Located south of the Great River, Chenchi is a small county located at the junction of Qi and Zhao. Out of the Yimeng Mountains of Qi to the north is a large plain of Pingchuan, when the Zhao State was strong, Chen Chi was under the iron of the Zhao State, and after the Changping Zhao State was in decline, it was collected by the Qiang Qi as an important land, and in the end, the Qi State suffered to sit back and watch the five countries die Qin, and Chen Chi was restored to Qin County. Until the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor, Chen Chi had been quiet for more than 40 years.

But this calm was now shattered, and thousands of armies confronted each other in the wilderness, fierce and sword-rattling, but wearing the same armor and the same weapons.

The smaller side was about a thousand men, all cavalry, and one of the leading generals raised his whip and rode forward, shouting loudly; "I am Chen Yu, the captain of the Great Qin Southern Expeditionary Army, and I am ordered by General Huan to present the tribute to His Majesty. Who are you, who dare to block His Majesty's tribute, and are you not afraid of being connected to the nine clans? ”

The other side is also the Qin army's uniform, but there are some slight differences with Chen Yu's subordinates in the details of the costume, and most of them are foot soldiers, but the number is several times more than the other party. The leader was a thin, middle-aged man, gently brushing his goatee under his chin, looking a little absent-minded. Although he is wearing the armor of a military general, he is indeed a civil official. This person is Gao Rou, the Shou of Lujiang County, who was ordered by Zhao Gao to go to the Cangshan camp with the Tiger Talisman Starry Night and mobilized 6,000 soldiers to intercept the envoy who sent tribute.

Seeing Chen Yu asking loudly forward, Gao Rou looked back at the general next to him, the general was intent, urged the horse forward, and said loudly: "My lord is ordered by His Majesty to come to receive the tribute, Captain Chen has worked hard all the way, please transfer the tribute to us." ”

A trace of doubt flashed on Chen Yu's face, how could he bring a large army to welcome tribute, and this formation was clearly used by the Qin army to meet the enemy.

"Dare to ask the envoy, is there a holy decree of His Majesty?"

The general hesitated, glanced at Gao Rou's face, and slowly shook his head.

"Then may I ask if there is an edict or an order for the prime minister?"

Gao Rou's face was already showing impatience, and as soon as she urged her, she raised the tiger talisman and said sharply; "At the behest of His Majesty, I have come to receive Lingnan tribute. The tiger talisman is here, you are just a school captain, and you have so many things, and you will quickly hand over the tribute to me and present it to Your Majesty. If you make a mistake, plant your nine clans. ”

Chen Yu's face was heavy, and he could see the other party's intentions. If he doesn't give them the tribute, he will definitely have to take it himself.

"Prepare for war." Chen Yu roared, and the more than 1,000 horsemen behind him dismounted in unison and quickly formed a circular phalanx. The horses were in the middle, the crossbowmen were in front, and the halberds followed, their shields smashing to the ground, shouting in unison.

Although this group of southern expeditionary troops is small, it is a soldier of a hundred battles, with neat movements and consistent steps, and it is not inferior to the army led by Gao Rou in terms of momentum.

Gao Rou gritted her teeth and shouted angrily: "You dare to resist the order. ”

Chen Yu arched his hand and said loudly; "Your Excellency has neither a holy decree nor a decree, so you cannot obey your orders." After saying that, he urged the horse to return to the formation, and Ren Gaorou ignored how thunderous and intimidated.

Gao Rou saw that it was difficult to ride a tiger, so he could only grit his teeth and wave his hand. More than a thousand crossbowmen behind him strode forward and half-knelt on the ground.

In the formation, Chen Yu shouted loudly to change the formation, and the crossbowmen and halberders in front of the formation quickly retreated behind their shields. The heavy infantry moved forward, their shields raised, and the soldiers in the back rows raised their shields.

"Put."

More than thousands of crossbow arrows covered the sky and the sun like locusts in the sky. Scattered feathered arrows entered through the gaps in the shields, and the arrows fell from the soldiers, but immediately someone took over and raised their shields to fill them, and the phalanx remained tight and immovable.

Although Chen Yu's subordinates were cavalry, the land of Lingnan was not suitable for cavalry combat, so he only used horses to improve his mobility by using a horse frame, and he still dismounted as infantry in battle. This time he originally went to Xianyang, but Ren Huan did not specifically instruct him, so Chen Yu habitually brought the heavy carriage used by the foot soldiers with the army, but unexpectedly it came in handy in Chen Chi.

Gao Rou saw that the arrow array was of little use, her face became more and more gloomy, and she waved her hand violently. Behind him, the herald waved the red flag, and the crossbowmen heard the order to spread out on both sides and make way for the way.

The drums sounded, and the army slowly moved forward with neat steps. More than a dozen three-chariots were in front, and the horses were marching slowly with rough breath, snorting impatiently and urging the royal hand. A large phalanx of infantry followed, holding halberds and shouting neatly slogans, following the chariots in front of the formation. At first, he just kept the square in the right step, and the closer he got to the opponent, the faster the pace became, and he turned to a trot sprint.

Chen Yu shouted: "Change the formation." ”

The originally tight shield array suddenly dispersed, vacating several passages, and the light soldiers with crossbow machines strode forward, half-kneeling and firing in unison with the password. Although there were only more than 200 people, it also made the opponent's group of people turn on their backs, and the offensive was sluggish.

Seeing the enemy approaching, the crossbowmen quickly retreated into formation, dropped their crossbows and drew their swords. The shield array closed again, and the heavily armored foot soldier gritted his teeth and pressed his shoulders against the heavy shield. Through the gap between the shields, the halberd was erected high, and the entire Southern Expeditionary Army was like a constricted hedgehog.

The horse's hooves stepped down, the chariot was like thunder, and the shocking sound from the earth was getting closer and closer, and the hearts of the Qin soldiers behind the big shield seemed to jump out, and they all turned pale, and their shoulders were close to the big shield. They are not afraid of the battlefield, they have experienced too many life-and-death battles in the past ten years, but it is the first time to face a comrade wearing the same armor and holding the same weapon, everyone has questions in their hearts, but no one can answer them.

Or rather, there is no time left to give them answers.

"Kill!"

The galloping chariot slammed into the phalanx, and the chariot flipped up to the sky, and it was greeted by a long halberd like a forest. The chariot weighing more than 1,000 catties was smashed down, and the soldiers who were hit in the phalanx were either killed or wounded.

More than a dozen chariots smashed down like heavy hammers, and the huge momentum made the phalanx of the Southern Expeditionary Army deeply dented. The heavy infantry behind the shield kept falling, and the follow-up soldiers rose one after another, gritting their teeth and desperately resisting the giant shield, regardless of the blood spilling from their mouths and noses.

They are all veterans, and they know that once the phalanx is broken, what awaits them will be a massacre, and only by desperately resisting it can they survive.

After the chariot, the charging foot soldiers came in an instant. Originally, he thought that the chariot could crash away from the opponent's phalanx, but unexpectedly, the phalanx still stood still. The soldiers who rushed to the front row were horrified to find that they were greeted by a long halberd and a towering giant shield, and wanted to stop and turn around, but were pushed forward by the people behind.

"Ahh The sound of the halberd piercing into the flesh, the loud sound of the stabbed soldier unwillingly crashing into the big shield before he died. Behind the shield, the sergeant of the Southern Expedition shook off the corpse on the halberd with an expressionless face and stabbed it again. The mechanical harvest is the life of one enemy soldier after another, and at this time, no one will think about why they should kill their comrades in the same costume, but just keep stabbing in, pulling out, and stabbing again.

The corpses of the attackers were quickly piled up in a thick layer in front of the formation, almost waist-deep. The attacking soldier trampled on the corpse, almost at the level of the shield, condescendingly offsetting part of the disadvantage. The Southern Expeditionary Army began to see casualties, the first few, dozens, and finally a few hundred.

Gao Rou had already discovered his own advantages in this regard, so he urged his subordinates to continue to fill in, and did not hesitate to use human lives to pile up victory.

Chen Yu had a calm face, he had already seen that the lack of troops was his fatal shortcoming, although the casualties of the Southern Expeditionary Army were far less than those of the attacking side, but Gao Rou's troops were six times that of him. Gao Rou can afford it, but Chen Yu can't afford it, and if this continues, sooner or later the phalanx will be broken.

Chen Yu waved his hand violently, "Come on, go and light the wolf smoke." ”

A carriage was overturned, the wolf smoke contained on it was ignited, and the straight wolf smoke rose into the sky. The soldiers who were struggling to support saw the wolf smoke lit up, thinking that reinforcements were coming, and their morale was immediately boosted.

In fact, Chen Yu knew very well in his heart that it was very rare for reinforcements to come. This place is close to the Dune Palace, but it was inexplicably intercepted by a large army, and it must have happened to the upper echelons of the empire. Since the other party can easily mobilize a large army to intercept it, even if the soldiers of the surrounding counties see the wolf smoke, they will never go out of the city to help. The reason why he ordered the wolf smoke to be lit was just to give his subordinates a little more hope and more time to resist.

Gao Rou saw the wolf smoke ignited, and there was an inexplicable sense of panic in her heart. Dismounted and swung his sword, without a trace of grace, he just ordered the follow-up soldiers to move forward like crazy and take down Chen Yu's department.

The pressure on the Southern Expeditionary Army suddenly increased, and the situation that had been barely supported became precarious. The phalanx shrank smaller and smaller, and in the end he could only rely on the horses and vehicles, and even Chen Yu took his own soldiers to fight to the death.

Chen Yu struggled to chop off the head of a soldier in front of him, wiped the blood on his face violently, and roared at a personal soldier beside him; "Quick, set the tribute on fire, and never let it fall into the hands of the rebels."

He turned around and fought for a while, and when he turned around and saw that the soldier was still stunned motionless, he couldn't help but be furious, and said viciously; "Didn't you hear me? If you don't go again, I'll kill you. ”

"Wait, sir, something seems wrong."

Chen Yu followed his hope, but saw that the rebels' offensive suddenly stopped, and the battle drums sounded in the formation at some point, and the rebels retreated like a tide, leaving only corpses in one place.

"Look at that." A sharp-eyed soldier stood on the carriage and pointed sharply at the horizon in the distance. A slender line appeared in the distance on the horizon, gradually expanding, and it was a large force of cavalry, rushing towards the battlefield in an overwhelming manner.

One of the knights in front took the horn out of his bosom and blew it.

"Yulin, it's Yulin, Your Majesty's pro-army, it's General Meng Yi." Chen Yu looked at a huge battle flag with the word 'Meng' written on it in the distance, and shouted in surprise. The hundreds of soldiers and soldiers who survived the Southern Expedition immediately cheered, brandishing their weapons and shouting in unison.

Compared with Chen Yu's ecstasy, Gao Rou's face was like ashes. He has already put all his net worth and life on Zhao Gao, if he fails, he Gao Rou will definitely not be able to escape the fate of destroying the Nine Clans and splitting the city gate.

"Pass my orders and form a formation to resist."

It was not easy to switch from offensive to defensive in a hurry, and after a moment of panic, the rebels barely managed to do it, roughly forming a phalanx, while the generals at the front kept running back and forth, shouting loudly: "Hold your ground and prepare to meet the enemy." ”