The army walked when they heard the drum and stopped when they snored.

Nearly one million troops of the two sides lined up outside Xiping City, waiting for the flags to run dozens of miles, and the iron armor was like a vast ocean.

The rebel general Shi Lei looked back at Li Yuanshan who was surrounded by heavy cavalry, with a different meaning in his eyes. Li Yuanshan ascended the throne and established the Great Zhou Dynasty, and named him Duke Su, ranking first among the Dukes of all countries, with the highest title among military generals. Although this title is like a joke, he is still dissatisfied with the title.

Wan Yansong and Zhou Dingguo were Li Yuanshan's personal soldiers. When Shi Lei was regarded as the leader of the Seven Tiger Generals, Wan Yansong was just a personal lieutenant, and Zhou Dingguo was just a brigade leader. After Li Yuanshan raised his troops, Wan Yansong was promoted to the fourth-rank general, and Zhou Dingguo was a fifth-rank other general.

In the battle of sneak attacking Zuo Xiaowei in Mandu Banner, Wan Yansong was the first to lead his troops into Zuo Xiaowei's camp. After this battle, he was promoted to a third-rank general by Li Yuanshan and ranked with Shi Lei.

Shi Lei followed Li Yuanshan for more than fifteen years and also became a fourth-rank general for more than seven years. He once thought he was the first person under Li Yuanshan, but later he realized that Li Yuanshan had always been wary of the Seven Tiger Generals. Shi Lei knew that when Li Yuanshan raised the army, the Seven Tiger Generals did not agree with it, but in the end they didn't leave and chose to follow. Because of this, Li Yuanshan began to cultivate new confidants, and this change made the Seven Tiger Generals feel uncomfortable.

This is why, now, Shi Lei, the only seven tiger general, is still standing next to Li Yuanshan.

Wu Kui was defeated and killed. Chu Feiyun left without saying goodbye after Li Yuanshan became king. Yin Poshan Meng Wansui led a army to no longer listen to Li Yuanshan's control. The seven people are now dead and separated, and there is no day to gather.

It seemed that he felt Shi Lei's gaze. Li Yuanshan, wearing heavy armor, looked towards this side. Shi Lei's gaze flashed and turned his head to look in another direction. At this moment, Li Yuanshan suddenly felt guilty and couldn't help but look at Shi Lei a few more times. The only thing left by the Seven Tiger Generals is Shi Lei, but he is still following him, and are he too affectionate to him?

This thought flashed in Li Yuanshan's heart and disappeared without a trace in less than a second.

He looked at the Sui army array opposite, took a deep breath and ordered: "Blow the horns, let Shi Lei lead 50,000 troops to attack, and feint the left and right wings."

With his order, the whimpering horn sounded.

Shi Lei took back his thoughts, looked left and right at his trusted general and nodded. Everyone clasped their fists and looked determined. Shi Lei pointed the long spear in his hand forward, and the 50,000 troops slowly started.

Good weather, good venue.

It seems that today is particularly suitable for a decisive battle.

Shi Lei's rebels began to accelerate, and the team without cavalry moved forward neatly. When they rushed forward, the array was still very neat, which shows that Shi Lei was quite strict in governing the army. At that time, the hundreds of thousands of troops assigned to him by Li Yuanshan were now only 50,000 people left. These people were all struggling in the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and their qualities were stronger than the so-called elites led by the nephew of the Li family.

Seeing the rebels attacking, Jin Shixiong waved the flag, and the archers in front of him were placing the archers with arrow formations at their feet. When their hands were hanging down, they could easily pull out feather arrows. The lookout hand stood at a high place and kept singing the flags, while the soldiers below loudly reported the distance of the rebels.

The emperor leaned leaning on the seat covered with a blanket, and looked at it with one hand on his jaw and his eyes squinted.

"very good"

He said two words lightly.

Su Buwei bowed his head and said, "I don't understand military affairs, so I don't know what this sentence Your Majesty praised is very good?"

The emperor smiled and said, "I handed over this job to Jin Shixiong. What I am most worried about is that Jin Shixiong failed to forget the defeat of Mandu Banner more than three years ago. If the main general is blocked by the resentment in his heart, his command will be in chaos. I was worried that Jin Shixiong would order a fight, and I would be relieved to see him keep my guard. At this time, there is no need to exchange life one-on-one with the rebels. Those rebellious lives are not worth the money, and Li Yuanshan's life is not worth the money. It is an unwise move to rush forward to fight, using strong soldiers to resist the attack of weak soldiers, and then waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, and being undefeated. Jin Shixiong is still as safe as ever to lead the troops, so I said it is very good."

"Arrowman, shoot the arrow!"

The archer general commanding in front gave a loud order. The front row of archers put a feather on the bowstring and dyed red feather arrows, which were far longer and heavier than ordinary feather arrows. They shot up the bow and shot, and a row of feather arrows were sent out neatly. About 230 or 40 steps away, the feather arrows poked on the ground, and the wave-like red line was clearly visible.

The lookout hand standing on a high place stared at the row of arrows, and immediately danced the flag after seeing the rebels crossing.

"Photography!"

The general ordered that the arrow formation immediately launched. Tens of thousands of feather arrows flew into the air, drew a beautiful arc and then fell down. The covered blow of the ejected feather arrows fell into the rebels as if the heavy rain hit the beach. In an instant, countless small pits were smashed out. Each small pit represented a rebel soldier who was caught in an arrow and fell to the ground.

"Risk a shield! Raise a shield!"

The rebel general shouted loudly: "Run, speed up! Let the feather arrow fall behind you, hurry! Let me run!"

As the rebel soldiers ran forward like crazy, the formation began to become scattered. But this scattering was not a scattering without organization, but a deliberately distance to avoid feather arrows. There were not enough shields. If they gathered together and rushed forward at this time, the fate would be that more people would be sent to hell by feather arrows.

"Bandit!"

The Sui army general raised his right hand high and then pressed down suddenly: "Let it go!"

call!

With his order, hundreds of heavy crossbows flew out flat. The speed of the heavy crossbow was much faster than that of the feather arrows, and the strength of the coil cable was far beyond the human power. To strike enemy archers in the distance, they had to shoot feather arrows to cause damage, but the heavy crossbow flew forward parallel to the ground.

Thin iron is feather, and fine steel is the edge.

The heavy crossbow with a thickness of his arm shot over it, as if he was cutting wheat with a sickle, he rolled the rebels in front one layer. The strength of the heavy crossbow was so strong that the shield could not resist it at all. Even the shield wrapped in a thick layer of leather would easily be smashed by the heavy crossbow at the moment of contact. As for the soldiers behind the shield, there was no way out at all.

After a heavy crossbow smashed the shield, it penetrated the front chest of the rebel soldier, leaving a blood hole as big as a bowl on its chest. There were several wounds extending outward around the blood hole, which were traces left by the heavy crossbow iron feather. Under this force, the leather armor on the rebel soldier was like a piece of window paper, and it was broken with one stab.

The heavy crossbow that passed through the rebels' body was only blocked and slowed down a little, then crashed into the body of a second rebel soldier. The crossbow cut off the soldier's arm from his shoulder, and his arm holding a steel knife fell to the ground with a slight sound. His body was knocked back and the wailing sounded immediately. The soldiers rushing up from behind avoided him, but some people still couldn't dodge and stepped on the wounded soldier.

He shouted wildly, but could not stop the trampling from his comrades.

Soon, his shouting drowned in the crowd and gradually lost his voice.

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Because the speed of the infantry is far less than that of the light cavalry, the archers can calmly shoot six arrows after the enemy enters the range, and even the least effective person can send out five feather arrows. Shi Lei's 50,000 rebels were washed again and again by the arrow rain, and almost no one of the four or five rows of soldiers rushing in the front survived. The sound of feather arrows falling down and hitting the shield was continuous, mixed with the muffled groans and painful howls of the arrows.

The rebels fell down one by one, and the people behind immediately filled in. For the attacking side, there was no effective means to isolate the lethality of the enemy's feather arrows. The most effective thing was to rush forward with a shield, and run as fast as possible. The spearmen and Park Daoshi who rushed in the front had nothing to block them. Their defense of feather arrows was completely dependent on the leather armor and luck on their bodies.

As a spearman whose marching speed is second only to that of a cavalry, if he wants to survive under the cover of the arrow formation, he can only lower his head and run forward regardless of it.

The equipment of a spearman is the simplest, with only a piece of leather armor on his upper body, and the weapons in his hand are also the cheapest. The cost of a long spear made by a fine craftsmanship can be exchanged for hundreds of long spears.

While sacrificing defense, he exchanged for the fastest speed.

The sound of the trumpet sounded again, and the imperial army began to change formations. The crossbow chariots had to retreat after launching two rounds, because the movement speed was too slow to risk shooting out the third heavy crossbow. The archers also began to retreat and handed the position to their comrades. Although the quality of these soldiers was not comparable to that of the Great Sui soldiers, the fighting over the past year had made them qualified soldiers. The archers retreated without any confusion, and retreated in a row, and the space left between the two columns could allow the soldiers behind to fill up as soon as possible.

The formation was transformed in just two minutes. As the long spear hand and the giant shield hand moved forward, the archers and the crossbow chariot were out of danger. But they did not dare to stay. Once the short force was connected, the archers had to retreat to the rear of the military formation, otherwise it would block the subsequent team's support to the front line.

A giant shield, a tall man, poked the ground with a bang, and those who held the giant shield were strong men with big arms and round waists. After poking the giant shield on the ground, they half-squatted down, holding the shield with both hands, and holding the shield with their shoulders. Behind each layer of giant shield is a row of long spear handles. They put the long spear on the giant shield, ready to face the enemy's impact at any time.

"kill!"

Shi Lei waved his sword and shouted hoarsely. The rebel soldiers who were finally no longer baptized by the rain of arrows understood that this was the time to fight. The rebels who had been suppressed for too long knew that life and death were success or failure in this battle, so they burst out with unprecedented courage.

boom

The torrent of the rebels hit the embankment made of giant shields, and immediately stirred up a wave of blood. It is conceivable that the impact the giant shield hands were under was not safe. Once they were knocked down, without any weapons or armor, they would immediately become the targets of the enemy's anger.

The long spear hand kept poking forward and shouting, and everyone's eyes were covered with blood. They would not look at the faces of the enemy opposite, but just mechanically poked the long spear out. Not many people who are still alive until the war will be scared by the flesh and blood and vomiting or incontinence.

Human life is the most valuable at this time.

As more and more rebel soldiers squeezed over, the first layer of giant shield was overthrown, and the shield players without weapons and armor had no other choice but to welcome the enemy's blade. The Sui army behind them fought to the death, but they had no way out and were quickly submerged by the torrent. Two people who fought for life and death died together, just like a pair of old friends who had not seen each other for a long time, so tight.

The main theme of the battlefield has never changed.

dead
Chapter completed!