The sun is sinking in the west, the autumn wind is slaughtering, and the flags are blowing all over the mountains and fields, and nearly 100,000 black mountain thieves are fighting fiercely with officers and soldiers from all walks of life around Dingxiang.

Wang Shuang's crotch was "red in the snow", and the "tiger roaring knife" in his palm, rushing to the position where the handsome flag was located; In the midst of thousands of troops, he is like a tiger among wolves, and everywhere he goes, those who block him fall off his horse.

"Shhh...... This cavalry turned out to be our army dressed as an officer and soldier, looking at the dust billowing in the south, it is estimated that reinforcements from Hanoi have arrived, and I don't know how many people came? ”

Zhang Yan immediately crossed his sword, looked south, and saw that the cavalry that was charging over was covered with dust, and it seemed that tens of thousands of troops were rushing over.

Although Wang Shuang is brave, Zhang Yan is not afraid, Rong Ma has lived for most of his life, and he has seen countless fierce generals, and a row of bows and arrows can be shot back, and the courage of the horseman is not to be feared!

What worried Zhang Yan was the main army behind the cavalry, looking at this dusty appearance, the scale was at least tens of thousands.

It's just that he didn't know that this was Xu Shu's strategy, seeing that the thieves were strong, Xu Shu left two hundred cavalry, cut branches from the trees on the side of the road and tied them to the tail of the horse, galloping back and forth, raising dust in the sky, used to deter the Black Mountain thieves, Zhang Yan really hit the plan.

In addition, the combat effectiveness of this cavalry also shocked Zhang Yan, his eyes widened, and he had an expression of disbelief!

It was not uncommon for soldiers to be able to shoot at horseback, and among the cavalry of the Montenegrin army, three or five were always found for every hundred people. However, like the oncoming cavalry, the size of 14,500 men, almost without exception, can shoot at a gallop on horseback, and the speed is very fast. The archery is accurate, the bowstring sounds, and many of the soldiers have fallen off their horses, such combat power is really terrifying!

was caught off guard by the sudden officers and soldiers from the south, and Qu Shuai was killed in poison, which greatly dampened the fighting spirit of the Montenegrin army, and the strength of the siege suddenly weakened, the drums gradually became thin, and the sound of the horns became weak......

"Roll it off!"

Seeing the failure, Zhang Yan's eyes were red. Unwillingly, he ordered the troops to be withdrawn. With the sound of two long and one short horns. The Montenegrin army, which had long been overwhelmed, fought and retreated, each rushing back to his barracks.

"The thieves have retreated, the thieves have retreated!"

"God bless Dingxiang, God bless the people of the Great Han!"

"Wow...... Our reinforcements are coming. We are saved! ”

Seeing that the black thief who was like an ant colony finally retreated. The soldiers and civilians at the head of Dingxiang City were jubilant. The hoarse women and children wept with joy and hugged each other and cheered. Up and down the city, more than 40,000 lives. Finally avoided being devastated by the Black Mountain thieves......

Wang Shuangshuai Qi charged for a moment where the handsome flag was, and was attacked by Zhang Yan's own guards with a rain of arrows, unable to advance, so he could only call Diao Ling and fight and retreat.

Seeing that the Montenegrin army stopped attacking the city and collected its troops and returned to the camp, the Yuan army did not dare to force too much, let alone storm the opponent's camp, and also collected the troops. Xu Shu and Wang Shuang led the cavalry to the direction of White Wolf Mountain to meet Hao Zhao and Wang Ling's men and horses.

After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Black Mountain thieves threw more than 15,000 corpses under Dingxiang City, in addition to Wang Dang's troops lost more than 4,000 people, Sun Qing also suffered heavy losses under the attack of Hao Zhao and Wang Shuang, and killed more than 6,000 people, plus more than 3,000 people who were shot by Bai Yucai, the thieves suffered heavy casualties, and the casualties in this battle were close to 30,000.

The corpses of the attackers were all over the place, and the defenders were not much better, Tian Yu's troops killed more than 1,500 people, plus the 2,000 people killed in battle a few days ago, and the defenders in the city were only more than 2,500 people.

The people who assisted in defending the city, the old and weak, women and children, had low combat effectiveness, and their ability to dodge bows and arrows was almost negligible, and more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded in the dense arrow rain of Black Mountain thieves.

In the dark night, the field of Dingxiang was filled with the smell of blood, and mutilated corpses could be seen everywhere in the mountains.

Under the cover of night, the dotted jackals and fierce beasts rose and fell in the wilderness, enjoying a gluttonous feast, and I don't know how many dead bodies were eaten by animals and turned into white bones!

After the three Yuan armies gathered together, it was decided that Hao Zhao and Wang Ling would lead their troops to break through into the city and assist Tian Yu in holding Dingxiang. Wang Shuang and Xu Shu led the cavalry to fight guerrillas on the periphery, harassing the Montenegrin army and making it unpeaceful.

After the plan was completed, taking advantage of the moonlight, Hao Zhao and Wang Ling led their troops to march to Dingxiang City.

The Black Mountain thieves fought for a day, and they were already sleepy and tired, and Zhang Yan couldn't figure out the reality of the officers and soldiers, so he had to close the door and let the officers and soldiers into the city.

Five or six thousand reinforcements were added to the city at once, and a considerable number of bows and arrows were brought, and the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city suddenly rose, and the crowd was surging, swearing to protect Dingxiang to the death.

The next day, Xu Shu and Wang Shuang retreated twenty miles, giving up the battlefield around Dingxiang, leaving the Black Mountain thieves to bury the corpses.

There was an unwritten rule in this era that after the battle was over, the winning side was responsible for clearing the battlefield, while the other side had to retreat.

Although the Montenegrin Army suffered heavy losses in this battle, they still had 70,000 or 80,000 troops, the siege of Dingxiang was still unresolved, the Montenegrin Army still took the initiative, and the responsibility for cleaning up the battlefield fell on the head of the Montenegrin Army.

After all, most of the people who died in the wild were Montenegrin thieves, and when their companions died, it was impossible for them to sit idly by, if there was no place to bury them after death, who would dare to die for Zhang Yan in the future? And the officers and soldiers also need the Black Mountain thieves to clean up the corpses, if they are ignored, the corpses will be plagued after they decompose, which no one on either side wants to see!

Therefore, the surroundings of Dingxiang City temporarily entered a state of calm, and the two sides temporarily rested their fights. Just when the Black Mountain thieves buried the corpses outside the city, Tian Yu also led the soldiers and civilians in the city to find an open place and bury the martyrs who died in battle in the soil.

Two or three days later, the corpses inside and outside Dingxiang were finally cleaned up. Zhang Yan also figured out the strength of the Yuan army, it turned out that the infantry in Hanoi still hadn't arrived, and only 3,000 vanguard cavalry had been killed before!

The unwilling Zhang Yan ordered the siege of the city again, but the defenders at the head of the city tripled, and there were generals such as Tian Yu, Hao Zhao, and Wang Ling who were good at defending the city.

Just when the Montenegrin army was attacking the city, Wang Shuang and Xu Shu led the cavalry to attack from behind, and a rain of arrows shot through, shooting and killing four or five hundred Montenegrin soldiers. When the main force of the Montenegrin army came to encircle and suppress, the whole army turned around and retreated southward, and shot while retreating, killing three or four hundred thieves.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yan became angry and ordered: "Leave 30,000 horses to continue to besiege the city, and the rest of the troops will follow me to chase this cavalry, destroy this team first, and then attack the city!" ”

At this moment, the center of gravity of the Montenegrin army shifted, and more than 40,000 thieves turned around to chase after Yuan's cavalry, all the way to the south, and chased fifty or sixty miles.

Just when Wang Shuang and Xu Shu were fighting and retreating, the south was waving the flag, and a team with bright armor came from the south, and the Yuan Zi banner was waving in the wind, and it was the reinforcements of 12,000 people led by Yuan Mai.

Wang Shuang and Xu Shu were overjoyed and immediately went to pay homage to Yuan Mai. After a little deliberation, Yuan Mai ordered a formation to confront the Montenegrin army.

On the banks of the Hutuo River, in the bleak autumn wind, 15,000 officers and soldiers and more than 40,000 black mountain thieves lined up separately, separated by more than 150 zhang, and scolded each other.

Yuan Mai didn't bother to take care of Zhang Yan, turned his head to Ma Jun beside him and said: "Ma Deheng, these forty or fifty thousand heads gathered together, it is a good time for your thunderbolt to show its might, what are you waiting for?" ”

"Thunderbolt?" Xu Shu and Wang Shuang looked surprised at the same time, "What is this?" ”

Yuan Mai smiled hesitantly: "You'll see its power later!" ”

Ma Jun smiled embarrassedly and said modestly: "This is actually the credit of Lord Thorn Shi, I just painted the gourd in the same way." Fortunately, two thunderbolts were finally built. ”

Seeing Ma Jun's thin appearance, Xu Shu and Wang Shuangju were a little contemptuous, although they exchanged a few words of greeting in their mouths, they didn't think so, they didn't think that such a good-looking character could create any powerful weapons?

From Shangdang to Dingxiang for 500 miles, Yuan Mai led the team to walk for six or seven days. Ma Jun was thinking about the thunderbolt all the way.

With Yuan Mai's explanation, for Ma Jun, a genius inventor, the rest of the things were much simpler, and it only took two days for him to design the structure of the thunderbolt and draw detailed drawings. Then, in the remaining two days, he worked together with the master and apprentice of the Korean blacksmith and a dozen carpenters to build two "thunderbolts".

The two thunderbolts built by Ma Jun were hidden in the middle of the team, so they did not attract the attention of the Montenegrin thieves. I have tried to shoot several times on the road, and the farthest distance of more than 200 zhang can throw stones, and I can shoot out 500 catties of big stones, and I can also launch them continuously, and the frequency is extremely fast.

"Thunderbolt, ready to launch!"

With the order of the herald, the two thunderbolts were loaded with stones, and as Ma Jun personally controlled the machine, a huge stone on the top of one of the thunderbolts was raised and smashed into the opposite Montenegrin army like a meteor......

"Wow...... A big rock fell from the sky! ”

"Boom"

With an earth-shattering sound, this big stone personally selected by Yuan Mai smashed into the crowd of the Black Mountain Army, like Mount Tai pressing the top, and immediately pressed more than a dozen thieves to the bottom, smashing the flesh and blood blurred, and Bai Huahua's brains and blood were intertwined, which was extremely bloody!

"Wow...... The corpses are all smashed and glued! ”

The soldiers of the Montenegrin Army were in a mess, not knowing where the stone that suddenly fell from the sky came from?

"Boom" sound......

Before the soldiers could figure it out, another large rock roared into the crowd, and a dozen more people were smashed into a blur of flesh and blood.

The firing frequency of the thunderbolt car was extremely fast, and the two cars alternated with each other, and the stones in the sky rumbled into the formation of the Montenegrin army, and in a moment, six or seven hundred people were killed.

What makes the thieves even more frightened is that they have no defense against these powerful stones, unlike bows and arrows, they can only wait to be smashed, or turn around and flee, there is no other choice! (To be continued......)