Chapter 29: Defensive Warfare

In the morning, when the sky was bright, Xu Qing got up, and went to bed early and got up early, which is not only beneficial to the body, but also conducive to preventing enemy attacks.

But just as he was about to eat, a smoke rose from behind a mountain. Immediately, the gang commanders began to move, and the team was leading the troops to move according to the plan. Then another smoke rose up, and everyone began to get restless.

Two cigarettes, two thousand! A cigarette represents a thousand people, a customary rule, and it is not known whether it will increase...... 800 against 2,000 people, no matter how you fight, it will be a fierce battle.

"Is it so bad luck, it's time to start fighting...... Xu Qing quietly watched everyone organize the battle, he couldn't help at all, just quietly calculated the gains and losses in his heart.

First of all, the place where I set up yesterday was very good. Backed by a steep mountain, like a cliff, so only one side has the enemy, but the terrain in front of the wall is flat, and the enemy attack has a small slope to rush down, although there is a fence, but it must not withstand the cavalry impact. Liu Heimin is in Hebei, how many cavalry will there be when he crosses the river to attack grain and grass? Fortunately, the smoke on the other side of the mountain is no longer increasing, and 800 people against 2,000 people, is there any chance of winning?

Just when Xu Qing was thinking about it, the troops were ready to meet the enemy, and the scouts also came back one after another, they came back, which means that the enemy has come!

According to the agreement, there are only 600 people left in the village where Xu Qing is located, which is considered a regular soldier, and the other 200 people from the front army have gone around, waiting for Xu Qing's signal to attack back, and they are attacked on both sides, which is considered a strange soldier. That is, before that, one to four.

Fighting a war is not a simple comparison of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but Xu Qing still drums in his heart.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, except for the cavalry, everyone was equipped with a bow, a spear, a horizontal knife, a shield, and weapons from long-range to close-quarters. Xu Qing saw that his soldiers were all wielding bows and arrows, and when the enemy approached within two hundred and thirty steps, he would release arrows to kill the enemy. From two hundred and thirty steps to fifty steps, three to four arrows can be fired.

However, the enemy is obviously hesitating, whether to fight or not, but this hesitation is obviously beneficial to Xu Qing, because Xu Qing only needs to hold on until the reinforcements come.

On the hillside, a little brother who thought he was favored asked: "Brother Leopard, what should I do, to fight or not to fight?" "Leopard Liu is a careful belly under Liu Heimin, and his ruthlessness has won Liu Heimin's trust. This time, it was Liu Heimin who asked him to take 2,000 people across the river to harass the grain and grass.

"Fuck it, say it's a good sneak attack, and the fuck was found before it even reached someone's doorstep." Brother Leopard scolded angrily.

"Brother Leopard, either don't fight...... Shall we go back? The little brother said.

"Damn, what's going on this time?" Leopard Liu looked sad.

"Let's go burn a few villages and cut off some heads?" That little brother can't make a plan and regenerate a plan.

"Hmm......" Brother Leopard's eyes showed a hint of ruthlessness: "No, this time Brother Liu asked me to rob the grain, he trusted me, I must do it!" Brother Leopard obviously knows the importance of robbing grain, and he can't be sloppy.

Finally moved, Xu Qing saw that the people on the hillside finally moved, and two thousand people were scattered and stood all over the hillside. Xu Qing relieved himself a little, the other party had no cavalry! And looking at the sidelines, there is no discipline at all, and this battle is assured.

"Draw the bow!" Jian Yang and Ma Jin ordered, and six hundred people and three rows of people drew their bows together.

An hour ago, in the tent of Li You, the king of Qi:

"What?" When Li You heard Li Shimin's order, he was so angry that he overturned the table, and his face was cloudy.

"King Qi, don't worry, it's better to quickly send reinforcements to save the food team now......"

"Who is the one who transports the grain? How long will it last? "King Qi is not simple, he will be sober after a little reminder.

"It's the one who sent the saltpeter ice method last time, and it's a young general..."

"What a young general, a chick!" Li You looked disgusted, as if in his eyes, the person who had achieved military exploits with the ice-making method now looked very hateful.

"King Qi is not angry, that is the soldier led by Liu Zan, Liu Zan has always been steady, I am afraid that person has some skills."

"Someone! Assemble the Thousand Cavalry Guards and go! Li You was noncommittal, put on his helmet and walked out of the tent. Li You is like a tiger general, while Li Shimin is more like a handsome.

When the king of Qi was galloping on his horse, Xu Qing's camp was slaughtered, so depressed that people didn't dare to come out.

"Draw the bow!" The two teams are giving orders together.

The uniform army drew the bows to the full, and even this action made the enemy feel awe, and the pace of progress could not help but stagnate.

"Stop what? Rush me! Dare to stop Lao Tzu's knife and don't recognize people! The man called Brother Leopard shouted in the crowd, and the people under him moved again.

"Three hundred steps, two hundred and fifty steps, two hundred ...... Put! Jian Yang ordered and roared.

"Whoosh!" Rows of arrows flew out, and immediately the soldiers on Xu Qing's side were ready to draw their bows and shoot arrows.

Looking at the enemy army again, Liu Heimin was able to defeat Li Shiji and others, and it was naturally not easy. The soldiers under his command are also fully armed and equipped, and everyone in a unit like the one in front of him can have a shield.

Xu Qing saw that the other party had raised their shields, and less than a hundred people fell to the ground after a row of 600 arrows. But after all, it was not an official army, and they fought out of fear, so Xu Qing's side shot five arrows, and more than 400 people fell to the ground, delaying for a while.

"Fifty paces here, drumming!" Ma Jin drank: "On the first and second rows!"

The real fight begins!

Xu Qing's side continued the momentum of the fence, and Brother Leopard's subordinates continued to have the advantage of numbers! It was difficult to kill for a while, and the two didn't want to let go. Xu Qing watched coldly, his ears buzzed, and the sounds of fighting on the battlefield turned into noisy low noise.

"Third team, up!" Archery is useless at this point.

Severed limbs, stumps, corpses, blood all over the ground!

"Smoke! Let Hu Jiu lead the troops to attack! Xu Qing roared, he couldn't stand it anymore, he just hoped that the surprise soldiers would attack and crush the enemy's psychological defense!

A puff of green smoke rose from Xu Qing's side and reported to Hu Jiu in the distance.

"Kill! Kill! ”

"What? Where did that come from......"

"Quick...... Run, their reinforcements are coming......"

Leopard Liu was dumbfounded, how could there be soldiers, no, Liu Heimin's kindness will be reported again in the future, save his life today, the fierce leopard Liu in the past is actually as timid as someone Xu. As soon as he saw that his subordinates were seriously killed and wounded, and Xu Qing's reinforcements came, he gritted his teeth and ran away with his cronies.

As soon as he ran, the remaining more than 1,000 people lost their backbone and dispersed in a hurry, and immediately Jianyang Ma Jin beat the drum and waved his troops to cover the past, and Hu Jiu fought on both sides, and won countless victories. Xu Qing thought for a moment, turned over and rode on the old horse, and ordered:

"Cavalry, mount your horse, and pursue the remnants with me!"

"Jian Yang! Stay in the barracks, deal with the corpses and wounded soldiers, and no one is allowed to approach until I return! ”

"Hu Jiu Majin, follow me to pursue the remnants! I'll go first, you guys come quickly! ”

The three orders were shouted, and in a dozen breaths, more than 20 cavalrymen got on their horses and were ready, but fortunately, a few of them were not injured or killed. Xu Qing saw the direction, led the cavalry, and chased in the direction where the leopard Liu fled, while also cutting a few thieves on the battlefield.

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