Under Yiwu City, the yellow sand is permeated, it is rare to have a good cloudy day, there is no trace of blue in the sky, and the humid air is filled with a monstrous murderous aura, Sikong Xing and Liu Hongji led the army to fight a decisive battle with the Sui army under Yiwu City, and Jiang Fei led the rest of the people to control the guards of Yiwu City. According to his previous experience, Wang Wei still discharged 500 heavy cavalry to charge, 500 armored cavalry lined up, hooves like thunder, slowly rushed towards the Yiwu County position, 3,000 light cavalry followed, and 2,000 cavalry on each wing protected the heavy cavalry flank.

What Wang Wei didn't expect was that Yang Chong and Feng Qicheng had already made two hundred copper bed crossbows according to the bed crossbow drawings left by the Han Dynasty, and each crossbow could fire three iron guns with feathers at the same time; The bed crossbows had now been dropped into the army, and they were in the midst of the infantry. When Liu Hongji saw the cavalry arrayed on the opposite side, he ordered all the bed crossbows to twist the winch, open the crossbow strings, buckle them on the teeth, and the crossbowmen who were in charge of loading the arrows set up the crossbow arrows and aimed them at the target.

Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps, and when the heavy cavalry rushed to two hundred steps, Liu Hongji gave an order, and the two hundred crossbowmen each raised a sledgehammer and hammered the launcher with all their strength, and in the whistling sound, the huge crossbow arrows flew to the enemy in rows, and the five hundred heavy cavalry were shot down more than 400 people in a blink of an eye, and only more than 30 horsemen were left to continue to advance. The battlefield is stagnant, and the mounted cavalry has never been so easily killed by the opponent, what kind of arrow is this?

Yu Qinzhang and Shi Wannian on both flanks stopped their advance almost at the same time, and Sun Chi and Cao Hongtai, who were in charge of the troops in the middle, did not react for a while, and continued to charge with the heavy cavalry, commanding the archers to prepare to fight back. But thousands of crossbow arrows flew head-on, and the cavalry almost fell to the ground one after the other, and the remaining heavy cavalry were killed by all the javelins thrown as they approached the infantry; The distance after the start of two hundred paces was almost a death zone, and in the face of two rounds of fire from Igo County, nearly half of the men were lost, and the remaining cavalry crossed the long corpse and formed a formation again.

The sound of war drums on Wang Wei's side intensified, Zuo Kunlun personally led 3,000 cavalry to reinforce from the middle road, Yu Qinzhang and Shi Wannian immediately launched the final charge, and the cavalry hard bow of Yiwu County also began to snipe; Although Liu Hongji's five hundred giant crossbows fell to a third of the crossbowmen, they still managed to send out a third salvo, which not only hit more than five hundred cavalrymen, but also bought time for the bed crossbows; In the last fifty paces, the bed crossbow roared again, and more than 700 people, including Cao Hongtai, were killed instantly.

The distance was too close, most of the crossbow arrows of the bed crossbow were shot through two or three people, Qi Bige led five hundred cavalry to the front, and after killing Sun Chi and other more than three hundred horsemen, he even met Zuo Kunlun's team. Everyone understands that as long as the infantry is loaded with crossbow arrows, Zuo Kunlun's 3,000 horsemen are waiting for death; The eldest grandson Wunai suggested: "General Wang, collect the troops." ”

Wang Wei was a horse thief in Liaodong when he was a teenager, and was later recruited by Yin Shou, who regarded human life as a mustard, and said coldly: "If the troops are collected, the people in front will die in vain, whether it is success or failure, it depends on today, order the whole army to attack." ”

Sikong Xing looked at the battlefield, his eyes were blazing, in addition to the Chinese army's 2,000 crossbow troops, 500 javelins, and 500 spearmen were infantry, this time 10,000 cavalry was also mobilized, including 6,000 cavalry expanded by Xifeng Changshan and Wei Chigong, 3,000 cavalry from the Turpan Commercial Bank, Liu Hongji and other departments withdrawn from Gaochang, and 4,000 cavalry from the Tuoba Qiang and Xifeng Qiang tribes, which was a veritable decisive battle for both sides. The battle between Khambeg and Zuo Kunlun ended quickly, and Khambeg was quickly defeated, leading the remaining two hundred horsemen around the formation.

Zuo Kunlun's combat effectiveness was raised to the extreme, rushing down the crossbow soldiers, Wang Wei led the last 5,000 cavalry to also start moving forward with all their might, and the two wings Yu Qinzhang against Xifeng Changshan and Shi Wannian against Li Wenxin were all at odds. But to Zuo Kunlun's surprise, the density of the crossbow arrows shot was greatly increased, almost two thousand at a time, and it was endless, it seemed that it could not be stopped, and the three thousand horsemen were almost lost in the distance of two hundred and fifty steps to two hundred steps, leaving only Zuo Kunlun and the dozen horsemen around him.

Wang Wei galloped over, shouting "two wings", there were more than 10,000 corpses of people and horses, and it was impossible to attack in the middle at all, and the only way was to defeat the opponent's two wings. Zuo Kunlun and Sun Chi accepted Wang Wei's 2,000 horsemen, plus their original men and horses to the left; Wang Wei led 3,000 horsemen to the right.

Sikong Xing shouted: "Beat the drums and attack." ”

The Yiwu army is thundering, and now the number of people exceeds that of the other party, and it is the time for a decisive battle; In the infantry, javelinmen and spearmen came out in formation, and the left and right flanks were also reinforced; The first loss in the melee was the infantry, but the opponent's infantry killed their own cavalry almost one-to-one, which made Zuo Kunlun feel cold. The three thousand Black Flag Army led by Wei Chigong threw themselves into the battlefield, crushing the last straw in Shi Wannian's heart, Zuo Kunlun didn't have time to make a decision, and Shi Wannian's men and horses were already defeated like a tide.

Zuo Kunlun was trapped in the formation, rushing left and right to rush to kill without bleeding, Sun Chi screamed and killed Zuo Kunlun's side, escorted Zuo Kunlun to retreat, and was picked off the horse by Yu Chigong with a spear; Suddenly, Yiwu Jun shouted "Wang Wei is dead, Wang Wei is dead", Zuo Kunlun looked sideways, and Wang Wei's banner on the other side really fell, and then Wang Wei's head seemed to be picked up on a bamboo pole, and the golden handsome helmet was particularly dazzling. The bloody plot happened to the eldest grandson Wunai, who took advantage of the chaos to kill Wang Wei, which caught Yu Qinzhang off guard, and suddenly the army was defeated like a mountain, and the order was not stopped.

The Yiwu army killed 7,000 enemies, killed Wang Wei, Sun Chi, Cao Hongtai and other generals, captured nearly 3,000 people, and many of the original Gaochang soldiers surrendered as soon as they were defeated, capturing more than 4,000 war horses and obtaining countless weapons. The eldest grandson Wunai killed Wang Wei is the first achievement, and it happened that Yang Chong's letter arrived, and Jiang Fei immediately announced in public that the eldest grandson Wunai was rewarded with one thousand taels of gold; Yiwu was too young, and Jiang Fei arranged for the eldest grandson Wunai to go east with Wei Chi Gong to aid Yang Chong.

Shi Wannian retreated with Zuo Kunlun into Jimo County, Yu Qinzhang retreated to Gaochang County, and the two counties under the jurisdiction of Yu Zhongwen temporarily lost the ability to attack Yiwu County. Wei Chigong's Black Flag Battalion arrived at Yumen Pass three days later, and Yang Chong had already mobilized 4,000 cavalry and 4,000 infantry in Zhangye to prepare for dispatch; After listening to the battle situation of Yiwu, Yang Chong arranged for the eldest grandson Wunai to go to Zhangye to serve as a commander.

According to the plan drawn up by Ling Jing, Tuoba Anhu, Yang Ji and Luo Shixin set out with 2,000 horsemen to rendezvous with Suo Yanshou, attack the camp near the Great Wall of Dunhuang, release the prisoners imprisoned there, and watch over the grain in the fields; Yang Chong, Ling Jing, Yuan Renhui and others led the 4,000 infantry troops of Shan Xiongxin and Zhang Ju and the 3,000 cavalry of the Black Flag Battalion to kill Dunhuang City directly along the avenue.

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