Jiang Yiqu looked from a distance and saw that the Yan army began to divide its troops for defense. He raised his spear and pointed it at the military camp and laughed loudly: "Zhang He is really a mediocre person. Such a person can be selected into the Eighteen Hussars of Yanyun. It can be seen that
The Yan army does not have many generals."
Lu Kuang asked: "I heard that Zhang He and Han Meng are from the same hometown. They studied the art of war together since they were young. Generals should not be careless."
"Little Zhang He is not worth mentioning. Even Han Meng would never have been reused if he hadn't followed my old master earlier than me. Han Meng only relied on his superior swordsmanship. A mountain villager knows what the art of war is.
"Young man Zhang He is nothing more than this. Today I will cut off Zhang He's head to show off the power of our army. I will let all the Yan army know that I, Jiang Yiqu, am no less good than Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Han Meng and others!" Jiang Yiqu said in a boastful tone.
Lu Xiang remained silent. After hearing what Jiang Yiqu said, he asked: "How does the general know that Zhang He is a mediocre person?"
Jiang Yiqu smiled and said: "Look, although the enemy camp has divided its troops for defense, unfortunately there are only 500 soldiers on the left and right wings. How can they withstand Zhang Nan and Zhang Wei's two thousand cavalry?"
Jiang Qi also took a look, glanced over, and saw that the distribution of troops in the enemy camp was exactly as Jiang Yiqu said. He turned around and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Bring the chain armor!"
The soldier said "Promise", ran towards the rear army, took down a package carried by the horse from an unmanned horse, then returned to the front army again and handed the package to Jiang Qi.
Jiang Qi immediately took off the iron armor he was wearing, took out the family's chain armor from his baggage, put it on directly, cheered up, and said to Jiang Yi: "General, I'm ready. I'm giving the order."
Bar!"
Jiang Qi was wearing a heavy chain armor. The chain armor was made of double iron plates. The outermost one covering his chest was an iron plate about three centimeters thick. There was a distance between the middle and the iron plate next to his body.
In the air, if the arrow penetrates the first layer of iron
The arrowhead part of the arrow would be blocked in the air layer due to the huge resistance, but it could not penetrate the underlying iron plate he was wearing, and there was also a thick layer of cowhide in the middle air layer.
, is also carefully designed to weaken the power of arrows.
When Jiang Yiqu saw Jiang Qi put on the chain armor, he knew that Jiang Qi was ready to risk his life. He saw that there was no damage on the front of the chain armor, so he was very curious and asked: "What's on your chain armor?"
Wasn't it shot through more than a dozen holes? Why can't you see a trace?"
Jiang Qi smiled and said: "General, you don't know. It is said in my family that the chain armor is movable. The iron plate in the front can be removed and replaced with a new one at will."
Jiang Yi channel: "Okay, very good. In that case, you will charge first."
Jiang Qidao: "No! General, please give the order!"
Jiang Yiqu immediately issued the order: "Attack!"
After giving the order, Jiang Qi held a long spear and wore a heavy chain armor. He yelled "drive" and galloped out at the lead. He leaned on the horse's back and looked from a distance, only to see a fast horse.
The horse rushed forward, but the man on the horse could not be seen, and the thousand cavalry led behind him followed closely. When rushing forward, they formed a conical formation used for cavalry attacks and headed towards the Yan army camp.
And go.
"Lü Kuang, Lu Xiang, you two attack now!" Jiang Yiqu ordered.
Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang said "promise" and quickly attacked with a thousand cavalry, forming a second cone-shaped cavalry formation.
Jiang Yiqu waited for Lu Kuang. After Lu Xiang led the soldiers for a distance, he moved his spear forward and rushed forward with the remaining one thousand cavalry, forming a third wave of impact formation.
Zhang Nan and Zhang Wei, who were far away on the left and right wings of the Yan army, saw Jiang Qi taking the lead and rushed forward. They both gave orders at the same time and rushed towards the left and right sides of the Yan army's camp with their own thousand cavalry.
Zhang Nan and Zhang Wei were very happy when they saw that there were only 500 people assigned to defend, and everyone had bright smiles on their faces.
Pan Xiang and He Ning saw Zhao Jun's five thousand cavalry pressing over. The two of them looked at each other, a smile appeared on the corners of their mouths, and at the same time ordered: "The whole army retreats three feet!"
After giving the order, the five thousand crossbowmen all started to retreat three feet away, then clasped their arrows in their hands and stared at the invading enemy with cold eyes.
Jiang Qi, Zhang Nan, and Zhang Wei rushed up almost at the same time. Each of the three led a thousand cavalry under their command to rush into the Yan army camp from the left, center, and right. Seeing that the Yan army soldiers retreated without a fight, they all thought it was a disaster.
Frightened by their majestic momentum, all the cavalrymen felt a burst of joy in their hearts.
However, things were not as simple as Jiang Qi, Zhang Nan, and Zhang Wei imagined. When they galloped to a distance of thirty meters from the Yan Army camp, they had not yet received the arrow formation of Yan Army soldiers, and the rapidly galloping horses started to rush.
one after another
The horses stumbled, and the horses screaming heart-breakingly fell to the ground, overturning all the cavalry on their backs. The legs of all the horses running at the front were trapped in a hole that could only accommodate the horse's legs.
In potholes big and small.
The cavalry were knocked off their horses and rolled on the ground several times. However, what they didn't expect was that while rolling, they were unknowingly injured. Their arms and thighs, which were not covered by armor,
Even his face felt as painful as if extremely tiny needles had been pierced into his flesh.
The man in front fell on his back, and the cavalry rushing from behind had no time to rein in the horses. The cavalry rushed towards the horses blocking the road, causing a group of people to fall off their horses.
Jiang Qi was still rolling on the ground, but every time he rolled, his body that was not covered by the chain armor felt as if it had been pierced by thousands of needles, making him, a determined man, grinning in pain. He finally stopped,
He was about to stand up with his hands on the ground, but decided
With his eyes, he saw densely packed long steel nails as thin as needles arranged on the ground. The steel nails were buried in the loess and could not be noticed at first glance. He felt as if he was lying on the ground composed of ten thousand needles.
There were tiny wounds all over his body.
"What the hell is this..."
Jiang Qi was still cursing when he suddenly heard the sound of arrows piercing the air. He turned his face and saw dense arrows falling from the sky. Before he could dodge, several arrows were shot into his face, and his eyes
, forehead
, with arrows sticking out of his mouth, making him unrecognizable. He screamed in pain, and although he was covered with the family's chain armor, it could not help him avoid the arrows again, and finally lay on the dense steel nails.
He struggled on the ground until he died.
Zhang Nan and Zhang Wei's wings were also severely damaged. The difference was that what they encountered were not steel nails. After the pit where the horse's leg was sunk overturned some cavalry, the Yan army soldiers who had been guarding the camp for a long time
At the same time, they pulled up the horses buried under the loess. Sharp wooden stakes suddenly appeared in front of the cavalry. The cavalry who had no time to rein in the horses could only rush into the horses quickly, and both men and horses were impaled.
die.
Fortunately for Zhang Nan and Zhang Wei, they did not rush too far forward. Instead, they charged into the formation with cavalry. They hid in the middle of the cavalry and commanded. The two of them reined in the horses in time and almost hit the horse. The two of them
I just breathed a sigh of relief and secretly felt happy
They survived the catastrophe, but they didn't know that the five hundred crossbowmen guarding the barracks had already aimed at them. One after another, they fired crossbow arrows from the crossbows and flew over like locusts, killing the remaining hundreds of Zhang Nan and Zhang Wei.
The cavalry shot again and the man fell on his back.
"Ah..." Unexpectedly, Zhang Wei screamed and was hit in the face by a crossbow arrow, falling directly from his horse.
Zhang Nan was very smart. He jumped off the horse and hid behind the hill where the corpses were piled up, avoiding the accurate crossbow shots of the Yan army. He leaned against the corpse with his back, and the spear in his hand was no longer known to be thrown.
Where is it? He covered his rapidly beating chest with both hands. His heart was full of fear, and his eyes were even more horrified.
One by one, the cavalrymen fell off their horses. Only a few smart people survived, but everyone was terrified.
In an instant change, the three thousand Zhao Jun cavalry that rushed towards the left, middle and right sides of the Yan Army's camp immediately turned into nothing. Jiang Qi and Zhang Wei were killed in battle. Zhang Nan and the remaining hundreds of people all looked frightened, and were filled with fear in their hearts.
The Yan army was full of fear.
Seeing this, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang hurriedly reined in their horses, their faces even more astonished. They never expected that the defense of the Yan army's camp was so tight.
Jiang Yiqu rushed over from behind and was shocked when he saw the dead bodies in front of him.
"General, the Yan army's camp is very tightly defended. Our army has lost about 4,000 cavalry, but the enemy army is unscathed. If we don't retreat, I'm afraid the entire army will be annihilated." Lu Kuang said hurriedly.
Jiang Yiqu didn't even think about it. As soon as he heard what Lu Kuang said, he shouted loudly: "Retreat! Retreat quickly. The Yan army is really terrible. Retreat to the city quickly."
At the command, Jiang Yiqu turned his horse around and retreated first. Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang followed closely, while Zhang Nan, who was hiding aside, gathered the remaining soldiers and used the cover of the corpses to leave the battlefield and return to the west gate together.
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As soon as the crisis of sneak attack on the military camp was resolved, Pan Xiang and He Ning were relieved. Seeing Zhao Jun go away, they ordered the soldiers to go out of the camp to clean the battlefield.
In front of the south gate of Yecheng, Han Meng took the initiative to lower the suspension bridge in order to cooperate with the attack by Jiang Yiqu and others. After opening the city gate, he personally put on his armor and led a thousand soldiers to pour out from the city gate.
Xu Huang and Pang De led the heavy infantry and heavy cavalry to hide behind the earth wall. When they saw the men led by Han Meng coming out, the two looked at each other, feeling that the soldiers led by Han Meng were strange and abnormal.
At this time, Zhang He rode his horse to the front army. Seeing Xu Huang and Pang De, they had begun to move slowly. Han Meng came over from the suspension bridge with a thousand soldiers holding long wooden stakes. He suddenly felt very
Out of curiosity, he secretly cried out in his heart: "What is Han Meng going to do? Come here with a sharp wooden stake to die?"
(Author's note: I may stay in Beijing for a few more days and will go back around March 5th. The update has been delayed. Please forgive me, book friends.)