Horse on the World

Chapter 715 Battle of Zunhua ([-])

Minzhou soldiers raised their shields and rushed forward. The originally neat formation began to be scattered. After crossing the first filled ditch, swarms rushed up and rushed up. In front of them, they turned over without hesitation, and they couldn't take a closer look, or they couldn't allow them to look at it at all, because the companions behind them were pushing them forward, climbing up the parapet, and when they saw the parapet, it was not solid, but a deep The trench, which is several meters long, runs straight down along the parapet, and at the bottom of the pit, the bamboo spears inserted upside down are extremely sharp. They only had time to scream before being pushed down by the crowd coming from behind.

The people in front braked desperately and came to a stop, but those behind were pushing forward, pushing their shoulders against the parapet, and were almost squeezed against the parapet.With a bang, the entire parapet was overwhelmed and fell down. The soldiers at the front screamed and fell into the pit along with the parapet, and the ditch behind the wall revealed his ferocious face.

Together with the half-person-high parapet and the corpses of hundreds of soldiers, a trench tens of meters wide was half-filled, and the formation couldn't help being in chaos.

In the distance, Tian Chong laughed and waved his hand, "Scorpion Cannon!"

The scorpion cannon is a kind of light combat tool produced in Dingzhou. It can usually be carried on horseback and march with the army, so it is easier to carry. At this time, dozens of scorpion cannons were immediately set up, and the stone chips with sharp edges were quickly loaded into them. , as the mechanism was pulled, the powerful spring made a clang sound, and the stone flakes flew out in a whirl. This kind of scorpion cannon made a large piece of it, cutting off the opponent piece by piece, although it is difficult to kill it with one blow , but causing the opponent to be injured and lose combat power is extremely effective.

On the defensive position, the fear of a large number of young and strong people at the beginning slowly faded away. Seeing their opponents being cut down in pieces like leeks, bursts of cheers began to burst out.The two sides have not yet engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the opponent has already lost hundreds of people.

Tian Chong looked dignified. Although the opponent was a little confused, he recovered after a while, and started to use all kinds of war equipment to cover in an orderly manner. He crossed the ditch. Above, more and more soldiers rushed over.

While shooting more than ten arrows and knocking down more than ten enemies, Tian Chong's arms began to weaken, he put down his first-grade bow, and said to Qian Duo: "Old Qian, after crossing this ditch, the enemy has reached this U-shaped gentle slope. We're going to fight the enemy too."

Qian Duo nodded, "No problem, unfortunately, the hunting bows and arrows in the hands of these people are weak, and they can't break through the enemy's armor, otherwise, they will cause even greater casualties to the opponent."

"You lead the elite of the headquarters to attack in the first wave, and I will lead the people to attack in the second wave."

"understand!"

On the top of the city, Long Xiaotian looked pale as he watched the enemy troops swarming towards the defensive position. This was the first time he had approached the battlefield so closely.

"General Xu, the trebuchets in the city can be used, so they can effectively support the front!"

Xu Kexing shook his head, "The war has just begun, and these weapons must be reserved for the most critical moment. Right now, the enemy is only attacking tentatively, just for our people to practice their courage."

"I'm afraid there will be a lot of casualties!"

"The living will be stronger!" Xu Kexing said flatly.

Long Xiaotian shook his body, and now he finally understands why he has always said that one general is successful and ten thousand bones are dead. After fighting on the battlefield, the lives of soldiers are just groups of numbers in the eyes of the general who directs the battle. General Their goal is only to focus on the final strategic goal. As for how many people will die in the process, it is completely out of their thinking.

It is certainly the most effective way to let the young and strong go directly to fight, and let these people complete the training in blood and fire, but it is also the most cruel way.

The Minzhou army finally rushed up.

Qian Duo howled, his huge body stood up with a huff, waving a pumpkin hammer in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, go up!"

More than 1000 Dingzhou soldiers stood up with a huff, holding their spears and knives, stood up from the slope, and killed along the slope like a gust of wind.

The pumpkin hammer danced like a windmill, and every time someone's head was smashed, Qian Duo would murmur, "Liao Bin is a bastard!" On both sides of Duo, the spears were like poisonous snakes, and when they were struck correctly, a lightning-like spear pierced out, and the guns saw blood.

The sudden counterattack of more than 1000 Dingzhou troops obviously caught the opponent a little off guard, and the opponent had the advantage of being in a condescending position. He charged straight down from the slope and stabbed with a spear. He can't bear the strength, and often rolls to the ground when he is hit.

The golden gourd hammer with a lot of money is more effective for breaking the root of the shield. One hammer down, no matter whether you have a shield or not, it will break your tendons and bones. However, this kind of attack is extremely energy-consuming. Duo was out of breath, leaning on a pumpkin hammer, sticking out his tongue, and gasping for breath. Fortunately, as the leader of the army, there were still a group of soldiers guarding him.

The counterattack was fierce and effective. Although the Minzhou soldiers who had just rushed up were superior in number, they were dizzy by this blow. In a panic, they turned around and ran down. Tian Chong looked at the right time, stood up suddenly, and shouted He said: "Brothers, the enemy has escaped, chase the enemy!" Thousands of young men followed him and jumped up, shouting frantically and rushing down.

These young men on the front line of defense finally each have a spear with a wooden handle.

Tian Chong's timing was excellent, the Minzhou soldiers were retreating, these thousands of people rushed into the battlefield, but they were at the opponent's weak point, driving the opponent to the bottom of the U-shaped slope, and on the other side of the slope, even more A lot of enemies are coming, crowded at the bottom, limited by the terrain, unable to move around, but being crushed and beaten by these young men.Thousands of long spears stabbed randomly on the front several hundred meters wide. There was no formation or organization at all. Anyway, they just raised the long spears and stabbed randomly at the front.

On the opposite slope, under the command of the general, Minzhou soldiers quickly stabilized their formation. Arrows like migrating locusts shot over. The distance between the two sides was less than a hundred paces. There were those who yelled, some who howled and cried bitterly, and some people couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and ran back.

Qian Duo, who was gasping for breath, was furious, swung the pumpkin hammer, and hammered several young and strong men who ran back one by one, and killed them on the top of the slope, shouting: "Those who retreat, kill Wuhe!"

He picked up the gourd hammer and slammed into the minzhou soldiers.

Tian Chong waved his saber, slashed left and right, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, squeeze in, squeeze in, kill among the enemies, and the opponents will not dare to shoot arrows."

Above the defensive position, the scorpion cannon was firing desperately, suppressing the opponent's bow and arrow.

The two sides crowded at the bottom of the valley and killed in a pile.In fact, at this time, the number of defenders occupies a huge advantage in terms of numbers, but the combat power of the two sides is not at the same level at all. Many young and strong are rushed to the enemy by the torrent. His hands and feet were weak, and he couldn't even lift a spear. He couldn't talk about killing the enemy, but was knocked to the ground by the opponent like chopping melons and vegetables.

The sound of the battle drums in the Minzhou army urged the soldiers to continue to attack. The two sides went from Dingzhou's advantage at the beginning, to their evenly matched opponents in the middle, and now they were beaten by their opponents. Fragrant or so time.

At the top of the city, Xu Kexing shook his head, "Long Zhizhou, you see, this is the difference between the regular army and ordinary people, there is no other way, trebuchet, shoot at distance!"

There was a sound of collapse, dozens of trebuchets roared at the same time, and the stone bullets flew across the sky, and hit the top of the other end of the U-shaped slope impartially. In an instant, where the smoke and dust flew up, people turned their backs and the stone bullets fell to the ground After that, it bounced and rolled all the way down, causing heavy casualties to the Minzhou Army who was squeezing down from the slope.

At the bottom of the slope, the Dingzhou Army finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The stone bullets kept flying up, and the number of Minzhou troops coming over from the top of the slope became less and less. Some saw that the situation was not good, so they turned around and ran back.But the Minzhou army at the bottom of the valley did not have this chance. They were fighting with their opponents, even if they found that the situation was not good, they could only fight desperately, and there was no chance for them to escape back.

Liao Bin's face was livid. Looking at the infantry retreating from the front line, Zhang Liang sighed and said, "This battle doesn't look that simple. Let's call for gold and withdraw the troops. Let's drag all the ordnance up step by step!"

At noon, the battle at the bottom of the valley finally ended. The bloody Qian Duohetian rushed up to the top of the slope step by step. Looking back at the bottom of the valley, it had become bright red, and the bottom of the valley was full of corpses lying in disorder.

At the beginning of the war, the young and strong people who rushed towards the enemy with high spirits became a little numb at this time. Except for a few who looked normal, most of the rest had straight eyes. What's more, even after the war was over, they were still clinging to their spears , holding a machete, stabbing and hacking towards the empty space, while roaring loudly.

A few Dingzhou veterans saw the gap, rushed in and punched them over one by one, and then dragged them back horizontally and vertically.

This battle was the first hand-to-hand combat between the two sides. The defenders had the advantage of location and superior numbers, but the casualty ratio of the enemy reached an astonishing one to four. At the bottom of the valley, only more than [-] Minzhou troops lay down. But nearly [-] young and strong rushed down, but only [-] people were able to walk back.

"Damn it!" Qian Duo lay down on the ground exhaustedly, and shouted at Tian Chong: "This battle is impossible to fight, and the opponent has not used heavy ordnance, and we have fought like this. If the sky Stones are flying around, arrows are raining down, knives and guns are stabbing on the ground, and even the dead will bite you, it's no wonder that these young and strong people don't scatter with a bang!"

Tian Chong was very optimistic, "It will get better and better. You see, the remaining 3000 people will definitely perform better in the next war. War can turn the kindest people into beasts. When the timidity is gone, the thought of surviving will make them fierce."

"I hope so!" Qian Duo said unhappily, and suddenly heard someone beside him vomit, and when he turned his head to look, he couldn't help being surprised, it was the kid who wanted to pee before the war and blushed when he spoke He actually survived.

"Hey, boy is not bad!" Qian Duo patted him on the shoulder, "How many times did you turn over?"

While vomiting, the young man stretched out four fingers, indicating that he poked four of them over.

Qian Duo grinned and laughed, "Not bad, great, I can't see it."

On the top of the city, Xu Kexing looked at Long Xiaotian with a pale face, and said slowly: "This group of people is still fighting, so they will withdraw to the city, and then another group of people will go up."

(End of this chapter)