Arrows rained down through the sky. On the side of the Hun army, the main general Jin Chong saw that Chen An was in danger, and hurriedly ordered ten thousand arrows to force the position and cover Chen An's escape. Then a horse flew out of the enemy's ranks, but Putu threw his arms and spears, and was angry to fight him. Lei Qizhi only had Chen An in his eyes, and when he saw that such a rare opportunity to kill Chen An was finally lost, he gritted his teeth and scolded loudly. But the arrows were like flying locusts, and he did not want to take any chances, so he turned his horse back in anger.

Pu suddenly saw that Lei Qizhi was ignoring him at all, and he couldn't help but be furious. In the past, when he was in Luoyang, he was injured in the hands of Lei Qizhi, and since then he has always wanted revenge. Now that he saw Lei Qizhi running back, where he was willing to give up, he chased after him. Before a few steps, but seeing that the gate of Jingning City suddenly opened, a large banner with Qin characters was shaken open in the wind, and then countless soldiers rushed out with guns and spears, shouting. It turned out that Hu Song was closely observing in the city, and when he saw that Lei Qizhi seemed to be defeated, he wanted to let people go out of the city to rescue. But then seeing Lei Qizhi back to repel Chen An, forcing Chen An to flee in embarrassment, Hu Song keenly captured the change in the momentum of the battlefield, so he took advantage of the situation to pursue, and let Fan Sheng take 8,000 strong soldiers and rush out.

Lei Qizhi turned around again, and went forward first, Fang and Pu suddenly collided, and the soldiers on both sides immediately handed over their hands and began to break out in a scuffle. So the generals against the generals, soldiers against soldiers, all kinds of long and short weapons are desperately wielded.

When it was intensely anxious, a majestic horn sounded at the head of Jingning City, and the sound of a big drum that shook people's hearts also sounded immediately.

The city gate was reopened, and a general put on his helmet and armor, led the black and oppressive soldiers, and came out again. The general raised his spear and shouted, "Swear to kill the thief!" There is no advance or retreat! ”

"Swear to kill the thief! There is no advance or retreat! ”

"Swear to kill the thief! There is no advance or retreat! ”

“……”

The soldiers of the Qin army on the battlefield immediately let out a deafening roar in unison. With this howl bursting out from the bottom of their hearts, it seemed that everyone's strength had also increased several times out of thin air, and the soldiers all stiffened their necks, clutched the blades in their hands tightly, and rushed towards the enemy formation as if they were dead.

Jin Chong, the commander of the Xiongnu army, looked up at each other, and saw that on the banner of the opposite general, there was the name of 'General Hu of the Town Army', and he knew that this was the main general of the Qin army who personally attacked, and his momentum was not trivial. Jin Chong tore the sash off his head, threw it to the ground, choked and pulled out his long sword, and shouted: "Invincible warriors! Rush me! Tear all enemies apart! ”

Two waves crashed violently into one place. The clashing of blades, the stabbing of spears, the gasps and shouts of men, and the scolding of foul language, came and went. There were all sorts of strange screams, which were the painful wails of soldiers whose lives had been abruptly ended by sharp weapons, and who were dying in agony that did not resemble human voices. But more of them are soldiers who have survived a hundred battles, and they have long been numb to this, and their eyes are irritated red by blood, and they just want to rush forward and cut off more heads of the enemy. Right now, the battlefield is already a Shura field of crazy killing.

In Jingning City, there are 20,000 people with the men and horses of the headquarters, Hu Song's Tianshui soldiers and Xiangwu's reinforcements. After a series of sorties, there were still five or six thousand men left in the city. Before Hu Song came to the enemy, he made arrangements and ordered the last 5,000 men, when the battle situation was at its most stalemate, to fight again, and rush through the enemy formation from both flanks, without seeking to kill or inflict, as long as it disturbed the enemy's position and shook the enemy's morale.

Under the offensive of the main force assault and flank outflanking, the two sides fought fiercely for more than an hour, and the Huns finally ran out. The commander of Zhenbei, the general Jin Chong, came to the battle formation in person, but he was also wounded, and had to order to start retreating on his own initiative. The Qin army took advantage of the situation to catch up, but was firmly blocked by the enemy army outside Longcheng. Seeing that it was difficult to succeed for a while, Hu Song immediately made a decision, turned around and went south, recovering Qingshui City in one fell swoop. As a result, the state of the two sides has returned to the initial appearance of the confrontation before the war.

The outbreak of this battle was the first to be provoked by oneself, but after spending a lot of manpower and material resources and losing thousands of elite soldiers, there was no additional gain, at most it only ensured that the lost territory of Luoyang was recovered. After the end of the war, because Hu Song's predecessor captured Chengji, and then went to the Luoyang battle array to repel the enemy, Gao Yue ordered Quanzhou to reward Hu Song's merits, and followed Yang Ke's advice to persuade the king of Langya, who was temporarily on the throne of Jiankang, and asked Hu Song to give Xia Yangzi the title.

At the same time, in order to distinguish rewards and punishments, Gao Yue also severely reprimanded Lei Qizhi, accusing him of vain provocation but it was difficult to win, and both sides of reason could not be forgiven. He ordered to strike seven fingers and twenty military sticks with a cane on the spot, fined him for one year, and deposed him from the post of general of Luoyang County, demoted to the general of Liupin, and still let him stay in Jingning, and was not allowed to come to Xiangwu without following the order, and atoned for his sins to see the after-effects. In addition, Gao Yue also warned the county officials such as Fan Sheng, the Taishou of Luoyang, and Wu Xia, the county general. When the edict of the General's Mansion came, the Luoyang army was ashamed, embarrassed, and embarrassed, and hated Chen An, and almost wanted to eat his flesh and blood.

"Damn, I've never been so birdish, Chen An's pickled goods!"

Lei Qizhi scolded with foul language, and slammed the table to a bang, "Singles is not my opponent, even Longcheng was taken by me." If it's a good man, you Chen An will counterattack, and if I lose again, I will admit it. But who knew that this dog thing was really shameless, Baba ran to ask his Hu master for help, attracting tens of thousands of people, in a hurry, can I bear it! ”

Wu Xia next to him smiled helplessly at Fan Sheng, who was sitting down, shook his head and said, "Yes." Chen An doesn't even want the face of his ancestors, he is willing to lead a horse and fall into stirrups for Hu Lu, this kind of despicable person who forgets his ancestors, if it really falls into our hands one day, he will drown him with spit! ”

"Spit? Cheaper him! If it falls into the hands of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will ......"

Fan Sheng waved his hand, interrupting Lei Qizhi's resentment, and said quietly: "That's it." Say what these useless do. This time, the lord ordered the whole army and sent a letter to ask, Ben will be the head of Luoyang, and he can't have a crack to drill. However, things have happened, we can't be entangled anymore, we have to look backwards, two, am I right? ”

Lei Qizhi said angrily: "I also know this truth." But the lord scolded me for not stirring up trouble casually, which led to an inexplicable war. I don't dare to act rashly now! ”

After all, Fan Sheng had been immersed in the officialdom in Kyoto for a long time, and he was still somewhat accurate in keenly capturing the true intentions of his boss. He smiled meaningfully: "It's really not okay to act rashly. But the two, you have to find out the true mind of the lord, why is he angry, is it really because he blames General Lei for vain provocation? ”

As soon as these words came out, not to mention the party Lei Qizhi, even Wu Xia was also confused. But I heard Fan Sheng say leisurely: "You don't see the root of the problem. The lord is not a timid and fearful person, but on the contrary, he is strong when he is strong, and he is mighty. Then, for General Lei to take the initiative, he will never blame. What made him dissatisfied was that we didn't win later, which probably made the lord feel guilty, so he was angry, understand. ”

Lei and Wu suddenly realized, and unconsciously nodded frequently. Lei Qizhi's heart perked, and he hurriedly said: "Since that's the case, then when will we take the initiative to do him again?" ”

Fan Sheng glanced at him: "The war is a major event, do you still think it is your old business as a horse bandit in the past?" What else do you want to do. Listen! For a period of time, we have to endure humiliation and bear the burden, calmly and carefully plan. When Chen An thinks that we are afraid, shrinks, and dare not move again, he will give him a thunderous blow and let him suffer a big loss, so that we can raise our eyebrows and report the victory, so as to wash away the stains on our bodies, and we can't let others laugh at us wherever we go! ”

Lei and Wu received the order with great emotion, and felt a little depressed, and regained a lot of energy.

On this day, in the Ordnance Division, Gao Yue brought Peng Jun and talked to each other with the craftsmen such as the Sha Siguan around him while comparing with the drawings. Because in later generations, one of the main weapons of the army was the bow and crossbow, and the bed crossbow, as a heavy long-range weapon, was extremely lethal, and its power was far beyond the reach of ordinary bows. Although the bed crossbow is relatively complex and cumbersome, and its mobility is poor, once it becomes a formed equipment, the advantages it can bring in war are far greater than its own shortcomings. At the very least, if it is used in the defense of the city, a few bed crossbows are arranged on the city wall, it is simply an irresistible weapon for the besieging army.

Although the bed crossbow has long appeared in the history of our country, its origin can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it can be regarded as popular in the Han Dynasty. However, in the Western Jin Dynasty, there were still relatively few records of the imperial court and local armies equipped with bed crossbows, indicating that from the official to the people, there were relatively few people who understood, were familiar with and willing to promote bed crossbows. Most of the aliens pay attention to mobility, and they come and go like the wind, and some don't even like to carry them, let alone the heavy and troublesome bed crossbows.

But Gao Yue originally came from the Two Song Dynasty, and knew the merits of this thing, at least in this life, if it is used properly, it still has great advantages. So he brought Peng Jun, a strong crossbow general who commanded the archers, to the Ordnance Division together. Peng Jun was still very interested in his job, and when he heard that there was such a powerful new equipment, he interacted with great interest. Gao Yue drew a drawing, then explained some key points in detail with everyone, and finally asked the Ordnance Department to make one first.

Out of the Ordnance Division, a herald was already waiting outside: "General Yu, General Yang Tao Yang asked to see the general." ”

When Hu Song returned to Shangqi from Chengji City, he escorted Zhang Chun to Xiangwu. A few days ago, the thick and sturdy prisoner car finally sent him, and Gao Yue ordered Zhang Chun to be tied and erected on the big flagpole in the school yard, and then in full view of everyone, he personally whipped hundreds of people, and actually whipped Zhang Chun to death. Gao Yue was especially angry, and asked Feng Liang to drag Zhang Chun's body to the entrance of the village where the ruins of Bailing Village had become a ruined wall, and then Ling Chi cut it to the souls of the dead in the village. Regarding Yang Ci, the No. 2 accomplice, Gao Yue also resolutely instructed that no matter what, he must not be allowed to go unpunished, and he must be arrested as soon as possible.

Therefore, now that he heard that Yang Tao asked to see him, Gao Yue was stunned for a moment, thinking that Yang Tao didn't go to pursue the remnants of Yang Ci outside the Saiwai, why did he come back, and he was originally a general of Tianshui County, why didn't he go back to Shangtai but went straight to Xiangwu to ask to see him, I am afraid that there is something important.