Chapter Ninety-Eight: The White Hair Falls and the Birds Fly (1)
With Ergu's order, the large array within a radius of more than ten miles only heard the sound of hunting with the wind sweeping the flag.
"Knock Knock ......"
With a sudden sound of drums, the large array of Tartar sea-blue bows and crossbows was pressed to the ground of half an arrow, and the thunderous and rolling war drums came from the hill where the Chinese army was stationed.
"Whew...... Ha ......"
Three shouts, only to see the Tartar infantry coming like a tidal wave. Each is dressed in battle armor, with a crossbow in hand, three layers inside and three layers outside, forming a large long arc, three echelons, and ready to go.
Seeing this in the distance, Xia Mu was shocked, and hurriedly dismounted and waved his hand. Suddenly, the thirty brocade guards in the rear also dismounted.
"Treading ......"
There was a burst of horses' hooves galloping, like ten thousand horses galloping, but it was the brocade guards who sat down and rode away, and they raised their shields to protect Xia Mu.
The thirty horses galloped for a while, but they suddenly held on to their hooves, wandering around the battlefield and neighing, unwilling to leave.
Soldiers love horses, and soldiers who go into battle especially love horses, more than their wives, as brothers, train together, kill the enemy together, sometimes run long distances, and lie down together in clothes.
People have affection, and so do horses.
The thirty war horses came all the way from Gyeonggi, and after a long time, they seemed to be restless at this moment, and this time was obviously the time of life and death, and the old horses knew the way and were very smart, so they naturally knew that their masters had abandoned them and chose to leave the danger to themselves.
In an instant, Xia Mu was surrounded by the brocade guards on the inner and outer three floors. He could only see the heads of the soldiers, but he couldn't see the surroundings, let alone the outside.
At this time, in the midst of the Tartar array, Hattori sat on a high horse, looking at the behavior of the young men of the brocade guard, and sighed in his heart:
Is this Anshi Taoshan, the tyranny of everyone's mouth and pen? If it is a tyranny, why do you treat an animal like this, why don't you use the body of a war horse to resist the Tartar bow and arrow, but instead step forward and block it with your flesh and blood?
On the other hand, in my Great Japanese Empire, when the generals were fighting, they were in trouble, which one was not killing horses and gluttony, and abandoning them like shoes, when did they become brothers and sisters of horses?
At this time, Ergu sneered abruptly: "I really don't know whether to live or die, I actually let go of the war horse, if I use the horse's body to form a wall of flesh and protect myself, I'm afraid the general's crossbow array will not be able to help them!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Ergu stood up suddenly, ordered the flag in his hand, and shouted: "Ten thousand arrows are fired!" ”
In an instant, the horn whined and whispered, followed by a neat shout: "Whew...... Ha! ”
I saw that the three times were surrounded, and countless archers held machine crossbows and raised them flat, aiming at Xia Mu and the others in the center.
Then there was a sound of the crossbow pulling the strings, like a thunderbolt, and it was endless. With a "buzz" noise, it was the Tartar army's sea-blue phalanx with ten thousand arrows, and the swarming waves rumbled over!
At this time, the leader of the team to protect Xia Mu was the general manager of Jinyi Wei Qianchao Pingyang, and he was one of the masters of the fourteen Jinyi Wei Institutes.
"Shield!" When Chao Pingyang heard the sound of the crossbows pulling the strings around him, he was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly shouted, "Block!" ”
Suddenly, the thirty brocade guards raised the round shield in their hands, and without hesitation, they protected Xia Mu's surroundings in front of him, forming a steel city wall, rising from the ground, reflecting the cold light.
"Boom" arrows slashed through the air, and then sharp arrows rained down on the fortress-like shield array.
Suddenly, the arrows and shields intersected, bursting out a series of thrilling sparks, but they were blocked by the shield of the brocade guard.
Seeing this in the distance, Ergu raised his eyebrows, and the command flag in his hand was split again, shouting: "Nine heavens and ten earths!" ”
Under an order, the large array of Tartar machine crossbows changed in an instant, and a group of thousands of people lined up in formation, and the machine crossbow in their hands pointed obliquely at the sky.
With a "hum", thousands of arrows rushed to the sky like a long river, forming a sea of arrows that connected the sky, and then crossed the sky and shot towards the top of Xia Mu's shield array.
Seeing this, Chao Pingyang hurriedly shouted: "Top! ”
Suddenly, the thirty brocade guards raised their shields and formed a shield wall above their heads, like a dome, covering a radius of ten meters.
And Xia Mu was surrounded by soldiers in the middle, and he was full of human heads at a glance, and he couldn't see what was going on around him at all.
He only heard a loud noise, but he knew in his heart that the Tartar's arrows had been successfully fended off the iron shield.
At this time, Ergu saw that the arrow array was resisted again, but he was not anxious, the corner of his mouth showed a sneer, and the command flag in his hand was split again, and he shouted: "All ten sides are destroyed!" ”
As soon as the words fell, three hundred archers were in a row, a total of three rows, and when a row shot a machine crossbow, they immediately squatted, and the back row continued to shoot, undulating like a wave, and the connection was perfect.
For a while, all directions, like knives, were full of bows and arrows!
Seeing this, Chao Pingyang's face changed greatly, knowing that this was the famous bow and crossbow array of the Tartars, but it was wiped out in all directions, and there were archers in all directions, so it had to be shot into a sieve.
Thinking about it, he looked at his brothers who were also desperate, and immediately shouted: "Honor the Ming Dynasty, go to the national disaster together, and fight to the death!" Brocade Warriors, who competes! Top -----"
Hearing this, the surrounding brocade guards raised their big shields without hesitation, forming a dome again, and then they held each other's arms and wrists one by one, forming a human wall with their bodies.
In the blink of an eye, the arrows swarmed. They blocked the arrows from the sky, but they used their bodies to block the arrows that came from all sides, and after all, they could not let an arrow pass through them and wound their governor.
For a while, muffled snorts sounded one after another, but there was no scream. In the blink of an eye, countless brocade guards were pierced all over their bodies by sharp arrows, blood spilled on the ground, and their eyes were deadly open.
What kind of eyes are there, which contain nostalgia and unwillingness, but there is no trace of remorse.
They died, but they still held their brothers' hands with their hands, and none of them fell.
The man of the Ming Dynasty would rather die standing than live on his knees! This is the earnest teaching of the fathers before they go out to fight.
When you come back, I don't want you to kill too many enemies, I just want you to be safe! This is the prayer of the wives who are reluctant to give up and burn incense every night before going out to fight.
But in the blink of an eye, after all, it was the mountains and rivers that gave up, and smiled for the king, and the man killed the enemy, after all, it was the horse leather shroud that returned.
Soldiers are martyred, and their souls bless the territory!
At this time, Li Chengliang led the team to fight desperately, but he was blocked. He looked at the thirty brocade guards who died tragically and Chao Pingyang, and he couldn't see clearly at this moment, and there were long arrows stuck everywhere, like hedgehogs, crawling on the ground.
They all died without turning a blind eye, allowing the blood to flow down the flying fish suits and stain the earth red.
Countless Ningxia soldiers burst into tears when they saw it. Seeing how tragically their brother died, they couldn't help but cry.
It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, just because men haven't reached the sad place!
For a while, the sad "Loyal to the Country" sang on the battlefield. The long wind is agitated, and the clouds are still.
Countless Tartars around watched this scene quietly, and everywhere they looked, there were arrows, and it was terrifyingly quiet for a while, as if the heavens and the earth had lost their color at this moment, and the mountains and rivers fell into eternal silence.
Xia Mu, who was being guarded in the middle, was pale at the moment, his hands couldn't help but tremble, and his eyes were full of tears.
He looked at the smiling and immature faces in front of him, but he couldn't smile anymore at the moment, he still listened to these brothers and sisters talk and laugh last night, talking about their beloved girls, but now they actually ......
Xia Mu bit his cheeks tightly, his teeth creaked, and a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, like plum blossoms blooming in early spring, which was particularly dazzling.
He looked at these soldiers in their youth, and looked at the bows and arrows that pierced through their bodies, each of them was full of arrows, and they died so miserably.
He wanted to yell angrily, but he couldn't speak with his mouth open.