Chapter 440: The Car Formation

The circular car formation of the Luzhou regiment has been arranged, and even Wang Haibin, who has been in the army for many years, can't find the slightest flaw, Wang Haibin really can't understand how these auxiliary soldiers, who have only been trained for three months, can do this.

However, in addition to admiring, Wang Haibin still muttered a little, this Lantian King is also a little too cautious, when will he be able to reach Yingzhou with all the grass and trees?

Muttering and muttering, but the Metropolitan Governor made himself have to obey the orders of the Lantian King, and as a soldier, he still obeyed the orders of the Lantian King unconditionally. Seeing his soldiers standing bored, Wang Haibin couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Suddenly, there was a strange sound in front of him, and Wang Haibin looked at it, only to see the flow of people in front of him surging in his direction like a tide. He made it clear that this was not an organized retreat, but a disorderly rout. Wang Haibin's heart sank, it seemed that King Lantian had expected that the front army and the Chinese army had been defeated and out of control.

Thinking of the task assigned to him by King Lantian, Wang Haibin quickly shouted: "All the personnel are in place, and the defeated troops must not be allowed to attack the He array laid by the Luzhou regimental training from the front!" ”

Not only Wang Haibin, but also Li Tao and all the team exercises in the circle saw this scene.

Li Tao's face was heavy, he was worried that Nantai Valley would be attacked by the Khitans, so he specially sent someone to send letters to Xue Ne and Li Sijing respectively, but he didn't expect this result to be the end.

Because Li Kailuo left early, he took Xue Ne and rushed towards the Xiaoluan River, and he could already see the circle formation under Li Taobu from a distance.

At this moment, Wang Haibin shouted to Li Kailuo: "General Li." The king of Lantian had an order, not to attack the defensive circle from the front, and quickly retreat from both sides. ”

Of course, Li Kailuo knew that if he attacked the defensive position from the front. What will it mean for Luzhou group training. He hurriedly turned his horse's head and went to one side. More and more routed soldiers followed Li Kailuo and fled towards the Xiaoluan River, and Wang Haibin and his men gradually couldn't stop the panicked Tang soldiers.

A horse in the rear circle came in a hurry, and shouted from a distance: "Captain Wang, the king of Lantian sent me to give you an order, so that your soldiers can shout in unison, and the rout must be evacuated from both sides." If anyone rushes from the front, they will be killed on the spot! ”

Wang Haibin Dingqing saw that it was the one-armed personal guard wolf thirteen of the king of Lantian. Before he could answer, he saw that Wolf Thirteen had already drawn his sword and killed a Tang soldier who was rushing from the front.

"Still stunned, if the circle is broken, everyone will die." Wolf Thirteen killed the defeated soldiers around him. He roared.

Wang Haibin had a look of grief and indignation on his face. He knew that Li Tao's decision was also a last resort.

The official of Lunu Mansion, who received the order of Wang Haibin's general, immediately shouted: "On the order of the king of Lantian, the rout army bypasses the defensive vehicle formation from both sides, and those who violate the order will be killed on the spot!" ”

Most of the routs quickly detoured to both sides, but there were also some soldiers who were frightened, regardless of the fact that they came straight to the car formation, how dare Wang Haibin slack off, and did not hesitate to kill those who violated the order.

The Khitan cavalry chased closer and closer, and the Tang soldiers who were approached by death could not manage so much. rushed straight towards Wang Haibin. Wang Haibin had only about 1,000 men under his command, and he was able to stop the rout soldiers who were eager to flee for their lives. Seeing that the Khitans are getting closer and closer. Wolf Thirteen shouted to Wang Haibin: "Wang Duwei, take your men and withdraw from both sides. ”

"What about this front?" Wang Haibin said with some concern.

"I can't take care of it so much, the little master will solve it, you hurry up, otherwise it will be too late."

Wang Haibin glanced back at the menacing Khitan cavalry, stomped his feet fiercely and retreated from both sides with his own people.

Li Tao watched as more and more rout soldiers rushed towards the circle formation, and behind them were the fierce Khitan and Xi cavalry.

"Little master, the rout is still fifty steps away from us!" Pei Yue reminded on the side.

Li Tao sighed and said: "They have to die anyway, since this is the case, then pull more Khitan people to back their backs!" Wait, there will be some Khitan cavalry into range. ”

At the same time, Li, who was happily killing with the cavalry, also discovered this circular car formation that suddenly appeared by the Xiaoluan River. He reined in the war horse, looked at it for a while, and said to Li Dayu beside him: "King Xi, it seems that the Tang army also has a follow-up move, for the sake of insurance, let's suspend the pursuit!" ”

"Wouldn't it be a waste of all the work done to suspend the pursuit? Seeing it, they were driven into the Xiaoluan River! Li Dayu was unwilling.

Li Fuhuo persuaded: "Don't worry, they can't cross the Xiaoluan River, have you forgotten that we have arranged manpower in the upper reaches of the Xiaoluan River?" ”

"Why don't we ask Grand Wizard Sanger for his opinion?" Li Dayu hesitated.

Li Yanhuo's face showed displeasure: "This battle is fought by our two tribes, so you don't have to look at the faces of the Turks in everything. Besides, Sanger is far behind, and he doesn't know when he will catch up, so we can't wait for him here, right? ”

"Okay then, let's ......" Li Dayu's words were not finished, and his eyes widened at the boss looking ahead, as if he had encountered a ghost.

Li was very strange, and he also looked at Li Dayu's line of sight, and he was also stunned.

I saw a group of rapid giant arrows shot out of the opponent's car formation, the shaft of the arrow was thicker than a spear, and the arrow was larger than the head of the knife. As long as it is shot, all of them are shot through by people and horses, and there are not a few people who wear three or five people in a string, and there are no small number of people who wear a blood hole with a large bowl mouth on the body of the arrow, and everyone who sees it is terrified. This time the Khitan and Xi cavalry were suppressed, such a powerful and ferocious weapon, they had never even seen it, seeing the sergeants fall one after another, flesh and blood flying, how could it not be chilling, although the Khitan and Xi soldiers were strong and strong, and the momentum was fierce, but no one had to retreat quickly without an order.

"What kind of weapon is this?" Li Dayu muttered to himself.

At this moment, Sanger, who caught up from behind, said: "This must be the crossbow of the Tang Army, I didn't expect them to have a repeating crossbow, and it is so powerful!" ”

"How's that okay?" Li was also a little discouraged.

Sanger was not very worried, he smiled: "It doesn't matter, although this crossbow is hugely powerful, it also has a certain range, as long as it is outside the range, it has no effect." Besides, this thing must be expensive, and he won't have much. All we need to do is surround them and wait until they run out of food, or it won't be long before they are dead. ”

Sanger is right, can kill the enemy in a long distance, nothing more than a crossbow, other weapons, can not be compared, obviously, only the crossbow is the most ferocious and powerful weapon in the cold soldiers, the weapon used by Li Tao is the crossbow of the Tang Dynasty. Due to the combination of two or three bows, the tension and strength of the crossbow are greatly enhanced. When the crossbow is opened, the crossbow string is connected to the winch with a thick rope, and the soldiers shake the winch, open the crossbow string, and set the giant arrow, and when it is fired, the soldier must slam the trigger with a sledgehammer, and the machine will shoot the arrow into the distance. A row of giant arrows, killing and wounding, terrifying.

Another thing that Sanger said was right, even in the Tang Dynasty, which was known for its wealth, this weapon was not heavily equipped, and the manufacturing cost of the crossbow and its crossbow arrows was very high, and the annual income of twenty medium-sized families could only afford one crossbow and fifty crossbow arrows. This time, Li Tao's convoy brought thirty ballistas, of course, Li Tao did not do this because he had no money, but there were too many things to bring, so he could only bring so many just in case, but he didn't expect to use them today. (To be continued......)