"Ironclad cavalry!?" The generals were stunned when they heard this: What is this? Will it work?

Li Xin asked: "What the king said is that all the new cavalry of our army should be dressed in iron armor?" Fusu nodded and said, "Yes, it's not just cavalry, but also the war horses are also covered in armor, and they are all heavily armored." In this way, our army will not have to fear the arrows, swords and stone rain of the Wei army! ”

In later generations, heavy armored main battle weapons such as tanks were the most suitable, but they could not be made in ancient times, and they could only be made up with heavy armored cavalry.

Li Xin was overjoyed when he heard this, but hesitated: "But your lord, I'm afraid that the war horse will carry too much weight and it will be difficult to last!" Fusu smiled and said: "It's not simple, everyone and horses are heavily armored during short sprints, and when they run long distances, only soldiers wear light leather armor!" ”

When Wang Ben heard this, he said: "This is feasible, I will not immediately order the guards guarding Nanyang to mobilize all the blacksmiths to quickly build armor!" Fusu nodded and said: "The style of the soldier and the war horse armor is a relatively new type of chain fine scale armor, and the defense is very good, I will give you the pattern tomorrow." It must be strictly ordered to complete 9,000 sets of armor of men and horses within two months in Nanyang, and those who have not completed it will be beheaded, and those who complete it on time will be rewarded heavily! "Wow!"

After Fusu arranged the matter of the ironclad cavalry, he continued: "But to destroy the ruined city, it is not enough to only have the ironclad cavalry. As long as our army conquers Phoenix Mountain in one fell swoop, then you can condescendingly overlook the ruined city. In this way, all the movements and realities of the Wei army are in the hands of our army, and the initiative on the battlefield is also in our hands. The Wei army's food, grass and baggage were already insufficient, so after two months, without our army attacking, the Wei army would already be at the end of its strength. At that time, the ironclad heavy cavalry will come out again, and conquering the ruined city will be as simple as rolling soup and pouring snow! ”

The generals were overjoyed when they heard this, and they all stood up with a hula cry: "I didn't ask for orders to conquer Phoenix Mountain!" Fusu was stunned: so enthusiastic! smiled and said: "That's it, General Wang Ben, you are more familiar with the generals than me, and the military horses will be deployed by you." The army is preparing for three days, I look at the sky, there will be fog after three days, and then take the opportunity to conquer Phoenix Mountain with the strength of the whole army in one fell swoop! Fusu slammed his fist on the case, shaking the handsome case a few times.

"Whoa!" The generals were churning in blood, and they couldn't help but shout.

Fusu closed his eyes and sighed: "Brother Tie, maybe my military talent in my previous life was not as good as yours." But now, I have been highly educated for many years, and I am no less familiar with ancient military knowledge than you. What's more, I am fighting you with the strength of a country, and the victory or defeat is already known without fighting, it depends on how long you can support it! ”

******

The morning fog of the near winter has just begun to dissipate, and there is still a vague feeling in the distance, and the ground is covered with a layer of white frost, and the feet feel a little slippery when walking. The smoke of the bonfire on the Wei army's position was still curling and not extinguished, and the soldiers of the Wei army had just woken up from their sleep, when suddenly, earth-shattering war drums sounded on the north, west and south sides of the abandoned city, followed by a burst of dull footsteps.

"Tut-" The dull and melodious warning drum and trumpet suddenly sounded, like a sudden pebble that broke the ripples of the pond, the Wei army instantly made a noise, and countless soldiers shouted and picked up the crossbows and blades around them, jumped into the trenches, and waited for the battle!

In the distance, a huge black gradually appeared in the faint morning mist, which was the color of the armor of the Qin army. In the morning mist, the sound of neat armor rubbing and the sound of powerful stomping on the earth were clearly heard, forming a huge power that shook people's hearts.

The Qin army came, and the prestige of the tiger and wolf division made the Wei army's breathing suddenly become short, and their palms immediately sweated, and they tightly grasped the weapons in their hands and tightened the bowstring!

As the Qin army approached, a terrible roar sounded from the Wei army: "Break Qin, volley!" ”

......Thousands of arrows leaped out of the trench with a heart-whimping buzzing sound into the sky and swooping down on their prey.

Behind the trench, a creaking sound like an old man grinding his teeth was slowly sounding, and a colander with a handle was slowly raised in the air. Suddenly, with the shouts of the Wei officers, the trebuchet emitted an ear-loud "whirring" sound, shooting huge solid stones and a rain of stones into the air, and began to cover the attack.

In an instant, the rain of arrows and stones on the Wei army's array reached the sky above the Qin army and fell with a roar. Suddenly, there was a loud "flutter" sound on the Qin army's array, a puff of wet soil and withered yellow grass roots splashed in the air, followed by the bloody blood and the flying meat scraps, followed by the earth-shattering wails of the Qin army, and a pungent blood mist rose in the air!

After the first round of attacks of the Wei army, the first row of the Qin army's army formation and the center of the stone rain splashed were almost blurred with flesh and blood, and the attack power of the Wei army was really terrifying!

Fusu was behind the battle, and he looked at it from a distance, and he couldn't help but gasp. This is still the result of the Qin army wearing armor under the strict order of Fusu, if there is no solid leather armor protection, I am afraid that the casualties will be even more heavy!

At this moment, the Qin army began to return fire, and wave after wave of three-stage serial crossbows kept jumping into the air and fired covering fire at the Wei army's position. Almost in an instant, the Wei army's trench was slammed again, but the effect was not ideal, because the Wei army had a trench shield as a cover, and the Qin army's attack effect was really reluctant, but it also successfully suppressed the Wei army's counterattack momentum!

The Qin army's charge began, and more brutal hand-to-hand combat was about to begin, but Fusu stomped his feet: such an attack seemed to be a sham, and it was completely a fight with human lives! However, from a high place, because of the fierce attack of the Qin army in the north, middle and south, the Wei army defending near Phoenix Mountain in the east has begun to move to these three sides, and the purpose of diverting the tiger from the mountain has been achieved, so don't get entangled here.

Fusu whipped his horse fiercely and shouted, "Go to the east of the city!" A burst of smoke rose behind him, and more than 100 soldiers followed him like the wind.

At the foot of Phoenix Mountain, compared to the morning fog that has begun to fade away in the north, west, and south, the fog in the mountains and forests is still very heavy, and it is a little impossible to see people at a distance.

At the foot of the mountain, as many as 20,000 elite troops of the Qin army have been assembled and are solemnly ordered. As usual, everyone was bareheaded, but they were all dressed in leather armor, light boots with thin soles, and they often held shorter weapons such as bronze swords and halberds in their hands to facilitate short-handed combat.

When Fu Su galloped to the front of the army, Wang Ben rode his horse to meet him: "Son, can you attack?" ”

Fusu nodded and said: "It's okay, remember, hurry up, regardless of casualties, you must take Phoenix Mountain in today's battle!" Wang Ben nodded and said: "I don't know, it's just that although the defenders of Phoenix Mountain are less than three thousand, I am afraid that there will be reinforcements in the abandoned city at any time, and the prince must still care!" Fusu smiled and said: "Thank you for the general's reminder, Benjun has made careful arrangements, you just need to attack the mountain!" "Wow!" Wang Ben relieved himself and galloped back to the army.

In the thick fog, Wang Ben beckoned, and the Qin soldiers raised the wine bags in their hands and drank them in turn.

The liquor slashed through his throat and poured into his stomach, the man's blood began to boil, his body began to burn, his eyes began to redden, and an urge to fight surged wildly in the chests of the Qin soldiers - the time to attack had come!

Wang Ben threw his wine on the ground, lifted the halberd in his hand and stabbed it obliquely into the air, and the standard-bearer behind him waved a few red flags when he saw this, sending out a signal to march. The Qin troops in the front saw it clearly, and followed Wang Ben in stride, and the Qin troops in the back saw the movement of the army in front and hurriedly followed.

For a while, although as many as 20,000 Qin army arrays were advancing rapidly, there was no sound of drums, nor a trace of noise. Except for the rustle of thin-soled fast boots rubbing against the ground, the silence under Phoenix Mountain was simply terrifying.

This is quite a bit of the strategy of the ghost soldiers during the Anti-Japanese War: don't shoot, quietly enter the village!

In an instant, the 20,000 Qin army advanced to the foot of the mountain, and the Wei army on the mountain still didn't seem to notice. Wang Ben was overjoyed and shouted: "Brothers, go on, the first person to overcome this mountain will be rewarded with a thousand taels!" ”

"Wow!" This sentence is like a drop of water falling into the boiling oil, and suddenly there is a cracking and horning sound, and the Qin army originally regarded military merit as their fate, and now they are even more courageous. At that moment, with Wang Ben's order, the Qin troops under the mountain roared and pounced bravely with their blades, like a group of hungry tigers.

Suddenly, as if a hurricane swept across the earth, the tigers roared in the mountains and forests, and the earth-shattering shouts and killing sounds of the Qin army almost shook Phoenix Mountain a few times. The birds and finches, which were originally few in winter, were all frightened to fly away from the nest and go away in panic before this power that was enough to change the color of the heavens and the earth.

The Wei troops on the mountain immediately realized that they had already strengthened their vigilance, and they quickly shouted and entered the position, intending to give the Qin troops who came to attack by taking advantage of the dense fog to taste a little bitterness.

"Boom ......" There was a loud bang on the mountain, and the mountain trembled, and the faces of the Qin soldiers changed: the rolling logs, stones and other things on the mountain have come down!

The fog was thick, and they couldn't see their fingers in the distance, and they couldn't see where the rolling logs and rocks came from, so the Qin army had to feel that there was movement approaching, so they immediately lay down or looked for trees and rocks for cover. Although the Qin army reacted quickly, there were still many soldiers of the Qin army who were caught off guard by the giant trees and rocks that rolled down wildly, and rolled down the mountain like a rolling gourd with a long scream.

However, on the whole, the dense fog was very harmful to the defenders, and the Qin army took advantage of the opportunity to swarm and grab the Wei army's unclear vision, and although the Wei army's arrows were overwhelming, they shot mostly on the open space. The hit rate is pitifully low!

In the blink of an eye, although the Qin army was a little out of breath, it was also approaching the top of Phoenix Mountain. The crossbowmen of the Qin army began to shoot from their backs, and from time to time arrows fell on the mountain, and the Wei army began to suffer casualties!

The commander guarding Phoenix Mountain was a little anxious, this time the Qin army took advantage of the fog to attack the mountain, and the troops dispatched by listening to this momentum should be more than any before, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist. While urgently ordering the soldiers to report to the abandoned city for reinforcements, he ordered the fire oil in the cottage to pour down the mountain.

For a while, dozens of barrels of fire oil poured down from the mountain, and in an instant, the first hundred steps of the cottage were soaked in oil. The Qin soldiers who pounced on them couldn't see their feet clearly, and there were countless people who lost their feet and rolled down. Just when the Qin soldiers were cursing angrily, suddenly, dozens of torches were thrown down from the top of the mountain, and in an instant, a sea of fire immediately rose from the top of the mountain.

Now it is the near winter season, the grass and trees are dry, coupled with the burning oil to fuel, for a while, the fire in front of the mountain is rolling, the heat wave is soaring, and dozens of steps away will feel blazing! Hundreds of Qin soldiers who were charging forward were caught off guard, and they were suddenly caught in the sea of fire, rolling and howling miserably in the flames, and their appearance was unbearable to witness!

This tragic scene made the Qin army, who had always been fearless, also a little frightened, and now the fire in front of them was raging, unable to advance, and from time to time on the mountain put down the burning logs and stones, the Qin army could not parry, and was defeated in embarrassment, and retreated back to the mountainside.

Seeing the retreat of the Qin army, the Wei army breathed a sigh of relief, and while ordering the repair of the fortifications, they prepared more soil and sand to prevent the fire from rolling up the mountain.

The Qin army suffered heavy casualties, and although Wang Ben's eyes widened angrily when he saw this, his anger surged, but he couldn't force the Qin army to die in vain. I had to reorganize the formation on the mountainside while waiting for the fire to be extinguished.

The fire gradually went out, the sun rose a rod high, and as the fire and the power of the sun burned, the fog in the mountains and forests gradually began to dissipate. The Qin army is going to be in trouble attacking the mountain this time!

Fusu estimated the time, frowned, and said to Fang Tuo behind him: "Pass my general order, order General Wang Ben to supervise the formation, and those who retreat without an order will be decided!" "Wow!" Fang Tuo received the order and sent troops to gallop up the mountain.

Wang Ben received the order from the Fusu Army, his eyes were a little red, and he shouted: "There is an order from the king, and those who retreat will be beheaded immediately!" Charge the armies! ”

The Qin army was also a little anxious, these veterans knew that if they didn't take advantage of the little fog left now to conquer the mountain, and when the fog completely dissipated, they would all be exposed to the condescending offensive of the Wei army! As a result, the Qin army shook their spirits, and under the urging of the generals, they pounced again like a group of crazy tigers.

On the mountainside, there was a dense black figure for a while.

At this time, the line of sight was already relatively clear, the Wei army was rolling logs and stones raining down, and the arrows were also like a storm to cover the front of the formation. Many soldiers of the Qin army were shot in the head and were killed immediately without protection, and the dead bodies were covered with mountain streams for a while.

The Qin army is really anxious, in recent years, the Qin army has rarely encountered such a heavy casualty battle, basically a battle that is defeated, a blow to the downwind battle, who wants to repeatedly hit the head under this ruined city. The blood of the Qin people surged up, and the brute spirit suddenly rose, and they forgot what military orders they had at the moment, and they threw off the leather armor on their bodies that only protected the upper half of their bodies, and roared like a pack of bloodthirsty hungry wolves and swung their blades and pounced.

The arrow entered the body, and the Qin soldiers only snorted, as long as there was still a trace of physical strength, the pace of the charge would not stop.

The Qin army's brave and crazy performance frightened the Wei army on the top of the mountain for a moment, and the inherent fear of the Qin army made the Wei army forget the strict training in the past for a while, and the shooting behind couldn't help but be inaccurate.

The Qin army was happy to see the hunt, and took the opportunity to grab it, and in the chaotic army, a cloth-clothed dead soldier grabbed it first, and braved the rain of arrows to grab the front of Wei Yingzhai. It was the dead soldiers in the Qin army who were 'trapped in the camp'.

"Huh!" A second lieutenant of the Qin army's 'trapped camp' held a huge bronze long sword four feet long in his hand and roared angrily, and the camp gate as thick as a baby's arm immediately made a loud "click", almost immediately cracking into two pieces. The second lieutenant was overjoyed, and then flew up and kicked hard, and the fragile camp gate trembled and fell heavily to the ground.

The camp gate opened, and the Qin soldiers cheered and swarmed up. At this moment, a row of Wei crossbowmen suddenly stood behind a row of antlers behind the camp gate, and the sharp arrows flashed in the morning light.

"Whoosh...... The flying arrows instantly froze the fear on the faces of the Qin army, and dozens of people were killed instantly. Although the first lieutenant was flying with a long sword, he still had several arrows in his body. Before falling to the ground, the second lieutenant roared, and threw the long sword in his hand with all his might, the heavy sword was like the wind, and immediately stabbed the two Wei crossbowmen into a string of gourds and crashed back!

The second wave of arrows followed, and the dozens of 'trapped camp' dead soldiers couldn't stop it, and they retreated step by step for a while, seeing that they were about to be shot out of the camp gate by random arrows.

At this moment, there was a sudden agitation behind the Wei army, and hundreds of Qin army clothed swordsmen came with swords like swords. Wherever this army passed, the sword wind was like a madness, the sword shadow was like a man, and the Wei army had no generals, and they were all killed on the ground. It's really a bit of a 'kill one person in ten steps, and I'll walk alone for a thousand miles'!

This army was the 'wolf's tooth' of Fusu's personal guard, taking advantage of the fog and the fact that the two armies could not attack each other, they sneaked over the back cliff of Phoenix Mountain in the middle of the night and attacked from the back mountain.

After a while, the brave 'wolf teeth' sergeant ran all the way to the front of the camp, and saw that the Qin army in front of the camp gate was in danger, and immediately divided most of the troops to attack the crossbowmen of the Wei army in front of the camp gate. For a while, the crossbowmen of the Wei army were caught off guard, how could they stop this group of tigers with no melee ability, they couldn't take care of the head and tail, and they were immediately killed all over the field and fled from east to west.

At this time, the Qin army, who had been shot by the Wei army, was greatly boosted when they saw this, and when the Wei army was killed and couldn't take care of the tail, they rushed to grab it, and even the fence was almost crushed by the Qin army that poured in like a tide!

The walled gate fell instantly, and the cottage was killed into a mess, the flames of fire, the interplay of gold and iron, and the Qin soldiers who had suffered heavy casualties were furious, chasing and killing the fleeing Wei soldiers everywhere, venting their anger and hatred in their hearts! Although many Wei soldiers knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, the Qin soldiers who could kill turned a blind eye, and unequivocally cut down with a sword and cut off their heads to repay their merits!

Although the Wei army also struggled to organize the remaining forces to rebound with all their might, due to the large distance between the forces, they were quickly wiped out by the Qin army.

In just one morning, Phoenix Mountain fell!

******

Hearing the news of the emergency in Phoenix Mountain, Zhao Tie immediately judged Fusu's true intentions, and immediately asked Wu Haoyue to ask: "Father, Phoenix Mountain overlooks the whole city of my ruined city, if it is lost, all the virtual reality of my ruined city will fall into the eyes of the Qin army, which will be greatly detrimental to the future war!" Therefore, the child specially asks to mobilize all the troops in the city to support Phoenix Mountain, no matter how much it costs, Phoenix Mountain must always be in the hands of our army! ”

Wu Haoyue thought for a moment and said: "What Tie'er said is reasonable, but the Qin army must take precautions, you must be careful when you lead the army out of the city!" "Yes, Father!"

Zhao Tie immediately received Wu Haoyue's order, ordered the five thousand elites in the abandoned city, opened the east gate, and went straight to Phoenix Mountain.

As soon as the Wei reinforcements arrived at the southern foot of Phoenix Mountain, they saw the beacon fire on the top of the mountain, and the sound of killing was earth-shattering, and it was obvious that the war was in a state of anxiety.

Zhao Tie was so anxious that he had to order the whole army to go up the mountain. Suddenly, there was a majestic and dull sound of war drums behind him, followed by the thunderous sound of iron hooves. Zhao Tie was shocked, and when he looked back, in the faint mist, a black-armored iron cavalry of thousands of people was rushing towards him with a devastating momentum, and the eyes of the Qin cavalry on the horse flashed with murderous blood, and the halberd in his hand emitted the cold light of death! Zhao Tie immediately judged: This is an elite iron cavalry of the Qin army!

It was none other than the three thousand 'broken army' iron cavalry that Fusu had arranged to guard here for a long time, and handed it over to the commander of the Xiao general Li Xin himself! And the fighter plane chosen by Li Xin was also just right, just at the embarrassing moment when the Wei army could not advance and retreat!

The Wei army is located in the Central Plains, it is mainly a military pawn, and there are few war horses. Zhao Tie knew badly: if he still insisted on going up the mountain, he would be sniped by the Qin army, and the whole army would definitely be defeated in an instant; If they turn back to the battle, it will be difficult for the five thousand Wei soldiers to be the opponent of the three thousand Qin cavalry. What's more, the Qin army has a lot of soldiers, and the loss of thousands is insignificant, and the Wei army has few soldiers, and if these 5,000 people are exhausted, the abandoned city will be completely over!

So, Zhao Tie immediately shouted: "After the crossbow hand is broken, the army retreats to the abandoned city!" ”

The 1,000 Wei army crossbowmen lined up in response, and they had to finish the battle in a moment, which showed that they were also well-trained.

However, it is a fool's dream to use 1,000 crossbowmen to resist 3,000 such fierce 'broken army' cavalry! And Zhao Tie didn't plan that this thousand crossbowmen could complete such an impossible task, what he needed now was time, time to retreat. As long as you win a certain amount of respite for the 4,000 Wei army, it is worth sacrificing all the 1,000 crossbowmen!

Arrows rained down, and the Wei crossbowmen shot hard, intending to stop the 'broken army's frenzied attack. Li Xin held the halberd in his hand, charged forward, struggled to pull out the flying arrows, whistled, the Qin army hurriedly hung up the halberd, took out the cavalry crossbow, stretched the strings, set up the arrows, and shot sharply, all in one go.

The sharp and stable Qin arrow instantly jumped over the void of more than a hundred steps, and the prepared to hit the Wei army's crossbowmen, almost no arrows, only one round of arrow rain, nearly half of the Wei army's crossbowmen fell in a pool of blood. This astonishing hit rate couldn't help but make Zhao Tie, who led the army retreat in a hurry, also secretly frightened!

Collecting crossbows and lifting halberds, a cold light like a slanting moon flashed in mid-air, and the heads of the Wei army flew into the sky. In an instant, the galloping Qin army's iron cavalry drowned the Wei army's broken crossbowmen without a trace. And during this period, the cavalry of the 'broken army' barely slowed down their horse steps!

The 'broken army' destroyed the Wei army's broken rear troops, and the cavalry immediately made a sharp whirlwind, turned to the west, and chased the retreating Wei army wildly. It seems that Li Xin is planning to return to the army after making enough money!

Although the east gate of the ruined city is less than two thousand steps away from the southern foot of Phoenix Mountain, this road is too long for the Wei army at this time. In the face of the offensive of the cavalry of the 'broken army' like a storm, the Wei army fought and retreated, and when it retreated into the abandoned city, there were less than 3,000 troops left of the 5,000 expeditionary troops.

Zhao Tie stood at the head of the city, looking at the cavalry of the Qin army outside the city, throwing his helmet on the ground, his face was pale.

Although he Zhao Tie is full of talent, how can a small abandoned city let him do his best? With this cavalry alone, he Zhao Tie is pouring the strength of the whole city, and I am afraid that he will not be able to form a cavalry force of more than a thousand!

"The difference in strength is too big, and the opponent is Cheng Feng, who knows the other side!" Zhao Tie couldn't help but shake his head painfully, not knowing how long this miserable ruined city would be able to support after losing Phoenix Mountain.

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And when Fusu climbed to the top of Phoenix Mountain, he saw the miserable scene of corpses all over the field, but he didn't feel much excitement in his heart.

Because in Fusu's view, although the victory in this battle was related to a series of beautiful combination punches, the heavy casualties of the Qin army also made Fusu feel a little invincible, quite a bit of a gold yuan and the poor to fight the rich and win!

However, in the battle for Phoenix Mountain, although the Qin army did not gain much advantage at the tactical level, and even surpassed the Wei army in overall casualties, but at the strategic level, the Wei army, which had lost an important support point on the battlefield, had already surrendered the initiative on the battlefield.