Chapter 34: Descent
"Fish scales? It seems that the Hanzhong generals are not all straw bales. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Looking at the soldiers and horses of Hanzhong who were roaring towards this side, Wei Yan pursed his lips disdainfully, raised his big sword again, and said sharply: "Crossbow arrows are ready, left and right are ready!" ”
With Wei Yan's order, the army began to change formations, under the command of generals and colonels at all levels, quickly pointed the crossbows in their hands to both sides, this time the rapid march, in order to reduce the load, each person only brought a repeater, a quiver, and the crossbow standing in the field defense did not bring it, but just like this, it was enough, and the range of two hundred steps was enough to make any enemy desperate.
"Shoot in sections!" With Wei Yan's order, the soldiers in the front row quickly shot out the arrows in the crossbow box and began to load the crossbow arrows, and the subsequent soldiers followed closely to the design, forming a dense rain of arrows pouring towards the opponent's army formation.
"Raise your shield! Archers fight back! Yang Bo and Yang Ang gave orders at the same time, but they slowed down their horses.
"Bang Bang Bang~"
A dense rain of arrows whistled by, and the shield in the front row was instantly covered with arrows, and the wooden shield in his hand was scrapped in an instant, and was killed by the crossbow arrows that followed.
"Rush!" The power of the opponent's crossbow arrows far exceeded Yang Bo and Yang Ang's expectations, although it was more than 5,000 people, but the power of this burst was comparable to that of more than 10,000 troops, and the disadvantages of the fish scale array also began to be exposed, not a dense military formation, the shield could not give enough protection to the archers in the rear, many arrow clusters passed through the gaps in the shield, and the unlucky archers in the back row kept falling to the ground.
After paying the price of most of the shield, the soldiers and horses of Hanzhong finally rushed within fifty paces of the opponent, and at this time, the arrow clusters in the quiver of the Chang'an army had been exhausted.
"Abandon the crossbow! Shield! Wei Yan gave an order expressionlessly, and the Chang'an army quickly threw away the repeater in his hand and removed a shield from his back, the shield was not thick, and the whole body was wrapped in cowhide, which looked very light, and the internal material could not be seen, but the arrows shot by the archers of the Hanzhong army were all bounced off by the shield.
"Kill!" Yang Ang and Yang Bo's faces became difficult to look at, but at this moment, the two armies were already close, and they had no choice but to charge.
"Hey!" Wei Yan sneered, and under his order, the soldiers quickly approached, forming a shield wall, and spears poked out from behind the shield wall, ruthlessly harvesting the opponent's life.
After a short collision, the Chang'an army quickly demonstrated their strong combat effectiveness, crossbow arrows were never their only means of killing, after the spear pierced the enemy's body, the spearmen quickly abandoned the spears in their hands, pulled out the war knives at their waists, and the front row shields smashed the dented shields of the impact to the Hanzhong soldiers and horses who rushed up in the rear, followed by taking out a battle axe from their waists and throwing it towards the opponent's rear formation, and the archers who had not had time to exert their power were beaten by countless axes that broke through the air and fled. The soldiers who rushed to the front were also killed by the fierce Chang'an soldiers' brave fighting power.
A Hanzhong warrior frantically looked at the war knife on the opponent's shoulder, and in the crisp impact sound, the war knife in his hand was light, and the Hanzhong soldier looked at the broken war knife in amazement, and although the opponent's armor was damaged, he did not suffer any substantial damage, and with a hideous smile on his face, he chopped off the opponent's head with a knife.
The morale of the already low began to collapse with the escape of the archers in the rear, the soldiers in the front row were killed with the tacit cooperation of the Chang'an army, and the two soldiers and horses collided together in less than a quarter of an hour to divide the victory and defeat, there is no doubt that the Hanzhong army, which had the advantage in numbers, was completely defeated, and in the face of the Chang'an army, which exceeded them several grades in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, when approaching at a huge cost, they were stunned to find that even without the terrifying crossbow arrows, this was still a strong army, and it was by no means a strong army that they could resist, The last trace of luck was shattered, and followed by an embarrassed escape.
"Shi Yuan commands on my behalf, watch me capture the enemy general!" Wei Yan laughed heroically, urged the horse to chase in the direction of Yang Bo, and said sharply: "The thief will leave!" ”
Yang Bo saw that the general trend had gone, and wanted to go back to the city, but when he saw Wei Yan riding alone, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and ordered his own soldiers to say: "Kill him!" ”
Wei Yan is the chief general of the three armies, as long as they can kill Wei Yan, they still have a chance.
"Poof~" Before the three pro-soldiers could get close, they were swept away by Wei Yan with a knife, followed by a knife to provoke a pro-soldier and throw it into the crowd, knocking down a piece of the pro-soldier, the other pro-soldiers did not dare to fight, subconsciously got out of the way, and Wei Yan easily broke through the encirclement.
Yang Bo's face turned a little green, at this moment Wei Yan had already rushed to the front, and there was no way to escape, so he could only raise his gun to meet him.
"Bell~" In a crisp sound, Yang Bo's hands cracked, the spear was out of his hand, his face was horrified, and when he wanted to transfer the horse to escape, Wei Yan had already caught up, laughed, and picked up Yang Bo like a chicken, and directly took Yang Bo back to his home camp under the frightened eyes of a group of guards.
"The general is mighty!" A group of Chang'an soldiers excitedly raised their weapons in their hands and made noise.
Wei Yan threw Yang Bo off the horse, and looked at Yang Ang, Yang Ang saw that Wei Yan captured Yang Bo alive, where did he dare to fight again at this moment, taking advantage of the emptiness at this moment, he had already fled with his own soldiers in embarrassment.
Allowing the remaining Hanzhong soldiers and horses to retreat to Nanzheng, Wei Yan did not continue the pursuit.
Pang Tong rolled his eyes, waved his hand and beckoned a soldier and said, "Escort Yang Ren up, and kneel in front of the city with Yang Bo." ”
"Whoa!" The soldier agreed, and soon, Yang Ren and Yang Bo were escorted to the front of the battle.
"Brother, why are you ......" The disgraced Yang Bo couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Yang Ren.
On the city wall, watching the eight thousand army being defeated in less than half an hour, his face turned pale, the defenders of Nanzheng, but the most elite soldiers and horses in the entire Han were completely defeated by the enemy in such a short period of time! Although the enemy did not continue the attack, but stood quietly outside the city, waiting for time to slip.
Zhang Lu's lips trembled and he couldn't speak, beside him, when Yang Song saw Yang Ren and Yang Bo being escorted to the front of the battle together, not only did he not panic, but a flash of joy flashed in his eyes.
The strength of the Chang'an army surprised many people, and the 8,000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong were so destroyed and defeated in the case of superior forces, and the confidence of many Hanzhong generals has been shaken, especially after this defeat, not only the soldiers and horses of Nanzheng suffered heavy losses, but also fell into a depression in morale.
"My lord." Yang Song took two steps forward, came to Zhang Lu's side, looked at Zhang Lu with a worried face, and said: "The soldiers in Guanzhong are strong and strong, and even if our reinforcements arrive, they may not be their opponents, so it is better to ......."
"What do you want to say?" Zhang Lu turned his head and looked at Yang Song calmly, and his cold gaze made Yang Song unconsciously take two steps back.
Lowering his head, Yang Song said astringently: "The general trend has gone, although the enemy army has no siege equipment, but the crossbow is enough to suppress our army, once they knock open the city gate, the war will inevitably affect the people in the city." ”
Zhang Lu's heart twitched fiercely, Hanzhong is his hard work, more than ten years of Taoguang and obscurity, only now Hanzhong's population is at its peak, Yang Song's words undoubtedly hit Zhang Lu's weakness.
"If the lord wants revenge, my Hanzhong army alone is not enough to shake Shuchuan, if Lu Buken helps the lord take revenge, then ......" Yang Song glanced up at Zhang Lu, saw the coldness in the other party's eyes dissipated, and said in a low voice: "Lord, the general trend has gone, if you are not weak to surrender, you can ...... Ah......h
A sword pierced Yang Song's heart, and blood splashed Zhang Lu's eyes, the latter looked back in amazement, but saw Yan Pu slowly pulling out the sword in his hand from Yang Song's body with an angry face, and said sharply: "The thief who sells for glory, what face does he have to live in this world!" ”
"Brother!" Yang Angzheng, who had just returned, saw his brother being assassinated by Yan Pu with a sword, roared angrily, rushed up and kicked Yan Pu to the city wall, and in Yan Pu's screams, his body lost his balance and fell down the city wall.
"Is there infighting?" On the other side, Wei Yan looked at the city wall in amazement, and said in surprise.
"It's done!" Pang Tong waved his fist excitedly, and there were obviously people on the city tower who were already shaken.
On the city tower, the sudden change caught Zhang Lu off guard, and all of a sudden the two courtiers he relied on the most were gone, and he glanced at Yang Song, who was dying, Yan Pu fell from such a high city wall with an old bone, and was destined to be crushed, and Zhang Lu's pale face was even more ugly.
"Lord!" Yang Song was held in Yang Ang's arms, stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Lu's sleeve, and said astringently: "The army has no fighting spirit, the general will have no fighting spirit, and the war is together, how can the people be innocent?" Let's drop! ”
"Lord!" Behind Yang Song, many Hanzhong generals knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhang Lu: "Surrender." ”
Zhang Lu looked at this group of subordinates incredulously, and then looked at Yang Song, who had lost his breath, and had mixed feelings for a while, it was these people who supported him to take the position, and now, he has never treated these people badly over the years, and now that the catastrophe is coming, no one is willing to support him, the general trend has gone, has the general trend really gone?
At least in Zhang Lu's opinion, the other side does not have many soldiers and horses, even if he gives up the city wall and fights with the enemy, he may not be able to delay until the arrival of reinforcements, but at this moment, all the generals in the city surrender?
Time passed bit by bit, Zhang Lu looked at these people with an ugly face, he knew that these people were also forcing themselves to make a statement, if Zhang Lu refused, these people would probably tie themselves up directly, right?
Sen Ran glanced at Yang Song, Zhang Lu knew that the reason why this guy tried to persuade him to surrender until he died was not because of the two brothers he was captured alive outside the city?
Three hours passed quickly, Pang Tong waited patiently, after a night of rapid marching, coupled with a fierce battle before, the physical strength of the soldiers has reached the limit, if the three hours have passed, the other party is still holding on not to open the door, then he can only retreat, after all, there are not many arrows.
"General, military advisor, it's time!" A captain stepped forward and looked at Wei Yan and Pang Tong and bowed.
"Failed?" Pang Tong glanced at the direction of the city gate and nodded to Wei Yan, Wei Yan rode out of the battle, slowly raised his big sword, and was about to give the order to retreat...... (To be continued.) )