It was close to noon when the sound of war drums came from the south.

The low and violent drum beat informed Han Gang and the others on the watchtower that Li Changjie had no intention of confronting and waiting, and was going to start attacking now.

Accompanied by the sound of drums, the Jiaozhi army slowly walked into the battlefield with Li Changjie's big silk, walked into the sight of Han Gang and others, and approached the Quy Nhon Pu camp step by step.

Only a mile away from Quy Nhon Pu, the Cochin Army stopped, along with the sound of drums, but this pause was very short. The formation was adjusted, and the drums sounded again. The Chinese army in Jiaozhi did not move at all, but only a quarter of the team remained, surrounding Li Changjie's general flag as a reserve, and most of the troops were put into the battlefield and crushed towards the Quy Nhon Pu camp.

"It seems that Li Changjie knows the truth." Han Gang pursed his lips and smiled bitterly. Although there is psychological preparation, luck is inevitable. When I see myself telling the truth, I always feel a little uncomfortable.

In the past few days, Su Ziyuan has rarely spoken except for talking on official business, and when he saw Li Changjie's coach Daxu, his hateful gaze burst out from the bottom of his eyes - then again, no one had the idea of chatting in the past two days - but when he saw Han Gang, he asked remindedly: "Will the Jiaozhi thief army divide its troops to bypass the big camp of Quy Nhon Pu and attack Kunlun Pass directly?" ”

"If Li Changjie really divides the troops, it's too late for me to be happy. Divide three thousand, and in the evening it will be a night attack. Divide 5,000, I dare to go out of the village to fight against it. Han Gang really hoped that Li Changjie would be confused, "Kunlun Pass is not unmanned, even if it is just the Guangyuan Army, it can be held for ten days and half a month, the cruelty of the Jiaozhi people is famous, what will they do after breaking the city." If you want to break through the gate head-on, the Jiaozhi people don't have the ability yet. And even if it occupies Kunlun Pass, it doesn't mean much to the current Jiaozhi people at all. ”

It's a pity that Li Changjie used an impeccable positive attack method, and the main force directly took the Gui Nhon Pu camp, forcing the Song army to fight hard. Only two partial divisions of four or five hundred men each, that is, the forces of the two commands, began to walk in an arc, apparently to make a detour to the rear of the Quy Nhon Pu camp, intending to block the traffic between Quy Nhon Pu and Kunlun Pass.

Han Gang looked down at the camp below, whether it was the official army or the Guangyuan army, there was no sign of timidity or cowering in the face of the attack of the Jiaozhi army. The morale of the military is quite stable.

"Envoy, is it to defend the village or to fight?" Li Xin asked Han Gang's opinion.

Han Gang asked back: "What do you mean?" ”

"Defend the village first." Li Xin said, "The thief army has few bows and crossbows, and they are not good at attacking fortifications, and they have camp wings, so they can shoot happily!" ”

"Yellow Cave Lord, what do you think?" Han Gang turned his head and asked Huang Jinman.

“…… Guarding the village. Huang Jinman hesitated for a moment and answered Han Gang's question, "It's already past noon, it's inconvenient to attack at night, and Li Changjie will be withdrawn in two hours." ”

"What do you say, Boxu?" Han Gang asked Su Ziyuan again.

"Defend the village." Su Ziyuan looked up at the sky, "There are thick clouds in the north today, the humidity is heavier than the previous two days, and it may rain in the evening." ”

The three of them had different reasons, but the answers were the same, and it was exactly what Han Gang thought, and it was also the plan discussed before, "Okay! Then stick to the camp today. Help the Jiaozhi thieves recall their experience of fighting in Yongzhou City for two months! ”

"Li Xin, the gold is full, the two of you go down to command the headquarters and act according to the established strategy."

"The last will obey." "The villain obeys."

Whether it was Han Gang, Li Xin, or Su Ziyuan, they all only relied on the eight hundred official army as the core combat power, and did not take the thousands of barbarian soldiers full of gold too seriously. However, using them for simple defense, or a timed pursuit of victory and defeat, can still be useful.

The drums of war were beating in front of the big tent of the Chinese army. With a momentum that was not inferior to that of the Jiaozhi army, the 3,000 soldiers in the battalion listened to the order to go to where they should be, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

Li Changjie squinted his eyes and looked at the opponent who had surprised him too much. From the time he left the camp to now approach the camp, in the long time left for them, in the face of the offensive of several times the army, the Song people chose to hold on rather than evacuate. This choice is a little puzzling, there is no army that must be saved outside, and there is no city that must be defended inside. Without reinforcements, it would be the most foolish thing to hold on to a fort that was far inferior to a walled city. Can the Song people be so stupid? Or is there more than 800 Song troops who came to help?

Li Changjie didn't know that Han Gang had no choice but to let himself be a magnet to attract the attention of the Jiaozhi army. In the same way, Li Changjie had no other choice, so he would only lead more than 10,000 people to attack Quy Nhon Shop.

Suffice it to say, both sides are tied hand in hand for their own reasons.

Li Changjie had to beware of the Guangyuan barbarian army making trouble behind his back, and he also had to worry that the 800 Song army in front of him was not all the southbound men of the Song people. With tens of thousands of troops, only more than 10,000 soldiers can be brought out.

In order to prevent the people of Yongzhou from being slaughtered, Han Gang could only choose a hard top in the face of Li Changjie's offensive, and he could not return to Kunlun Pass within a few days. If he can let go of Yongzhou, as long as he returns to Kunlun Pass and hangs the battle flag of the Great Song Dynasty on the Guancheng, Li Changjie will not have the courage to attack the Guancheng again.

Another big battle that took place at Quy Nhon Shop, with little choice between the two sides, finally began.

There are thousands of people at once, and there is no shore. Under the urging of the war drums, nearly 10,000 Jiaozhi soldiers spread like summer rain clouds, occupying the battlefield between the two armies in a mighty way, and gradually covering the Song army camp. A line of tall and sturdy soldiers walked at the front with a huge wooden shield, which was the best weapon against the Divine Arm Bow and a tool for paving a trench in front of the wall. As they got closer to the camp, their speed gradually increased.

"Do you want to shoot?" Su Ziyuan asked.

Han Gang shook his head: "Wait! Let's talk about it outside the wall. ”

Because of the deep humidity, whether it is the Guangyuan barbarian army or the Jiaozhi army, there are not many bows and crossbows. For example, when the Song army went into battle, everyone was a crossbowman, which was rare on the battlefield in the south.

Only two or three thousand archers of the nearly 10,000 Jiaozhi army were firing around the wall, while the remaining soldiers were also scattered, roaring and howling around the wall, besieging the Quy Nhon Pu military village from the south, east, and west at the same time. Try to take advantage of the absolute superiority in numbers, and strive to break through the camp in the first attack in the shortest time, instead of slowly exhausting the strength under the city of Yongzhou.

"I didn't expect the Jiaozhi thief army to be so brave, but fortunately, their elephant army was lost under the city of Yongzhou." Han Gang still heard about this from Huang Jinman, "Otherwise, a group of elephants will rush over, and they will definitely be in a hurry." ”

"With the bow of the divine arm, even an elephant can shoot it." Su Ziyuan asked Han Gang anxiously, "Yun Envoy, don't shoot yet!?" ”

"I'll have to wait a little longer." Han Gang has to wait. His troops are insufficient, and he also needs to exert maximum damage in the shortest time, which makes the Jiaozhi soldiers fearful.

The outer wall of the camp set up by the Song army is not a smooth straight line or arc, but a concave and convex front and back like a jagged tooth, and the part protruding from the outside is like the horse face of the city wall, long and dense. Shaanxi built a walled city, or the Western army set up a camp that needed to be fortified, and the outer walls used a similar layout.

The people of Jiaozhi did not know the purpose of the wall in this way, and they only felt glad that they had rushed outside the camp without any hindrance. The soldier who rushed to the front put down the wooden shield in his hand and set it up above the trench. The trench that had not had time to be dug deep and wide was close to the wall, and there was only a place to settle down, and if there was no wooden shield pressed against the trench, it would not have been able to stand at all.

With two feet on a wooden shield, just below the wall, a group of specially selected elite soldiers took large axes to chop down the unsturdy fence. The sound of the tintin axe, the sawdust flying, and the fence swaying constantly, it seemed that the most obstructive obstacle in front of him could be removed in the blink of an eye. There was no reaction from inside the village, as if they were suppressed by the cross-toe archers outside the camp. Only a few people who are old in the war know what is wrong with such silence and try to find a hidden place for themselves. The Jiaozhi soldiers at the front were ecstatic, and with a few more moments, they would be able to storm into the Song army's camp.

But that's where their joy ended, and as the flag on the watchtower changed, the slow rhythm of the drums suddenly changed, and the trumpets sounded at the same time.

"Shoot!"

Hundreds of officers gave orders at the same time. In the sound of strings, bows and crossbows intertwined, pouring the anger accumulated in their hearts into the arrows, and shooting towards the nearest enemy army.

Using the earth excavated from the trenches, a two-foot-high platform was built on the inside of the jagged wall protrusion. The crossbowmen stood on the platform and stretched out their bows and arrows, so that the cross-toe soldiers under the wall, no matter where they stood, would be shot on the left and right.

And every dozen breaths, followed by a sharp wooden flute, among the enemy troops on the outside of the wall, a dense rain of arrows fell, and a blank space was swept away.

Quy Nhon Pu is located on the side of the official road, which is a place for pedestrians and horses to rest, and of course its terrain does not choose slopes or terraces. When the Song army built the camp, it was slightly off, and a low slope about a zhang high behind it was included.

Two hundred specially selected Divine Arm Archers gathered on the low slope, condescending, and their long-range bows and crossbows could cover the enemy troops on the south, east, and west. Even if the Cochins were blocked with wooden shields, they would not be able to shield the bows and arrows of the following team when they were close enough distance.

The unique sound of the heavy crossbow is rhythmically sounding.

They were all shot in the head!

The Commander is also dead!

Many of the Jiaozhi soldiers were shouting frantically in the local dialect, and in the confusion they could not organize an offensive at all.

The Guangyuan barbarians closest to the walled wall listened to the shouts of the Jiaozhi people suspiciously, and Huang Jinman looked back at the divine arm archers on the platform in surprise, could they all be staring at the officers and shooting?

It was indeed staring at the officer. The mission of these two hundred Divine Arm Archers is not only to help break the siege of the dangerous area of the wall, but also to snipe the commander hidden in the enemy formation. Shooting officers in the middle and lower ranks is the best means of destroying the enemy's will to fight.

The first wave of the Jiaozhi army's offensive lasted only a moment before it failed, and the Jiaozhi soldiers in front of the village fled one after another, leaving hundreds of dead and wounded in front of the army. The groans and screams echoed outside the wall, and in the ears of the defenders inside the wall, it was the most beautiful chant.

Han Gang, who was on the watchtower, said with a smile: "What the officers and soldiers are best at is not attacking, but defending." The Cochin Army is short and long, which is asking for hardship. ”