Looking at the mountains and rivers

The early morning of summer time dawned very early, and just after the night of the night, the sky had already turned gray and white.The vast Cangyuyuan outside Panmenguan is pitch black, and the line connecting the sky and the earth is hazy but distinct.Gradually, black spots surged as far as the eye could see, and gradually formed a huge shadow, which diffused into the grassland from the horizon.

The sound of the horn resounded through the walls of Panmenguan.

"General! General! An enemy is coming!"

The shouts of the soldiers and the sound of the horns made Yu Chifeng's eardrums hurt, he couldn't tell whether it was excitement or nervousness, he rushed to the top of the city in two steps and looked down.On the empty grassland last night, tens of thousands of people had gathered, and they held a huge golden banner in their hands, which was clearly Ashina Nur's military flag.Yu Chifeng's chest throbbed violently, he turned his head and shouted loudly behind him: "Wei Changxuan, they are here!"

"General Wei has gone to order troops!"

Yu Chifeng was startled for a moment, then quickly said: "Go quickly to the camp and tell General Balie that the enemy is attacking."

As soon as he finished speaking, there were golden and iron footsteps on the steps of the city wall, and Balieyan's voice sounded behind him: "No need, I already know."

This burly man was well-armored, and he seemed to be the same as them these days, waiting for the battle with his clothes undressed. He leaned on the city wall and looked out, and whispered: "Ashinanur is leading the battle." With all the troops coming, he has always used roundabout tactics, rarely facing the attack directly like this, what is going on?

"It seems that Wei Changxuan's strategy worked." Yu Chifeng quickly recounted what happened last night, and then asked, "General Ba Lie, how should we deal with today's battle?"

Ba Lieyan smiled slightly: "I have handed over the soldier talisman in my hand to General Wei. This battle will be presided over by him. You and I will follow orders."

When Yu Chifeng heard about it, he glanced at him in surprise, and quickly nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

At this time, the sky has gradually brightened, and the dark green grassland under the rising sun is as green as spring water. The dewdrops on the grass blades shone faintly in the morning light, trembling slightly, and soon the grass blades shook violently, counting Unclear horseshoes galloped across this land, stepping this piece of green grass into the soil.

These are tens of thousands of cavalry, their armor still bears the condensed frost from last night, horses neigh one after another, and the most dazzling golden banner in the army is slowly erected, pointing straight ahead to the blue-black gate behind the gate. city ​​walls.

"General Wei!" Pei An hurried up the crumbling wooden building, "All the soldiers and horses in each battalion have assembled, and we are just waiting for the general's order."

Wei Changxuan looked out of the city wall from the wooden building: "Wait a little longer."

"Still waiting?" Yu Chifeng walked upstairs with a heavy helmet in his hand, and said with a wry smile, "I thought you were impetuous before, but now it seems that you are the most calm among us. We have waited for so many days, and finally If you lure the opponent's soldiers to the city, you are not in a hurry to fight."

Wei Changxuan turned his head and asked in a low voice: "Young General, do you think the chances of winning the battle are high?"

Yu Chifeng raised his chest: "Why not big, they haven't joined another team yet, the number is not much different from ours now."

"Although the numbers are about the same, most of us are infantry, but they are cavalry. It is difficult for us to gain advantage in a battle between the two armies." This sentence was said by Ba Lieyan who came later, and he looked at Wei Changxuan He said, "General Wei, you haven't issued an order for so long, do you want to stay behind closed doors?"

Wei Changxuan shook his head and was about to speak when he heard a loud bang, the tall city wall trembled shockingly, thick smoke and flames rushed towards his face, and even the wooden buildings behind the city wall could feel it. Fiery scorching breath.

"It's the artillery cart of Kamo Kingdom!" Yu Chifeng yelled, "They're starting to attack the city!"

Wei Changxuan seemed to have expected this move from the enemy, he lowered his head and issued an order to the city: "Herald, let the first battalion and the second battalion go to the north tower with the things they have prepared!"

"Yes!"

As soon as the herald left, Wei Changxuan said: "Earlier when the enemy raided and the Panmen Gate was lost, they used this artillery vehicle. I have ordered people to prepare mud and put it on the top of the city on a cart, so that it can temporarily resist the attack." For a while."

Yu Chifeng frowned: "It's not a long-term solution to put out the fire with mud. I'm afraid we won't be able to defend the city behind closed doors."

Wei Changxuan nodded: "Of course we can't stick to it. Didn't we wait until today to go out of the city to meet the enemy? However," he turned to Balieyan again, "General Balie has been guarding the border for many years and has fought Ashina Nuer many times. According to General Ibalie, when our two armies are at war, what tactics will Ashinanur use?"

"According to Ashinanur's current strength, I guess his tactics are his usual three axes." Ba Lieyan said unhurriedly, "First use heavy weapons to force us out of the city for a decisive battle, and then send his most proud Heavy cavalry, wipe out our infantry. You have also experienced the heavy cavalry under his command. They have always been rampant on the battlefield, and there is no grass in the places they pass. After the heavy cavalry attacked, a large number of light cavalry surrounded from both sides to clean up the remaining troops. After his three tricks, the main force of our army has probably suffered heavy losses."

"General Ba Lie," Yu Chifeng said unhappily, "You must have boasted too much about the Yanyu people. The heavy cavalry is not invincible, as long as the Mo Dao formation is out, it is guaranteed that they will come and go."

Since ancient times, the heavy cavalry has been the king of the army, and there are almost no other arms that can fight against it in plain field battles until the appearance of the Modao formation.The blade of the Mo knife is more than three feet long, and the handle is even longer, four feet long. Each knife is almost one foot long, and its weight can be imagined.This kind of long knife is almost impossible to fight alone, and it was rarely used on the battlefield. It was not until Meng Yuanwu, the famous founding general of the Jokhang Dynasty, created the Modao Formation that this amazing long knife could exert its greatest power.At the front of the Mo Dao formation are shield soldiers, with crossbowmen on both sides. Mo Dao hands hide behind the formation, until the heavy cavalry advances, they withdraw their shield armor and face the attack.Mo Daomen are all heavy infantry, and when they swung their swords to attack, it was like a light blade sprouting from a steel city wall, and all the heavy cavalry who rushed in were smashed.

However, Wei Changxuan shook his head: "The Modao Formation was used in the battle of Yunxiaguan, Ashinanur will never make the same mistake again, he will definitely be wary of our heavy infantry this time, once we form In the phalanx, he will definitely send light cavalry to interfere, our heavy infantry have extremely poor mobility and cannot resist at all."

Ba Lieyan nodded: "You are right. I saw from the top of the city just now that their light cavalry spread out on two wings, and their heavy cavalry was hidden in the middle and rear. This must be the meaning."

While they were talking, fire bombs hit the top of the city one after another, thick smoke billowed, these fire bombs were not stone bombs, they would not smash down the city wall for a while, but the thick smoke and flames made people unable to open their eyes.

Yu Chifeng coughed again and again, and became more and more anxious: "According to what you said, we finally waited for the enemy to come, but we couldn't win them at all?"

Ba Lieyan had a faint smile: "This General Wei has already figured out the enemy's tactics, and he must have already prepared a countermeasure, so why worry about it?"

Yu Chifeng opened his eyes wide and looked at Wei Changxuan: "Why, do you have a way to deal with the heavy cavalry?"

"Yes," Wei Changxuan nodded, "We don't need heavy armor this time, we only use infantry, do you dare to lead the army?"

Yu Chifeng was stunned: "Use mere infantry to defend against the heavy cavalry, I'm afraid you'll be trampled into a pulp in a blink of an eye." He quickly laughed again, "But you just give orders, I won't shirk."

Wei Changxuan shook his head, "Of course I won't let you go to die. I know infantry can't resist heavy cavalry, so you are just bait."

"Bait?"

Wei Changxuan smiled slightly, turned around and pointed to the other side of the wooden building, the direction west of Panmenguan: "You go out from the west city gate and lead the enemy troops there, and I set up an ambush there."

Yu Chifeng's eyes lit up: "What kind of ambush?"

"It's just a team of knives and axes, but it's enough to deal with Yan Yu's heavy cavalry." Wei Changxuan smiled again, "After all, I'm here these days, and I'm not just repairing the city wall."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly slapped the railing: "Yu Chifeng obeys the order! Quickly lead 7 infantry and go out of the city to meet the enemy!"

Yu Chifeng was startled for a moment, but quickly realized, he bent down and said, "Yes!"

After he left, Wei Changxuan lowered his head and asked downstairs, "Where is the cavalry battalion?"

Immediately, the unison of more than ten thousand soldiers echoed.

"Show the military flag, follow me out of the city!"

He was about to take a step, but he was pulled back by Ba Lieyan behind him. The burly man showed some doubts: "General Wei, you haven't given me an order yet."

Wei Changxuan stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "General Balie, please beat the drums for our army at the top of the city." He paused, "If I can't come back, the general will preside over the military affairs in the city."

There was a hint of desolation in his words, Balieyan was startled, and wanted to reach out to pull him again, but he had already put on the heavy helmet and went away without looking back.

The door of the city gate slowly opened with the sound of rumbling drums, and tens of thousands of troops rushed out. Yanyu soldiers manipulating artillery vehicles outside the city could not dodge in time, and were almost knocked out by the rampaging horses.The golden flags in Yanyu's army also waved at the same time, and the flood of Yanyu cavalry rushed towards them wielding swords.At this moment, Wei Changxuan let go of the reins. He held the arrow in one hand and drew the bow in the other. The ebony horn bow was stretched to the limit in his hand, like a full moon. Countless arrows rained in the direction of Yan Yu's army.

At the same time, the infantry of the Zhao army to the west of the battlefield was disintegrating little by little. Most of these infantry came from the imperial army, and they were far less brave than the Eastern Hu army. They had almost no resistance against Yan Yu's iron hooves.When he was retreating in a row, Yu Chifeng didn't care about the way forward, he went to the battlefield at the age of ten, his eyes were red when he held a knife in his hand, and he didn't care about anything except fighting hard.Just as he was slashing left and right with a knife in both hands, the soldiers behind him suddenly exclaimed: "Young General, be careful!" A jet-black war horse jumped up from behind him, its iron hooves raised, and it was about to step on his head. , He didn't even turn his head, he bent his knees and made a backhand, the slender blade completely sank into the horse's belly.The side of his face was spattered with blood, but he didn't care to wipe it off. With a twist of his wrist, he cut off the throat of the knight on horseback with a single slash.

Perhaps it was his bloody and murderous appearance that infected the soldiers, and the infantry who were a little cowering before also grabbed their knives and rushed into the enemy army, slashing and killing them vigorously.The sound of the drums on the top of the city became more and more urgent, as if the blood in the whole body was about to boil, but it wasn't just the drums that shook the eardrums, another louder and louder sound approached rapidly, and the ground under the feet trembled. .Yu Chifeng, who was immersed in the fight, suddenly came back to his senses, he listened blankly for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "The whole army disperses!"

However, it was too late, a large number of heavy cavalry wrapped tightly in iron armor swept over like giant beasts, and the ordnance such as Juma antlers under the city were crushed by these heavy cavalry in an instant.The fleeing soldiers didn't even utter a scream, and were quickly crushed under the hooves of the horses by the heavy cavalry, a large number of people fell down, and many more were stabbed to pieces by the spears in the hands of the cavalry.

"Retreat!" Yu Chifeng shouted hoarsely, the herald hurriedly raised the command flag behind him, and then a flying spear pierced the herald's forehead, and he fell heavily to the ground while maintaining the posture of holding the command flag high .

Yu Chifeng's fearless heart suddenly had a glimmer of haze. He had already retreated to the city, but the ambush Wei Changxuan mentioned was still nowhere to be seen. The hoofbeats of the heavy cavalry were so close that he could almost smell the light emitted by the horses. The smell of fishy smell.

"Then let's fight to the death!" He turned around abruptly.

The heavy ring armor galloping from the opposite side connected each other, like an iron wall approaching at a high speed. The knights were all covered in fine armor, with only a pair of eyes exposed. Wei Chi Feng seemed to see the eyes mocking him, he raised his knife vigorously, rushed forward.When the fine steel blade slashed against the heavy cavalry's steel armor, it was like sliding through a layer of cold oil without any hesitation. He was about to be buried under the iron hooves, so he rolled on the spot in a hurry and dodged to the side.The footsteps of Yan Yu's heavy cavalry quickly passed by his ears, and launched a final charge towards the Dazhao infantry in front. Their iron hooves stepped down heavily, then raised, and when they stepped down again, they were empty!

The loud bang shook the grassland, and the flat grassland suddenly sank, revealing a deep ditch. Numerous horse neighs mixed with the enemy's screams sounded one after another, and most of the heavy cavalry in the rapid charge fell into the ditch. among.Because the heavy cavalry were connected by iron armor, the horses that had not fallen were also dragged and fell to the side of the ditch. The heavy cavalry who fell off the horse staggered and wanted to stand up, but they were hit hard by the swordsmen who jumped out behind them. Beheaded.

Yu Chifeng stared blankly at these swordsmen who suddenly appeared. He was still fighting the enemy on this grassland just now. He never thought that there were still people ambushing in the grass here. Some of these people must have been injured by horseshoes, and some Being stabbed by a sword, but no one made a sound.However, he had no time to think about it. He was stepping on thousands of flesh and blood, and there was a smell of gunpowder smoke everywhere, mixed with a strong smell of blood, which clearly smelled like death.

"Young General!" A rider from a distance galloped towards him, and the visitor took out a command arrow from his pocket, "The Yanyu army ahead has bypassed the front of our army and is about to march westward. General Wei, please lead the remaining troops and horses." Go to intercept."

Yu Chifeng froze, nodded his head heavily: "Understood."

Perhaps it was the loss of the heavy cavalry that angered the Yanyu people, or in other words, Ashina Nur.The grassland that had just subsided shook again, and the dazzling golden banner in front waved again and again, directing the entire Yanyu army to press on.These tens of thousands of people are so huge, it seems that the mere tens of thousands of infantry led by Yu Chifeng are insignificant.

A blankness flashed in Yuchifeng's mind. In his memory, the Yanyu people seldom put all their troops on board. The last time they launched a general attack was at Yunxia Pass. During that battle, his uncle Yuchi Zhong Zhong was killed by an arrow, and nearly [-] Donghu soldiers were slaughtered.

The pawns behind him were also terrified by this overwhelming attack, their hands holding the sabers trembled slightly, Yu Chi Feng shouted in the violent wind: "Form a conical formation, swear to defend the closed door!"

There was no answer for a long time, and then he remembered that the herald had died in battle just now, and the orders in the army have always been issued under the command flag, and the army without the command flag is like a blind giant, unable to see the head and tail.Just as he was dazed, a slightly hoarse shout came from the soldiers behind him: "Form a conical formation, and swear to keep the door closed!"

As soon as the shouting sound fell, the next column shouted again: "Form a conical array, and swear to close the door!"

In this way, the military order was passed down layer by layer, and the shouts of tens of thousands of people moved together with their footsteps. This astonishing momentum almost shocked the Yanyu army on the opposite side, but they did not hesitate at all, and quickly raised their hands. Charge up with a sword.

This is a duel between 5 people and 15 people, between infantry and cavalry, the result seems to be obvious at a glance, but at this moment the outcome is still undecided.