Chapter 622 The armor light opens towards the golden scales of the sun
In the second year of Zhang Shaoming's reign, 947 AD, on the second day of June, Hedong's army and Zhang Zhou's army had been facing each other across the Zhang River for almost half a month.
The two sides continued to confront each other until Liu Zhiyuan felt that he was going to die from the severe cold. The decisive battle began when the Hedong Army voluntarily gave up three miles of the southwest bank of the Zhang River to vacate the site.
In the early morning, the sun had not yet risen. The Hedong Army, which was responsible for guarding the river section and of course insulting the Zhou army, suddenly discovered that the opposite bank of the river was full of flags. The Zhou army was already preparing to cross the river. There were already more than ten small boats in the river.
Driving quickly, I saw the soldiers from Hedong approaching, so I immediately fired a bunch of crossbows and arrows.
The Hedong Army was caught off guard and several people were shot dead on the spot, while the rest quickly ran back to report the news.
Zhang Zhaozhong stood at the bow of the boat and was ordered to be the first to land.
Sixteen years have passed since in the second year of Changxing (931), as a restless member of the Guiyi Army, he was sent by the Cao family to follow Emperor Shao Ming to Anxi.
Man Xiong, who was only 21 years old at the time, is now 37 years old. He has also changed from a soldier (ruffian) who is often noisy and has no food to eat, to a pro-army in the Zhou Dynasty - the Zuotong Army of Xianshandu.
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Back when he was in the Guiyi Army, he, Zhang Zhaozhong, was a person that a pig would hate but a dog would not love.
The superior officer thought that he was always making trouble, and his colleagues were afraid that he would go crazy and beat people, and of course they were even more afraid that he would eat all the food by himself, so when he left, everyone was jubilant.
However, the reality is that it is so unpredictable. The wild bear who followed Zhang Zhang in the hope of having enough to eat ended up wandering into a vast world.
When he came back, his original colleagues were still too poor to go out in the winter because they didn't have much trousers to wear. The family situation that made him drool with envy at first, now looked like a poor mouse in tears.
If in Anxi, Zhang Zhaozhong's loyalty to Zhang Gao was 95, then after returning, it was directly pulled to 100.
This time, Zhang Zhaozhong put on two layers of cotton armor and took his two hundred most trusted soldiers to cross the river in advance. His task was very important, but also very dangerous.
If the Hedong Army suddenly attacks after they cross the river, he will have to hold his position to provide cover for the subsequent crossing of the river.
Moreover, the time for cover was definitely not short, because the Zhou army did not have many tools to cross the river. They could only rush to repair two narrow pontoons and more than 40 ships of various types.
This amount of transportation is extremely limited for the Zhou army of nearly 30,000 people. If the entire army is to cross the river, it may not take a whole day. However, this is the purpose of Zhang Zhang's sending Zhang Zhaozhong to take the lead in crossing the river.
Not only will his two hundred heavy armored men cross the river immediately, but also Zhang Zhaojiu's four hundred jumping soldiers, Li Cunhui's right wing Lin Wei's three hundred elite cavalry, and Feng Hui's silver spears, all four hundred elite.
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These 1,300 people will establish a defense line at the forefront to protect the entire army.
Murong Yanchao watched from a distance as the Zhou troops on the opposite side continued to land. When he saw the first flag that appeared, which was a silver-white background with a golden dragon embroidered on it, he immediately became speechless.
Because Murong Yanchao, who had been in the Zhou army, knew that Shao Tianzi was very interested in various dragon patterns.
Regardless of whether it is a tuanlong or a flying dragon, he even personally designed a kind of over-the-shoulder dragon robe. Currently, only the most elite Han Shandu and the left and right Yulin guards of the Zhou Kingdom can be awarded the golden tuanlong flag.
The sound of tapping horse hooves sounded, and a man he sent to spy on the primary school returned. Murong Yanchao anxiously grabbed him off his horse and asked impatiently.
"How's it going? Have you seen who is the Zhou general who crossed the river first? Is he a short guy, or is he a tall and strong man who likes to ride a blue Pegasus?"
The principal shook his head, "No, he's a man as strong as a bear. He crossed the river with two hundred people, all wearing heavy armor. He's not easy to mess with at first sight!"
"Damn you!" Murong Yanchao gasped, then smacked his mouth twice.
"Why are the dogs like Barbarian Bear here? Aren't they in Fuyang? The dogs are here. When Barbarian Bear arrives, the Tibetan bandit who is playing spear throwing must also be here. It's not easy to fight!"
Murong Yanchao said the two "dogs" in succession, then immediately calmed down and waved his hand to the primary school.
"Call all the sons back. Let Bai Zairong, Wang Yin and the others fight this battle. We can go back and protect the king!"
Murong Yanchao originally wanted to compete for the vanguard, because Liu Zhiyuan offered a reward of 30,000 yuan for the vanguard, but compared to others, Murong Yanchao was more familiar with the abilities of Zhou's famous generals.
If each team brings more than 10,000 athletes to compete for supremacy, Murong Yanchao is confident that the bear will not be able to find the north. But if one or two thousand people fight fiercely, the bear will definitely beat him completely.
This money is not easy to get, and there is a high probability that it will be taken but not spent.
What can I say about Murong Yanchao? He is definitely a tough guy, but he has been in the low-level "underworld" for a long time and has been tainted with too much gangsterism. He has developed a personality that bullies the weak and fears the strong.
Therefore, although he, Huangfu Yu, and Fu Yanqing were among the three most powerful enemies of the Later Jin Dynasty, they were mostly despised by the people of the time.
It can be said that it is a typical example of how it is difficult to achieve big things if the structure is small.
Here Murong Yanchao could no longer argue, and Bai Zairong and Wang Yin successfully got the vanguard job. They quickly fired up two thousand warriors each, and waited for the Zhou army to attack when they were halfway across.
Liu Zhiyuan also knew that this was a crucial battle and was not stingy at all. He immediately sent a hundred pieces of gorgeous brocade to Bai Zairong and Wang Yinhe's military tents.
Well! Fortunately, this is not my Song Dynasty. Otherwise, for a penny less, even if the soldiers saw the other party landing and immediately came to hack him to death, they would never attack. They can do without anything, and the rules cannot be broken.
Murong Yanchao had already sneaked up to Liu Zhiyuan at this time. He had actually been telling Liu Zhiyuan that the Zhou army was strong, but Liu Zhiyuan was not willing to listen, so Murong Yanchao didn't say much now.
However, as a general with superb martial arts skills, Murong Yanchao did not think that Bai Zairong and Wang Yin were capable of defeating Man Xiong and Dunzhu on the opposite side, so he suggested to Liu Zhiyuan in a low voice.
"Brother, we must make more preparations for the decisive battle. My brother, please go down and arrange the car formation. If something goes wrong in the front, we can still fight with the Zhou people in a dignified formation."
Since he knew that Zhou Jun's Hexi cavalry was brave and brave, Liu Zhiyuan certainly would not fail to make preparations. Moreover, the Hedong Army also had rich experience in fighting cavalry, so Liu Zhiyuan still brought hundreds of large vehicles, and the vehicle formation was still arranged.
So he nodded, feeling that what Murong Yanchao said made sense, "Silang, let's go down and make arrangements, but I believe that Bai Zairong and Wang Yin are both strong generals, and they will definitely win the battle."
Murong Yanchao curled his lips in his heart, what time is it, and he is still dreaming!
Suddenly, he felt that his brother was no longer the calm, courageous and resourceful brother he had been before.
Zhang Zhaozhong breathed a sigh of relief, because behind him Zhang Zhaojiu's 400 jumping soldiers had arrived, Feng Hui's 200 silver spearmen had also arrived, and Lin Wei, the right feather leader, was also pulling down the war horses by the river bank.
Now he is no longer afraid. With more than a thousand people, he is confident that he can withstand an attack that is five times more than the enemy on the opposite side.
Zhang Zhaozhong directly placed his team on the flat ground on the river beach, without covering the two wings at all.
Because there was no way that hundreds of people like him could completely cover the entire river beach, so they simply left it open and not covered it up.
Of course, the biggest reliance is that he has one hundred divine arm bows for two hundred people, and Feng Hui, who is on the left and right, has two hundred silver spears, all of them are soldiers with superb shooting skills.
Not to mention that Zhang Zhao, who only wore a layer of cotton armor, had 400 soldiers, equipped with bows, crossbows, and throwing spears. With this firepower, anyone who dared to bypass them and counter-encircle them would cause the enemy to suffer heavy losses.
Bai Zairong and Wang Yin came a little late, but this is not their fault, because the first two hundred people who came were Zhang Zhaozhong. They gave up a battlefield, and it was not just for these two hundred people. Naturally, they had to give up a battlefield.
Let's wait until more enemies have crossed the river.
In the view of the Hedong soldiers, the best time to attack was when the Zhou army crossed the river with more than 2,000 men.
Liu Zhiyuan was not stupid. Murong Yanchao's silly half-crossing attack tactic was not adopted by Liu Zhiyuan.
Liu Zhiyuan knew very well that even if the battle at the Zhangshui River was a tragic victory, the Hedong Army would still have only one way to go: destruction.
Because Hedong is really too barren and is no longer the Hedong it was 20 years ago. A miserable victory means a loss.
With the current situation, he could only maintain the possibility of taking control of the Central Plains by severely inflicting heavy losses on the Zhou army at the Zhang River and even capturing Zhang Yan.
Therefore, Liu Zhiyuan's strategy was to use the Zhangshui beachhead as an anvil, Hedong's elite as a hammer, and let the Zhou army cross one or two thousand people as red-hot iron blocks.
He asked the Zhou army to cross the river with one or two thousand men, so he defeated one or two thousand men, and then retreated to make way for the Zhou army to cross the river again.
After defeating him two or three times in this way, the morale of the Zhou army was low, and then they retreated again to the selected battlefield in the northeast of Jize County, where they decided the outcome in one battle.
To achieve this goal, we should not send too many troops. If there are too many troops, after one loss, the Zhou army will probably not cross the river again.
Only by making the Zhou army feel that they are almost victorious every time, so that they will keep crossing the river, until finally the Zhou army loses its mind and the whole army attacks, then great things will be done.
The idea is very beautiful, but there is an important prerequisite, that is, the Hedong army must fight fiercely and be able to quickly eat the one or two thousand people of the Zhou army crossing the river with four thousand men.
If Guo Wei were here, he would definitely advise Liu Zhiyuan not to play like this, because Guo Wei had experienced it and knew that Zhou Jun's infantry fighting ability was also very good.
But Liu Zhiyuan didn't know that he, like Guo Wei before the Battle of Hezhang Valley, made the mistake of stereotypes. They both believed that the rise of the Zhou Kingdom was due to the bravery of cavalry, and that infantry was not as abundant as in the Central Plains.
These guys, it has been two years since Zhang Xi entered Tokyo, and they still regard Zhang Xi's Hexi Group as a foreign race like the Khitans outside the Great Wall who are good at cavalry.
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Four thousand people can actually form an army of thousands, and Hedong Yabing is even better at this style of fighting.
Under the leadership of Bai Zairong and Wang Yin, they not only spread out far apart, but also wore shoes that were much larger than ordinary shoes. When they walked, they kicked twice and suddenly filled the sky with smoke and dust. Looking up close, it was a mess, but
From a distance it looks like it's blocking out the sky.
However, this did not scare Zhang Zhaozhong (Barbarian Bear), the light cavalry in Anxi, and Hezhong were better at using smoke and dust to build momentum, but in the end they all proved to be frivolous. With the combination of cloth-covered iron armor and crossbows, without exception, they were defeated
All fell down.
But soon, Zhang Zhaozhong realized something was wrong, because the arrows shot from the dust on the opposite side were very fierce.
A heavy arrow with white tail feathers fell from the sky and hit Zhang Zhaozhong's chest, making a loud clanking sound.
Another arrow shot from a distance, smoothly penetrating his outermost cloth armor, and then hung softly on Zhang Zhaozhong's body. It turned out that it was not a crossbow arrow but a bow arrow.
"The bandits from Hedong have kept their crossbow arrows. They must be trying to get closer and shoot!"
Everyone around him shouted loud reminders, and Zhang Zhaozhong's expression became serious.
Generally speaking, the standard for testing the combat effectiveness of a cold weapon era army is not actually close combat, but long-range projection capabilities.
A powerful army must have elite archers who wear heavy armor, are good at shooting from a distance, and can fight hand-to-hand at close range.
Before the habit of archers not practicing hand-to-hand combat appeared in the Song Dynasty, all the elites of an army were in the hands of crossbows.
A qualified warrior must be able to step forward, wear heavy armor and shoot a strong bow.
And from the strength of the arrows fired, the strength of the enemy can be accurately judged.
Even though there are thousands of weak enemies, they cannot shoot a dense rain of arrows. Enemies with average strength can shoot a rain of arrows, but the penetrating power is not strong, because most of their soldiers can only fire seven or eight soft bows.
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Only the most powerful enemy can shoot a powerful bow that is one stone or even more than one stone, and can shoot at a distance of sixty or seventy steps.
A bow that can slightly penetrate cloth-covered iron armor cannot be a bow of seven or eight swords, it can only be a strong bow.
There was a clanking sound on his body, and the soldiers around him grunted and screamed when they were shot. Zhang Zhaozhong was also hit by the arrows and was in pain all over his body, but he still did not give the order to fight back.
If you want to get close and shoot with a crossbow, then I will help you. It seems that your wooden single crossbow and other crossbows are faster, but the divine arm bow in my hand is still faster.
Without speaking a word, Zhang Zhao (Dunzhu) understood what Barbarian Bear wanted to do. He roared loudly and asked his Tiaodang soldiers to rush to the front of the army with large horizontal platoons to protect him.
For crossbows fired at thirty or forty steps, horizontal rows will certainly not be able to block them, but they can always reduce the kinetic energy.
After forty steps, the Hedong Army suddenly stopped, and the soldiers in Hanshandu also shouted loudly, and then there was an eerie silence where only the sound of breathing could be heard.
But just a few breaths later, as if it was planned, the terrifying mechanical sound of a swarm of bees leaving the nest sounded.
The dense crossbow arrows can almost be seen with the naked eye, and because there are so many and so dense, brown flight paths can even be seen from a distance.
Zhang Zhaozhong gathered 500 crossbows, including 200 divine arm bows. The Hedong Army had at least 700 or 800 crossbows.
Soon, the horizontal rows could no longer block the intensive firepower, and countless arrows crowded in like ghosts. A soldier from Hanshandu was shot back repeatedly, and soon his body was covered with dense arrow holes.
Even two layers of heavy armor could not stop the crossbow arrows from such a distance. Blood quickly overflowed from the corners of his mouth. His big, thick hands could no longer lift the divine arm bow that he usually regarded as a treasure. Then he slowly fell to the ground.
Fell to the ground.
As the soldier fell, the soldiers standing in front fell to the ground one after another.
It's even more difficult for the Hedong Army. The main equipment of the Hedong Army now is armor.
Although the protective power of iron armor is not lower than that of cloth armor, it is even better in some aspects.
However, its production process is cumbersome and costly, and the manpower required is several times that of cloth armor. Because the armor leaves are made and the ropes are connected in series, it requires specialized craftsmen. Cloth armor is much simpler.
In addition, over the past twenty years, talents from Hedong have continued to flow to the Central Plains, taking away a large number of armor-piercing and armor-making craftsmen.
By the time Liu Zhiyuan took office as the governor of Hedong, there were only a few thousand sets of Zhajia in Hedong.
Even now, there are only more than 10,000 sets, and it is impossible for everyone to have one set.
And with the weight of the armor, it is impossible to wear two layers like cloth-covered iron armor.
As a result, the damage they suffered was even more serious. In the first round of shooting, the Hedong Army overturned an entire group of soldiers.
These are soldiers, not just cats and dogs. Each of them is extremely precious to a force.
"No! The Hexi thieves' thick-armored crossbows can still fire quickly, so they can't shoot at each other! You will have the advantage if you rush forward and engage in hand-to-hand combat."
Wang Yin quickly discovered the problem, because the Zhou army's superiority in armor and crossbows quickly wiped out the Hedong army's numerical advantage.
After only two rounds of shooting, the battle-loss ratio was at least one to four, or even one to five. Who could bear this?
Before Bai Zairong expressed his opinion, he heard angry shouts on the battlefield. Barbarian Bear was beating the drum himself. Hundreds of crossbowmen stood in unison. Every time Barbarian Bear beat the drum, all the soldiers shouted, "Wind!"
’ The crossbow arrow in his hand also shot out.
‘Boom!’
'wind!'
Then there was the sound of machine gunfire. In this passionate battle cry, the soldiers of Hanshandu began to become calmer, and the sense of proficiency gained from countless trainings suddenly returned to them.
Their firing rate is faster and their shooting accuracy is higher. Every time they shout "wind", dozens of people from the Hedong Army will be knocked down.
On the other hand, for the Hedong Army, being able to see the enemy's appearance and then shoot with crossbows was originally their trump card in pure infantry warfare.
During the Shanxi-Liao War in the past, Yelu Deguang twice sent tens of thousands of Xi infantry and thousands of fine cavalry to invade Hedong. However, they were defeated by the Hedong Army's tactics.
Especially before the Yangcheng Battle, the great Khitan King Yelu Anduan led 40,000 troops south to Taiyuan, but was defeated by the Hedong Army of 20,000 men. The great king's remaining men fled thousands of miles in embarrassment.
When fighting the Khitans or other ethnic groups, the Hedong Army can fire two crossbows at most three times before the battle. Coupled with the previous bow and arrow coverage, they can already go up and harvest.
But this time, they were horrified to find that they were the ones being harvested. The crossbows on the opposite side were cocked twice as fast as they were, and they became more and more courageous as they fought. However, the Hedong Army was in a mess in front of the formation, and had lost at least hundreds of people.
We can't keep fighting like this!
Bai Zairong kept an eye on it. He pondered for a moment, as if he was seriously thinking about a strategy, but in fact he was waiting for the hot-tempered Wang Yin to take the lead.
Sure enough, when Wang Yin saw that Bai Zairong didn't express his position, he roared angrily and rushed to the front line with the rifle in his hand, escorted by dozens of personal guards holding iron shields.
"The whole army is pressing forward! Press forward and fight them!" As soon as Wang Yin arrived, he asked his personal guards to shout at the top of their lungs.
At the same time, his tooth soldiers also swarmed to the front line, all wearing two layers of heavy armor and carrying iron shields, which immediately reduced the damage caused by the Zhou army's crossbow arrows.
This is the disadvantage of crossbows. They are powerful, but have a slow rate of fire. Even with the Divine Arm Bow, the rate of fire is only relatively improved.
Once the enemy piles up heavy armor and holds an iron shield, as long as they can withstand the next wave of damage, it will be a serious defeat for the side using crossbows.
As for that kind of repeating crossbow, it is not as powerful as a hard bow, and its mechanism is easier to damage, so it is not taken seriously at this time.
Zhang Zhaozhong saw that more heavy armored soldiers were coming forward on the opposite side, and they were still clamoring. He immediately ordered to stop shooting.
With just a few dozen steps, it would be troublesome if he was rushed into him. It would be better to change to a longer weapon in advance.
The captain standing next to Barbarian Bear is his nephew. He is almost the same in stature as him, but he is a bit askew and his brain often cannot turn.
Before Barbarian Bear came back, he was a stupid guy who was bullied by everyone, but now, he is the commander of Xianshandu and the most elite soldier of the Saint.
More importantly, no one dares to bully him anymore, and he doesn't have to think about anything else, as long as he kills people, so he cherishes his identity very much.
There were fewer things to think about, and his IQ was much normal. He looked at the Hedong Army coming from the opposite side and let out a silly laugh.
"These fools! They want to compete with us! Haha!"
"Hahahaha!" All the soldiers in Hanshandu laughed loudly.
Amid laughter, the bear kicked down the conductor's drum, which was no longer needed.
He turned to pick up a long-handled weapon on the ground, then tore off the cloth strips wrapped on it, and a shining Mo Dao appeared in everyone's eyes.
This Mo Dao is made of Hexi fine steel, which is more expensive than silver. It is the pride of everyone from the Fengtian Army to the Guiyi Army and finally to the Saint's personal guard!
"Leave no one behind!" the bear roared!
"Kill them all!" Song Zhengye, the leader of the Hanshan capital, yelled. This was one of the 107 people from Yuan Cong who still existed in the Hanshan capital.
‘Whoa!’ The enemy had reached twenty steps, and everyone put down their crossbows and tore off the linen cloth protecting the tip of Mo’s knife.
In an instant, under the rays of the rising sun, four hundred mo knives shone with brilliant light, so bright that Hedong Army could hardly open his eyes.
Wang Yin took a breath of air, and someone was shouting below, "Mo Daojun! Prince Shaoming is so rich that he can afford to support Mo Daojun!"
Wang Yin knew that he was in serious trouble. He tried hard to recall in his mind, was it the one who said that the Zhou army was only good at horse warfare and could defeat it on foot?
How could someone who could raise four hundred giant men with Mo Dao not know how to fight on foot?
But it was useless for him to think about it now. The two armies had already reached within ten steps, and the sound of "ho ho" could already be heard.
Ten steps! Eight steps!
There was a sudden sound, like a thunderous explosion, and both the Hedong Army and the Hanshan Army moved at the same time. Both sides ran wildly like tigers descending the mountain, and then met each other.
On the side of the Hedong Army, the rifles were raised as high as forest trees, and then they were suddenly smashed down.
They didn't dare to stab people. Everyone was wearing heavy armor, so stabbing at this time would probably have no effect. They mainly relied on the raised iron rings to hit people.
And this is probably the main reason for their failure, because they all cut down the mountains with Mo Dao.
A soldier from the Hedong Army suddenly hit Man Xiong's nephew on the head with his rifle. Man Xiong's nephew was knocked upside down and staggered, but although he was dizzy, he managed to hold on.
Then he picked up the Mo Dao, exhaled loudly, and slashed at the Hedong Army soldier on the opposite side.
The soldier of the Hedong Army let out a desperate scream. There were people in front and behind him. He had no place to hide and could only use his body to resist.
This sword struck him like thunder, hitting his shoulder, and the soldiers of the Hedong Army let out a louder scream.
The sharp narrow blade of the Mo Dao caused more pain than the Ma Shan. Although it did not break the armor, the Hedong Army soldier felt as if his collarbone was about to be cut off.
But his troubles don't end there. To kill the enemy, Ma Shan can only strike first. Usually, he beats the enemy until he is dizzy and then stabs him. The coming and going is nothing more than two actions: knocking and stabbing.
However, Mo Dao has its own sword skills. Once activated, it can be used continuously, and because the blade is very long, it can cause damage at both close and long distances.
Before the soldier of the Hedong Army could fight back after being struck by a knife, the second sword from the nephew of the bear arrived. The soldier of the Hedong Army could only howl in pain and suffered another blow.
Step by step slowly, he was hit on both shoulders, and the pain greatly delayed his ability to fight back.
Taking this opportunity, the Xianshandu soldiers roared collectively, stepped forward to close the distance again, and struck again with the third sword.
With this knife, the Mo Dao struck directly at the chest of the Hedong soldier. Instead, it slashed diagonally from left to right. The sharp blade tip made an unpleasant metal friction sound on the armor.
The Hedong soldier felt as if his chest was struck by lightning, and it was a 'lightning strike' from his left shoulder to his right ribs. This made his whole body feel hot and his stomach contracted.
Although the horse spear in his hand also stabbed the opponent's chest, the bear nephew only shook slightly and did not create any resistance at all.
The fourth sword! The fifth sword! The swords are endless!
The soldiers of the Hedong Army could no longer hold on. Their instinct made them retreat continuously, and their counterattacks became weaker and weaker.
Finally, by accident, the soldier of the Hedong Army fell down and was stepped on by countless pairs of big feet.
Being in a desperate situation triggered his ferocity, and he pulled out the long dagger from his waist and started to stab him randomly.
But then, the soldier was grabbed by the ankles by two pairs of big hands, and then pulled out of the dense crowd.
The soldier suddenly looked at the sky. The dazzling sun had risen, and he could no longer see it.
Because two soldiers of the Zhou Army wearing ring-locked armor rushed out. One of them held him down firmly, while the other tried desperately to open his neck. The long dagger in his hand was shining brightly.
The battle took less than a cup of tea, and the Hedong soldiers could no longer hold on. After the heavy armored soldiers at the front were cut down, they would soon be stabbed to death by the jumping soldiers of the Zhou army behind them, and the light armored soldiers at the back were hit.
When an infantryman faces Mo Dao, he will be cut into bloody pieces with at most two or three swords.
The soldiers from Hedong were crowded and retreated like a tidal wave, leaving behind blood, broken flesh and broken armor leaves all over the ground.
However, although they were embarrassed, their formation was not in chaos. Under Wang Yin's roar, they retreated ten or twenty steps and reorganized steadily.
But this time, what greeted them was the sky full of spears.
Throwing spears is difficult to achieve large-scale damage due to the speed of flight. However, at this time, the soldiers from Hedong were just stunned and happened to be in the formation, which was the best target for throwing spears.
Zhang Zhaojiu (Dundup) howled and threw all four spears in a few breaths, and his spear throwers also threw them out at extremely fast speeds.
A large number of Hedong's soldiers who had just formed a formation immediately fell down. It doesn't matter how many layers of armor you have when you throw a spear. It can't break through the armor and it can still injure your body internally.
After being hit by a wave of spears, the newly completed military formation immediately became chaotic again. At this time, Feng Hui's silver spears also attacked from the side, and Li Cunhui's right-wing Linwei knights also crossed the Zhang River and prepared to dispatch.
In an instant, the Hedong soldiers' morale collapsed. Bai Zairong took the lead and ran away again. Wang Yin could not stop him at all and could only follow behind.
Liu Zhiyuan looked pale and speechless for a long time. His anvil and hammer tactics had failed before they even started.
Not far behind the soldiers of Hanshandu, the Zhou army was crossing the river continuously.
Liu Zhiyuan could only order people to ring the golden bell to retreat, and at the same time asked Xiao General Liu Ci to lead his elite army of tooth soldiers and cavalry to meet Bai Zairong and Wang Yin.
The army was preparing to retreat to the north of Jize County, where they would fight Zhang Gao again.