Gathering of Storms (13)

Yuan Gao's 4,000 archers are different from the official army, because the cavalry of Xiaoyao City is less specialized, and the soldiers are extraordinary, and the bow and crossbow of Xiaoyao City are the same, there is no difference between the bow army and the crossbow army, there are seven crossbows in the distance, the bow and arrow array, there are thunderbolts, poisonous smoke balls, near hand cannons, wide knives, well-equipped. Before the two armies could get close, the official army rockets were already shooting out from the sky, accompanied by poisonous smoke, thick smoke, and burning black oil. Although the arrow formation of the officers and soldiers was rigorous, the arrows fell, and the wide wooden shields of Xiaoyao City were united, and Rao was so killed and wounded nearly a thousand people in an instant. Yuan Gao felt a pain in his heart, such a mistake was to lead the army for many years, but it was the first time that he really fought a battle, and he underestimated the enemy's battlefield. The officers and soldiers were greeted by a salvo of seven crossbows from the archers, which was created by the map left by the ancestor of the Instrument Sect, Liumajun. Although the instrument sect was not created by Ma Jun, the seven-shot repeater crossbow came from the many drawings left by it, and it was based on the ancestor of the instrument sect and Ma Jun as the ancestor of the instrument sect. Although the arrow's power is not as accurate as the arrow, it has been greatly improved by the sect masters of the Weapon Sect, and it is the most favored among the fine bows and crossbows. Although there were only 3,000 people, the arrows were in unison, continuously, and for a while, black clouds rose in the sky, and the sound of swishing sounded through the sky.

The officers and soldiers knew about the military equipment of Xiaoyao City, but the arrow vector was so large that it was really difficult to resist. The arrows in the sky are full of arrows, and no matter how tight the defense of the shield array of officers and soldiers is, there will always be gaps. The arrows used in the crossbow bow are shorter, easy to carry, and larger in volume, which is better than the bow and arrow. At this time, arrows fell all over the sky, alarming the entire battlefield. The arrows have not subsided for a long time, although Yuan Gao is only 3,000, but there are more than 4,000 military horses, at least in the short term, there will be no shortage of horses. As soon as the arrows were exhausted, Yuan Gao had already led the army to the front of the battle, thunderbolts, hand cannons shook the sky, black smoke swirled, and the hazy battlefield was a pungent smoke. It's your turn to fight in hand-to-hand combat, except for melee gear. There is also a boost of morale to maintain the impact of the formation. Although the spears of the officers and soldiers were in front, the hand cannons of Xiaoyao City fired in unison, and the roaring explosion was deafening and unbearable for the human ear. Although the officers and men stuffed cotton balls. But the rumbling sound of more than 2,000 rings was almost instantaneous, and its momentum was like the end of the world. Although the officers and soldiers were prepared, but when they were really there, the horses broke up. In the Easy City, on the other hand, the horses have become accustomed to the long explosion. As a result of this impact, the officers and men instantly collapsed. Kang Yu saw it well and sent two thousand infantry to come to the rescue. Yuan Gao also did not pursue, otherwise Kang Yu would be desperate and lead the army to counterattack. His thousands of people were bound to perish here, and he turned around and rushed to the east to relieve Qin Taihe's danger.

At this time, Qin Taihe was attacked by Kang Yu's nearly 3,000 light cavalry, Du Fu let 5,000 light cavalry flank, and Ye Shuilong's 4,000 bow corps was commanded by four each, divided into two wings to resist the flanking attack. In the face of Kang Yu's 3,000 cavalry Ye Shuilong's lieutenant generals, they did not want to be shot by the officers and soldiers in a crossbow formation, and suffered too many casualties. Ye Shuilong led the army to make a detour to the side of Dufu, and the two armies were already raining arrows before they got close. Accompanied by fierce killings. The soldiers of Xiaoyao City opened a gap for Qin Taihe. Qin Taihe found a gap and led the army out of battle. slashed all the way, and at this time there were less than four thousand horsemen left beside him. saved Qin Taihe, Yuan Gao, and Ye Shuilong to cover their retreat, but Du Furang did not send troops to intercept them. The south gate camp and the beggar camp are backed by the mountain in the north, and Du Shanggui wants to meet Kang Yu. I had to bypass the beggars to the south to get a chance. But first there was Qin Taihe and a slash, and all the generals under him were unstoppable. Finally, when Qin Taihe was tired, Yuan Gao and Ye Shuilong came to the rescue again, although there were many officers and soldiers, they had done their best to encircle and suppress the beggar gang. There was no time to separate, and the officers and soldiers were slow to fight. And for the hundreds of thousands of people on the battlefield, although there are a lot of military training in peacetime, it can only be experienced in this real killing that it is bloody and terrible, so there are many changes. The beggars could not break through, so they had to resist vigorously, but they were not as rigorous as the officials and soldiers who suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. Although Huang San and the helmsmen encouraged to stabilize people's hearts, in the face of killing, most of the beggars had already collapsed. Joining the beggar gang is just to unite and have a support, or the future of the beggar gang. But the beggar gang is about to come to such a catastrophe, and the hearts of the newly gathered people are vulnerable. Huang San only felt that the general trend had gone, so he wanted to step forward in person, and he was dead.

At this time, the Ming cymbal in the Kang Yu array collected the troops, and the army actually began to retreat. After a fierce battle at the south gate for a long time, seeing the retreat of the officers and soldiers, everyone had already killed the red eyes and chased all the way. Kang Yu's five-command archers, who had not been used, suddenly rained arrows, blocking the attack at the south gate. Hu Dao immediately ordered that he should not pursue, and no matter how the officers and soldiers slaughtered the South Gate, Hu Dao did not want to fight so infighting. Now is the time to ask for help from the darkness, and to find out the ins and outs of this battle is the crux of the problem.

The subordinates of the South Gate, who usually carry long swords and are thousands of Ya, can no longer withstand the killing that was originally done by the martial artists, and many people have gone crazy, even if they are on the verge of death and have a crippled body, they will kill the officers and soldiers. The river is full of corpses, and the water is thick and thick. The strong smell of blood rushed to the nose, unbearable nausea and vomiting, like hell on earth, and even some people couldn't bear the fear of killing and self-harmed, committed suicide, and killed people when they saw them. Hu Dao asked thousands of divisions to settle his subordinates, stabilize the situation at the South Gate, and stick to the camp at the South Gate. When Du Shanggui saw Kang Yu retreating, he already felt inappropriate, and at this time, if the South Gate and the beggar gang joined forces, it would be the end of the official army. Before the military order was completed, Du Shanggui had scruples and was hesitating, and the scouts sent Shao Fu to lead the army, which was less than four miles away, and the soldiers were full of people.

Du Shanggui no longer hesitated, and the military order he received was to attack immediately, rather than have a strategy, to disperse and annihilate the beggar gang. In such a real-to-real battle, although the officers and men tortured and killed countless beggars, the beggars fought back desperately, regarded death as home, and the desperate momentum really frightened the officers and men, and the casualties of the officers and men were as high as more than 3,000. In this gathered crowd is not the best time to annihilate the beggar gang, and Xiaoyao City has already participated in the battle, according to the military strength of Xiaoyao City, Shao Fu's infantry army has at least 10,000 people, and He Jin, a person who is favored by the emperor, is leading the army, this offense is inevitable, and he has to retreat at this time. At that moment, Du Shanggui ordered the withdrawal of troops to return to the camp, and the rear army began to withdraw one after another. But Du Shanggui wanted to retreat, but the beggar gang was out of control, and everyone fought back desperately. The officers and soldiers were already frightened and beggars were looking at death as if they were at home, and they were all attacking with the formation of officers and soldiers, and at this time, the commander ordered the troops to retreat because they could not ask for it, and the momentum of the officers and soldiers was relaxed. This gang of pine beggars quickly broke through the siege formation of officers and soldiers, and many people saw hope, and immediately everyone bravely took the road and fled. In the beggar gang camp, Huang San no longer spoke, but sat quietly under the mound outside the tent, with only the four elders of the beggar gang beside him, several helmsmen and beggar gang disciples guarding, and there were less than 6,000 people left around him, all of whom were demoralized. With the withdrawal of the officers and soldiers, the beggars suddenly ignited hope and called on Huang Sanling to step forward to stabilize the situation. Huang San just shook his head quietly, his eyes full of loss and melancholy. The taught elder Tie Zhongtang stepped forward and said: "The helper is the pillar of the beggar gang, if the helper loses his heart, the beggar gang will disperse." Huang San was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, as if he was in the head, he was silent for a period of time, I don't know how many beggar gang disciples have died, he is so frivolous as the leader of the beggar gang, he feels guilty and indignant in his heart. At that moment, he ordered the helmsmen to go to persuade the beggar gang disciples, and he led the four elders of the beggar gang to stand out in front of the official army, picked up a horse chopping knife on the ground, and stepped forward, the knife was everywhere, blood splashed, and the four elders worked together to force the beggar gang disciples backwards. However, many of the beggar gang disciples were already blind, red as blood, and did not listen to the call at all, and the four elders of the beggar gang no longer hesitated, and began to kill the disciples, and tried their best to force the beggar disciples back.

The four elders of the Beggar Gang joined forces with the gang leader, and between the left and right conflicts, each helmsman led the rudder disciples to separate the Beggar Gang disciples from the officials and soldiers, and maintained a confrontation with the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers aimed to surround the beggar gang and let the officers and soldiers in the rear evacuate, but they only contained it, but the beggar gang actually stopped, and the officers and soldiers commanded that they did not want to add more killing, and they were fully alert during the confrontation. Except for those who died in battle, all the helmsmen were persuading the beggars to help their disciples, and the officers and soldiers evacuated quickly, but in half an hour, the officers and soldiers were already a hundred feet away. Mentally stimulated and physically and mentally exhausted, many of the beggar disciples collapsed to the ground, and the helmsmen began to sweep the battlefield and settle the wounded. At this time, in addition to the corpses all over the mountains, the battlefield was the living South Gate Camp and the Beggar Gang Camp. Leaning closer to each other, but they are all like in a dream, except for the wave of their eyes, there is no energy left to think about anything else. As soon as Qin Taihe, Yuan Gao, and Ye Shuilong left the battlefield, they received He Jin's order to intercept the commander Shao Fu of the South Gate army, and with 10,000 infantry in Xiaoyao City, the South Gate was unquestionable. At this time, the three generals could no longer care about the beggar gang, leaving only Ye Shuilong in the beggar gang to raid the formation, and Qin Taihe and Yuan Gao led the army to rescue.

The battlefield was not far away, when Qin Taihe and Yuan Gao came, the South Gate subordinates led by He Jin waved their swords and killed the soldiers of Xiaoyao City as if they were asking for their lives, and directly killed Shao Fu's forward formation in chaos, and instantly lost more than 2,000 people. However, although the south gate is full of samurai, when it comes to the army array, the south gate is greatly inferior. When the rocket array, fire oil array, and flying sword and arrow array poured down one after another, He Jin's Chinese army camp suddenly suffered countless casualties, blood flowed like a river, and mourning was everywhere. He Jin felt a pain in his heart, but he didn't want to show it, for the safety of the imperial court, the army could be redeployed, but the south gate could not be built again, and it was not allowed. Yuan Gao and Qin Taihe led the army from east to west, Shao Fu led the army from west to east, He Jin led the army from north to south, and Yuan Gao, Qin Taihe and the army arrived, that is, they attacked from both sides. He Jin immediately made a decision, moved the Chinese army to the front of the battle, and shouted to Qin Taihe and Yuan: "In today's battle, the south gate is also a victim. If you can turn the tide of war, you should be lucky. Qin Taihe said angrily: "As soon as the war starts, how can it be stopped, and you will die." After that, Qin Taihe took the lead and rushed forward.

Shao Fu, who was in the distance, saw the second general returning to the army, and felt that it was inappropriate, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad. But the gate behind him was coming, and he couldn't retreat. The defense of the army is mostly on defense, and the city has never rebelled, and its defense is mostly focused on close combat. The forward was in chaos and suffered heavy casualties, but Shao Fu sent the follow-up generals to attack, and the commanders occupied high places and shot long distances with bows and crossbows and arrows, which was extremely lethal to the south gate. Seeing that he was caught in the middle of the two armies, He Jin immediately ordered the Dongzong Bailong army to retreat to the north, while he led the army to charge forward and cover the withdrawal. Looking at He Jin's rather embarrassed back, Bai Long had a trace of respect in his heart, this person had truly integrated into the South Gate, and he would also face the trust of the emperor who fell out of favor. He Jin led the imperial class to fly all over the sky, intending to take down the heads of Qin Taihe and Yuan Gao in the midst of thousands of troops. For the Imperial Inner Ban, no matter how many troops protect the generals, they can achieve their goals without much effort. But by doing so, He Jin has abandoned his responsibility as a leader and chose to take risks alone. (To be continued......)