Chapter Eighty-Three: Fierce Battle in Octagonal Gully
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"Knock knock!"
Outside the Octagonal Ditch Pass, on the ground shrouded in golden sunlight, black armor is all over the sky, spears are like a forest, and in the sound of drums that shake the sky, a group of black-armored troops exuding a cold and murderous spirit slowly drove out of the Yangwu army camp outside the city, forming a small phalanx to come to the pass.
In the middle of the army, a big engraved with the word Xu stood in the wind, and Xu Shu, the commander of the 30,000 army under the flagpole, walked slowly under the guard of the pro-army.
"Stop!"
"Stomp!"
At the sound of an order, the flag was unfurled, and the army stopped in place.
Forbidden by order!
The uniform movements and super sense of military discipline immediately outlined the appearance of an iron-blooded strong army, and an invisible oppressive force rushed straight to the defenders on the tower of the pass city.
"Yang Wu Army!"
On the city wall of the Bajiaogou Pass, Feng Shuangli, the chief general of the pass in armor, looked at the Yangwu army below who were preparing to attack the city, and muttered in a low voice with a solemn face.
Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan, the two of them are the two most warlike generals under Sun Kewang's army, and they occupy a pivotal position under Sun Kewang.
Since Sun Kewang proclaimed himself the king of Qin, Feng Shuangli has been appointed general of Zhendong, responsible for commanding an army of 50,000 to defend the eastern part of Jinzhu County, including the Bajiaogou Pass.
This time, taking advantage of the war between Sun Kewang's army and Li Dingguo, Xu Shu, a military division of the Yangwu Army, led 30,000 troops to attack strongly, causing the hearts of the people to fluctuate on the Jinzhu border.
Bajiaogou Pass is located at the forefront of Chenshi County to Jinzhu County, and is the place where Yangwu Army must attack Jinzhu.
If the Bajiaogou Pass is there, it can send troops to threaten the rear of Xu Shu's army at any time, so that it does not dare to easily divide troops to attack the left and right sides, so the key to this battle is in the Bajiaogou.
In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Feng Shuangli personally led an army of 10,000 to guard the octagonal ditch to block Xu Shu.
Looking at the majestic Yang Wu Army below, Feng Shuangli's mood can be described as extremely complicated.
For this rapidly rising and powerful neighbor, Sun Kewang and his generals were all a little disdainful and unbelieving before.
At the beginning, Qilin Village was just a small force trying to survive in the gap between his great western forces, and if it weren't for their ignorance and indulgence, I'm afraid it would have died out long ago.
Sun Kewang was confident that if he led a large army to conquer, he would be able to easily surrender him.
Unfortunately, this arrogant idea was shattered not long ago in the War of Stale Food.
In February of the second year of the Great Controversy, Sima Yu raised troops to attack Chenshi County, and defeated tens of thousands of Ainengqi's army in less than a month, all of which were based on Chenshi County.
In the Battle of Caijiawan, Wang Yantong, the captain of the Changfeng Battalion, broke the pride of Sun Kewang's army in one fell swoop.
In the face of the 20,000 elites led by Bai Wenxuan, a general under Sun Kewang, Wang Yantong relied on more than 4,000 soldiers of the Changfeng Battalion to block Bai Wenxuan's attack.
Since then, Sun Kewang and the others have finally begun to face up to the rising neighbor of Yangwujun.
Under closer inspection, the strength of the Yangwu Army really entered their field of vision.
Dominating the land of four counties, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, the charming achievements on the road to rise are even more shocking.
In their carelessness, the Yangwu Army has grown up in order to make it an existence that cannot be ignored, and its threat has even surpassed that of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, who are regarded as fierce rivals by Sun Kewang.
Feng Shuangli had also heard of the elite of the Yangwu Army before, and he knew that the rumors were true after seeing it this time. Moreover, according to the information they found, the army in front of them is probably still the Yangwu Army with a large number of recruits after the expansion.
"It's a tough battle!"
After carefully looking at the flawless Yangwu army formation below, Feng Shuangli couldn't help but turn his gaze to the middle of the army, Xu Shu, who was also dressed in armor, with a calm expression.
This great talent, who once left an amazing mark in the history of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, really showed his talent as a general in the Yangwu Army at this time.
The 30,000-strong army was like an arm under his layout, and the army arrays were interlocking and tightly interlocked, and there was no chance to take advantage of it.
This kind of ability to command troops, Feng Shuangli boasts of being inferior.
"Arrows!"
Under the bright sun, the armor on Xu Shu's body seemed to be painted with a golden light, and the majesty of his prestige was even stronger, and after carefully looking at the defenders in the city, he waved one arm and ordered in a deep voice.
"Knock knock!"
"Go to the Arrow Formation!"
The drums beat again, and to the shouts of the heralds, groups of archers with longbows in the style of crossbows leaped out of the crowd, forming three rows in front of the large army.
"Wind!"
The longbow is fully displayed, and the murderous spirit is all over the sky.
"Shoot the arrows!"
"Woo Woo Woo ~ "
At the sound of an order, ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, and a dense rain of arrows shot towards the wall of the pass at a rapid pace.
The Divine Arm Bow, also known as the Divine Arm Crossbow, was invented during the Northern Song Dynasty, the bow body is three feet long, the string length is two feet five, the range is far more than 240 steps, and it is known as one of the standard weapons of the Song Army crossbowmen.
After confiscating several Xianbei tribes one after another, Sima Yu gathered prestige again, and the treasury system once again activated some functions.
Among them, the Tripod of People's Livelihood, the Tripod of Ancient Weapons, and the Tripod of Divine Martial Arts have all been activated, and the Divine Arm Bow is one of the weapons that have been opened from the Tripod of Ancient Weapons.
In the Yangwu army, there has always been a habit of preferably filling the archers with strong arm strength, and there are not a few people who force two or three stones.
This time to attack Jinzhu County, Sima Yu deliberately opened more than 10 ancient artifacts, and allocated 10,000 divine arm bows to Xu Shu.
The group of archers in front of the army was an arrow formation composed of 3,000 archers from the third battalion.
"Woohoo!"
"Ahhhh
The ultra-long range of the Divine Arm Bow was suddenly larger, which was beyond the expectations of the defenders of the Bajiaogou Pass, and some soldiers who were not strictly guarded were hit by arrows one after another.
"Get down!"
Feng Shuangli, the main general of the defenders, was also shocked by the range of the Divine Arm Bow, and hurriedly exclaimed and ordered.
It's a pity that it's too late!
Three rows of archers in three batches of archers fired in turn, then stepped back to mount their arrows, and the 3,000 archers shot tens of thousands of arrows in just a few minutes.
In a round of arrow rain, the defenders of Bajiaogou who were caught off guard damaged no less than thousands of people at once.
"Drums! Enter! ”
Seeing that the archers had made a contribution and suppressed the enemy army under the battlements, Xu Shu immediately ordered.
"Knock knock!"
"Crunch!"
To the sound of war drums, columns of black-armored soldiers began to push siege vehicles, catapults, ladders and other siege equipment towards the city wall.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Ahh
"Ahh
The catapult stopped 300 paces away from the city wall, and under the operation of the soldiers, huge flints flew towards the city wall, slamming into the city wall violently, setting off a scream.
"Archers! Shoot the arrows! ”
As soon as the rain of arrows stopped, the defenders on the city wall of Bajiaogou Pass also quickly began to organize a counterattack.
"Bell, bell!"
"Ahh
Under the dense rain of arrows, groups of Yangwu soldiers began to charge with iron shields and siege equipment such as ladders, and from time to time one or two unfortunate soldiers were shot by arrows from missed gaps and fell to the ground.
"Kill!"
Soon, the army attacked the city, erected long ladders and began to attack.
"Put the stones!"
"Rolling logs!"
Seeing this, the defenders also immediately launched a targeted counterattack.
For a time, the sound of fighting and screaming on the entire battlefield shook the sky.
On one side is the well-equipped and well-trained Yangwu army, and on the other side is the Feng Shuangli army that is defending according to the situation, and a tragic battle is staged on the city wall of the Bajiaogou Pass that is several feet high.
"Pedal Pedal ~"
Just when a fierce battle was raging on the wall of the Bajiaogou Pass, a team of Jin-clothed guards dressed in flying fish suits appeared on the bank of the Changxi River in the west of Jumei County.
"Phew~"
When he came to the riverbank, Xiao Sa grabbed the reins and stopped his horse, and the hundreds of horsemen behind him also stopped when they saw this.
"Disperse immediately and strictly investigate everywhere!"
Standing on the bank, Xiao Sa looked at the flowing Changxi River and said in a deep voice.
"Whoa!"
Behind him, a group of brocade guards quickly led the order to both sides of the riverbank, and soon there were only a few Xiao Sa left on the bank.
"Lord Baihu, didn't we already know that the caravan was attacked by Zhao Wencheng from Fengning Town? Why does Commander Shi want us to come here to investigate so vigorously? ”
After the rest of the people left, Xiao Sa's deputy, Shi Jin, who tried a hundred households, said in confusion.
"This is the Lord's order, this move must have a deep meaning, we just need to work hard!"
Xiao Sa's eyes froze when he heard this, and he glanced at Shi Jin with a slight warning.
"Yes, sir!"
Shi Jin was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said respectfully.
Xiao Sa knew that this Shi Jin seemed to be from the Republic of China period in later generations, he was alert and knowledgeable, and he was quite valued by the above.
However, there are some things that do not know the importance of things, do not know the dignity and inferiority, and still need to be polished.
"Lord, I'm afraid I'm tempted by these three towns!"
After warning Shi Jin, Xiao Sa's eyes couldn't help but look at Hekou Town on the other side of the river, and said secretly in his heart.