Shen Zhiyi tried to use the running tactics that the Ji cavalry was good at using to find a breakthrough in the military formation. The archers on war horses passed by the side of the Bingzhou army formation in turn along the arc, and at the same time shot arrows at the Bingzhou army in the array, forming a rain of arrows in the sky, which indeed effectively suppressed the Bingzhou army formation.

But when the rangers rounded the end of the arc, they rode less than twenty paces before falling into a hidden pit. Then more horses were brought down, kicking up a puff of dust. Countless Ji cavalry fell into the trap and were stabbed to death by the spikes in the pit.

With the sudden change, Shen Zhiyi looked at the fallen cavalry in front of him, and was already dumbfounded.

There were too many things that happened today that Shen Zhiyi was overwhelmed, and he had been numbed by the trenches and deep pits of the Bingzhou army.

These traps were dug and hidden in advance by the Bingzhou army, because there was a trench on the surface before, although it had been filled, it was still not suitable for cavalry to pass through, so the cavalry of the Ji army did not pay attention to the flat ground on both sides of the army formation. Wang Rong took advantage of the blind spot in people's hearts to give Ji Jun a big gift. And these deep pits just restrained the Ji army rangers after the charge.

At this moment, Shen Zhiyi was already desperate, and he no longer had the energy to care about how many casualties there were. As soon as the herald waved his banner, a group of cavalry rushed forward, and they rounded the trap and continued to approach the state formation, firing arrows into the formation.

Wang Rong looked at the battle situation in front of him and said to Li Sujie who was standing aside, "This Shen Zhiyi has pressed the army up."

Li Sujie glanced at the information in his hand, looked at the battle situation carefully, and said with certainty: "Yes, Zhong Ming, I think we can move on to the next step."

Wang Wei nodded, looked at Wang Xu, and said, "Send a signal, let Chu Luxu move, he has been resting for so long."

Soon, on the high platform, three piles of wolf smoke were lit, and the thick pillars of smoke rose into the sky, which could be seen from afar.

Shen Zhiyi saw the thick column of smoke in the distance, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart. He hurriedly ordered his own soldiers, "Quick, send someone to check the surrounding situation!" This move of the state army must be of great significance!"

At this moment, a scout rushed nervously from behind, threw himself on the ground, and shouted, "General! River... The other side of the river is full of enemy cavalry!"

Shen Zhiyi suddenly turned his head to look at the south bank of Zhangshui, his eyes revealing deep fear.

And Bingzhou Yicong did not disappoint him, the rockets in the sky fell like a torrential rain on the pontoon bridge erected on Zhangshui, and more than a dozen pontoon bridges instantly turned into more than a dozen huge torches.

The change came too suddenly, and the entire Ji army, regardless of foot, stopped their movements. After being stunned for a while, Shen Zhiyi immediately woke up and ordered loudly, "Brothers! Now the road is broken! The only way out for us now is to move forward! Forward! Defeat the state army!"

The slogan was shouted very passionately, but the battle between the Ji army and the state army had lasted for two hours. Imagine a sturdy man weighing 130 to 160 pounds, and his armor is 20 to 30 pounds for light armor and 40 to 60 pounds for heavy armor.

Counting the shield, ten pounds; knives, spears and other weapons ten to twenty pounds; dry food bags, 10 catties; Coupled with the other objects, the elite armor is like carrying a self on his back. With such a heavy burden, after four hours of fighting, I was basically exhausted, and in serious cases, I was unconscious.

"Whoa—"

Sharp bamboo whistles sounded everywhere, converging into a painful noise for the eardrums.

On the line of the confrontation between the two armies, the infantry of the state army retreated in great strides, and the change for a while made the infantry of the Ji army not react.

Wang Wei looked at the catapult blocked by the high platform, the corners of his mouth hooked, revealing a meaningful smile, Wang Wei at the soldier who controlled the catapult, waved his arm, and the red pennant quickly fell.

The soldiers quickly loaded the catapult with gravel bullets, yes, gravel bullets, each piece of gravel, although not large in size, was the size of a man's head, and four or five formed a gravel bullet, wrapped in a cloth.

"Bang! Boom! Bang!"

A loud bounce sounded, followed by a whistling.

In the Ji army foot soldiers

In my ears, a huge wind roared, and a rapid sharp sound whistled. They unconsciously raised their eyes to see that countless boulders were flying in the sky, just coming towards them.

Pounds of cobblestone roared out of the catapult, striking the group of foot soldiers with boundless murderous aura, all of them were destroyed, blood splashes, and brains were splashed, so they were not cruel.

Pieces of rubble fell in the military formation of the Ji army's foot soldiers, setting off bursts of bloody wind and rain, taking away the lives of a large number of Ji army foot soldiers.

Shen Zhiyan felt that he was about to go crazy, and he didn't want to fight normally with him at the beginning of the war, and all kinds of means came out, first a trench, then a horse pit, and then a bed crossbow and a catapult.

The battle lasted for two hours, and the Hebei army had 50,000 soldiers, but now there are only more than 30,000 left, if it were not for the destruction of the pontoon bridge on the Zhangshui River, the army would have collapsed long ago.

Wang Rong looked at the Ji army array that had been disorganized, and said to Wang Rong, "Let the trap and the first step forward, and give me the impact of the Ji army's foot soldiers. Let the wolf cavalry dispatch, the cavalry of the Ji army has run out of speed, and they can't run!"

Wang Mo replied excitedly, "Oh!"

Soon, two piles of wolf smoke rose again, and when Meng Song, the general of the trapping Lang, and Yuan Tiangang, the general of Xiandenglang, saw the signal, raised the ring head knife in their hands, and shouted to the comrades around them: "Attack!"

Song Wenbai and Pei Yu tried their best to maintain the formation of the Seventh Division and quickly retreated to the rear. The trap and the first to quickly rush forward and take the place of the 7th Division.

At the same time, the wolf rode under the leadership of Wu Luo and quickly attacked from the side of the battlefield, and soon appeared in Shen Zhiyi's field of vision.

Wearing dark armor, riding a high-headed horse, and holding a sharp horse lance, the Bingzhou wolf rode like a tiger in the mountains, and rushed towards the Ji cavalry whose horses had lost their physical strength.

The wolf cavalry was equipped with bows and arrows and crossbow arrows, but they did not use them, but rushed into the Ji cavalry with an indomitable momentum.

The sharp blade easily pierced the armor of the Ji cavalry through their bodies. The cavalry of the Ji army was turned on their backs by the rushing people, they didn't expect that the wolf cavalry of the state was so sharp, they could be said to have no power to fight back.

Everything in front of him made Shen Zhiyi very discouraged. He didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him at all, and looked back at the generals around him, but these "fierce generals" who were rampant in Zhao and Wei counties all had flashing eyes and didn't dare to look at him.

The sun gradually turned westward, and Shen Zhiyi immediately ordered the Ji army to shrink the defensive line and gather around him. At this moment, the Ji army can no longer be so scattered. The reason why the Central Plains army was able to defeat the surrounding barbarian Hulu without the strength to fight back was because they had been training all year round, were familiar with the formation, and used the military formation to resist the impact of the barbarian Hulu.

Wang Rong looked at the Ji army foot riders gathered together, and said to Li Sujie on the side: "This Shen Zhiyi, I really don't know whether to say that he spares his life or that he is stupid. Su Jie, let the catapult move forward. Let the 7th Division reorganize the army and press the whole army. Trapping and first ascending slowly forward, maintaining the formation. The wolf cavalry and the cavalry of the 7th Division, stick to them for me, and don't let the cavalry of the Ji army calmly return to the side of the infantry of the Ji army."

Wang's order was carried out definitely, and the various units of the state army began to act like machines. The first to move was the trap and the first to ascend, Meng Song and Yuan Tiangang took their own troops, steadily advancing, and the military formation did not show the slightest chaos.

The wolf cavalry of Wuluo's department had been lying dormant before, and even if they attacked the cavalry of the Ji army, they could not let go of the onslaught, and they had already been impatient. After the assault order was given, they were like tigers descending the mountain, and after regrouping their formations, they rushed straight to the opposite Ji cavalry, not giving the enemy a chance to escape at all.

At this time, Shen Zhiyi was already very clear that he would probably not survive today, and the attack of the state army on the Ji army was a crushing situation. Since Wang Rong had already made a move, he couldn't sit still, so he could only carry it to the death and do his best to arrange his troops.

Shen Zhiyi directly ordered the infantry of the Ji army to reorganize their formation to block the attack of the Bingzhou army, and at the same time, he himself brought his personal guards and the last elite to the front line.

The light is facing the sun, and the black clouds are overwhelming, shocking people's hearts. The Bingzhou army is like a black panther lying across the barren grassland, ready to tear the Ji army's infantry to pieces.

Looking at Ji who is getting closer and closer

The army infantry was in a large formation, and a smile appeared on Yuan Tiangang's resolute face, first ascend, first ascend, it was the sharp knife of the Bingzhou army, and this sharp knife was about to stab into the chest of the Ji army at this time.

With Yuan Tiangang's order, he immediately landed here and fired thousands of arrows, and the arrows rained down.

"Defense!"

The infantry units of the Ji army on the opposite side reacted quickly and immediately responded to the fire of the Bingzhou army. However, instead of rushing forward to meet the battle, they held the line and defended.

Looking at the crossbow array glowing with cold light, the spear array that covered the sky and the sun, Shen Zhiyi was not stupid enough to let his foot soldiers attack the camp that was strictly organized by the state army.

The total number of infantry soldiers in the Ji army is only more than 20,000 people, divided into more than ten military formations, although Shen Zhiyi is capable, it is okay for him to command about 10,000 people. Commanding 50,000 men is far beyond his ability, just look at the progress of today's battle, the cavalry of the Ji army has suffered heavy losses, but it has not been able to break through the large infantry formation of the Bingzhou army; The infantry of the Ji army suffered heavy losses, from spearmen to crossbowmen, and were completely suppressed by the Bingzhou army.

With the progress of the battle, the Ji army infantry has been disorganized, and when the frontal Bingzhou army formation presses up, the people who are not determined in the Ji army infantry are subconsciously preparing to flee. But at this time, everyone found out that there were merge state troops on three sides, and behind them was the surging Zhangshui, so there was no way out.

The weak will habitually imitate the actions of the strong around them when they encounter a critical moment, so the generals of various ministries subconsciously went to look for Shen Zhiyi at this time, hoping that Shen Zhiyi could guide them in a direction. But it wasn't until now that they discovered that there was no Shen Zhiyi in their ministries at all.

The generals of the various departments instantly understood that Shen Zhiyi was not like them at all, and wanted to fight to the death with the state army, and they may have become Shen Zhiyi's pawn to block the state army. Obviously, they were given up by Shen Zhiyi.