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The fallen knights could only watch as they and their companions were slashed with heavy swords and broadswords, sharp axes and copper hammers were smashed indiscriminately, spears and lances were stabbed together, and in a moment hundreds of dragoon guards who were still majestic just now became bloody corpses.

Coupled with the hundreds of war horses that had their front hooves cut off and were lying on the ground and rolling all over the ground, they actually formed a separation belt of more than ten steps between the two armies, and the ground was soaked with blood, preventing the knights behind from advancing further.

The spearmen of the Shuozhou infantry finally found a respite, and the more than 2,000 exhausted and scarred soldiers in the front row retreated like a tide, and it was their turn to heal and rest after the battle, and replaced the fresh troops in the back row, while the 3,000 heavily armored and iron-helmeted sword and axe men retreated slightly, mixed in the formation of the pikemen, and only waited for the opponent to attack again, and then stepped forward to attack the horse's leg again.

As soon as Yang Yichen saw that the battle line in front of him had stabilized, his face softened slightly, and he raised the big sword in his hand again, and the flag bearer set up a red flag again this time, just like the color of bright red blood, floating in the air without wind.

After the rocket attack was over, the three thousand bows and arrows that were withdrawn from the rear of the large array quickly re-formed a three-row arrow formation of a row of 1,000 people, and under the unified command of the team leaders, they calculated the direction and angle again, and instantly shot a thousand black and pressed feather arrows into the sky, crossed a graceful and long arc, and landed on the original swords, shields and chariots more than 200 paces away.

Now there was not a single Shuozhou soldier in that position, but it was all crowded with rebels, and even some impatient cavalry had jumped off their horses. I was following those who threw away their armor. The infantrymen who came running from behind to help pull the cart. Work together to knock down those chariots and swords and shields that are in the way, so that you can squeeze forward better and faster.

In this way, those swords, shields and chariots became the best guide for the archers, although the dragoon guards were heavily armoured, and it was difficult to shoot one or two arrows, but more than a thousand wild goose arrows and the huge potential energy falling in mid-air shot many people to the ground, and many more people had several arrows stuck in their shoulders and necks. While shouting and scolding, he grabbed the shaft of the arrow and pulled it out.

And those infantry who had no armor protection, huddled together to pull the cart and push the shield, were even more unlucky, were shot down, screams one after another, and the living people also threw down the ropes and tools in their hands, either hugging their heads and running around, or getting into the nearest car to find cover.

After the rain of arrows, the infantrymen who had run away immediately ran back, and the people under the belly of the car also got out and continued to pull the damn cart. But in the blink of an eye, there was another black rain of arrows in the air. Many people opened their mouths wide and forgot to run in shock, and when the long arrows pierced through their bodies, they wondered why this second wave of arrow rain came so quickly, and there was hardly any gap.

Wang Shichong at the head of the city could see it clearly, Yang Yichen divided the archers into three rows, only five or six paces apart, the archers in the first row quickly retreated after shooting, the archers in the second row stepped forward and continued to fire, and the archers in the third row advanced to the position of the archers in the second row while loading arrows.

In this way, the time between the platoons and the platoon was no more than five steps apart, and then the time to draw the bow and shoot the arrows, and the continuous rain of arrows continued to pour down, accurately and fiercely smashing on the line of the chariot's sword and shield, and soon left behind nearly 2,000 corpses that had been shot like hedgehogs and wounded soldiers who had fallen to the ground and wailed.

The remaining infantry and dragoon guards are not stupid, except for hundreds of infantry who have not had time to run away, they are hiding under the chariot with their heads in their hands, covering their ears, and their hearts are beating with the chariot seat on their heads every time they are hit by an arrow, and the remaining knights and infantry have retreated, far away from a distance of 100 paces, and outside the range of bows and arrows, in the car array, in front of the Shuozhou army formation, there are only more than 2,000 densely packed dragoon guards.

A smug and cruel smile flashed on Yang Yichen's lips, and he raised his broadsword again, and the flag bearer waved the red flag in his hand three times to the rear, and the archers' team immediately sent out a command: "Reduce the force by two points, the range is close to fifty steps inward, and ten rapid fires!" ”

This time, the three rows of archers no longer used the pattern of taking turns, the three rows fired arrows together, and after firing an arrow, they quickly put their arrows on the bow again, and shot the arrows as fast as possible, this time the rain of more than 3,000 arrows was much louder than the previous round of a thousand arrows, pouring into the steel clusters that were crowded like sardines.

The dragoon guards in the front row, who were closest to the Shuozhou spearmen, desperately tried to trample over the wounded horses and dead bodies on the ground, and squeezed forward to fight, but were blocked by the long, dense, forest-like array of guns.

The spearmen of Shuozhou had learned from the movements of the axemen, and five or six of the ten lances were stabbed upwards diagonally, which were used to stab men or horses in the chest, in order to resist the knight's steel advances, but four or five spears began to stab the horse's legs downward.

This worked, many knights were directly stabbed in the legs of horses, or tripped over corpses and horses on the ground, and fell to the ground with men and horses, and the unlucky ghosts who landed on the ground were soon stabbed to death by random guns, or they were drilled out of the crowd, and the swords and axes with heavy hammers were smashed to death at once, and even the corpses became new obstacles.

The more deadly blow still came from the air, Rao is these dragoon guards are heavily armored, it does not mean that they are invulnerable, ten rounds of arrow rain attack, before and after the sum of only two or three minutes, so that they can not avoid it, and they don't even have time to turn around and run back. Most of the knights were shot like hedgehogs, and from a distance they looked like hedgehogs in motion.

Due to the huge potential energy that falls from the sky, the knights who are shot in the head or through the neck will still be killed by an arrow and become a corpse lying on the horse's body.

After the rain of arrows, less than half of the iron army of the dragoon guards were still on their horses, and among the thousand or so knights, there were also three or four hundred corpses lying on their horses, and the rest of the living people were also shot with arrows and scarred, most of them had lost their weapons, and they were holding their horses weakly to survive.

The yellow flag behind Yang Yichen was erected again. Tap forward three times. The knives and axes, whose eyes had turned blood-red, were like floods that had opened the floodgates. Coming out of the phalanx of the lancers, and heading straight for the knights, who had few men left to resist, the swords and axes and hammers were whipped together, first slashing the legs of the horses, and then slashing and smashing at the people on the ground, and soon even the wailing gradually subsided.

Pei Wenan rode on a tall horse and looked at Qiao Zhongkui beside him with a gloomy face. He asked, "Marshal Qiao, what can you do in this situation?" ”

Qiao Zhongkui hit the saddle hatefully, gritted his teeth and said: "Yang Yichen, this dog thief is really treacherous, deliberately leading our army's iron cavalry to attack, with these messy obstacles, the advantages of the iron cavalry cannot be brought into play, this will make the front army have such a big loss, in my opinion, our army must go around the enemy's flank and attack." ”

Pei Wen'an's tone was cold with a hint of murder, and he whipped and pointed at the chariot and sword shield opposite, where there were still some blades that had not completely subsided. He asked, "What about the situation now?" ”

Qiao Zhongkui looked at it slightly and said, "What can I do about this." There's no way the brothers inside can be rescued. ”

Pei Wen'an's eyes were full of killing intent: "Now is the most rampant moment for the enemy, they have light cavalry on both wings, it is difficult for us to bypass it, the art of war is cloudy, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, Marshal Qiao, you can think of the method of flanking attack, Yang Yichen must also think of it, to win this battle, only with a method that he can't think of!" ”

Qiao Zhongkui tilted his head and looked at Pei Wen'an, and there was a hint of unconvincing in his tone: "Pei Zhuguo, I know you are resourceful, but what can you do in this situation now?" ”

Pei Wen'an smiled "hehe": "We can order all the cavalry to dismount and fight on foot, the enemy's light cavalry is on both flanks and cannot join the central battle, even if these ironclad knights of our army dismount, they still have a great advantage over their leather armor infantry troops, and after the hand-to-hand intersection, it is impossible for them to attack us with bows and arrows." ”

Qiao Zhongkui's eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "Yes, this method is not bad, the enemy's cavalry is on both wings, and the center cannot come to support." Heralds, quickly go to the front to give my general order, and all 5,000 people in the front row dismount and fight on foot. ”

Pei Wen'an continued: "Send two thousand cavalry on each wing, keep a distance from the opponent's light cavalry, protect the flanks, and the concession army and the cavalry in the rear are ready to fire crossbows at any time. ”

Qiao Zhongkui glared at the second herald and shouted, "If you hear it, do what Pei Zhuguo said!" ”

Pei Wenan gritted his teeth and said: "This battle is more ruthless and resolute than anyone else, and it can't be fought slowly according to the routine at all." Our soldiers do not lack courage, let alone strength, as long as we are the commanders a little more ruthless, we will definitely be able to crush the enemy army on the opposite side. ”

Yang Yichen also looked at the thousands of ironclad dragoon guards on the opposite side and dismounted, the soldiers in the front two rows held long lances, and the foot knights in the back row held hand-to-hand combat weapons such as sabers and heavy swords, like a small steel forest, pressing towards his side, this move was really unexpected by him, his head was spinning quickly, trying to find a way to break the enemy.

Just as Yang Yichen was thinking, the enemy army had already marched to the line of chariots and swords and shields, and Yang Yichen loudly ordered to the flag bearers behind him: "Command the bow barracks, five rounds of rapid shooting!" ”

The sky was shrouded in a dense rain of arrows, but this time the enemy soldiers in the back row had already prepared, all carrying huge riding shields, and when they saw arrows coming in the air, they stepped forward and raised their shields over the top, like umbrellas to hold up a safe sky for the soldiers in the front row.

Except for dozens of unlucky unlucky ghosts who fell to the ground with arrows, the entire steel phalanx still poured into the back of the chariot from those gaps in an orderly manner, and the eyes of the dragoon guards flashed with terrible killing intent and vengeful anger, and they stepped on the corpses of their comrades viciously, and pressed firmly and forcefully towards the Shuozhou infantry fifty paces away.

The first row of lancemen were still holding their guns and lances, and they were also marching towards the enemy, and the soldiers in the back row all raised their melee weapons such as wooden shields and swords, and they quickly rushed into the enemy formation to slash and kill as soon as they received the battle.

The corners of Pei Wen'an's mouth twitched viciously a few times, and he turned his head and shouted at the herald: "It's now, quickly give the order, five arrows will attack!" ”

Qiao Zhongkui's ass seemed to be ignited by fire, and he jumped up on the saddle all of a sudden: "Pei Zhuguo, you're not mistaken!" It's about to take over. How can you release arrows at this time? It's going to kill our army! ”

Pei Wenan turned his head and glanced at Qiao Zhongkui. A look of mockery flashed in his eyes: "Yes." I know that it will kill our army, but it will also kill the enemy, if the enemy has a shield to block the archery just now, it can't kill much, but who will care about raising the shield to block the arrow when the short hand is in hand, our army is steel helmet and iron armor, and there will not be much loss in shooting, and the enemy army is all light leather armor. It's completely unprotected again, and we can shoot down a large piece in one round, and we still make a lot of money! ”

After Pei Wen'an finished saying this, he didn't look at the stunned Qiao Zhongkui at all, and shouted directly at the herald behind him: "What are you still doing?" Hurry up and give the order! Delay the fighter, military law is engaged! ”

The herald immediately rushed to the back to find the flag, Qiao Zhongkui sighed, and said faintly: "Pei Zhuguo, if you kill this army like this, you will let the soldiers who fight in front of you." What do you think of the soldiers who are shooting behind, you are not afraid of losing the morale of the army. Will no one work hard anymore? ”

Pei Wen'an interrupted Qiao Zhongkui directly: "I'll talk about what happens in the future, it's a big deal to change the soldiers of the iron-clad battalion." But if we lose today, you and I will all lose our heads, what do you care about the future?! Today, the man surnamed Yang came prepared, and so far every step has been in his expectation, if our army is not surprisingly ruthless, how can it win? ”

"Marshal Qiao, the so-called Ci is not a general, no wonder you have been in the army for so many years, although you have the reputation of a fierce general, you can never be compared with Yang Sushi and these people."

Qiao Zhongkui was about to say more, but there was already a scream in front of him, and the soldiers on both sides who had just fought in battle were washed by the sudden rain of arrows one after another.

Sure enough, as Pei Wen'an expected, this kind of arrow attack that does not distinguish between the enemy and me, among the soldiers on both sides who were killed in a group, obviously caused a lot of losses to the lightly armed Shuozhou infantry, and as soon as the five rounds of arrow rain passed, more than 2,000 Shuozhou infantry had fallen in a pool of blood forever, and the dragoon guards who dismounted and fought on foot shot down less than 300.

The more than 2,000 lance men who had been recuperating and resting after the battle before, when they saw that the situation was not good, they immediately took up their weapons, and did not wait for Yang Yichen to raise the order, so under the leadership of their respective teams, they formed a team and rushed into the battle group, and the soldiers on both sides completely stopped caring about any formation after the battle, all of them were catching teams and fighting, and the distance of about 100 steps behind the chariot sword shield had completely fallen into a melee!

Pei Wen'an's face was full of excitement and pride, he slammed his left palm with his right fist, and howled: "Okay, that's what you want, give the order, send another three thousand people in, and break the current enemy infantry in one go!" ”

The fighting front was advancing more and more towards the side of the Shuozhou army, and more than half an hour passed, and the dragoon guards who were fighting on foot had already vigorously advanced the fighting front to the side of the Shuozhou army for another hundred steps or so, and they saw that they were less than fifty steps away from Yang Yichen's handsome banner.

The dozens of sharp-eyed dragoon guards fighting on the front line had even seen Yang Yichen standing on a horse with a big sword, as if they had taken stimulants, trying to kill the enemy in front of them, and rushed directly to Yang Yichen to kill the commander and capture the flag, and made the first contribution!

Yang Yichen's brows were about to twist into a Sichuan character, and he could clearly see the faces of every soldier who was fighting to the death within a distance of less than a hundred steps in front of him, he raised the big knife in his hand again, and said in a deep voice: "Herald the archers, five rapid shots, the first two ordinary arrows, and the last three rockets!" Target, the enemy's new reinforcements! Chariot on that line! ”

Six thousand black-pressed arrows swooped down on the three thousand dragoons who had just rushed in, and they raised their large wooden shields above their heads as their companions had advanced for the first time, and heard only a "crackling" sound, most of which were nailed to the wooden shields, causing almost no casualties.

These dragoon guards were even more confident, and a leading team was shouting: "Shuozhou coward, only worthy of shooting shields!" The knights around him laughed and quickened their pace, and when they had to take another fifty paces to reach the place of the melee, they could throw away their shields and go on a killing spree.

There was another sound of arrows nailing to the wooden shield, but there were no casualties, and the dragoon guards laughed even harder, but soon someone felt that something was wrong, and this time there seemed to be a burning sensation on the wooden shield, and there was a burst of smoke into everyone's noses.

Everyone was still in shock, there was another sound of arrows hitting the shield, the smell of smoke became louder and louder, everyone finally understood that the enemy was attacking with rockets, and many people's hands had been burned by the flames from the wooden shield. ”

Before he could finish speaking, the third wave of rockets shot at him again, and although many knights had thrown away the wooden shields in their hands, the chariots and swords and shields behind them were also made of wood, and they were still nailed with a large number of rockets, and suddenly a raging fire burned in and behind the ranks of the three thousand men.

Although there is basically no wind now, it is summer, the air on the grassland is very dry, and with a large amount of wood, the fire "rises" and burns more and more. (To be continued......)