Chapter 320: Survive One Again and Again
The terrain of the upper valley is very easy to ambush, because of the difference in height, people in the valley cannot see the appearance on both sides.
Above the valley, a group of cavalry was standing behind, and in front of them were countless figures prostrate on the ground.
The war horse was somewhat restless, and from time to time it pulled the reins in the hands of the cavalry and snorted.
The terrain of Taniguchi is not steep, but it is also a high ground, and it is always like this when the horses are on the highlands, and it is difficult for even trained horses to overcome.
But fortunately, the valley mouth is not as good as the valley, and it can only be regarded as two slopes, so as not to make the war horse too restless.
The cavalryman touched the mane of the horse under him to soothe the horse, took some hay from his waist bag and put it in the horse's mouth to feed it.
When there is something to eat in the mouth, the horse will not bark.
Hua Xiong stood on the hillside, the cloak behind him was stirred by the wind from above, and asked the rider beside him.
"How long will it take for the army to arrive?"
Xiao Qi looked at the valley and estimated, this valley is relatively long, and the army formation is not in a hurry, so the march is all on foot, and the speed is slow, even so, at this time, it should have already walked half of the way.
Finally, he frowned and said to Hua Xiong: "Back to the general, it won't be more than half an hour." ”
"Okay, let the other side stay silent and wait for the army to come."
"Understood!" Xiao Cavalry led the order to retreat, and it didn't take long for a flag to wave a few times on the hillside on Huaxiong's side, and a flag was also raised in response from the opposite hillside.
There was not a sound outside the valley, just like usual.
Hua Xiongjun didn't notice that in the distance beyond the hillside where they were ambushing, a cavalryman pulled the reins of his horse, looked at the hillside of the army in the distance, and turned his horse's head and left silently.
The light horse galloped to a soldier in the south.
Yuan Shao looked at the letter in his hand, smiled, and handed the letter to the light horseman: "Order someone to send this letter to all armies to mobilize troops, and ambush it at the valley mouth on the other side." ”
"Yes."
At this time, the Huaxiong army had already led troops to the valley, and the horsemen outside had already been transferred back, and they didn't notice that there were many soldiers and horses converging towards the valley.
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Indeed, it didn't take half an hour, only half a pillar of incense, and Hua Xiongjun's ears had already heard the sound of the army marching in the distance.
It was indeed huge, and as the army got closer and closer, I could almost feel my ears tremble.
After a few more moments, the army appeared in the field of view of those outside the valley.
Outside, there were neat soldiers lined up, almost crowding the valley, and countless flags were erected in the military array, which were blown up by the wind blowing through the mountains in the valley, covering the military array, and even from a high place, you could not see the appearance of the military array.
There was a faint sound in the army that could not be heard whether it was the sound of drums or the march of chariots, but from the few chariots occasionally peeking out under the flag, there must have been quite a few of them.
The only thing that makes people wonder is that the arrangement of this military formation is a little strange, it seems to be a little loose, but because of the reason for the banner covering, I can't see how loose it is, and I think there are enough twenty or thirty thousand people.
Hua Xiong looked at the banner, and there was a smile on his face, it was right to be the main force of the princes all the way.
Judging from the sound of their marching route, it seemed that they wanted to bypass the front from the right and attack from the flank, but unfortunately the momentum of this large army's march was unknown and was discovered by his horsemen.
The reason why the Xuanxiang Array created such a big momentum was that in addition to pretending to be a heavy march, it was also easier to attract the attention of the enemy, so that the rest of the troops could easily move to ambush.
"General······ A soldier said.
Hua Xiong raised his hand and signaled not to act rashly: "Wait for the army to reach the bottom of the slope before making a move." ”
The army came slowly, and it seemed that it was about to march down the slope.
Hua Xiong's hand was raised high, and a flag bearer on the hillside also slowly raised the order flag in his hand.
The archer took out the cluster of arrows from his back and pulled them apart little by little, the sound of the bowstring tightening slightly.
The last horsemen of the group also climbed onto their horses, comforting the horses beneath them one last time.
"Shoot the arrows!"
With a shout, the command flags on the hillside waved, and the silence on the hillsides on both sides was broken in an instant.
Countless sounds of breaking the sky sounded, the sound of bowstrings collapsing, countless clusters of arrows appeared like a torrential rain, without warning, and dense arrow shadows intertwined between the hillsides.
I don't know who made the first exclamation, and the army under the hillside was in disarray. The soldiers fled in a panic, and the flags of the army flipped in all directions, making the chaos look even more serious.
The sound of soldiers and horses running around the mouth of the valley was everywhere, and for a time the cries were incessant, and the sound of chaos was heard throughout the valley.
The effect of the surprise attack was surprisingly good, and it was already disrupted in the first round under the rain of arrows.
The corners of Hua Xiong's mouth curled slightly, but for some reason he always felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think much about it, this would be the second prince he had defeated.
In fact, if he looked closely, he would find that although the army formation was chaotic, the casualties did not achieve the expected effect, because the gap between the soldiers was very large.
In a normal battle of 10,000 men, the ranks of soldiers are so dense that archers can shoot an arrow without even aiming at it. This time, more than usual, many clusters of arrows were fired into the clearing.
"Volley three rounds, step forward in the cavalry formation, ready to charge!"
Hua Xiong raised his sword and got on the horse, and with the wave of the order flag, the military formation changed rapidly.
After the archers had fired a few more rounds of arrows in the same place, the infantry cavalry marched forward and rushed up the hill from the back of the slope.
The army down the hill saw the Huaxiong army on the upper slope, and it seemed that there was no battle, and some of them had already begun to flee.
Hua Xiong's gaze swept between the military formations, and finally landed on the front of the military formation, a man with a hat and a spear.
The man seemed to be trying to stop the army from dispersing, but there was no way to turn it back.
That should be the leader, Hua Xiong's eyes closed slightly.
It's really child's play to be dressed like this in the middle of the battle.
There was a little disgust in his eyes, what did these people do with the war!
War, this is a war that kills people. Something seemed to flash in front of Hua Xiong's eyes.
He drank blood to live to this place.
Is it a place for such pampered people to play······
The long knife was raised horizontally, and Hua Xiong's eyes were a little red.
He started from the smallest general to the current Xiliang Overseer.
The war had made him see the most real things, which were the blood dripping on his face and the corpses that could not be seen everywhere.
Those who have seen those people, all of them are moral, and what benevolence, righteousness, and virtue are all false.
That's why he doesn't believe that any general who fights will have a sacrifice of his life, and he doesn't even believe that any general can be said to be human.
It's only true if you survive.
He Huaxiong will be the one who survives the battlefield, but he doesn't know how long he will live, because he understands that the war should never be finished.
He could only struggle to survive again and again.