"Rush left and right, throw the hook!" ordered the commander of the Qi army.

The soldiers on the left and right accelerated and rushed forward, cutting inexorably into the two wings of the Cao army, turning the Cao army in the front row into a protrusion, and then the Qi army threw dozens of hooks in the formation, dragging the Cao army back regardless of whether the hook was in the middle of the hook.

Cao Jun, who was hooked, stood unsteadily, fell to the ground, and was immediately dragged in front of Qi Jun, who was greeted by a few prismatic guns, and the result was only a dead end.

"Order a large team, rush forward, fight to the death and not retreat!" Ying Quan ordered the troops to fight hard.

Being well equipped does not mean that you have a strong will to fight, and you must open the passage into the city by rushing forward with the enemy army at the risk of death.

The black triangular gun is powerful, but Cao Jun, who is holding his companion opposite, does Qi Jun dare to poke it to death?

The answer is: dare!

Although Cao Jun fought very hard and did not hesitate to be shot to save one Qi army, the Qi army on the left and right still stabbed fiercely.

The triangular spear can't pierce the armor of the Qi army!

Ying Quan watched his subordinates fall one by one, his heart was dripping blood, the problem was that they didn't cause damage to the enemy.

"Magicians attack with all their might! Don't think you're going to hurt your own people by mistake. "He's a killer move.

There are fifty magicians in the 11th Division, and the magicians from Xingye City have not yet arrived, and Cao's army has absolute air superiority.

Normally, mages will not attack enemies in the combat zone, and it is easy to hurt their own people unless their own commander gives them an order.

The magician rose into the air under the cover of night, came to a relatively safe height and stopped, and locked on to the black troops of the Qi army with his mental power.

The dazzling magic light flew down, and there was a brief pause on the battlefield, Cao Jun stopped, and Qi Jun collectively lowered his head.

However, Ying Quan was once again disappointed, the invincible magic did not break Qi Jun's armor, and Qi Jun withstood a wave of magic attacks and began to attack again.

"That armor is magically resistant!" Ying Quan's eyes widened, and his mind was a little overwhelmed.

The battle situation is very serious for him, and if he does not solve the Qi army, he will definitely not be able to enter the city, and the plan to burn the granary is doomed to failure.

"Blow the trumpet!" he decided to take a desperate gamble.

As soon as the charge horn sounded, the Cao army in front of him became even more crazy, and he desperately killed the Qi army. Because they had no way to retreat, their cavalry was about to rush forward, and they either rushed forward or spread out on both sides, but the latter would be considered deserters.

Qi Jun was unmoved, still coldly harvesting Cao Jun in front of him, stabbing forward one after another, stabbing his body sideways, letting his teammates behind him top him, and retreating to the back row to rest.

Click, the sound of hurried horses' hooves came, and the ten teams of the 11th Division rushed over, and the horse speed had been raised to the highest.

"Retreat left and right, form a circular echelon!" Qi Jun commander quickly adjusted his tactics.

The Qi army, which cut into the flanks of the Cao army, hurriedly retreated, and the Qi army in front stopped advancing and formed a circle with the commander as the center.

Different from the normal circle, the soldiers on the periphery of the front semicircle crouch down and point the triangular spear diagonally upward, the soldier in the middle layer holds the triangular gun behind the back of his companion in front of him and bends down to grasp the barrel of the gun, and the soldier in the middle circle straightens up and faces the triangular gun at the flat end.

This is a typical infantry-versus-cavalry formation, but few troops use it, because the position at the top of the arc in front is too weak, but it is very flexible, and when the enemy attacks a little, it can move left and right, and use echelon defense to weaken the attack; when the enemy attacks in multiple heads, the circle can be rotated to share the enemy's attack as a whole.

The heavy infantry of the Cao army was still attacking, but it could not shake the formation of the Qi army in the slightest, but was poked into a string in front of the Qi army, and was used by the enemy to cushion the impact of the cavalry.

A strong sense of shame rose in Ying Quan's heart, it was the first time he had been treated like this by the enemy after many years of fighting, and Qi Jun's calmness seemed to be practicing tactics.

His last hope was in front of the Qi army, and the top ten captains lived up to the trust and organized a cavalry formation to shoot spears first, even if there were still their own infantry in front.

Bang, the spear swept down the Qi army in the front row, and a loud bang broke out on the armor, and the Qi army's circular ladder formation seemed to be shaken.

However, Ying Quan was dumbfounded again, the gun did not cut the front row of Qi Jun, and was actually blocked.

Qi Jun's armor is not only as simple as magic resistance, but even the fighting spirit can be blocked!

The cavalry arrow collided with the Qi army's spear formation, and even the men and horses were poked into thousands of holes, but its impact was resolved by the circular ladder formation.

There were constantly hooks flying out of the Qi army's array, and when they hooked the cavalry, they dragged off their horses vigorously, and if they couldn't hook, they were thrown out as tripping horses.

The circular echelon began to rotate and move back, and in order to reduce the impact of the cavalry a little, it was only necessary to stop the first few rows of cavalry, and the cavalry behind could not rush up.

"Mingjin retreat!" Ying Quan realized the seriousness of the problem, and the speed of the cavalry would slow down and lose its impact.

This force, numbering about 2,000 men, was not in a hurry, it was simply certain that it would defeat him, and it was even possible to leave the 11th Division behind.

As soon as the gong sounded, the Cao army was defeated and retreated, intending to retreat to the main formation and regroup, but the Qi army did not let them go, and quickly turned from a circular ladder formation to a conical formation, chasing Cao Jun's tail to cover up.

Toot toot, the cornet sounded at the head of Xingye City, and the black-armored infantry immediately changed from a conical formation to a goose-shaped formation in front V, and the two wings tried to outflank the left and right sides of Cao's army as much as possible.

"The ten teams withdrew and assembled five miles away from the rear, and a large team changed their light armor!" Ying Quan focused his attention on the direction of the city gate.

Sure enough, a strange-looking cavalry team ran out of the city gate, and it must have come to chase and kill Cao Jun.

Ying Quan saw such a cavalry for the first time, the knight armor and the war horse armor were connected together, it was actually a suit of people and horses, the same black color, and it was not clear when it was far away at night.

"Oops! It's the infantry team. The whole army obeyed the order, dispersed and broke through, and the magicians evacuated freely, and executed it immediately!" he gave the most extreme retreat order very decisively, and he could run one by one.

After all, they are in the rear of the enemy army, and there are enemies on all sides, because the enemy is too strong, so they cannot concentrate on breaking through, otherwise it will be easier to be eliminated by the enemy.

Cao's 11th Division failed in its operation and suffered a devastating blow in Duanshui County, with only fifty magicians and hundreds of men fleeing back to the base camp.

Their defeat was not a surprise, but the enemy they encountered caught the attention of the commander of Cao's army.

The news returned to Shengchang City, "Troops using special equipment?" Cao Qi was also alarmed.

"That's right!" Yao Mang sorted out all the information in recent years, "It can be determined that the special equipment is made of ferrous metal, has extremely strong magic resistance and fighting resistance, and has a defensive power that far exceeds that of fine armor, judging from the fact that the cavalry of the Qi army is also used, the weight of the equipment is not too large, and ordinary war horses can bear it."

We suspect that this ferrous metal comes from under the Diyan Lake, and it is likely to be the main reason why the Qi State invaded our country and forcibly occupied the southern shore of Xinhu, and it is inseparable from the Tongbei Empire. ”

"What you mean is that the Qi army's equipment comes from a special ferrous metal, which is produced in the Diyan Lake, and the Qi country does not hesitate to start a war to occupy this metal. Only then did Cao Qi understand why Qi Guo suddenly turned his face with him.

"The king is wise. Yao Mang hurriedly offered his fart.

"What metal is so powerful? Doesn't other countries have it?" Cao Qi felt that he had learned a lot, but he didn't have the impression of this metal.

"It's not clear for the time being, other places shouldn't have been found, Lao Chen has sent someone to contact the Gu Yuan Empire, hoping to get some clues from them. ”

Even someone as knowledgeable as Uncle Guo didn't know that the origin of this mysterious metal must be extraordinary.

"In that case, we must retake the Lake of the Earth's Eye and have the Commander's Office mobilize troops immediately. Cao Qi felt like he was being put on the table.

Diyan Lake belongs to Cao Qi and the two countries, no matter what treasures are found there, Cao Guo cannot be missing, and now Qi Guo wants to steal money from his Cao Qi pocket if he wants to swallow it alone.

"The envoys of Meng and his own country are here, you see, do you want to?" Yao Mang obviously had no confidence in Cao Guo's army.

This cannot be blamed on the Cao military, firstly, the Qi State has been prepared, secondly, the Tongbei Empire has vigorously supported the Qi State, and thirdly, the Qi Army has new equipment, and the combat effectiveness of the troops has been greatly improved, and the existing strength of the Cao State alone may not be the opponent of the Qi State.

"If you ask Meng and your own country for help, they will definitely want to get a piece of the pie, and they will not be reconciled! Let the Commander's Mansion try it first, but if it really can't be done, they will contact other countries. "Cao Qi doesn't want to share good things with others.

"The old minister took the order. ”

......

Ding Kui returned to Nanqiu County with Jiang Xi, and deliberately added a "staff department" next to the "Military Command Department", which was dedicated to Jiang Xi.

After arranging the chores, he took Cha Yang back to the Earl's Mansion in Juyang City.

In order to highlight the importance of "Thousands of Tempers", he had to do enough superficial work, and only after informing the ancestors of the sacrifice did he take Cha Yang to the practice secret room.

"Thank you, Master Ding. "Cha Yang has changed his name to Ding Kui.

Excited, he took the "Recipe for Tempering a Thousand Tempers" with both hands, immediately sat down cross-legged, and flipped through the cheats in the practice secret room.

He did not rush to rehearse the movements on the cheats, but carefully looked through the worn-out book, and read it very carefully and carefully, every word, every stroke of the pattern, every corner of the paper, repeatedly checked and memorized by heart.

Ding Kui is very familiar with this scene, and he did the same when he got "A Thousand Tempers and Hundred Tempers", but he didn't look at it so carefully. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that Ding Qi gave him "A Thousand Tempers and Hundred Tempers" at that time, and he could watch it as long as he wanted and how many times he wanted to watch it, but Cha Yang was different, and he had to return it to him after reading it.

After about dozens of minutes, less than an hour, Cha Yang slowly closed the "Thousand Tempers and Hundred Tempers", got up and handed it back to Ding Kui, and asked, "Can I practice here?"

Ding Kui took back the cheats and said, "Of course, I'll go out first, and I'll lend it to you tonight." ”

"No, you don't have to avoid it, you can watch me practice, and if I practice something wrong, you can correct it at any time. ”

Cha Yang knew what Ding Kui was avoiding, and the master masters had their own practice tricks, and most of them didn't like to let others watch them.

"It's okay, I've been practicing for so many years, and I have some experience, so I can share it with you. ”