Chapter 48: The Rift (2)

Maybe Lu Yao did guess the weakness of the Youzhou Army, but at the moment, they need to do their best to resist the angry impact of the Youzhou Army. It is natural, because the only thing that can crush the rock is a hammer and an anvil; If the hammer and anvil are not strong enough, they will be crushed by the rocks.

The waist crossbow is temporarily unusable. There is a considerable time gap between each 'shot' of this complex weapon. Although the officers in charge of the command shouted one after another, and the thirty strong men sweated profusely and pulled the tightly fastened cranks, most of them did not have time to rewind when the enemy troops rushed to the front of the chariot formation.

In the place of the crossbows, the archers of Daijun leaned out of the cover of the sword and shield men, and poured their arrows down. The raindrop-like dense arrows splashed a little red ripple in the black 'color' 'wave' and 'tide' set off by the Youzhou army, proving that such a rain of arrows was almost enough to block any attack, but at this moment, the red 'color' ripples were immediately drowned by the even greater black 'color' 'wave' and 'tide' surging from the rear. On the other hand, the Xianbei 'shooter' who was standing a little far away also frantically 'shot' at the Daijun army formation. At this time, there is no need to pay attention to the hit rate, as long as you throw the arrow forward, you will definitely achieve considerable results!

Xue Tong was at the forefront of the car formation, and the banner used for command 'revealed' his position, so he was immediately 'shot' by the Xianbei people. Whistling arrows struck the shield raised by the servants, and the force almost made them shake and fall, and the surface of the shield covered with cowhide was peeled off almost instantly. The two shield-wielding soldiers fell to the ground with a muffled grunt, and the two soldiers in the back row raised their shields and rushed forward to fill the gap. In the process, Xue Tong stood still with a contemptuous expression, casually waving his long knife, and knocked down several arrows with a crackle. However, the two new soldiers were soon in place and soon retreated with a wound. The size of the wooden shield is limited, and it is difficult to cover itself completely when covering the generals with all their might.

Xue Tong looked at the Xianbei people who were wantonly 'shooting', and gave a low order. The archers immediately focused their attention on the Xianbei people who were a hundred paces away, and their colleagues, who were constantly suffering casualties, also 'shot' them Xianbei people off their horses one by one.

This order gave the Youzhou infantry in the charge a chance. As countless arrows flew over their heads, they howled and ran wildly, quickly covering the front of the chariot. Countless people's excited drums?? The clamor was like a tsunami in the mountains, inspiring a soldier at the front to leap forward, soar into the air with the momentum of running, and step straight to the top of the wooden wall!

He was greeted by more than a dozen spears piercing at the same time. This lonely target hanging in the air was instantly pierced by several spears. The spearmen shouted in unison, and threw their lifeless bodies back into the dense ranks of enemy troops, bringing down a small group of men.

More spears pierced out from the gaps in the wooden walls like poisonous snakes spitting letters, and immediately began to scream one after another. The Youzhou army that swarmed forward was like an ant colony being burned by flames, and a layer was cut off in an instant. The body of the deceased may collapse to the ground and be trampled by those who come after him; Or they were hugged by their comrades and held up as shields against the front, and finally slammed into the wooden wall with a pop, squeezing the blood that had not yet coagulated out of the wounds.

Some of the Youzhou soldiers bit their swords in their mouths and stretched out their hands to climb the edge of the wooden wall, but the sword and shield hands of the Daijun Army cut off their palms or fingers without hesitation. Dozens of wounded soldiers who had lost their fingers fell back into the army with a miserable howl, once again triggering a 'commotion' and 'chaos'.

The infantry of the first 'wave' attack was reduced at a speed that was recognizable to the naked eye. The teams of the second and third waves pressed immediately. Every moment, hundreds of Youzhou Army soldiers were injured and killed, and the blood they spewed made the land in front of the Daijun car formation sticky and slippery, and after countless people trampled on it, it turned into a small blood-colored pond.

The partial van of the Daijun Army is just a unified name, in fact, it is a slight modification of the various sizes of vehicles collected by Daijun, and a wooden wall made of thick planks is added on the side. This kind of wooden wall is not very reliable, and in order to facilitate long-distance running, the dead weight of the vehicle is also limited; Even though they were connected by chains, they were far from strong. But such a formation combined with a long-range 'shooting' bow and crossbow, a short-range stabbing spear, and a sword and shield hand with both offense and defense immediately became a difficult line of defense!

At this time, about 500 cloths away from the front line of the tragic 'confrontation' between the two armies, Duan Jilu looked at the car formation of the Daijun army, and seemed to be stunned.

Compared with the soldiers and horses of Youzhou, which covered the sky and the sun with a terrifying voice, the Daijun army only defended a small piece of territory carried by the two rivers, and fell on the vast grassland, which was as inconspicuous as a stain. However, the concubine who was pinned on by the Duke of Liaoxi and the general of the Fu Army, who had long commanded the army to fight in the south and the north, really did not expect that the Youzhou army, which could be defeated in Xiongguan Jiancheng in the interior of the Central Plains, would be frustrated in front of this inconspicuous car formation in front of him. What made him even more heavy was that the losses of Yang Fei's troops of the Youzhou Army, which were used as strikers, had been extremely heavy. After paying such a price, if he couldn't achieve the expected results, it was hard for him to imagine what Wang Jun's mood would be.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Duan Mo'bo rode from the rear to Duan Jilu's side. Due to the failure to successfully break through the front of the Daijun army, the heavy cavalry to which Duan Mo's 'Bo' belonged was never able to enter the battle, which made the fierce Xianbei general a little anxious. He leaned closer to Duan Jian Lu and lowered his voice, "I heard that the general is very dissatisfied with our command......

"Oh?" Duan Ji Lu frowned.

"This ...... Ahem...... The generals near the general are complaining about us, saying that we don't do our best to fight, but instead take the 'sex' life of the Jin people to die. The general, though noncommittal, did not refute them either. ”

Duan Ji Lu spitted disdainfully: "Those people are just fortunate people, what are the nonsense words with their mouths open?" We have always relied on us in the matter of war; The general is so wise, he naturally knows our difficulties......" He pointed in the direction of the Daijun army and said, "Look at it! Look! On the flanks and back of the Daijun army, there were large river beaches and waters, which could not accommodate the march of the army, and the outflanked troops had not been able to contact the enemy until now. And this front was blocked by the traffic array. The general wants us to deal with the enemy within an hour, don't say that you are in a hurry, I am also in a hurry. But can I take the cavalry and charge the chariots? At this time, if you don't need those Jin people, when will you stay? ”

Duan Ji Lu said with some rambling, he didn't feel that such words were actually just to convince himself. In fact, he himself does not have absolute confidence in Wang Jun's support. After saying a few words, the war horse under his crotch suddenly rushed forward a few steps in anger, and he had to stop talking, strain the reins hard, and it took a little effort to calm down the fierce horses.

"Tell Yang Fei that the Daijun Army has such a small number of troops, I don't believe they can hold out for as long as possible! Let him storm with all his might, and don't be afraid of the dead! If he dares not to do his best, even if it makes trouble in front of the general, I will cut off his dog head first! Duan Ji Lu gritted his teeth and casually ordered a conger to ride to give orders. Immediately, he slowed down his tone and turned to Duan Mo'bo' and said: "In addition, the Daijun Army relied on the terrain to block the light cavalry on the two wings of our army in the distance, thinking that they would have peace of mind. As the frontal battle became more and more 'intense', I saw that their flanks were slackening. ”

Duan Ji Lu Jun pointed to the rear of the right side of the county army, that is, a place in the southeast, with a horsewhip: "Mo 'wave', look there." I have made a closer look, and although the waters of that place are wide, most of them are waist-deep, and can be easily crossed; And there is also dense tall grass as a cover. I'm going to let you pick a group of warriors, abandon their horses and sneak on foot, and give them a fatal blow from behind! What do you think? ”

At the end of the paragraph, 'Bo' carefully looked in the direction pointed by Duan Ji Lu and his family, and was silent. Duan Ji Lu knew that his clan brother was not only brave, but also cunning and wise, so he did not rush to urge, but waited patiently for his reply.

When the two generals of the Duan clan were discussing, Duan Jilu's cavalry had already galloped into Yang Fei's army. The black-pressed infantry team then suddenly jumped up like a fierce beast pricked by a needle, and pressed towards the Daijun army together.

The infantry of the Youzhou army was composed entirely of Jin people. In the chariot formation of the Daijun army, in addition to some of the Zahu soldiers who were recruited, there were also a considerable number of Jin people. Their hometowns of Daijun and Jixian are actually only more than 100 miles apart, maybe they go back several generations, and they will discover a kinship with each other, but at this time, each of them gritted their teeth and fought desperately in this narrow area, fighting fiercely in every foot and inch of the winding car formation, slashing and stabbing each other.

The Jin people in the north were much more courageous and robust than their counterparts in the south, and the intensity of the battles continued to increase, until they far surpassed any of the wars waged by the kings of the Great Jin Dynasty in the Central Plains.

Daigun's spearmen stabbed their spears through the gaps, 'drawn' them back, stabbed them out again, and mechanically repeated the action over and over again. Most of the time, each stab elicited a scream, and the screams were almost continuous, and there was no time to stop. And as the Youzhou army invested more and more troops, the spearmen often found that the spears that were 'withdrawn' were cut off, and even the entire spear was torn out by the Youzhou army with wooden walls. And the sword and shield men who provided cover for them have already suffered heavy casualties. Under the violent impact of the clanging sound, even the continuous body made a crackling sound of wood cracking in many places.

Finally, a train of vans could not hold up. In a short period of time, the Youzhou army concentrated its arrows and 'shot' in this direction, forcing the defenders to retreat slightly, and then cut the iron chain with an iron axe, and more than a dozen people used their shoulders against the body of the car at the same time to exert force, violently pushing the vehicle back a few feet!

The Youzhou soldiers who pushed the vehicle were almost instantly pierced into a honeycomb by the spears stabbed from both wings. However, more people shouted and rushed towards the only gap in the line. Countless swords, spears, and halberds swung into a whirlwind through that small gap, and blood splattered everywhere like rain. The first batch of Youzhou sergeants who rushed into the gap and the first batch of Daijun sergeants who rushed to maintain the defensive line died almost instantly. The soldiers in the back row continued to advance one after the other, until the gap was clogged into a bloody grinding disc that could not be drained.

In the middle of the Daijun Army, more than a dozen war drums rumbled without a moment's pause. Lu Yao muttered in the deafening drums: "Husband, courage." One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion. After a half-time period, their offensive will inevitably collapse again, and by that time, ......"