The sound of whimpering horns mixed with killing sounds filled the entire world. Countless barbarians rushed out of the mountains and forests, rushing straight towards the army on the official road ahead like hunting and hunting on their prey. Soon, the ups and downs of hills that were still dozens of miles away from Xunyang were filled with. The momentum and the loud killing sound were enough to shake the world!

However, the momentum was so strong that the army was not scared by the target. Just when these barbarians suddenly appeared and dived from above like a wave, the army that was still moving had stopped steadily, and then a military formation dominated by guards was arranged in order, including crossbowmen, swords and shields, spearmen... all the generals took their place with orders and were ready to fight.

Obviously, this is an elite army with good training and early preparations for attack! They are the main force of the Dingxi Army who marched rapidly from southern Yunnan and trekking. Now the Central Army is constantly conveying their clear instructions, which is their commander, Xiao Dingxi Hou.

At this time, he could not see any joy or sorrow on his face, and his eyes kept sweeping over the enemy troops that were oppressing his army. As if he was calculating the distance between the two sides, he had already issued military orders lightly. And the generals who obeyed the orders in front of him were all extremely calm. After receiving the orders, they returned to their own teams and passed on more detailed military orders to their subordinates, so that the entire army would start operating in an orderly manner.

Dingxi Army is now like a precision-biting machine. Every battalion, every team, and even every person has clear and clear cooperation, and is making corresponding changes and preparations according to the boss's instructions. When they see the enemy approaching, there is no panic at all, and they even see that they have reached the range, and the crossbowman has not fired arrows to block the enemy.

All this was not noticed by the barbarians who were rushing. They only saw that the enemy in front of them had stopped and were helpless to keep approaching. When they approached again, they would almost enter their own attack range.

Accompanied by the shouts, the running barbarians had raised the simple bamboo bows and arrows in their hands and aimed at the target ahead. They judged the distance between the two sides. Finally, the first arrow had roared out, and then the arrows were really shot out like raindrops, covering the army ahead.

"Retreat! Shield!" A simple and short call sounded in the army at the same time, and the army behind retreated. Even in the retreat, the entire team was still neatly arranged without any flaws. At this time, the shields were raised high above their heads, protecting more soldiers below.

Almost at the same time, the arrows in the sky had fallen sharply and were steadily blocked by the shield raised above the top. After a loud noise, most of the arrows were shot on the shield, either rebounding to the ground, or directly left on the thick shield. Only a very small number could be shot into the team, causing damage to some soldiers.

But even if someone was injured by an arrow, the team was still steady. While continuing to retreat slightly, even the actions of the crossbowmen were not affected much.

It was at this moment that another brief order sounded: "Boundist, shoot the arrow! Shoot flatly, kill the enemy!"

Once a short but precise command was issued, the crossbowmen immediately moved, and thousands of archers immediately squatted, raised their crossbows and aimed at the enemy ahead.

First, the archers in the two rows in front shot arrows, and nearly two hundred sharp arrows immediately flew out and rushed straight to the enemy. The barbarians were quite prepared and quickly turned to dodge and avoided the oncoming arrows. However, in this way, their momentum of rushing forward slowed down. At the same time, the team, which was not very uniform, became more and more chaotic, uneven, and there was less mutual echo.

But before they could regain their formation, the second wave of arrows flew towards us again. These were the arrows released by the group of crossbowmen in the middle of the team, and they were stuck at the gap that they had just avoided the front arrow and had not yet had time to make adjustments.

This time, the barbarians suffered a great loss. Some of the troops who were about to return to their positions had no time to react, so they all got shot arrows and fell down. In order to avoid arrows and dodge them again, some other people easily collided with the tribesmen on their left and right. In this way, no one could escape the dense rain of arrows, and many people were shot.

Such continuous attacks have greatly reduced the impact of the Barbarian Front Army, but that is not counting, because the arrows of the hundreds of crossbowmen at the end have also been shot out at this time. Moreover, this wave was fired by a crossbow machine, and its speed and strength are more than that of ordinary bows and arrows. Due to distance, the barbarians could not even dodge at this time.

"Shit..."

"Swish swish swish swish..."

The rain of arrows flew through the sky, and the barbarians who were already in chaos suddenly became living targets. Wherever the arrows passed, they fell to the ground again. The terrifying howling just now had changed into screams.

The first round of offense was defeated in such an understatement, which made the barbarians who were fearless and panic. The speed of the follow-up team that should have rushed over was suddenly slowed down until their respective leaders shouted loudly, and they continued to rush forward nervously.

But on the battlefield, the situation changed instantly, how could they give them a chance to be dazed and change? When they rushed forward, another round of arrows had already shot towards them, but the crossbowman had been successfully bent his bow and arrow in front of him, showing his lethality to his heart's content. Then, there was the second group and the third group...

If Li Ling had recognized at a glance that this kind of tactic was the famous three-stage attack technique in later generations. Although the musket was replaced with a crossbow at this time, the threats and killings it created were still terrible, enough to make the barbarians who only knew to rush hard to pay an extremely heavy price.

Obviously, soon, these barbarian leaders also saw the terrifying killing and injury of the official army's crossbow formation, and did not dare to use their lives to fill the bottomless pit. They decisively issued a tactic of dividing troops and attacking both sides.

Their ideas were certainly quite good, but when they were put into actual combat, problems soon broke out. These barbarians naturally had nothing to say about their courage and fearlessness, but it was obvious that they would be a little embarrassed to change their situation and keep up with the pace of command.

After receiving the order, these soldiers who had never been trained in the system seemed a little busy. After a roar and screaming, they were divided into two groups, but the soldiers were one more and one less, and they rushed forward with almost no cooperation. Both sides rushed forward at a speed.

At this time, the Dingxi Army had already shown them what an elite army should be like to divide the troops. Because just as the barbarians began to divide the troops in a hurry, with the sound of trumpets and the military flags waving, the Dingxi Army had quickly divided two cavalry, decisively surrounding them, rushing straight to the opponent's flank, and launching a counterattack.

The Central Army of Dingxi Army was also launched. Xiao Ding himself rode his horse forward, holding his sword high in his hand, shouting: "It is time to defeat the enemy and quell the chaos. The soldiers, follow me!"

A marquis led the way forward, which was ten times more effective than any military order arrangement. After hearing the order and seeing this move, almost all the soldiers of the Dingxi Army howled and took big steps, and launched the most fierce attack like a tiger going down the mountain, like a hungry wolf snatching food.

Tens of thousands of Dingxi troops quickly divided into three teams at this moment, stabbing out like a big trident, attacking the barbarian team that also rushed over. Then the two sides started a head-on battle in this relatively flat hilly area.

The barbarians thought that they were at a disadvantage just now because the official army was too despicable and their weapons were too good. As long as they really started a close fight, the stronger ones would surely quickly gain the upper hand, and then they would defeat the official army in one go.

But as a result, when the two armies were in battle and launched a decisive battle, the situation was completely beyond their expectations.

The two armies hedged head-on, and with their bloody courage, they really resisted the first wave of offensives from the Dingxi Army. However, their formation had long been quickly split by the army, and they could only fight on their own, which was difficult to form a response.

However, the war on both sides quickly decided the outcome with just one touch. First, the left wing, with fewer people, was dispersed by fast horses as soon as they came into contact with the Dingxi Army, and then they were slaughtered and harvested one-sidedly.

On the right wing, although the barbarians had more troops, they were not the opponent of the cavalry with fast horses attacking. After just one strike, they were passed by the cavalry and then turned back, and they were attacked from front and back. On the battlefield, once they faced a front and back attack, unless the military discipline was strict and the morale of the army was as strong as iron, there was no possibility of turning defeat into victory.

So after only half an hour of fighting, the left and right wings of the barbarians were defeated at the same time. Once defeated, all these defeated soldiers could think of was to seek protection from the main force, so they did not use cavalry to drive them away. They turned around and fled to the middle army, rushing straight to the formation of their army that had finally been formed.

The scene that made all the barbarian leaders feel scared happened later. Under the impact of their own defeated army, the already unreliable battle formation collapsed instantly, and the Dingxi Army took advantage of the situation to launch the most fierce attack. So, it was destroyed and defeated.

A battle that they thought they should have won the terrain and should have been evenly matched, thus dragging the government army to an unexpected way, ended in such a way that all the barbarians had not yet been able to escape from the battlefield after they left nearly half of their clans. More than 10,000 died, and the rest became prisoners of the Dingxi Army.
Chapter completed!