Above Songcheng County, Qiu Jingzhong, wearing armor, looked coldly to the northwest. His second son Qiu Wen led an army of 10,000 to lure the enemy.
Qiu Jingzhong knew Zhang Ting'an too well, and he had always been self-righteous. He did not take Xiao Wanding seriously in Huben Guards. Taking advantage of this opportunity to send troops, Xiao Wanding threw him to Wang Zhongmou.
This Zhang Ting'an would not take Wang Zhongmou seriously. He thought he was a cavalryman. He thought he was fast and invincible on the plains. He would definitely seize the lead and lead his army to cut off the retreat of ten thousand troops.
Since he dares to come, let him have a taste of his own power.
Thinking of this, Qiu Jingzhong turned around and went down to the city, led an army of 30,000 people out of the city and ran towards the west...
Zhang Ting'an led 10,000 cavalry and rushed to a large wheat field more than ten miles away. The summer harvest had just ended. They wanted to maintain soil moisture and did not continue to sow beans. At this time, countless ambushes suddenly appeared a hundred steps away. They raised their crossbows and fired at them.
Cavalry group.
Thousands of crossbow arrows were fired at them, and the cavalrymen were unable to dodge. They were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, killing and wounding hundreds of people in an instant.
Zhang Ting'an was furious, brandished his sword and shouted: "Catch them and kill them all!"
"Woo——"
The horn sounded, and 10,000 cavalry suddenly launched into action. With thunderous momentum, they rushed towards the 3,000 enemy troops a hundred steps away. The 3,000 ambush troops turned around and fled. As they fled, they threw iron caltrops backwards and hundreds of
Step by step, they suddenly disappeared.
At this time, the cavalry fell down one after another. The horses stepped on the thorns and fell down with a neighing sound. However, the horses could not stop while running fast, otherwise they would be knocked down by the cavalry behind them. The large group of cavalry continued to run forward. They ran to a very long road.
In front of a deep and wide trench, enemy soldiers were found running in the trench.
"Kill them!"
Zhang Ting'an was extremely angry when he saw that his men had suffered thousands of casualties. He shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers to take action.
But for the cavalry, it was not easy to kill the enemies in the ditch. Their horses could not get down, so they could only shoot with bows and arrows, but the opponents all carried shields, and the bows and arrows were useless.
Nine thousand cavalry stood on the ditch, watching helplessly as the enemy troops fled away.
"General, that's not right!"
A soldier suddenly noticed something unusual. Countless large vehicles appeared on the road behind them, blocking their way.
Zhang Ting'an sneered and ordered a dozen soldiers: "Try it and rush to the opposite side."
More than a dozen cavalrymen rushed down, but the slope was too steep, and the horses fell down one after another, neighing. Some horses broke their leg bones and struggled to stand up.
Only three cavalrymen rushed down intact, but they could not rush to the other side. A cavalry general said: "General, we can find an opening and dig out a ramp. We can also dig out a ramp on the opposite side and we should be able to charge across.
Go up."
"It's too early to say this now, turn around and head south!"
The cavalry turned around and ran towards the south, but after only running two miles, they stopped. There were also the same canals in the south. Zhang Ting'an suddenly understood that they had been led into an open space surrounded by canals on three sides.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The drums were beating like thunder from behind, and thousands of enemy soldiers stood behind the cart, as if laughing at them.
Zhang Ting'an was extremely annoyed and ordered: "The first battalion dismounts and digs the ramp!"
The slopes on both sides of the ditch were too steep, and they couldn't get down or up. The only way was to flatten the steep slopes. Of course, flattening the slopes was a big project, and they didn't need to cut it that long. A few feet wide was enough.
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One thousand soldiers jumped off their horses and drew out their swords to dig into the soil. Halfway through digging, three thousand enemy soldiers suddenly appeared on the other side and fired with crossbows.
The dense crossbow bolts penetrated the enemy's leather armor, and there was a wailing on the shore. Most of the thousand soldiers were injured and killed. The cavalry opened their bows and fired at each other, but the soldiers on the other side lay on the ground, pulled the strings, changed their arrows, and fired again. The horses neighed, and the cavalry suffered heavy losses.
Yelling, a crowd of people jumped on their backs.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Tingan shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!"
The cavalry brigade turned north and retreated, out of the range of the opponent's crossbows. At this time, his army suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and its combat strength was only 7,500.
Only then did Zhang Ting'an finally understand that the other party had already guessed that they were going north and had specially laid a trap. They could not cross the ditch at all and could only go back and forcefully break through the obstruction of the cart.
He secretly regretted that he should not have taken credit for going north, but fell into the enemy's plan.
He waved his sword and shouted, "Break out of the siege and fight your way out!"
"Woo——"
The trumpet sounded, and the 7,500 cavalry shouted loudly, and suddenly broke into action, charging toward the exit like a rolling tide...
Ten thousand crossbowmen appeared behind the cart that appeared at the entrance, and ten thousand military crossbows were raised, pointing coldly at the sky at an angle of thirty degrees.
.........
Wang Zhongmou had led an army of 50,000 to the place where 10,000 enemy troops were stationed, but the wilderness was empty and there was not a single soldier in sight. The 10,000 troops seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
At this time, a scout cavalry rushed to report: "Commander, there was a pontoon bridge on the river just now, and ten thousand enemy troops crossed the river from the pontoon bridge to the other side!"
"Where is the floating bridge?" Wang Zhongmou asked, looking at the empty river.
"The pontoon bridge has been demolished by the other party!"
Wang Zhongmou secretly screamed something bad. He realized that he had fallen into a trap. One was Zhang Ting'an's cavalry, and the other was the logistics fleet behind him.
He immediately ordered to his deputy Zhou Long: "You can lead 20,000 troops back to the fleet to protect the fleet from the opponent's attack. I will lead the troops to meet Zhang Ting'an!"
"General Zhang is a cavalryman. If it doesn't work, you can retreat. General, you don't have to go to meet him!"
"Since the other party is prepared, they have a way to deal with the cavalry. If he is safe and sound, he should have come to join us long ago. If they haven't appeared for a long time, something must have happened. Don't try to persuade us anymore and quickly lead your troops to support the fleet.
"
"I humbly obey orders!"
The 50,000-strong army immediately divided into two groups. One group, led by Vice-General Zhou Long, led 20,000 troops to support the fleet, and the other group, led by commander Wang Zhongmou, led 30,000 troops north to support Zhang Ting'an's cavalry.
.........
"Kill out!" Zhang Ting'an shouted, waving his sword.
When the cavalry gradually approached the large car formation, ten thousand crossbowmen fired thousands of arrows. The overwhelming crossbow arrows intertwined into a dark cloud in the sky, and shot blackly at the galloping cavalry.
Countless cavalrymen were hit by crossbow bolts while galloping, and fell off their horses, or their horses were shot, and both men and horses rolled out. After one round of crossbow bolts, only 5,000 cavalrymen were left in the group.
Zhang Ting'an's eyes turned red, and he shouted in a hoarse voice: "Kill out! Kill out!"
"Kill--"
Thousands of horses galloped like thunder, and finally rushed thirty steps in front of the cart. The ten thousand soldiers raised their crossbows and fired a second arrow. This time it was a flat shot. The crossbow arrows were like a storm. Almost all the cavalry in front were destroyed. They fell down.
On the ground, it then affected the cavalry behind.
At this time, all the cavalrymen were furious and rushed towards the carts desperately. However, the ground in front of the cart formation was covered with caltrops. The last four thousand cavalrymen seemed to be running wildly in hell. Countless cavalrymen suddenly appeared while running.
After falling down, he directly stepped on the bodies of the soldiers in front and rushed over. The endless traps made many soldiers frightened.
But they had no choice. If they didn't rush out, they would all die here. At the same time, the 10,000 infantrymen had no time to shoot three more arrows, so they threw the crossbows on the ground, picked up their spears, and quickly formed a formation.
Legion of Spears.
The 10,000 soldiers who ambushed the cavalry were the most elite force among the Flying Bear Guards. They were trained by Qiu Jingzhong personally and finally handed over to his third son Qiu Pai to lead them.
Qiu Pai himself is also a fierce general who is the most brave in the three armies. Although he is young, he has become the first fierce general in the 80,000-strong Flying Bear Guard army. He is especially good at archery and his arrows are always missed.
Qiu Pai fixed his eyes on the enemy general Zhang Ting'an. Among all the cavalry, he was the only one wearing a silver helmet with red tassels on his head, which made him stand out among the thousands of horses.
"boom!"
The cavalry knocked over the carts, and more than a dozen carts were knocked several feet away, creating a hole nearly twenty feet wide. The cavalry group poured out like a tide, but in front of them was a large spear-sized car.
The formation is simply impossible to avoid.
The cavalry and the spear army collided with each other. The spear army was not the Mo Dao army. They were torn open in a big hole in an instant. The ten thousand spear army were like two dragons coming out of the water, surrounding the cavalry. Three thousand cavalry and ten thousand infantry were fighting.
Together.
"Kill them all!"
Zhang Ting'an didn't know that he only had 3,000 cavalry left. He killed Hongyan, and hatred filled his chest. All he wanted was to kill this enemy army.
At this moment, a cold arrow shot from the side, Zhang Ting'an couldn't dodge, and with a sound of "Puff!", the arrow penetrated his neck. Zhang Ting'an screamed and shot from the side.
It fell down immediately.
Qiu Pai put away his bow, sneered, and shouted loudly: "Kill them all!"
The two armies fell into a bloody fight...
Wang Zhongmou led an army of 30,000 people to rush north. He had almost concluded that Zhang Ting'an was surrounded by the main force of the opponent. Everyone knew about Zhang Ting'an's arrogance. How could Qiu Jingzhong not know that he sent 10,000 troops as bait?
Not to seduce himself, but to seduce Zhang Ting'an, and Zhang Ting'an was indeed fooled.
It's a pity that he didn't see through this early and let Zhang Ting'an lead the cavalry alone. Wang Zhongmou felt extremely regretful. If Zhang Ting'an's entire army of 10,000 cavalry was destroyed, how could he explain to the emperor?
While Wang Zhongmou blamed himself, he led his army to run quickly. When they ran through a forest, a low horn sound suddenly sounded in the forest: "Woo——"
I saw an army rushing out of the woods and rushing into the team, just in time to cut Wang Zhongmou's 30,000-strong army into two sections.
The war drums beat loudly, and the Feixiongwei army ambushing on both sides of the woods came out. The general at the head was none other than the coach Qiu Jingzhong...