With Liu Yi's order, Liu Yu jumped up from the grass, stood at the front row of the team, tightly held a large shield almost one person high in front of him, and placed it in front of him, and the companions standing beside him also rose up, holding the big shield, and the soldiers in the back row put the long lance on the shoulders of Liu Yu and other first-row sergeants, forming a dense shield wall lance forest, accompanied by the rhythmic beating of the waist drummer on the side of the team, taking a calm and powerful step, moving forward.

A building of more than 500 people, according to the standards of the Jin army, formed about ten small detachments, each team is lined up into a three-line infantry battle line, the soldiers are close together, the front row of shields, two rows of racks, and the third row, is followed by the foot archers, five teams in front, about 30 steps apart space, is for the front team, and in the gap between the front teams, then in the distance of about ten steps behind the five rows stationed, for rotation.

Liu Gaozhi's expression was solemn, looking at these three buildings, the figures of more than 1,500 heavily armored soldiers, gradually walked out of the forest, and disappeared into the dense fog by the water, Sun En gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "General, the enemy camp has not moved at all, is it not their main force here?" ”

Liu Gaozhi shook his head and said: "Don't worry, I don't expect that Liang Cheng will never put an empty camp here, now that our three hoplites have been dispatched, it depends on how Liang Cheng responds!" ”

Before the words fell, there was a sudden burst of bright lights in the camp opposite, and the sound of noise and noise spread all over the sky, and hundreds of huge fireballs rose into the air, like a fire meteor in the night sky, and smashed it fiercely towards the queue of the Jin army's steady advance.

Liu Gaozhi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the Qin army is in this big camp, there are ambushes, and more than 100 catapults, Liang Cheng seems to be here, he is now testing our attack strength, hum, give an order, let the sergeants in front disperse, don't hit the flying stones in a large area, speed up the impact, and rush across the river for me!" ”

In front of him, a large number of infantry had already rushed out of the camp tent and the hiding place behind the cart, and were pushing the wooden fences in the camp quickly and methodically, and the ironclad infantry were rushing to the precedent of the team, while the shield bearers and lance soldiers were lined up in the rear, Wang Xian's voice was excited: "The Jin army really attacked at night, so that the Heavenly King and General Liang expected it!" What's next? ”

Liang Cheng smiled slightly: "What to do?" According to the plan, I am sure that the Jin army is a combination of virtual and real, and the concentrated army wants to break through from this direction, and there must be suspicious soldiers in the downstream Caiqiao Beach, and what they want to fight is a fast word, and the direction of the real assault will not use arrow rain and flying stones for long-range bombardment. Therefore, we must hold on now and not let them know that our army is here. Order, transfer 3,000 people to come forward, give me to resist the shallows, and lure the Jin army into throwing the army in! ”

Wang Yong on the side was fully armed, his brows were deeply locked, and he shook his head: "Dashuai, I see that these Jin troops move quickly, and they can calmly turn the dense formation into this kind of skirmish line during the march to avoid flying stones, just like this." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the Jin army about a hundred paces on the opposite bank of the river, which had changed from a large shield in front of the beginning and a dense array with a long lance in the back, to a straggler line that could not see the shape clearly, and the sergeants were no longer advancing side by side, but separated by a distance of at least five steps or so, and the soldiers in the front row were still shielding in front, while most of the sergeants in the back raised their shields on their heads, in case of flying stones and arrows falling from the sky.

Occasionally, some sergeants were hit by flints and fell to the ground instantly, while the sergeants around and behind them turned a blind eye, jumping while walking to avoid the stone pits and corpses on the road ahead, and the sergeants who were still panting and wailing would quickly drag away their companions, and the smashed corpses were not cared for, and the dull and rapid waist drum sound shook the generals of the Qin army even after a Luojian and a few hundred steps away, they were still breathing faster and their hearts were beating rapidly.

Liang Cheng hooked the corners of his mouth and nodded: "It is indeed a rare elite soldier, an ordinary army, in the dark night to give such a flying stone blow, it would have collapsed a long time ago, and they can still spread out the formation, continue to advance, with the minimum casualties to ensure the existence of the team, worthy of well-trained Beifu soldiers." Today is an insight. ”

Speaking of this, Liang Cheng suddenly laughed: "Everyone, such a strong enemy is worthy of fighting with the sharp soldiers of our Qin army." If they were all wiped out here, there would be no big war in the future. We are waiting for the king's fortune, so naturally we have to share the worries of the king, which is our honor and responsibility. Judging from the enemy's dispatch of the elite of Beifu, their army must be behind, and we must firmly resist it and force its main force to dispatch. ”

Wang Xian said with a smile: "General Liang, the enemy army is not afraid of flying stones, should we increase the intensity of the attack of arrows?" Wipe them out in large numbers in the rivers and beachheads, and the corpses will block the progress. ”

Liang Cheng groaned slightly, and shook his head: "No, no, these are just their vanguard test troops, not the main force, the intelligence of the king of heaven is correct, they are trying to see if they can fight, if they have the opportunity, they will pounce, then in the dense forest opposite, there must be tens of thousands of troops, hmph, you can't let them run, give an order, three thousand people will be charged, give me a formation to block them, entangle them, focus on hitting the troops in front of me, use crossbowmen to launch in three sections, I don't believe it, Xie Xuan can bear it!" ”

Wang Xian's face changed: "General Liang? Are you trying to let the enemy cross the river? It's too big. These are elites, if they are allowed to rush across the stream and assault us, I am afraid that 3,000 people may not be able to stop it. ”

Liang Cheng laughed: "Wang Tingshi, you are too worried." If the enemy continues to increase its troops, we will increase the intensity of long-range attacks, and as for these more than 1,000 people, although they are well-trained and well-equipped, how can they break through the front line of our army with only this little force? This time I sent crossbowmen, no matter how strong the shield is, it can't stop the close-range shooting of the strong crossbow, my strong crossbowmen, but even the stone battlements at the head of Xiangyang City can shoot through, and the Beifu soldiers are not heavenly soldiers, only these three thousand crossbowmen, they will be able to teach him to come and go! ”

Speaking of this, Liang Cheng smiled at Wang Yong: "General Wang, it's up to you this time." ”

Wang Yong jumped off the arrow tower at once, and landed steadily on a armored war horse that had been prepared a long time ago, and the guard on the side handed a long-roded mace, he waved it heavily in the air, and said sharply: "Shenji Battalion, come with me!" ”