Chapter 271: The Battle of Shangjing No. 6
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Zhang Mai sat on the boat and listened to the report of his subordinates on the new formation of Modao and Tomahawk to suppress bandits.
Going all the way north and exterminating the horse thieves and bandits that have been forming recently, this is the "task" that Zheng Wei "handed over" to Zhang Mai, and it can also be regarded as Zhang Mai's "return" for contributing three building ships to the merchants. At the same time, it is also a training for the new formation of Modao and Tomahawk.
For the backbone of the new formation, those veterans of the Modao and Tomahawk Formation who had experienced the battle of the Huanma Heights, dealing with these bandits was simply a knife killing, so Zhang Mai never thought about the question of victory or defeat, but only judged the combat effectiveness of this new army from the efficiency of suppressing bandits. For this reason, Zhang Mai even asked Liu Heihu to abandon the principle of "attacking with superior forces", and made the new Modao and Tomahawk formation must attack with equal forces on any occasion in order to achieve the purpose of training courage.
Judging from the feedback from now, the results are still good. Since ancient times, this group of men recruited from Qinxi has undergone some formal and strict military training, and then by the veterans who have survived a hundred battles, they have taken it away, and they have not lost the law, although it can be seen from some details that the recruits' methods are not old enough, and at this stage, they are not up to the Cheng dΓΉ of the Modao Battle Axe Formation during the Huanma Heights, but Zhang Mai is already quite satisfied.
After all, the Modao Battle Axe Formation in the Huanma Heights was from Anxi all the way out, rampaging for more than 20,000 miles, gradually expanding the army, both soldiers and generals are the products of the survival of the fittest in hundreds of large and small battles, and it is not suitable to use its standards to measure a new army.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mai couldn't help but judge the composition of the troops under his command.
Guo Luo's subordinates have always been steady and steady, with few defeats, but they have not seen "strange" achievements.
The army trained by Guo Shiyong is the main force of the entire Tiance Tang Army in terms of quantity, and it has always maintained a stable and courageous state. It is the so-called Dragon Xiang Iron Armor Army. In fact, most of them were also trained by Guo Shiyong, and after Guo Shiyong's death, he also continued his existing training system, Zhang Mai only participated in military training in peacetime, but he was not a general in military training, although he led the team in wartime, but he was never really in command. His storage zΓ i is a dose of chicken blood, and in his identity as the national yuan and spiritual leader, he infects the soldiers to boost their morale and make his subordinates more powerful in combat.
Xue Fu's men and horses are not strictly speaking, they are considered the "old Anxi department", but his identity as the prince of Dawan makes him not as close as Guo Yang, although the sweat and blood cavalry regiment is more intimate than the people who have returned from Hexi, but under the "pan-Anxi system". But there is always a looming sense of crisis, so this army is forbearant in peacetime, and has a strong appearance in wartime. And Xue Fu sits in Lanzhou, deterring Hehuang, and the conflict with the Tibetan heroes has never been broken, so it is not surprising that the sweat and blood cavalry regiment has such a record Zhang Mai.
Yang Yi's army has always been active in the border passes, capable of attacking and defending. Can win and defeat - the so-called can lose, defeat but not retreat. It is also true to retreat but not disperse, and to disperse but not collapse. It is ten times more difficult for an army to reach the point of defeat than it is to be able to win. After the First Battle of Luntai, the Hui north of the Tianshan Mountains collapsed, and they were no longer able to carry out a counterattack that was enough to shake the Tiance regime, but after all, this nation had been operating in the Western Regions for hundreds of years. Its foundation cannot be completely destroyed by a big war, so there has been no underground war under Yang Yi's jurisdiction, and the small war has never been broken.
Shi Ba's men and horses, strictly speaking, were split from Zhang Mai's guards, and if the Iron Beast Army was transferred back to his side. Changing into the armor of the guard, it is completely a Longxiang Iron Armor Army with complete closeness and trust, but as Shi Ba grows, he himself has become a new dose of chicken blood, and the Iron Beast Army has become more and more unique in its color, and after entering the border, it is also different from the Longxiang Iron Armor Army.
As for Guo Wei's troops, it was originally a few miscellaneous teams, but under the command of this genius commander, its men and horses are becoming more and more strict and powerful, and now they have become a complex and complete army with a complex and complete system of foot, riding, chariots, bows, fire, etc., Yang Yi once wrote to Zhang Mai privately that he was not sure about Guo Wei, and Xi Sheng said to Zhang Mai that if it was hostile, he would not know where to start against Guo Wei's sword and tomahawk array. This army was formed the latest - it was only after the Battle of Luntai that it was counted as an army, but it grew the fastest, and the war situation in the East after the Battle of Luntai was almost this army picking the beams, dealing with the party, dealing with Shi Jin, dealing with Meng Shu, and even dealing with the Khitan, Guo Wei never disappointed Zhang Mai.
In the end, Zhang Mai suddenly appeared, a few under the command of the Tiance Tang Army, in recent years, it was the Longxiang Iron Armor Army that fought the least! This is also a natural thing, for Tiance Datang, the Longxiang Iron Armor Army is the forbidden army of this emerging country. If there is something in the river, Guo Luo will solve it; If there is something in Luntai, Yang Yi will solve it; If there is something wrong with broken leaves, the stone will be pulled out to solve it; If there is something in Hehuang, Xue Fu will solve it; There is something in the matter, Guo Wei solves it. As for the permanent residence of the Longxiang Iron Armor Army-after the establishment of the Tiance regime, life has become better and better, how much can it do?
After the Battle of Luntai, although the Longxiang Iron Armor Army often fought in the east, west, north and south, most of the time it was used as a deterrent, and the really dangerous and troublesome hand-to-hand combat, siege and death battles were mostly resolved before the arrival of the Longxiang Iron Armor Army, and some generals and colonels even did not really go to the battlefield for two years - even Shi Ba had this state.
Although the regular training has never been interrupted, the training is not actual combat after all. Especially after achieving fame, it is naturally more difficult to regain the dead air.
This is a unit with the best average physique, the most well-equipped, and the most rewarded, most of their soldiers have families and businesses in Hexi, and they have worries, and almost everyone above the rank of lieutenant has their own pasture, and Xiao Shi was even raised by his wife as a little fat man for a period of time when he was in Hexi.
It was Zhang Mai himself, who was training with the new Modao Tomahawk formation during this time, and he also showed that his energy and physical fitness were not as good as when he was in the Eastern Crusade.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mai's heart was not emotional, but happy!
"It's right to send the Long Xiang Iron Armor Army to Mobei!"
A person who is resurrected is happy, but it is an unfortunate beginning for an army. Although they were the closest comrades-in-arms who once shared blessings and misfortunes, Zhang Mai still didn't want these comrades to one day become the "800,000 forbidden army" that was about to collapse at the touch of a button!
For ordinary people, pampering may be a dream life, but for proud warriors, it is the most unacceptable and gentle end!
"Under the red satin blood spear, there is no room for a paper tiger with a false momentum!"
"Or, resurrect in iron and blood. It's like a small stone, grinding off the fat and turning it back into stone. β
"Or, let this myth that cannot be touched except me be shattered in my lifetime, and sound the alarm for future generations!"
Even so. Zhang Mai is still unwilling to give up his expectations of his former comrades.
"I trust you and won't let me down!"
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The particularity of the Longxiang Iron Armor Army is not only known to Zhang Mai, but in fact, Yang Yi and Li Bin have long been worried.
Fortunately, it was Yang Yi who led the troops in the first battle of Mobei, that was Zhang Mai's brother, and none of the generals of Long Xiang dared to raise the flag against the eagle at all. For other troops, the old Anxi people of the Longxiang Army may still be arrogant, but in the face of the old comrades-in-arms under the banner of Yingyang. Everyone came all the way from Lingxi, and they know each other, who doesn't know who!
After experiencing the thousands of miles of running in Mobei, this Tiance forbidden army did not disappoint Yang Yi, many generals and colonels felt very bitter after the end of their rich life, and some people's hands and feet were obviously not as good as the comrades of the Eagle Yang Army, but no matter how hard and tired no one screamed - whoever called out was the biggest insult to himself! Even Zhang Mai's face was lost!
But even Mobei. The Dragon Warrior Army has not taken on the most dangerous task - until now, the biggest test for this army has arrived.
Li Bin's eyes widened. Watching the Khitan heart rush up to the Longxiang Iron Armor Armyβat this distance, he didn't even need a clairvoyant mirror anymore.
Two formations are opposite, two horses are hedged!
"Good!" only listened to the sound of shouting and killing, Li Bin breathed a long sigh of relief!
The Long Xiang Army is not timid!
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Even in the era of hot weapons, even after the emergence of artillery warfare, do you dare to engage in hand-to-hand combat. It is still a necessary criterion for judging whether an army is elite or not, because it best reflects the training and will of an army.
In the Song Dynasty, which lost the production area of war horses in later generations, the only weapons used to deal with the nomads were strong crossbows, giant shields and heavy armor. The strong crossbow separates the distance, the giant shield is close to the body, and the heavy armor is the last protection for the body. However, these three pieces of equipment. It's all about two words: defense! Two more words were leaked in the defense: cringe!
Because of fear, so retreat, after the loss of the martial soul, no matter how elite weapons are, the biggest reason for the defeat of the Song people is not the absence of horses, but the absence of souls. The most common situation in the nomadic iron cavalry is that after a round of bows and arrows, it is now unable to stop the enemy's horses' hooves, when the cavalry approaches, it collapses and flees before the blade, and it is rare that the horses can still fight tenaciously hand-to-hand - if there can be a general hand-to-hand resistance, then even if there will be a series of defeats, it is enough to force the northern horse to advance with a continuous bleeding wound, and it is impossible to collapse a thousand miles.
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The opponents of the Khitans outside the capital are the Tang people, not the Song people! Zhang Mai is not Zhao Gou!
All bows and shields have never been regarded as dependent, the former is just an appetizer to weaken the opponent, the latter is a tool to reduce casualties, Yang Yi has never thought of hiding behind the shield wall, defending the enemy from the "shield", from the very beginning, he is preparing for a tough melee battle!
The three depths of the Tang army of Tiance, originally the first three depths were the early moon formation - the two tips are strong, the center is thin, at the beginning is to defeat the Khitan two wings as the goal, the task of the central army is to dissipate the impact of the Khitan, this is Li Bin's tactical plan of "blunt its edge, fold its two wings", and wait until the two wings are broken, when the Tang army is closed, the most elite Khitan troops can be surrounded and annihilated.
But the Khitan dared to use this cone to line the formation, it must be with the intention of "digging out the heart", that is to say, Yang Yi's level is the ultimate goal of the Khitans! Before the decisive battle, the rangers harassed, and during the decisive battle, "cut out the heart", this is the habitual skill of the Mobei nomadic cavalry, the battle of Luntai is so, and the Mobei deal with Shiba is so, it even became a habit, which has continued until the period of Temujin.
For the Tiance Tang Army, Yang Yi is the courage of an army, and having him in charge will greatly boost the morale of the entire army, but in the same way, Yang Yi cannot afford to lose, if he dies, not only will the morale of tens of thousands of Tang troops be greatly hit, but the hundreds of thousands of vassal troops that have just been attached to it will not defect before the battle!
The tactical arrangement of Tiance and Khitan, it is difficult to say who is more clever than whom, it can only be said that both sides have their own plans, and what will happen in the end depends on the table on the battlefield of both sides.
Khitan can complete at least two rounds of central breakthroughs, which was expected by Li Bin. But he didn't expect the Khitan striker to break through so quickly!
The two depths have been broken, but the abdominal heart casualties are less than a thousand, the horsepower has not been tired, and the connection between the striker and the two wings has not been severed. Then push it directly in front of Yang Yi!
Although Yang Yi has the heart to fight, Li Bin can't take this risk!
The battlefield is dangerous, who can guarantee that something will happen!
Therefore, he temporarily asked the third depth to change the deployment of combat power, turning the early moon into the first moon, increasing the central depth of the third layer of military horses, and using the elite of the dragon and iron armor as a counterpoint.
"You can't let the heart rush in front of the Metropolitan Governor!"
This is the only general order given by Li Bin!
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The black dragon that dragged Duo Duo and sat down with him was already in the best condition. The black dragon was already sweating slightly, and so was the Duo Duo himself, he knew that both men and horses had just entered the most excited time. He adjusted the huge axe with an elongated handle that could be used as a mace and was being used as a broadsword, and looked excitedly at the Tang Qi who was rushing towards him.
In the eyes of Tuo Duo Kuo, those tribal cavalry under the banner of Tiance are not Tiance Iron Cavalry, and the Ganliang recruits he met just now are not the real Tang Army, and the Tang Cavalry who rushed in front of him is the real trump card Tang Cavalry!
Five hundred steps!
Fifteen hundred Khitan cavalry who completed the central breakthrough and rushed to the front howled wolf!
"Woo-woo-"
The shrill howl pierced through the horse's hooves and spread throughout the battlefield!
Yelu Deguang, who was standing at the head of Shangjing City, couldn't help but raise his fist. Beat the city walls and go up to the capital. There are tens of thousands of people at the same timeβ
"Woo-woo-woo-"
The sound of harmony and howling seem to merge into one after a few miles!
At this time, Shi Jian and Guo Zhang had already arrived at the central battlefield, but the two wings of the cone formation were very tenacious, Shi Jian continued to urge his troops, and Guo Zhang killed and wounded the Khitan right wing cavalry with cavalry and fire endlessly. But with the addition of the two tips of the two early moon formations, it is impossible to complete the "folding wings" for the time being!
At this moment, the Dragon Warrior Iron Armor Army must face the Drag Duo Kuo in its peak state by itself!
"Datang, invincible!"
"Wu Han! Mighty! β
The Longxiang veterans called out the slogan, and there were only a hundred steps left!
The cavalry on both sides sped up at the same time!
A black dragon with a strong load. At this time, he also showed the degree of an ordinary war horse, and he was slightly separated from the cavalry in the rear!
Fifty steps!
Captain Long Xiang, who rushed to the front, gave the order: "Broken Front!" β
The horse-running degree of the five cavalry accelerated at the same time, and a small piece protruded from the entire Xianyue cavalry formation, the armor was all Mingguang armor, the horses were all sweaty horses, and the people were all cavalry generals who were above the rank of captain but did not lead the task and were still cavalry generals!
Five will form a concave semicircle, one knife in the center, four shots on the left and right, forming a chain!
It's a trap that's moving, and it's coming straight for the Dordor!
In the midst of the fast cavalry charge, the distance of fifty paces passed in a flash!
Ten steps!
The four spear riders suddenly joined left and right, the four guns moved at the same time, and the two guns stabbed left and right towards the dragging Duo Kuo, the purpose was to lock the action of the Tu Duo Kuo, and the two guns were at the same time towards the black dragon, the central Captain of the Broken Formation, and the horse chopping knife was already ready to go!
If you don't move, it's just like thunder, and the interaction of the five horsemen is as flexible and unified as a person's five fingers, and it can form such an almost insoluble formation in the gallop! It's a tacit understanding of how many times it takes to train!
The battle has been fought so far, everyone already knows the power of dragging Duo Kuo, with its amazing explosive power, there is no one in the battle, once close, by his giant axe, the armor can not resist will be cut in half in an instant, and there are even people and horses have been killed together, so this "broken edge" not only requires skills, but also courage - knowing that it may be cut in half, but still not afraid of death!
Even if he dies, as long as one of the shots is contained, or one of the shots stabs the black dragon to death, dragging Duo Kuo will become a sacrifice under the big sword!
The Khitan is sharp!
The battlefield will be fully tilted to the side of the Tiance Tang Army!
The four guns will already be mentally prepared, and two of the four of them may die, but so what!
Die and die! On the battlefield, you must die and come back to life!
Those who are greedy for life are prone to death, and those who are not afraid of death can live, and these lessons have not been forgotten because of these two years of affluent life.
The marshal is not thin on himself, and Datang is not thin on himself!
Anyway, there will definitely be someone to take care of his wife and children in Ganliang. They can't forget the ridicule in the eyes of their comrades when they looked at them during the Mobei raid.
"After being pampered for so long, can you still fight?"
No one said it, but that's what that look meant!
This battle is not only for Tiance, not only for the marshal, but also for himself!
Let the world know. They were wrong!
The 10,000-mile attack in Mobei has smoothed out the flesh of all the dragon and iron armor!
And now, let everyone in the world know: Long Xiang is still Long Xiang, and he is still the backbone of the Tiance Tang Army!
Under the red satin blood spear, there is a glory that no one can insult!
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Six horses are staggered, and the encirclement has been completed!
The follow-up cavalry in the heart of the heart will arrive in two snaps of fingers, and this encirclement will only last two seconds - but that's enough!
Staggered moments. Four shots, slash the saber!
Pull the Great Axe and swing it to the right! He let out a big shout, it was a requiem from hell!
The four horsemen roared violently at the same time, as if they were going to call out their entire lives, and all the strength of their bodies was in their hands, and in the pre-battle training, the strength of this shot was enough to penetrate the iron armor!
Even if it's a warrior in iron armor and a war horse in iron armor. Don't try to get out of this shot!
Almost at the same time, the two lieutenants on the right barely had to look. I already felt a strong wind coming! The Great Axe is coming!
"Is it us?"
In that moment, they felt death, but they did not flinch!
"Die or die!"
"For the success of my comrades!"
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With a snap, the explosive power of the Duo bracket was so big that it was terrifying, in the usual practice. He once beheaded three wooden men in iron armor at the same time in one go, and at this time, he faced a threat of life and death, and the power of the explosion was doubled than usual!
However, at this moment, a feathered arrow came faster than a gun!
The feather arrow pierced the throat of the second cavalry general on the left and then pierced into the shoulder of the first cavalry general on the left!
Condor Shooter! Kill two birds with one stone!
What kind of person. You can also perform such a miracle skill while galloping on a fast horse!
The giant axe came violently, and before the spear was pierced, the first horseman on the right side was cut off from the neck obliquely, and even the head and shoulders were cut together, because the force was too strong, he continued to cut off the head of the second horseman on the right without suffocation, and the second horseman on the right rolled off the horse, and the spear was lost!
A moment ago, he was trapped in the dead ground!
In the next instant, four shots will kill two and wound two!
The black dragon did not stop, and continued to rush forward with a strong wind, the captain of the horse chopping knife was already red-eyed, the horse chopping knife was still swinging, but the giant axe had already slashed back, this time it was smashed! Not with an axe, but with the back of the axe, a giant axe of more than eighty catties, with a strong wind like a rushing car, shook the war saber to twist, and missed a blow, the black dragon had already hit the sweaty horse, the horsepower was comparable, but the person on the sweat and blood mount had been shocked to sit unsteadily, and at this distance, the long weapon was useless!
The captain of the horse chopping knife instantly abandoned the long knife and pulled out the horizontal knife, and the whole action was completed in the blink of an eye.
Pulling Duo Kuo did not dodge, let the horizontal knife insert into his armor, the sharp tip pierced through the iron armor, but only half an inch into the flesh was forced to stop, and he could not pierce it again! The muscles of this Xi warrior in front of him are also as hard as black iron!
"It's good to hurt me!"
At the same time that a sentence of Chinese was not fluent, his left arm stretched out like an ape, his left hand was like an iron claw, and his fingers pierced into the eyes of the captain of the sword, and in the terrible cry, his whole person was lifted out of the saddle and dragged to the ground, bleeding all over his body, life and death were unpredictable!
The giant axe was picked up again, cutting off the trick of the sweaty horse - he didn't need to kill the horse, but at this time, it seemed that he had entered a state of madness, and in the simultaneous splash of human blood and horse blood, he dyed his whole body red, and even had a piece of intestines hanging on his shoulder! The whole state is like a demon god from hell!
It's not a fight at all, it's a carnage! Not violent, but ferocious! Not bravery, but savagery!
Even Li Bin, who has been in battle for a long time, is sick to his stomach when he looks at it on the viewing platform.
Incomparably bloody, permeating the entire battlefield.
But after the subsequent cavalry arrived, the black dragon screamed and charged again.
They were bloody, summoned wildness, summoned savagery, summoned the devil who made people's hearts rend!
The fifteen thousand iron horsemen who have been freed from the second depth are like fifteen thousand evil ghosts, continue to rush forward and continue to slaughter!
Pulling the tomahawk upside down in his right hand, dragging the corpse in his left hand, the cavalry on both sides of the desert fell from afar, and when they saw this inhuman existence from afar, they were already frightened and wanted to escape!
With great power, the cone marching array is inserted into the dragon and iron armor army!
The forward cavalry of the heart of the heart has taken control of the entire battlefield!
In the distance, at the head of the capital, Yelu Deguang put down the clairvoyant mirror and laughed loudly!
He knew that the Khitan was going to win, and the heart was about to win!
In such a Shura scenario, there are very few enemies who can not collapse!
As long as the morale collapses, after that, it will be a rush of the enemy to kill in a thousand miles!
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At this moment, there was a kind of low groan that seemed to be a song but not a song, and a song was not a song!
It seems to be a whisper, and it is like an elegy.
Yang Yi was in the midst of all the hosts, and when he heard this song, he couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart!
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What is the vast grass...... Poplar is also Xiao Xiao...... Severe Frost Mid-September ...... Send me out of the suburbs......
Uninhabited on all sides...... The high grave is in a hurry...... The horse is looking up to the sky...... The wind is self-depressed......
The first room is closed...... A thousand years later......
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This is Tao Yuanming's elegy. It is also a funeral song sung by Guo Luo on the city and by the bonfire.
It was the first and most difficult battle of the Tiance Tang Army, and it was also the first cornerstone that laid the soul of the Longxiang Iron Armor Army.
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A thousand years later...... Xianda has no choice but to ...... Always give people away...... Each to his own home......
Relatives or remnants of grief...... Others have also sang...... How to die...... Tuo Ti Tong Shan Ah ......
How to die...... Tuo Ti Tong Shan Ah ......
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The song is full of compassion, but not majestic and mighty, such a song should be very demoralizing!
But why can't he feel the low morale of the Tang army?
As a shallow performer, he can feel direct encouragement, but Tao Yuanming's deep grief is something he can't feel.
The funeral song, in the mourning for the deceased, ten years have passed in a flash, the death battle in the city on the lamp has become glory for the deceased, but it is a responsibility for the living!
A responsibility that cannot be disappointed!
The chanting is so low that it is almost silent, with longing, facing death!
Suddenly his tomahawk appeared, and although his battle axe was strong, it was stuck in the quagmire!
His slaughtering performance, like that of the Rahu Demon God, did not collapse the morale of the Longxiang Iron Armor Army, but instead stimulated them to welcome him as if they were willing to die!
It is still a large cone-line formation composed of cavalry, falling into the Longxiang Iron Armored Army step by step, advancing step by step, bleeding step by step!
The giant axe that dragged Duo Kuo didn't know how many Bright Light Armor had been broken, but the former served the latter! This feeling of dying dissipated the barbaric presumptuousness step by step, and finally with a click, the giant axe produced a gap, and the black dragon also gasped!
Dragged Duo was engulfed in rage, and let out a loud shout, the giant axe, which had lost its sharpness, was completely used as a mace, and smashed a gap open!
The third depth was broken through!
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But at this moment, Yang Yi, who had his eyes closed, seemed to hear some kind of breath that others couldn't hear, and said in a low voice: "It's okay, Khitan is tired!" β
The long lance is erected!
The fourth depth of the eagle and the iron cavalry are waiting for the whole army!
"Rush! Brothers! Tell the Khitans to die! Don't let any of them go! Kill! β
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