Shaharul was right: sharpening his sword can make him a woodcutter. So he ordered the soldiers to stop, took out the remaining food, collected some mare's milk, and killed some stallions that had been overworked.
, and began to eat. They didn't care about setting up camp anymore. If Zhang Fu came with his troops, they would die of thirst even if they set up camp to block the attack. There is no water source in the gorge, and there is not much grass.
The soldiers took the food, took the mare's milk, sat down on the ground and started eating.
The soldiers finished their meal and rested for a quarter of an hour. Then, driven by Shaharul and Salha, they came to attack the Ming army's defense line.
"Soldiers, I know that you don't want to fight anymore. You just want to return to your home to rest as soon as possible. Like you, I also want to go home as soon as possible."
"But now these Ming troops are blocking our way and blocking our escape route; and the pursuers from behind are about to come, and it is impossible for us to find another way home."
"So in order to return home alive, the soldiers fought hard against the Ming army and broke through their defenses! Fighting for a way out!" Salha said in his speech.
His speech had an effect. Although these Xilu were unwilling to fight, they were even less willing to be captured by the Ming army. They wanted to return to the city of Samarkand alive and see their wives and children at home. So they heard Samarkand
After Erha's words, they all shouted loudly: "Kill the way out!"
Salha encouraged them a few more words, then jumped down from the huge stone, waving the scimitar in his hand and led them towards the Ming army's defense line. With his encouragement, the first batch was selected.
The soldiers charging into the formation howled and rushed after him.
When Song Xuan saw this scene, he immediately ordered his soldiers to prepare to defend themselves against the enemy. Thousands of three-eyed muskets were lifted flat and pointed at the Xilu who were rushing towards them in a dense formation. They opened fire as soon as they heard the sound of drums.
Suddenly a burst of white smoke filled the air, and a sound comparable to thunder erupted in the air.
The formation of the Xilu was too dense, and Song Xuan gave the order to fire when they had already reached seventy steps. Thousands of Xilu fell immediately, and almost every projectile hit one person.
The Ming army immediately wanted to cheer. After killing so many Xilu at one time, they should have been killed dozens of times. Besides, a third of the people fell at once, so the Xilu should not be afraid.
, just hold back. They can hold on a little longer.
But beyond their expectations, even though one-third of the Xilu fell to the ground, the rest continued to rush forward without blinking an eye, without any hesitation, stepping on the shoulders of their comrades who were killed by projectiles.
The corpse moves forward.
Song Xuan immediately ordered the soldiers to fire in the second round. This round, because the Xilu's formation was much looser, only one-sixth of the original total number of people were killed; then the third round of firing was launched, and another sixth
Once they were killed, the remaining Xilu were only one third of what they were at the beginning.
But they finally rushed to the Ming army's defense line. They raised their crossbows and fired all the arrows. Then they threw the crossbows to the ground, drew out their sabers and charged towards the Ming army with loud howls.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had the advantage of the geographical location, and they were more numerous than the Xilu who rushed over. They quickly turned those who came to die into real dead people. But these people also affected the defensive formation of the Ming army, making them
After only firing two volleys at the second group of Xilu who rushed over, they had to fight hand-to-hand again. Although these people were all wiped out again, the third group of Xilu rushed over immediately...
After an hour of bloody fighting, the Xilu finally broke into the uneven formation of the Ming army, and started the most brutal fight with the left and right horseback infantry of the Fu army under the command of Song Xuan.
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"These Xibu are crazy, they will rush forward even if they have to sacrifice their lives!" Liu Shu shouted after finally hacking one of them to death.
"At this time, they are equivalent to the Western Chu army who are fighting with their last stand. Of course they will rush forward like crazy. If the Ming Dynasty is defeated in this battle and Timur sends troops to outflank our retreat, we will be as desperate as them.
Liu Jiao said. Their brothers were leaning together to fight the Xilu.
Just as Liu Shu was about to speak, he suddenly heard Liu Jiao shout: "Be careful!" He subconsciously lowered his body and felt a gust of wind blowing over his head from back to front.
He was about to turn his head to look, but then he heard Liu Jiao shout again: "Don't turn around! Look over there! I have already dealt with this person." Liu Shu immediately stopped, waving his sword again and staring in front of him.
Just at this time, another Xilu came towards him. He quickly stood with this man and fought with him several times to hack him to death.
Most of the Ming army fought bravely like Liu Jiao and Liu Shu brothers, but their number was too small, 12,000 people. Even if the Ming army officers and soldiers could fight one against two or even one against three, they would not be able to defeat the Western forces they faced.
The number of captives was ** times their total number, so they were gradually still at a disadvantage. More and more people were killed by the western captives, and the remaining people were also killed by the western captives and retreated step by step.
Liu Fa killed one person with a knife, forced several people back, and pulled Liu Shu back. Song Xuan arranged a total of three lines of defense. Although they were all rudimentary, relying on the defense lines could always hold on for a while. At this time, the first two lines of defense
Already captured by the Xilu, they had no choice but to retreat in order to hold on a little longer.
But after taking a few steps, his arm suddenly went weak and he was about to throw the knife in his hand.
"Second brother, what's wrong with you?" Liu Shu shouted.
"It's nothing, I'm out of strength." Liu Fa took the knife with his left hand and continued to retreat with his right arm drooping.
But because of this, his figure still paused for a moment, and a Xilu seized the opportunity and slashed his shoulder with a knife while his sight was blocked.
Liu Jiao yelled, squeezed out a little strength, and swung his knife to kill the man; the Annan soldier pulled the knife out of his body and stepped aside, then slashed into his abdomen with another knife.
Liu Fa couldn't hold the knife at all, so he loosened his hand and threw it on the ground. After the knife in his lower abdomen was pulled out, it fit properly.
The Xilu was a little flustered, and turned sideways to avoid it; but Liu Jiao, who was almost exhausted, found strength from nowhere, turned around and ran into his arms, and then stretched out his right hand to block him from taking it.
Knife's arm bent with his left hand to strangle his neck, and then twisted to kill him.
But before he died, he fought back desperately. The moment his neck was cut off, he took out the dagger from his waist and plunged it into Liu Jiao's kidney.
Liu Jiao pushed Xilu away, who had turned into a corpse, and reached out to cover his waist. He felt the blood in his body flowing out continuously, and murmured: "Am I going to die?"