Chapter 288: Veterans Don't Die

Ye Hua commanded an army of 35,000, in addition to the hussar guards, that is, the elite of the new army and the forbidden army, and the generals under his command gathered the essence of the Great Zhou, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Jing on the opposite side, unified the army of 60,000, in addition to the leather room army and the Tielin army, there are also elite soldiers of the five courts, although the two sides still have spare strength, the scale of the war will be increased several times, but the actual significance is not so great, this battle is enough as a battle between the strength and weakness of the two empires.

Just like the Battle of Guandu was to Yuan Cao, the strategic significance is self-evident.

Ye Hua used to look forward to the lupine scarf, and when he talked and laughed, he was dashing...... However, since Guo Wei's conquest of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Ye Hua has learned how to be a good commander.

Just like Guo Wei, without saying a word, sitting firmly in the Chinese army, as long as the people's hearts are calm, it is enough.

The battlefield is chaotic enough, and giving random orders will only confuse the soldiers.

As long as the situation does not exceed the estimate, let the soldiers below work on their own.

Ye Hua believed in these highly trained and high-morale young men...... This battle will be won!

The Zhou soldiers began to set up their formations, and not surprisingly, they adopted a wide frontal phalanx, with Mo Dao hands as the first, supplemented by jumping soldiers and surprise soldiers. The two wings are iron cavalry pressing formations.

Behind the first row of centaurs were a large number of bed crossbows and trebuchets as long-range strike weapons, as well as crossbowmen and archers, waiting to kill the enemy in the gaps in the ranks.

Mainly infantry, the use of a wide front, can maximize the suppression of the advantage of the Khitan iron cavalry.

Moreover, the combat power of the elite cavalry of the Great Zhou is not weak, and it can protect the two wings, and if the Khitan wants to sneak attack, he must be careful to kick the iron plate. Ye Hua watched the movements of the soldiers.

Basically meets his requirements, even if Ye Hua personally arranges it, it won't be better, let's see how the Khitan people make a move!

Yelu Jing didn't let Ye Hua wait too long, and his dragon banner appeared.

Beneath a huge banner is an exaggerated frame, pulled by hundreds of horses together, as if it were a moving palace, and Yelu Jing sits on a golden dragon chair.

Looking down at his own people, he also looked down at the battle formation of Zhou Bing.

Only such a height can satisfy the prestige of the Khitan Emperor.

"Jereh Haith, you failed miserably before, frustrated your spirit, I want you to make meritorious contributions! Rush up to me and capture Ye Hua alive! “

Jeremith knelt down on one knee: "My emperor is merciful, and the minister will definitely live up to his mission!" ”

Jerehais beckoned his men and rushed towards the Zhou soldiers.

The battle is on!

The war drums on both sides rumbled, shouting to kill and shake the sky.

The Khitan iron horses trampled and rolled up the dust, they were like a rolling earth dragon, and the speed was getting faster and faster!

The soldier in charge of lookout and observation watched nervously, constantly moving the distance from the people behind the highway, and on such a large battlefield, communication basically relying on roaring would not work.

Therefore, a master invented a whole set of flag language very early, and when Ye Hua was training hussar guards, he rearranged the flag language, requiring concise and standardized requirements to form a unified model.

No, the soldiers on the lookout put down the orange flag and raised the red flag, this is the signal to shoot!

"Put!"

Almost simultaneously, the soldier dropped his hammer head and released the bed crossbow. They did not have time to appreciate the results, and immediately after the first round was released, they turned the winch and loaded the second arrow.

Because the speed of the Khitan iron cavalry is too fast, the second arrow will be changed to a gunpowder jar, in order to pursue killing, scattered iron pieces, iron pellets, old nails, and even some white scales will be added to the jar, which is very powerful.

It's a pity that the canister has a lot of resistance, and it can only shoot at most 500 paces away.

But that's enough.

The first round of crossbow arrows had already caused great damage among the Khitans.

The three-foot-long arrow, wrapped in supreme power, fell from the sky and landed on people, easily penetrating the body, cutting off arms, and it was not one or two, and the killing effect was a string of bloody alleys.

Usually several soldiers, with broken arms, white bones, shot through the belly, and their internal organs were taken out.

The wounded man wailed in pain and let out ghostly screams, and was soon trampled underneath by his own people and turned into fertilizer.

The second round of shootings that followed, looked even more hot.

The gunpowder exploded, the canisters of oil burst through the crowd, the ghosts cried wolf, but they could not extinguish the flames, the lucky ones threw away their armor and escaped, and the unfortunate ones were burned to death.

Others were even worse, pierced through a sieve by flying iron pieces and nails.

Two rounds of attacks made at least a third of the Khitan team loose, in other words, a third of the people fell on the way to the charge, in this era, there is basically no difference between being injured and dying, and even more miserable.

Fortunately, the Khitans survived the period of passive beating, and they are getting closer and closer to the Zhou soldiers.

At this time, the crossbowmen on Da Zhou's side got up, and they used the strength of their bodies to stretch the crossbow arrows apart, and then aimed at the Khitans, and shot out without much aim.

The Khitans began to fall again, and there were many of them who shot eagles, and these people also fought back with bows, and the Zhou soldiers also began to suffer casualties.

Whenever a soldier fell, the people behind him would immediately replenish him, and then a man would carry a stretcher and send the soldier to the back.

If you are injured, someone will treat you, and even if you die, someone will be cremated and put in a jar, and a soldier's name tag will be hung on it.

Let no soldier be nameless.

This is Ye Hua's promise to everyone, although it may not be possible, but Ye Hua is serious.

As a martial artist, Ye Hua feels that he has the obligation to tell the world who is the real hero, Donghuamen is not even a fart!

Only the warriors who really throw their heads and spill their blood are the backbone of the country.

Just ask those poor sour mouth cannon literati, in the face of the attack of the iron horse, can you straighten your waist?

And voila!

The martial artists you look down on, they clenched their Mo knives, their upper bodies leaned forward slightly, the Khitan cavalry kept getting bigger in their eyes, and the Khitans raised their scimitars.

Electrifying and flint, the soldiers used force at their waists, and the Mo knife was cut from the bottom to the top, cutting through a graceful arc, and the bright blade reflected the dazzling brilliance. The horses, the knights, all split in half, and the stench of blood rushed to their faces.

The power of the Mo knife is terrifying!

Of course, there were also some Mo knife hands who made mistakes and were knocked away by the Khitan iron horse, and the Khitan people rushed forward from the gap The Mo knife hand in the second row rushed up without hesitation, swinging the knife and slashing.

There were three rows of them, and all of them were strong young men.

Mo Knife Hands are a group of Grim Reapers, who can destroy the most terrible cavalry, of course, they themselves will die at any time, the battlefield is so fair, everyone is a life, and there is no resurrection if they die.

Yelu Haith was defeated by Yang Ye and lost face, and this time he held back his strength to take revenge. Dead and wounded didn't care about it at all, and he sent all the elites of his men to it.

A steady stream of cavalry replenished, and the front of the battle formation was like a huge grinding plate, and both sides were constantly throwing life into it, and no one knew what was grinding back.

Mo Dao, who was caught in a bitter battle, was exhausted and jumped forward.

The opportunity to wait has finally arrived.

Xu Jie was the first to rush forward, he was the son of Orion, before the age of fifteen, he had never worn shoes, he had a pair of iron feet that ran through the mountains.

Because he often climbs trees, his legs are as thick as frogs, and in normal training, he climbs trees faster than anyone else, and he is literally a monkey incarnate.

Xu Jie gritted his teeth and jumped on the head of the Khitan cavalry, the other party suddenly found that there was an extra person in front of him, his face changed wildly in fright, and he hurriedly used a scimitar to cut it, but Xu Jie's knife had already pierced into his abdomen.

Xu Jie stirred twice vigorously, and then raised his foot and kicked the other party off the horse.

He grabbed the first war horse, but he didn't know that he was distressed, but poked at the horse's buttocks, and the painful war horse ran to the side, hitting two war horses in a row, and his front legs were not supported, and he knelt on the ground.

Xu Jie rolled off his horse, and without any injuries, he flew up and killed the two Khitan knights.

Killing three people in a blink of an eye, Xu Jie was extremely excited.

At this moment, suddenly an arrow came, Xu Jie didn't have time to dodge, suddenly, someone pushed him hard, Xu Jie withdrew two steps, dodged the arrow, but the other party was shot in the back and fell to the ground.

Xu Jie recognized it, it was the Ten Generals, his own commander!

He gave his life to save himself!

Xu Jie was almost stupid and stayed there without moving.

"Useless waste, go kill the enemy!"

The sound of the ten generals scolding came, and Xu Jie finally grinned, it turned out that the ten generals were not dead!

He burst into tears and laughed, and hurriedly turned his head to find the guy who shot the dark arrow.

At this time, a Khitan general rushed over, he was skilled in martial arts, and slashed at Xu Jie twice in a row, Xu Jie barely parried, but he had already been stabbed in the arm, and blood splattered.

Xu Jie was ruthless, picked up a broken spear, and stabbed it into the head of the opponent's war horse, the horse's hooves were raised suddenly, Xu Jie was caught off guard, was kicked in the chest, and fell out a long way.

The Khitan knight jumped off his horse in anger and headed straight for Xu Jie.

He was going to kill this boy and avenge his mount.

Xu Jie vomited blood, his eyes were black, he almost fainted, he couldn't live, but it was enough to kill three people. Just as he was waiting to die, a familiar voice suddenly came again.

The ten generals stood up, he gritted his teeth, hugged the Khitan's legs from behind, and used all his strength.

"Die!"

The Khitans were overturned, and by coincidence, they happened to fall on Xu Jie's side.

Xu Jie escaped death, he subconsciously grabbed the knife, used his last strength to slash at the neck, and instantly cut off the blood vessels, blood splashed more than a foot high, and the Khitans were killed immediately.

Xu Jie smiled, he stretched out his thumb and compared to the ten generals.

In the past, when training, the ten generals were not smiling, and the requirements were the strictest, and only when he won the award and showed his face, he would give a thumbs up to express his mood.

Xu Jie didn't have the strength to speak, he could only use gestures that two people could understand to show his thoughts. It doesn't matter how many beatings we take during training, it doesn't matter what happens at this moment, we are brothers entrusted with life and death!

The Ten Generals also grinned, and suddenly, his smile froze, Xu Jie's eyes widened, and a spear penetrated through the back of the Ten Generals, and his body fell limp......