Chapter 749: The Sound of Drums and Horns Shows Its Sharp Edge (21)

Eighteen days after Xu Yanmao died at Xiaoshan Pass, the scouts of the Eastern Expedition Army appeared outside Xiaoshan Pass. The vanguard of Zheng Xiaoyang's First Army, which was mainly attacking Xiaoshan Pass, led by Ding Wei, with 5,000 troops, finally arrived here.

The long valley was like a beast with its mouth wide open, grinning and waiting for its prey to fall into its mouth. Ding Wei rode on his horse, staring at the only passage leading to the Xiaoshan Pass, and shouted loudly: "Pang Jun. Take your battalion, I will give you one day to open up this valley. I will camp at the foot of the Xiaoshan Pass after dark."

"Yes!" Pang Jun, who was short and fat and looked like a door panel, stood at attention, "I obey your order. The commander will camp at the foot of the Xiaoshan Pass before dark."

Turning back to his own troops, Pang Jun glanced at his eager subordinates and shouted loudly: "Brothers, you are lucky. I have earned the vanguard. The commander said that we must camp at the foot of the Xiaoshan Pass before dark. Can you do it?"

"Zhengdong Army, ten thousand victories!" He was answered by the shouts of thousands of soldiers.

"Okay. Shield soldiers, the first row for cover, spear soldiers, short sword soldiers, the second and third rows for cover, crossbow soldiers, the fourth row for long-range attack. Other infantry, carry battering rams and ladders."

"Yes!"

"Eastern Expedition Army, advance!" Pang Jun pointed his long sword forward, and with a shout, the Eastern Expedition Army marched towards the valley in the distance in rows according to Pang Jun's arrangement.

"Chen Wei." Watching Pang Jun's troops disappear into the valley, Ding Wei reached out and called another general, "Do you see the hillside on the right?"

"I see it."

"The left side is steep and you can't stand, but the right side is a long gentle slope. The enemy will definitely set up cover above the wall. You choose some good climbers and climb up. If there are enemies, clear them for me. If not, occupy a position somewhere, and then I will have people carry two bed crossbows up to cover Pang Jun's attack from top to bottom."

"Got it."

Deep in the valley, Wu He stood on the wall, staring at the blurred and gradually clear formation of the Eastern Expedition Army in the distance. His palms were a little wet, although he had also fought face to face with Donghu in Liaoning Guard. But now he was facing the same undefeated Eastern Expedition Army soldiers.

Looking back to the left and right, the soldiers were half-kneeling on the ground with longbows in their hands and arrows on the strings. Behind them, rows of soldiers were sitting cross-legged, without much tension, and their hearts were slightly relaxed. The wall here only serves to delay the enemy's attack, and there is no heavy weapon like a bed crossbow.

Because once the wall is broken, such heavy weapons cannot be withdrawn in time. It is better to place them on the wall of Xiaoshan Pass to cause greater damage to the enemy. However, rolling logs and pounding stones are available here.

The opposing army did not use drums to adjust the soldiers' ranks, but officers shouted slogans. Wu He was not unfamiliar with the sound of the one-two-one command, because the newly trained Yan army now uses the same command, and all of this comes from the legendary general, Gao Yuan.

Now, he is his enemy.

Wu He felt very sorry. A few years ago, Gao Yuan was their comrade-in-arms and went to the East Hu together. When he was holding on in Liaoning Wei, Gao Yuan was also fighting bloody battles in the East Hu. When the Yan army was completely defeated, only Gao Yuan's East Expedition Army, after annihilating tens of thousands of Donghu troops, broke out of the siege.

When Wu He withdrew with Hu Yanchao, he was happy for several days, but what happened next made him feel inexplicably that Gao Yuan's Eastern Expedition Army suddenly became at odds with the court. The former friendly army became an enemy, and step by step, they finally had to fight against each other.

A loud military call from the enemy army called Wu He back to his thoughts. A thousand steps away from the first wall, the ranks of the Eastern Expedition Army soldiers paused for a while, and then began to widen the gap between the ranks. The first wave of attack had about a thousand people, divided into three waves. Wu He estimated the strength of the enemy in his mind.

Then, he heard the military call from the opposite side suddenly become louder, that was the charge call. Over the years, the Yan army has finally figured out the meaning of the Eastern Expedition Army's call.

The shieldmen in the front row suddenly increased their speed. Behind them, the spearmen and swordmen slowed down, replaced by infantrymen carrying ladders and battering rams. In the middle of them were crossbowmen.

"Get ready!" Wu He tightened his hands and shouted loudly.

Pang Jun stood in the first shock wave. He liked the feeling of charging into battle.

"Crossbow!" He shouted loudly while running forward with big strides.

Hundreds of crossbowmen raised their hands in unison.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, no shouting, only the muffled sound of countless big feet stepping on the ground. The pressure brought by this dull head-down charge was more frightening than the boiling shouting.

The range of the arm-drawn crossbow reached a terrifying 400 steps. Of course, at a distance of 400 steps, the lethality was greatly reduced. If it was around 200 steps, it was when its lethality was the greatest. Pang Jun saw that the soldiers on the opposite wall had already leaned out from the top of the city wall. The range of their bows and arrows was about 100 steps. If they wanted to cause fatal injuries, they had to be at a distance of 50 to 60 steps. Compared with arm-drawn crossbows, they were not on the same level.

At 150 steps, Pang Jun shouted, "Shoot!"

The soldiers on the wall had just leaned out, drawn their bows and aimed their arrows, when they were showered with crossbow arrows. As the crossbow arrows shot through the air, there was an immediate mourning on the wall. There were nearly twenty of them, and the rest released their bow strings and let their long arrows shoot out aimlessly. At this distance, even if they hit, they would not be able to cause fatal injuries to their opponents.

Wu He clenched his fists tighter, and his fingernails were deeply embedded in his palms. If there were several bed crossbows on the wall, he could easily break the opponent's formation, but now, he does not.

He looked up at the hillside to his left.

With a shout, hundreds of Yan troops suddenly appeared on the hillside on the left. They lifted up the rounded stones and threw them down the mountain. The stone balls rolled down the hillside. With the bumps again and again, these The stone ball bounces higher and higher. Finally, it volleyed down into the sky and smashed towards the Zhengdong Army that was rapidly advancing in the valley.

With the bang, blanks were smashed out in the team. Pang Jun didn't even look above. Even though a stone ball bounced several times, it finally hit his side, smashing the solid ground. When he came out of a pit, the soldiers around him were so frightened that they broke into cold sweats, but he remained motionless.

"Forward. Speed ​​forward!"

The first row of shield soldiers rushed to a place dozens of steps below the wall. With a snatch, the thick shield was inserted into the ground. The crossbow soldiers accelerated and rushed behind the shield. After the first round of crossbows, the soldiers on the city wall The soldier finally had a chance to lean out and shoot an arrow. The crossbowmen hid behind their shields, quickly loaded the crossbows with arrows, and gave the order. After the shield, a hail of crossbows flew out again, and the rain of arrows on the city was once again suppressed. Seize this opportunity. Soldiers carrying ladders and hammers rushed forward immediately.

The ladder was put up on the wall, and the wooden hammer hit the thin door of the wall heavily. With every impact, the entire wall seemed to be shaking.

The rocks on the mountain kept rolling down. Smashing into the attacking team, soldiers fell one after another from the impact of stones, but Pang Jun ignored them.

"Battal Commander." An officer ran over. "We must take down this hillside, let me take people there!"

"Go ahead!" Pang Jun scolded: "Can you climb up this slope? Even if you climb up, you still have a few people, attack forward, move forward. All soldiers, come forward for me. Attack the city, rush under the wall, and climb up."

Before Pang Jun finished speaking, shouts of killing suddenly came from the hillside, and the number of falling stones suddenly decreased. Pang Jun looked up and couldn't help but grin, "Damn it, look at you still hitting me."

Chen Wei led hundreds of capable soldiers up the hillside from the other side and were fighting face to face with his opponents.

"Go up, attack the city." Pang Jun held the knife in one hand and the ladder with the other, climbing up.

Half an hour later, Wu He gave up the first barrier and retreated to the second barrier, but Pang Jun showed no intention of stopping to reorganize and continued to attack fiercely.

Chen Wei had already cleared the Yan army on the hillside, and in a random hour, he brought up another crossbow.

When Pang Jun broke through the second wall again, Chen Wei's first crossbow fired at the third wall with a sharp whistling sound.

The damage caused by a bed crossbow is very limited, but the fear it brings is immeasurable. Everyone knows that as long as it is rubbed by that guy, the survivors will be very small.

Before it got dark, Pang Jun led his troops to protrude into the valley. Wu He took his remaining more than 700 Yan troops and retreated into Xiaoshan Pass. He once thought that he could hold out in the valley for at least a few days, but he Now, he didn't even live for a day before he was kicked out. When he stood at the high pass of Xiaoshan Pass and looked at the general of the Eastern Conquest Army who was waving a big sword and pointing at him with a bloody halberd, laughing wildly, A feeling of powerlessness suddenly came over my heart.

Can you survive the Xiaoshan Pass? This is a completely different team from the army he has fought before.

"Are you discouraged?" The voice of his boss Wu Bo came from beside him.

"It's not that I'm discouraged, but I feel a little helpless!" Wu He turned around and looked at his superior, "It's okay that the other side is brave and not afraid of death, but their organizational power is even more terrifying. The army's combat skills are extremely powerful. Once they are allowed to suddenly On the city wall, a few people can form a small team, and by cooperating with each other, they can easily open the gap. General, the defense of Xiaoshan Pass must try their best to prevent them from climbing the city wall. "

"崤山, the Donghu people were helpless back then, now let's take a look at the Eastern Expeditionary Army!" Wu Bo's expression showed no change, "It's Ding Wei who comes under Zheng Xiaoyang's command. This person is Gao Yuan's personal soldier. He is the most valiant person of all time. No matter what kind of general leads what kind of soldiers, such a person will attack them as long as he still has a little strength. Wu He, you have a rest. In the evening, we will go out to attack them at night. "(To be continued...)