Country and Beauty

Suddenly, Xie Shang heard that there were a lot of enemy cavalry soldiers behind him. Right now, under the command of Huyan Mo, Qu Qu Liu and the rest, Shi Le's troops gradually stabilized themselves. The Shi Le Army archers that were ambushed on the two sides of the mountain road were all killed by the Qin Army. Because the alliance between Shi Le and Murong Zheng was the same as the alliance between Xie Fei and Liu Can, it was not unbreakable. Initially, Zhang Bin had planned to ambush them and calculated that the Qin Army was an expert in fierce battles, adding on to the fact that the light armour on the Qin Army had a strong defense, unless one was lucky and hit the Qin soldiers in the face, it would be very difficult to create an effective killing power. However, the Heavy Bow strong crossbow was an exception, but the Heavy Bows and strong crossbow were not lacking in the Shi Le Army's equipment, they were too small, and could not be scaled in size. Zhang Bin knew that it would be difficult for the Shi Le Army's archers to cause too much damage to the Qin Army, so Zhang Bin's killing move was not the archers on the two sides of the mountain path, but rather the rocks and rolling wood that was lying in ambush at the entrance of the straw hat mountain canyon. However, the stones were different. Hundreds of kilograms of stones were thrown down from the cliff. Not to mention this troop, even if they were from Qin Army, if they were from Qin Army, they would still be smashed to death.

However, Zhang Bin had also calculated the importance of the food to the Qin Army, so it was impossible for the Qin Army to not send out scouts and scouts along the way, and avoiding the scouts from the Qin Army was not an easy task, so Zhang Bin had only sent Zhao Lu to directly stop the Qin Army right at the start. Originally, Zhang Bin had planned to let Zhao Lu and Xie Shang fight for a while, then feign to be invincible and lure the enemy in. However, the heavens had played a joke on Zhang Bin, who used sinister methods to get rid of Zhao Lu. Because of the fact that Zhao Lu had fainted and heavily injured everyone, Zhang Bin's defeat instantly turned into defeat for him.

Blood was the foundation stone for a soldier to grow. After a short battle, Xie Shang finally got used to the bloody scene.

At this moment, Xie Shang was no longer as hot-headed. He quickly calmed down, there were people blocking the enemies in front and people chasing after him. There were more than ten times the difference between the two, Xie Shang did not dare to be careless. Then, he said to Cheng An who was beside him: "Although the soldiers are proud to have dyed the battlefield with blood, but I am currently carrying a heavy responsibility, and I think General Cheng understand the importance of this. Right now, our path is blocked, and we don't have a way forward, if we don't have a timely and effective method, I'm afraid that all of us will die here, and it won't be a pity for us to let this go, but if we lose any of this food, it will definitely affect the battle in front of the Duke of Qin, so the most important thing for us right now is to ensure the safety of this food."

At this time, Cheng An was not as calm, but rather, deeply impressed. Moreover,, who was one of the eighteen enemy troops, had all died in his hands, so all the soldiers had a whole new level of respect for him. Cheng An said: "This time, the Duke of Qin has orders, everything will be decided by General Xie, Cheng An will follow General Xie's instructions!"

Xie Shang said: The enemy is powerful, so we will definitely suffer heavy losses in a head-on fight, I know that my brothers are not afraid of death, but our duty is to send the food safely to the frontlines, now, even if we try our best to break through the gap, and quickly pass through the purple gold mountain, I am afraid that we won't even make it to Wu Xiang City, where we will be chased by the enemy cavalry soldiers behind us. Only then would there be life!

Cheng An said: "If there are any losses in terms of food, Cheng An will have no face to face with the Duke of Qin. "But how can we risk our lives to defend this place?"

Xie Shang said: "At the place we just passed is a small ring-shaped valley, although the mountain range is not high, the slope is very steep. Although the valley entrance is an open area, the terrain is not too big, and can only fit a thousand troops, so my opinion is that we should push all the grain and foodstuffs that my army has sent there, and then rely on the mountain's momentum to build a defensive wall. As long as we endure for three days, the Duke of Qin's army will definitely arrive. "

Cheng An said: "General Jin, give the command!"

Xie Shang asked, "General Cheng, how many combat weapons do we have left?"

Cheng An said: "Just now, Shi Le Army did not take advantage of the battle, now our army can fight with light casualties. Nearly nine thousand men.

Xie Shang raised his voice and said, "The three thousand cavalrymen in the front will follow me to meet the incoming enemy. General Cheng will lead the other men to cover the food and enter the small valley.

At this time, Qin Army's cavalry, who were in charge of escorting the supplies, was engaged in a fierce battle with Huyan Mo, Qu Liu and the rest. Although Shi Le's men were several times stronger than Xie Shang's men, Cheng An was showing his valiant attitude of not fearing death at all. As the saying goes, a man who is not afraid of death is nothing to be afraid of. In a situation where they were fighting head-on, Shi Le's troops couldn't stop the Qin Army Steel Cavalry that was led by Cheng An. Fortunately, Shi Le had the advantage of numbers and the terrain under the mountain wasn't suitable for cavalry to charge in, so they were able to fight against the Cheng An Chamber.

Huyan Mo and Qu Qu Liu, as well as the other generals of the "Eighteen Cavalry" Shi Le were extremely furious, but they could do nothing about it. Due to Cheng An's limited troop strength, he was unable to defeat Shi Le. Thus, the two troops formed a confrontation under the purple gold mountain.

Xie Shang sped backwards for about five to six kilometers and discovered that a Great cavalry unit was hurriedly galloping over. The thundering sound of his horse's hooves deeply shocked everyone present. Xie Shang looked over to see that the banner in front of the procession had the words' Yan 'written in large letters. One of the young generals, who was about the same age as Xie Shang, was riding on his whip as he galloped at the very front of the troop. Murong Ke raised his legs and flew forward, his cape dancing in the strong wind, his Dragon Cavalry Spear raised diagonally to his side, a murderous look on his handsome face.

Murong Ke saw that Xie Shang only brought three thousand cavalrymen to fight him, and could not help but sneer: "A nameless junior actually came to send himself to death!"

When Xie Shang finally arrived, Murong Ke's army was already in the range of the wutong tank.

Xie Shang said: "Take ten wutong tank s as the starting point, get ready to fire!"

Xie Shang's home immediately ordered the wutong tank soldiers to get busy. In fact, the preparation time for the wutong tank's first shot was extremely short, it was most suitable for when the enemy cavalry was chasing and attacking. The wutong tank's crossbow arrows were placed directly inside the chariot. The wutong tank's crossbow head was at the back of the carriage, and Xie Shang had ordered his wutong tank to hold the line earlier. Therefore, the driver of the carriage immediately blocked the two crossbows at a sixty degree angle to the wheels, then loosened the rope that was originally tied to the carriage, and strung it onto the body of the carriage. The driver whipped his horse forward.

From the moment Xie Shang issued the order to the moment the wutong tank was launched. In just half a minute, Murong Ke's forward position had already entered into the four hundred step distance between the wutong tank.

Xie Shang decisively gave the order: "Fire!"

The only sound that could be heard was the sound of dozens of muffled "peng peng peng", followed by the sound of dense and sharp "chi chi" in space … "Swish, swish …" The sound of something tearing through the air rang out. The sharp arrow net directly pierced through the enemy's body, from the ground three feet high to the space eight feet high, forming a huge net of death, which flew towards Yue Yang. The huge arrows passed through the bodies of the enemy soldiers. The huge impact caused the enemy to be thrown off their horses, and the war horses continued to charge forward. The soldiers on their war horses were knocked back, as if their war horses and cavalry were suddenly pulled back. However, the impact of the gigantic arrows did not lessen much, the gigantic arrows continued to fly backwards, bringing the enemy corpses back, and clashed against the second rider, like a string of gourds, each of the gigantic arrows killed at least two of the enemy's soldiers, and some of the arrows even killed three of them, just the first wave of 840 gigantic arrows sliced through Murong Ke's three thousand riders like cutting grass, was an extremely spectacular scene.

The fresh horse who was stunned by the sudden attack immediately fell into a mess, adding on to the fact that the horses that had lost their master were running in all directions on the battlefield, colliding with the soldiers who were charging at them from behind, the fresh horse's charging formation was already disrupted, especially seeing the miserable state of the dead soldiers whose bodies were pierced by the huge crossbow arrows, some of the fresh horse could not help but feel fearful, and began to turn around and flee.

Not only was Murong Ke stunned, even Xie Shang was stunned. Although he had heard that the power of the wutong tank that Queen Zhuge invented was limitless, but Xie Shang could not understand why it was this limitless art.

It was the duty of the soldiers to faithfully carry out orders. Just as Xie Shang was in a daze, the second wave of ten wutong tank s shot out their eight hundred and ten huge arrows. Xie Shang realised that the fresh horse was at least 600 steps away from him, and anxiously ordered his shooting to stop, but unfortunately, it was too late.

What shocked Murong Ke and Xie Shang the most was that at a distance of 600 to 800 steps, the wutong tank's power was still not weak. By the time the second wave of wutong tank s were finished, Murong Ke was already on the verge of tears. His five thousand men from the forward camp had all died in a single move, and only three to four hundred of them managed to return.

Murong Ke was so angry that her nose was twisted as she waved the big blade in her hand, cutting off the heads of two of the escaping soldiers, and then shouted loudly: "Those who run just like them, there are less Qin Army, continue to charge for me, and when I get near to them, I don't believe that we, hundred thousand soldiers cannot handle these thousands of Han soldiers."

Seeing Murong Ke's dripping blood on the big blade, fresh horse knew that she had no way out, so under the lead of the generals, she organized her formation again and started her second charge towards the Qin Army's position. Although the wutong tank's might was shocking, it had a fatal weakness. It had a long preparation time, and from the first shot to the second shot, it required at least fifteen minutes. If she wanted to use human tactics and trade her life for space, it would be a cruel method.

Very quickly, the opposing fresh horse returned. Looking at the tens of thousands of fresh horse s brandishing their scimitars and listening to the sound of the galloping horses, these elite Qin Army warriors did not reveal any sign of cowardice. Over three thousand elite Qin Army s all raised their hands and aimed at the fresh horse, drawing their arrows.

This time, they met their nemesis, the number of fresh horse that fell this time was at least three to four thousand. In the middle of the battlefield, there were wails and howls, and the ground was covered with dead bodies and injured people.

Murong Ke finally saw through the weakness of the wutong tank, and immediately ordered the soldiers to tell the fresh and low generals not to use the dense Formation to attack, and to use the scattered soldiers to do a roundabout charge instead.

It had to be said, Murong Ke was truly a famous general in history. In just one exchange, she had discovered the wutong tank's fatal weakness. As the wutong tank's crossbows were shot at the same time by nine hundred and eighty-one giant arrows, using the cavalry to disperse the roundabout attack was precisely to restrain the wutong tank's weakness, and to obtain the greatest victory at the lowest cost.

This group of Qin Army s were too powerful, before his own cavalry could even touch their hair, he had already suffered over ten thousand casualties. In his own memory, there seemed to be no army that could cause such heavy casualties to the fresh horse s who had traversed the desert for dozens of years, not to mention Murong Ke's young age, in these recent years, with her grandfather Murong Pingping and the other people from the Yu Wen Tribe as well as the Wu Wan in the north, Murong Ke had participated in over a hundred different fights.

Murong Ke calmed herself down and first sent a Centurion to contact Shi Le, so that she could break through the defenses at the back of the Qin Army as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to break through this layer of death net even if she used all her strength.

Without the order of the general, although fresh horse ahead was filled with fear, but if they went back, they would still die, so they did not dare to retreat, and could only brace themselves and continue to rush forward. Because of their low morale, every one of the soldiers were extremely afraid, although they were on the offensive, they did not form a formation, with a small group of a few dozen people forming into small arrows, charging towards Qin Army.

It was because of this objective reason that the losses of the low and fresh army were getting lower and lower. In the end, Qin Army could only kill more than 10 people with each crossbow.

In the time it took to eat a meal, Murong Ke had lost fifteen thousand troops. Although these fifteen thousand troops were not enough to hurt Murong Ke's overall two hundred thousand strong army, Murong Ke was so angry that she shouted loudly, but she did not dare to rashly launch an attack formation of ten thousand people.

On the contrary, its power was not as strong as that of the cannons. Furthermore, in the process of using it, the cannons were not as light as the vehicles, and the time they were fired again was not as short as the cannons either. It had to be known that the Fu Lang Cannon could fire three cannons per minute, and the advantages and disadvantages of the wutong tank and the cannons were obvious. In Xie Fei's heart, he did not treat the wutong tank as the Qin Army's main force equipment. Although Xie Fei had developed cannons with great efforts, since Xie Fei was in the Western Region during his time in the Western City, he was presided over by Zhuge Mingyue and Wang Meng. Thus, Zhuge Mingyue increased the production of wutong tank. Although the wutong tank could only produce a hundred of them.

Murong Ke could only use a meat slicing attack to slowly approach Liu Shang.

Just then, a rider from Qin Army rushed to Xie Shang's side, shouting out, "Thank you General! Thank you General!"

Just as the soldier was about to say something, a black light suddenly flew over. The soldier fell off his warhorse with a "Ah" sound, and Xie Tie cursed viciously, "You bad guy, what's wrong with you, General Xie? Isn't the young master fine? If you dare spout any more nonsense, I'll kill your dog life."

"Yes master, I am not saying that General Xie is not good, I am saying that General Cheng is not good. Just now, Cheng An's army was beheaded by a dark faced enemy general, the brothers were almost unable to resist!"

After listening to his explanation, Xie Shang and Xie Tie finally understood the whole story. Xie Shang was very meticulous, and asked: Let me ask you this, just half an hour ago, Cheng An sent someone to report in front of them. They are currently in a stalemate with Shi Le, how could something like this happen in such a short period of time?