Sun Chuanliang, the front-line commander of the Guard, is in great pain now. As a general, what is most annoying is that he has to fight this war that does not have the conditions for combat at all and has to bite the bullet. In Sun Chuanliang's view, the political significance of this battle is far greater than its actual military effect. This is just a sign of the imperial court's expression of the illegality of the young emperor Li Mian. This war cannot be won, Sun Chuanliang thought silently.

Looking up at the terrain opposite, Sun Chuanliang's scalp felt aching faintly. Xingqing was placed on the steep mountains and ridges of the northern army he faced. The cross-sectional area was less than a thousand meters. Three smaller peaks formed an intercepting defense line. On both sides were dense forests and higher and more dangerous hillsides. Don't enter the forest. The northern army cut down the trees on three small peaks, but left behind both sides. Who knows what traps are there? Maybe there is nothing inside, but Sun Chuanliang could not take this risk. The crushing defeat of the Shu army in the Malan Mountains made him extremely afraid. He didn't want his troops to repeat the mistakes of the Shu army.

This kind of defense line is the most trouble for the attacker. Not to mention the steep terrain, the opponent's defense is tight. The attack alone cannot deploy troops, and the limited one-time military force is not allowed to be used. This tactic of adding fuel is the most taboo for the generals, but this special terrain makes him helpless.

What made him even more painful was that due to road reasons, he had to transport five large weapons like the Thunderbolt Cannon, and one of them fell under a steep hurdle on the transportation road, turning into a pile of garbage. A lot of crossbows were transported, but the firing speed of the crossbows was really hard to satisfy. Under such terrain, it was difficult to pose a substantial threat to the opponent.

The opponent's defense line is extremely cleverly constructed, making full use of the terrain here. Many defense lines are dug under huge rocks, and the thunderbolt cannon cannot be fired at all. The overhead crossbow cannot show its power due to the angle.

Faced with such a situation, Sun Chuanliang could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

The attack had begun. Four thunderbolt cannons began to fire the cannons. The stone bullets fell on the opponent's position, stirring up smoke and dust. The whistling crossbow seemed to be overwhelming, but it was a matter of luck to shoot the opponent.

Under the cover of the bed crossbow and thunderbolt cannon, the guards began to attack the opposite mountain peak, and could only launch an attack formation of more than a thousand people at one time, which seemed extremely thin.

The defense line on the mountain was silent, allowing the thunderbolt cannons to roar over their heads, and everyone's eyes were staring at the Xiaowei infantry who were attacking upwards.

Zhou Guangyi didn't come at all. The person in charge of this defense was his guerrilla general, Sun Changpin. Sun Changpin was short and only about 1.6 meters away. His thin figure would be difficult to associate him with a brave general if he was not wearing armor. But he was indeed the first general under Zhou Guangyi, who was extremely brave. At this time, he was standing in the trench, and the deep trench made him only have one head outside, which made him very dissatisfied. He kept cursing, as if he was scolding the soldiers digging the trench for digging too deep.

On the steep hillside, the big trees were cut down and empty. What's unique is that Sun Changpin left the roots of all trees for about half a meter, and the exposed parts were sharp and sharp. If you fall on it and are not lucky, these sharp wooden stakes will be enough to kill you.

The Demon-Subduing Crossbow has no purpose here. The Demon-Subduing Crossbow cannot shoot from a high point. On this line of defense, the modified Thunderbolt cannon used by the Navy of the North Army was installed. The firing distance was relatively close and the firing rate was very fast.

Seeing the guards covering the entire steep slope, Sun Changpin grinned and laughed, "Appetizer, thunderbolt cannon cover and shoot!"

The rumbling sound suddenly sounded, and the thunder cannon positions behind the position began to shoot. The rumbling sound of dozens of thunder cannons was enough to make all attackers lose their souls and look up at the sky, and they were covered in black.

The thunderbolt cannon fell like rain. The polished thunderbolt cannonballs hit the crowd. Blood suddenly splashed, and people were overturned. What was even more terrifying was that the shells fell to the ground and rolled downwards. Because the terrain was uneven, the rolling stone bombs would bounce from time to time, suddenly changing the line, hitting the soldiers who thought they had escaped.

The guards in the attacking attack put the lower part of their shields on the ground and pressed them tightly with their shoulders to fight against the rolling stone bullets. As for those falling from the sky, they have no way to defend and can only leave them to fate. If they happen to hit you, they will only blame their bad luck.

Although the thunder cannons of the Northern Army were launched at a fast speed, there were always intervals. This interval was when the guards got up and charged desperately. At this time, seize all the time and rushed up for a while. As long as they rushed into the shooting dead corner of the thunder cannon, the danger would be greatly reduced.

In order to pursue the coverage of one-time shooting, Sun Changpin gave up the ladder launch and instead adopted the method of one-time full-coverage shooting.

The exposure of the thunderbolt cannon positions of the Northern Army on the mountain immediately attracted the counterattack of the four thunderbolt cannons of the Xiaowei Guards at the foot of the mountain. In comparison, the thunderbolt cannons that have been fired longer and can hit the thunderbolt cannon positions on the mountain.

After two cover shootings, the thunderbolt cannons of the North Envoy Army behind the mountain immediately began to move their positions. Behind the mountain, a road of hundreds of meters was built. The iron rods that pierced into the underground to stabilize the thunderbolt cannons were put down, and the soldiers pushed the thunderbolt cannons and spread to both sides. At this time, the shells fired by the four thunderbolt cannons at the foot of the mountain roared, and a slightly slow-moving thunderbolt immediately dispersed in the loud noise.

Sun Changpin was holding a strong bow that was not much shorter than him, standing under a huge rock, with two stones under his feet, which made half of his body finally exposed outside the trench. He held the bow with his left hand and opened the string with his right hand, pulled a full moon suddenly, squinted his eyes slowly, and finally a guard officer grew up, with a sneer on his lips, looking at the officer who was swinging his sword to urge the soldiers to climb quickly, and said softly, "Go to die!" Let go, the sharp arrow broke out from the string, and the arrow fell to the person. The officer leaned over and fell over, the knife in his hand was thrown high and fell far aside.

"Bow, crossbow!" Sun Changpin roared sharply.

In the trenches, a large number of archers and crossbowmen immediately stood up, pouring out the sharp arrows in their hands, and the sound of arrows roaring endlessly.

The guards held their shields and curled up, trying to cover their vital points as much as possible to move forward, but the bumpy terrain often exposed their bodies to the shields. At this time, it was a good hunting opportunity for defenders on the mountain.

After Sun Changpin shot down the officer, he lowered his bow and arrow, looked at the guards who were slow to move at the foot of the mountain, and nodded, "The guards are indeed elite. The commander is gone and they are suffering such a blow. They can not disintegrate or retreat. It seems that there is a fierce battle today." He stretched out his bloody tongue, Tian Tian's mouth, and said with a grim smile: "But I like it!" His movement made the personal soldiers around him shudder with a chill.

"Pulseman is ready. Archer is ready!" Sun Changpin picked up the iron spear beside him.

As we approached, one hundred steps, fifty steps, a group of guards hidden behind the shield suddenly jumped up from behind the shield, trying their best to pull their arms away, their bodies first bowed, and then rebounded like a spring. The gun in their hands flew to the position with a roar. Almost at the same time, on the defensive position, crossbows sounded at the same time, and a row of sharp arrows shot at the group of guards who jumped out.

Screams were heard from both sides, and the guards who jumped out were all shot and fell to the ground. However, on the position, the crossbowmen who had blew the arrows also fell down a large row. What made Sun Changpin angry was that if the crossbows shot by his side could not hit the vital point, it would be difficult to kill one blow, but if his soldiers were thrown into a gun, it would be a good fortune.

The crossbowmen encountered obstacles, and the guards immediately increased their speed. They threw away the heavy shield in their hands, held the iron spear and the big knife, and rushed up with a roar.

Sun Changpin jumped up from the trench, rushed down with a spear.

"Kill them!" He roared, stabbed the spear in his hand hard, picked a guard soldier into the air, and flew into the air with a wail. He fell heavily to the ground with a swaying sound, twisted a few times, and then stopped moving again.

Countless soldiers rushed out of the trench with Sun Changpin, and each of them held a long iron spear in their hands. Rows of iron spears were neatly poked out. They didn't know how many times they had practiced these movements, and they were extremely skillful. This made the guards rushing in the front unavoidable, because except for retreating, no matter to the left or right, there would be the same number of sharp spearheads waiting for them. But retreating was impossible. Behind them, more guards were rushing up. The guards in the front were red, and they threw out the big sword in their hands.

I hope that I could knock down a few soldiers of the Zhengbei Army and open the passage for those who later generations, they could hardly do anything else. There were also brave men who threw out their long swords and were broken into their chests by long spears. They grabbed the iron spear with both hands, leaned back with their bodies, pulled the soldiers of the Zhengbei Army out of the queue, fell into the crowd of guards, and were dismembered by random knives. Of course, this was only an extremely individual phenomenon. Only new soldiers would encounter this kind of bad luck. The experienced soldiers had already loosened the iron spear in their hands when their opponents exerted their strength, and pulled out the sword from their waists with their backhands.

The soldiers of the North Army occupied the territory and were highly morale. After several strikes, the guards who had attacked the edge of the opponent's position had to pluck the last blood and bravely rush to the opponent's defense line. However, after another powerful blow, the remaining soldiers finally began to retreat. On the way back, they picked up the shields they threw and covered their backs. Sure enough, when they retreated dozens of steps away, the rain of arrows came again.
Chapter completed!