Chapter 0372: The Death of Xu Rong

Kill! "There were swarming soldiers on the distant battlefield.

With the command of "shoot!", a rain of arrows poured down, and several soldiers rushing forward screamed in agony. The long arrows penetrated deeply into their bodies, and these few people covered their wounds and fell to the ground, convulsing violently.

A long arrow shot towards a team leader, who was wearing leather armor and instinctively wanted to dodge. With a "plop," the arrow pierced through his chest and a "puff," piercing through his back. A large puddle of blood stained the faces of several soldiers behind him red

Watching the fallen squad leader scream in agony, a ground sergeant retrieved his crossbow. However, at this moment, he couldn't bear to think too much. After firing, he immediately handed over the crossbow to the back, and a crossbow filled with five rounds was handed over again. He steadily aimed at an enemy soldier covered with a shield and heard the command sound: "Shoot

In an instant, a crossbow arrow pierced through the shield and a blood mist splattered, causing the person to fall.

Lengbao is a type of ancient fortress that transforms the fortress from a convex polygon to a concave polygon. This improvement exposes the attacking side to crossfire at any point of the castle. During the Kangxi period, there were hundreds of Russian mercenaries who resisted the siege of tens of thousands of Manchu troops for more than half a year.

However, if there are superstitions who bring it to ancient times without knowing its essence, it would be very ridiculous.

Ye Qing understands this very well. The essence of the record of the fortress lies in the fact that at that time, Russian soldiers had already popularized firearms. When defending the city, whether it was night or day, at any time, no physical strength was needed to fight - pulling the trigger or lighting the fire rope did not require physical strength!

In ancient times, just archers or gunners would still consume physical strength. Once exhausted, even the strongest castle would become useless.

However, precisely understanding this point, this small fortress has stored over a hundred crossbows and a large number of crossbows and arrows. By rotating the crossbows in this way, with ancient technological conditions, it has achieved an effect close to that of a musket.

On the hillside, about forty enemy soldiers screamed and fell down. The enemy's elite armored soldiers were almost completely wiped out, and they were knocked over one by one.

Finally, hundreds of enemy soldiers couldn't help but turn around and flee backwards!

There was a moment of silence on the castle, followed by loud cheers.

Zhao Yun looked at the hillside, where corpses were scattered everywhere. About 500 enemy soldiers had been permanently killed on the hillside.

At this moment, a sergeant approached and whispered, "Sir, twenty-three crossbows have already been damaged and there are not many arrows left. I'm afraid we can resist once more

Zhao Yun nodded, touched his spear, and ordered, "Wear armor and hold a gun

Yes! "The sergeant responded, but with a hint of hidden unease. Once the crossbow was lost and the enemy was stabbed with physical strength, it would only take a few hours for a hundred people's stamina to run out. The castle was breached below

The trees and weeds on the entire hillside had long been cleared away to make his vision clear. Xu Rong's face turned pale, but he did not give the order to extract and behead the defeated soldiers.

After fighting for a day and a night, 500 people died, and morale was already very low. If we continue to push forward, even with our own abilities, we are afraid it will cause a mutiny.

General, I don't believe it. The enemy still has crossbows, let me charge again! "A fierce general stepped forward and pleaded for his life.

Xu Rong also didn't believe it. Out of self-awareness, he also felt that the enemy had reached a dead end.

At this moment, a horn suddenly sounded and a galloping horse rolled over, saying, "General, it's not good. An enemy has appeared ten miles away, it's cavalry

What? "Xu Rong turned around and saw a red cavalry rolling towards the horizon. He immediately shouted," Team up, camp up, prevent a surprise attack

However, in the distance, Ye Qing had no intention of launching a surprise attack. Xu Rong was a famous general, and launching a surprise attack was difficult to succeed. Moreover, compared to Zhao Yun and the empress dowager who were trapped, he had his own value as a non commissioned officer. First came the rescue!

With a thunderous sound of hooves, the cavalry arrived five miles away, gradually stopped, and began to regroup.

The so-called Mercedes Benz always maintains a formation, this is just a joke. No one in this world can do it. Judging from the situation ahead, some generals shouted loudly, "Arrange and prepare

With a loud 'whoosh' sound, the cavalry found their position and quickly lined up.

Ye Qing was very satisfied. Now all the cavalry are red leather armor, with iron helmets and long knives. As for the horses and hooves that should be used by the passers, they have long been equipped with long guns.

Just a thousand cavalry, arranged in a square formation, the wind blows, the red flag of the central army rolls, and the air of the Red Army permeates it.

Ye Qing drew his long sword and shouted loudly, "Prepare the entire army

Suddenly, commands were transmitted one after another in the array.

Ye Qing ordered again, 'Drumming!'

Dong

The big drum sounded, and the thick and powerful sound immediately spread throughout the four fields, shaking people's hearts and minds.

Dong! "At the third sound, Ye Qing ordered," Move forward

The horses were mobilized first, followed by cavalry, and the thunderous sound of their hooves made the earth tremble.

Xu Rong watched as the cavalry charged forward, and he still had a few minutes to think.

In history, Xu Rong once defeated Sun Jian and Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao's Sun Jian was not yet a famous general at that time, and the soldiers were newly recruited and the number of troops was small, Xu Rong led the Xiliang Expeditionary Force, but his qualifications could also be seen.

As soon as I saw the cavalry this time, I knew it was not good. I originally had two thousand Western Liang cavalry, but after losing five hundred, I only had fifteen thousand. The difference between me and the enemy was not significant, but more importantly, my morale was low.

When it comes to the right path of military strategy, as it is a castle attack, although soldiers may be tired, their horsepower will rest. It is still possible to stay away at this time, but it is difficult to make a decision to escape without fighting.

Suddenly, Xu Rong's eyes turned red as he drew his sword and said, "Kill, kill

With a command, the cavalry of Xiliang, who had been through battle and well-trained, responded despite their low morale.

Xu Rong made a decision and immediately did not hesitate. He rode his horse ahead and shouted loudly, "Kill all the enemies, my Western Liang cavalry is invincible

All the cavalry in Xiliang shouted loudly, 'Kill!'

Kill

Assist the Han Dynasty, pacify the chaotic times, and kill! "Liu Jiajun on the other side also shouted. Liu Bei, who had been devoted to this ideology in recent years, had made every effort to cultivate it.

Boom! "The smoke and dust billowed, and the cavalry of both sides pounded heavily on the ground. In the blink of an eye, the two riders staggered and collided fiercely.

At the moment before the collision, Ye Qing's hand emitted a red light, and he saw the two hundred riders in front of him suddenly feel his whole body shake and give him strong support.

Kill! "These people quickly gained agility, physical strength, and fighting spirit within a few minutes, drew out their spears, and threw them towards the enemy line.

Although two hundred short spears were not far, they could break through heavy armor at close range. As soon as they fell, hundreds of Western Liang cavalry in front of them immediately screamed in agony.

The short spear instantly tore through the leather armor and pierced into the body, causing the blood to turn into blood arrows and burst out. They screamed in agony and fell backwards from their horses.

Then came the real first wave of collision, with many people falling behind in both directions in an instant.

Kill! "One by one, the cavalry of Xiliang roared and charged forward, fearlessly, with the courage to fight to the death.

Cheating again! "Ye Qing thought to herself. To be honest, the Xiliang cavalry, who couldn't fight for a long time, had no such strength, but now they didn't take it seriously.

In the direction of the long sword, blood mist scattered from all around.

Some cavalry from Xiliang roared with their mouths open, but couldn't make a sound. They rolled and fell, followed by the dull sound of their warhorses colliding and screaming.

Xu Rong held a long spear, tightly wrapped his legs around the horse's belly, and roared as he charged forward. In the blink of an eye, he met Ye Qing. Both sides were not large in scale, around a thousand, and they met in the first wave.

In an instant, both sides were less than ten meters apart and could see each other's expressions.

In an instant, Xu Rong saw Ye Qing, wearing a red tassel on his iron helmet and armor, with a blank expression and even a somewhat calm demeanor.

Kill! "Xu Rong shouted loudly and stabbed with a long spear in his hand.

The two horses crossed, and the sword light flashed. In the midst of electric light, stone, and fire, Xu Rong's figure moved. His long spear was opened, and a sword aura pierced through his arm, bringing out a blood mist that almost penetrated his body.

The brutality of cavalry battles far exceeds that of infantry, with the slightest difference being death on the ground.

Xu Rong has been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years, and his combat skills on the battlefield are indeed remarkable. However, the martial arts of the opposing general are extremely terrifying. Before he could think much about it, he suddenly jumped out of the opponent.

No, it's impossible! "Xu Rong was greatly surprised. The enemy general was fully armored and could leap into the air like never before. He had already stabbed with a sword.

At the moment of life and death, Xu Rong shouted loudly and fired a long spear.

Just a moment of electric light and stone fire, with only the slightest difference, but without hitting the target. The enemy general had already rushed in, and with a "pu" sound, he stabbed in with a sword.

The thick iron armor was simply unable to resist, instantly breaking open and penetrating through Xu Rong's body, even revealing a section behind him, causing a shower of blood to spray out.

Xu Rong only felt his strength drained away, and couldn't help but show a miserable smile on his face. He didn't even scream and rolled down to the horse.

Upon seeing this, several Western Liang cavalry members let out a mournful and angry roar, but only managed to shout once. Their swords flashed, and four or five Western Liang cavalry members' throats froze, with blood fountains spewing out from their necks.

Kill, kill all the enemies and leave no one behind! "Ye Qing roared. It was unlikely that these Western Liang cavalry would surrender. In that case, kill all of them.

As for the mourning soldiers of the Western Liang cavalry due to the death of Xu Rong, Ye Qing sneered at the so-called victorious mourning soldiers.

The sorrowful soldiers will surely win, so why do we need a large army?

Castle

Zhao Yun saw two cavalrymen fighting each other below, one of whom was his lord. He saw his lord in the army, wielding only one sword, rushing back and forth to kill. Wherever he went, no one was a one-time enemy. He felt a great sense of awe in his heart and thought to himself, "I thought my lord was exceptionally benevolent, but I didn't want his martial arts skills to be so fierce

Although I am proud of my sword, spear, and bow skills, and confident that I can charge back and forth among a thousand armies, my lord is not inferior to me! "Thinking about this, I looked at the soldiers on my side who were covered in bruises and suddenly shouted," Children, my lord is fighting below. Let's welcome him

As he spoke, he ordered the door to be opened. In a moment, hundreds of riders galloped down and rushed up.