The terrain of the upper valley is very easy to ambush, because of the difference in height, people in the valley can't see what is above the sides. Vertex Novel Updates Fastest
Above the valley, a cavalry army was standing behind, and in front of them were countless figures prostrate on the ground.
The war horse was a little restless, pulling the reins in the cavalry's hand from time to time, snorting.
The terrain of Taniguchi was not too steep, but it was also considered a high ground. Horses would always do this when they were on high ground, and even trained war horses were difficult to overcome.
But fortunately, Taniguchi is not compared to the valley, it can only be regarded as two slopes, so it won't make the war horse too restless.
The cavalry touched the mane of the horse under him to comfort the horse, took out some hay from his pocket and put it near the horse's mouth to feed it.
With something to eat in his mouth, the horse will stop barking.
Hua Xiong stood on the hillside, the cloak behind him was blown by the high wind, he asked Xiaoqi beside him.
"How long will it take for the army to arrive?"
Xiaoqi looked at the valley and made an estimate. The valley is relatively long, and the army formation is not in a hurry, so the march is all on foot, and the speed is slow. Even so, it should have already walked half of the way by this time.
Finally, he frowned and said to Hua Xiong: "It won't take more than half an hour to return to the general."
"Okay, let the one on the opposite side stand still and wait for the army to come."
"Understood!" Xiaoqi led the order to retreat, and not long after, a flag on the hillside on Huaxiong's side waved a few times, and a flag on the opposite hillside also raised a flag in response.
There is no sound outside the valley, just like usual.
Hua Xiong's army didn't notice that in the distance beyond the hillside where they ambush, a cavalryman took the reins of the horse, looked at the hillside of the cloth army in the distance, turned the horse's head and left without making a sound.
That Qingqi Juechen ran to a soldier and horse in the south.
Yuan Shao looked at the text letter in his hand, smiled, and handed the text letter to the Qingqi: "Order this letter to be sent to all armies to mobilize troops, and lay an ambush at the valley entrance on the other side."
"yes."
At this time, Hua Xiong's army had already led their troops to the valley, and all the brave cavalry outside had been transferred back, so they didn't notice that there were more soldiers and horses coming to the valley again.
Indeed, within half an hour, only about half a stick of incense, Hua Xiong's army could already hear the sound of the army marching from afar.
The momentum was indeed huge, and as the army got closer and closer, one could almost feel the tremors in the ears.
After a while, the army appeared in the sight of people outside the valley.
There were neatly lined up soldiers outside, almost crowding the valley. Countless flags were erected in the army formation, which were blown by the mountain wind in the valley, covering the army formation, even if viewed from a height. You can't even see what it looks like in the army formation.
There was a faint sound coming from the army, whether it was drums or chariots marching, but from the few chariots occasionally exposed under the flag, there should be quite a few of them.
The only thing that makes people puzzled is that the arrangement of the army array is a bit weird, it seems a bit loose, but because of the cover of the flag, it can't be seen how loose it is.
Hua Xiong looked at the flag with a smile on his face, it was right that he was the main force of the princes along the way.
Judging from the sound of their marching route, it seemed that they wanted to go around the front from the right side and attack from the flanks. Unfortunately, the momentum of the marching army could not be concealed, and was spotted by his brave cavalry.
The reason why the Xuanxiang Formation created such a big momentum was that apart from pretending to have a heavy army marching, it was also easier to attract the attention of the enemy, so that the rest of the troops could easily mobilize and ambush later.
"General," said a soldier.
Hua Xiong raised his hand, signaling not to act rashly: "Wait until the army reaches the bottom of the slope before attacking."
The army came slowly, and it was about to go down the slope.
Hua Xiong raised his hand high, and a flag bearer on the hillside also slowly raised the flag in his hand.
The archer took out the cluster of arrows from his back and put them on the bowstring and pulled them apart little by little, the sound of the bowstring being tensed made a slight sound.
The cavalry at the end of the team also got on their horses and comforted the horses under them for the last time.
"Let the arrow!"
With a loud shout, the order flags on the hillside were waved down, and the silence on the hillsides on both sides was instantly broken.
Countless sounds of piercing the sky resounded, the sound of bowstrings crashing resounded, and countless clusters of arrows appeared without warning like a torrential rain, and dense arrow shadows criss-crossed between the hillsides.
I don't know who made the first exclamation, and the army under the hillside was in a mess. The soldiers fled in a panic, and the flags in the army fluttered around, making the chaos look even more serious.
The sound of running soldiers and horses resounded at the mouth of the valley, and the shouts continued for a while, and chaotic sounds resounded throughout the valley.
The effect of the surprise attack was surprisingly good, and it was already disrupted in the first round under the rain of arrows.
The corners of Hua Xiong's mouth turned up slightly, but for some reason he always felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think too much about it, this would be the second prince he defeated.
In fact, if he looked carefully, he would find that although the army formation was chaotic, the casualties did not achieve the expected effect, because the distance between the soldiers was very large.
In the usual battle of ten thousand people, the queue of soldiers is dense, and the archers can shoot with an arrow without even needing to aim. But this time, compared to the usual situation, many arrow clusters were shot in the open space.
"Shoot three rounds, step forward, and prepare to charge!"
Hua Xiong raised his saber and mounted his horse. With the wave of the command flag, the army formation changed rapidly.
After the archers fired a few more rounds of arrows on the spot, the infantry stepped forward and charged up the hill from the back of the slope.
The army at the bottom of the hill saw the Hua Xiong army on the uphill, and it seemed that there was no more fighting, and some of them had already started to flee.
Hua Xiong's eyes swept across the army formation, and finally fell on a man wearing a bamboo hat and holding a spear in the front of the army formation.
The man seemed to be trying to stop the army from breaking up, but it was too late.
That should be the general, Hua Xiong's eyes slightly closed.
It's really a child's play to still wear this kind of dress in the battle.
There was a bit of disgust in the eyes, what did these people think of the war!
War, this is a life-threatening war. Something seemed to flash before Hua Xiong's eyes.
He drank his blood and lived until now, in this kind of place.
Is it such a place where pampered people play games
Holding the long saber horizontally, Hua Xiong's eyes turned red.
He started from the smallest general, and now is the governor of Xiliang.
The most real thing he has ever seen in the war is the blood dripping on his face and the endless corpses.
People who have seen those, all the ethics and morality, benevolence, righteousness, virtue and kindness are all fake.
That's why he didn't believe that any general in battle would sacrifice his life, and he didn't even believe that any general could be said to be human.
It's only true if you survive.
He, Hua Xiong, will be the one who survived the battlefield, but he doesn't know how long he can live, because he understands that the war should never end.
He can only struggle again and again to survive.