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Eighty steps

"Holding a Shield"

"Raise the Spear"

"Hold your ground"

"Archer Preparation"

One after another, orders sounded again, and the infantry in the front hurriedly put the empty crossbows in their hands on the ground beside them. Pick up the shield and spear from the ground again. The archers behind also put down their crossbow arrows and began to draw their bows and arrows. Sixty paces, which is the distance that archers can shoot.

It is also the range of the opposing knight's riding bow, although the crossbow is good, but the loading of the crossbow arrow is very time-consuming, and the cost of the crossbow arrow is much higher than that of the bow and arrow. Therefore, when shooting three preloaded crossbow arrows, facing the Khitan cavalry who had already rushed closer and closer and completely rushed into the range of bows and arrows, most of the soldiers of the Sui army turned into shield soldiers and spearmen to do peripheral defense, leaving only the part of the rear formation with excellent archery skills as archers and continued to shoot.

Thousands of large shields for defense were raised from the periphery of the array, and the metal shields refracted the sun's rays, emitting dazzling light, directly hitting the cavalry on the opposite side.

Although the Khitan cavalry suffered heavy losses under the Sui army's crossbow arrows, they did not retreat, and they continued one after another, still maintaining a strong charging speed. At this time, facing the Sui army, which had already reached the shooting range, they opened their bows and arrows, and bursts of arrows continued to shoot into the Sui army's array. Although with the protection of the big shield, in the face of such a rain of arrows, there are still many soldiers who are hit by arrows.

Blood sprouted, and the cries of pain were endless. On the battle array, there is no mercy, no mercy, either you die or I die.

The Khitan cavalry had good riding and archery skills, but the infantry archery skills in the Sui army were not bad, and the archers calmly shot a round of feather arrows under the escort of the shield soldiers in front, and dozens of horses fell on their horses.

The bows and crossbows of the Sui army were powerful, and there was the defense of the shield array and the spear array, those Khitan cavalry rushed to the front of the formation, and the Sui army array did not retreat half of the soldiers, but the oncoming arrow rain, and the spears that were handed over. The Khitan cavalry had a longitudinal horse that was not afraid of death, and after a while, thirty or forty horsemen were poked to the ground by the spears of the forest.

Seeing this situation, no matter how two hundred and five Khitan cavalry did not dare to rush up like this, the cavalry behind them were in a hurry to gallop with their horse's head to both sides of the array, and only these Khitan people living on horseback could have such horse riding skills.

In such a strong and dense defensive formation, the Khitan knights did not get half a point for a long time, but the Sui army also suffered from the ruthless blow of the Khitan catapult, in the face of such a dense formation of the Sui army, the Khitan catapult, basically without ranging and aiming, can easily throw stone bullets and fireballs to the front of the Sui army array. The first stone projectile or fireball hit would smash a gap in the dense array, and each hit would take away at least two or three soldiers.

Even with a shield, there were still heavy casualties. In this short first round of attacks, nearly 2,000 of the Khitans' 7,000 cavalry fell, most of whom died under the crossbow arrows. Although the Sui army successfully stabilized its position and resisted the onslaught of the Khitans, it suffered equally heavy losses from the catapult attack.

It was stone bullets, fireballs, bows and arrows, and more than 20,000 people in the Sui army were stoned to death and burned to death in a short period of time. But with such a casualty speed, Chen Kefu also couldn't stand it. The first one here is a soldier who has been through several wars, and even if he is a new soldier, he is now a more or less qualified soldier. …,

They didn't die in Xincheng, they didn't die in Jinshan Gorge, but now they are going to die at the hands of these Khitans who suddenly came out halfway.

Chen Kefu's eyes were split, if he continued to fight like this, the loss would definitely be greater than the battle in Jinshan Canyon.

"Go and see if Li Shimin is ready? Does it take so long to prepare for battle? The brothers in front of them fought to the death and suffered heavy casualties, and they were the elite aces of our Northeast Army, but they were watching the play on the sidelines, and you go and tell him, I hope to see him and his brothers from the heavy infantry brigade within half an hour, break through the defense in front of the Khitan dense forest, and destroy all the catapults. After half an hour has passed, even if there is still a catapult still being launched, then he, the commander of the 1st Heavy Infantry Brigade of the Reserve, should not do it again. When the time came, he rolled Lao Tzu to the medical camp to serve the wounded soldiers. ”

The battle had been fought for so long, and the heavy infantry brigade he had been looking forward to had still not appeared, which made him very angry. As long as they smash the enemy formation and destroy the catapults, then they can continue to counter-encircle in a tight formation, squeeze the Khitan cavalry step by step, and finally defeat the Khitan people who ambushed them.

Zhang Jin shouted, "Dashuai, I will personally go and convey Dashuai's words to Brigade Commander Li." After saying that, he mounted his war horse and rushed to the rear.

When they arrived at the rear, Li Shimin's 6,000 heavy infantry had just put on their battle armor and were assembling in a queue.

Zhang Jin didn't give politeness to the eldest marshal's brother-in-law, and shouted directly, "The marshal has an order, the heavy infantry brigade must take down the array of people in the dense forest opposite within half an hour, and destroy all the catapults." ”

After speaking, he whispered in Li Shimin's ear, "General Li, the marshal is angry." I hope you can hurry up, those Liao catapults have caused us heavy casualties, and the big commander is angry. If you can't take those catapults in half an hour, the commander said, even if there is only one left, you will be driven to the medical camp to serve the wounded soldiers. You are hurrying on, I still have the heavy responsibility of guarding the marshal, so I will go back first. After speaking, he didn't look back, and went directly to Chen Kefu's banner.

When Li Shimin heard that his brother-in-law was so dissatisfied with him again, his heart was also on fire. The last time I fought the ambush battle in Liaodong City, I originally made a meritorious service, but in the end, because of the brawl, I lost the title of major general who was about to get it, and I became a reserve, and even half of the battle flag was cut off. This is a great shame for him.

And this time in the Jinshan ambush, the heavy infantry brigade performed well, and he already felt that as long as he returned to Liaodong City this time, maybe not only would he restore the battle flag for them, but maybe their reserve force would also be restored to the first line of combat troops.

If just because of the current situation, all this has changed. even made him a dignified son of a national prince and the brother-in-law of a general, in the end, not only could the major general not be able to do it, but he also had to go to the wounded barracks to take care of the wounded soldiers, and then he really had no face to stay in the Northeast Army anymore. And more importantly, the heavy infantry brigade, which was also demoted to reserve last time with them, also performed very well in the last battle of Jinshan Gorge.

Unlike the Heavy Infantry Brigade, which is still a newly formed unit, it is full of new recruits. The heavy cavalry brigade is all veterans of the broken barracks, and Guo Xiaoke is even more of a personal soldier who was a marshal. Now that he and Guo Xiaoke have resolved on the surface because of what happened last time, they no longer communicate, and both of them are holding back their strength, intending to surpass each other.

If it is because of today's events, then Guo Xiaoke finally brought the troops back to the front-line battle sequence, restored the military flag, and even rose to the rank of brigadier general. And he still has to be demoted, then he can't stand it even more. …,

Li Shimin strode to the front of the array and shouted at the thousands of heavy infantry brigade members, "Equip an armor, you actually used it for so long?" Do you think you're amazing? You eat better than me, you get a higher salary than others, and even the armor and weapons on your body are better than others. You have piled up countless gold and silver, but look at you, look at the fact that only half of our battle flag is left, it is a shame, but you still have a smile on your face. ”

"Those who eat worse than us, who carry less than us, and who are even less equipped than us, are now fighting in front, fighting bloodily, and you can still smile at that half of the flag. Shameless now has an order, take down the opposite dense forest within half an hour, and destroy all the Khitan dogs' catapults. I don't have so much time for you, I can only give you two quarter clocks, and if within two quarter hours we can't take the jungle and destroy all the catapults, then there will be no heavy cavalry brigades, not even reserves. Don't try to eat the best, take the highest, the most well-equipped."

"Today, we are going to show our skills so that all people understand that we eat the best, take the highest, and the best equipped and deserve it. Everyone obeyed the order, picked up your Mo Dao, formed a Mo Dao phalanx, and rushed straight to the dense forest opposite the car. Remember, this is not a raid, and there will be no cavalry to cover the flanks. This is a frontal charge, and we want everyone to see that our heavy infantry brigade is the strongest"

"Forward Charge"

Li Shimin roared, and with a wave of his Mo sword, six thousand heavy infantrymen, wearing the armor of the infantry, holding the Mo sword, lined up in a huge phalanx, and rushed straight towards the opposite side. In the past, the Modao Army never rushed through, they all lined up in a phalanx, waiting for others to collide. But today, they took the initiative to attack, not only took the initiative to attack, but also began to walk faster and faster, and even slowly trotted up under the leadership of the half of the flag in the hands of the flag bearer in front of them.

"Kill"

With every three quick steps, the thousands of men in the heavy cavalry brigade would shout "kill" in unison

This is the exclusive symbol of the heavy infantry brigades, who adjust the entire formation with three steps and one kill to keep the array uniform.

"Kill"

"Kill"

"Kill"

Thousands of people shouted out the word killing neatly, and the three armies were ...... for it.