Chapter 870: The Decisive Battle (I)

The two-day deadline has passed in a blink of an eye.

The Vietnamese army on the opposite side did not surrender on the spot or chaos as Guo Yan expected, but remained silent all the time.

He was not too surprised by this result, Chen Qingyun is now a general in the forefront of the Dayue Dynasty, and he still has a lot of prestige in the army, and he may really be able to subdue the whole army.

But so what?

Under the general trend, no matter how much he wants to support, it is just a mantis arm as a car, which is nothing more than to let his own army attack and use his strength to force the Vietnamese army to surrender. Anyway, with their current fighting spirit, it is impossible to pose too much threat to their own soldiers and horses.

"Pass my order, the whole army presses in, and the three ways go hand in hand! Today I want to win a battle and go straight to Xiangyang City! ”

With the commander's order, the war drums immediately resounded throughout the battlefield, and tens of thousands of people of the Liangzhou army, who had long been ready to go, were divided into three parts, pressed together and killed in the left, middle and right directions of the Vietnamese army camp.

The flags are rolling, the smoke and dust are all over the sky, covering the sky and the sun.

This time, the Liangzhou army showed a real elite atmosphere, and continued to move forward with unprecedented momentum, with a powerful aura in front of the general, whether it was the defense of the camp or the soldiers and horses in the battalion.

Compared with the enemy army that was pressing forward step by step and was full of momentum, the performance of the Vietnamese soldiers who moved in formation to meet the enemy looked much weaker.

There were only 10,000 men who went out of the camp to meet the enemy.

Although there were still camps behind them to rely on, and there were antlers in front of them to resist the horses, in front of several times the enemy, their momentum was completely suppressed, and even the inspiring sound of drums and trumpets seemed dull and silent, completely overshadowed by the sound of the enemy's drums.

Chen Qingyun looked at the approaching enemy army with a solemn face, and shouted hoarsely in his throat: "Crossbowmen, catapults, prepare!" ”

Behind him, three thousand crossbowmen stepped forward and opened their bows steadily, their sharp arrows glittering in the sunlight.

Behind them were fifty huge and towering catapults that had been pushed up with all their might. After a period of busyness from the generals on both sides, a large amount of gravel had been stuffed into the net pockets in the rear, just waiting for the people at the front to pull and exert pressure to make this weapon really work.

Seeing that the Vietnamese army was so arranged, the advancing Liangzhou army also quickly made a change of formation, and in the sound of the horn, rows of shield men quickly stepped forward, and in the sound of orders and shouts, a huge shield was held high above the top by them, and quickly connected in one place.

In just a few moments, the shields had formed a moving barrier, blocking countless soldiers and horses behind the heavy shields. And during this time, their movements have not been affected, and the pace of progress has remained the same.

Putting on the same defensive formation, but still moving forward, there are also the two wings of the Liangzhou army. It's just that because there was still silence in the direction of the target, and there was no defender attack, their shield array was not completely obscured. In this way, they advanced faster than the Chinese army, and soon pressed into the position of only five miles from the Vietnamese army's main camp.

At this point, it can be regarded as completely entering the position of cavalry charge.

Looking at the scene in front of him where the camp gate was still closed and the soldiers and horses had not yet come out, Tan Xian, the commander of the left army, was already eager to try. After glancing back at the battalion behind him and confirming that the commander had no other instructions, he no longer hesitated, quickly drew his knife and pointed forward, shouting: "Cavalry charge, first break into the enemy village on the left!" ”

The flag behind him waved violently with his command, and with a decisive finger, the order had been given.

Suddenly, the 5,000 elite horsemen on both sides of the army immediately shook their spirits, screamed strangely, rode their horses one after another, and rushed towards the Vietnamese army camp five miles away at full speed.

Although there are also entrenchments, antlers and other obstacles, but for the 5,000 elite cavalry of the Liangzhou army, this obstacle can be completely overcome.

The five hundred cavalry who rushed to the front had already quickly raised their spears forward, and those antlers on the road were holding back their horses, and they would destroy one by one with the most powerful momentum, clearing the way for the follow-up soldiers and horses.

At the same time, the Liangzhou Right Army also made the same arrangement, and it was also 5,000 cavalry to open the way, like an arrow shot, straight to the side of the silent camp in front.

And the phalanx of foot soldiers behind them also seemed to be infected by the murderous aura of the cavalry charge, and they all walked faster, and they all howled, speeding up and rushing forward.

The Liangzhou army's offensive on the two flanks of the Vietnamese army's camp was like two sharp knives, piercing out fiercely.

And the main force on the front is not willing to be left behind, and they are also speeding forward at this time, but their position is still stable, and there is no gap in the shield.

"Put!"

Chen Qingyun didn't see the slightest joy or anger on his face, he just estimated the distance between the opponent and himself, and ordered loudly the moment he entered the range.

With a rattle, the forearm of the catapult in the rear suddenly fell, and the hind arm was rapidly lifted up, carrying the net bag full of stones into the air, and then sending the large and small stones into the air, whistling and smashing straight into the enemy.

These stones are as large as a sea bowl, and small as a fist, many and dense, and the strength is even more powerful, covering almost all the frontal areas for miles.

At this moment, the Liangzhou army, which was originally speeding forward, suddenly stopped, and the barrier formed by the shield was even higher in front of them, welcoming the stone rain bombardment.

The sound of banging and smashing was endless, and someone behind the shields immediately let out a muffled snort of pain, and some of the shields were smashed and smashed open, revealing the soldiers inside.

Then they were hit on the head and bled down by the big and small rocks that came in, and they fell.

However, often as soon as such a gap appears, there will be other people in the rear holding a spare shield to quickly top it up, so as to minimize their own casualties.

In the end, after this burst of stone rain, more than a hundred and a dozen corpses fell on the ground, which did not have much impact on the overall formation of the Chinese army in Liangzhou.

And as soon as this round of strikes stopped, the sound of the horn resumed, and the army suddenly accelerated, and even no longer maintained the shield formation, and rushed forward in this way. In particular, the 5,000 cavalry on both sides rushed out like arrows from the string, and like their comrades on the other two wings, they went straight to the enemy in front of them.

Only a short moment later, they had already taken one step to within a hundred steps, and at this moment, Chen Qingyun, who had been prepared, spoke again: "Release the arrow!" ”

The enemy's purpose is very clear, that is, not to give their trebuchets a chance to launch a second wave, which is why they are in such a hurry to attack. He even did not hesitate to risk a large number of cavalry to carry out the charge and destruction.

But Chen Qingyun wouldn't let them go so easily, so he used the second weapon in his hand to block the enemy cavalry with a bow and crossbow.

Some people died, but not completely......