In the north of Jize County, Liu Zhiyuan's hasty retreat to this place was carefully planned.
The most critical factor is that he can rely on Jize County to stock up on food and grass.
As Zhang Gao pursued him from the Zhang River, the transport of grain, grass and baggage would inevitably have to cross the Zhang River again, doubling the transport capacity.
What's more, he has built several simple forts outside Jize County. The army relied on these forts and assisted with chariot formations and horse resistance, which could effectively block the Zhou army's cavalry.
However, although Liu Zhiyuan did make a second set of plans, the entire Hedong Army was still shocked.
Because they originally thought that even if the anvil and hammer method could not be as beneficial as expected, the four thousand people carefully selected would not be defeated so miserably!
Although there are still more than 40,000 troops in the Hedong Army, in fact, the elite troops in Hedong are only about 10,000 people in Liu Zhiyuan's own army, 5,000 or 6,000 in the Zhangde Army in the hands of Guo Wei, and 3,000 in the Wujie Army in the hands of Shi Hongzhao. The remaining people are the four thousand people gathered by Bai Zairong and others.
Except for the 23,000 people, the rest are scraps with a very low armor rate.
They never expected that 4,000 elite troops from Hedong, fighting against more than a thousand of Zhou's pro-army troops, would be defeated in just one round.
Although there was a reason why Bai Zairong ran away early, the Hedong Army was already on the verge of collapse before Bai Zairong ran away early.
Moreover, Wang Yin did not fail to exert his efforts, but he was really unable to defeat him. He was pushed back and unable to stand when he met him.
In the distance came the sound of a horn that was several degrees higher in pitch than a cow horn. This was the unique sound of a conch horn.
Hedong is not adjacent to the sea, so the Zhou army used conch horns in this expedition to avoid conflict with the horns from Hedong.
Shi Hongzhao stood on the head of Jize County with a frown on his face. The sun had already set at this time, and the only ones still blowing the horns were those annoying You Yiqi from Zhou Kingdom.
They had followed them all the way from Zhangshui, beating the Hedong Tuyuhun cavalry at the rear very badly. At this time, they were still determining the general direction through their horns.
It is estimated that it won't take long to figure out the locations of the Hedong Army's several camps outside the city.
Shi Hongzhao walked back a little irritably. When he passed several houses, there were faint moans and crying in the houses.
Moan is the wounded soldier who was wounded by the Zhou army today. In the battle near Zhangshui River, the Hedong Army suffered as many as a thousand casualties, but most of them were either killed in battle or captured, and there are only a few here.
Those who cried were all the women in Jize County. The people in Jize County were not as lucky as Pingxiang County. The Hedong Army had no time to go wild in Pingxiang County, but after entering Jize County, they immediately had more time.
As soon as they entered the city, each general occupied it in separate areas. Gold, silver, grain, cloth, women, men, and even livestock such as donkeys and mules were immediately allocated.
The weeping women were hidden by the generals and used as rewards for the brave soldiers below and to take care of the wounded soldiers. It seems that it was because of the deep night that these women dared to cry.
Shi Hongzhao shook his head, but this was not because he had a benevolent heart. In this era, it was actually normal for warriors to harm the people.
He, Shi Hongzhao, didn't think these soldiers had done anything wrong, but he just thought it was unlucky to hear a woman crying late at night.
And just beside the Zhang River, Zhang Gao had just arranged for all the troops to cross the Zhang River.
Tonight, the Zhou army will camp by the Zhang River. Anyway, it is only a dozen miles away from Jize County. There is no time to break camp early tomorrow morning.
Compared to the chaos and panic of the Hedong Army, the Zhou Army was much more solemn.
In today's battle, seventeen people were killed in Xianshandu and later died of serious injuries, thirty-nine people were killed in Yinqiangdu, and more than three hundred were injured.
Most of the people were injured in the crossbow fire. The Hedong Army was worthy of being the most glorious warriors of the Five Dynasties. Even though it was in decline and its equipment was at a disadvantage, it still persisted in fighting with Han Shandu for five years. Round strong crossbow shooting.
"Erlangjun, Song Zheng can no longer follow you!"
As an old man from the Yuancong sect, Song Zheng looked at Zhang Yan with a toothless mouth and red eyes.
But he was not dying, but the knee of his right leg was smashed by Wang Yin Yabing. He also received a heavy hammer on his mouth, his jaw was dislocated, and almost all his front teeth were knocked out, making it difficult to speak.
"Can you speak? What do you mean you can't follow me anymore? You injured your leg, but you didn't die in battle?"
Should I go to Xuzhou Ma Yaozi for inspection, or should I go to Guanzhong to serve as a county captain? You say now, I will ask Guo Tiance to make arrangements later. "Zhang Hao rolled his eyes at Song Zheng angrily.
Song Zheng also chuckled, and then looked at Zhang Hao guiltily, "Sage, I want to go back to Shazhou."
"Going back to Shazhou? Are you worried that you won't be able to serve as an official because of your inconvenient legs and feet? What are you afraid of? I allow you to choose two personal guards and let them push you wherever you go."
Zhang Hao was a little surprised. Although Shazhou was the place where he started, it was too remote. Even immigrants from Guanzhong were rarely willing to go to Shazhou.
Song Zheng shook his head heavily, "I have actually wanted to go back for a long time, but I always thought that the world was uncertain and we had to follow the saint to fight against the separatist regime.
Now that I'm injured, I just need to go back. Luo Fengma and his mother-in-law are all in Shazhou. I'm back, and I can take care of them to some extent. "
Luo Fengma died in Polu Prefecture north of Shule, and was one of the first people to die.
Moreover, Luo Fengma’s mother-in-law is even more troublesome. The old couple are old and attached to their homeland. They refuse to leave Shazhou. Most of the gold and silver they were rewarded were distributed to poor relatives, and they still insist on themselves. Herding sheep in Shazhou.
Lian Zhang ordered them to live in Tokyo, but they traveled to Tokyo for three months, only to stay for five days. They said they had seen Chang'an and Luoyang and had no regrets in their lives, and then ran back to herd sheep.
In fact, among the martyrs of Zhang Zhang's Yuancong sect, there were several pairs of old men like this, all of whom were unwilling to leave Shazhou because of language barriers and different living habits.
"I was originally a slave soldier of the Cao family. I never thought that I would be where I am today. Logically speaking, this life belongs to a saint. But as I get older, I want to go back to my hometown and teach my children well so that they can be a saint again. The saints fight.”
Zhang Hao nodded heavily, then looked at the few gray hairs on his head, and suddenly realized that many people in his hometown were already getting older.
When I went to Anxi that year, Zhang Yan was considered young, and most of the others were actually over forty like Song Zheng.
It is almost time for him to promote a new generation of military generals in this Zhou Dynasty, and the process of unifying the world must also be accelerated while his elite army is still in its prime.
After participating in the cremation ceremony of the fallen warriors and visiting the wounded soldiers, Zhang Gao still could not rest.
Because You Yijun of Lin Wei on the right has brought back the information from the sentinel, Wang Yisi has also sorted out the map, and the generals above Yuhou from each military guard have also arrived.
Zhang Gao took a closer look and found that Liu Zhiyuan arranged his 40,000 troops in a diamond shape.
At the front is a Dazhai fort that can garrison two or three thousand troops, and at the end is Jize County. On both sides are two defensive forts with tall archery towers.
Of course, this is not a regular rhombus, but a very compressed and flat rhombus.
And between this rhombus-shaped city and four fortresses, the Hedong Army used trenches, horse and chariot formations to form a defensive front to block cavalry raids.
A large number of vehicles are equipped internally, and the people in Jize County are also organized to quickly transport supplies and evacuate the wounded.
Li Cunhui personally ran to the front to inquire about the situation. He was explaining to Zhang Yan and other generals.
"After Youyu Linwei followed the Hedong Army to Jize County, we did not choose to continue to entangle the hundreds of riders behind the Hedong Army, but tried to penetrate the stronghold.
Only then did I realize that the trenches on both wings combined with the vehicle formations and the archery towers could easily limit the speed of the cavalry. I guess the idea of the Hedong Army was for us to attack the front.
However, the fort in front of them stretches out to resist horses, and there is also a large fort where troops can be easily mobilized, so it is difficult for the cavalry to use it. "
Bai Congxin also nodded, "There are archery towers, military strongholds and trenches on both sides. It seems that we don't want our cavalry to attack from the left and right and take the retreat.
There are too many horses on the front. Isn't this the same old trick, restricting the cavalry according to local conditions, with the intention of fighting us on foot. "
Feng Hui was more familiar with this routine than Bai Congxin and Li Cunhui. He stood next to Zhang Hao and said.
"Sage, this was Zhu Liang's favorite large square formation in the past that used infantry to defeat cavalry. He set up strongholds on both sides. If our cavalry attacks both sides, it will be blocked by the chariot formation and the archery tower and it will be extremely difficult to attack. I judge that, There must be a weapon like the Fuyuan Crossbow inside.
If we look at it from the front, the Dazhai Fort must be guarded by elite soldiers and it will be impossible to capture it easily.
If it is bypassed, the elites in Dazhai Fort can attack from all sides. If it is attacked by force, the Hedong Army can move away and resist horse support, which will be very difficult to defeat! "
After listening to this, Zhang Hao looked at the map carefully again. He always felt that it was a little familiar. Finally, he suddenly realized that this thing was just a stacked formation, wasn't it? He used it in Shulepolu Prefecture.
It just turned the group of archers who came forward into a large fort, and the horses on both sides turned into trenches and vehicle formations.
It gave up the ability to attack from both sides, and mainly relied on the Dazhai Fort to limit the frontal attack of the cavalry. The soldiers and horses on both sides could move away to resist the attack depending on the situation.
Zhang Yan thought about it, and Bai Congxin, who had muttered a few words just now, suddenly noticed it and looked at Zhang Yan suddenly.
"Saint, isn't this the method of using infantry to defeat cavalry? The core is to block the speed of cavalry, and then use crossbows as projections.
It may be that the Hedong Army did not have enough bows and crossbows, so they built a large fortress to store their elite troops. They thought of it as a city wall and waited for the time to move. "
When Bai Congxin said this, he suddenly stopped talking, because Zhang Yan and them had analyzed the weaknesses of this stacked formation after the battle at Poluzhou in Anxi.
The conclusion is that the only shortcoming of this large formation that gives up movement is that it is afraid of highly mobile long-range projection weapons that are better than it.
And it just so happened that the Zhou army had this—the Camel Cyclone Cannon that could be transferred at any time and fired quickly.
Thinking of this, Zhang Hao and Bai Congxin looked at each other and smiled.
Feng Hui and others had never seen the power of the Camel Cyclone Cannon. Because the maintenance cost of this thing was too high, Zhang Hao was reluctant to use it.
I brought it with me when we fought against the Southern Tang Dynasty, but with the fighting power of the Southern Tang army, there was no need for it at all.
In fact, at some point, he wanted to give up on the golden finger invented by Zhang Zhi, because in Zhang Zhou's current state, the camel cyclone cannon was almost useless.
This thing appeared in history because Xixia wanted to use it to deal with the Song Army. When using it, it used cavalry to restrict the movement of the Song Army's heavy infantry, and then used the Camel Cyclone Cannon to smash it.
However, in Zhang Zhou, the Zhou army was strong in both infantry and cavalry. Meng Shu, Southern Tang and other countries basically only had infantry, and the quality of the heavy infantry was not as good as Zhang Zhou. The Khitan, like Zhang Zhou, was good at cavalry.
Therefore, the Camel Cyclone Cannon has never been used. It is a tasteless weapon, but I didn't expect it to be used here.
When Zhang Gao told Feng Hui and others about the Camel Cyclone Cannon, everyone was overjoyed. The Hedong Army's fortress was built with a large amount of wood and a small amount of earth and stone. Its defense was not very strong and it was difficult to withstand the bombardment of the Camel Cyclone Cannon. .
Simply destroy their Dazhai Fort first, blast out the Hedong Army, and let them come to ask for battle.
On the fourth day of June, Zhang Hao waited for two more days, waiting for all the camel cyclone cannons to cross the river, before leading an army of 20,000 to the north of Jize County.
Before that, the entire land from Zhangshui to the north of Jize County had become an arena for cavalry and dog fights between the two sides.
Zhang Zhou dispatched Zuojin Wuwei's cavalry, and the Hedong Army also gave up the practice of always using Tuguhun cavalry, and instead dispatched more than a thousand Hedong Yameni cavalry.
On the way Zhang Gao led his army to arrive, ownerless horses, bloodstains all over the ground, and Hedong cavalry dumping their corpses in the wilderness could be seen everywhere. The fierce fighting between the two sides was evident.
The cool breeze in the early morning blew through the battle flags. The Zhou army was divided into three sides, with a total of seventeen square formations.
Between the square formations, dozens of drumming teams marched with the army, playing big drums and Hujia in unison, and all the soldiers sang loudly.
"Dunhuang has always had extraordinary generals, and all the tribes admired him from afar. Lintai has long been famous for looking at Longting during the festival. I only hate being separated from the Fan tribe, and it is difficult to express my sincere feelings. Kill the wolf and the fangs in the morning and evening, and worship the holy face together. '
Don't underestimate the song "Bodhisattva Barbarian. Dunhuang has a magical general in ancient times". This word comes from after the Tubo occupation of Shan, Liang and other states, when the Yan Dynasty led the soldiers and civilians of Shazhou to defend Dunhuang, the last stronghold in Hexi, it was the military song at that time.
Since the Yan Dynasty was poisoned and Tubo completely occupied Hexi, the upper-class slave owners of Tubo did not allow the Tang Dynasty Hexi survivors to speak Tang pronunciation and Hanfu, and burned a large number of books with Chinese characters.
In order to maintain the cohesion of the same hatred and hatred and not forget their ancestral writing and language, most of the border people in Hexi learned Tang pronunciation and Chinese characters from this kind of song.
The 20,000 people who have come now, except for Feng Hui's 600 Silver Gun Capital and more than 2,000 Duya soldiers from the three quarters of Xuchang Prefecture's Zhongwu Army, Guide Prefecture's Guide Army, and Jining Prefecture's Taining Army, are all from Hexi , Zhang Zhou of Longyou was a close disciple, so everyone could sing it.
The loud military song was sung over and over again. After each unit arrived at the predetermined position, it still did not stop.
The Zuo Jinwu Guards Cavalry, who was in charge of patrolling and guarding, had already begun to expel the approaching Tuyuhun Cavalry from Hedong. The main force had not yet engaged in the battle, and the peripheral light cavalry had already been beaten to a bloody head.
Finally, in the midst of the singing, the yellow umbrella cover symbolizing the emperor's presence, the silver-edged three-chen flag, and the silver-white hanging gold-tasseled banner symbolizing the army's commander-in-chief were erected. The singing suddenly stopped, and the 20,000 soldiers shouted three long lives in unison.
Immediately afterwards, the big drum, which can be driven by more than a dozen people, was beaten. The big drum sounded once, and the small drums arranged in sequence continued to sound.
Amidst the sound of drums, the silver and gold dragon flag of Hanshandu, as the main force, was raised high, and the soldiers of Hanshandu on horseback shouted "Destroy the enemy's formation" three times.
After the three calls to Yulin were completed, the big drum continued to beat. This time, the silver-white gold flying dragon flag of the right feather Linwei was erected. The soldiers of the right feather Linwei also shouted "Yu Lin" three times.
Immediately afterwards, the recognition flags of the Zuo Jinwu Guards, Right Jinwu Guards, Yinqiandu, Zhongwu Army and other armies were also raised one by one, and the drums began to sound intensively.
Zhang Zhaozhong and Zhang Zhaojiu, commanders of the left and right armies of Hanshandu, Li Cunhui, commander of Linwei on the right, Bai Congxin, commander of Jinwuwei on the left, general Yuhou Huguang of Jinwuwei on the right, Feng Hui, commander of Yinqiangdu, They each sent their usual messenger troops to Zhang Gao's side.
The tacit understanding between these messengers and the commander is very high, which can ensure that on the noisy battlefield, each commander clearly understands the orders from the commander.
After the flags of all the armies were erected, the flags covered the sky for a while, and the soldiers shuttled back and forth. Smoke and dust filled the battle formation, which immediately heightened the chilling atmosphere before the battle.
At this moment, fierce cheers came from the distance. It turned out that the hussars of Zuo Jinwu Guards had completely defeated more than a thousand Tuyuhun cavalry sent by the Hedong Army.
Yang Guizhong, a member of Zuo Jinwu's cavalry, carried the head of General Tuyuhun, rode his horse and threw it in front of Zhang Gao to praise his merits.
Zhang Gao laughed twice and said, "Yang Guizhong is so brave that no one can match him. He gave him twenty horses of Shu brocade and promoted him to an official rank!"
The whole army cheered thunderously, and then the drums were beaten again. All the troops and guards also beat the drums, and all the troops shouted in unison: Woohoo! Woohoo (sound O HO), the whole army immediately moved forward, approaching the Hedong Army's formation.
When Liu Zhiyuan was in Jize County, he saw the Zhou army marching in unison with spears and spears. He also felt that the pressure doubled and immediately asked the drummers to beat the war drums.
The Hedong Army also shouted in unison and moved forward to the left and right ends of Dazhai Fort. The light infantry in the trench-car formation-archery tower combination on both sides also began to prepare with swords and bows and arrows.
The Hedong Army is bounded by Dazhai Fort. On the left is Murong Yanchao's 5,000 men, composed of Liu Zhiyuan's close followers. The armor rate exceeds 60% and the combat effectiveness is very strong.
On the right are Shi Hongzhao's 5,000 men, half of whom are his own martial arts troops, and the other half are drawn from warriors from various armies. At least half of them are armored, and their combat effectiveness is not weak.
According to the tactics agreed upon before the war, Murong Yanchao and Shi Hongzhao beat the military drums, and ten thousand people formed ten square formations and marched in succession. Along with them, there were also troops from each army with weaker combat effectiveness. Thousands of people.
Shrinking behind the fortress from the beginning is not the virtue of a fifth-generation warrior. How could he give up so early?
At least they would not make this plan unless they were in a bad situation in the field, not to mention there were many of them.
In the phalanx, small colonels from both sides with superb archery skills came out with bows and crossbows at the same time. When they marched two to three hundred steps, they began to stop, and the strong bows and crossbows in their hands began to shoot fiercely at the enemy.
Although there are still more than 200 steps, strong bows and crossbows are still very effective against enemies without heavy armor, and the enemy troops are so densely packed from a distance that there is no need to aim at all.
Screams rang out in twos and threes, and some unlucky ones in each army were shot by crossbows in areas not covered by the armor leaves. Some were even extremely unlucky and were shot in the eyes and faces.
As the distance gets closer and closer, more and more military academies are eligible to go forward. Both sides move forward with a roar, and the damage is getting bigger and bigger.
When Zhang Gao saw at least hundreds of elite crossbowmen coming out of the Hedong Army, he immediately ordered his men to beat the war drums and raised the battle flag ordering the right feather Lin Wei Xiaoqi to dispatch.
Li Cunhui, who had been paying attention to Zhang Yan's orders, immediately ordered Wen Chongle, the Marquis of Yu on the left, and Yue Saonu, the Marquis of Yu on the right, to set out with five hundred elite cavalry each to attack the Hedong Army from both sides.
On the side of the Hedong Army, the war drums were also beating. Liu Ci, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Left Horse Army, and Li Tao, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Right Horse Army, went to battle. Each of them led 500 elite cavalry to intercept.
There were still one hundred and sixty steps before the Chinese army came into contact, and the cavalry troops on the left and right had already begun to charge.
Zhang Zhaojie (Qiongre Duojin) was standing next to Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao pointed at the entangled cavalry in the distance and said to Zhang Zhaojie.
"This is the only elite cavalry in Hedong, and it is not inferior to our army. Moreover, the Hedong infantry is not far away from the formation, so don't disturb them.
You go and gather more than a thousand fine cavalry now, but don't go into battle yet. Wait for the Hedong infantry to take 150 steps out of the formation, then suddenly rush out, defeat the Hedong fine cavalry first, and then tear apart the formation of the Hedong infantry. "
Zhang Zhaojie immediately took the order and went to assemble the cavalry teams of the military guards.
On the battlefield, both sides had reached the range of one hundred and fifty steps, and the elite archers of each army shot arrows marking the distance of one hundred and two steps.
This means that after the soldiers on both sides enter the 120-step line, they will be rained down by arrows.
Soon it was one hundred and twenty steps. The chief officers of each army shouted "Stop" at the same time. Then the golden trumpet sounded and the whole army stopped. The sergeants immediately put down their spears and other spears in their hands, took out their long bows of mulberry wood, and fired. The arrow is clipped to the bow string.
Then the horn beeped twice more, and the sergeants shouted in unison, 'Kill! '
Then thousands of arrows were fired, shooting straight from the front and projecting from the back.
In an instant, there seemed to be a violent swarm of bees that had lost their nests flying in the sky, and countless arrows were shot from the other side, but there were not many screams, only the clanking sound of the arrows passing through the armor.
One hundred and twenty steps, for the teams on both sides who were heavily armored, the fear caused by the arrows about to be shot was far greater than the lethality.
The horns of the whole army were sounded twice. The commanders of each army checked and found that the lethality was not strong.
At this time, the golden zheng was sounded immediately again, and the drum sound changed from heavy blows to continuous rapid drum beats. The sergeant immediately put away his bow and arrow, once again held a spear and other melee weapons, and continued to move forward with a hooting sound.
"Instruct all armies to take sixty steps before firing, and ignore the Hedong Army!"
Zhang Gao also immediately issued the order, and the messengers around him rushed down one after another to pass on Zhang Gao's order.
Eighty steps, at this distance, both sides can already see the general shape of the opposite side. Some people with good vision can even see the appearance of the opposite side clearly. This pressure is very great.
The Hedong army couldn't hold it anymore, so they sounded the golden zheng again, blew the trumpet, and the arrows rained out towards the Zhou army.
A soldier from Hanshandu was hit by seven or eight arrows in succession. He screamed in pain several times, and blood came out from his neck and chest. The severe pain made him fall to the ground.
But in order not to affect the formation, he just relied on his strong willpower to roll out of the phalanx, and then took out the mouth piece and put it in his mouth and bit it tightly to prevent his screams from affecting other people.
Zhang Zhaozhong (Barbarian Bear) stood at the front of the team. In order to facilitate the command, he did not wear a mask. At this time, an arrow floated from a distance and hit Zhang Zhaozhong squarely in the face.
Zhang Zhaozhong shook violently, and the sergeants on the left and right looked at the bravest warrior in Hanshan City in fear.
Zhang Zhaozhong shook twice, but did not let out a scream. The nephew next to him saw this and wanted to come over to check.
Zhang Zhaozhong pushed him away, broke the arrow and pulled it out, bringing out a pile of flesh and blood and throwing it to the ground.
He was unlucky, because the probability of being shot in the face was extremely small, but he was also lucky. The arrow entered from the left side of his face and penetrated his cheek, but did not damage other flesh and blood, and even his teeth were not damaged. damaged.
The wild bear pulled out the arrow and threw it to the ground angrily. Then he hammered his chest with both hands and turned around with blood on his face and roared at the soldiers twice.
All the sergeants immediately responded to him by slamming their left hands on their chests, and their morale was like a rainbow for a while.
On the other hand, the Hedong Army fired three rounds at eighty paces. Although they shot down a considerable number of Zhou's troops, they did not cause a serious blow, and they immediately felt a drumbeat in their hearts.
The speed of firing a strong bow and the reloading speed of a strong crossbow in a short period of time are both countless. Now that they can fire both strong bows and strong crossbows, it will be someone else's turn.
In the midst of fear and anxiety, the soldiers' forward speed actually slowed down a bit. Liu Zhiyuan immediately had people beat the drums for the entire army to attack.
The soldiers of the Hedong Army, who were afraid that they were about to be shot by the enemy's crossbows, simply roared loudly and began to charge.
'when! 'The Zhou army's golden trumpets sounded, drums and horns played, and at sixty paces, the entire army fired their bows and crossbows, especially the divine arm bows, which were much more powerful than bows and fired much faster than traditional crossbows.
The Hedong Army's attack was originally fierce, but suddenly it was attacked by almost all the archers of the Zhou Army. Arrows were shot down by the violent storm. The soldiers wearing black iron armor kept falling down. They were in front of the battle. Empty.
However, once they charge, the brutality of the Hedong Army's warriors comes into play. No matter how much arrows you shoot, I still have to charge. Many of the soldiers of the Hedong Army who are charging at the front are like hedgehogs, and they even run like crazy. Limping, but still not stopping.
Their rush achieved excellent results. The Zhou army, which originally had to attack with crossbows for five rounds, was rushed forward in the third round and had to start melee combat in advance.
At this time, the Zhou army's golden trumpets sounded, and then the drums and horns were vibrated again. The soldiers shouted "gha gha" to intimidate the opponent, and at the same time they suddenly ran into each other with long rifles and rifles.
For a moment, the queue for stabbing continued to extend to both sides, and the contact surface between the two sides suddenly seemed to have grown two rows of teeth.
From a distance, those spears were rolling and churning, and the contrast between the bright red blood and the black and white armor was extremely conspicuous, as if the earth was bleeding.
The breakthrough point was still in the capital of Shanshan City. Mo Dao rolled and flew with flesh and blood, showing his violence.
However, the Hedong Army also learned from experience that it was ineffective to use spear blows to fight with Shandu Mo Dao. It was better to pounce directly on him and stab him. The main purpose of restricting Mo Dao was to limit Mo Dao's activation.
It's a pity that they encountered a tougher problem this time!
As soon as a Hedong Army soldier stabbed the bear, the bear's sword fell from the sky.
This sword is completely different from cutting it down with the strength of Barbarian Bear and cutting it down with others. Even Zhang Gao can't keep up with Barbarian Bear in using Mo Dao.
The sharp blade sharply scratched the Hedong Army soldier's armor leaves. The huge impact made him scream, and then he vomited blood and fell softly.
The wild bear roared angrily, took another step forward, faced the opponent's stab, and struck down.
This time the soldier on the opposite side also roared wildly, and the spear head pierced the bear's cloth-covered iron armor hard. The bear staggered, and a sharp pain came from the chest and abdomen.
But the severe pain aroused the ferocity of the wild bear even more. He struck faster and harder with the knife, and all his strength was hit by the blade.
'flutter! With a dull sound, the knife cut open the nail leaf on Dun's neck, and hit the Hedong soldier's neck hard. He didn't even make a sound, his neck showed a strange flip, and his muscles and bones were twisted and he died.
The field of vision on the battlefield is actually very bad, especially after the adrenaline surges, everything except the battle feels reduced, so the flag is the best way to guide the way forward.
Under the attack of Man Xiong and other soldiers from Hanshandu, Hanshandu's silver-white gold regiment dragon flag rushed more and more fiercely, and the morale of the surrounding soldiers became more and more strong. Everyone roared, and the Hedong Army kept retreating. .
Finally, after two quarters of an hour of fierce hand-to-hand fighting between the two sides, the Hedong Army could no longer hold on any longer. They retreated again and again until they pushed back dozens of steps before they slowly stabilized their position.
However, the Zhou army's pursuit was too long, and many people were killed too high. They attacked very far forward, and there was a bit of a disconnect between the front and the back.
Seeing this, Shi Hongzhao took off his leather jacket, put on his armor himself, and rushed forward with his tooth soldiers.
And watching the coach's Shuai Qi begin to advance forward, the Hedong Army, which had been retreating continuously, mustered up the courage to counterattack.
On the other hand, when Murong Yanchao saw this, he also had people hold up a big flag and push forward in person to push back. The soldiers in front of the Zhou army were already close to exhaustion, but the soldiers behind them failed to follow and were beaten back.
But between this advance and retreat, the formations of both sides were completely scattered. I am among you, and you are among me.
At this time, no one else is conspicuous, only the general with the banner is conspicuous.
The Hedong Army became fierce, and under the leadership of Shi Hongzhao, they rushed towards the silver-white gold regiment dragon flag in Hanshandu.
The Zhou army soldiers also became enthusiastic and rushed towards the banners of Shi Hongzhao and Murong Yanchao.
The situation became more chaotic, the battle became more intense, and the orderly confrontation disappeared. The soldiers took out their axes, hammers, and large hammers, which were more conducive to close combat and more capable of breaking armor. They even became entangled with each other on the ground. group.
Almost all of the soldiers who fell on the ground were holding long daggers in their hands. The two of them rolled in the bloody mud and ended each other's lives by lifting the armor leaves or stabbing them in again.
Zhang Li was at a high place. When he saw the opportunity coming, he immediately ordered people to notify Zhang Zhaojie to attack the Hedong Army at this moment!
Zhang Zhaojie took the order and set off, summoning Li Cunhui, Zhao Kuangyin, Wang Shenqi, Cui Huxin, Shen Nianban and other powerful generals on horseback.
Five hundred cavalrymen were wearing armor, and their horses were also wearing half-armor. They suddenly launched a charge towards the Hedong Army. Their target was Shi Hongzhao, the number one warrior in Hedong.
Liu Zhiyuan actually kept some people. He gave an order and the last 500 Bingzhou Xiaoqi of the Hedong Army were dispatched. They also had a target and were heading towards the Barbarian Bear.
The sound of horse hooves shook the earth. Even in the fierce fighting, Shi Hongzhao heard the sound of the cavalry charging. He realized the danger and immediately ordered his soldiers to stop charging and instead set up gun formations for defense.
Zhang Zhaojie arrived with thunderous momentum, but Shi Hongzhao had already completed the basic formation, and there were still five or six hundred men left.
As soon as Zhou Jun's cavalry arrived, the Hedong Army fired their bows and crossbows. The long gunmen were not afraid, and the whole steel hedgehog did not move at all.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Zhaojie commanded his five hundred horsemen to avoid the attack and made a circle to go around. Using the acceleration of the horse's sprint, he fired the arrows in his hands at close range.
Shi Hongzhao's tooth soldiers had to draw their bows from a long distance to slow down the charge of the Zhou army's cavalry, so most of their arrows missed.
Zhou Jun Xiaoqi, on the other hand, shoots at close range, and its accuracy and armor-piercing effect are much better.
After charging straight for a round, Shi Hongzhao's tooth soldiers suffered heavy losses, but Zhang Zhaojie spared a big circle and came back again. This time, the contrast was more obvious, but the elite Shi Hongzhao's tooth soldiers still held on.
When Liu Zhiyuan saw the elite armored cavalry of the Zhou Kingdom surrounding Shi Hongzhao and attacking continuously in Jize County, he jumped anxiously and ordered Bai Zairong, who was a backup, to select the elites and attack to rescue Shi Hongzhao.
On the other side, Liu Zhiyuan's Hedong Jingqi besieged the Barbarian Bear, which was not going smoothly.
Because although there were only 300 people around Barbarian Bear, Dundup was also there, and the 300 people almost had a total of 1,200 white spears in their hands.
After the two hundred people here stabilized the front, they threw a spear with a white pole and dealt a devastating blow to the attacking Hedong Jingqi. As soon as the two sides faced each other, Hedong Jingqi lost almost thirty riders.
When the cavalry faced the elite heavy infantry who were united and undisturbed, they would be so helpless and helpless if they attacked directly.
Hedong Jingqi charged twice and lost almost fifty riders, and then retreated wisely.
When Liu Zhiyuan sent Bai Zairong, it was already too late. After four consecutive charges, Shi Hongzhao's tooth soldiers finally collapsed.
During the fourth impact, the spearmen with their guns suddenly collapsed, and Zhang Zhaojie rushed in first.
In despair, Shi Hongzhao burst out with great fighting power. With a roar, he threw the spear in his hand and hit Zhang Zhaojie in the chest, almost knocking Zhang Zhaojie off his horse.
Seeing this, Li Cunhui, who was behind Zhang Zhaojie, accelerated and rushed forward, hitting Shi Hongzhao on the head. Shi Hongzhao screamed, spun his body in a circle, and then fell heavily to the ground.
Li Cunhui laughed loudly, immediately jumped off the horse and held Shi Hongzhao down. Unexpectedly, Shi Hongzhao was half-pretending. He strangled Li Cunhui's neck, wrapped his legs around Li Cunhui's waist, and was about to take out the money from his waist. Long dagger.
Unfortunately, Li Cunhui's hands were faster than his. He took out a fine steel dagger, lifted up Shi Hongzhao's armor-piercing leaves, and stabbed it randomly inside.
The rest of the Zhou army generals also came over, killed the last of Shi Hongzhao's tooth soldiers, and worked together to stab Shi Hongzhao into a bloody hole.
Among them, Zhao Kuangyin was the calmest. He ignored Shi Hongzhao and rushed forward, cutting Shi Hongzhao's banner directly to the ground.
As the banner of the most powerful general in Hedong fell, the confidence of the more than 20,000 Hedong troops in the battle suddenly collapsed, and they retreated with howling.
Fortunately, at this time, Bai Zairong, ordered by Liu Zhiyuan, arrived at the front line. He immediately began to direct the troops to close off and resist the horses, which barely restored some of the decline.
On the top of the city, Liu Zhiyuan was helpless and could only watch waves of Zhou troops sweeping through the various horse formations, trenches and vehicle formations deployed by the Hedong Army.
In an instant, Liu Zhiyuan's legs felt weak, and he knew that the entire Hedong Army was finished.
Although some were able to escape back to Jize County, the Zhou army was small, and a few forts could be defended for the time being, but they would no longer have the confidence to compete with the Zhou army for supremacy.
