Chapter 16: Breaking the Formation

When Sun Jie and the tiger guards were fighting with Guan Shengyun's guards, his cavalry on the right was already in front of the circle.

The armored horsemen drove around the circle outside the circle, making all kinds of fierce expressions and cursing loudly, and using their weapons back and forth to make various threatening attack movements. The Tang horsemen all brought their riding bows, and at this time they hung the long soldiers back in the saddle rings, took off their bows and arrows, and began to aim and shoot calmly. This is psychological warfare: for armored targets, a riding bow that is not as powerful as a foot bow is far more deterrent than the actual lethal effect - but the effect should not be underestimated: anyone who is pointed at the door by a sharp arrow seven or eight feet away will be subjected to tremendous psychological pressure. What's more, they don't aim and shoot, they often aim for a while, and then suddenly turn around and point at another person, just a few times, and the feather arrows suddenly loosen their strings and shoot for a while, and some of them aim for a while, and smile sarcastically at the guy who is close at hand and covered with cold sweat, and then put the bow down. The target had just breathed a sigh of relief, and the sharp arrow slashed through the air......

The armoured cavalry were bluffing, but they were actually waiting for their own infantry, and they were not in a hurry to charge into battle - the veterans in the circle knew it, but there was nothing they could do about it.

It is already impossible to break through: in any case, two legs of a man cannot outrun the four legs of a horse. As soon as the formation dispersed, everyone would be at both ends in an instant.

In the dead place, despair overcame fear, and everyone's face was hideous.

The armored infantry of the Changjie battalion roared up with heavy footsteps.

The horsemen moved out of the way and changed to a three-bread copy.

Directly in front of the circle is a phalanx - Sun Jie's pro-military camp.

The thick phalanx was twenty or thirty rows deep, and it became more and more impregnable in front of the hollow circle array, which only stretched out three thin lines of defense.

The other three directions were armored cavalry - on an open and flat field, they were a nightmare for all infantry.

The cacophony of drumming fell silent, and the battlefield gradually fell silent, except for the sound of heavy breathing and the slight grinding of metal, and the occasional snort of the horses and the clatter of hooves, each of which seemed to strike at the hearts of the soldiers in distress.

The two sides of the opposing pair were deadlocked, and at this moment, it was so long, that time seemed to have frozen.

Not far from more than 100 zhang away.

The hundreds of cavalry pursuers on the left were galloping wantonly among the fields, and one after another the routs who had lost their strength but were still running hard in all directions fell one after another under the sabers and cavalry guns, and the screams were faintly audible...... Some of the armored horsemen, having already cut down all the routs within the attack distance, were playing with the final target like a cat and a mouse: to get to the vicinity, with a tap of the riding gun, the runner immediately turned around and ran in the other direction, and the knight watched in place, waiting for the unlucky fellow to run a few dozen paces, and once again urged the horse to catch up with the blockage in front of him, and the latter could only turn again...... Seeing the little figure, desperate, running and running without direction, suddenly fell headlong, struggled a few times and then remained silent - this is to blow up the lungs.

Guan Jianlin, a guerrilla in the pro-military battalion in the round formation, turned pale and looked around: outside the formation was the enemy who had an absolute advantage, and around him were his comrades who got along day and night...... Gritting his teeth, he took a few steps forward and walked out of the formation, and shouted in a hissed voice: "Please answer your army commander!" ”

Silent.

No one answered.

Guan Guji's neck was full of bruises, and he continued to shout: "Your general, Guan has something to say!" ”

The poignant sound pierced the twilight, and the noisy battlefield seemed to suddenly become dead silent.

The horse's hooves clicked.

One of the riders came out of the crowd.

The saber in his right hand pointed at Guan Jianlin, the blade was still bright, the blade had been dyed bright red, and a drop of blood slowly crawled along the blade in the direction of the tip of the knife.

Guan Jianlin's guerrilla took a few steps forward, raised his saber with both hands and knelt down on one knee: "Handsome!" A certain is the guerrilla Guan Jianlin under the pro-military battalion under the command of Guan Dashuai. There are unjust debts and masters, the sons and daughters are all obedient to orders, Guan is willing to exchange his life for his brothers for a way to live, and there is no other way to kill him! ”

There was a commotion in the circle.

Everyone understands in their hearts that the so-called change of life of Guan Guerrilla is by no means so light as laying down his arms and walking away, and being put into a hard labor camp and being exhausted to death under the whip should be the best outcome. Or maybe each person sacrificed a palm or arm to get out of here and survive. Of course, there is also a possibility: the officers and soldiers just verbally promised to suddenly turn around and kill all of them when everyone put down their weapons and become defenseless - this kind of thing has not happened before, and it is far more than once! The only thing that can bind the other party is not an oath, but only the vague proverb "killing prisoners is ominous". Whether to keep the covenant or not is only in the thought of the other general.

The mood of the soldiers was mixed: of course, they did not want to see the guerrilla adults killed by the neck, but ...... Who would be willing to give up their chance to survive? Even if it is a lifelong disability......

The condescending cavalry general stared at Guan Guerrilla, who was half-kneeling in front of the horse, with cold eyes, for a while, and said word by word: "A certain is the general Shangguan Fei under the account of Sun Dashuai, the chief military officer of the Admiral Xuanfu."

Guan Jianlin just responded: "Long Yang", I saw Shangguan Fei stretching out the saber straight in front of him and raising it high, staying for a moment, quickly slashing to the right, turning around and turning the horse away. The blood beads thrown from the blade fell on Guan Jianlin's face and armor, and Guan Jianlin was unaware.

Seeing this, the armored cavalry in other directions withdrew!

The knights pulled their horses' heads one after another, followed Shangguan Fei and trotted away. Only the first step party formation is still like the top of Mount Tai in front of the circle array.

Guan Jianlin and everyone in the circle were stunned on the spot: What's going on?

Agreed? Agree, why not give a good word? Why not take yourself with you?

Disagree? Don't agree with why all of them left and gave way to two pathways?

Guan Jianlin, who knelt on one knee, straightened his upper body and looked around, and then, hesitantly, got up, looked in the direction of the cavalry's departure, and then turned his head to look at the infantry phalanx in front of him - he was horrified to find that the other armored cavalry who were still chasing the rout in the mountains just now had completed their respective work, and surrounded a large arc-shaped cavalry line from a distance, and walked slowly around......

In confusion, the armored horsemen who were three-sided in one had galloped out more than 100 steps, only to see them once again strangled their horses, turned back to line up, trotted, accelerated, and sprinted......

Amazed!

Be extremely frightened!

This, this, this is to rush into battle, to kill them all!

They didn't even bother to pretend to accept surrender before killing the prisoners!

After being stunned, Guan Jianlin tried his best to hiss and shouted: "Fight with the dog officers and soldiers!" ”

However, the shouts were immediately drowned out by the rumbling hooves of horses.

Like most generals of this era, the loyalty and bravery of Shangguan Fei, a horse soldier general, was not so much aimed at the imperial court, but rather only for Sun Jie. In front of people, he called Sun Jie a handsome, in private, it was his benefactor - Shangguan Fei went from the personal servant of the young master of the Sun Mansion to the dignified and upright general who showed off his martial arts, without Sun Jie, there would be nothing for him! The shameless thief not only kills prisoners, but also slaughters the city when the city is broken, and now he wants to leave only one life? Where in the world is there such a bargain! Change positions, will you save my handsome's life, will you save my life?

It is true that it is most convenient to pretend to accept surrender, and then pit all the thieves who laid down their weapons - Shangguan Fei didn't think about it - this is what he muttered just now.

But Shangguan Fei has followed Sun Jie for more than 20 years, and he knows the character of the benefactor. Although Sun Jie doesn't say anything on the surface, he definitely doesn't like this in his heart. Moreover, the unarmed and crying fellows of the pit killers, where can there be more pleasure than cutting off the head of a bloody thief in the air with their own hands, and letting their bodies and war horses enjoy the blood bathing that shoots out!

That's how it should be!

Dozens of horsemen slammed headlong into the side of the circle without the protection of spears with a thunderous momentum.

In the blink of an eye, the array collapsed.

Guan Jianlin, who was alone outside the formation, was hit head-on by the galloping galloping horse, waved his hands and feet, and flew out upside down, volleying to the periphery of the circle, and the three-layer defense line was instantly broken and torn apart by the corpse and the galloping horse whose momentum had not diminished in the slightest!

The men and soldiers in the center of the circle looked at Guan Guerrilla lying in front of them in horror: the cuirass collapsed into a large piece, the limbs were twisted in an extremely strange posture, and a large stream of blood slowly gushed out from the mouth, nose, eyes and ears, surrounding the corpse, quickly forming a pool of blood...... Immediately, a bright sword light flashed beside him!

The galloping horse, which was not finished, rushed straight towards the flag that stood straight to the sky in the formation. The knife flashed, and the left arm of the flag-bearer's handrail was broken at the shoulder, and the flag-bearer looked at the empty left shoulder in astonishment, threw away the waist knife in his right hand, and fell to the ground screaming miserably while covering the blood-spurting shoulder. Shangguan Fei didn't stop, didn't even look at the enemy's flag, his legs were clamped, and he shouted and rode his horse to the other end of the front - the rest of the enemy was all here, and the flag for command was no different from rags at this moment.

At the same time, the cavalry had already entered in a four-way column from the gap that Guan Jianlin had knocked out, and then galloped wantonly against the inside of the circle, bursts of cold light flashed frequently, and at the same time a terrible howl sounded.

When the circular array was torn apart, Shangguan Fei rushed to the Guanzi Shuai Banner first, and the infantry phalanx of the Changjie battalion began to attack synchronously under the leadership of the guerrilla Sheng Degong.

The spear team in front of the Breaking Sky Battalion had fallen under the impact of the previous rout, Shangguan Fei's horse team came too fast, and the crooked spearmen were knocked down by the sabers and cavalry guns that came one after another before they had time to reorganize the defensive line, and then the horse team quickly completed the encirclement, followed by the infantry and drove up. The rest of the spearmen, whether they still had weapons in their hands or not, could only burrow into the circle to seek the protection of their fellow sword and shield soldiers - as the saying goes, the moon stick knife is a spear for a lifetime. Tessie's invincible Macedonian gun formation required huge training costs year after year, and the two thousand years of war in the Central Plains were dominated by peasants and soldiers, which was completely unimaginable. The sword and shield soldiers who have been trained for a year and a half are the elite troops of most generals. The main task of the spearmen is to resist the horse, and in the face of the sword and shield soldiers who are pressing over, resistance is not only a dead end, but wielding the spear will have a great impact on the formation of the companions behind them.

Now directly in front of the Breaking Sky Battalion, that is, to the east, is the infantry team of the Changjie Battalion, and the distance between the two sides is only Zhang Xu, and the north is Shangguan Fei's horse team. At the moment when the horse team charged, Sheng Degong shouted the most familiar words of the brothers: "Squat!" ”

Javelin three throws!

The round shield of the Sword and Shield Soldier of the Breaking Sky Battalion had already protected the vital points of the body.

However......

The main target of the Javelin this time was not people, but shields.

The round shield with a diameter of one and a half feet was nailed to three or five heavy javelins, and the shield bearer couldn't help but sink his arm downward, and then there was the cold light of the iron blade that broke through the wind!

To the south and west were the other two directions in which the circle had not been attacked, and the soldiers here threw down their weapons and began to flee - however, a few dozen feet away, another armored encirclement awaited them......

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