PS:== Quietly forgot, Zhang Xiu went to recruit Zhang Ji. Fan Chou went, so it was Cheng Lian who went to find Lu Lingqi and them, not Zhang Xiu. (There is no charge for these words)

Jincheng County, Muyu Valley.

In the noisy shouting, the Qiang chieftains, under the persecution of the big leader, each waved their armies to the camp of the Bingzhou army and launched a fierce attack, only Dajiawa refused to fight with serious damage, he is not a mediocre person, naturally he can see what Nuo Haobo is thinking, this ambitious jackal obviously wants to use this escort baggage to weaken the strength of him and other Hao chiefs, and wait for them and the Bingzhou army to defeat both before attacking, when the time comes, not only will the credit go to him, but also take the opportunity to annex their subordinates, Return to Xihai Lake to fight for the position of leader of the Nanqiang Alliance.

Looking at the battlefield with the sound of fighting in the distance, Dawa Jia slowly sharpened his simple knife, today's battle, he lost face, but it's okay, just let Nuo Haobo laugh at him, he will always let him know that the one who laughs last is the winner, thinking of this, Dawajia looked at the banner where Nuo Haobo was leading the four thousand people in front of him, and laughed gloomily.

In front of the camp, the sergeants clenched the spears, knives and guns in their hands, and in the shouts of the generals and colonels beside them, they leaned close to each other, staring at the Qiang cavalry in front of them with smoke and dust, and their hearts beat violently in their chests.

Behind the spear position, there were two hundred battle-hardened crossbowmen, who held the infantry crossbows left over from the Qin Dynasty.

"Put!" When the Qiang cavalry in front of him reached a distance of about two hundred paces, Yan Xing shouted, and in an instant, the two hundred crossbowmen in the front row detained the crossbow machine. Then, these terrifying crossbow arrows with a range of one hundred and fifty paces pounced on the Qiang cavalry rushing forward in a dense bowstring whistle, and just as they rushed to about one hundred and forty paces, they fiercely pierced into these flesh and blood.

"Put!" With Yan Xing's continuous shouting, two hundred crossbowmen from Bingzhou began three rounds of continuous firing, under Yan Xing's command and the adjustment of the Wangshan scale by the general next to him. Always suppress the rushing Qiang cavalry at a distance of 100 paces, making it difficult for their cavalry to exert their effective power.

However, in a short period of time, more than half of the five hundred Qiang cavalry in the first wave of impact were killed or wounded, but they couldn't even touch the shadow of the Han army, and only a few arrows shot fell on the head of the spear formation of the Bingzhou army with their shields raised.

Nuo Haobo looked at the hesitant attacking force and became annoyed, those crossbowmen of the state army were limited, as long as they rushed all the way regardless of casualties, sooner or later they could tear through their defenses. But now stopping halfway like this gives the other party a chance to breathe and repair, increasing their own casualties.

"Tell them that if anyone backs down, don't blame me for being ruthless." Nuo Haobo whispered to the cronies beside him, they can't afford to delay time. The longer the time dragged on, the more flustered his heart became, and he always felt that the behavior of the army on the other side was a little weird. It seems that there is a conspiracy brewing again, a conspiracy against their Nanqiang.

Under the threat of the Noho bowl. The front-line chieftains with their troops gritted their teeth and gathered their forces again, a full three thousand people, and frantically rushed to the camp of the Bingzhou army in front, and their previous experience in fighting with the Han army let them know that as long as they could break through the crossbow arrows of the Han army, they would rush into their positions. These Han troops are nothing to be afraid of, of course, Lu Bu's killing god and the wolf cavalry under his command don't count.

Looking at the Ruyun cavalry that pressed over, Yan Xing looked at Li Ru beside him, and the two hundred crossbowmen from Bingzhou would shoot five rounds of crossbow arrows at most, and they would not have the strength to wind the crossbow.

"Prepare for a hand-to-hand fight!" Li Ru was silent for a while. He opened his mouth: "Wait a minute, the general and the guards should not go to war easily." ”

"Whoa!" Yan Xing replied in a deep voice, he and the remaining elite guards were the last reliance in Li Ru's hands, and they could only attack at the most critical moment.

Five rounds of crossbow arrows whistled and shot at the rushing cavalry, and after a burst of people turned on their horses, the iron rain that terrified the Qiang cavalry finally stopped, and they could see the scorching sun again, and in a shout, they pulled out their bows and shot at the Han spearmen holding shields in front of them, and behind the overlapping vans.

"take out the breastfeeding, hold it down!" Loud shouts rang out from the spear positions of the array, and the Qiang cavalry rushed to wield their might, and a dense rain of arrows occasionally penetrated their bodies through the gaps between the shields of the Bingzhou army.

"Cowardly in battle, military law is engaged, and there is no forgiveness for killing!"

The generals and colonels of the Bingzhou army roared fiercely, and several generals and colonels who were hit by arrows were even more ferocious and killed a few wounded soldiers beside them who were wailing in pain and disturbing the morale of the army on the spot, suppressing the frightened ranks.

Looking at the Qiang cavalry getting closer and closer, the generals and colonels of the state army finally shouted, "Kill!" ”

With their order, the Bingzhou army in array stabbed out the spears in their hands, and a long forest of iron thorns appeared in front of the Qiang cavalry who rushed to the near place in an instant, and the frightened horses all stopped in an instant, throwing out the master on their backs, and some horses crashed into the spears with wails.

With the collision between the two sides, the spear array listed by the state army appeared a gap under the huge impact force, and some soldiers with spears were knocked to the ground by the force of men and horses from the barrel of the gun, and the tiger's mouth was cracked, and some people were pierced through the chest by the broken gun barrel and fell to the ground.

The strong smell of blood suddenly spread, and the earth-shattering roar ignited the most primitive killing instinct in everyone's hearts, and the state army forgot everything, just red-eyed, holding a spear to constantly fill the position of the dead companion in front, stabbing the spear in his hand, and putting down the Qiang cavalry who rushed over with men and horses, stabbing into blood foam.

The cavalry of the Qiang people were also like enchanted, and they still flocked to the guns of the Bingzhou army that were constantly harvesting human lives, they dismounted, stepped on the corpses of their comrades in front of them, and slashed forward with their swords, and before being defeated, they would not take half a step back, only if the enemy in front of them was stronger, bloodier, and more ferocious than them, they would feel afraid.

Li Ru looked at the Qiang people who were attacking regardless of casualties, and his eyes showed a bit of worry, wisdom can calculate everything, but things on the battlefield can never be calculated, and now whether they can block the desperate attack of these Qiang people depends on these state troops, and at the same time, Li Ru also saw through this battle that there is a serious problem in Lu Bu's army.

Those veterans who followed Lu Bu's southern expedition to the north may not be afraid of death on the battlefield, but these newly surrendered Xiliang troops cannot be regarded as a merger state army in the strict sense.

Seeing this situation, Li Ru conveyed the next order with an expressionless face, so that the soldiers behind the van were ready to fight, and let the soldiers who had been fighting for an hour retreat.

In the end, less than 200 of the Bingzhou army in the gun array were able to retreat with their whole body, and the others were either dead or seriously wounded, knowing that they were going to die, and followed a few generals to stop the Qiang people from taking advantage of the situation to kill the car formation.

In the face of the fifty remnants of the army in front, the attacking Qiang people obviously had the advantage, but it was always difficult to break through the gap they were guarding, and they watched the other Bingzhou troops retreat into the chariot formation.

The remnants of the Bingzhou army in front of them seemed to be no longer human, the feather arrows were shot at them, they couldn't make them feel the slightest pain, they were covered in blood, they just waved the swords in their hands just to kill one more enemy, when they all fell, the Hao chieftains of the Qiang people shivered in their hearts, if those retreating Bingzhou troops were all like these remnants, even if they won, I am afraid they would suffer heavy losses.

The fierce battle continued, and the Qiang cavalry, who had been provoked by the bloody ferocious side, dismounted, densely crossed the antlers laid by the state army to resist the horses, and there were pits, and began the siege.

Before the establishment of the Han Empire, their ancestors who lived in this land were called Qin people, each of them was a tiger and wolf, feared by the world, they were the strongest warriors, who had swept the whole world, and now their descendants were full of bright red in this long-lost battlefield to arouse their instinct to fight.

The army from Yongliang and the state began to wield the ring-headed broadsword in their hands, slashing and slashing every Qiang person who appeared in sight, their eyes were bloodshot, they looked like a group of sand wolves eager for flesh and blood, and there was no fear when they heard the Qiang people a day ago. Yan Xing looked at those merger state troops, as if something was about to move, and he wanted to fight with them.

Finally, the Qiang people, who had been attacking for a long time without success, sounded the horn of retreat, and the bloody remnant sun on the horizon shone on the blood-stained land, adding a bit of poignancy to the wilderness on the northwest border of the Han Dynasty.

Looking at the Qiang people who retreated like a tide, several shirtless generals and colonels of the Bingzhou Army looked at the heads of the Qiang people cut off at their feet, and then laughed together with the soldiers who were still alive next to them, these Qiang people were repelled by them. The rough laughter continued to resound in the camp, echoing in the dark wilderness, Li Ru listened to this laughter, and looked thoughtfully at the retreating Qiang, he seemed to see the hope of victory, and at the same time reassessed the heroic potential of the Xiliang army.

The soldiers who also live on the border of the Han Dynasty, as long as they are allowed to have a new goal to strive for, as long as they know why they are fighting, they will not be much worse than the Bingzhou army.

After a whole day of fighting, 3,000 soldiers were lost, which was not as simple as the army escorting the heavy contender in front of Nuo Haobo and the other chiefs.

Nuo Haobo made up his mind, he no longer planned to preserve his strength, this escort of the heavy state army must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise, if it drags on like this, their remaining 17,000 soldiers will be dragged down.

"As long as the leader sends troops, I will naturally follow." Seeing that he had found his own Nuo Hao bowl, Dawa Jiamu said in a deep voice, even he was moved by the fierceness of the Bingzhou army that escorted the heavy baggage during the day.

In the face of a common enemy, Nuo Hao Bo and Dawa Jia, who had their own thoughts, finally chose to cooperate temporarily. (To be continued......)