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Chapter 695 Long Spear Array

Hearing that the opponent was Wei Chigong, a well-known general of the Zhao army, Li Tangdong's soldiers were all startled.Since the Zhao army captured Taiyuan, the Tang army has been stationed heavily on the border of Taiyuan and harassed it from time to time.Although there was no major battle between the two armies, small battles continued.

Once Tang Jun's [-] infantry besieged a Wubao of Zhao Jun, and Yuchi Gong led [-] elite cavalry to rescue the siege.At that time, the Tang army was about to retreat, but Yu Chigong led the cavalry to attack the Tang army's rear formation and smashed the Modao formation that the Tang army had always been proud of.Three thousand Tang troops were defeated, and from then on Yu Chigong's name shocked Hedong.

One of the samurai Xun's subordinates said: "General, the Zhao army has surrounded us, it's better to surrender now!"

The samurai glared at the other party angrily, drew his sword, stabbed the man to death and shouted: "Everyone, fight to the death with me, now is the time to serve His Majesty with death."

"Stubborn!" Yu Chigong immediately ordered Zhao Jun to attack after hearing the warrior Xun's shout.

Although the warrior Xun knew the ambush, he was not afraid. Of his 3000 troops, 3 were elite soldiers brought from Guanzhong.The Beiya Forbidden Army originated from the [-] horses who followed the ancestor Li Yuan in the Taiyuan uprising.

These people and the Tang royal family went through life and death, and made great military exploits. Not only were the soldiers very loyal, but they also had strong combat effectiveness.After Li Yuan entered Chang'an, the imperial court paid great tribute to these soldiers.Not only was it given the fertile grain fields in the Guanzhong area, but some of them were also organized into the guards in the hands of Emperor Li Yuan. They were called the Beiya Forbidden Army, also known as the Yuan Cong Forbidden Army, and they were stationed outside the North Xuanwu Gate of Miyagi City. , It has been passed down from generation to generation, so it is also known as father and son soldiers.

The samurai Xun ordered Yuan Cong to serve as the backbone of the soldiers of the Forbidden Army, and set up formations in Hebei together, showing a stubborn resistance.Zhao Jun attacked on both sides of the bank, and Tang Jun was under the enemy's back, but he still resisted stubbornly.On the small boat among the reeds, the soldiers of Zhao Jun kept shooting arrows into the reeds, hiding in the Tang army.Soldiers of the Tang Army ran among the reeds to avoid each other very passively.

But at this time, beside the Daze, there was the sound of rumbling drums. It turned out that Li Chen, Xiangwu King of the Tang Army, led an army from the lake to help.Li Chen was careful at the beginning, seeing that the warrior Xun missed, he immediately came to help.

On Zhaoyu Qi, the small boats driven by soldiers of the Tang Army shuttled across the lake, and the sound of drums on the water swamp rumbled. After looking at the water swamp, the Tang Army's small boats were densely packed, countless, and came from all directions to fight with the Zhao Jun water army.

The reeds on the lake, the soldiers of the two armies each maneuvered their boats, and emerged from the lake.The small boat driven by the soldiers of the two armies can only accommodate five or six people. One is steering the boat and the other is paddling. The other three or four people stand on the bow with guns and bows. Shoot the arrow after the side card.

After some arrows were shot, the boats approached with oars, and the boat teams of the two armies immediately staggered and entered into a hand-to-hand battle.Standing on the bow of the ship, the soldiers were like chariot battles in the Qin and Han Dynasties, each holding a long gun, and lashed at each other on the bow.

Soldiers were constantly being shot into the lake, splashing big splashes. In this cold weather, falling into the lake was the only way to die.But Tang Jun's reinforcements were eager to save people, and they all rushed forward desperately.Zhao Jun's soldiers were somewhat unprepared for the water battle, and they were at a disadvantage.

On the shore, without worrying about being attacked from behind by the Zhao army, the samurai Xun managed to stabilize his position, but at this time Yu Chigong led the Zhao army and began to charge.

Although the mud swamp on the bank of Zhaoyuqi was cold and hard, it was still not conducive to the cavalry charge.After Yu Chigong discovered this situation, he immediately used infantry to attack the formation.

"Steady your ground!"

The samurai Xun dressed neatly and roared loudly.

The soldiers of the Tang army held their breaths and remained silent, leaning shoulder to shoulder, erecting their shields.They want to hold on to this beach now, waiting for the main force of the Tang army to arrive from behind.The [-] infantry of the Tang army took Yuan Cong's imperial army as the center, flanked by the Hedong Taoist army, and with the terrain of the Great Lake on their backs, formed a half-moon formation to welcome the Zhao army.
Because it was a last stand, Tang Jun was united as one, staring at Zhao Jun in front of him with his eyes showing his will to die.
"Where is the Long Spear Army?"

Yuchi Gong roared angrily on the horse.What responded to him was the roar of mountains and tsunami.
"Let Tang Jun see what I, Hedong Jianer, are capable of!"

"promise!"

kill!

More than [-] Zhao troops pressed forward like a tide.The cowhide boots of Zhao Jun's infantry stepped across the ridges and fields by the lake, making the ground slippery.Under the iron pocket, there were cold eyes, looking at the soldiers of the Tang army in front of them without emotion.

Zhao Jun's long spear army suddenly began to speed up their pace. In front of Yuchi Gong's horse, he could see a dense forest of Zhao Jun's long spears.Crack, wipe, Zhao Jun's cowhide boots stepped on the mud, making a special sound.

"preparation!"

Just like countless drills, the pike soldiers in the first row put their pikes flat on the ground.The tip of the gun trembled slightly, but the handle of the gun was held firmly and did not move.This is the result of Zhao Junfu soldiers' training day after day for several years.

Tang Jun saw that Zhao Jun was using the front and back of the tide to attack the lineup, and his position was slightly unstable.

The samurai Xun ordered Yuan to supervise the army from the forbidden army, and ordered that any soldier who showed signs of cowardice should be killed.Tang Jun stabilized his position, and then shouted: "Shoot on foot, prepare arrows!"

Those who are good at riding in the Tang army are called Yueqi, and the rest are called infantry and rowing spears.There is an infantry captain in each zhechong mansion to teach bow and arrow, so the Tang army's arrow formation is very famous.The infantry soldiers of the Tang army stood behind the shield formation, raised their longbows with one stone and five buckets, raised their heads to the sky at 45 degrees, and faced the Zhao army's spear phalanx.

"shoot!"

The samurai gave an order, and the arrow flew out of the string, whizzing and flying over the heads of the soldiers holding the shields in front, and shot directly at the soldiers of Zhao Junfu.You must know that a qualified archer of the Tang army must shoot six arrows within ten breaths.Every soldier kept his hands on his hands, hooked his fingers to the bowstring and buzzed, and only after shooting six or seven arrows in one breath did he get tired.

Tang Jun's archers and arrows covered the soldiers of Zhao Jun in front, but the samurai Xun saw the result of the shooting, but lost his voice: "Zhao Jun's armor is so good!"

The words are right, you must know that the soldiers of Zhao Junfu have always been famous for their excellent equipment, the soldiers in the first three rows are all wearing two layers of solid armor, one for the outer cover and the other for the inner.There is a story circulating in the Tang army that Li Shimin is good at archery, and one arrow can penetrate five armors.But these five armors are definitely just leather armors, not iron armors.

Under the double armor, no matter how good at shooting Tang soldiers are, it is difficult to penetrate. In fact, not only the armor is strong, but every soldier of the Zhao army has armor on their necks and faces. ventilation.

Therefore, under the attack of the Tang army's arrow array, the Zhao army in the first three rows only fell down a few people sparsely, but the Zhao army soldiers in the last few rows with only one layer of armor suffered more casualties than the front row.
At the moment when the warrior Xun was surprised, so were the soldiers of the Tang army. Tens of thousands of arrows were shot out, only killing so few people.Looking carefully at the infantry phalanx that Zhao Jun was pressing down on, under the guidance of Zhang Er's red battle flag, the soldiers of Zhao Jun swarmed like waves floating up and down. , and the iron armor on each soldier's body gathered together like a sea of ​​metal, the cold light was flowing, and the heart was chilling.

This is simply an infantry phalanx made with money.Although Tang Jun's soldiers were much better equipped than Zhao Jun's previous opponents, such as grassland cavalry and Hebei rebels, they were still a little behind Zhao Jun.Only Yuan Cong's forbidden army has the same equipment as Zhao Jun.

Now Zhao Jun's spear phalanx is approaching in front of Tang Jun, Zhao Jun's strength is more than twice that of Tang Jun's, and the troops under siege are very rich.

Under the dense array of long spears, Zhao Jun's soldiers turned their bodies half sideways, facing a wave of spear blades, and the tip of the spear hit the shield with a loud noise.A few soldiers of the Tang army who were more courageous stood up, but they were directly pierced with countless holes by spears poking from all directions.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Tang army immediately gave up this kind of fighting style. They could only use shields to cover the vital points of their bodies up and down, and then waved the long knife in their hands, slashing like headless flies.But this prevents the front row of gun formations, but cannot prevent the rear row of gun formations.

From time to time, the tip of the spear pierced through the gap between the shield and the long knife, and penetrated directly into Tang Jun's body.The spear tip pierced through the armor and inserted into the body, stirring the bones and flesh, and then pulled it back with all strength, and then blood gushed out cheaply.The soldiers of the Tang army fell to the ground as if their entire body had been drained of strength.
Now the offensive of Zhao Jun's spear array is like a wild boar's head bumping wildly, pushing his head hard, and pushing inward with his inner squeeze.In a blink of an eye, Tang Jun's shield formation was smashed,

"Come on, don't be afraid, you will die faster if you are afraid." General Tang Jun kept encouraging his subordinates.But the soldiers didn't listen to him, and the soldiers of the Tang army on the two wings were crushed by the Zhao army's line and retreated step by step into the lake.The soldiers in front began to break up, and the front was pushed back more than 100 steps.The soldiers who retreated in front were just crowding the soldiers behind.

Behind the soldiers was the lake, and they hurriedly shouted to the front: "Don't squeeze any more, any more crowding will go to the lake."

The soldiers in front didn't respond, and Zhao Jun in front of them was even more terrifying. The water splashed on the lake, and hundreds of Tang soldiers fell into the lake.

In the Tang army's phalanx, only Yuan Cong's forbidden army in the center was evenly matched with the Zhao army in the front, and did not retreat a step.

"Hold on a little longer!"

The warrior shouted hoarsely, now on the lake, Zhao Jun's boat division has retreated, and Tang Jun's water reinforcements will arrive in a while.But at present, Zhao Jun's superior force is like crushing ducks, crushing the left and right government soldiers into the lake.

Near the warrior Xun, only Yuan Cong's forbidden army is still struggling to support.

But the good days of the samurai Xun were over, and the retreat of the left and right wings completely isolated the Central Yuan from the infantry phalanx of the Imperial Army.

Zhao Jun's left and right wings turned around and attacked from three sides.No matter how elite Tang Junyuan was from the Forbidden Army, he could not withstand the three-sided attack of Zhao Jun.The moment the battle line collapsed, even the bravest soldiers lost their will to fight.

The samurai Xun watched Tang Jun's proud Forbidden Army throw away their helmets and armor, and fled desperately.He couldn't help looking up to the sky and sighing: "Could it be that my warrior Xun is going to die here today?"

(End of this chapter)