Chapter 7: The Prosperous Age (9 I)

It was windy, very strong, and in this kind of windy weather, the feather arrows could not be shot at all. However, when the two armies are fighting, the archers do not need to aim, they only need to shoot the eagle feather at a certain general area according to the general's command, and they can rely on the density of feather arrows to give the enemy the maximum damage.

The Turkic wolf riders were best at archery, and Ashina Bone Toru could even be sure that the Boling army, with only a lance in his hand, would flee in disarray before his carefully prepared bow and arrow feast. No, even if they fled, they couldn't save their lives, and at such a close distance, with such dense feathered arrows, no one could be lucky enough to escape!

However, the reality is exactly the opposite of what Gutoru expected. The dense rain of arrows not only failed to break up the Boling army's large array, but the yellow smoke rising from the sky added a bit of mystery and majesty to the already murderous military array. In the midst of the feathered arrows, the newly awakened dragon took a step forward, and took another step forward, and in the blink of an eye, it had already crossed half of the gap created by Ashina Bone Toru who had sacrificed thousands of brothers.

"What's going on? Yuanqing, this stupid donkey! Ashina Bone Tuoru was shocked and scolded angrily. The accumulation of fifteen thousand archers failed to stop the Boling army, what else could be the reason if it wasn't the commander Ashina Yuanqing who deliberately made trouble? "Projectile, pass my command, projectile. Fast! He shouted lest the herald would not be able to relay his orders correctly. But soon, Gu Toru understood that he was wrong, and Ashina Yuanqing, the commander of the left front, did not make the slightest mistake, and from the beginning, he used the tactics of throwing shots. Let the feather arrows rise diagonally into the air, avoiding the giant shields in the front row of the Boling army and the leather shields on the flanks, and hit the center of the opponent's army formation directly.

However, all the Turks underestimated the resistance of the Boling army to the feathered arrows. The first row of giant shields and the leather shields in the hands of the heroes of the rivers and lakes are just to defend against stray arrows and feather arrows, and for the rain of arrows flying in the air, they are actually whimsical, relying on the erected lance to block.

And this seemingly stupid method has received unimaginable results at this moment. The high-speed wind had already weakened the strength of the feathered arrows. The slender shaft of the arrow is dialed, combed, and sifted by rows of long lances that swing back and forth rhythmically, and less than half of the feathered arrows that can continuously leap over the triple lance without being pulled off. And the long lance held high by the Boling army is not only triple, when the feather arrow barely reaches the predetermined position, only less than two percent can still be killed. These two feathered arrows that can cause damage, in the face of the sparse queue of Boling soldiers and people one and a half times apart, can only barely hit the right target! (Note 1)

A quarter of the two percent of the feather arrows, that is, less than half of the feather arrows that carried all the hopes of the Great Khan of Gutoru could really cause damage to the Boling army. Even if this is only half a feather arrow, it still has to face the test of the protection of the armor and whether it hits the sergeant's vital point.

Such a slight battle damage is not enough to deal any damage to a battle-hardened team. The lightly wounded Boling soldier casually pulled out the feather arrow and threw it to the ground, and then followed the pace of the robe again. Occasionally, the unfortunate Brother Boling was struck by a stray arrow, and the robe facing him in the back row immediately took two steps forward to fill the gap left by the victims. The next row of soldiers filled the second row, and the next row of brothers filled in turn, and the integrity of the entire large array was not affected in the slightest.

Sky! How can there be such infantry tactics? After seeing clearly the Boling army's method of countering feather arrows, the Turkic nobles who were accustomed to riding and shooting to defeat the enemy were dumbfounded one by one. And if the armies of the Central Plains all used this tactic? How the Turks could be their enemy.

Ashina Daman, Ashina Helu, Ashina Lake Sero and other Turkic nobles turned their eyes to Ashina Gutuolu at the same time, and at this moment, their confidence in seizing the Central Plains was completely shaken. Of course, they didn't know that this military formation was created by the outstanding generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Great Sui Dynasty after decades of actual combat summary and improvement. Among them, it embodies the efforts of countless generals such as the general Wang Yang Shuang, the Duke of Chu Yang Su, the Shangzhu State Zhang Xutuo and the enemy general Li Xu. Just yesterday, this array also experienced a supplement from the elder Shi Chen Yanshou, thus reaching a gorgeous apex.

Such a military formation cannot be mastered by non-commissioned officers unless they have undergone extremely strict training, and generals dare not carry it out unless they have an extremely strong mind. It can be said that in the entire Central Plains, except for the Boling Army born from the Fenyang Border Army in front of Gu Tuolu and others, it is impossible for the soldiers and horses under the command of other princes to learn in a short period of time, and it is impossible to display it at all.

Just when the Turkic nobles could not recover from the shock, the Boling army had already crossed the carefully arranged death zone of Gutuolu. The two sides made contact again, and the triangular front of the Boling army inserted itself into the middle of the Turkic wolf horse, and then was quickly pressed into an arc by the huge resistance. The giant shield hand in the front row had no other weapons, and quickly turned the giant shield in his hand vertically and horizontally. The edges of the shield met, and a wooden fence was added to the air. Behind the heavy wooden fence, the second platoon stepped forward and shouted "Kill!" The three-foot blade swept over the top edge of the shield and stabbed straight into the wolfrider's chest.

It was too late, it was too fast, and when the third row of Boling soldiers saw the contact between the two armies, they quickly flattened the oblique lance, rushed forward with both feet, and filled the gap left by the second row of soldiers and soldiers, and shouted "Kill!" He stabbed dozens of lances into the middle of the Turkic wolf rider.

Before the stunned wolf rider could react, the fourth row of Boling soldiers arrived, still shouting, and stabbed the lance in his hand cleanly.

After the transformation of the military formation, the contact between the enemy and us was only more than 20 people, and the three platoons of long lances stabbed in succession, and the maximum damage was no more than 60 famous wolf riders. But with the fall of these sixty wolf riders, the warriors who stood in front of the Boling army suddenly became sparse. They are not afraid to fight. But no one can bear the battle that can only be killed, but cannot fight back!

The roof leak happened to rain overnight. At this moment, another agitated horn came from the large array of the Boling army. Most of the men and horses had already walked out of the valley, and the archers raised their horned bows diagonally under the command of Chen Yanshou, and aimed their feather arrows at their Turkic counterparts who were still harassing the Boling army.

In terms of mastery of archery, the Hedong archers were far inferior to their counterparts. But in terms of the weapons in his hands, the wooden bow held by the wolf rider can never be compared with the horn bow carefully made by the craftsmen of the Central Plains. The feathered arrows fired by the reverse curved angle bow with a combination of six materials had a high initial velocity and sufficient strength, and were less affected by the wind, although nearly a third of them were blown off, there were still more than 10,000 left to smash into the ranks of Turkic archers.

In an instant, a blood mist rose from the ranks of Turkic archers who were drawing their bows and shooting, countless people fell to the ground, and countless wounded people rolled and wailed in pools of blood. As the elder of the Central Plains Army, Chen Yanshou did not give the enemy a chance to breathe, and fought hard to blow the horn, and with the high-pitched horn sound, another row of arrows rained down in the air.

"Bang!" At the sound of the bowstring, a dark cloud of feathered arrows blocked the already weak sunlight. The Turkic archers, covered in shadows, turned around and fled. How could a person's legs outrun the feather arrows, and as a little white light fell, the bodies of thousands of people were pierced by the feather arrows. Sharp arrows tore through the leather armor, tearing flesh and bones, and pinned the wolf rider who couldn't run directly to the ground.

"Turn around, right front, eighty steps, shoot!" The elder Shi Chen Yanshou raised the horn again, and used the sound of the horn to guide tens of thousands of feathered arrows to return fire at the Turkic archers blocking his right side. The eagle soared into the air, swept over the advancing Boling archers, and then swooped down like a goshawk, pecking at the eyes of the Turks and tearing their throats apart.

After being hit repeatedly, the Turkic archers could not care about stopping and killing the soldiers of the Boling army, or they hurriedly evaded, or under the command of individual heroic generals, hurriedly returned fire to their counterparts east of the river. The Hedong archers who followed behind the Boling army in a dense array immediately suffered casualties, and blood splattered in all directions. However, the brothers of the Boling army in front sacrificed their lives with the enemy, and the soldiers of Hedong did not dare or were unwilling to show weakness in front of the friendly army. Braving the rain of arrows from the Turks, they shot wave after wave of carved feathers in their hands towards their steppe counterparts. If a brother falls on his own side, at least the Turks will have to pay it back at the same price.

White feathers flew around in the air, and it was not uncommon for the two eagle feathers to collide head-on, flashing sparks and landing on the ground. Every time a wave of bows and arrows falls, a blood mist must rise. But the Hedong soldiers were not moved by the casualties around them at all. These recruits, who had been hastily drafted into the army and had not experienced a few fierce battles, had finally matured, and would rather be shot head-on than sell themselves or the back of their robes to the enemy. They walked and fought in the rain of arrows, calmly. They followed behind the Boling Army, following in unison, never abandoning.

With the cover of Hedong archers, the Boling soldiers no longer had to worry about the threat from overhead. They pushed forward like a tidal wave, stabbing their lances into the ranks of the Turks. Under a series of stacked thorns, the Turkic wolf rode like a rootless bamboo shoot that had passed the season, peeled layer by layer, and layer by layer turned into a corpse at the feet of the Boling army. Seeing that their brothers could not stand up to the Boling army, several leading Turkic Burks took the risk of adjusting their tactics and tried their best to let their wolf riders avoid the front of the lance array, trying to detour to the sides and open the gap in the lance array from the flanks.

As the two wings of the big array, how could the heroes of the rivers and lakes and the horse thieves who were plugged into the horses let the Turks' plot succeed, and they greeted them with a Pu knife and skin shield. With the Boling Army to rely on, everyone does not need to worry about flaws in their own military formations, so they are particularly handy in rushing and killing. Wolves and tribal warriors who tried to trick themselves soon discovered that the Guardians of the Wall on both wings were no easier to deal with than the Guardians of the Great Wall in front of the Great Array. Although they didn't hold the terrifying-looking lance, they were more ruthless in their moves than the Guardian of the Great Wall in front of them, and they were more skilled in killing.

The archers were exhausted to defend themselves, and the wolf riders and tribal warriors were forced to retreat by the defenders of the Central Plains. If it weren't for the fact that there were far outnumbered opponents, they would almost have collapsed. Seeing this, Gu Toru could no longer calm down. snatched the order flag from the hand of Da Meilu Ashina Hou Jin beside him, and waved it desperately, "Fight in place, fight in place." Each in his own right. Those who retreat will be killed. Kill one enemy, regardless of origin, you will be rewarded with ten sheep and three horses! ”

After shouting, Gu Toru turned his head again, stared at his own brother Ashina Daman with red eyes, and ordered, "Daman, you take the headquarters soldiers and go immediately." Resist the Boling army and not let them continue to advance. ”

"Big Brother ?!!" Ashina Daman didn't expect that his brother, who had always doted on him, would be the first to send him to die, and his eyes widened in protest.

"Hurry up. Hou Jin, you lead my personal guards to supervise the battle. Whoever takes more than five steps back will be immediately beheaded. Atrophy not former, and collaborating with the enemy and other crimes. The people are deprived, and the pasture is confiscated! As if he hadn't heard Daman's protest at all, Ashina Bone Tuoru untied his saber and stuffed it directly into Hou Jin's hand.

"Yes! Sweat! Ashina Hou Jin hugged Gu Toru's saber and turned to dispatch troops. Hearing that his brother had already given such a ruthless order, Ashina Daman knew that there was no room for maneuver, so he stomped his feet and ran towards his own tribe with his knife raised. "Brothers, follow me and let them see the blood of the Turkic men!" He shouted loudly and led his team forward against the defeated army. No more complaining, no more glancing at his brother.

"Heru, you lead your troops and horses to follow behind Daman. Form second base and don't put anyone in front of you. Including Dammam! Gu Toru watched his brother leave, and then ordered his confidant general Ashina Helu to form a second defensive position.

The Great Khan's own brothers have all been pressed to the front line, and Ashina Helu certainly doesn't dare to talk any more nonsense. With a sullen answer, he turned away. Gu Tuolu continued to distribute arrows, sent all the Turkic nobles such as Ashina Xi, Ashina Xuan, and Ashina Baozhu, and set up positions in front of the Boling army layer by layer. Then he ordered someone to blow the horn and transfer all the soldiers who participated in the feint attack in Qilin Valley and Huanghua Huozi to Hulujian and concentrate their troops. After receiving the response from the horns in two places, he took a breath, turned his head to his henchman Ashina Lake Sero and ordered in a low voice, "You, ride my horse, go and transfer all the brothers in the military camp and nearby who can participate in the battle, don't wait for my general's order, after arriving at the position, launch an attack directly!" ”

"Great Khan?" Ashina Lake Sero took the arrow, but he couldn't move a single step. Due to the terrain near the Great Wall, Gu Toru led less than half of the soldiers and horses of the whole battalion every time he went into battle. This arrow in his hand is equivalent to the right to mobilize nearly 200,000 troops. And the spirit of these brothers who went out to fight in front of him has been lost, in case before he comes back, the soldiers and horses of Daman and Helu and others can't hold on, there will be no soldiers around Gu Tolu, and nine times out of ten they will die in the hands of Li Xu!

"Go!" Ashina Gu Toru knew what Ai Jiang wanted to express, and pointed to the army that was still continuing to retreat not far away, and said with a wry smile: "If this battle is defeated, can I still live?" If you get there one step earlier, you'll save me. Otherwise, wait for my corpse to be redeemed! ”

"The last general will definitely live up to the Great Khan's trust!" Ashina Lake Sero pressed his hand on his right chest and bowed his head deeply. He knew that the enemy and the enemy had reached the moment of victory and defeat, and he did not dare to say anything more. Hop on Bone Toru's mount, whip him twice on his horse, and fly away.

That's all it can be! sent the last general around him. Instead, Bone Toru became at peace in his heart. He snatched a horizontal knife from the hand of his personal soldier and stood under his wool in his hand. Several scattered tribal warriors ran past him, and the tip of the knife was all the way, and immediately a soldier rushed forward, and without saying anything, he cut down the deserter, cut off his head, and threw it at the foot of Gutoru.

Da Meilu Ashina, who was in charge of supervising the battle, was no longer soft-hearted, and with all black-armored guards, he formed a human wall near Gu Turu. Whoever tried to pass through the wall for any reason, the guards immediately took up their knives and cut off his head cleanly, throwing it at their own feet in blood.

There is the younger brother of the Great Khan who personally leads the troops to fight at the forefront, and there is a group of fierce gods and evil gods who supervise the battle behind him. The morale of the wolf riders and the tribal warriors has increased slightly. Under the command of the junior generals, they formed a small team and resisted stubbornly. After all, the Central Plains coalition army had few people, and under the obstruction of the enemy's sacrifice of life, the pace of advance was greatly slowed down.

Seeing that the enemy army was fighting to the death and not retreating, Li Xu immediately changed his tactics and ordered the archers hidden in the Boling army's formation to draw their bows and shoot forward. In an instant, the wolf rider fell hundreds more. Ashina Daman did not show weakness, and led his cronies to bend bows and arrows, and bravely fought back against the soldiers of the Boling Army in the front row.

Many wolf riders and tribal warriors were mistakenly injured by Ashina Daman's arrows, but this kind of indiscriminate killing caused some trouble to the Boling army after all. In the blink of an eye, the position that had just been shot by the archers was filled with new tribal warriors. Under the dual effect of the temptation of wealth and the threat of death, the shepherds were killed layer by layer, and layer by layer crowded, and in a short time, the Boling army was stopped.

The bow and arrow battle between the two sides also fell into a stalemate at this time. Although the Hedong archers under the command of Chen Yanshou took their Turkic counterparts by surprise and caused great casualties to the enemy. However, when the Turkic archers focused all their attention from the Boling army lancers to the side of the Hedong archers, and added a large number of reinforcements, they gradually recovered their decline by virtue of their archery skills that were more than one step higher than those of the Hedong soldiers. Liu Jizhen and Shi Derui, who served as the guards of the two wings, divided their troops many times, trying to rush into the ranks of Turkic archers and inflict heavy losses on the enemy, but they were all blocked from the position by Su Si and his cronies. Fortunately, the wind in the sky became stronger at this time, and the lethality of the feather arrows decreased sharply. Otherwise, the soldiers and horses in Hedong will definitely lose their combat effectiveness due to huge losses.

At this point, the battle was already in a state of white heat, and both sides were using all their might, as long as they could kill and injure the other side, they would do everything they could. Several Turkic Burks saw that Chen Yanshou was the courage of archers, and immediately relied on their superb archery skills and concentrated a few strong bows to shoot at him. Most of the feathered arrows were blown crooked by the wind, but after a few rounds, one of them hit the target.

The elder snorted, and the archers around him immediately formed a chaotic formation. Seeing that their goal had been achieved, the Turks hurried to seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack. But before they could pull their bowstrings a second time, a loud trumpet sounded from the enemy line. The elder Shi Chen Yanshou held the horn in his hand, his body was half squatting and half kneeling, his cloth robe was stained with blood, but the sound of the horn was endless, like a tiger roaring and a dragon roaring.

Hearing the sound of the horn, the Hedong soldiers shook their hands again and pulled their bows and shot back. The archers on both sides began to compete again, and at every moment someone fell under the arrow, but no one said back.

At this moment, with the sound of a thunderous drum, another sentry horse was killed in the valley. Quickly split to the left and right and pounced directly on the Turkic archers.

Su Si, who was in charge of guarding the archers, hurriedly led the troops to meet the battle, but unexpectedly there were many soldiers and horses from Hedong who came out this time. A quarter of them entangled his subordinates, and the other three-quarters were protected outside his own archer formation, and two of them rushed into the Turkic archers' formation and slashed and slaughtered.

"If you bully more and less, you are not a hero!" Su Si shouted angrily, holding a thick horizontal knife, rushing back and forth among the guardians of the Great Wall, like a mad dog. He had lost his tribe and tribe, and if he couldn't complete the mission given by Bone Toru, he would never have a place to return to the grasslands.

The guardians of the Great Wall did not understand his distress at all, and under the leadership of the low-level officers, they turned around and turned west, and in less than half a pillar of incense, they had already killed Su Si's personal soldiers attached to him.

"I'm fighting with you!" The red-eyed Su Si attached himself to the horizontal knife and rushed straight towards Chen Yanshou's car. He wanted to prove the value of his existence with his life, but the other party refused to give him another chance. Before he could get close to the periphery of the archer array, a general rushed up with a lance, and the lance picked and struck, tripping Su Si to the ground, followed by a lance that hit him in the throat.

"Hedong Jiang Baoyi is here, the thief quickly restrains his hands!" Picking up Su Si's head, Jiang Baoyi shouted loudly. He was the tail of this formation, and he was killed at the critical moment by Li Xu's order, and he played a huge role at once.

Su Si was killed in battle, and the warriors of the Hazard tribe who followed him immediately dispersed. The Turkic archers, who had no one to protect, became lambs to the slaughter in a blink of an eye, and were killed by the Hedong brothers. Li Xu, who was in charge of the entire large array, saw the opportunity, and immediately dispatched his troops, transferred the tail of the completed formation to the relatively flat left wing, pressed forward diagonally along the left wing, and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy with the swing of the tail of the dragon.

The investment of this new force immediately changed the situation on the field. The Turks who resisted the attack of the Boling army were already very difficult, and they had to send troops to resist Jiang Baoyi, and they couldn't take care of it immediately. The first obstacle is about to collapse. Ashina Daman, who was red-eyed, led his soldiers to rush to the front of the Boling army's big array, swung his axe and slashed, splitting a shield and plunging straight into the core of the formation.

Li Xu saw it clearly in the formation, waved the command flag, and ordered the shield players to flash out of the gap and let hundreds of Turks enter the battle. Then the war drums were beaten, and the large array quickly closed the gap, and the seven plum blossoms in the array rubbed Ashina Daman and others and rotated rapidly, and the stamens spit out, and killed the Turks who entered the battle in three times and two times.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ashina Daman turned around and wanted to leave. Zhou Daniu and Zhang Jiang took their own soldiers to sandwich over, and the two plum blossoms met, and then quickly separated. There were several more transparent holes on Ashina Daman's body, and he didn't hum it, and he collapsed with a bang.

The Lord will die, and the first line of defense of the Turks will be broken at once. The Boling army picked up its pace and rushed to the second base of the enemy. Ashina Helu hurriedly led the troops to the top, and used his own soldiers and horses to carry the remnants of Ashina Daman's command to fight to the death. The more the Boling army killed, the more courageous they became, and in a few breaths, the defense line he had carefully constructed was stabbed into a thousand holes and crumbling.

Standing under the wool shackle, Ashina's heart was cut like a knife. He lost his father when he was a child, and was repeatedly bullied by his brother Shibi when he was young, and it was all thanks to the spiritual sustenance of his younger brother Daman that he would not be depressed to death. Therefore, in his heart, Daman is as important as his own son, and he will never allow anyone to hurt him. But today, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he had to send Daman to the front line, and then watched him be stabbed to death.

Thinking that he might also be "reunited" with his younger brother today, Gu Toru's heart was even more desolate. Secretly wiped a handful of tears, turned around, and asked a person dressed as a guard next to him, "If I die in battle today." What can you do? Do you want to go to him immediately? ”

When the soldier heard this, he immediately drew his knife from his waist and, without saying a word, wiped it off his neck. Gu Toru was so frightened that he stepped forward and hugged his own soldiers, secretly crying, and choked up: "I'm just asking!" Why should you die? ”

"Since marrying you. When have I ever thought about someone else. Bone Toru, you can rest assured. If you die in battle today, Tao Kuotuosi has no ability to avenge you, and he still has the courage to go with you! Tao Kuo, who was pretending to be a personal guard, dropped the knife and replied with a whimper.

She didn't know what caused the two people she had once been the most unable to let go of to kill each other today. But after so much going through, she has come to believe in fate. It was Changshengtian who arranged all this in front of her, as Changshengtian's child, she couldn't complain, she couldn't resist, she could only bear it silently.

"Why did the Great Khan say this!" Another woman dressed as a soldier asked in a low voice. "The generals are the courage of the three armies, and they cannot be easily defeated. Our troops are three times outnumbered by the enemy, and reinforcements will arrive soon. The terrain here is already ready for cavalry to spread, doesn't the Great Khan believe in himself, and does not believe in the bravery of the wolf horseman? ”

"Get out!" Although what the other party said was all good words, Gu Turu still scolded. "You woman. Isn't it enough to bury Su Si and leave a person? If it weren't for you, how could I be in such a hurry to go south? ”

Chen Wanqing, who was scolded, didn't dare to fight back, bowed down, and silently flashed to the side. Gu Toru did not relent, and stepped forward and continued to count: "You cursed woman. Su Si attached to you, and even took your life. You won't even shed a tear for him. Your heart is really colder than the ice at the bottom of the crescent lake. I see, in your eyes, he's just a knife. We, our hundreds of thousands of people, are all knives in your eyes, right? Jiangnan Da Chen, I'm afraid that in your eyes, except for the Chen family, everyone else is all cattle, sheep, grass and trees, right? ”

Chen Wanqing was scolded by him, her face turned pale and she trembled. His lips muttered for a long time before he sneered and raised his head in return: "Does the Great Khan regret it?" If you regret it, kill me, and carry my head to make amends to Li Xu. See if he will let you go, let your tribe go? ”

Although Ashina Bone Tuoru is treacherous, he is a Turkic after all, and his mouth is far less dexterous than that of the other party. was speechless when questioned, paused, and said abruptly: "Why should I kill you." No matter how many people you ruin in your life, you won't be able to see your dreams come true. Jiangnan will not belong to your Chen family. Jiangbei will not either. It has never belonged to your Chen family. ”

After that, he ignored Chen Wanqing anymore, and continued to watch the battle with Tao Kuo Desi. Seeing Li Xu holding a drumstick and commanding thousands of troops and horses, he secretly said in his heart: "Losing to such a hero is not a grievance." It's a pity that I was confused for a while, and let so many Turkic men be buried for me! ”

In the midst of his frustration, he suddenly heard a commotion on the left side of the valley. The soldiers and horses of Hedong, who were expanding their results, suddenly gave up their opponents and turned around to form a formation. Immediately after, several poles crossed the mountain beam, and a part of the Turkic soldiers and horses who came from near Huanghua Huozi finally arrived at the battlefield.

Before Gu Tuoru wiped his forehead to celebrate, another sentry horse roared over. It turned out to be the closest Turkic wolf rider to this place, heard the sound of horn drums in the gourd stream, and took the initiative to come to the rescue under the leadership of Ashina Buzhen. The two up-and-coming teams gathered together and immediately withstood Jiang Baoyi's offensive. Seeing this situation, Li Xu had to readjust the queue and ordered the Hedong soldiers and horses to shrink to the flank of the Boling army. Ashina Helu also took this opportunity to readjust his subordinates, and actually moved the disadvantage back a few points together with the reinforcements.

The longer it drags on, the worse it will be for the Guardians of the Wall. Although Chen Wanqing's words just now were harsh, it was a fact that the part of the soldiers and horses that the Turks were resting in the camp would be able to arrive quickly. In addition, Gutoru underestimated the situation before the war, and in order to break the city as soon as possible, he brought the wolf horse to the battlefield on foot. And the purpose of the wolf cavalry who came to his rescue was not to break the city, but naturally he would ride his horse and give full play to his own strengths.

In the battle in the valley, whether the Turks were infantry or cavalry, the Boling army was sure of victory. In a relatively open place outside the valley, riding on foot, and the number of people is far less than the other party, Li Xu may not really be able to save the sky.

Thinking that the final victory might be tilted in his favor a little bit, Gu Toru's mood gradually improved. His arm wrapped his arms around Tao Kuo's waist and explained emotionally: "What I said just now is not completely nonsense. If I am unfortunately defeated, you will take our children to join Li Xu, and with his character, you will never let your mother and son be bullied. And if I go to join my brothers, I am afraid that in less than a month, all the people and property of our family will be swallowed by them. Your mother and son can leave three living lambs thanks to the Immortal Heaven! ”

Tao Kuo nodded slightly, tears rolling down. Gutoru wiped her face with his big hand and continued, "If I win this battle by luck. After breaking the Great Wall, I will not hurt Li Xu's wife and children. You go and take them in. Detachment is a hero, and deserves my respect. Unlike some Central Plains aristocrats, they only think about their own family, and there is never anyone else in their eyes! ”

Chen Wanqing knew that Gu Toru was scolding herself, and her heart was full of feelings, but the expression on her face pretended not to hear anything. Thinking of Su Sixier's husband and wife grace back then, and thinking of the many things Su Si did for himself, he secretly thought to himself: "Do I really use their brothers only as a tool for revenge?" Am I really that ruthless? Brother to brother, it would have been reasonable on the prairie, what did I do wrong? Who would believe the Turks if it weren't for me, the Turks wouldn't have gone south? ”

Thinking of the way Gu Toru spoke just now, her heart became more and more desolate. The restoration of the Great Chen Kingdom is empty, and the water pavilions of the two families of Wang Xie in the past will eventually become a rubble field. I insisted on recovering the country, but I just didn't want to face the reality. At present, even if the provinces are plugged into the south of the Yangtze River, will they really support a Central Plains dynasty? I'm afraid, these will always be just dreams.

If these are dreams, what have you caught in this life? The days when she had just met the Susisir brothers on the shore of Crescent Lake flooded back into her heart. Although it is very old, it is vivid, as if it were yesterday.

While he was pondering his thoughts, the sound of a horn came from his ears. Chen Wanqing raised her head and saw that behind the Turks who came to help, a red flag was dazzling. On the flag is written the three words of Douda, "Hejian - King". It was Wang Fubao, who had been in ambush in the mountains for many days on the order of Li Xu, who received a signal from the beacon tower and led his troops to kill.

At this moment, the situation is becoming more and more confusing. Several waves of Turkic armies and the Central Plains army are separated by me, and I am separated from you, fighting back and forth, each without giving way. Without waiting for the coaches of both sides to adjust their tactics according to the new situation, there was another horn in the distance, and Hedong Dou Cong led his troops to kill from the flank of Gu Tolu. The allied forces that had withdrawn from Qilin Valley also hurried to the ground under the leadership of Ashina Momi.

In such a chaotic situation, if anyone among the coaches on both sides can see the winner at a glance, it is simply a fairy descending to earth. There are many people on Gu Tuolu's side, but after Wang and Dou's two troops and horses arrived, the number of Li Xu's side could not be small. The soldiers under Li Xu's command are brave and good at fighting, but the strength of several sentinels and horses varies greatly, and on the whole, they may not be much better than wolf horses. The soldiers also understood that whether they could overwhelm the other side and achieve a decisive victory was today, so everyone fought bravely, one by one, and died without turning their heels.

Dou Cong's troops had the smallest number of people, but they were all lightly armored cavalry, which was just adapted to the relatively gentle terrain on the outskirts of the valley. He led his brothers to quickly shake off the laughing and laughing tribal warriors, occupied a hillside, and then swung his saber forward. Boom, the sound of horses' hooves changed the color of the wind and clouds, and thousands of horses pierced in front of Ashina Buzhen like arrows.

Ashinabu's subordinates were originally cavalry, but at this moment, they had to stand on the ground and accept the trampling of the horses, and how awkward it was in his heart. But it's awkward to be awkward, the battle has reached this point, and no one dares to slack off. Shake up the spirit, gather into a group, desperately entangle Dou Cong's department, and resolutely do not let it approach the core of the battlefield.

Ashina Momi, who came at the end, saw that his soldiers and horses were trampled by Dou Cong's cavalry, and he was furious. With thousands of guards around him, he rushed straight to Dou Cong's flank. He had just made adjustments, and Wang Fubao, who was entangled and fighting with the Turks, also immediately changed his tactics. Divide a part of the people to entangle their opponents, and send the elite of the army to bite the throat of Ashina Momi's department.

Although it is the elite of the army, the combat effectiveness of the Dou family's army is still inferior to that of the other party. After making contact with the enemy, the team was quickly dispersed. The soldiers fought separately and did not care for each other. Fortunately, these people are all from rogue backgrounds, and they are not afraid of death. Therefore, although the formation was chaotic, the morale did not decrease in the slightest. Many brothers would rather be stabbed by a Turkic wolf than stabbed into the body and die with the enemy.

As the saying goes, when you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. In a short period of time, Ashina Momi really had nothing to do with Wang Fubao's soldiers. As soon as he delayed here, Ashina Buzhen's side was immediately in danger, and the general Dou Cong rushed past Ashina Buzhen with his own soldiers three times and five times, and each time he was able to sweep away hundreds of brothers under Buzhen's command.

Ashinas couldn't see that his brother was at a loss, so he immediately brought thousands of people over and joined forces with Ashina Buzhen to resist Dou Cong. It took them nearly 10,000 soldiers to barely block the 3,000 light cavalry from the east of the river. In the middle of the battlefield, there was another accident in Ashina Helu. A short spear that flew out of nowhere hit Ashina Helu's chest, directly piercing it and the guards behind him into a gourd string.

Ashina Helu was killed in battle, and the second base of the Plugged Coalition Army was broken. Gu Toru did not hesitate, and immediately sent Ashina Xi on the third base, Ashina Xuan on the fourth base, and Ashina Baozhu on the fifth base to face the battle. He led the guards and Ashina Houjin to follow closely behind several generals, turned defense into offense, and vowed to fight to the end with the Boling army.

Gu Toru knew very well in his heart that since the battle in front of him had snowballed, the victory or defeat no longer depended on who commanded more skillfully, himself or Li Xu. Whoever can hold out longer and put in more reinforcements on both sides will be able to achieve the final victory. Li Xu's troops and horses have already accounted for most of the defenders, and the remaining guardians of the Great Wall may not be able to detect the situation on the battlefield and quickly kill to help. And the soldiers and horses that he had just sent to the camp to collect in order to reverse the situation, but the time was almost up.

Gu Tuolu can see through the key to victory and defeat, but Li Xu can't see through it. His arrangement with Chen Yanshou was originally to quickly defeat a part of the enemy army, forming a trend of rolling bead blinds. Take the opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the descendants of Gutoru, reducing his prestige and control over the coalition forces. No one thought in advance that Gu Turu would be in a hurry and concentrate all the soldiers and horses in one place as quickly as possible. The enemy and us have been fighting for more than two hours, and according to the current situation, the goal of weakening the strength of Gu Toru has indeed been achieved, but the momentum of the inverted bead curtain will definitely not be formed. The enemy and us are entangled, if we can't tell the winner in a short period of time, I'm afraid that the Central Plains soldiers and horses who went out to fight will not even be able to retreat with their whole body!

Thinking of this section, Li Xu was secretly anxious in his heart. He knew that with Li Jiancheng's adaptability, since he told him to guard the door of the house, he would definitely not take the initiative to come out to respond. But if another enemy force suddenly appears on the battlefield, I am afraid that all the results of today's battle will have to be vomited, and the interest will be several times higher.

It is what people want to worry about, the more things will happen. didn't wait for Li Xu to make a decision to abandon some of his brothers and withdraw his troops to the Great Wall; Or hold on a little longer, so that the situation can be cleared up in the decision. Smoke and dust rose in the distance, and with the howling mountain wind, tens of thousands of wolves howled and killed.

"Woo-woo-woo-woo!" The sound of the horn is like snow, and it is so cold that people's hearts are icy. "Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo" The guards beside Gu Toru immediately raised their horns and reconciled, as if a pack of wolves were tearing their throats together at the gates of hell. "Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo" "woo woo, woo woo, woo woo" between the mountains, the sound of horns is endless, with hatred, joy and schadenfreude. All the soldiers of the Cypriot Coalition rejoiced and sang in unison the blessings of the Immortal Heaven.

"I am a hunter by nature, with the blood of a blue wolf in my veins, the darling of the immortals, reaching out and taking it, cutting off the heads of men, dragging women into tents, and witnessing my glory with their blood......."

During the song, the samurai's eyes glowed pale green, forcing the guardians of the Great Wall to retreat.

"Brethren, remember why we are here?" Realizing that the situation was not good, Zhou Daniu opened his throat and asked loudly.

"Take a step back, it's our family!" Boling's children clenched their lances and roared angrily at the sky.

"Take a step back, it's our family!" There was no need for more reasons, no rhythm or melody, a simple sentence instantly suppressed the enemy's arrogance.

"Take a step back and it's our house!" The Boling army wielded a lance and resisted the tide of wolf riders. "Our house is behind the Great Wall!" The soldiers of Hedong were already desperate, but when they heard the shouts of the robes, they regained their spirits.

It is impossible to retreat, and there is no way back. Li Xu looked back at Chen Yanshou, and saw Chen Yanshou, who was covered in blood, holding a battle flag and passing a message to him. Fight to the death! The elder laughed loudly, his face full of calmness. In a decisive battle, Li Xu waved the command flag and resolutely responded.

"Woo-woo-wooβ€”β€”β€” woo-woo" The dragon-like horn sound immediately sounded from Chen Yanshou's location. The old man mustered all his strength and blew the horn. Send the will to death into the ears of every guardian of the Wall. Hearing the sound of the horn, the Boling Army, the Hedong Army, the heroes of the rivers and lakes, and the horse thieves outside the Saiwai raised their weapons at the same time, and rushed towards the nearest enemy without hesitation.

In this battle, they didn't fight for Li Xu, nor did they fight for the Li family in Hedong. They are from Hebei and Hedong, and they can see the Great Wall when they leave their homes.

Gu Tuolu smiled and raised the flag, this battle, although the victory was not easy to come by, after all, it still belongs to himself. He was ready to order the whole army to press, cut off Li Xu's retreat, and kill his old opponent in front of the battle with absolute superiority. His hands trembled in the mountain wind, but he couldn't wave them down.

He heard another horn, which seemed to echo Li Xu and the others, and it was like an echo in the valley. But on the contrary, the direction of this horn is behind him, and there is rolling thunder in the middle.

The horn of "Woo-woo-wooβ€”β€”β€”woo-woo" is getting closer and closer, and the thunder is getting clearer and clearer. The grains of sand on the ground began to beat slowly, and the yellow clouds in the sky were framed with a dark red border. Gu Toru had to put away the command flag for the time being, and went back to check the new military situation. The screaming wolf rider also tightened the reins of his horse, turned his head, and fixed his eyes on the place where the thunder had begun.

At the beginning of the thunder, a thick and heavy cloud of smoke and dust slowly extended from a distance to the battlefield, and in the middle of the smoke and dust, a red battle flag was raised high.

"Luo", the big characters on the flag are dazzling. Thousands of cavalry, all wrapped in heavy armor, rushed out from behind the smoke and dust, slowly approaching the Cypriot coalition forces.

Behind them, there was a thick smoke that could not be seen, blocking all light.

"The old man's home is also in the Central Plains!" Under the bright red battle flag, the tiger general Luo Yi's scimitar pointed forward, slashing a bolt of lightning.

The five thousand episodes of the Tiger Ben Iron Horse, which was built with the power of the Great Sui, suddenly accelerated and smashed heavily on the back of the wolf horseman.

Bone Toru's wool collapsed with a bang, and there was no suspense.

Note 1: The technique of swinging the spear from side to side to filter the feathered arrows fired can be found in the Swedish pike. This tactic appeared very late in the West, around the 13th century. However, according to the data, the blocking rate of feather arrows can reach more than 85%. In this book, the author YY, the expert Mo Xiao.

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