Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

"Your Majesty, this is not the way to go. The bandit formation is too hard to break through!"

The speaker's name is Gao Laohu, and he conquered one-seventh of Zhong Xiang's current territory.

Prime Minister Zhong was also very anxious, but he could still keep calm: "Our army has many generals. If one unit is unstable, another unit will support it, and the battle can last for a long time. The enemy's army is weak, and one unit is broken. Everything is defeated. If this goes on for a long time, our army will win!"

Gao Laohu said: "Generals from all ministries have sent troops to report, but Xiao Zhu's armored bodyguards have not yet been dispatched, and we don't know which direction they are going to attack from. I am afraid that Brother Ying and I will not be able to rescue him in time."

During the original negotiation, Ju Ming's personal guards had appeared. The Chu generals were deeply afraid of this, so Zhong Xiang specially prepared a secret weapon.

Gao Laohu and Yingxuan's troops are Zhong Xiang's trump cards.

Hundreds of Gao Laohu's soldiers use long spears, which are thin, long and sharp spear heads. It can penetrate heavy armor, but fine steel is not easy to come by. Only a few hundred have been made, and the rest are blunt instruments made of wooden sticks with iron heads.

Yingxuan himself was a hero of Dongting Lake. He conquered two counties by himself and came to join Zhong Xiang's team. The able-bodied were also selected and reorganized into one unit. The entire army used blunt weapons to fight, and was recruited by Zhong Xiang to deal with Ju Ming's personal guards.

There were more than one or two generals who brought capital into the group. For example, Zhang Guangdao was in Hanyang at this time, and the Chu general who faced him was named Chen Yuxin. After Chen Yuxin captured two county towns, he took his territory and troops to seek refuge with Prime Minister Zhong. He had already been conferred the title of County King by Prime Minister Zhong.

"You go around the Zhu Thieves' rear army. The armored soldiers may come out from there. Our troops are the weakest over there," Prime Minister Zhong added, and warned, "Go to the Gen and Gan positions of the Zhu Thieves' formation and wait for battle. , if the red thieves and armored soldiers come out from the left and right armies, you can quickly go and deal with them."

"yes!"

Gao Laohu and Yingxuan immediately led their troops around to their destination.

The fierce battle continued, and the morale of the Chu army was getting lower and lower. There are constant reserves, passing through the passages between ministries, to assist the crumbling friendly forces.

Gong Bin's arms were sore at this moment, and he stabbed repeatedly mechanically.

He was an old man who followed Zhu Ming to annihilate Heifeng Village. He led troops to unexpectedly attack Dashan Pass but failed, and was ambushed by Wu Jie and killed more than a thousand people. This incident was regarded by him as a great shame and humiliation. After reorganization, he trained more diligently and accompanied the soldiers in training to death.

Because they were too elite, they had now become a salient, and they could not help but rush out. The more than a thousand soldiers in front were besieged from three sides.

Yang Qin came to the rescue with his own soldiers, and cooperated with the supervising team to stabilize the situation. Now he is frantically attacking Gong Bin's protruding front side.

Yang Yao, who was still young, rushed beside his clan brother Yang Qin. As soon as he participated in the battle, his face was scratched by a wolf. While Yang Qin was swinging away from the wolf, Yang Yao rushed in with a low body, and was instantly stabbed in the shoulder by a rake, with a bloody gash on his neck.

Being poked back by the boring palladium, Yang Yao was forced to resist the weapon. He was unable to use the skills he had learned in the past six months.

Yang Qin also complained secretly. They belonged to the direct lineage of Prime Minister Zhong, and they had the best soldiers and armor. But when it comes to actually facing the Yuanyang Formation, I don't know how to start.

"Dong dong dong dong!"

The sound of drums sounded from the rear, and Yang Qin knew that it was Emperor Zhong Xiangzai who was beating the drums in person to aid in the battle.

"Long live the master!" Yang Qin shouted fiercely.

"Long live the master!" the soldiers around him shouted.

Yang Qin shouted again: "Mingzun bless you!"

"Mingzun bless you!"

"Long live my lord!"

"Mingzun bless you!"

More and more Chu soldiers followed and shouted, as if they had added some kind of BUFF, their energy and blood surged and they rushed forward crazily.

Some Chu troops even ignored their injuries and threw away their weapons to catch the wolves, covering their friendly troops as they rushed in.

Chu troops kept passing through the two layers of defenses of Langxian and Boring Palladium, and pushed forward crazily next to each other. The soldiers in the front row were completely helpless, including Yang Qin and Yang Yao, who were all carried forward by the fanatical soldiers.

The wolf mill was completely useless, and the wolf mill soldier drew his sword and prepared to fight.

The rakes and spears were still poking and prodding, and the rattan players and the long card players were facing a formidable enemy.

Gong Bin shouted: "Blow the trumpet and stabilize the formation!"

The bugle sounded, followed by the whistles of the squad leaders.

This man is really unlucky. His previous surprise attack was defeated by Wu Jie, and now he met Zhong Xiang's direct fanatic followers.

Yang Qin kept vomiting blood from his mouth. He shouted those few times just to boost morale. But he fought in the lead and was pushed forward by the fanatical rear row soldiers. He was stabbed four times in a row, one of which went deeply into the abdomen.

The enemy's spear was drawn out, but the soldiers at the rear were still moving forward. Yang Qin was knocked down by his soldiers and was trampled to death in front of the formation.

This Chu army had indeed become unafraid of death, but its formation was completely confused. It was not even clear whether the general was dead, and they could only charge forward with their weapons raised. Their casualty rate doubled, but they were about to break through the Yuanyang Formation, and both the wolf mill and boring rake were useless.

Among the infantry, sword and shield wielders are the most difficult to train.

Now it was up to the sword and shield player to defend. The long card player stopped moving and stuck the giant shield on the ground, holding on to the position with all his strength. The rattan player blocked left and right with his buckler and slashed with his sword repeatedly.

The spearmen behind them stabbed back and forth.

Gong Bin complained endlessly, remembering the time when he was surrounded by Wu Jie, and roared: "Military field, military field, my wife, children and parents are all watching!"

"Junda! Junda!"

One after another, the soldiers shouted the word "military land". The military land they were given was at Jingmen in the rear.

The minimum amount of military land is ten acres. As long as the soldiers participated in the Hanzhong Defense War, all the land rewarded with less than ten acres will make up for the ten acres. There are also some sergeants and lieutenants whose military fields are more than fifteen, twenty, or thirty acres.

Although it is all wasteland, lay people are cultivating it, and refugees are also working as sharecroppers to help reclaim the land.

These are all good fields, and it only takes two or three years to turn them into mature fields!

If they were defeated today and the Chu army took advantage of the opportunity to occupy Jingmen, what would happen to their military fields?

The long card player desperately held up the giant shield, and the spearman stabbed wildly. Some rattan players have been injured, but they still carry on with their injuries. Even the fire soldiers moved forward with their swords raised, ready to fill the empty space at any time.

Gu San had already led his troops through the passage. The obstacles there had been cleared, and another Chu army wanted to enter the passage.

Fifteen hundred heavy infantrymen in infantry armor lined up in six columns and stood at the entrance of the passage to attack.

Some were armed with spears, and some were armed with bones. It was completely defenseless and allowed the Chu army to attack the armor. They raised their hands and stabbed it out with a spear. They waved their arms and smashed it down with a bone.

Very slowly, but constantly moving forward, the Chu army in front of them was killed and retreated steadily.

After fighting their way out of the passage, some heavy infantry continued to move forward, while others attacked the enemies on both sides nearby, cooperating with friendly forces to attack the Chu army from both sides.

Those Chu troops had been fighting for a long time and were at the end of their strength. They were attacked from two sides and finally began to collapse.

Gao Laohu and Yingxuan's troops with sharp spears and blunt weapons immediately went to the rescue. They finally waited for Xiao Zhuthi's armored troops.

However, the Chu army collapsed too quickly!

The first to flee was Chen Ziyi. Chen Ziyi led eighty heavy cavalry and his retinue to abandon their horses and fought out of the passage, while Hua Rong's musketeers followed closely behind.

The musketeers mixed among the heavily armored soldiers. After fighting their way out of the passage, they fired at the Chu army two or three meters away with a whistle.

The reason why we are so close is that the enemies on both sides are rushing towards us!

The full body armor was already scary enough, but the volley of muskets in front of them made the Chu army even more frightened.

Before the gunpowder smoke completely dissipated, the lucky guy who rushed over and survived, turned around and ran away as if he had encountered the Dark Lord.

Chen Ziyi led the heavily armored soldiers to take the opportunity to advance, while his retinue protected the fire rifle soldiers and reloaded their ammunition.

One after another, the Yuanyang squads were liberated due to the enemy's retreat, and quickly cooperated with the heavily armored soldiers to flank the fighting Chu army, quickly causing a chain reaction on the battlefield.

In the end, the heavy infantry and heavy cavalry could not even touch the enemy.

Because they walked too slowly due to the muddy road after leaving the camp, their joint attack speed could not keep up with the Yuanyang team.

Six groups of Chu troops fled in three directions. The generals in the rear quickly mobilized reserves, but the reserves also suffered the impact of the rout.

Gao Laohu led his troops forward against the defeated troops. He didn't care about the enemy or ourselves, and would kill them if they dared come close.

Gu San ordered the heavy infantry to turn around and fight. Unable to charge, they stayed put.

Gao Laohu took a look at the general flag next to Gu San and rushed to the nearby area with his bare feet in the mud. Both of them were practicing martial artists, but they didn't use any tricks at the moment. They just pointed their guns at each other quickly. And the target is the opponent's chest and abdomen, not the throat or anything like that.

Gu San was shot almost at the same time. The sharp spear penetrated his armor and stabbed him hard in the ribs. The slender spear head pierced Zha's armor, and after its strength weakened, it got stuck between two ribs.

Gao Laohu was stabbed in the abdomen. The light armor mixed with leather and iron slightly blocked the weapon. He was pierced through the fat layer on his belly, and his intestines were most likely injured.

The two of them retracted their guns at the same time and stabbed hard again.

This time Gao Laohu was injured and was unable to penetrate the heavy armor, so he was stabbed in the chest by Gu Sanyi's spear.

Gao Laohu's mixed army of sharp and blunt weapons was unable to deal with heavy infantry unless they were also equipped with heavy armor.

Shi Biao's side was similar, but his martial arts was obviously not as good as Ying Xuan's.

Yingxuan is the most famous hero in the Dongting Lake area. Fighting on flat ground is not his home field. He can ride on a ship in rough waves with ease.

This man stepped on the muddy ground with bare feet, running on tiptoes and charging, seemingly unaffected by the terrain.

Shi Biao fought with only brute strength and received several sticks on his shoulders and arms. The long stick with an iron head bruised the skin under the heavy armor, making it difficult for Shi Biao to exert strength in his left arm.

But this is a battle after all, not a fight in the arena.

Shi Biao cooperated with his soldiers and stabbed Zhongying Xuan twice in succession.

Although Yingxuan was brave, not all of his subordinates were so brave. And many of them are from Jianghu rangers. They don't like to form formations. Even if they form formations, they quickly fall apart. They seem to prefer to rely on their personal bravery to kill the enemy.

Fifteen hundred heavy infantry lined up to meet the enemy, and more than three thousand Yingxuan fought with blunt weapons. At first, they were able to beat the heavy infantry to bruises and even beat them to the point of vomiting blood. However, after only two or three minutes, these scattered warriors were beaten back by the heavy infantry using their formation to join forces.

Unfortunately, the heavy infantry was unable to pursue them, so the rangers dragged the injured Yingxuan with them and retreated.

At this time, nine groups of Chu troops had fled, and several reserves had been smashed into pieces. Zhong Xiang urgently brought his troops to join the battle.

But it seemed that it was too late. The Chu army collapsed far faster than Zhong Xiang could rescue him.