The war horse galloped, like a sharp arrow off the string, whistling. The rapid rise and fall of the horses' hooves echoes the drumbeat of the rain. The knights lay on the back of their horses, covered their faces and chests with shields, raised their swords in their right hands, and whipped their horses wildly with the back of their swords, forcing the horses to exert their strength.

Almost everyone knows that to go into battle means to die in battle. The defensive position of the cavalry shock foot soldiers does have an advantage, but having an advantage does not mean that there are no casualties, judging from the effect of the first wave of conflict just now, the position of the Shu army is tight, and it is difficult to have any hope of breaking the formation before breaking through those baggage vehicles.

Zuihou will always win, but before that, all the knights who come out of the battle will die in front of the battle, ramming the enemy's position with his blood and flesh until a gap is cracked in the position.

This was especially true for those knights who rushed to the front, who could only use themselves and the body of the mount under their crotch to block the bow and crossbow of the Shu army, buying a little time for their companions behind them to charge. At a distance of more than a hundred paces, at least twenty or thirty horsemen will fall under the bow and crossbow of the Shu army. People can be shielded with shields, but war horses are not armored, so they can only rely on the size of their bodies to take a few more arrows and hold on for a while longer.

Their significance lies in this short period of time, and the accumulation of these short moments is enough to change the direction of the battle.

Cavalry against infantry, a small formation of one enemy three, that is, with the defensive position of cavalry charging infantry, one cavalry can face three infantry, and the casualty ratio is also very similar. Now there are 2,000 elite cavalry here, and the Shu Han army only has more than 2,000 remnants, everyone knows that if there are no reinforcements coming, Deng Zhi and these two thousand remnants will be defeated, and the victory will eventually belong to Sima Shi.

But for those knights who want to use their flesh and blood to consume the combat power of the Shu army before victory, their significance lies in how much time they can buy and how many enemies they can kill before they die.

Survival is basically impossible. No matter how strong their desire to survive is. They also know that they have reached the point of no return.

With no way out, all that was left of the Wei knights was killing intent, and they galloped on horseback. Carefully control the war horse, hoping to escape in time when the war horse falls, not to be pressed by the war horse, not to be knocked down by the companions behind him. Get as close as you can to the enemy. If you can kill one or two enemies, then at least you can pull a cushion.

The same is true of the foot soldiers of the Shu Han army. They were even more desperate than the Wei knights, facing the charge of the cavalry. They are under tremendous pressure, and the enemy's swords, the enemy's bows, and the enemy's horses, all of them, can kill them. But they had no way out, not only because they couldn't outrun their horses. is even more because Deng Zhi is letting the people dig a hole behind them. This pit, which would be a trench to block the Wei cavalry in the future, is now a death line to prevent them from escaping.

There is no way back, whether brave or cowardly, everyone can only take up arms. Fight with your life.

"Shoot!" Deng Zhi let out a loud shout, and the ballista began to roar again.

"Spearmen ready—"

The spearman, who was hiding behind the baggage cart, held his breath, stuck the tail of the spear in his hand in the dirt, and stepped on it tightly by his companions in the back row, holding the handle of the spear tightly, adjusting the direction of the spearhead. The spear formation is the best weapon against the cavalry, the war horse is stabbed in the chest and abdomen by the spear, there is almost no hope of survival, but the spear pierced into the body of the war horse is also very alarming, can not be held with both hands, must stick the tail of the spear in the soil. Despite this, a severed spear can still hurt people and is very dangerous.

A dense rain of arrows fell on the sagittal formation of the Wei army's charge, and every ten steps forward, the sagittal formation would be eliminated, and the two or three knights who rushed to the front would not be able to support it, and fell to the ground along with the war horses. The density of the bows and crossbows of the Shu Han army far exceeded the expectations of the Wei knights, and the arrows shot from the ten-step wide position were actually similar to those of three hundred crossbowmen, and the damage caused also made the Wei knights frightened.

But they had no way out, they could only hold their breath and whip their horses wildly, making them rush as fast as possible, and using their bodies to buy a little time for their companions behind.

More than a hundred steps is just a blink of an eye for a galloping war horse. Although the arrow array of the Shu Han army was fierce, it was too late to shoot all these knights in front of the formation. At least sixty knights urged their horses to rush into the positions of the Shu army.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! The impact sound sounded one after another, and the baggage cart began to shake, began to tremble, began to shatter, and began to move, so that the soldiers of the Shu army behind the cart were unstable and retreated again and again. Not to be outdone, the soldiers of the Shu army rushed out from behind the scattered baggage carts, holding spears and swords, to meet the Wei knights who rushed into the formation.

Slash with a knife, stab with a spear, kill from above, and cut down a horse. Five or six Shu soldiers surrounded a war horse, swords and spears. The knight on horseback wielded a war sword, condescendingly, slashing left and right. A Shu saber and shield bearer put the shield on his shoulder, carried the knight's slash, and stabbed the ring knife into the knight's lower abdomen with his right hand. The knight screamed, kicked and beat wildly, and slashed at the head of the Shu saber and shield hand, slashing the iron helmet into sparks. Dizzy, the Blade and Shield Man took a step back, followed by a spear stabbing to death.

And the knights fell one by one. They broke through the first blocking formation of the Shu army, but they also lost their speed, and were surrounded and slashed by the soldiers of the Shu army, dragged off their horses by them, and hacked to death with knives.

The knights gathered together, desperately kicking and beating the war horses, and even did not hesitate to cut the horse's buttocks with knives, forcing the war horses to charge forward, making the formation of the Shu army even more chaotic.

The two sides engaged in a bloody battle on this narrow river beach. Swords and spears rose one after another, arrows galloped, horses neighed, warriors shouted and killed, and screams were mixed together, filling everyone's ears. The warriors behind the formation supported their comrades with bows and crossbows while shouting loudly to boost morale. The parents used their sleeves to cover the children's eyes and block their ears, while the children tried their best to hide in the arms of their parents, as far away from this cruel shijie as possible.

Under the command of a few soldiers, some strong people waved the agricultural tools in their hands vigorously, dug deep ditches and brought water into the river. These deep ditches would serve as temporary moats and play a non-negligible role in holding back the Wei army.

Deng Zhi stared indifferently at the battlefield. This time, Sima Shi sent a hundred horsemen, and before rushing to the position, more than thirty horsemen were knocked down by crossbows, and more than sixty horsemen rushed into the position. These sixty or so horsemen had already broken through the first defensive formation, and if they wanted to kill them all in front of the formation, at least a hundred soldiers would normally be needed. Combined with the soldiers who were injured and killed by their horses, the total number will be more than 15, and it is estimated that the second front will lose its combat effectiveness.

So many days of fighting. For the first time, Deng Zhi experienced the power of a cavalry charge. Although he chose the favorable terrain and had a strong crossbow to help, the casualties still far exceeded the casualties of the cavalry. If this ratio continues, Sima Shi will charge twice at most. His position will collapse.

And the rear formation is not fully ready, when the Wei cavalry will penetrate his position and slash and slash. Crush his resistance.

After all, it was still a defeat.

Deng Zhi's face was gloomy and his mood was heavy. This is the first time he has led his troops to fight, although he has a good record in Wuguan, but after all, Zuihou withdrew from Wuguan, and now he may be completely wiped out by Sima Shi, even if he has a little reputation, what is the use? Only to live. Only by winning this battle and achieving Zuihou's victory, his record will be meaningful and will not be a passing cloud.

But I survived. Can I win? Deng Zhi looked at the Wei knights who were arrayed in the distance, and there was no answer in his heart.

Sima Shi was very calm, and the two charges of one hundred and fifty people had already made him feel out Deng Zhi's strength. Deng Zhi had a powerful crossbow cart, and he shot more arrows than expected, and also brought more casualties than expected. However, these are not enough to offset the difference in strength between the two sides, the three lines of defense, the first line of defense has completely collapsed, and the second line of defense has also suffered a lot of impact, although the soldiers of the Shu army tried their best to make up for it, but how could Sima Shi give them time.

"Charge!" Sima Shi lightly waved his horsewhip: "The third group, prepare for the formation!" ”

"Whoa!" The knights roared, and two hundred knights, inspired by the sound of war drums, began to speed up, and another two hundred knights lined up behind them, waiting for the charge to begin.

Two hundred Wei knights rolled up a frenzy and rushed towards the dilapidated Shu army's position.

"Crossbowmen ready-" Deng Zhi raised his arms and shouted: "Shoot!" ”

"Buzz!" The crossbowmen pulled the crossbow machine, and the long arrows were like locusts, rushed into the air, galloped fifty steps, and then turned their heads to Xiangxia, rushing towards the galloping Wei knights.

"Raise the shield-" The Marquis of Wei Jun Qu let out a long roar, and the knights raised their shields in unison to block the vital parts. They leaned forward, almost on the horse's neck, and the shields in their hands covered the horses' eyes at the same time. The war horse couldn't see everything in front of him, and only relied on the manipulation of his master and the courage contained in his blood to gallop with all his might.

"Archers, spearmen prepare—" Deng Zhi stared at the approaching Wei knight formation, and shouted again, but the raised arm did not fall.

One hundred and fifty horses had fallen in front of the battle, and more than four hundred corpses. In order to hinder the charge of the Wei knights as much as possible, Deng Zhi not only threw the corpses of the Wei knights in front of the battle, but also did not clean up the corpses of his subordinates, more than four hundred corpses were piled up on the river beach that was ten steps wide and less than a hundred steps long, as well as the huge bodies of one hundred and fifty war horses, the closer to the position of the Shu army, the more corpses, and the zuihou was almost layered, which was enough to form an effective obstacle to the charge of the Wei knights.

This is a line of flesh and blood.

Sure enough, at the cost of the lives of countless comrades-in-arms, the horse hooves of the Wei knights who finally rushed to the front stepped on the corpse, and the horses slipped and fell to the ground with a long neigh. Immediately afterward, more horses fell. The knight behind did not know what was happening, and continued to beat his horse and gallop, knocking his companion in front of him into a stumbling block.

The smooth charging formation was chaotic for a while, and more and more people crowded on the narrow river beach, and some people simply turned their horses and rushed into Danshui.

Deng Zhi was overjoyed, and waved his arm hard: "Shoot!" ”

The long-prepared crossbowmen fired together, and the dense arrows poured down on the heads of the Wei knights like a torrential rain.

The knights of the Wei army fell off their horses one after another.

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