Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Decision of the Devil

The salt clan in the northwest of Anyi, the sound of killing shook the sky.

The general of the Qin State, Meng Fu, was wearing armor and stood on top of a canopy military vehicle with a serious face, staring at the battlefield in front of him.

Around the chariot, a full eight hundred and twenty-two guards stood in a solemn formation with halberds, arching to his left and right.

In front of it, there was a surging crowd of thousands of Qin soldiers, and forty-six black phalanxes lined up neatly on the east bank of the Salt River.

On the west bank of the Salt River, the Four-Nation Alliance under the command of Zhao Guolianpo was in full battle and formed a confrontation with the Qin army.

The Qin army went into battle, perhaps because Heluo's Wang Qi army was defeated by Wei Wuji, the king of Xinling, and needed to rush to the aid of Heluo.

The coalition army went out to contain the Qin army and prevent the Qin army from crossing south to return to the division.

Under the watchful eye of Meng Fu, one Qin phalanx after another was forcibly crossing the Salt River, preparing to launch an attack on the coalition forces on the opposite bank.

At the moment when the first phalanx had just crossed the river, Meng Fu calmly issued an order: "Go to the ballista." ”

Behind the Qin array, hundreds of Qin State thousand-stone heavy crossbows that had already been prepared were pushed to the front of the formation, moving slowly.

After the ballista was in place, Meng Fu drew his sword and pointed at the coalition forces in the distance: "Release the arrows." ”

As these words fell, the heavy crossbows that were originally parked in the crossbow box suddenly shot out, and one after another heavy huge arrows came with a roar, flying over a distance of dozens of zhang, and fiercely nailed into the enemy formation, and suddenly set off a piece of flesh and blood flying.

The power of these giant crossbows is really amazing, even Zhao Jun, who has experienced the baptism of war, can't help but tremble slightly.

Although there was a period of confusion in the coalition formation at the front, order was quickly restored.

After all, the Thousand Stone Heavy Crossbow is a big killing weapon during the siege of the city, and it is used to bombard the positions of the coalition forces on the opposite bank, which is somewhat overkill.

But there was no relaxed expression on Meng Fu's face, because it was not only the Qin army's ballistas that were raging on the battlefield at this moment.

Wei's scorpion crossbow also shot a heavy arrow at this time, carrying the power of Wanjun and directly penetrating the Qin State foot soldiers in the front row.

Countless Qin soldiers who were crossing the river were caught off guard by heavy arrows and fell to the ground, wailing all over the field.

The Wei army's ballistae were equally powerful, and the Qin army's foot soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but they still resolutely continued to advance.

Looking at the dead robe in front of him, Meng Fu's eyes were indifferent and unfluctuating, this level of death was nothing to him.

The water of the Salt River began to appear red and eye-catching, and many soldiers of the Qin army fell into the river, slowly sank, and never floated again.

After paying the price of nearly 500 infantry lives, the Qin army finally crossed this river of death and landed on the opposite bank.

This phalanx of the Qin army consisted of 3,000 men and was led by a school captain.

After landing on the shore, the Qin army did not rush to charge, but instead set up a formation, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops to form a new formation.

"General, do you want to send cavalry to raid first?" The lieutenant general of the coalition position asked Lian Po.

"Don't hurry, wait, it's not time to strike." Lian Po refused.

The Qin army's array continued to advance under the pressure of the coalition's heavy crossbows, and successively landed on the opposite bank, each regrouping into formations according to their own positions.

Seeing this, Meng Fu decisively issued an order, "The light horse is outward, the light chariot is the head, the forward officer is introverted, and the crossbowman is in the middle of the formation." ”

Under the dispatch of Meng Fu, the Qin troops on both flanks changed formations one after another, with light cavalry guarding both wings and forward foot soldiers guarding around the chariots, forming a small formation.

Each of the sixty chariots was followed by ten armor soldiers, and after the armor soldiers there were twenty-five apprentices, and these armor and apprentices formed a charging formation with these sixty chariots as the core, pressing towards the coalition formation.

Just when this rushing phalanx rushed towards the coalition position, the middle formation of the entire large array spread out like a goose flying, with a total of thirty-six columns in each column, a total of 1,000 and eighty Qin crossbowmen, under the order of the two 500 lords, they simultaneously drew their bows and opened their crossbows, aiming at the coalition position.

A volley of crossbow bolts poured out like a torrential rain, and there was a sudden confusion on the coalition front.

The shield bearers of the coalition forces immediately raised their shields in front of the soldiers in the front row, and there were many shieldmen who were directly shot in the neck by arrow feathers, and the blood rushed wildly and fell to the ground.

By the time the three salvos were over, the Qin chariot in front was less than thirty paces away from the coalition front.

Suddenly, the horses pulling the cart neighed, and then the chariot came to a sudden stop, and the pack horse disappeared suddenly, and it was submerged in the pit.

After losing the balance of the pack horse, the Qin army's chariot was tilted, and its center of gravity suddenly became unstable, and it directly overturned to the ground in the roar, and the armor soldiers on the cart were thrown into the sky like cannonballs, and smashed to the ground like rain, splashing large clouds of dust.

The formation of the Qin army was chaotic, and the momentum suddenly stagnated.

"Shoot the arrows!" Lian Po ordered, and suddenly countless arrows flew over the coalition army's position like locusts, and countless Qin soldiers were shot to the ground by the arrows.

"Order the Yan army, and Ling Ji Xin will lead the Yan army to meet the Qin army that has landed on the shore." Lian Po ordered loudly.

I saw that the front of the coalition army parted to the two flanks, giving way to a wide passage.

The Yan chariot rushed out from the front and, under the cover of light cavalry, crashed into the Qin army from both wings.

The infantry in the rear pursued the ROK tank and pushed forward.

This kind of chariot of the Yan army only has a car of armor, and there are no guards, and the driver is fully equipped with protective equipment, and only two eyes are exposed.

This chariot changed the structure of Yan Guozhi's previous chariot and replaced it with a more suitable chariot. The wheels of this vehicle are very strong enough to withstand bumps, and at the same time, thanks to the long axle, the wide chassis is also stronger.

The two-cubit-long sickles on the wheels on both sides of the chariot rotated rapidly with the rotation of the wheels, like the sickles of death, sweeping out bloody paths in the Qin army's position.

The Yan army's infantry lined up in front, stopped in front of the Qin army's formation, and after the chariot went around from the two wings, they immediately rushed forward when the Qin army's formation was in chaos.

The spearmen in the front row stabbed out with their spears and took the Qin soldiers on the opposite side.

On the other side, the Han army, which was famous for its crossbows, had already come to the left bank of the river from the other side to build a crossbow array, and fired a dense number of arrows at the Qin army's foot soldiers on the opposite bank, preventing the follow-up troops of the Qin army from crossing the river.

Lian Po's intention was obvious, that is, he wanted to eat the Qin army that landed.

………

This bloody battle lasted until dusk, when both sides withdrew their troops and retreated to the camp for repairs.

In the camp of the Qin army, there were three people standing in front of Meng Fu, with black hair tied up in a crown, and the collar and cuffs of the dark golden robe were inlaid with silver embroidered seven lotus piping.

Three of the five commanders of the Black Ice Platform had gathered in this military tent.

Meng Fu's face was gloomy, as if he could drip water.

The Wei army not only intercepted the grain road, burned the Pingyang warehouse, and defeated Wang Qi, but now it has appeared in Fangyang.

If he does not act again, and when Xinling Jun completes the encirclement, then the Qin army will be completely in a desperate situation.

The only good news was that the Wei army was not superior in numbers.

His onslaught today was just a feint, in order to build momentum.

"Yu Yi, Meng Wu, the camp of this army will be garrisoned by the two of you, don't show any flaws, you need to hold off the main force of the coalition for at least seven days. If you can, Wang'er and the others can hold the camp and hold back the coalition army until I break through the Wei army in Bianyang. Meng Fu looked at the two generals on the left and said solemnly.

Chu Yi and Meng Wu immediately knelt down to receive the order: "No!"

"Commander of Baili, I need your people from the Black Ice Platform to block the camp, and I must not let the coalition spies spy on our army." Meng Fu set his eyes on the eldest of the three.

This person's surname is Baili, his name is Xuanshang, he is a descendant of Baili Xi, and he studied in the Iron Sword Gate, the first sword school of the Qin State.

"General Meng, rest assured, my Black Ice Platform will not fail in its mission!" Baili Xi should give up.

"Kong Kun, order the whole army to prepare, and tomorrow at the end of the day, the whole army will be mobilized." Meng Fu said categorically.

On the second day, when the sky was a little brighter, the Qin army began to assemble.

Meng Wei stood under the handsome banner in military uniform, the battle flag of the Qin army was still fluttering, and there was a murderous atmosphere in front of the Qin army.

Zhao Ji, the leader of the guards beside Meng Fu, reported to Meng Fu: "General, our army is ready. ”

"Let's go!" Meng Fu gave a brief order.

He looked to the southeast, which was the direction of the Blemish Sun.

Meng Fu knew that this battle was a matter of life and death for his side, and this time, he had to win.

Previously, he had withdrawn the elite of the whole army in batches, and asked the civilian men and the remaining troops with the army to build several false barracks to confuse the coalition army.