Phew!
The sharp fine iron dagger smoothly passed across the Zhao Jiajun spy's neck, making only a small sound and not causing any abnormality.
Li Yungong's troops, who were originally sent to make a quiet detour, after detecting that the opponent's army was already galloping towards the Chinese army, took the opportunity to start clearing the enemy's spies on the cliff.
Having arrived a day early, they set up an ambush here early, which allowed Li Yungong's troops to know the movements of these subsequent spies very well.
As soon as Li Yungong's order was given, in less than a quarter of an hour, the ten spies sent by Tian Cheng on the cliffs on both sides, a total of 200 people, were all wiped out by Li Yungong's troops who had ambushed them early.
The one just now was Zhao Jiajun's last spy on the cliff.
"The commander has eliminated all enemy spies, and no one has been left out!"
The person in charge of the dispatched operation came back to report.
Li Yungong nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "As soon as the enemy army has left for five miles, go down the cliff immediately, leaving half of the people to set up an ambush on top, and the rest will go down with me to block the enemy's retreat!"
"promise!"
The generals have their orders.
Immediately, Li Yungong's three thousand people were immediately divided into two teams, with one thousand five hundred people on each side.
Fifteen hundred people were on the cliff preparing to set up an ambush.
At an intersection after the 1,500 people, Li Yungong and his son led the remaining 1,500 people to block the bottom of the valley, completely blocking the Zhao army's retreat.
Once everything is ready, all we have to do is wait for the outcome of the battle ahead.
At this time, Tian Cheng, who had been galloping all the way, finally arrived at the exit of the Rift Valley Cliff and saw the Taira-Japanese army who seemed to be building fortifications.
Tian Chengdang breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the urgently built fortifications in front of him that had just been built with a layer of foundations yet to come.
Their arrival also attracted the attention of the Taira-Japanese troops who were building fortifications ahead.
Tian Chengming saw that the other party was panicking for a while and then quickly put into a defensive formation.
This kind of performance immediately made Tian Cheng despise the generals of the Japanese army to the extreme.
When the two armies were fighting, I rushed in front of them, and the other party only reacted, instead of sending out scouting horses in advance to investigate the situation and respond in advance.
It seems that this general is nothing more than a straw bag.
Fortunately, he arrived in time and the other party's fortifications had not been built yet. Otherwise, even if it was a straw bag, if the other party had the cover of the fortifications in this terrain, it would still be a huge trouble for him.
There was no such thing as the usual call-out process. When the two armies met, they were hostile and either won or lost.
The so-called shouting before the formation is just to test the opponent and use words to destroy the opponent's morale.
Now there is no need for this. Tian Cheng believes that the other party's general is a idiot.
He also has a trump card like the Poyun Xuanjia Army in his hand, which can completely prevent him from taking the opponent seriously.
As soon as the order was given, the five thousand Zhao Jiajun immediately launched an attack on the Taira-Japanese army guarding the entrance of the valley!
There was nothing unusual about the Ping Japanese Army. After the 5,000 Zhao Jiajun entered the shooting range, they could clearly see the crossbowmen behind the opponent. They immediately fired a wave of arrows and fell into the charging 5,000 Zhao Jiajun!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Tian Cheng didn't care about such attacks or the losses caused. After all, the opponent was the defender and naturally had an advantage.
Moreover, in the battle between the two armies, it is normal for some to die but only some to die.
Seeing this, instead of being afraid, he suppressed all the remaining four thousand Zhao family troops, leaving only three thousand Poyun Xuanjia troops as his trump card.
Just as he expected.
When he sent another four thousand men, the impact of the opponent's arrow rain was greatly weakened.
The army quickly approached a hundred steps in front of the opponent's formation.
In the blink of an eye, more than 8,000 people can rush to the enemy's formation.
Once they get close, Tian Cheng is confident that the Zhao Jiajun who have been trained by them can definitely crush the Japanese army. Their kung fu is a killing skill honed on the battlefield. They are not afraid of anyone in close combat!
However, just when Tian Cheng thought he was sure of victory, the shield soldiers at the top of the Japanese army suddenly dispersed to both sides, and then a scene that made Tian Cheng's eyes split open appeared.
I saw that in the passage where the Ping Japanese Army shield soldiers had given way, rows of Ping Japanese Army soldiers holding repeated crossbows appeared in front of the Ping Japanese Army's army formation.
As the commander of the Ping Japanese Army spoke, he spoke.
The next moment, densely packed crossbow arrows were shot out like a swarm of bees.
The Zhao Jiajun who rushed at the front suddenly fell down like mowing grass, in pieces, as if they were dying one after another!
This terrifying scene instantly frightened Tian Cheng. He never expected that the other party would have such a terrifying weapon.
He was stunned for a moment, but then he quickly issued the order to retreat after being reminded by the deputy general.
What made him almost desperate was that Zhao Jiajun, who was suppressed and beaten, could not retreat from the formation and gritted his teeth.
Tian Chengli immediately sent the Poyunxuanjia Army up and asked them to cover the evacuation of the brigade.
As soon as the Poyun Xuanjia Army went up, the iron armor on their bodies did a great job. The arrows shot on the iron armor could not break through the defense at all. Under their obstruction, the remaining 5,000 Zhao family troops finally withdrew.
It can be seen that there were so many losses and that the Poyun Xuanjia Army was able to restrain the opponent's terrifying weapons. Tian Cheng immediately had new ideas.
He immediately commanded the Zhao army to attack the Taira-Japanese army at Taniguchi again.
Only this time, the ones in front were the Poyun Xuanjia Army.
Relying on the iron armor on their bodies, the Poyun Xuanjia Army rushed directly into the fifty steps in front of the Ping Japanese Army's formation.
Just when Tian Cheng thought he had a winning chance.
Something unexpected happened!
I just heard a military order from the Ping Japanese army on the opposite side: "Change the team! The front team withdraws the squadron, and the squadron shoots through armor!!"
The next moment, the Taira-Japanese soldiers at the front smoothly retreated to the back row, revealing the crossbowmen who were originally behind them.
Immediately afterwards, these crossbowmen fired the crossbow arrows in their hands as before.
Just when the soldiers of the Poyun Xuanjia Army thought they could block the incoming arrows this time as before!
Poof! Poof!
An unexpected scene appeared!
This time the arrows fired by the enemy were not blocked by the armor of the Poyun Xuanjia Army as before. Instead, they were shot straight through by the opponent's arrows as powerful as breaking bamboo!
It was exactly the same fate as when the ordinary Zhao Jiajun faced the previous crossbow arrows!
With just one wave of crossbows, one-sixth of the three thousand Poyunxuanjia troops charging at the front were lost!
More than 500 people were directly shot to death on the spot. Perhaps more died, and even more survived because they were lucky enough to miss their vital points.
Before Zhao Jiajun could react, the opponent's second wave of arrows came over again.
Now everyone knew that the armor was useless, and the Poyun Xuanjia Army, which was originally full of confidence, was now panicking and wanted to run back.
This situation directly caused chaos in the entire Zhao family army.
When Tian Cheng saw this, he was extremely anxious, but he was helpless.
At this moment, an old voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
"The generals of the border army are of this level. No wonder the Song Dynasty has been invaded by the Huns one after another in recent years.
In the end, we old guys still have to show up..."
As soon as the words fell, three figures walked straight past Tian Cheng and rushed towards the front army.
Only then did Tian Cheng remember that he had brought three ancestors sent by the Zhao family with him on this expedition.
According to the Zhao family, these three people have extremely powerful backgrounds from the Zhao family!
From what I just said, it seems like they can solve the current crisis?
A glimmer of hope arose in Tian Cheng's heart as he looked at the three figures rushing towards the front army, expecting a miracle to happen!
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(End of chapter)
