‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’

The rhythm of the drums of war began to accelerate, and the war under Hedong City was about to begin. This was the last battle related to the ownership of Bingzhou. If the Tang army was defeated, it would mean that they completely lost Bingzhou. Even the Chang'an court knew that without the support of the Bingzhou counties, the lonely city of Taiyuan would not last long.

As for the Great Zhou Dynasty, this battle cannot be lost. If the strategic point of Hedong County is lost, the Tang army can launch a counterattack on Bingzhou at any time. Bingzhou will never have peace. This will seriously damage the plan planned by Zhang Xuan, the emperor of the Great Zhou Empire, planned the world plan for nearly a year. Getting Hedong County is also inevitable for the Zhou army.

Hedong County is Li Shentong's defense range, and the main general stationed in Hedong City is also Li Shentong's confidant general Shi Wanbao. So when Li Yuan learned that the Zhou army had begun to attack the birds and rats, he immediately ordered Li Shentong to lead 20,000 troops to garrison in Tongguan and Pujin Pass to quickly support Hedong City.

At the same time, Wei Wentong led 30,000 troops from Henei County to Hedong City, and the final battle for Bingzhou began under Hedong City.

The two armies had already set up their formations, flags were waving, spears and halberds were like forests. Li Shentong looked at nearly 30,000 Zhou troops two miles away. His eyes showed a look of worry. There were 30,000 people on the other side, including nearly 10,000 cavalrymen. This was the most severe test for him since he was in charge of the army.

Li Shentong looked at the top of the city. There were still five thousand Tang troops in the city. Unfortunately, these five thousand Tang troops could not come out to participate in the war. Once they left the city to participate in the war, it was likely that the city would fall.

There was no room for retreat. Li Shentong waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Contradictory Infantry, Advance!"

The five rows of the front row had a total of five thousand contradictory infantry raised their spears and giant shields, and began to march towards the Zhou army camp, followed by two thousand bows and crossbows, followed by eight thousand spears and infantry. Finally, the five thousand cavalry divided into two teams to guard the two wings, and the 20,000 infantry and cavalry were arranged in order, with murderous intent.

Amid the rumbling sound of offensive drums, the Tang army took the lead in attacking, and fierce drums were also sounded in the Zhou army's formation on the opposite side, ready to fight.

At this time, Li Shentong was not sure at all. Even if he added five thousand troops in Hedongcheng, the opponent's total strength was greater than that of him, not to mention that the opponent had 10,000 cavalry, and he only had 3,000 cavalry, and the number of cavalry far exceeded that of him. In the wilderness, the cavalry had a strong advantage, and compared with his strength, he was at a very unfavorable disadvantage.

What's more, the cavalry of the 5,000 Zhou army that had seized Jiang County before did not know where to hide now? Li Shentong is sure that this cavalry will definitely come out at critical moments. If this cavalry really comes, he can only order the army guarding the city to fight.

Li Shentong turned around and looked towards Pujin Pass. Pujin Pass was ten miles away. This was another awkward distance, which was not conducive to retreat. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. He had tried his best, and success or failure depends on God's will.

"Prince, the enemy has already fought!" a personal soldier shouted, interrupting his thoughts.

Li Shentong took a deep breath, waved his knife and shouted: "Don't stop, keep moving forward!"

In the Zhou army camp two miles away, Wei Wentong stared at the Tang army that was gradually killing, and he ordered coldly: "The heavy armored infantry is ready to fight!"

The drums were loud and the battle flags were waving. Three thousand crossbowmen were lined up in three rows. Three thousand sharp sabers were raised slowly and aimed at the Tang army that was moving forward in line.

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When the Tang army entered a hundred steps, the drum beats were enlarged and the black flag was waving. The Tang army suddenly changed its formation. The Contradiction Army slowed down. The three thousand crossbowmen behind quickly stepped forward, and three thousand horn crossbows were fired at the same time. For a rain of arrows, they shot towards the still heavy armored infantry.

The three thousand heavy armored infantry shouted, and at the same time raised the shiny sabre to form a forest of swords. The dense rain of arrows shot into the heavy armored infantry cluster. Only the sound of tinging arrows hitting, and occasionally there were screams. Although heavy armor can effectively defend against arrows, there were no impeccable armor after all, and the exposed eyes and mouth and nose were all defensive weaknesses.

In the dense rain of arrows, more than 20 people were shot by arrows. Some were killed on the spot, some were injured by arrows, curled up on the ground and unable to advance.

At this time, Wei Wentong ordered: "Strike!"

The Zhou army began to attack, and the first three thousand heavy armored infantry attacked. They lined up in three rows, with a solemn momentum like a mountain, and the dense slashing swords seemed like a glittering sword forest.

The weakness of heavy armor infantry is on both sides of the team. For this reason, there are one thousand cavalry on both wings to protect the safety of the heavy armor infantry's flanks.

Although the Tang army kept firing arrows, the three thousand heavily armored infantry did not stop and still slowly advanced. The three thousand crossbowmen behind also fought back at the same time. Two rains of arrows intertwined in the air, covering the sky...

"The crossbowmen retreated, and the spears attacked!"

Seeing that the crossbow army could not kill and injure the enemy in large quantities, Li Shentong changed his tactics and attacked by the spearmen. Three thousand crossbowmen retreated like a tide, and eight thousand spear infantry came out in battle, densely packed like a forest, and the spear tips were flashing with murderous aura.

Wei Wentong saw that the rain of arrows disappeared in the sky and the opponent had changed his formation. He resolutely ordered, "Heavy armored infantry accelerated and the two winged cavalry came to the front!"

The sound of war drums sounded again, which was an order to speed up the battle. Three thousand heavy armored infantry accelerated their pace and rushed towards the enemy's formation. Four thousand cavalry each with arcs and attacked the enemy's flanks, like two sharp claws of crabs.

The two armies collided with each other with a loud bang in the drums, spears collided with each other, blood splashed everywhere, war horses galloped, swords slashed like lightning, screams, sarcastic slogans, skulls were broken, limbs separated, and tens of thousands of troops fought in the dust.

On the Zhou army's position, there were still 8,000 soldiers of the spear army, Wei Ran, who remained unmoved. They were reserve troops, guarding against the sudden attack of the Tang army in the city.

Although the Zhou army had 8,000 people not invested in the battle, the 22,000 troops invested in the battle were still stronger than the Tang army, even though the army Li Shentong was also an elite Tang army.

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The fierce battle on the battlefield has reached a height of heat. After more than an hour of fierce battle, thousands of people were killed or injured on both sides. At this time, the Zhou army's heavy armored infantry began to lose their physical strength and had to retreat for a while, which made the number of Zhou soldiers on the battlefield lose their advantage.

At this time, the Zhou army fought against the Tang army's elite with 17,000 people last time. Although the Zhou army only had a slight advantage in the number of Zhou troops, the additional 7,000 cavalry allowed the Zhou army to gradually gain a battlefield advantage.

The battlefield was dusty, and yellow dust filled the sky, blocking the sun, making the sun colorless, drums, shouts of killing, corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed into a river. The tragic war made every soldier feel like he was struggling in front of the cliff of hell. As time went by, the soldiers' physical strength became the key to determining the outcome, and physical strength lies in their daily training.

Although both sides are elite soldiers, the two-hour fierce battle still exhausted every soldier and was on the verge of physical collapse. The war has reached its most critical moment.

Li Shentong was anxious. He no longer cared about whether there were any Zhou cavalry that would come from the north. He knew that if the three thousand heavy armored infantry had rested out again at this time, his army would be over. He finally decided to transfer five thousand city guards into the battle.

Li Shentong issued an order, waved the battle flag, and opened the south gate of Hedong City. Five thousand Tang troops, who had been waiting for a long time, were killed by General Shi Wanbao, and rushed straight to the left wing of Zhou army.

Wei Wentong had discovered the Tang army's flag change. Just as Shi Wanbao broke out of the city, he also issued an order to attack the rear army.

An excited horn sound came from the Zhou army camp, "Woo"

The loud sound of trumpets seemed to blow through the wind in the wilderness. At the command of the rear general Sun Changle, eight thousand troops were dispatched. Suddenly, yellow dust filled the earth, and the sound of horse hooves hit the earth. The two thousand Zhou army cavalry, led by Sun Changle, came first at the fastest speed. The overwhelming cavalry appeared on the right side of the Tang army defending the city, cutting off the impact of the Tang army on the main force of the Zhou army.

The Six Thousand Spears Army then covered and surrounded Shi Wanbao's five thousand defenders. A group of Zhou soldiers with hundreds of people rushed across the suspension bridge and fought fiercely with the last 500 Tang soldiers who remained behind at the city gate, trying to capture the city.

At this moment, the chief general Wei Wentong saw the opportunity to seize the city and shouted, "Cabinet Zuoying comes with me!"

Wei Wentong took the lead, holding the blue dragon sword in his hand, the brown-red mane of the war horse fluttered, the red tassels on his helmet were flying in the wind, behind him, three thousand cavalry roared forward, like the surging waves running to the coast, the war fanaticism in everyone's heart burned in their blood like flames, and followed the main general to rush towards the southern gate that was fighting fiercely to capture the city.

General Shi Wanbao discovered Zhou's attempt to seize the city. Seeing that the situation at the city gate was critical, he shouted, "Fight with me!"

He led a thousand cavalry to fight. Shi Wanbao swung his big spear and took Wei Wentong straight. Wei Wentong's eyes were cold and fierce. The war horse galloped. The green dragon slashed at the enemy general like lightning. This knife was not fancy, but it was unparalleled. It was one step faster than Shi Wanbao's iron spear. It slashed Shi Wanbao's iron armor and chest with one knife. The two horses intertwined. Shi Wanbao's war horse was empty, and his body was split into two sections and fell off the war horse...

The Zhou cavalry rushed into Hedong City with shouts. For a moment, cheers echoed on the top of the city, and dozens of blue dragon and red flags fluttered in the wind.

The change of flags in Hedong City made the Zhou Dynasty army high and the Tang army low. Although Li Shentong knew that there would be this moment, when it really came, he felt an endless despair, just like he was trapped in a swamp, when the sludge was about to overwhelm his head.

"Heavy Armored Infantry attack!" When the morale of the Tang army was about to collapse, Wei Wentong threw three thousand heavy Armored Infantry into the battlefield again.

The red twin flags were waving, and three thousand heavily armored infantry rushed over and quickly assembled, cutting off the way for thousands of Tang troops who were preparing to aid the city, and also severing the hope of the Tang army's last ray of counterattack.

The infantry of the two thousand Zhou army entered the city and controlled the city gate and replaced Wei Wentong's cavalry from the city. Wei Wentong had already discovered the weakest part of the Tang army on the top of the city, that is, the right wing.

"Kill with me!"

Wei Wentong led the three thousand Zhou army cavalry to come quickly like a tsunami, and rushed into the right wing of the Tang army from the side. The three thousand cavalry entered the last straw that crushed the camel, and the right wing of the Tang army collapsed first.
Chapter completed!