Chapter 80: Capture the Bridge (5)
The back road is broken?
At this time, everyone on the other side had such an idea in their hearts, but Liu Ji did not have a trace of surprise, and did not regret missing the opportunity to remedy, because the fire oil of the Tubo people soaked almost every rattan, as long as a rocket was shot, it would be an inevitable result, unless he could wrap up these rattans and all the land at the bridgehead in a very short time.
"Who is the highest of your rank?"
In addition to Xu Guangjing's team, there was almost a team of people who crossed the river, and after Liu Ji asked, the highest on the other side did not exceed his Guoyi Lieutenant, just a team, even Zhang Wuwei and Xu Guangjing were inferior, so he unceremoniously took over the command.
"Before crossing the river, the envoy has orders, and everything is only obeyed by the orders of Guoyi."
Sure enough, that group of people had no heart to resist, not only because Tian Zhen had said it in advance, but more importantly, they were currently in a desperate situation, and they could only pin their hopes on this arrogant and bold guy.
"Well, you wait here to line up, and the left flank will be handed over to you."
Liu Ji didn't have time to be polite, and he didn't even have time to ask what their names were, so he simply arranged them.
At present, he has three complete teams in his hands, that is, more than one hundred and fifty regular soldiers, more than forty Bolu archers, and the three teams are divided into three directions by him, blocking those Bolu people behind him, this small formation, blocking the front of about seventy or eighty paces wide, and behind him, there is the vine bridge that has disappeared, and the Tang brigade across the Po Yi River, which cannot give them reinforcements.
"What should I do?"
This question may be haunting everyone's hearts, but only one Bolu asked it in a whisper, his face was a little blue, and in just one hour, he experienced the whole transformation from thrill to surprise, from disappointment to hope to despair, and his heart was beating and beating, and he was about to be unable to bear it.
"Listen to his orders, fight!"
Eventually, he gritted his teeth and untied the leather quiver from his back and placed it at his feet, just high enough for him to pull out a feathered arrow with his hand.
What can you do if you don't fight? Even if they defected before the battle, they might not be able to beat these 150 Tang people who were armed to the teeth, not to mention that their families were still in the hands of others.
Die, after all, this young Tang man promised himself that he would be kind to the people in the village, and as long as there were people, there would still be hope.
"Armor."
With Liu Ji's order, because they had to climb over the snow-capped mountains, the thirty people who did not wear armor took over the armor brought by Xu Guangjing and others, and one by one silently and skillfully put the entire set of Mingguang armor on their bodies, each of them was no different from the mind of the Bolu people, since they were going to die, under the gaze of their colleagues, they would fight vigorously, and it would not be in vain to take the name of Anxi Erlang!
After doing all this, the rockets in the distance had stopped, and in order to ensure the effect, those Bolu archers shot out nine rounds of foot and foot, burning straight behind the Tang formation, and the flames were raging, like a Tang flag fluttering in the wind!
"The whole army is ready to meet the enemy!"
Liu Ji, who was neatly draped all over his body and holding a Mo knife in his hand, shouted loudly, and walked on the front of the formation first, behind him, the flag holding a triangular tooth side of the team flag, inserted it hard, and went deep into the mud with the tip of the flagpole, and then picked up the tiger head square shield leaning at his feet, pulled out the horizontal knife on his waist, and made a covering action.
The flag fell and people died, which is the responsibility of him and the two flag guards around him.
"Tomoto, Tomoto!"
A cronie's subordinate shouted a few times in a row, and Xi Dongzan seemed to wake up from his sleep, at this moment he had advanced to a distance from the small formation of the Tang people, but only a hundred paces, because of that wall of fire, all the actions of the Tang people were under his nose, and in addition to sighing, there was also a trace of shock in his heart.
On the verge of desperation, and with such a small number of people, they can still discharge a strict formation in a vain attempt to give it a go?
In that case, let them be perfected.
"Replace it with arrows, and leave no armor!"
Xi Dongzan didn't plan to fight hard with these Tang people, if he could solve it with arrows, let them die in front of his own eyes, he jumped off his mount, took out a handful of fried beans from the leather bag behind the horse, mixed them with barley noodles, and fed them to the horses little by little, all the cavalry did the same as him, not to underestimate the enemy, but once something happened, they could enter the battle in the best state, and the horses also needed physical strength.
He was looking forward to it, perhaps, the Tang man who killed Da Nang was in this group of people, and maybe he could surprise him.
"Shield!"
The three shouts came out almost at the same time, and the shield soldiers of the Tang Army in the three directions immediately connected the square cards in their hands end to end, and used more than 20 shields to block all the gaps of the fifty people.
"Woohoo"
The sound was endless, and soon covered this small area, and the arrows that fell on the shield made a "bell" impact, so that Liu Ji, who was hiding underneath, had a novel experience.
It turns out that this is the war of antiquity.
The rain of arrows like flying locusts lasted for nearly half an hour, and when he stopped, Liu Ji only felt that the surrounding mud was full of arrow poles, very similar to the wheat poles that had not been fully harvested in the wheat field, so many arrows were shot down, and there would always be a few unlucky ghosts, but he heard from the screams, there would be no more than ten people, it seemed that the enemy also knew that the effect of such a shot was not good, and the archers also needed to rest, and it was impossible to shoot round after round endlessly.
After a long time, he no longer heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air, he got out from under the square sign holding the flag, stuck his Mo knife on the ground, opened his hands, and shouted at the enemy in front of him, just like he had faced a pack of wolves.
"Ahh
"Ho!"
The Tang sergeants behind them all responded in unison, they raised their swords and guns, and slapped their shields, as if they were the side surrounding the other party, and then, even the Tang army across the river also responded, using their strength to send a cheer to their colleagues in a desperate situation.
The desperate situation, like this heavy dark night, covers everyone's hearts, and only the men who are present in it can feel the cry of this group of veterans, as if they are stubbornly trying to tear a hole in this black curtain and let a ray of light shine in.
No matter which side of the river bank they are on, everyone feels for the first time that Gorou's arrogance is so justified.
It's worth dying with such a chief.