The big gun in Gao Heng's hand was so powerful that enemies who dared to get close would almost die instantly. Gao Heng's endurance was very good, and he could kill several people in a row without blushing or breathing. More than a dozen Annan soldiers looked at each other, and no one dared to step forward to fight, because the death of their companions in front had told them that basically no one could survive three rounds under Gao Heng. Even a captain with good martial arts skills in the Annan army was defeated by Gao Heng with one shot.
The general was brave, and the spearmen behind him were even more morale-boosted. Although there were only five hundred men, they exerted ten times the momentum. While killing the enemy, Gao Heng kept reminding the spearmen, "Form up! Form a formation! Don't scatter! Just like in training, keep the formation!" The five hundred spearmen were divided into ten rows, with rows as units, and followed the training It's the same as before, like a wall.
Like a tank, it crushed all the enemies who dared to block the road. After coming out of the city gate, it spread to both sides in platoon units, constantly clearing out the Annan soldiers gathered under the city.
The Annan soldiers attacked the city with all their strength. They had lost their formation for a long time. Seeing the dense spears thrust towards them, they didn't know where to block. This is the power of the spear formation. If you block the top and cannot block the bottom, there will always be During the free time, as long as the spearman seizes the opportunity to stab him, he will immediately bleed profusely and fall to the ground. Hundreds of Annan soldiers who were caught off guard have been killed.
The follow-up troops gathered at the ladder were dispersed by the spearmen. The Annan soldiers above were unlucky. They originally expected reinforcements to come up in a steady stream to expand the results of the battle. However, when I looked behind me, there was no ghost. The Annan soldiers at the top of the city were not there. Only then did they discover that they had unknowingly lost contact with the follow-up troops and became alone.
There were more people than others, and the soldiers of the Survival Brigade at the top of the city formed a partial numerical advantage. Wang Qi, after receiving Gao Heng's order, transferred 300 people from the other three gates and also rushed over from Chengmen Street with their spears. , the morale of the city was greatly boosted for a while.
Lu Tao's two knives were like scissors, cutting off a person's head with a click, and then shouted: "Brothers! Push! Push the idiot down!"
"Ho! Ho! Ho!" The sword players formed a formation and pushed forward, "Ah! Ah!" In the long screams, one after another Annan soldiers were thrown from the top of the city like sandbags. , fell heavily to the ground.
"We can't hold it anymore! We can't hold it anymore! Run!" In the chaos, some civilians who understood Annan dialect shouted loudly in Annan dialect, causing even greater confusion to the soldiers in the four towns. Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted. The Annan people fought hard for half a day and lost at least one or two thousand people. They could not even defeat a small county town. The morale of the siege troops was already at the end of its strength. Under the conscious interference of the survival brigade, the soldiers of the four towns were Morale collapsed.
Countless soldiers turned around and ran away, completely ignoring the supervising team behind them who stood there with their guns drawn. Some soldiers rushed in front of the supervising team and were shot to death by the supervising team. With the support of the prince, the supervising team was not afraid of anyone. Some archers even fired arrows at their own people. Many Annan soldiers who ran back were shot into hedgehogs by their own people.
"You bastards! They really started to kill our own people, brothers, fight with them!" For a while, the Annan army shouted, and some Annan soldiers actually started fighting with their own people.
"Everyone stop it! Make way for me! The Royal Forest Army cavalry, together with me, attack!" Zheng Zuo put away his telescope, suddenly pulled out his sword and shouted.
"Your Highness, it's too dangerous. If something happens, the general will not be able to bear the responsibility." The commander of the Royal Forest Army persuaded loudly.
Zheng Zuo was extremely angry. This was a shame. This was his biggest shame since he joined the army. His opponent was not even a regular army. Five thousand people attacked the city, but they were pushed back by the enemy. If this happened to the father and ministers of Shenglong Mansion, If everyone knows, Zheng Zuo will be ridiculed, and he cannot bear such humiliation.
"How dare you disobey me!" Zheng Zuo put the sword on the commander's neck and said angrily.
The commander was speechless for a moment, and Zheng Zuo roared: "Pull out your sword. If you are still a man, follow my son and kill him. Can't we kill a few hundred spearmen with two hundred heavy cavalry? You See, those people don’t even have iron armor!”
Zheng Zuo's tough order made the commander unable to refuse. He was the crown prince. If he offended the crown prince, the consequences could be imagined. He gritted his teeth, pulled out his sword, and shouted, "Forest Guards, protect the Crown Prince and charge!"
"No! I don't want your protection. Boys and men of the Royal Forest Army, come and kill me!" Zheng Zuo urged the war horse, clamping his legs on the horse's belly fiercely, and the barbs on his heels stabbed the war horse. The horse under his crotch felt pain and rushed like a whirlwind. Got out. The two hundred cavalry behind him immediately launched into pursuit!
Half of these cavalry were lancers and half were saber cavalry. The lancers were in front and the saber cavalry were behind. They were divided into two rows and pounced towards Gao Heng.
"Fell into a trap!" Gao Heng thought to himself. It turned out that all this was in Gao Heng's design. He was betting that a prince should look like a prince and have a proud heart. He had 200 armored cavalry, and he only had 500 poorly equipped spearmen on his side. If he went out of the city to fight, led the army to counterattack and defeated the Annan army, how could Zheng Zuo ignore it.
As a general, he fought bravely in the front. I believe that Zheng Zuo has already paid attention to him. With the dignity of his prince, how could he allow an unknown civilian to act recklessly in front of him? Use the cavalry to charge over. As long as you can kill yourself, the battle will be over.
Gao Heng wanted to use himself as bait, betting that Zheng Zuo would lead the cavalry to attack. Youdao is to capture the thief first. They are all infantry. There are more than 4,000 people in the opponent's formation. It is definitely unrealistic to take the initiative to attack on his own. He can only Use the provocation method to induce Zheng Zuo to take the initiative to fight.
But even so, the plan was only half successful. Regardless of whether Zheng Zuo fell into the trap or not, two hundred cavalry attacked five hundred spearmen or lightly armed spearmen in a field battle. There was almost no suspense in this kind of battle, but Gao Heng If he refuses to admit defeat, he will create the suspense.
"Caltrops! Caltrops!" Gao Heng shouted loudly in front of the formation. After the five hundred spearmen fought, there were still three or four hundred people left. They lined up together, and some of them were shaking with their hands holding the spears. Although the opponent's two hundred cavalry sounded small in number, they were encountered on the battlefield. They are not a good sign. The momentum of the two hundred cavalry running was quite frightening, and they were also heavily armored cavalry, which was even more frightening.
Horse hooves hit the ground heavily. Although there were only two hundred people, there were thousands of people. Hundreds of horse hooves stirred up a lot of dust. In the smoke, only the cavalry could be seen approaching at high speed like iron towers.
"Quick! Spread the caltrops in front of the formation!" Gao Heng and the soldiers started to work together, grabbed a handful of caltrops and threw them forward, completely ignoring the sharp caltrops that cut his own tiger's mouth.
As Gao Heng expected, Zheng Zuo had already noticed him. When Gao Heng led his men to fight out, Zheng Zuo recognized him almost at a glance. This person was the one who observed him with a telescope on the top of the city. , who can use the telescope, he should be the opponent's general. This person killed so many soldiers in front of him. Zheng Zuo couldn't bear it and vowed to kill this person.
Zheng Zuo smiled ferociously on his horse. Since you brought people out to die for no reason, don't blame yourself for being rude. It's just that this enemy general still had two brushes and his skills were good. It was a pity that he died like this. I didn't even know his name. As Zheng Zuo thought, the cavalry horses continued to speed up. His sword pointed forward, "Attack at full speed!"
Suddenly, the pupils of the commander of the Royal Forest Army shrank. He clearly saw that the spearmen were not in a hurry, as if they were throwing something in front of the formation. He was a little surprised. Seeing the cavalry rushing over, weren't these people afraid? ? Either turn around and run away, or combine the formation more closely. What on earth are you doing?
There was an ominous premonition in the commander's mind. It is said that there must be monsters when things go wrong. There is something wrong with these spearmen. When he got close, the commander was shocked. The reflection of the sun made the caltrops emit a cold light. He suddenly realized something and shouted: "Caltrops! There are caltrops in front of the formation!"
The commander's roar made the Royal Guards cavalry tighten their reins suddenly, trying to stop the high-speed horses. But these Royal Guard cavalry all understand that you can't stop a fast-running war horse if you want. The distance from the starting position to the city is only three miles. Once the war horse speeds up, it can be said to be there in an instant. Even if the reins are tightened now, the war horse has received the order. , but the huge inertial effect will also prompt the war horse to run forward for a long distance.
Xilulu! The whine of the war horse sounded, and the spikes of the iron caltrops pointing upward were very long. Even if the war horse had horseshoes to raise the hoofs, the spikes could still pierce the palm of the war horse. The front hooves of the war horse suddenly knelt down, throwing the knight on its back directly away. A large number of Royal Guard cavalry screamed and fell off their horses. Almost all the lancers in front were spared, even the war horses that did not step on the iron caltrops, because the front The war horse fell to the ground, forming a roadblock and tripping the horses behind it.
It is actually very dangerous for the Survival Brigade to scatter iron caltrops. The iron caltrops are also very close to the spear formation. They have no time to retreat. The rolling horses and thrown cavalry often use their inertia to directly smash into the spear formation. During the attack, many spearmen in the front row were directly smashed to death. Even Gao Heng himself was still frightened. The body of a war horse was lying in front of him. If he moved forward a little further, it would hit him. Although he was wearing clear clothes. Military cotton armor, but it has no defense against blunt damage such as the impact of heavy objects.
On the other hand, once the high-speed cavalry collides with each other, it will be a complete tragedy. The knight will be thrown away, and nine times out of ten, his bones and tendons will be broken. If he is lucky enough to survive, he will be a cripple. If he is not lucky, he will be a cripple. He died tragically on the spot.
The commander of the Royal Forest Army was not in the spear formation. He reacted extremely quickly and immediately turned his horse to the left. The cavalry behind him knew what he meant. They immediately turned their horses' heads left and right, and the cavalry passed by the left and right sides of the spear formation.
Although he avoided the iron caltrops, he became the target of the city shooters. Fire blunderbuss, bows and arrows were fired for a while. Although the effect was very limited, several cavalry were killed. The commander led the cavalry in a circle and finally broke away from the contact. But the next moment, his back was soaked with cold sweat. As for the prince, the prince was gone.
It turned out that Zheng Zuo charged with the lancers. He thought that taking the lead could show his bravery, but who knew that he actually stepped into the caltrop formation. Zheng Zuo's horse did not step on the caltrops, but was tripped by another cavalryman beside him. Falling down, the huge body of the war horse rolled out, and Zheng Zuo on the horse was naturally not spared.
With a bang, Zheng Zuo was thrown away for more than ten steps, and his whole body hit the ground like a cannonball. The heavy armor he wore only increased the acceleration of gravity. Zheng Zuo was thrown so hard that stars appeared in his eyes. Waves of severe pain came, probably from a broken bone. He wanted to get up, but he couldn't. Severe tinnitus kept ringing in his head, making it impossible for him to hear any sounds around him.
The cavalry who fell into the spearmen's formation were stabbed to death by the spearmen who surrounded them. It was difficult for them to fight with four hands, not to mention that they were already injured. With screams, the knights lying on the ground were killed directly. They He was a member of the Royal Guards of Shenglong Prefecture, and every one of them was a proud man in the army. Unexpectedly, he died in a small county town, and was killed by the civilians they despised the most.
"Save the prince! The whole army is going to kill him, kill him!" The commander has gone crazy. He has lost his general in front of the battle. This is a crime for him to be executed. He dare not imagine such consequences. Even if he is to be executed, he will be killed. It's not worth the prince's life.
All the officers of the Annan Army knew what the consequences would be. They rushed forward like crazy regardless of everything. Thousands of people from their own formation came to kill them, vowing to flatten Tuo County.
"If you dare to take a step forward, I will kill him now!" Gao Heng stepped on Zheng Zuo's chest, and the tip of the spear in his hand was pressed against his throat. At this moment, Gao Heng was like a god of war, facing countless Thousands of enemy troops showed no fear on their faces.
The footsteps of thousands of Annan troops came to an abrupt stop. The prince was not dead, but he fell into the enemy's hands. If he stepped forward, there was no guarantee that they would not die together. For a while, the two sides were deadlocked. The battlefield suddenly became silent without the shouts of killing. The wails of wounded soldiers and the crackle of burning flames could be heard.
"Asshole! What are you afraid of! Come on, attack them, kill them all! Kill them all!" Zheng Zuo reacted and struggled hard under Gao Heng's feet, but he found that this man was very strong and could not get away no matter how hard he struggled. Zheng Zuo was furious and asked the soldiers to attack at all costs.
Gao Heng pulled out his waist knife with his backhand and stabbed Zheng Zuo's shoulder with a pop, pinning him to the ground.
"Let me see which of you dares to come up!" Gao Heng pointed the big gun at Annan's army, and Zheng Zuo screamed like a slaughtering pig at his feet.
