"A large group entered the city, and if it encountered a strong enemy, it quickly retreated. Qin Lili didn't think about it for long.

Since you're here, you're definitely going to go into the city to have a look. An empty city is placed in front of you, like a beautiful virgin taking off the last cloth, if you don't go up, you are not as good as a beast, as for the possible adverse consequences, you have to try it later.

The outside of the city was bright, but the inside of the city was pitch black, and a large group of the 95th Division could not see the road ahead clearly when they ran into the city gate.

At the end of the street leading directly to the city gate, Shen Fansheng was arranged in a special team, holding a strangely shaped crossbow in his hand.

"Stand up, six people in a row, you can loosen up a little, don't panic! There are horses and iron carriages in front of you, you are safe!" An officer who looked like a captain commanded the formation.

Shen Fansheng stood in the middle of the line, located in the second row, with a total of five rows and six columns, a small phalanx of thirty people.

This improvised contingent consisted of a hundred men, divided into three groups of thirty men each, and ten reserves.

"Flat-end your 'anti-cavalry crossbow', check the trigger again and throw the net. "The captain walked back and forth in front of the group.

It turned out that the strange crossbow held by Shen Fansheng and others was called the anti-cavalry crossbow, which could shoot a net pocket with an area of several square meters, which was specially used to curb the cavalry charge, so it got its name.

Of course, there will be no one to defend in Donglai City, there are fortifications on the long street behind the city gate, and there are crossbowmen on the roofs of the houses on both sides, and there are infantry hiding in the houses. Shen Fansheng's team is quite complex, with cadets from military academies, researchers from arsenals, and observers from other legions, which are specifically responsible for testing new weapons.

Da Da Da, Da, the horse's hooves stepped on the bluestone ground, and there was a crisp sound, and Shen Fansheng could feel the door panels of the houses on the street vibrating.

"Ready!" the captain said in a long voice, "the first row leans forward 30, and the second row leans forward 35...... The fifth row leans forward 50! The second team prepares, and the third team winds up. ”

Shen Fansheng picked up the crossbow, looked down at the sight, and aimed at the place where the ruler was engraved with 35, and the soldiers in the same row did the same action.

A large number of cavalry rushed from the darkness, shooting out several lines of crimson light, streaking through the dark streets, barely illuminating the street scene in an instant.

"There is a rejection!"

"There's an ambush!"

"Hold down the speed! Throw the torch!"

“......”

The cavalry of the 95th Division showed good fighting qualities, changing their combat posture while spotting the enemy.

Whew, a lot of black stuff was dropped on the roof, and then a line of rockets flew out of the roof.

"It's a fireball! Don't break it up, pick it off!" the cavalry officer had just finished shouting, boom, and the black thing was ignited by the rocket, and sure enough, it was a fireball the size of a basket.

The cavalry that rushed into the street was clearly illuminated by the fireballs, and although some of the fireballs were picked up by the cavalry with their spears stretched out and flew up to the roof, most of them still fell on the street.

The sound of horses' hooves grew louder and louder, and the cavalry was about to rush to the end of the street, and had begun to attack the small obstacles in the street.

Beep!

The captain blew the brass whistle violently.

Shen Fansheng and his teammates subconsciously pulled the trigger and shot out thirty net pockets in unison.

"One team down, two teams up, three teams ready!" the captain waved his hand to the side of the team that shot out of the net.

Shen Fansheng followed his teammates to the side of the street, took the new net bag handed by the auxiliary soldiers, and ran out behind him another group of soldiers lined up in the middle of the street.

Such a change of formation has been implanted in the usual training as early as instinct, and although they are a newly formed team, they are not panicked at all.

Beep, beep, beep, whistles rose and fell on the rooftops on both sides of the street, rows and rows of crossbow arrows poured down, and crossbowmen began to attack.

The cavalry team hurriedly erected large shields on both sides, but where could they stop the strong crossbows from firing at close range, and one after another cavalry fell with arrows.

The captain of the cavalry brigade was in a hurry, and while swinging his sword to block the crossbow arrows, he ordered: "Rush! Rush through this street!"

The cavalry in the front row was just about to speed up, and thirty nets fell from the sky, some of which could not dodge being covered by the heads, and then flew several arrows and shot them off their horses.

"Ready, the first row is 30 forward, the second row is 35 ...... The fifth row leans forward 50! Three teams are ready, and one team is wound. The captain repeated the order, but the execution team changed.

Shen Fansheng hurriedly pulled the crossbow string and installed the new net pocket in the launch slot.

Qin Lili outside the city soon received a report, and the brigade entering the city was ambushed.

"The second brigade is ready to respond, the scouts spread out towards the flanks, and the rearguard troops are in formation!" he immediately adjusted his deployment.

The staff officer stepped forward and said, "My lord, there is an ambush inside the city, and it is difficult to protect the ...... outside the city." Before he finished speaking, the troops on the right flank exclaimed, "Enemy attack! There is an enemy! Raise a shield! Quickly put up a shield!"

The scout in charge of the sentry fell silently, and a rain of arrows was fired from the darkness, and the enemy had already been ambushed underground.

Several magic light bullets rose into the air.

"Kill!" a sky-shattering shout erupted in the distance.

Flags were unfurled on the city wall, and the figures were longing, and countless enemy troops jumped out of the cavalry who climbed the city wall, and they were cut down to the ground in a few moments.

"The right flank counter-charged, the Chinese army turned to the right, the left flank detoured back, and ordered the first and second brigades to withdraw to the Chinese army. Qin Li tried to keep his composure.

The more critical the time, the more he can't mess up, being ambushed is a foregone conclusion, fortunately, there are not many troops entering the city, and the most important thing now is to stabilize his position and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

The general of the 10th Army was not intimidated by the enemy, and thought about how to repel the enemy's ambush.

Lei Feixiang regretfully looked at the arrows that were not shot on the crossbow, and the only enemy army was divided among his subordinates, "Beat the drum!" He had no choice but to climb to the top of the city tower and continue to command the battle.

Knock knock, the war drums in the city roared, and the entire Donglai City seemed to move.

The cavalry who had not yet entered the city was the first to be unlucky, twenty bed crossbows opened fire, and even the men and horses swept down a large area, and the dozen or so who reacted the fastest ran into the darkness, and the highest successfully escaped back to the Chinese army, and the remaining men and horses of a large group of the 95th Division were left in Donglai City.

Shao Dian Cheng looked at the cavalry rushing in the distance steadily, his heart was very complicated, Niu Erbing chewed the grass roots and stood beside him, and said: "As you expected, the enemy has counterattacked, and those traps have not been dug in vain." ”

Before the words fell, a cavalryman who had just rushed up suddenly lost his horse's hooves, did not hold the reins, and fell off his horse, and then his horse stumbled one after another, and the cavalry fell off his horse.

"Hmph! On the battlefield preset by others, charging without a tentative attack, such an arrogant army will lose if it encounters any of our legions. You are optimistic, and when you encounter the same situation in the future, you must persuade the main general not to launch a charge at will. The latter sentence was said to the staff class students.

The reaction of the Tenth Army Corps was also expected by him, and in front of the Third Infantry Regiment, there were not only pits, but also fire ditches and fire pits, which were distributed horizontally and vertically on the frontal battlefield, making the cavalry who counter-charge suffer a lot.

As the fire lit up, the crossbowmen behind the fortifications began to name the cavalry, and the swarthy crossbow arrows flew with the sound of deadly wind, and almost no one could dodge a single arrow, and if there were, another arrow.

"Huh, the enemy is ready to make a detour. "Niu Erbing found that the enemy had divided a group of cavalry and went around to the flank.

Shao Diancheng raised his binoculars to observe, looking at the moving fires in the distance, "Send a signal to the cavalry brigade directly under him, and guide the enemy troops on the flank in front of the ballista position." He calmly ordered.

On the opposite side of the city, a ballista position had already been arranged, with ten ballistae and two crossbows in a dense formation plus two platoons of repeating crossbowmen, and behind them there was a cavalry brigade directly under the division, guarded by nearly 2,000 people.

There were 1,000 men on the left and right flanks of the 95th Division, and seeing that the counter-charge on the right flank was almost disabled, the left flank made a circle and finally came to the side of the battlefield, but they found that a group of cavalry also ran out from behind the enemy's position.

The commander of the left flank, judging that the enemy cavalry was about the same number as his own, temporarily set aside the crossbow positions and ordered a charge against the enemy cavalry.

The brigade directly under the division may have been frightened, and when it approached the enemy, it suddenly turned around and ran frantically to its own position, throwing away the torches in their hands as they ran. The left flank of the 95th Division was in hot pursuit.

Running, running, a whistle suddenly sounded in the darkness, and the left wing commander was suddenly as cold as falling into an ice cellar, and there were long-range troops in ambush on their flanks.

Sure enough, the powerful bowstring played a fatal movement, and the sharp sound of the wind came to the tarsus, and the cavalry in the direction of the city suddenly turned into hedgehogs, and the left half of their bodies were full of arrows.

"Turn right, turn right, get out of the battlefield!" the left wing commander frantically twitched his whip, driving the horse to turn at high speed.

"Run, run! Do you want to give the order to pursue?" the smile on Niu Erbing's face was even bigger.

The left and right flanks of the enemy army have been defeated by him, and the minimum combat objectives have been completed ahead of schedule, and the next time is to expand the results.

"No! The enemy's Chinese army has not moved, and if it rushes out, it will be crushed by a counter-charge. Shao Diancheng was both excited and excited, he didn't expect the elite army that he had admired so much before to be defeated like this, and they hadn't even killed a single person.

"After the second brigade is broken, the guard will change to the forward, let's retreat!" Qin Lili was weak, every move tonight was in the enemy's calculations, and the previous invincible charge was like sending him to death, and there was a feeling of smashing a fist on a steel nail.

"The enemy wants to run, give orders, pursue!" Lei Feixiang ran down the city.

He was to personally participate in the pursuit.

Outside the city, Shao Diancheng patted Niu Erbing on the shoulder and said: "You lead the cavalry brigade to follow the enemy, you retreat from the enemy's battle, and you chase after the enemy flees, you must not be defeated!"

"Okay! Niu Erbing ran to the rear of the position, and there were war horses there.

It is not suitable for cavalry to charge at night, but it is suitable for cavalry to escape, and the infantry of Donglai City can not catch up, only the troops led by Niu Erbing chased to the west woods, and found that they could not get cheap before retreating.

In this battle, more than 3,000 people of the 95th Division were killed and wounded, the 3rd Infantry Regiment ambushed outside the city had only more than 10 lightly wounded, and the 2nd Infantry Regiment in the city lost 8 people in the battle to recapture the city wall, twice as many as the 3rd Regiment.

"Hahaha, old captain, in the face of the royal legion, I will also kill him, this time the lord will definitely be rewarded. Lei Feixiang smiled from ear to ear.

With such a result against the elite army, there is no one in the military of the small imperial court.