"Whoosh."

"Whoosh."

"Whoosh."

In the huge cloud of smoke and dust outside the West City Gate, three terrible sounds suddenly sounded one after another, followed by "Bang Bang Bang. The three loud noises were accompanied by three small clusters of bright light.

The aftermath of the explosion spread slowly in all directions in the air, and could not be dissipated for a long time. The humming sound reached everyone's ears with the flow of air, and the order to attack was also passed to Zhong Lihao and the others in the city.

General Yu at the head of the city also became more and more panicked, because he still did not rely on his eyes to find the enemy hiding in the shadows, nor did he see the reinforcements sent from the south or north walls.

"The former army obeys orders!" Before the echo in the air completely dissipated, Zhong Lihao handed the spear in his hand forward and shouted loudly: "Shield wall!" Enter! ”

On the main road in the city, which is only about ten meters wide, it is impossible for thousands of people to put up a relatively broad and imposing formation, and Zhong Lihao directly divided the four thousand people into a total of five armies in the front, middle and rear, as well as left and right. The front army and the left and right armies were 500 people each, and the rear army had a relatively difficult task, so it was divided into 1,000 people, and the remaining 1,000 people were all included in the Chinese army.

After Zhong Lihao's order was issued, nearly half of the 500 people of the front army immediately came out, each holding a large stainless steel shield more than half a meter wide and nearly two meters high. Under the reflection of the sunset, a faint golden light appears on the surface of the stainless steel shield, like a crystal clear pure crystal, dazzling.

"Bang bang bang." A series of muffled sounds sounded, and the soldiers of the former army of the Shence Army, who had crossed Zhong Lihao, smashed the big shield in their hands to the ground, forming a 60-degree oblique angle to the ground, protecting their entire bodies behind them.

In fact, a whole row of streets only allows thirty or forty people to stand side by side. Just when the rebels near the city gate thought that the Shence Army was preparing to defend in formation, Zhong Lihao shook his spear again, pointed ahead, and shouted: "Both sides! Move forward! ”

There was no response, only hurried footsteps. The shield soldiers on both sides of the first row immediately picked up the giant shield on the ground slightly, and then quickly trotted forward, and the shield soldiers behind the shield wall also followed closely from the vacant position, stepping in the footsteps of their predecessors, and followed almost one step at a time. At a distance of about five meters, they changed from straight forward to horizontal oblique, and after about ten meters away from the shield soldier behind them, the two finally came side by side, and then smashed the giant shield to the ground, quickly forming a shield wall again.

Steady progress! Every step of the way! General Yu at the head of the city saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart! Especially after seeing the actions of Zhong Lihao's former soldiers, General Yu was even more anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

When the fourth row of shield walls is formed, the last row of shield walls will be dispersed, and then continue to follow, and continue to smash out the fifth shield wall ten meters in front of the fourth row.

The remaining shield soldiers of the front army are arranged in pairs and backs, and the shields of nearly two meters are combined into a special angle, which can not only resist frontal attacks, but also block attacks from the front.

"Ballista!! Ballista ?!! Seeing this, General Yu no longer cared about the main force of the Feng family's army that was about to arrive outside the city, and turned the ballista that had been transferred to the direction not long ago again, aiming at the rows of shield walls under the city.

"Put it on me!! Put! As soon as the ballista was in place, General Yu couldn't wait to shout, as if he had been stimulated by something, and jumped to his feet as he shouted, as if he was enchanted.

At this moment, not only did the ballista release its crossbow arrows, but even the archers who had completed the formation near the city head and the city gate below suddenly let go of their full bowstrings.

For a while, in addition to more than a dozen arm-thick crossbow arrows stood out from the crowd, the sky also rained arrows. The target was the rows of shield walls that were constantly moving in the direction of the city gates.

"Boom!" The first crossbow bolt to fire accurately hit one of the Divine Warriors in the front row of the shield wall.

But it didn't turn out as expected, the shield pierced and people died. Instead, the crossbow arrow was nailed to the shield fiercely, and the huge impact force knocked the shield bearer out of the rear seven or eight meters away, and the crossbow arrow that suddenly stopped was castrated, and the inertia caused the arrow shaft to tremble violently, and the giant shield was snatched away from the soldier's hand and fell to the ground on the side.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

。。。

There were more than ten loud bangs, and all the Shence soldiers who were hit by crossbow arrows had the same fate as the first person, and the most serious person was a fracture from a fall, or was hit in the head or face by a giant shield when he fell to the ground, and it only caused injuries and fractures in some non-critical parts, and no one was fatally injured.

I have to say that in the entire Tang Dynasty, the most well-equipped and well-equipped troops are the Shangshen Ce Army. Whether it was established a hundred years ago or now, as the only directly controlled force in the hands of the Son of Heaven, any newly produced military equipment is naturally the priority to equip the Shence Army.

Just like the steel shields in the hands of these shield soldiers, among the standard equipment, there are fewer defensive shields, and they are mainly light and sturdy wooden skins, which are only used to defend against long-range archer strikes.

Among them, like the main forces of each army, they are generally equipped with shield soldiers, but they are also generally small round shields made of wood and iron for personal defense, or rectangular steel giant shields more than one meter high. But at the moment, the giant steel shield in the hands of the shield soldiers of the Shence Army is really extremely rare. Even the wealthy Feng family army is not equipped, firstly, the cost is extremely expensive, and secondly, the Feng family army can be regarded as following the military style of the Tang Dynasty, mainly cavalry, and has not invested much in shield soldiers.

Although the crossbow arrows did not cause effective damage, the dozen or so unlucky Shence soldiers were lying on the ground in the open air, and they were greeted by a rain of arrows. No matter what they try to dodge at this time, they can't escape the fate of becoming hedgehogs.

With the sound of "clanging" arrows and giant shields colliding, there were more than a dozen "hedgehogs" on the ground without suspense. However, this casualty did not intimidate the Shence army, but only aroused the anger of everyone.

As the soldiers of the front army, the Chinese army and the left and right armies, most of them are veterans who fled from Chang'an to Chengdu Mansion, although they have not had serious training over the years, but after all, the conditions for joining the Shence Army are very harsh, even if they have fallen behind for a few years, they are more like a tiger recovering from a deep sleep or even a serious illness at this time.

This group of Shence Army, who had not fought for a long time, had already been taught a lesson by Zhong Lihao and other generals in the school during the day, and finally lived up to the words of Zhong Lihao and others, and finally opened the belief that had been sealed in their hearts for a long time. The dust that had accumulated in his heart was slapped clean, and the sunlight poured in again, boiling the blood that had long been out of temperature again.

Divine Strategy, the Son of Heaven's minions. Invincible, invincible.

At this time, as soon as the battle began, the blood in the bodies of the Shence Army inadvertently began to boil, and the blood began to expand, as if every inch of the body muscle was full of strength, and the dozens of catties of stainless steel giant shield in his hand seemed to be like a certain part of his body, swinging freely without stagnation.