Iron Dynasty

A bleak warm wind blew dust towards Jinwuwei's great formation.

In the hot and dry September, the vast loess land outside the city of Jizhou is even colder than winter.

The Jinwuwei, the most elite forbidden army in the Great Yu Kingdom, and the Blood Wolfwei, one of the strongest cavalry of the barbarians, will start a fight here.

At this moment, Luo Hong looked at the barbarian cavalry 300 meters away, the hand holding the sword around his waist turned white from too much force.

He was a brother who fought in wars, and was a father and son soldier. He followed Luo Quan to fight in the North and South since he was a child. In the more than 20 years of getting along, he could understand the look of his father.

Worry about the country and forget about yourself, sacrifice your life for righteousness!

This is exactly what his father wanted to say, and this is the family motto that the Luo family has passed down from their ancestors.

Looking past the soldiers in front, Luo Hong's eyes gradually became firmer. In order to save the Great Yu Kingdom from danger, Jin Wuwei would not retreat, and Luo Hong would not retreat either.

Woooo...

The horn of the barbarian attack began to sound, and as was the custom in the past to fight against the barbarians on the steppe, the barbarians' horse-and-shooters were dispatched first.

They urged their horses to rush towards Jinwuwei's battle formation. At a distance of fifty meters from the battle formation, the barbarian horsemen suddenly shot a wave of arrows.

Raise your shield!

The captains in the array gave orders one after another.

Immediately, the sword and shield hands behind the ten thousand people raised their shields one after another. This kind of shield is about one meter long, and the surface is made of wood but covered with a layer of iron.

In an instant, the silver shield turned face up, protecting the bowmen and spearmen under the shield.

When their movements were completed, the overwhelming bow and arrow came in a blink of an eye.

Ding ding...

The dense bows and arrows fell on the shield and made the sound of metal friction, and the arrows of the barbarians pierced the iron and nailed them to the wooden shield.

At the same time, screams also sounded at this moment, and soldiers were killed by bows and arrows in places that were not protected by shields, and they fell one after another.

Bowman, fire arrows!

After the barbarian cavalry shot a round of bows and arrows, an order was suddenly passed down.

At this moment, the bowman suddenly raised his strong crossbow, and with a loud whoosh sound, the dense arrows flew towards the barbarian cavalry 50 meters away.

The barbarians who were about to turn and attack the formation of the Great Yu Kingdom's army from both flanks suddenly turned their backs on their horses.

It's just that the barbarians didn't stop their cavalry shooting. They started to move to the sides along the formation of Jinwuwei. During the movement, they used bows and arrows to attack the soldiers in the battle formation from time to time.

Luo Hong observed the situation on the battlefield. The way the barbarians attacked the Great Yu Kingdom has never changed, but this method is also the most troublesome.

The cavalry and archery of the barbarians are not the main arms, in fact, they are only auxiliary arms. The task of these cavalry and archery is to disrupt the dense battle formation of infantry by raiding.

Because the barbarians are rarely able to get cheap in the face of dense infantry battles.

At this time, the crowd of barbarians mounted and shot like a flood hitting a stone, and immediately split to both sides. At this time, Luo Hong asked the standard bearer to play the semaphore, and at the same time the drums were beaten.

Stay in formation!

Stay in formation!

...

A series of orders sounded in the battle formation, and the soldiers in the battle formation continued to suffer casualties under the harassment of barbarian horses.

Luo Hong gritted his teeth, he knew that he had to withstand this wave of casualties, and there was nothing he could do.

For the sake of Fencheng, Luo Quan took most of the cavalry, and the remaining 10,000 cavalry were used on the blade.

On the opposite side, Chagatai was also watching the battle between the two armies.

The Jinwuwei of the Imperial Army really lives up to its reputation. Under such circumstances, he can still maintain his formation. Chagatai said with a frown.

Gu Duo said loudly: This Jin Wuwei is the elite army of General Luo Quan, and only this Luo Quan can fight in the forbidden army.

Really? Since this is the case, we can't let this Jinwuwei leave Jizhou. Chagatai said coldly: Now the Qingzhou army is besieged by us in Fencheng, and the food route has been cut off by us. Taiji also explained before departure. We have to cut off the food route first, and then besiege the Imperial Army, and you immediately lead 20,000 light cavalry to bypass the rear, and burn their food and grass while their food route has not yet entered the camp.

Gu Duo nodded, and urged the horse under his seat to lead the light cavalry to copy the back bread of Jin Wuwei.

Watching Guduo leave, Chagatai once again looked at the two armies that were fighting. His purpose was to prevent the forbidden army from rushing to help Fencheng, and to stop the forbidden army here at the least cost.

Therefore, he was not going to let the heavy cavalry behind him launch a charge to fight head-on, but continued to harass him with cavalry shooting.

If the Custodians can't stand it, it's time for them to reap.

When he was complacent, a scout suddenly came to report and said: Head of the flag, we found a large number of cavalry from the Great Yu Kingdom rushing towards Fencheng.

Hearing this, Chagatai's eyes narrowed, and he understood that the purpose of the banned troops in front of him was the same as his, they were all to contain each other's forces.

Fencheng is the real battlefield.

...

In Yunzhou City, a carriage from Qingzhou slowly drove into the city.

Sitting on the carriage, Lin Wentao looked at the dilapidated city curiously. After receiving Xiao Ming's order, they arrived here with a hot air balloon.

Lin Wentao!

While he was looking around, a majestic voice sounded, and when he turned his head, he saw King Qi walking towards him.

Your Highness. Lin Wentao got off the horse and bowed.

Xiao Ming's expression was urgent at this time, and he didn't stick to these etiquettes. He asked directly: Have you mastered the simple manipulation of this hot air balloon?

His Royal Highness, the advertisements these days are all placed by students from our School of Physics manipulating hot air balloons around Qingzhou City. Lin Wentao looked serious.

Since Xiao Ming ordered them to come to Yunzhou, they knew that they might face a war.

Looking at the arrival of the hot air balloon, Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief. Now he has used all means of warfare, mature and immature.

Because once he loses this time, he has worked hard for two years in vain. Similarly, if the barbarians lose the war this time, the land of Youzhou will be at your fingertips.

That's good, this king wants to give you a very important task. Now the governor of Niuben is besieged by barbarians in Fencheng, and the news is cut off. This king hopes that you can go to Jizhou to investigate the information, and at the same time pass the news to Niuben. Xiao Ming said.

Hearing this, Lin Wentao looked at the two people who were also sitting on the horse and said, His Royal Highness, his name is Liang Yubin, his name is He Cheng, these two are the two of them manipulating the hot air balloon, it's definitely no problem to leave this matter to them, they can They are all counting on merit.”

When Xiao Ming heard the words, he immediately smiled.

Under the reward, there must be a brave man. He said to Liang Yubin and He Cheng: Okay, if you can complete the task this time, this king promised to give you two titles after the war.

Liang Yubin and He Cheng were overjoyed. Now everyone on the fief is counting on whether they can become the first batch of title winners.

Xiao Ming was relieved and hoped that the appearance of this secret weapon, the hot air balloon, on the battlefield would at least scare the barbarians.