Chapter 181: Defending Yuzhong (I)

The early morning glow radiated without hesitation, stabbing the pawn Wei Shun's eyes with a faint pain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

In front of me is a wasteland with no edge in sight, and it seems to be a flat lake without waves. There were no trees in sight, only a variety of low greenery gently swaying in the wind. There was a suffocating silence all around, no insects chirping, no birds or beasts disturbing them. There were only the sounds of low, powerful breathing, as if thousands of people were exhaling.

In the midst of this breathing, a terrible horn suddenly pierced the heavens and the earth. Wei Shun raised his head suddenly, looking straight ahead of the voice that came from. Then his eyes stiffened, revealing a look of fear and nervousness.

Directly in front of him, on the horizon where heaven and earth intersect in the distance, several flags suddenly appeared, followed by a pointed helmet, followed by a fierce face, a stout body, and a tall war horse under the helmet.

Because of the distance, Wei Shun had no way to see the facial features on his faces, but he could clearly see the black leather armor they were wearing, and from the neck down, the whole person was wrapped in black leather armor, and even the war horse under his crotch was also wearing armor.

The horses were all holding long stalks in their hands, the tips of the metal shimmering in the cold light in the sunlight. From afar, it looks like a forest of spears. Silently, slowly, pressed towards the place where Wei Shun was.

There were so many warriors on horseback that they appeared in the sky in a steady stream, and then, as if they had changed their formation, they formed one cavalry phalanx after another, and began to stretch out on both sides of the wilderness, and soon spread over the whole land. As far as the eye can see, there are flags waving in the wind and knights holding long guns, majestic and unstoppable.

"Huns! They are the cavalry of the Huns! ”

A voice sounded in Wei Shun's ears, it was their chief, who had also been in the army for less than three months.

Wei Shun is a native of Xiping County in Liangzhou, and his family was originally in the business of selling cattle and sheep, but who knew that the Qiang people of Tuyuhun dared to cross the border to plunder, and suddenly his well-off family became abject poor. His father was injured, his mother lost her life, and in desperation, Wei Shun could only join the army with his brothers in the village and fight for his life for his life.

At a time when the conquest army of Guangwu County was recruiting troops, Wei Shun came with his brothers in the same village and became a pawn of the conquest army, and is currently serving under the command of Cheng Dahu, the general of the Lingju County Government.

Killing people is not the same as killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, although they will both bleed and scream, but Wei Shun found that his hands and feet are no longer obedient.

The Xiongnu Han State Qinzhou Assassin Shi Hu Yanyu personally led an army of 25,000 to attack Yuzhong, and Cheng Dahu already knew the news before they started. To tell the truth, Zhang Jun took away all the elites of Guangwu County, and now there are only 1,000 army troops in Lingju County and 35,000 newly recruited soldiers stationed in Yuzhong.

Yesterday, 1,500 men and horses came to Jincheng County to assist in the defense, and it is said that the general who was far away in Guzang would also send the Xiao cavalry of the Chinese army to reinforce it. But the premise is that Cheng Dahu still has to use the strength of less than 8,000 people in his hands to block Hu Yanyu for seven days!

At first, according to the deduction of the Guards Planning Department of the Army, after Hu Yanwei learned the news of the loss of Taoshui and the siege of Didao, the safest strategy was to shrink his forces and retreat to preserve the retreat. But who knew that Hu Yanwei didn't do this, he had absolute confidence in Di Dao's defense, so he did his best and put on a posture of not giving up if he didn't fight Yuzhong.

Although the troops are small and the combat power is weak, Cheng Dahu is not afraid. After half a year of careful construction, the Yuzhong defense line has long been no longer a dispensable place, but a chain fortress comparable to Jincheng! Although the full line has not yet been completed, all key areas have been completed. He still clearly remembered that just a few days ago, when the 1,500 reinforcements from Jincheng saw the Yuzhong defense line, they were dumbfounded.

Hu Yankuo, Yuzhong will definitely be your place of failure!

Wei Shun was obviously not as confident as Cheng Dahu, and when he saw the Hun cavalry coming, he only felt that his brain was blank.

At this moment, the dull drum beat suddenly sounded, and you could vaguely see the dense spears appearing in the sky again.

This time, however, the spear-wielding men were not horsemen, but foot soldiers in black leather armor, pouring out of the gaps in the phalanx of cavalry, and then lined up one after another in the wilderness. If you look closely, you will see that not all of these infantrymen are armed with spears, but some of them are holding round shields and longbows. Military flags embroidered with Chinese characters flew in front of these infantry phalanxes, and Wei Shun looked at them for a while and found that there was a big word "Huyan" on them. “

"This is Hu Lu's Han army, they help and abuse, the most hateful!" Shi Chang's voice sounded in Wei Shun's ears again, full of hatred, and trembling with nervousness.

I heard that this Shi Chang is a remnant of the West, and the family was killed by the Han army in Qinzhou, so the enemy was very red when they met.

"Kill them all, kill them all!" Infected by the shouting before the war, many soldiers shouted at the top of their voices, one is to give themselves courage, and the other is to ask everyone to share the same hatred of the enemy.

Wei Shun had no hatred for the Huns, he hated the Qiang people who ruined his family. However, people are collective animals, and when everyone is red-eyed and desperate, no matter how calm people are, they will be affected, not to mention that Wei Shun is still a rookie. So he also shouted "Kill!" Kill! Kill ······" The slogan, just as the Huns on the opposite side are Qiang.

At this time, a herald cavalry carrying a red order flag ran back and forth in front of the formation, shouting: "Sons, General Cheng has an order: today's battle will affect the safety of Yuzhong, and the general will swear to survive and die with Yuzhong, and I hope that all the soldiers will fight bravely to kill the enemy!" Live up to the kindness of the governor and live up to the people! ”

"General Cheng has an order: Today's war casualties will be given a hundred yuan in compensation!"

"No!" It was as if countless soldiers shouted in unison.

Wei Shuncai didn't want his disabled father to come to receive his bereavement, he looked around a little blankly, and there were countless sergeants in plate armor on his side, listing the same strict phalanx.

These phalanxes consisted of shieldmen, pikemen, archers, crossbowmen, and axemen. At the foreground of them are shield-bearers holding huge shields, and behind the shields are two rows of pikemen kneeling on one knee, and large spears about three lengths are mounted on the bayonets on the edge of the shields, pointing slightly upwards and straight ahead. The pikemen were followed by three rows of archers, each armed with a foot bow and two boxes of feathered arrows hanging from their belts. The archers are followed by three rows of crossbowmen, using the stock crossbows that will be newly produced by the overseers!

After the crossbow, there was a row of sword and axe hands that pressed the formation, and the big sword with the ring head was shining with cold light, slashing not only the thieves and thieves, but also the disorderly people who escaped from the battle!

"General Cheng has an order: if you don't give the order and retreat from the latter, there will be no forgiveness!"

"General Cheng has an order: cut off the head of Hulu and give ten acres of land······"

"General Cheng has an order: cut off the head of Hulu and give ten acres of land······"

"No!" On the battlefield, the defenders of Liangzhou shouted in unison, and it was obvious that Cheng Dahu's reward in accordance with the regulations on rewards and punishments for the captured army was still quite attractive.

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From before dawn, more than 7,000 Liang soldiers and soldiers concentrated in the Yuzhong garrison entered the predetermined battlefield one after another, some lined up in the open ground, and some drilled into positions that had not yet been activated. Everyone waited for the invading Han army of Qinzhou.

Also leaving the barracks early in the morning to rush to the battlefield was the 25,000 Xiongnu and Han troops opposite. Today's battle involves the face of the entire Qinzhou army, if they win, they will be able to recover Yuzhong, and even cross the river to threaten Zhang Jun's base camp - Guangwu County.

The sun slowly climbed into the sky, a hint of coolness in the early morning slowly dissipated in the sun, and the temperature on the battlefield slowly rose. Everyone's breathing is unconsciously speeding up. Wei Shun clenched the step bow in his hand tightly, trying to calm his mind. He was not excited about the battle that was coming, but he was very, very scared, and he was also very, very confused.

"Junko, don't be in a daze! Straight ······" The tall and thin Shi Chang began to whisper to Wei Shun again.

Wei complied, but his eyes were still a little dumbfounded.

"Junko, don't give up your hands and feet in the face of the enemy!" Shi Chang looked at Wei Shun with some concern.

In a situation of extreme stress, the body may suddenly become uncontrollable, and some people may not even be able to speak. In the era of thermal weapons, many soldiers who went to the battlefield for the first time still had the situation that their fingers could not be hooked on the trigger.

He is also afraid that Wei Shun under his command will be stupid, and when the time comes, he will not be able to open a bow or raise a knife, and he will be the one who will die.

At this moment, the sound of angry scolding gradually sounded in front of the array.

"Straight sissy thief! Hu Gou is not a good man, he didn't dare to rush to kill, and drove some Han to die, and now he plundered the people of Longxi to go into battle······ Fucking Hu Yanyu, is there an egg or not! ”

It is said that the people of Longxi are now the people of the Xiongnu Han State, and they are the people under his own rule, but when the war started, these Han troops who had turned their backs on their ancestors were not merciless, and still drove the people living close to Liangzhou to rush into battle.

Wei Shun was stunned when he heard this, and when he looked forward, he saw countless people in disheveled clothes, helping the old and the young to be driven out from between the military formations of the Han army in Qinzhou on the opposite side!

"It's ······" Wei Shun lost his voice.

"It's the remnants of our Great Jin Dynasty!" The chief next to him stomped his feet and shouted, "The old routine of the Hu dog is to drive the people to plunder the city, consume our arrows, and degrade our morale!" Even the Hun Iron Cavalry, in my opinion, is just an eggless shrinkage, and I know how to bully the common people! ”

"Drive the people into battle?" Wei Shun somehow, the blood all over his body boiled, and his voice became hoarse because of anger, "Isn't the Han army in Qinzhou also Han people, how can they be so vicious?" ”

"Hah!" Shi Chang laughed angrily and scolded: "They are also worthy of being called Han people, they are clearly a group of beasts!" ”

Wei Shun's palms were full of sweat, and he felt that the bow he held in his palms was already very slippery, and he hurriedly said, "Then how can we live?" ”

More and more civilians were driven out, not three thousand, but two thousand, and they were forced by the soldiers of the Han army in Qinzhou to move forward slowly with swords, guns, bows and arrows, and they were getting closer and closer to the front of the Liang army. Wei Shun seemed to have seen faces that were numb, painful, or full of despair, all dressed as Han people. Among them, there are elderly people who are dying, and there are also children of young age......

Now is the critical moment when the two armies are facing each other, and there are six battle formations of the Liang army on the battlefield, with a total strength of 6,000 people. On the opposite side of the Liang army, there were 25,000 men and horses far exceeding the number, of which there were no less than 8,000 heavy cavalry wearing heavy armor and holding spears!

Judging from the current situation, the Liang army can only fight against it by relying on strict arrays and strong bows and crossbows, if the formation is disturbed by these people, these 8,000 Mongolian iron cavalry can defeat all the Liang army with a single charge!

"What can be done! I can only shoot ······ with arrows." Shi Chang replied through gritted teeth.

Wei Shun's heart was shocked again, "That's our kindred!" ”

He sighed: "But if we don't shoot and kill, we will be defeated, and once the army is defeated, the people of the entire Yuzhong and the entire Guangwu County may suffer!" ”

"The commander of the general of the journey commanded: the thieves drove the people to one hundred and twenty steps, and ten thousand arrows were fired!"

The shouts of the herald knights were accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves resounding across the battlefield, this was Cheng Dahu's order, although cruel and unkind, it was the only feasible method. At this moment, Wei Shun seemed to see countless soldiers of the Liang Army standing tall with pale red blood and tears flowing in their eyes.

"Damn, the Hun dogs are more animal than the Qiang people." He clutched the longbow tightly, his nails already embedded in his flesh, but he didn't realize it······

The remnants of Longxi who were driven to the battlefield were getting closer and closer to Wei Shun's military formation, and the scimitars and leather whips behind them were also twitching more and more frantically, and the screams, cries, pleadings, cursing, and cries for help were all combined, and they reached the ears of Wei Shun and the other soldiers of the Liang Army along the northwest wind, as if they were bursts of magic sounds from hell.

Cheng Dahu rode on a horse, his eyes wide open and his teeth clenched. He knew that as long as he released the arrows on his side, no matter how great the credit was after the war, the Metropolitan Governor would not spare him. To tell the truth, as long as a person with a conscience, it is difficult to make the decision to shoot the people. But Cheng Dahu carried the lives of more than 7,500 brothers on his shoulders and the heavy responsibility of defending Yuzhong, so he couldn't take any risks!

At this time, a lord beside him said: "General, you can't release arrows, but once you release arrows, the name of the Duke's benevolence ······."

He didn't finish his words, but Cheng Dahu knew what it meant.

After a while, seeing that the people were about to walk one hundred and twenty steps away, Cheng Dahu suddenly relented and ordered: "Let the whole army shout 'The people lie down', and when the people fall down, the Han army hiding inside shows their heads, and they will shoot the damn for me!" ”

The owner of the building also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurried to pass the order.

Besides, in the military formation, Wei Shun's eyes widened, his mouth opened, and he stared blankly at the scene in front of him, his mind was blank. In front of him, thousands of Han people were driven into the slaughterhouse by the Qinzhou army, who were also Han Chinese, with knives and guns.

Among them, there are mothers who protect their children with their bodies, young men who support the elderly, innocent children who do not know that great disaster is coming, rich people who shiver in broken silk and satin, farmers with numb expressions, and scholars who wear broken crowns······ are all waiting for death to come.

Suddenly, the voice of the herald sounded again: "General Cheng has an order: the whole army shouts 'the people lie down', and then shoot the enemy flat!" ”

This order was like a heavenly sound, which made all the soldiers of the Liang Army excited.

Suddenly, the shouts of "the people lie down" resounded throughout the four fields!

Sure enough, the people on the other side, who heard the shouting, hesitated for a moment, and then fell to the ground one by one like fallen crops. The Han army mixed in was stunned, they stood in the middle of the people in twos and threes, wearing the same tattered clothes, but at this time they were so conspicuous······

"Stretch!" A slight sound sounded in Wei Shun's ears, it was a special sound made when the bowstring popped out the feather arrow, and it was his chief who shot this arrow, because these people who were driven away had reached a distance of less than one hundred and twenty steps from the front row of the Liang army's battle array, but it was not the people who fell to the ground with the arrow, but the Han army in makeup!

"Fuck it!"

Countless arrows shot straight out, heading straight for the Han army array behind the people, and the marksmen shot the Han army among the people with one arrow at a time. As soon as the battle began, the morale of the Liang army did not fall but rose!