The horns were melodious, the war drums were excited, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, and the recruits were excited and enthusiastic, and they stopped what they were doing and kept looking towards the fortress, looking like that, they clearly wanted to climb to the top of the city and see the real battlefield fighting. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Looking at the veterans beside them, their faces are expressionless at the moment, and they are still working hard, perhaps in their hearts, harvesting wheat is more important than fighting.

"Listening to this voice, there must be at least 10,000 people!" Zhang Yuming, the deputy commander, saw that Jiang was stunned, and walked up to him and said.

"Brother Zhang, how do you know?" Jiang Du stared at him and asked curiously.

"I've participated in large-scale battles like this several times, and there are even more than 100,000 people fighting them!" Zhang Yuming said with a smile on his face with a hint of pride.

Jiang Du showed admiration, the veterans who survived several large-scale battles did have the ability to be proud.

However, he was also secretly vigilant in his heart, remembering that on the day he first came, Zou Zheng, the division commander of the Third Division, had said that every year during the wheat harvest season, the enemy army would send troops to attack and harass, but there had been no large-scale battles between the two imperial camps for more than a year.

He didn't think about it further, after all, this place is located in the southern foothills of the Jura Mountains, the location is extremely safe, and if there are thousands of people fighting, I am afraid that in a war, it is not very large-scale.

There are a total of 1,000 recruits who came to the Red Dragon Fortress with Jiang Dao, and the strength is a brigade, and the recruit brigade is assigned to the third division, it is said that the light brigade of the third division has been disabled in the battle not long ago, and Jiang Dao and they came here to make up for the establishment. Among these thousand people, there are many familiar faces, such as Shen Ying, Chen Tong, Yang Yao, Du Hangtai and others.

Jiang Du is the king of soldiers, and the recruits are naturally headed by him, and when they see him working again, they no longer look around, and they all pick up scythes, like those veterans, and continue to harvest wheat.

However, the shouts of killing from the direction of the fortress seemed to become more intense, and the screams of the soldiers and the mournful screams of the war horses were incessant, even if they were thousands of kilometers away, they could be heard clearly......

Arrows rained down, and the heavy strings trembled like a life-threatening note, and people kept falling from arrows. Assyria's 3,000 cavalry soon passed through this death journey, they raised their curved bows and feathered arrows in their hands, and began to fight back, 3,000 arrows soon appeared in the sky above the Northern Yan army formation, black and pressing, with the same sound of death, making people feel suffocated, the heavy armored infantry of Northern Yan has become accustomed to this, they raised the heavy shield in their hands high, covering the comrades behind them, and the spearmen behind the shield held the spears in their hands tightly.

The dense arrows quickly fell into Beiyan's military formation, and the rain was as pervasive as a shower, and despite the heavy shields, many soldiers were still shot by the arrows, and fell to the ground and howled, and a large number of gaps appeared in the neat formation in an instant. The five rows of archers behind the phalanx were also affected and suffered heavy damage, but none of them flinched, still calmly returning fire with their longbows, hoping to kill as many enemies as possible before the cavalry reached the infantry phalanx.

They are arrayed here, the task is to stop the enemy, the war drums are endless, the battle is not stopped, they have been in the battle array for a long time, and their hearts have been tempered like iron.

The cavalry was getting closer and closer, the roaring hooves were like heavy thunder, and the hoplites could clearly see the opposing horse, as well as the Assyrians on the horse, with a sneer on the other side's face and a dazzling scimitar at his waist.

Assyria's scimitars were of excellent quality and cutting power, which could easily cut through the light armor on the body and the arteries in the neck, so the defense of the infantry in the front row was particularly important. It is unrealistic to use shields or spears alone to stop cavalry, but the combination of a well-trained shield and spearman can effectively resist the onslaught of light cavalry, and although there is little hope of survival, the sacrifice can become extremely valuable as long as the final victory can be won.

The archers behind him kept firing, and the comrades around him kept falling, and the arrows on both sides seemed to be endless.

It was as if after a long wait, the two armies finally met in a short fight.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Burst! Burst! Burst!

The two sides collided like two torrents violently together, and at the intersection of the two sides, pieces of blood flew up, and the roars of the soldiers, the neighing of the horses, the exchange of weapons, and the wails of the wounded were mixed together, and a tragic war melody was played together......

At this moment, the flesh and blood flew everywhere in front of the Beiyan phalanx, and the corpses were everywhere, and the life was as fragile as dandelions, and it disappeared without a trace when it was lightly blown.

The drums and trumpets of the attack were still fierce and melodious, and the three thousand light cavalry were divided into three lines, and the two whirlwind left and right marched towards the flanks of the phalanx, and they only needed to break through the flanks to break through the phalanx, and at the same time kill the archers behind the phalanx.

Tang Lan arranged 500 light cavalry and 500 light soldiers on each flank, and when he saw the opposing cavalry rushing towards him, these light soldiers stood in three rows with bows and crossbows, and fired at the galloping Assyrian cavalry.

The power of the three-stage attack was huge, the accuracy was high, and the Assyrian horses that rushed in front were hit by arrows in the head, and the horses were painful and difficult to control, and the knights rolled off their horses, losing their most threatening advantage at once.

Taking advantage of the frustration of the opponent's offensive, the Beiyan cavalry held spears, quickly caught up, and fought with the Assyrian cavalry behind.

At this moment, Assyria's 2,000 light soldiers followed and joined the battle group, and the advantage that Beiyan had just gained instantly disappeared.

Tang Lan's expression was calm, observing the movement on the other side, his own damage was completely ignored by him, it was normal for people to die in war, including himself, he was ready to sacrifice at any time.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, so he must always pay attention to it in case of accidents, and he knows that the generals on the opposite side are doing the same thing as himself......

At the same time, the veterans on the wheat field also stopped their work one after another, revealing puzzled eyes.

"Something is wrong!" Zhang Yuming whispered to Jiang Du.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Du's eyes suddenly became awe-inspiring.

"After fighting for so long, it doesn't seem like a harassment war!" Zhang Yuming explained.

"What is your consciousness?" Jiang Du seemed to have faintly grasped something.

"I'm afraid the other party has other intentions!" I have to say that Zhang Yuming, as a veteran, has a keen sense of war.

"Jump!" Jiang Du shouted at Zhang Tiaoyue in the distance.

Zhang Tiaoyue's face was not good, and she held back the anger in her heart and asked, "Commander Jiang, what's the matter?" ”

Jiang Du ignored his appearance and said quickly: "You take 20 brothers with quick hands and feet to explore the mountain in the east!" ”

Zhang Tiaoyue looked up at the mountain peak in the distance, pulled Xiao Hei and left quickly.

"Commander Zhang, you go and discuss with those veterans, let them stop working and prepare for battle! I'll take someone to the west of the hill to take a look! ”

After saying that, he led a dozen people and ran towards the mountain to the west. (To be continued.) )