Chapter 333: Invincible Phalanx
War horses neigh, shouts of slaughter, dust rolls up......
All of this seemed to form a very incongruous landscape with the beautiful night sky, but no one wanted to pay extra attention to the slanting moon overhead.
Wang Meng took more than 2,000 men and horses to flee in a panic by the weak moonlight, and there was a tendency to run faster and faster, while Xu Rong led the army to chase and kill all the way, and unconsciously, the army following behind Wang Meng turned out to be less and less.
Just when Xu Rong thought that he could destroy Wang Meng in one go, he only heard a cannon sound, and the earth seemed to tremble faintly.
This area is very flat, and even if Wang Meng has an ambush, it is very easy to be spotted, but the situation in front of him does not seem to be an ambush.
Push in!
Push in!
Approaching quickly!
……
When the army of black oppression appeared from behind Xu Rong, Xu Rong was completely shocked! They dared to rush naked at his army.
But when the army got closer, he found that it was a phalanx, and the phalanx was moving very fast.
At the outermost part of the phalanx seemed to be cavalry, and each of them seemed to have something rather short in his hand.
"Soul Chasing Crossbow!"
Xu Rong roared, but thousands of arrows had already rained down on him.
"Ahh
"Ahh
"Ahh
……
Cries of pain and wails came and went.
In Xu Rong's impression, among the troops under Ma Bin, it seems that only the tiger and leopard rider is equipped with a soul-chasing crossbow, could it be that this is a tiger and leopard rider?
Just when he was puzzled, the cavalry who had released the cold arrows suddenly shouted in unison, and they rushed directly into his army.
Seeing this, Xu Rong hurriedly asked all the troops under his command to line up to meet the battle. But the cavalry was moving too fast. So much so that as soon as Xu Rong's army was in formation, those cavalry had already completely dispersed it!
"Boom! Boom! Knock ......"
The violent tremor sounded again, and Xu Rong looked back to see that there was also a huge phalanx behind Wang Meng.
But when the king shouted loudly, he rushed with the cavalry at the forefront of the phalanx.
And the two phalanxes were rapidly approaching Xu Rong's army, rapidly reducing the range of activities of their army.
"General! We are in ambush! The first general looked at Xu Rong with a panicked expression.
Xu Rong shook his head vigorously. As if to keep himself calm, he took a closer look at the phalanx and said, "Brothers, come with me and kill back!" Kill back! There are only 10,000 people in their two phalanxes at most! Kill it! Kill it! ”
After that, Xu Rong turned the horse's head and killed back.
But when he came into contact with the phalanx with his men and horses, he heard only one of them commanding in a loud voice: "Spear ready!" ”
With an order, countless spears pierced directly from the dense shields, and after a fierce shout, Xu Rong's men and horses pushed back slightly.
The shield, which is about one meter seven high, seems to form an impermeable wall. As long as the shield moves slightly, the spear will quickly burst out, although the coordination is a little rusty, but the power is indeed amazing!
"Javelin, prepare!"
Another command, and numerous javelins were thrown directly from behind the shield.
Dense javelins either pierced the chest of a soldier or the body of a warhorse.
Hissing. The shouting made Xu Rong a little frightened, as a veteran of battlefield fighting. He had never seen such a horrific sight.
However, in phalanx combat, once the javelin, an extremely explosive weapon, is used up, it means that the hands of some soldiers must be empty.
was attacked by their crossbows, spears and javelins, and before it really started, Xu Rong lost one or two thousand soldiers.
And that's not even counting the casualties inflicted on the fierce slaughter of the two cavalry in the midst of his army.
"Soldiers! They ran out of javelins, and rushed with General Ben! Fight your way out! ”
Xu Rong personally led a team of men and horses to kill directly to the phalanx in front of him. The spear in his hand smashed the shield violently, and when he finally managed to make a gap, a scene that made him almost vomit blood appeared, and behind the shield was an infantry with a soul-chasing crossbow!
"Shoot the arrows!"
With an order, dense cold arrows shot at Xu Rong. General Yi, who was standing on horseback on Xu Rong, suddenly jumped up after seeing this scene. flew directly in front of Xu Rong.
"Ah......h
After a cry of pain, the general fell directly under his horse, and behind him was covered with short arrows!
"General!"
Xu Rong burst into tears and shouted, and was about to step forward, when a person with a spear came out from behind those soul-chasing crossbows, and the gap he had worked so hard to make was quickly plugged.
"Oh my God! God wants to destroy me Xu Rong! God wants to destroy me Xu Rong! ”
After Xu Rong let out a loud roar, he turned around with his soldiers, but what caught his eyes was another phalanx fifty meters away slaughtering his soldiers in the same way.
Seeing that the elite under his command was so vulnerable in front of these two phalanxes, Xu Rong was completely panicked.
"Withdraw!"
"Withdraw!"
"Withdraw!"
The army had already been rushed by the two cavalry with spears in their hands and soul-chasing crossbows on their backs, and Xu Rong at this time only hoped to be able to fight a bloody way from the side and return to the city quickly.
He can be said to have no fighting spirit at the moment!
The phalanx, which seemed to fall from the sky, already made him feel that death was approaching him step by step.
The main general ordered a retreat, and those soldiers who were already in a terrified battle quickly followed Xu Rong to the side to break through.
Wang Meng and Yan Yan did not rush to chase Xu Rong after seeing him fleeing, but combined the two teams of cavalry together and suddenly intercepted their way from the center of Xu Rong's fleeing army.
The soldiers trapped between the two phalanxes and a group of cavalry were immediately terrified.
At this time, the shields at the front of the phalanx had been lowered, and the soldiers behind the shields were all carrying soul-chasing crossbows!
"Your generals have forsaken you! Don't surrender yet! Wang Meng looked at the thousands of unkempt faces in front of him, and the embarrassed soldiers said loudly.
After the soldiers looked at each other, someone suddenly shouted, "Kill! Brothers, we have no way out! ”
As soon as the soldier said this, a cold arrow suddenly burst out, directly killing him.
Wang Meng nodded at Zhu Sheng next to him with satisfaction.
And the soldiers, who were already frightened birds, had no choice but to honestly put down their weapons when they saw this.
"Good! Very good! ”
Wang Meng said happily. Yan Yan rode his horse to Wang Meng with a smile on his face and said, "How is it?" This phalanx isn't bad, right? It was only temporarily operated according to the lord's idea, but I didn't expect the power to be so amazing! ”
Wang Meng laughed and said: "Everyone in the world thinks that only tigers and leopards are equipped with soul-chasing crossbows, but as everyone knows, most of the people and horses under the command of the lord are equipped with this kind of repeater!" With the repeated attacks of crossbows, spears and javelins, and the fierce onslaught of cavalry, even the most elite soldiers will probably be defeated in the face of such a formation! ”
Yan Yan said: "The old man has been on the battlefield for decades, and this time he has finally gained knowledge!" They are not yet proficient in matching. If I could have a few more days, I'm afraid it would be even more powerful! ”
Wang Meng smiled slightly and said: "When he was in Nanzheng, the lord had been thinking about how to fight in a phalanx, and he had also let the soldiers practice like this. At that time, we all thought that he was trying to unite the generals and fight together, but we never thought that there was such a mystery hidden in it! ”
When Yan Yan heard Wang Meng say this, he smiled rather awkwardly and said, "It seems that it was General Ben's men and horses who dragged the army back!" It turned out that the recruits from Hanzhong were all trained, and I said how could they form a phalanx so quickly according to what General Ben said! ”
Wang Meng laughed and said, "Such a record will definitely shock the world!" General Yan's men adapted quickly! That's how there will be such a victory! The old general should not blame himself! ”
Yan Yan stroked the white beard and smiled heartily, and then said, "Then let's go!" Presumably, Han Zhong had already taken Yuzhong at this time! I'm afraid there will be a fight next! ”
Wang Meng smiled slightly, and immediately hugged his fists and said, "Wang Mou will first take 8,000 men and horses to support General Han." The rest of the people here, Marco, are going to be handed over to the old general! ”
Yan Yan didn't speak, he waved his hand directly, and Wang Meng walked away directly with eight thousand people.
It is said that after Xu Rong fled from the two phalanxes with his men and horses, there were only more than 2,000 men and horses left under his command.
When he went, he took more than 10,000 men and horses to chase Wang Meng's more than 2,000 people, but when he came back, he only had more than 2,000 men and horses left, and such an instantaneous change really made Xu Rong collapse.
However, he was still a little glad in his heart, after all, he still had nearly 10,000 men and horses in the city.
When Yu saw that his handsome flag was still standing on the head of the city, Xu Rong's tense heartstrings finally relaxed a little.
Just as he was about to call for the entrance to the city. A soldier behind him suddenly said loudly: "Master Hou, it's not good!" Oh no! Wang Meng chased in with his men and horses! ”
Xu Rong glanced back. Seeing that Wang Meng was brandishing a dragon slaying knife and rushing towards him quickly, he immediately shouted, "Open the door!" Open the door to General Ben! ”
The main gate of Yuzhong City slowly opened under Xu Rong's order, and Xu Rong immediately rushed in with his men.
However, when Xu Rong entered the city, Wang Meng had already come to the city with his people, Xu Rong glanced back and said loudly: "Close the door!" Close the door! ”
But the gates were not closed at his command.
Xu Rong suddenly realized that something was wrong, and looked at it. In the distance, there seemed to be two teams of men fighting!
"Quick! Fast! Go and close the gates! ”
Where did Xu Rong dare to think so much at this time, and immediately asked the soldiers beside him to close the door, but he saw that Wang Meng suddenly waved his hand, and the cavalry suddenly took out the soul chasing crossbow and directly shot the soldiers who had just arrived at the city gate!
"Kill! Kill him without leaving a piece of armor! ”
Wang Meng took the lead. The first to enter the city gate, and the soldiers behind him rushed out!
Seeing this, Xu Rong hurriedly said, "Someone! Kill! Drive them out of the gates! ”
After Xu Rong gave an order, he did kill a team of men and horses from behind him, but what he never expected was that the team of men and horses would directly enter his army without saying a word...... (To be continued......)