Chapter 3 Yangguan (6 B)

The officials and thieves were stunned.

The Fish Scale Formation is the best formation for countering the bow and crossbow.

The shield in the hands of the Hexi soldiers was made of hardwood, and the surface was also covered with a layer of tough cowhide, which could theoretically block the accumulation of crossbow arrows. The thickened leather armor on their bodies was also carefully crafted by craftsmen, and it was difficult to penetrate by feathered arrows from a distance of twenty paces. Even if a few unlucky ghosts are unfortunately hit by a stray arrow, they will not be immediately fatal. However, the group of prey not far away actually threw the paint spear they carried with them as a throwing spear, and they caught everyone off guard.

Paint guns! No one thought that it was specially equipped for the forbidden army, and the flashy paint gun could still be used like this. When the eight-foot-long spear fell from mid-air with the sound of the wind, the Hexi soldiers habitually raised their shields diagonally upward. This is an instinctive response to their usual training, and previous experience has shown that it is effective against feathered arrow throws. However, the shield in the hand was too thin for the blade mounted on the front end of the lacquer spear. The two-foot-long spear pierced the cowhide and hardwood on the shield like poking paper, piercing the cuirass behind the shield and the ribs behind the cuirass, nailing the shield-bearers at the front of the line directly to the sand. (Note 1)

"Ahh The fish scale array, which was originally as solid as a turtle's shell, immediately appeared a huge crack in the center. Unfortunately, the Wyvern Guards in the camp were too poorly trained to attack in a uniform manner. A dozen or so lacquer guns were thrown too late and fell behind the large army, but they happened to smash into the cracks of the fish scale array. Most of them went empty, plunged headlong into the desert, and swept around with the tail of their guns. Only two or three of them directly hit the chest of the inner Hexi soldier, poking the unlucky egg through the heart.

The inertia of the steel continued to rush downward, burrowing into the sand, propping the wounded man's body in mid-air, forming a strange triangle.

"Ahh Two dying thieves kicked their feet on the ground in vain, trying to pull themselves out of the paint guns. But their efforts only caused more pain to themselves, and the paint spear that pierced into the sand staggered and never fell. Pushed by his legs, the body of the dying person was centered on a lacquer gun, and he kept drawing circles around the barrel of the gun. With each turn, the blood stains on the sand widened heavily.

No one would step forward to free them from their misery. The stunned officials and thieves instinctively dodged to the sides, as if if the dodge was a little slower, and the bad luck of the dying would be transmitted to them, making them the target of the next wave of lacquer guns. A few of the thieves were so cowardly that they turned around and fled backwards despite the strict orders of the leaders of their own side. This action was even more deadly, and the people, who were hiding behind the carriage looking for an opportunity, immediately pulled the trigger of the crossbow arrow without hesitation. Hundreds of short crossbows roared and chased the fugitives, shooting their shieldless backs into thorny willows. (Note 2)

"Don't panic, don't panic. Rush over, rush over! After all, a veteran who had fought on the battlefield for many years, after losing more than 60 brothers, Ayuhui, the captain of the Hexi Military Academy, finally made the right response.

The location of the fish scale array was only twenty steps away from the wall where the prey was hiding, and as long as the brothers continued to rush forward with their shields, even if the prey had a chance to throw a second round of paint guns, the brothers would also rush under the car wall before the paint guns landed. As long as you push away the carriage blocking the road, hundreds of Hexi veterans, there is no reason why you can't take down a group of rabble!

Hearing the order, a group of Hexi veterans shrank behind their shields and looked at each other. There weren't many people who were shot by paint guns, but the deaths were horrific. The shield in his hand and the leather armor on his body did not play a protective role at all, and no one dared to guarantee whether he was the next unlucky ghost.

"Rush up, rush up!" Hiding behind a few cronies, Ah Yuhui yelled, "Where did they get so many paint guns?" Rush me, the slower you rush, the faster you will die! ”

As soon as the words fell, a lacquer gun whistled. Ah Yuhui didn't dare to carry it hard, and quickly dodged to the side, while pulling a cronie to his chest. "Poof!" The flying paint spear landed where he had been standing, two feet into the ground, and the tail jumped up and down, sweeping up a cloud of yellow smoke.

"See, can you dodge!" Although his face turned pale with fright, Ah Yuhui's mouth reaction was not slow at all. Pointing at the still trembling lacquer gun, he shouted loudly.

Indeed, speed is the fatal flaw of spear throwing. The spirits of the Hexi veterans suddenly lifted, raised their shields, and slowly began to move closer together. The crossbow arrows on the opposite side came quickly, but they couldn't stop the fish scale array that had broken into several pieces and slowly regrouped into a whole.

"Knock knock, knock knock, knock knock!" Almost at the same time, a low drum beat sounded from behind the crowd, and it looked particularly desolate in the empty desert. According to his own judgment, Ying Yanglang gave the final order, only forward, not backward.

In front of the two armies, those who do not advance when they hear the drum will be beheaded. Maybe he found that the lacquer gun was not as terrible as he imagined, or maybe he knew that he had no way out, the last bit of blood in the hearts of the officials and thieves was stimulated, and they let out a long howl, protected the key point in front of them with a shield, and rushed forward with their heads down. Hundreds of pairs of big feet brought up the yellow dust in the sky, covering the stars in an instant.

Seeing that the enemy army began to play with their lives, the people behind the wall of the car were so nervous that their hands trembled. Under the command of Wei Feng and Zhu Wuyi, they took turns firing crossbow arrows into the smoke and dust in the order agreed in advance. But the effect was minimal. The dust in the sky interfered with everyone's vision, and the fear of death made their movements more and more jerky and stiff.

Wang Xun, Fang Ziteng, Lao Zhou, Lao Zheng, and a group of guards continued to grab the paint guns and throw them out, but they could no longer receive the same effect as before.

Seeing that the smoke and dust in the distance were already approaching the position of his prey, Gulitu nodded in satisfaction and pointed forward with his blade. "Everyone, prepare!" He gave orders to the cavalry behind him in a deep voice, with a little pleasure in his heart. The loss of dozens of brothers is not a big deal, as long as the baggage escorted by the Wyvern Janissaries is snatched, there are herdsmen on the grassland who want to be soldiers and eat food. Each person is given a weapon to rebuild a team. The key is not to let the kid who led the Flying Dragon Guards take advantage of the chaos to run away, although this person is still a chick at the moment, once he is full-fledged, he will definitely bring big trouble to the Hexi Army.

Unconsciously, Gu Li Tu raised his evaluation of Wang Xun again in his heart. React quickly enough, be calm enough when encountering problems, and act decisively enough. Just now, the act of throwing the Flying Dragon Guard's portable paint guns as spears was even more of a stroke of genius. If he changed places, Gu Litu himself did not dare to guarantee that he would be able to make the same decision as Wang Xun at a critical moment. You must know that a weapon warrior is the foundation of life, and if you throw away the usual household belongings that you are used to, even if you have ready-made weapons to replace them, you may not be able to make it easy.

And on the battlefield, every move is life-threatening. If you react a little slower, you may be in a different place. The boy surnamed Wang ordered a group of Wyvern guards to throw the lacquer spear he carried with him as a throwing spear, which can only show that he is tired of life. Or, in his heart, he has completely hopelessed about the future.

Indeed, at this moment, Wang Xun has completely opened up, as his opponent Gu Litu guessed. Once defeated by the Hexi Army, he knew that he would definitely be wiped out. Throwing away the baggage and breaking through, the ending waiting for him is also a dead end. Without anyone's authorization, he broke the seal on the carriage and distributed weapons to the people, and if he was held accountable afterwards, he would still be dead. Since the left and right are just a death, what else can't be opened?

With blood-red eyes, he stood up from behind the wall. The officials and thieves were already close at hand, and some of the darers even began to push the wagons where the men were hiding. The minzhuang put down their useless crossbows and grabbed the side of the carriage close to them, trying to make a final struggle. The Wyvern guards beside him turned all their eyes to him, their eyes full of trust.

"Leave the carriage alone, follow me!" There seemed to be a flame in his heart that was lit by everyone's eyes, and Wang Xun suddenly shouted and jumped up. Like an angry beast, the whole person roared over the wall of the car, swung the chain hammer in mid-air, and smashed it at the nearest head.

"Poof!" The dull voice was especially clear in the chaotic shouting. The Hexi soldiers, who were bending down to shout with the carriage, didn't have time to dodge, and half of their heads were smashed by the chain hammer, and the red blood and white flowers fell all over the ground. Before his body could fall, the hammer was already flying again, and with a gust of fishy wind, only one person tried to destroy the wall of the car.

The Hexi soldier was obviously stunned by the tragic situation of his companion's death in battle, and he couldn't resist it, so he turned around and ran back. In the panic, he knocked his companions who rushed forward to the ground.

Such a good opportunity, how dare Wang Xun, who was already red-eyed, let it go. Without waiting for his body to stand firm, the chain hammer in his hand immediately quickly slashed, "Woo-", and swept up a piece of minced meat.

"Ahh Several Hexi soldiers were swept away one after another. Holding on to the injured shoulder, he dodged in embarrassment. No matter how dangerous the front was, Wang Xun chased the other party's footsteps and rushed into the crowd. The chain hammer slammed back and forth, bringing out a cloud of black light around him.

As far as the black light could see, blood splashed everywhere. Because they had to free one hand to hold their shields, none of the thieves carried long weapons. And the light and sharp horizontal knife obviously suffered under Wang Xun's lose-lose tactics. It is said that it can hurt Wang Xun's body, as long as it comes into contact with the black light, it will be smashed into sparks, either smashed into saws and folding rulers, or directly broken into several sections.

"Grandma's, let's go together!" Seeing that Wang Xun had fought hard with the enemy, Fang Ziling, Lao Zhou, Lao Zheng and others also had red eyes. roared in unison, pushed away the carriage in front of him, held the Mo knife high, and killed the Hexi soldiers.

Although the training and combat experience are far inferior to the other side. But the desperate determination is ten times stronger than the other party. The sharp Mo knife doubles the power of everyone's fierce and fearless fighting, and when the knife goes down, the opponent even has a weapon and is directly broken into two.

The blood light instantly rose several feet high, regardless of friend or foe, splashing everyone around him all over his face. Wiping the blood on his face, Fang Ziling became more and more crazy, "Follow Captain Wang, kill one enough!" ”

"Kill one enough!" Lao Zhou and Lao Zheng responded in unison, one left and one right clamped Fang Ziling, and Mo Dao pulled out a wave of blood.

Soon, this crazy momentum infected all the Wyvern guards who rushed out. In terms of family background, no one is as good as Captain Wang. When it comes to the future, everyone is even more out of reach of the captain. Since everyone else is dying, why do you keep this rotten life? It's better to kill the captain before you die.

"Brothers, it's enough to kill one, and kill two to earn one!" Several guards who were usually eating and drinking beside Wang Xun raised their swords and shouted loudly.

"Killing one is enough, killing two earns one!"

"Pull a cushion on the verge of death!"

The guards grabbed the Mo knife and rushed out from behind the wall of the car one after another, rushing into the surging enemy army, their hands up, and the knives fell.

In the light of the snowy sword, the Hexi soldiers were slashed to pieces. The experience of the battle is useless at this moment, and the other party is desperate and desperate, and he doesn't care about life and death. There was an old soldier in Hexi who clearly slashed his opponent, thinking that the opponent would fall to the ground screaming and waiting for death, but before the opponent fell, he used all his strength to sweep the Mo knife sideways. In an instant, the old man of Hexi was separated from his upper body from the waist down. But he could not breathe immediately, and rolled and rolled on the ground with wide eyes, and the sand was stained red everywhere he went.

More Hexi soldiers were cut into two pieces by Mo's knife even what the other party looked like. In foot combat, Modao is the king of a hundred soldiers. The Flying Dragon Guards have not received strict training in Modao, but since these Chang'an children can pass the school test that day, their physical fitness is by no means comparable to that of ordinary soldiers. The heavy Mo knife was wheeled like a windmill by them, and they slashed at the Hexi soldiers with their heads and faces. As long as the target is hit, whether the Hexi soldiers block it with weapons or block it with a shield, the outcome is the same.

One knife, two sections. weapons, shields, and people.

The huge casualties quickly destroyed the morale of the Hexi soldiers. They were ordered by the commander to pretend to be robbers and plunder the caravans, and their morale was not high. After discovering that the target was also the Tang Dynasty official army, the morale was discounted at that time. At this moment, his own robes were killed one after another, and his morale plummeted.

Someone began to stride back, and the movement instantly spread throughout the army. In front of the Mo knife that slashed like lightning, the Hexi soldiers dodged one after another, and even turned around and left. Seeing this scene, Ah Yu was furious, first slashed over the two soldiers who escaped from him, and then howled like a wolf at Wang Xun, "Ah——,ah——,ah-"

"Ah——,——,h Not far away, Wang Xun, who was covered in blood, raised his chain hammer and raised his head to the sky and roared, "Ah——,ah——,ah-" "Come on, Lao Tzu is here!" "Come on, if you want to kill people, it's so easy!" "Come on, the concubine brought a green hat to the emperor, and Lao Tzu saw it with his own eyes. What's the matter, what's the matter, come, as long as Lao Tzu doesn't die, he will shout so that the whole world knows about it! ”

"Come on, pick up the ashes, l incest, incest, incest, the whole Chang'an, only the stone railing by the Qujiang Pond is clean. What's the matter, what's the matter, do you dare to do it, are you still afraid of what others say? ”

The whole world was red in his eyes.

The only thing that hasn't changed is a few figures at the end of red. "Erlang, go early and come back early!" Aunt Yun, Ziluo, Bai Jingzhi, the three rival women waved at him gently.

"Go early and come back early!" He slashed the chain hammer again, smashing a bloody path.

Note 1: Lacquer gun, a weapon used to replace the horse lance in the Tang Dynasty. The use of wood as the handle, the cost is much lower than the horse lance. The surface is mostly painted with colored paint, which serves as a personal weapon for the honor guard and the forbidden army. The killing effect is far inferior to that of the lance, and it is flashy.

Note 2: Thorn willow, i.e., sea buckthorn tree. Shrubs are common on the edge of the desert with hard thorns on their branches.