Still on this main road, the two armies were less than two hundred meters apart, and the two sides began to line up!

Zhou Luo, the general of the Chen army, looked coldly at the menacing vanguard of the Qi army, still did not change his face, calmly waved the command flag, and shouted loudly: "Array!" Shield Wall Defense! ”

I saw that the soldiers of the Chen army were neatly lined up in five horizontal columns on the main road, and the soldiers in the first three rows were close together, lined up. Three sturdy soldiers were in charge of a shield: the first soldier erected a wooden shield as tall as himself and two inches thick, while two teammates behind him picked up two leg-thick stakes and stuck them on the ground, holding the shield; Then hundreds of shields were used to form a wooden wall dozens of meters wide and block the road!

The soldiers in the back two rows, holding a spear at least ten meters long, waited for the order to stab the enemy who attacked them from the round hole in the shield at any time!

The place Xiao Yao chose was indeed a good place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack: on one side was a silt river, on the other side was a dense forest, and in the middle was a narrow space! In this kind of terrain, it is difficult for the light cavalry to be effective, because they cannot implement the tactics of outflanking and flanking!

The Chen army on the opposite side had already erected a wooden shield and stood in a defensive formation, and there was no heavy cavalry in the vanguard this time, so Changsun Hong could not let the light cavalry charge in front, so he could only choose the traditional offensive method, relying on the infantry to hold the shield, form an offensive formation, and slowly approach the other party!

The two armies entered a distance of ten meters, and the expressions and eyes of the opposing soldiers were clearly visible, and Zhou Luo shouted loudly: "Thorn! ”

The battle has officially begun! Hundreds of spears of more than ten meters pierced out of the shield wall in an instant, directly stabbing on the opponent's shield: one side desperately moved forward, one side tried its best to resist, and the two armies entered a contest of strength.

"Heroic Great Qi soldiers, put their spears back!" Changsun Hong shouted slightly.

So the soldiers of the Qi State pushed one by one, stepped on neat steps, gritted their teeth, exerted their strength, and advanced step by step with this spear; And Chen Guo's soldiers were also using all their strength, holding their spears and pushing forward! Finally, the spear that was in the middle of the two sides slowly bent, and finally broke with a "snap"!

Without the threat of spears, the soldiers roared and continued forward, and then the soldiers on both sides turned into a game of pushing each other with shields against shields: behind the two shields that were tightly pressed together, several soldiers were gritting their teeth and trying to push each other down with all their strength with hideous faces!

Because the two sides were already close to each other, the commanders of both sides shouted at the same time: "Spearmen stab!" "Archers release arrows!" ”

I saw that Chen Guo's soldiers climbed up to the wooden frame that had already been erected behind the shield soldiers, raised their long lances, and stabbed at the other party condescendingly; And the cavalry on the Qi side stood directly on horseback, and also condescendingly shot arrows at the other side!

The two sides began to enter a white-knuckle battle!

People are constantly being stabbed with spears, wounded by sharp arrows, and falling to the ground one after another! The entire battlefield was filled with shouts and wails, but the wooden shield wall between the two armies still did not fall, and the two sides were still fighting and pushing each other!

This kind of battle that relies on physical strength does not last long, and the two sides only push each other for about five minutes, and some soldiers begin to lose their physical strength, and some people even become incontinent due to excessive force! But in this life-and-death contest, no one dares to retreat, only to resist hard, grit teeth and die!

Seeing that the two sides had entered a stalemate stage, and many soldiers had fallen, Zhou Luo thought to himself, the time is almost up, it's time!

Then he shouted: "The archers are ready to stop the enemy!" Shield men retreat! ”

After listening to the order, the shield soldiers at the front immediately retreated, because there were two wooden stakes against the shield, and for a while, the Qi soldiers on the opposite side still did not push the shield, but the 1,000 shield soldiers had all withdrawn behind the archers.

"Chen's army has retreated! We knocked down the wooden shield wall in one fell swoop! Rush over and defeat them! The eldest grandson Hongluo shouted loudly.

Encouraged and their morale was greatly boosted, the Qi soldiers immediately became excited, shouted neat slogans, and pushed forward with all their might, and the wooden shield wall was finally knocked down!

"Shoot the arrows!" Zhou Luo shouted loudly, and he also picked up the big bow, bent the bow and arrows, and shot at the Qi soldiers on the opposite side.

"Whoosh", thousands of archers shot sharp arrows like locusts at the Qi soldiers, rushing in front of the Qi soldiers have been hit by arrows, the rest of the people can only stop, raise their shields to block the arrows, and can not continue to charge for a while!

"Cavalry Charge!" Changsun Hongluo raised his lance and shouted, and then took the lead and rushed towards the Chen army with the cavalry!

"The cavalry is broken! The whole army retreats! Zhou Luo also decisively ordered.

A cavalry of the three hundred Rao Chen Army, raising their long lances, also rushed towards the Qi cavalry that rushed over; The retreating Chen soldiers, some climbed into chariots, some rode horses, some ran, and then quickly retreated to their positions; The archers continued to shoot arrows at the pursuing Qi soldiers, and fought and retreated!

The two cavalry charged each other several times, and there were casualties among each other, seeing that the main force of their side had withdrawn from the battlefield, the cavalry of the Chen army immediately turned their horses' heads, got rid of the entanglement of the Qi army, and also withdrew from the battle, fleeing in the direction of Shiliang!

In a traditional infantry offensive and defensive battle, both sides invested a total of 8,000 troops, and after less than half of the battle, nearly 300 casualties were already inflicted on both sides! And it also exhausted the soldiers on both sides, so when the Chen army retreated, the eldest grandson Hongluo did not order to continue the pursuit, but just rode his horse and stood on the position of the Chen army, and raised his head and let out a long roar!

"We have won! We defeated Chen Jun! Break through this blockade! Occupy this wood! "Eldest grandson Hongluo's eyes were shining with tears!

It's not easy! The Chen army has been attacking for nearly a month, and now they have finally won once! And it was in this land that thousands of soldiers died tragically that he defeated the invincible Chen army, which made Changsun Hong feel a little relieved and regain his self-confidence!

"The whole army counts the casualties! Immediately send someone to inform the army, tell them that we have defeated the Chen army guarding here, let them advance at full speed, join us, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue, defeat the Chen army in one fell swoop, and capture Wu Mingche alive! Changsun Hongluo shouted excitedly.

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On a hillside about ten miles away from the woods, the Chen army, which had withdrawn from the camp, was gathering its troops and counting its losses.

"General, in this blockade, of our three thousand infantry, less than two hundred were killed and one thousand two hundred wounded; The archers, none of them died, only a dozen people were shot by the opponent's bow and arrows, but the injuries were not serious! A subordinate reported to Zhou Luo.

"The wounded are simply bandaged first, and when the cavalry returns, we will immediately rush back to Shiliang City to join the army! For the dead, count the list as soon as possible and report it back to the army clerk! Zhou Luo commanded.

"General, the cavalry in charge of the broken rear has returned, and they have only lost a dozen people! But half of them were also injured to varying degrees! An adjutant ran to report to Zhou Luo.

"The cavalry of the Qi army is really powerful, if our cavalry is not responsible for breaking the rear, they can retreat at any time, if they really want to fight with them, I believe we will not be able to take advantage of it! I can't imagine that a single blocking battle will cost us more than 200 brothers! I really envy the forward battalion, with the talent of Xiao Shilang, an infantry battalion can easily defeat these Qi cavalry, and can also capture hundreds of war horses! Zhou Luo said enviously.

"General, why don't we fight against this Qi army vanguard with all our might? We have 5,000 men and they only have 3,000, and we don't have heavy cavalry, we can definitely defeat them! One of the subordinates asked, puzzled.

"Because we're going to lure them to the stone beams, and then we're going to encircle them with all our might! Let them win a game today, let them regain some confidence, or you can paralyze them, let them let down their guard and rush forward! Zhou Luo said with a smile.

Then he turned on his horse and shouted to the soldiers: "Brothers, we have not failed today!" Because our mission is to lure these troops to Shiliang City! Now we have done a great job of completing our mission, and now we must rush back to Shiliang to join the army, and then recuperate and annihilate them in one fell swoop, and avenge the death of our brothers today! ”

"Annihilate them! Annihilate them! ”。。。。。。