'Boom! Boom! Boom! ’

The rhythm of the war drums began to speed up, and the battle under the city of Hedong was about to begin, which was the last battle related to the ownership of the state, if the Tang army was defeated, it meant that they completely lost the state, and even the Chang'an court knew that without the support of the counties of the state, the lonely city of Taiyuan could not hold out for long. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And for the Great Zhou Dynasty, this battle can not be lost, if the strategic point of Hedong County is lost, the Tang army can launch a counteroffensive against the state at any time, and the state will never be peaceful, which will seriously damage the Great Zhou Empire Emperor Zhang Xuan's plan for nearly a year, and it is also inevitable for the Zhou army to get Hedong County.

Hedong County is Li Shentong's defense range, and the chief general stationed in Hedong City is also Li Shentong's confidant Shi Wanbao, so when Li Yuan learned that the Zhou army had begun to attack the Bird Mouse, he immediately ordered Li Shentong to lead 20,000 Tongguan and Pujin Pass garrisons to support Hedong City.

At the same time, Wei Wentong led 30,000 troops from Hanoi County to Hedong City, and the final battle for the annexation of the state kicked off under Hedong City.

Li Shentong looked at the nearly 30,000 Zhou troops two miles away, and his eyes showed a look of worry, the other side actually had 30,000 people, including nearly 10,000 cavalry, which was the most severe test since he unified the army.

Li Shentong looked at the head of the city, there were still 5,000 Tang troops in the city, but unfortunately these 5,000 Tang troops could not come out to participate in the war, once they went out of the city to participate in the war, it was likely to lead to the fall of the city.

There was no room for retreat, Li Shentong waved his sword and shouted sharply: "Contradictory infantry, advance!" ”

A total of 5,000 contradictory infantry in the front five rows raised their spears and giant shields and began to march towards the Zhou army camp, followed by 2,000 arch and crossbow troops, followed by the main force of 8,000 spear infantry, and finally 5,000 cavalry divided into two teams to guard the two wings, and 20,000 cavalry lined up neatly and murderously.

In the rumbling sound of offensive war drums, the Tang army took the lead in attacking, and fierce war drums were also sounded in the large array of the Zhou army on the opposite side, ready to meet the battle.

At this time, Li Shentong was not at all sure in his heart, even if he added the army of 5,000 Hedong City, the total strength of the other party was more than him, not to mention that the other party still had 10,000 cavalry, and he only had 3,000, the number of cavalry far exceeded him, in the wilderness battle, the cavalry had a strong advantage, and the strength was compared, he was at a considerable disadvantage.

What's even worse is that the cavalry of the 5,000 Zhou Army who went to capture Jiangjun before don't know where to hide now? Li Shentong can be sure that this cavalry will definitely kill at a critical time, and if this cavalry really kills, he can only order the defending army to fight.

Li Shentong turned his head and looked in the direction of Pujin Pass, Pujin Pass was ten miles away, this was a relatively awkward distance, which was not conducive to retreat, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, he had tried his best, success or failure depended on the will of God.

"Lord Wang, the enemy army has already met the battle!" One of the soldiers shouted, interrupting his train of thought.

Li Shentong took a deep breath, waved his knife and shouted: "Don't stop, keep moving!" ”

Two miles away in the camp of the Zhou army, Wei Wentong stared at the Tang army that was gradually approaching, and he coldly ordered: "The heavy infantry is ready to fight!" ”

The drums were beating, the battle flags were waving, the three thousand crossbowmen were arrayed in three rows, and the three thousand snow-bright horse chopping knives were raised horizontally, aiming at the Tang army that was advancing in formation.

In the Central Plains army combat, the power of the horse chopping knife is not inferior to the Hu cavalry battle, a big reason is that the horse chopping knife is extremely sharp, fighting in a group way, where the horse chopping knife passes, the people and horses are broken, and the protection ability is also equally strong, the tall and strong infantry is heavily armored and iron-armed, which can effectively resist the arrows, in the melee of the Central Plains army, this makes the power of the horse chopping knife and the heavy infantry be maximized.

When the Tang army entered a hundred steps, the drum beat was encrypted, the black flag was waved, the Tang army suddenly changed formation, the contradictory army slowed down, and the three thousand crossbowmen behind stepped forward quickly, and the three thousand horned crossbows were fired at the same time, and the arrow rain was overwhelming, shooting at the stationary heavy armored infantry army.

Three thousand heavy armored infantry shouted, and at the same time raised the snow swords, forming a forest of knives, a dense rain of arrows shot into the heavy infantry cluster, only to hear the clanging arrow impact, occasionally there are screams ups and downs, although the heavy armor can effectively defend against arrows, but after all, there is no invulnerable armor, exposed eyes and mouth and nose are defensive weaknesses,

In the dense rain of arrows, more than 20 people were still shot by arrows, some were killed on the spot, some were wounded by arrows, and they were curled up on the ground, unable to advance the army.

At this time, Wei Wentong ordered: "Attack!" ”

The Zhou army began to attack, the first to be three thousand heavy armored infantry attacked, they lined up in three rows, the momentum was as dignified as a mountain, and the dense swords were like a shining sword forest.

The weakness of the hoplites was on the sides of the ranks, and for this, a thousand cavalry on each flank protected the flanks of the hoplites.

Although the Tang army continued to release arrows, the 3,000 heavy armored infantry did not stop, and still moved forward slowly with their swords raised, and the 3,000 crossbowmen behind also fired at the same time, and the two arrows rained in the air, covering the sky......

"The crossbowmen are withdrawn, and the spearmen are attacked!"

Li Shentong saw that the crossbow army could not kill and injure a large number of enemy troops, so he changed his tactics and attacked by spearmen, 3,000 crossbowmen retreated like a tide, and 8,000 spearmen came out to meet the battle, dense as a forest, and the tips of the spears flashed with murderous aura.

Wei Wentong saw that the rain of arrows in the sky had disappeared, and the other party had already changed formations, so he also resolutely ordered, "The heavy infantry will speed up, and the cavalry on both wings will be killed!" ”

The drums of war sounded again, this was the order to speed up the battle, and the three thousand heavy infantry quickened their pace and rushed towards the enemy position, and four thousand cavalry on each flank fought in an arc, hitting the enemy's flank, like two sharp pincers of crabs.

The two armies collided with each other to the beat of drums, the tips of their spears collided, blood splattered, their horses galloped, their swords slashed like lightning, screams, screams, shouts of killing, skulls shattered, limbs separated, and tens of thousands of armies were mixed in the dust.

On the position of the Zhou army, there were still 8,000 spear soldiers Wei Ran who did not move, they were the reserve army, in case the Tang army in the city suddenly killed.

Although 8,000 of the Zhou army did not enter the battle, the 22,000 troops that entered the battle were still stronger than the Tang army, although Li Shentong's army was also the elite of the Tang army.

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The fierce battle on the battlefield has entered the white heat, after more than an hour of fierce fighting, both sides have been killed and wounded thousands of people, at this time, the Zhou army's heavy infantry began to lose physical strength, had to retreat to rest temporarily, so that the Zhou army on the battlefield lost its superiority.

At this time, the Zhou army on the battlefield with 17,000 people against the elite 16,000 people of the Tang army, although the Zhou army was only slightly superior in numbers, but the extra 7,000 cavalry made the Zhou army gradually gain a battlefield advantage.

The battlefield is dusty, the yellow dust fills the sky, obscuring the sun, making the day colorless, drums, shouting and killing, corpses are all over the field, blood flows like rivers, the tragedy of war makes every soldier like struggling in front of the cliff of hell, with the passage of time, the physical strength of soldiers has become the key to determining victory or defeat, and physical strength lies in the training of peacetime.

Although both sides were elite soldiers, the two hours of fierce fighting still left every soldier exhausted and on the verge of a kind of physical collapse, and the war had reached its most critical moment.

Li Shentong was so anxious, he didn't care about whether there was any cavalry of the Zhou army that would be killed from the north, he knew that if the three thousand heavy armored infantry who had rested at this time came out again, then his army would be finished, and he finally decided to transfer five thousand troops to defend the city into battle.

Li Shentong gave the order, the battle flag was waved, the south gate of Hedong City was opened, and the five thousand Tang troops who had been waiting for a long time were killed under the leadership of the general Shi Wanbao and went straight to the left flank of the Zhou army.

Wei Wentong had already discovered the change of the Tang army's banner, and at the same time as Shi Wanbao was out of the city, he also gave the order for the rear army to attack.

There was a rousing horn sound from the Zhou army's camp, "Woo-"

The loud horn sound seemed to blow through the wind on the field, the general of the rear army Sun Changle gave an order, eight thousand troops were dispatched, and suddenly the yellow dust was filled, the sound of horses' hooves knocked on the earth, and the cavalry of the two thousand Zhou army took the lead in killing at the fastest speed under the leadership of Sun Changle, and the overwhelming cavalry appeared on the right side of the Tang army defending the city, cutting off the impact of the Tang army on the main force of the Zhou army.

The 6,000 spearmen then covered up and surrounded Shi Wanbao's 5,000 defenders, and a group of several hundred Zhou soldiers rushed across the drawbridge and fought fiercely at the city gate with the last 500 Tang soldiers in an attempt to seize the city.

At this moment, the main general Wei Wentong saw the opportunity to capture the city, and he shouted, "The cavalry of the left battalion follow me!" ”

Wei Wentong took the lead, holding the green dragon knife in his hand, the brown and red mane of the war horse fluttered, the red tassel on his helmet fluttered in the wind, behind him, three thousand cavalry roared forward, like a raging wave rushing to the coast, the war fanaticism in everyone's heart burned in their blood like a flame, and followed the main general to rush to the south gate in the fierce battle to capture the city.

The general Shi Wanbao discovered the Zhou army's attempt to seize the city, and when he saw that the situation at the city gate was critical, he shouted, "Fight with me!" ”

He led a thousand cavalry to rush up to meet the battle, Shi Wanbao waved a big spear, straight to Wei Wentong, Wei Wentong's eyes were cold, the war horse galloped, the green dragon slashed towards the enemy like lightning, this knife did not have any fancy, but it was incomparably fast, one step faster than Shi Wanbao's iron spear, a knife split Shi Wanbao's iron armor and chest, the two horses were staggered, Shi Wanbao's war horse was empty, and the body that was split into two fell off the war horse.....

The cavalry of the Zhou army rushed into Hedong City with a shout, and in a moment, cheers resounded on the head of the city, and dozens of green dragon red flags fluttered in the wind.

The change of banners in Hedong City made the morale of the Zhou Dynasty army high, and also demoralized the Tang army, although Li Shentong knew that there would be this moment, but when it really came, he felt an endless despair, like the moment when he fell into a swamp, when the sludge was about to overflow over his head.

"Heavy infantry attack!" At the moment when the morale of the Tang army was about to collapse, Wei Wentong threw 3,000 heavy armored infantry into the battlefield again.

The red twin flags waved, and 3,000 heavy armored infantry rushed in a line, quickly assembling, cutting off the way of thousands of Tang troops who were ready to aid the city, and also choking the last line of hope for the Tang army to counterattack.

Two thousand Zhou infantry entered the city and took control of the city gate, replacing Wei Wentong's cavalry from the city, and Wei Wentong had already discovered the weakest point of the Tang army at the head of the city, that is, the right flank.

"Kill me!"

Wei Wentong led the cavalry of the 3,000 Zhou army to kill quickly like a tsunami, and attacked the right flank of the Tang army from the side, and the 3,000 cavalry entered like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the right flank of the Tang army collapsed first.

Immediately after the wave of retreat swept the whole army, the Tang army was defeated on all fronts, Wei Wentong took the opportunity to attack, the Tang army was defeated, the soldiers trampled on each other, rushed to flee for their lives, threw away their armor, scattered and fled, or knelt on the ground to surrender and beg for mercy. (To be continued.) )