Gu Liangchen stopped his horse, and the cavalry in the rear team also reined in their horses, and the Xiguan archers behind the wall did not move, but at this moment, Chu Huan had already given an order, and the arrows were like rain, and they shot towards the dark pit one after another.

The place where the pit was dug was the best place for the arrows to shoot, and some of the cavalrymen who fell into the pit finally crawled out of it with their wounds, and as soon as they looked up, they saw a dense rain of arrows in front of them, and many people were shot into hedgehogs in an instant.

Gu Liangchen was extremely angry, and the momentum of the Tianshan cavalry was like thunder, and he was hit by Yan Zhan at this moment.

The Xiguan army was full of arrows, Gu Liangchen did not continue to order the cavalry to rush forward, but ordered a soldier with a receipt order flag next to him to wave the flag, and it didn't take long to see a group of infantry rushing up from the rear of the cavalry.

In front of this group of infantry, the shield soldiers were mainly shield soldiers, and the shield soldiers were lined up, and they moved forward quickly, and the three or four hundred shield soldiers were connected into a copper wall and iron wall, but behind the shield soldiers, there was a shrimp toad soldier composed of three or four hundred people.

The so-called shrimp toad soldiers, in fact, are no different from ordinary infantry, but compared with ordinary infantry, they have one more weapon on their bodies, that is, a shovel with exquisite workmanship, this kind of shovel is much smaller than the shovel handle of the farmer's shovel, but the shovel itself is not much smaller, and it is actually more difficult to use than the ordinary peasant shovel, because it is to be used in the army, the smaller the better, but the spade surface itself can not be too narrow, so the spade can only be shortened as much as possible, so that When using this kind of shovel, the energy expended is much greater.

When the shrimp toad soldiers are fighting, they are no different from ordinary sword soldiers and pikemen, but because they take on more responsibilities, they will be treated better, and the shrimp toad soldiers are also selected soldiers with great strength.

When the Tianshan army attacked Hezhou, it naturally had a good understanding of Hezhou's defense line, and before the expedition, it did not immediately think of using the people to fill in the soil, but prepared a group of shrimp and toad soldiers, but in the battle of Hezhou was useless, this shrimp and toad soldiers still followed the east to the Qingyuan Horse Farm, and the number was not much, Zhu Lingyue had 60 million men and horses, and the total number of shrimp and toad soldiers was only three or four thousand.

Knowing that there were trenches dug on the north and south sides of Qingyuan Racecourse, Zhu Lingyue mobilized 3,000 infantry on each side when he mobilized infantry on both sides to respond, of which each was equipped with 6 or 700 shrimp and toad soldiers.

Gu Liangchen decided to charge with cavalry at the beginning, and did not send shrimp toad soldiers, the reason is also very simple, although the Tianshan Army is one, but there are still factions in it, and there are contradictions between infantry and cavalry in private.

Zhu Lingyue focused on the development of cavalry, invested a lot of energy and financial resources, the cavalry generals with Hou Jingang as the head of Zhu Lingyue won Zhu Lingyue's respect, and Gu Liangchen was subordinate to the cavalry generals, and naturally he was also one of the defenders of the interests of the cavalry group.

In fact, the infantry group of the Tianshan Mountains is mainly a group of people who originally belonged to the Janissaries of the Governor of the Tianshan Mountains, Dongfang Xin, who was overthrown by Chu Huan, in the Tianshan Group, it is also subordinate to the infantry group, this group of people has been following Zhu Lingyue's side for a long time, and they can be regarded as veterans of the Zhu Party, and the cavalry used to be small in the Tianshan Mountains, and did not belong to the main force. But before that, he didn't have much status in the Guards, and when the cavalry group was exhibited and obtained a large number of various military supplies from the Tianshan Mountains, it would naturally make those veterans who had followed Zhu Lingyue's heart for many years very dissatisfied, and those veterans had always despised the cavalry generals, and only felt that these rising stars were nothing more than some showmanship, so that the contradictions between the two sides were naturally inevitable.

Fortunately, Zhu Lingyue coordinated yin and yang and had the skill to control people, so on the whole, the Tianshan group was quite stable, and the contradiction between the infantry group and the cavalry group did not expand.

However, this time when they set out to Xiguan, the contradictions between the two sides naturally surfaced, and they both wanted to make military achievements in this war, so as to get Zhu Lingyue's attention.

If they want to continue to get Zhu Lingyue's strong support, they naturally have to make meritorious achievements in this war, so that the infantry veteran generals who despise the cavalry group can shut their mouths and gain the upper hand in the power struggle of the infantry cavalry.

Before the cavalry commander Hou Jingang set out on the expedition, he had already summoned a cadre of cavalry generals and repeatedly told him that in this big battle, he must fight bravely to be the first and must overshadow the infantry in the limelight.

Therefore, after attacking Hezhou, the cavalry attacked everywhere, with strong mobility, quickly defeated the major counties of Hezhou, only because Pei Ji contracted the defense line and stationed troops in Hezhou City, so the attack of the Tianshan cavalry was very smooth, it can be said that it was invincible, and once the limelight was strong, and they have been leaving aside the infantry to carry out cavalry assault operations, and the effect is excellent.

Hezhou siege battle, infantry into battle, cavalry standby, but the infantry attacked for several days, but could not capture Hezhou City, which made the infantry group extremely annoyed, and the cavalry group was excited, when the cavalry general was in the limelight, they also tacitly reached a tacit understanding, for every opportunity to make a military exploit, as far as possible to dry the infantry aside.

Although the infantry was annoyed in his heart, Zhu Lingyue attached great importance to the cavalry, and this time he attacked the horse farm, the infantry cavalry generals naturally made their own suggestions to Zhu Lingyue, hoping that they would take the lead in attacking, but the cavalry group obviously had the upper hand, and the horse field section was indeed suitable for cavalry raids, so the cavalry in this battle was the main force, and the infantry could only assist from the side.

Gu Liangchen naturally hoped that the cavalry under his command could break through the defense line of the Xiguan Army in one go and take the lead in entering the racecourse, but the barrier of the dark pit made him lose hundreds of cavalry in a short period of time, such losses are not a small amount, according to the proportion of losses on the battlefield, it is rare that more than half of the soldiers on both sides are killed or wounded, and in that case, the battle can be said to be extremely tragic, usually speaking, the death rate of both sides is more than one-tenth, and it is already considered a fierce battle.

Now that he has not rushed to the edge of the wall, hundreds of people and horses have been killed and injured in an instant, for Gu Liangchen, who has a total strength of only 5,000 cavalry at hand, such a loss is definitely not small.

There is also a trench in front, and because of the barrier of the dark pit, it strictly hinders the impact of the cavalry, Gu Liangchen of course hopes that the cavalry can complete the attack independently, but as a general with a clear mind, after suffering such a loss, he knows that at this time, he can no longer care about the division of cavalry, since there are shrimp and toad soldiers behind him, of course, he still has to use their advantages as much as possible.

Attacking the plains and villages, of course, is much simpler than attacking the city, and the tools are actually not too much than preparation, and at this moment, the most effective and easiest way to face the defense of the horse farm is to fill the soil.

The infantry had the opportunity, of course, they would not miss it, the shield soldiers formed a line, in front as much as possible to provide cover for the shrimp toad soldiers behind them, and quickly advanced forward, although from time to time there were shield soldiers and shrimp toad soldiers who fell in the chaos of arrows, but someone immediately made up for it behind, and the degree of advance was still very fast.

Soon, the team advanced to the edge of the pit, and in the pit, the corpses of men and horses were intertwined, some of them were not dead, their flesh and blood were blurred, and they were struggling freely.

The shield soldier raised his shield in the midst of the arrows, and tried his best to save his companions who survived in the pit, until the dead corpse was no longer able to care about it at this time.

When the survivors are rescued, the shield soldiers can only retreat and separate and make way for the place, otherwise the shrimp toad soldiers have no place to dig the soil, and the shrimp toad soldiers are also well-trained, they are already shovels in hand, struggling to dig and fill the soil, and there are those who fall down with arrows, and someone immediately makes up for it later, losing the protection of the shield soldier's wall, the Xiguan army intends to kill and injure the shrimp toad soldiers, sharp arrows are like rain, and they shoot angrily at the shrimp toad soldiers who fill the soil.

The shrimp toad soldiers lost their protection, and many people fell to the ground, but the successor shrimp toad soldiers were still very brave to move forward, they deserved to be professional shrimp toad soldiers, shovels waved, the soil flew, in the rain of arrows, and a layer of dust was covered, and the dead corpses had filled part of the pit, but some shrimp toad soldiers were shot and died, and the corpses were also in the pit, as part of filling the pit, the shield soldiers also held their shields as far forward as possible, trying their best to provide protection for their fellow shrimp toad soldiers.

At this time, a small number of archers of the Tianshan infantry were also already in the rear, counterattacking the Xiguan army behind the wall, hoping to suppress the opponent's arrow rain with arrows.

At this time, not only were the arrows in the north raining down, and the sound of killing was shocking, but the situation in the south where Han Ying was guarding was almost the same as the situation that Chu Huan encountered in the north.

Di Renjie's cavalry legion also suffered the same bad luck as Gu Liangchen's department, in the sprint, it was also blocked by the dark pit, compared to Gu Liangchen's department, the situation on Di Renjie's side was even worse, and the cavalry under his command did not open enough distance, which also led to the cavalry trapped in the dark pit much more than in the north, but the next choice was the same as Gu Liangchen, Di Renjie obviously realized that the open trench and dark pit dug by the Xiguan army would indeed bring a lot of losses to his cavalry legion, so he also signaled, The shrimp toad soldiers stepped forward to fill in the soil.

Feather arrows shuttled, the sound was terrible, cutting the suffocating space, the Xiguan army used the wall as a cover, with the open trench and dark pit as a barrier, and kept shooting sharp arrows, in order to inflict maximum damage on the Tianshan army with the minimum loss.

Before the start of the war, the soldiers on both sides may still be nervous, but once they really enter the war, they are all red-eyed, whether it is the Xiguan Army or the Tianshan Army, these Northwest children are very brave, the Tianshan soldiers on both sides of the north and south regardless of the dead and wounded, fill the soil and advance, with shields, corpses, with a qiē can be used, just to push forward, although the Xiguan Army is dense with arrows, but it can not stop the Tianshan Army from filling the pit, the pit does not need to be completely filled, can let the cavalry pass, it is done.

Not only are the shrimp toad soldiers digging along the pit wall in front, but the shrimp toad soldiers in the back are not idle, many people take off their clothes, dig soil from the back and put them in their clothes, after they are full, hand them to the front, fill the soil in the clothes into the pit, and then hand back the clothes, as a tool for transporting soil, the efficiency is not high, Chu Huan saw it, but he was also quite admirable in his heart, secretly thinking that after all, he was out of the northwest, and they all said that the northwest people were fierce and brave, this is honest and do not deceive me, the soldiers of the Xiguan Army and the Tianshan Army are also full of blood.

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