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"This group of Zhou troops should not be the defenders of Jindi Pass. No matter how few people there are, they can't hold it! After Wang Bodang thought for a while, Fang Shen said: "According to Wang, the 20,000 Zhou troops should be Luo Shixin's troops. He must have seen that I had not pursued him, so he followed. ”

Thinking of this, he immediately decided: "The rear team of the whole army will change to the front team!" The front team was changed to the rear team, and the camp was set up to advance in the direction of Jindi Pass, and the army was joined with the King of Wei as soon as possible......"

However, at this moment, another scout rode a fast horse and came over with a look of urgency to report: "General Wang, something is wrong!" The Zhou army in Beibi Town has launched an attack on us, and now it is almost at the gate of the camp! ”

"What? Cheng Biting Jin, this guy turned from defense to offense so quickly? When Wang Bodang heard this, he was also shocked.

He knew that if he ordered a retreat while the enemy was attacking, this orderly retreat could become a great rout. The cavalry is okay to say, they can run away with their horses, but the infantry is difficult to do, and they will definitely suffer heavy casualties. And all of your food and baggage will be lost.

But if he didn't retreat and ordered the soldiers to stick to the spot, he might be surrounded by the Zhou army.

Wang Bodang was caught in a dilemma, neither advancing nor retreating......

After hesitating for a while, he made a decision that seemed to him to be the best of both worlds.

"Immediately send a fast horse to report to the King of Wei, saying that our army was besieged by the Zhou army in Beibi Town, and the total strength of the two Zhou armies was between 70,000 and 80,000, and asked for quick support!" Uncle Wang ordered.

The herald answered, and hurried down.

At this time, Wang Bodang said in a deep voice to the generals: "Immediately go out of the camp and line up to meet the enemy...... I don't believe it! Can the Zhou army in Beibi Town still attack with barbed wire? This time, we must let Cheng bite Jin and there is no return! ”

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The 50,000 Zhou troops who came out of Beibi Town, with neat steps and spears on their shoulders, had already walked only a mile away from the Wei army's camp.

Wang Bodang and Jia Xiong also led more than 40,000 Wei troops out of the camp and set up a position. This time, instead of placing the cavalry on both flanks to cover as in the usual way of fighting, he placed the remaining 15,000 cavalry in the center of the array. But the 10,000 infantry placed them on both sides of the cavalry. This fully shows that he still intends to use the sharp battle formation of the central breakthrough in an attempt to defeat the Zhou army head-on.

At this time, Wang Bodang looked at the enemy who was slowly approaching, and then asked in a deep voice: "Jia Xiong, this time I will give you another 15,000 cavalry, can you have the confidence to break through the Zhou army's formation from the center?" ”

When Jia Xiong heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "No problem!" The reason for the defeat last time was mainly that we never expected the enemy to launch boulders with trebuchets in the field, and the soldiers were somewhat panicked...... In addition, he did not expect that Zhou Jun would install barbed wire in front of the array, so he suffered a big loss. Now that they have taken the initiative to send it to the door, the barbed wire can no longer play a role, and the general can make a military order! If you don't kill the enemy, you won't come back to see the general! ”

"Good! Then I will believe you again! I'll give you fifteen thousand iron horses! Be sure to defeat the Zhou army forwards head-on! Wang Bodang was overjoyed when he heard this.

So, the 15,000 Wagang Iron Cavalry regrouped, and this time they formed an arc-shaped glaive formation under the command of Jia Xiong, and then all brandished spears and sabers, howling in their mouths, and rushed towards the slowly approaching infantry phalanx of the Zhou army like vicious wolves.

After the first confrontation between the Zhou army and the Wagang army in the morning, the recruits saw blood and gradually adapted to this cruel battle, and they no longer had any fear of the Wagang army, whether they were recruits or veterans, they could calmly respond to the battle.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Throwing stones!"

The officers of the Zhou army gave one order after another.

The trebuchet firing sound of "Peng, Peng, Peng" sounded again, and huge stones were thrown out, smashing the Wei soldiers on their backs. The raindrops of arrows also shot at a rapid pace, and the screams and falls continued one after another. The swarming Wei cavalry suffered heavy casualties again.

However, this time they had a certain amount of psychological preparation after all, and they also had a bottom in their hearts about Zhou Jun's attack methods. Although those boulders are very lethal, they are easy to identify due to their large size and slow flight. As long as you pay a little attention, Le Ma dodges not necessarily can't be avoided.

Half an hour later, they had already rushed to the front of the Zhou army's array, but they had only withstood two rounds of boulder projectiles from trebuchets and a volley of arrows from wheelbows. The fifteen thousand cavalry suffered about a thousand casualties, much less than the losses in the morning.

"The archers and trebuchets retreated at once! Spear and shield soldiers are on top quickly! Cheng Yanjin carried the Xuanhua axe and said with a cold expression.

The trebuchets and archers, who had fired the last salvo, immediately retreated to the rear. The hoplites, armed with iron shields in one hand and spears in the other, rushed up, and they lined up in eight rows at the forefront of the Zhou army.

The hoplites were all dressed in black iron armor and black iron helmets, and their spears and shields were made of fine black iron, and they were well-armed. They were waiting for the onslaught of the Wei cavalry.

"Rush! Warriors of the Wagang Army! Let's work hard, and killing the past is victory! As long as we break through the defense of the infantry of the Zhou army in front of us, the enemy army will be at our mercy! If you are a hero, raise your spears and slay your enemies! Jia Xiong shouted.

His words aroused the ferocity of the Wei cavalry, and the Wagang army was originally a rebellious peasant rebel army, making a living by looting, and during Zhai Rang's tenure, he even often ransacked a village and county seat. It wasn't until Li Mi took charge that he changed his strategy, adopted the Huairou policy to buy people's hearts, and even opened a warehouse to release grain several times. But they still have a bandit and wolf nature in their bones.

In the eyes of the Wagang people, the Zhou army was powerful, thanks to the sharp bows and arrows, and the small trebuchets that could move in the field, if they really let them rush close to fight, they would definitely defeat the Zhou army.

It's just that they forgot that when the Zhou army entered Youzhou last year, they were able to defeat the world-famous Youzhou Iron Cavalry head-on in the field battle, and forced Luo Yi and Luo Chengfu to surrender, how could it be a waste of fame?

At this time, the Wei army's iron cavalry had already collided with the infantry phalanx of the Zhou army, but they only felt as if they had hit an iron plate, and did not produce the results they imagined, like stormy waves and devastating the withering and decaying.

"Kill!"

A Wei cavalryman raised his spear and rode forward, stabbing the throat of a Zhou infantryman. He couldn't help but put a smug smile on his face.

But before the smile on his face could fade, a spear came out of the gap in the shield in front of him and pierced into his lower abdomen like a poisonous snake out of a hole......

He howled, rolled off his horse, and fell to the ground, blood and intestines flowing out of his lower abdomen.

"Death to those who stand in my way!"

Another Wei cavalryman clamped his horse's belly with his legs and drove his horse to jump above the Zhou army's shield array, and he stood on the shield and slashed several times, instantly cutting down a Zhou infantryman.

However, he only stayed on the shield array for a moment, and then he was pierced by the five or six pikemen of the Zhou army who rushed up around him, and they became a human flesh sieve.

"These Zhou infantry are really tenacious, fighting infantry against cavalry on the plains, and they have been fighting to the death. My iron cavalry has been attacking the front rows of spear and shield soldiers for a long time, but I can't break away! Jia Xiong looked at the situation in front of him, and couldn't help but secretly exclaimed: "Are these Zhou troops really as reported by Tanma, and half of them are recruits?" How do you feel so strong. ”

At this moment, he had a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Zhou army. I feel that whether it is myself, Li Mi or Wang Bodang, they all underestimate Zhou Jun.

At this moment, Cheng Yanjin's black face full of beards showed a smile that had succeeded in his treacherous scheme.

He now ordered: "Raise the ladder for me again!" ”

With his order, I saw that behind the eight rows of spear and shield soldiers, thousands of two-legged ladders in the shape of "human" were immediately erected. Then two Zhou soldiers climbed up each ladder. One in front, one behind.

The man in front was crouching on the ladder, holding a large iron shield about a man tall in his hand.

The man in the back was holding a beaded crossbow and firing cold arrows at the Wei cavalry who were fighting in front.

At first, the Wei army didn't pay attention to this change, but it soon became clear that these Zhou archers standing on the ladder really hated it. They specially aimed at the cavalry of the Wei army, which had the highest martial arts and the most courageous battles, and especially when they found that the defensive formation of the Zhou army was not supported somewhere, they concentrated on shooting at the attacking Wei army there.

And because the distance between the two sides is very close, even if the Wei cavalry is wearing armor, they can't stop it. Moreover, the Lianzhu crossbow held by the archers of the Zhou army had a very fast rate of fire, and they could shoot seven or eight arrows in an instant. The cavalry of the Wei army, no matter how high their martial arts were, were difficult to resist, and they were shot and fell off their horses.

In this way, the defensive formation of the Zhou army, which was originally a little precarious, quickly stabilized and sealed the gap. And whoever fights the most fiercely in the Wei army and kills the enemy the most is most likely to be shot to death by a cold gun.

Jia Xiong soon noticed this new situation, and he immediately shouted, "Everyone take out the bow and arrow!" We can also shoot, shoot the Zhou army archers on that ladder to death first! ”

At this time, the Wei cavalry woke up like a dream, and immediately took the short bow from behind and shot at the Zhou archers.

And the cavalry of the Wei army was all equipped with short bows, and they collectively took out short bows, and the number of them was much more than that of the Zhou army's archers. Therefore, in the case of several shots, the archers of the Zhou army were hit by arrows one after another, and fell down from the ladder one after another.

However, the joy on Jia Xiong's face did not last long, and his expression became serious again. Because he found that although the cavalry of the Wei army was numerous, they were not in the upper hand, but were suppressed by the more than 1,000 archers of the Zhou army.

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