Looking at the Han army's banner coming down from the distance on Gao Mountain, Xie Bi was urging his five hundred soldiers to tie up their horses and dig trenches. He wanted to defend here and wait for the main force of the rear army to arrive.
According to the military system of Taishan Army, every march must be preceded by three lines of sentries and cavalry, and when the army is stopped, it must form a formation. Since the army often stops in a hurry and does not have time to set up camp, it is necessary to prepare wood on the cart in advance and then assemble it on the ground. .
Unlike most people who think that there are only armored battles in the army, the army actually has everything. Because the officers and soldiers in the army regard the army as their home, there is no shortage of awls, nails, prongs and hammers.
At this moment, Xie Bi's two generals, Xie Guang and He Chengzheng, personally connected their carts to form a circular formation, with trenches on the outside to block the horses, horse ropes in the middle, and carts on the inside. Then inside the circle were Xie Bi's five hundred soldiers, There were three hundred iron-armored soldiers and two hundred leather-armored soldiers. They were arranged into ten lines under the flags of their respective captains. There were five more flags under each team flag, and beside the flags, these armored soldiers were protected by a canopy supported by bamboo poles. cover.
On the one hand, this canopy is to shield the Taishan soldiers from the sun, and on the other hand, it is to block the enemy's arrow rain. In the previous confrontation between the Taishan army and Liu Yan's tribe in Jibei Kingdom, the lesson learned is that they must guard against the arrow rain from the opposite side, and this canopy is just The tent is made of cloth and seems to be broken by one shot, but this kind of tent is indeed an effective way to block the rain of arrows. This is also used for defense on city walls.
Only then did Xie Bi have time to look at the enemy soldiers on the opposite side.
At this time, Han soldiers had come down from Mount Gao one after another, and they saw several large flags on the opposite side, with the names "Li", "Zhang", "Gao", "Liu", "Wu" and "Huang" written on them.
With the smoke and dust billowing from the crowd, he couldn't see clearly and didn't know how many soldiers were on the opposite side, but Xie Bibing didn't panic because the army was behind him and he was confident that his brothers could hold it.
After a while, the sound of a trumpet that shook the sky came from the opposite side, and then I saw a troop holding a flag with the word "Zhang" in the smoke and came over to kill them.
Xie Bi shouted loudly:
"Every team, hold still and use my flag to launch your attack."
Then when the enemy was less than 150 steps away, Xie Bi waved a signal flag, and his 100 archers followed the order and fired their arrows, directly hitting the enemy soldiers on the opposite side.
But the result of the battle was not great. The enemy on the other side was obviously an elite force, and the front row had no shortage of iron armor. They braved the rain of arrows and jumped directly over the trench dug by Xie Bi's troops. After all, they didn't have enough time, and they couldn't dig very deep.
The soldiers who came forward were Zhang Chao's troops who were provoked by Li Zan, the Prime Minister of Dongping, to serve as the vanguard.
After all, he was a brave man. He wore three layers of armor and rushed all the way to the foot of the Juma holding a big spear. When the Taishan Army on the opposite side saw the enemy, they immediately stabbed him, but Zhang Chao caught him.
Zhang Chao pouted and broke the spearhead on the other side. He was about to climb over the horse, when two Taishan soldiers came over. Zhang Chao's heart tightened and he immediately blocked a guard on the side in front. Only those two soldiers could be seen. The spearheads all fell on this person.
The two Taishan troops were about to pull out, but Zhang Chao cut off the spear head with Bai Lian in his hand, and then kicked the horse over, which was hanging on the carriage behind.
The Taishan Army behind was unprepared. His horse was overturned and hurt his eyes. He was holding his hands and crying. Taking advantage of this moment, Zhang Chao jumped into the car formation. His majestic figure and iron armor directly knocked him over. He killed the three Taishan troops in front of him.
These spearmen of the Taishan Army were all wearing iron armor. Yes, the Taishan Army was so arrogant. So they were not afraid of the brave Han bandit general who jumped into the formation in front of them.
As soon as the spearmen in the back row released their spears, they were about to hit Zhang Chao. Zhang Chao never expected that the rebel army on the opposite side had such high tactical knowledge and courage, so he was directly hit by the spear on his shoulder.
For an ordinary person, this hit would have caused his head to explode. However, Zhang Chao not only brought a knife, but also a first-class head iron. Therefore, he was just stunned for a moment, then let out an even louder roar and charged into the Taishan bandits in front of him.
In the group.
As soon as these people put down their spears, Zhang Chao on the opposite side had already rushed out of the spear's striking range and was in front of the spearmen. What the spearmen were most worried about was being attacked by the spearmen.
Zhang Chao rushed forward and immediately struck the thief in front of him with a knife. The thief still had a look of surprise on his face, but he chopped off his head with a knife.
But this group of thieves should not be underestimated. They must all be veterans. Seeing that their companions had their heads chopped off, the two spearmen next to them did not panic. Instead, they lost their spears. They drew their swords and were about to fight Zhang Chao.
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But before these two men could rush forward, they were cut down by the guards who followed Zhang Chao. Yanzhou's Shouzhang soldiers were pouring in continuously along the gap opened by Zhang Chao.
At this time, Xie Bi's officers and men were fighting hard against the enemy in front of them and could not spare any time to provide assistance. They saw that Zhang Chao's attacking side was about to collapse.
Xie Bi, who was in command of the inner formation, saw this and immediately jumped down from the mound, leading his soldiers to block that side. But at this moment, Xie Bi saw that his general He Cheng had already rushed over with his men.
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Seeing He Cheng slashing the Han thieves neatly and blocking the gap forcefully, Xie Bi's heart agitated and he roared:
"color!"
He Cheng was the first Taishanliao warrior Zhang Chong recruited. When he was recruited, he defeated three armored soldiers and was not good at stabbing his head. However, Zhang Chong felt that he was a brave general, so he gave him a try and made him a corps commander.
Later, in the battle with Gongsun Qiyi, he won the first three ranks, was promoted to Shijiang, and was transferred to the collision team. In the following battles, he won the first rank. Later, during the expansion of the army, he was promoted to Qujiang and was assigned to the army.
Under the command of Xie Bi.
But later, most of Xie Bi's troops stayed behind, and their turn was not given in several battles. He Cheng was wasted, and he is still a weak general. Xie Bi tried several times to let He Cheng fall to other troops, feeling that he had delayed He Cheng, but He Cheng
He was unmoved. He just wanted to follow Xie Bi because he respected Xie Bi and felt that he had learned more from Xie Bi than he had in the past twenty years combined. He followed Xie Bi as his teacher and stayed with Xie Bi with peace of mind.
Xie Bibu.
He Cheng rushed over, killed three thieves in a row, and then met Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao may have been stunned by the previous spear, but he was stunned quite late. He didn't dodge when he saw He Cheng charging towards him, and just stared blankly.
He Cheng was overjoyed when he saw this general like this. He took three steps and two steps before slashing at him with his sword.
But Zhang Chao was just pretending. When he saw He Cheng's knife raised high, he immediately jumped over and stabbed He Cheng in the chest. Fortunately, He Cheng had armor, otherwise this knife would have killed him.
He Cheng was staggered by the momentum of the sword, but he was not afraid. He struck out with his backhand. Zhang Chao blocked it with his sword, and a sound of gold and iron came. He Cheng's sword broke, and Zhang Chao's Bailian sword knocked.
There was a gap.
He Cheng was stunned for a moment, but just for that moment, Zhang Chao slashed him at the thin seam of his armor, causing He Chen to make a long cut on his left chest, causing blood to spurt from his heart.
He Cheng's soldiers were still fighting with Zhang Chao's soldiers. In the blink of an eye, they saw their general Qu lying in a pool of blood, with his eyes and teeth shattered. He no longer cared about the other side and hurriedly snatched He Cheng back.
He Cheng's younger brother, Mr. He, was the commander of his guard. At this moment, he led the guard to snatch his brother back. Seeing his brother's bloody blood, he clumsily stopped it with his hands.
With tears in his eyes, he cried and hugged He Cheng:
"elder brother"
He Chengqiang opened his eyes, looked at his brother, and said:
"If you don't defeat the Han thieves, don't hold me back."
After saying nothing, He Cheng died, and the soldiers burst into tears.
Xie Bi, who was in the formation in the distance, heard cries from the place where he just congratulated Chengchong. His heart suddenly tightened, and his joints turned white when he pinched his military partner. He murmured:
"He Cheng, please be sure nothing happens to you."
Zhang Chao didn't get a favor just now. When Zhang Chao struck He Cheng with a knife, He Cheng subconsciously stabbed Zhang Chao with a broken blade. The short part of this knife was blocked by the armor, but the long part was probably blocked by armor.
A few inches, it was pierced into Zhang Chao's abdomen along the thin seam of the armor.
Zhang Chao felt a burst of warmth and knew he was bleeding. But he was already in the mood to fight and didn't care at all. He insisted on taking off the head of the thief general just now.
Just when he was about to defeat the previous wave of soldiers, take the heads of the thieves, and add to his martial arts achievements, the guard behind him stopped him, and pointed to the south for Zhang Chao.
I saw a cavalryman holding high the banner with the word "Chong" galloping from behind. In a flash, he knocked away Zhang Chao's troops outside the circular formation. These troops had no formation, so how could they stop these cavalrymen?
It was a massacre.
At this time, Zhang Chao's shortcomings of abandoning his troops and entering the battle personally became apparent. Before, he was so morale-boosting when he arrived first in armor, but now that the army has no leader to command, it is very destructive.
Outside this mountain pass, Zhang Chong led a charge of cavalry and flew with long spears, killing the warriors in the Han army in front of him one by one. He saw Xie Bi in the circular formation and saw that he was fine, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
He only took a glance and found that the circular formation was generally still maintained, with only one place being captured. It seemed that he had arrived in time.
When Xie Bi sent a military report saying that there was an ambush ahead, Zhang Chong made a prompt decision and came with his cavalry. However, when crossing the Wenshui River, because the bridge could not run the horses, he had to lead them, and the time was delayed.
Down.
But fortunately, it came in time, didn't it?
Zhang Chong saw the military formation set up at the mountain pass on the opposite side. Just by looking at the flags, he knew that soldiers from the seven counties of Jibei Kingdom had come directly to four counties. The leading general was named Li, and the other formations were restrained and formed in strong formations.
But Zhang Chong had no intention of breaking the formation just by relying on cavalry. Just as he taught Tian Jun, the cavalry should not be too upright. It was completely unnecessary to break such strong soldiers. Now he could completely massacre these Zhang soldiers who had messed up the formation.
At this moment, Zhang Chong felt no pressure at all to kill these Zhang clan soldiers. Sometimes they were all named Zhang, and they were not necessarily a family. Not only that, Zhang Chong also consciously drove away the frightened Han soldiers and drove them back.
Charge at the fortified formation behind your home.
If the opposing general is an ignorant person and is disrupted by his defeated troops, then Zhang Chong wouldn't mind taking advantage of the situation and reaping another wave.
But unfortunately, the opponent was not stupid, but also cruel. Directly under the orders of their respective commanders, they fired arrows at the defeated troops. In this way, in the wilderness outside the Gao Mountain Pass, the Han soldiers lay dead and wounded, looking like a hell on earth.
Zhang Chao, the leader of the Shouzhang Army, no longer cared about mourning for his hometown brothers. At this moment, he had taken off his armor and ran desperately towards Wenshui with twenty naked men.
As long as he swims across the Wenshui River, Zhang Chao can survive.