Qu Tao looked in front for a while, and then looked left and right and behind him.

The front is full of officers and soldiers, boundless, the back of the officers and soldiers is dusty, it should be a large number of cavalry moving, and there are people around him, there are his own guards, and there are also friendly troops, only standing in his position, now it is impossible to distinguish who has more soldiers and horses between the officers and the rebels, anyway, it seems that there are a lot of people on both sides, which is quite shocking.

However, when he stood on the mountain with Wang Zhong, he could see it more obviously, and he could clearly see that the battle of the officers and soldiers was larger, more than them, and the back row was far away for several miles, full of endless officers and soldiers.

So he knew that the soldiers and horses under his command now didn't know who had more soldiers.

Qu Tao suddenly remembered the words of King Han in his mind, "There must be a routine in fighting", he thought about it carefully, and said loudly: "There are only so many people in the official army, and it is not enough for us to stuff our teeth." ”

"Hahaha." There was laughter all around.

Of course, the soldiers did not know who had more soldiers, let alone twice as many officers and soldiers.

But when Qu Tao said this, everyone believed it, and their morale suddenly seemed to rise.

Of course, King Han's tactics had been told to them in advance, in order to prevent accidents, Qu Tao hurriedly mentioned it again: "We will pretend to be defeated and retreat in a while, special mother, you hear the sound of the horn to Lao Tzu be smarter, don't fake defeat and turn it into a real defeat, then it will be a shame." ”

The subordinates laughed again, and a thousand households shouted: "General Qu, don't worry, brothers remember." ”

"What's the sound of a trumpet?" Qu Tao asked the thousand households.

"Two long and two short." Chinohe said loudly: "Then there is the sound of cannons." ”

"Okay, just remember." Qu Tao nodded in satisfaction.

Zhu Gaoxu learned the lesson that the official army and the Yan army in Jingjing used three cannon sounds as signals at the same time, so many signals were alternated with the sound of horns and artillery, so that they could have a different effect.

On the side of the officers and soldiers, the scene is usually still the sound of artillery and the sound of horns.

While Qu Tao was chatting with his subordinates, a large number of infantry of the officers and soldiers in front of him had slowly approached two hundred paces.

"Woo" The horn of the commander of the officer and army sounded first, and after a few breaths.

Bang, a cannon sounded, and the officers and artillery took the lead in firing.

The artillery of this era, in addition to defending the city, has more warning and signal functions, and it is basically useless in field warfare.

But Zhu Neng still brought ten artillery pieces.

As he gave the order, the official artillery took the lead in firing, and the shells flew in.

"The cannon is coming." There was a general flag on Qu Tao's side.

Qu Tao looked up and saw a black dot flying in the distance, and the target was his large array.

There was a commotion in the formation, but because most of the people were trained in the queue, no one dared to move.

"What's the panic, it's so easy to hit." Qu Tao said loudly: "Steady." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he pounced, and the cannonball landed in front of the right side of their phalanx, and after hitting the ground, it bounced up again, and flew backwards, and the scene was dusty.

"Ahh

The screams of the crowd caused a commotion, but soon the crowd fell silent.

Compared with the huge battlefield of hundreds of thousands of people, the casualties of such a single cannon can almost be ignored.

And it's too slow to shoot in this era.

After this cannon passed, the officers and troops in front had already entered within a hundred paces.

"Drumming." Qu Tao drank loudly at this time.

Behind the battle, there were sergeants with small leather drums hanging on their bodies.

Knock knock knock, several small leather drums began to beat, and then the scene was full of drums.

"Walk -—— together." With the shouting of a thousand households, the soldiers of Qu Tao's phalanx began to follow their drums and move forward.

Usually they train with neat footwork, but they don't have to be so aligned when fighting.

But sometimes there is also a benefit to walking in the footwork, that is, the momentum is compelling, and it is also very useful to scare people.

There are late sergeants on Qu Tao's side, so they don't walk neatly, and there is a friendly army on their left flank, which seems to be all trained.

At first, it was uneven, but after walking a dozen steps, it suddenly adjusted.

The whole phalanx is uniform, neat and orderly, and the scene looks a lot better at once, and the momentum is very spectacular.

Many people on Qu Tao's side turned their heads to look, and their faces showed envy.

The infantry battalion walked like this, and the officers and soldiers on the opposite side seemed to be a little shocked.

"Special mother, what are you doing with this, it's a war." The commander of the phalanx on the side scolded at this time, crying and laughing.

Everyone is used to training, and they become neat after a few steps.

Qu Tao looked back at his formation, and thought to himself, King Han has a set of training soldiers and horses, but it is useless to walk in such a circle, right?

As soon as he had this thought, there was a sudden shout from the other side.

"Wind"

"Lift—shield." Someone at the scene immediately shouted.

Whoosh, the official army took the lead in archery, but the same phalanx of the official army did not have many bows and arrows.

Jingle, the arrows fell in the Qu Tao array, hitting the shield like rain, and the sound kept ringing.

There are also people who will be shot.

Qu Tao stood on the left flank of the formation, and was about to speak, when he felt a thud, and his face was filled with blood.

"Ahh

Qu Tao turned his head and saw that the soldier had been shot with an arrow in his eye, and he covered his eyes and screamed on the ground.

Special mother, Qu Tao scolded secretly, it's so dangerous.

"General beware." Two of his own soldiers stepped forward at this moment, and one of them raised a shield in front of him.

"Get out of the way." Qu Tao pushed away the shield, stretched out his hand and pressed the brimmed hat down: "When the arrow comes, bow your head and shoot it on the hat." ”

As for his body, he wears three layers of armor, as long as he doesn't shoot the vital point, as long as he doesn't shoot at close range, he is usually fine.

"Stand." At this time, the officers and soldiers had already entered sixty paces.

Qu Tao is called Liding here.

In an uproar, the rebel army on the scene stopped one after another, and the officers and soldiers were still moving forward.

"Free fire." With the voice of a thousand households.

The horn crackled, the air was like firecrackers, swishing, and the rebels bent their bows and arrows.

There are many more arrows on the rebels' side.

A quarter of the more than 5,000 guards carried bows and arrows.

Qu Tao himself also carried it, and at that moment he also raised his bow excitedly, swished, and threw three rounds at the front body.

At this time, the officers and soldiers were also shooting this way, the two sides were shooting at each other in the air, and the arrows in the air at the scene flew back and forth, and everyone was turned on their backs.

The rebel army had many arrows, and the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were shot very badly, and the first wave of phalanxes were shot everywhere screaming.

Boom, boom, suddenly the air again sounded cannonball.

Whew, Qu Tao could see that another stone projectile flew over, this time it seemed to be a little accurate, and it went straight to his big array.

"Be careful." Qu Tao hadn't screamed yet.

Bang, the stone fell dozens of steps away, fluttered, and smashed into his array, and a blood mist rose into the sky at the scene, and a general flag didn't even make a sound, and the whole person was smashed into powder.

The shells fell and bounced again, boom.

"Ahh

"Don't panic, shoot, keep shooting." Thousands of households continue to call.

Collapse, collapse, collapse, the archers hurried to continue shooting, the officers and troops were getting closer and closer, and after the last few rounds of shooting, they threw away their bows and arrows, drew their long knives, and raised their shields.

One of the archers had just thrown away his bow and arrows, picked up his sword, looked down and saw that there was a missing leg on the ground, and his right hand trembled a little.

A general flag behind the "horn" gently patted him on the head: "Look at what, when you are a soldier and fight, life and death depend on your fate, and if you survive, you can be promoted and make a fortune." ”

The corner of the soldier's mouth twitched, he took a deep breath, raised his long knife, and followed the group.

Thirty steps.

The officers and troops in front had already entered within thirty paces, but the formation of the officers and troops looked much thinner than theirs.

Because of the many bows of the rebel army before, after a few rounds of shooting, the front row phalanx of the officers and soldiers was heavily damaged, and the formation became thin.

But the officers and troops did not stop, and continued to approach.

"Prepare to meet the enemy." Generals on both sides are shouting.

In the front rows on both sides were pikemen.

Boom, a large number of spears were erected, and they were cunning on both sides.

The drums on both sides began to speed up, and the soldiers on both sides began to speed up.

"Rush." The next moment, I don't know who shouted first, and then both sides shouted together.

Whoever shouts louder on the battlefield usually represents who is fiercer and who has the advantage.

Everyone was yelling desperately.

In the endless shouts of killing, boom, the two streams of people collided like a flood.

Fluttering and fluttering, the spears of both sides are like forests, stabbing each other.

Someone directly rushed into the opponent's formation with a shield, and at this time, there was no queue or formation.

A fierce hand-to-hand battle began in front of both sides.

Qu Tao looked at this cruel scene with cold eyes.

When Qu Tao followed his father Qu Neng, he often liked to rush in front, and he also rushed to King Yan many times when he was in trouble, and now he is with Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxu has reminded him more than once that as the main general, it is easy not to charge into battle, and to save himself is equivalent to preserving the morale of the party, because the lord will be beheaded, which hurts morale.

Qu Neng was knocked off his horse by Zhu Gaoxu during the Jing disaster, and nearly 10,000 cavalry behind Qu Neng immediately collapsed.

So Qu Tao now understands this truth very well.

There was actually a hot blood surging in his body, and he wanted to rush forward with his weapon, but he still couldn't resist the impulse.

He still carried his bow and arrow in his hand, and looked at the scene from time to time, mainly to observe the other party's generals with more than 100 households.

This is also what Zhu Gaoxu reminded him, on the battlefield, try to kill the opponent's generals.

Whenever he fancied a hundred or a thousand households, Qu Tao raised his bow and shot.

It was only a moment before Qu Tao had already shot down more than seven hundred generals and generals.

Of course, he is also the commander of the first army, not only to prevent the opponent from being secretly arrowed, but also to be responsible for command.

At this time, the front of the two sides had entered hand-to-hand combat, and the shouts of killing in front shook the sky, and the sergeants on both sides were fighting bloodily, shouting loudly in the air, and from time to time the artillery of the officers and soldiers fired at this side.

Fortunately, the artillery of the official army is slow, usually only one cannon takes about half an hour, and Zhu Neng only has ten artillery pieces in his hand, and hundreds of thousands of troops are in front of the scene.

The most taboo flying rocket of the rebel army is a nest of fronts, because the rebel army itself has it.

Of course, the gunpowder effect of the rebel army is much stronger than that of the official army, so the power of a nest of fronts is also stronger than that of the official army.

But not every guard in the official army has firearms, Qu Tao is lucky, and the several official and military phalanxes in front of him have no firearms.

Some of the phalanxes had official firearms on the opposite side, and the shuttles flew back and forth overhead, and the sparks were shot out, which looked like a bigger scene.

Qu Tao took the time to shoot a few arrows while looking at the battle situation, and was glad that he didn't have any firearms on his side, when suddenly there was a shaking of the ground in front of him, and faintly, he saw a large group of officers and cavalry sweeping from the rear.

The next moment, there was a crackling horn and a sound in the air.

(End of chapter)