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Chapter 696: The Bloody Battle of Crow's Bird Ridge (1)

Li Guo was the first to rush out of the trenches, as the commander of the forefront formation, this is the great trust that Guan Xinglong gave him, you know, Guan Xinglong's old subordinate Wang Peng did not get this messenger, and at this time, Li Qingzheng, the supreme ruler of Dingzhou and the patriarch of the Li clan, stood on the fortress of the main village and watched here, as a disciple of the Li family, how could he not be excited? Li Qing is moving step by step towards the position of the supreme ruler of this continent, as long as he succeeds, one person will attain the Tao, and the chicken and dog will rise, and he will naturally have a bright future as a disciple of the Li family, but at the same time, Li Guo also knows that Li Qing pays attention to military merits and achievements, if he does not have the results to get his hands on, he can only be an idle sect disciple in the future, which does not meet his ideals.

Jumping out of the trench, the oncoming Qinzhou soldiers who climbed up, picked up on their toes, and a stone bullet half embedded in the soil was picked out by him, followed by a one-legged horn to pull up, the stone bullet immediately accelerated and flew away, with a muffled bang, and hit a person head-on, the person hissed miserably, fell down to the sky, and even smashed a few of his comrades around him, Li Guo laughed and held a spear with both hands, the tip of the spear swallowed, condescending, and kept harvesting life.

The main general took the lead, and the rest of the soldiers dared to slacken, and rushed out one by one, holding spears in their hands, and stabbing forward densely, and behind them, the soldiers who could not squeeze in front for a while held their spears, and their eyes seemed to scan around, and once there was a vacancy there, they immediately replenished it, and those who were further behind pulled their longbows and threw a rain of arrows to block the reinforcements behind their opponents.

The Dingzhou army occupies the advantage of the terrain, with a high blow, to save much effort, although the Qinzhou soldiers are also brave, but in front of the Dingzhou army, do not have the slightest advantage, for a while, rows of stabbed down on the forward position.

More and more blood flowed on the slope, gradually staining the ground red, soaking the surface, and as time progressed, more blood flowed out of the fallen soldiers one by one, snaking on the ground to make marks, and then converging into some shallow ditches, flowing downward.

The attackers finally couldn't withstand the huge casualties, and when the defenders' formation stood still, showing no signs of shaking, and seeing that their own or their comrades' sacrifices were worthless, the heart of despair began to waver, and some people took a step back, and then more began to retreat, and soon, the attacking soldiers retreated like a tide.

Tang Wansong's face was extremely ugly.

Zhou Zuhao just praised the first battalion for being good, and in the blink of an eye, the first battalion was defeated and retreated, and his face sank, "Supervise the team!" He exclaimed.

Tang Wansong raised his eyes to look at him in shock, but Zhou Zuhao didn't raise his eyelids.

Before the retreating soldiers had time to take a breath, there was a whooshing sound behind them, and two chirping arrows flew in and nailed to the ground, and the law enforcement officer stepped forward on his horse and shouted, "Those who retreat without orders will kill Wuhe, and those who dare to cross this arrow will kill Wuhe!" ”

The soldiers crowded in behind, and immediately several soldiers in front could not support them, and their bodies crossed the horizontal line marked by the Ming Di, and the feathered arrows roared, and they were about to shoot them to the ground.

Seeing that the enforcers were really moving, the retreating soldiers were able to make a commotion, and under the loud shouting of the officers, they immediately turned around and attacked the top of the slope again.

Li Guo stood proudly on the slope with a bloody spear, pointed at the Qinzhou soldiers swarming down the mountain, and laughed: "Come on, turtle sons, let you see how the invincible Dingzhou army reaps your lives with one sword!" ”

Immediately followed by Li Guo's laughter, the Dingzhou army at the top of the slope shouted together: "Dingzhou army, ten thousand victories!" ”

Answering them were dozens of stone bullets, seeing the stone bullets coming in the air, Li Guo scolded, dragged the spear upside down, and ran back to the trench with a snort, hiding behind a boulder, the stone bullets smashed on the boulder, splashing sparks. There was a scream in my ears, that there were soldiers who had not had time to dodge, or that the position of the dodge was not enough to protect them, and they were hit by stone bullets, needless to say, these people were already dead.

"General Zhou, you can't throw stones anymore, the hit rate of the trebuchet is too low, and the other party has cover, if you throw it like this, it will hurt us more of our own people!" Tang Wansong shouted.

Zhou Zuhao was unmoved.

"How many enemies are there in Yaque Ridge, at best, there are only more than 10,000 people, how many are we, we are just the first army to arrive, the number has reached as many as 10,000, and there are the second and third teams, desperate for their lives, we will not suffer! Pay the price and kill into the opponent's bunker, and there is no longer a convenient place for convenience."

The trebuchet kept throwing to the top of the slope, in all the previous battles, the long-range pressure has always been the strength of the Dingzhou army, only they suppressed the opponent, and no one could suppress them, but under the special terrain of this place, the trebuchet on the main village, the eight bull crossbows could not help them, and they could only watch the opponent's stone throwing fired wantonly, and Li Guo could not raise his head to suppress it.

"Kill eight hundred enemies and lose one thousand, this Zhou Zuhao is simply a madman!" On the top of the main village, Guan Xinglong shook his head and said.

"The opponent is superior in numbers, and he is not afraid of fighting for his life, if he continues to fight like this, Li Guo's more than 1,000 people will fight sooner or later, and after dark, they will be withdrawn!" Li Qing said lightly, "When we get to the main village, we will beat them, not the current situation."

"Yes, the last general understands, my lord, do you want to send a reinforcement army to support Li Guo, it seems that the next fight will be even more tragic."

"No need, melee fighting, Dingzhou soldiers are not lost to anyone. If Li Guo can't hold out until dark, he is not worthy of being a descendant of the Li family! Li Qingdao.

At the foot of the mountain, watching the stone projectiles thrown by the trebuchet constantly smash down his own soldiers, and there were far more of his own people who died under it than the enemy army, Tang Wansong couldn't hold back any longer, pulled out his combat knife, lifted a shield, spread his stride, and rushed up in person, and behind him, the soldiers of the first battalion shouted and rushed up together.

"It's very good, this is like our Qinzhou soldiers, they are all bloody men!" Zhou Zuhao shouted. Beat the drums and cheer on General Tang! ”

Dozens of cowhide drums were beating, and in the midst of the drums, the Qinzhou soldiers risked the danger of being killed by stone bullets and desperately climbed up.

Li Guo knew that trouble was coming, and when he saw the enemy troops appearing densely at the front line, he shouted, "Dingzhou Army, kill the enemy!" He abandoned his spear, drew his sword, and went up to meet him.

The short hold on the front of the trenches, the Qinzhou soldiers took advantage of the numerical advantage and squeezed into the trenches, of course, the price they paid was also extremely considerable, the Dingzhou soldiers immediately gave up the interception of the front line, and retreated into the trenches with four accesses, all the soldiers almost made the same choice, abandoned their guns, drew their swords, and raised their crossbows.

The sound of snorting is endless, and the powerful crossbow at close range has been fired, so that the Qinzhou soldiers have fallen down, when it comes to the equipment of weapons, the Qinzhou soldiers can't catch up with the Dingzhou army, like this kind of even shooter crossbow, the Dingzhou army has been equipped to the front-line troops, and in the Qinzhou army, only officers can enjoy this sharp weapon.

After shooting the crossbow arrows, the Dingzhou soldiers did not hesitate, and did not hesitate to throw the rather heavy crossbow arrows as a hidden weapon to the enemy on the opposite side, and then held up the steel knife and killed the crowd.

In the narrow trenches, it is obvious that the steel knife is a more suitable weapon than the spear, the spear can not make other actions except for the forward stab, these Qinzhou soldiers' military literacy is also really good, after the first contact suffered, immediately there is a way to learn, abandon the gun, draw the knife, and ravage the body.

In the trenches, close combat, knives into the flesh, there is no room to dodge at all, except for mechanical swinging, slashing and smashing, you can't make other actions at all, people on both sides are constantly falling.

The Dingzhou army still has an advantage in hand-to-hand combat, their armor is solid, compared to the Qinzhou soldiers also wear a large number of leather armor, the important parts of their bodies are covered with plate armor, and the quality of their steel knives is also better, on the edge of the blade, are wrapped with steel, which is incomparable to the Qinzhou soldiers, the gap between the equipment of the two sides in the melee combat, the display is particularly obvious, often the two knives collide, sparks are flying, the knife in the hands of the Qinzhou soldiers immediately lacks a gap, after a few impacts, it is like a sawtooth, cut a few times, The Qinzhou knife will be broken.

The only advantage of the Qinzhou soldiers is that they have a large number of attackers, and they can always force the opponent back a few steps after paying two or three times the price.

Tang Wansong climbed up with a knife and shield, and stared at Li Guo who was killing all sides among his soldiers at a glance, Li Guo as a disciple of the Li family, as a battalion general, of course, his equipment is more than a step higher than the soldiers, the steel knife in his hand alone is made of a hundred refined steel, this kind of steel knife is time-consuming and laborious, all handmade, in the Dingzhou army, only senior generals can have, and Li Guo, as a child of the Li family, it is not uncommon to get such a knife.

The weapon in Qin Zhouhou's hand was almost once he was cut head-on, and it was all the end of the knife and the death, plus Li Guo's martial arts were also really good, leading a vote of people, and even forcing the opponent in front of him to retreat step by step.

The armor on Li Guo's body had long been splashed with blood, and the blood stained on the armor leaves kept falling as his body moved. Tang Wansong couldn't help but be furious, raised his shield and raised his sword, and rushed up, pressing Mount Tai to the top, and the war knife in his hand was smashed down with his head and face.

"Good time!" Li Guo shouted, held the knife in both hands, and used all his strength to push it back.

When there was a loud bang, the knife in Tang Wansong's hand was broken into two, and the first half of the knife head flew high, I don't know where it flew to, but Li Guo was hit by the opponent's full strength, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks, and his hands were sour.

The knife in Tang Wansong's hand was amputated, and his upper body was even more excited by this force, and he leaned back, instinctively dragging the shield in his hand to protect his body.

Seeing Li Guo sit on the ground, several of the personal soldiers who followed him were taken aback, one stepped forward and dragged his armor, and then ran backwards, and the remaining few people immediately stepped forward with their swords, cutting off the road and preventing the enemy from pursuing.

Li Guo didn't have time to stand up, so he was dragged to the ground by his subordinates, as if flying away, and couldn't help scolding, "Turtle son, die, let go!" ”

Seeing that the enemy would retreat in this posture, Tang Wansong was stunned for a moment before he reacted, picked up another knife from the ground, and chased after him in great stride.

"Let go, I'm going to cut that guy's head!" Li Guo scolded.

"General, use a knife to kill chickens, you forgot, not far behind us, there are eight ox crossbows!" One of the soldiers whispered, "That guy has a lot of strength, we have eight crossbows to clean him up."

Li Guo's eyes lit up, "Okay, why did I forget this, run, I'll give him a big meal later!" ”

Chasing Li Guo through a corner, the scene in front of him made his soul fly, and the four-shot eight-bull crossbow with a cold light almost filled the entire trench, and after the eight-bull crossbow, the enemy general who had just fought with him was smiling at himself, and many years of war experience made Tang Wansong not think about it at all, the whole person fell to the ground, and at the same time as he fell, the crossbow arrows on his head whistled, and he screamed behind him, Tang Wansong, who was lying on the ground, turned his head reluctantly, and the people behind him were strung up like sugar gourds.

Pulling the trigger, he fired four rounds of eight bull crossbows, but let the opponent get away with it, Li Guo was disappointed, "Turtle son's, his skills are really good."

He dragged his long knife and shouted over the crossbow of the Eight Ox, and then chased and killed him.

This time it was Tang Wansong's turn to run, and while he got up, he saw that behind Li Guo, there was a soldier who was putting arrows on the eight-bull crossbow, the opponent in front of him had good martial arts, and he couldn't clean him up at all with three moves and two styles, if the opponent entangled himself for a while, ran again, and then gave himself a crossbow, and there was no luck just now, it was uncertain.

The battle on the formation showed a stalemate, the Dingzhou army in the trenches, arranged a lot of eight-bull crossbows and ballistas, for the Dingzhou army, compared to the lives of the soldiers, these expensive ordnance is not worth a pity. These things gave the Qinzhou army great damage, by nightfall, the two sides each occupied half of the position, at this time the first battalion of the Qinzhou army had more than one-third of the casualties, the soldiers had reached the limit, and they were unable to fight again for a while, and Li Guo's side was not much better, a wing of more than 1,000 people, it was still a handful, and most of them had light or serious injuries.

After counting the points, there are less than 300 people with combat effectiveness, and with the wounded, there are only more than 400 people. Looking up at Chenguang, Li Guo said in a low voice, "Brothers, help the wounded brothers, destroy these ordnance, and we will retreat."

Zhou Zuhao stood on the Shikan position, looking at the main village of Yaqueling not far away, Shikan was only an attached position of the other party, more than 1,000 people defended, and he actually paid thousands of lives to fight down, and the fortress group that made people's scalps tingle at a glance, I really don't know how much it cost to fight down.

It's really hard to imagine, the Dingzhou army occupied the Yaque Ridge for only a few months, how could it be so quick to turn the original dilapidated military village into what it is today, with giant trees as the base, filled with earth and stones in the middle, and then wrapped with stones outside, one by one fortresses cover each other, according to the mountain, each other is the horn, just choose which one to fight, will attract the cover of other forts, and launch the whole body, all say that the Dingzhou army is invincible in the field, but just look at their ability to build fortresses and fortifications, the opponent will definitely not be unfamiliar with this kind of defensive battle.

Zhou Zuhao decided to stop, attacking Yaque Ridge was far from being as simple as he had imagined, or wait for the other two troops to come up, he had made a huge sacrifice and laid the stone barrier, and next, he should also let those soldiers of the Beijing Division Battalion who were too high to the top come to try it.

"You can't take all the credit, can you?" Zhou Zuhao thought maliciously. Tang Wansong! ”

"The last general!" Tang Wansong, who was covered in blood, stepped forward in response.

"Laying down the stone barrier, your performance is good, but the casualties are really too large, now you withdraw to rest first, while repairing, you must guard against the surprise attack of the Yizhou cavalry battalion to which the opponent's horizontal sword division belongs, the Dingzhou cavalry is very difficult, you have to be careful."

"Thank you, General, I'll be careful!" Tang Wansong nodded, turned around and led his subordinates down the stone ridge, this battle, his first battalion was indeed broken, until this time, thinking of the whistling sound of the four-grid eight-ox crossbow shooting, he was still chilling all over.

Zhou Zuhao did not attack, and the Yaqueling military village was as quiet as before, and the soldiers on both sides were on guard against each other, but the air was very stagnant.

A day later, the second army that Zhou Zuhao was looking forward to arrived first, and it was the troops led by Ouyang Gangqiang, the main battalion of the Beijing Division. Ouyang Gangqiang, a family of generals, his brother Ouyang Jianqiang was the cavalry commander of the Luoyang Imperial Forest Army, the last time the mountain wind swept through Minzhou, and Li Feng surrounded it, Ouyang Jianqiang surrendered in despair, but was killed by the mountain wind, which is the most suffocating general, but after his death, Luoyang praised his family for his heroic death, and his brother Ouyang Gangqiang was originally just a battalion general, but he was also promoted to a level because of his death, and became a general who now leads tens of thousands of troops.

Because of his brother's hope of death, Ouyang Gangqiang was full of disgust for the Dingzhou army.

"General Zhou, you wasted a day!" Ouyang Gangqiang said unceremoniously to Zhou Zuhao.

Zhou Zuhao was not angry, and looked at Ouyang Gangqiang with a smile, "General Ouyang, you should have seen it when you came up just now, more than half of my first battalion was killed and wounded before taking this position, if it is not repaired, our department is really unable to fight again, fortunately, General Ouyang arrived, just let us rest and recuperate, can you ask General Ouyang to take the lead in attacking, our department is temporarily backup, if General Ouyang's attack is unfavorable, how about replacing it with our department?" ”

Zhou Zuhao's words were extremely insidious, and he reasoned with the facts for a while, my subordinates did fight bloodily, and won a position, now that you are here, of course you should be replaced, if you can't do it, we will go again, ** naked contempt for the other party's combat effectiveness.

The generals and soldiers who followed Ouyang Gangqiang's side immediately showed anger on their faces.

Ouyang Gangqiang is not a fool, of course he can hear that the other party used the radical method, but he doesn't care, since he is here, of course he wants to fight, even if the opponent is not aggressive, he has to try how the Dingzhou army is a method of interest to avenge his brother, but he made a grand wish when he left Beijing.

Ouyang Gangqiang laughed, "Very good, General Zhou invited to watch the battle, just don't blame me for robbing the credit afterwards!" ”

Zhou Zuhao smiled, "Don't blame, don't blame!" ”