Chapter 14 Repeated defeats and battles

As mentioned last time, the Gaoding army and the vine armor army of the vulture bones began to fight head-on. As soon as the battle began, the defeat of the Gao Ding Department was revealed. The spears of the high-end pikemen could not penetrate the rattan armor at all, and were either bounced off and slipped to the side, or the tip of the spear was firmly blocked.

Only some of the pikemen who were responsible for piercing the way down could stab the rattan armor in the foot, and the vine armor could not protect it here, which was the only weakness of the vine armor. One or two hundred rattan armor soldiers fell to the ground because they were stabbed in the foot.

Looking at the side of the Tengjia army again, they were extremely fierce, and as soon as they came up, they were raised to indiscriminately, and hundreds of Shu soldiers were hacked to death in the hall. These old and weak Shu troops immediately blew up their nests, retreated and fled for their lives, and even scattered the sword and shield soldiers behind.

Liu Hou, who was standing on a small mountain peak in the distance, couldn't help but shake his head secretly, these garbage couldn't even resist for a while, and he didn't know if they were too bad or the vine armor army was too powerful. Losing so easily, I don't know if it will attract the suspicion of the vultures, if he is not fooled in the end, his own arrangements will be wasted.

At this time, the Gao Dingbu wolves ran all over the mountains and wilderness, although they were old, weak, sick and disabled, but their lives were at stake, everyone burst out of all their potential, overdrawn their bodies, and ran as fast as they could.

The weapons were thrown away, the bags of dry food on their bodies were also thrown away, the water bottles were thrown away, and in the end, those with armor and helmets on their bodies were also thrown away decisively, in short, all the burdens were thrown away, and some even took off their military uniforms, it seems that they were planning to go into the mountains and forests and flee back to their hometowns as deserters.

This rout was played out very realistically, and of course, it was a real rout at all. It was a defeat deliberately directed by Liu Hou. These old, weak, sick and disabled people are just a waste of food in their own hands, and Liu Hou doesn't need to use them at all, but it is difficult to deal with them without a legitimate reason.

Let them go back to their hometowns to farm, they are old, weak, sick and disabled, and their ability to work is very poor, even if they are divided into fields for farming, they are very likely to have no strength to cultivate the fields and starve to death.

If they are meritorious people, it is fine, and the local government is obliged to support them, but they are only prisoners of rebellion, and it is already grace not to kill them, and they can still be supported in vain. So Liu Hou has always let them play forwards, just to consume their idea, other forwards are elite, he prefers the old, weak, sick and disabled to play forwards, it can be seen that it is not an ordinary thick black.

Looking at the battlefield again, the vine armor army is much slower to walk because of its armor. Although these rattan armor are much lighter than the iron armor, no matter how light they are, they still have weight, and this kind of armor worn from head to toe, as long as one step, the foot will be kicked to the front swing in front of you, which still has a certain impact on walking.

Therefore, although the vine armor soldiers are all young and strong men, but the speed at which they run is about the same as that of the old, weak, sick and disabled Gao Dingbu, plus the Shu army abandoned all kinds of things on their bodies along the way, these vine armor soldiers have seen so many good things there, chasing and picking things all the way. Bending down was even more difficult for them with their full armor, so it further slowed down their pursuit.

The vine armor army pursued all the way for 30 miles, did not kill a few Shu troops, but they all picked up a full bowl of plates, when the vulture bone ordered to collect the troops back to the camp, it was found that the vine armor army had become a grocery store, in addition to holding a lot of things in their hands, all of them were full of all kinds of supplies. On the street where Liu Hou used to live, the hawkers selling things at the corner of the street.

If you want to say that this rattan armor is really easy to use, what you can't hold, just pull a bundle of grass rope and tie it to the rattan, so although the things left by the Shu army are fragmentary, they didn't waste a little, and they all hung on the rattan armor and brought it back.

In this battle, the Shu army suffered heavy losses, not only more than 20,000 people, almost all the ordnance and materials were lost, and the number of people who finally returned to the camp was only a little more than 10,000. There were not many people killed by the Fujijia army, only a few hundred people, most of whom took advantage of the chaos to become deserters and refused to come back to eat this food. The original 30,000 people in the Gaoding Department have now lost more than half.

The victory of the first battle, the vulture bones were overjoyed, and ordered to kill pigs and sheep to reward the three armies, this night, countless bonfires were lit in the barbarian barracks, and the sound of joy, singing and dancing resounded in the night sky. Liu Hou couldn't help but shake his head as he watched the rattan armor soldiers in the barbarian barracks drinking, dancing, and singing without any scruples.

This vulture bone is really a straw bag, and he began to celebrate before he achieved the final victory, drinking alcohol is a taboo in the army, this guy is unscrupulous, even if he doesn't have such a careful layout to deal with him, as long as he sends an elite night attack on them, he can also wipe out the pride of this barbarian army. However, it is still very useful for this vine armor army to stay, and it can't just wipe them out, so it still has to be carried out according to the original plan.

The next day, Liu Hou sent Guan Xing to lead 20,000 horses to call for battle. These 20,000 people are not the old, weak, sick and disabled people in Gaoding, they are the regular army reorganized by Liu Hou, but they are all cold weapon troops. At this time, the vulture and many barbarians had just woken up from their hangover, and when they heard the call outside the camp, they hurriedly put on their armor and went into battle.

Seeing that the other party was a doll general, the vulture bone was contemptuous, and scolded a few foul words, Guan Xing looked at him coldly and did not scold back, which made the vulture feel very boring. The scene was cold, and the scene was quickly finished, and the two sides went to war. This time, the Shu army didn't shoot arrows first, because they knew that crossbow arrows were useless to these monsters wrapped all over their bodies.

This time, the Shu army was not lined up with pikemen, but some strong men with steel forks. This is Liu Hou's reference to the anti-riot steel fork used by the anti-riot Jin Cha in later generations, the length is about two meters five, and the fork head is half-moon arc-shaped, which can fix an adult's waist in the fork and make him unable to move.

Of course, the brute soldiers who put on the rattan armor could not cross their waists, and the rattan armor was too thick to exceed the width of the fork head. But this steel fork can fork the neck in addition to the waist.

As soon as the Shu army and the rattan armor army came into contact, the steel fork soldiers in the front row crossed the necks of the first row of rattan armor soldiers, and then pushed forward hard. The rattan armor soldier who was crossed by the neck involuntarily stepped back, and his back hit the comrades who rushed behind him, and he was unable to move.

The rattan armor soldiers who were crossed around their necks struggled hard, although the brute force was generally relatively large, but this steel fork soldier was also a specially selected strong and strong man in the Shu army, and he could actually fork them to the death and could not get out.

At this time, these forked rattan armor soldiers waved their limbs indiscriminately, like turtles that had been turned over, and their limbs couldn't reach people, so they had the intention to use the saber in their hands to slash the Shu army on the opposite side, but the steel fork was too long, and their knives couldn't reach the enemy at all, so they could only cut at the handle of the steel fork.

The steel fork is made of stainless steel, and the brute's knife is cut up and splashes sparks, although it also leaves a shallow knife mark, but it is still far from being cut off, on the contrary, there are gaps on the knife that chops the steel fork. It seems that the knife is broken, and the steel fork handle with the thickness of the child's arm will not be cut.

At this time, the Shu army would not allow the rattan armor soldiers to have time to react, the pikemen in the back row squatted, stretched out their spears from the gap in the front row of soldiers, and stabbed them on the feet of the rattan armor soldiers who were crossed by the neck, and the rattan armor soldiers fell in response.

At this time, the Shu army not only did not move forward, but took a step back to make way for space, and the rattan armor soldiers in the second row chased over, and the first row of steel fork soldiers of the Shu army forked these chasing rattan armor soldiers again, and the second row of pikemen continued to stab their feet. Then take a step back and repeat the process.

The reason why every time after the hand, do not advance but retreat is because the rattan armor soldiers who were injured by the barrel only injured their feet, and there were no injuries on their hands and bodies, at this time, if the Shu army stepped forward, these enemies who fell to the ground would definitely pick up the big knife in their hands and give the Shu army a bite to avenge the injured foot.

After watching the exercise of this battle formation, Liu Hou pointed out this loophole, and after improvement, this battle formation specially used to deal with the vine armor soldiers was changed to a method of fighting and retreating.

The two sides fought fiercely for two quarters of an hour, and the vine armor soldiers had fallen thousands of people, and in the era of cold weapons that killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800 themselves, the Shu army inevitably suffered hundreds of casualties. Liu Hou, who was standing on the high post, saw that it was almost over, so he ordered a retreat.

This battle was originally to test whether this newly formed battle formation was effective against the vine armor soldiers, but now that the results have come out, there is no need to waste troops in vain.

Facts have proved that although the rattan armor soldiers are invulnerable, they are not impossible to deal with, in addition to attacking with fire, they can also use this method of battle formation to win in a dignified manner. Although his own losses are quite large, but after all, it is a battle of cold weapons, and it is normal for his side to have relatively large losses, at least it will not be like the original, and these things hiding in the shell of the turtle are like mice pulling turtles.

The herald waved the herald flag to convey the news of the retreat to the battlefield, and always paid attention to the herald on the high post to respond immediately, and then passed the order to Guan Xing. After Guan Xing received the order, he ordered the troops to retreat.

In order to avoid confusion and stampede, the people behind retreated first, and when the space was cleared, the steel fork soldiers and pikemen in the front row, who were still holding the enemy, suddenly turned around and ran after giving an order. The vine armor soldiers were stunned for a moment, and the Shu army was running away while fighting? The irritable vulture bone was also stunned, and he played well just now, how can he say that he will go?

If you change the general, you will suspect fraud and dare not pursue. But this vulture bone was just stunned for a moment, and then reacted, these Shu troops really have no eggs, and their courage is so small, they are afraid to lose a few hundred people? Chase, must, so he ordered the vine armor soldiers to pursue.

This time, it took another 30 miles to collect the troops, and the Shu army dropped a large amount of supplies, and the rattan armor soldiers picked up a full bowl as usual. When the brutes returned to the camp, they naturally celebrated again. For two days, he ran 60 miles with his full armor on his head to pursue the deserters, which made these rattan armor soldiers tired. And they did not know whether they were alive or dead, and they rejoiced all night, and did not have a good rest, so that by the third day, every vine armor soldier was in a state of limbo.

This time the Shu army dispatched a regular army, the battle losses were very few, and the retreat was also an orderly retreat, not many deserters appeared, and basically returned to the camp at night, counting the number of people, and the loss was only five or six hundred. Liu Hou was quite satisfied with their appearance.

The Snake Valley was only 30 miles away from the place where the Shu army was originally camped, in order to paralyze the enemy, the Shu army took them around in circles, 30 miles a day, and by the third day, they had reached a place less than 20 miles away from the Snake Valley. Today, the play meat is here.