Late Tang

Liu Xun separated a group of 12 archers from Feijian Capital and arranged them to go to the Guancheng Tower.Ma Xing and his 48 brothers, because they were all injured and exhausted, were all arranged by Liu Xun to go to the top of the city to serve as archers.There were more than a thousand arrows collected, all of which were distributed to the 60 people, each of whom was given two hundred arrows.

The remaining 180 or eight people in Feijiandu were all behind the chariot formation built under the city gate, with swords, guns, swords and shields in hand, and they simply blocked the two horse paths at the top of the city with wood.Ma Xing's 60 people have all become archers, and it is safer for them to block the horse road at the top of the city.

After all this was done, the remaining half of Hengchongdu's troops had already arrived. They planted torches all the way and made a big noise, but in fact there were only a hundred or so people.Their bringing made Liu Xun and the others very happy.Not only did they add more than a hundred people, but they also brought horses and armor equipment for 200 people with flying swords.When they captured the closed door earlier, they also killed about a hundred Shatuo soldiers, but these Shatuo people were not elite, they were just old and weak and newly recruited soldiers. Many of them didn't even have weapons, let alone armor.

Now everyone put on the elite armor of the Zhendong Army again, and their momentum suddenly rose to a higher level.Especially the two hundred arm crossbows accompanying the army added a lot of fighting power to them.

In addition to these weapons and armor, they even brought the dried meat and canned food that they brought with the army. Before the war started, nearly 400 people began to fill their stomachs quickly.In Ma Xing's words, even if you die, you have to be a dead ghost.

"Brothers, eat and drink enough, fuck your mother's Shatuo wolf cubs. You don't have to worry about what's going on behind you, our county prince is a well-known compassionate subordinate. Even if we die here, our elders, mothers, brothers and sisters, Even the sons below the knees have the adopted sons of the county prince. The head is lost but there is a big scar on the wrist, and we will join the county prince again after 18 years." Ma Xing distributed the canned food and jerky that the flying generals had given them to his brothers In their hands, before the war, they took turns to drink up a bag of fruit wine.

"The captain doesn't need to say much, the brothers all understand. The cavalry deputy treats the brothers benevolently, and everyone deserves to follow the captain. We are all from southern Liaoning, and we are all veterans for many years. We have been soldiers for so many years before. , The tip of the knife licks blood, the brothers dare not fight, it is because they are worried about the family behind them. Where was our southern Liaoning? I'm worried. But it's different now, there is a county magistrate in southern Liaoning, and life seems to be coming to an end. Just for this, we have to work for the magistrate, and we must not be cowardly."

Liu Xun and Li Cunxiao's soldiers directly under Sidu were mostly drawn from the southern Liaoning soldiers.Now the soldiers of the ten battalions in the two chambers of Liaonan were basically completely dispersed by Li Jing.These soldiers were scattered and reorganized. After staying with the soldiers and horses of the Zhendong Army for a period of time, their concepts have also changed a lot.The life at Liaonan's family is getting better, they are eating Li Jing's food and receiving Li Jing's salary, especially when there are evening classes every day when they are free, and the instructors do some ideological work from time to time.Now, these people have a strong sense of identity with Zhendong Army.

It is said that there is a difference only when there is a comparison. In the past when southern Liaoning was in chaos, I couldn't feel any difference.But when they transferred from the Liaonan Army to the Zhendong Army, they immediately felt the complete difference between the two armies.Although it hasn't been too long, these soldiers have completely recognized the Zhenjiang Army.

Ma Xing is not a Liaonan soldier, he used to be a sailor in Daxie Village, surrendered with his old boss Zhang Lie, and then gradually came to today, he has also experienced the feelings of these Liaonan soldiers under his command.It is precisely because they did not do well in the past that they cherish the surprise life of Zhendong Army more and more.

"The whole team! Take your positions!" Liu Juncheng, Liu Xun's lieutenant general, shouted loudly with a drawn-out tone.

"Prepare the bow and arrow!" Ma Xingye on the top of the city leaned the arrows he had allocated on the city wall, and shouted, "After the Shatuo wolf cubs come up, let's fire a volley to his mother first. Note Squat down and be careful not to show your head too much, some of these wolf cubs are very good at archery."

Behind the chariot formation under the city, more than 300 elite soldiers immediately lined up around the chariot formation.The front row is full of battle-hardened officers and non-commissioned officers at all levels, while the back row is those soldiers who have only junior soldiers from the third class to the upper class.

Everyone in the front row is holding their spears and shields tightly, while the soldiers in the back row are still holding bows in their hands. They have to shoot a few rounds before picking up the spears and shields under their feet when the enemy approaches.In front of them, the arrows in the quiver had been pulled out and inserted on the ground in front of them, which made it easier to take out the arrows more quickly when shooting.

In addition to these, Liu Xun had already asked people to pile up the corpses killed under closed doors outside the car formation, and built a wall of corpses, which was half chest high.The weapons of these people were taken by Liu Xun and the others. After simple processing, the spears became javelins, and the axes became throwing axes.

The Zhendong army has the habit of throwing spears. Since Li Jing equipped the army with a new type of spear throwing device, throwing spears has become one of the training subjects.The spear thrower is a very simple piece of equipment. The spear thrower is usually a flat bone or wooden board, about one or three feet long, with a spear bracket and a handle mounted on the board, and there are finger grooves on the handle.This kind of throwing device is similar to the catapult, and it is a mechanical device for the most effective and labor-saving improvement of lethality and range.The spear thrower is simple and practical, and even a delicate person can use it to pierce the fur of a large beast.

Used in the military, it can greatly enhance the long-range strike capability.Its shooting range can easily reach [-] to [-] steps away, and its range is comparable to that of a bow and arrow, but its power is far beyond that of a bow and arrow.Almost equivalent to the lethality of a heavy crossbow.

Although these javelins modified from spears lack tail fins, they can still be thrown at least four to fifty steps away, and the effect against dense enemy soldiers cannot be ignored.

The dull trombone sounded, and under the dark night, it was as bright as day illuminated by countless torches.Under the swaying firelight is the black flag of the Shatuo people.Immediately following under the banner was the entire team of soldiers and horses sent by Li Sizhao.These people no longer rushed forward in such a chaotic manner as before, refueling their tactics.

Chen Tieshan marched slowly with five hundred Shatuo soldiers and horses. Along the way, he also captured many defeated soldiers who had escaped from the pass, and pulled a few steps of patrol soldiers over together. In the end, the soldiers he brought were enough More than a thousand feet.Moreover, Li Sizhao was still mobilizing more troops stationed on the other side.

The footsteps of thousands of people passed by, like thunder.

Under the banner of the black Shatuo army, Chen Tieshan reined in his mount, and at a glance he saw the wooden fence piled up under the Guancheng, and the corpse wall piled up with the corpses of Shatuo soldiers outside the wooden fence.

He calculated in his mind that there were at most 300 people behind the formation, and if the shadowy archer on the top of the city was added, the total number would be less than 500.

Damn, with just such a few people, they even took the door down.Thinking about it again, there were only [-] assassins in the town general's mansion, but he had already killed Liu Zhijie and taken three generals as hostages, he felt aggrieved in his heart.Damn, what kind of fight is this fighting!

"Brother, wait for me to charge and break through the formation, and take back the closed gate!" The brave Chen Yushan held a long-handled battle axe, urged his horse to come to the flag, and asked his brother Chen Tieshan to fight: "I heard that the large troops of the Zhendong Army are coming one after another. Hurry up, if you don’t take back Guancheng immediately, Taixiguan will be lost.”

Even if Guancheng is recaptured, this Thai opera pass will not be guaranteed.Chen Tieshan felt restless for a while, the three chief generals of Guancheng had become other people's hostages, and the five thousand troops in Guancheng were now all under the command of the little Li Sizhao, and many people were dissatisfied with this.However, Madam Liu left again. I really don't know how to fight this battle.

The mountain armor on Chen Yushan's body was extremely shiny under the firelight. This is the armor given by Li Kexiu himself, and it also marks his status as a fierce general.

"Okay, you lead the people first, and be careful of the archers on the top of the city." Chen Tieshan finally nodded, and let that boy Li Sizhao worry about the matter in Guanzhong, he had better take down the closed gate first.Yushan is right, most of the enemy's reinforcements are close at hand.

The front of the pass is narrow, and it is not suitable for 1000 people to go together. Instead, it is easy to become the target of the enemy. Chen Tieshan divided the 1000 people into three groups, preparing for uninterrupted attacks in turns, and finally won directly in one wave.

"The front row holds shields and advances, and the rear row of archers follow slowly!" Chen Yushan did not rush forward directly, but shrewdly lined up with shields in front, then spearmen in the middle, and finally the archers covered and advanced.

Three hundred soldiers and horses took advantage of the night to attack Guanxia.

"Blow the horn!"

The horns of the Shatuo soldiers were like the howling of a wolf king, leading the pack of wolves to attack.

The attack has begun!

"Raise the shield!" Liu Xun ordered to raise the shield as soon as the horn sounded.Immediately, the sword and shield soldiers in the front row quickly raised the shields in their hands, and the round shields were layered on top of each other, covering most of the more than [-] people, like a huge tortoise shell.

At the same time as the shield was raised, there was a sudden sharp whistling sound in the sky, and then the Zhendong Army soldiers hiding under the shield array heard the non-stop ping-pong-pong sound of the shield above their heads like hail.

After three consecutive waves of arrow rain, a sharp iron whistle sounded from the top of the wall behind him, and Ma Xing's loud voice said, "Shoot, shoot his mother, use all your breastfeeding strength, be nervous!" Quickly release the arrow, and look directly at the five bursts!"

With this shout, the sixty archers on the top of the city also began to show their power.Sixty cavalry horn bows were fired at the same time, and the arrows formed a metal storm in the air, passed over the heads of Liu Xun and the others below, roared, and finally smashed into the formation of Shatuo soldiers.

The Shatuo people also held up their shields to cover them, but they couldn't get in like Liu Xun and the others were like tortoise shells. At that time, several people couldn't stop them and were shot and killed by the arrows falling from the sky.

The Shatuo people only came in time to shoot three waves while advancing, but the archers with battlements on the top of the city shot six waves.Standing on the top of the city, they can shoot farther and shoot arrows with more peace of mind.

After the long-range mutual attacks, the Shatuo people's soldiers and horses had already arrived in front of Liu Xun's formation.

In the gap between the shields, the cold light of the sword flashed, and the commands of the fire chief and the team leader came and went.

On the side facing the Shatuo people, Liu Xun took the wrought iron gifted by Li Jing to forge a refined general knife, and stood leisurely under the gate of the city, with the military flag of Feijian Capital fluttering beside him.Every soldier can see him and the military flag, and all the subordinates are infected by his self-confidence and calmness, and firmly carry out his orders.

"The crossbowmen in the back row are ready, release arrows!"

Liu Xun opened his strong bow, hitched three arrows at a time, and aimed directly at the flag bearer next to the officer.

The flag is the morale of an army. If the flag falls when a battle starts, it will have a great impact on the morale of the army.

Suddenly there was a strange whistling sound in the sky, and the tall Shatuo people's standard bearer who followed Chen Yushan immediately knew that there was an arrow coming.Immediately listen to the sound to identify the position, and then quickly hide to the other side.Just moved sideways to pass the arrow.Who knew that the second arrow would arrive right after the first arrow, and that arrow would hit exactly where he was right now.

Although the flag bearer was tall, he was very agile and moved sideways to the other side, dodging the arrow.

After passing two consecutive arrows in a row, the standard bearer couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, there was a sudden hiss, and then the third arrow arrived.This time he couldn't hide, he was shot directly in the face by an arrow, screamed, fell off the horse, and the Shatuo army flag in his hand also fell under the horse and disappeared without a trace.

"Datang, Datang!" The archers who saw this scene from the top of the city cheered and roared loudly.

Although the soldiers who were still hiding in the tortoise shell didn't understand what happened, they knew it must be a good thing.They hurriedly shouted together from below, and the momentum suddenly shook the sky, and the morale of the whole army was high.

Chen Yushan did not expect that his flag bearer would have been killed by the enemy before the handover was officially handed over, and the flag had already been caught under the horseshoe before the deputy flag bearer came to pick it up...

After Liu Xun killed the opponent's flag bearer and flag with three consecutive arrows, the soldiers behind the formation also raised their bows and shot arrows one after another.

Blood splattered everywhere!People are shouting!

The star-like arrows swept across the front army of the Shatuo people with a fast speed.

Some even penetrated the iron helmet and shot into the head!Shot through the breastplate and into the heart!Pierce the shield and shoot through the arm!

No one thought that such a team of bows and arrows was hidden behind those hundreds of people.Chen Yushan's [-] soldiers and horses suffered a big loss immediately, and dozens of them were shot down at once.

In the blood and dust, both the people and the horses who were hit by the arrows screamed in pain, and the overwhelmed lives made their final struggle amidst the blood!

The heroic shouts of the Shatuo people stopped abruptly!

Ma Xing took the opportunity to call out to the archers who had just shot the first wave of five rounds of arrows, seized the opportunity that the front shield of the Shatuo people had an empty space, and fired again fiercely, this time with precision strikes.After another five rounds of shooting, Chen Yushan's 300 people had dropped nearly a hundred corpses, and finally rushed to the corpse wall made of Shatuo people's corpses.

What greeted them was the dazzling spears behind the car formation!

(To be continued)