"General, there are enemy troops on the east side!" a general shouted pointing to the east.
Wei Tong looked to the east, and sure enough, there were bursts of dust rising far away, and there were looming figures among them.
"Send my order! The whole army is on alert!" The team stopped immediately, and everyone looked nervously to the east.
"General, there is dust in the west and south of our army!" Suddenly someone shouted again.
Wei Tong asked in surprise: "Could it be that the enemy divided his forces to encircle us? Zhang Fei's army is much more numerous than ours? He only has a few thousand men, but he dares to encircle us. Is the intelligence wrong?"
He really couldn't figure out why Zhang Fei dared to divide his troops and surround him on all sides. According to the information collected by our scouts, he probably doesn't have many men.
The army was silent at this time, staring nervously at the dusty sky in three directions. The soldiers all grasped their weapons tightly, and their palms became sweaty.
It was early spring at this time, and the weather was still cold, but some sergeants actually had sweat on their foreheads.
But after waiting for a long time, no enemies were seen approaching from these three directions.
"Brother Wei, maybe this is a suspected soldier?" Song Xin suddenly thought of something and reminded him in a low voice.
Wei Tong nodded and shouted: "This is the enemy's suspected soldier. They have lined up the carts to form a roadblock to the north, with the crossbowmen at the back, waiting for the shooting to be completed. The veterans are in the front, and the new soldiers are in the back to block the enemy's attack!"
Two hundred crossbowmen immediately faced the north, standing in three rows, all with solemn expressions, drawing arrows and stringing them, always ready to open their bows and release arrows. The soldiers immediately got busy and lined up the carts in a semi-arc to block the north.
A team leader shouted loudly: "Fire the trumpet arrows!"
Then a dozen archers fired a shower of arrows. Behind each arrow, there was a long red ribbon, which was very conspicuous. At a rough estimate, it's about sixty steps. Once a battle occurs, the archers use this distance to determine the enemy's position.
Sure enough, not long after, there was enemy movement in the north!
Everyone could feel the huge vibrations on the ground, like rolling thunder and floods. It was the sound of countless horse hooves treading the ground. The soldiers were like a group of sailors trapped on the rocks, desperately waiting for the coming huge waves to sweep them into the sea, tear them apart, and engulf them.
The sound not only shook the ground, but also made the hearts of countless recruits tremble. This tremor contained a heart-stopping power that seemed to swallow up these poor fifteen hundred people in an instant. When facing the enemy, the veterans' eyes were calm and solemn, while the recruits' eyes were filled with uncertainty and panic. Some recruits had sweaty palms, could not hold their weapons, and kept wiping them on their robes.
Some of the recruits who were going into battle for the first time had already begun to feel weak in their upper legs, and some had even peed their pants.
Although Song Xin had participated in several battles, he was not very afraid and stared at the large patch of dust to the north.
Seeing his nervous look, Zhang Hu and others laughed contemptuously, with a hint of ridicule in their eyes. They kept waiting to see how Song Xin would make a fool of himself. Zhou Zhong spat out the sweet wheat straw he was chewing contemptuously, pulled out his knife and inspected it calmly.
"Let's see how many enemies he can kill in a while." Zhou Zhong muttered in a low voice.
Team leader Liu Mu said: "Huh, I didn't wet my pants. I'm surprised."
Gradually, a long black shadow appeared in the dust in front of him. The black shadow slowly grew larger and clearer, and the last thing they could see clearly was a large group of knights and infantry approaching them. Everyone's body is covered with a layer of golden color from the rising sun. Their weapons and armor were shining brightly.
Wei Tong frowned solemnly and made a rough estimate. There were at least a thousand people on the opposite side. It seems that Zhang Fei's main force is in the north, and his guess is good.
Suddenly, the enemy army stopped outside the five arrows.
A cavalryman rushed out and shouted: "General Yide has an order. If Cao Jun surrenders, he will avoid death. Those who resist will be killed!"
Wei Tong replied loudly: "You go back and tell Zhang Yide that if you want to fight, fight. If you ask me to surrender, you must not do it. I have heard that Zhang Yide is brave, and Wei really wants to learn from him."
As soon as he finished speaking, his veterans who had followed him for many years raised their arms and shouted: "If you want to fight, fight! Just come!"
Zhang Fei's cavalry did not answer, turned their horses' heads and went back.
After a while, the enemy cavalry began to advance slowly, getting closer and closer.
"Why don't you see Zhang Fei come out? Where has he gone?" Wei Tong was a little strange, and felt a little uneasy in his heart. He looked around again. At this time, the dust on the west, south and east sides had disappeared, and the calm was terrifying.
The enemy cavalry suddenly began to accelerate when they arrived outside the three arrows of Cao's army. About two hundred cavalry rushed over quickly.
"Archers, seventy steps, fire in unison! Fifty steps, shoot randomly, thirty steps -------" The archers responded quickly and immediately gave the order.
At this time, the charging cavalry suddenly turned outside the range of the archers, quickly maneuvered to the left and right, and circled the left and right sides of Wei Tong's camp. Hundreds more cavalry followed them. However, Wei Tong discovered that there were two people sitting on these war horses. In the front was a rider in light armor, and behind was a man in civilian clothes.
These knights did not hold long swords or spears, but only held reins in their hands, while the men in civilian clothes behind them each held a hard crossbow. These hundreds of horses rushed into Cao's army's range, and the riders in front suddenly fell down. Lowering themselves, the people behind them placed a hard crossbow on their backs and quickly released a hail of arrows.
The death arrows shot by the powerful crossbows were mixed with the sound of wind, and landed accurately on Cao Jun's position behind the cart. Before those archers could fire arrows to fight back, they were shot over and there was chaos.
Zhang Fei's crossbow cavalry did not continue to fire, but turned their horses' heads and ran back.
Wei Tong's archers sparsely fired some arrows to fight back, but they all fell to the ground, not even touching the corners of the enemy's clothes. The cavalry that had just separated on both sides had now changed directions and rushed towards the northeast and northwest corners of Wei Tong's position, where the carts could not block it.
Song Xin was in the northeast corner at this time. He was standing on a cart, looking at the cavalry rushing over, and slowly pulled out the sword from his waist.
"Listen to my order, in the middle of the week, Zhang Hu, you two troops in front, Liu Mu in the back, to withstand the enemy." Song Xin ordered.
Several people looked at each other. This kid really didn't understand anything. When the cavalry bursts in, they must not stand on the horse's running line and hit the horse. Otherwise, they will either be pierced by the spear or knocked over by the horse. Both of them will survive. No.
They ignored Song Xin's orders and lined up according to their own method. Each group was arranged in a column, two in front and two behind, with the group leader in the middle.
In this way, once the cavalry rushes in, they can immediately get out of the way. The soldiers in the front can kill the horses, and the soldiers behind can use their spears to kill the knights above.
"Boom. Boom. Boom." A series of collision sounds came, and some cavalry had already crashed into Wei Tong's formation. The impact of the horses made many recruits lose their balance and fell to the ground, and then they were trampled by the horses' hooves to their livers and intestines.
On Song Xin's side, although these veterans always cause trouble for him, they are really unambiguous in fighting. Zhang Hu and Zhou Zhong's ten men quickly moved out of the way to avoid the stabbing spear. Then Zhang Da and Zhang Er pierced the horse's neck with a spear. The horse was in pain, raised its head and neighed, and knocked off the rider on top. Turn down. As soon as he landed, three holes were stabbed in his body by Zhang Hu and the others behind him.
Although these veterans are difficult to control, they have rich battlefield experience and are very unambiguous in their attacks.
Then there were more cavalry who rushed over, and they killed a few of them in the same way.
If anyone fell to the ground and was still alive, the captain in the middle drew his sword and chopped him to death. But after all, there were too many cavalry to stop them. Some of Zhou Zhong's soldiers had already been knocked down and one of them was stabbed to death. Liu Mu immediately stepped forward to replace midweek. These dozen people cooperated tacitly, and this corner actually supported the impact of a wave of cavalry.
However, as time passed, it was still unable to stop it, and the defense line was gradually distorted by the impact. Zhang Hu and Zhou Zhong have been separated. In the middle of the week, he was knocked to the ground by the enemy's horse. Seeing the opportunity, the enemy cavalry thrust their spears and stabbed him.
At the critical moment, a flash of sword light flashed, cutting off the enemy's spear.
The man was startled when he saw a young man suddenly appear in front of him. Before he could see his face clearly, the enemy cavalry's eyes flashed with white light, and then the world started spinning. He saw his headless body and slowly fell off his horse. Zhou Zhong escaped death and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you so much!"
"Stand up quickly!" Song Xin stood in front of Zhou Zhong. Then he ran to another place, where Zhang Hu, Liu Mu and others were also washed away.
Seeing that the dozen or so men under him were already tired, Song Xin rushed into the group of enemies. Moving and flickering figures, sword lights, and dust were constantly flashing among the enemy group, and the neighing of war horses and the screams of people could be heard. Every time Song Xin's figure flashed, there was an enemy, chopped into two pieces like tofu. He is like a meat grinder, any enemy that comes close will be strangled in an instant.
After several rounds of this, Zhang Fei's soldiers were hacked to death. Not only Zhang Hu, Zhou Zhong, and Liu Mu, but even Zhang Fei's people were so shocked that their jaws dropped when they saw this scene.
The enemy knew that it was difficult to fight here, so they did not dare to attack this corner again for a while and went directly around to other places.
Zhang Hu didn't expect that this kid with a yellow mouth that they looked down on could be so powerful. It seems that the rumors about Niu Jin being rescued under Jiangling City are true.
Several people's impressions of Song Xin were completely changed at this moment. If Song Xin hadn't desperately helped them resist the enemy, the dozen or so of them would have been here long ago.
Zhang Hu, Liu Mu, and Zhou Zhong looked at each other, guarded Song Xin, and followed him into the enemy army again. The front line that had shrunk due to the enemy's attack was actually pushed back bit by bit.
When Wei Tong saw Song Xin's bravery, he was overjoyed and cheered.
Just when everyone thought they had blocked the enemy, a soldier suddenly pointed to the south and shouted: "General, south!! There are enemy troops in the south too!!"
