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38, Chen Cang War 3

"Bang bang bang bang--" The vibrating crossbow strings continued.

The crossbow arrows that were flying by the Han army's Jie Zhang Shi. With the charge of the Liangzhou rebels, the Han army's Jie Zhang Shi, who was the first to be attacked, stood firm. They were the elites with extraordinary strength selected by the entire army. Nothing else could shake them on the battlefield except for the sound of golden drums on their own. After calmly observing the rebels entering the range, a Jie Zhang Shi who was leading the charge shouted, and the long-awaited Jie Zhang Shi pulled the trigger one after another.

Within two hundred steps, Zhang Shi issued the first round of shooting, and the rebels who were charging forward suddenly fell down a large number of them. The powerful crossbows of the Han army were not worthy of fame. Chao Cuo of the former Han Dynasty said in "Commentary on Military Affairs": "The crossbow cannot be far away, the same as short soldiers; if the shooting cannot be shot, the same as the arrow; if the intrusion cannot be entered, the same as the arrow." Therefore, the powerful crossbows of the Han army, which attach importance to shooting range and power, have always been able to shoot three hundred steps away, and can penetrate armor within a hundred and fifty steps.

However, the fierce crossbow arrows did not scare the Qiang soldiers. The increasingly strong smell of blood stimulated them to scream. The short-distance sprinters on the battlefield were obviously more flexible and flexible than livestock. While Jae Zhang Shi shot out the fourth wave of crossbow arrows, the short spears and flying axes of Qiang soldiers also came together. Jae Zhang Shi, who was not wearing armor, was hit at once, killing and injuring more than a dozen people.

The vanguards of the two armies soon collided. The Han army was still a crossbowman and retreated and the spear formation stepped forward. The Qiang people, who had suffered heavy casualties and injuries from the rain of arrows, rushed towards the spear formation like waves slapped on the reefs on the shore. The Han army's foot remained unmoved, but the Qiang soldiers turned into several tiny waves and disappeared immediately.

But behind, more Liangzhou soldiers rushed up. The first group of coalition soldiers were stabbed to death by dense spears, while the second group of soldiers continued to make up. When the third group of coalition soldiers, with the help of the cover of the soldiers in front, some raised their long swords and heavy axes to slash at the spear rod, some used spears to stab the Han army, some pushed the bodies of the soldiers in front into the spear formation. Some were afraid of death and even slashed directly into the air and used their bodies to smash a gap from the spear formation...

The Han army's spear formation was suppressed by the coalition soldiers' life-for-life fighting style, and the front row's strait also loosened. The ring swordsman formed a formation behind the spear formation responded in time and sent the Han army's ring swordsman to fight against some coalition soldiers who were rushing into the spear formation, and the spearmen behind quickly made up for the gap.

The spears stabbed out in rows again, and the sharp spear blades penetrated the bodies of the coalition soldiers one after another, and some spears penetrated the two people. The Han army's spearmen who stabilized their positions were unreasonable. Relying on the favorable formation, they worked together with their comrades around them to assassinate repeatedly. They were all soldiers in the Han army who had fought many battles in the formation. Although they were facing fierce and barbaric coalition soldiers at this time, they still responded calmly and fought with the swarming coalition soldiers.

At this time, the horns of advancement were also sounded at the same time. With the sound of the horns, the coalition troops on the left and right wings also advanced forward. Among them, Yan Xing's left wing was located because there were mudflats to prevent the cavalry from galloping, so Wang Fan ordered 10,000 vanguard infantry to advance quickly, leaving only 5,000 cavalry to support the formation behind. Yan Xing was mindful. Before he brought his infantry from the treble to join the advance crowd, he had already sent Gan Ling and more than a dozen cavalry to retreat to the end while the troops were chaotic. The order he gave Gan Ling was very simple, that was, to follow Han Chang, who was pressing the formation behind, and closely monitored the movements on the right wing. Yan Xing knew very well that although the central troops in the kingdom were aggressive, they were insufficient in succession, and it was difficult to open the situation on the front. Only the most powerful right wing could be the winner in this battle.

At this time, the right wing had already begun to advance together. Han Sui's infantry was mostly spearmen, and the cavalry was mainly composed of mixed Qiang and Hu cavalry. They had the most troops on this side and the Han army was also restrained. Most of the cavalry of the Han army were arranged on the left wing to fight against Han Sui's troops. Huangfu Jianshou personally led the Han cavalry and the Qiang and Hu cavalry who were preparing to detour to the back. The two cavalry units rushed back and forth on the outside of the front and fought to the death.

As the two armies fought fiercely, soldiers on both sides could be seen everywhere on the ten-mile front. Although the coalition soldiers were fierce and continued to attack the Han army's front, their results were few, just like the huge waves of the angry sea hitting the reefs on the coastline, their momentum was shocking, but they could not move the rocks at a single point.

In addition to the central army supervising the battle in the kingdom, the coalition soldiers on the left wing met the Han army's Jie Zhang Shi who retreated to the right wing. The dense crossbow arrows like locusts caused heavy casualties to advance the coalition infantry with terrain restrictions. The Han Sui troops on the right wing were also fighting fiercely with the Han army, and there was no progress for the time being.

Wang Guo, who was looking at the battle situation at the moment, had already been twisted together. He did not expect that most of the coalition troops had been put into operation, and the Han army could barely stabilize the front line. Even in the left wing position due to terrain restrictions, the coalition soldiers were still at a disadvantage in the battle.

At this time, he was anxious, "War, courage. He fought with one go, and then he declined, and then exhausted." He used the lower-level soldiers' desire to return home to drive them to fight. At first, he was naturally more energetic and unstoppable. However, if the battle situation was as stalemate as it is now, the soldiers of Liangzhou who had lost their charge will easily be reversed by the Han army's troops. Then, as the battle situation was unfavorable, his morale would drop to a low point again. By that time, the overall situation would collapse and the situation would be weak.

Wang Guo gritted his teeth. Now he did not pray for defeating the Han army. Only by forcing Huangfu Song to invest all his troops and causing a stalemate between the two sides can he ensure that the Han army does not have enough new forces to pursue him after Rimu retreats.

He suddenly ordered that the left and right wings of the coalition forces should be pressed up. The next moment, the sound of a full-scale attack sounded around the central army of the coalition forces. At the same time, the cavalry, who urged the two wings to accelerate the attack, were also sent from the central army. The kingdom looked at the right wing with blood-filled eyes, and his eyes crossed the people driving back and forth, staring at the position of the right wing under the banner of Han Sui. He had to see all the people on the right wing pressing up before he could make up his mind to take a gamble and personally lead the remaining troops to the front line.

The horn sound of the trumpet of the Central Army's full march first sounded from the left wing. Wang Fan, who had been unable to open the situation for a long time, was so nervous that he bit his lips and didn't know. When he heard the trumpet of the Central Army's full march sound, his blood surged up, and he pulled the trumpet off his head and threw it hard on the ground with one hand, shouting:

"The soldiers of Liangzhou and the warriors of the Selected Front Army have arrived. The brothers in front have already restrained most of the enemies. Now it is time to let the enemy know the power of our Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Let me kill you!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill-kill-kill-kill-"
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