Chapter 209: The two armies face each other

"General Zuo, on the opposite side is Li Erhei, the general under Li Xin, and Peng Lin, who commands the cavalry! Both of them are his henchmen and are very important. Especially that Li Erhei, who is brave and fierce, is not under Deng! When fighting, you have to pay special attention! "Deng Qiang had seen Li Erhei and Peng Lin, so he recognized it at a glance at this time.

"Well, the other side has about the same number of soldiers and horses as us, and there are still a thousand cavalry. We have 2,000 cavalry, and a little less infantry. The other party's purpose is obvious, it is for Luoyang County, the importance of Luoyang County is more than that of Qingshui County, we must keep it! Lu Polou nodded, paying special attention to the two of them.

"Yes! If it weren't for the fear that they would go south and go to support Li Xin, we could have stayed in the city and let them attack it. In this way, we can get the greatest victory at the lowest cost! The only way to do this is to fight with the enemy, destroy them, and then go south to support King Guangping and recapture Qingshui County together! Deng Qiang said helplessly.

If you don't defend a strong city, but go out of the city to fight, that's not a good way. This is especially true when the opponent is very strong and you are not too sure. If there was no matter of Qingshui County, if the Huashan Army honestly came all the way out of Longguan, it would basically become a siege battle.

"The opportunity has been lost, what can I do? I hope that King Guangping will recapture Qingshui County as soon as possible, so that the Huashan army here will naturally collapse immediately! "Lu Polou has no choice, at this time, the initiative of the war is no longer on his side.

"After the war, the last general will keep an eye on that Li Erhei with all his might, and the rest will be handed over to you!" After a confrontation, Deng Qiang said to the generals behind him.

"When the battle begins, our cavalry will be divided into two parts, one of which will attack first and attack the two wings of the enemy formation. In this way, the opposing cavalry will inevitably come out to meet the attack. At this time, General Deng led another part of the cavalry to rush over and break the enemy's infantry formation, and I led the infantry to press and attack with all my might. Lu Po Lou ordered.

"Woooooo The horn of the attack soon sounded, and a thousand Qin cavalry rushed towards the Huashan army.

"Kill!" Seeing this scene, Peng Lin pointed the spear in his hand and led the army to kill the general, and at a distance of five hundred meters, the cavalry of the two sides quickly collided together.

"Rush!" Deng Qiang followed closely with the rest of the cavalry, and rushed towards where Li Erhei was!

"Hey, I haven't looked for him yet, he came first! Shoot your arrows and defend against the enemy! When Li Erhei saw this scene, he immediately knew what the other party was thinking, and couldn't help sneering, and then ordered.

I saw a sudden change in front of the formation, and under the blocking of layers of shields, countless arrows suddenly flew out and flew towards Fu Qin's cavalry. These bows and arrows caused them some losses, but since the cavalry was relatively dispersed and fast, the losses were basically not significant.

Deng Qiang and the others are also battle-hardened generals, so they naturally know that this kind of defense is common sense. So, I didn't take it to heart, I just rushed through.

However, when he led the remaining nearly a thousand cavalry to rush dozens of meters in front of the military formation. I only heard the sound of whistling, and the air seemed to be filled with screaming all of a sudden, and then, Deng Qiang found that the soldiers around him fell under the horse one by one.

"Crossbow! They have crossbow arrows! Deng Qiang recognized what it was at a glance, such a dense and swift arrow that only a crossbow could fire.

Although his formation was relatively scattered, the two armies were too close to each other at this time, and under this wave of crossbow arrows, the cavalry behind Deng Qiang fell like wheat blown down by the wind.

"Rush, speed up and rush over!" Under this situation, Deng Qiang has no better way, once the army launches a charge, it will not be able to stop at all.

Besides, even if it really stopped, would it be possible to turn around and run back at this moment and expose his back to the Huashan army? That's really about the same as looking for death!

After two waves of crossbow arrows, half of the thousand Qin cavalry was lost, and the remaining cavalry finally rushed to the front of the formation, wanting to directly enter the military formation of the Huashan army. In the eyes of Lu Polou and other generals, as long as this step is completed, the previous casualties will be worth it.

You must know that in ancient times, under the confrontation between the two armies, the competition was who could carry it better. If one side's formation is broken through by the other side and the opponent's brigade is killed, unless it is intentional. Otherwise, the end result is definitely not much better!

Lu Polou took the remaining 4,000 foot soldiers, some distance from the cavalry, and launched an attack. Due to the slower speed of the infantry and the fact that the crossbow arrows were blocked by the cavalry in front. So, basically, apart from a small number of soldiers who were killed by arrows from the cavalry, the losses were not significant.

"What's going on? Why did they disappear all at once? Lu Polou, who took the lead in rushing ahead, suddenly found that Deng Qiang and the others, who were a hundred meters away in front, had disappeared at this time. And the camp of the Huashan Army actually blocked in front of him.

This surprise is not trivial, fortunately, after Lu Polou, who was riding on the war horse, looked at it from afar, he finally found the traces of Deng Qiang and others, and it turned out that they had already rushed into the military formation of the Huashan Army.

Of course, in fact, it was not they who entered it, to be precise, it should be Li Erhei who deliberately put this part of the cavalry in. As soon as the 500 cavalry entered the more than 4,000 foot soldiers, according to common sense, this was simply like a wolf entering a flock. Seeing this scene, Lu Polou was relieved.

But the result was not so, because there were not many shouts of killing in the military formation, which were all muffled by the sound of the surrounding cavalry melee. Although the cavalry inside was rushing left and right, trying to use their powerful mobility to break the formation, they were stunned and couldn't open up a little space to come out.

"Damn it, it's a trick!" Deng Qiang, who was in the military formation at this time, couldn't help but regret it.

More than 500 cavalrymen were crushed in the military formation at this time and could not move. The surrounding soldiers of the Huashan Army, with the tacit understanding, used their shields to form a circle formation and trapped them inside.

Of course, the most important thing is that between these shields, there are always sharp spears with curved hooks on the sides, which are specially hooked to cut the legs of horses. As soon as the horse fell to the ground, swords and spears pierced down from the surrounding area, killing people.

In the face of such an unprecedented attack, the Fu Qin cavalry was simply unable to fight back. In a short period of time, there was already a lot of blood in this round formation, and the cavalry under Deng Qiang's command was heavily killed and wounded, and some of them were even trampled to death by their own war horses.

Of course, Deng Qiang didn't know that this kind of weapon, which looked like a halberd but was much lighter, was actually a hook and sickle. This kind of thing was specially created by Li Xin based on the experience of later generations.

In fact, this weapon only has an extra curved blade like a scythe on the side of the spear, but it is very effective against the cavalry that rushes into your own army.

If you want to say that this kind of weapon, the most famous one is probably Yue Fei. Back then, the kidnapping horse that he broke the golden vulture technique was to cut off the horse's legs and hook the armor of the enemy soldiers. Wait until the enemy has fallen, and then use it to cut off the head.

In this era, halberds were common, and spears were common, but hook and sickle guns didn't exist yet. This is one of the preparations that Li Xin has made for the battle to destroy Qin in the past few months, and the soldiers have already been trained ~ proficiently.

However, in order to make good use of this thing, the soldiers must first have good discipline. In particular, one must not be afraid, and if one of them takes even a small step back when he sees the enemy's cavalry rushing in front of him, it may cause the entire formation to collapse.

Fortunately, these soldiers of the Huashan Army have already experienced many bloody battles. Especially the group that was transferred to the old battalion of the new army for training, it was the elite of the Huashan Army elite. Needless to say, this discipline is naturally training on weekdays.

The first time I used it, I achieved very good results, which is a small test. For this result, the expression on Li Erhei's face speaks for itself!

With Deng Qiang's bravery, no one could hit him, even the shields around him were almost shattered under his spear. The problem is, he'll have to have time to open a gap! Because Li Erhei stared at him so tightly that he couldn't break through the encirclement at all.

Deng Qiang thought about containing Li Erhei, and Li Erhei also had the same idea, and the two of them thought of going together.

Therefore, after the war, the two of them didn't care about anyone, and rushed directly towards each other. Naturally, this came together. Every time Deng Qiang wanted to make a move, Li Erhei would interrupt him, so he could only watch as the cavalry around him became fewer and fewer, and gradually he was left alone!

Although he was extremely brave and blocked all the attacks around him, the war horse under his seat could not be stopped. After a few efforts, the war horse fell directly to the ground and died, and he had to stand on the ground and fight!

"Deng Qiang, I advise you to surrender! Otherwise, today is your time of death! When Li Erhei saw this situation, he couldn't help laughing.

"Hateful, I fell for your tricks, and if you have the ability, let me come over and fight with me?" Deng Qiang glared at him angrily and scolded.

"Okay! If you want to fight, then you will fight! Li Erhei listened and agreed directly.

Deng Qiang couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw him so simply. But soon he understood why, because Li Erhei walked in from outside the circle, and the encirclement was not withdrawn, that is, the two had to fight in this encirclement.

No matter what the victory or defeat, as long as the soldiers around him can hold on, he will not be able to leave the encirclement.

"If I don't kill you today, it's hard to solve the hatred in my heart!" Deng Qiang said angrily, slashed his spear, and rushed towards Li Erhei. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Eastern Jin Dynasty Tang Wang's Claw Book House" for free for the first time.