Chapter 64: Temptation (Part 5)

After the mighty army of 60,000, in the smoke and dust, Gong Zhongxuan covered his hands between the two faint eyebrows, staring at the front of the army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this moment, a scout with a strap on his left arm rode a fast horse and raised a new road to the front of Gong Zhongxuan, and after a simple salute, the scout soldier gasped slightly and hurriedly said: "General Yu, according to the investigation, there are no Wei army ambushes within a radius of thirty miles on the left and right sides of Yicheng, and there are Wei army scouts in the woods on both sides, and no scouts have yet reached the rear of Yicheng." ”

There are no ambushes on either side? This point is very different from what Gong Zhongxuan thinks. Although it is difficult to understand that the Wei army does not defend the city and takes the initiative to go out of the city to set up a formation, if there are ambushes around, it is not impossible to take the initiative to lure the enemy, and if it is defeated, it can withdraw to the city in a very short period of time.

But judging from the current situation, they are not luring themselves to go deeper, and then attack with ambushes on both sides. Since none of this is right, what is Wei Jun doing this for?

After all, Gong Zhongxuan, who couldn't figure it out, could only turn to the scout meaningfully and ordered: "Continue to investigate, if you can't pass through the defense line of the Wei scout's headquarters nearby, you can take a long detour to observe the rear of the Wei army, in short, find out as soon as possible whether there will be reinforcements in Yicheng in a short time." ”

"Yes."

After the scout departed, Gong Zhongxuan turned his head to look at the front of the army. Although his position was at the end, his eyesight was not bad, and the distance between the two armies was not far away, so he could still see the situation of the Wei army on the opposite side clearly.

When he reconfirmed the battle formation set up by the Wei army, the indifference on his face was a little more, the crane wing array against the fish scale array, if the strength was equal, the fish scale array should not be able to eat well, but the current strength of the two sides is very different, although it is not easy to break the morale of the Wei army in a battle.

But Gong Zhongxuan felt that maybe he could rush straight into the phalanx of the Wei army and try to capture the Wei general Ni Tao alive. By the way, this is used to test the reality of the Wei army. Even if there is really an ambush of the Wei army after Yicheng, as long as you pay more attention and don't really get entangled with the Wei army, you will collect your troops as soon as the Wei army ambush in the rear comes out, so you won't lose too many soldiers.

Moreover, the distance between the two armies is now less than thirty paces, and the archers of the Wei army have already shot a wave of arrows, and the phalanx in front of the Korean army is completely sure that it will rush into the phalanx of the Wei army before the Wei army can catch the arrows again. Thinking of this, he drew his saber and pointed the tip of the sword directly at the center of the Wei army, "Order the longbowmen to start counterattacking and suppressing the soldiers on both sides of the enemy, and the phalanx in the front row began to charge, breaking the enemy's middle army and capturing the Wei generals alive." ”

The rumbling drums of war sounded even more tightly in the next moment. The distance between the two armies is getting closer and closer, and in the charge of the Korean soldiers, when they see that the two are about to be entangled together. The crossbowmen hidden in the wings on both sides of the Wei army poked their heads out, and the crossbow machines that had already loaded the crossbow arrows were pulled at this moment.

Unlike bows and arrows, the arrows fired by the crossbow machine are mostly straight shots, and once fired, the small arrows will rush away at a very fast speed, and their impact is much stronger than that of bows and arrows.

Thousands of crossbow machines fired a salvo, cutting through the obstacles of space, and arranged in a straight line like a rope for life, heading straight at the Korean soldiers who were still charging steadily.

Unexpectedly, the Wei army still had a wave of crossbow arrows, and they held Changge high, and charged desperately in the shouts of thousands of generals to 'capture Wei generals alive'.

By the time they saw clearly the crossbow arrows shot by the Wei army at this moment, it was impossible to stop the phalanx at the front, and it was definitely self-defeating to stop the army in the process of sprinting.

So the situation at this time looked as if the Han army's foot soldiers were desperately ramming into the crossbow arrows shot by the Wei army.

It's just that few people know that the soldiers of the Han army who rushed to the front have already frowned helplessly and narrowed their eyes. All he could do at the moment was to experience another taste of crossbow arrows shooting into his body. They had no choice but to do that.

In the Wei army, there were 3,000 archers and 3,000 crossbowmen. The attack of the archers caused only five or six hundred casualties. But this time, 3,000 crossbow arrows were fired in unison, coupled with a burst of charges from the Korean army, the damage caused by the crossbow arrows this time was much higher than that of the bow and arrows, and a wave of crossbow arrows passed like a sea of crossbow arrows, and at least more than 1,200 foot soldiers in front of the Korean army fell.

The army in the rear is still charging, and the drums of war are still shaking the heavens and the earth. The two Korean soldiers who were shot in the leg were squeezed to the ground by the soldiers who charged behind them after a few bounces, and their helpless shouts and wails were so small that no one even noticed whether they were dead or alive.

The soldiers of the phalanx on both sides had their feet raised high, and they could not restrain their advance at this time. The bodies of the two soldiers who fell to the ground, and even their faces, did not know how many companions had ruthlessly and stiffly stepped on.

Footprints stepped on their bodies, and no one noticed how cold their hearts were at this moment. Bright red blood seeped into the earth along the sides of their cheeks, and the end result was a humiliating death with the march of the army. In such a charge, even if you are only hit by a crossbow arrow in the arm, the chances of survival are just as slim.

The Wei army's crossbow arrow attack once again briefly slowed down the speed of the Korean army, but during the charge, the casualties of the front army were inevitable, and the soldiers in the rear would only sprint at a faster speed, in order to intertwine with the enemy army and fight bloodily with the enemy.

But just after that wave of crossbow arrows, Ni Tao on the high platform suddenly began to wave the command flag. The crane wing array maintained by the Wei army began to change in this instant, and the two wings did not directly collide with the Han army, but began to compress in the direction of Ni Tao in the rear while opening wide to both sides under the wave of the thousand generals. They were recovering their forces to avoid the South Korean charge.

But the battle is already a great test for the soldiers and generals, and once the formation is formed, it is difficult to change it at will, after all, most of the soldiers at this time do not know the art of war. Even if there are thousands of generals, they still don't know much about the art of war, and the reason why they are competent is mostly because of their strength and might. Although Ni Tao had already arranged and instructed all the thousands of people before, it was so easy for tens of thousands of people to control where.

The 25,000 Wei pawns shrank at the same time, and the scene showed some signs of chaos in an instant. No matter how well a war is rehearsed in advance, it will not be able to imitate the real situation of the enemy after all. Fortunately, the situation at this time has not reached the point where Ni Tao can't control it. Although the army is a little chaotic, the overall change is not much wrong, which is very gratifying.

But at this time, the rear of the vanguard phalanx of the Han army suddenly shot out a rain of arrows, and the arrows shot by the longbow pierced the sky and crossed the charging Han army's foot soldiers, and directly descended on the head of the Wei army.

On the high platform, Ni Tao's pupils suddenly widened, and the expression on his face became shocked. Unpredictably, the counterattack of the South Korean army happened to appear at this time.