The night fills the air like rotten ink.
The pale moonlight suddenly poured out like water, soaking the entire earth.
In the Beiyu Army, the braziers swaying in the wind reflected the cautious faces of the soldiers from time to time.
"Stop the Shu people!" Shentu drew his knife and shouted angrily.
From all directions, the sounds of Shu people fighting and charging could be vaguely heard.
Shentu Guan stood on the high ground without much panic. The fighting below seemed to him to have been expected. If King Xu Shu does not retreat to the city gate, it means that he really wants his head.
"Form up a defensive formation! The gun and shield battalions go forward and do whatever it takes to resist the Shu people's heavy cavalry."
In the army, thousands of gun and shield battalions assembled quickly following Shen Tuguan's order.
"Be careful of the Shu people's heavy cavalry, they will come from the direction of the Chinese army!" Shen Tu kept reminding him. In order to deal with the heavy cavalry, not only did they have guns and shields to resist the horses, but even if the Shu people dared to charge over, they would fight to the death to block them even if they lost soldiers.
"Pay attention to the distance between the square formations, and use the broken horse's legs as the top!"
Shentu kept shouting, and the knife in his hand finally started to tremble a little. He had heard that the cavalry confrontation at that time, with 20,000 bow cavalry and 20,000 Beiyu light cavalry, suffered an embarrassing defeat due to the appearance of Shu heavy cavalry.
However, there should be no problem with my brother's formation. Furthermore, the army on the Sheepherd's side will soon be cooperating in the pincer attack.
Just as Shentu was thinking about this, he suddenly heard the urgent call from the scouts.
"General Shentu, Shu infantry troops appear in the north!"
"Sure enough." Shentu sneered, "I thought it was the Duanhou camp of Xishu. It was just an infantry, but it wanted to charge into the battle, and it was a little bolder."
"Where's Yu Chiding?"
"General Yuchi and General Hu Guan have retreated and are cooperating with the northern defenders to block the Shu people."
Shentu waved his hand to signal the scouts to explore again.
At first glance, there seems to be no danger in the north direction. My brother's analysis is indeed correct.
Shen Tuguan, who was on the high ground, frowned inexplicably after listening to the scouts' information.
This type of battle was on a flat and broad terrain, so the cavalry charge should be the priority. However, the people and horses that the Shu people rushed down were actually infantry.
Vaguely, he just felt that this matter was not simple.
"General, the Shu people are filling in the trenches and breaking the horse formation!"
"The messengers, Lieutenants Chi Ding and Hu Guan, will do whatever it takes to block the Shu army in the north." Shen Tuguan lowered his voice, "It's impossible to say that the Shu infantry in the north is just a cover."
As the most skilled general in Beiyu, Shen Tuguan suddenly discovered that there seemed to be no decisive evidence for the situation in the north or for judging the direction of the heavy cavalry.
He was a little worried, maybe this time, he fell into the trap of the lame man again.
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"Brother, you and I must make meritorious deeds!" Jie Yu was riding on his horse, his voice filled with sadness. During this period of time, "taking advantage of one's crimes and doing meritorious deeds" has almost become his obsession.
But he found that the more he wanted to take advantage of his crimes, the more times he was defeated. Look at now, they have lost the advantage to the north again and were defeated by a Shu general who cut off the rear camp.
Seeing Xie Yu's appearance, Yuchi Ding hurriedly comforted him, "Second brother, don't be anxious, there is still a chance. As long as we help General Shentu hold the formation, and wait for the reinforcements from the small military advisor, we will also have great achievements."
Hu Guan, who was standing by, breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably while listening to the conversation between the two brothers.
"Yu Chiding, Xie Yu, why don't you quickly assemble your formation to stop the Shu people!"
The three of them looked at each other, somewhat like brothers in distress, and each led their own troops to kill the Shu soldiers rushing towards them from the north.
After only killing for a while, Jie Yu looked frightened.
"Brother, have you discovered that the Shu people's ambition is not to break the formation, but to break the weapon that blocks the horse?"
Yuchi Ding listened, his face also turned pale, and he probably guessed something.
"No, there are still Shu cavalry behind! Quick, let me, the Beiyu cavalry camp, form an array. Also, push all the Ju horses over."
The defenders to the north of Shen Tu Guan numbered about ten thousand, and were not the main force in the resistance. The real main force has already been transferred to the Chinese Army. Fortunately, worried about fraud, Shen Tuguan mobilized Yuchi Ding and all his troops to the north.
"Follow me to kill the enemy!"
Beiyu phalanxes, one by one, quickly assembled under orders to block the charge of the Shu army from the north.
"They are just foot soldiers. The Shu thieves from the Duanhou camp dare to attack our formation!" Jie Yu was furious. Seeing the Shu people in front, he almost had the idea of sending out troops to counterattack.
"Reserve battalion, push all the horses here!"
For a while, the sound of fighting could not be heard. More than 10,000 Shu soldiers, fearless and fearless, followed Xiaofu Fu and constantly attacked the enemy's northern barrier.
Many of the horse-repelling formations that had been lined up were damaged, and even the trenches were thickly filled with corpses and sand.
"Can we find the enemy's granary?" Little Dog Fu asked in a solemn voice while riding on his horse. There is not much time. If we can take the opportunity to destroy the granary of the Beiyu people, the morale of the Beiyu people will inevitably collapse.
"General, General Shentu Guan built the granary near the Chinese army."
The puppy Fu let out a deep breath, raised his eyes, and kept looking around at the enemy situation ahead. Although it was impossible to dismantle the horse-rejecting formation and fill in the trenches at once, no matter what, it finally left a way for the cavalry camp behind to charge.
"Form up! The shield camp is in front, the foot and bow are in the middle, shoot down the enemy's formation!"
"Scout, fire the arrows!"
Not long after, military orders were passed down from level to level, and waves of flying arrows, after forming an formation, were quickly thrown into the formation of the Beiyu people.
"Damn it, if General Shentu hadn't ordered us to stay here for our lives, I would have killed him." Jie Yu gritted his teeth. Now his appearance no longer resembles the elegance of a think tank scribe.
"Second brother, focus on the defensive." Yu Chiding said in a calm voice. Although he was angry at the bottom of his heart, no matter what, he must protect Shen Tu Guan's main formation and wait for reinforcements from behind to attack from a flank.
"Not good." After a pause, Yu Chiding suddenly thought of something, "The Shu people suddenly changed their formation. Instead of charging and killing, they fired arrows... If I am not wrong, the Shu people are covering the rear army!"
As Yu Chiding said, not long after, there was a thunderous sound of horse hooves, which hurt the ears for a while.
After the Shu people's flying arrows, countless black shadows on horseback had already rushed in front of them.
The leader, Lu Zhong, who was only 17 or 18 years old, suddenly galloped up, his sword shining coldly in mid-air. When he landed, the head of an enemy soldier rolled to the edge in blood.
"Shu Qi, follow me into the formation!" Lu Zhong raised his sword and roared.
Yuchi Ding, who was in the formation, looked at him coldly, not too nervous. As expected, it was this cavalry army that was protected by the Western Shu Duanhou Camp.
But it's just a light cavalry, how can it break through the defensive formation.
"Fire back at the enemy!"
In the Beiyu Formation, after the shouts, there were also flying arrows flying out of the sky. The dozens of Shu soldiers who rushed forward were shot and fell off their horses and died.
But soon, other Shuqi rushed in from all directions, cooperating with Xiaowufu's army and pressing forward step by step.
"Stick to—"
Hu Guan's eyes were about to burst, he raised his head and roared wildly.
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