Chapter five hundred and thirteenth: Battle at Boshui Pass
As Pei Renji's order was issued, Pei Xingyan, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately waved his hand and summoned nearly five thousand archers to rush forward. He immediately filled the gap left by the withdrawal of the giant crossbow. As soon as he took his position, Pei Xingyan
He immediately picked up the iron bow, bent the bow and nocked an arrow. He shot an arrow directly. The arrow cut through the long bow like black lightning. In an instant, it hit a Xia Army soldier outside the pass who was holding a military flag.
Throat. The soldier's throat was penetrated. His eyes were wide open. His face was full of unwillingness and he bent to the bottom. The military flag in his hand also fell down.
Of course, this scene did not lead to a complete defeat of the Xia army. It only slightly weakened the morale of the Xia army. But Pei Xingyan's arrow was already a signal. Immediately afterwards, five thousand archers fired a round.
With the rain of arrows, the Xia army soldiers who rushed to the front outside the Pass were like harvested wheat. A large area fell down in an instant.
"Hiss..." Seeing so many archers jumping out of Sishui Pass. Wang Fubao and Zhang Gongjin, who were commanding the battle behind the military formation, couldn't help but take a breath. Before, they judged that Liang Jun from Sishui Pass should be
About 30,000. But based on the number of archers, the number of Liang Jun's soldiers and horses should be at least 50,000. At this time, even Wang Fubao had a hint of retreat in his heart.
Fifty thousand troops. That dude Wan He is crazy. He only has 160,000 troops in total. He sent 50,000 troops to Bishui Pass. How can he defend other places? Wang Fubao couldn't help but scolded.
In a sentence, he felt heartbroken to see the losses of the Xia Army soldiers in front. These were all the troops Dou Jiande had finally accumulated in Hebei. But if he retreated now, not only the casualties of the soldiers before would have been sacrificed in vain. This was so hasty.
Retreat. If Liang Jun comes out to pursue, the loss will be even greater. Thinking of this, Wang Fubao can only bite the bullet and continue to order the attack.
After paying the sacrifice of two to three thousand people, Xia Jun's archers finally rushed within the shooting range. They began to bend their bows and set arrows, and counterattacked the two armies at the pass. For a time, the entire Sishui Pass was flying up and down.
Shrouded in the rain of arrows, whether it was Liang Jun or Xia Jun, the screams of soldiers on both sides kept echoing in the sky above Sishui Pass.
On the closed platform, Pei Renji couldn't help but frown. He didn't expect that the other party would be so cruel. Facing such a rapid and violent offensive at Bishui Pass, he could still resist. Thinking of this, Pei Renji immediately issued an order and shouted: "
"Yan'er, remove the archers and replace them with shields." Archers are too scarce. Just fighting the opponent like this is not the choice of a qualified commander.
As Pei Renji's orders were conveyed over and over again at Sishui Pass, the archers retreated like a tide after shooting the last round of arrows. But the ones on top were holding square shields half a man high.
The heavy armored soldiers. As soon as the shield bearers of five thousand people came up, they carried the heavy shields and leaned directly against the female wall. Immediately, a new "city wall" was erected at Sishui Pass.
The arrows shot up from outside the pass were immediately blocked after encountering this new city wall. Even a few arrows that could cross these walls fell on the heavily armored soldiers behind the shields.
It was bounced away by the heavy armor. However, this does not mean that the Liang army behind the pass only defended and did not attack. The more than ten catapults were still throwing huge rocks towards the outside of the pass. As the Xia army gathered outside the pass.
The casualties caused by this catapult are also increasing.
"Damn it." Wang Fubao, who was in the rear, was extremely anxious when he saw this scene. The five or six catapults brought from Xingyang had all been destroyed, and the archers could not pose much of a threat. Now the only hope is What I hoped for was the ladders and rams that had already rushed to the gate. Seeing that the ladders had been set up one by one on the city wall, and the rams were directly attached to the city wall and the gate. Wang Fubao's eyes also flashed. With a trace of ruthlessness, he shouted angrily: "Come forward. Come on all of them. The one who tackles the problem first will be rewarded heavily."
There must be brave men under heavy rewards. Although the high city wall looked full of dangers, those Xia army soldiers gritted their teeth and climbed up the ladder with their weapons in hand. After closing the door, they stood behind the female wall. Pei Xingyan looked coldly at the Xia army soldiers who climbed up, but did not give any order to take action. He still let the shield hands holding shields on the left and right maintain a defensive posture. As for himself, even without a shield, those arrows could not hurt him. Every cent.
Pei Xingyan, who was standing by the female wall, kept looking coldly at the actions of the Xia army outside the pass. Even if arrows flew by occasionally, Pei Xingyan remained motionless. He let the arrows hit his armor and was hit by the armor. It bounced away. Only when it hit his face, Pei Xingyan would hide to the side of his head. Just like that, he only stayed there for a stick of incense. Pei Xingyan's eyes suddenly flashed red. Then, he just returned the shot. The copper hammer hanging beside his legs was instantly raised high and struck forward quickly. At this time, in front of Pei Xingyan, a head happened to poke up and was hit by the copper hammer. .Everything red and white splashed out.
To this, Pei Xingyan didn't react at all. He swung the copper hammer and shook off all the dirt on it. He smashed the hammer down again and hit another Xia army soldier who had just climbed up. It flew away. With a scream, the soldier's body drew an arc in the air and fell far away.
Pei Xingyan shouted angrily: "Shield-hand. Remove the shield. Draw the sword."
The so-called shield bearers did not only have shields as their weapons. Following Pei Xingyan's order, the shield bearers immediately pulled back the shields they carried in front of them. At the same time, they pulled out the steel swords on their waists. And right there At this time, the soldiers of the Xia army had also climbed up the female wall and were about to climb up the barrier. But what was waiting for them was the uniform sword swings of these shield hands.
This sword swing was like a huge brilliance on the female wall. And the next moment, a piece of blood splashed on the brilliance. Suddenly, screams came one after another. The door was closed, and the shield hand also They all shouted in unison. They were holding up their shields and were severely suffocated by those arrows. They were about to start a counterattack.
"Damn it." Wang Fubao didn't expect that the opponent's shield hand was so powerful. It was comparable to the elite guards around Dou Jiande. It seemed that Liang Jun's strength should not be underestimated. Wang Fubao gritted his teeth and just threw it up. He took the reins and was about to rush towards the Bishui Pass. But Zhang Gongjin who was beside him was startled when he saw it. When he stepped forward and grabbed Wang Fubao's arm, it was just that Wang Fubao was much stronger than him. Duo. This pull almost brought him down.
Although he was a little embarrassed, Zhang Gongjin still grabbed Wang Fubao. He didn't care about the issue of face. He shouted at Wang Fubao: "General Wang, you, what are you going to do?"
Wang Fubao was also very unhappy when Zhang Gongjin grabbed his arm. He threw Zhang Gongjin's hand away and shouted: "What are you doing? What else can you do? I want to go into battle in person. I must break through this Sishui Pass."
"No way." Although he had guessed Wang Fubao's intention, Zhang Gongjin was still startled when he heard Wang Fubao admit his intention. When he saw Wang Fubao, he wanted to rush forward. Zhang Gongjin immediately stopped Wang Fubao on horseback. . shouted: "General Wang, you are the commander-in-chief of the three armies. How can you personally go to danger? This charge into the battle should be done by the soldiers below. Since the general is the commander-in-chief, he cannot be so reckless."
"Fart." Wang Fubao didn't like literati in the first place. Although Zhang Gongjin was also a military general, he was always literate. In Wang Fubao's opinion, he was no different from a literati. After hearing Zhang Gongjin's words, Wang Fubao immediately cursed: "I have followed Xia Xia. Since the King's incident, we have not taken the lead in that battle. Now the soldiers are fighting bloody battles. How can I retreat behind the formation? Get out of the way quickly, so that you, the sour scholars, can see the spirit of the northern men."
After Wang Fubao finished speaking, he raised the machete in his hand, intending to chop Zhang Gongjin. Although Zhang Gongjin knew that Wang Fubao did not dare to actually chop himself, the gleaming machete fell. Zhang Gongjin still subconsciously hid aside when he saw it. Zhang Gongjin was scared away. Wang Fubao also laughed immediately. He put away his knife and continued to charge forward.
Seeing Wang Fubao charging forward, Zhang Gongjin also had a wry smile on his face. He began to realize that the battle had begun to develop in a direction beyond his control. Although Wang Shichong's previous order was to let Dou Jiande's troops A lot of losses. I didn't say that Dou Jiande's army would be defeated. Now Wang Shichong has allied with Dou Jiande. If Dou Jiande's army suffered too heavy losses, it would be of no benefit to Wang Shichong.
Thinking of this, Zhang Gongjin couldn't help but take a deep breath. It seemed that he couldn't do it without intervening. Zhang Gongjin immediately narrowed his eyes. He turned his horse's head and looked at the battlefield ahead. After observing carefully for a moment, Zhang Gongjin immediately shouted: : "Pass the military order. The archers will focus on attacking and close the center. The rear troops will spread out and advance. Cover and charge the car. Be sure to knock the door open for me."
Zhang Gongjin observed carefully. The morale of Liang Jun who was now locked up was high. But it was because there was a strong general like Pei Xingyan taking the lead. So the first thing to do was to suppress this strong general. At least he could not be allowed to kill like this. The most important thing in this battle is to break through the gate. As long as the gate is broken, the advantage of the solid wall of Bishui Pass will no longer exist.