The front line of the Qingshun Army did not have a large shield, and the removed door panels were too clumsy, so they could not form a formation to provide a tight shield. Seeing people around them being shot down from the eaves on both sides by Khitan archers, the others were frightened and could only retreat hastily.
The local people were strong but had no idea, so they stopped. Dozens of people held up round shields and cut out long knives from behind the street barriers. The archers on the roofs on both sides also advanced step by step, frequently firing their bows and strings, and arrows shot like arrows.
It rains.
More than a hundred people in the front line of the Qing Shun Army were retreating steadily. The soldiers were panicked and were about to retreat to the place where Ge Huaicong, Zhu Hang, Yue Hailou and others were watching the enemy and setting up positions.
Ge Huaicong and others also had more than a hundred elites on their left and right, and three groups of Qing Shun troops had assembled behind them. Under the eaves of the paved courtyards on both sides of the long street, there were also rows of sword and shield men standing on each side, and a group of generals were riding horses to watch the enemy.
, making the long street narrower and more crowded.
If hundreds of soldiers retreat, everyone here will be disrupted.
Ge Huaicong grabbed the reins, his knuckles turning white while Yue Hailou's stern and thin face was as tight as a rock.
Several other commanders looked around, their eyes filled with dissociation and fear, thinking of retreating.
Ge Yu ordered his left and right guards to set up their shields and spears, and formed a triple shield formation in front of the generals. However, he was still worried that the guards might be merciful when the defeated troops rushed towards him. At this time, he wanted to order three or five people to be shot to force the retreat.
If the troops do not retreat, retreat this way.
"Roar!"
Seeing that his subordinates were in such a miserable state, Cao Shili was also very ashamed and annoyed, but he did not want to sit back and watch the soldiers flee and come back to be shot. He took Chang Shuo from the hands of the guardsmen, roared lowly and clamped the horses forward, Chang Shuo pointed diagonally, "Cao Shili"
He pulled the pole diagonally and beat him, knocking several defeated soldiers to the ground and yelling:
"Those who fail without a fight will die! Don't fucking embarrass me!"
Cao Shili was also a rare brave man. He drove his horse to the front line, and his long sword turned into a chopping knife and slashed diagonally from the upper left, with a strong and powerful momentum.
A Huru Jianrui tried to block with his shield, but he could not withstand the huge force of the slash. The shield was not broken, but his arm was broken. His face was also bruised by the shield, and he fell backwards.
Cao Shili's spear was still strong, so he immediately thrust his long spear forward and stabbed another vassal spearman to death in the chest.
However, Jianrui, a Tibetan citizen who rushed to the front line, was furious with the fight at this time. When he saw a general from the Tianxiong army coming to the front line, he did not look back in fear.
Seeing how brave Cao Shili was, the front team of the Tibetan people restrained themselves a little and gathered closer together, so that three or five people could resist Cao Shili's fierce and invincible long spear at the same time. At this time, there were seven or eight good players behind him roaring excitedly.
, brandishing his sword and shield, he charged forward, intending to surround Cao Shili.
Hulu has spent his time on horseback since he was a child. In addition to being good at riding and shooting, he is also extremely agile and flexible.
Just by looking at these seven or eight strong men rushing forward like swimming fish among the dense array, and there are even two people running quickly from the eaves on both sides, hoping to attack Cao Shili's side armpits fiercely, you can know the sword skills and body skills of the grassland.
, which is very different from the Fu-Python Saber and Fu-Python Spear, which are powerful and even confusing.
Although the Khitan attached great importance to absorbing the farming, weaving and casting skills of the Han people, and also continued to absorb the ceremonial and official systems of the Han and Tang Dynasties to implement government affairs, it always suppressed the practice of martial arts by the Han people.
Under the governance of Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili, the Qing Shun Army had a much stricter military appearance than the Tianxiong Army. It was basically able to enforce orders and prohibitions, but the number of strong and powerful soldiers in the army was extremely limited.
Cao Shili was protected by only four cavalry, and his skills were pretty good. However, dozens of Khitan archers squatted on the eaves of the two wings, shooting sharp arrows at the door facing Cao Shili one after another. None of them could block them all for Cao Shili.
, forcing Cao Shili to raise his hand to block the vital points of his face that could not be covered by his armor. Faced with seven or eight Khitan warriors rushing into the front line to encircle and kill him, he could only hold the spear with one hand.
No matter how brave Cao Shili is, he can't hold on for long!
Xu Huai took off the moon-piercing bow and saw that the Khitan warrior on the eaves on the left had leapt into the air. He was raising his sword to slash at Cao Shili's shoulder and neck. Two sharp arrows and a narrow-edged feather arrow were shot in his right hand.
At this moment, a volley of shots shot out.
Xu Huai's quiver contains several types of feathered arrows. The main difference is in the arrow clusters. There are ringing arrows that can make a sharp sound when they pierce the air. There are sharp-edged arrows that are designed to break through armor. There are also arrows with a longer range and faster shooting speed.
narrow-edged arrows; at the same time, the sound of narrow-edged arrows breaking through the air is smaller.
The first sharp-edged feather arrow shot in front of him, and the Khitan warrior was shocked. He tensed up his muscles and bones almost intuitively, causing his body to freeze in mid-air for a few seconds, and let the sharp arrow shoot past his neck, but
Then the second sharp-edged feather arrow arrived.
The Khitan warrior is still in mid-air, with his sword drawn.
The third narrow-edged feather arrow came almost at the same time. The Khitan warrior was so strong that he had no time to change the direction of his sword. He could only watch helplessly as the sharp arrow came three inches below the blade and shot hard into his chest and abdomen.
Xu Huai stood more than 200 steps away and shot one person dead. The other Khitan warriors were immediately frightened and did not dare to make any more moves. They retreated slightly and gathered with the sword and shield men behind them, not daring to step forward unscrupulously.
Surrounding Cao Shili; the Khitan archers on the ridges of the two wings were armed with short-range riding bows and did not have armor-piercing shields. The dodge space on the ridges was extremely limited, and they did not dare to easily approach Xu Huai's shooting range.
When the soldiers in the front line of the Qing Shun Army saw their leader coming up and killing three of the other archers in the blink of an eye with the rear archers, their morale was immediately boosted. They roared and gathered dragons around Cao Shili, further reducing the pressure on Cao Shili.
Ge Huaicong, Yue Hailou, Ge Yu and others could not help but turn their heads to look at Xu Huai.
It is not that no one in Tianxiong's army uses a hard bow that can shoot two hundred steps, but the key point is that no one in Tianxiong's army can use such a hard bow to shoot three accurate arrows in succession.
Ge Huaicong, Ge Yu and others were shocked by Xu Huai's archery skills and amazing physical strength.
Yue Hailou saw the strangeness of the three arrows and fired arrows from different arrow clusters in succession, further shortening the time difference between the second and third arrows, causing the Khitan warriors to have fatal illusions when they hurriedly blocked.
The three arrows in a row are much more sinister.
Is the reckless Xu Huaizhen just a foolhardy fool, as Zheng Hui secretly revealed before his death?
When Xu Huai faced the gazes of these people, he just looked back indifferently.
The Shengdemen city tower collapsed, and seven to eight hundred people, including Zhu Guangwu, the sixth general commander, were killed and injured by bricks and wood. He was really disappointed with these Tianxiong troops.
The main force of the Tianxiong Army is destined to be destroyed here. Even if Ge Huaicong and others can escape, Xu Huai no longer needs to look at their faces.
So, he decided not to pretend now.
As long as he has one or two thousand elite soldiers and horses that he can fully control to guard the border state, what will happen even if Yue Hailou knows through his tactics at this moment?
Yue Hailou reported to Cai Qing, dug up the old cases from that year, and used the imperial court's Shang Fang sword to kill him?
As for the moment, both Yue Hailou and Ge Huaicong had to worry about the messy situation in front of them and had no time to take care of him.
Although everyone was shocked by Xu Huai's astonishing archery skills, Yue Hailou also vaguely felt that there were huge errors in the information left by Zheng Hui and Dong Qifeng before his death, but what made them even more distressed at this time was indeed what the Hulu mob had said.
The fighting power and offensive will displayed; this is far beyond their imagination.
The combat effectiveness of the infantry of the Qingshun Army is indeed not very strong, but the question is, with more than 30,000 forbidden troops of the Tianxiong Army in Datong, the overall combat effectiveness must be stronger than that of the Qingshun Army?
Cao Shili did not dare to fight vigorously. He went to fight personally just to stabilize the position of the front team. After seeing that the Hulu mob stopped attacking fiercely, he escaped from the enemy and retreated.
"...I'm afraid we need to respond quickly!"
Cao Shili pulled out or broke several sharp arrows stuck in the gaps in the armor, and then with the help of the guards, he took off his armor so that doctors could deal with a few shallow arrow wounds. Compared with the arrow wounds, Cao Shili was more troubled
The headache is that the current situation is much worse than imagined.
At this time, they suddenly discovered that even the thirty to forty thousand Hulu young men in the city may not all have such strong fighting power and will to fight, but the streets in the north and south city areas were too narrow, and the mob could still use these narrow streets to kill them.
Restricted to the West City, they were unable to deploy their troops outside.
The Shengde Gate collapsed, and 40,000 soldiers and horses were held back in Xicheng. People were panic-stricken. Every day it was delayed was a heavy blow to the morale and morale of the troops.
"General Huaicong, we should immediately clear out the flammable huts in the west city and start storming the inner city to wait for reinforcements!" Yue Hailou said to Ge Huaicong, who looked a little pale.
The main street from Shengde Gate to the west gate of the inner city is the widest, with a length of 14 to 50 feet. At the same time, the inner city is close to the outside of the city wall. Within a stone's throw, there is only one street that is not very wide. At this time, the inner wall is already frozen.
, and there are no other buildings.
This is currently the only battlefield in Datong City where they can deploy their troops.
And launching a strong attack on the inner city of Datong immediately can also boost and maintain morale, allowing the 40,000 generals to quickly recover from their scattered state.
Otherwise, Yue Hailou suspected that they might not be able to hold on until the east route military reinforcements arrived.
"Yes, yes, send people out of the city immediately to find Liu Shi, Mr. Cai, please ask for reinforcements!" Ge Huaicong heard the word "reinforcements" mentioned by Yue Hailou in his mind, and hurriedly agreed.
"Reinforcements are to be invited. Liu Shuai and Ge Jinglue must immediately send people to report the news. However, we must first clear out the flammable houses in the west city to prevent the mob from setting fires - and if the inner city can be captured, the mob's
Morale will also be a heavy blow!" Zhu Hang said in a deep voice to Ge Huaicong.
"The mob was strong, but the remaining enemies in the inner city had no contact with them, and they did not take the opportunity to come out of the inner city to counterattack. It can be seen that thousands of enemy cavalry returned from Yingzhou for reinforcements and the captives rioted in the city, not the Xijing left-behind department, but the defense department
led by
The Ge family was deeply rooted in the Tianxiong Army, and almost all the commanders of the Du Yu Army, Du Yuhou, and the commanders of the camps were the confidants promoted by Ge Boyi.
Therefore, no matter how incompetent Ge Huaicong was, no one could replace him at this time. Yue Hailou could only patiently persuade Ge Huaicong to deal with it calmly, saying,
"We have 40,000 soldiers and horses, using the streets to resist the mob's attack. As long as we can capture the inner city, this battle will still be won..."
