。。。 The editor just told me that it will be on the shelves next Wednesday. . .

。。。 Let's talk about this book first, so far, it has been written for more than a year, more than two million words, and most of the story is carried out. After defeating Chahan, unify the north; Then there is a decisive battle with Zhu Yuanzhang. Although I said that I was tired of writing, I wanted to finish the book as soon as possible, but students don't have to worry about whether the decisive battle with Zhu Yuanzhang in the future will not be good...

。。。 Zhu Yuanzhang is the main event, I have designed a lot of bridges, at least as far as I am concerned, I think it is very interesting, very enthusiastic, not only will it not be inferior to the battle of Haidong, the battle of Yidu, and the battle of Jining that is being written now, and I believe it will be better. Because the generals of Haidong have almost taken shape, and the generals under Zhu Yuanzhang are even more familiar, put together, the effect will be very good...

。。。 On the shelves for the first time, I hope everyone can continue to support Lao Zhao. In the past, it was a registered collection, and if it was convenient, I hope everyone will be able to make some money in the future. The money is not much, and the monthly subscription is up to 2 yuan per month. It is not difficult to recharge vertically and horizontally, as long as it is a perfect point card, you can recharge, and you can also recharge in online banking. . .

。。。 This two-yuan monthly subscription, which means that no matter how much I change in a month, whether it is 100,000 words, 15 words, or 200,000 words, the maximum amount of money used by students to subscribe is two yuan...

。。。 In addition, the lifting of the ban is very lenient. Students who haven't seen the book,As long as you wait for a month at most, you can see the public version of the lifting of the ban.。。。

。。。 Finally, because I have not written a long story before and lack of experience, this book has many shortcomings. In this regard, many students have made valuable criticisms, and I am very grateful for letting me know my shortcomings and improve personally. In many places in the book, I draw on everyone's opinions. Also because of everyone's criticism and opinions, this book has many shortcomings, and the shortcomings are finally less. In short, thank you very much for your tolerance and support for so long, without your tolerance and support, I would not have persevered until now...

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The right flank of the Yuan army.

Ironclads, firebolts, and crossbowmen arrived.

Wang Baobao rearranged the formation, and took the opportunity of more than a thousand foot soldiers to trap Chang Yuchun and Lan Yu a little, and ordered five hundred ironclad soldiers to form five hundred-person phalanxes that were connected to each other, which were shaped like arcs. Each phalanx was ten men in a horizontal row and ten in a column, all of them wearing heavy armor, holding large axes in their hands, and obeying the sound of drums, advancing forward.

As soon as the drum beats, take a step forward; Two drumbeats, two steps forward. And so on until the drums pause, the trumpets sound, and everyone stands and holds their axes high. Then, the horn stopped, and the heavy drum sounded.

When the drum sounds, the axe splits; The drum sounded twice, and the big axe split again. And so on until the heavy drum is paused and the drum starts. The drums sounded, the military flags soared, the formations were scattered, and each fought for itself.

- These three sounds are all exquisite.

That is, the so-called "the drum is advanced, and the heavy drum is hit." If the gold is stopped, the heavy money will be returned".

When the drum is the first to sound, it is to meet the enemy in formation, "One step at a time, one step at a time." Ten steps and one drum, tending to the drum also". And when the heavy drum sounds, it is to form a formation to block the enemy, "one drum and one blow to the left, one drum and one blow to the right". And when the drum is sounded and the military flag is soaring, there is only one situation, that is, the enemy has rushed into the formation and can no longer rely on the formation to fight, so they must disperse and fight separately.

But this "scattering" does not mean that the stars are scattered, but only the five phalanxes are scattered, and the hundred soldiers in each phalanx are still gathered together. And, as the war progresses, the sound of drums and trumpets is likely to continue. When it rings again, it is "scattered and reunited".

Each phalanx has a drum sound that represents its own team, perhaps in a different tone, perhaps in a different rhythm, and when this particular drum sounds, the teams that are ordered to gather together in the phalanx designated by the Lord and reassemble in one place, so as to either defend, or block, or attack.

Defense is entrenchment; To block is to stop the enemy's advance; Attack, on the other hand, is often to use locally superior forces to annihilate the enemy's locally inferior forces.

Drums, horns, flags, are very important in battle. On the one hand, it can convey a simple order, such as an attack by the whole army, or a retreat by the whole army; On the other hand, it can also convey more complex commands, such as the transfer of formations, etc. So, if the order is too complicated, will there be a situation where the subordinates will not understand? This will not be done under normal circumstances, because when enlisting in the army, whether it is a general or an ordinary non-commissioned soldier, the first thing is to "recognize the flag and distinguish the golden drum".

The "flag" is the hand of the commander who directs the battle; The "golden drum" is the sound of the main general directing the battle. No matter which army it is, the requirements for this are extremely strict, "those who fail to drum are punished, those who make noise are punished, and those who do not listen to gold, drums, bells, and flags are punished." As long as there is a violation and disobedience, it is a beheading.

The Ironclad Battalion is the elite of the elite, and it will not make mistakes in this area.

After the formation of 500 men, all with big axes, they heard the sound of drums and went forward. The more than 1,000 foot soldiers in front heard the sound of the drums and dispersed one after another, making way for a passage. However, although they dispersed, they did not just leave, but continued to surround themselves, looking for opportunities to fight again. Torches and crossbowmen followed behind the ironclad battalion and marched forward to the beat of the drums.

Soon, the battlefield was cleared, forming a situation in which more than 300 cavalry of the Wu army fought against 500 ironclad soldiers of the Yuan army.

galloping horses against heavy armor; Knives and spears against long axes.

Faced with the ironclad soldiers who looked like iron cans, the cavalry suddenly felt that they had nowhere to start.

They have been fighting in battle so far, and the impact speed of their mounts has long been not as fast as it was at the beginning; Moreover, because of the narrowness of the field and the surrounding of the pawns, it is impossible to have enough open space for them to calmly increase the speed of their horses. On the one hand, it is recuperated and protected by heavy armor; On one side, the fierce battle has been raging for a long time, and the horsepower is getting tired.

The ironclad battalion advanced, and the surrounding Yuan soldiers remained surrounded, and the open space for the Wu cavalry to gallop became narrower and narrower. The firecrackers and crossbowmen behind the ironclad battalion were in place one after another, and began to fire crossbows and firebows.

At close range, these weapons, especially the crossbows, are so powerful that they can penetrate the entire armor and even pin the entire body of armor if they hit someone on flat ground. Its huge impact force, even if it is facing the cavalry now, if it hits the right position, it can completely overturn the war horse.

In the blink of an eye, Wu Qi was hit by arrows one after another.

The Yuan army's firearms and crossbowmen were transferred by Wang Baobao from the "Divine Crossbow Army". The "Divine Crossbow Army" is 10,000 households, and there are about 3,000 people, with an establishment of 5,000 households. There are two of the most elite of them, both of which have independent numbers, one is known as "Shooting Cavalry" and the other is known as "Material Officer".

"Material officer" is a name for crossbowmen in the Western Han Dynasty. "Shooting and riding" uses a story of the Three Kingdoms. Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan fought at the boundary bridge, and Lu Yi used a strong crossbow to defeat Gongsun Zhan's more than 10,000 cavalry. The famous "White Horse Yicong" under the command of Gongsun Chan was in a slump because of this battle.

Although the 2,000 households of "material officers" and "archers" are all bowers and crossbowmen, they have their own different strengths, the former is good at field combat with foot soldiers, and the latter is good at field fighting with cavalry. On the same day, Zhao Guo attacked Juye, and the "archery cavalry battalion" was against Tong Shengyang, which caused a lot of casualties to the Jurchen cavalry.

Now, he has joined forces with the Iron Armor Battalion to deal with Chang Yuchun.

Chang Yuchun's personal soldier captain Chang Er said loudly while following Chang Yuchun's reins to maintain the speed of the horse: "General! It has been a long time since our troops entered the battle, and the brethren are very tired, and their mounts are also very tired. The Tartars have transferred the ironclad battalion and the divine crossbow army, we are light cavalry, and we are afraid of difficulties and competition! ”

Chang Yuchun snorted in his nostrils and said, "What? ”

"Or? Let's withdraw first! ”

"Withdraw? We are now hundreds of steps deep into the enemy's formation, where are we going to retreat? Once you retreat, there will be enemies in front and behind, left and right, and you will be defeated! Only by marching forward bravely and repelling the Tartars on the opposite side can there be any possibility of survival! ”

Chang Er said: "The ironclad army is heavily armoured, and the divine crossbow army is all strong crossbows, how can it be repelled?" ”

"Preemptive, second-strike."

Chang Yuchun dodged a crossbow bolt that came from a burst of fire, and heard a miserable cry from someone behind him. But he avoided it, but the people behind him couldn't avoid it, and Ying Ya fell from his horse and fell to the ground, sending out a puff of dust and smoke.

He nodded at Chang Er with his spear and ordered: "Give you ten horses, go and rush the iron armor formation first, and see what the dogs are capable of!" ”

Facing more and more dense arrows, Chang Er galloped out at the command. Before the ten men assigned to him could follow him, two powerful crossbows came like shooting stars, and before they could dodge, one hit his mount, and the other hit his face, and with a shout, the man and the horse fell to the ground.

Chang Er was able to achieve the position of the captain of the pro-soldiers, he was by no means an ordinary person, and he was quite famous in the Wu army, but he died in battle, which greatly surprised Chang Yuchun. He peeked left and right, and saw that all of them changed color.

The deputy captain of the pro-soldier Guanyinnu has a good relationship with Chang Er. After rushing into battle for a long time, Chang Er did not die under the hands of the enemy general, but died from the arrow, he was not angry, and he was angry and unworthy for Chang Er, and shouted: "General, let's see me go and avenge the second brother!" "Urge the horse to run out and go straight to the iron armor array.

Often meet the spring busy points riding, still order the entourage.

Eating a trench and growing a wisdom, with Chang Er's previous experience, Guanyin Nu was more vigilant, danced with a spear in his hand, protected the door and the body of the horse, rushed to the front of the iron armor array, shouted violently, and the spear stabbed out. As soon as the stab was stabbed, a loud drum was heard, and a dozen enemies in front of him obeyed the order at the same time, raised their big axes, and slashed down.

In the face of the rushing momentum of the war horses, none of the ironclad soldiers dodged. More than a dozen big axes or forward, left, or right, net to the body of Guanyin slave, immediately greeted. Even with three heads and six arms, he could not parry it for a while, and besides, his spear was out, and he could only watch the sharp axe fall on his horse or cut at his body. The soldiers of the ironclad battalion are all wrestlers, and they are very powerful, and they can cut the horse's neck in half with an axe. The horse neighed, its front legs weakened, and it fell on its side. Guanyin didn't say a word, his head, arms, and legs were all cut open, and he was scattered on the ground with the fallen spear, and blood stained the ground red.

However, he did not die in vain, and the power of the war horse's charge still knocked the ironclad array out of a depression, and the ironclad soldier who was hit head-on staggered, spit out a mouthful of blood, took two steps crookedly, and fell to the ground with a bang. However, the soldiers who were behind them immediately filled the vacancy.

Hundreds of people, hundreds of pairs of iron armor condensed together, like a steel monster; The blows of one or two people will not make any difference at all. The reason why Chang Yuchun sent Chang Er to charge the battle just now was actually to see the military discipline of the ironclad battalion. The death of two people in a row proves that the military discipline is indeed strict.

Several knights who followed Guanyinnu were out of order, and Lan Yu galloped out, bringing more than 30 people, and rushed into battle three times. The two small troops converged into one place, and there were brave generals who were sharp, and their momentum was far superior to that of Guanyinnu, just like a battering ram hitting a solid city gate, with a thunderous sound and dust.

In the dust, the details of the battle could not be seen clearly, and only the sound of people, horses, and iron armor falling to the ground could be heard one after another. The blue jade people shouted endlessly, and the soldiers of the ironclad battalion were silent. The tip of the spear hits the blade of the axe, and the friction is tooth-sore; The big axe slashed the armor, crisp as a drop of water piercing a stone. Some people scolded angrily, some urged horses, some greeted colleagues, and some people only fought bitterly. It is also mixed with the sound of arrows raining down.

All kinds of sounds came out, as well as mixed with the sound of drums, horns, urging war, and helping the battle outside, and the onlookers and onlookers were all shocked. Especially the ordinary soldiers of the Yuan army, in the end, they can't be compared with the elite, they are overly surprised and shocked, and even have two trembling and unsteady standing.

The weather was overcast and the wind was gradually rising.

The wind came from the north, passed through Pushui, brought a little water vapor, crossed the Yuan array, passed through the fierce battle area in the array, blew away some of the dust, revealing part of the battle process, like a glimpse, soon more dust was raised by the soldiers and galloping horses on both sides, and it was covered in it.

The sound of the Yuan army's "step drums" has long stopped, and the "heavy drums" sound like thunder, as urgent as a shower, gripping and moving. Ten drums and ten axes; Fifteen rings, fifteen rings; Twenty rings, twenty strokes. Swinging an axe is a physical work, and after twenty strokes, the front team and the back team are converted, and the back team goes forward and the front team takes a break for a while. The thirtieth drum beat sounded, the dust fell, and the blue jade galloped out and returned to the formation.

Of the more than thirty horsemen who followed him into battle, less than twenty followed him back. Everyone is covered with blood, all of them are hung with colors, more than half of the spears have been broken, and the knife is in hand; Even Lan Yu himself suffered an axe wound in the arm. Looking at the Yuan Formation again, although there were casualties, the formation was still strong.

The heavy drums paused, the "step drums" sounded again, and the soldiers of the ironclad battalion advanced to the beat of the drums. After walking a few steps, the "step drum" turned into a "trend drum". "Tendency", the meaning of fast walking, ten steps and one sound, this is the prelude to the attack.

The combination of the armor and the crossbowman is indeed very powerful. If the armor is a shield, the crossbowman is a weapon. It is not easy to break through with light cavalry. To put it mildly: hit the stone with an egg. Especially in the current situation that the cavalry of the Wu army has been fighting for a long time, and it is difficult to continue both physical strength and horsepower, it is even more difficult to fight. Chang Er and Guanyin Nu were killed one after another, and the blue jade rushed into battle without results, and the Wu army couldn't help but retreat.

After all, Lan Yu is young, although he has a sharp spirit, he doesn't think much about the overall situation, and he is anxious to Chang Yuchun and says: "General, the two armies of Tartar Iron Armor and Divine Crossbow are really good!" Our department is tired, please retreat a little first, and avoid its front for the time being. ”

Chang Yuchun was furious.

He held down the reins, carried a spear in one hand, and in the midst of the enemy formation, he looked back and said sharply to the horses: "I am fortunate to be born as a man, if I die without a name, is it worthy of this body?" It's better to paint your eyebrows, put on a woman's clothes, and dress up as a woman! A strong man should die on the battlefield! Rather die before the battle, do not humiliate the hand. ”

How can a dignified seven-foot husband retreat because of cowardice? If so, you might as well be a woman. The battlefield where he died in battle is the fate of a man, and he would rather be shrouded in horse leather than humiliated by his opponents.

Inspired by this, all of them cheered up, clenched their fists, raised their swords and guns, and said: "Now in the land of survival, life and death are from the general." "All of them are brave, shouting and shouting. Often in the spring, the horse galloped, and everyone followed.

Thirty-six plans, go for the top.

After boosting his morale, Chang Yuchun refused to fight hard with the iron armor array.

When he was about to reach the front of the formation, he suddenly made a big turn, brushed past the front of the formation with three hundred horsemen, rushed south, crashed into the ordinary Yuan pawn formation, stirred up, and then burst out of the formation and galloped eastward. Following the original path of entering the battle, a group of people went straight to the direction where Cai Qian and Feng Guosheng were located.

Although Chang Yuchun is good at taking the lead and entering the enemy formation, it does not mean that he is reckless. He dared to fall into battle because he had the certainty of retreating with his whole body; But if he is not sure, he will not take the initiative to die.

Sainchi replied, "Death is not brave."

In fact, Chang Yuchun also agrees with this very much.

In the noisy battle, the cool breeze blew through the clouds, revealing the sun hanging in the sky. The sun shone down, brightening up the piles of thousands of armor and weapons. By this time, it was noon.