Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 219 Collapse
Five hundred carts moved slowly, like moving targets.

"put!"

Zhang Cunjing transported more than one hundred and eight oxen crossbows to the east, and fired a volley, hundreds of arrows flying all over the sky, all falling down.

boom!
puff!
At a distance of three to four hundred steps, the accuracy of the eight-ox crossbow was still not enough, but it couldn't hold up to a large amount. Seven or eight arrows were shot at the large shield on the cart, and for a while, broken wood mixed with soil, slag and iron filings flew away.

The double-layer large shield can still block the arrows of the eight-ox crossbow, but judging from the broken appearance of the large shield, it can block it once or twice, and a round of salvos did not affect the forward movement of the chariot formation.

"Wind!"

In the Zhongwu Army, seven or eight strong men shook the winch together, and put the bowstring on the buckle, only heard a click, and the bowstring was well connected.

"put!"

Another salvo.

This time, a few more carts were shot, and the shields of several carts were penetrated, and the armored soldiers behind were shot, causing casualties.

Zhang Shixin said anxiously: "Hurry up, push!"

He did a silent calculation just now. It takes [-] breaths to strum the eight-ox crossbow. During this period of time, he can walk [-] steps. If he pushed faster, he might be able to reach the enemy camp with another round of volleys.

After arriving at the camp, the eight-ox crossbow is basically useless after a personal attack.

Two hundred steps... one hundred steps... eighty steps...

Poof... poof...

It was another round of volleys, and this time more people suffered. More than 100 arrows hit more than [-] carts. Because the distance was very close, the strength of the arrows was very strong, and the two large shields could not block them. Pierce through obstacles and shoot through the armored soldiers behind.

"call!"

Zhang Shixin hurriedly said: "Hurry up, push the cart into the ravine!"

The ditch dug by the thieves was only half a foot wide. Pushing the cart into the ditch with a person's body, it could basically fill more than half of it.

On the other side of the Ci River, Fu Cunshen's army, hiding in the forest, saw that Zhang Cunjing on the other side had already transferred all his soldiers to the east, and the two army camps facing the river had also transferred over.

"The time has come!"

"Soldiers, His Majesty has already promised a reward. The reward for this battle will be doubled. Whoever captures Zhang Cunjing, no matter who it is, will be named Marquis!"

"kill!"

Fu Cunshen took the lead bravely, and was the first to rush out of the forest. This place is only two or three hundred steps away from the river, and within a few hundred breaths he rushed to the bank of the Ci River.

Fu Cunshen was the first to jump off the Ci River. The weather in April was icy cold, but fortunately it was not deep, and the middle part was only chest high. Thousands of people forcibly crossed the river, and there was a lot of momentum.

Zhang Cunjing was originally in charge of the front line, but when he suddenly heard shouts of killing from behind, he was shocked, and hurriedly climbed to the watchtower to look back. At this time, there were already 2000 people who had landed from the Cishui River.

There are still 500 troops left in the army village near the river, but how dare they attack, they shoot arrows one by one according to the fence of the army village.

Fu Cunshen's soldiers had armor and shields in their hands, and the arrows were of little use. When the black crowd surrounded the army camp and climbed over the wooden fence, the archers behind them covered them.

More and more people broke into the army stronghold and slashed at the Zhongwu army.

"kill!"

Standing on the archery tower, Zhang Cunjing shook his head. The second village in Linhe was lost, but the two army villages were nothing. What do thousands of soldiers eat.

Looking at the front again, the soldiers of the Right Habayashi are throwing out iron hooks from the ravine, hanging on the fence, with hemp ropes hanging on the iron hooks, and the nanny hidden behind the cart is pulling the hemp ropes to drag the fence. The six army strongholds in the formation are already riddled with holes.

"kill!"

Zhang Shixin, the commander of the Youyulin Army, screamed, and all the soldiers turned out of the trench together.The Zuo Yulin Army has been training in mandarin duck formations, and is good at complex terrain and street fighting. There are only a team of more than ten people, with a large shield in front, and a knife holding a round shield covering it. Archers and spearmen are hidden inside, like hedgehogs. , The archers looked for opportunities to shoot.

Zhang Cunjing has never seen such a formation.

"kill!"

It is quite unfavorable to attack from front to back. There is an army stronghold in the rear to resist, and the Youyulin army must be driven down. If the ravine is flat and the cavalry comes to charge, then everything will be over.

Zhang Cunjing personally led two thousand soldiers to kill them, but as soon as they fought, they knew the difficulty of the formation.

You Yulin Army has a team of more than ten people. Each team is one or two steps apart. They seem to be independent, but they echo each other. Shield soldiers and unknown bamboo weapons block incoming enemies. Archers and spearmen calmly gather to stab.

As soon as they came into contact, more than a hundred people from the Bian Army died.

Zhang Shixin saw that it was feasible, and the Bian army's armor rate was not high, only [-] to [-] percent were armored. As long as the archers fired at the crowd, they could always shoot a bunch of unlucky ghosts.

As more and more people from the Youyulin army entered the village, more and more armored soldiers from Fu Cunshen came ashore in the rear formation.

Zhang Cunjing looked solemn.

"Only to fight to the death!"

There was no fear on his face, as he gave an order, the guards behind him raised a red flag, and the loyal military soldiers squatted down when they saw the red flag.

When Zhang Shixin looked at the battlefield, the troops of the Zuo Yulin Army were unknowingly drawn into an open space in the middle, where the terrain was very flat and it was quite convenient to form an formation.

but……

In the army stronghold behind the facing Bian army, eight ox crossbows are waiting in formation.

"put!"

Puff puff……

More than a hundred heavy arrows ruthlessly plunged into the dense crowd of You Yulin Army.

The arrows pierced through the large shield and the shield soldiers, and the momentum continued unabated. Along a line, it pierced towards the person behind, like candied haws, tied into a bunch.

"what!"

"call!"

"puff!"

Screams all over!
Zhang Shixin was about to burst into tears, sweating profusely behind him, the cemetery, this is the cemetery prepared by the Bian Army for them.

This round of volley almost took the lives of more than 300 soldiers, but this was just the beginning.

Zhang Cunjing led the Bian army, brandished a knife and violently shouted, "Kill!"

More than [-] people rushed into the Youshence army formation. At this moment, thousands of people in the field had no time to form an formation. These soldiers were fighting for the first time. Seeing the people around them being dressed as human beings, they were horrified. , at this moment when the swordsmen came, their minds went blank, how could they remember how to form an formation, and they fled back one after another.

Zhang Shixin shouted.

"Combine!"

"The formation is approaching!"

However, among the rebellious army, several people heard his voice. Just now, the Youyulin army killed more than 300 soldiers with a salvo of eight oxen crossbows. In one breath, 2000 people have died under the knife.

The emperor's majesty looked solemn, the Youbalin army still couldn't hold on, the army that had never fought a battle could only arrange downwind battles, and these tough battles were still not enough, and the slightest setback would lead to collapse.

"The Left Armed Cavalry Army obeys the order!"

"The end is here!"

"Whoever retreats through the gully will be killed without mercy!"

"promise!"

More than a thousand cavalrymen galloped out with sabers in hand.

"The emperor's military order, whoever retreats through the gully, will be killed without mercy!"

"The emperor's military order, whoever retreats through the gully, will be killed without mercy!"

The cavalry slashed all the way along the gully, and the Yubayashi army was routed with heads rolling.

(End of this chapter)