Chapter 684 The Tyrannical Demon Army

Outside the east city of Touman City, two large armies are confronting each other.

Located in the west is about one million Xianbei troops. At this time, Xianbei County does not seem to be in very good condition. There was an unconcealable tiredness on the soldiers' faces, their bodies were covered in dust and dust, and their morale didn't seem particularly high.

In the face of this one million troops, the Pingzhou Army, which is fighting with few enemies, is uncharacteristically conservative. The infantry, which accounted for about 60% of the total force, huddled tightly into a ball, forming a complete defensive formation.

However, the cavalry troops prepared their horses and horses, but did not dare to take the initiative to attack.

"Report, the Xianbei army sent envoys to come!"

Shang Ji glanced at Liu Yi beside him, and said with a smile, "Brother, what do you think Ke Bineng sent envoys here at this time?"

"Hmph, it's impossible to come to surrender!" Liu Yi snorted coldly, with a trace of sneer on his serious face.

After thinking about it, Shang Ji still agreed to summon the envoy.

A moment later, a Xianbei nobleman came to Shang Ji arrogantly, his posture was arrogant and his actions were domineering, not at all what an envoy should be.

"Why, Ke Bi can send you to surrender?" Looking at the Xianbei soldiers whose heads were almost raised to the sky, Shang Ji couldn't help teasing.

"Hmph!" The envoy's complexion quickly darkened, and he glanced at Shang Ji with disdain, and said in a loud voice, "My lord can't bear to see the loss of life, so I will give you a chance. If you lead the army to surrender now, my lord can still spare your life. Give it to you with the honor of the right school king. If not, my great Xianbei army will not leave a blade of grass anywhere!"

"The right school king?" Shang Ji glanced at the Xianbei envoy quite playfully, pointed to himself, and asked Liu Yi, Zhao Yun and others next to him: "What will you do with Li Shaoqing?"

Li Shaoqing is Li Ling, who was canonized by the Huns as the right school king after the defeat and surrender.

"A defeated general, dare to be compared with the lord? The Xianbei envoy belittled the lord, the last general please kill him!"

Liu Yi snorted coldly, staring at the messenger with murderous intent, the spear in his hand was eager to try.

The Xianbei envoy's eyes involuntarily showed a look of panic, but pretended to be calm, and snorted coldly: "My lord is merciful, give you a glimmer of life, don't be stubborn!"

Shang Ji rubbed his hands, looked at the envoy and said: "The two armies do not kill the envoy when they are fighting, and I will not break the rules. However, the master humiliated the minister to death, and the Xianbei envoy despised the general, what should you do?"

As soon as Shang Ji finished speaking, Zhao Yun and Tai Shici came out at the same time, and two gun shadows, one silver and one red, flashed past, and then they heard the screams of the Xianbei envoy.

Looking at the reputation, he saw that the ears and nose of the Xianbei envoy had been wiped out, and he was wailing desolately.

"The last general is incompetent and has caused the lord to be humiliated, so I beg the lord to come down!" Zhao Yun and Tai Shici said in unison as they bowed and stood.

Shang Ji nodded in satisfaction, and said loudly: "Zilong and Ziyi are good at fighting and fighting, and reward them with a thousand pieces of gold as encouragement!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

The two bowed and saluted at the same time, much to the annoyance of Su Huan and the others who were a little slower to move. A small amount of money like a thousand gold doesn't matter to generals of their level, but it's really regrettable to miss such a good opportunity to show off to the Lord before the army.

"A mere Hu chieftain dared to make this general surrender. I don't know what it means! This general will also give you a chance to lead everyone to surrender immediately without losing the position of Marquis of Guiyi. If you continue to be stubborn, the entire Xianbei will be wiped out!"

The Xianbei envoy didn't speak, but gave Shang Ji a look of hatred, and left with a wave of his sleeves.

After the envoy left, Shang Ji immediately said: "Pass down the order, the whole army is on the highest alert, the sword is unsheathed and the crossbow is stringed up, ready to fight!"

Although the slogan was loud, Shang Ji really didn't have much confidence in his heart. Since Ke Bineng sent people to persuade him to surrender, he must be full of confidence. Combined with Payne's analysis, the odds of this victory are not high.

But fleeing without fighting is not Shang Ji's style, and he has to make gestures with Ke Bineng anyway.

Soon, after the envoy returned, the Xianbei army heard the sound of horns, and the decisive battle officially broke out!

The horn of war sounded, but the Xianbei Army did not launch an attack immediately.

For the sake of caution, Shang Ji also ordered the army to stand by, so as not to change.

"Hoo-hoo--"

A gust of gloomy wind blew by, and with the center of the army as the origin, a large cloud of red blood mist suddenly began to appear and spread around. All the Xianbei army shrouded in blood mist suddenly changed their minds.

The originally sluggish expression immediately became ferocious, the muscles were knotted, the eyes were blood red, and the inner strength began to boil uncontrollably, and the blood mist seeped into the body from the seven orifices, and the blood glow circulated on the weapon and the armor.

The Xianbei army began to become crazy, and its momentum soared all the way. The army was like a bloodthirsty and brutal prehistoric beast, giving people a frightening oppression.

Fortunately, the Pingzhou army is well-trained, with a high proportion of high-level special arms, a strong will to fight, and many historical famous generals under the control, plus the title bonus of Shang Ji [Alien Conqueror], otherwise the ordinary army would face this situation There is a high probability that the Xianbei army will flee without a fight.

"Wooooow!"

The horn sounded, and the half-demonized Xianbei army began to move.

The army was divided into two, about 400,000 under the leadership of Suo Nu, went straight to the infantry group led by Zhang He, while the remaining Xianbei main force remained motionless, staring at the Pingzhou Cavalry Corps coldly.

Seeing that the Xianbei army attacked him first, Zhang He was not panicked. It is still the standard defensive posture of shield soldiers and spearmen in front, and crossbowmen in the back, quietly waiting for the Xianbei army to come.

Shang Ji did not intend to intervene in the battle between infantry groups, at least not now. On the one hand, it is because of the containment of the remaining Xianbei army, and on the other hand, it is to measure the real combat power of the Xianbei army after demonization.

From the outside, the combat power of the Xianbei army has increased dramatically, and it even feels unrivaled. But there are too many extravagances in the world. Shang Ji needs to estimate the current real combat power of the Xianbei army through the battle between the infantry group and the Xianbei army, and then formulate a corresponding strategy.

Seeing the Xianbei army approaching at an extremely fast speed, Zhang He's icy expression finally changed slightly, he stood up suddenly, and shouted violently: "It's now!"

"Swoosh!"

There was a sound of armor rubbing, and the shield soldiers and spearmen in the front row retreated left and right, transforming from a complete shield wall into horizontal formations. Every few feet away, there is a gap in the army formation about three feet wide.

Through the gap, one can see heavy city-breaking crossbows aiming at the incoming Xianbei army. The crossbow arrows are as thick as one foot long, and the clusters of arrows about two feet exude a dazzling cold light!

"put!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Following Zhang Yun's order, the sledgehammer of the mechanical soldier smashed hard on the heavy crossbow machine, the strings were like thunderbolts, the arrows were like lightning, and the crossbow bolts shot at the Xianbei army with a deafening sonic boom!

"Boom—boom—boom—"

At the same time, large siege equipment such as catapults and torched stone carts also began to show their power, and huge boulders fell from the sky and smashed hard at the Xianbei army formation.

With a cold glow, the giant crossbow shot at the Xianbei army with thunderous momentum. Even though the Xianbei army was demonized and their combat power increased sharply, they still couldn't escape death if they were directly hit by the siege crossbow. If you are lucky, you can even pierce several people with a single crossbow arrow!

And Jushiche's attack was even more terrifying, if it was directly hit by it, even the corpse could not be found!

If it is an ordinary army, if it encounters such a violent attack, even if there is no rout, at least it can greatly delay the offensive. But at this time, the Xianbei army had obviously gone beyond the scope of ordinary troops. Faced with the death of their comrades, the Xianbei army didn't even look at it, and rushed straight to the Pingzhou army with violent and mad killing intent in their eyes!

Although the attacks of the bed crossbow and torch stone chariot are terrifying, their hit rate is extremely low. And its slow reloading speed also determines that they only have one chance to attack!

Zhang Yun stared at the Xianbei army that was rushing towards him with a solemn expression, his heart sank slightly. After taking a general look, Zhang Xi found that his well-prepared attack was far less effective in killing the Xianbei Army than expected. This is not good news for the Pingzhou Army!

But it's not bad news. Although the Xianbei Army in its current state is extremely powerful and murderous, it seems that there has been a cliff-like decline in command fluency.

Faced with this situation, the normal army's most basic choice is to attack from the flanks, or go around to find opportunities, but the Xianbei army in front of them has no such awareness at all, and continues to charge with all their brains!

"Record, the demonized Xianbei army seems unable to command normally, but their morale has been extremely high, please pay attention, my lord!"

After Zhang Xi finished speaking, a general in charge of communication immediately passed the news to Shang Ji.

After the heavy crossbow played its role, the soldiers in front immediately closed again, and a steel shield wall stood in front of the Xianbei army again.

"Strong Archer, shoot! Northern Crossbow, shoot!"

Seeing that the Xianbei army entered the shooting range, Zhang He issued two orders one after another.

"Swish--"

The sound of densely packed bowstrings was connected together to form a piercing buzzing sound, but the 400,000 strong archers with Xingyao strong bows and sun-shooting soldiers as the main force showed their power at the same time, and the overwhelming rain of arrows directly attacked the Xianbei army.

Facing the terrifying rain of arrows, the Xianbei army did not hide or evade, and continued to attack despite the rain of arrows. However, even in this favorable state, the casualties of the Xianbei army were still very limited.

A misty blood mist automatically appeared on the surface of the Xianbei army, but the seemingly thin layer of blood mist made the flying arrow rain helpless. Ordinary arrows can only consume a little blood mist at most, and can't do any effective damage to the Xianbei soldiers behind the blood mist.

Only Xingyao's strong bow and sun-shooting soldiers can form effective kills, but they have also lost the sharp demeanor of one arrow and one man in the past.

The weak performance of the strong archer further deepened Zhang Xi's uneasiness and made him realize that today may be the most difficult battle since joining the army.

"Northern crossbow, shoot!"

The giant shield soldiers turned sideways, revealing a gap, and the Beidi strong crossbow led by Gao Xiang immediately fired with the crossbow. The crossbow with five consecutive shots was no less than the 300,000 strong archers in terms of attack density.

"Puff puff!"

Contrary to the weak performance of the strong archers, the Beidi strong crossbow gave Zhang He a big surprise. A round of steel crossbow salvos caused at least thousands of enemy soldiers to fall off their horses.

"Change the arrow box and shoot!"

In the blink of an eye, another round of crossbow arrows came oncoming, and the Xianbei army fell in large numbers.

In just a few breaths, the Beidi strong crossbow led by Gao Xiang emptied five arrow boxes in one breath, and hundreds of thousands of steel crossbows were all shot out in the blink of an eye.

Each Beidi crossbow is only equipped with five arrow boxes, not because Shang Ji is unwilling to equip more, but because the arrow boxes are expensive and cannot be expanded. In addition, continuous high-intensity shooting will greatly damage the crossbow string, and continuing to shoot may directly scrap it.

After emptying the arrow box, the Beidi Qiangnu, who had temporarily lost its combat effectiveness, immediately retreated, and the giant shield soldiers stepped forward to close the line of defense again.

"Quickly, send 30,000 regular archers to assist the Northern Crossbow to fill the arrow boxes. The victory or defeat of this battle depends a lot on the Northern Crossbow!"

A glint of excitement burst out in Zhang He's eyes. Although for some reason the Northland crossbow's killing effect on the Xianbei army far exceeded expectations, Zhang He would not let this opportunity go in vain!