"Repeat the same trick." Xu Ren laughed, and then ordered: "Everyone lie on the back of their horses, dodge the rain of arrows, maintain the formation, speed up the horses, and pass quickly." ”

All the knights sped up on their horses, then swooped down, carefully maneuvering their horses to dodge the flying arrows. "Woo, woo, woo......" From time to time, there was a dull sound of someone being shot by an arrow and dying from time to time.

"Everyone, listen, the people in the first row died in battle, the people in the second row made up, the people in the second row died in battle, and the people in the third row made up, and the formation must not be chaotic." Listening to the sound of death coming from time to time in the formation, Xu Ren, who was at the forefront, loudly encouraged the knights behind him: "After crossing this hurdle, we are the victors, and the women, gold and silver of Pengcheng are at our disposal." Come on! ”

"Rush!" The knights behind him heard Xu Ren's promise about the woman's money, their eyes lit up, and they also roared loudly.

On the upper floor of Pengcheng City, Song Yu looked at the cavalry array in front of him, and said with emotion: "The cavalry formed a formation, covered each other, and attacked with force, sweeping the road ahead, worthy of being the elite." Song Yu is a person who has seen the world, and knows that it is not easy to organize the cavalry into a formation, which has very high requirements for generals and soldiers.

Peng Wei, who was beside him, nodded when he heard this, and then shook his head again, not knowing whether to agree or disagree.

"Is there anything wrong with their formation?" Song Yu asked suspiciously.

"The cavalry galloped forward in row after row, without confusion, and the formation was maintained perfectly, as if it could sweep everything in front of it like a surging river. However, when the front knight fell from his horse and died, the rear knight substitute was not smooth, and a trace of hesitation in the action made the whole substitution process seem very stiff. Peng Wei explained: "The whole formation is empty, but it restricts the speed of the cavalry, and the strength is not very strong. County magistrate, look at it, as long as more than half of the people in the front row of them are killed or injured in an instant, this formation will be loosened in an instant. ”

In a few minutes of speaking, the cavalry array under the city quickly passed through the strike range of the repeater under the leadership of Xu Ren, and galloped forward with a sweeping momentum. This time, the casualties were extremely small, and only the dozen or so horsemen at the front were unfortunately pierced by arrows, and for a while, the morale of Xu Ren's subordinates was greatly boosted. Xu Yan, who was in the rear, saw this scene and couldn't help shouting: "Good job." Then he immediately ordered: The whole Chinese army is moving forward, and the remaining cavalry on both wings is covering the surroundings.

Above the city, Peng Wei saw from a distance that the enemy's rear formation was also advancing, so he immediately reported to Song Yuyu beside him: "The enemy's rear army has begun to advance, I think they are going to press on the whole line, although I have also arranged a few traps outside the city, but I will definitely not be able to stop the enemy's footsteps, and I am ready to fight the city battle." ”

Song Yu sighed and said to Peng Wei: "You go and prepare, I hope we can defend this city." ”

"Absolutely." Peng Wei responded, and after saying that, he walked down the city tower like a fly. Song Yu was left alone, still sticking to the city tower.

Walking down the city tower, Peng Wei looked back and said to himself what he had just said: As long as the county magistrate, your tall body does not fall. Peng Wei clearly understood in his heart that the county magistrate was no longer the county magistrate, and he had become the confidence in the hearts of the people to defend the city. From ancient times to the present, no matter what war it is, the side that always has confidence in victory will always be the victor.

"General, the enemy is about to enter the Trap area." Peng Wei's lieutenant walked up to Peng Wei to report. A trap is a fortification, in which a pit is dug in a key pass to trap the enemy's men and horses. Yesterday, Peng Wei led the people of Pengcheng to dig hundreds of irregular horse traps in the field overnight, and the pits were buried with iron thorns and bamboo sticks to stab the horses' hooves, and the pits were hidden with grass and fine dust.

"Order the crossbowmen to rest and get all the crossbowmen ready, and once the cavalry group arrives here, the arrows will rain down." Peng Wei ordered.

Under the city, Xu Ren led more than 700 knights to gallop towards the city desperately. "The crossbow machine is wound, the shield is covered, and the man and horse are one." Xu Ren ordered.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......" As soon as Xu Ren and his party stepped into the area of the horse trap, a rain of arrows hit them.

"Protection! Protect! Protect! Xu Ren roared loudly. At this moment, with a "boom" sound, the horse's front feet fell into a pit, and the horse stopped instantly, and due to the action of inertia, Xu Ren, who was riding on the horse, was thrown far away.

"General." Xu Ren's personal guards and subordinates shouted loudly. They hurriedly patted their horses to save Xu Ren, but how could there be only one trapped in the horse pit, and more than a hundred knights were thrown off their horses one after another.

Seo Ren fell to the ground again, but this time it was more dangerous than the previous one. Not only were a large number of arrows pouring into the area of the pit, but five or six hundred knights who had not been caught in the pit were still galloping forward. Therefore, Xu Ren had to avoid not only the arrows, but also the galloping horses, but fortunately he had a shield in his hand.

Xu Ren held the shield to cover the vital points of his body, and slowly got up from the ground. He shouted: "All those who have horses do not stop, continue to charge, with Xu Zhen (Xu Ren's personal guard) as the mainstay, and those who fall from their horses carefully approach me." So a large number of knights who were about to stop accelerated out of the horse trap area again, and the knights who fell from their horses also turned into infantry, carefully avoiding arrows and horses, and approached Xu Ren.

On the city of Pengcheng, Peng Wei continued to order: "Don't care about the people who fall from their horses, all the crossbowmen continue to shoot the cavalry group." ”

After passing through the area of the horse trap, the five or six hundred cavalry continued to gallop in disregard, and they began to counterattack while raising their shields and covering the men and horses.

Taking advantage of the crossbowmen on the city to draw their bows and arrows, and a little interval between the installation of crossbow arrows, Xu Zhen gave the first order: "Aim the bow and crossbow, shoot." ”

In an instant, hundreds of arrows flew from under the city to the city. "Ahh......h After all, the quality of the people in the city is not high, and for a while, some people are panicked again.

"People, don't be afraid to panic, I will work with you to protect this city." At this time, Song Yu's voice came from the city tower. At the same time, an arrow flew out of the tower, and one of the knights under the city fell to the ground.

"The county prince is mighty!" Peng Wei took the opportunity to shout loudly. A large number of people also shouted: "The county is mighty. For a while, the hearts of the people in the city were also a little settled. And at this moment, the cavalry group under the city also appeared in chaos. So the people naively thought that these knights were intimidated by the gods of the county duke. Although Peng Wei knew that the chaos of the cavalry under the city was due to the relationship between the iron thistle and had nothing to do with Song Yu, he chose not to refute the rumors, because he believed that letting the people worship Song Yu would help improve the people's combat strength.

Tribulus terrestris, a military-used iron spike spreading barrier. In ancient warfare, thistles were scattered on the ground, and their spikes could pierce people or horses' feet, so they were often used to delay enemy movements. Tribulus terrestris has a hole in the center that can be strung together with a rope for easy laying and collection. On the battlefield of the Warring States period, thistle terrestris has been used on a large scale. "Mozi Beicheng Gate" contains: "All accumulate ginseng stones, tribulus terrestris". "Liutao, Hutao" contains: "Narrow road and micro path, Zhang Tie Tribulus terrestris, four inches high, eight inches wide. "Tribulus terrestris is not a military weapon, it is simple to make, low cost, and can be used in large quantities. Last night, Peng Wei led the people to scatter a large amount of thistle terrestris in front of the rejecting horse gun array, mainly to slow down the galloping attack of the enemy cavalry.

Just when the cavalry was in chaos, Xu Ren and other people who fell from their horses also gathered together, and they formed a formation to walk to the area sprinkled with thistles, and Xu Yan in the rear also led the infantry formation to the strike range of the crossbow.

"General, the infantry formation of the enemy's rear army has reached the strike range of the repeater's crossbow, whether to attack or not." Peng Wei's adjutant reported to Peng Weiyu.

"You go and tell the repeater not to worry about the damage of the repeater, and fire the crossbow arrows with all his might, according to my inference, I'm afraid that after this battle, the repeater will not be used." Peng Wei commanded.

In the rear infantry array, Xu Yan led the infantry formation to slowly move forward, and when he reached the range of the crossbow attack, Xu Yan ordered: "The sword and shield soldiers raise their shields and pass quickly." ”

"When, when, when......" A rain of arrows struck, spilling on the shields, and the sound of metal crashing sounded above everyone's heads, accompanied by the intermittent screams of pain after being shot, and everyone had a sense of fear.

"Everybody quicken their pace, and those who don't want to die hurry up. As soon as we get to the city and fight each other, we can avenge our comrades who were shot to death. Xu Yan shouted loudly, wanting to dispel the fear in his heart for all the soldiers.

At the same time, the forward troops disturbed by the thistle terrestris were also reorganized by Xu Ren again. The cavalrymen held shields in one hand to protect the men and horses, and in the other hand held crossbow arrows, from time to time to fire the crossbow arrows in their hands, and then reinstalled the arrows under the cover of their companions, and all kept shouting: "Victory!" Win! Win! ”

Xu Ren shouted loudly: "Those who are still available continue to charge the city, and those who are not available dismount and follow me on foot." So they did so, and divided into two groups, one to continue on horseback and one to dismount and walk.

At five o'clock, the cavalry arrived at the rejecting horse gun array near the river, the cavalry group did not hesitate to change the rejecting horse gun formation with the rain of arrows, and at six o'clock in the hour, the infantry arrived at the rejecting horse gun array that had been destroyed near the river, at this time the cavalry had arrived at the moat, and was forming a counterattack on the side of the moat, waiting for the follow-up soldiers and horses, and filling the river to build a road, preparing to cross the moat, and at this time the rear infantry array was also braving the rain of arrows through the trap pit.