Although the strange movements on the ridge on the opposite side were far away and could not be seen very clearly, the movement of soldiers could still be distinguished. Therefore, when Yan Liang and his men and horses finally got around from the other side of the ridge, they encountered
Jia Qu's blocking.
At this moment, Yan Liang was almost on the front line in person. If the guards around him hadn't been trying their best to pull, Yan Liang would have charged forward with the knife.
A Yuan Junjun leader was snatched away covered in blood, but he still couldn't survive it. He took his last breath in front of Yan Liang, which made Yan Liang scream and want to rush forward with a knife.
He was held tightly by the guards.
Strictly speaking, Yan Liang is not suitable to be a military commander, but is suitable to be a fighting general in front of the battle line, because Yan Liang always habitually moves forward, and then forward, although this can stimulate the morale and bravery of the soldiers on the front line.
, but it is also very easy to be deliberately targeted by the opponent. If you are not careful, the general will be damaged and the entire army will be defeated.
Therefore, before Yan Liang came here, Yuan Shao had told Yan Liang's guards to keep an eye on him and not let Yan Liang rush to the front line every time, but habits are not so easy to change, even if they are standing under a waving flag.
Down below, Yan Liang still felt uncomfortable all over, and his blood was boiling with the beating of several big drums around him, as if he wanted to kill a few to vent his anger.
The formation of the Zhengxi soldiers was extremely tenacious. Another wave of attacks from Yuan's army smashed into pieces in front of the Zhengxi formation. The remaining soldiers of Yuan's army desperately pulled on the wounded soldiers and retreated.
The leading general who led this wave of attacks was a native of Yan Liang. He was always the most trusted by Yan Liang. He was also a big man from Hebei. He was very brave. However, he still injured his arm. He was hanging by one arm and his helmet was knocked off. He was staggering with disheveled hair.
When he returned, he knelt down under Yan Liang's banner and shouted in grief and anger: "General! I have almost spent half of my two hundred men in a village! This damn Zhengxi son of a bitch, General! I want to avenge my brothers!"
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"Ah!" Yan Liang roared loudly, "Come with me!"
"General!" A guard stood in front of Yan Liang, "The general has an order. The general cannot go into battle! He cannot go into battle!"
"Get out of the way!" Yan Liang roared angrily and spat Xing Zi in the guard's face, "You bastard! You're just a breath away from the front, I can push you away! You kid, get out of the way quickly!"
The guard moistened his withered throat and spoke loudly when he saw a sudden flash of light from the knife. Yan Liang raised the knife and slashed it down. He could only close his eyes and did not dare to hide or resist.
"Snapped!"
Yan Liang flipped his wrist, and instead of slashing with the blade, he slapped the guard with the blade, knocking the guard aside, and then roared, "Follow me!"
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Jia Qu can be said to be the first general promoted by Feiqian from the local gentry in Bingbei, and he can also be said to be the first benchmark for Bingbei.
The Jia family can also be said to be the queen of a famous family. There is some moisture in this, but not too much. After all, there are not many people with the surname Jia, and Jia Yi is indeed very famous, so many Jia family members say that they are Jia Yi.
There were no big mistakes after that.
But just because the ancestors are famous does not mean that the grandchildren will necessarily be outstanding.
You still have to rely on your own hands to win your future.
Although Jia Qu is not old, since he arrived at Huguan, whether it is daily drills or bandit suppression, he has never backed down and commanded decisively against Baibo Heishan. Therefore, among the soldiers near Huguan, there is still a certain degree of confidence.
His prestige and reputation, as a mainstay in the Shangdang area, are quite qualified.
When Yuan Jun took a detour to kill them, Jia Qu led his soldiers to get stuck on the mountain road immediately, and they have been resisting until now. From the battle between Japan and China to the west slope, a full three hours have passed, and both sides have suffered casualties.
Bodies were piled up on the front line, and blood kept flowing down. It was precisely because of Jia Qu's presence that the Yuan army's brigade, which attacked so crazily, still fought very hard with Yan Liang personally supervising the battle.
Furthermore, I don’t know how many lives of Yuan Jun’s generals and soldiers will be needed to fill the gap!
After such a long fierce battle, the madness of Yuan Jun's attack made Jia Qu secretly feel a little frightened. These soldiers of Yuan Jun were completely different from the previous Black Mountain Baibo. Not only did they advance and retreat in a controlled manner, but they also cooperated with each other.
Bo's attacks put great pressure on the soldiers on the front line. If Zhengxi hadn't always put a lot of effort into his armor, he might not have been able to hold on for such a long time.
In the era of cold weapons, the gap in weapons and armor has always been the crushing effect of high-level equipment.
Just like the Iron Age of the Han Dynasty suppressed the integrity of the surrounding ethnic minorities, well, the Age of Integrity, the equipment of the soldiers who conquered the West also suppressed the Yuan army to a certain extent.
Without war, there would be no harm. Of course, there would be no power to evolve weapons, armors and other equipment. If you can just pick up a knife and cut down the barbarians around you, crying for their fathers and mothers, yelling at your mother, "Don't let me die, don't let me die, don't let me die", who will?
Will they pay special attention to improving the quality of weapons such as swords, and use striped steel, moiré steel, etc. that require thirty or even fifty refinements to create weapons?
Generally speaking, the development of weapons of the Han Dynasty has actually been stagnant for a long time. If it were not for Fei Qian, the spoiler, the weapons in the hands of the Bingzhou people in history would have been similar to those of the Hu people, and they were not enough to fight against Yuan Shao's troops.
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But now, Yuan Jun has suffered a lot.
"Your Majesty! Everything is ready!" A soldier rushed from the rear, breathing rapidly, and reported.
"I know. Wait a minute..." Jia Qu, who was sitting on the slope, carefully observed the situation on the front line and found that although the soldiers were tired, they could still maintain the front line, so he did not order a retreat immediately. Of course, Jia Qu
Qu also has some other arrangements in mind...
"Huh?" Jia Qu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he found that the general's flag on the opposite side was actually pressed forward! "Liu Sima! Lead the crossbowmen forward, looking for an opportunity to shoot the opponent's general. If that fails, cover the retreat of the soldiers..."
Liu Sima agreed and led thirty crossbowmen to grab it.
Jia Qu raised his head to look at the sky, rubbed the beard on his chin, and then issued a second order: "Come here! Order the soldiers on the mountain to throw the cans of fire oil!"
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The direct lethality of the trebuchet attack is really worrying.
Not to mention the long interval between attacks, and the trajectory of the stone bullets is not very controllable. The point of impact is always a metaphysical issue, which is very unreliable. What is hit depends entirely on luck, even if all operators are lucky.
He aimed desperately at the main flagpole in the Yuan Jun camp opposite, but after firing nearly a hundred stone bombs, not a single stone bomb hit the flagpole. However, many surrounding flowers and plants were knocked down, which was quite embarrassing.
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As the sun set, the smell of blood permeated the entire Yuan Jun camp, and the surrounding area was completely silent. If someone hadn't screamed and thrown stones from time to time, the entire camp would have been abandoned.
Many people died, but the overall number of deaths may not be as many as the soldiers who died in the battle between Yan Liang and Jia Qu.
But the scene of being stoned to death was really terrifying...
The scattered stone bullets and the flesh-and-blood passages opened by the stone bullets are scattered in the camp.
When Yuan Jun discovered that the stone bullets were mainly concentrated around the Chinese flag, although these Yuan Jun did not understand what ballistics was, it did not prevent them from judging the main direction of damage from the stone bullets. Therefore, most of them huddled under the camp wall, far away.
Far away from the attack range of stone bullets.
"Here we go again! Pay attention!"
Several Yuan Jun screamed when they saw another black shadow rising into the sky on the ridge opposite.
But this time, the black shadow was swaying, and its trajectory in the air was unstable. It hit the wall of the village with a "pop" sound, splattering a large amount of black liquid.
Immediately, more black shadows were smashed into the camp, and almost black liquid splashed everywhere.
A Yuan Jun military officer subconsciously touched some of the liquid that had splashed onto his body and smelled it. Then he quickly recalled a huge danger signal in his mind, and his face turned pale with fright: "This... this is kerosene!
Fire oil! Be careful with the fire!"
But, it's too late.
There are always fires in the camp. After all, it is impossible to go through the cumbersome process of re-making a fire every time you need to light a fire. These fires are either in the form of braziers or fire racks, or they are stuck on the ground with torches. At the same time, they are also
It can provide some lighting, but now these fires have become a huge hidden danger...
An earthen pot smashed into pieces and sprayed fire oil, and met the standing brazier. Before the scattered fragments completely fell, they were already ignited. With a bang, it almost boomed in the air, and quickly ignited the surrounding areas.
All people and objects seemed to be like a big mouth of flames, swallowing up all creatures and objects in one go.
"Fire! Fire!"
Yuan Jun, who had just realized that the disaster was imminent, ran like a wolf, but it did not help. Yuan Jun, who did not realize that Zhengxi would change his attack method, was caught off guard. By the time they tried to come up to put out the flames, it was already too late, and the fire oil was flying everywhere.
Swallowing a large area of the camp, the flames quickly began to spread...
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"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Yan Liang shouted loudly, so angry that he could hardly control himself, "Despicable! Shameless! Rats! Why not fight openly! How dare you sneak attack on someone!"
If the guard had been a little late, he might have been killed by the crossbow attack!
Even so, Yan Liang lost several personal guards, and even his own helmet was shot off in the panic, almost killing him.
As a result, Yan Liang did not dare to be too aggressive and just jumped into a rage outside the range of the crossbow.
However, the soldiers of Zhengxi seemed to know that their shooting plan could not succeed, so they began to gradually retreat under the cover of the crossbowmen, giving way to the important pass of the mountain road.
Although the soldiers of Zhengxi retreated, Yuan Jun did not dare to pursue too closely under the threat of crossbow arrows. Most of Yan Liang's soldiers were veterans who had been on the battlefield. Their bodies swayed from side to side, staring at Zhengxi closely.
The crossbowmen waited until these crossbowmen fired a wave of crossbow bolts, then roared and took the opportunity to stride forward to catch up.
After going back and forth like this, Yan Liang's soldiers and Jia Qu's soldiers gradually stopped contacting each other and opened a certain distance. Jia Qu and his soldiers fought and retreated. After reaching the foot of the mountain ridge, they did not retreat up the mountain, but merged with the mountain ridge.
The soldiers on top turned around the col and retreated deeper into the mountainous area.
Yan Liang was determined to catch up, but he was afraid of being ambushed again, and the original purpose of the battle was to destroy the trebuchet on the mountain ridge. Therefore, although he was unwilling to do so, he still had no enthusiasm to go to his head. After letting people guard the mountain road, he led the people up.
Mountain……
However, only halfway up the climb, Yan Liang and others felt something was wrong. Black smoke billowed up, covering the sky for half the sky, as if a monster with teeth and claws emerged from the top of the mountain!
The higher they went, the deeper their hearts sank. The sound of burning flames and the sounds of people crying and howling faintly came through the mountain ridges, almost suppressing the breathing of Yan Liang and others, making every step they took extremely difficult.
After struggling to reach the platform on the top of the mountain, almost everyone stopped subconsciously. They lost the ability to speak and were stunned by everything in front of them.
The wind helped the fire, and the fire borrowed the power of the wind. The flames from the village opposite rose into the sky, dyeing the entire mountain top red!
The flames spread unbridled throughout the camp, and a large number of supplies were ignited. Yuan Jun's soldiers were crying and battered, and they did not even notice that the catapult position was replaced by Yan Liang...
Although the military academy was working hard to put out the fire, and even pushed some vehicles that could not be saved down the mountain stream, it was still difficult to stop the spread of the flames. Under the sparks, if it weren't for the relatively humid surroundings in spring, the scale of the fire this time might be
It will be bigger and scarier!
At that time, it will not be just a mountain, but a whole mountainous area may be burned!
When setting up a camp, we must pay attention to fire prevention, but no matter how fire-proof the camp is, it cannot withstand the large-scale burning of kerosene. In addition, Yan Liang has transported a large amount of materials and stored them in the camp. This burning is simply adding to the fire.
There was countless fuel, and the air was filled with the aroma of burnt wheat, which could be smelled even from the other side of the mountain ridge.
"Destroy these catapults! Hurry!" Yan Liang felt his hands and feet were cold. He pointed at the catapults angrily and shouted loudly, "Move quickly!"
What is the easiest way to destroy a wooden trebuchet?
Almost everyone knows the answer, without even thinking about it.
Burn it with fire...
Although among the five elements, it is said that metal overcomes wood, it is easier to chop down such heavy wood with swords and guns than with fire. Just put on a fire and let these wood-based catapults burn on their own. It does not require time and effort to chop.
What about damage?
Therefore, Yan Liang's soldiers almost subconsciously picked up the torches and walked towards the catapult...
"Well..." Yan Liang suddenly felt a little chilly. He didn't know whether it was because the cold sweat on his back was blown through by the wind, or because of his instinctive warning from many years of battlefield.
The soldiers moving forward shouted, "Stop! Don't use fire! Don't..."
"ah?"
The soldiers of Yuan Jun who were about to light the rope on the catapult were stunned for a moment and turned back, but they did not stop the car immediately with their limbs and still stretched out their hands forward...
"boom!"
The catapult that had been doused with kerosene exploded instantly when it encountered an open flame. Not only did it cover the entire catapult in flames, it even formed a fire ring, and several surrounding Yuan Jun soldiers were also involved in the flames.
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"Fire! Fire! Fire!"
Several Yuan Jun pointed at the flames that started to run along the kerosene line on the ground and screamed. Immediately, a few unlucky guys happened to be standing on the kerosene line. Yuan Jun, who was completely attracted by the tragic situation on the opposite mountain ridge, didn't pay attention at all.
The fire oil among the grass on the ground was suddenly burned by the flames from below, causing screams. Some people even stumbled and fell from the ridge, letting out long screams.
"Withdraw! Withdraw quickly!"
Yan Liang was shocked and didn't care about anything else. He just wanted to retreat to a safe area as soon as possible. However, at this moment, the sound of war drums was heard at the foot of the mountain, shaking the whole world slightly.
Jia Qu, who had already retreated after turning around the mountain col, came back with his soldiers to fight again!
The morale of one side was high and the fighting spirit was rising. The other side was already frightened. No matter how strong Yan Liang's personal skills were, he could not save the current unfavorable situation. He could only escape down the mountain by rolling and climbing, and then fought his way out to escape.
