Steel Dynasty - Chapter 348

[Chapter 348 Secret Weapon]

A bleak warm wind blew dust towards the Jinwu Guards’ formation.

In the hot weather of September, the vast loess outside Jizhou City is even colder than winter.

The Jinwu Guard, the most elite forbidden army of the Great Chongqing, and the Blood Wolf Guard, one of the strongest cavalry of the barbarians, will start a fight here.

At this time, Luo Hong looked at the barbarian cavalry three hundred meters away. The hand holding the sword at his waist turned white from too much force.

Brothers fighting, father and son fighting in the battle, he has followed Luo Quan on military expeditions since he was a child. In more than 20 years of getting along, he can understand his father’s eyes.

“Worry about the country and forget yourself, sacrifice your life for justice!”

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

Looking past the soldiers in front, Luo Hong’s eyes gradually became firmer. In order to save Dayu from danger, the Jinwu Guards would not retreat, and neither would Luo Hong.

“Woooo…”

The horn of the barbarian attack began to sound. As usual in fighting barbarians on the grassland, the barbarians’ cavalry and archery were the first to be dispatched.

They urged their horses to quickly rush towards the Jinwu Guards’ battle formation. Fifty meters away from the battle formation, the barbarian cavalry suddenly shot out a wave of arrows.

“Raise your shield!”

the captains in the array ordered one after another.

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

In an instant, the silver shield faced up, protecting the crossbowmen and spearmen under the shield.

When they completed their actions, an overwhelming barrage of bows and arrows arrived in the blink of an eye.

“Ding ding…”

The dense bows and arrows fell on the shield, making a sound of metal friction. The barbarian’s arrows pierced the iron and nailed the wooden shield.

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

“Crossbowmen, fire arrows!”

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

At this time, the crossbowman suddenly raised his crossbow, and with a “whoosh” sound, dense arrows flew toward the barbarian cavalry fifty meters away.

The barbarian cavalry archers who were about to turn around and attack the Chongqing army’s formation from both sides suddenly fell on their backs.

However, the barbarian cavalry and shooting did not stop. They began to move to both sides along the Jinwu Guards’ formation. 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 method used by the barbarians to attack Dayu had never changed, but this method was also the most troublesome.

The mounted archers of the barbarians are not the main force, but in fact are only auxiliary arms. The task of these mounted archers is to disrupt the intensive battle formation of the infantry through harassment.

Because faced with dense infantry battle formations, barbarians can rarely gain any advantage.

At this time, the dense barbarian cavalry and shooting were like floods hitting the rocks, immediately flowing to both sides. At this time, Luo Hong asked the flag bearer to play the flag and beat the war drum at the same time.

“Stay in formation!”

“Stay in formation!”

“…”

Orders rang out in the battle formation, and soldiers in the battle formation continued to suffer casualties under the harassment of barbarian cavalry.

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

For the sake of Fen City, Luo Quan took away most of the cavalry, and the remaining 10,000 cavalry had to be used on the edge of the sword.

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

“The Jinwu Guards of the Forbidden Army are indeed worthy of their reputation. They can still maintain their formation in such a situation.” Chagatai said with a frown.

Gu Duo said loudly: “This Jinwu Guard is an elite unit of General Luo Quan. Among the Forbidden Army, only this Luo Quan can fight.”

“Really? In this case, we cannot let this Jinwu Guard leave Jizhou.” Chahe Tai said coldly: “Now the Qingzhou Army is besieged by us in Fencheng, and the grain road has been cut off by us. Before setting off, Tai Ji also told us to cut off the grain road first, and then besiege the Forbidden Army. Now you immediately lead 20,000 light cavalry to detour to the rear. While their food route has not entered the camp, burn their food and grass.”

Gu Duo nodded, and urged his horse to lead the light cavalry to the rear of Jinwu Guard.

After watching Gu Duo leave, Chagatai once again looked at the two fighting armies. His purpose was to prevent the Forbidden Army from rushing to Fencheng, and he could stop the Forbidden Army here at the minimum cost.

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

If the Forbidden Army can’t stand it and gets into chaos, it’s time for them to reap the rewards.

When he was feeling proud, a scout suddenly came to report and said: “Flag leader, we found a large number of cavalry from the Great Yu Kingdom rushing towards Fen City.”

Hearing this, Chagatai’s eyes narrowed, and he understood. The purpose of these forbidden troops in front of him was the same as his, which was 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 rushed here with a hot air balloon.

“Lin Wentao!”

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

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

Xiao Ming looked urgent at this time and did not stick to these etiquette. He asked directly: “Have you mastered the simple operation of this hot air balloon?”

“Your Highness, the advertisements these days are all about students from our School of Physics controlling hot air balloons. “Thrown around Qingzhou City.” Lin Wentao looked serious.

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

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

Because once he loses this time, his hard work in the past two years will be in vain. Similarly, if the barbarians lose this war, the land of Youzhou will be at their fingertips.

“That’s good. I want to give you a very important task. Now Governor Niu Ben is besieged by barbarians in Fencheng and the news is cut off. I hope you can go to Jizhou to explore the intelligence and at the same time pass the news to Niu Ben.” Ming said.

After hearing this, Lin Wentao looked at the two people who were also sitting on the horse and said: “Your Highness, his name is Liang Yubin and his name is He Cheng. They are the two controlling the hot air balloon these days. It will be no problem to leave this matter to them. They can They all hope to make meritorious deeds.”

Xiao Ming smiled immediately after hearing this.

There must be brave men under heavy rewards. He said to Liang Yubin and He Cheng: “Okay, if you can complete the task this time, I promise to knight you two after the war.”

Liang Yubin and He Cheng were overjoyed, and now everyone on the fiefdom Everyone was counting on whether they could become the first batch of recipients of the title. The two said in unison: “Your Highness, please give me your instructions. We will definitely complete the task.”

Xiao Ming felt relieved, hoping that this hot air balloon would be such a secret. The appearance of weapons on the battlefield can at least scare the barbarians.

(End of chapter)