The scorching sun was overhead, the sky was clear, and there was a war at the foot of the mountain, Zhao Hongru stood a few hundred steps away, his eyes blazing, and he could see clearly and clearly. （ .）

Even the bladed warriors and ironclad cavalry, shooting a rain of arrows, stabbing the coalition army, and the blood-stained wounds can be seen in detail.

Staring at the endless flow of coalition cavalry rushing up the hillside, one by one was like a rainbow, not afraid of life and death, and seemed to be determined to forcibly break through the second line of defense.

Zhao Hongru's face was firm, Gu Jing was not wavering, but his thumb was constantly scratching the scabbard, and the very small movements proved that he was also uneasy in his heart, ready to charge at any time.

Many, when more and more coalition troops came, Zhao Hongru pursed his dry lips and said to the deputy general beside him: "Xu Hu, quickly lead 40,000 ironclad infantry down the mountain, replace Lin Hu and Lin Shi, and let them transfer alternately, replenish food on the mountain, and restore their strength." ”

This battle began intermittently at night yesterday, and the two sides officially started the war at midnight, and Xu Hu began to guard the front line, and since Lin Hu personally appeared in the first line of defense, Xu Hu was summoned to the mountain to standby.

At this moment, Lin Shi and Lin Hu led more than 40,000 troops, who had been holding on for six hours since last night, successfully blocking the advance of the coalition forces and inflicting a heavy blow on the other side.

Although the first line of defense changed hands, the holding time was beyond Zhao Hongru's expectations.

Today, more than 40,000 Yan troops have not slept and have not advanced a drop of water, and if they continue to fight fiercely, they will inevitably be overworked, their physical strength will be exhausted, and their lethal effect will be greatly weakened.

Moreover, the Yan army set up four lines of defense in Yunxia Mountain, which was itself a wheel war, constantly attracting coalition troops, constantly insisting on fighting, and striving to annihilate more coalition forces under limited conditions.

"Yes!" Xu Hu received the order, turned to the ironclad cavalry preparing for battle beside him, and said, "Brothers, go down the mountain with General Ben!"

As the words fell, tens of thousands of ironclad cavalrymen who were preparing for battle, wearing armor, carrying swords on their backs, and holding crossbows, jumped over the built stone defenses, like a torrent, shouted, and rushed down the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, Borchi noticed that the Yan army was coming down the mountain, and his eyes were staring, hoping that the Yan army was trying to send cavalry into the grassland when it could not hold on.

This battle was so tragic that even if he fought in the north and south, he had never experienced such a tragic war.

At first, he felt that it might cost a lot to break through the Yan army's defense line and capture Yunxia Mountain, but it would definitely not be too difficult.

However, I guessed the beginning, but not the end.

The Yan army was despicable and ruthless, trying to do everything in Yunxia Mountain, and the first line of defense was full of horse traps, chain crossbows, thistles and other cavalry nemesis, and cooperated with the lurking Yan army, and the coalition army suffered heavy casualties.

Unexpectedly, the second line of defense was more insidious, building a stone defense, but still did not show up, relying on the steep mountains, the cavalry moved slowly and kept shooting.

If it weren't for the lack of a way, he wouldn't risk the life of the tribal alliance, and at this moment, his own troops would have been wiped out.

However, Zhuolig led the troop vehicles into the battle, and the coalition forces gradually changed the unfavorable situation and quickly approached the second line of defense.

At this time, a large number of Yan troops descended the mountain, and he hoped that the Yan army would give up the idea of sticking to Yunxia Mountain, and the two armies would have a fierce battle in the grassland.

Zhuo Lige, who had just arrived and attacked from the west, had similar thoughts to Bolchi, but unfortunately, the Yan army's actions disappointed the two.

At a distance of more than 200 paces, Xu Hu led 40,000 ironclad infantry to quickly reach the second line of defense, and the infantry quickly threw themselves into battle.

Xu Hu found Lin Hu's traces in the ditch, passed Zhao Hongru's order to the other party, and said: "General Lin Hu, General Zhao has an order, and orders the generals to quickly lead the soldiers under their respective accounts and retreat to the mountains to replenish their strength. ”

Since the battle last night, Lin Hu didn't know how many tribal coalition troops he had shot, his eyes had already become blood-red, his lips were chapped and pale, and his stomach was hungry and thirsty.

However, not long ago, the reinforcements of the coalition army had just arrived, and the two sides were in a stalemate, and he suddenly led his troops away, which was bound to make Xu Hu's situation very difficult.

Therefore, he did not evacuate quickly, and used the ironclad cavalry brought by Xu Hu to shoot a large number of coalition troops and blow the opponent's arrogance.

Xiang Xu Hu asked, "We evacuate, can you hold on?" ”

"General Lin rest assured, he will definitely be able to hold it!" Xu Hu said loudly.

Lin Hu patted Xu Hu on the shoulder and said, "Brother, thank you, hold on, we will come later." ”

After finishing speaking, he quickly sent someone to inform Lin Shi, and under the defense of the ironclad infantry led by Xu Hu and the construction of the base stone, he quickly went to the top of the mountain.

Witnessing the move of the Yan army, Bor scolded angrily, the other party did not rush down the mountain, and cooperated to repel the coalition forces, and chose to evacuate without worry.

Bolchi couldn't guess why, during the fierce battle, the Yan army suddenly changed troops and moved to the mountains, but he knew that his plan had failed again.

On the top of the mountain, Hou Mingfeng was not idle, and when he fought fiercely at the bottom of the mountain, he led 20,000 blade soldiers and did a lot of things on the top of the mountain.

At this moment, the situation at the foot of the mountain was closely watched, the coalition reinforcements arrived, and more coalition troops were attracted to Yunxia Mountain, and the battle was developing towards the expected plan, but the battle was becoming more and more difficult.

Previously, the coalition 100,000 cavalry only held for one night, and then, the coalition reinforcements arrived, and it was difficult to predict how long the second line of defense would be able to hold out.

In the past, he was accustomed to taking the initiative to attack, and in this battle, blindly sticking to it, the advantage of the Yan army would become less and less, and he was ready to attack the coalition army again, repelling the coalition army attacking the mountain, and if possible, it was not impossible to recapture the first line of defense under the mountain.

Looking at Lin Hu, Lin Shi led the blade soldiers and ironclad infantry to climb the mountain, and Hou Mingfeng ordered 20,000 blade soldiers to stand by in the mountain, pay attention to the battle under the mountain, and be ready to counterattack at any time.

Lin Hu and Lin Shi went up the mountain, and Hou Mingfeng said: "Hurry up and eat to replenish your strength, while Xu Hu leads the troops to hold on, you quickly rest for half a day, and at night, you will take over Xu Hu to participate in the war again." ”

During the war, there was little hot food, but in order to reward the Yan army who were fighting fiercely on the front line, Hou Mingfeng still sent people to slaughter dozens of captured war horses, boil them into broth, and entertain everyone.

"General, what does it smell like? Why is it so fishy? Rubbing his tired eyes, Lin Hu looked around, and after not retracting it, he asked Hou Mingfeng.

"The smell of wolf dung!" Without waiting for Hou Mingfeng to answer, someone sniffed out.

"Wolf dung, what are you going to do, General?" Lin Hu asked curiously.

Hou Mingfeng smiled and said nothing, just urging him to hurry up with everyone to eat, replenish his strength, and fight again at night.

"General, after everyone replenishes their strength, they don't need to rest, and they can fight again!" Lin Hu said, the war crisis under the mountain is in crisis, and he can't sleep.

Unexpectedly, Hou Mingfeng said lightly: "We must rest, there is a hard battle tonight, the second line of defense, whether we can hold on, whether we can attract more coalition troops to attack the mountain, it all depends on how long we can hold out tonight." ”

"What is the General going to do?" Lin Shi held the flatbread in his hand, took a bite, and asked while chewing, especially wondering what Hou Mingfeng's plans were.

"Counterattack!" Hou Mingfeng cut through the ironclad way.

Lin Shi, Lin Hu didn't continue to ask, his eyes swept down the mountain, and he was shot by the ironclad infantry to kill the coalition army, and his heart was secretly entangled.

Counterattack, crushing the charging team under the mountain, it is no problem, but it is impossible for the whole army to escape, the other party is stalking, and the Yan army will eventually be broken.

However, since Hou Mingfeng said that he wanted to counterattack, no matter how many coalition troops there were and how difficult the war was, he would choose to counterattack, and everyone believed him.

At the foot of the mountain, the Yan army and the coalition army shot a rain of arrows, coming and going in the air, like locusts meeting on two narrow roads, tearing each other, colliding, and mixing together.

The Yan army had the cover of the fortifications, attacking and shooting through the eyeholes reserved in advance, while the coalition army had no defense, and could only suppress through numerical superiority, so as to press forward step by step.

The result is self-evident, even if Zhuo Lige led 150,000 coalition troops to assist, opened the defense of the Yan army, and attacked the Yan army in an orderly manner, it still temporarily suppressed the other party.

At the foot of the mountain, wave after wave of coalition cavalry fell, wave after wave rushed up, with Zhuolig and Borchi personally supervising the battle, no one dared to retreat.

The coalition army fought very badly, and the Yan army defended very hard, but both sides held their breath in their hearts, and neither had the intention of retreating.

The battle lasted from noon to dusk, with the coalition forces paying a heavy number of casualties, and finally cavalry approached the second line of defense.

Xu Hu, as the main general of the front line, hurriedly led the army to plug the gap, he knew very well the current battle situation, a small number of coalition troops rushed up, and the ironclad infantry helped each other, and they could still hold on.

If more coalition forces want to rush up, 40,000 ironclad infantry will lose their advantage in the face of more than 100,000 coalition troops.

Therefore, when actively forming a defense, the command was begun to go down, and the army was ready to push to the middle of the defense, and quickly and thoroughly went to the mountain, and everyone was in the third line of defense, and gradually united the army with all its might.

This is currently the only measure that can reduce the casualties of ironclad infantry.

However, at this time, Zhao Hongru, who was guarding the third line of defense, personally led 30,000 ironclad infantry down the mountain to help block the attacking coalition forces.

As one of the coaches, Zhao Hongru has no idea of giving up the second line of defense for the time being.

He hoped that the second line of defense would be able to hold out until midnight, otherwise, if the second line of defense was lost, the coalition forces would approach the third line of defense, and the situation would become very difficult, and the Yan army would be completely in a passive position.

It is difficult to predict when the main army will appear, and the sooner the defense line is abandoned, the fewer and fewer hole cards will be in the hands of the Yan army on the mountain, and it will eventually fall into a passive position.

Therefore, Zhao Hongru hoped to drag on quickly, relying on his geographical advantage to block the charge of the coalition forces until the last resort, and then choose to evacuate.

With 30,000 ironclad infantry in the battle, the gap in the second line of defense was quickly blocked, and the coalition forces close to the line were also quickly shot, and the situation was effectively linked.

Xu Hu glanced at the general who wanted to command the ironclad infantry to fight, instantly understood Zhao Hongru's intentions, gritted his teeth, and continued to order the whole army to hold on.

When night fell, it was dark on the hillside, except for the humming sound of the rain of arrows on both sides, and the screams of the soldiers and horses under the mountain, it was unusually quiet.

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