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Chapter 712: The Battle of Zunhua (2)

The Minzhou soldiers raised their shields and rushed forward, the original neat formation began to scatter, after crossing the first filled trench, they surged up and rushed up, a chest wall made of low earth and stone blocked them in front of them, and they did not hesitate to turn over, not to take a closer look, or they were not allowed to see at all, because the companions behind were pushing them forward, turning over the chest wall, when they saw the breast wall, it was not the ground, but a trench several meters deep, along the breast wall, straight down, at the bottom of the pit, the bamboo spear inserted upside down was extremely sharp, I only had time to scream, but I was pushed down by the crowd of people coming from behind.

The people in front of them stopped desperately, but the ones behind were squeezing forward, leaning their shoulders against the breastwork, almost pressed against the breastwork. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 With a bang, the whole breastwork was overwhelmed and fell, and the soldier at the front screamed and fell down the pit with the breastwork, and the trench behind the wall revealed his hideous face.

Together with the half-human-high breastwork and the corpses of hundreds of soldiers, a trench tens of meters wide was half filled, and the formation couldn't help but be chaotic.

In the distance, Tian Chong laughed and waved his hand, "Scorpion Cannon!" ”

The scorpion cannon is a kind of light combat equipment produced in Dingzhou, which can be carried on the horse with the army in peacetime, and is easier to carry, at this time, more than a dozen scorpion cannons were immediately erected, and the edge of the sharpened stone chips was quickly loaded in, with the mechanism pulling, the powerful spring made a clanging sound, and the stone flakes flew out in a whirlwind, this kind of scorpion cannon is a large piece, cutting off the opponent piece by piece, although it is difficult to kill with a blow, but it is extremely effective to make the opponent injured and lose combat power.

On the defensive position, the fear of a large number of young people at the beginning slowly faded, and when they saw their opponents being cut down in pieces like leeks, bursts of cheers began to erupt. The two sides have not yet engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the opponent has already lost hundreds of men.

Tian Chong looked solemn, although the opponent was a little chaotic, but after a while, he had recovered, and was methodically starting to cover with various battle equipment, crossing the trench, and sections of thick logs were nailed together and set up on the trench, and more and more soldiers rushed over.

While shooting more than a dozen arrows and knocking down more than a dozen enemies, Tian Chong's arms also began to weaken, put down the Yipin bow, and said to Qian Duo: "Old Qian, after crossing this trench, the enemy will reach this U-shaped gentle slope, and we will also kill the enemy in close combat." ”

Qian Duo nodded, "No problem, it's a pity, the hunting bows in the hands of these people are weak, and the arrows can't work, and they can't break through the enemy's armor, otherwise, they can cause more casualties to the opponent." ”

"You led the first wave of the elite of the headquarters, and I led the people to make the second wave of impact."

"Understood!"

Above the city, looking at the enemy troops swarming and getting closer and closer to the defensive position, Long Xiaotian's face was a little pale, this was the first time he had approached the battlefield so closely.

"General Xu, the trebuchet in the city can be used, so that it can effectively support the front!"

Xu Kexing shook his head, "The war has just begun, these weapons must be saved for the most critical moment, and now the enemy is only a tentative attack, which is just the right time for our people to practice their courage." ”

"I'm afraid there will be a lot of casualties!"

"Those who live will be stronger!" Xu Kexing said lightly.

Long Xiaotian's body shook up, and now he finally understood why he had always said that a general would be successful and his bones would wither, and after the battle on the battlefield, the lives of the soldiers were just a group of numbers in the eyes of the general who commanded the operation, and the general's goal was only to stare at the final strategic goal, as for how many people died in the process, it was not in their thinking at all.

It is certainly the most effective way to let the young and strong people fight directly and let these people complete the pure training in blood and fire, but it is also the most cruel method.

The Minzhou army finally rushed up.

Qian Duo howled, and his huge body stood up with a thud, waving the golden gourd hammer in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, go up! ”

More than 1,000 Dingzhou soldiers stood up with a roar, holding spears and knives, stood up from the slope, and killed along the slope like a gust of wind.

The gourd hammer danced like a windmill, and every time he smashed a person's head, Qian Duo had to murmur: "Liao Bin is a bastard!" Lao An, who was beside him, had extremely rich experience in fighting, staying on both sides of Qian Duo, the spear was like a poisonous snake, and when it was struck, it was a lightning-like spear that stabbed out, and the spear saw blood.

The sudden counterattack of more than 1,000 Dingzhou troops obviously caught the opponent a little off guard, and the opponent occupied a favorable position, condescending, and even more dominant, rushing straight down the slope, stabbing with a spear, even if it was blocked by a shield, the body could not bear the strength, and often rolled to the ground by a blow.

Qian Duo's gourd hammer is even more effective for breaking the shield root, a hammer down, whether you have a shield or not, are broken tendons and fractures, but this way of playing, it is extremely exhausting, dozens of hammers, Qian Duo is out of breath, holding the gourd hammer, sticking out his tongue, gasping for breath, fortunately, as the leader of the troops, there is a group of soldiers around him to protect him.

The counterattack was sharp and effective, although the Minzhou soldiers who had just rushed up were superior in numbers, but they were dazed by this beating, and in the confusion, they turned around and ran down, Tian Chong saw the right time, stood up suddenly, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the enemy has fled, chase the enemy!" Thousands of young men jumped up after him, screaming madly and rushing down.

The young men on the front line of defense finally had a wooden-handled spear each.

Tian Chong's timing was very good, the Minzhou soldiers were retreating, these thousands of people rushed into the battlefield, but they were at the weak point of the opponent, driving the opponent to the bottom of the U-shaped slope, on the other side of the slope, more enemies were coming, crowded at the bottom, limited by the terrain, unable to turn away, but were pressed and beaten by these young people. Thousands of spears stabbed and poked indiscriminately on a battle line hundreds of meters wide, and there was no formation or organization at all, anyway, they just raised their spears and stabbed at the front.

On the opposite slope, under the command of the general, the Minzhou soldiers quickly stabilized the formation, like flying locust-like arrows shot over, the distance between the two sides was less than 100 steps, the people without armor protection were killed and wounded, there were those who screamed, there were those who howled and cried, and some people couldn't bear the strength, turned around and ran back.

Qian Duo, who was gasping for breath, was furious, picked up the gourd hammer, hammered several young men who ran back, and killed them on the top of the slope, shouting: "Those who retreat, kill Wuhe!" ”

picked up the golden gourd hammer and crashed straight into the Minzhou soldiers.

Tian Chong brandished his sword, slashed left and right, and shouted: "Brothers, squeeze in, squeeze in, and kill the enemy in the middle, and the other party will not dare to shoot arrows." ”

On top of the defensive position, the scorpion cannon fired desperately, suppressing the opponent's bow and arrow.

Both sides squeezed to the bottom of the valley and killed in a heap. In fact, at this time, the number of defenders occupies a huge advantage in numbers, but the combat strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all, many young and strong people are wrapped in the torrent and rush to the enemy.

The sound of war drums in the Minzhou army urged the soldiers to constantly launch attacks, and the two sides had the advantage from the initial Dingzhou side, to the evenly matched in the middle, and then to the current opponent pressed and beaten, but it was only a pillar of incense or so.

At the head of the city, Xu Kexing shook his head, "Long Zhizhou, see it, this is the difference between the regular army and ordinary people, there is no way, trebuchet, partition shooting!" ”

The sound of collapse, dozens of trebuchets roared at the same time, the stone bullet crossed the sky, impartially smashed on the top of the other end of the U-shaped slope, in an instant, where the smoke and dust flew, the person turned on his horse, after the stone bomb landed, it bounced all the way down and rolled down, and it was the Minzhou army that was squeezing down from the slope suffered heavy casualties.

At the bottom of the slope, the Dingzhou army finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The stone bullets continued to fly, and there were fewer and fewer Minzhou troops coming from the top of the slope, and some of them saw that the situation was not good, so they turned around and ran back. But the Minzhou army at the bottom of the valley didn't have this chance, and they were entangled with their opponents, even if they found that the form was not good, they could only fight desperately, and there was no chance for them to escape back.

Liao Bin's face was pale, looking at the foot soldiers who retreated from the front line, Zhang Liang sighed and said: "This battle doesn't seem to be so simple, Mingjin should withdraw the troops, let's take one step at a time and drag all the ordnance up!" ”

At noon, the battle at the bottom of the valley finally ended, and the bloody Qian Duo and Tian Chong climbed to the top of the slope step by step, looking back at the bottom of the valley, where it had become bright red, and the corpses lying all over the valley floor.

At the beginning of the battle, the young men who rushed towards the enemy with high spirits became a little numb at this time, except for a few who looked as usual, most of the rest were straight-eyed, and even more, the war was over, but they were still holding their spears, carrying machetes, stabbing and slashing into the air, while shouting loudly.

Several Dingzhou veterans took advantage of the gap, rushed in and knocked them over one by one, and then dragged them back horizontally and vertically.

This battle was the first hand-to-hand combat between the two sides, the defenders had the advantage of geographical advantages, and had a numerical advantage, but the casualty ratio with the enemy reached an astonishing one to four, and the bottom of the valley was only more than 500 Minzhou troops lying down, but nearly 5,000 young men rushed down, and only more than 3,000 people could walk back.

"it!" Qian Duo lay down on the ground exhausted, and shouted at Tian Chong: "This battle can't be fought, the other party hasn't used heavy ordnance yet, we have fought like this, if the stones in the sky are flying around, arrows are raining down, knives and guns are poked on the ground, and even the dead people will bite you, it is strange that these young people will not scatter with a bang!" ”

Tian Chong was very optimistic, "It will get better and better, you see, the remaining 3,000 people will definitely perform better in the next battle." War can turn the kindest people into beasts, and when cowardice is gone, the thought of surviving will make them fierce. ”

"I hope so!" Qian Duo said angrily, and suddenly heard that there was *** vomiting around him, and when he turned his head to look, he couldn't help but be surprised, it was the kid who wanted to *** before the war, and his face turned red as soon as he spoke, but he didn't expect him to survive.

"Hey, good boy!" Qian Duo patted him on the shoulder, "How many did you flip?" ”

The young man vomited as he stretched out four fingers to indicate that he had poked four of them.

Qian Duo grinned, "Not bad, not bad, amazing, I can't see it." ”

Above the city, Xu Kexing looked at Long Xiaotian, who was pale, and said slowly: "This group of people is still fighting, so they will withdraw to the city and replace another group of people." ”