Chapter 226: The Battle of Martial Arts 10
The morale of the Yizhou army was greatly boosted, but Dong Zhuo's heart was dripping blood, he ignored Li Ru's dissuasion, and resolutely decided to fight before the battle, wanting to save some face, how could it end like this......
Looking at the soldiers who fled back in embarrassment, Dong Zhuo ordered like thunder: "Fear the enemy and avoid the battle, insult my Xiliang military prestige, what's the use of staying?" Come on, behead all the generals above the commander of this passer-by and show them to the public, and the soldiers will be arranged into the trap camp, and at the beginning of the attack, they will charge ahead! "The so-called trap battalions are in fact death squads, which are mostly composed of soldiers who are in vain and in violation of military discipline, and these people are often sent to the most dangerous places to carry out almost lifeless tasks, and if they are lucky enough not to die, they can atone for their crimes.
"Yes......" The guards responded, dozens of people pounced on this defeated army like tigers and wolves, and when they were young, they pulled out more than ten generals above the commander from it, regardless of the bitter pleading of these people, they cut off the heads one by one, and the screams before they died, the heads that rolled down, and the bright red blood shocked the hearts of the whole army.
More than a dozen heads fell to the ground, and after Dong Zhuo picked up the army's heart a little, he immediately ordered the whole army to assault and vow not to give up without breaking the enemy camp.
When Dong Zhuo sent Han Xian to fight the generals, Li Ru's persuasion was fruitless, and he did not persuade Dong Zhuo to be a little quiet, because Li Ru also knew that there was not much time left for the Xiliang Army, if Wei Yan did something in Yiwu again, and made Dong Zhuo uncertain and the army in chaos, then everything would be irreparable, and the only way to crack it was to gamble it all, hoping to defeat Liu Zhang as soon as possible.
The Xiliang Army is worthy of the name of elite, and the hundreds of thousands of troops march slowly in a neat formation, with swords and guns and fierce killing machines, giving people an invincible and powerful pressure!
Liu Zhang looked back and said to a pro-soldier: "Quickly order 2,000 soldiers and 30 trebuchets from the east, west, and south to come over, and order the three parties to be strictly vigilant, and not to be negligent, to give the enemy a chance!" ”
"Yes, my lord!"
After the soldiers left, Gao Shun stepped forward and said: "Lord, the war is about to start, and this place is about to fall into a melee, I respectfully ask the lord to return to the account to relieve the worries of the soldiers of the whole army!" ”
Hua Xiong, Li Yan, Hou Cheng, Yang Ren, Wu Ban and others said in unison: "I respectfully ask the lord to return the account!" ”
Liu Zhang looked at the generals and said, "Okay, the big camp will be entrusted to you, and I will arrange a celebration banquet in the big tent alone, waiting for you to triumph!" ”
"Thank you lord, the last general will issue a military order to the lord on behalf of the whole army, everyone will fight to the end, and they must not take half a step back, unless there is no respite from the officers and men of the whole army, they will not let the enemy step into the camp!" Gao Shundao.
Liu Zhang said repeatedly: "Good, good, good!" Zhou Cang and Wu Ming listen to orders! ”
Zhou Cang and Wu Ming bowed down and bowed: "The end will be!" ”
"From this moment on, the two of you will be relieved of your duties as personal guards, and lead the Tiger Guards to stay on the earthen wall, and obey the command of General Gao until the enemy army is broken.
"The last will be ordered!" Zhou Cang Road.
Wu Ming said: "Back to the lord, the last general will be ordered by the eldest prince to protect the lord, and he must not leave the lord half a step at any time. ”
Liu Zhang looked at the brainless Wu Ming and said, "Wu Ming, the order that the eldest brother gave you is to protect my orphan's safety?" ”
Wu Ming said: "Yes, unless Wu Ming dies in battle, no one can hurt the lord in the slightest, the eldest prince is as kind to the last general, and the order of the eldest prince will not dare to violate it in the slightest!" ”
"Wu Ming, Lone asks you, how many enemy troops do you deal with alone? Can you win one, ten, hundred, can you win a thousand? If the enemy army invades the camp, what will you do to keep Lone safe? If Lone is injured by the enemy, how do you deal with Lone's big brother? The best way to protect Lone is not to follow Lone's side, but not to give the enemy a chance to attack the camp, as long as the enemy army cannot enter the camp, Lone is foolproof! Tell me, do you have a greater role in repelling the enemy on the earthen wall, or do you have nothing to do by my side, and it is more useful to watch the enemy break through the camp? ”
"This ...... This ......"
"If you want to keep Lone safe, you just stay here and work with everyone to keep all the enemy troops out of the camp, understand?"
"Yes, the last will be ordered!" Wu Ming figured out the key and said loudly.
Liu Zhang nodded and said to Xun You, Man Chong and others: "Everyone, go back to the tent with Gu and wait for Jiayin!" ”
"Yes!"
After Liu Zhang led a group of strategists to leave, Hou Cheng, Yang Ren, and Wu Ban also left quickly, and the three of them each shouldered the safety of one side, although Dong Zhuo seemed to have completely placed the attack on the north gate, but he also had to guard against his surprise sneak attack on the east, west, and south gates.
Soon, the Xiliang army approached to the land of Dazhai a stone's throw away, and Li Dao, who was in command of the front line, restrained the soldiers and horses, and made the final adjustment to the military formation outside the range of the bow and crossbow of the Yizhou army!
Gao Shun looked at the Xiliang army close at hand, turned back to the trebuchet array and shouted: "Trebuchet, launch!" ”
The soldier who operated the trebuchet loaded the ammunition early, heard Gao Shun's order, immediately pulled the bolt, the rope that pulled the arm was loosened, the huge "counterweight" in the front of the trebuchet fell rapidly under the action of gravity, and the whole trebuchet made a burst of hissing, when the "counterweight" fell to the bottom, the long arm made a "boom" sound and threw the boulder in the "ammunition box" on the arm to the front under the action of the lever......
Li Dao, who was integrating his troops, did not realize that the defenders were so "despicable" and launched an attack when he was not prepared. Since the battlefield had been surveyed in advance, the trebuchet had already been proofread, and although it was a "shot", the effect was surprisingly good, and all but four stone projectiles deviated from the enemy position. After a burst of screams, the Xiliang army paid more than 400 dead and wounded, most of them killed, and few were injured.
Li Wei understood that he couldn't straighten out the formation in front of the enemy, and said loudly: "Calm down, calm me down, herald, beat the drum and advance......"
"Tom...... Tong...... Tom ...... "A regular drum beat sounded in the Xiliang army, which was the horn of the attack.
"Kill ......" The Xiliang army let out bursts of shouts and killing, and the army formation of more than 100,000 people launched a charge.
The archers in front of them entered the range of both sides in a blink of an eye, and the 30,000 archers in front of them half-crouched on the ground, drawing their bows in their hands, and a dense rain of arrows rushed towards the earthen wall......
Gao Shun did not order the crossbowmen to return fire, and all the soldiers hid behind the fence according to the prior regulations.
The rapid sound of "Boom, Boom, Boom......" resounded, and the defenders seemed to have experienced a torrential storm, and when the first wave of arrows passed, the entire earthen wall was filled with arrows, as if it had become a hedgehog with teeth and claws......
Because of the tight protection, the first wave of attacks of the Xiliang army did not cause much loss, the Yizhou army did not wait for orders, immediately seized the gap in the enemy's firepower and leaned out of an arrow, and did not pay attention to the results, after an arrow, the defenders immediately retracted, and at the same time the bed crossbow on the arrow tower also roared, shooting out a large arrow......
The archers of the Xiliang Army are taking arrows, and the rain of arrows of the Yizhou Army has come to the head, the archers do not use melee hand-to-hand combat, generally have no heavy armor protection, and face the attack of the enemy, the defense is extremely poor, and they are about to suffer huge losses, fortunately, the sword and shield hands who are closely following have rushed forward at this moment, and seeing the rain of arrows coming from the sky, these sword and shield hands immediately put up a big shield in their hands to protect themselves and the vulnerable archers......
However, the protection of the sword and shield hand is difficult to complete, and the Xiliang army still paid hundreds of casualties, of course, if there is no protection of the sword and shield hand, this number may increase several times!
Some people say that when a soldier goes to the battlefield, he falls into madness, he doesn't want to die, he can only throw away his fear, abandon his pity, give up all his emotions, and only need to do one thing - kill, keep killing until all your enemies fall! The battlefield was indeed so cruel and ruthless, and nearly a thousand people were lost as soon as the battle began, but the Xiliang army did not stop, they didn't even lower their heads to look at the fallen comrades around them, and they continued to rush forward without hesitation or helplessness.
The bows and arrows of the Xiliang army once again showed their courage with a rain of arrows......
This time, the bed crossbow was still being loaded, and after the Yizhou army dodged the enemy's arrow rain, they could only return fire with a bow and crossbow. At this moment, the sword and shield men of the Xiliang Army had been fully prepared, and the strike effect was very poor, but there were still more than 100 casualties.
The long ladder was thrown into the trench, and thousands of sword and shield soldiers put their shields in front of them, blocking the rain of arrows of the Yizhou army and rushed to the opposite side on the rickety ladder......
"Beat the drums, attack......" Gao Shun shouted. The soldiers immediately ordered the drummers to beat the drums of war.
When the Yizhou army heard the order, they immediately changed their tactics and blocked the gap in the earthen wall with swords and shields, and the crossbowmen, under the protection of their shields, did their best to shoot at the enemy.
The long pole soldiers of the Xiliang Army are all hung with heavy armor, and the chest protection that is most vulnerable to attack is particularly tight, and the bow and arrow are shot on it in addition to scaring the opponent, basically there is no great effect, if you want to kill the opponent, the most effective way is to hit its head, but the head is in that big place, and the helmet protects the part, leaving the enemy with very little weakness, these soldiers are like a mobile fortress, once they are put into the battlefield, they can be described as invincible, not to mention that they have thousands of swords and shields around them to protect! Moreover, the archers of the Xiliang Army were not corpse vegetarians, and their non-stop attacks seriously threatened the Yizhou Army, greatly suppressing the firepower density of the Yizhou Army.
Between the rain of arrows from both sides, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army began to destroy the deer of the Yizhou Army......
"Beat the drums, the archers throw at the enemy's arrow formation, the crossbowmen aim at the enemy spearmen to attack in the face......" Gao Shun ordered again.
After the sound of drums, the archers of the Yizhou Army pointed their bows and arrows obliquely at the sky, and one after another the arrows flew out in a beautiful solitary shape to the archers of the Xiliang Army; The crossbow archer aimed at the face of the Xiliang army through Wangshan, hoping that the mountain existed, and the accuracy of the crossbow was far above the bow and arrow (this is for ordinary soldiers, if it is a general, whether it is a bow or crossbow, it generally has a good hit rate), so Gao Shun's change of tactics greatly strengthened the striking power of the Yizhou army. At this time, it was nearly noon, a round of red sun was in the sky, and the rain of arrows falling from the head was almost unrecognizable, and the sword and shield hand could only blindly raise the shield above his head, as for the effect, it was completely up to God's blessing. The shield blocked most of the rain of arrows, but because they couldn't see where the arrows were coming, they couldn't take the initiative to defend themselves, and they could only be beaten passively, and the casualties increased greatly. Encountering the rain of arrows of the Yizhou army, the Xiliang army's soldiers, spearmen, halberd soldiers, and sword and shield soldiers who suffered little losses were triumphantly waving their weapons to destroy the deer barricades placed by the Yizhou army, but they didn't know that the crossbow arrows had been aimed at their heads, and after a scream, countless Xiliang soldiers wearing heavy armor had crossbow arrows stuck in their heads, and their faces were covered with blood......
The sword and shield hand immediately reacted, raised the shield to protect himself and his comrades on the left and right, and the Xiliang army was like a turtle, hiding his head behind the thick shield, and using the weapons in his hands to destroy the deer with all his might.