The late night in Jiashan is mysterious and vague, and the thin mist is like an untouchable veil, soothing this wild and natural mountain forest. Twenty thousand Dongxi barbarians were like silent ghosts, meandering forward at night in this narrow valley, with the team stretching for several miles. The high mountains and dense forests on both sides seemed to have just awakened from the vitality of February, and were lush and green. The clouds and mist on the mountain tops were hazy, accompanied by the breathtaking roar of beasts in the empty valley from time to time, which was full of depression.
Peng Shiyu rode one of the few war horses in the team, and was firmly guarded by the tribal guards in the middle. At this time, his eyes were dark and bright, and his sharp eyes were always looking at the endless depths ahead, and his face was extremely calm.
After his father Peng Shichou received the emergency report from Langzhou, he immediately ordered him to lead his troops eastward for rescue. This time, the Tang army claimed to have an army of one hundred thousand, and it was coming with great force. It was said that the privy envoy was personally appointed as the commander, so Peng Shiyu, who had always been aloof, had to be cautious. As a native of Xizhou, he knew very well that fighting in the seemingly dangerous and dense mountain forests was a natural advantage for the warriors of his tribe, and it was also a place that the Tang army did not dare to cross.
There are almost steep cliffs on both sides of the path, and Peng Shiyu ordered that no fires should be lit, so the 20,000 Dongxi barbarians could only rely on their natural and strong skills to move cautiously in the dark. In the clouds and mist lingering in the distance, Peng Shiyu seemed to be able to perceive the outline of the mountain in the distance. As long as he climbed over it, he could freely enter the vast flat dense forest of Langzhou. The plan for this battle was mostly completed. His tribesmen would be like divine soldiers descending from heaven, attacking and killing the panicked Tang soldiers off guard.
"Report!" A barbarian soldier ran in front of Peng Shi Yuma in a panic.
Peng Shiyu suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and quickly asked: "Is there any enemy situation?"
"Uncle, the top of the mountain ahead may have been occupied by the Tang army. The young man took advantage of the darkness to reach the foot of the mountain and saw that they had built a camp. I am afraid that my army will not be able to get through!"
Peng Shiyu was immediately shocked: "How is that possible?"
The barbarian soldier hurriedly bowed and said: "Sir, my eyes are brighter than that of an owl at night, and I can never make a mistake!"
Seeing that Peng Shiyu was a little panicked, a general next to him said: "How long and wide is the stockade? Can you clearly see the commander's flag on the stockade? Who is the commander-in-chief of the Tang army here?"
Seeing the barbarian soldier describing it with gestures, Peng Shiyu swallowed his saliva, and his falcon-like eyes suddenly returned to coldness: "I didn't expect it, but it was that idiot Li Jianqi! I and my grandfather had already beaten me before. I dare not leave Yiyang City, but now I have the guts to block my way? Is this Tang army unmanned?"
Several generals around him also sneered. It seemed that in their eyes, these three words Li Jianqi were like ants and could be manipulated easily.
A tough-looking general took the lead and said, "Sir, it seems that the main force of the Tang army is heading towards Langzhou! As for Li Jianqi, he is just a useless chess piece used by the Tang army to delay our army. That camp will definitely It was built in a hurry, and it will collapse at the first touch! The general will ask you to be the vanguard and collect Li Jianqi's head for the uncle!"
Peng Shiyu shook his head, snorted and said: "No need! How dare Li Jianqi, with just a few thousand remnant soldiers, stop my 20,000 Xizhou soldiers? It's ridiculous, you think you have long ears! Send my military order, the whole army will fight with open fire, and the uncle will lead the army personally, Charge and kill the Tang army camp!"
"As you command!"
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In the temporary camp built on the top of the mountain, the commander-in-chief Li Jianqi was calming down and patiently patrolling back and forth. Ever since Li Yuan visited the camp in person two days ago and told him the battle strategy in detail, a fire was rekindled in his heart.
Before March, as the King of Chu surrendered, he was confidently ordered to lead his troops to Yiyang. After receiving the letter from Langzhou, I thought that I would be able to enter the city soon to accept surrender and return to the court. However, I was unexpectedly tricked by Liu Yan and others into treating him like a three-year-old child, and made him, a dignified military commander, become the leader of the Manchu Dynasty. laughing stock. In addition, those hateful and cunning Dongxi barbarians were always harassing and harassing them, which made Li Jianqi even more miserable, and there were also complaints among the army.
As a military general who is well-read in military science and regards honor as his life, he has long wanted to eat the flesh and blood of the barbarian soldiers and avenge his shame as soon as possible!
Therefore, when he heard Li Yuan's plan, he followed the order without hesitation. According to the instructions of Mr. Xu under Li Yuan's tent, he occupied the top of the mountain at night, quickly built a stronghold, and prepared a number of crossbows. Boulder equipment, waiting for the arrival of the barbarians.
"Come to your Majesty, a large group of barbarians have been discovered at the foot of the mountain! They are ready to attack our army camp!"
When he heard the soldiers coming to report, Li Jianqi took a deep breath and led his generals to climb up and look down.
Sure enough, on the trail on the west side of the mountain, there were endless torches, and a long dragon instantly lit up in the dense forest! These barbarian soldiers cut down some trees on both sides of the trail and opened up the path up the mountain. Now they have gathered into a group.
The hunky-backed Peng Shiyu had already arrived at the front of the battle formation. At this moment, he dismounted and straightened his waist. He suddenly raised his arms and raised the spear in his hand. Weird drum beats followed, and in an instant, the sound of killing like a ghost crying or wolf howling rose up in the sky!
The densely packed barbarian soldiers were like beasts, baring their teeth and running barefoot on the mountain road covered with gravel and thorns. In their red eyes, this lonely Tang Army camp nestled in the mountains was nothing more than a tired egg as thin as cicada wings, which could be swallowed up and destroyed in an instant.
Seeing the rows of barbarian soldiers wearing rattan armor rushing up from the slope with strange screams, Li Jianqi swallowed his saliva and gave an order to the nervous archers in the village: "Act according to the plan! Don't panic!"
On the makeshift sentry tower, a soldier began to shout: "Two hundred steps!"
"One hundred and fifty steps!"
"One hundred steps!"
"Eighty steps!"
After a "thump", Li Jianqi stabilized his mind, gritted his teeth, and shouted loudly: "Let go!"
In an instant, the Tang troops on the stronghold all fired the first round of arrow rain. The whistling sharp arrows soared into the sky and disappeared at the end of the night sky. After converging into countless black spots, they suddenly fell with precision like poisonous snakes, fiercely smashing the arrows. The hundreds of barbarian soldiers at the front were nailed to the mountain road!
Peng Shiyu, the commander of the barbarian soldiers, rushed to the front. Seeing that the Tang army was condescending according to the terrain, hundreds of tribesmen fell in front of him. He burst out with anger and shouted: "Tengjie Armor Formation!"
With an order, the barbarian soldiers in the back row held up their huge vine shields and rushed forward to block the front. This was the usual fighting method of Dongxi barbarians. The source of rattan shields and rattan armors is easy to obtain. There are a lot of inexhaustible rattans in the mountains and forests. For the barbarian soldiers who have been hunting in the mountains since childhood, even if the shields and armors are damaged, they only need to hunt on the spot between battles. Using materials, a strong defense network can be built in a moment.
"Come on, the barbarians have formed a formation with shields! Our arrows may not be able to penetrate!" A general reminded him quickly, stroking the cold sweat on his forehead. They had personally experienced the thickness of the barbarian soldier's vine armor in the past few months. No matter how sharp the ordinary sword was, it was difficult to cut through it easily. Instead, it would be entangled in complicated knots. The barbarian soldier only needed to swing it gently, and Tang Jun The soldier dropped his weapon carelessly and lost his life in vain.
But tonight, Li Jianqi seemed confident because Xu Kuangheng had already reminded him of the solution. So he waved his hand and shouted: "Launch the rocket!"
At the military order, the Tang army's crossbowmen turned around one after another, dipped their arrows in oil and ignited them, then bent their bows hard and fired! In an instant, the second round of arrow rain from the Tang Army carried little flames soaring into the sky, instantly lighting up the gray night sky. Countless meteors fell to the ground, and the Tengdun that the barbarian soldiers were proud of burned into pieces in a moment, and then shrill screams rang out.
Before they could retreat in disarray, the Tang army fired the third and fourth arrows mercilessly one after another. In an instant, the corpses of the barbarians on the west side of the mountain piled up into hills of flesh and blood!
Peng Shiyu and several generals had already retreated 500 steps away. In less than half an hour, they had lost thousands of tribesmen and were beaten in vain, but the Tang army suffered no damage. While he was extremely resentful in his heart, he also deeply regretted having underestimated his enemy.
But looking at the densely packed Tang Army arrows on the slope, which pricked the barbarian soldiers like hedgehogs, Peng Shiyu couldn't suppress it and said angrily: "The enemy fired arrows, why didn't our army return the favor?! Where are the archers? Chui Chui Where is the archer? Why don’t you quickly quench the poison and blow the arrows?!”
After he finished speaking, he saw the surrounding barbarian soldiers looking at him in shock. A general stepped forward and said hurriedly: "Sir, the Tang army established a stronghold based on high ground. Our army can only attack from the rear. The archers can't shoot at all. It’s really laborious to climb an arrow high! And the dart player can only shoot fifty steps, but now he can’t even get closer to a hundred steps!”
Peng Shiyu roared ferociously at the crowd: "Sir, I don't believe it! We have 20,000 people, are we really blocked at the foot of this mountain? Send my military order! If we form two thousand more vine armor formations, we will risk our lives to cover the blow." Archers come forward! I don't believe it, Li Jianqi has an inexhaustible supply of arrows!"
"As you command!"
On the Jiashan sentry tower, the soldiers of the Tang army shouted again: "Come on, the barbarians have formed a formation again!"
Li Jianqi sneered: "The barbarians are like beasts! Do you really think they will die if they are thick-skinned and thick-skinned? Keep firing rockets!"
"Whoosh!" Another round of arrows rained down from the sky, falling with the light of fire. But this time, the barbarian soldiers seemed to be determined to die. Even though the huge vine armor was instantly ignited, the hot and stinking flesh and blood showed no intention of retreating, and they still pressed forward one after another.
Hearing the screams of the barbarians at the foot of the mountain, and even burning his eyebrows with fire, he still struggled, clinging to the rocks and trying to climb forward. This scene was like a Shura hell built by Abi fire. The Tang army in the camp was shocked to see it. Smelling the smell of burnt barbecue in the air, several soldiers had already vomited.
Li Jianqi personally climbed up the sentry tower and suddenly saw among the piles of blood and flesh of the barbarians, there were still dozens of barbarian soldiers holding strange instruments like bamboo tubes in their mouths. They were trying to hide in the blind corner down the slope. His face instantly sank. He had eaten it long ago. Having suffered countless losses, he immediately reacted and shouted: "Be careful of the barbarian soldiers blowing arrows!"
As soon as the words fell, there were only a few "咻" sounds, which were as subtle as the tip of a needle cutting through the air. The several Tang Army soldiers standing at the front of the camp stiffened instantly, and fell down in less than three breaths, with spread on their faces. His eyes were black and blue, and his eyes were staring blankly into the night.
"The shield men came forward to form a formation! The archers continued to set fire!" Li Jianqi roared the order while getting off the guard tower.
Immediately afterwards, he said coldly to the general beside him: "Since the barbarians are not afraid of death, then let them be killed! Send my military order to take all the fire oil in the camp and give it to the capital to command these barbarians. Cooked!"
Looking at Li Jianqi's fierce eyes, the general immediately shouted: "Follow your orders!"
