The front, which was three or four miles wide, was actually shot at close range by this eight-stone bull crossbow, which was full of holes, and the fence fell to the ground, and the Goguryeo soldiers behind also suffered hundreds of casualties, and the first shield wall defense line collapsed almost instantly!

Seeing that the shield wall of Goguryeo was opened one by one, from the fence to the shield wall, a large number of Goguryeo infantry wearing leather armor, holding spears, and wearing leather helmets were exposed at once, and they obviously had quietly changed the formation just now, replacing the archers in front with spearmen to hold the first line of defense behind this fence, and it was precisely because of this that the density of bows and arrows suddenly became much more sparse.

The wheat iron cane roared: "It's now!" Storm of Ballistas! ”

Song Zhong quickly picked up a green flag and waved it fiercely, and in the shield array of the Sui army, hundreds of crossbowmen suddenly drilled out, all of them were holding three-shot Ershi infantry crossbows, and they did not aim, standing in place, facing the dense Goguryeo army front twenty steps away on the opposite side, it was a burst of triggers, thousands of crossbow arrows, like flying locusts, straight to the opponent's line, and where they passed, flesh and blood flew sideways.

The leather armor of the Goguryeo army could not resist the crossbow arrows that burst out at a distance of dozens of paces, although this time it was not the kind of broken lance and crossbow spear, but the crossbow arrows of Ershi were enough to penetrate the double layer of iron armor at this distance, or directly kill the Goguryeo soldiers who weighed hundreds of pounds of armored war horses, wearing only leather armor and no shield protection, how could they withstand such a storm of crossbow arrows!

The screams were incessant, and the ground was full of Goguryeo soldiers who had fallen by arrows, and the land was stained red with blood, and the number of Goguryeo spearmen in the first few rows was no less than 2,000. That is, two rounds of bow raids. At least fifteen hundred people lay down. The rest of the people were also broken, and the hands holding the spears were trembling, and they could barely form the sturdy and tight formation just now!

Mai Tiezhu's eyes widened, and he shouted: "Spread out the formation, hit with all your might, fast!" ”

Song Zhong quickly erected a red flag, circled the air three times, and a general flag with the word "Mai" was raised on the spot. And the three thousand Sui troops in front of them let out a shocking roar in unison, and the long lance hands threw away the shields in their hands, holding the long lance in both hands, like a spiked forest shining with cold light, rushing forward, they have been trained for a long time, and even the speed of this trot is almost exactly the same, if you look at it from the side, the entire Sui army's battle line. All are maintained almost on the same horizontal line, and the error before and after will not exceed two steps.

And after the long lance in the first three rows. The crossbowmen who had just retired threw their crossbows behind them, picked up the broadswords, tomahawks, and shields that were placed behind them, and turned them into standard jumpers (axemen).

These swingers followed behind the lancers, trotting unhurriedly, waiting for the lancers' line to spur completely to break down the enemy's formation, and then step forward to let go of the pursuit. Wearing only hard leather armor and leather helmets, they still have a great advantage in speed and agility compared to the lancers who are dressed in iron armor and have thirty pounds of armor on their bodies.

Behind the jumping soldiers, there were more than 1,000 archers, advancing forward in unison, while constantly hanging and shooting from the sky, and the black pressure of the arrow rain drew an arc, bypassing the jumping soldiers and long lancers in front of them, and accurately smashed into the Goguryeo front a hundred paces away.

As the shield wall in front of the Goguryeo army was completely broken, many soldiers holding shields behind were also killed or wounded under the second round of crossbow storms.

It was perfect just now, and the shield array that was protected in all directions, not only had the front almost completely broken, but even the shield on the top of the head was also missing a large piece, and at this time it was cleaned by the rain of arrows of the Sui army, and many of the Goguryeo soldiers who were crowded together only had a white cloth turban tied on their heads, and they didn't even have helmets, just like the wheat waves blown down by the wind, they were shot down piece by piece.

The spearmen in the front row of Goguryeo, there were originally more than 2,000 people in this section, but under the attack of the Sui army's open space and the intersection of arrows and lances, more than half of them died in just a moment's effort, and the rest of the people were also frightened and lost their will to fight, and they ran back in unison, but they were shot into hedgehogs by the rain of arrows pouring in the air, and among the more than 500 people, less than 100 ran back, and the others were all souls under the arrows.

The long lancemen of the Sui army attacked the high ground of the camp gate, and the lancemen of the first row moved downward, stabbing the wounded enemy soldiers who were still rolling on the ground and did not lose their breath, while the lancers in the back row crossed the empty space around the comrades in the front row, took a few steps forward, and continued to stab the wounded soldiers and corpses of the enemy soldiers further ahead.

Mai Tiezhu shouted excitedly: "Don't cut off the head, don't stop, hurry, drive the enemy's defeated army, attack the next camp, don't stop, don't stop!" ”

After he finished speaking, he quickly followed, and Song Zhong waved his hand, and several sergeants with the flag of the general "Mai" carried the flag and continued to follow up.

Qian Shixiong looked at the wheat iron rod in the center all the way forward with iron and blood, and everywhere he passed, the corpses of the Goguryeo army were all over the field, and the corpses of the Goguryeo army that fell to the ground were trampled by the neat Tiefang formation of the Sui army, and the heads of the Goguryeo soldiers with different expressions and dead eyes were left behind and no one took them, which made him blush, after all, according to the military regulations of the Great Sui, military merit should be evaluated by the number of beheadings.

The adjutant general Qi Nandi came over and said indignantly: "General, why should the general get merit himself, and we can only watch here?" ”

Qian Shixiong's face sank, and he shouted: "Old Qi, don't talk nonsense, each has its own division of labor, this river bank is open, and our army may encounter the enemy's cavalry assault, so we must guard both sides, besides, you see that the general himself did not accept these heads!" ”

Qi Nandi shook his head: "No, if everyone doesn't accept it, then these heads are still the general's, because these enemy troops were killed by the general." General Qian, in such a big battle, the brothers gave up their lives to rush across the river, just to kill the enemy and receive merit, and you let everyone look at these heads and not accept them, the brothers are really unconvinced! ”

Qian Shixiong looked at it at a glance, and saw that among the 1,000 people in front, except for the one or two hundred people at the front, who were still looking ahead, everyone else looked back at the battle situation in the center, looking at the corpses of the Goguryeo army that fell behind, and their eyes were about to pop out.

As soon as Qi Nandi saw that Qian Shixiong was silent, he knew that he was already a little tempted, and then said: "General Qian, look at General Meng on the other side, they are already ordering the whole team, I am afraid that if we move slowly, these heads will be taken by General Meng and them, and then we will really get nothing, and we can't cut off the heads of our own brothers who died in battle to repay the merits!" (To be continued......)