Things in this world are so weird sometimes.
Zhang He still didn't understand, watching the arrow rushing towards his chest, why after he subconsciously dodged, it hit the crook of his knee directly. The difference between the up and down and the front and back was too big.
Not only Zhang He didn't think of this, but even Feng Xi, the archer, didn't think of it either.
To be honest, Feng Xi really couldn't hold on anymore. The long-term fighting had already weakened his hands. There were no guards around him and he could die on the spot at any time.
But Feng Xi really didn't want to give in. He was only about thirty steps away from Zhang He.
At this time, Feng Xi couldn't think calmly. He would not think that even if he stood in front of Zhang He now, he would not be able to pose any threat to Zhang He in his current state. He only had one thought now, and that was to Give it a try and don't let your death go in vain.
Therefore, after cutting down a Wei soldier who came up to attack him, Feng Xi looked around and was surprised to find that among the Wei soldiers surrounding him, there were actually several archers.
The archers of this era were able to shoot at long distances and fight at close range. Archers could be used as infantry, but infantry could not be used as archers.
But to be honest, no matter which army it is, it is generally not easy for archers to go to the front line to fight.
Because although the archers can wield swords, they have no armor.
Although the armor coverage rate of infantry soldiers fighting on the front lines in these days is not high, they still have some leather helmets. The leather armor protects the vital parts. If they are elite troops, the leather armor can cover a larger area.
However, the archers have very high requirements for shooting bows. This means that it is impossible for archers to wear heavy leather armor or even armor on the battlefield. Even the archers of elite troops can only wear a piece of heart armor at most. .
Archers will only take up their swords and go into battle to kill the enemy as a last resort, when there is no way out without desperate efforts.
Of course, there is an exception, that is, when the battle situation has been decided and it is time to grab military merit and harvest the heads, the archers will sometimes launch a charge to win some military merit.
After all, archers are naturally at a disadvantage in terms of how military merit is calculated. It is difficult to tell whether the enemy was shot to death by bows and arrows or hacked to death by friendly infantry.
Therefore, when the overall situation has been decided, the unspoken rules in the army also allow archers to go into battle to grab heads.
For example, now, dozens of Wei soldiers are surrounding Feng Xi, who has no guards and is exhausted. This is obviously the enemy general. If someone can kill him, how much credit can he get? !
Under such circumstances, it is normal for a few archers to mix in the crowd and try to take advantage of the situation.
Then a certain unlucky archer caught Feng Xi's eye, and he rushed forward and hacked him to death.
It's not that Feng Xi has special tastes. Before he died, he only stared at the archers. Feng Xi just took a fancy to the bows and arrows carried by the archers.
After killing the archer with one blow, Feng Xi took off his long bow and picked up a bow and arrow. Feng Xi immediately drew the bow and nocked the arrow, and shot at Zhang He.
At this time, Zhang He was still observing the gathering of Wei troops on the flanks, and for a while he really didn't notice Feng Xi's actions.
When the soldiers besieging Feng Xi saw Feng Xi drawing his bow and aiming an arrow at Zhang He, they immediately understood what Feng Xi was going to do and swarmed forward, not giving Feng Xi a chance to shoot.
However, Feng Xi was a general after all, and his reaction was much faster than that of ordinary soldiers. He shot the arrow before the soldiers surrounded him.
Then the arrow, after a very strange change of direction in the air, really hit Zhang He's right leg, causing Zhang He to stagger and fall to the ground.
The price in exchange was that Feng Xi was stabbed several times and was eventually chopped to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
Wei's soldiers didn't care at all whether Feng Xi was dead or not. What they cared about was whether their general Zhang He was okay.
After all, Zhang He did fall to the ground just now in full view of everyone.
And Zhang He was really depressed right now.
It was obvious that the arrow was aimed at the upper body, so why did it hit my knee and bend it by such a coincidence? !
Even if he had just dodged and bent his knees to the front, how could he hit this place by such a coincidence? !
As long as you shoot something in the thigh, Zhang He can accept it.
Although it will hurt a little, there is a lot of flesh on the thigh. Gritting his teeth, he can continue to stand and command even if he is shot in the thigh, so as not to fall to the ground directly.
Now Feng Xi's breakthrough has failed, and he died on the spot. The Shu army in front of Dachangji is under no one's command, and it is impossible to stop his attack. The front and flanks of the Shu army have broken through. There are two to three hundred men in the army, which is nothing to worry about.
As long as Zhang He can stand up and hold on for a while, then Dachangji will be won.
But why did the shot hit the knee and bend it? !
The arrow hit that spot, and I couldn't stand firm let alone walk.
But now that the fighter plane is right in front of him, Zhang He also knows that he can't waste time here. If he hesitates for a moment and gives the enemy a chance to retreat and reorganize the defense line, he will be in trouble.
Isn't it just that the right knee was bent after being shot? It doesn't matter. Our left leg is fine.
Zhang He forced himself to stand up on one foot and asked the soldiers around him to cut off the arrow shafts for him. He supported himself, stood on his left leg and started directing his soldiers to attack again.
When the soldiers of Wei saw that Zhang He stood up again, and from the outside, they really couldn't see that Zhang He was injured in any way, their morale was greatly shaken. Under Zhang He's command, they launched another attack on the Shu army in front of Dachangji. attack.
At this time, the front defenders of Dachangji were indeed at a loss because of Feng Xi's death. Zhang He stood up very promptly, barely giving Liu Yin much time to adjust. When Liu Yin discovered that the front defenders were unstable, By that time, Zhang He had already launched an all-out attack on the frontal defenders.
Liu Yin had no choice. He didn't know what happened to Feng Xi yet. He could only order the front defenders to retreat temporarily. Liu Yin had no hope of reorganizing the direction. He just asked them to withdraw quickly instead of Just retreat after defeat and break up the second line of defense that you managed to organize.
Yes, Liu Yin's second line of defense was finally organized reluctantly, but after all, there was not enough time, and Liu Yin didn't know how long his line of defense could last.
The war has come to this point, and Liu Yin has no other choice. There is nothing else he can do except defend Dachangji.
Besides, the two sides started fighting in the early morning, and now it was already dawn and they had been fighting for almost an hour. It was impossible for Zhang Hejun's army to suffer no losses at all.
Both sides are actually trying to make a final push. If Zhang He cannot completely capture Dachangji in the next attack and let his follow-up troops come out of the mountain road, then Zhang He will not be able to escape when Zhang Xi leads his troops to arrive.
Zhang He didn't know when Zhang Xi would arrive at Dachangji, but Liu Yin knew very well that although Zhang Xi led an army of 5,000 people, the marching speed was a little slower than that of himself and Feng Xi, but with a distance of more than 40 miles, at most it was It only takes about half a day.
In other words, as long as Zhang He cannot defeat Dachangji this morning, he will never have a chance again.
Liu Yin had no choice. He had to hold on and wait for Zhang Xi to come to his rescue.
Inside Dachangji, Liu Yin indeed only had more than 200 soldiers at his disposal. Those soldiers who had retreated from the front line were of great help if they could not break up his defensive formation. He really couldn't count on them in subsequent battles.
But outside Dachangji, Liu Yin still had a reserve team of more than 100 people. Because Dachangji was too crowded, they had not had time to join the battlefield.
Liu Yin has a reserve team, but Liu Yin is not sure whether this reserve team can be used or not.
Again, Dachangji is too small, and there is not much open space in the environment around Dachangji. After the soldiers were defeated and dispersed, there was no place to escape, or even a chance to kneel down and surrender.
Zhang He didn't have many soldiers, and the fighting was chaotic. Anyone who wanted to win over the prisoners and surrender would not be able to escape.
Furthermore, Zhang He's purpose was to drive this group of defeated Shu troops to attack the direction Liu Yin had just established. It would be great if he could destroy Liu Yin's defense line in one fell swoop.
After all, Liu Yin's defense line had just been established and was not very stable to begin with. Faced with the impact of his own defeated troops, if he softened slightly, the defense line would be as if it had not been set up at all.
Zhang He's calculation was very good, but Liu Yin was not a pedantic person after all.
After setting up the defense line, Liu Yin personally came to the front line and asked the guards to shout to the retreating soldiers, asking them to take a detour to the rear to rest and recuperate. If they were fifty steps closer to the front of the defense line, they would just shoot their bows and arrows at random.
Although Liu Yin was born as a scholar, he would never hesitate when it was time to be ruthless. He could answer the multiple-choice question of the lives of the remaining five or six hundred people in the army and the lives of the two or three hundred people who retreated.
While shouting, he ordered his soldiers to shoot arrows and attack without mercy. This decisiveness made Zhang He frown slightly.
Although Feng Xi fought bravely, he still lacked some strength after all. Although it was troublesome for Zhang He to deal with it, he finally got it done.
But the internal guard of Dachangji is not only decisive, but also cruel-hearted.
This is a more difficult figure than Feng Xi.
And talking about this Feng Xi, Zhang He glanced at Feng Xi, who was lying motionless on the ground not far from him, and sighed.
He was a warrior after all, and after this battle was over, he still had to be buried well.
But now, we still need to defeat the defenders in Dachangji first.
The auto-update setting was wrong and the chapter was missing. Now it has been changed back. Sorry, sorry.
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