Although the combat effectiveness of Fan Bei's rebel army is not as good as that of southern Xinjiang's elite.
However, under the attack from two fronts, the morale of the Shu army obviously changed.
Even the elite members of the Shu army had panicked looks on their faces, let alone the new soldiers and local troops.
After all, what they are facing now is a double attack.
Not to mention Fan Bei and others, let's just talk about the Xiangyang army at the highest level.
Many soldiers have seen how strong their fighting power is.
At this moment, the two parties launched an attack on their own side together. Even the centurion, who was experienced in combat, found it difficult to calm down at this moment.
Fortunately, Xie Guangxian reacted quickly and immediately sent his own generals to calm people's hearts.
In the end, some of the men were successfully transferred out of the middle circle battlefield and went to the front to resist the attack of the Xiangyang army.
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Outside Qutang Pass.
Not only Xu Lang, the marching commander, personally led the charge, but also the commander-in-chief Gao Zhixing had boarded the battlefield to personally direct the attack.
This guy only adheres to one principle from beginning to end.
If we don't fight, we will fight. As long as we fight, it will be the final decisive battle.
Moreover, Gao Zhixing is fully confident about this battle.
As mentioned before, Qutang Pass relies on that narrow road.
The narrow passage was only thirty to fifty meters long, but even at this distance, it almost became a chasm beyond the reach of the enemy.
This is not because of anything else, but because the city wall of Qutang Pass is only five hundred steps away from the end of the narrow passage.
This means that even though the cannons that are higher up are more sophisticated, they can shoot farther.
But it was impossible to open up the formation in the narrow passage and let the artillery fire exert its full power.
But the Shu army was able to take advantage of this and launch all firepower attacks on Gao Zhixing's side on the city wall.
You know, in the age of firearms, once one party's positions are too dense, it is equivalent to giving the other party a life.
A single volley from the opponent can directly knock out several or even a dozen artillery pieces on Gao Zhixing's side.
Gao Zhixing naturally knew this result in advance, so he always avoided fighting in the early stage.
Even in battle, they were outside the narrow passage, taking advantage of their own more sophisticated artillery to harass the enemy from a distance.
But things are different now.
Because of Fan Bei's rebellion, the Shu army's internal defense was empty.
The sentries had no time to send out a signal due to the quick clearance of the manpower arranged by Gao Zhixing.
And Gao Zhixing and their speed are also fast.
Almost instantly, the artillery was pushed through the narrow passage that was regarded as a natural chasm, and approached the city of Qutangguan.
After a round of artillery fire, the scene just now occurred.
The city wall of Qutangguan collapsed.
At this time, the soldiers of the Xiangyang Army seemed to be crazy.
With almost no command from the generals, the sword and shield wielders arrayed in front of the formation charged toward Qutang Pass with howls.
The distance of three to five hundred steps was almost a matter of lightning.
Before the first batch of Shu army reinforcements arrived, many soldiers of the Xiangyang army had already rushed into the pass through the damaged gap.
The soldiers from the two sides didn't say anything and started fighting together.
Although the Shu army rushed to fight, this army was the elite main force of the Shu army and had a strong ability to adjust.
Almost immediately after a brief period of confusion, he quickly adjusted.
Three or five soldiers began to gather together, cooperating with each other to fight back against the incoming enemy troops.
You know, these soldiers all came down from the battlefield.
Not to mention having experienced hundreds of battles, he is also full of combat experience.
Moreover, due to the frequent wars that broke out in Shu in the past few years, although these soldiers were still government soldiers in name, they had actually become mercenaries.
They only go home a few times and train in the military almost all year round.
Therefore, when three or five Shu soldiers cooperated with each other to strangle the enemy, the degree of tacit understanding displayed was far beyond what ordinary armies could match.
And in ancient wars.
Once a tacit understanding is formed between soldiers and soldiers, there is cooperation.
Then this army is the king's division, an elite division, and there is no need to argue.
Because this is what the Liangzhou Army is like.
And the tactics they adopted were also based on cooperation between three or five people.
Even after Li Chengqian took charge of the Liangzhou Army, he refined this tactic. The three-man battle method and the five-man battle method were arranged from here.
This tactic caused the Liangzhou Army to suffer a lot when it fought with other armies.
After all, in the face of the troops that cooperate with each other, the troops that do not cooperate are equivalent to a group of mobs.
At this moment, the Xiangyang Army is that rabble.
To be honest, even Xu Lang, who led the team to attack the city, did not expect it.
Tens of thousands of people on our side were unable to break through the defense line garrisoned by 2,000 people.
Even when the enemy had no city defense, our own side suffered heavy casualties.
Seeing the wounded soldiers being carried out from the battlefield one by one by civilians, Xu Lang became a little anxious.
He shouted straight behind him: "Come on, rush on, rush forward."
"People from Bingzhou Army, Youzhou Army, and Qingzhou Army are all watching from behind."
"If we can't take Qutang Pass today, we won't have to go back. I can't afford to lose that person."
In fact, he didn't even need to say this, the soldiers knew it in their hearts.
Our own side is from the Xiangyang Army, and is known as the second son of the imperial court.
Whenever the imperial court distributed supplies, the Xiangyang Army followed closely behind the Liangzhou Army.
The Liangzhou Army was the main force of the imperial court. It had been out for years opening up territory for the Tang Dynasty. Of course it had to be ranked first. This was undisputed.
But the second one was issued to the Xiangyang Army, which really caused a lot of controversy among the people.
You know, the wars in the Tang Dynasty basically took place in the northeast, northwest and north.
Therefore, Datang's three ace armies were created.
The Liangzhou Army on Longyou Road in the northwest, the Bingzhou Army on Hedong Road in the north, and the Youzhou Army on Hebei Road.
Even the Qingzhou Army of Henan Province is active on the battlefield all year round.
But this Xiangyang army, after quelling the domestic war, basically never participated in the war except for being led by Li Chongyi to the Western Regions.
But why can they line up behind the Liangzhou Army when picking up equipment?
Even if someone explained that they were the reserve corps of the imperial court, they were used to deal with changes in Jiannan Road and Longyou Road.
But how many people can be convinced by this reason?
As a soldier and general of the Xiangyang Army, he would be pulled out and whipped almost every time when the Ministry of War held a meeting.
This also resulted in many soldiers of the Xiangyang Army holding their breath in their hearts.
As the saying goes, don't compete with steamed buns for breath.
Today I want to prove that I use this equipment because of my strength...
At the moment, the first person to break out was a captain.
This guy immediately pulled off all the armor on his body, exposing his strong chest.
He stared forward fiercely, shook his hand tightly and shouted, "Damn it, I'm going to show you today, so you know what it means to rush into battle!"
The words fell.
He didn't care what others looked at him, he held the steel knife in his hand and rushed towards the enemy crowd with a roar.
To be honest, this captain does have some abilities.
I saw him flexibly avoiding the enemy's weapons, and waving the steel knife left and right, instantly cutting a bloody path through the enemy formation...
