Chapter 1032: Crowded Battlefield
On the Xuanyuan Pass, every two or three steps of the Qin soldiers guarding the pass, there would be a person standing straight on the city wall.
The battle flag of the Qin army planted on the wall battlement fluttered and flew in the wind of hunting at the pass.
The wind swept past the soldiers of the Qin army, and the strong wind made them a little unable to open their eyes.
Located in the valley, although it can be built without a lot of stones, and the town is relatively simple, there is one disadvantage, that is, the wind is too strong.
"General! There seems to be a big army ahead! At the pass, the general who led the army was inspecting the soldiers, and not far from him, a Qin army raised his hand and pointed to the nearby hill and shouted to him.
Following the direction of the soldier's finger, the general hurriedly looked towards the hill.
Sure enough, the figures on the hill were longing, but they did not fly the banner of the exhibition.
If the main force of the Qin army turned back, it would definitely march along the main road, and there were really a lot of people on the hill, and from a distance, even if there were not 10,000, there were thousands of people.
"The enemy is coming, the whole army is on alert!" The partial general guarding the pass can also be regarded as a battle-hardened one, and seeing that many figures appeared on the hill, he hurriedly shouted to the soldiers of the Qin army guarding the pass.
With his shout, the Qin army on the wall immediately ran around, piling up the stones that had been prepared long ago at the entrance of the stairs that ascended to the wall from the pass, so as to block the road to the entrance.
The people on the hill gradually descended the hillside, and the partial generals of the Qin army, who had already ordered the whole army to be on guard, had already been able to see the Qing Dynasty pouring in at the pass, and it was the Qingzhou army with poor clothes and armor.
The Qin army and the Qingzhou army have fought many times, and the soldiers of the Qin army will never really regard the Qingzhou army as an opponent.
Every time the two sides fought, the officers and men of the Qin army had a kind of lofty attitude, and they simply looked down on the Qingzhou army, which was poorly equipped, lacked training, and had very low morale.
"I'm afraid there are more than 10,000 people!" The general was standing on the top of the wall looking at the Qingzhou army used at the pass, and a senior officer beside him whispered to him: "What is the general's plan?" ”
"Defend the pass!" The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and the general actually showed a confident smile, and said to the officer: "The Qingzhou army is just a group of stragglers, how could our army have ever been afraid of them?" ”
The officer nodded, but was speechless.
Not only did the partial general look down on the Qingzhou Army, but even he never took the Qingzhou Army in his eyes.
10,000 Qingzhou troops attacked Xuanyuan Pass, as long as the Qin army held on, the Qingzhou army had little chance of victory, even if they attacked from the pass, they could climb the wall along the stairs.
The Qingzhou army that poured down from the hill did not immediately attack the Xuanyuan Pass, but under the command of a general of the Qingzhou Army, they lined up a large formation in the pass.
Standing at the pass, looking at the Qingzhou army that was arraying, the corners of the Qin army's partial general always had a sneering smile on his lips.
The Qingzhou army was arrayed, and the generals of the Qin army, who had been fighting all year round, could see that the number of Cao's troops was not more than 10,000 just from the vertical and breadth of their large array.
More than 10,000 Qingzhou troops are only five times the number of Qin troops guarding the pass.
"Soldiers!" Slowly pulling out the long sword from his waist, the general of the Qin army pointed the long sword towards the Qingzhou army array, and shouted loudly: "The Qingzhou army is here, they are more numerous than us, you say, what should I do?" ”
"Kill them! Ha ha! If it was the main force of the Cao army that came here, the soldiers of the Qin army would definitely respond with a strong word "kill".
But it was the Qingzhou Army that lined up in the pass, and the soldiers of the Qin Army, who had always despised the Qingzhou Army, did not take their enemies in their eyes at all, and when they responded to the partial generals, many of them even let out laughter.
"Don't underestimate the Qingzhou Army!" The partial general pursed his lips, and after the voices of the soldiers fell, he shouted to the soldiers of the Qin army at the pass: "They have always known how to fight more and fight less, tens of thousands of people ambushed our army with a thousand Tongze, you say, this blood debt, can we ask them to pay off?" ”
"Blood debt and blood payment!" Speaking of the 1,000 Qin troops who were ambushed by the Qingzhou army, all the Qin soldiers present immediately became solemn, and they raised their blades high and shouted in unison.
The Qin army at the pass was ignited by the fighting spirit of the Qin army who were ambushed by the Qingzhou army, but the Qingzhou army officers and soldiers under the pass looked up at the pass that was once guarded by them one by one, and their faces were full of anticipation for the battle.
The partial general who led this Qingzhou army did not boost the morale of the generals under his command like the partial general of the Qin army.
After the Qin army let out a shout, the general of the Qingzhou army on horseback slowly pulled out the long sword from his waist and pointed the long sword at the Qin army at the pass.
The general's long sword pointed at the Qin army at the pass, and the heavy infantry in the Qingzhou army array immediately held their shields and advanced towards the pass.
This Qingzhou army is all heavy infantry, there are no archers and cavalry among them, and the few people on war horses are also officers of various departments.
10,000 heavy infantry of the Qingzhou Army marched neatly and with a big shield in their hands and advanced towards the pass, and the soldiers of the Qin Army on the pass also had a laughing look, and the strong crossbowmen had already raised their crossbows and aimed at the array of the Qingzhou Army.
A series of sharp arrows aimed at the large array of the heavy infantry of the Qingzhou Army.
Every Qin army with a strong crossbow had a solemn expression.
Before the battle began, they would wantonly despise the enemy army, but once the battle began, the Qin army would no longer treat the battle as a child's play.
Under Liu Wei's tutelage, the soldiers of the Qin army knew very well that the slightest slackness in the battle could cause them to regret that they could not forget for the rest of their lives.
Although the enemy army is weak, although deep down they look down on this army that is more like a chaotic people, the soldiers of the Qin army will also fight them as if they were on the right track when they start a fight.
Holding a large shield and marching in a neat phalanx, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army pushed forward while striking the shield with short spears.
The short spear struck the shield with a crisp sound, as if countless people were beating the war drums, making the morale of the Qingzhou army reach a new peak.
"Shoot the arrows!" The general of the Qin army at the pass, seeing that the Qingzhou army was advancing to the range of the strong crossbow, pressed his arm down sharply and gave the order to release the arrow.
At the command of the general, all the crossbowmen pulled off the springs of the crossbow.
The moment the machine spring was cut down, a crisp sound of crossbow strings flicking came into the ears of the soldiers of the Qin army at the pass.
One arrow after another, like locusts flying out, densely covered the array of heavy infantry of the Qingzhou Army.
The strong crossbow fired from top to bottom is not like the strong crossbow when the two armies advance in parallel, they can only shoot at the front of the enemy, and the arrows fly over the head of the Qingzhou army walking in the front under the hood, and shoot at the Qingzhou army heavy infantry behind.
The arrows of the crossbow arrows, with strong strength, flew into the array of the Qingzhou army, although the Qingzhou army held a big shield, but there were still some people who were shot by the arrows and fell into the billowing smoke and dust that the soldiers stepped out of when they advanced.
The arrows fired by the Qin army's strong crossbowmen were endless, and one by one the Qingzhou troops advancing with large shields fell in the rain curtain formed by the arrows.
But the advance of the Qingzhou army did not stop, but the speed of march became faster and faster.
Fifty steps! Thirty steps! Twenty steps!
The distance between the Qingzhou army and the pass was getting closer and closer, and when they marched to the pass only more than ten steps away, the Qingzhou army let out a shout in unison and rushed up the stairs to the pass.
The Qin army's strong crossbowman picked up his strong crossbow and shot a puff of feathered arrows at the charging Qingzhou army.
The shield in his hand was in front of him, and the Qingzhou army could block the feather arrows shooting from the front, but it could not shield the arrows flying from the side.
Patches of the Qingzhou army fell under the arrows fired by the Qin army.
Although many Qingzhou troops were shot and killed by the Qin army's strong crossbowmen, more Qingzhou troops climbed the stairs to the pass along the way.
The Qingzhou army ran up the stairs, only half of which rushed out, and the Qin army, which had been prepared for a long time above the stairs, shouted in unison and pushed down the stones that had been built earlier.
The stone tumbled and smashed down the stairs.
The Qingzhou army, who was climbing the ladder, couldn't dodge and was suddenly smashed over.
The Qingzhou army, which was smashed by heavy stones, rolled and fell down the stairs one by one.
The Qingzhou army, who was hit by a hard stone in the chest, spurted blood from his mouth, and fell backwards, knocking down the people behind him.
A Qingzhou army that rushed to the front was charging upwards with his head down, and the bluestone that fell head-on covered him.
The Qingzhou army, who was charging with his head down, felt the stone fall down, and just turned sideways to avoid the head-on fall, he saw that a companion behind him was hit in the chest by the bluestone, and another stone that was slightly behind him hit his temple impartially.
Knocking down the bluestones piled up at the entrance of the stairs, the Qingzhou army's offensive was slightly delayed, and the Qin army's heavy infantry on the city wall let out a shout, and also carried shields and swords, and rushed towards the Qingzhou army that was charging along the stairs.
Two armies with a large number of people collided on the narrow staircase, and the soldiers of both sides behind them desperately pushed forward, but the soldiers of both sides who crashed into one place were so crowded that they couldn't even wield the blades in their hands.
A soldier of the Qin army, holding the arm of the Pu knife, was raised high due to pushing.
He wanted to slash the Pu knife at the Qingzhou Army in front of him, but his arm was pushed and he couldn't pull it back at all.
The Qingzhou army, which was crowded together with him, had the same experience, although he wanted to pierce the heart of this Qin army with a short spear, but his arm couldn't be pulled out at all.
The two of them shouted and glared at each other angrily, but they couldn't do anything about each other.
The people in the back were still pushing vigorously, and the people in front were shields against shields, and their chests were close to their chests, and there was no way to use them at all.
A soldier of the Qin army was really squeezed and couldn't pull his hand, so in a hurry, he roared loudly and slammed his forehead towards the top of the head of the Qingzhou army who was crowded with him.