Shu Chen

Chapter 496

There must be hanging fish under the bait, and there must be a dead husband under the heavy reward.

Stimulated by "killing scars, rewarding thousands of gold, and eating thousands of households", the five thousand soldiers of Hu Zun's department all radiated courage and fighting spirit.

The sword and shield soldiers in the front row even beat their shields with ring-shoulders and moved forward step by step.About to touch the place where the Han army arrayed an arrow, they moved closer together in a group, holding their shields high to form a small circular fortress and striding forward.

At this time, the cowhide drum was like thunder, and the sound trembled the earth.

Hu Zun, who was supervising the battle in the rear, also gave an order.

"Draw the bow! Let it go!"

About five hundred arrows shot into the air with the sound of "buzzing" from the bowstring, and slid into a semi-arc parabola.

This is to curb the shooting of bows and crossbows of the Han army, so that the soldiers of one's own side can approach more smoothly and fight hand-to-hand.

It just doesn't work.

The archers of the Han army who had been resting up had long been hiding in the shelter of the shield and scull, and at this moment they were sniping through Wangshan.

"what"

Dozens of soldiers who had been pierced into their necks or chests by arrows fell to the ground and convulsed, howling.

But more soldiers of the Wei army rushed up, with shields horizontally in front of their necks, and their pace was several points faster.In just a few breaths, he rushed into more than ten feet.

"crossbow!"

"hit!"

The sharp crossbow bolts came out of the string and collided with the rushing soldiers, and there was another wail.

But the pawn shot by the arrow in the arm and shoulder became fierce and charged even faster.Fearless of death, he only withstood the baptism of two bows and crossbows of the Han army, leaving more than 100 corpses on the ground, and approached the array of the Han army.Hu Zun, who was supervising the battle in the rear, saw it clearly, and immediately drew out his sword and pointed it at the Han army formation, shouting sharply.

"Strike the wings!"

"Strike the wings!"

Yes, he told the soldiers to ignore the heavy infantry of the Han army.

Because he knows that even if there is no big scull contradiction as a barrier, the formation of heavy infantry is more difficult to break through than the dense forest of spears on both sides.

As for attacking the spear and scull array with sword and shield soldiers, there will also be heavy casualties~~
It can be resolved when the pile of dead corpses is as high as a scull formation.

"kill!"

"kill!"

There was a lucky Wei soldier who escaped the sniper attack from the crossbow arrows and approached the oar shield smoothly.

But he came with a hasty cry, and the shield in his hand was deflected by a spear, and then three or four spears pierced into his body from different angles.

"Spear, stab!"

Du Bo's voice without the slightest emotion sounded in the Han army's formation, accompanied by countless blood splatters.

"Ah!"

The spears are like a forest, and every time they sing neatly, the long spear tip with a cold light will rush forward, making more lucky Wei Jun hate the battlefield.

A quarter of an hour passed.
Slowly, as more and more Wei soldiers approached, stepping on the bones of the robes, they crushed the defense of the scull formation, squeezed into the spear formation, and the enemy and us fought together.

The soldiers on both sides, who were red-eyed, would not give in to each other.

The soldiers belonging to Hu Zun's department were extremely ferocious.

Even though there were people crying and falling to the ground, the follow-up Pao Ze also rushed in with a frenzied face.

Many who have had an arm severed or a spear-point driven into their chest will also rush forward, embracing their foe so that Paze can avenge them.Soon, they gained a firm footing, allowing blood to bloom continuously, and severed arms and heads fell into the soft slush from time to time.

Two quarters of an hour passed.
Hu Zun, who was originally in the distance, had already approached the half-shot place of the Han army with the supervisor team.

Behind him is a big cowhide drum.

At this moment, a big shirtless man was holding the drumstick with both hands, hammering desperately.

The rapid "dong dong dong" urges the drums to be loud, and the general's personal encouragement makes the soldiers more fearless.

At this time, Zhang Ni also came to the front of the formation in person.

He was awarded the command in front of the battle by Zheng Pu, and quickly adjusted the array.

It is to let the heavy infantry who have not been approached by the Wei army divide into two groups and charge left and right, and strangle the Wei army soldiers who are too deep into the formation with the already precarious spear formation.The space in the middle hole was filled with his personal guards and Zheng Pu's trilogy Duqi Yacuobu.

Looking down from the sky, the current formation of the Han army is like a crescent moon.

The two wings are stretched and hooked inward, the center is deep but quite thick, and the big banner and golden drum horn at the bottom are already faintly visible.

It is also meaningless to focus on Hu Zun's tactics of attacking the two wings of the Han army.

Not only because the soldiers of the Han army can continuously support the two wings from the bottom of the formation, but also because Guanqiu Jian has already deployed [-] soldiers to guard against the Jufu troops coming out of the camp to fight, and now he has arrived with more than [-] infantry.

With sufficient troops, Hu Zunzi didn't need to worry about the danger of being strangled by the Han army's two wings, and he immediately ordered the newly arrived new army to watch the Han army's big banner and kill them.He also dispatched five hundred men who dared to die by his side, and when there was a flaw in the formation of the Han army, he personally led the troops in, completely broke through the formation and established the victory.

"Boom!"

"Dong dong!"

The sound of war drums urging urgency came to my ears.

The formation of the Han army, which had already been pushed back more than ten feet by the impact, was getting closer and closer to each other, almost touching the big flag, so they had no reason to retreat.It also made limbs flying and blood spattering become very hasty, and people's lives continued to disappear amidst roars and mourning.

The warlord rushed to Guanqiu Jian who stood under the general's flag to supervise the battle, his face was full of hostility.

He stared fixedly at the soldiers fighting on both sides and refused to budge. The fingers holding the handle of the knife at the side of his waist turned white due to excessive force.

It's been an hour!

Wei Jun has been charging continuously for an entire hour, but he has only advanced the front line by more than [-] steps.

There was no hope of breaking through the enemy's formation at all.

He was worried that there would be accidents in the Qianhong tribe who were divided into two groups to pursue the Xiliang iron cavalry.

I was also worried that the Jufu Department of the Han Army would come out at this time, and the [-] soldiers in the rear would be hard to resist.

The most worrying thing is that if they can't fight for a long time, the morale of those soldiers who have been encouraged by the heavy rewards will fall into a low morale, and they will be forced to return to Mingjin to rest.

Yes, the longer the delay, the more dangerous it is for Wei Jun.

Gein and the others gathered most of their troops here, and the fierce battles elsewhere naturally shouldn't make people have too many expectations.

"Come on!"

After silently staring at the battlefield for a while, Guanqiu Jian suddenly ordered, "Order 500 people to hold bows and throw them into the Nishu formation without intervals!"

Uh?
Hearing this, the messenger was slightly taken aback.

Throwing is range coverage, and now the enemy and the enemy are already fighting together
It is inevitable to accidentally injure one's own army.

Naturally, he was neither qualified nor dared to say anything, so he quickly responded and went to deliver the order.

"Buzz!"

A moment later, dark clouds of arrows rose from the rear and poured down on the soldiers of the Han and Wei dynasties who were fighting together at the front.

Some of the arrows with too much force fell on the big banner of the Han army.

By coincidence, one stuck into the decoction sac that Zheng Pu placed in front of him, and the slightly dark and light green medicine dripped onto the crude short-board table.

"The general avoids arrows!"

The dozen or so subordinates who were still by Zheng Pu's side let out an exclamation.
Someone held a shield and stepped forward to block, while someone planned to help Zheng Pu get up and lead him further away.

"Drumming."

But after getting up, Zheng Pu drew out his saber.

His voice was still very hoarse, and his footsteps were slightly vain.

But still brushed aside the guards in front of him, and walked towards the front line of fighting step by step, "Fight!"

Immediately, more than a dozen subordinates quickly drew their blades, rushed to surround Zheng Pu in the middle, approached step by step, and roared in unison, "Fight to the death!"

Just such a small team of more than a dozen people, every time they passed a place, the soldiers there, whether they were lying wounded or resting from exhaustion, all suddenly stood up, followed closely with swords and sculls, and also burst out with a determination to die .

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

Because they are the Xuanwu Army and Death Battalion created by Zheng Pu himself.

They all knew that although Zheng Pu did not suck pus for the soldiers like Wu Qi did, he was rewarded and punished clearly, and there was no distinction between Han and Barbarian.

Every time before the battle, the dead in the battle take off their clothes to collect them, and the wounded ones personally raise them; not only the rewards are distributed to the soldiers, but also the money from the city and the family wealth are used to support the orphans of the soldiers.However, he himself wears plain clothes and shoes all the year round, his sword has several nicks, and the leather scabbard is worn out and he is reluctant to replace it.

This is the general who can really let them die in battle without worrying about orphans and widows!
It is also their general who is willing to die.

Now, even when he is sick, he has to go to the front line to kill the enemy, how can they remain indifferent?

For example, Zhang Ni, who has been fighting on the front line, has already killed dozens of people, and was somewhat exhausted from three wounds, but when he heard the sound, he took the time to look back and saw Zheng Pu walking forward, and suddenly felt that his body was producing infinite strength. Come.

"Swear to live and die with the general!"

He roared, and all the soldiers moved spontaneously to block the battle line, and tightly protected Zheng Pu in the rear.

It also made the fierce battle here in full swing.

But after all, they are too few in number.

After fighting fiercely for nearly two hours, the Wei army relied on the superiority in numbers to press the Han army's defensive circle tightly, and each soldier was led by a corporal leader or a corporal leader, fighting in small formations.Neither side was willing to take a step back. The camp was full of corpses, so densely stacked that they couldn't tell each other apart.

In this kind of intensive battle, the Han army could not get time to rest and reorganize in rotation, so the disadvantage was slowly expanding.

Even if Zheng Pu was in front of the battle in person, it only inspired the soldiers to explode their potential and fighting spirit for a quarter of an hour, and killed the Wei army by more than ten steps.After that, they fell into a weak successor again, and fought and retreated into the long and narrow camp, relying on the small space for fighting each other to contain the Wei army's superiority in strength, and waited for the arrival of Jufubu or Xiliang iron cavalry.

With less than 2000 soldiers fighting fiercely with more than [-] elite Wei troops, there was no strong crossbow formation and Yuan Rong crossbow to rely on. After a long battle, the Han army had already lost nearly [-] people!

Although Wei Guo's soldiers died more times in battle, the disparity in the strength of the two sides has not changed.

And since the war has been fought so far, if nothing happens, Wei Jun is sure to win! The military exploits of "rewarding ten thousand gold, enfeoffing the marquis and eating thousands of households" are close at hand, which makes the soldiers shout and fight fiercely, and their morale is even higher.

However, they who were bravely at the front did not know that Guanqiu Jian had already rushed to the rear.

Jufubu went out of camp.

(End of this chapter)