While Sun Jie and the Tiger Guards were fighting Guan Shengyun's guards, his cavalry on the right had already forced themselves in front of the circular formation.

The armored knights were driving in circles outside the circular formation, making all kinds of fierce expressions, cursing loudly, and making various threatening attack movements with their weapons. The Tang knights all brought their riding bows. , at this time, they all hung their long soldiers back on their saddle rings, took off their bows and arrows, and began to aim and shoot calmly. This is psychological warfare: for armored targets, the power of a cavalry bow, which is not even as powerful as an infantry bow, is more of a deterrent than the actual damage. The effect - but the effect should not be underestimated: anyone who is pointed directly at the door by a sharp arrow seven or eight feet away will suffer huge psychological pressure. What's more, they don't just aim and shoot, but often aim for a while, Suddenly he changed the direction and pointed at another person. Several times, the arrow suddenly loosened its string and shot out. Some of them took aim for a while, smiled teasingly and sinisterly at the guy who was nearby and covered in cold sweat, and then put down the bow. The person who was targeted just now He breathed a sigh of relief, and a sharp arrow shot through the air towards his face...

The armored cavalry were bluffing, but they were actually waiting for their own infantry. They were in no rush to charge into the formation. The veterans in the circle formation all knew this, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Breaking through was already impossible: no matter what, a man's two legs could not outrun a horse's four legs. Once the formation dispersed, everyone would be killed in an instant.

In a place of death, despair overwhelms fear, and everyone's face is ferocious.

The armored infantrymen of the Changjie Battalion rumbled up with heavy footsteps.

The armored cavalry gave way to the front and changed to cover from three sides.

Directly in front of the circular formation is a square formation - Sun Jie's personal barracks.

The thick square array was twenty or thirty rows deep. In front of the hollow circular array, which only had three thin lines of defense, it looked increasingly indestructible.

The other three directions are armored cavalry - in the open and flat fields, they are a nightmare for all infantry.

The noisy drum noise subsided, and the battlefield gradually became quiet. There was only the sound of heavy breathing and slight metal friction, as well as the occasional snort of the war horses and the clatter of patrolling hooves. Each sound was like a knock on the soldiers in trouble. on the heart.

The two sides were in a stalemate. This moment was so long that time seemed to have frozen.

Not far away, more than a hundred feet away.

The hundreds of cavalry pursuers on the left were galloping wantonly in the fields. One after another, the defeated soldiers who had lost their strength but were still running hard in all directions fell one after another under the sharp sabers and lances, and screams came one after another. It can be vaguely heard... Some armored cavalry have cut down all the defeated soldiers within the attack range, and they are teasing the last target like a cat and mouse: they rush to the vicinity, tap lightly with their lances, and the runners immediately turn around and run away. Looking in the other direction, the knight just watched on the spot, waiting for the unlucky guy to run dozens of steps and urge his horse again to catch up and block the road ahead. The latter could only turn again... Seeing the small figure, he was desperate. , running without direction, running, suddenly fell down, struggled for a few times and then became motionless - this was like running out of lungs.

Guan Jianlin, a guerrilla in the circular formation, turned pale and looked around: outside the formation was an enemy with an absolute advantage, and beside him were his brothers who lived with him day and night... He gritted his teeth, took a few steps forward and got out of the formation. He shouted in a hissing voice: "Please give me a reply, Commander-in-Chief of your army!"

silence.

No one answered.

The veins on Guan Guoqi's neck were clearly visible and he continued to shout: "Your general, Guan has something to say!"

The shrill voice pierced the dusk, and the noisy battlefield seemed to suddenly become dead silent.

Horse hooves clatter.

A member of the cavalry will rise out of the crowd.

The saber in his right hand was pointed at Guan Jianlin. The blade was still sharp and the blade was stained bright red. A drop of blood slowly crawled along the blade toward the tip.

Guerrilla Guan Jianlin took a few steps forward, raised his sword with both hands and knelt down on one knee: "Commander! This is Guerrilla Guan Jianlin from the personal camp under Marshal Guan. Every wrongdoer has an owner and every debtor has an owner, and all men obey orders, and Guan is willing to sacrifice his life."

If I give my brothers a way to live, we will kill them as they please without any hesitation!"

There was a burst of noise in the circular array.

Everyone knows in their hearts that Guan Guerrilla's so-called finding a way out is by no means as easy as putting down their weapons and walking away. Being put into a hard labor camp and being whipped to death should be the best ending. It may also be that each person sacrifices one

Palms, or arms, as the price for leaving here and surviving. Of course, there is another possibility: the officers and soldiers just pretended to agree verbally, and then suddenly turned their backs and killed them all when they put down their weapons and became unarmed - this kind of thing is not

It's not that it has never happened before, and it happened more than once! The only thing that can bind the other party is not an oath, but just the vague prophecy of "killing prisoners is ominous". Whether to keep the promise or not depends only on the thought of the other general.

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The soldiers' emotions were complicated: Of course they didn't want to see the guerrillas slaughtered at the slightest opportunity, but... who would be willing to give up their chance of survival? Even if they were to be permanently disabled...

The condescending cavalry commander stared at Guan Youqi, who was half-kneeling in front of his horse, with cold eyes for a while, and then said word by word: "This is Shangguan Fei, the staff general under Marshal Sun, the chief military officer of the Admiral Xuan Mansion."

Just as Guan Jianlin said, "Look up for a long time," he saw Shangguan Fei's saber stretched straight forward and raised high. He paused for a moment, then quickly made a stroke to the right, turned around, and rode away. The blood drops thrown from the blade fell on

On Guan Jianlin's face and clothes, Guan Jianlin was completely unaware.

Seeing this, the armored cavalry in other directions withdrew!

The knights gathered their horses' heads one after another and followed Shangguan Fei at a trot away. Only the infantry square formation was still standing tall in front of the circular formation.

Guan Jianlin and everyone in the circle were stunned on the spot: What is going on?

Agree? Why don't you give me a happy message? Why don't you take yourself away?

Don’t agree? If you don’t agree, why do you all leave and give up two paths?

Guan Jianlin, who was kneeling on one knee, straightened his upper body and looked around. Then, he stood up hesitantly and looked in the direction where the cavalry left. Then he turned to look at the infantry phalanx in front of him - he was horrified to find that the mountains and plains were still there just now.

The other group of armored cavalry chasing the defeated troops had already completed their respective tasks. They formed a large arc-shaped cavalry line from a distance and slowly came over...

In the midst of confusion, the three-faced armored cavalry had already galloped more than a hundred paces. They reined in their horses again, returned to the formation, trotted, accelerated, sprinted...

stunned!

Heartbroken!

This, this, this is about rushing into battle and killing them all!

They didn't even bother to pretend to accept surrender and then kill the prisoners!

After the shock, Guan Jianlin yelled with all his strength: "Fight with the dog officers and soldiers!"

However, the shouts were immediately drowned in the rumble of horse hooves.

Like most generals of this era, Shangguan Fei's loyalty and bravery are not directed so much at the court as at Sun Jie alone. In public, he calls Sun Jie the Commander-in-Chief, but in private,

That was his benefactor - Shangguan Fei, who had been the personal servant of the young master Sun Mansion all the way to a dignified third-grade general who showed off his power. Without Sun Jie, there would be nothing for him! The shameless thieves not only killed prisoners, but also destroyed the city.

You will massacre the city, and now you still want to save only one life? Where in the world can such a thing be so cheap! If you were in another position, would you spare the life of my commander, would you spare my life?

Admittedly, it would be most convenient to pretend to accept surrender and then entrap all the thieves who have laid down their weapons - it's not that Shangguan Fei has never thought about it - that's why he just pondered.

But Shangguan Fei has followed Sun Jie for more than 20 years, and he knows the character of his benefactor. Although Sun Jie doesn't say anything on the surface, he definitely doesn't like it in his heart. Moreover, the guys who cheated the killers and cried to the sky and the earth without any defense,

There is no greater pleasure than chopping off the head of a bloodthirsty thief in the air with your own hands, and letting your body and war horse enjoy the shower of blood!

This is what a man should do!

With a thunderous momentum, dozens of riders crashed into the side of the formation that was not protected by lances.

In the blink of an eye, the formation collapsed.

Guan Jianlin, who was alone outside the formation, was hit head-on by the galloping horse. He waved his hands and feet and flew backwards, hitting the outside of the circle formation. The three-layer defense line was instantly smashed and torn apart by the corpses and the galloping horse that had not lost any momentum.

Come on!

The cooks and soldiers in the center of the circle looked at Guan Guoqi lying in front of them in horror: a large piece of his chest armor collapsed, his limbs were twisted in extremely weird postures, and large streams of blood slowly poured out of his mouth, nose, eyes and ears, surrounding him.

The corpse quickly formed a pool of blood...and then, a sharp sword flashed beside him!

The galloping horse, which had not yet finished its castration, rushed straight towards the flag in the formation that was standing upright towards the sky. The sword flashed, and the left arm of the flag bearer holding the pole was broken at the shoulder level. The flag bearer looked at the empty left shoulder in astonishment, and threw away his right hand.

He held his bloody shoulder and fell to the ground screaming. Shangguan Fei didn't stop, didn't even glance at the enemy's flag, clamped his legs, shouted and rode towards the other end of the line - the remaining enemy.

It's all here, the flag for command purposes, now worth no more than a rag.

At the same time, the cavalry formed four columns and filed in through the gap created by Guan Jianlin, and then galloped against the inside of the circle. Cold light flashed frequently, and at the same time there were shrill howls.

When the circular formation was torn apart, Shangguan Fei took the lead and rushed towards the Guanzi Shuaiqi. At the same time, the infantry square formation of Changjie Battalion, led by guerrilla Sheng Degong, began to attack simultaneously.

The spear team directly in front of the Poxiao Camp had been reduced to pieces under the impact of the previous rout. Shangguan Fei's cavalry came too fast, and the swaying spearmen had no time to reorganize their defense line before being overwhelmed by the saber cavalry that followed one after another.

The guns knocked down one piece, and then the cavalry quickly completed the encirclement, followed by the infantry. The remaining spearmen, regardless of whether they still had weapons in their hands, could only get into the circle to seek protection from their fellow sword and shield soldiers.

——As the saying goes, a stick and a sword will last a lifetime. The all-conquering Macedonian spear array in Western Europe requires huge training costs year after year. The two thousand years of war in the Central Plains were dominated by peasants and soldiers. It is completely unimaginable. It takes a year and a half to train.

The sword and shield soldiers carried by them are the elite troops of most generals. The main task of the spearmen is to resist the horses. Facing the pressing sword and shield soldiers, resistance is not only a dead end, but also brandishing the spear will cause harm to the formation of the companions behind them.

Cause great impact.

Right in front of the Poxiao camp, that is, to the east, is the troops of the Changjie camp. The distance between the two sides is only a few feet, and to the north is Shangguan Fei's cavalry. At the moment when the cavalry charged into the formation, Sheng Degong shouted out to his brothers.

The most familiar word: "Squat!"

Three javelin throws!

The round shields of the Poxiao battalion's sword and shield soldiers had already protected the body's vital points.

However……

The main target of the javelin this time is not people, but shields.

The round shield with a diameter of half a foot was nailed to three or five heavy javelins and could no longer move easily. The shield holder couldn't help but lower his arms, and then the cold light of the iron blades broke through the wind!

The south and west are the other two directions where the circular formation has no enemies. The soldiers here dropped their weapons and started running away - however, dozens of feet away, waiting for them was another encirclement of armored cavalry...

The formation collapsed.
Chapter completed!