Great Han Empire

Chapter 236 The situation changes suddenly
Xian Yufu visually measured the distance between the two sides, and then gestured to the Ling Banner soldier beside him.

Now the roar on the battlefield is so loud that not to mention talking face to face, even the sound of war drums is drowned in the hooves of galloping horses.

Wen Chou has been keeping a close eye on the Chinese military command flag in the rear.Their line of sight was obstructed by the tall giant shields, and the soldiers knew nothing about the enemy's movements except for the shaking of the ground and the huge roar filling their ears.The dynamics of the battlefield are completely guessed by the changes of the Chinese Army Order Flag.Wen Chou saw that the Chinese army's command flag had changed color, and immediately yelled at the command flag soldiers around him.Several flag soldiers in the phalanx waved the flags ready to shoot.

In the phalanx, two thousand archers raised their strong bows.

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The distance between the two sides is 150 steps.

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Xian Yufu raised his arms and shouted wildly: "Let... let..."

Before and after the battle, thousands of command flags waved in the air.

Seven phalanxes and [-] archers drew their bows and fired arrows almost at the same time.

In an instant, the arrows were pouring down like rain, the arrows were like migrating locusts, and the sky was darkened.

The Qiang Hu cavalry came galloping.They saw the arrows whistling all over the sky, and immediately bent down to get the shield.The shield rises, the arrow arrives.With the dull sound of arrowheads entering the body, the war horses hissed miserably, the Qiang soldiers howled mournfully, people and animals were hit by arrows one after another, and countless horseshoes that rose and fell with regularity trampled them to bloody blood.

Long arrows were flying in the air, covering the sky full of sunlight.

The Qiang cavalry army was galloping, and there were countless casualties.

June Jinglei raised his knife and shouted loudly: "Come on...speed up..."

No one heard what he was shouting. Facing the long arrows roaring in front of them, the Qiang soldiers felt fear and despair.The array of arrows was too dense, as dense as a violent storm, leaving nowhere for people to hide.More and more Qiang soldiers were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, and more and more horses flew into the air. The enemies within the range of the strong bows had no hope of survival. They could only helplessly wait for the death to come.

The Northwest Rain of Shenlang Qiang led the knights to rush out of the arrow formation first. They let out an angry roar, hurriedly urged their horses, and quickly approached within [-] steps of the Han infantry phalanx.

Xian Yufu shouted loudly: "Tell Lord Yu, tell their phalanx to prepare for collision."

"Order the bow and crossbow battalions of all parties to fire at close range."

Inside the phalanx, Wen Chou stretched out his hand to shake Zhang He, and said with a smile, "See you forever."

Zhang He nodded and said, "Take care."

"Let's go, let's go..." The two turned their heads and shouted, each leading a group of knives and axes to the front row of blocking positions.

Liu He's expression was extremely tense, his eyes widened, his hands tightly grasped the reins, and he focused his attention on the battlefield, shouting frantically: "Closer, closer, hit, hit, hit... ..."

"Boom...boom..."

The soldiers of Shenlangqiang jumped up on their horses and flew towards the huge shield with its bloody mouth wide open.The giant spears rushed out suddenly, and they showed hideous ugly faces, devouring every living life without hesitation.Blood spurted.Rush, hit, die.Countless Qiang soldiers rushed out of the arrow formation. Full of hatred, they gritted their teeth and rode their horses into the Han army's phalanx.The Qiang Hu cavalry were like a group of hungry wolves, attacking and tearing at the huge prey.Behind them was a mess of bloody human and animal remains.

The killing sound shook the sky.The sound of war drums soared into the sky, shaking the sky.

The giant shield shattered, and three shield soldiers were killed. One of them flew in the air and fell heavily in front of Wen Chou. The blood spurted from the mouth of the dead soldier stained the sword in Wen Chou's hand.Wen Chou rushed out, facing the enemy's spear and rushed out.The enemy's spear pierced with the momentum of thunder with the help of the impact force of the war horse.Wen Chou turned around in an instant, aimed his saber at the galloping horse's neck and chopped it off.The war horse neighed.Wen Chou's saber turned to cut horizontally, and immediately cut off the enemy's thigh.The horse jumped up and threw the knight off.Wen Chou let out a loud shout, soared into the air, and chopped off the enemy's body rolling in the air.

Wen Chou held the enemy's bloody head in one hand, raised the knife in the other, and shouted back, "Kill the enemy out..."

The roar on the battlefield gradually weakened, the arrow cloud in the sky gradually thinned, and the bloody fight became more fierce and fierce.

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The Kingdom receives a call for help from June Thunder.At this time, his army had just withdrawn from the siege position.

"So, the Leopard's cavalry didn't show up on the battlefield?" Huang Yan pointed to the map and said slowly, "Maybe the Leopard wants to use their infantry to entangle June Jinglei at the east gate, and then lure us to divide our troops to support him. Assault us with cavalry."

Wang Guo patted the map on the ground and said with a smile: "With so few troops, what tricks can he do? In my opinion, I asked Nie Xiao to take Huang Zhongqiang to the east gate to support June Jinglei. Seventy thousand cavalry fought Tens of thousands of infantry should be easily captured without any major problems."

Huang Yan shook his head and said, "You are always so careless, thinking that the cavalry of the Qiang people is invincible. In the spring of the first year of Jianning, Duan Jiong and Duan Jiming led 3000 troops and fought with more than 3 people from the 28 tribes of Xianling Qiang in Fengyi Mountain. What was the result? Duan Jiong led his troops to successfully defeat the Qiang people, beheaded more than 1 ranks, and won 18 cattle, horses and sheep." Huang Yan looked at the kingdom and said: "Although there are only [-] leopard cavalry, he led the army last year. The army beheaded [-] Yellow Turbans in Zhuo County, have you forgotten? Therefore, the Qiang people are not that powerful, and the leopards are not that weak. In my opinion, we must be careful to guard against the leopard cavalry, so as not to fall into the tricks of the leopards."

"Does Master Huang have any suggestions?" Wu Du asked.

Huang Yan stroked his beard and said, "I think the commander-in-chief should call Han Sui and Nie Xiao's troops to join the camp immediately. We must concentrate all our forces on the east gate battlefield and force the leopards to fight decisively."

"Master Huang is worried that our troops will be scattered and will be defeated by the leopards one by one?" Ma Teng asked.

"Yes." Huang Yan nodded and said, "Leopard's Fengyun Cavalry has a brilliant record. They can win more with less and win with odds every time. We have to be careful. This time the leopard dares to come, there must be something means of victory.”

Wang Guo praised: "Master Huang is still careful and careful. Fengyun Cavalry did not appear on the East Gate battlefield, which shows that the leopard does have a second move." He waved to Wudu and said, "Yi An, we will follow Master Huang's method, Urgently order Han Sui and Nie Xiao to lead their troops to the camp to meet up."

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Several people in Wang Guo were discussing the matter of support when they saw Ma Yu running over in panic.

"Commander, Nie Xiao has defected."

Everyone didn't react for a while, and everyone stared at him with wide eyes.

"As soon as the battle drums in Yicheng sounded, Nie Xiao hung up the Black Panther battle flag and led his troops to attack Han Sui. Han Sui's army was caught off guard."

"Now?" Ma Teng asked hastily.

"It's in full swing."

Huang Yan's face became more and more ugly, and then the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and suddenly he roared angrily: "Leopard, leopard..."

Wang Guo was terrified and raised his hands nervously, touching his bald forehead again and again, his eyes blinking non-stop.

After Huang Yan yelled twice, his mood seemed to calm down a bit. He pointed at Wudu and said loudly: "Quick, quick, we will support June Jinglei immediately."

"If a leopard strikes..."

"Leave him alone. Nie Xiao's rebellion caused a change in the balance of strength between the two sides. Now everyone is evenly matched and the numbers are even. No one has a chance of winning." Huang Yan said angrily, "Qiang people, Qiang people are not good at all. They They are all man-eating wolves."

"Should we immediately withdraw to Longxi while they are all fighting fiercely?" Wu Du said, "Now we have no chance of winning at all. Why don't we go back first and make a comeback later."

Ma Teng shook his head and said: "We must not withdraw now. Once we withdraw, the morale of the army will be shaken. If the morale of the army is shaken, there will be no way to fight this battle. If we are ambushed by leopards on the way, our entire army will definitely be wiped out. Who can fight now? Determine the location of the leopard?"

Wang Guo thought for a while and said, "I can't withdraw. If we withdraw now, June Jinglei and Han Sui's army will be hit hard. Who will listen to us in the future?" He glanced at Huang Yan, who looked depressed, and asked : "Master Huang, did you just say to support June Jinglei first?"

Huang Yan nodded, sighed, and said, "As the strengths of both sides are equal, we should take the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield. Now, there is Nie Xiao between us and Han Sui, and it is very difficult to contact and join him. So we had to inform June Jinglei to withdraw his troops. In addition, we need to send troops to support him to prevent the leopards from suddenly rushing out and encircling his army around the east gate. Once June Jinglei joins us, our strength will increase greatly , the leopards couldn't move us, so they had to watch us swagger and leave."

"Where's Han Sui?"

"Nie Xiao sees that there are [-] to [-] troops behind him. Does he still dare to attack with all his strength? As long as he relaxes a little, Han Sui can get away quickly." Huang Yan looked at Wudu and said, "Yi An, you take Let the army rush to the east gate immediately."

"What if the leopards attack me if I take people away? You don't even have 2 people here." Wu Du said reluctantly.

Wang Guo looked at Huang Yan worriedly.

Huang Yan smiled wryly, "If Leopard wasn't crazy, he wouldn't be fighting on three battlefields at the same time."

"What if he is a lunatic?" Wu Du asked.

Huang Yan looked up to the sky and sighed, and said, "Everyone will die together."

Everyone was speechless.

Wu Du shook his head and said a little discouraged: "Why are we in such a bad situation all of a sudden? Just now we were talking about taking down Yicheng, but now we are discussing how to retreat. Things are changing too fast."

"It's the old man. The old man won't die sooner or later, but he died at this time." Huang Yan stomped his feet bitterly, and complained loudly, "The old man is not dead, why are there so many things?"

Huang Yan was so disheartened that he almost cried out of frustration.All his sweet dreams turned into powder the moment Nie Xiao turned his back on him.

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Thirty-five thousand Huangzhong Qiang iron cavalry rushed forward overwhelmingly, unstoppable.

Liang Xing and Ma Wan led 1 cavalry to guard the two wings of the army for support.When they saw Huang Zhongqiang rushing towards him aggressively, without waiting for Han Sui's order, they rushed out of the army formation with their subordinates and rushed to meet him. 3 people and [-] people directly confronted each other, and they couldn't stop the enemy's impact at all.As soon as the two sides come into contact, they will immediately go their separate ways and go their separate ways.Only by blocking the enemy's attack route with a dense formation can the enemy's attack be effectively delayed.Although this cannot intercept all the enemies, it can at least force some of the enemies to fail to attack the rear.

Liang Xing looked back at the chaotic army behind him, and shouted at Ma Wan: "The infantry is still gathering, it will take time, let's divide up and intercept."

Ma Wan waved to him, signaling to obey his arrangement, and then led the guards and rushed into the cavalry formation on the right wing.The drums of war sounded rapidly and intensively.The fast-moving cavalry suddenly split from it and rushed to the sides like a tide.

On the vast battlefield, huge flying geese flapped their long wings and ran towards the two dense cavalry phalanx at high speed.

Nie Xiao took the lead and shouted loudly: "Order the left and right wings to separate from the central army immediately, form a cone formation, and meet the enemy."

"The Chinese army is shrinking intensively, charge with me..."

When Luo Tuo and Baili Yang heard the sound of the horn, they immediately led the cavalry on both wings to form a cone, and like two sharp arrows, they shot at the enemy's formation at lightning speed.

Liang Xing saw that Nie Xiao led the army across their phalanx like a hurricane, and swept towards Han Sui's infantry army.

"Boom...boom..." Two huge explosions erupted on the battlefield, and the two sides collided, fighting hand to hand.

The sound of war drums, horns, the shouts of soldiers, and the sound of galloping horses rushed straight into the sky.

"Hush..." Thousands of long arrows soared into the sky and shot at the swarming Qiang cavalry.The candidate and Li Kan commanded the archers to start shooting.

This group of red-eyed Qiang people seemed to be crazy. They didn't hide or dodge, they still howled and galloped on their horses. They were not afraid of the long arrows all over the sky. They gritted their teeth and rushed into the army formation unimpeded. .

Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi's troops had just assembled, and they immediately sent troops to stop them.The two armies met and immediately started a bloody fight.

Li Hong had told Pound that Nie Xiao could not die until the battle in Yicheng was over.No one can replace Nie Xiao in Huangzhong Qiang's position now.Although Luo Tuo, Baili Yang and others are Xiaoqu handsome, Nie Xiao has a deep plan, is tactful and sophisticated, and considerate of his subordinates. The soldiers all support him.If Nie Xiao died, no one knew whether Huangzhong Qiang would collapse.Therefore, protecting Nie Xiao's life is an important task Li Hong entrusted to Pang De.

Nie Xiao rushed back and forth with his bodyguards, trying to block the enemy soldiers and penetrate into the center of Han Sui's army formation.A group of vanguard soldiers led by him are like a sharp long sword piercing through a stone, under the shattering, there is a hidden tendency to penetrate.

Yang Qiu saw his subordinates fall down in batches under Huangzhong Qiang's iron cavalry, saw his soldiers being killed one after another by the cavalry's swords, spears and arrows, and saw countless broken limbs and arms carrying a tent. The rain of blood was flying in the air, his heart was trembling, his anger was burning, he wanted to kill all the enemies with a single blow, he shouted loudly with all his strength: "Brothers, kill me..."

Yang Qiu stared at Nie Xiao.Yang Qiu was a Malaysian bandit in the past and had suffered from traitors. He had a deep-rooted hatred for rebels.When he saw Nie Xiao with disheveled hair and a leaping horse with a sword in hand, he couldn't help but get angry.Yang Qiu led a hundred-man team over the thorns and thorns, stepped on the blood-stained soil and the wreckage of his comrades, and rushed to the forefront of the battle formation. "Cut the horse... cut the horse..." Yang Qiu yelled wildly, while waving a spear and picking up a Qiang soldier who had been killed by a flying horse from the horse.Under the cover of the crossbowmen in the back row, the two swordsmen fought towards Nie Xiao with all their might.The attendants guarding Nie Xiao were shot down by arrows one after another.Nie Xiao roared angrily, raised his hand and beheaded a swordsman who was rolling and crawling towards his horse.The other swordsman was shot three times in a row by the soldiers following Nie Xiao, and the arrows pierced his chest, but this swordsman was so brave that he slashed at the horse's leg with all his strength before he died.The war horse suffered from pain, and suddenly jumped up, almost upright into the air.Nie Xiao was caught off guard, turned over and fell off his horse.

"Kill him...kill him..." Yang Qiu shouted excitedly, leading a dozen soldiers around to rush forward at the same time.Nie Xiao's soldiers roared in horror and anger, roaring forward, some drew their bows and shot fiercely, some jumped up their horses to block with their bodies, and some threw their spears vigorously.In this small space, everyone rushed towards Nie Xiao who was on the ground.

Nie Xiao turned over and jumped up. Before he could raise his body, he saw four spears coming from four different directions like cunning poisonous snakes.Nie Xiao widened his eyes, opened his mouth and let out a desperate roar: "Ah..."

A knife, a bloody saber suddenly fell from the sky.The knife came with the sound of wind and thunder, shouting.All four spears were broken, and the tip of the spear lost its momentum immediately, and fell powerlessly in front of Nie Xiao's legs.Nie Xiao jumped up, Pang De fell to the ground steadily, and the saber slashed into the air again at an unimaginable speed, killing four times with one blow.The head of the person on the far right soared into the sky, and blood spurted from the neck, splashing the head and face of Yang Qiu who was killed later.Yang Qiu stopped in shock and exclaimed, "Pang De..."

Like a ghost, Pang De kicked his face and rushed towards his corpse. At the same time, he stretched his left hand, grabbed Nie Xiao's leather armor on his chest, and flew back without hesitation.Three knives and axemen flew to kill them.

Pang De let out a loud roar, his resolute face showed a violent look, and the saber flew across the sky, before the saber arrived, the blood on the saber had already spurted out.The person holding the ax felt blood flash before his eyes, his face turned cold, and then he saw his leather armor burst open, and blood spurted out from his chest cavity.

Pang De roared again, and waved his left hand, trying to throw Nie Xiao behind him.A rushing Qiang soldier suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse, and the horse suffered from pain, and suddenly stopped and stood upright amidst a long hiss.Nie Xiao stretched out his arms and hugged the Qiang soldier.More than a dozen crossbow bolts were shot at quickly. "Let's go..." Nie Xiao roared, taking advantage of the momentum of the rampage, and fell off the horse with the Qiang soldiers.

Pound leaped up, clenched his fist in one hand, swung his knife in the other, and charged at the enemy soldiers.The knife-wielder couldn't dodge in time, and was hit hard on the head by Pound, who flew up amidst howling.The axeman chopped the air with his tomahawk, and Pound chopped off his head with a knife, and he was killed on the spot.Yang Qiu killed it.

"Kill..." Pang De continued to slash with his knife.Yang Qiu's spear fluttered and roared towards him.When the swords and spears intersected, there was a loud noise.Pound took advantage of the situation to retreat quickly.Yang Qiu took two steps back. Seeing Nie Xiao leave, he had to grit his teeth and shout: "Go, go... withdraw to the formation...".

The battle became more and more bloody and fierce. The sounds of war drums, horns, fighting, and shouts intertwined to create a huge wave of sound.

Nine sheepskin, ancient town, Zhanma led Qingqi to attack Han Sui's blocking formation.Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi's army gradually became unable to resist, and the formation began to fall apart.

Under the escort of Pang De and others, Nie Xiao rode his horse back to the main army formation.Nie Xiao wiped the blood and sweat from his forehead, looked at Pang De and said gratefully, "Thank you."

Pang De smiled and said: "Shuai Qu is still in charge of the battle, it is better not to take risks personally."

Nie Xiao waved his hands and said, "Only by taking the lead can the morale be boosted." Then he looked up at the battlefield, pointed at the horn soldiers, and said loudly: "Blow the horn, blow the horn immediately, order the horses to retreat, regroup, and launch a strong attack. .”

"Order Jiuyangpi, Guzhen, to attack from the side of the enemy's two wings, and give up the frontal battlefield..."

"Brothers, avenge the commander-in-chief, kill, kill..." Nie Xiao raised his knife and screamed, and charged forward again with his soldiers.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

"Kill...kill..."

All of a sudden, the horns sounded, the sound of killing was everywhere, the horses galloped, the swords and spears were raised at the same time, the arrows flew like flying, and the battle became more and more intense.

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Liang Xing and Ma Wan led the cavalry and fought with Huangzhong Qiang iron cavalry. Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi blocked Nie Xiao's attack at a great cost. The two armies won enough troops for Han Sui's main force to gather time.

Han Sui stationed his horse and stood on the hill, closely watching the changes on the battlefield.

"The enemy's offensive is too fierce, and it is difficult for us to leave the battlefield. Withdrawing now will only lead to the annihilation of the entire army." Sima Lingru shook his head and said, "We'll hold on for a while, and we'll wait until Huang Zhongqiang is hurt."

Han Sui pondered for a while, and said: "Right now, June Jinglei and the leopard's army are fighting at the east gate. We are entangled by Nie Xiao, and only the kingdom's army can support us on both sides." He looked at Ling Ru, smiled wryly, and said: "Which side do you think he will support?"

Ling Ru pointed to the east, and said, "Of course they are Qiang people. We were beaten by the Huangzhong Qiang to lose our soldiers and generals, and it will be of great benefit to him. In the future, Xiliang will be his kingdom that has the final say."

Han Sui shook his head and said, "So what if he has the final say? After this battle, can't you see what will happen to Xiliang?" He looked up at the sky and said desolately, "This year is such a good opportunity. But we lost two battles, and the leopard beat us both times. Do you think this is God's will?"

Ling Ru sighed in disappointment and did not speak.

Han Sui looked at the battlefield ahead, raised his whip, and said sadly: "In the future, we will never have 10,000+ troops again. This bloody battle will be the one with the most casualties in Xiliang for decades. Whether it is Xiliang The Qiang people here are still Han Chinese in Xiliang, and within a few years, it is impossible to recover their vitality."

Yan Xing patted his horse and galloped over.

"Sir, the army is in formation."

Han Sui nodded and said, "You immediately rush up with my personal guard battalion to cover Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi's army and retreat to the rear."

"Order Liang Xing and Ma Wan to withdraw immediately to cover the army's flanks."

Han Sui pointed to the battlefield and said loudly: "The army is in formation, let's give it a go and see who wins!"

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(End of this chapter)