Chen Ping gave an order, and the archers of the Eagle Brigade marched forward without fear of death, braving the rain of arrows from the guards of the Tianji Camp, and at the same time fired arrows at the guards of the Tianji Camp.
Under the cover of two shield soldiers, Chen Ping held his breath and focused, aiming his arrow at the head of a Tianji Battalion guard.
As the bow string was loosened, the arrow accurately hit the head of the Tianji camp guard. Anyone hit by this arrow would definitely die!
But a strange scene happened. After the arrow hit the Tianji Camp guard, it bounced away!
It wasn't until the distance got closer that Chen Ping was surprised to find that the helmets of the guards of the Tianji Battalion actually had protective goggles strapped to them!
In addition, he also wears a simple face helmet, which is modified from the shoulder armor.
The upper body is covered with Tianjiying standard armor, and there is also a layer of fish scales hanging on the outside.
Where is the light infantry here? They are clearly heavy infantry!
No wonder after changing the arrows, the opponent had almost no attrition, but his own side suffered heavy losses.
Continuing to change arrows will lead to a dead end. The only way now is to cover the vanguard and rush forward, using weapons such as rifles or tomahawks in their hands to fight at close range.
But……
The enemy army was obviously aware of this, and only a small number of guards were separated to fight back and suppress Chen Ping's subordinate archers. Most of the guards' arrows were always pouring towards the vanguard.
The Eagle Brigade is a light cavalry. Although with the help of horse power, the armor is generally thicker than that of the light infantry, the anti-arrow effect is far inferior to that of real heavy armor.
Coupled with the fact that the arrows of the Tianji Camp guards were almost all armor-piercing arrows, faced with the crazy rain of arrows, only 300 of the 500 vanguards were left in the blink of an eye!
Moreover, affected by the dense spike traps on the ground, the vanguard did not rush forward in one fell swoop, but dispersed and rushed forward one after another.
If they face second-rate infantry, they will naturally have the upper hand, but the problem is... they are facing the guards of the Tianji Battalion, who are known as the pinnacle of infantry combat!
The Tianji Camp guards only separated out ten people, holding two-foot-long horse poles. Relying on the cover of the boulder in front of them and the length advantage of the horse poles, they staggered the advancing vanguard. Even if someone could rush to the stronghold, they would He was immediately surrounded and killed on the spot.
As the vanguard continued to lose troops and generals, the offensive became weaker and weaker.
The infantry archers under Chen Ping were less than forty steps away from the enemy's stronghold. At this moment, the sound of drums came from the top of the mountain again, and the guards who had been behind them immediately joined the battle.
As the number of enemy troops doubled, the density of arrows instantly overwhelmed Chen Ping's last bit of persistence.
Chen Ping no longer hesitated, and immediately shouted at the top of his lungs: "Retreat! The vanguard obeys the order, all retreat!"
Those inconspicuous spike traps not only hinder the vanguard's attack, but also hinder their retreat.
It’s hard to go up, but even harder to come down!
As Chen Ping withdrew, Ning Hu did not hesitate at all and immediately ordered: "Shoot the enemy as much as possible!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Hu and the two hundred soldiers all stood up, and fired a crazy barrage of arrows at the vanguard who was trying to retreat.
The Eagle Brigade, known as the most elite in Beidi, was rolling and climbing at this time. Most of the people rolled directly down the hillside. Many people either lost their footing and stepped into the trap in panic, or were shot dead by the Tianji Camp guards. .
When had the Eagle Brigade been in such a mess? But in order to save my life, I can’t worry about that much.
When the Eagle Brigade finally withdrew to a safe area, only more than a hundred of the five hundred vanguards were left, while there were only more than 1,200 infantry archers left.
In this battle, Chen Ping's proud Eagle Brigade dropped a total of six hundred corpses on the mountainside!
As for how many people died on the other side, only the devil knows!
Chen Ping led the Eagle Brigade and retreated down the mountain in embarrassment. He roared at Ma Ning: "Why don't you come up to support me? I sent messengers three times in a row!"
Ma Ning's cheeks turned red and he gritted his teeth: "General, this garrison doesn't obey orders!"
What? !
Hearing Ma Ning's answer, Chen Ping's eyes widened and he felt dizzy. In the midst of a battle, the army actually disobeyed military orders? !
Are there such bastard soldiers in the world?
Chen Ping drew out his knife and wanted to kill a few soldiers to vent his anger. As a result, the soldiers in front of him, instead of showing any intention of killing them, showed their weapons and confronted Chen Ping.
Immediately afterwards, bursts of cynicism sounded.
"We only follow the orders of the Lord Overseer!"
"Chen Ping, do you still think you are still the goalkeeper of the Eagle Brigade? You are just a little general now, how dare you make such a fuss here?"
"Hmph, let alone now, even if you are still the goalkeeper of the Eagle Brigade, so what? From the beginning to the end, you have not been the leader of this anti-bandit operation!"
"That's right! Chen Ping, you are only in charge of the vanguard army now. As for how we act, it will naturally be dispatched by the Governor!"
"Chen Ping, you led two thousand vanguards and escaped in such a mess. Haha, it's really embarrassing!"
"Isn't your Eagle Brigade known as the most elite cavalry in Beidi? Why are they all useless without horses? You are no different from us."
Facing the cynicism of the soldiers, Chen Ping could hardly believe his ears.
The war is still going on, and instead of providing any assistance, these soldiers actually add insult to injury. An uncontrollable anger gradually fills Chen Ping's heart, and he can't hold it back.
Recalling the six hundred brothers he had killed in battle, Chen Ping became even more furious and chopped off the deputy lieutenant who was leading the soldiers in front of him with a knife.
When the knife went down, the scene was instantly in chaos.
The defenders mobilized from various counties were extremely cowardly when facing the enemy, but they were all brave and fierce when facing their own people.
Seeing that Chen Ping actually chopped off his own peak, all the soldiers rushed forward and directly fought with Chen Ping's Eagle Brigade.
Just as the two sides were fighting to death, the Jin Yiwei lurking not far away quickly reported the news to Qin Feng.
At this time, Qin Feng was standing in the watchtower, observing the situation at Xu Qian's camp at the foot of the mountain.
When he learned that the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain were fighting among themselves and were killing each other, Qin Feng was stunned for a while before he came to his senses. His expression changed from surprise to joy. He turned over and jumped out of the watchtower. He picked up a walking stick and headed down the mountain. run.
As he ran, he shouted to the bewildered soldiers beside him: "What are you doing standing still? Go down the mountain and break up the fight!"
Dissuade a fight?
All the soldiers looked at each other in confusion. After living for so many years, this was the first time they had seen such a situation.
Ning Hu reacted quickly, picked up the bow and arrow he had just put down, and ran down behind Qin Feng.
The soldiers looked at the rifle in Qin Feng's hand and the bow and arrow in Ning Hu's hand, and then they suddenly realized.
It turned out to be such a way to break up the fight...
Qin Feng led two hundred soldiers and rushed down the mountain. When he was less than thirty steps away from the enemy, the enemy, who were busy killing each other, did not notice it at all!
