The night in Jiashan is mysterious and insignificant, and the thin mist is like an untouchable light veil, calming this wild and natural mountain forest. The 20,000 Dongxi barbarians were like silent ghosts, meandering forward in this narrow valley at night, and the procession was several miles long. The high mountains and dense forests on both sides seem to have just awakened from the vitality of February, lush, and the clouds and mist on the mountain tops are hazy, accompanied by the terrifying sound of hollow valley beasts from time to time, full of oppression.

Peng Shiyu rode one of the few war horses in the team, and was firmly guarded in the middle by the tribal guards, at this time his eyes were black and shining, and his sharp eyes were always looking at the endless depths ahead, and his face was extremely calm.

Since his father Peng Shichou received an urgent report from Langzhou, he immediately ordered him to lead his troops eastward to rescue. This time, the Tang army was known as an army of 100,000, and it was said that it was the privy envoy who was the commander-in-chief, so that Peng Shiyu, who had always been arrogant, had to be cautious. As a native of Xizhou, he knew very well that fighting in the seemingly dangerous and dense mountains and forests was a natural advantage for the warriors of their tribe, and it was also a place that the Tang army did not dare to overcome.

There were almost steep cliffs on both sides of the path, and Peng Shiyu ordered no fire, so the 20,000 Dongxi barbarians could only rely on their natural strength to walk cautiously in the dark. In the clouds and mist in the distance, Peng Shiyu's heart seemed to be able to perceive the outline of the mountain from afar, as long as he turned over it, he could freely enter the vast flat and dense forests of Langzhou, and the plan for this battle became most of it, and his people would be like divine soldiers descending from the sky, and they would be caught off guard and kill the panicked Tang soldiers.

"Report!" A brute soldier ran in front of Peng Shiyuma in a panic.

Peng Shiyu suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Is there an enemy?" ”

"Uncle, the hill ahead may have been occupied by the Tang army, the little one touched the foot of the mountain while it was dark, and saw that they had already built a camp, and my army was afraid that it would not be able to pass!"

Peng Shiyu was suddenly shocked: "How is it possible? ”

The brute soldier hurriedly bowed down and said, "Uncle, these little eyes are brighter than the owl in the night, and they will never be mistaken!" ”

Seeing that Peng Shiyu was a little flustered, a general next to him opened his mouth: "How long is the stockade and how wide is it?" Can you see the handsome banner on the village, who will be the commander of the Tang Army here? ”

Watching this brute soldier describe it with his hands and feet, Peng Shiyu swallowed his saliva, and his eagle-like eyes instantly returned to coldness: "I really didn't expect it, but it was Li Jianqi's straw bag!" I was beaten by me and Grandpa so much that I didn't dare to leave Yiyang City before, but now I have the courage to stop me in my way? Is this Tang Army unmanned? ”

Several generals around him also sneered, as if in their eyes, Li Jianqi's three words were like ants, and they could be easily grasped.

A strong-looking general took the lead in holding his fists and said: "Uncle, it seems that the main force of the Tang Army should be heading for Langzhou!" As for the Li Jianqi, it is just a useless chess piece used by the Tang army to delay our army, and the camp must have been built in a hurry, and the local chickens and dogs will collapse at the touch of a button! The last general, please be the pioneer and collect Li Jianqi's head for the uncle! ”

Peng Shiyu shook his head and snorted lightly: "No need! Li Jianqi is only a few thousand remnants of soldiers, dare to stop me from 20,000 Xizhou children? It's ridiculous, it's a long ear! Passed on my military order, the whole army fought with open fire, and the uncle personally led the army to kill the Tang army camp! ”

"Yes!"

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In the temporary camp built on the top of the mountain, the main general Li Jianqi was calming down and patiently patrolling back and forth. Since Li Yuan personally visited the camp two days ago and explained this battle strategy to himself in detail, a fire has rekindled in his heart.

Before March, with the surrender of the king of Chu, he was confidently ordered to lead his troops into Yiyang. After receiving the letter from Langzhou, he thought that he would be able to enter the city to surrender in a few days, and the class teacher returned to the court, but unexpectedly, he was deceived by Liu Yan and others like a three-year-old child, so that he, the chief general of the first army, became a laughing stock of the Manchu Dynasty. In addition, those hateful and cunning Dongxi barbarians are always constantly attacking and harassing out of nowhere, which makes Li Jianqi even more miserable, and there are also complaints in the army.

As a military general who has read military books and regards reputation as his life, he has long been eager to eat the brute soldiers with flesh and blood, and be ashamed as soon as possible!

Therefore, when he heard Li Yuan's plan, he did not hesitate to follow the order, according to the instructions of Mr. Xu under Li Yuan's account, seize the mountain at night, quickly build a village, and prepare a bow and crossbow boulder equipment for the arrival of the barbarians.

"Envoy Yudu, a large number of barbarians have been found under the mountain! Ready to storm our barracks! ”

Hearing the report from the soldiers, Li Jianqi took a deep breath and led his generals to climb high and look down.

Sure enough, on the trail on the west side of Jiashan Mountain, the torches stretched endlessly, and a long dragon instantly ignited in the dense forest! These brutes had cut down some trees on both sides of the trail, and opened up the path up the mountain a little, and now they had gathered into a group.

Peng Shiyu, who was on the back of the tiger, had already come to the front of the battle formation, dismounted and straightened his waist at this time, and suddenly raised the spear in his hand with his arms, and the strange drum beat rumbled, and in an instant, the ghost cried wolf-like shouting and killing sounded to the sky!

Dense brutes ran barefoot on the gravel and thorny mountain paths like beasts. In their eyes full of red silk, this lonely Tang army camp in the shadow of the mountains was nothing more than a tired egg as thin as a cicada's wings, which could be devoured and destroyed in an instant.

Seeing the rows of barbarian soldiers in rattan armor screaming and rushing up from the slope, Li Jianqi swallowed his saliva and ordered the archers who were nervous in the village: "Do according to the plan!" Don't panic! ”

On the makeshift watchtower, a soldier began to shout: "Two hundred steps! ”

"One hundred and fifty steps!"

"One hundred steps!"

"Eighty steps!"

"Gurgle", Li Jianqi stabilized his mind, gritted his teeth, and shouted loudly: "Release!" ”

In an instant, the Tang army on the village shot the first round of arrow rain in unison, and the sharp arrows that roared rose into the air, disappeared at the end of the night sky, and after converging into countless black spots, they suddenly fell like poisonous snakes accurately, and fiercely nailed the hundreds of barbarians who rushed to the front on the mountain road!

Peng Shiyu, the commander of the barbarian army, rushed to the front, and when he saw that the Tang army was condescending according to the terrain, hundreds of clansmen fell in front of him, and his anger surged, shouting: "Tie the vine armor array!" ”

At the sound of an order, the barbarians in the back row held high the huge rattan shields and rushed up to block the front, which was the usual tactics of Dongxi Man. The source of rattan shield rattan armor is easy to obtain, and there are a lot of inexhaustible rattan in the mountains and forests, for the barbarians who have hunted in the mountains since childhood, even if the shield armor is damaged, they only need to take local materials in the gap between battles, and they can weave a strong defensive network in a moment.

"All of them, the barbarians are in formation with shields! I'm afraid our arrows won't be able to penetrate! A general touched the cold sweat on his forehead and hurriedly reminded. In the past few months, they have personally experienced the thickness of the barbarian rattan armor, no matter how sharp the ordinary sword is, it is difficult to easily cut it, but it will be entangled by complex knots, as long as the barbarian soldier shakes it gently, the Tang soldiers will take off the weapon if they are not careful, resulting in a vain death.

But tonight's Li Jianqi is confident, just because Xu Kuangheng reminded him of the method of cracking. So he waved his hand and shouted: "Rocket!" ”

As soon as the military order, the Tang Army crossbowmen turned around one after another, the arrows were dipped in oil and ignited, and the bows were bent and shot out with force! In an instant, the second round of arrow rain of the Tang army carried a little bit of fire that rushed to the sky, and immediately illuminated the gray night sky. Countless meteors fell to the ground, and Teng Dun, who the barbarians relied on to be proud, burned into a piece in an instant, and then terrible screams rang out in all directions.

Before they could retreat in disarray, the Tang army ruthlessly shot out the third and fourth arrows one after another, and in an instant, the corpses of the barbarians on the west side of Jiashan Mountain piled up into hills of flesh and blood!

Peng Shiyu and several generals had already retreated to 500 paces away, and in less than half an hour, they had lost thousands of clansmen, and they were beaten in vain, while the Tang army did not suffer any damage. While he was extremely resentful in his heart, he also deeply regretted his contempt for his enemies.

But looking at the dense arrows of the Tang army on the slope, piercing a large number of barbarians like hedgehogs, Peng Shiyu still couldn't suppress it in the end, and said angrily: "The enemy shoots arrows, why doesn't our army return the color?!" Where are the archers? Where are the blowers? Why don't you hurry up and quench the poison and blow the arrow?! ”

The voice fell, but he saw that the surrounding barbarians were looking at him in astonishment, and a general stepped forward and hurriedly said: "Uncle, the Tang army relies on the high village, our army can only attack on the back, the archers can't shoot it at all, and it is really laborious to climb the arrows!" And the blower can only shoot fifty paces, but now he can't even get even a hundred paces! ”

Peng Shiyu yelled at everyone viciously: "Uncle, I don't believe it!" There are 20,000 of us, and we are really blocked at the foot of this mountain? Pass on my military orders! If you form a rattan armor formation of two thousand, you will desperately cover the blow archers to come forward! I don't believe it, his Li Jianqi's arrows are inexhaustible! ”

"Yes!"

On the guard tower of Jiashan, the soldiers of the Tang Army shouted again: "All envoys, the barbarian soldiers are in formation again!" ”

Li Jianqi sneered: "The barbarian fruit is like a beast!" Do you really think that the skin is rough and the flesh is thick, and you don't want to die? Keep up the rocket! ”

"Woohoo!" Another round of rain of arrows fell from the sky, falling with the light of fire. And this time, the barbarians seemed to have the belief of going to death, even though the huge rattan armor was ignited in an instant, and these hot and stinky flesh and blood did not have the slightest intention of retreating, and still crushed one after another.

Hearing the screams of the barbarians under the mountain, and even more, the flames burned their eyebrows but they still struggled, clinging to the rocks and trying to climb forward. This scene was like the Shura Hell built by the fire, and the Tang soldiers in the camp were shocked to see, smelling the smell of burnt barbecue in the air, and several soldiers had already vomited heavily.

Li Jianqi personally climbed the sentry tower, and suddenly saw that in the pile of flesh and blood of the barbarians, there were still dozens of barbarians with strange instruments like bamboo tubes, trying to struggle to hide in the dead corner of the slope, his face sank instantly, he had already suffered countless losses, he immediately reacted, and hurriedly shouted: "Be careful of the barbarians blowing arrows!" ”

As soon as the words fell, only a few "booms" were heard, as small as the tip of a needle cutting through the air, and several Tang soldiers standing at the front of the camp instantly stiffened their bodies, and fell down in less than three breaths, their faces were covered with black blue, and their eyes were looking at the night with empty eyes.

"The shield hand stepped forward to form a formation! The archers continue to catch fire! Li Jianqi roared and gave the order as he got off the guard tower.

Immediately afterwards, he said coldly to the subordinate general beside him: "Since the barbarians are not afraid of death, then they will be fulfilled!" Pass on my military order, take all the fierce fire oil in the camp, and cook these barbarians for Bendu! ”

Looking at Li Jianqi's fierce eyes, the general immediately shouted: "Obey!" ”