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To the surprise of the Zhou soldiers, these Wei soldiers in front of them had no fear or fear at all, which was very different from the Wang Bodang army they had fought against before.

The round of boulder bombardment just now, although it took several of their lives, they still did not change their faces and did not beat their hearts, and they moved forward as if they were dead. It was as if the boulder was just a breeze blowing by, not worth a glimpse.

At this moment, Lian Cheng couldn't help but open his mouth wide and was dumbfounded.

As one of the generals of Zhang Xutuo, one of the two walls of the Great Sui, he has seen a lot of brave soldiers, but it is rare to be like these Wei soldiers in front of him, and the whole army puts life and death aside.

"General Cheng, the enemy has entered the range of bows and arrows! These should be the soldiers of the stormtroop battalion in the Wei army, and I heard that they all belong to fanatical Li Mi admirers, hardcore believers, and they are not afraid of death! In the past, when Li Mi fought against the Sui army, he played a huge role many times! "Hu Sizheng, the former squire of the Great Sui Army, is indeed more knowledgeable than Cheng Yanjin in this regard. At this moment, he saw that these enemy troops who were not afraid of death had rushed to within fifty zhang, and Fang hurriedly reminded.

Cheng Yanjin reacted at this time, and hurriedly ordered: "The archer aims at the arrow and throws it diagonally!" I'd like to see if these enemies are really not afraid of death! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! Sou! ”

In the half-moon-shaped queue of Zhou archers, a famous archer kept opening his bow and loosening the strings, and sharp arrows rained down on the marching Wei soldiers.

Although the soldiers of the Wei army's assault battalion were armed with a small round shield, which could block many arrows, they were still shot a lot.

After almost every round of firing, several of the Stormtroop Battalion soldiers fell to the ground and died. But they were still undaunted, and there was a happy expression on their faces that they were dying for Li Mi. I don't worry about being buried in the battlefield from now on.

"I heard that the assault battalion in the Wagang Army is full of dead soldiers, and they are not afraid of death, but now it seems that it is true." Hu Sizheng thought with palpitations.

"The first row of archers stand down! The second platoon stepped forward to shoot! ”

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"The second row of archers stand down! The first platoon stepped forward and shot! ”

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"The first row of archers stand down! The first row stepped forward to shoot! ”

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Cheng Biting Jinkou gave one order after another dryly.

The archers standing beside him kept repeating the action of taking arrows from their quivers, then pulling their bows and winding them. Their hands were a little sore, and some of them couldn't even pull their bows, but the soldiers of the assault battalion still didn't flinch.

Seeing that these fierce enemy troops who were not afraid of death were about to rush into the Zhou army array. Cheng bit Jincai waved his flag again and again, and ordered the archers and trebuchets to retreat, allowing the spear and shield soldiers to meet them.

"Kill!" Fan Chao's eyes were furious at this time, and he raised his big knife and slaughtered into the camp of the Zhou army. He slashed with great force, and cut off the heads of two Zhou soldiers with a single sword.

"The dog thief is rampant! Look at me Cheng biting gold to fight you! Seeing this, Cheng Yanjin grabbed the Xuanhua axe and greeted him, fighting with that Fan Chao.

"Well done! Looking at the axe you are holding and the shape, it should be the Cheng Biting Gold! You are just a smuggled salt seller, and you dare to oppose our Wagangzhai, today is the day of your death! Fan Chao waved the big knife in his hand and said wildly.

"That's good! Cheng wants to see which of us is the day of death! ”

Cheng Yanjin heard the fire and roared, and the two of them fought together.

At this moment, the dead soldiers of the Wei army's charging battalion, who had paid a heavy price, finally entered the array of the Zhou army, and the two sides began to fight in close combat.

I have to say that the dead soldiers of these assault battalions are quite difficult, and they are particularly desperate when they fight, and their shots are all moves that end together. Most of the Zhou army is recruits, where have I ever seen such a desperate style of fighting. If it weren't for the fact that the dead soldiers of the Wei army had suffered nearly half of the casualties under the pouring of trebuchets and bows and arrows, I am afraid that they would really have been killed through the formation.

Fortunately, the well-equipped Zhou army is far stronger than the Wei army, which is a peasant rebel army with mud legs, and Li Mi planned to use these soldiers of the assault battalion as cannon fodder from the beginning, and the weapons and equipment given to them are the worst in the Wei army.

In this way, even if they all regard death as their home, they adopt a lifeless fighting style, and they are all not afraid of death.

However, due to their numerical disadvantage and poor equipment, and the fact that the Zhou army was also a tenacious and brave army, it was difficult for them to gain the upper hand in the fight.

After fighting for more than an hour, the Zhou army finally slaughtered all the soldiers of these assault battalions after paying a heavy price. Their commander Fan Chao had his left arm cut off by Cheng Biting Jin's axe, and after being wounded, he was rescued by his own soldiers and retreated to his own phalanx.

Cheng Yanjin lay on the horse's back at this time, gasping for breath. He stepped back and glanced at Hu Sizheng, both of whom showed a wry smile.

Cheng Yanjin sighed and said: "If everyone in the Wei army is so desperate, if the equipment of the Wagang army is a little better, it is estimated that we will be the one who loses in this battle!" ”

Hu Sizheng also thought deeply and said: "Hu heard that there is a dead soldier army under Li Mi, called the Assault Battalion, and the soldiers of this army are all believers in Li Mi's incomparable worship, thinking that Li Mi is the son of the gods and the true destiny of the future. They are especially not afraid of death when they fight, saying that they can go to heaven even if they die, and wash away the sins of life or something. It's shocking to finally see these dead soldiers with my own eyes......"

Just when the two of them were full of emotion, a scout hurriedly came to report: "Report to General Cheng, the Wei army has been dispatched!" Their cavalry brigade was dispatched when the dead were all gone, and now they are about to attack in front of our army! ”

"They're coming so fast!" Hu Sizheng was not surprised, there was a smile in his eyes, obviously Wei Jun's actions were in his expectations.

Cheng Yanjin also took a deep breath at this time and said: "Since the Wei army is attacking again, then the soldiers will come to block it!" Cover the earth with water! ”

He turned to the herald next to him and said, "Give the order!" Tell the brothers to form a battle against ......"

The herald answered, and was about to go down, but was stopped by Cheng Yanjin and said, "By the way, you inform the archers and trebuchets and let them withdraw first!" They were tired from fighting just now, I'm afraid they can't continue to fight, so they can go to Beibi Town to rest first! ”

When the herald heard this, he was a little puzzled. He thought to himself: the archers and trebuchets are tired, but they are not engaged in a head-on battle with the enemy, and there is no problem in saving their lives. But the spear and shield soldiers at the front have been fighting with the enemy for so long, why didn't they see General Cheng telling them to rest? It seems that it is better to be treated as an archer and a slinger! In the future, if my brothers want to enlist in the army, I would advise them to become archers or slingers......

Cheng Yanjin naturally didn't know that his words would make the herald have such rich associations.

His orders were carried out to the letter, and his spear and shield men had regrouped to resist the charge of the Wei cavalry. It's just that, due to the haste to meet the battle, the cavalry of the Wei army has rushed very close to them.

"Kill! Zhou Jun is right in front of you! Their trebuchets and archers should have fled, and none of them shot! I don't believe it, with their little infantry, they can still block the iron cavalry of my Wagang army! Li Mi's cavalry commander, Bing Yuanzhen, waved the spear in his hand and shouted loudly on horseback with a high spirit.

The watermelon-sized stones that were flying in the sky just now, as well as the arrows that rained down, shook him a lot, although he knew that the Zhou army started from Liaodong, and the cavalry and bows and arrows were powerful. But he didn't expect to be able to inflict such a big loss on his own army.

The 20,000 dead soldiers of the assault battalion suffered nearly half of the casualties when they rushed in front of the Zhou army. If it was replaced by the cavalry of the Wagang Army under him, in the face of the overwhelming boulders and arrows, he was afraid that he would already be frightened and would not dare to rush forward again. Fortunately, it was the soldiers of the charging battalion who were not afraid of death, so that no one could retreat and flee and fight to the end.

Although most of them were killed, it effectively depleted the strength of the Zhou army and severely damaged the spirit of the Zhou army. Now, it is time for the cavalry of the Wagang Army led by himself to pick up the results of the battle.

Lacking the boulder projectile of trebuchets and the rain of arrows from the archers, Bing Yuanzhen led the heavy cavalry of the Wan Wei army to rush to the front of the Zhou army's spear and shield array almost without casualties.

"Haha! It seems that the casualties of the Zhou army just now are not small, this formation is already so weak! ”

was not shot by boulders and bows and arrows, which also made Bing Yuan really secretly happy.

Rushing to the front and rear of the Zhou army, he found that the infantry phalanx of the Zhou army was not thick, and the trebuchets were pushing a trebuchet and retreating to the rear under the cover of the archers.

"Defeat the infantry of the Zhou army in front of you first, and then join Wang Bodang!" Seeing this, Li Mi ordered.

"Rush!"

The Wei cavalry swarmed up and smashed into the array of the Zhou army.

By this time they had had rested well, and everyone had a full meal. However, the spear and shield soldiers of the Zhou army had just fought a bloody battle with those fanatical charging battalion dead soldiers, not only paying heavy casualties, but also physically exerting a lot, how could they resist these wolf-like Wei cavalry?

Sure enough, not long after the battle between the two sides, the Zhou army was defeated and retreated. It took less than an hour for Bing Yuanzhen to break through the Zhou army's formation.

"Order the infantry to follow! Go in with Bing Yuanzhen and join Wang Bodang! Li Mi saw that the camp of Wang Bodang's army was already faintly visible, and he was very excited.

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