This kind of situation where you can only be beaten passively, but you can't fight back is really too embarrassing, Zang Ba looked at the dead brothers in the camp, his eyes were red, and he shouted: "Charge, capture Liangfu Mountain, and kill those despicable Northern Frontier Army!" ”

Just when he was about to get on his horse and rush towards Liangfu Mountain, Xi Zhicai, under the protection of a team of Taishan thieves, ran over with the giant crossbow arrows that fell from time to time, and said loudly: "General Zang, you can't rush, Li Yi must still have people and horses in ambush on the mountain, waiting for the general to go!" ”

Zang Ba didn't have the heart to listen to Xi Zhicai's persuasion at this time, at this moment he just wanted revenge, took his brothers to capture Liangfu Mountain, and killed all those hateful Northern Frontier troops.

Zang Ba took his own personal guards and took the lead in rushing towards Liangfu Mountain.

This time, the troops brought by Zang Ba to Mount Tai were all the elite of Mount Tai's thieves, and many of them were brave, and they followed behind their main generals and charged towards Liangfu Mountain.

It's just that when they approached within a hundred steps of Liangfu Mountain, from the dense woods under Liangfu Mountain, dense arrows flew out, and these arrows flew towards the Taishan thieves who rushed to Liangfu Mountain as if they had eyes. In particular, some Taishan thief leaders riding war horses are the objects of focus on these arrows.

Under the precise blow of these arrows, the leaders of the Taishan thieves who were riding war horses fell one by one on the road to charge towards Liangfu Mountain.

And Zang Ba, who is the main general of the Taishan thief, is the focus of being taken care of by the arrows. However, these arrows shot at him were either blocked by the guards around him with their bodies, or they were pushed away by Zang Ba with the war knife in his hand.

Zang Ba rode his war horse and quickly approached the dense forest.

Zang Ba seemed to see the dawn of victory, and he was convinced that as long as his army rushed into this dense forest, those people from the northern Xinjiang who would only hide in the shadows and sneak attack would become the ghosts of his sword. Slaughtered by him and his elites.

"Kill!" Zang Ba roared angrily, slapped his war horse, and continued to rush towards the dense forest.

Water is impermanent, and soldiers are impermanent. Wars in the era of cold weapons, especially battles in which both sides have their own strengths, are usually very variable, and it is difficult to determine who will lose and who will win until the dust settles.

As the Western proverb from nail to country, morale, weather. There are so many off-the-field factors that can affect the outcome of a fight.

In this ambush battle, the Northern Xinjiang Army took the lead, not only taking advantage of the ambush and surprise attack, but also occupying the geographical advantage. On the slopes of Liangfu Mountain, they were condescending, so that they could stretch their bows and arrows in a good time, and send the breath of death to the bottom of the mountain, all the time. Dozens of lives were harvested.

However, despite the heavy casualties, the Tarzan thieves did not have a chance to turn the tables.

After all, Liangfu Mountain is just a small mountain, no more than 100 zhang high. The area is limited, and in order to maintain concealment, the ambushed Northern Frontier Army is destined not to be too many. If the ambush is too dense, even if it has a level of concealment. It is also possible to be spotted and cause the entire plan to fall short.

In fact, it was also the case, the Northern Xinjiang Army ambushed on Liangfu Mountain. There were only 2,000 men and horses of the chariot force led by Yu Ban and 1,000 men and horses of the strongbow sniper force led by Huang Zhong.

The number of people was already small, and the troops were divided into two routes, so the Tarzan thieves who suffered heavy losses were still above the ambushers.

If you want to turn defeat into victory, all you lack is an opportunity.

Zang Ba's outburst provided this opportunity, his personal guards were already strong, and they were completely red-eyed by the inspiration of the main general's might, and in the face of the rain of arrows in the sky, they screamed and rushed forward, without even blinking their eyes.

The desperate assault launched by two hundred people did not threaten too much, and the greater effect was that they pointed out the direction for the Taishan thieves who were beaten with their heads under the mountain. In this kind of chaotic war, what I am most afraid of is wandering, thinking about the same place all the time. By the time we come up with a reason, I'm afraid the army will no longer exist.

Xi Zhicai saw Zang Ba rushing up like that, looking like it was going well, and when he saw it, he rushed halfway up the mountain and entered the range of hand-to-hand combat.

Is a comeback expected?

Xi Zhicai was overjoyed.

After being ambushed and suffering heavy casualties, did the morale of the army collapse? Zang Ba launched a surprise attack, how many people will follow? This is all unknown, and under normal circumstances, the army should be almost in a state of collapse.

It was precisely because of this factor, coupled with the fact that Xi Zhicai wanted to bring Zang Ba, a powerful general, back to see Cao Cao, so he stopped Zang Ba's suicidal charge just now.

But now it seems that the situation is a little different from what I expected.

The two hundred guards spontaneously formed a defensive formation, and according to the position, the soldiers were on their waists. Face in different directions and hold the round riding shield in front of or at your side. Or overhead, covering each other. Resisting arrows from all directions.

This formation has no esoteric knowledge, but it miraculously blocked most of the arrows, and even the concentrated shooting of the Northern Frontier Army's crossfire failed to achieve enough results.

As if God had come to pull the shelf, a gust of wind suddenly blew in the east. In the summer, when the southeast wind prevails, this situation is normal, but it greatly interferes with the shooting of the Northern Frontier Army. was swept by a strong wind, whether it was the crossbow arrows of the crossbow cart or the feather arrows of the strong bow troops, they suddenly lost their strength and accuracy, and the originally airtight offensive appeared a rare vacancy.

"God help our army! Brothers, kill, kill! Zang Ba was overjoyed and roared.

"Kill!" All the relatives and guards shouted in agreement, straightened up, and rushed up the mountain quickly, reflecting the moonlight at night, the cold light of the war knife in his hand flickered, and the aura of slaughter permeated the entire Liangfu Mountain.

"Kill!" The camp of the Taishan thieves also broke out with an earth-shattering shout, and the suppressed Taishan thieves also found this rare opportunity, and jumped out of their hiding places one after another, exposing themselves to the arrows of the ambush soldiers of Liangfu Mountain without hesitation.

At the same time, some people struck the leather shields with their swords, making a rhythmic thumping sound, like a war drum to encourage their comrades. More than 200 Taishan thieves who rushed to the front of the enemy stepped on the drum and quickly pounced forward, like mad tigers.

At this moment, the advantage of geographical advantage was weakened to the extreme!

The situation seems to be about to be reversed.

In the face of the decisive counterattack of the Jizhou army, the Northern Xinjiang Army appeared to be a little ill-prepared. In order to pursue the greatest striking force, their formation was too scattered, and the swiftness of the Taishan thief's attack exceeded estimates, and the gust of wind came at a bad time.

Dozens of Northern Xinjiang troops in the front row lowered their bows and arrows, raised their spears, and lined up in two rows, front and rear, with a somewhat thin sniper formation.

At the moment when the two armies began to engage in hand-to-hand combat, they held spears and stabbed forward, and more than a dozen samurai were pierced through the chest with spears, and they were devastated on the spot. The rest pushed the spear with their knives and howled into the Northern Army.

The spears stabbed from all sides, stabbing several Tarzan thieves who were rushing too fast into a hornet's nest, and the blood that spurted out made a chilling hissing sound and flew in all directions.

At the same time, gaps also appeared in the formation of the Northern Frontier Army. Several sturdy Tarzan thieves swung their knives in the gap, slashing out several waves of blood.

"Stay in formation, the first row goes back, the second row goes forward!"

The leader of the Northern Xinjiang Army is a tun commander. Watching his brother fall with blood spilled, his eyes flashed with hatred, but he was calm and not impulsive at all. While shouting and reminding the brothers to stay in formation, he swung his spear and swam in all directions, picking out the enemy who pounced on him.

When the wind subsides, the bow and arrow will be powerful again, and the situation will be back on track.

However, it backfired, the strong southeast wind has not stopped, and there are more and more Taishan thieves who rushed up, one by one, forgetting to die, and in a few breaths, the Northern Xinjiang Army was forced to retreat dozens of steps.

The retreating sniper formation involved more and more Northern Xinjiang troops in the battle, but the number of troops continued to decrease, which shows how fierce the battle was.

"Kill, kill! The thief who released the dark arrow will not be able to hold on immediately! ”

Zang Ba rushed to the front, and the command during the assault was not complicated, he shouted loudly, and at the same time used the war knife and leather shield in his hand to hit each other non-stop, like a war drum, adjusting the morale of his subordinates and the rhythm of the attack.

The archers' eyes were attracted by his actions, and they turned their bows and arrows to this high-value target, but the Tarzan thieves were not blindly attacking, but maintained enough vigilance. The arrow was affected by the wind, weakening its accuracy and strength, and was easily blocked by the guards around Zang Ba.

Seeing this, the Tarzan thief's attack became even more fierce.

At this moment, there was a sudden strange sound in the wind, like the roar of a fierce tiger, and like the long groan of a dragon, whistling, hissing, breaking through the sky!

Zang Ba, who was shouting, heard the exclamations of his subordinates, and knew that it was not good, so he didn't care about looking at it, so he hurriedly raised his shield to save himself.

And at this moment, a shout sounded beside him: "General be careful!" ”

Then, he felt his body hit hard, and his body involuntarily fell in the other direction.

Zang Ba's reaction was not indefinite, and when he was hit, he immediately rolled on a lazy donkey and hid behind a big tree next to him. At the same time, he raised his eyes to look in the direction he had previously looked.

He saw a picture that made him jaw-dropping: a long arrow tore the thick raw cowhide shield held by the guard who pushed him away like tearing paper, and then continued forward, against his arm, stabbed him in the chest, pierced through two layers of leather armor, flesh, ribs, and back, pushed him down, and pinned him to the ground.

"Ah......h

With a face full of disbelief, Zang Ba saw the guard holding the shaft of the arrow that had pierced his body with both hands, struggling desperately. Black blood gushed down his mouth, nostrils, and ears, staining the dead branches and leaves around him red.

Zang Ba was dumbfounded, he still couldn't believe that in such a wind, someone could actually break the shield and kill people with the power of an arrow? Even if you throw a gun, it may not be so powerful, right? (To be continued.) )