Compared with the passion of the 50,000 thief army, the Sui army on the camp wall was as calm as a mountain, motionless, and the eyes of each soldier revealed a cruel look, flashing with a cold light that devoured people like a beast.

Zhang Xutuo's face was as resolute as if it was carved from granite stone, and he couldn't see any expression, and when the 50,000 thieves rushed to another mile, he coldly gave the order.

"Crossbow ready!"

The 15,000 Sui troops were distributed on all sides of the camp, with about 4,000 people on each side, divided into two rows, with crossbow arrows in the front half-squat, bows and arrows in the back row, and crossbows in front and bows in turns.

The crossbow soldiers of the first row half-knelt down, pulled the string of arrows with their knees and arms, adjusted the lookout, the angle of oblique upwards, the index finger buckled the hanging knife, the breath was gradually held, and the eyes narrowed into a line, one hundred and fifty paces, which was the distance of their first round of blows.

Whether it is Zhang Jincheng or Gao Shida, or Xu Yuanlang, Meng Rang, and even Sun Xuanya and Zuo Xiaoyou, all the bandits who fought against the Sui army are most afraid of the Sui army's bows and crossbows when they talk about the Sui army.

This long-range weapon could mercilessly penetrate their leather armor and wooden shields, inflicting heavy casualties before they even engaged, and severely damaging the spirit of their attacks, the Sui army's bows and crossbows were always their nightmare.

Therefore, the bandits fighting the Sui army will do everything possible to avoid the Sui army's bow and arrow, they will either use bows and arrows to fight the Sui army, or drive the people to run in front of them as meat shields, but the best way is not to take the initiative to attack.

Zhang Xutuo also thought of this possibility, he was very worried that Zuo Xiao would use the method of digging a ditch to attack, although it was a little slower, but it was very defensive, and when the enemy was running in the ditch, it would be difficult for the bow and arrow to hit the enemy.

So Zhang Xutuo specially erected a tombstone, the one-zhang high tombstone really ignited Zuo Xiaoyou's monstrous anger, he succeeded, when Zhang Xutuo saw the 50,000 army overwhelmingly killed, the corners of his mouth finally showed a smug smile.

The spectacular momentum of Zuo Xiaoyou's army began to fade as it gradually approached the Sui army, and the cold arrows of the Sui army's bow and crossbow army were shrouded in a breath of death. It made them feel a chill, and many of them thought of the power of the Sui army's bow and crossbow.

The distractions caused them to begin to stall in their charge, but the huge inertia made it impossible for them to turn back. Wrapped in their arms, they ran towards the arrow of death, getting closer and closer, and the infantrymen who rushed to the front screamed in fear.

Two hundred paces, a low and dense drum beat sounded in the Sui army camp. This is a reminder to Sui Jun to do a final check.

One hundred and fifty paces, the drumming of the Sui army suddenly disappeared, 'Click! The sound of the striking strings rang out, and thousands of crossbow arrows burst through the air in four directions, forming a dense black dot in the air, shooting at the bandit soldiers with great speed.

The bandits' queue was so dense that there was little need to aim, and thousands of arrows were fired into the dense crowd in an instant. Stirring up a splash of blood, their infantry and leather armor could not resist the powerful crossbow arrows of the Sui army, and the arrows pierced their bodies.

Screams rang out from the ranks, and a large number of soldiers fell to the ground, and before they could stand up, they were overturned by the ranks behind, many of whom rolled on the ground and wailed, and finally were ruthlessly trampled to death.

Nearly 3,000 people were shot down in the first round, but the casualties of 2,000 or 3,000 were like a wave in a sea of 50,000 people, and the waves shattered. and disappeared into the ocean.

Then the second and third rounds of arrows whistled, and the rebel soldiers fell like weeds, and then a new beginning.

In just a few dozen steps, the Sui army fired 15,000 crossbow arrows. More than 4,000 people were killed and wounded, and the sharp increase in the death toll made Zuo Xiaoyou's army finally slow down.

The breath of death reached the end, and their forward steps began to hesitate, no longer having the sharpness and courage they had at the beginning, and the overwhelming momentum began to turn into a turbid surge.

"Your Majesty, the Sui Army's crossbow is too sharp. We will suffer heavy casualties, retreat! Several generals shouted together.

Zuo Xiaoyou saw that their army was less than a hundred steps away from the Sui army camp, and the murderous intent in his heart broke out again, and he shouted viciously: "Don't retreat, change the shield army and step forward, continue to charge!" ”

Nearly 10,000 shield-wielding thieves moved to the front, shouting and continuing to run.

However, the nightmare of the thief army has just begun, they have already entered the range of the archers, eighty steps, eight thousand archers released arrows together, the arrows in the air suddenly doubled, the arrows in the air covered the sky and the moon, like a dark cloud covering the moonlight, and as if the black-robed god of death laughed mercilessly in the air.

The huge lethality of the Sui army's bow and crossbow army was finally reflected at this moment, only to see a large number of thief soldiers fall to the ground with arrows, their shields and leather armor are useless in front of the powerful arrows, unable to stop the strong penetration of the armor arrows, their shields are shot through, and they face only one ending, death!

The life of the thief army is so despicable at this moment, like a large field of weeds that can be cut and chopped, there is no way to resist it, and the cold arrows have no mercy.

Arrows rained down like raindrops, piercing their chests and piercing their skulls, and the dead bodies were bleeding like rivers, and dozens of wounded horses galloped on the battlefield with long manes flying in the cold moonlight.

The Sui army is still motionless, like a majestic mountain, from beginning to end, their formation has not changed, Zhang Xutuo coldly looked at the thief army that began to be chaotic, he knew that he had overestimated Zuo Xiaoyou, Zuo Xiaoyou knew that the Sui army was powerful in the bow and crossbow, but he still had to take the initiative to attack the barracks, how unwise!

"Keep firing the arrows! Don't let up. Zhang Xutuo ordered unwaveringly.

Zuo Xiaoyou's 50,000 troops are still fifty steps away from the Sui army camp, but the casualties have reached tens of thousands, many soldiers want to turn around and escape, but they are pressed by Zuo Xiaoyou's 5,000 Praetorian Guards, who dares to retreat, will be killed on the spot!

At this time, Zuo Xiaoyou was surrounded by hundreds of soldiers from the back to the front, and he was ready to command the attack on the Sui army camp.

But he had been agitating for an attack at last to see a horrific scene, with corpses piled up, the ground stained red with blood, and the soldiers in terror and despair, beginning to show signs of rout.

At this moment, a thousand armor-piercing arrows roared towards Zuo Xiaoyou and his personal army, they couldn't dodge, they were hit by the dense arrows, and they all fell to the ground screaming.

Whether it is a general or a soldier, they are all equal in front of the dense rain of arrows, and even the general's goal is greater, Zuo Xiaoyou was shot through the shoulder by a strong piercing arrow, he screamed and turned over and fell off the horse, his war horse was also shot by more than a dozen arrows, and fell down miserably, the soldiers were shocked, carrying Zuo Xiaoyou and running backwards, escaping from the range of the bow and crossbow.

At the same time, Zuo Xiaoyou gave the order to withdraw the troops before falling unconscious, dang! While! While! The hurried bell rang in the wilderness, and the thief army, which had already been killed by the Sui army's bow and crossbow arrow array, finally waited for the order to retreat, and they turned around and ran, like a great wave ebbing tide, leaving behind the wounded soldiers and corpses on the ground.

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"Dashuai, let's kill it!"

"Great marshal, the enemy commander is injured, this is an opportunity!"

The generals asked for battle in front of Zhang Xutuo, but Zhang Xutuo was unmoved, although the enemy army was defeated, but they were not defeated, but only retreated, at this time rashly attacked, if the enemy, even if they can win in the end, they will pay a heavy price, this is not the fighter that Zhang Xutuo wants.

Zhang Xutuo watched the thieves retreat north, and they had completely walked away, so he ordered: "Go and clean up the battlefield, don't kill the wounded soldiers, carry them back to heal their wounds." ”

The camp gate was wide open, and thousands of Sui troops rushed out of the camp, where they collected weapons and arrows, dug a large pit, buried the bodies deeply, and carried the wounded back to the camp.

In a bow and crossbow battle, the thief army killed and wounded more than 9,000 people, half of them were killed, and the other half were wounded by arrows.

There were more than 2,000 thieves lying in the open space of the camp, and most of the soldiers could simply deal with ordinary arrow wounds and knife wounds, they used knives to rip off the arrows in their flesh, applied gold sore medicine, and bandaged them with cloth, and there was a pain everywhere**.

Zhang Xutuo took more than a dozen generals to check the wounded soldier's injury, and he stopped in front of a wounded soldier, who was shot in the thigh by an arrow, and the injury was not too serious, but to Zhang Xutuo's surprise, the wounded soldier turned out to be just a teenager.

"What's your name? Where are the people? How old is this year? Zhang Xutuo squatted in front of him and asked.

The young man replied weakly: "The villain's name is Wang Xuan'er, a native of Muping County, and he is fourteen years old this year. ”

"You're only fourteen years old and you're on the battlefield, what about your family?"

"My mother and sister were farming in Squaogou Mountain, and my father and I were soldiers together, and we were always together, but we got separated."

Zhang Xutuo said to him softly: "When you recover a little bit of strength, I will let you go back and tell your father, go home and farm, and don't be a bandit anymore." ”

"The villain doesn't dare!"

Zhang Xutuo stood up and said to Qin Qiong: "When they are better, let them go back and persuade them to go back to Dog Mountain." ”

"Obey the order!"

At this time, a soldier rushed over and whispered a few words to Zhang Xutuo, who nodded, turned around and walked quickly towards his tent.

Outside the tent, Zhang Xutuo saw the messenger, so he said to him: "Come in!" ”

The messenger followed Zhang Xutuo into the big tent, knelt down on one knee and said, "I came to report to the marshal on the order of General Zhang. ”

He took out a letter and presented it to Zhang Xutuo, Zhang Xutuo took the letter and opened it and read it hurriedly, Zhang Xuan reported in detail in the letter on his aftermath in Jiaoxi, the detailed plan has been formulated, but the implementation will take time, it will be carried out by Wei Yun, and he led the army to Donglai County.

"Where is your general now?" Zhang Xutuo asked anxiously.

"Back to the marshal, General Zhang has led the army into Donglai County, and now in the area of Luxiang County."

Zhang Xutuo walked quickly to the map, and found Luxiang County on the map, only fifty miles away from them, with a Mingtang Mountain in between, Zhang Xutuo was overjoyed, he didn't expect Zhang Xuan to come so quickly, what a strange soldier who arrived in time!

He pondered for a moment, then immediately sat down at the table and wrote a letter, handed it to the messenger, and instructed him: "This letter is very important, it should be handed over to General Zhang as soon as possible, if you encounter a thief patrol, even if you die, you must destroy this letter first, understand?" ”

"Please rest assured, the humble post will definitely deliver the letter." (To be continued.) )