Chapter 219: Isn't it just for these children that we shed blood and sacrifice?

Tian An couldn't laugh at all now, he and Gao gradually separated, Wei Bao and the others took people to outflank the enemy, although they had already guessed that these unknown armies might be Donghu's army.

But Tian An is still very confident in the combat effectiveness of his subordinates.

More than 10,000 people, half of them are disciples trained by Tian An in the Qi State for so many years, as well as hundreds of rangers from the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and some sergeants who rebelled from the Qi army.

It can be said that it is also an army with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

And more importantly, Tian An has mastered the martial arts known as the strongest military training technique in the Qi country, and his disciples are all trained according to the training methods of technical fighters.

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period had four strong armies, which shocked the world, namely Zhao Bianqi, Qin Ruishi, Wei Wushu and Qi Jizhen.

These four teams can be regarded as the most elite army at that time, I dare not say that one is a hundred, but it should not be an exaggeration to take one enemy ten, mainly because these special training troops are well-equipped and nutritious, and they do have suppressive combat effectiveness against ordinary soldiers who are sick and weak in ancient times and have leather armor.

Among them, Qi Jishu is famous for its strong individual combat strength, and the technical striker is as fast as a cone arrow and as thunder and lightning as a battle.

During the Warring States Period, the land of Qi was formed on the basis of the Spring and Autumn Period, expanding almost twice the area to the east, and the seashore was exhausted, in this primitive land, there lived the Dongyi people who were fierce and fierce, they were warlike and martial, and liked to hunt fiercely, and since then, the Qi people have inherited this characteristic of the Dongyi people.

It is in this cultural heritage that the people of Qi Ji are formed.

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Duke of Qi Zhuang initially established the recruitment system of technical attack. He first set up some knighthoods, and then recruited a group of warriors, through screening, specially selected cattle people, and went through strict military training, including: hand-to-hand combat, wrestling, swimming, riding, swordsmanship, archery and various killing skills, and then obtained the corresponding titles by killing the enemy in battle.

By the time of Duke Huan of Qi, the Minister of State Guan Zhong optimized this military system. He only gathered skilled fighters during wartime, and then rewarded them handsomely according to their exploits, and let them go home to farm in their spare time, without delaying agricultural production.

This kind of conscription system is like the mercenaries now, which saves social resources very well. As a result, the state of Qi became strong, and the Duke of Qi Huan quickly dominated the princes and became the head of the "Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons".

By the time of King Qi Wei, Qi Technique had risen to a new level.

Since the rewards for skilled fighters are very generous, this puts a lot of pressure on the national finances. King Qi Wei appointed Zou Ji to carry out reforms, speed up economic development, increase grain production, improve the quantity and quality of weapons, and provide the greatest logistical support for the army. King Qi Wei reappointed Tian Ji and Sun Bin as generals, and the Battle of Guiling and the Battle of Maling flattened Wei twice, pulling down the first overlord of the Warring States.

When the king of Qi was the king, he forcibly intervened in the internal affairs of South Korea and blackmailed the land of Chu to unite with Han and Wei to break through the Qin Hangu Pass, and defeated the Qin State to cut the land and sue for peace, and Kuang Zhang led an army of 100,000 and 50 days to capture Yandu and destroy the Song State.

It is mentioned in the Hanshu Criminal Law Chronicles: "King Qi is strong with skills".

The development of Qi Wang's field Qi technique has reached the peak of history.

However, it is a pity that the arrogance and recklessness of the King of Qi, coupled with the previous infighting with Meng Weijun, led to the rapid collapse of the domestic economy, and at the same time, the phenomenon of land annexation was serious, and the skilled fighters were completely reduced to "military slaves", and their combat effectiveness was greatly weakened.

And it happened that the three Sus, led by Su Qin, began to walk the world, and the vertical and horizontal alliance collapsed the strongest Qi State at that time, and was finally almost destroyed by Le Yi.

However, if the King of Qi did not treat the Qi Martial Warriors as disposable items and consume them without restraint, then even if the Qi State faced the attack of the rising Qin State in the later period, it would not have fallen into a fiasco.

However, due to the restoration of Tian Dan, Qi Guo's Qi skills have been completely exhausted, and it takes a lot of resources to retrain, so it has been gradually forgotten, but Tian An has always been obsessed with this army.

Originally, he thought that the more than 3,000 Qi Skill Attacks in his hand were enough to deal with the current situation, but looking at the skillful bow horse on the opposite side, as well as the Qi Skill Attack that had been unsuccessful for a long time, Tian An really couldn't laugh.

I didn't expect that there would be such a strong army among the barbarians in Donghu.

Tian An secretly hated, so he could only command his subordinates to retreat slowly, wanting to guide them further forward, so that they could wait for Wei Bao and Gao Yuanli to lead people to attack.

"General, the enemy is strong, and it is difficult for us to attack." A lieutenant shouted with a strange shield already pierced with bows and arrows.

"Retreat, wait for Wei Bao and them to attack, the other party is cavalry, don't dare to advance, hide in the dense forest in front, by the way, we also have arrows again, let the brothers who shoot the bow well, give me a counterattack." Tian An took a sip and shouted loudly.

Tian An led people into the dense forest and hid his body with the help of the bushes, but the bow and arrows of Donghu on the opposite side never stopped, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

Tian An waited for a while, according to the estimated time, Wei Bao and the others should have launched a surprise attack from the side a long time ago, why is there no one now?

A thought flashed in his mind, Tian An's face changed, even if Wei Bao was like this, how could Gao Yuanli not appear.

"The general's shield armor is almost overwhelmed, should he retreat or attack?" The lieutenant ran again to report.

Tian Anshun pulled out the arrows on his shield, shot out with a bow, and shot down a Donghu warrior from a distance of 100 meters, and at the same time, the handmade bow also broke in response, and the quality of the bow was too poor.

Tian An stared ahead with red eyes, looked behind him, and said in a deep voice, "You can't retreat, let everyone disperse and kill with me." ”

After speaking, Tian An picked up a wooden shield from the ground that was taller than others and rushed over first.

Thousands of bows and arrows landed on the giant shield at the same time, although they did not shoot through, but the huge momentum was enough to knock Tian An away, but fortunately, the soldiers behind him followed, helping him withstand the pressure.

Donghu's arrows are mostly wolf teeth and beast teeth, and it is difficult to shoot through thick wooden boards, so Tian An and the others held such a big shield, although they moved slowly, but they could be regarded as rushing out.

Seeing that this group of inexplicable enemies did not flee under the cover of bows and arrows, but rushed out to find death, after a moment's pause, they put away their bows and arrows, and urged their horses to charge with spears.

But as soon as a war horse stepped into the dense forest gate, it was smashed by a huge stone stick, the war horse fell down with a mournful roar, and the warrior on horseback was also swept away, and a short warrior ran out from behind the tree again, threw the stone stick in his hand to a cavalryman behind, and pounced on the Donghu warrior like a raccoon cat, stepped on the head that he didn't have time to raise, picked up the spear and bronze sword, and hid in the dense forest again.

Such a scene occurred countless times in a moment in the dense forest, and the pace of the Donghu army's charge was blocked at once.

"It's really a fight to the death." Wei Qi, who was hiding in ambush on the hill in the distance, heard the sound of fighting coming from the dense forest, and sighed softly.

"Big brother, it's time for us to make a move." Wei Bao, who didn't know when he got a piece of armor, held a long knife in his hand and said with a frown.

Wei Ji narrowed his eyes and nodded, "Be careful not to fight to the death, and fight and retreat." ”

Wei Bao let out a low roar, picked up the flag that had been lying upside down next to him, then threw down the flag and rolled down the hill, while the others who were lying in ambush on the hill also rose up and rolled down the hill.

Guarded by a few cronies, Wei Ji went down another road and went around to the back of Tian An.

On the other side, Gao Yuanli, who was carrying hundreds of knights on horseback, also joined the battle and cut off the rear troops of Donghu pouring into the dense forest.

Gao gradually left the spear in one hand, and the two-meter-long spear swayed countless phantoms, and the flickering cold light slashed through the throats of the ancient Donghu cavalry, bringing out countless blood dances.

The stone-splitting sword in Uncle Le's hand also swung like a dragon, and with the hardness of the sword, it smashed the spears that tried to stab him one by one.

The knights behind them were also the elite of the elite, and they directly scared off the Donghu backers after a rush, and they pulled away and prepared to fire another volley.

"Withdraw." Gao Yuanli gave a decisive order, picked up a spear stuck in the ground, and threw it backwards, shooting through the head of a war horse.

The others didn't love to fight, and went to kill the dense forest, and when they arrived, Tian An had already led people to kill the red eyes, and the dense forest, which was already a little wet, completely turned into a swamp, and the red of blood overpowered the green of the leaves.

The horse's hooves stepped on the uneven corpse and it was easy to overturn, Gao Yanli and the others could only dismount or take a detour, Gao Yanli led people to fight a bloody road from the rear, found Tian An, who had already killed the red-eyed, and held his shoulder.

Tian An reacted instinctively, his wrist flicked, and the long sword in his hand passed through his armpit and stabbed towards Gao Yuanli, and at the same time turned around and swung it out.

Gao leaned back, knocked Tian An's sword with the hilt in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "It's me!" ”

Hearing Gao Yuanli's voice, Tian An's eyes flickered, looked at the battle situation, and took a deep breath, "What's wrong?" ”

"There are too many enemies, and they will definitely not advance easily after suffering a loss, we have to retreat." Gao said calmly.

"Can't be returned! The child has not yet been born. Tian An's hand trembled a little and stabbed the long sword in his hand into the ground below him, panting and roaring.

Wei Bao, who also came to converge, just rushed back with people, and when he heard Tian An's words, he instantly became angry, and his big hand full of blood carried Tian An's collar and roared, "You want to bury thousands of our brothers for that child?" ”

At this time, there were no less than 100 people gathered around him, and everyone heard Wei Bao's roar, and their eyes were faintly angry at Tian An, whose face was covered by blood.

Uncle Le raised his eyebrows slightly, threw the spear in his hand back, and looked at Tian An with interest.

In this life-and-death urgency, there is an eerie tranquility here.

Tian An grinned and showed a sincere smile as usual, although his face was covered with blood and white teeth were even more hideous, like a demon, his black and white eyes swept over everyone, and then looked at the enemy who had been killed, and grabbed Wei Bao's wrist, "Don't look at me like this, we are bleeding and sacrificing now, isn't it just for these children who are about to be born?" ”

Tian An's voice was neither light nor heavy, just enough to fall into everyone's ears.

Wei Bao let go of his hand in surprise, his expression was complicated, as if he had received something and remembered something.

"If we retire now, we will retreat in the face of greater difficulties in the future, we have lost a child now, then we may lose countless children in the future, what are we desperate for? Not for the sake of these future generations? Tian An clenched his sword B again, and walked forward with the bloody corpse lying down, saying as he walked, "Of course, brothers who are willing to retreat can retreat." ”