Chapter 21: The Courage of King Wucheng
Zhang Zixing followed the example of the Tang and Song dynasties and divided the army into the front army, the middle army, and the rear army. The front army is the vanguard force, with Huang Feihu as the commander; the Chinese army is the unit under the command of the main general, and it is also the main force of the three armies, so naturally the Son of Heaven himself is in charge; the rear army is mainly responsible for covering and guarding the task, and Zhang Zixing also considered Jiang Wenhuan's young and reckless, so he made him the commander of the rear army.
Due to Jiang Huanchu's insistence on admonishing him, Zhang Zixing had no choice but to give up his intention to go out in person, and after instructing Huang Feihu a few words, he asked him to lead the front army to Dongyuan to meet the enemy.
"Report to the king, a large number of merchant troops have been found ahead, about 30,000 people!"
"Oh, so many troops, how fast are the marches?"
"The enemy marched in formation, numerous, and powerful, but not fast, and not a lure to the enemy. ”
"It seems that Jiang Huan Chu is actually going to fight with us in the field this time?" When Cang Jie, the commander of the Dongyi Coalition Army, the king of the poor country, received the report of Tanma, he frowned: "He knows that our army is powerful, and he has always used troops carefully, why is it a deception to make such a decision today?"
"Returning to the king, this time it was not Jiang Huan Chu who led the army, but the king of the great merchants who came to conquer in person. ”
"I have heard of this king, he is also a bit talented, and the Hundred Herbs Sutra written by him is regarded as a treasure by witch doctors of all ethnic groups...... It's a pity that there is no military affairs, if its army sticks to Kancheng, our army can only burn and plunder around, but has no power to take the city. This field battle, with the short attack on my strength, will be defeated, this person has no military strategy, there is no need to be afraid!" As he spoke, Cang Jie's eyes fell on the body of the first beautiful woman, and said with a smile: "King Yueji, don't you admire this king very much, how about watching me capture him and be a medical officer with you?"
King Yueji seemed to ignore his overtures, and said with a cold face: "Hmph! King Cangjie, this king can write three strange books, and his mind must be extraordinary. With Jiang Huan Chu by his side, why do you dare to fight in the field with our army, I think there must be something strange, besides, the enemy army has a total of 100,000 troops, plus the original garrison of Donglu, the strength is far superior to our coalition army, and the enemy must not be underestimated. ”
"What can be the strange thing? I think it's the king who is arrogant and arrogant, so happy, don't listen to Jiang Huan Chu's advice, and rush to battle," Cang Jie also guessed a little bit of the truth, "Although our army is not as good as the Shang army in terms of numbers, all of them are elite generals, extremely strong in combat power, and have the most obvious advantages in field warfare.
King Cangjie had a bit of a taste of "in the face of absolutely powerful forces, any conspiracy and trickery are vulnerable", and King Yueji couldn't find any reason to refute it, so he stopped admonishing. However, can Dongyi's power really be called "absolutely powerful" now?
The high-spirited King Cangjie immediately ordered the coalition army to slow down and prepare for a big battle with the merchant army on the plains.
In the eastern plains, the armies of the two sides are facing each other from afar, and there is a momentum that is about to break out.
"Is it the King of Yin Shang who is coming ahead?" asked King Cangjie loudly as he stepped out of the ranks, his voice full of anger and resounding throughout the field.
I saw a heroic general wearing gold armor and silkworm eyebrows and beautiful beard holding an all-copper spear, riding a five-colored sacred cow and walking out, and responded: "I am the marshal of the former army of the Great Shang Expedition to the East, and Huang Feihu, the king of Zhenguo Wucheng!
Originally, the weapons of the Shang Dynasty were mainly Ge, and under the improvement of Zhang Zixing, various cold weapon styles came out in advance, and the Shuangyue Divine Spear in Huang Feihu's hand was one of them, and correspondingly, it was a set of exquisite spear skills that evolved from Gefa.
"This king is the head of the Dongyi coalition army, and there is a poor king Cangjie! I heard that the prince of Su is conscripted, why don't you dare to come out to fight with me, is it because you are afraid of this king, haha!" As soon as these words came out, the Dongyi army suddenly burst into laughter.
"Barbarian and rude!" deal with Er's and other pawns, the Son of Heaven must come out, King Cangjie, do you have the courage to fight with me?" Huang Feihu was furious when he heard Cangjie insult the Son of Heaven.
"Hmph! The unknown general is also worthy of the king's action, Uzamu! Go and take off his head to set an example to the king of Shang!" Cangjie was also serious, knowing that Huang Feihu dared to invite him to fight alone, he must not be an idle person, so he did not fight in person, but sent his right-hand man Uzamu. This Uzamu is strong and powerful, known as the first warrior in Dongyi, and he shouted loudly, and rushed towards Huang Feihu with a fierce horse.
Huang Feihu also urged the five-colored sacred cow to move forward quickly, and the two fought in front of the two armies, Huang Feihu's spear touched the Wuzamu big axe, only to hear the sound of "bell", and the two horses neighed and retreated a few steps. Uzham's strength is unmatched in the clan, and he believes that he can fly the enemy's weapon with just one blow, but unexpectedly, the merchant general in front of him is holding a long weapon dominated by light spirit, and he is actually fighting with himself. Huang Feihu knew that this reckless man was a fierce enemy, and just now he relied on the five-colored sacred cow and the stabilizing effect of the stirrup to not lose the wind when he worked hard, and immediately shook his spirit and concentrated on the enemy.
The two fought for nearly 100 rounds, Uzamu suffered from the monotony of moves, wasting too much strength, Huang Feihu was originally superb in martial arts, plus with the help of stirrups, the soft and rigid marksmanship was more agile and changeable, and Uzamu was gradually defeated. This Dongyi's first "fierce" soldier is not simple-minded, and he has developed limbs, but after seeing Wuzhamu make a false move, he turned his horse's head and ran, where is Huang Feihu willing to give up, and chased after him.
Uzamu originally wanted to lure the other party to chase after him, seeing Huang Feihu's "plan", he secretly took out an arrow from the quiver, Huang Feihu had already heard of Dongyi's reputation for good shooting, and he was also wary in his heart, so he buckled the gun on the hook of the saddle, and quickly touched the light horse behind his back.
Sure enough, I saw Uzamu turn around abruptly on the horse, and the four actions of drawing the bow, setting up the arrow, aiming, and sending the arrow were done in one go, and the archery skills were so proficient that even Huang Feihu sighed to himself. The bowstring sounded, and Huang Feihu screamed and fell from the five-colored sacred cow. When Uzamu saw the success of an arrow, he was overjoyed and turned his horse, wanting to kill the enemy.
At this moment, there were suddenly three strange sounds in Uzamu's ears, and his rich experience made him aware of the existence of danger, and he subconsciously flashed to the side, but unfortunately it was too late, and he felt a sharp pain in his chest and shoulder, as if he was pierced by several powerful arrows at the same time. Uzamu knew the other party's way, and hurriedly returned to his horse and galloped to his own phalanx, just when he thought he was running out of the effective range, suddenly his vest hurt again, and the vital point had been deeply nailed into a long arrow, Uzamu shook a few times, and finally fell off the horse, seeing that he could not survive.
Seeing Uzamu's reversal, Dongyi's soldiers couldn't believe their eyes, and saw Huang Feihu's entire body slowly stand up from one foot in the saddle, and spit out the arrow in his mouth - it turned out that Huang Feihu actually bit the arrow shaft with his teeth just now, pretending to be an arrow hidden under the belly of the five-colored sacred cow, taking advantage of Uzamu's slackness, he replied with a light stab in his hand, Uzhamu was unprepared, and the speed and power of Lian Yu's firing were too strong, and all three shots hit. Although this light crossbow is not as good as the one used by Zhang Zixing during the hunting in the eastern suburbs at that time, it is light and portable, and it can also fire three arrows in a row, and its power is not trivial. When Uzamu was wounded and fled, Huang Feihu quickly replaced a strengthened combination bow improved by Zhang Zixing, and shot the first warrior of Dongyi on the spot with an ultra-long range. This time, arrows were used to make arrows, and the vanguard of the other party was defeated, and the morale of the merchant army was greatly boosted.
After Huang Feihu won, his first reaction was not to be happy, but to admire and be grateful, the reason why he was able to make such a difficult action just now is inseparable from his own courage and ability, but if there is no stirrup, it is absolutely impossible to complete, and later shooting, shooting and killing Uzamu, one relies on the triple sword, and the other relies on the combination bow, these treasures, including the spear in his hand, are all "inventions" of the Son of Heaven. And King Cangjie and the Dongyi soldiers only had the word shock in their hearts at this time, and they couldn't imagine that the first warrior Uzamu died at the hands of the Shang generals like this, and he was defeated by the Dongyi people's best riding and archery.
Cang Jie knew that the vanguard had been beheaded, and the Dongyi army was suddenly frustrated, and hurriedly ordered the divine bow spirit cavalry under his command to be dispatched - no matter how powerful Huang Feihu was, he was only one person, and it was impossible for everyone in the merchant army to have such strong riding and archery skills. Cang Jie is determined to use his usual long-range tactics to deliver a powerful blow to the enemy in order to avenge the killing of Uzamu. The Divine Bow Elite Cavalry is a selected archer from various ethnic groups in Dongyi, with superb riding skills, the best at guerrilla, don't look at the number of only 5,000, but it is the first trump card army under Cangjie, and it is also the most important military capital of a poor country to become the first big country in Dongyi. They and the merchant army were extremely experienced in dealing with the enemy, and they were not in a hurry to step forward to assault, but lined up in a formation, slowly advancing, and waiting for an opportunity to attack while giving the other side strong psychological pressure.
However, to Cang Jie's surprise, the merchant army did not form an early defense as before, or rushed up to melee combat at any cost, but stood up with several long rows of soldiers armed with longbows. Seeing this, the kings of the coalition showed contempt. Dongyi's strong bow is famous all over the world, whether in terms of strength or accuracy, it is far superior to the Shang army, unless every Shang Dynasty soldier has the powerful bow skills and strength of the commander Huang Feihu, it is not an opponent at all. The problem is that it is impossible for the Shang Dynasty to have so many "Huang Feihu".
What is especially ridiculous is that the target fired by the merchant army is not the opposite elite cavalry, but the sky, and the arrow has been shot out before the Dongyi elite cavalry enters the effective range - even if it is a strong bow that Dongyi is proud of, it is impossible to touch the target at this distance, let alone hit.
At this moment, King Yueji, who had been tightly locking his eyebrows, suddenly exclaimed: "It's not good!
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