Chapter 990: The Battle of Raven Mountain (2)

"Crossbowman, shoot your feet!" Cao Ren ordered categorically.

Eight thousand crossbowmen immediately unleashed a wave of arrows in front of the rout, most of which were plunged into the ground in front of the rout, but a few unlucky ones who ran in front of them were knocked to the ground.

The rout army was stunned for a moment, and then separated towards both sides of the army formation, and at this moment, hundreds of Jin cavalry appeared in Cao Ren's field of vision.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With the sound of a bowstring, the rain of arrows flew towards the Jin cavalry under the hillside like locusts, making a sound of miles, and then I saw nearly a hundred Jin cavalry being overturned.

Just as the crossbowmen reloaded their arrows and prepared for the second round of shooting, the brigade of the Jin cavalry turned out of the valley below, shouting and rushing towards Cao Ren's front on the hillside, and a rain of arrows roared down the slope of the hillside, shooting down hundreds of Jin **** cavalry, but it did not stop their momentum.

Cao Ren frowned, and immediately ordered the spearmen to step forward, and the crossbowmen to scatter fifty paces behind.

Fifteen thousand pikemen lined up in five rows to meet the tide of cavalry rushing up, spears were like a forest, and some soldiers looked very nervous, after all, these recruits of the Sixth Legion still had a considerable distance from the real elite of the Wei army.

When the two sides were twenty paces apart, the pikemen let out a loud shout together, and their momentum rose a few points.

The first row of pikemen lowered their spears and half-crouched, the second row of pikemen lowered their spears in a bowed step, and the third row of pikemen held their spears at an angle of 45 degrees, and the two rows behind were ready.

In the blink of an eye, the Jin cavalry shouted and rushed to the front of the gun array, perhaps because of the slope, the impact speed of the Jin cavalry was not fast.

A burst of blood light appeared, and the dozen or so knights at the front were stabbed to the ground by the pikemen, and then the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom continued to rush up like a wave, and they let out a terrifying roar.

The Wei spearmen clenched their spears and repeated the action of stabbing continuously, only to see the Jin cavalry fall in front of the spear array one after another, and the stabbed men and horses slowly rolled down the hillside.

The Wei army was also uncomfortable, and soldiers were constantly stabbed by the opponent's spears or stabbed to the ground by the thrown spears, and the pikemen behind quickly filled the positions of the dead.

At the same time, the crossbowmen scattered fifty paces to the rear of the hillside fired arrows at the back of Jin ****, which caused a lot of trouble to the people of the Jin country.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than two quarters, and the people of Jin gave up this stupid way of attacking.

Cao Ren couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the people of the Jin Kingdom had retreated. At this moment, Cao Ren saw a signal rocket rise in the valley.

"They're telling the golden man in front!" Cao Ren frowned.

"General, do you understand what the enemy's signal rockets mean?" The general was quite surprised.

"I don't understand, but I can guess!"

"Look, General!" An officer shouted pointing down the hill.

Cao Ren looked down the hill and saw tens of thousands of Jin people rushing up the hill on foot, with swords and shields in front.

Cao Ren smiled, "It seems that Jin Ren is smart!" The pikemen scatter back, and the sword and shield hands come forward! ”

When the two sides were still two hundred and fifty paces apart, the Wei crossbowmen began to shoot, and with the advantage of the slope, the arrows fired by the Wei crossbowmen fell into the enemy's ranks, and achieved some success.

The Jin archers returned fire, but their arrows fell almost a hundred paces away from the Wei line.

The Jin people had to rely on their swords and shields to resist the rain of arrows of the Wei army and rush towards the hillside, and finally, after paying a considerable price, the arrows of the Jin people were also able to reach the Wei army, and at the same time, a group of Jin cavalry suddenly turned out of the valley below the mountain and rushed towards the hillside from the right side.

Cao Ren frowned and ordered the pikemen to take the top.

While the pikemen were in front, the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom on foot suddenly rained down on the pikemen, and that was their true purpose.

The pikemen's defense is very weak, seeing that one after another was shot to the ground, the pikemen gradually showed a panicked look, which is no wonder they, even the elite are difficult to maintain stability in this situation, not to mention them, the recruits of the Sixth Legion.

The spear line inevitably wavered, and at this time, the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom that came up from the right had already rushed in front of them.

The Jin cavalry let out a cry of excitement and slammed into the scattered spear line of the line.

The cavalry group of the Jin Kingdom paused in front of the front for a moment, only to see the blood waves rolling, although the pikemen line could not exert its overall combat power, but the pikemen still gritted their teeth and persisted.

Suddenly, there was a big shock in the entire front, and then the cavalry of the Jin State forcibly tore apart the spear line.

The two sides landed in a scuffle, in which case the pikemen did not have the slightest advantage.

At this moment, a Jin officer fired an arrow down the valley, followed by another group of Jin cavalry roaring towards the hillside.

A moment later, the sword, shield, and armor on the front started a melee with the Jin State cavalry, and the second wave of Jin State cavalry also joined the battle.

The figures on the entire hillside were longing, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and the soldiers on both sides seemed to be red-eyed.

About half an hour later, the Wei army gradually showed its inadequacy.

"General, we can't stand it anymore! Bring in some more troops! A bloodied officer rushed to Cao Ren and panted to inspect the report.

Cao Ren frowned and said, "There are no reinforcements!" The frontal battlefield is also very tight now! ”

Cao Ren took the big sword from the hands of his own soldiers, turned over and stepped onto the war horse, and came to a protruding rock on the hillside, and suddenly let out a tiger roar, the sound was like a thunderbolt, and the entire Crow Mountain Range seemed to tremble.

The soldiers on both sides of the battle involuntarily paused, looking at the boulder on the hillside, only to see a figure like a god, the morale of the Wei army was greatly boosted, and the morale of Jin **** was affected a little.

The next battle situation was even more tragic, I saw that there were constantly Wei soldiers and the enemy died together, the young soldier was pierced by two guns but did not fall, he rushed forward, the two guns brought out a lot of blood, and the two Jin **** soldiers couldn't help but be stunned, the young Wei soldiers hugged the two Jin soldiers and rushed towards the cliff a few steps away, when the Jin soldiers realized that something was wrong, the three of them were already crumbling on the edge of the cliff.

At this time, the brave soldiers of the Jin Kingdom finally showed a trace of fear, and the Wei soldiers spurted blood and showed a smile: "Die!" Then the three of them fell down the cliff together.

Cao Ren carried a big knife and rode into the battlefield, his hard face looming in the blood wave, like a bloodthirsty tiger, the big knife swung violently, and several Jin soldiers in front of him were stopped and beheaded together.

At this time, the crossbowmen had already lost their bows and arrows, and fought bravely in the enemy army with their swords in hand, and the sound of killing on the battlefield shook the sky, and the blood gradually spread, and the corpses of the dead soldiers on both sides increased.

At this time, there is no trace of humanity here, only the most primitive killing.

When the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the hill, the people of Jin finally retreated, the corpses on the battlefield were all over the field, the blood was like a tide, and the whining evening wind blew through the valley, as if playing a sad song! (To be continued.) )