Xian Yufu visually measured the distance between the two sides, and then made a gesture to the Ling Qimen beside him.

Now the roar on the battlefield is so loud that not to mention face-to-face speech, even the sound of war drums is drowned out by the galloping hooves of war horses.

Wen Chou has been keeping a close eye on the Chinese military order flag in the rear. Their vision was obstructed by the tall giant shield, and the soldiers knew nothing of the enemy's movements except that they could feel the shaking of the ground and the loud roar that filled their ears. The dynamics of the battlefield are completely speculated on by the changes in the command flag of the Chinese army. Wen Chou saw that the Chinese army's order flag had changed color, and immediately shouted at the flag soldiers beside him. A few bannermen struggled in the phalanx to wave the flags ready to shoot.

Inside the phalanx, two thousand archers raised their strong bows.

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The two sides are one hundred and fifty paces apart.

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Xian Yufu raised his arms and shouted: "Let go...... Put ......"

Behind the formation, thousands of flags swayed in the air.

Seven phalanxes, 14,000 archers, almost at the same time, opened their bows and fired arrows.

In an instant, arrows rained down, arrows flew like locusts, and the sky was dark.

The Qianghu cavalry galloped in. When they saw the arrows whizzing from the sky, they immediately leaned down to get their shields. The shield rises, and the arrow comes. With the dull sound of arrows entering the body, the war horses neighed miserably, the Qiang soldiers howled, and the men and animals were hit by arrows one after another, and countless horses' hooves that rose and fell suddenly trampled them into a blur of flesh and blood.

Long arrows flew in the air, obscuring the sun.

The cavalry of the Qiang people was galloping, and there were countless dead and wounded.

June Thunder raised his sword and shouted: "Rush...... Accelerate through ......"

No one heard what he was shouting, and in the face of the long arrows that roared in front of them, the Qiang soldiers felt fear and despair. The arrow array was so dense that it was like a storm, and there was nowhere to hide. More and more Qiang soldiers fell from their horses, more and more horses flew into the air, and the enemies within the range of the strong bow had no hope of survival, they could only wait helplessly for the arrival of death.

The Northwest Rain led the knights to rush out of the arrow array first, and they let out an angry roar, urging their horses rapidly, and quickly approached within eighty paces of the Han infantry phalanx.

Xian Yufu shouted: "Tell Lord Yu to tell their phalanx to prepare for the impact." ”

"Order all sides to form bow and crossbow battalions, and fire a dense salvo at close range."

In the phalanx, Wen Chou stretched out his hand and shook Zhang He, and said with a smile: "Goodbye if you don't die." ”

Zhang He nodded and said, "Take care." ”

"Let's go, let......'s go," the two men shouted back, each with a group of swords and axes, and rushed to the front row of blocking positions.

Liu He's expression was extremely nervous, his eyes widened, his hands tightly grasped the reins of the horse, he looked at the battlefield with all his body, and shouted frantically in his mouth: "Close, close, bump, bump, bump into ......"

"Boom...... Boom ......"

The soldiers of the wolf jumped up and flew towards the huge shield that opened its bloody mouth. The giant spears suddenly burst out, revealing their hideous and ugly faces, devouring the lives of each one without hesitation. Blood bursts out. Charge, impact, death. Countless Qiang soldiers rushed out of the arrow array, and with hatred, they gritted their teeth and slammed their horses into the phalanx of the Han army. The Qianghu cavalry was like a pack of hungry and red-eyed wolves, attacking and tearing around the huge prey. Behind them was a mess of flesh and blood, the remains of humans and animals.

The sound of killing shook the sky. The drums of war soared into the sky and shook the sky.

The giant shield shattered, and the three shield soldiers were knocked to death, one of them flew in the air and smashed heavily into Wen Chou's eyes, and the blood spurting from the mouth of the fallen soldier stained the war knife in Wen Chou's hand red. Wen Chou rushed out, facing the enemy's spear. The enemy's spear stabbed with the force of the horse's impact with a thunderbolt. Wen Chou turned around in an instant, and the sword was aimed at the neck of the galloping horse and chopped down. The war horse neighed in pain. Wen Chou's sword turned horizontally, and immediately cut off the enemy's thigh. The horse leaped to its feet and threw the knight off the horse. Wen Chou shouted, rose into the air, and slashed down the enemy's tumbling body in the air.

Wen Chou carried the bloody head of the enemy in one hand, raised the knife in the other, looked back and shouted: "Kill the enemy......"

The roar on the battlefield gradually subsided, the clouds of arrows in the sky gradually thinned, and the bloody battle became more ferocious and fierce.

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The kingdom received a cry for help from the June Thunder. At this time, his army had just withdrawn from the siege position.

"So, the cavalry of the Leopard did not appear on the battlefield?" Huang Yan pointed to the map and said slowly, "The leopards may want to use their infantry to entangle the June Thunder at the East Gate, and then induce us to divide our troops to support, and then he will raid us with cavalry." ”

Wang Kingdom patted the map on the ground, and said with a smile: "He is just such a few people, what tricks can he conjure?" I thought that Nie Xiao would take Huang Zhongqiang to the east gate to support the June thunder. 70,000 cavalry fighting tens of thousands of infantry, should be captured, there is no big problem. ”

Huang Yan shook his head and said, "You are always so careless, thinking that the cavalry of the Qiang people is invincible in the world. In the spring of the first year of Jianning, Duan Cheng Duan Jiming led 13,000 men and horses, and more than 30,000 people from the 17 tribes of Xianlingqiang fought in Fengyi Mountain. As a result, Duan Cheng led his troops to successfully defeat the Qiang people, beheaded more than 8,000 ranks, and obtained 280,000 cattle, horses and sheep. Huang Yan looked at the kingdom and said, "Although the leopard's Fengyun Iron Cavalry is only 10,000, he led his army to kill 180,000 Yellow Turban troops in Zhuo County last year, have you forgotten?" Therefore, the Qiang people are not so powerful, and the leopards are not so weak. I think we must be careful not to fall prey to the leopard's cavalry. ”

"Do you have any suggestions?" Wudu asked.

Huang Yan stroked his beard and said, "In my opinion, the marshal should immediately summon Han Sui and Nie Xiao's men and horses to come to the camp to rendezvous, and we will concentrate all our forces and rush to the battlefield at the east gate to force the leopard to fight a decisive battle." ”

"Lord Huang is worried that our forces are scattered and will be broken by the leopards?" Ma Teng asked.

"Yes." Huang Yan nodded and said, "The leopard's iron rider has a brilliant record. They win with less and win with odds every time, and we have to be careful. If the leopard dares to come this time, there must be some means of victory. ”

Wang Guozan said: "It's still Lord Huang who is cautious. The fact that the Fengyun Iron Cavalry did not appear on the battlefield at the East Gate shows that the leopard does have a backup move. He waved his hand to Wudu and said, "Yi'an, we will follow Lord Huang's method and urgently order Han Sui and Nie Xiao to lead their troops to the camp to meet. ”

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Several people in the kingdom were discussing the matter of support, and they saw Ma Yu running over in a panic.

"Dashuai, Nie Xiao has defected."

Everyone didn't react for a while, and everyone looked at him with wide eyes.

As soon as the war drums of Yicheng sounded, Nie Xiao hung up the black panther battle flag and led his troops to attack Han Sui. Han Sui's army was taken by surprise. ”

"And now?" Ma Teng hurriedly asked.

"It's in full swing."

Huang Yan's face became more and more ugly, and then the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and suddenly he roared angrily: "Leopard, leopard ......"

The kingdom was terrified, and raised his hands nervously, touching his bare forehead again and again, and his eyes kept blinking.

After Huang Yan roared twice, his mood seemed to calm down a little, he pointed to Wudu and said loudly: "Quick, quick, we will immediately support June Thunder." ”

"If a leopard strikes......"

"Leave him alone. Nie Xiao's defection led to a change in the balance of strength between the two sides, and now everyone is evenly matched, the number is equal, and no one has a chance of winning. Huang Yan said angrily, "Qiang people, Qiang people are not good things at all, they are all wolves that eat people." ”

"Are we going to take advantage of the fact that they are all fighting fiercely and immediately retreat to Longxi?" Wu Du said, "Now we have no chance of winning at all, it is better to go back first, and then make a comeback later." ”

Ma Teng shook his head and said, "You must not withdraw now." As soon as we withdraw, the morale of the army will be shaken, and the spirit of the army will be shaken, and there will be no way to fight this battle. If we were to ambush the leopards on the way, we would be wiped out. Now who can determine the location of the leopard? ”

The kingdom thought for a moment and said, "You can't withdraw. As soon as we withdraw now, June Thunder and Han Sui's army will be hit hard, who will listen to us in the future?" He glanced at Huang Yan, who had a depressed expression, and asked, "Lord Huang, did you just say that you would support June Thunder first?" ”

Huang Yan nodded, sighed, and said, "With the strength of the two sides equal, let's take the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield." Now, there is a Nie Xiao between us and Han Sui, and it is very difficult to contact and rendezvous with him, so we have to inform June Thunder to withdraw the army first. In addition, we are to send troops to meet and support him, so that the leopard will not suddenly come out and surround his army around the east gate. As soon as the June Thunder joined us, our strength increased greatly, and the leopard could not move us, so he had to watch us swagger away. ”

"What about Han Sui?"

"Nie Xiao saw that there were fifty or sixty thousand troops behind him, did he dare to attack with all his might? As long as he relaxed a little, Han Sui could quickly get out. Huang Yan looked at Wudu and said, "Yi'an, you take the army and rush to the east gate immediately." ”

"What if I take someone away and the leopard comes to attack? You don't even have 20,000 people here. Wu Du said reluctantly.

Wang Guo looked at Huang Yan worriedly.

Huang Yan smiled bitterly: "If the leopard was not a madman, he would not have fought on three battlefields at the same time. ”

"What if he's crazy?" Wu Du asked.

Huang Yan looked up to the sky and sighed, and said, "Everyone will die together." ”

Everyone looked at each other speechlessly.

Wu Du shook his head and said a little discouraged: "Why is it that all of a sudden, our situation is so bad? Just now we were talking about taking Wing City, but now we are discussing how to retreat. Things are changing so fast. ”

"It's all old side. Lao Bian didn't die sooner or later, but he died at this time. Huang Yan stomped his foot hatefully and complained loudly, "Lao Bian is not dead, where did so many things come from." ”

Huang Yan was so disheartened that he almost cried when he was depressed. All his sweet dreams turned into powder at the moment when Nie Xiao turned against him.

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Thirty-five thousand Huangzhong Qiang iron horsemen rushed over overwhelmingly, unstoppable.

Liang Xing and Ma Wan with 10,000 cavalry have been guarding the flanks of the army to respond. They saw Huang Zhongqiang rushing over violently, and without waiting for Han Sui's order, they each rushed out of the military formation with their subordinates and hurriedly met them. 10,000 men and 30,000 men faced each other directly, and they could not stop the enemy's onslaught at all. As soon as the two sides make the slightest contact, they will immediately go in opposite directions and go their separate ways. Only by blocking the enemy's attack route with a dense queue can the enemy's attack be effectively delayed. While this will not intercept all of the enemy, it will at least force some of them to be unable to attack the rear.

Liang Xing looked back at the chaotic army behind him, and shouted at the horses: "The infantry is still gathering, it will take time, let's divide the troops and intercept it." ”

Ma Yu waved at him, signaling to obey his arrangement, and then led the guards and rushed into the cavalry formation on the right flank. The drums of war beat rapidly and intensively. The cavalry in rapid motion suddenly cracked through it and rushed to both sides like a tidal wave.

On the vast battlefield, huge flying geese flapped their long wings and rushed at high speed towards the two dense cavalry phalanxes.

Nie Xiao took the lead and shouted loudly: "Order the left and right flanks to immediately break away from the Chinese army, form a conical formation, and meet the enemy army." ”

"The Chinese army is shrinking intensively, and it will ...... with my charge"

When Camel and Baili Yang heard the sound of the trumpet, they immediately led the cavalry on both wings to form a cone, and like two long arrows roaring, they galloped towards the enemy's formation.

Liang Xing saw Nie Xiao and his army cross their phalanx like a hurricane and roll towards Han Sui's infantry army.

"Boom...... Two huge explosions erupted on the battlefield, and the two sides collided and engaged in hand-to-hand combat.......

The sound of war drums, trumpets, the shouts of soldiers, and the galloping of war horses soared into the sky.

......Thousands of long arrows rose into the air and shot at the swarming Qiang cavalry. Candidate and Li Kan commanded the archers to start shooting.

These red-eyed Qiang people seemed to be crazy, they didn't dodge, they still howled and galloped wildly, they were not afraid of the long arrows in the sky, they gritted their teeth, and fought all the way into the army unimpeded.

Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi's army had just been assembled, and they immediately waved their troops to block it. When the two armies met, a bloody battle immediately began.

Li Hong instructed Pang De that Nie Xiao could not die until the battle of Yicheng was over. Nie Xiao's position in Huangzhongqiang now has no one to replace. Although Camel, Baili Yang and others are all Xiaoqu Shuai, Nie Xiao is scheming, sleek and sophisticated, sympathetic to his subordinates, and the soldiers support him very much. If Nie Xiao died, no one knew whether Huang Zhongqiang would collapse. Therefore, protecting Nie Xiao's life is an important task given to Pang De by Li Hong.

Nie Xiao led his guards and attendants to rush back and forth, trying to kill and block the enemy soldiers, and went deep into the center of Han Sui's military formation. The group of sharp soldiers he led was like a sharp sword piercing through the stone, destroying the withering and decaying, and there was a hidden tendency to pierce it.

Yang Qiu saw his subordinates fall in batches under the iron cavalry of Huangzhongqiang, saw his soldiers killed one after another under the swords, spears and arrows of the cavalry, and saw countless severed limbs and stumps flying in the air with a canopy of blood rain, his heart was trembling, his anger was burning, he wanted to kill all the enemies with one sword, he used all his strength to roar: "Brothers, kill with me......"

Yang Qiu set his sights on Nie Xiao. Yang Qiu used to be a big horse bandit and had suffered the losses of traitors, and he had a deep-seated hatred for rebels. When he saw Nie Xiao with his cloak scattered and his prancing horse raising his sword, he was angry. Yang Qiu led a team of 100 people to overcome obstacles, stepping on the blood-stained soil and the wreckage of his comrades, and rushed to the forefront of the battle array. "Kill the horse...... Kill the horse......" Yang Qiu shouted wildly, and at the same time, he wielded a spear and raised a Qiang soldier who had killed a flying horse from his horse. Under the cover of the crossbowmen in the back row, the two swordsmen fought hard to kill Nie Xiao. The attendants who were guarding Nie Xiao were shot by arrows and fell off their horses. Nie Xiao roared angrily, raised his hand and slashed a knife hand that was crawling towards his war horse. Another swordsman was shot three arrows in a row by the soldier who followed Nie Xiao, and the arrows pierced his chest, but this swordsman was extremely brave, and before he died, he slashed the horse's leg with all his strength. The war horse was in pain, and suddenly jumped up, almost upright and soared into the air. Nie Xiao was caught off guard, turned over and fell off the horse.

"Kill him...... Kill him......" Yang Qiu shouted excitedly, leading a dozen soldiers around him to pounce at the same time. Nie Xiao's own soldiers roared in anger and roared forward, some opened their bows and shot fiercely, some rode their horses and jumped up to resist with their bodies, and some threw their spears with all their might. In this small space, all the people quickly pounced on Nie Xiao on the ground.

Nie Xiao turned over and jumped up, and before he could lift his body, he saw four spears spitting out from four different directions like cunning poisonous snakes. Nie Xiao's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth to let out a desperate roar: "Ah......hhhh

A knife, a bloody war knife suddenly fell from the sky. The sound of the sword and the wind and thunder came with a shout. The four spears were all broken, and the tip of the spear was castrated immediately, and it fell weakly in front of Nie Xiao's legs. Nie Xiao flicked up, Pang De landed steadily, and the war knife slashed into the air again at an unthinkable speed, killing him with one sword. The head of the person on the far right rose into the sky, and blood spurted from the inside of the neck, splashing the head and face of Yang Qiu, who was killed later. Yang Qiu stopped in shock and blurted out: "Pound ......"

Pound was like a ghost, and he kicked and flew towards his corpse, and at the same time stretched out his left hand, grabbed the leather armor on Nie Xiao's chest, and flew back without hesitation. Three axemen flew to kill.

Pound roared, his resolute face highlighted the violent aura, the sword flew in the air, and before the knife arrived, the blood beads on the knife had shot out. The person holding the axe in the head felt a flash of blood in front of him, and his face was cold, and then he saw his leather armor burst suddenly, and blood gushed out of his chest.

Pang De roared again, waved his left hand, and struggled to throw Nie Xiao behind him. A rushing Qiang soldier grabbed the reins of his horse violently, and the horse was in pain, and suddenly stopped his body and stood upright in a long neighing sound. Nie Xiao stretched out his arms and put his arms around the Qiang soldier. More than a dozen crossbow arrows shot at a rapid pace. "Let's go......" Nie Xiao roared, and with the help of the rampage, he fell off the horse with the Qiang soldiers.

Pound flew to his feet, clenched his fist in one hand and slashed his knife in the other, and swooped down on the enemy soldiers. The knife wielder couldn't dodge, and was hit in the head by Pound, and flew sideways in a miserable howl. The axe-wielding man slashed the air with his axe, and was chopped in the head by Pound with a knife, and was killed on the spot. Yang Qiu killed.

"Kill ......" Pound went castrated, and slashed again. Yang Qiu's spear flew and roared. The swords and spears intersected with a loud bang. Pound took advantage of the situation and retreated. Yang Qiu took two steps back, and when he saw Nie Xiao leaving, he had to grit his teeth and shout bitterly: "Go, go...... Withdraw the ...... in the formation".

The battle became more and more bloody and tragic, the sound of war drums, horns, fighting and shouts were intertwined, and a huge wave of sound swelled up, and the sound wave stirred up waves that soared into the sky, and exploded on the battlefield, and the sound shook all over the field.

Nine sheepskins, the ancient town, cut the horse and led the light cavalry to storm the blocking position of Han Sui's army. Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi's army gradually became unable to resist, and the formation began to fall apart.

Nie Xiao, under the escort of Pang De and others, rode back to his headquarters. Nie Xiao wiped the blood and sweat on his head, looked at Pang De and said gratefully, "Thank you." ”

Pang De smiled and said: "Qu Shuai is still in command, and it is better not to be in danger in person." ”

Nie Xiao waved his hand and said, "Only by taking the lead can we boost morale." Then he raised his eyes to look at the battlefield, pointed to the trumpeters, and said in a loud voice: "Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet immediately, order the horses to retreat, regroup, and launch a strong attack." ”

"Order the Nine Sheepskins, the ancient town, to attack from the flanks of the enemy flanks and give way to the frontal battlefield......"

"Brothers, avenge the handsome, kill, kill......" Nie Xiao raised his sword and screamed, and rushed forward again with his soldiers.

"Uh......h Woo......"

"Kill...... Kill ......"

For a while, the horns sounded in unison, the sound of killing was everywhere, the war horses were galloping, the swords and spears were raised simultaneously, the arrows were flying, and the battle became more and more intense.

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Liang Xing and Ma Wan led the cavalry and the Huangzhong Qiang Iron Cavalry to start a guerrilla fight, Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi blocked Nie Xiao's onslaught at great cost, and the two armies bought enough time for Han Sui's main army to assemble and set up the formation.

Han Sui stood on a hill and watched the changes on the battlefield closely.

"The enemy's offensive is too fierce, it is difficult for us to get out of the battlefield, and withdrawing now can only lead to the annihilation of the whole army." Sima Lingru shook his head and said, "Let's hold on for a while, and we'll talk about beating Huang Zhongqiang to the end." ”

Han Sui pondered for a moment and said, "Now, June Thunder and the Leopard's army are fighting at the East Gate, we are entangled by Nie Xiao, and only the kingdom's army can support on both sides. He glanced at Ling Ru and said with a wry smile: "You say, which side will he support?" ”

Ling Ru pointed to the east and said, "Of course it's the Qiang people." We were beaten by Huang Zhongqiang and lost our troops, which is beneficial to him and not harmful. In the future, Xiliang will be his kingdom to decide. ”

Han Sui shook his head and said, "What can he do if he has the final say alone?" After this battle, what is the ending of Xiliang, can't you see it? He raised his eyes to the sky and said desolately, "This year is such a good opportunity, but we have lost two battles and two times, and both times the leopard grabbed the weakness and defeated us." You say, is this providential? ”

Ling Ru sighed in disappointment and did not speak.

Han Sui looked at the battlefield in front of him, raised his horsewhip, and said sadly: "In the future, we will no longer have more than 100,000 troops. This bloody battle will be the largest casualty war in Xiliang for decades, whether it is the Qiang people in Xiliang or the Han people in Xiliang, there will be no few years to recover. ”

Yan Xing galloped over.

"Sir, the army is in formation."

Han Sui nodded and said, "You immediately rushed up with my personal guard battalion to cover Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi's army to retreat to the rear of the formation." ”

"Order Liang Xing and Ma Wan to immediately withdraw from the military formation and cover the flank of the army."

Han Sui pointed to the battlefield and said loudly: "The formation of the army has been formed, let's give it a go and see who kills the deer!" ”

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