Chapter 164

Although Yelu Wuxian was majestic when he left, as a famous general of the Heavenly Wolf Department, he was naturally not the kind of wild boar who would only bow forward with his head bored.

The 30,000 wolf cavalry elite broke away from the camp and did not attack immediately, but they set up a position at a distance of about 800 meters in front of Taiyuan City.

The Southern Qi Arrow Array is unparalleled in the world, and their longbows have the farthest range among the three continental powers, enough to shoot about 300 meters, and with the help of tall city walls, this range will increase to about 500 meters.

Although the Tiande people are good at riding and shooting, because they are on horses, their bows and arrows are smaller, more suitable for short-distance shooting, and more flexible, with a shooting distance of only about 100 meters.

This is also one of the reasons why in the battle of Qixiu Mountain, the charging cavalry did not use bows and arrows to shoot at the Southern Qi arrow array. The Southern Qi Arrow Array was protected by swords and shields, and the threat of bows and arrows was extremely small, so instead of using arrows around 100 meters, it was better to use this 100-meter distance to increase the horse's speed to gain greater benefits.

On top of that, there's the terrain limitations. The Tiande army is good at hunting tactics, and when fighting with the military formation, the Tiande cavalry will often divide into several ways to surround the enemy, one is to disperse the enemy's firepower, and then use the high-speed mobility of the war horse, like peeling an onion, using bows and arrows to consume the enemy layer by layer. Wander out of the formation, and leave with one blow.

In the battle of Qixiu Mountain, the terrain of the battlefield chosen by the Southern Qi army was narrow, which was not conducive to the cavalry running, and the hunting tactics that the Tiande cavalry was good at were difficult to perform, which was also an important reason why Tiande gave up using bows and arrows.

The 30,000 army stopped their horses, looking at the tall black shadow that had become extremely blurred not far away, Yelu Wuxian turned his head and shouted, "Duoyan!"

"The subordinates are here!" A burly man rode out of the crowd.

"I command you to lead 2,000 men to launch a feint! Remember! The momentum must be bigger! If you are attacked with a bow and arrow, retreat immediately, if not, continue to advance, and when you approach the city wall, dismount and lurk nearby!

"Obey!" Duoyan bowed and went to select soldiers and horses.

"Drum up!" shouted Yelu Wuxie.

A deafening drum sounded, and the 30,000 Tiande army shouted in unison, and the sound shook the world, and then, in the Tiande camp behind him, the wolf drum shook the sky, echoing with the previous drums.

Behind Duoyan, two thousand soldiers and horses lined up, the horses' hooves kicked and trampled, and the war horses kept snorting.

"Kill me!" Duoyan saber in hand, looking up to the sky and shouting, two thousand seven soldiers suddenly agreed, and the horses began to charge, and in the blink of an eye, they were engulfed by a thick mist.

In the thick fog.

Li Dazhu was lying cautiously in a shallow pit, his heart was beating extremely fast, and he silently looked at the front where he couldn't see anything.

Next to him was a brass bell stuffed with cotton, which had been given to the people before leaving. For fear that it would be difficult for them to cry out in times of crisis, as long as the cotton is plucked and the brass bell is shaken, it can easily make a sound.

There were a hundred Southern Qi soldiers who went out of the city, and they were scattered in the fog under the city, waiting quietly.

As long as they encounter Tiande's brigade of soldiers and horses, they will immediately ring the copper bell to guide the arrow array at the head of the city to shoot.

As time passed, the fog became thicker and thicker, reaching the point where you could not see your fingers. Li Dazhu stretched out his hand and gently held the copper bell, and the cold texture came, making him calm down a little.

Suddenly, a piercing roar came clearly, and then the war drums thundered, the earth shook, and Li Dazhu suddenly grabbed the copper bell and pinched it on the cotton with one hand.

He half-got up, his eyes wide open, looking ahead, his body involuntarily let out a slight tremor.

Facing life and death, not everyone can face it calmly.

But despite the fear in his heart, Li Dazhu did not flinch at all!

A true warrior dares to face the dripping blood, and he has no regrets even if he dies!

The dense fog was rolling, although he couldn't see, but Li Dazhuang felt that there seemed to be a fierce monster in the dense fog that was rushing towards him, and his heart beat even faster.

Faintly, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and Li Dazhu said in his heart: "It's here!"

More and more in advance, Li Dazhu calmed down, his hand held the copper bell steadily, and the cotton with one hand, just waiting to identify the truth of the Tiande army and ring the copper bell!

The sound of horses' hooves was closer, closer, but as a veteran who had been fighting on the battlefield all year round, Li Dazhu heard a hint of strangeness.

The roaring drums and shouts still resounded in my ears, but the sound of horses' hooves was a little less heavy.

"This is not Tiande's big army! It's a feint!"

The moment this thought popped up, Li Dazhu immediately reacted, and fell down again. Before they left, Deputy General Zhuang had already issued repeated orders that the soldiers who went out of the city must confirm the size of the Tiande army with their own eyes before acting, and they must not expose their whereabouts in advance, so that the Tiande army has a guard.

For this reason, everyone bit the wooden stick in their mouths, and even if they were trampled on by the war horses of the Tiande people, they must not make a sound.

Sure enough, with a clear sound of horses' hooves, a group of cavalry galloped from the dense fog, whistling past the shallow pit where Li Dazhu was, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

As soon as the cavalry passed, Li Dazhu's whole body trembled, and he suddenly lay on the ground and began to gasp for breath.

Heaven forbid, he's still alive!

The sound of hooves rumbled, the shouts came and went, and Duoyan led two thousand subordinates to gallop under the city while being on guard.

However, to their surprise, there was silence above the city, and there was no sign of the Southern Qi army attacking.

The feint failed, Duoyan could only follow the military order to approach the city wall, they dismounted about two hundred meters away from the city wall, and the long-trained war horses immediately ran to the sides and returned to their own camp on their own.

The return of the war horse made Yelu Wuxian feel a little surprised, but this is also reasonable. If he was a defender of Southern Qi, such a big fog would be difficult to make a decisive decision without knowing the truth and truth.

Judging from the siege battles in the past few days, the stock of arrows in the Southern Qi army is already low, and they have begun to reduce it

This has been confirmed by the frequency of the design of the arrow array and the degree of damage to the arrows.

As the most expensive equipment in the army, arrows are not only because of the large number of arrows they need, but also because each arrow has a certain number of uses and cannot be recycled continuously.

The arrows used by the Southern Qi army in the past two days have begun to appear a lot of damage, which undoubtedly shows that the opponent's arrows have been used many times, and even the Tiande feather arrows with different systems from them have been used, which also reflects from the side that the opponent's arrow stock has been stretched thin and insufficient.

The arrows are insufficient, so they naturally have to be used carefully, and the Southern Qi army seems to be on guard against launching a feint to lure them to waste arrows, so they have not launched an attack.

However, the Southern Qi army will never remain so silent forever, because if Tiande takes this opportunity to really launch an attack, Southern Qi will fall into deep passivity.

In this case, it becomes a gamble for both parties.

The Southern Qi Army didn't know which of the Tiande Army's attacks would turn into reality, and Tiande didn't know that his attack would be sniped by the Daonan Qi Arrow Array.

But in general, it was the Tiande army that had a greater advantage.

Yelu Wuxian was silent for a moment, and then sent two thousand military horses again, acting like a face.

A few moments later, the war horses returned again, and the Southern Qi army at the head of the city still did not move at all.

"General, can we use this to secretly smuggle all the generals and horses into the city?" asked a Celestial Wolf general on the side in a low voice.

Yelu Wuxian shook his head: "The people of Nanqi are not stupid, they will definitely think of this, and they will definitely take precautions! And in doing so, when will all of our 30,000 troops be able to smuggle over?

"Then what should we do? We have failed to lure the Southern Qi army into attack twice in a row, so wouldn't it be a waste of time if we continue like this?"

"So, we won't feint this time!" "Yelu Wuxian said coldly: "The whole army listens to the order, vibrates the drum and makes three links, and then the whole army will stop and charge with me!"

"Order!"

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

There were three more drumming sounds in the fog ahead, and Li Dazhu shook his head violently, sobering up his gradually blurred consciousness and concentrating on vigilance again.

Just now, the second feint Tiande cavalry passed nearby again, and a cavalryman suddenly broke away from the formation and stepped over the shallow pit.

This time Li Dazhu was not as lucky as last time, the hooves of the war horse stepped heavily on his legs, and his thighs were immediately broken.

Li Dazhu clenched his teeth, and the wooden stick in his mouth was deeply embedded in his teeth, so he couldn't help but shout. Fortunately, the war horse stepped past and did not step on his vital point, and Li Dazhu was lucky to save his life.

What he didn't know was that in these two feints, more than a dozen of his comrades had been trampled to death by the war horses, and many people were seriously injured like him, but from beginning to end, no one made even the slightest sound!

Severe pain hit him one after another, Li Dazhu's whole body trembled uncontrollably, and his whole body was sweating profusely, and he had already penetrated his clothes.

From his wound, a sharp broken bone pierced out of his thigh, and blood flowed profusely. But Li Dazhu didn't dare to move at all, letting the blood flow, and his eyes blurred for a while after losing too much blood, he felt that his eyelids gradually became heavy, and waves of sleepiness disturbed his heart.

Suddenly, a slight tremor came from under him, and Li Dazhu reached out and grabbed his wound fiercely, and the sharp pain immediately made him wake up.

He fell to the ground and clenched the brass bell in his hand again.

The tremors became clearer and more intense, and Li Dazhu stared at the front, not daring to relax in the slightest.

Suddenly, a large and wide black shadow appeared in the mist not far away, and the clear and loud sound of horses' hooves shook the ears.

I don't know where the power came from, Li Dazhu slammed the ground and stood up.

Looking at the thousands of troops and horses that suddenly rushed out of the thick fog, Li Dazhu grinned and suddenly pulled out the cotton in the bell.

The next moment, a crisp bell rang through the sky.

(End of chapter)