Chapter seven hundred and eighty breaking out, a quick word
“Kill it, kill it—”
Another encounter came, and Zhu Biao no longer despised Hu Qi's tactics and complained that he didn't have 20,000 fine cavalry. Literary Museum could only have 10,000, and he was guaranteed to be able to defeat the 10,000 cavalry in front of him within an hour. A small number of Huqi have eaten them all. Let’s see if Uwetuo still dares to divide his troops and encircle them!
In a word, it is getting harder and harder to get along in Yanran Mountain.
More than 4,700 Hedong soldiers lined up in the Sirius formation and embedded themselves among thousands of barbarian cavalry. The situation was still the same as the previous three encounters, with overwhelming force and overwhelming force.
The Tianlang Formation is loosely covered, but its 'texture' is extremely hard. When it hits the Hu Qi Formation, the iron plow is plowing on the flesh and blood. Wherever it touches, there is a piece of flesh and blood, which is scratched on the Hu Qi Formation. A scar that cannot be hidden.
The troops from Hedong did not stop, and after breaking through the formation, they headed straight forward.
——At this point, there is no time to lose even a moment.
"How many soldiers were lost?" Zhu Biao frowned heavily. He had an estimate of more than a hundred people in his mind, which was more than the previous three battles, because currently half of the Hu cavalry were standing cavalry. The military and combat power are not comparable to those of the tribes behind them.
"Shen Xing——" The last trump card was opened. Zhu Biao forgot to take a look at the south. It was time to go back.
"Commander, eighty-nine of our brothers were killed, thirty-five were seriously injured, and more than three hundred were slightly injured."
"Old rules. The seriously injured are tied to the horse's back, and the slightly injured are wrapped in the middle. We still have a battle to fight."
Zhu Biao looked up at the falcon flying above his head, his eyes as cold as ice.
I have been circling Yanran Mountain for more than ten days. Not only did I attract a large number of Hu Cavalry troops, but also Uwetuo came back. What Ye Fuheng asked me to do was completed. If I don't leave, such encounters will become more and more frequent. The denser they are, the less likely they are to find an opportunity to attack the Royal Court of Yanran Mountain. They are just trying to lose their troops.
Less than two hours later, another encounter came.
The Hedong Army, which continued to charge the Tianlang Formation, continued to push through Hu Qi's blockage unstoppably.
"kill--"
"The warrior of Immortality..."
Two groups of about a thousand Golden Wolf Cavalry rushed toward the Hedong Army from both wings. The Hu people were smart and knew that frontal fighting could not stop the Han Army's charge, so they ambush two elite troops for a flank attack.
If two thousand golden wolf riders stabbed two knives into their waists, the total number of deaths of the Hedong Army would definitely exceed a thousand. But, can such a small trick deceive Zhu Biao? When he is a hundred-year-old commander, it is just a decoration. ?
With a loud roar, Zhu Biao led one of his troops and turned to the left. Dou Bing and Feng Enjiang led another group of soldiers and horses to turn to the right. The two cavalrymen each had about a thousand men. When they separated the large army, they did not cause any vitality. Chaos is as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water.
The two golden wolf cavalry were defeated, and Uweituo, who was watching the battle on the top of a mountain in the distance, closed his eyes in pain. He was helpless!
The Han army was too fast. Although Hu Qi was far more powerful than Zhu Biao, it was all in vain if he couldn't catch him. He tried his best to use the advantages of the birds, split them into parts, and weaved a big net. And the combat power of the Hedong cavalry was It’s really astonishing that twice as much combat power could not stop him for half an hour...
What else could Uwetuo do?
The dust faded away and nature returned to nature. After fighting out of Hu Qi's encirclement, Zhu Biao and everyone in the army felt relaxed, and they no longer had to worry about encountering the enemy. As for his marching speed. Hedong Everyone in the army was extremely confident. The number of people killed in the battle exceeded 600, including the seriously injured. Zhu Biao wanted to cross back to the east of the river in one step...
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Northwest battlefield.
"Uncle, since King Xia's army has retreated, do we still need to attack Gusheng? Is it..." Li Dai said cautiously. Looking at his uncle Li Teng's miserable face, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
His uncle was also the King of Xia, the King of Xia of the Three Kingdoms in the West, but in front of Ji Yuan, the eldest son of the Zhou Emperor, he was... so humble.
Ji Yuanjun was well prepared, and his plan to join forces with the Qiang people was also very well hidden. His posture even fooled his own allies!
Now that Ji Yuan has transferred his main force to the south, he is fine, but he has put a huge problem in front of the Xia and Xiliang armies. Li Dai sighed helplessly to himself. Some time ago, Zhang Fuyuan and even his own army
The friends I made in Prince Xia's Mansion all made some hints intentionally or unintentionally, asking Xia Jun and Xiliang Army to be quiet, especially the Li family!
However, the difference in perspective allowed Li Teng to make a judgment that could be called a major mistake. He believed that Ji Yuanjun intended to abandon the four northwest counties of Lanzhou and concentrate his forces to defend the source of the Wei River, the Yi River - the south bank of the Jinshui River. Such geographical advantages are from
The Qin army returned to the Xia king, which would inevitably contain the Qin army's military strength.
So in the following days, Li Teng strongly invited Jiang Wu, the leader of the Xiliang Kingdom, and asked him to attack Qin at the same time. In order to ensure that in the overall confrontation, Xia and Xiliang could take advantage of Qin.
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Jiang Wu was forced by the 500-year-old friendship between Xiliang and Xia. The ancestors of both families were famous ministers and generals of Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the overall situation in the northwest was previously controlled by Xia and Xiliang.
He agreed willingly. In this way, the Xia Army and the Xiliang Army were in the current dilemma.
Li Teng's face turned pale, and he loosened the military intelligence report sent by Ji Yuanjun overnight and dropped it on the desk. "Heaven can't help!" Instantly, a feeling of exhaustion and powerlessness surged into his heart.
heart.
Now looking back on Zhang Fuyuan's few words before, it was simply a subtle hint. Unfortunately, I thought in the wrong direction.
"Does this mean you have to do your own misfortune?" Li Teng said sadly in his heart. Everything was his own fault.
Moreover, Li Teng believed that the Xia Army's combat power was much better than that of the Xiliang Army and the Xiliang Kingdom. If he took the opportunity to attack the Qin State, the advantage he would get should be greater than that of the Xiliang Kingdom. The difference in thought is a thousand miles away.
Li Teng's mentality fell into paranoia because of this.
Should we blame Ji Yuanjun for not informing him? No, Li Teng won't. Ji Yuan's ambition is for the whole world. This kind of top-secret information related to the overall situation of the world is kept secret by everyone. How could he inform a weak ally? Fool
Won't do that either!
Li Teng could not guarantee that none of his subordinates and generals would be interested in going to Tianjing.
It was interesting enough that Zhang Fuyuan could make some hints before. With his eyes, he should have clearly seen that without his persistence in this battle, Jiang Wu would not have made a big move. Convincing himself is tantamount to convincing.
Xiliang Kingdom, at this point, he thought wrongly. "Oh, it's your own fault!" Li Teng's face turned even grayer.
Strength, everything depends on strength. With a self-deprecating smile, Li Teng leaned weakly on the back of his seat. If Xia Jun was one of the strongest armies in the world like Qin Jun, how could Ji Yuan dare to join forces with Jiang Wu?
How dare you hide the situation when you despise yourself so much? It has been 500 years since the ancestors of the Li and Jiang families founded the country. Qin State, which needs checks and balances, is still full of vitality, but Xia State and Xiliang State are facing the sunset. They look no more than Qilu.
These two trash companies are one step ahead.
"Withdraw?" Li Teng turned to his nephew, the best rising star in the Xia royal family, "If we withdraw this time, not to mention the centuries-old reputation of the Li family will be completely destroyed. How will we resist the Qin army's attack in the future?
?" If this battle is retreated without a fight, the alliance between the Xia and Xiliang armies will be a bit like a paper tiger. When the Qin State calms down, it will definitely take revenge on the Xia State and the Xiliang State. By that time, you can still
Do you expect the two horses to work together again?
"To attack, we must capture Gusheng. Otherwise, the five-hundred-year alliance will disappear!" Either in name and in reality, it will become a vassal of Ji Yuanjun completely, and Xia Guozuo will be completely thrown into the hands of King Xia, who is not in a good situation.
Then insist on a certain degree of independence. Only aim your swords and guns at the Qin army, capture Gusheng City, and don't sink yourself into the big quagmire of the Central Plains battlefield.
There is only one way for Xia State to take down Gusheng...
Li Teng closed his eyes with exhaustion. "My dear nephew, send a letter to your eldest brother. Write it all clearly and let Chao'er think about it carefully. You will have to walk on your own in the future!"
"Yes, uncle." Li Dai responded in a low voice, feeling depressed and no longer as excited as he was when he received the letter.
"Go and write the letter carefully, write it all, write it all..."
There was no reply, Li Dai bowed and then turned around and exited the king's tent.
"Let Xiu'er, Tie'er and Ling Ming come in."
Just when Li Dai was about to exit the tent, Li Teng's voice sounded again.
"It's Uncle Wang." Li Dai echoed, knowing in his heart that another bloodshed by Xia Jun was about to begin.
After exiting the tent and passing Li Teng's message, Li Dai returned to his tent. He studied ink and spread out a piece of silk. He did not write immediately, but calmed down and began to think carefully.
Just as Li Teng said, Li Dai wanted to write the current situation of the Xia Army, the situation of the Xiliang Army, the situation in Xiyu, Ji Yuan Army and even the general situation of the Central Plains into this silk. He understood his uncle's situation.
I mean, the eldest brother has an arrogant and fierce temperament. If he is not allowed to truly understand, he may cause uncontrollable disaster at some point.
The drums beat and the trumpets sound.
Then came the galloping of thousands of horses and the roar of people. Then after a while, the sound of fierce fighting was faintly heard.
Xia Jun's camp is ** miles away from the east gate of Gusheng City, and the sound of fighting can still be heard clearly.
Li Dai was still sitting peacefully in the tent.
Three days later, the elite of Ji Yuan's army, numbering tens of thousands, arrived.
It was just stated in the letter that Ji Yuanjun's army supported Xia and Xiliang each with 10,000 infantry troops, with Xiang supporting the two horses to attack the city.
The troops that arrived at Gusheng City were led by Ji Yuan's deputy commander Lei Guanglong. Their equipment was very luxurious and their combat power was astonishing.
Li Dai sighed. In the past few days of tentative siege, the Xia army had lost more than 5,000 people, and the total number of casualties was over 10,000. Although the bones and muscles were not injured, the Gusheng city in the hands of the Qin army was also intact.
Unabated but wavering.
Li Dai knew that because the Xia army's troops entering Qin's territory far exceeded the Qin army's garrison strength, the Qin army did not put up much resistance in other counties and directly gathered troops in Gusheng to defend it. It can be said that in terms of progress,
The Xia army's progress was good. But in reality, the Qin army's losses were minimal.
Gusheng East Gate.
Li Teng and Yan said: "General Lei, it's time to start."
"Follow the king's order" No matter what, Li Teng is still the king of Xia, and he is a king who dares to personally lead troops to conquer. Lei Guanglong must maintain respect.
More than ten people on fast horses suddenly dispersed from the center of the military formation to the surrounding areas. Lei Guanglong also had messengers. Military orders were passed down layer by layer. Suddenly, the low sound of horns and the sound of war drums became vigorous and exciting, rolling endlessly.
The sound of beating drums beat like raindrops on the hearts of all the soldiers in the army.
Amidst the rapid sound of horse hooves, Lei Guanglong, surrounded by his personal guards, galloped to the front of the 10,000 Ji Yuan army. Arriving in front of the formation, Lei Guanglong raised the spear in his hand and raised it to the sky, drawing his neck and shouting. More than a dozen personal guards attacked at the same time.
Ma Chang howled: "The general has ordered, the whole army will attack!"
A total of three thousand heavy infantry, real heavy infantry, each wearing sixty pounds of infantry armor. Three thousand pairs of footsteps stepped heavily on the ground, gathering into a suffocating roar. Neat, thick,
There is a rhythm. The sound of every step is filled with the spirit of bloodshed.
The infantry phalanx of three thousand people began to move forward slowly. Two thousand infantry archers in the rear line followed closely, along with thirty wells, ten siege towers and twenty chariots and crossbows. These equipments were all
It was transported by Lei Guanglong via carriage, and it only took one night to assemble it.
The Chinese army is in formation.
A flash of surprise flashed across Li Teng's eyes. He was worthy of being the elite of Ji Yuan's army. This infantry was neatly lined up, heavily armored, and marched orderly and quickly. It could be regarded as an elite force in the world.
"Boom!" Three thousand heavy armored infantry stopped two hundred steps in front of the east gate. Then two thousand heavy shield soldiers + sword players stepped out, forming three heavy shield walls in front of the formation to cover those who followed.
The two thousand archers who came forward advanced towards the city head step by step.
On the city tower, Qin General Yan Jun's eyes narrowed and he shouted loudly: "Fire the crossbow——"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The sound of neat crossbow bolts piercing the air echoed at the top of the city. Rows of crossbow bolts with the same height and direction shot out from the top of the city on the east side of Gusheng.
At the same time, there were a few good friends and arrows that were too fast to catch with the naked eye.
"Raise-shield!"
Just in front of him, Sima of the First Army of Ji Yuan's Army gave an order, and he saw three rows of heavy shield soldiers and sword players lifting the large shields with animal masks and long swallow-tail cards in their hands to their upper bodies.
The animal-faced shield is rectangular as a whole, but the tail shrinks into a diamond-sword shape. There is also a diamond-sword-shaped gap of the same size on the upper part. It can be said to be an enlarged and enhanced version of the long swallow-tail shield, with heavy wood and iron plates, and the outer cover is raw cowhide.
, weighing more than thirty kilograms.
For example, if you lift a large shield to your chest, the diamond-shaped notch in the upper part is in front of your head, which is convenient for external observation. And if you lift it to your upper body, it will cover your whole body diagonally.
A thousand large shields with animal masks were raised, plus two thousand swallow-tailed long cards, which had been connected one after another into a whole before the arrows came——
The gap in the upper part coincides with the tail of the big shield in the next column, forming a solid wall.
The crossbow bolts poured from the air struck, making a dense and muffled sound like rain hitting banana trees. But this obviously did not cause much damage. Compared with the feather arrows, the number of crossbow bolts was a hundred times more, but the damage was disproportionately low.
Ji Yuanjun, who was hiding behind the large shield, was not killed by the crossbow arrows at all, but ten feather arrows pierced twenty-three shields, killing fifty or sixty people.
"Go forward -" Sima of the former army who had already checked the terrain shouted loudly. There was a smooth road ahead. The heavy shield and sword players didn't need to do any observation at all. It didn't matter whether they could see or not, as long as they kept their heads down and moved forward.
Just leave.
Take advantage of the interval after the bed crossbow is fired for a while.
Thirty and fifty steps later, the bed crossbow at the top of the city was fired again, and Ji Yuanjun suffered dozens of casualties. However, the few small gaps that opened were immediately filled up by the crowd as soon as they appeared, and the shield wall became tight again.
Eighty steps, one hundred steps, the third strike did not arrive, ten feather arrows flew out, but the target was changed to the siege tower.
The heavy shield hit the ground hard, and there was a deafening bang. Almost instantly, the three rows of Ji Yuanjun who were slowly moving forward turned into a mountain made of steel, standing firmly on the endless arrows.
In the rain.
Almost as soon as the front army formed their formation, the archers under the shields had already drawn arrows from their quivers and inserted arrows in the row in front of them. Ji Yuanjun's counterattack began——
"Fire the arrow..." A long, hysterical howl
The long bow was held in the hand, and the sharp arrow was placed on the string. Following the order, the two thousand archers of Ji Yuan's army opened the bow together, buckled the string, and pointed the arrow into the sky. The movements were neat and done in one go.
Two thousand sharp eagle-feathered arrows shot into the air, and a shrill scream sounded in the air.
"Papa..." But the arrows from the two armies collided in the air.
The distance of a hundred steps came in an instant. After the collision, Ji Yuanjun's arrows, which were still like clouds, flew through the sky unaffected, and landed on the head of Gusheng City in an instant, carrying with them a rain of eagle-feathered arrows with huge lethality.
Like pouring down.
"Dudu" - a low, muffled sound, which is caused by the arrow hitting the shield.
"Dangdang" - crisp and sharp, it was struck on the bluestone of the city wall.
"Puch..."
"ah……"
The sound of flesh penetration, the sound of screams. Dying, miserable.
The dense rain of arrows from both armies was like reincarnation after reincarnation, constantly hammering and sharpening the nerves of the two soldiers at the top of the city.
"Uh, don't squeeze..." There were also some panic sounds on the city top. Compared with Ji Yuan's elite pro-army troops who had experienced many wars, although the Qin army had a grand reputation, the quality of Yan Jun's men was obviously inferior.
Quite a few.
Forty wells and ten siege towers are all eight feet and five feet high, a little higher than the city wall of Gusheng. The base is five feet square, and the length and width from the top are two feet each. They are divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower.
On each floor, thirty, forty or sixty people can be arranged respectively.
When these wells and siege towers reached the front of Gusheng City, the Xia army, with three thousand heavy infantry in hand, won the final victory.
Li Teng will eventually be able to capture Gusheng County. But when the main force of the Qin army returns to attack later, only God knows whether he can hold on and continue to expand his territory.
Li Teng didn't need to think about that, he only needed to capture Gusheng County. Stimulated by the Xia army, Jiang Wuding would also increase his offensive intensity, so that the old situation in the west corner could be maintained.
Ji Yuan turned around, and Li Teng no longer expected to destroy Qin, and was proud of himself. He only wanted this now——
