Chapter 914: All-Out Attack (Part 1)

The Anton Army dug a total of three trenches in front of the baggage train, with about thirty steps between each two trenches. In fact, the only trench that is really called a trench is the last one close to the parapet of the baggage train. It is about four feet wide and deep. All the excavated soil is piled on the baggage train to build the parapet. The first two trenches were actually just two random ditches. Some places were three or four feet deep, while others were only one or two feet deep. The excavated soil was piled everywhere. As a result, Ji Lingjun's military formation was unable to move. How to maintain order on this bumpy ground.

As long as the formation of Ji Ling's army is not neat and tidy, gaps in defense will be exposed. For the crossbowmen of Anton's army, an opportunity will come. So Huang Zhong simply ordered the crossbowmen to launch the attack within 60 steps of the enemy's attack. Firstly, it was because the terrain would bring opportunities to him. Secondly, the attacking army was not elite. The closer they were, the greater the pressure on them. The greater the number, the greater the chance of victory for our side.

As expected by Huang Zhong, 20,000 Ji Ling troops lined up in several lines and slowly approached the Anton Army's position. In the first row of the shield wall, Chen Laosan held the shield in his hand tightly, not daring to relax at all. He had already been told that the Anton Army's crossbows were very sharp, and he had to hold on tightly if he wanted to survive. The shield of the opponent is placed closely together with the shield of the companion next to him, so as not to give the opponent any opportunity to take advantage of it, otherwise the coalition's crossbow arrows will take advantage of the opportunity.

However, as their shield wall got closer and closer to the enemy, the opponent's crossbow arrows never came. But as the distance got closer, Chen Laosan became more and more nervous. Although he was just an ordinary guard, he was also a veteran who had been in the army for several years. He knew that the attack distance of crossbows was generally about a hundred steps, but now their The shield wall has reached a distance of eighty steps, but the opponent still did not shoot an arrow.

He knew that the closer the distance, the greater the power of the crossbow. He once saw the army's Ari Zepao use a crossbow to shoot directly through a shield at a distance of fifty steps. Now the shield wall of his army has already entered the crossbow. attack distance, but the enemy still did not attack. He must have wanted to get closer to these people, so as to make the crossbow more powerful.

When he thought of this, Chen Laosan felt a chill running down his spine, from the top of his head to his tailbone. As a veteran who has been in the army for many years, he is able to survive to this day because he is good at avoiding evil and seeking good fortune.

After being moved and uneasy, Chen Laosan's eyes began to look around, observing the surrounding situation. At this moment, Chen Laosan suddenly found that a soldier beside him staggered and rushed forward. Chen Laosan glanced sideways at the soldier and suddenly realized that the road ahead had become uneven. The soldier was in a ditch two feet deep, and then he suddenly rushed out.

Chen Laosan secretly screamed that something was wrong. Just when he was about to think of a solution, his feet fell away and his body fell forward involuntarily. Chen Laosan knew that he had missed the mark. In the blink of an eye, he quickly made up his mind. With a scream, his body fell out, and then he quickly fell to the ground and covered his body with a shield.

As soon as he finished doing this, Chen Laosan heard the sound of "swish" coming from the air, and then, like hail falling on the roof, the sound of "bah bah bah..." kept ringing around him, and then There were screams one after another.

Ji Ling's army had entered the first trench. Although the soldiers had been advancing carefully, their sight was blocked by the shields. Many soldiers were still unable to see clearly what was happening under their feet, so the soldiers in the first row Dozens of them still broke away from the shield wall because they stepped on the air. As a result, there were a lot of gaps in the strict shield wall. Huang Zhong immediately seized this opportunity and ordered the crossbowmen to attack Ji Lingjun.

At his order, thousands of crossbows rained arrows at Ji Ling's army. Thousands of crossbow arrows were like locusts, heading towards Ji Ling's forward soldiers. The gap that originally appeared due to the fall of the soldier instantly became a fatal gap. Although the soldiers behind tried to rush up to fill the gap left by their robes,

But no matter how fast they were, they couldn't move faster than the flying crossbow arrows.

Almost in an instant, thousands of crossbow arrows knocked more than a hundred soldiers to the ground, and the few small gaps that were originally there expanded infinitely in an instant. Immediately afterwards, the second round of arrow rain came quickly, and the number of injured soldiers increased sharply. Then came the third and fourth rounds.

More than 20,000 crossbow arrows rained down on the Ji Ling Army's forward soldiers. Almost half of the two thousand soldiers in the first row fell after the four rounds of arrow rain.

At this time, the forward generals also reacted and quickly directed the second line of soldiers to continue advancing to fill the vacancy left when the soldiers in front fell.

It is a pity that although the second row of soldiers quickly re-erected the shield wall, it is now difficult for them to form a strict shield wall again because the ground under their feet has become uneven, making it necessary for them to even walk. Be cautious, let alone a shield wall.

The plight of Ji Lingjun's forwards was seen by the generals of both sides. Huang Zhong just ordered the crossbows to continue firing. However, considering the continuity of the attack, he ordered the crossbowmen to slow down the attack speed in order to maintain the continuous attack on Ji Lingjun. pressure.

Ji Ling, on the other hand, watched with indifference as his soldiers struggled in the rain of arrows from the Anton Army. In his opinion, these casualties were necessary as long as he could achieve his goal.

After several rounds of arrows, Ji Ling waved his hand: "Ji Bao, Li Gui, the heavy infantry is dispatched!"

"I will not obey the order!" The two men heard Ji Ling's military order and immediately stepped out to receive the order. Ji Bao and Li Gui were Ji Ling's subordinates. Apart from the two deputy generals Chen Lan and Lei Bo, they were the most valued generals by Ji Ling. Otherwise, they would not have been assigned by Ji Ling to defend the two counties.

Now that he has returned, it is just right to lead the heavy infantry to fight again. As for Lei Bo, he will lead the battle barracks with Li Feng as the last force to participate in the attack.

Then Ji Ling ordered again: "Yuan Shen, listen to the order! The Imperial Guards will move out 20 steps behind the heavy infantry. Once the heavy infantry breaks through the opponent's defense line, the Imperial Guards will attack with all their strength and completely open the opponent's defense line!"

"I will not obey the order!" A lieutenant of the Imperial Guards next to Ji Ling immediately stepped out to receive the order.

Less than a quarter of an hour after the battle began, Ji Ling sent out his two most powerful troops. It was not that he was unwilling to advance step by step, but time did not allow it. The sky was gradually getting dark. If he could not break into the Anton army as soon as possible, there would be too many variables by night.