"Prepare to attack, archers forward." Chen Xiong shouted and ordered loudly.

The five hundred archers who were standing in the last row immediately heard the order to pass through the gap between the infantry and cavalry in front and stand at the forefront of the military formation.

"Archers prepare."

When the five hundred archers heard the order, they immediately bent their bows and arrows, and the arrows were offset upwards by forty-five degrees to aim at the enemy's military formation in front.

"Put."

"Whoosh ......"

Five hundred sharp arrows roared towards the opposing formation.

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"Shieldman, defense." Su Jun shouted at the military array opposite.

The shield bearers in the first row immediately stood their half-human-high shields next to each other on the ground, and the shield bearers in the second row took a step forward, raised their shields and stood their shields next to the shields in the front row, and suddenly an airtight 'shield wall' stood in front of the rebels.

"Knock knock...... With a low crashing sound, most of the sharp arrows that came from the roar were blocked by the shield, and only a small part flew through the shield and pierced into the body of the rebels in the back row. The soldiers in the back row of the rebels who were hit by arrows immediately let out sporadic screams.

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Due to the blockade of the rebel shield men, several rounds of bow and arrow salvos from Chen Xiongjun's five hundred archers did not cause much damage to the rebels.

"Su Jun's rebels are really well-trained, the shield bearers are not chaotic in the face of danger, and the shield array formed in a hurry is actually impenetrable," Han Qian was secretly frightened, it seemed that defeating Su Jun's rebels was not as simple as he imagined, and the combat power of this army in front of him was not weaker than the Northern Expeditionary Army he personally trained.

A famous general is a famous general, always able to observe the strength of the enemy from the subtleties, the bow and arrow volley just now is just a temptation, if the enemy is panicked, the combat power is not strong, as long as the cavalry is in front of a strong charge, the infantry can follow up to break it, and now the test results prove that the enemy is strong, if the cavalry rushes to charge, it will be severely damaged by the rebels' well-trained archers.

"Order, shield-bearers ahead, pikemen follow, archers behind, slowly forward to attack." Han Qian ordered loudly.

"Yes, General." Chen Xiong responded.

With Chen Xiong's orders in turn, five hundred shield bearers held shields and lined up in two neat rows and slowly pressed towards the rebels. Behind him, pikemen and archers were lined up in two rows close to the shield bearer, and in addition to bows and arrows, the archers were each equipped with a short sword for self-defense, and as long as they were well trained, melee archers were also a force to be reckoned with.

"The infantry and archers are attacking, but the cavalry is standing still, how can there be such a way of fighting." Hua An, who was watching the battle from a distance, couldn't help frowning.

According to his impression, the cavalry always charges in front of the two armies in battle, and the infantry then covers the killing, because the cavalry is condescending and fast, and can quickly disperse the enemy, which is also a scene in almost all film and television dramas.

Hua An lowered his head and touched his head and thought for a long time, when suddenly a rapid whistling sound came from his ears, Hua An looked up, under the light of the moonlight and torches, a black rain of arrows flew out of the opposite rebels.

Chen Xiongjun's five hundred shieldmen immediately approached to form a huge shield array, and the pikemen and archers immediately crouched down and moved forward, and after a few rounds of arrow rain, the infantry and archers resumed their formation and continued to advance.

Looking at the full shields that were inserted by bows and arrows in the distance under the firelight, Hua An suddenly realized that if he was replaced by cavalry to charge in front, without the shield to block, these sharp arrows would not shoot the cavalry and war horses into hedgehogs.

"War is not a child's play, the slightest carelessness will lead to defeat and death, it seems that there is still a lot to learn in the future." Hua An looked at the battlefield in the distance and nodded thoughtfully.

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"Han Qian, worthy of being a famous general of the Northern Expedition, is worthy of his name." Su Jun secretly appreciated in his heart, at this time, the main force of Chen Xiong's army was already very close, if he was allowed to calmly press in front of his own army formation, it would be a great blow to the morale of his army, since the arrow rain attack did not work, then there was only an iron cavalry assault.

"Give the order, and the cavalry will attack immediately."

Su Jun shouted, and five hundred well-trained cavalry immediately lined up in a cone formation to attack Chen Xiongjun.

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"Boom." The rebel iron cavalry attacked, Chen Xiongjun's shield bearer immediately squatted down and stood the shield on the ground in front of him, and the pikemen behind him also squatted down and put the spear in his hand on the shield in the front row, forming a horse rejection formation to block the impact of the rebel iron cavalry.

The archers in the last row stood up straight, drew their bows and shot at the cavalry running towards the rebels, with a rain of arrows "whooshing", the rebel iron cavalry suddenly turned on their backs, and after three rounds of arrow rain, the rebels had rushed to the front, but the five hundred elite iron cavalry had lost more than one hundred and fifty, and the remaining three hundred and fifty cavalry slammed into Chen Xiongjun's horse rejection array with a huge impact, and suddenly there was a burst of people on their backs.

The fifty horsemen who rushed to the front, the riders and the horses were pierced by sharp spears, and the men and horses wailed and fell in front of the horse rejection array, but this could not stop the rebel charge, and the three hundred cavalry in the back broke through from the middle of the horse rejection array under the cover of the fallen companions in front, and tore the horse rejection formation of Chen Xiongjun into two sections from the middle, where the horse rejection array was torn, the broken shields were scattered all over the place, and more than 100 soldiers who adhered to the formation lay there forever.

The three hundred rebel cavalry that broke out of the formation immediately turned their horses and charged at Chen Xiong's army again. In the open area, the cavalry had an absolute advantage over the infantry in battle, and although the opponent's strength was four or five times that of their own, they still had a great advantage in the speed and strength of their horses.

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"The enemy position has been broken, and the whole army is attacking." Su Jun shouted loudly in the rebel formation, raised the big axe in his hand and roared forward, the infantry behind him followed closely, and the rebels rushed towards Chen Xiong's army like a tide.

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"Five hundred cavalry, it was so easy to break through our army's rejection formation, Su Jun really has a set of training." Han Qian couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart.

"General, the horse rejection array has been broken, the rebels are attacking, and the reinforcements in the capital have not yet appeared, what should we do." Chen Xiong looked a little anxious.

"Even if the signal is not received, but now that the sound of killing outside is shaking the sky, the reinforcements in the capital should have heard it a long time ago, why is there still no movement, is there any accident." Han Qian couldn't figure out why the reinforcements in the capital had disappeared for a long time.

After pondering for a while, Han Qian looked sideways at Chen Xiong and ordered: "The main force of the infantry is surrounded, and the reinforcements are nowhere to be seen, now we can only rely on ourselves, let the cavalry attack and rescue the infantry." ”

"Yes, General." Chen Xiong raised his spear and shouted sideways at the five hundred cavalry behind him: "Five cavalry teams, follow me to kill,"

"Kill, kill, ......" Chen Xiong roared and rushed to the front, and the five hundred cavalry behind followed closely behind Chen Xiong.

Seeing that Chen Xiong had already entered the enemy group, our army still did not have an advantage. Han Qian glanced at Hua An, who was watching the battle from a distance, raised the big sword in his hand and said to the ninety horsemen behind him, Chen Xiong: "It's also our turn to show our skills." ”

"Rush, ......" Han Qian burst out and roared into the battle group with the ninety cavalry behind him. The two most elite troops of the Great Jin Kingdom launched a desperate fight at the foot of the Beijing Division.

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"Wonderful, wonderful! Just now, Su Jun's rebels had the advantage, and General Han Qian led less than 100 horsemen out to immediately reverse the decline, hahaha! Standing on the tower of the city gate, Yin Hao, who was watching the battle under the moon, commented on the battle situation in front of him from time to time.

The two lieutenants beside him responded: "What Lord Yin said is that General Han Qian is worthy of being a famous general of the Northern Expedition, and his name is well deserved, but now if our army is killed from behind, it will be able to break the Su Jun rebels, is it time for my lord to order an attack." ”

When Yin Hao heard this, his face was displeased, and he pulled his face and said in a dark voice: "Are you two Yin Hao greedy for life and afraid of death?" Now the fierce battle between the two armies outside is in full swing, the main force of Su Jun's traitors is still there, our army rashly attacks even if the rebels are broken, it may not be able to capture Su Jun alive, if Su Jun escapes, how should we explain to Lord Yu! If the main force of the rebels is destroyed, there are less than 100 people, and there is a shortage of people and horses, our army can capture Su Jun alive with bare hands. ”

After Yin Hao finished speaking, he glanced at the two captains beside him with contempt.

The two captains glanced at each other, and sighed secretly in their hearts, and one of the captains couldn't help but ask: "If it is as Lord Yin said, General Han's 2,000 men and horses will also be lost, then it is the elite division of my Great Jin!" ”

"The elite division is true, but they are the same as the Su Jun rebels are an army composed of the northern outcasts, although these outcasts are brave, but they are not reliable, today they are loyal to the imperial court, tomorrow they may have to rebel, have you forgotten that the most fierce siege in the past few days is the elite in front of you, to tell you the truth! These are the meanings of Lord Yu, Lord Yu is bent on curbing the power of the displaced people, how could he miss such a good opportunity. Yin Hao no longer hid it.

The two captains looked at each other, and one of them was puzzled: "The main force of the rebel army is about to arrive in the capital, and without General Han Qian's men and horses, the pressure on us to defend the city will be greater." ”

Yin Hao smiled slightly, and said disdainfully: "Don't worry, Lord Yu is trying to give these more than 10,000 rebels a 'big gift'." As long as we cut off Su Jun's head tonight and hang it on the city gate for public display, we are afraid that the rebels will not collapse immediately. ”

Just when Yin Hao was beaming with pride, a herald soldier rushed to the place panting, knelt down and said, "Lord Yin, Lord Yu ordered you to immediately lead the defenders of the north gate to the east gate to gather." ”

Yin Hao was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, tell me in detail." ”

"Just now, the rebel general Kuang Xiao who besieged the east gate led the rebels to reinforce the north gate, and Lord Yu personally led three thousand forbidden troops out of the city to pursue, but I didn't expect the rebels to suddenly turn around and kill back, our army had not had time to set up the formation, and the three thousand men and horses had already run two thousand.

Lord Yu saw that the remaining 1,000 men and horses could not resist the 2,000 men and horses of the rebels, so he quickly withdrew to the city, and after entering the city, there were only 500 forbidden troops left in the count, and the south gate was the same, and the remaining 500 men and horses had gone to the east gate to meet with Lord Yu, and now there were only 3,000 men and horses left in the forbidden army in my city, and the capital was no longer defensible. ”

Yin Hao was so shocked that he opened his mouth and dumbfounded after hearing this, and he fixed his mind and ordered: "The whole army will immediately drive to the east gate, be fast." The two thousand forbidden troops at the north gate withdrew to the east gate with Yin Hao's order.