Kong Peng finally gathered hundreds of remaining soldiers and rushed to Zangdan Peak, sixty miles west of Yuchi City, to join Zhang Jun's troops. Seeing Zhang Jun gathering the remaining soldiers at Zangdan Peak and regrouping nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, Kong Peng was not at all relieved, but his face was full of tears and panic.
On the entire battlefield, their total number of soldiers and horses was twice that of the Jingjue Army and the Ye Royal Family Army. On the southern front, with less than 20,000 cavalry, he held back the seemingly strongest Ye Family Army. Xiong and Kong Peng were able to mobilize up to 70,000 troops on the northern front and destroy the elite army of only 20,000 troops by crushing them with stones.
When Ye Qinglin was in charge of the Northern and Southern armies of the Western Qiang Kingdom, Zhang Jun had served under him for a long time. He knew that Zhang Jun seemed to have the peak level of Mingqiao Realm, but he was suspicious by nature and cherished his own life. After the collapse of his northern flank on the battlefield, he must I will no longer dare to fight to the death with them.
Zhang Xiong originally had a chance to break out from the west city surrounded by guards.
Zhang Jun didn't even understand why they were defeated, or why the leader of the clan was trapped in Yuchi City.
Of course, there is another point that Zhang Xiong and the others did not expect.
With twice the enemy's absolute superiority of troops and horses, who could be defeated so easily and suddenly
They also studied in detail how to deal with it before the war. Whether it was the armored soldier camp or the cavalry camp on the forward line, they were equipped with thousands of strong bows and strong shields as much as possible.
The 20,000 rebels were frightened by the news at this time, and could not even detach a part of the rear troops to intercept the pursuers behind them, led by Chen Hai himself and composed of seven chariots and three thousand elite cavalry. At this time, they saw Ye Qinglin Led 15,000 to 6,000 cavalry and swooped down aggressively to attack from a flank, how could they dare to continue to withdraw towards Yuchi City
At this time, Ye Qinglin didn't even pay attention to the 20,000 cavalry led by Zhang Jun on the southern flank battlefield. He personally led the remaining 15,600 light armored cavalry and swept directly north, attacking with Chen Hai from the east and west sides. The 20,000 rebels were retreating from the northern battlefield to Yuchi City.
Seeing that the command and organizational system of the 20,000 rebels was completely chaotic, the War Bird Battalion led by Wu Meng did not have to worry about encountering unexpected threats. After emptying the arrow boxes they carried, they returned to the Nanjianxia Camp to replace them. After loading a new batch of quivers, they pounced directly on them. From the north, they poured out a crazy and bloody rain of tempered arrows in the direction of the defeated soldiers' escape, forcing most of the defeated soldiers to head toward Tiele Ridge. escape.
Whether it is called a mechanical repeating crossbow or a divine machine repeating crossbow, its power is extremely terrifying, but the number of divine machine repeating crossbows is limited. Logically speaking, it cannot play a decisive role in such a large-scale war.
In Zhang Xiong's panic, he did not think about forming a formation to fight with Yuchi City behind his back. He did not think that as long as he could withstand the impact of the Ye family's royal army in front of Yuchi City, in addition to Zhang Jun's 20,000 cavalry in the south, There were still 20,000 soldiers and horses to the north who were reinforcing the battlefield on the northern flank, and they were able to withdraw in time to join them. When he saw the Ye family's royal army coming from the middle to attack menacingly, he hastily ordered to follow him to form a formation outside the east gate of Yuchi City. The 20,000 prepared troops and horses in the formation withdrew into the city and stood firm.
The two thousand heavy armored cavalry at the core of the Ye family's royal army battle formation have not yet taken effect, but the armored horse formation has already shown its unstoppable power.
The leader of the Zhang family, Zhang Xiong, who killed Ye Chentian and usurped the throne to establish himself as the leader of the Xiqiang Kingdom, was also frightened at this moment. He saw the Ye family's royal army of more than 30,000 cavalry, pouring out like a rolling torrent. In panic, he made what might be The most fatal wrong decision in his life.
Not only did their core generals lack confidence, but the middle and lower-level generals and ordinary soldiers were also panicked, and this was even more fatal.
Zhang Xiong and Kong Peng estimated before the war that the Jingjue Army relied on the support of Hexi and Juquan Ridge, and secretly had a storage of 30,000 to 40,000 gold-hardened arrows. It was obvious that at this point, they had far underestimated the strength of the Jingjue Army and the continuous and stable damage output of the machine-operated crossbows. As a result, even if they showed the slightest flaw on the battlefield, they would quickly suffer a fatal blow.
At this moment, Zhang Jun led 20,000 cavalry and was still slowly entangled the Ye royal family army led by Ye Qinglin from both sides. In his opinion, as long as he could successfully hold back the Ye royal family army, they would not have the opportunity to enter. If they join the battle on the northern flank, they will definitely win this battle.
The south wing battlefield where Zhang Jun led his troops was located at a slightly higher terrain. He could see that the north wing battlefield was full of dead bodies with broken limbs and bones. It was like a Shura hell. He immediately lost the courage to continue to advance north and did not even dare to leave. They advanced from the side and attacked Ye Qinglin's troops. They stopped and patrolled, watching helplessly as Ye Qinglin led his troops to turn directly from the center and advance towards Yuchi City.
The 20,000 rebels were mixed on foot and cavalry. Seeing the vicious tigers in front and the ferocious wolves behind, with only the northern part still open, they had no choice but to spread their legs and flee into the vast wilderness to the north. The formation passed by twice and suddenly At this time, they had been completely dispersed, and they were no longer able to fight back.
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No matter how powerful one hundred Shenji Repeating Crossbows are, two thousand elite archers can always suppress them effectively. In fact, they had a total of 10,000 strong bows among the 30,000 troops who initially entered the battlefield on the northern flank.
Chen Hai and Ye Qinglin reunited and ignored the fleeing rebels. Instead, they passed directly through the wilderness to the north of Yuchi City and forced back Zhang Junsuo from the west who wanted to rescue Yuchi City's lone army from the west gate. The troops successfully besieged Zhang Xiong in Yuchi City.
Even before Wu Meng led the war bird battalion to block the sky above Yuchi City, Zhang Xiong had a chance to break out. After all, at that time, the Ye family's royal army had only blocked the two gates of Yuchi City, and had not yet truly formed a dragnet-like encirclement. , Chen Hai and Ye Qinglin were not yet completely sure about intercepting Zhang Xiong who was in the middle stage of Dao Dan Realm.
One hundred thousand gold-hardened arrows means millions of kilograms of gold-hardened iron.
The number of gold-hardened arrows stored by Jingjue Military was far beyond their imagination.
Even if it cannot match the power of a single crossbow, it can make up for it in quantity.
Although these soldiers and horses did not choose to die for the Ye family, they did not have the consciousness to die for the Zhang family. At this time, they were forced to retreat to the Zangdan Peak to huddle together for warmth due to the strong and fatal pressure from the Jingjue Army. However, the Jingjue Army and the Ye Family Royal Army led by Ye Qinglin did not continue to pursue them westward, but prioritized completing the mission. Regarding the siege of Yuchi City, even if these soldiers did not disperse immediately, their minds began to become unstable.
However, Zhang Xiong hastily ordered the 20,000 soldiers and horses to be withdrawn into Yuchi City. Most of them were soldiers and horses Zhang Xiong recruited from near Tianai Mountain. Thousands of them were directly descendants of the Zhang family.
No one expected that the elite cavalry of Kong Peng's direct line would collapse so quickly and suddenly, which also seriously affected the morale of other rebels.
Whether it was to weaken the shield wall formed by the tower shield vehicles, or to deliberately make them paralyzed, the twelve divine machine chariots had already fired several rounds at the shield wall before the divine machine directly engaged in the battle at the beginning; After the chariot tore open the shield wall, the rain of gilded arrows poured out unscrupulously.
Zhang Xiong wanted to use the strong walls and defensive formations of Yuchi City to resist the charge of the Jiama Formation, but the mistake he made at this time can be said to be fatal and irreparable.
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Zangdan Peak is an isolated mountain located in the northeast corner of Pinglu Sea. The mountain is not steep, with low ridges on the left and right. It can also be regarded as an important pass to enter the coast of Pinglu Sea.
Seeing this situation, Chen Hai didn't need to tell him anything. Ye Qinglin immediately separated two thousand heavy armored cavalry and ten thousand light cavalry, led by generals Ye He and Jiang Zhe, and continued to approach the east gate of Yuchi City, intending to Zhang Xiong's troops were suppressed in Yuchi City and could not get out.
Kong Peng's direct lineage was almost wiped out in this battle. The soldiers recruited by Zhang from near Tianai Mountain were all trapped in Yuchi City with Zhang Xiong. They fled west with Zhang Jun and the remnant soldiers gathered at Zangdan Peak, mainly Zhang Xiong usurped the throne and took over the troops of the Northern and Southern armies.
To the east of Zangdan Peak, there are two stone villages connected to each other. Kong Peng and Zhang Jun stationed their remaining troops between the two stone villages, and forced the people to enter the low ridge of Zangdan Peak from the east to dig trenches. They are also working non-stop to strengthen the defenses of the two stone villages. At the moment, they can only do these things.
Although they still have 20,000 troops in the Western Qiang King's City and Tianai Mountain, and theoretically can gather 50,000 troops to march eastward to break the siege of Yuchi City, they still have to fight the Jingjue Army in Yuchi City at this time. Victory faith
Zhang Jun thinks so, and so does Kong Peng. Even Zhang Xiong would never think they would lose before the war.
Unlike the heavy edged arrows used by the elite archers of the Montenegrin Army, where only the arrow clusters are made of finely wrought iron, the entire body of the quenched arrows is made of quenched iron. In addition to being extremely sharp, it is also extremely heavy to carry. This is why the gold-hardened arrow has such terrifying penetrating power and can cause such terrifying blows and damage after being shot into the human body.
However, who could have imagined that when the shield wall formed by the tower shield vehicles they relied on was broken through, more than 5,000 elite infantry archers deployed behind the shield wall would be completely destroyed in almost a dozen breaths; Thinking that Kong Peng personally led 5,000 elite cavalry to seize the final chance of victory, who would have thought that the mixed stalking and killing would be sorted out by Chen Hai in such a short period of time. The elite cavalry led by Kong Peng were blocked from the outside, and even Without clear consciousness, he was fatally shot again
Yuchi City is not far from Lucheng, located thirty miles away from Nanjian Gorge. It is far less prosperous than Lucheng. The city is only three or four miles square, with only two east and west gates, and a galloping road running through the city.
Zhang Xiong and others can roughly estimate that in order to destroy their forward line, the Jingjue Army consumed 40,000 to 50,000 gold-hardened arrows in a very short period of time; coupled with the Jingjue Army's War Bird Battalion's unscrupulous strafing, When Kong Peng's five thousand elite cavalry were almost exhausted, the number of gold-hardened arrows consumed by the elite army should have been more than 100,000.
The 20,000 soldiers and horses can also be said to be the foundation for Zhang's plan to rule the Pinglu Oasis. Zhang Xiong was unwilling to abandon the 20,000 soldiers in Yuchi City and fled alone. He hoped that he would stay and defend Yuchi City, while Kong Peng and Zhang Jun can also gather the remaining soldiers on the periphery and regroup to relieve the siege.
No one thought that the collapse of Kong Peng's five thousand elite cavalry would happen so quickly and suddenly.
Although Kong Peng prides himself on being a famous general, facing the current situation he has no tears left and can only sit back and hope for a miracle to happen.