1. The crossbow is like thunder

Born to a son in ancient times, there are grandsons and captives,

There is no king and the right army to marry a daughter.

By asking the book of the piano for the rest of his life,

How to cover the flag for three points.

β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” Li Shangyin's "Mancheng Five Chapters", Li Shangyin was the leader of the Niu Party Linghu Chu's disciples, and was favored by his family, but he admired Li Deyu's achievements, and after Xuanzong ascended the throne, the Niu Party gained power, and Li Shangyin was regarded as a "betrayer" and was excluded, chanting this poem, expressing his inner resentment and dissatisfaction through his admiration for Sun Quan.

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Because the military academy was in Sanquan Town, Li Sheng immediately ordered the soldiers of the entire battalion to have a full meal, and also took cloth and money to reward, "Miangu City is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the city is strong and has enough food, so don't worry." Now take the state soldiers of Qili Prefecture, set up floating beams from Jialing Water, cross the river to Jinggu City, cut off the enemy's rear road, and fight after the battle! ”

Before dawn the next day, hundreds of Lizhou state soldiers who were temporarily recruited took on the miscellaneous work, they gathered all the ships transporting grain around Sanquan Town, hooked them with ropes and iron chains, and then laid them with wooden planks, across the turbid and reckless Jialing Water, Shence, Changwu, and Fanyang armies crossed one after another, and there was Cai Fonu in front of Gaoyue, and Wei Daotian in the back, looking at the morning star in the sky, he also mustered up his courage, and lay on the saddle and stepped on the rickety floating beam.

After walking a distance, there was a hill in front of him, about the mouth of the Bailong River, and Gao Yue could already hear the clamor of the "enemy" - they were in the valley on the other side of the hill, and they were about to attack the city of Miangu, the seat of Lizhou.

Behind him, rows of soldiers with bows and crossbows on their shoulders chased the place where the flag was, climbing up like a swarm of ants, followed by soldiers holding long stalks, most of the Shence camps were elite crossbowmen and foot soldiers, while Shuo Fang and Fan Yang played the role of cavalry on both wings - the whole team moved quickly and quietly, worthy of the leader of the Tang Army's central and border armies.

"We'll follow suit, too." Gao Yue was unwilling to give up this opportunity to watch the battle with his own eyes, the last time he fought in Jingyuan Qingshi Ridge, he squatted on the battlement, too far away to see the true chapter, but he always regretted it.

By the time he rode his horse to the top of the hill, several groups of Fan Yang cavalry had already jumped out from all directions of the array, unfolded a sparse formation with lightning speed, and began to "search the mountain": to expel and kill the enemy's sharp soldiers arranged in this mountain.

At this time, Gao Yue saw that in the grass two hundred feet away in front of him, there was really a person running, and then there were more and more like this, like quails startled by hunting dogs, or foxes, all of which were hidden shops of Xifan or Qianghu - "Huh", Gao Yue saw Fan Yang's light ride in the famous search mountain, hooked the string and pulled the bow, and in an instant, a feather arrow drew a beautiful arc, right in the back of the first enemy soldier who ran up, the person leaned back with his neck, and immediately fell, and his figure rolled over, and disappeared under the cover of the swaying long grass.

Most of these Fanyang cavalry were from the North, and they were too familiar with hunting, they carried their own horses, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and could always run to the right position, pulling the bow in their right hand, shooting arrows from the left, one after another, shooting all the Qianghu Hidden Shops who were scattered and fleeing.

"King of Hechuan." When Gao Yue rode his horse and came to Li Sheng and other generals, Li Sheng had already given the order for the whole army to advance and break the enemy, and just like Duan Xiushi at the beginning, he stretched out his hand to stop Gao Yue from stepping forward, "Cai Fonu, you are here to watch the battle, you can't act rashly, otherwise you are the only one who asks." ”

"Woo ......" Gao Yue grabbed the reins, and then saw a corpse under the horse's hooves, and an arrow buried deep in his back, which was the enemy who was shot by Fan Yang's cavalry just now.

At this moment, his position is just like a "wisdom tooth" out of this hilly, under which is a very steep high slope, extending to the surging Bailongjiang River, the river clouds are gloomy, hovering overhead, the flat area at the river valley, densely packed with the so-called Qianghu who went to attack the Miangu, the team stretches for several miles, and is mixed with countless cattle and sheep, their command position, on the edge of the Bailong River at the barren high embankment, from here at a glance.

"I have seen the real Xifan army in Jingyuan, their weapons and equipment are more sophisticated than the Shence army, and their will to fight is also extremely fierce, these are probably all barbarian tribes instigated by Xifan."

The earth-shattering shouts rushed - these tens of thousands of Qianghu saw that a large number of well-ordered Tang troops suddenly appeared on the flank mountain, as if the gods had descended, and they couldn't help but panic, and soon countless Qianghu began to turn, like a large area of dark clouds, swarming towards the mountain occupied by the camp.

"Foolish!" Gao Yue shook his head, he looked to the right, and on the front of the half-mile-long mountain, there were already standing or kneeling full of Shence soldiers who were ready to shoot, and they were still in three columns, but Gao Yue still noticed the difference between the Shence crossbowmen, some of them were carrying iron rods on their backs, and some were carrying horizontal knives behind their waists.

"The white blade is in front, the axe is behind, only to break the enemy, everyone thinks." After Li Sheng finished shouting, he waved his arm, "Send a crossbow!" ”

With this command, Gao Yue saw that the crossbowmen of the Divine Strategy pulled the crossbow machine, the string teeth flipped over, the crossbow front cross arms rose in unison, and the rebounding bowstring made a thunderous sound.

"Hairbow!" At this time, the second column of crossbowmen fired a volley.

"Hairbow!" The third column then stepped forward to fire a salvo.

Under the strafing of such saturated crossbow arrows and the earth-shaking screams, the Qianghu team that poured up the hillside fell countless times, and many corpses rolled down the hillside upside down, and the team was terrified and chaotic.

"Crossbowmen don't go in, jump team in!" Li Sheng waved the crimson flag.

"Ahhh The crossbowmen put the crossbow machine on the ground one after another, shouted and drew their iron staffs, pulled out their horizontal knives, held them in their hands, and rushed down with the jumping team holding shields and long knives, and thunderously broke into the formation of the Qianghu people, the knives flashed and blood was sprinkled: when Gao Yue was in the Jingyuan camp, he saw that the campers were cutting wheat in such a posture, and the Qianghu who originally wanted to take advantage of the fire to come to Lizhou to fight the autumn wind, some covered their necks, some rotated their bodies, and some raised their hands high, and were slashed and killed by neatly slashing, and the corpses lay down one by one, and soon covered the slope, The others were all frightened and scattered in the direction of the Bailong River.

"It turns out that the crossbowmen of the Tang Army are not at all like the Song people speculated, the shield platoon rejects the horses in front, and the crossbow pistols are stationed in the rear, and they will only defend the long-range shot. The tactics of the Tang army should be that the crossbowmen have the characteristics of hand-to-hand combat, saturation salvo - drawing swords and white-edged assault or counter-charge - clearing the passage for the long hand behind - and also cooperating with the cavalry on both wings to outflank in a roundabout way. Gao Yue watched the battle while thinking quickly in his mind, and at this time, sure enough, the horn sounded, and the soldiers of the Shence Army also rushed down from the mountain with a long line of ash poles, and then the smoke and dust on the two wings were bursting, and the cavalry of Fan Yang and Shuo Fang hugged the neck of their mounts, waved their swords, and also joined the ranks of the general assault......

At noon, tens of thousands of Qianghu barbarians were all defeated, and their central nuclear position, that is, the Baidamyuan on the side of the Bailong River, was also capturedβ€”the current Gao Yue stood on it, and on all sides were the corpses of the Qianghu who had been killed, mutilated, and smelly.

"Yisong, enter Jinggu Town in the southwest, and you will inspect the head." Li Sheng said to him loudly, it turned out that Gao Yue, as the imperial history of the army, also had the duty of verifying his military exploits.