In this case, Niu Jinda also knew that they could only stand still, waiting for the enemy to attack, once they rushed to attack, the infantry battle formation on the march would inevitably show flaws, once the other party seized the opportunity to break the formation, the cavalry rushed into the formation, and their infantry lost the battle formation cooperation, and they would become lambs.

When Niu Jinda observed the Turks, Carter Bear was also looking at the military formation opposite, looking at the five guns standing solemnly in the front two and three back, the tips of the spears shining with cold light slanted upward, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: "No wonder my Great Turkic Khanate lost to the Sui people ten years ago, with the power of our clan's iron cavalry, it is difficult to say that it will win in the face of the Great Sui with the skill of breaking the cavalry with steps." ”

A Turkic leader behind him laughed and said, "Commander, as long as we can rush in, cut through their formation, cause confusion among them, and prevent them from forming a neat battle formation, then they will be no different from pigs and sheep." ”

Carter Bear shook his head and said: "If we want to do this, we also have to pay a great price, the Great Sui has a vast territory, a large population, and sufficient soldiers, they only need about a year for an infantry to become a qualified soldier, and our elite knights can only grow up after ten or twenty years, and we can't afford to fight." ”

The leader sneered, "Commander, are we going to confront them like this?" ”

Carter Bear remembered the overall plan that Xue Qiluo had told him about the Great Chief when he divided his troops, and couldn't help but smile: "Fight, of course you have to fight, otherwise how can you hold them back?" We do not seek victory, but we seek to drag them here, and the longer we drag them on, the more advantageous it will be on the side of the little chief. ”

The leader behind him said dissatisfiedly: "Commander Qian, we are gnawing bones here, but the others are only facing more than a thousand people in Shifeng Village, and they are not ready to be captured." ”

Carter Bear knew that this leader was the person of the second son of the big chief, Xue Kabu, and knew the other party's careful thoughts, so he couldn't help but raise his hand is a whip, and scolded: "Bastard, the little chief's strategy is very good, so that we can capture Shifeng Village at a small price, there is a lot of ordnance, grain and grass in Shifeng Village, which is a great supplement to us, and we occupy Shifeng Village, no matter how many Sui army reinforcements come, we can attack and retreat." Put away your thoughts! ”

The leader who was whipped endured the pain, lowered his head and said, "Yes, Master Qianfu, I was wrong." ”

Carter Bear snorted coldly, ignored him, raised the scimitar in his hand high, and more than a thousand elites behind him shouted and prepared to charge.

"Shabi! You lead your 300 men in the first tentative attack, remembering that our mission is to stall for time, so we need to minimize our casualties, but also show them that we are determined to fight to the death. ”

"Yes, Master Qianfu." Shabi, who had been whipped, had an evil fire in his stomach, and he wanted to burn this fire on those Sui people on the other side.

Yo drink! With a strange scream, Shabi rode out, and behind him, three hundred cavalry roared out.

Knock knock! Seeing the Turks attacking the side, under the command of the head of the Hu Dafei regiment, the Sui army sounded a rhythmic drum, with the sound of the drums, the soldiers in the first row of the two phalanxes in front stretched out their spears, the tips of the guns pointed upwards, and the tail of the guns was deeply rooted in the soil behind them, and the soldiers in the second row stretched out their feet to press the tail of the guns, and the guns themselves poked out, as did the back rows. The seven-and-a-half-foot-long spears all stretched out, and the two phalanxes at this time suddenly turned into two hedgehogs.

After the three hundred cavalry led by Shabi jumped out of their own formation, they quickly dispersed, they knew that the Sui army had a strong crossbow carried with the army, if the formation was too dense, it would become a live target, but as long as the formation was dispersed, this kind of crossbow was not easy to aim, and the hit rate was not high, which could effectively avoid casualties.

There was a sharp whistling sound in the air, and sure enough, it was this powerful crossbow. But obviously, Niu Jinda did not carry much of this kind of strong crossbow in the army, and listening to the whistling in the air, Shabi was relieved that there were only more than fifty strong crossbows, and he was not a threat to himself.

The Turkic cavalry nimbly maneuvered their horses and avoided the crossbows. Bow and go straight to the enemy's line. When they were still a hundred paces away, three hundred Turkic cavalry drew their bows and shot arrows, and three hundred arrows were fired at the opponent's dense military formation with a whistling voice. In terms of archery, the Sui army naturally cannot be compared with these elites of the Xue Yantuo Department who grew up immediately and shot bows and arrows since childhood, not to mention that the Sui army's formation is dense, and there is no need to aim at all, in one breath, ordinary soldiers have shot two arrows, and those with superb skills have even shot three to five.

But the soldiers of the Sui army were unmoved, seeing the rain of arrows in the sky, they just bowed their heads to protect the front door, the formation did not loosen in the slightest, there was a clanging sound, countless arrows poured down, shooting on everyone's iron helmets, some slipped away, some hung on the soldiers, only a very few unfortunate guys were shot by arrows at the seams of the iron armor, and were slightly injured. This is the advantage of the Sui army - the advantage of weapons and armor.

In the first round of confrontation, the two sides shot in vain, the defenders of Shifengzhai had few strong crossbows and a low hit rate, while Xue Yantuo's cavalry shot arrows quite accurately, but they were helpless against the Sui army covered in armor. Some of the soldiers of the Selective Battalion were covered with arrows, like a hedgehog, but they could continue to fight.

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At the same time, under Shifeng Village, there was a calm, whether it was above or below the city, they all fell into a strange quiet, Xue Qiluo seemed to have no intention of attacking the city, but Chen Bing was outside, while Ren Junshuo and Tian Ming, who stayed in the military village, felt that they were living like a year, their hearts were beating, and they always felt that something big was about to happen. After the oxen entered and left, they did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and even moved to live on the city tower.

But the situation is obviously not right in front of us, when will the Captain be able to return? The two had asked this question countless times over the course of a day.

Through the twilight, the two looked at the bright lights in Xue Qiluo's camp in the distance, and Tian Ming suddenly asked, "Lord Ren, do you think Xue Qiluo will attack the city?" ”

Ren Junshuo's face changed slightly, but then he smiled again: "Lord Tian, you are too worried, Xue Qiluo now has only more than 1,000 people in the camp, how to attack the city?" His little men, if he attacked the city, it would be like looking for death. ”

Tian Ming's expression did not relax, if Niu Jinda did not leave, and defended the city with 3,000 people, then Shifeng Village would be as stable as Mount Tai, but at the moment there were only 1,000 people in Shifeng Village...... If Xue Qiluo has any more reinforcements......

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In Xue Qiluo's camp, although it was late at night, Xue Qiluo was still in excellent spirits, sitting in the camp tent, looking at several messengers, and asking, "How is the situation, can you arrive on time before noon tomorrow?" ”

Several messengers nodded and said: "Don't worry, the little chieftain personally ordered, and the big tent soldiers have been transferred over another three thousand, and at the same time, five tribal cavalry have been recruited, carrying some improvised siege equipment, and they will definitely arrive before noon tomorrow." ”