Volume Eight: Ancient Tomb Mysteries and Clouds Chaos Life and Death(1/2)
The heavy cavalry fell off their horses one after another, and the oncoming attack caught them off guard.
The Miao tribes were not resentful of the Qin army's tyranny. After Akang and the other five hundred vanguards were all wiped out, the Miao tribes were completely aroused and attacked the cavalry in front of them like crazy.
The heavy cavalry were wearing heavy armor, and they fell from the rushing horses. Even their steel bones could not withstand it, and each heavy cavalry had to face at least a dozen people's siege. Let alone fight back, they could even stand and do something.
Unexpectedly, they huddled up and tried their best to protect their vital points, allowing the intensive attacks to fall.
“Ding dong dong dong…”
Even though the armor of the Qin army's heavy cavalry was extremely strong, it could not withstand such a siege. Soon, some people had their helmets removed, some had their armor damaged, and some suffered critical injuries... The screams of misery continued to be heard.
, the heavy cavalry have begun to reduce their numbers.
The five hundred heavy cavalry were reduced to nothing more than fish on the board at this moment...
Elder Wu from the heights saw this scene and couldn't help but secretly rejoice - heavy cavalry is so precious, but I used five hundred vanguards as bait to catch them all in one fell swoop. In this way, the Qin army would be in chaos.
But the next moment, his eyes suddenly froze.
Then he yelled like crazy:
"Surround! Surround! Don't let their reinforcements get in!"
I saw a thousand infantrymen of the Qin army thrust into the battle formation like a sharp sword.
The heavy cavalry surrounded the attacking Miao tribes, and they all geared up to attack the heavy cavalry without paying attention to the enemy troops running quickly behind them.
Therefore, Elder Wu's urgent military order arrived almost at the same time as the long swords of the Qin army's infantry.
"Ah!" "Watch your back - ah!" "Behind! Behind!" "Surround it! Surround it!"
Anxious shouts came and went, but most of them stopped abruptly before they finished their sentences.
The Qin army's infantry made a killing sound that was loud and orderly, advancing and retreating at a measured pace. They only attacked the weakest point in the encirclement. Within a few seconds, a two-foot-wide gap was opened in the encirclement of the Miao tribes.
, the sergeants filed in.
In the distance, inside the Qin army formation.
Zhou Lijin looked at the battlefield in the distance and saw that his side was well-trained and coordinated, and had a lot of advantages. After opening this gap, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart:
"A mere barbarian dares to use a mantis as a chariot and overestimates his own capabilities... huh?"
He looked at the gap and frowned rarely.
Do these seedlings risk their lives?
After the gap in the encirclement of the Miao tribes was opened, the infantry filed in and rushed to support the fallen heavy cavalry. However, the Miao people could not let the enemy succeed and tried their best to fill the gap.
The Miao men jumped into the gap without hesitation - this was almost the most dangerous place in the battle formation. In front of them were the enemy's infantrymen who were struggling to get closer, with sharp swords and fierce momentum; while in the rear, they took a breath and stood up to fight back.
The heavy cavalrymen, their armor vibrating, swung their spears and stabbed like dragons out of the sea.
How can flesh and blood fill the gap between the enemy's front and back?
What's more, even the friendly troops on both sides were all red-eyed at this time. Swords, spears, feathers and arrows... all rushed towards the gap. How could you tell whether it was an enemy or a friend? Miao men
After jumping into the gap, nearly one-third died at the hands of friendly forces.
But they still rushed towards the gap without any hesitation, intending to block it with their flesh and blood. They saw the gap with a radius of only a few feet, flesh and blood flying everywhere, and severed limbs and arms falling all over the ground. In just a few breaths,
At least hundreds of people were handed over, and the corpses were piled up to a height of five or six feet, making it impossible for human power to overcome them.
Naturally, the infantry of the Qin army were also rushing forward with all their strength. The sergeants in front even cut their swords until they curled their blades, but they still could not advance an inch.
The Miao tribes actually sacrificed hundreds of lives to block the gap opened by the Qin army, completing the complete siege of the heavy cavalry.
This group of Miao barbarians are so brave! Seeing such a tragic scene, Zhou Lijin couldn't help but be secretly frightened even though he had been on the battlefield for a long time, and his contempt for the Miao tribes immediately disappeared.
Without training and preparation, but with such tenacious fighting spirit, it is really...
Zhou Lijin shook his head slightly, drove other thoughts out of his mind, and said to the two President Qian beside him:
"Mr. Zhang Qian, go help them break the formation...Mr. Li Qian, let your soldiers attack!"
"Yes!" "Here!" The two thousand generals led the order and left.
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Seeing that the gap was blocked by his own warriors, Elder Wu couldn't help patting his heart - if it weren't for me, the Miao Jiang son, who was not afraid of death, I would have been defeated by now.
Then he issued a series of military orders:
"The archers at the rear spread out and went to high places to fire volleys at the enemy infantry in front of the formation. Be sure to force them back!"
"Tighten the encirclement and wipe out all the heavy cavalry!"
"The rear army is ready and waiting for my order."
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Archers mainly focus on physical strength, and are often held by warriors. As for women, they do more work in logistics, transportation, and delivering orders, but Xiao Nian is one of the few exceptions.
She was taught by her grandfather Baishi since she was a child. When she was less than six years old, she began to stand on horseback, practice boxing, and wield swords. She acquired the skills to protect herself at a young age.
And her lover A'kang is one of the best players in their Langde village. The two of them have known each other since childhood and have been greatly influenced by each other, so Xiao Nian's kung fu has become even more powerful.
Nowadays, although her martial arts skills cannot be compared with those of Wei Changmiao, Li Mujiang and other strange women in the world, they are still much better than the ordinary gangsters and gangsters.
Therefore, as a woman, she actually got the position of archer.
At this moment, she bit her lip and tightened her grip on the short bow in her hand.
The Miao frontier vanguard has been completely routed. Among the rebellious troops, A'kang is deeply trapped in the enemy's formation, which is likely to be a disaster.
Xiaonian heard the order from Elder Wu, and as an archer, she immediately took her position. Her lips were bitten and bled, but she did not shed a single tear.
She is not a very strong person. She will be scared when she sees corpses, scream and lose her voice when hearing terrible things, and she will shed tears for many things...
But at this moment, in a battle where fighting and wailing continued, and after hearing the news of her lover's death, she was unexpectedly calm.
Crying or breaking down will only earn you pity from your friends or ridicule from your enemies, which is not what she wants.
What she wants is to pay the enemy with blood!
Akang, I will avenge you!
Bend the bow, aim, and shoot, all in one go.
"Uh--" A Qin soldier had an arrow in his eyebrow, and the arrow penetrated straight into his brain. He groaned and fell softly.
Xiao Nian's arrow seemed to be the beginning. After this arrow, the archers took action one after another, and thousands of arrows attacked the Qin army's infantry square like locusts.
"Uh!" "Ah!" "They are shooting arrows, hide, hide." "Don't hide! Move forward!" "Help, my ears, ears..."
Arrows rained down, and the Qin army shouted incessantly. Faced with the unexpected shooting, the usually stable formation began to fall into disarray.
The Miao tribes also took advantage of this to counterattack, and the swords and swords were summoned one after another. The infantry of the Qin army had to deal with the flying arrows at the top and the slashing swords at the bottom. They were immediately in a hurry and retreated step by step.
The movements in Xiao Nian's hands have formed a memory, including setting arrows, aiming, shooting... Every time an arrow is shot, a Qin soldier loses his life. Her hands are frighteningly stable, showing firm determination.
Xiao Nian's lips were bitten with blood, but she didn't notice it at all. Her expression was also calm, and her whole body was like a sculpture. Only her arms were constantly vibrating, shooting out life-threatening arrows.
"Pounce!" The eleventh arrow fell, but it was no longer the sound of piercing flesh and blood, but a strange sound that sounded like leather but not leather, like wood but not wood.
Xiao Nian put down the short bow and fired eleven arrows in a row. As soon as her arm fell down, it began to tremble violently, and blood was already dripping from the tiger's mouth and arms.
She stared at the thing blocking her arrow, her eyes full of unwillingness.
General Zhang Qian of the Qin Army arrived with the order. The hundreds of shield soldiers he brought were like the most solid barrier, separating the friendly forces from the enemy. The large shield was eight feet high, four feet wide and several inches thick. It was made of the toughest shield.
It is made of woven rattan and covered with thick iron sheets, weighing dozens of kilograms. It is difficult for even powerful crossbows to penetrate it. The feather arrows from the Miao tribes hit it and have no effect at all.
The large shield blocked the attack, and the militiamen of various Miao tribes were unwilling to accept it. They attacked the large shield like a tide, hoping to overturn the large shield and strangle the enemy troops inside.
But they had just gotten within a foot of the big shield, and countless hooks and sickles were fired out from under the shield, specializing in attacking the lower three routes. All the Miao tribes were caught off guard, their legs and feet were injured one after another, and they all fell to the ground.
It turns out that after the shield soldiers, there are actually soldiers with hooks and sickles ready to attack. They have only one mission - to prevent the enemy from getting close to the shield soldiers.
After the Miao tribesmen were overturned by hooks and sickles, their legs and feet were injured and they were in unspeakable pain. Before they could shout for warning, they saw the big shield in front give way, and the infantrymen who had been silent for a long time rushed out one after another, and slashed down with their sabers.
There were countless casualties.
After the sword was struck, regardless of whether it was meritorious or not, the infantry immediately returned to the shield formation, the shields closed again, and the arrows of the Miao archers were blocked again.
The shield formation slowly pushed back and came to the previous gap again. This place had been dug by the infantry, but was filled with life by the Miao tribes. Corpses piled up like mountains, blocking the progress of the shield formation.
The shield array was surrounded in front of the gap. At this time, the hook and sickle spear came out again, hooked the corpses and threw them aside. In less than a cup of tea, the gap was empty.
When the gap was opened, the shield array merged with the heavy cavalry that had been trapped for a long time.
The heavy cavalry suffered a fierce siege. Now there are less than 300 people left, almost half of them were lost, and there are very few people with horses. Only a dozen people are still charging and attacking on horseback. They are trapped in a heavy siege, and they are already worried.
Frustrated and ready to fight to the death.
Now, when they suddenly saw the unstoppable reinforcements breaking through the siege and rescuing the enemy, they suddenly became energetic and alert. They grabbed the scattered horses and mounted to fight.
However, the war horses were hit by the snagging ropes and suffered considerable losses. Therefore, the heavy cavalry would ride two to one, or pick up their swords and act as infantry and hide in the shield formation to fight.
After quickly adjusting, the heavy cavalry commander gave a loud shout and took the lead to kill the enemy's rear.
Previously, they were tripped and besieged by horse ropes, and it was difficult for them to resist. However, at this moment, the shield formation behind them was like a copper wall. The heavy cavalry advanced together, carving a bloody path behind the enemy's rear, and actually divided the battlefield into two.
piece!
To be continued...