Turbulent Times Chapter 283: Contain

In this case, Niu Jinda also knew that they could only stand still and wait for the enemy to attack. When rushing into the formation, if one's own infantry loses the cooperation of the battle formation, they will become lambs.

While Niu Jinda was observing the Turkic people, Carter Xiong was also looking at the opposite army formation, seeing the five guns standing solemnly, with the points of the guns gleaming coldly slanting upwards, he couldn't help sighing inwardly Said: "No wonder my Great Turkic Khanate lost to the Sui people ten years ago. With the prestige of our iron cavalry, it is hard to say that we will win against the Great Sui with the skill of breaking the cavalry."

A Turkic leader behind him smiled and said: "Commander, as long as we can rush in, penetrate their formation, cause their confusion, and prevent them from forming a neat battle formation, then they will fight with pigs and sheep." It makes no difference."

Carter Xiong shook his head and said: "If we want to do this, we have to pay a huge price. The Great Sui has a vast territory, a large population, and sufficient soldiers. It only takes about a year for an infantryman to become an infantryman. Qualified fighters, and our elite knights can only grow after ten or twenty years, we can't afford it."

The leader sneered and said, "Chief Commander, are we going to confront them like this?"

Carter Xiong remembered Xue Qiluo told him the overall plan of the great chief when he divided the troops, and couldn't help smiling: "Fight, of course we must fight, otherwise how can we hold them back? We don't want to win, but we want to drag them here , the longer it takes, the more beneficial it will be for the little chief.”

The leader behind said dissatisfiedly: "Chief Commander, we are gnawing bones here, but the others are only facing more than a thousand people in Shifengzhai, and they are not easy to catch."

Carter Bear knew that the leader was the second son of the great chief, Xue Kabu, and he knew the other party's small thoughts, so he couldn't help but raised his hand and whipped him, cursing: "Bastard, the little chief's plan is very good , so that we can capture Shifengzhai at a small price. There are a lot of weapons, food and grass in Shifengzhai, which is a great supplement to us. Moreover, we have occupied Shifengzhai. No matter how many Sui army reinforcements come, we can attack. , You can retreat and defend. Put away your thoughts!"

The leader who had been whipped endured the pain, lowered his head and said, "Yes, Sir Qianfu, I was wrong."

Carter Xiong snorted coldly, ignored him, and raised the scimitar in his hand high. Behind him, more than a thousand elites yelled, and they were ready to charge.

"Shabi! You lead the 300 people under your command to carry out the first wave of tentative attacks. Remember, our task is to delay the time, so we must minimize our casualties, but let the other party understand our determination to fight to the death. .”

"Obey, Commander-in-Chief." Shabi, who had been whipped, was full of evil fire, and he wanted to burn the fire on the Sui people opposite him.

Yo drink! With a strange cry, Shabi galloped out, and behind him, three hundred cavalry roared out.

Boom boom boom! Seeing the Turkic people attacking their own side, under the command of Hu Dafei, the central army of the Sui Army sounded rhythmic drums. With the sound of the drums, the soldiers in the first row of the two phalanxes in front stretched out their spears , the tip of the gun was facing upwards, and the tail of the gun was deeply buried in the soil behind him. The soldiers in the second row stretched out their feet to press the tail of the gun, and the gun itself also stuck out, and the same was true for the back row. All the seven-and-a-half-foot long spears stretched out, and the two phalanxes suddenly turned into two hedgehogs.

After the three hundred cavalry led by Shabi jumped out of their own formation, they quickly scattered. They knew that the Sui army had a kind of strong crossbow carried with them. If the formation was too dense, it would become a living target. Formation, this kind of crossbow is not easy to aim, and the hit rate is not high, which can effectively avoid casualties.

There was a sharp whistling sound in the air, it really was this kind of crossbow. But it was obvious that Niu Jinda's army didn't carry many such crossbows. Hearing the howling in the air, Shabi was convinced that there were only more than fifty crossbows, which could not pose a threat to him.

The Turkic cavalry maneuvered their horses flexibly, avoiding crossbows and bows, and went straight to the enemy's position. When there was still a distance of a hundred steps, three hundred Turkic cavalry drew their bows and shot arrows, and the three hundred arrows roared towards the dense army formation of the opponent. In terms of shooting skills, the Sui army naturally couldn't compare with these elite Xue Yantuo who grew up immediately and started archery from a young age. What's more, the Sui army's formation was dense, and there was no need to aim at all. Shoot two arrows, and those with high skills even shoot three to five.

But the soldiers of the Sui army were unmoved. Seeing the rain of arrows all over the sky, they just lowered their heads to protect the front door. On top of it, some slipped away, some hung on the soldiers, and only a very few unfortunate guys were shot at the seams of the iron armor and suffered minor injuries. This is the advantage of the Sui army-the advantage of weapons and armor.

In the first round of confrontation, the two sides shot each other in vain. The defenders of Shifengzhai had few crossbows and their hit rate was low, while Xue Yantuo's cavalry arrows were quite accurate. It is helpless. Some soldiers of the selection camp were covered with arrows, like a hedgehog, but they could continue to fight.

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At the same time, under Shifengzhai, everything was peaceful. Both the city and the city fell into a strange silence. Xue Qiluo seemed to have no intention of attacking the city. But Ming felt that the days felt like years, and his heart was beating with fear, always feeling that something big was about to happen. After Niu Jinda left, they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and even moved to live on top of the city tower.

But the current situation is obviously not right, when will Captain Captain return? Over the past day, the two have asked this question countless times.

Through the twilight, the two looked at the bright lights in Xue Qiluo's camp in the distance, Tian Ming asked suddenly: "Master Ren, do you think Xue Qiluo will attack the city?"

Ren Junshuo's face changed slightly, but then he smiled again: "Lord Tian, ​​you are too worried, Xue Qiluo only has a thousand people in the camp now, how can he attack the city? With his small number of troops, it would be difficult for him to attack the city." It's courting death."

Tian Ming's expression did not relax, if Niu Jinda didn't leave and defended the city with three thousand people, then Shifengzhai would be as stable as Mount Tai, but right now there are only a thousand people in Shifengzhai... If Xue Qiluo has reinforcements If...

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In Xue Qiluo's camp, although it was late at night, Xue Qiluo was still in good spirits, sitting in the tent, looked at several messengers, and asked: "How is the situation, can you arrive on time before noon tomorrow?" ?”

A few messengers nodded and said: "Don't worry, the little chief. The great chief personally ordered that the big tent soldiers transferred another three thousand soldiers. At the same time, they recruited five tribal cavalry with some simple siege equipment. Hurry up."