As if to answer Du Meng's doubts, a flag was quickly raised among the Zhou people's team.
Wang Gui's general flag.
Raising the general's flag certainly has the effect of boosting morale. Seeing that Wang Gui had taken the initiative to identify himself as the commander-in-chief and kept moving the flag forward, the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty suddenly burst into cheers. The commander-in-chief could even be called
The coach is right behind him, and he has nothing to retreat from.
But raising the general flag will undoubtedly reveal one's position and tell the other party who his general is, and it is very likely that even one's own strategic purpose will be exposed. For example, now, when Wang Gui raises the general flag,
He was undoubtedly telling Du Meng that he led his army across the Huaihe River this time in order to cut off the Han army's food route, so that both the east and west routes of the Han army had to temporarily stop and turn back to deal with his lone army, thus mobilizing troops for the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
The soldiers and horses launched a counterattack to buy precious time.
Of course, the time for Wang Gui to raise the flag was not decided casually.
Now the Northern Zhou cavalry has moved away from two directions at the same time, completely surrounding the hillside backed by a stream. If the Han army wants to send people out to report the news, they must fight their way out from the Northern Zhou cavalry.
A hole.
This is almost unrealistic.
Wang Gui still knew very well what kind of opponent he was facing.
A bunch of new recruits. Seeing how stubborn they are, you know they don’t even have the courage or experience to form a formation. How about fighting out? Wishful thinking!
Du Meng gritted his teeth.
Sure enough, just as Dai Cai had guessed, the Zhou people's main goal was not Ma Tou City, but the Han army's food route. However, neither Du Meng nor Dai Cai thought, or dared to imagine, that the enemy general commanding the army would actually
It will be Wang Gui himself!
This guy Wang Gui is trying to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer.
Although Du Meng didn't want to admit it, he couldn't deny that the recruits under his command were no different from rookies.
"Block it, block the gap!" Du Meng didn't care about anything else, picked up the knife and ran straight down the mountain.
"Bang bang bang!" The musketeers who were temporarily serving as supervising the battle team stood up at the front. Although the row of muskets was sparse, several leading Northern Zhou cavalry fell off their horses one after another.
An expert in the Han army was brave enough to step forward quickly and pierce the chest of a cavalryman with his sword. Of course, the surrounding Northern Zhou cavalrymen could not watch Brother Paoze being killed like this beside them.
, spears and sabers came over at the same time.
"Dang!" Du Meng came very quickly, raising the horizontal knife in his hand upwards, holding three knives at once, but the force exerted by the three people from top to bottom almost made him kneel to the ground.
"Stab!" the leader of the Han army shouted.
The spearmen raised their spears at the same time, and a row of spears faced the Zhou people. The Zhou cavalry retreated in a hurry.
The sword in his hand has not yet been withdrawn. It is obviously unrealistic to rely on perseverance to resist the Han army's spear, or to pray that the Han army soldiers will still hit the enemy at such a short distance.
As soon as the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty retreated, Du Meng stood up immediately, picked up a shield next to him and blocked the gap. Several arrows shot through the air almost at the same time. The cooperation of the Zhou people was obviously very good. He only had to retreat and be responsible for covering.
The arrows used to suppress the enemy will be replenished immediately, never giving the enemy any chance to advance forward or take advantage of the opportunity to make up for the shortcomings.
The arrow hit the shield straight, and Du Meng felt that his arms and hands had lost consciousness due to the violent collision. However, he still gritted his teeth and stood there, facing a Northern Zhou cavalry who had already rushed up on horseback.
.
Du Meng took a deep breath, staggered backwards, and suddenly dodged.
The cavalryman did not expect that Du Meng would let him go all of a sudden, and was caught off guard and rushed directly into the car formation. Du Meng reacted faster, leaned forward, and directly inserted his horizontal knife into the crotch of the horse of a Northern Zhou cavalry behind him.
In the neck.
The knife is inserted and withdrawn.
The horse's blood was hot and sprayed on Du Meng's body and armor, and Du Meng raised the shield in his hand almost subconsciously, blocking the cavalry's fatal slash.
The war horse whined and fell down weakly. The cavalryman also rolled down. Before he could regain his footing, Du Meng's knife had already pierced his chest.
Human and horse blood mixed together and were equally warm.
Then gunshots rang out from behind, and the cavalryman that Du Meng had just let go was shot down almost with his chest held by the Han army's musketeers.
With only one person rushing into so many Han troops, the result can be imagined, and the same was true of Du Meng's purpose just now.
If you can kill one, that's one!
"General, hurry up!" a voice came from behind.
It turned out that the soldiers pushed a spare cart over, which could just block the gap. The arrow almost flew past Du Meng's body, shooting down several Northern Zhou cavalry in front.
Du Meng could guess from the sound that this must be the work of the veterans he brought out. Others would probably not dare to shoot the arrow.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he suddenly turned back. The enemy's arrows were also flying over, leaving him very little time, which could even be said to be an instant.
Du Meng immediately jumped onto the oncoming cart. Several arrows almost followed his footsteps and were nailed to the cart, and a spear was thrown directly over. However, in the end, he still missed the target and did not touch the cart.
Moving cart.
The soldiers pushed the cart forward, while Du Meng walked backwards, took three steps in succession and ran to the back of the cart, jumped off the cart, and rolled on the spot, only to offset the simultaneous strength of the two sides.
As far as Du Meng was concerned, this little fuss was nothing.
But he still felt the pain.
It turned out that at some point an arrow had pierced his butt.
After pulling out the arrow, Du Meng could only helplessly shake his head.
The arrow was stuck somewhere wrong, why did it happen to be stuck in the butt? You must know that the arrow will only hit the butt when you run away and turn your back to the enemy. If you tell me, other generals will laugh!
"Look, what are you looking at!" Du Meng noticed the looks in the eyes of the soldiers around him, "Everyone is going to stand up for you, even if you are the last person, you have to stand up!"
The soldiers responded with a bang.
Perhaps it was because Du Meng's "firefighting" just now was a near miss, or perhaps because Du Meng, who was hit by an arrow in the butt, looked a little funny, but the soldiers no longer felt nervous at first, and they had gradually adapted to the battlefield.
Rhythm.
The muskets "bang bang" sounded. Although there were not many muskets, they played the leading role on the entire battlefield. The Han army's crossbowmen and Zhou cavalry were also firing desperately to cover their own people in front. Along a car
A defense line composed of large carts, the two sides fought desperately. At one moment, some Han soldiers fell, and at another, Northern Zhou soldiers fell. However, if anyone fell, someone would immediately come up to top him up.
There is a forest of spears, and swords are waving.
Everyone understands that if they take a step back, it will have a fatal impact on the entire battle situation.