot at them, they heard a burst of shouts from the opposite side, and the Turkic rattan players had already rushed up.

Several armored soldiers who approached dropped their bows and arrows, pulled out a scimitar from their waist, and in the blink of an eye, they had already rushed in front of the infantrymen of the Changsheng Battalion.

"Stab to the right!"

The spear squad leader of the Longevity Battalion yelled while stabbing the enemy on the right side separately.

"kill!"

The infantry phalanx regulations of the Changsheng Battalion clearly stated: "If you have no companions in front of you, then stab to the right."

As a result, just like last time, the fierce right stab attack caused a lot of damage to the Turkic warriors charging up. Even if they were as brave as armored soldiers, they were powerless to fight back under the attack of spears coming from two directions.

And half of the infantry in the front row were also chopped down by the Turkic rattan soldiers rushing up, or fell under the javelins and iron balls thrown by the enemy.

The spears of the next few rows stabbed out immediately, piercing the approaching Turkic soldiers into strings.

At the time when the first wave of spearmen stabbed and retracted their guns one after another, a few armored soldiers seized the gap and rushed over from the Turkic formation. With a dive and a forward roll, they fell under the line of spears. Drilled in.

All of them wore heavy armor but were agile. The first iron armored soldier who rolled to the feet of the infantry had already swung a scimitar and slashed at a soldier's calf. Cut off the calf.

In an instant, several armored soldiers successfully rolled through the gun forest. They avoided the spears on their heads, and used the bodies of the infantry in front to avoid the spears in the back row. At the same time, they slashed their machetes at the soldiers on the left and right.

Under their leadership, the Turkic soldiers once again launched a fierce attack on the gun array.

Chang Sheng shouted with all his might: "Archers, abandon your arrows and draw your knives!"

Pointing at her sword, the guards rushed towards the enemies who had inserted into the Longevity Camp.

"stab left"

"stab right"

"stab left"

……

In the battle formation of the Longevity Battalion, there were not only the shouts of the officers, but every soldier would repeat these words mechanically while attacking the enemy with all his strength.

Under the influence of the same, cold, crazy shout, the soldiers of the Longevity Battalion who had not been attacked repeated the training movements as if they had gone crazy.

Every time a soldier fell in the opponent's attack, soldiers in the back row took his place.

When the Turkic soldiers charged, even if they managed to avoid the spears stabbing from the right, they would still be hit by the spears from the left or front.

The life of a Han soldier can be exchanged for the life of at least one Turkic warrior.

The twenty or so armored soldiers who rushed into the Longevity Army's position attacked the spear soldiers around them more and more frantically, but when they came out and were dragged back by them, the rest of the soldiers could still obey orders. The Turkic soldiers stood firm under the impact of risking their lives again and again.

The archers had already heard Changsheng's order. They dropped the bows and arrows in their hands and pulled out the sabers at their waists, which were the spearheads of the Longevity Battalion spearmen's standard spears with a guard.

They waved their sabers and fought with the enemy troops rushing into the battle formation on both sides.

Many Turkic soldiers wanted to imitate the armored soldiers and approach the Longevity Camp by rolling, but they did not have the skills of their predecessors. Even if they broke through the blockade of the gun forest, they did not have a strong ability to protect themselves.

Chang Sheng swung his knife from above and hit one, then twisted hard, and pulled out the treasured knife.

When a Turkic soldier next to her saw her, he yelled and flew towards her. Changsheng's height and her general attire were too eye-catching.

A personal guard protected her behind him, and the next moment, the scimitar cut by the other party cut her stomach. The personal guard hugged the other party and jumped into the battle before dying. The two were blown up by the ruthless spear. Flesh flew everywhere.

The flying plasma even splashed on Changsheng's face, making him close his eyes instinctively.

With the support of industrialization, the soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion have already worn iron armor and iron helmets, but the armor on Changsheng's body is still incomparable to ordinary soldiers.

The suit she was wearing was General Shanwen's armor, which was originally a benefit that only third-rank generals could enjoy.

This set on her is even more powerful, it was given to her by Li Yuan when she went home to visit her relatives.

The entire armor does not use a dowel from the beginning to the end, so don't worry about cutting yourself at the joint.

Moreover, although this set of armor is hard armor, it is not heavy. After wrought iron and special metal processing, not only the weight is one-third lighter than the armor of the same volume, but also the sturdiness is not bad at all.

After wearing Changsheng, not only does it not affect the movement, but it is also very flexible.

Changsheng knew that it was too dangerous for her to stand on it, so she simply jumped into the formation of the spearmen. At this height, she could just see the opponent's hands and feet and use the armored soldiers to attack everywhere.

The other party also found her, and with a shout, he brandished a steel knife and pushed aside the spear and rushed towards her, but he obviously couldn't protect himself with such a reckless style of play.

After Changsheng heard a lunatic stabbing to the right above his head, the armored warrior fell down in front of him with a bang, his eyes widened, his mouth kept panting, and his left rib was pierced A big hole was opened, and blood was bubbling out.

Avoiding the dead body, Changsheng moved behind the next armored soldier.

A few archers from the Longevity Battalion fell beside the man, and they tightly held their sabers for self-defense.

Changsheng saw that the armored soldier was almost exhausted, tried several times but failed to remove the knife from his back, Changsheng touched his neck from behind and wiped off his neck.

Chang Sheng pushed the corpse away, gasped for breath, and looked around, there were no enemies nearby for the time being.

Not far away, the enemy's line had begun to retreat slowly. She supported her body with a knife and waited for the enemy to charge again.

But the charge she imagined didn't come. The Turkic people's chests were heaving violently. Everyone opened their mouths and breathed the air desperately. The expressions in their eyes were bewildered, helpless and fearful.

Not many of these charging Turkic soldiers can stand still. The remaining auxiliary soldiers are the same as those of the Sui Dynasty, except that their daily life is grazing and cooking, and they are responsible for mowing grass and taking care of horses during battles. .

Originally, seeing the armored soldiers attacking them, they were all holding wooden sticks and preparing to harvest the battlefield, but now seeing this scene, they cowered and hid behind the soldiers.

Changsheng smiled, but they were just pretending to be fake tigers, nothing to be afraid of.

A sad horn rang, and the Turkic cavalry continued to retreat. The battle horn that urged the attack had become the horn that commanded the retreat.

In order to delay the pursuit of the Longevity Camp, their original front line picked up bows and arrows from the ground and shot towards the Longevity Camp. The scattered arrows did not cause any damage.

But the cautious Changsheng still hid behind the crowd, it would be too stupid to be hit by a stream arrow unfortunately.

Although the Longevity Camp lost a lot, they still maintained a good formation. The archers picked up their own guys one after another, and threw back their javelins, iron balls and machetes all at once.

For the opponent's armored soldiers, this level of attack is really painless, but the auxiliary soldiers are completely different. Those auxiliary soldiers without protective gear are wiped with a big bloody gash.

Changsheng slowly returned to the original earthen platform, and now there are many places vacant beside her.A horn came, and the opponent's line began to retreat again, and retreated again and again.

This made his sight brighten. The Turkic soldiers carried away the corpses of their companions in front of the spearmen of the Changsheng Battalion, and helped the wounded to the horses. But Changsheng just watched silently, Meiyo and gave the order to attack.

A horse rushed over quickly behind her and stopped not far from her. It was Qin Qiong who had already solved the opponent's camp and came back to help.

Changsheng looked at the direction of the opponent's retreat and shook his head, "General Qin, the enemy is far from collapsed, give up the pursuit."

"Yes, my lord!"

Two hundred and two soldiers left forever, dozens of people were seriously injured and in a dangerous situation, and almost all of the remaining 100 people were injured.

In this small area, there are still more than 300 corpses that were not taken away by the enemy. Some of them were not taken away or could not crawl on their own, and were killed by soldiers of the Longevity Camp.

The number of people who died in the confrontation between the two sides was basically the same, and the Longevity Camp had a slight advantage.

Changsheng pointed to the more than 300 armored corpses and said to Qin Qiong: "These beasts killed more than half of our people. They are really powerful. I have to admire this. This is the elite of their tribes."

Qin Qiong laughed and said: "All the Turkic armored soldiers are experienced in many battles. Many of them have been fighting since the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms and Seventeenth. How long have you been training soldiers, isn't it just letting them throw away their helmets and armor, leaving corpses all over the field? I have said long ago that my Qin family's marksmanship is perfect in battle formation, and there will be no more generals in the world."

Changsheng smiled and asked everyone to rest in place.

The returning auxiliaries began to clear the field, plucking arrows from their enemies, looting their weapons, and cutting off their heads as trophies.

This side is in full swing to collect the spoils, while Qin Qiong looked at the strictly disciplined infantry team and said: "The Turks may think that we were able to defeat them before by relying on the location to set up an ambush. I believe they should be more sober after this time."

"You're right, but after this time, I'll go back and have a good talk with Master Lu to see if I can upgrade the equipment of the soldiers. Using my set as a template, I will make a formal mountain general's armor, and then I will give it to you." Helmet plus face and ear protection." Changsheng said with a heartache: "The bows and arrows of these grandsons are too accurate."

Mr. Gao Ziran also rushed over. As soon as he jumped off his horse, he ran over at a gallop: "Just now I came to report that the battle is fierce here, but I have confidence in General Li. If there is a battalion in this world Soldiers will not be wiped out by the Turkic Tartars, it must be my Longevity Battalion."

Changsheng smiled back: "Master Gao is right, our army will never be wiped out, it can only be exhausted."

"My lord, after the Turks in the camp set fire to it, they fled in a panic."

"Well, it's okay to do this." The Turkic army of more than 1000 people, and three or four hundred armored soldiers, just couldn't eat a phalanx of more than 400 infantry soldiers. I would run away if I were it.

Soon the ambulance battalion from the auxiliary army also arrived. Most of them were female soldiers, and Changsheng named them nurses.

When they started to rescue the wounded, Lord Gao suddenly started to stare at Chang Sheng's left shoulder, only to hear him suddenly ask: "What's wrong with General Li's left shoulder?"

"What happened to my left shoulder?" Chang Sheng looked at his left shoulder inexplicably, hey?There seemed to be blood slowly flowing out from under the uniform, and after a little effort, there was a sharp pain in her left shoulder, which made her cry out uncontrollably.

"Nurse, nurse!" Qin Qiong shouted at the top of her voice.

The shoulder armor was carefully removed. Changsheng didn't remember that he had suffered such a blow. A large piece of flesh was lifted from the edge of the shoulder armor, and her inner lining was red with blood. Fortunately, her armor was good, otherwise the knife would go down her arm It takes two pieces.

(End of this chapter)