The rising smoke not only served as a warning to the camp, but also seemed to be the prelude to the Xiliang soldiers’ crazy attack!
Li Meng had just led his cavalry around the side and rear of the Tupo camp, and Wang Fang had already arrived nearby with his infantry, and had begun to form a formation.
Wang Fang raised his arms and shouted loudly: "Sword and shield hand forward! Archers spread their wings! Get ready to shoot..."
The sound of clattering armor blades and the shouts among the soldiers came one after another, like the beginning of a passionate symphony of many musical instruments.
The infantry of the Xiliang Army swarmed in, formed a half-moon formation, and rushed towards Fei Qian's camp. At this time, Li Meng's cavalry was also on the side and rear of the camp, rushing out a lot of nooses.
With his hands, he ran diagonally towards the slope and began to prepare to grab the wood from the camp and make a few holes.
"shoot!"
With the sound of drums and loud shouts in the camp, many bowstrings vibrated at the same time, and with a buzzing sound, arrows were shot out from above, just like a group of blood-sucking long-legged mosquitoes suddenly appeared in the sky.
, and then grew bigger and bigger, chasing human flesh and blood with its long sharp beak.
"Whoosh!"
The Xiliang soldiers held their shields high and heard crackling sounds on the shields. Black arrow shafts and white wings suddenly grew a layer on top of the shields, like hedgehogs.
"Whoosh!"
In a place that could not be covered by the shield, a Xiliang soldier was hit by an arrow on his feet. It penetrated immediately and pierced the ground. The soldier was so painful that he could not even lift his feet and fell to the ground. However,
Before he could stand up or pull out the arrow, countless big feet had already stepped on him from behind. He struggled a few times at first, but soon fell to the ground and became silent again.
The dense arrows hit the shield, crackling, and hit the soldier's body. If it was a leather armor or an unarmored part, it would basically pierce through it, bringing out a shower of blood. Of course, there were also some wounded soldiers.
The armor blocked it, and the arrows struck the iron pieces, making a clanking sound, accompanied by miserable howls from time to time, just like a concerto representing death.
The Xiliang army's infantry attack formation stalled. Wang Fang couldn't help but be a little surprised. He didn't expect Fei Qian to have so many archers! More importantly, there were so many arrows!
You must know that most of the time, these arrows are disposable consumables. This density is such that at least five hundred or even eight hundred people shoot their bows and arrows at the same time. After seven or eight rounds of projection,
Thousands of arrows were shot out...
Fortunately, the archer also needed to recover and rest a little after the rapid launch. Wang Fang lost no time and shouted: "Drum roll! Drum roll! Charge up! Charge up!"
Immediately, the war drums sounded again, and became more intense, urging all the Xiliang soldiers to continue moving forward. Wang Fang knew that only if he attracted enough attention, Li Meng's cavalry could create a gap in the rear.
,Similarly, when Li Meng's cavalry pulled out the loopholes in the camp, it was Wang Fang's best opportunity to attack!
Li Meng also knew this, so although he was hit by arrows several cavalrymen who stepped forward to pull the lasso, he still urged more cavalry to pick up the lasso and pull the wooden wall of the camp.
Although wooden walls that are simply nailed and riveted together cannot be easily shaken by human power, when several war horses or even a dozen war horses pull together, the riveted joints of the iron nails used to connect slowly begin to deform, and then As it was being pulled, the gap became wider and wider. With a squeaking and heart-wrenching sound, several wooden stakes were finally pulled out. Immediately, Xiliang soldiers tore out several gaps in the wooden wall of the camp!
The Xiliang soldiers suddenly cheered loudly, and their momentum suddenly increased!
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Thirty miles away from Su City, Zhang Liao stood on the hillside, looking at the three black smoke reaching into the sky in the distance, and suddenly shouted: "We have them all! Get on your horse and set off! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
After Zhang Liao arrived at Diaoyin, he relied on his previous friendship with the Baishi Qiang and the trade between Fei Qian and the Qiang people, so it didn't take much trouble when recruiting Qiang cavalry. , but now most of the Qiang people still need to take care of the livestock within the tribe, otherwise the number may be even larger.
But now, the number of eight hundred riders is not bad for Zhang Liao, who has just established himself on Feiqian's side.
Now that he has men and horses, he only needs one or two decent battles to prove his strength. Therefore, Zhang Liao's mood of looking forward to the signal from the front is extremely contradictory.
Last night, the messenger came and said that if they saw black smoke rising, they must immediately lead the army to rescue the camp in front. However, Zhang Liao was not completely clear about the specific arrangements, so until now Zhang Liao thought that Fei Qian was still in the camp, so like this The emergence of this situation means that Fei Qian may be facing danger...
Although this possibility is not very high.
Half an hour!
Thirty miles away!
Zhang Liao was quite confident after seeing the materials prepared to defend against the attack of Xiliang soldiers. The high-intensity individual crossbows were simply a nightmare for cavalry or dense infantry lines.
Victory shouldn't be a big problem, it's just more or less damage.
For thirty miles, it takes about half an hour for the cavalry to run. Of course, it is impossible to use all the strength to warm up the horse's body, but it cannot let the horse's endurance be exhausted so much that it loses strength in the battle. This is the most basic thing for a cavalry leader. Time to work.
Zhang Liao whistled, calling for the Qiang cavalry he had recruited to gallop forward together. In order to reduce the chance of being discovered by enemy troops in the distance, louder war drums or horns were used as much as possible. Of course, he wanted to cover up the smoke and dust. The only thing that works is the terrain...
Now is the time to show off his strength. As Zhang Liao galloped forward, he touched the bow and arrow bag on the side of the horse's back and adjusted it to the most comfortable position. Then he looked back and shouted: "Brothers Baishi! Where am I? There are also three jars of good wine! Today we will give them to the three bravest warriors from Baishi!"
The Qiang people are the best at drinking wine. If you don't drink a few bowls of wine during a meeting, you will feel uncomfortable. If a guest comes and doesn't drink, it is simply an insult to the host. Therefore, I heard that there are three jars of good wine. Although it is not as valuable as gold and silver, it is
Just as the Qiang people were appetizing, many people immediately whistled loudly in response to Zhang Liao, and their morale improved a lot for a while.
Zhang Liao raised his spear, laughed loudly and shouted: "Come on! In addition to the good wine, let's compete again. If anyone kills more people than me, I will lead and wash his horse today!"
"Colonel Zhang! Maybe you have to wash a lot of horses today! Hahaha!"
Eight hundred Qiang cavalry followed Zhang Liao, roaring towards the south...
