Chapter 707: Crisis

The archers with the fewest casualties have also recovered a little. Although they have no casualties, they have been shooting arrows at Dong Zhuo's cavalry during the battle. Almost everyone shot a pot of arrows, which is a total of twenty arrows. . The archers in the war barracks are not bad, and their physical strength is much stronger than ordinary archers. A pot of arrows does not have much impact on them.

However, ordinary archers guarding the barracks are far inferior in all aspects, regardless of their rank or physical strength. After a pot of arrows in a battle, they are already in sub-optimal condition. If they rest for half a day to a day, they can still recover, but in less than two quarters of an hour, they will not be able to return to their best condition.

However, they just made preparations silently, adjusting the tightness of the bows in their hands, and then took out the pot of arrows one by one, inserted them on the ground where they could easily reach them, and slowly adjusted them. Following his breathing, he quietly waited for the military order to arrive.

The actions of the soldiers in the formation were all seen in Su Zhi's eyes, which made Su Zhi feel extremely moved. At the same time, he had an extremely strong impulse in his chest. He must take as many of these soldiers out as possible. After this battle, these soldiers, whether they were soldiers from the Longxiang Camp or the Guards Camp, were basically worthy of their reputation as elites.

In a moment, Dong Zhuo's cavalry was close at hand, and the killing aura of nearly ten thousand cavalry rushed towards them, which was worse than the previous charge. Seeing this situation, Su Zhi also shuddered fiercely. This time's charge seemed more troublesome than the last time.

As Su Zhi thought, Dong Zhuo's army was more fully prepared for this round of attack than the last time. Although the cavalry only rested for a quarter of an hour, this time both the formation and the cavalry rushing into the formation had to go through Fan Chong. Carefully arranged. Although there were only the Feixiong Army and the Xiliang Cavalry from the first school on the front, the other two schools of Xiliang Cavalry also really participated in the attack from the south and west respectively.

When the cavalry was about to approach, Su Zhi had already noticed something was different, but it was too late to adjust now. Fortunately, among the 20,000 troops that went into battle at this time, in addition to the two Zhonglang generals Su Zuo, there were also four leading military captains. They were all veterans of the Sizhou army and had rich combat experience.

Seeing that the cavalry's charging momentum seemed to be more fierce than last time, several captains immediately arranged several spearmen who were resting and waiting in the array behind the array to increase the defense thickness of the array. Seeing this situation, Su Zhicai secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Now that I have made the preparations I should do, I can only leave it to fate.

"One hundred and twenty steps, archers, prepare!"

. . .

"One hundred steps!"

"Eighty steps, after the archers fire five rounds, they can shoot freely!"

"Sword and Shield Hands, be prepared for collision!"

"Pikemen, prepare to stab!"

Seeing the cavalry getting closer and closer, military orders were conveyed like clouds and flowing water.

"boom..."

"Bah..."

When the cavalry collided with the strict military formation again, the sound of collisions boomed again, mixed with the screams of war horses and the screams and howls of soldiers. Various sounds filled the entire battlefield.

At this time, Su Zhi didn't hear these sounds at all, but looked at the situation ahead where the Flying Bear Army was charging with a serious face.

The first layer of shield wall was torn apart in an instant as if it had been destroyed. Countless shields were knocked open, soldiers were knocked into the air, and then fell to the ground, becoming silent.

The second layer of shield wall still failed to stop the Flying Bear Army. Although it was not knocked away like the first layer of shield wall, the shield and soldiers were also directly hit in an instant.

Facing the Flying Bear Army's full-strength attack, the two shield walls in front could barely stop them, let alone those spearmen. Seeing this, the soldiers on the third layer of the shield wall quickly squatted down and leaned their whole bodies behind the shield. Some of the spearmen and soldiers in the formation also quickly rushed behind the shield and joined their ranks.

“Bang.

. . "

"puff..."

As loud crashes were heard, the shield wall on the third floor barely withstood the cavalry's impact under the desperate resistance of the soldiers. The price paid was that almost all the soldiers behind the shield wall were killed. Blood was spurting out from the mouth, and it was estimated that nearly half of them had suffered internal damage. Even if there is no immediate death on the battlefield, after the war, they will not last long.

Seeing that the shield wall finally blocked Dong Zhuojun's attack, Su Zhi couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. He finally blocked it this time, but when he thought about it, he blocked it this time, but not the next one. Woolen cloth. Although he said that General Pingdong would come to rescue him, in fact, all the generals in the army knew that this was almost impossible.

In this expedition, the only real cavalry was General Zhao's white horse Yi Cong and General Ping Dong's guard camp. Therefore, there were only 20,000 horses. If the general's personal soldiers were added, the number would be less than 10,000. There were two thousand cavalry, but Dong Zhuo's army had 20,000 cavalry. It is almost impossible to rescue his nearly 30,000 troops from the 20,000 cavalry.

Not to mention saving his own army, how the entire Sizhou Army can escape is a problem. Although Su Zhi has insufficient actual combat experience, it does not mean that he has not thought of these problems. Since Dong Zhuo's army has appeared in Hedong, they must have a complete strategy and comprehensive arrangements to find ways to keep the Sizhou army in Hedong. .

Although he was thinking a lot, his face showed no expression. Seeing that the frontal formation had basically stabilized, Su Zhi ordered the spearmen to attack in formation while ordering the archers behind to shoot and kill the enemy. He did not ask for many kills, but at least he could harass the cavalry who had lost their horse speed.

After seeing the situation in front, Su Zhi turned his eyes to the side and behind him. He was still relatively relieved about the situation behind him. After all, the soldiers in the back were also responsible for the defense. In addition to the frontal defense, what worried him most was the situation in the south.

The defense on both sides was handed over to the soldiers of the guarding barracks. Compared with the combat barracks like the Longxiang Camp, the guards were still much worse.

At a glance, fortunately, although it was much worse than the battle behind, the defense line was still held. The two layers of shield walls had been basically broken, and only the third layer of shield walls had intercepted the cavalry with the assistance of the spearmen behind.

Now the three sides of the battle formation were caught in chaos. Su Zhi took the opportunity to order the spearmen and archers to kill as many enemy cavalry as possible, while the soldiers in the formation were busy preparing for the subsequent battle.