Chapter 959: Brilliant Hanwei (83)
The crisp sound of the sound of the beetle rose from the forest, and with the explosion of the ringing of the dysprosium, the sound of the sharp roar of the feather arrows sounded in the forest, and countless flying feathers shot out from the dense forest, and the unprepared Qi army suddenly fell in rows.
"Enemy attack!" In the midst of the marching procession, the sound of a warning horn sounded.
The attackers chose the timing of the attack extremely cleverly, just when the Qi army entered the ambush circle for a third of the time, the dense locust feather arrows attacked the waist and abdomen of the Qi army, and the Qi army was cut into two sections at once.
Chen Tao's face became extremely ugly when he heard the sound of the ringing, and he knew that he had made a big mistake. When marching and fighting, there is a common saying that even if you want to wear such an area, you should send enough scouts to find out the truth and the truth, and Chen Tao's mistake was caused by the previous mistake, that is, his determination to misjudge the strength of the opponent.
It's just bandits, they have a limited team of combat effectiveness, and now they are all under Gaotang City, where there is still spare strength to ambush themselves, not to mention, Chen Tao doesn't think that these bandits have such tactical capabilities.
But reality slapped him hard, and the opponent not only came, but also caught him off guard.
"Zhu Wei, you bastard!" Chen Tao scolded fiercely, if the main force of the Red Turban Army is here, then under Gaotang City, the Red Turban Thief must be an empty shelf, what tens of thousands of Red Turban Thieves, tens of thousands of homeless people, Zhu Wei, who has been in battle for a long time, was blinded by such a trick.
Although it was suddenly attacked, this Qi army was indeed the most elite unit under Tian Fucheng's command, and its reaction was very fast. After the first round of arrow rain overturned a group of people, the shields were immediately closed, blocking the second round of arrow rain that followed, and the Qi army behind the shield immediately opened their bows and arrows, and began to return fire towards the forest, although they could not see the enemy, such attacks would be mostly blocked by the dense forest, but at least there was an advantage, which could prevent the opponent from rushing out of the forest and buy time for the large army to meet the enemy.
And the horse team that had already crossed the encirclement, which was at the forefront, also immediately rushed back.
Chen Tao was surrounded by his own soldiers in the middle, and the shields firmly protected him, and even on the top of his head, several shields were covered. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Chen Tao's face changed, the opponent let go of the cavalry, and he would not think that after the rear army was attacked, the cavalry would return to the rescue.
With a wave of his hand, he pushed away the shields above his head, jumped onto his horse, and saw that his front cavalry had scattered in formation and rushed into the forest.
"Blow the trumpet and let them come back!" Chen Tao shouted.
But the cavalry reacted too quickly, and before the trumpet sounded, they were almost led by the general, and rushed into the forest, and then a terrible scream rang out.
"Bastard, stupid pig!" Chen Tao scolded angrily.
In the forest, high and low were tied with countless triphorses, some of which were half a man high, and some were hidden in the weeds, and the cavalry swung their swords to cut those half-human high tripwires, but could not take care of their feet, and one by one the horses fell to the ground, and the knights on the horses fell to the ground, and even if the arrows flew in, they nailed the cavalry to the ground one by one.
The first hundred or so cavalry rushed in, and only twenty or thirty horsemen escaped back.
"Beat the drums, with the shield soldiers as the lead, and advance slowly. Flatten the past." Chen Tao gave an order with a cold face.
Although he was attacked, Chen Tao still had strong confidence in his soldiers' combat effectiveness, and as long as he entered the opponent's hand-to-hand combat, he was still confident that he would defeat the opponent.
In the forest, the tiger head climbed on top of a big tree, looked a hundred steps away, and in a very short time, he reorganized the team, slowly advancing the Qi army, and couldn't help nodding, but it was worthy of being an elite division. However, when they ran into this army under their command, they were destined to be unlucky, although there were only 1,500 people under their command, most of the veterans of the entire army were here, including the special brigade brought by Bai Yucheng from Liaoxi.
Smiling, he slipped down from the tree, "Brothers, great salute waits!"
A shout sounded in the forest, and the heads of people wearing red scarves appeared in Chen Tao's eyes, these red scarf thieves looked at them, and the killing intent in their eyes made Chen Tao shudder for no reason.
His pupils contracted slightly, Chen Tao took a deep breath, pulled out the saber from his waist, and held the cold hilt in his hand, which drove the chill out of his heart.
The rows of bushes in front of the Red Turban Army suddenly fell down, looking at the things that those bushes fell down and exposed, the blood in Chen Tao's whole body was almost completely frozen. It was bed crossbows, rows and rows of bed crossbows.
Oh my God, where did these Red Turbans get so many bed crossbows and transport them here, how long have they been waiting here?
Chen Tao's mind was almost blank at this moment, and the unique screaming sound of the bed crossbow woke him up from a somewhat sluggish state.
The bed crossbow flew in, the bed crossbow within a hundred steps shot flat, almost indestructible, the shield soldiers in the front row were tightly crowded together at the moment, the slow-moving formation made them a live target of the bed crossbow, the huge tearing sound shook Chen Tao's eardrums, the bed crossbow tore the big shield effortlessly, with a terrible wind, mercilessly shot the soldiers behind the shield to the ground in a string, tearing the neatly arranged formation to pieces.
With a bang, a bed crossbow with dripping blood swept over Chen Tao's head, bluffing the soldiers around him and throwing him to the ground at once. Along the way, the bed crossbow also shot through the bodies of several Qi soldiers, and the entire crossbow rod was full of blood, just passing over their heads, making their bodies stained with falling blood.
The bed crossbow was heavy and was basically used to defend the city,
"Kill!" The bed crossbow came, and the tide of red turban soldiers came out of the forest, leading one person, holding a nine-ring broadsword that shook and rattled, roaring and rushing towards the Qi army.
The front of the Qi army, which was torn apart by the bed crossbow, had not yet reacted, and was rushed into the formation by the Red Turban Army, and in an instant, the bloody wind and rain became the mainstream of the field.
Looking at the scene of the forward troops' flesh and blood flying and the scene that was washed away in an instant, Chen Tao's soul finally returned to his body.
"Retreat, retreat!" He shouted loudly, suddenly attacked, hit one blow after another, morale has been lost, and now he believes that what Zhu Wei said about the Red Turban Army's amazing combat effectiveness is a fact.
Now that the opportunity has been lost, he can only seek to retreat, preserve his strength, and then find an opportunity to get in touch with Zhu Wei, and then try to fight with the red turban thief.
At the top of Yinpen Mountain, Zhao Yi'an has been looking at the battle scene in the distance with some nervousness, this is the first time that these staff officers have completely planned a battle, whether this fire can be burned, whether it can be burned, can it be burned, but it can represent the status and future of their staff officers in the army in the future, although there is strong support from the King of Han, but if there is no good result, it will never be convincing, in the army, the most convincing person will still fall in the end, it is still your personal ability. This ability can be a martial arts courage that wins thousands of miles, and it can also be the wisdom of strategizing.
Seeing that the generals of the Qi army finally made the decision to retreat, and the direction of retreat, sure enough, was Shiqiaoping, a heart finally fell back into the stomach, and the big thing was decided.
"Let's go, let's go to Taipingdian!" Zhao Yi'an stood up excitedly and said to a group of staff officers behind him: "These Qi troops are in shock, after Shiqiaoping was blocked by Wei Zhiwen again, they will definitely retreat to Taipingdian again without any intention of fighting, where is Bai Houye waiting for him, they retreat again and again, when they get there, it is already the end of the crossbow, even if they want to run, they can't run, we people, after being transferred from the army, we haven't fought for a long time, don't you have itchy hands?"
"Of course my hands are itchy!" A group of staff officers burst out laughing.
"Okay, that kind of people will go to Taipingdian, and then have the addiction of fighting, and in the future, this battlefield will be bloody, but I am afraid that it will be farther and farther away from us." Zhao Yi'an walked towards the Taiping store.
Under Gaotang City, two days have passed, and tens of thousands of homeless people are like ant colonies every day, digging and building soil, and approaching Gaotang City little by little. Zhu Wei in the city also became more and more anxious, because he found that the daily work of these homeless people was not unplanned and aimless, but very targeted. It is clear that the one who commanded these outcasts was a master siege.
If the reinforcements hadn't arrived when they attacked, Gao Tang City was afraid that it would be really dangerous. The riots in the city were temporarily quelled, because Wang Yan went on a killing spree, and after raiding the homes of two gentry landlords in succession, the others finally bowed their heads under the blade and obediently took out the grain gathered at home, although the people in the city could only buy a small amount of poor rice and noodles every day, and finally they would not starve to death.
But Zhu Wei knew that such a situation would only allow Gao Tang City to last a few more days.
And outside the city, the action of gathering siege ramps and building siege equipment presided over by Hengdao has been accelerated, and when Zhu Wei was still in the dark, he had already received a military intelligence report from Yinpen Mountain, and the reinforcements of the Qi army had been surrounded by the troops led by Bai Houye in Taipingdian, and the fall was just around the corner.
The siege ramp has reached its final stage, and this last section must be paid with lives, because it has already entered the range of long-range weapons in the city. And this must be done by experienced soldiers, and if these outcasts are allowed to do it, the sacrifice will be too great.
Late at night on the third day, the horizontal knife finally waited for Bai Yucheng's return, Chen Tao was ambushed by Wei Zhi'an twice in Shiqiaoping, and then fled all the way to Taipingdian without resistance, and the continuous escape made them exhaust their last strength, here, they were blocked by Bai Yucheng, and the two armies of the tiger head and Wei Zhi'an behind them also arrived in time, and the three-way army attacked together, surrounded Chen Tao, Chen Tao carried out the final resistance, a day later, the whole army was wiped out, and even Chen Tao was also injured after being captured alive and brought to the city of Gaotang. (To be continued......) R1292