Chapter 344: Breaking the Siege
When Liu Yin led the army to the periphery of Xiangwu, it was already sunset, and Xiangwu City was bathed in blood, and I don't know whether it was dyed red by the sunset or blood. Immediately on a high ground on the periphery, Liu Yin could clearly see that the tall city wall of Xiangyang City was almost covered with human figures, and from a distance, it was like geckos attached to the wall, with a sea of people, like locusts, and the fierce shouting of killing resounded in the sky.
It seems that Xiangwu City has really reached the point where it is in danger, maybe Liu Yin will not be the scene in front of him if he comes a day late. Unable to recuperate, Liu Yin immediately ordered the archers to launch a tentative attack on the Qiang position to attract the attention of the Qiang soldiers and relieve the pressure on Xiangwu City. At the same time as the archers were dispatched to attack, an additional 2,000 lancers were sent to protect the archers from the left and right flanks to prevent the Qiang cavalry from outflanking.
The advantage of the archers lies in the attack at medium and long distances, and once they fall into close combat, the archers will be at a disadvantage, so when the archers attack, they need the lancers to give the flank protection in case the enemy cavalry quickly detours back to the flank and rear to outflank, so that the archers can attack and retreat without the slightest worries.
The Lancers, on the other hand, excelled at close quarters and engaged in face-to-face combat with enemy horsemen. The archers and lancers complement each other and complement each other, this kind of battle formation cooperation has been practiced countless times during Duan Gu's training, and they are already very skilled, the archers are responsible for long-range attacks, and the lancers are responsible for flank protection, even if they break into the enemy formation several times their own, they can be at ease.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the four thousand cavalry charged towards the tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers gathered under Xiangwu City.
The Qiang people had obviously noticed the arrival of the Shu reinforcements, but the target of the entire Qiang army was Xiangwu City, and they were attacking the city with all their might, obviously underprepared for the Shu reinforcements that appeared from the flank, and the entire rear wing was in a state of emptiness. When they discovered the figure of the Shu army and wanted to transfer troops to strengthen the defense of the rear flank, the cavalry of the Shu army had already rushed up like a whirlwind.
With a dense rain of arrows to open the way, the Shu army easily tore open the Qiang army's defense line, the Qiang army camp was in chaos, people turned over on their horses, and the Shu army was shocked to the ground.
This time, the person in charge of coordinating the command was Gosai, who was known as one of the four King Kongs under the command of King Xiqiang. Nine feet long, tiger gibbon body, fierce face, good at making a mace, brave and powerful, this time by the order of Yao Kehui, the king of Xiqiang, to control the Qiang people and horses to attack Longxi County, is fighting to a fierce place, it is estimated that it is not far away to take Xiangwu City. But when he saw a Han cavalry coming from the east and rushed into the Qiang army, as if he was in a no-man's land, Gosse was furious, lifted his mace, and led the troops to kill him.
As soon as Gosse moved, the attention of the entire Qiang army was focused on the east, and the momentum of the siege was weakened.
At this time. The cavalry of the Shu army had already rushed into the Qiang formation, and the Qiang soldiers were in a melee. Fu Zhi took the lead, rushing to the front, picking and stabbing with thorns, and stabbing many Qiang soldiers one after another.
Gosse was so angry that he thundered, held a mace, and smashed it down at Fu Zhi's head. Gosse's mace is made of bronze. Weighing fifty pounds, Gosse is tall and has long arms and infinite strength, and this stick is smashed down, and the wind is faintly thundering. It seems to have a thousand powers.
Fu Zhi saw that Gosai was killed, his face was hideous and ugly, and he couldn't help but say in his heart, there are really people who look so disgusting in this world, Gosaima is so fast that he smashes his head and smashes it, Fu Zhi can't dodge, he can only raise his gun to fight.
"Dang Chang", the mace smashed heavily on the barrel of Fu Zhu's gun, and the barrel of the gun made of stainless steel also trembled out of a great arc, fortunately, the material of this gun was very good, so that it would not be broken on the spot, but Fu Zhi was shocked to the point that his arms were numb, the tiger's mouth burst, and the blood flowed. Fu couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, this Qiang evil man was born with brute strength, infinite strength, and he was far inferior in strength.
However, Fu is young and vigorous, and has no intention of retreating, thinking that although his strength is weaker than the enemy chief, the enemy chief is just a brutal person, although he is powerful, but his moves are not very subtle, and he may not have no chance to break a thousand catties with skill.
The Fu family has been a famous general for generations, and his grandfather Fu Tong's generation is a brave general under the command of the first emperor, and he is a famous general in Shu when he is his father, although Fu is young, he has followed his father to learn marksmanship since he was a child, and he is diligent and does not fall, and his marksmanship is also a little successful.
Now the enemy chief is brave, Fu Zhu is also arrogant, he refuses to retreat, shakes his spirit, and fights with Gosse in one place.
Gosse thought to himself that he was a blow to the head, and a young and thin junior on the other side would definitely not be able to parry, but he didn't expect that he not only stood up, but also did not retreat at all, but raised his gun and stabbed back, Gosse was even more angry, you must know that among the Xiqiang tribes, his Gosai's courage was also ranked in the top few, and now he was actually despised by a small baby, and he smoked on the spot, rounded his mace, and danced in the wind, according to Fu is a wild smash.
Fu Zhi knew that if he had a hard encounter with the enemy chieftain, he would definitely not be an opponent, the mace was heavy and heavy, and if it was slightly rubbed, it would be either dead or injured, and only by breaking a thousand catties by skill was the way to defeat the enemy, so he did not fight hard with Gosse, but walked with a gun, looking for a place to break the enemy in the gap of the mace.
The two of them fought for thirty or forty rounds in a row, without a win.
Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Yin ordered Mingjin to collect his troops, and the reason why he launched an attack just outside Xiangwu was to ease the pressure on Xiangwu City, and Liu Yin's goal had obviously been achieved, and the attention of the Qiang people was all attracted to the east, and the siege was temporarily stopped.
Hearing the sound of Mingjin, Fu jumped out of the circle with his horse and said, "Stop for the time being today, and fight again tomorrow!" With that, he pulled his horse and walked away.
Gosse saw that it was getting late, and did not chase after him, so he collected his troops and returned to the camp.
The Shu army retreated ten miles and camped on a high ground, which was far away from the Qiang army camp.
Deng Pu said to Liu Yin: "General, the closer this place is to the Qiang camp, you must be careful not to steal the camp and rob the village." ”
Liu Yin turned back to Fu and said, "How do you feel about fighting with the Qiang chieftain?" ”
Fu said: "His personality is rough, not like a scheming person. ”
Liu Yin smiled, groaned for a while, and immediately instructed Deng Pufu like this. (To be continued.) )