Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 223 The Great Victory
Zhou Xian, the commander of Zuo Shence Army, stared nervously at the battle situation in the central army. As the chief general, what he worried most was what would happen if the former army was defeated. .

There are three capitals in the former army, and the middle Qidu bears the greatest pressure, and [-]% of the attacks are concentrated on Qidu.

Before the battle, Zhou Xian and Jiang Junfu, the commander of the Seven Capitals, made it clear that if the Seven Capitals were exhausted, they could move to the three capitals and the Eight Capitals on both sides, but they could not be disbanded.

This is also for fear that if the Qidu collapses, the rout will not disperse the army formation behind.

At this time, the first wave of the Bian army's attack was naturally the most vigorous.

When the Bian army's heavily armed horse infantry collided with the Qidu army formation, they knew the depth. The horse army rushed into the formation, and manpower could not stop it. The Bian army's heavy cavalry had experienced many battles. It's not always good.

But the sudden rain of arrows made them a little confused.

The ones in the front are all two layers of iron armor, which were easily broken by arrows. The arrows had just been soaked in horse manure, and the soldiers in the front of the Bian army were hit by arrows. strong.

Ah!
There was a burst of screams.

The horses hit by arrows all neighed and went mad, some galloped, and some flew into the air, knocking the pawns off them.

Zhang Guiba was proud of his bravery, his armor was sharp, as usual, he rushed to the front, after breaking through a small formation, he encountered a burst of arrows head-on.

Zhang Guiba leaned over his horse, trying to protect the horse with the heavy armor on his body, while the guards around him stayed close to the left and right, either raising their shields or blocking arrows with their bodies. Kill the enemy, but protect the safety of the general.

If the main general Zhang Guiba had an accident, all of them would be buried with him.

Using this method, when fighting against Qin Zongquan, they did not know how many times they shot arrows and stones, and they were always at a disadvantage. Under heavy armor, the arrows were almost negligible.

But this time it was strange, after the arrow passed, they felt pain in their bodies, and they understood that it was the arrow piercing into the flesh.

Zhang Guiba was tall and burly, surrounded by personal guards, so he was naturally the focus of the archer's greeting. Even though the guards around him were desperately guarding, they were hit by three arrows, one on the shoulder and two on the leg.

But he didn't care, he raised his long knife and slashed fiercely, cutting a sword and shield soldier in two.

"kill!"

Zhang Guiba led the heavy cavalry like tanks, rampaging, the bravery of the Bian army, the archers of the Zuo Shence army seemed to have an illusion, even if the arrow hits, it is useless.

"Form formation, formation formation, block them!"

"shoot!"

Round after round of arrows, people fell off their horses constantly, and the momentum of the heavy cavalry attack of the Bian army became weaker and weaker. The heavy armored infantry who followed frantically harvested the scattered heads, and slashed one by one.

Behind the heavy armored infantry are light armored and unarmored infantry. Some hold the shield, some have no protection, brandishing swords and rushing into the formation, while archers shoot among them.

Soon, a big hole was dug in the formation of Qidu, and the soldiers retreated to the sides one after another.

The Bian army has already attacked the central army of the Zuo Shence Army. This is a square formation of 2000 people, which is a circle larger than the army formation just broken through. ready to go.

"kill!"

Zhang Guiba swung his saber and rushed forward, the three arrows had little effect on him, but what came to him was indeed a rain of crazy arrows from the Chinese army archers.

"puff……"

"puff……"

More and more people were shot off their horses, and the two or three hundred cavalrymen had already lost half of them.

Zhang Guiba was hit by several arrows again. The armor-piercing arrows were soaked in horse manure, and the arrows were already rich in impurities and salt. Although the arrows were inserted into the human body, although the wounds were not large and there were no barbs, they still hurt. The feeling is very strong.

Even Zhang Guiba couldn't help but groaned a few times, his body couldn't help shaking, and he almost didn't hold the long knife in his hand.

The heavy cavalry of the Bian army pierced into the square formation of the Chinese army with a bang, like a thousand troops, a small formation of ten people was broken through within a breath, but Zhang Guiba's mount did not have good luck this time. A spear pierced into the horse's belly at once.

When the galloping horse lost its strength, Zhang Guiba turned on his back and was thrown to the ground.

"General!"

"How are you, General!"

Without fear, Zhang Guiba stood up holding the handle of the long knife, raised the knife and shouted: "Kill!"

The sound of shouting and killing soaring into the sky was like shouting to the archers of the Zuo Shence Army: "Fire at me!"

Zhang Guiba successfully attracted [-]% of the firepower.

"shoot!"

Arrows all over the sky roared towards Zhang Guiba like locusts.

"Protect the General!"

The guards stood in front of Zhang Guiba on horseback, and used their horses to cover Zhang Guiba's arrows.

"what!"

There were screams, and more and more people fell down.

Zhou Xian's complexion gradually softened, the Bian army's heavy cavalry was considered powerless to charge the formation, there were only five or sixty people left, and now they were all surrounding Zhang Guiba, and there was still momentum for the cavalry to charge, if the cavalry did not run, it would be difficult for the infantry , the threat is multiplied.

The central army of the Zuo Shence Army, which had just been dispersed, quickly assembled and approached the heavy armored soldiers of the Bian Army, waiting for an opportunity to attack and kill them. The heavy armored soldiers of the Bian Army not only had to guard against the arrows in the sky, but also guarded against the ubiquitous arrows around them. spear and machete.

The momentum of offense and defense immediately changed.

Zhou Xian's heart is stable, as long as the Bian army can't attack the Chinese army, he will be invincible.

"Where is Duan Zhiwen, Marquis of the Cavalry Capital?"

"The end is here!"

Zhou Xiandao: "After enduring the Bian army's heavy cavalry for so long, it's time for them to have a taste of our cavalry."

"From the left and right sides, rush into the rear infantry of the Bian army, how dare you?"

The rear of the Bian Army is full of infantry, not fully armored, and most of them have no armor. It is time for the heavy cavalry to charge into the formation.

"The last general takes orders!"

Just when Duan Zhiwen was about to attack, Tan reported: "The general hastened to report that the Chenzhou Bian army has left the city to move towards our army."

"How many troops are there, and what is the composition of the troops?"

"Back to the general, there are 3000 troops, all infantry, but they brought out the eight-ox crossbow on the tower!"

"What? How many eight-ox crossbows are there?"

"No less than a hundred!"

Zhou Xian was a little dizzy. He had seen the power of the eight-ox crossbow before. This thing was a string of arrows. With the arrows, it could be shot directly on the city wall and climbed the stairs in front of the ladder.

Hundreds of crossbows fired at the dense army formation. One round of shooting might take hundreds of lives. These men and horses are enough to shoot a few rounds, and I am afraid that they will collapse after a few rounds!
"Slow down!" Zhou Xian stopped Duan Zhiwen, looked at Deputy Commander Yi Song and said, "I will personally lead the cavalry to resist the enemy from Chenzhou, so Commander Yi will take control here."

Yi Song shook his head and said: "Commander Zhou has a heavy burden on his body, how can he give up easily, let's resist the enemy from the end of the future!"

Zhou Xian nodded.

Yi Songdao: "Commander Zhou, the last general suggested that one capital and four capitals should follow the last general. One capital should go around to the west gate from the left, and the four capitals should go around to the east gate from the right. If we can take Chen State, even if we can't take Chenzhou down, it will make the bandits fearful and dare not go out lightly!"

Zhou Xian looked at the formation, and found that the Bian army was attacking to stop them, and they were fighting against each other. The mandarin duck formation was originally suitable for this kind of stalemate and small-scale fighting, and the Zuo Shence army is now gradually gaining the upper hand.

And the positions of the first capital and the fourth capital are on the lower left and lower right. Judging from the current situation, they may not be needed to fight.

"One capital, and the four capitals will be led by you." Zhou Xian warned again: "The formation is scattered and charged, and it is not easy to string eight oxen crossbows. It only takes two rounds at most. There are also thousands of poor horses in the army. Take these poor horses together. Charge into the formation with a strong momentum."

"promise!"

Yi Song led the troops out, and Zhou Xian said to the guards, "Wave the red flag, and the catapult will come in handy."

The dense infantry in the rear of the Bian army was the time for the catapult to play.

In the rear army, forty or fifty catapults were fired at once, and the boulder fireballs left beautiful parabolas in the sky, which gradually enlarged in the eyes of the Bian army infantry.

boom!
bang...

Where the boulder fell, people and horses were all broken, and when the fireball touched everything, everything was burned. Suddenly ghosts and wolves howled in the Bian army's formation, and there were screams everywhere.

Zhang Guiba looked at this scene dully, and the long knife in his hand felt more and more heavy.

(End of this chapter)