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The Zhou army, spear and shield soldiers as the pioneers, and archers arranged behind them, set up a phalanx outside the town of Futian, and the formation was dense and formed a circular arc to resist the onslaught of the Turkic iron cavalry. Bi·Qi Medium·· Net·· hair

This time, when they saw the 40,000 Zhou troops led by Wei Chi Jingde coming, they did not carry heavy weapons such as ballistas and catapults, and the Turkic soldiers were also determined and decided to adopt the method of conquest on the steppe to take turns to attack the Zhou army's formation.

The leader of this Turkic army was Kubutai, and he was also one of the generals under the Khan of Shotku. He believed that his side had excellent equestrian skills, agile skills, and an advantage in troops. The enemy, on the other hand, has no heavy assault weapons, and is dominated by infantry, and if it is defeated again, it will be really shameless.

The Turkic iron cavalry roared and rushed forward, but only flashed in front of the Zhou army's formation, and retreated, inducing the Zhou army to shoot arrows, trying to consume the number of arrows of the Zhou army.

When the Zhou archers saw the enemy rushing up, they immediately bent their bows and arrows and shot at the Turkic soldiers.

After a round of long arrows was fired, although the feathered arrows were like locusts, the Turkic soldiers relied on their flexible bodies, superb horsemanship, and shields and whips to block them, but few of them were shot and fell off their horses.

However, Wei Chi Jingde was not impatient, and when he saw that the bow and arrow shooting did not work, he immediately stopped and ordered to stop shooting.

When the Turkic soldiers saw that the Zhou army's arrows stopped, they immediately grabbed the fighter, roared out, rushed to the Zhou army in an instant, and then jumped high, wanting to jump over the defense of the shield soldiers.

At this time, the shield soldiers in the first row of the Zhou army immediately shouted, and all of them leaned down and squatted, shrinking their bodies behind the shields.

At the same time, the shieldmen in the second row strode forward, stepped on the shoulders of the shieldbearers crouched in the first row, and raised their iron shields.

Immediately, the sound of clicking and clicking continued, and a five-foot-high square iron shield was stacked on the shield that was originally placed on the ground, and the shield iron wall of the Zhou army's array suddenly rose five feet higher, reaching a height of one zhang.

At this time, the pikemen of the Zhou army also rushed up in rows, resisting the shield soldiers in front, and then they raised their spears and stabbed out through a semicircular gap above the shield.

The Turkic cavalry thought that they could jump behind the shieldmen with a single leap of their horses, then turn back and slaughter the enemy, and with it, break down the opponent's formation.

But they didn't expect that such a change would happen, they couldn't dodge, and they crashed into the iron shields alive.

If it's just a collision on the shield, it's fine. But on the round hole of each shield, there was a spear stabbing towards the Turkic cavalry.

"Poof, poof, poof!" The sound of spears entering flesh continued. Although the impact of the Turkic cavalry's men's and horses' rush was very large, the Zhou army's shield soldiers resisted it to the death and never flinched. But the blood gradually flowed out of the gap in the shield, staining the copper wall red.

The offensive of the Turks was immediately blocked, and the cavalry that rushed in front not only failed to jump over the shield, but suffered heavy casualties and were stabbed off their horses one by one.

Kubutai was stunned for a moment, the Turks dominated the cavalry, crisscrossing the steppe, and rarely met opponents. They were blocked in front of the camp of the Zhou army in the mountains before, and they were still a little dissatisfied in their hearts, because they did not think that their combat effectiveness was poor, but that the Zhou army could not shrink, and they also used crossbows and trebuchets to deal with their own army, which led to the failure of their attack on the camp.

In their eyes, a true warrior is to fight with real swords and guns, not to rely on those weapons to win. But now, the two sides are engaged in a field battle, which can be regarded as a battle with a hard bow and a hard horse.

They charged the enemy with cavalry, thinking that they could easily defeat the enemy. But unexpectedly, the infantry of the Zhou army resisted their attack with only the shields and spears in their hands, and caused them heavy casualties.

When the offensive momentum of the Turkic cavalry stagnated and could no longer form a strong impact, Wei Chi Jingde shouted: "The shield soldiers get out of the way, and the Modao army is out!" ”

With his order, the shield soldiers of the Zhou army gave way to the passages, and the Mo sword army of the Zhou army, which had already been ambushed behind, was killed. Each of them was armed with a long-handled Mo knife more than two zhang long, the sword was bright and cold, but in a moment, they had already killed in front of the Turkic cavalry.

"Whew! Call! Call! ”

The Mo sword soldiers wielded broadswords, slaughtering the Turkic cavalry like chopping melons and vegetables. I saw the blades flying, blood flashing, and the Turkic cavalry let out a burst of screams. Before their spears could reach the Mo Dao soldiers, their heads were cut off by the enemy's broadswords, blood splattered, and countless heads rolled on the ground.

The Turkic army was forced to retreat again and again by this sudden blow. However, the Mo Dao Army did not fall in love with the battle, and they knew that even if they pursued while they were victorious, it would be impossible to catch up with the enemy's four legs. So, they quickly retreated into formation, eyeing the enemy's next attack.

The sound of neat footsteps sounded again, and the shield hand of the Zhou army, which was originally a little chaotic, had formed a neat battle formation again, which was impermeable, making it impossible for the enemy to advance at all.

The Zhou army and the Turkic army were again in a stalemate.

Wei Chi Jingde was sitting in the rear at the moment, and after hearing the summons sent by Yuming, he was also surprised and happy in his heart. He didn't expect Yu Ming to defeat that Turkic team of 10,000 people so quickly.

Turning his head to look at the back of Futian Town, Wei Chi Jingde's face also showed a hint of joy. He had already understood Yuming's intentions, the Turkic soldiers were all greedy for money and lustful, and they may not particularly value the importance of grain and grass. Anyway, that's what the Khan thinks about. But the looted property of his tribe was stored in his own camp and taken away when the army returned to the grassland.

After understanding the psychology of the Turkic army, Yuming directly took the enemy's weakness, went around to the rear of the Turkic army, and attacked their camp, and waited until the Turkic army in front learned that the nest was ended, and the property and women fell into the hands of the Zhou army. How could these money-hungry Turkic soldiers not be impetuous? They would then be torn between continuing the attack and returning to the camp, at which point the Zhou army would be able to win the game by attacking them from both sides.

At this time, the Turkic army launched another attack, and it seems that although the previous attack was frustrated, Kubutai was still unwilling and was ready to try again.

After Wei Chi Jingde knew Yuming's plan, he also knew the bottom of his heart, so he commanded the Zhou army to form a phalanx again to resist.

After the failure of the initial attack, the Turkic army also learned a lesson, changed its offensive strategy, and launched an attack from both flanks, preparing to outflank the central phalanx of the Zhou army from both flanks.

As a result, the phalanx of the Zhou army suddenly changed abruptly, retracting from an arc to a barrel shape, and put out the most defensive phalanx. to reduce the frontal impact of the cavalry strongly.

As the outer shield soldiers continued to shrink the defensive circle and retreated step by step, Hu Butai was also greatly encouraged. Sensing that his opportunity had come, he ordered the trumpets to be blown and the army began to attack head-on.

The Turkic cavalry continued to increase the intensity of the attack, and the Zhou army's array seemed to retreat again and again, and it could no longer withstand the pressure. Hu Butai didn't know that there was fraud in it, and thought that Zhou Jun was nothing more than that. Overjoyed, he commanded the Turkic cavalry to launch a fierce assault in an attempt to break through the Zhou army's defenses.

At this moment, the shield soldiers of the Zhou army suddenly dodged, and the Turkic iron cavalry immediately rushed in.

Seeing this, Kubutai was overjoyed, thinking that his army had finally broken through the enemy's defenses.

However, he was first overjoyed and then surprised, only to see that after the Turkic cavalry poured in more than 10,000 people, the hoplites of the Zhou army closed the encirclement and forcibly sealed the gap. The Turkic soldiers tried to rush in again, but they were firmly blocked by the shield soldiers, and they could not attack at all.

And the more than 10,000 cavalry who had already entered, after rushing into the enemy formation, were not happy, and everyone showed a look of horror on their faces, because the Zhou army was waiting for the battle, and Mo knives, longbows, hooks, and tripping horses came one after another. They have been caught in ambushes and traps by the enemy.

The space in the phalanx was shrinking dramatically, and the Turks could no longer sprint at all, and the horses that stepped down became a constraint, making it difficult for them to turn around. But Zhou Jun advanced and retreated freely, taking advantage of it.

This method of luring the enemy deep and then killing them was learned from Zhang Xutuo's Eight Winds Camp formation. And Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, and Luo Shixin brought this set of tactics to the Zhou army after returning to Yuming.

Although the Zhou army was not up to the strength of Zhang Xutuo's Eight Winds Battalion, it was more than enough to deal with these brave and poorly equipped Turkic soldiers.

Under the command of Wei Chi Jingde, the Zhou army resisted the attack of the Turkic army outside the formation, while slaughtering the enemy in ambush inside the formation. I only heard the sound of golden drums and shouts of killing. The Turkic soldiers trapped in the formation fell one after another screaming, which made the Turkic soldiers who were in a hurry on the periphery feel terrified.

Kubutai was also in a hurry, and he ordered the Turkic army to intensify its offensive and be sure to rescue the friendly troops trapped in the formation. However, the Zhou army's defenses were indeed tight, and no matter how he supervised the battle and how the Turkic soldiers died, they could not attack it.

And just when the two sides were fighting fiercely, one of the Zhou army's own soldiers shouted: "General Wei Chi, look! ”

Wei Chi Jingde raised his head and looked up, but he had already seen thick smoke billowing from the north and flames soaring into the sky.

He was slightly happy in his heart, knowing that it was most likely the result of His Majesty's sneak attack on the Turkic army camp.

Looking at this fire, I am afraid that Yuming has already succeeded, and it is a fire that burns the Turkic camp to the ground.

The Turks were accustomed to fighting hard, and when they fought, they only knew how to rush forward and fight. If you talk about strategy and combat experience on the battlefield, how can you compare with Yuming, one of the twin walls of the Great Sui?

"Pass the order: Your Majesty has succeeded in sneaking up on the enemy's camp. Now our army has turned from defense to offense, striving to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop! Wei Chi Jingde ordered.

Then he walked up to the drum and beat it himself to boost the morale of the army.

When the Zhou army learned that His Majesty had also led a large army into battle, his morale was greatly boosted.

At this time, the more than 10,000 Turkic soldiers who were originally trapped in the formation had been completely annihilated, and only a small number of wounded were still lying on the ground and humming.

At this time, the Zhou army could no longer care about cleaning up the remaining wounded enemy, and immediately began to defend and attack, and fought.

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