Chapter 217: The Battle of Star Gorge (3)
Oh, what a big man! As soon as Li Zhen saw the bald strong man who came from the horse, he was stunned for a moment, without him, that guy's bronzed skin and ridiculously strong muscles, that explosive body was just like the bodybuilder that Li Zhen often saw on TV in his previous life, and his whole body was a combination of strength and beauty, but well, Li Zhen was just stunned for a moment, and soon woke up, and had the heart to try how many catties and taels the other party had, so he sneered, and the horse went forward.
"Ah......, look at the fight!" When the bald man saw Li Zhen coming on horseback, he shouted wildly and raised the big iron rod in his hand, and the "whew" was a sweep, trying to sweep Li Zhen off the horse.
Well done! Li Zhen didn't dodge or dodge, and yelled: "Open!" The bright silver spear in his hand was horizontal, and he met the big iron rod that was about to sweep over, but when he heard the explosion of "bang", sparks splashed, and the big iron rod swept horizontally had already flown for a long time, and the bald strong man was stupidly riding on the back of the horse, looking at the bleeding hands, completely unresponsive.
Damn, dare to love is a silver-like wax spear head, and it doesn't look good! Li Zhen attaches great importance to the strong man, and the blow just now exerted ninety percent of the force, but he did not feel the force of the shock that it should have, and immediately felt funny, and when he rushed past the bald strong man, the spear in his hand was gently swiped, and the man was swept off the horse.
"Third brother."
"Ah, Lao Tzu fought with you!"
Seeing that the bald man could take his own shot without falling off the horse, Li Zhen also had a little appreciation, so when he shot out, he did not hurt the killer, but just swept the bald man off the horse, but in this chaotic army, others could not see it really, and when the bald strong man rolled off the horse, two miserable howls in the sand thieves suddenly sounded, one was Sha Feihu, the other was Sha Kui, it turned out that the man who was swept off the horse by Li Zhen was the three masters of the "Deciduous Leaf Kou" Sha Boil-"Deciduous Kou" The three masters are the brothers of a mother's compatriots, and their feelings are very deep since they were young, and now they have "lost" one person, how not to make Sha Feiluo and Sha Kui these two brothers feel like knives, at this time they completely forgot the previous strategy of fighting and leaving, and each led the troops to rush up, intending to fight Li Zhen and try to take Li Zhen to avenge Sha Xi.
Hey, look for death! Li Zhen's eyes were very sharp, and at a glance he saw that the two big men who rushed at the front of the two teams were extraordinary, and at first glance they were the appearance of the thief chieftain, and he also had the intention to capture the thief and capture the king first, take down these two people, and completely end the war, and he did not intend to back down at all, he smiled contemptuously, and rode forward, the bright silver spear in his hand was slightly retracted at his side, and his tall body bowed low, and the whole person was riding on a horse like a bow, ready to burst out at any time with a shocking blow.
Closer, closer! The distance between the two sides was originally only more than 20 zhang, but now both sides are riding horses, the distance between each other is shrinking rapidly, and in an instant it has reached the distance of the hand, in the face of the two enemies, Li Zhen did not dare to be careless at all, and roared: "Look at the gun!" With a flick of the wrist, the body of the gun trembled, and dozens of spear flowers erupted, like gorgeous flowers blooming in the spring breeze, covering the Sha family brothers who rushed forward like a reality.
At the same time that Li Zhen and the Sha family brothers were fighting, Chen Wu's department on the right wing of the Tang army also began a fierce battle - although Chen Wu followed Li Zhen for not too long, he had always stayed around Li Zhen, and he had studied with Li Zhen on weekdays, and he had also fought several big battles. It has a miraculous effect on preventing the enemy's conical assault formation, but it is precisely because it is too dense, once the enemy army uses bows and arrows to bow and arrow, due to the loose formation of the sand thieves, the Tang army is bound to be unable to take care of all aspects, and can only be beaten passively.
As soon as the sand thieves lined up in a fan-shaped formation, Chen Wu did not hesitate to take the spear hanging on the victory hook into his hand, raised the gun, and shouted: "Column cone formation, kill the enemy!" As soon as the words fell, he rushed out first.
With Chen Wu's order, more than 800 Tang troops abandoned their bows at the same time, took guns, and rode horses, all the actions were done in one go, started quickly, followed closely behind Chen Wu, while charging and adjusting, without counting, a standard cone-shaped assault array was arranged, and the cavalry that was originally free from the front and rear wings of the Tang army waited for Chen Wu's department to leave, and immediately rode his horse, narrowing the original circle to the point of clinging to the inner circle, and the more than 500 Tang troops led by the deputy army Lin Chenghe gathered into two large phalanxes, arranged on the left and right wings, Always ready for the possible onslaught of the sand pirates.
Chen Wu's dispatch, Liu Whirlwind immediately found an opportunity - the Tang army has attacked, even if the remaining 500 cavalry is strong, but limited to the number of people can not take into account all directions, if you can divide the troops to entangle Chen Wu's department, you will have the opportunity to take advantage of the situation to enter the Tang army's inner formation, and directly take the carriage where the princess is, once you can succeed, there is no need to come to the feint defeat at all, this opportunity Liu Whirlwind refused to miss, waved the knife in his hand, and shouted: "Hualong, a certain self-led right wing to entangle the enemy, Lead the left flank to charge the enemy's rear, be sure to take the princess, go quickly! ”
Hualong, Liangzhou people's clan, a body of outstanding martial arts, a few years ago because of the murder case, had to go out of the pass and fall into the grass, is the most useful member of Liu Whirlwind's leader, this time because of the three masters He Chengye was captured, therefore, by Hualong commanded an army, at this time heard Liu Whirlwind issued a general order, he did not dare to slack off, loudly promised, led the left flank nearly a thousand sand thieves to change the route of the impact, and Liu Whirlwind separated, galloped wildly, from the oblique spur to avoid the Chen Wu Department that was launching the impact, and killed the Tang Army in a menacing manner, Trying to break through the defenses of Lin Chenghe's department and take the carriage where the princess was.
Not good! Chen Wu saw the change of the sand thieves' formation in his eyes, but at this time, he had already lined up a conical formation, and the horse was already sprinting at full speed, and it was too late to turn around or change the formation, not to mention that more than 1,000 sand thieves led by Liu Whirlwind had already met him, and there was no time for Chen Wu to turn at all, and now he could only grit his teeth and rush forward, trying to defeat Liu Whirlwind's department as soon as possible, and then return to the rear formation.
Dead block? Liu Whirlwind will not do such stupid things, just the gang of sand thieves under his command really want to play with the Tang army with a similar number of people, and they have to finish the game in three or two, although this Liu Whirlwind is reluctant, but he also has to admit that he naturally will not go to block the conical assault formation of Chen Wu's department, and when the distance between the two armies is still about fifty steps, Liu Whirlwind's knife raised above his head suddenly made a move, and the sand thieves who were originally letting their horses rush towards the Tang army suddenly split into two ways and dispersed, making way for a passage, allowing the Tang army to roar through their own formation, At the same time, the sand thieves unceremoniously fired arrows in unison, and returned a rain of arrows to the Tang army, although because of the hasty shot, there was no accuracy at all, but because of the dense formation of the Tang army, they also shot down more than a dozen Tang cavalry, and the sand thieves themselves only only a dozen horsemen were picked off by the Tang army because they couldn't dodge.
Anger, incomparable rage! Chen Wu didn't expect that the seemingly menacing sand thieves would play a trick, to avoid without fighting, stunned to make the impact of the Tang army fall into the air, and when he turned around in the distance, he suddenly saw the direction of his rear formation with smoke and dust, and the sound of killing was like thunder, and he was even more anxious, and he couldn't care about making more adjustments at this time, and shouted: "The whole army assaults, kills through the enemy formation, and rescues the rear army!" ”
Chen Wu's subordinates are all the prince's guards, and they know the importance of the princess, at this time, they see that their own rear formation is being attacked, and everyone is anxious, how can they endure it, Chen Wu's order, all the soldiers immediately roared to kill the generals, everyone urged the war horses, eager to kill the enemy again immediately, and rushed back to their own rear formation, just the so-called concern is chaotic, at this time, the crazy impact of the Tang army is like a rainbow, but there is no formation, it looks extremely messy.
Liu Whirlwind can crisscross the desert for many years, since he is not an idle person, as soon as he sees the posture of the Tang Army, he knows that the Tang Army is going to fight hard, and he can't stop the Tang Army without paying a heavy price, but unfortunately now Liu Whirlwind has no room to retreat, so he can only lead his troops to meet him, do everything possible to entangle Chen Wu's department, and buy time for the surprise attack of Hualong's department, therefore, Liu Whirlwind waved the scimitar in his hand and shouted: "Sons, kill it, block the enemy army, there is no retreat, kill!" "A horse took the lead and rushed out, more than a thousand sand thieves saw that their own commander was so brave, and immediately the army's heart was greatly boosted, roaring and letting go of the horses and rushing wildly, and killing the Tang army head-on, two iron streams stirred up two billowing smoke and dust on the desert, and the murderous aura that rushed to the sky was agitated, and a cavalry duel unfolded here!
Lin Chenghe has always been a very calm person, he has always been calm, and his mood is invisible, but as soon as he saw that Hualong's department bypassed Chen Wu's cone-shaped formation and was about to kill, Lin Chenghe's face turned pale involuntarily - he had already seen the intentions of the sand thieves, and also saw the mistake of Chen Wu's reckless attack, but now that things have happened, it is meaningless to blame and get angry, only to hold the back and wait for Chen Wu's department to come back is right. How can Lin Chenghe only use more than 500 cavalry in his hands, and he has to leave more than 200 cavalry to take care of the left flank, and the only one who can be used to defend the enemy is the poor 300 cavalry, if you want to hold the rear formation, the difficulty can be imagined.
Stubborn? Definitely not, just these more than 300 horses, how can you take care of all the directions, once the sand thieves rush into the defensive circle, then everything will be over, not to mention that the princess fell into the hands of the enemy, that is, the weight of the burden is destroyed is a burden that the Tang army can not bear, this responsibility Lin Chenghe can't afford, in desperation, Lin Chenghe can only grit his teeth and say: "The whole army stops, dismounts, forms horses, and prepares bows and arrows!" ”
More than 300 Tang troops listened to the general's order, did not hesitate at all, jumped off their horses one after another, formed a group of every five war horses, tied all the horse reins together, fixed them on the sand with spears, hundreds of war horses and several carriages immediately formed an insurmountable barrier fence - this tactic is actually a five-out defensive formation stolen from Xue Yantuo's department, relying on the cover of the meat wall composed of war horses to block the impact of the enemy cavalry, and the defender hides behind the obstacle, attacks the enemy with bows and arrows, and sacrifices part of the war horses in exchange for defensive advantages. If the enemy's attack is blocked and retreats, the defending side can pull out the reins of the fixed horse and chase the enemy in groups of five.
Although the sand thieves have been crisscrossing the desert for many years, they have only been rampant in the Hami area, and have never been to the Jinshan generation in Xue Yantuo's sphere of influence, how can they know the sharpness of Xue Yantuo's five defensive formations, seeing that the Tang army has laid out such a strange formation, they are surprised, they have not stopped the speed of the impact, and they are still roaring towards the Tang army's rear formation, but they never thought that when they just rushed to a distance of dozens of steps from the Tang army, they saw a dense rain of arrows after seeing the meat wall composed of horses. The unprepared sand thieves were immediately shot on their backs, and the rest continued to rush forward, but suddenly found that there was no way out, and had to panic in a circle, and immediately the Tang army seized the opportunity, unceremoniously greeted the past with a few arrows, and after dropping dozens of corpses, they retreated in a chaotic manner.
"Dismount! Attack on foot! At this time, seeing that it was difficult for his cavalry to rush into the Tang army's defensive array, he immediately ordered all the sand thieves to dismount without hesitation, and launched an attack on foot, without counting, the assembled sand thieves roared and rushed to the front of the Tang army's defensive array, the two sides first shot each other through the meat wall, and then many sand thieves took advantage of the Tang army's busy dealing with their own archers, rushed to the horses that were tied together, waved their knives and slashed the reins of the horses, and scattered the frightened war horses. Paid the price of dozens of casualties, swept out a gap more than ten zhang wide, broke the Tang Army's five out of formation, the soldiers on both sides immediately launched a selfless fight at the gap, swords and swords, flesh and blood, the two sides did not give in to each other, the fight was extremely fierce, Rao is the Tang Army is well-trained, martial arts, how can it be at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, for a time it was impossible to suppress the attack of the sand thieves, can only rely on the narrowness of the gap and skilled martial arts to resist desperately, but with the sharp rise in casualties, Gradually, there is an irresistible trend.
When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! Chen Wu knew that he had made a big mistake of underestimating the enemy, seeing that his own rear was attacked, how could he bear this breath, relying on the horse fast, sprinting at the forefront of the army, and seeing Liu Whirlwind who was swinging a knife to kill at a glance, although he did not know the true identity of this person, he knew that this person must be one of the thief chiefs, and the so-called enemies were extremely red when they saw each other, and Chen Wu, who hated being placed by Liu Whirlwind, did not say a word, and took Liu Whirlwind with a gun.
"Kill!"
"Roar!"
Liu and Chen, who were facing each other, exhaled almost at the same time, and the knife and gun shot at the same time, but seeing Liu Whirlwind on the horse, a leaning out, the knife flashed, and swept towards Chen Wu's neck like a shock, the knife borrowed the horse's momentum, and it was extremely fast, Rao is Chen Wu was on guard, and some of them couldn't react, fortunately, Chen Wu's martial arts were not given in vain, and the point steel gun in his hand was twisted, and it was erected obliquely in front of him, blocking the attack of this knife, but just when the knife and gun were about to collide together, Liu Whirlwind suddenly changed his moves, But seeing that the sword light that had been rapidly slashing past flashed suddenly, it changed direction strangely, bypassed the blocking of the spear, and stabbed Chen Wu in the chest.
If you change someone else, you will be swept away by Liu Whirlwind's abrupt change of moves, and you will immediately be killed on the spot, but Chen Wu is a master who has learned marksmanship with Li Zhen after all, and his own strength is only second only to Li Zhen in the entire Yue Wangfu, at this time, seeing that Liu Whirlwind's knife has broken through the barrier of the spear, there is no trace of panic, but seeing Chen Wu shouting violently: "Open!" The tall and burly body twisted suddenly, dodged the vital point, and used his shoulder to block Liu Whirlwind's blade, but the spear in his hand rose with the twisting momentum of his body, and it was picked out like thunder, straight to Liu Whirlwind's chest.
If the two moves are changed, Chen Wu will certainly be injured by the knife, but Liu Whirlwind will not be able to escape the end of being picked off the horse by the spear, Liu Whirlwind, who has a certain upper hand, is unwilling to fight with his life, and in desperation, he can only flip his wrist, cut it with a knife, and use ingenuity, trying to unload Chen Wu's spear, and then take advantage of the momentum to fall back, and hit Chen Wuzhi's chest without cover.
If things are really going according to Liu Whirlwind's calculations, once Chen Wu's spear is unloaded, the fate left to Chen Wu next is only one "death" word, but it is a pity that Liu Whirlwind calculated well, but missed Chen Wu's strength, Liu Whirlwind's knife was cut to Chen Wu's gun, but before he could use his skill, he suddenly felt that the tiger's mouth holding the knife was hot, and he almost couldn't grasp the knife handle, and then he realized that Chen Wu's strength was not something he could match, and he couldn't care about unloading Chen Wu's gun anymore, so he lowered his head in a panic and dodged Chen Wu's gun, a vertical horse, let go of the front, and when the two horses were staggered, he returned his hand without looking back, slashing at Chen Wu's waist.
A good Chen Wu, after this shocking hand-to-hand, has known that the other party's knife skills are extremely high, how dare there be any relaxation, the corner of the eye found that the knife flashed, busy a forward pounce, the whole person lying on the horse's back, the spear in his hand swinged, from the bottom to the top, a move back to the horse gun straight to Liu Whirlwind's belly, the gun is long and the knife is short, in the face of Chen Wu's such a strange shot, Liu Whirlwind can't hurt people, busy the horse to accelerate, let Chen Wu pass, catch up with the other Tang troops who rushed to the follow, and Chen Wu can't turn back and fight again, I had to fight hard to deal with the sand thieves who were covering up, and the two iron streams finally collided head-on, and the sky fell apart in an instant, and the screams of the roars, screams, horses' hooves, and the screams of the fallen horses became one, and the two armies who vowed not to give in started a bloody battle.
Dangerous! Li Zhen, who was rushing to kill, suddenly had a sense of crisis in his heart, and then heard the movement at the back of the formation seemed to be a little wrong, before making a move, he couldn't help but look back, and saw the smoke and dust rising in the back formation, although he didn't know what the specific battle situation was, he could faintly guess the root of the problem, and understood that it must be the sand thieves who were attacking his own rear formation, and he couldn't help but be furious in his heart, gritted his teeth, and rushed forward, and the spear was like a meteor covering the Sha brothers, planning to have a quick battle and defeat the Sha brothers first, Then he returned to the rear to reinforce, but he never thought that the Sha brothers, who seemed to be menacing and eager for revenge, saw Li Zhen let go of their horses and killed, and when Li Zhen attacked with a gun, they left without a fight, and each reined in his horse to both sides, and stayed in the distance, no longer relying on the general, but ordered the sand thieves to release arrows from afar to attack Li Zhen's department.
Fuck, damn dog thing! Li Zhen saw through the abacus of the Sha brothers at a glance, and the left and right just wanted to drag themselves and not let themselves have a chance to get out and go back to rescue the rear formation, but the problem was that Li Zhen really couldn't go, without him, the battle situation was chaotic at this time, if Li Zhen returned to the army, the Sha brothers would not be able to resist even if Li Zhen's troops were brave, but if they continued like this, God knows if the rear could support it, such a dilemma was placed in front of Li Zhen, How to choose is the time to test Li Zhen......
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