Although the combat effectiveness of Fan Bei's rebel army is not as good as that of southern Xinjiang's elite.
However, under the attack from two fronts, the morale of the Shu army obviously changed.
Even the elite members of the Shu army had panicked looks on their faces, let alone the new soldiers and local troops.
After all, what they are facing now is a double attack.
Not to mention Fan Bei and others, let's just talk about the Xiangyang army at the top of the line.
Many soldiers have seen how strong their fighting power is.
At this moment, the two parties are launching an attack on their own side. Even the centurion, who is experienced in combat, is having a hard time keeping his mind calm at this moment. .??.
Fortunately, Xie Guangxian reacted quickly and immediately sent his own generals down to stabilize people's hearts.
In the end, some of the manpower was successfully transferred out of the middle circle battlefield and went to the front to resist the attack of the Xiangyang army.
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Outside Qutang Pass.
Not only Xu Lang, the commander-in-chief of the march, personally led the charge, but even the commander-in-chief Gao Zhixing had boarded the battlefield to personally direct the attack.
This guy only adheres to one principle from beginning to end.
If we don't fight, we will fight. As long as we fight, it will be the final decisive battle.
Moreover, Gao Zhixing is fully confident about this battle.
As mentioned before, Qutang Pass relies on that narrow road.
The narrow passage was only thirty to fifty meters long, but even at this distance, it almost became a chasm beyond the reach of the enemy.
This is not because of anything else, but because the city wall of Qutang Pass is only five hundred steps away from the end of the narrow passage.
This means that even though the cannons that are higher up are more sophisticated, they can shoot farther.
But it was impossible to open up the formation in a narrow channel and let the artillery fire exert its full power.
However, the Shu army was able to take advantage of this and launch all firepower attacks on Gao Zhixing's side on the city wall.
You know, in the age of firearms, once one party's positions were too dense, it was equivalent to giving the other party a life.
A single volley from the opponent can directly knock out several or even a dozen artillery pieces on Gao Zhixing's side. >
Gao Zhixing naturally knew this result in advance, so he avoided fighting in the early stage.
Even in battle, they were outside the narrow passage, taking advantage of their own more sophisticated artillery to harass the enemy from a distance.
But things are different now.
Because of Fan Bei's rebellion, the Shu army's internal defense was empty.
The sentries had no time to send out a signal due to the rapid clearance of the personnel arranged by Gao Zhixing.
And Gao Zhixing and their speed are also fast.
Almost in an instant, they pushed the artillery through the narrow road that was regarded as a natural chasm, and approached the city of Qutangguan.
After a round of artillery fire, the scene just now occurred.
The city wall of Qutang Pass collapsed.
At this moment, the soldiers of the Xiangyang Army seemed to be going crazy.
With almost no command from the generals, the sword and shield wielders arrayed in front of the formation charged toward Qutang Pass with howls.
The distance of three to five hundred steps is almost a matter of lightning and flint.
Before the first batch of Shu army reinforcements arrived, many soldiers of the Xiangyang army had already rushed into the pass through the damaged gap.
The soldiers from the two sides didn't say anything and started fighting together.
Although the Shu army rushed into battle, this army was the elite main force of the Shu army and had a strong ability to adjust.
Almost immediately after a brief period of confusion, he quickly adjusted.
Three or five soldiers began to gather together and cooperate with each other to counterattack the enemy troops that were charging in.
You know, these soldiers all came down from the battlefield.
Not to mention having experienced hundreds of battles, he is also full of combat experience.
And because wars often broke out in Shu in the past few years, although these soldiers were still government soldiers in name, they had actually become mercenaries.
They only go home a few times and train in the military almost all year round.
Therefore, when three or five Shu soldiers cooperated with each other to strangle the enemy, the degree of tacit understanding displayed was far beyond what an ordinary army could match.
And in ancient wars.
Once a tacit understanding is formed between soldiers and soldiers, there is cooperation.
Then this army is the king's division, an elite division, and there is no need to argue.
Because this is what the Liangzhou Army is like.
And the tactics they adopted were also based on cooperation between three or five people.
Even after Li Chengqian took charge of the Liangzhou Army, he refined this tactic. The three-man battle method and the five-man battle method were arranged from here.
This tactic caused the Liangzhou Army to suffer a lot when it fought with other armies.
After all, in the face of units that cooperate with each other, units that do not cooperate are equivalent to a group of rabble.
At this moment, the Xiangyang army is that rabble.
To be honest, even Xu Lang, who led his troops to attack the city, didn't expect it.
Tens of thousands of people on our side were unable to break through the defense line garrisoned by 2,000 people at one time.
Even when the enemy had no city defense, our own side suffered heavy casualties.
Seeing the wounded soldiers being carried out from the battlefield one by one by civilians, Xu Lang became a little anxious.
He shouted straight behind him: "Come on, come on, come on."
"People from Bingzhou Army, Youzhou Army, and Qingzhou Army are all watching from behind."
"If we can't take Qutang Pass today, we won't have to go back. I can't afford to lose that person."
In fact, he didn't even need to say this, the soldiers knew it in their hearts.
We are from the Xiangyang Army, who is known as the second son of the imperial court.
Whenever the imperial court distributed supplies, the Xiangyang Army followed closely behind the Liangzhou Army.
The Liangzhou Army was the main army of the imperial court. Having been outside for years to expand territory for the Tang Dynasty, of course he must be ranked first, this is undisputed.
But the second one was issued to the Xiangyang Army, which really caused a lot of controversy among the people.
You know, the wars in the Tang Dynasty basically took place in the northeast, northwest and north.
Therefore, Datang's three ace armies were created.
The Liangzhou Army on Longyou Road in the northwest, the Bingzhou Army on Hedong Road in the north, and the Youzhou Army on Hebei Road.
Even the Qingzhou Army of Henan Province is active on the battlefield all year round.
But this Xiangyang Army, after quelling the domestic war, basically never participated in the war except for being led by Li Chongyi to the Western Regions.
But why can they be ranked behind the Liangzhou Army when picking up equipment?
Even if someone explained that they were the reserve corps of the imperial court, they were used to deal with changes in Jiannan Road and Longyou Road.
But how many people can be convinced by this reason?
As a soldier and general of the Xiangyang Army, he would be pulled out and whipped almost every time during a meeting of the Ministry of War.
This also resulted in many soldiers of the Xiangyang Army holding their breath in their hearts.
As the saying goes, don't compete with steamed buns for breath.
Today I want to prove that I use this equipment because of my strength...
At the moment, the first person to break out was a captain.
This guy immediately pulled off all the armor on his body, exposing his strong chest.
He stared forward fiercely, shook his hand tightly and shouted, "Damn it, I'm going to show you today, so you know what it means to rush into battle!"
The words fell.
He didn't care what others looked at him, he held the steel knife in his hand and rushed towards the enemy crowd with a roar.
To be honest, this captain does have some abilities.
I saw him flexibly avoiding the weapons wielded by the enemy, and waving the steel knife left and right, cutting a bloody path through the enemy formation in an instant...