Chapter 70: Tang Zhilianpo

As the horn of the rebel attack sounded, arrows suddenly attacked the Tang army's company camp from all directions from the west, and in an instant, the huge sky was covered with dense black spots, and then fell quickly like a thunderstorm and a waterfall. In just tea time, the Tang army camp was baptized by tens of thousands of feather arrows everywhere, and the sharp sound of arrows hitting the fence and the muffled sound of shooting into flesh and blood were all over the ears.

Liu Renzhan had already laid out the defensive battle formation in the battalion, ordered the general to take the iron shields he carried together, and then stacked them to form a thick shield wall standing at the four critical camp gates, and behind them were arranged thousands of pikemen in standard armor, stretching out a bright spear tip and preparing for the rebel assault.

But the dense feather arrows from the long air condescending, although the shield wall is thick, it is inevitable that there are gaps, how can it be resisted everywhere, less than a moment, behind the shield wall there are already soldiers who can't dodge one by one fall, bursting blood instantly the loess behind the bunker, dyed a strange dark red.

Seeing a few rounds of feather arrows coming down, the crossbowman's quiver was half empty, and the Tang army camp in front of him had been pierced like a hedgehog, and the ground was full of arrows.

Ming Hanrong was stunned and said, "Dashuai, why did you stop archery?" The Tang army has already planted its wings and cannot escape, and if they release a few more rounds, they will have no manpower, wouldn't it be happy for us to press the army again? ”

"Don't waste feather arrows!" Li Jinquan said in a deep voice: "Have you seen it? The rain of arrows in our army was so dense and fierce, but at least half of them were still blocked by that shield wall, and a few more rounds would only drain the sergeant's energy! Ben Shuai admired this Liu Renzhan, knowing that he would die, he still insisted on resisting, and in this case, he gave Tang Jun a decent way to die! The order was given, the infantry all rushed into battle, and the cavalry then broke the camp and ended the battle before sunset! ”

"Yes!" The adjutant gave the order immediately, and after a few moments, the crossbowmen slowly retreated, and the light infantry in the rear had quickly pressed on, and formed a horizontal formation at the forefront of the army, the blades in their hands were polished one after another, and the blinding light flashed in the scorching sun. After the three trumpets sounded, the earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded in an instant, and the rebel soldiers began to press towards the Tang army camp in a chaotic manner like a black and faint tide.

Most of the people who rushed to the forefront belonged to the Qinghuai army that was forced to rebel, and these soldiers were all natives of Jianghuai, where would they be willing to meet the Tang army brothers and swords on the opposite side? But even if he is unwilling, rebellion is a fact at this time, and there is no way to retreat, not to mention that there is Li Jinquan's supervision team beside him, whoever dares to trade and then retreat will directly cut off his head, and can only simply charge hard, but before the Tang army's shield wall, he obviously slowed down his pace, and the sword in his hand became more and more sluggish.

And the right wing of the Weisheng Army, which was mainly composed of northerners, Li Jinquan's lineage, and several generals in the leadership seemed to see through the minds of the soldiers of the Qinghuai Army, so with an order, the sergeants began to violently push the Qinghuai Army in front, and soon a wail sounded, and the flesh and blood bodies of hundreds of Qinghuai soldiers hit the shield wall heavily, and were pierced by the tip of the spear stretched out by the Tang Army, and most of them died without looking at it.

At this moment, a group of Tang soldiers hidden behind the shield wall witnessed the tragic scene of the rebels standing in the way, and their hearts were like falling into an ice cellar. Soon, the shield wall began to shake violently, and the sound of dense swords and soldiers was close to the ears, and with a few sad cries from dozens of shield soldiers, this tall barrier of the Tang army collapsed!

"The shield wall has been broken, kill the Tang army!"

The morale of the rebels was greatly boosted, and they rushed in from the huge gap, and directly began a head-on fight with the Tang army! The rebels are powerful, especially the northerners who have followed Li Jinquan for many years, all of them have big shoulders and round waists, not only are they good at kung fu immediately, but they are also good at hand-to-hand combat, and the swords in their hands are playing tiger and tiger style, for ordinary Tang soldiers, it is difficult to resist one-on-one slashing with the rebels. With just one shot, dozens of Tang soldiers suddenly attacked and cut off their heads, and the situation quickly turned downward, and soon the camp was reduced to a bloody slaughterhouse.

Three hundred steps away, Liu Renzhan and the generals stood across their horses, looking at the soldiers in front of them like knives fighting bloodily, in the end it was the Wuchang army that he brought out, everyone was not afraid of death, and they practiced the oath of loyalty to the country with their lives. After several frantic battles, they were never able to contain the offensive momentum of the rebels, and were finally forced to retreat, and a large number of rebel cavalry charged in the distance.

At the critical moment, all the generals turned their eyes to the coach Liu Renzhan, only to see that he couldn't help but tremble, raised the long sword given by the emperor in his hand, stared at him and shouted: "Sons! Kill the enemy and serve the country with this commander! ”

Immediately after that, the veteran held his breath, and the horse under his crotch seemed to know the master's mind, and after a long sad neigh, one man and one horse took the lead in rushing straight towards the rebels! The commander was not afraid of life and death, and the brave spirit of the generals broke out instantly, and the cavalry of the Tang Army behind him quickly entered the enemy formation. Everyone knew that they would die, but they still rushed forward without hesitation, and the rebel soldiers who were looking for pleasure in the killing, when they saw the Tang cavalry coming, their eyes were full of light, and they wanted to rush into greed, but they were killed by the galloping cavalry one by one, and they were killed by surprise......

After a while, seeing that although the soldiers of the Tang Army were brave, they could not stand the large number of rebels, and they had suffered heavy casualties, and the rebels gradually closed the encirclement, and Sun Yu, the deputy envoy of the soldiers and horses, was covered with scars, and just waved his sword to parry a long knife, he spat out the blood foam and shouted: "Marshal, the rebels are unstoppable, you are the pillar of the country, you must not be buried here!" Hurry up and get on the horse, and the last will escort you out......"

"Ben Shuai would rather die than retreat, kill one and earn one! Kill two to get a pair! Hahaha again! ......”

Liu Renzhan's old body was already dripping with blood at this time, and at this time, the long sword in his hand was pulled out of the chest of a rebel general, and then kicked the corpse away, scolding and scolding in his mouth, and he actually began to laugh, and his long beard dyed red shook in the wind, looking like madness. Sun Yu didn't have time to say anything to stop it, but seeing that Liu Renzhan, who was old and strong, rushed straight into the rebel group again, and immediately flesh and blood flew everywhere, screaming again and again, and five or six rebel soldiers were killed by the long sword.

Not far away, Li Jinquan had already led the cavalry to rush in, and looked at the veteran Liu Renzhan in a daze, surrounded by more than ten sergeants, going back and forth, calmly and neatly parrying the Dao attack, and then backhand the sword body, and after killing several soldiers, he calmly turned around, except for the cut on his arm, he still seemed to be safe and sound.

"Is this Liu Renzhan?! Sure enough, it is worthy of its name, it can really be described as the incorruptibility of the Tang Kingdom! ”

Seeing Li Jinquan suddenly burst out of his mouth with this admiration, Ming Hanrong on the side swallowed his saliva with an embarrassed face, thanks to the advantage in his hand now, otherwise, as the commander of an army, wouldn't it be extremely stupid to say such words loudly to strengthen the enemy's morale when he was facing the enemy?

The rebel cavalry from all directions had begun to rush into the camp like a whirlwind, and the physically and mentally exhausted Tang soldiers were gradually divided and encircled.

The remnant sun was still faint, the sky was gradually darkening, but the tragic fighting in the camp was still continuing, which made the scene of the flesh and blood confrontation of swords and guns even more cold and gloomy. Three short horns began to sound from the rebels' ranks, which were the commanders Li Jinquan, dissatisfied with the soldiers' procrastination, and were ordering to deal with the remnants of the enemy as soon as possible. This war, which has no suspense, seems to be coming to an end soon.

Hearing the sound of the horn, even the warlords began to fight, the rebel soldiers strengthened the offensive, and many cavalrymen also turned over and dismounted, drew their long swords and fiercely pounced on the remaining Tang army. Since the afternoon battle, although both sides are exhausted, one side has the heart of victory, the other side has the heart of death, and the shouts of soldiers on both sides are still high, and the momentum has not decreased.

Not long after, with a dull snort, Liu Renzhan saw with his own eyes that a sharp sword blade pierced through Sun Yu's chest, and then fell to the ground without knowing whether he was alive or dead, and he also suffered more than ten minor injuries, if it weren't for the heavy armor on his body, I am afraid it would be difficult to support it until now.

"Good! 20,000 good sons, no one retreats until death! We are worthy of Your Majesty and Datang! Liu Ren looked at the sky and sighed, and suddenly burst into tears. The soldiers of the Tang Army who were guarding the commander were silent, still gritting their teeth and insisting on resisting the enemy army who were becoming more and more courageous, and everyone knew in their hearts that the last moment had come.

Seeing that the sun was already dark, Li Jinquan decided to go into battle in person to annihilate the remnants of the Tang army as quickly as possible in order to avoid delaying the night battle. Just as he was about to charge forward, he suddenly saw Ming Hanrong beside him open his mouth wide, hurriedly pointed in the direction of the south, and exclaimed: "Dashuai, look!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the whistling wind seemed to be wrapped in a faint roar, which began to reach everyone's ears, Li Jinquan looked at it from a distance for a while, and his face gradually turned pale.

At this time, the soldiers of the Tang Army looked down and saw that the ground under their feet began to shake slightly unnaturally, and they also turned their heads to look south when they heard the sound. With the blood-stained hazy sunset, under the gradually dark sky, the figures of countless cavalry can be vaguely seen, which are swept quickly, and the dozens of fluttering bordered flags in the lead are the most eye-catching, and the words that everyone is familiar with are written in large strokes - "Tang"! Then, the hearty cheers suddenly broke out among the officers and men of the Tang Army!

"This, this is a counselor?! Reinforcements have arrived? Liu Renzhan spit out the blood foam in his mouth and said with a trembling voice.