Empire

"The first thousand men set up their stoves and cooked, while the second thousand cut down trees to make ladders!"

The soldiers on the city wall of Wen County looked nervous, and the local garrison troops guarding here were ready to face a great enemy.

Compared to the nervous Wen County officers and soldiers, Chen Ziang and his men set up their stoves and cooked outside the city, not taking the enemies of Wen County seriously at all.

""Sir, the enemy army is small in number and has no cavalry. They should be the vanguard."

The garrison officer of Wen County looked at Chen Ziang and others who were cutting trees and cooking, and his tense nerves relaxed a little.

Although the magistrate of Wen County was only a civil servant, he was not a coward. He personally commanded the defense of Wen County and made the Qinghe Army return in defeat.

"You lead the cavalry to charge and test the enemy's strength.

""Yes!"

The garrison officer answered loudly and immediately went down the tower.

A moment later, the east gate of Wen County opened with a bang, and a team of more than a hundred cavalrymen rushed out of the city with murderous intent, heading straight for Chen Ziang and his men.

""Commander in Chief, the enemy has left the city!"

Seeing that the defenders of Wen County did not defend the city but took the initiative to attack, Chen Ziang's eyes became stern.

""Form a battle array!"

Chen Ziang shouted coldly, and the 1,000-man team, who were cooking, quickly threw away the firewood, pots and bowls in their hands, grabbed the bayonets and wooden shields and formed a battle array.

The soldiers of the 9th Battalion had been severely trained by Chen Ziang, and their reaction speed was not slow. In just a cup of tea, a square battle array stood in the wild.

While the 1,000-man team was forming a battle array, the 2,000-man team, who were cutting trees in the woods in the distance, also quickly formed a battle array under the command of Zhang Bao, ready to come to support them.

"Kill!"

Seeing the thin formation of more than a thousand Qinghe soldiers, the Wenxian garrison officer raised his sword high with disdain on his face.

More than a hundred Wenxian cavalrymen also roared like beasts and charged forward. More than a hundred cavalrymen swept up the sky with dust, and the earth shook.

"Keep calm, everyone!"

"They all have their heads on their shoulders, and they can still be killed with one blow. What's so scary about that?"

Chen Ziang saw many soldiers in the queue clenching their bayonets tightly, their faces turned pale, and he shouted loudly to boost morale.

Although the 9th Battalion made them scream in training, after all, only some veterans had participated in the fighting, and most of them were villagers who joined the army later and had not experienced war.

Moreover, facing more than a hundred cavalrymen coming head-on, the strong pressure coming head-on was enough to cause many people to have a psychological breakdown.

Chen Ziang saw the Dynasty cavalrymen holding up their sharp swords, and their cold faces were full of murderous intent.

When Chen Ziang could see the other party's face clearly, he grabbed a javelin high up and threw it fiercely.

The javelin was sharpened with a piece of wood as thick as a forearm. Under the huge force of the throw, it rushed straight towards the cavalry with a whistling sound that tore through the air.

""Puff!"

The whistling spear instantly pierced a bloody hole in the chest of a Dynasty cavalryman.

The powerful inertia force knocked the cavalryman off his horse and flew back.

""Roar!"

Seeing Chen Ziang kill a cavalryman with a javelin, Li Lang, the general of a thousand men, could not help but roar with excitement.

And those nervous and pale-faced Qinghe soldiers also roared in the roar of the old soldier, and the fear in their hearts was swept away.

""Prepare the javelin!"

When these soldiers howled like tigers and wolves, Chen Ziang raised a javelin again.

All the soldiers equipped with javelins raised their javelins one after another, and threw them out with force under Chen Ziang's command.

The garrison officers of Wen County led more than a hundred cavalrymen to charge, and they were absolutely confident that they could break through the Qinghe Army of more than a thousand people.

But what he didn't expect was that Chen Ziang didn't play by the rules and came up with the javelin.

Now, whether it is the rebel army or the dynasty army, most of them are equipped with archers with long-range strike capabilities.

But archers are extremely precious. Not only are they troublesome to train, but they can't draw the bow after shooting at most ten arrows.

Chen Ziang took a different approach and didn't train archers because he didn't have the conditions.

Therefore, they were equipped with javelins made of sharpened wood as long-range strike weapons.

The more than a hundred dynasty cavalrymen were about to rush to Chen Ziang and his men, and suddenly saw countless javelins whistling towards them. There was no place to hide, so they could only bite the bullet and rush forward.

"whoosh!"

"ah!"

"Ugh!"

More than 500 javelins flew out with a whistling sound, and dozens of more than 100 Dynasty cavalrymen fell down in an instant. Many were nailed to the ground directly, which was a horrible sight.

With the impact of the javelins, more than 100 cavalrymen who were charging in groups were killed and wounded, causing their formation to be in chaos.

Although the Dynasty cavalry had excellent horse-control skills and were able to ride over the bodies of their fallen comrades in time, their speed was slowed down.

The cavalry's charge relied on its indomitable momentum, using speed and impact force to defeat the opponent's infantry formation.

Because of Chen Ziang and his men's disruption, the Dynasty cavalry not only lost dozens of people, but those who rushed to the front of the formation did not have much impact.

"Bang!"

""Ah!"

The javelins only slightly delayed the Dynasty cavalry, and then their front row of cavalry collided with the shield-bearing infantry deployed at the front.

These shield-bearing infantry embedded the wooden shields deeply into the mud, with their shoulders against the shields.

Even so, facing the powerful impact force of the war horses, the wooden shields of the people in the first two rows were shattered by the dull sound of the collision, and the people flew backwards.

The situation of the Dynasty cavalry who collided with the wooden shields was not much better. They underestimated the power of Chen Ziang and his army.

When their war horses collided with the wooden shields, their cavalry were also thrown high and screamed continuously.

Some cavalry rode their horses to fly over the obstacles in front. These Dynasty cavalry held swords in their hands, and they could fight as long as they fell into the army.

But what frightened them was that the bayonets with cold light were erected high, and before they landed on the ground, their bodies, including people and horses, were stabbed into countless blood holes.

"Kill!"

The charge of the Dynasty cavalry did not break through the thin army formation of Chen Ziang and his men, but was blocked by Chen Ziang and his men.

With Chen Ziang's cold shout, the soldiers who had stabilized their positions rushed towards the cavalry who had lost their speed with red eyes.

Seeing these Qinghe soldiers rushing towards them with murderous intent, these Dynasty cavalry tried to turn their horses around to distance themselves, but it was too late.

"Puff!"

Chen Ziang kicked the ground with his legs, jumped up high, raised his knife and chopped off the head of the Wenxian garrison officer who was trying to escape on horseback.