When Li Jue saw Li Tie attacking his troops, he roughly understood everything. He had fallen into the enemy's plot. However, he had 50,000 people, and he had 50,000 people ambushed here. Even high-ranking officials
Fei and Sun Jian resorted to counter-siege. He still had an advantage in terms of military strength. Even if there were two against one, he would still fight this battle.
"Fire the arrow!" Li Jue changed from his usual charge into battle, rode his horse back into the dense forest, and shouted loudly to the crossbowmen who had been prepared.
Arrows flew in unison, bowstrings and machine guns rang softly, and thousands of arrows were shot at the infantry in the middle of the official road. The arrows penetrated the leather shields of the soldiers on the official road, passed through the soldiers' armor, and brought up a wave of arrows.
There was a lot of blood, and the soldiers in the front fell down in a row. Human lives were withering and falling in this cold moonlit night, without any retention.
Gao Fei was shocked. He had underestimated the Xiliang soldiers. When the arrows shot through the soldiers' shields like rain, he realized that the arrows shot from the dense forest were not what ordinary crossbows could do.
He held the spear tightly in his hand and stabbed at the cavalry in front of him. After stabbing two cavalry to death in a row, a loud whistle sounded in his ears, which was the usual secret signal of his Feiyu Army.
The whistle was melodious, revolving, sonorous and powerful, and the interruptions were very regular. It was similar to the chirping of birds and the cry of a white ape, and the words "There is no one on the right, please concentrate on the left" were played clearly.
As soon as Gao Fei heard the whistle, he hurriedly said to Sun Jian: "Brother Wentai! The enemy is only ambushing on the left side of the official road. There is no one on the right side. Please have the authority to attack the left side. The enemy's arrows are very tough and can kill three people."
The shields are stacked together, and as long as we block the enemy's fierce attack, we have an opportunity to counterattack."
Sun Jian shouted "Okay" and immediately issued the order.
The armored soldiers who were originally guarding the right side of the official road immediately turned around, and the soldiers in the front row quickly folded up their shields and leaned against their bodies. The people in the front row concentrated on holding their shields, and the soldiers in the back
The spearmen assassinated the cavalry in front. In just a moment, a shield wall stopped them in the rain of arrows.
The arrows shot in the dense forest were very powerful, and they penetrated two leather shields in succession. When they encountered the third leather shield, they were already at the end of their crossbows. Although they were also shot through, only the arrows were exposed, not like
It can penetrate the human body again like before. Moreover, the strong arrows firmly nail the originally unstable shield together, making the three shields become a seamless whole.
Regarding the choice of shield, Sun Jian was indeed negligent. In order to increase the speed of the army, he abandoned the iron shield wrapped in iron sheets and chose a leather shield that could block many types of arrows. However, he made a mistake today. He saw that because
The soldier who was killed by an arrow due to his own mistake felt a trace of guilt in his heart.
Li Jue saw the shield positions set up on the official road and many spears hindering the cavalry's attack, which made the cavalry suddenly afraid. Seeing the sharp spears, he had to order the cavalry to temporarily stop the attack.
He turned to kill Li Tie and others who rebelled against him, but let the infantry charge into the formation under the cover of archers.
Gao Fei noticed this movement and said to Sun Jian: "Brother Wentai, I leave this to you. I have to command my men. Li Jue has already started to attack them."
Sun Jian took off the ancient ingot knife tied around his waist, thrust it into Gao Fei's hand, and said, "Use the knife for close combat. I'll hold off the enemy here. Brother, don't worry!"
Gao Fei did not hesitate and held the ancient ingot knife in his hand. He felt that the ancient ingot knife was very thick and the handle felt very comfortable to hold. He immediately dropped the spear in his hand and took the ancient ingot knife out of its sheath.
Carrying the simple and sharp knife, he walked out of the battle formation.
Li Jue's infantry had already rushed towards Sun Jian's military formation, but Sun Jian's military formation was defended like a thick wall. The spears continued to stab forward in the gap between the shields, piercing through one after another.
An enemy was killed, and countless arrows were densely blocked outside. Only a few arrows flew high into the sky, shooting down a dozen unsuspecting soldiers behind him.
The cavalry was moving rapidly to the west. On the western edge of the dense forest, Li Tie and more than 700 people were fighting bloody battles. They wanted to create a little chaos and cut a bloody path directly from the right wing of Li Jue's army. Unexpectedly, they had just started
After attacking and killing them, the infantry on the right wing of Li Jue's army quickly surrounded them, relying on the human wall to seal Li Tie and others tightly.
Blood was spilled all over the ground, and surrounded by enemies everywhere, the advantage of the cavalry suddenly weakened. The infantrymen of Li Jue's army, armed with long spears, began to take advantage of the weapons in their hands to press forward step by step. However, they saw a forest of spears, and the sharp spear heads were shining in the moonlight.
Shining with cold light.
The cavalry on the periphery were already on their backs. As soon as the saber in their hands cut off the head of an infantryman, the exposed holes in their bodies were immediately attacked by more than a dozen or twenty spears. One after another, the cavalrymen were killed by the infantry of Li Jue's army.
"Get off the horse!" Li Tie jumped off the horse and stabbed the horse under him in the buttocks with the saber in his hand.
The war horse felt the heartbreaking pain, let out a long neigh, and rushed towards the crowd in front like crazy.
The rest of the Feiyu Army soldiers followed suit, and the remaining more than 500 war horses rushed out of the encirclement like headless flies, trampling some unprepared infantry to death.
However, this situation was fleeting, and the gap was quickly blocked, and the Xiliang cavalry not far away came over with their sabers waving and howling.
Li Tie realized the seriousness of the problem and he was likely to die in battle. When he turned around and saw the people around him, he shouted loudly: "We are also from Liangzhou. We are the best in Liangzhou, Feiyu
The elite of the army, show our strength and let these people see who is the real warrior!"
"The brave will win when we meet on a narrow road!" The remaining 500 people quickly dispersed into teams of ten. Without anyone's command, they could cooperate with each other in the most tacit understanding. In groups of ten, they would not retreat but advance.
, raised the saber in their hands, and began to counterattack the enemies surrounding them. With great momentum, they fearlessly rushed out in different directions in an attempt to get out of the encirclement.
The blade slid across the neck, and a human head fell to the ground. The body in front of him suddenly tensed and twitched, trembling for a while, consuming all the last traces of life hidden in the body.
The quick counterattack by Li Tie and others gave the enemy a hint of fear. Looking at these ferocious-looking men fighting against trapped beasts, for some reason, the soldiers of Li Jue's army felt a roar from the earth, and the ground beneath their feet began to shake slightly.
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However, these soldiers of Li Jue's army knew very well that it was not their cavalry that caused the ground to shake so strongly, but the thunderous sound of horse hooves coming from far and near from the outside. Then the shouts of killing that resounded from all directions were heard.
Everyone was shocked: "Are you surrounded?"
A little hesitation made Li Tie and others seize the opportunity. They knew in their hearts that reinforcements had arrived, their cavalry team had arrived, and the most intense part of the battle would soon begin. The smell of blood made each of them feel...
Feeling great excitement, he quickly approached the enemy soldiers, swung his sword to cut off the spears thrust in front of him, while his companions cut down the infantrymen who had broken off their weapons. After a short while, the counterattack began to take effect.
Gao Fei had already rushed over as fast as he could. With the sharpness of the sword in his hand, he chopped down many soldiers who came to stop him. This time, he became very brave, although he might be injured again.
But he saw a hint of panic on the faces of the enemy soldiers, and the constant shouts of killing coming from a distance also achieved the purpose of intimidating the enemy.
"Allied reinforcements are coming, we are surrounded..." He sized up the situation and shouted loudly while slashing forward, allowing him to successfully fight a bloody path and tear open the encirclement that had not yet been participated by the cavalry.
He opened the mouth and soon saw Li Tie and others fighting out of it.
Once they met, without saying much, Gao Fei immediately turned around and went back to fight. He saw that the encirclement gradually spread out from the initial palm-sized area, and there were corpses left in the open space behind them. The more they fought, the braver they became.
At this time, Li Jueshang was commanding the soldiers to fight in the dense forest. What he didn't expect was that none of Guo Si and Xu Rong's troops showed up. He didn't know what happened, and he didn't understand why. He
Suddenly I remembered Li Ru's hearty answer today, and seemed to have noticed something, feeling a sense of sadness and anger in my heart.
"General, the enemy's reinforcements...are coming from all directions and have surrounded us all. I don't know how many there are?" the scout reported in a panic.
"Why are you panicking? Our army still has more than 20,000 people, and the enemy's army combined is only more than 10,000. Even if two of them fight one, they will still be killed. The enemy's reinforcements are nothing to be afraid of. No matter how they support them, they are still those people.
The order is passed and the whole army will fight to the bitter end. Anyone who dares to take a step back will be killed without mercy!"
Li Jue knew very well that this was the same as the worst-case scenario he had thought of before. The enemy was using counter-encirclement to surround them. But he had already been betrayed by Guo Si, Xu Rong, and Li Ru. If at this time
If he ordered a retreat, the morale of the whole army would plummet. He could not retreat, and he did not want to retreat. He believed that he still had the capital to counterattack, and he could launch a counterattack and kill both Gao Fei and Sun Jian.
"Li Ru, Guo Si, Xu Rong, wait until I kill Gao Fei, and Sun Jian, I will settle the score with you when I get back!"
Li Jue's eyes revealed a fierce look, looking at the armored army in front of him that was attacking Sun Jian's remaining more than a thousand people, he shouted loudly: "Charge over! Kill these people at all costs!"