Qin Yue stood in the middle of the big formation and shouted: "Drums!" ”

The war drums in the army sounded rhythmically, and the pace of the army rushed towards Hu Guozhu's army step by step with the sound of war drums.

Hu Guozhu did not dare to show weakness, and immediately ordered the whole army to attack, and the military formations on both sides were like two dark torrents slowly gathering together.

The Zhou Dynasty relied on the advantage of cavalry to attack the two wings of the Ming army formation, and because of the dense formation of the fish scale array, the cavalry did not dare to put it on one go, once it went deep into the formation, I am afraid that no one would be able to get out.

The sharp weapon of the Ming Dynasty is their firearms, although there is no way to use the dragon mine on this battlefield, but the tiger squat cannon can be regarded as opening the eyes of the army of the Zhou Dynasty, they have never heard that the artillery can still move with the battle array, and the archers on both sides were caught off guard by this tiger squat cannon after firing.

Seeing this scene, Hu Guozhu adjusted his strategy in time, and immediately let the shield hand accelerate, and the soldiers in the rear rushed with all their might, although this shield was only to resist the bow and arrow, but the tiger squat cannon was indeed a little small, and the lethality was not as good as those large artillery, if it was lucky, with the strong resistance of the shield hand, it would not hurt many people.

Of course, as the first shield bearer to bear the artillery, most of them died in battle immediately, and the few who were still there also snorted a few times in pain, and there was no more silence.

Qin Yue sighed in his heart, this Hu Guozhu is really ruthless enough, as the saying goes, mercy is not in charge of soldiers, mercy on the battlefield is the greatest cruelty, if you are reluctant to let these shield players run out to block the cannonballs of the tiger squat cannon, it will definitely block the movement of the army, and more people will be shot on the battlefield at that time.

However, Qin Yue is not easy to get along, immediately let the shield hand in front of him stand still, tilt the shield angle, and stand firmly on the battlefield, this inclined angle of the method of battle is a formation invented by the Han people in order to deal with the nomads, the shield, the person and the ground are in a triangular shape, that is, to deal with the rapid cavalry, and not to put all the impact of the cavalry on the shield hand, which can ensure that the infantry will not be rushed and defeated when facing the cavalry.

Now Hu Guozhu's army is full of impact in order to avoid the tiger squatting cannon, if the Ming army immediately impacts, there is no distance to speed up, the impact of the army is not as simple as running alone, if the speed of the entire army is all raised, it will take at least three hundred steps, but it is obvious that there is no such a long distance now, so Qin Yue used a move to static braking.

Hu Guozhu frowned tightly, he was not deterred by this shield array, but ordered the cavalry to raid the two wings with all their might, even if they couldn't kill the Ming army, they had to make them unable to care about each other.

The position on both sides of the army is still this kind of shield array, but the fish scale array is dense and not gathered, five people are a small array, there are shield bearers in this array, there are spearmen, and crossbowmen, each small array is a piece of fish scales, together it is a large fish scale array, the shield bearers in the small array on both sides all stood up, and used their shields to tightly block the impact of the cavalry, and then the spearmen and crossbowmen shot together to deal with the cavalry in front of them.

And the terrible thing about this kind of small formation is that even if one or two shield hands are weak and are broken through the formation, the small formation behind them can be immediately replenished and will not cause a large-scale rout.

Moreover, the shield bearers in the army all choose people who are physically strong, otherwise they may not be able to lift the big shield alone, let alone run away with the big shield.

The whole battlefield you come and go, the killing is so lively, the army of Hu Guozhu who is in front of him has rushed to the front, the first batch of people crashed into the big shield, the shield array just shook a little, the spear behind him has been stabbed out, and the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty in the first row between the golden blades have fallen.

The speed of the Zhou Dynasty's army also decreased, and this rapid torrent was forced to slow down as if it had encountered a mountain.

Hu Guozhu gritted his teeth and read: "Immovable as a mountain!" Then he yelled, "Drums!" ”

The frequency of the drums increased again, which was a signal for the soldiers in front to fight desperately.

Qin Yue snorted coldly: "Withdraw the shield array, fight with them!" ”

The main function of the shield array is to suppress the speed of the enemy army, since their speed has been suppressed, it is a bit of a hindrance to put the shield array in front of it, and it also gives the Zhou Dynasty army more time to relax.

While the banner swayed, the shield array quickly withdrew to both sides, and the spearmen behind him stabbed out their spears for the last time, and even threw the spears directly in a hurry, and then drew the short knife at his waist to meet it.

In hand-to-hand combat, long weapons are not easy to use, and this kind of short weapon has to be sensitive, killing and defending at the same time, and it can take care of all directions, and it is not easy to be stabbed from behind and fail to block.

Cheng Xiaolian sighed slightly when he saw this: "What follows is a bloody battle, it depends on who consumes whom." ”

Chen Chengan was not very nervous: "At the beginning, our Shanhe Army spent so much time in Kuimen, and it didn't let Geng Shang's coalition army go further, but now it must be not afraid of consumption, but Hu Guozhu must have a backup move, we must be prepared to avoid being passive." ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "We are trapped in the military array, but there is no way to find out what tricks Hu Guozhu has, if he wants Beijing City, we have no way." ”

"He can take the city of Beijing, but can he gain a foothold in it?" Saying that, Yang Youcai took out the information that Jinyiwei had just transmitted: "Two days ago, our army invaded Taiyuan City, and the most difficult bone in Shanxi has been gnawed off. ”

Cheng Xiaolian breathed a sigh of relief: "Daniel Zhang can be regarded as giving us a mouthful of blood this time, even if this battle cannot be won, we can continue to fight with them." ”

At this time, a brocade-clothed guard suddenly ran over: "General Qiyu, there is a cavalry that spares the frontal battlefield and goes straight to the rear." "According to the usual practice, Cheng Xiaolian has always used the title of General Cheng whenever he appears on the battlefield, and no matter what, he can't show that His Majesty's title has become the target of the other party.

"It's still here after all, this Hu Guozhu also knows that the weakness of the fish scale array is in the rear, so didn't he immediately send a whole army to take advantage of it."

"It's just that it's impossible to say who will take advantage of whom, Wang Tieniu is holding back his anger, and he is worried that there is nowhere to send it."

Lu Li, who had not spoken beside him, also spoke: "General, let Wang Tieniu fight with confidence, I have also seen the terrain of Tianshou Mountain, as long as it is not besieged by the army, I will definitely be able to protect the general to break out of the encirclement." ”

"It's not a good habit to be cowardly before you fight."

(End of chapter)