Chapter 654: The Battle of Xiaqing Mountain (2)
"Woo woo woo . Woo woo. ”
Under the dark night sky, like the low roar of a pack of wild wolves, the terrifying sound of horns sounded from the puppet Qi rebels who were ready to attack. In an instant, the sound of the horn was like a long number of tentacles, and it quickly climbed up the lower mountain, like some wounded beast was letting out a miserable wail, hovering under the night sky, making people shudder and tremble after hearing it.
The moonlight tonight is not bad, perhaps because of the mountains, even if there are only a few torches, but the pseudo-Qi rebels who are marching towards the mountains can still advance slowly with the bright moonlight.
For tonight's all-out attack, Huang Chao can also be said to have made a lot of money, the supplies snatched from the ** logistics team a few days ago have been consumed more than half of them at one time in the dinner not long ago, but it has also been exchanged for some unexpected gains for Huang Chao, or because of the recent defeat of the Li family's army, the morale of the puppet Qi rebels has risen by leaps and bounds, to the point that Huang Chao dare not imagine.
The puppet Qi rebels who participated in the attack were not too many, only about 15,000 people, and they were divided into five waves, and Huang Chao also temporarily appointed the Zhang brothers as deputy marshals, and among the five waves of soldiers, Huang Chao and the Zhang brothers appointed generals, Lang generals, captains, school captains and a series of officers who have performed well in recent days.
Of course, now the exiled Huang Chao is even more stingy with the reward, before leaving, Huang Chao personally summoned hundreds of high and low generals to do the pre-war general mobilization, and personally promised a series of high-ranking officials and lords after the war, and there is endless glory and wealth in the future.
Driven by all the factors, the first 3,000-man army led by the vanguard marched towards the top of Xiaqing Mountain, and after the baggage snatched from the Li Jiajun, Huang Chao also equipped this mixed corps with light and heavy infantry, of course, Huang Chao did not explain to them, in fact, they were only used as cannon fodder, mainly to destroy and fill in the fortifications of the Li Jiajun, in order to pave the way for the all-out attack of the rear army.
The defense line on the top of the mountain is also the tightest of Li Jiajun's on Xiaqing Mountain, after all, there has been no war before, and there is a relatively free time during the period, so the fortifications here are relatively complete, of course, Li Jiajun lacks heavy supplies after all, and it is only compared with the original foot of the mountain and the mountainside.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!... ”
About three hundred meters away from the defense line of the Li family's army, the first vanguard army of the puppet Qi suddenly began to shout in unison with the sound of footsteps, this is the method that the leading general of this wave of people came up with, wanting to suppress the Li family's army from the momentum before starting the battle, and then start an attack.
In the dead of night, thousands of Li Jiajun's people were arranged in the area of the defense line, staring at the few torches in the distance that were slowly moving, one by one they were concentrating and holding their breath, even if they didn't eat too much for dinner, but they knew that they had no way to retreat, if they didn't try their best to resist, what was waiting for them was not only death, but also very likely to become the food in the belly of the group of beasts in front of them.
"First team! Raise your shield and move forward, pick up the pace! ”
As they moved forward, the heavy infantry in the front row of the puppet Qi rebels had already crossed a distance of two hundred meters, and the leading general, shrouded in several pine oil torches, took a deep breath and gave an order in a deep voice.
"Whoa."
The first team in the mouth of the pseudo-Qi general was five hundred heavy infantry with Qi brushes, because they were covered with two layers of battle armor, and each of them held a huge shield more than one meter high in their hands, the tip of which was slightly tilted back, covering the entire upper body of the person. What's more, they may have become a weakness in their lower bodies, but they also put on two pairs of leg pads and knee pads, and the only small thigh in the lower body that is weak in defense is not everyone can shoot at the defensive angle formed by the giant shield and knee pads, not to mention that it is still late at night.
Behind the defense line of the Li family's army, it was Li Xiaofeng who personally supervised the formation with his two henchmen, and under the protection of his own soldiers, Li Xiaofeng climbed a simple wooden tower more than a foot high, staring at the five hundred shield soldiers of pseudo-Qi in front of him, but his mind was constantly estimating the distance between the two sides, and when to counterattack to achieve the most effective killing.
"General, it's one hundred and fifty meters, let's get ready to shoot back!" Lian Yong, who was also following Li Xiaofeng's side, looked at the pseudo-Qi shield soldiers who were getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but feel anxious, but seeing that Li Xiaofeng didn't have any intention of giving an order at all, he couldn't help but open his mouth to remind and urge.
"Don't worry, release the arrows now, it's a complete waste of our army's arrows!" Li Xiaofeng shook his head unhurriedly, in a trance, he seemed to feel that the current situation was somewhat similar to some of his own memories, he even vaguely thought that it should be Lin Feng who stood in his position, and Lian Yong's urging just now seemed to be his own words.
Thinking of this, Li Xiaofeng's body shook violently, and he couldn't help but think of what Lian Yong said to himself some time ago, the night he camped at the foot of the mountain, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, maybe he was indeed too dependent on Lin Feng and the Feng family's army.
Thinking about it, Li Xiaofeng's thoughts actually left the scene in front of him, until the pseudo-Qi shield soldiers were already less than fifty meters away from the Li family's defense line, Lian Yong couldn't help but urge urgently: "General! It's almost time for the battle! Fight back! It's too late! ”
"Huh?" Suddenly, Li Xiaofeng's thoughts suddenly returned to his eyes, his eyes flashed, and he stared at the only weakness exposed by the shield soldiers, and shouted in a deep voice: "Spearmen prepare!" Archers, under enemy shields! Put!! ”
There was no need to let the three hundred archers prepare at all, each of them knew very well how important their role was in this battle, as early as when the shield soldiers of the pseudo-Qi broke through the distance of 100 meters, they pulled the horn bows in their hands one by one, and the bowstring made a 'creaking' sound.
With Li Xiaofeng's order, the three hundred archers were divided into two rows, and the soldiers in the front row suddenly moved the horn bow in their hands down with Li Xiaofeng's reminder, and the arrow with cold light pointed directly at the thigh of the shield soldier in front, and released the bowstring without hesitation.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
At close range, the giant shield in the shield soldier's hand and the leg guards and knee pads on the lower body reflected the shining light, and the thigh, which was the only weak point, although dull, became a very obvious target. With the sound of the bowstring, the eagle feather arrows at close range only sounded a brief whistling sound, and then they shot at the target one after another.
Immediately after, the archers in the first row quickly crouched down, pulled arrows from the ground in front of them, and placed them on their bow arms, waiting for their companions behind them to fire their arrows.
"Boom, boom!"
In fact, the interval between the two rows of archers was only a snap of a finger, and after two rounds of bows and arrows were fired, a group of shield soldiers in front of them let out a burst of miserable howls, mixed with some arrows that missed the edge of the giant shield.
In just one volley, dozens of pseudo-Qi shield soldiers fell to the ground, and the giant shield in their hands was also thrown aside, holding their thighs pierced by arrows with both hands, rolling back and forth with a terrible wailing sound, causing torture to every nerve in the body of their companions behind them.