Late Tang

The forward was ambushed, out of more than 400 horsemen, only less than a hundred escaped. This round of attack made the pirates terrified and took a deep breath.

With a livid face, Zheng Balang ordered the attack to be temporarily stopped, and the men and horses stood guard at several gaps to make adjustments.It was a team that was pulled together with great difficulty, and more than 300 people were killed in such a sudden battle just now, and his heart was bleeding.He walked in front of Zhang An in a few steps. He was also one of the first batch of people who rushed into the city just now, but this guy was lucky and escaped back unscathed.

"Crack!" A loud slap was slapped on Zhang An's face, and Zheng Balang's one-eyed stare was as big as a cow bell, and he roared angrily: "Didn't you say that you have already investigated? You Didn’t it mean that the city is unprepared? Why are they already waiting there when we enter now? Tell me, are you with them?”

"Master Zheng, please forgive me. The little one doesn't know what's going on. I came to inquire in the evening, and there was no change at all." Zhang An was scared out of his wits at this time. Who knew that this would happen. matter.Then Li Jing already knew that they would attack the city, not only knew the time, but also knew that they would enter the city through the gap. "There must be a traitor, someone tipped them off!"

"If you want to report, you are the only one." Zheng Balang's eyes wanted to melt him. Although their attack had been planned a few days ago, it was not until they landed that they decided to attack from the gap in the west wall.In just a short period of time, such an ambush had already been set up in the city, which only showed that there was indeed a traitor. "Come on, drag Zhang An out and behead him, and commemorate the three hundred brothers who died in battle!"

The two pirates dragged Zhang An away, ignored his desperate begging for mercy, and cut off his head with a sharp knife.Although Wang Fu wanted to save him, but seeing that more than 300 pirates died at once, he also suspected that there was a traitor colluding with Li Jing.Since the traitor couldn't be found for a while, it was only natural that Zhang An was dragged into a scapegoat.

After beheading Zhang An, Zheng Balang ordered to continue the attack.Since a sneak attack is not possible, there is only a strong attack.Guarding several gaps, Zheng Balang didn't believe that he would not be able to capture the castle.Just now he just suffered from being unprepared, this time he believes that as long as he is careful and advances step by step, he will be able to win the castle in one fell swoop.

"General Wang, your subordinates all have iron armor and shields. This time, you go first." Zheng Balang said to Wang Fu coldly. He had just lost three hundred men, and the hostility in his heart rose again. No longer caring about being polite with Wang Fu.

Although Wang Fu was dissatisfied, he also knew that there was no extra choice at this time.Nodding his head, he turned his head and greeted the two hundred subordinates to start attacking.This time, they didn't rush in all at once.Instead, they held their shields and formed dense small circles, spreading them into the city bit by bit.

After entering the castle, they were not in a hurry to rush forward, but began to guard the gap, waiting for more people to enter.Li Jing ordered the archers to shoot inside, and arrows rained all over the sky, but this time only a few people were hit by the arrows.The round shields of the guards of the Wang family were combined like a big iron pot on their heads. The iron armor and helmets on their bodies were also very effective in preventing the attacks of bows and arrows. Only a few unlucky ghosts were shot to death and injured by arrows.

After blocking the first wave of arrow rain, Wang Fu was determined and shouted arrogantly, calling for the people behind to enter immediately.

Several consecutive waves of arrow rain still had little effect.Li Jing also started to have a headache at this time. He didn't expect that the opponent still had so many shields and iron armor. If this continues, the opponent can stabilize their position in the gap and be able to receive more pirates.At that time, they lined up and fought against Li Jing and the others, head-to-head, and Li Jing would have no advantage at all.

"General, let me go to battle, I will definitely kill the bandits out of the city." Zhang Chengzong and Liu Shouqian stepped forward in unison to ask for a fight.The eyes of both of them are very accurate, and they can see that a hard battle is inevitable at this time.

Li Jing shook his head, at this time, he, the general, should take the lead and boost morale.He recruited two teams of servants and nearly 200 soldiers from the six groups of sword and shield jumping soldiers. He drew out his seven-foot sword and shouted: "When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. There is no retreat in this battle! Behind us are our parents, wives and children." , we will definitely defeat the thieves in one fell swoop and drive them out of the city!"

More than 200 soldiers tapped on the regiment cards in their hands with horizontal knives, shouting in unison: "Kill all the thieves! Kill all the thieves!"

Everyone was fighting with high spirits. In the previous battle, hundreds of bandits were killed in the First World War. The blood of the pirates had washed away their fear and ignited their fighting spirit.They had just rested for a while and recovered their strength, and they had been waiting for this moment.

Li Jing is wearing a mountain armor and a phoenix-winged pocket on his head. He hangs a dough card in his left hand and a seven-foot sword in his right hand. He rushes to the front with his sword.Zhang Chengzong held a steel whip, Liu Shouqian held a bronze mace, and monk Xuan Cheng held a golden cudgel and followed Li Jing closely.Next, Li Shugen and Wang Shi each formed a battle group to follow, and the jumping soldiers behind them followed in a formation of three as a small team and three small teams as a squadron. More than 200 troops, composed of small arrays, finally formed a triangular assault formation.

Behind Li Jing, the Raiders still stood in the shield formation according to Li Jing's order, and did not attack.The auxiliary soldiers and logistics soldiers ambushing on the left did not move out either, but ordered the surprise soldiers to stick to the shield wall while shooting bows and arrows for cover, and ordered the crossbowmen to release arrows on the roof for support.

Li Jing made this decision after careful consideration. The ambush has become an offensive and defensive battle across the gap in the city wall.Because there is a city wall stuck in the middle, although the pirates have many troops, they cannot rush in at the same time.And the gap in the city is small, and Li Jing can't all join the battle at once.Another more important thing is that Li Jing lacks confidence in his heart at this time, and he doesn't dare to cast everyone up to fight the pirates.In this case, he can only seek stability, first stabilize the formation, and then use the most elite jumping soldiers to fight the enemy, and strive for progress in stability.And those auxiliary soldiers and logistics soldiers who don't have much combat experience are used as a reserve team, and they can only be used when they are most critical, so as to deal with possible contingencies at any time.

The archers and strange soldiers behind Li Jing began to shoot arrows to cover, this time they were no longer projectiles, but precise shots. "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Jing led the jumping soldiers and quickly approached the tortoise shells formed by the guards of the Wang family.Shouts rang out from the enemy formation, and several spears pierced towards him under the circle of iron shields. Li Jing swung the sword in his right hand fiercely, swung the spears away, and charged forward.

At this time, a group of guards behind the Wang family's guards began to pick up bows and shoot arrows, but their sight was blocked in the darkness, and their shots were not accurate.Several arrows shot in front of him were blocked by Li Jing with his left hand swinging the shield, and two missed arrows hit Li Jing, but the wrongly knitted armor strips of Shan Wenjia were the most arrow-proof treasures. , the arrow was only inserted obliquely on it, and it didn't even touch Li Jing's oily skin.

When the two armies met, Li Jing had already rushed into the enemy's formation, and he could see the fearful face of the opponent under the firelight.Li Jing slashed the man's throat with his sword, and then cut off another man's arm with his sword.Liu Shouqian and Zhang Chengzong, two sturdy servants, followed closely behind. The steel whips and copper maces in their hands were powerful, but they were extremely lethal against the royal guards in iron armor.This kind of blunt weapon is not afraid of iron armor at all. No matter how thick the iron armor is, a steel whip and copper mace weighing five or six catties will basically vomit blood and fall down.

The first shield formation was breached, and the jumping soldiers behind them quickly inserted into the enemy formation like wedges.

The jumpers are in small groups of three, covering each other and attacking in turn.Usually three people hack one person, although the Wang family guards are also very elite, but facing this kind of attack, they often fall down after not holding on for a few times.Occasionally there is a tough one, but the jumping team will immediately recruit two other teams from the same squadron, and the three teams will encircle and kill them, and they will be overwhelmed.

In terms of equipment, the guards of the Wang family are comparable to the Tiaodang soldiers of Shamen town. They are all the same standard equipment, iron armor and leather shield.In terms of the quality of individual soldiers, perhaps the guards of the Wang family are stronger, but these guards basically fight on their own.Although they had previously formed a circular shield formation, they fought separately.And most of these people are holding spears. Although the spears are long weapons, after Li Jing and the others rushed into their formation quickly, the spears were not as sharp as the horizontal swords when they attacked the round shields and horizontal swords of the jumping soldiers. .

Li Jing stopped and did not continue to rush forward, but stuck his long sword on the ground and took off the horn bow on his back.Standing behind Tiaodangbing, Li Jing suddenly shot an arrow, piercing the eye socket of a tall man who looked like a leader and was shouting and commanding.Li Jing shot several armor-piercing arrows one after another, and every arrow went out without missing a beat.Liu Shouqian, Zhang Chengzong, and Li Shugen, three archery masters, also stopped to change into bows and arrows at this time.They specialize in stopping and killing those who look like the leaders of the enemy. Their arrows are sharp and they shoot at the unprotected faces.The anti-killing squad composed of several people killed most of the leaders of Wang Kong's guards, causing chaos in their front-line command.

The front-line commander of the royal family's guard fell into confusion, but the jumping soldiers in Shamen Town took the opportunity to jump out and kill.Seeing that the situation was good and the Shamen town soldiers had the upper hand, Li Jing immediately seized this opportunity, grabbed the iron whistle around his neck, and blew a short whistle.This is the military order that was agreed just now. The short whistle sounded, which meant that the [-] pikemen who had been on standby by the logisticians would go into battle.

As soon as the flustered logistical soldiers, who had already seen it, heard the whistle, the officers of each team immediately took the lead, shouting loudly and rushing towards the battlefield.

(To be continued)