Chapter 60: Liuyangpi (1)
Seeing Hui Ze's positive attitude, Chen Qingzhi did not dare to be careless at all.
"Xu Jin!" Chen Qingzhi shouted loudly.
Xu Jin immediately came over when he heard the voice, "Brother Chen, what are your orders?" ”
"You go to the front and check it out for yourself to see if there are any suspicious signs." Chen Qingzhi commanded.
On a hill in the distance, Li Changjun and Li Jia'er were observing the movements of the Liang army, and behind the mound under their feet was the heavily armed Celmine heavy cavalry.
And those ambush soldiers were already in their respective positions and ready, they prostrate behind those slopes on both sides of the road, hiding their figures, waiting for the Liang army to enter the ambush circle, and then rushed out and launched a surprise attack from both sides.
These undulating hills provided them with good shelter, and the Wei army held their breath without making the slightest movement.
"Why did Liang Jun stop?" Li Jia'er's eyes widened and asked in surprise.
"Could it be that they noticed something?" Li Changjun scratched his chin lightly, narrowed his slender eyes, and said to himself thoughtfully, "It shouldn't be possible......
"Childe, look!" Li Jia'er suddenly pointed in the direction of Liang Jun and shouted to Li Changjun, "They sent out a horse scout!" ”
Following the direction of Li Jia'er's finger, Li Changjun saw that a cavalry general in the Liang army was slowly moving along the road of Liuyangpi, and kept looking around, as if searching for something.
"Did they really notice it?" Li Changjun felt incredulous and shook his head gently.
"Let's just rush out now!" Li Jia'er proposed, "We have 10,000 elite soldiers, and 3,000 thunderbolts; The Liang army is almost all infantry troops, and it will inevitably collapse at the first touch! ”
"This won't have the effect of a surprise attack......" Li Changjun continued to gently scratch his chin with his fingers, muttering to himself, "The ambush battle has become an encounter battle, where did I neglect it......
Although he was a little surprised, Li Changjun still kept calm, and he said unhurriedly, "Don't be impatient, I don't think the Liang army is sure that there is an ambush, maybe they are just cautious and vigilant......"
On this side, Xu Jin, who was slowly advancing along the road of Liuyangpi, was vigilantly paying attention to all the wind and grass around him, carefully observing the various traces on the ground.
For Xu Jin, who is good at hunting, tracing is the most basic skill. And he did find some clues - many fresh and messy footprints along the way, and trampled grass...... There are all indications that many people have passed this road not so long ago.
"Could it be Wei Jun?" Xu Jin wasn't sure. But in order to confirm the situation, Xu Jin rode his horse to a hill next to the road, and he wanted to go up to a higher place to take a look.
Looking around, he didn't find anything abnormal for the time being, but Xu Jin didn't draw conclusions easily, he rode the black thunder and ran towards the next hill.
"Not good!" Li Changjun, who had been watching Xu Jin's actions from afar, couldn't help but scream softly. Looking over from their position, they could just see that Xu Jin and their first wave of ambushes were only separated by a hill!
The two sides finally collided unexpectedly - when Xu Jin climbed the hill, he saw at a glance the Wei soldiers crawling behind the hill, and the swords and guns in their hands that flashed with cold light. And those Wei soldiers had obviously heard the sound of his horse's hooves, and the moment he showed his figure, several arrows shot at him at the same time.
Fortunately, the black thunder was covered with horse armor and was not harmed; One of the arrows shot straight towards Xu Jin's eyebrows, he subconsciously buried his head down, and the arrow flew over with his helmet.
"There are enemy troops! There is an ambush! Xu Jin turned his horse's head, galloped in the direction of Liang Jun, and shouted loudly,
Those Wei troops who were discovered by Xu Jin also jumped up, they pulled up the bows in their hands and shot at Xu Jin's back.
It can be said that the battle officially started at this moment. Both sides reacted extremely quickly into the encounter.
"Fight the enemy! Fight the enemy! Chen Qingzhi shouted loudly. When the soldiers of the Liang army heard the order, they quickly began to line up according to the predetermined plan.
Instead of all of them coming together, they formed five separate battle groups, and quickly moved closer to each other, but with enough space to finally face the enemy in the form of two and three.
Xu Jin rushed all the way back, and there were several bows and arrows of the Wei army embedded in his armor, but fortunately he was protected by armor and was not seriously injured.
Xu Jin rode directly through the gap in his own formation, raised his spear, and shouted loudly, "The cavalry follow me!" ”
The few cavalry in the Liang army quickly began to follow Xu Jin, gathered behind their own phalanx, and kept a distance, and began to cruise, waiting for the right moment to attack—this was also a tactic that Chen Qingzhi had already arranged, with few and elite cavalry, far from the area of engagement, and taking the opportunity to surprise attack.
When the Liang army was in formation, the Wei army was not idle.
Li Changjun reacted quite quickly, and almost at the same time as Xu Jin turned around and ran wildly, he ordered the herald beside him to blow the horn of attack.
The Wei army immediately swarmed out of the ambush, and they quickly converged in front of the formation, occupied the commanding heights, and condescendingly unleashed wave after wave of arrows towards the Liang army that was forming the formation, coupled with the tailwind, the range was greatly increased.
The bow and arrow pierced the sky, emitting a series of frightening "boom" sounds, and finally, smashed like hail on the top of Liang Jun's head.
Chen Qingzhi's troops were well-trained, and they had basically completed their formation before the attack of the arrow rain arrived. The rest of the Liang army was obviously not so skilled, and had to block the attack of bows and arrows with shields on one side while hurriedly forming a formation.
Although there were casualties, the Liang army still completed the formation, and took advantage of the gap between the Wei army's shots, and also launched a salvo counterattack, but the headwind shot at the enemy in the high place, and there was not much threat.
"It seems that we still underestimate this Liang army a little." Li Changjun observed the situation on the battlefield and said, "The commander is really Yuanshu? ”
"It's really Motoshu!" Li Jia'er replied affirmatively, and pointed with his hand, "Look, isn't there still his banner there." ”
Li Changjun looked at it, and it was indeed among the banners of the Liang army, and a handsome flag embroidered with the word "Yuan" was fluttering high.
"I've heard that this traitor is not a good fighter......" Li Changjun muttered in a low voice.
"Maybe there are powerful generals to assist him." Li Jia'er guessed.
"Maybe......" Li Changjun narrowed his slender eyes, "This kind of shooting is really meaningless...... Although our army had the upper hand, the Liang army was tightly defended and could not deal them much of a blow. ”
"Then our army will also form a formation, rush up and fight with the Liang army!" Li Jia'er said loudly.
"Hand-to-hand combat is a must, but now is not the time." Li Changjun shook his head and said, "After all, the Liang army has a numerical advantage, and it must not rush over like this." ”
"What then?"
"They were divided into several formations, and the purpose was definitely to protect each other without being surrounded and annihilated, but they ignored an important factor."
"What factors?" Li Jia'er asked with a blank expression.
Li Changjun smiled at Li Jia'er, "General Li, isn't it your Thunder Army!" ”
"Haha, does Childe want us to go into battle?" Li Jia'er rubbed his hands and said happily.
"Yes, you will be the winners and losers of this battle!" Li Changjun began to make arrangements, "Your task of 3,000 thunderbolts is to break up the various formations of the Liang army, don't fall in love with the battle, you only need to break up the enemy's defenses, and I will arrange for the rest of the soldiers to follow up the attack; Disperse for a while, immediately move on to the next formation at the far end, and don't get entangled. ”
"What if the Liang army is rushing towards us?"
"Don't worry, I'll let the rest of the soldiers contain them, you just charge into battle!"
"Order!"
According to Li Changjun's deployment arrangement, the Wei army began to move.
The Wei army began to move towards the Liang army while shooting arrows to suppress the Liang army.
The soldiers of the Liang army gritted their teeth and tried to maintain the tightness of the formation - there was always a time when the bows and arrows of the Wei army were exhausted, as long as their formation did not disperse and the shield defense was not chaotic, the rain of arrows of the Wei army was not enough to defeat them.
But at this time, a rumbling sound like dull rolling thunder sounded, and it became clearer and clearer, and it was rapidly coming towards Liang Jun's position.
"Is it going to rain again?" The soldiers at the front of the Liang army's formation couldn't help but look through the subtle gaps between the shields - the weather had not changed at all, and the thunder was accompanied by a group of stubborn demons!
The monster covered in heavy iron armor was rushing fiercely, but from the four hooves peeking out from under the iron armor, it could be judged that it was a war horse.
The warriors who were also covered in armor drove these iron horses, holding exaggerated-looking horse lances in their hands, lined up in a dense formation, turning into an unstoppable torrent of steel, aiming at one of the Liang army, and the momentum of the angry waves rushed over.
Behind the saddles of those iron horses, there are exaggerated and fancy parasites of all kinds, constantly swinging with the frequency of galloping. But in the eyes of the Liang soldiers, these originally gorgeous parasites had no beauty at this time, but seemed like death was beckoning to them......
In a sparse roar, the group of iron horses rushed into the Liang army's formation—the formation suddenly collapsed, as messy as broken porcelain. Under the ravages of horse lance and iron hooves, the Liang army in this array became overwhelmed.
Breaking up this Liang army, these steel monsters did not stop their pace, and their target was aimed at another Liang army next to them.
The scattered Liang army suffered heavy casualties, but the Wei army did not let them go - a group of Wei troops quickly rushed over and began to harvest and kill them.
The other Liang army didn't seem to come back to their senses in shock, and the group of iron horses rushed into their formation, which was also devastating, like a storm sweeping away leaves......
There was also a group of Wei soldiers who quickly followed up to kill the dazed Liang army.
"Brethren! Make as much noise as you can to attract the Wei army's armor and cavalry to us! After witnessing the collapse of these two Liang armies, Chen Qingzhi suddenly issued this order loudly. He knew very well in his heart that if this iron cavalry continued to attack wantonly, the Liang army would be completely annihilated! The only one who might be able to stop them is their own team, which is worthy of elite in terms of morale and organization!
When the soldiers heard Chen Qingzhi's order, they immediately shouted loudly, and beat their shields, making a loud sound.
Ce Lei Jun's attention was attracted, Li Jia'er looked disdainful, and the ease of the first two formations made him decide that Liang Jun was vulnerable. He said contemptuously and arrogantly, "I'm afraid that this Liang army is scared stupid, let's rush them to the ground first!" ”