At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was a feudal town, but in Western Europe

"Okay, archer, keep shooting arrows!" Hedwin was overjoyed, "Go ahead, keep going!"

But Hedwin's smile didn't last long, because he suddenly heard an incomparably clear "thump" sound on the noisy battlefield.

"Deng, thud, thump!"

The stringed sound like a musical instrument is a gorgeous song of King Qin breaking the battle. It sounded on the battlefield. More than 300 short crossbow arrows rose from the rear camp of the Eight Banners, flew high into the sky, and smashed heavily on the ground of the Thuringian soldiers. body.

"Pfft!"

"Poor!"

"Puff--"

"Ah——Father, how could—"

Chapter 323 The Soldier's Charge

Compared with the soft arrows of the Thuringian archers, the short arrows of the Eight Banners crossbowmen are much sharper. When the black wind composed of crossbow arrows envelopes the enemy's formation, the blood that bursts out one after another exceeds that of all Thuringian infantrymen. expected.

At least 50 people fell down in this shower of arrows!

However, Xiao Agui felt a little regretful after seeing this scene. After all, it was an oblique throw, so the power was somewhat affected, but it was enough to fight against these light armored enemies.

If this were switched to a city defense battle, they would be caught off guard and shoot intensively, even shooting down 90 or [-] people.

It's just that the winding speed of the stepping crossbow is too slow, and the production of crossbow arrows is too cumbersome, so it is still too difficult to replace the archer's position.

"Fight back! Fight back!"

Hedwin yelled with a livid face, but before he finished speaking, the shrill sound of the wind rang in his ears, and dozens of ferocious mace arrows fell from the hillside in the wind and smashed into the group of archers.

There were screams one after another, especially those few archers who had just performed well in the first round of shooting were given special care, at least half of the bows and arrows were directed towards them.

At least those who screamed were still alive, and they couldn't even scream, so they fell straight and stiff on the ground, splashing countless mud and black water.

"Turn, shoot, shoot those cavalry on the hillside!"

With one hand on his crooked helmet, Hedwin yelled at the archer chief from behind his horse.

The leader held up the wooden shield, and the wrinkles on his face were almost pulled together: "Your Excellency, I can't do it. They are on the hillside, and their bow strength is stronger than ours. Even with the wind, we can't shoot them at all."

"Then come closer and shoot!"

"No, they all ride horses. Once we get close, they will definitely distance themselves. That would be even worse!"

"Damn it, how can we win a battle with cowardly insects like you?!" Hedwin shouted angrily, "Can we just be beaten?"

"I'm afraid that's the case, Your Excellency the Earl." An attendant bent over while shielding the arrows with a round shield, and said, "There won't be countless arrows in their quiver. This kind of arrow rain won't last long!"

Sure enough, as the attendant knight expected, the cavalry on the hillside only lasted two rounds of projectiles. Seeing that there was no benefit, they stopped, and changed to saturated precise bursts of shots against the captains on the battlefield.

The so-called saturated precise burst shooting means that dozens of arrows are aimed at the same person, and one of them will always hit the target.

On the battlefield at this time, the swords and axes were hacking, the spears were stabbing, the two sides were coming and going, and the fish was sucking each other. After paying nearly twice as much North's obedience, those strong heavy axemen finally retreated.

Seventy percent of them were either pierced by spears or had their throats wiped by long knives. After all, under the Frankish conical helmet, the bare necks were exposed, so it would be a pity not to cut them with a knife.

The sun is getting hotter and hotter, and the frontlines and fights on this narrow plain are getting more and more anxious. Both sides are unwilling to give up the last chance, so they can only swing their weapons desperately in this narrow killing field, trying their best to find the other's flaws and weaknesses .

Sometimes, the Eight Banners and Yi Cong were slowly retreating under the pressure of the heavy axemen, while a wave of arrows caused the Thuringian infantry to fall in rows, and the rows of casualties were frightening.

At this level, there is no front without a front. All fronts are between you and me. The Eight Banners can occasionally take a break by taking turns with the back row, while the righteous followers in the first row cannot retreat a step, desperately struggling to survive in this narrow passage where swords and swords intersect.

"Arrows! Shoot 'em! Shoot 'em!"

Hedwin roared, his face was already covered with sweat, his eyes flashed with fear and anger, the flames burned his head, but his body became colder and colder.

He not only hopes to continue to persevere and defeat these Saxon soldiers, but also hopes to be able to run away and save his own life. In these ten minutes, this kind of thinking has been repeated countless times.

"It seems that the other party really didn't prepare a reserve team." Xiao Agui looked at the anxious situation on the field, glanced nervously at Zhenhui, who had no joy or sadness on his face, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, gritted his teeth and turned to the school officer beside him Said: "Order Wang Xi and Luo Shili to lead fifty teeth soldiers and fifty government soldiers as the battle front, wear heavy armor, hold Mo Dao, and assault the enemy on the right."

"Here!" Wang Xi and Luo Shili clasped their hands together, and immediately strode back to their own formation.

Compared with the loose formation of the Eight Banners and Yi Cong in front, the formation of Fubing and Yabing is quite strict. They are basically wearing black armor, a pocket on their head, a Mo knife on their back, and a horizontal knife hanging on their waist.

Most of these government soldiers came from the Central Plains. Although they were only civilians before, they had rich experience in the battlefield, including escorting food trucks and even exterminating bandits. Some of them had more than one life.

After these soldiers register as soldiers in the shogunate, they will be allocated a piece of land of [-] acres, as well as corresponding cattle and slaves, who can help in farming, and the soldiers themselves will have to accept the rigorous training of Zhechong Prefecture.

Under such conditions, although it was basically the first time on the battlefield, in terms of spirit, it was second only to the elite tooth soldiers around him.

The tooth soldiers are old fritters, most of them are in a state of tight inside and loose outside, with a happy face, but they are meticulous in checking equipment and weapons and warming up.

"Boys, listen to the drum order and charge with me!" Wang Xi, who had been promoted to captain, yelled at the soldiers of the Jingnan Army behind him with a solemn face.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

Three shouts to kill, combined with the sound of the knife handle hitting the ground, almost overwhelmed the screams on the battlefield.

The nail leaves collided, the Mo Dao collided, and there was no glare of light reflected on the black nails.

When the sound of orderly footsteps fell to the ears of the Thuringian soldiers, they could only see a group of burly men with half of their faces exposed, holding a huge long knife, rushing towards them like an iron wall.

The addition of Mo Dao Shou instantly raised the level of brutality on the battlefield, with flying stumps, exploding blood mist, human heads and eyes rolling everywhere on the ground, and poor soldiers wriggling with only half their bodies left.

Ordinary spears can only draw a streak of sparks on the black armor, and only the long swords of heavy axemen or master knights can split the black armor and injure the flesh and blood inside.

However, the physical strength of the heavy axemen or the knights has basically been consumed by Yi Cong and the bannermen with their lives, and there are even grand scenes where the weak knights' long swords are bounced off by the armor.

Until this time, many unconvinced Thuringian knights finally understood why people called these Saxony Han soldiers "demons"-they were really demons!

"how is this possible!"

"Are they the descendants of Siegfried? Are they invulnerable?"

"No, no, these demons, they won't!"

"Ah! Kill! Uh—"

With more and more blood and corpses all over the ground, the Thuringian soldiers became more and more afraid of the demon tooth soldiers. Some people even chanted the "Sun Salutation Sutra" loudly to try to expel the Mo Daomen, but unfortunately, it was useless.

Around the pace of the tooth soldiers' breakthrough, the bannermen and followers followed them fanatically and adoringly, shouting loudly while helping them to tear apart the entire front.

"Move troops, Quintus, bring your men over here!" Hedwin shouted anxiously, but it was useless, the soldiers almost pierced through the right wing of Hedwin's formation.

Looking at the increasingly chaotic formation, the entanglements and worries in Hedwin's heart are constantly decreasing. I am afraid that there is no way to win, and there is only a way to defeat, but this is not bad. Diplomacy and politics are what Hedwin is best at. s things.

"withdraw!"

Chapter 324 Pre-fusion Effectiveness System

The evening sun was cool and windy, and the flag stuck together with blood could not be moved. On the muddy ground, the broken limbs and flesh and blood had been cleaned and collected together. A head was stuck on the iron spear. Under the wood purple sunset, people could no longer tell whether the red on the armor was blood or the afterglow of the setting sun.

Most of the bannermen and followers had already returned to the camp, and began to wipe their bodies with hot towels amidst the cooking smoke. Only some followers who owed usury but did not get enough spoils were still roaming the battlefield, trying to find some treasures hidden in the mud.

The blood-like sunset dyed Zhenhui's tent a blood-like color. Xiao Agui, who had changed into a black uniform, gathered up the battle with the help of a few small officials, while Zhenhui sat on a chair, taking a nap and resting his mind.

"Deputy envoy, deputy envoy?" Xiao Agui carefully held a ten-page booklet and stood in front of Zhenhui, like a student waiting for a teacher to correct him.

To a certain extent, this is indeed his martial arts exam, a real martial arts exam done in actual combat.

"How?" Zhenhui didn't open his eyes, and smiled as always, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

"Report to Deputy Envoy, our army suffered a total of 250 seven Norse and Slavic rebels in this battle, 160 dead, 33 deserters, 110 Banner casualties, 49 dead, and 20 dental soldiers and government soldiers."

After being silent for a long time, Zhenhui finally opened his eyes, and made a final comment: "That's right, in terms of soldiers, a small group of righteous soldiers are subordinate soldiers, most bannermen are middle soldiers, and the enemy troops are basically Dismount.

In terms of formation, the enemy is outnumbered, but our soldiers are superior, and they are in the middle formation. In terms of capture, the captives and beheading this time barely accounted for [-]% of the total number of enemy troops. , is already good. "

"Every time I think that Commander-in-Chief Jie can easily mobilize troops, and get the best results from the next battle, I thought it would be easy, but I never thought that the implementation of the plan would be so difficult." Xiao Agui bowed his head and said with shame and admiration.

Zhenhui laughed and said: "Jie Shuai is so slippery, every time he can make the situation into the top and bottom, looking at the bottom of the battle, in fact, every time he is basically in the battle or in the middle, but this is what a general should do. The truly powerful generals have always only encountered the first battle.

This is not because of good luck or destiny, but because they can see the momentum and guide it. For their enemies, it is often a win and then a sudden loss and then a sudden loss, or a loss to the end from the very beginning.

Jie Shuai has already touched the edge of this realm, and I was almost there, but you still need to practice. "

Yes, Zhenhui is intentionally training these young players.

As Feng Sen's territory grows bigger and bigger, although there is compulsory education in the martial arts hall, which guarantees the lower limit of the level of the soldiers, most of them are mediocre and mediocre. Basically, a school captain in charge of 300 people is the best. Yes, there are few generals.

And this Xiao Agui was indeed taller than the short ones, so Zhenhui selected him. In fact, except Zhenhui, Xiao Agui was selected to focus on training.

Feng Sen has also selected three or five teams to train, and even Zhang Shicheng and Han Shizhong are incubating the next generation of new generals, otherwise it would be a big problem to run out of talent.

Although there are quite a few high-level talents among the Eight Banners, relatively speaking, most of these high-level officials are still wary of the barbarians.

Due to the ability to communicate in Chinese, coupled with the group mentality of foreigners in different lands, and Feng Sen's generous land grant policy, from the current point of view, the Han people are indeed more hard-working, easier to manage, and united than those Hu people.

Just as the so-called knowledge of etiquette is due to the abundance of warehouses, the Han people’s reputation is higher than that of the Norse and Slavs in terms of dealing with people. Coupled with the filter of the far east, the faces of the Han people in the Saxony territory are really bright.

"Agui, how do you think about the rewards in the camp?" Changing to a sitting posture, Zhenhui faced Xiao Agui, "Have you thought about it?"

This is an additional question, but Xiao Agui was indeed well prepared and answered fluently:

"In terms of righteousness, there are exactly one hundred nominals who have accumulated enough credit this time to be absorbed as bannermen. It is just that Jieshuai is about to open a new thousand households. If the rest is not enough, you can ask. If you are willing to be a coat, you can join the banner.

Banners who have accumulated enough credit, according to the previous reforms of Jieshuai, either get promoted with money, or go to work in front of the government, eat, drink and work together in a Han military soldier's house, learn Chinese language, Chinese rituals and customs, and inspect after a year and a half.

If you can pass the test, you will be promoted to a Han with a foreign surname, and if you can, you will be appointed as a military soldier. If you can't pass the test, you will continue to return to the Eight Banners. "

"How about the coats that have done meritorious service? How about the hundred households?" Zhenhui asked.

Xiao Agui replied: "Those who have contributed enough to coat the coat will raise the flag. Being a bannerman is just for the lack of those bannermen who have served in front of the mansion and have been promoted to the Eight Banners. The same is true for Baihu."

The service system in front of the government is Feng Sen and Zhenhui’s paving the way for the future twelve-turn system of Ce Xun. Some bannermen retain their banner status and go to the homes of the government soldiers. On the one hand, it solves the problem of the lack of manpower for the government soldiers. On the other hand, it also creates an environment for the bannermen to learn Chinese and etiquette.

Ordinary bannerman promoted to Fubing is an ordinary hundred mu Fubing, and a hundred bannermen promoted to Fubing can add one level of honor in addition to a hundred mu of land, while a thousand households can be promoted to Fubing can add two levels.

Recently, Charlie's wariness has become more and more serious, and Feng Sen has no choice but to speed up his pace against the limelight.

"Deputy envoy, I still have one thing that I don't know. What about the government soldiers and the Ya soldiers?" Xiao Agui only cares about the rewards and promotions from the Eight Banners and Yi followers.

One is Jieshuai himself, and the other is Deputy Envoy Zhenhui.

"The government soldiers and dental soldiers will follow the honor system first. Those who are in the middle line belong to the second rank. First, they will be given the second rank honor and some money. As for the corresponding fields, they will be distributed after the specific system is determined." Zhenhui stood up, tidied up her black robe, and was about to go out. "I think about this matter, you don't have enough prestige, and you will definitely be troubled by these bastards."

"Deputy envoy, wait a moment." Xiao Agui continued to step forward and asked, "Forgive me for the offense, all the infantry and cavalry in the battalion have just left the battalion, and they are in a hurry. I said that I followed your order, may I..."

Zhenhui pinched the flowers and said with a smile: "You shouldn't know about this, but after this battle, it is expected that if you want to be promoted, you will be able to approach Jieshuai.

Have you noticed that our commander-in-chief never showed up from the beginning to the end, neither in Blankenburg nor in our army, guess where he went? "

Chapter 325 The Times Have Changed

Stepping on the roof beams of a thatched house, Feng Sen put his left hand on his waist and his right hand on the pergola, looking towards the wooden castle on the hillside in the distance.

Rows of logs were tied into the city fence, and above the city wall, among the towering towers, the banner representing the Hadrad family crest swayed left and right in the sun and fluttered in the wind.

This is a classic early medieval fortress, which is quite similar to the former Hamburg. It is built from the bottom fortress and the upper hilltop castle. The village as the bottom fortress has been captured by Feng Sen's cavalry.

After waving to the personal guards to signal them to leave, Feng Sen calmly walked to the edge of the thatched hut and jumped off the thatched roof.

Standing on the edge of the thatched hut, a Jew fanned the smoke in front of his eyes with his hands, and looked at Feng Sen who walked out of the smoke with some fear. He patted the ashes on his hands, as if he had done a trivial thing.

"Are you sure it's here?"

"I swear to our Lord, it's here." The Jew quickly bowed, imitating the Han people's gestures and said.

"Approximately how much property is Hadrad here?" Feng Sen pointed to the simple fortress in the distance, and said to the Jewish merchant.

"We don't know either." The Jew shook his head. "We found a steward of Hadrad. He just accidentally revealed part of Hadrad's property here after he got drunk."

According to the Jew, the knight guarding the castle was actually Hadrad's illegitimate son. If Hadrad was defeated, the money here would be enough for the knight to make a comeback.

"Tsk tut." Feng Sen was amazed, and found a place to sit down.

It has been almost a day since they arrived here, and if Xiao Agui's side went well, they should have repelled Hadrad's [-] enemy troops.

At that time, the nobles and the queen retreated into Blankenburg, and Feng Sen himself ran out in the name of mobilizing soldiers, but he never put himself under a dangerous wall.

But Feng Sen didn't personally lead the soldiers of the South Saxon Guard to fight. He had more important things to do, and that was Hadrad's family property.

Originally, Feng Sen had no interest in this matter for a long time, but Ruben Abby found Feng Sen and brought him good news-news about part of Hadrad's family property.

Although I don't know how much there is, Feng Sen couldn't help but be tempted by a wealth that was enough for this illegitimate son to make a comeback. He also just wanted to train the ordinary generals below, so he simply left the military affairs to Zhenhui and Xiao Agui, and brought three hundred Jingnan cavalry here in advance.

At present, Hadlard has mobilized most of the elite troops to intercept Charlie. There are not many troops left in the mainland. Besides, Feng Sen's group of Jingnan tooth soldiers are basically one man and two horses. Can't they beat or run?