Four hundred paces away, Huangfu Fu, who had already mounted a black war horse with a single-horned thorn, and was holding a Fangtian painted halberd, looked coldly at the battle ahead. Beside him, there were dense
In the infantry and cavalry formation, more than 5,000 Chu army elites have formed a three-army formation. Looking at the more than 1,000 people in front of them, they go back and forth towards the shield wall in front, launching attacks again and again, but Liu
Under Yu's command and pushback, he still couldn't stop retreating.
Fu Hongzhi rode to Huangfu Fu's side and said: "General, I have followed your plan to lure the Beifu cavalry to the ambush area, and then fired random arrows. They lost more than half of them, and the rest were driven off the battlefield and headed south.
Escaped."
Huangfu Fu nodded: "Well done, Commander Fu. I heard that when you were in Luoyang, you fought with Liu Yu before?"
Fu Hongzhi nodded: "Yes, we jointly dealt with Murong Yong in Jinyong City. In other words, I was under his command at that time. I still remember that battle clearly today."
Huangfu smiled and pointed at the battle ahead: "Did he fight like this at that time, building a shield wall to block the impact of Murong Yong's cavalry?"
Fu Hongzhi shook his head: "No, when he was fighting in the field, he spread out his formation and unleashed a massacre on the opposite side. He directly defeated the siege troops that Murong Yong used to cover with women and children, and in turn dispersed the enemy troops.
The rear formation.”
Huangfu nodded: "I have seen this battle example, so I chose this way of fighting. The bridgehead is narrow and our army cannot deploy, so I have to lure Liu Yu out and let him fight step by step.
Stay away from the bridge so that I can outflank him. When he is fifty steps away from the bridge, it is time for me to defeat him."
Fu Hongzhi smiled and said: "I have a plan to break the shield wall tactics of the Beifu Army. I have five hundred men who are specialized in breaking this formation. Please give me a fight."
Huangfu Fu laughed: "Very good, we have studied this tactic for a long time, and we will use it soon. Let me see if Liu Yu can really block it!"
When Liu Yu shouted "eight", a set of "1452, 54188" killing moves were used for one round. The Chinese army's array advanced a full hundred steps forward, and the left and right
The two wings also quickly repelled the Chu troops who rushed into the formation, and followed the central army to advance together. But there was a sound of gongs on the opposite side, and the hundreds of Chu troops who were still in front of the shields all retreated and retreated.
Among our own lines and on the bank west of the river, there were more than two hundred corpses of Chu soldiers scattered everywhere.
Xiang Jing held up his shield and said to Liu Yu, who had returned to the military line: "Jinu, we finally blocked it. The formation just now was really mysterious. We were still hit by the Chu army."
Ambush, what to do now?”
Liu Yu pondered for a moment, then looked back behind him. Tan Pingzhi had led more than a hundred archers, all of whom had rushed across the bridge. If it hadn't been for their constant rain of arrows from behind, Xiang Jing's flanks wouldn't have been able to do so.
After repelling the Chu army, only a dozen soldiers were left on the other side of the bridge. It can be said that all the troops on our side have arrived in Hexi.
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "The enemy has an ambush, and they want to attract us to destroy it. Don't think about defeating the enemy now. What we should do is to retreat. Xile and their reinforcements will not be available for an hour.
We may have arrived, but we can only survive if we retreat to the east of the river. Just now we pushed forward a hundred steps while holding up the shield. What we have to do now is to retreat one by one. Tieniu, you and I hold on here and cover our brothers.
Let’s evacuate.”
Xiang Jing shook his head: "Brother Jinu, it is too dangerous for the enemy to retreat in front of us at this time. There is only a wooden bridge behind. When we get on the bridge, the enemy will definitely attack across the board. I think it is better to confront the enemy here.
Although they have many troops, they may not be able to break through our defense line head-on."
Liu Yu nodded: "What you said makes sense. It is difficult to retreat in front of the enemy now. We can only hope that reinforcements will come early. Huangfu Fu came, but Hu Fan is missing. I don't know if there is any back-up plan.
No matter what, we must hold firmly here. I believe that with the combat effectiveness of our Beifu Army, no matter what kind of opponent they are, they will not be able to penetrate us from the front."
As he spoke, a dense sound of drums and horns sounded in the military formation on the opposite side. The sergeants on the front began to separate to the two sides. Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "Everyone, be careful. The enemy is attacking. No matter what happens, no matter who comes out,
No matter what kind of enemy you are, you must stick to your post and obey my orders, do you understand?"
A chorus of roars broke out from the military formation: "Comrade Jingpachi!"
More than five hundred crossbowmen ran out from behind, holding large crossbows in their hands. Xiang Jing's brows widened and he said with a smile: "It turns out they are crossbowmen. Don't be afraid. Our shields are strong enough to let them
It’s done, but it can’t be penetrated!”
Liu Yu frowned: "No, how could Huangfufu not understand this truth?" In his mind, he originally thought that the opponent would use iron cavalry, chariots, or even eight-oxen crossbows with extremely powerful impact.
Weapon, forced to break through the shield array of our side, but I didn't expect that what came up was an ordinary crossbowman. At a distance of a hundred steps, it was almost impossible to break through the shield array of our side. If
If you get closer, you will be within the killing range of your own bows and arrows. Tan Pingzhi, who is behind the shield formation, can name them one by one.
Thinking of this, Liu Yu glanced at Tan Pingzhi behind him and said in a deep voice: "Bottle, pay attention to the distance. When you get close, call them hard!"
Tan Pingzhi nodded: "Leave it to us."
The crossbowmen of the Chu army, led by Fu Hongzhi, rushed to a place less than 110 steps away from the shield formation of the Beifu army. Fu Hongzhi held a small flag in his hand and stood behind the crossbowmen's line.
, less than ten steps away, with a raised flag, all the crossbowmen squatted down, holding the crossbows in their hands, pointing at the three hundred thick shields in front of them.
Liu Yu carried a large shield, jumped out of the formation, and stood in front of the shield wall. In his other hand, he also held a three-shot infantry crossbow, ready to fight back at any time.
Fu Hongzhi's flag suddenly went down: "Hit!"
There was a constant "whoosh" sound, and Liu Yu shrank back behind the shield. A "ding" sound sounded on the shield in front of him. This impact was much better than the usual feeling on the shield when a crossbow arrow was fired.
, it should be a little bigger, Liu Yu thought to himself: "It's just that this crossbow is more powerful, it's not that big of a deal."
However, suddenly, a huge force came from his shield, pulling his whole body forward. Even with Liu Yu's amazing power, he almost had to be pulled directly to the ground.
Flying out, the shield in his hand was almost thrown away!