After the Western Qin army rushed into the Frank army formation like a flood that had been opened, half of them rushed in in a few breaths, and the entire fish scale formation was already halfway in.
This scene fell in Zhao Ziliang's eyes.
It's a bit unusual.
If the army is rushed into such a situation in the middle of the formation, the general army can't withstand it at all, and there will definitely be large-scale chaos.
But the Frank army did not, and the three thousand Western Qin infantry were too charged.
It was smooth and too fast.
Could it be that Frank's military tofu was made?
At this time, Zhao Ziliang discovered that the center of the Frankish army was quietly moving to the outer wings.
Zhao Ziliang immediately understood that this was definitely a deliberate arrangement by Charlie.
He just happened to let the three thousand Western Qin troops rush into the army, and then came A tail outflank Now it is too late to order the withdrawal of the three thousand Western Qin troops, and the retreat order cannot be issued casually until the troops are actually withdrawn and returned to camp.
Retreating in the battle formation will definitely vent the morale of the soldiers.
Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Instruct the Chinese Army's 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions, with 10,000 men, to quickly support the 1st Battalion in a wild goose formation and defend the rear side of the 1st Battalion to prevent the Franks from outflanking the 1st Battalion from the rear."
"Yes" the herald agreed, and made a few gestures to his soldiers.
The soldiers immediately waved small flags.
After a drum sounded, a loud roar came from the huge Western Qin army formation: "The infantry of the Chinese Army is the first."
Second, third, and fourth battalions, flying geese formation, advance."
"Boom, boom, boom" the sound of neat footsteps came out, and the rhythm became faster and faster, almost reaching the frequency of trotting.
In the process of advancing, the 10,000 people from these three battalions completed the route from the direction as quickly as possible. array converted to The Wild Goose Formation is divided into the Wild Goose Formation and the Inverted Wild Goose Formation.
Generally speaking, the Wild Goose Formation refers to the Wild Goose Formation.
It can outflank the enemy from both wings and can attack the enemy's formation, cone formation, and formation.
Arrow formations and other formations were severely damaged.
Charlie on the wall of the "Flying Geese Formation" frowned.
This time, the Western Qin Dynasty sent 10,000 reinforcements, and they were in a Wild Goose Formation formation.
This formation has a strong attack power and is easy to outflank from both wings. , and the large amount of space left in the middle can protect the attacker from enemy attacks for a long time, but Charlie immediately ordered: "Withstand the flank attack of the reinforcing Western Qin Army, and order the archers on the wall to be ready.
As soon as these reinforcing Western Qin Army come closer, shoot them with arrows."
"yes" The order was quickly conveyed, and at this time, the reinforcements of 10,000 Western Qin infantry had also pressed forward and launched an attack on the Frank army on both wings of the wild goose formation, preventing the Frank army from outflanking the first battalion from the rear.
The Frank army wanted to The reinforcements of 10,000 Western Qin infantry were pushed back, but these 10,000 Western Qin infantry came for reinforcements.
How could they be easily defeated?
They withstood casualties and defended the weak defensive parts of the rear side of the first battalion in front.
At this time, the Frankish defenders on the wall took action.
They fired a large number of arrows, causing casualties to the 10,000 reinforced Western Qin infantry.
Although nearly half of the Western Qin infantry raised their shields to defend themselves, they were defeated.
Death and injury from arrows are inevitable, and the number of casualties is gradually increasing.
Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and then ordered: "Order the 10,000 infantry of the front army to press forward in a wild goose formation, with sword and shield soldiers and spearmen on the outside and inside.
Protect the infantry archers in the middle, and use the infantry archers as long-range strikes to suppress the enemy's wall.
Archers on "Yes, Your Majesty" The Western Qin army once again pressed forward with 10,000 people, and the offensive force reached 23,000.
However, the Frank army set up a military formation of 20,000 people in front of the camp, plus 5,000 people on the wall of the camp, the combat strength There are also 25,000 people on the defensive side.
The effectiveness of the troops output by the Frank Army is definitely higher than that of the Western Qin Army.
However, the Western Qin Army only needs to attack one side, and more than 20,000 people are enough.
No amount of more can be used. open.
Both sides fought desperately in front of the Frankish army camp, neither side giving in.
The infantry archers of the Western Qin Army need to suppress the archers on the Frankish wall to prevent them from causing damage to their own infantry.
The Frankish archers can only give up shooting the Western Qin infantry and instead fight with the Western Qin infantry archers.
They exchanged shots, and the long-range attack quickly turned into a war of attrition to see who had more archers and who could shoot accurately.
After the archers of both sides were restrained, it was the infantry of both sides that actually decided the winner.
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In order to prevent being outflanked by the Western Qin infantry in a wild goose formation, the Franks had to retreat to the edge of the stronghold wall to rely on the stronghold.
Fighting against the wall, they had no choice but to fight to the end.
It was obvious that Charlie would not order the gate to be opened to allow them to retreat into the camp.
The mission of the Western Qin Army is to break through this camp, which does not look very solid, and raze it to the ground.
Without military orders, no one is allowed to retreat and can only move forward.
This battle was very fierce.
It lasted from morning to dusk.
The soldiers on both sides did not rest or eat during the battle.
After the battle until the limbs were numb, the brain had lost the command of the limbs.
Most of the time, Relying on instinct, he mechanically wields his sword and gun to kill the enemy.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky and then ordered: "Ming Jin withdraws the troops, leaving 10,000 cavalry behind."
A loud gong sounded, and the various units of the Western Qin Army that were fighting began to retreat in an orderly manner.
During the retreat, the formation was not chaotic and the pace was neat.
They did not leave their backs with the enemy, but retreated step by step facing the enemy.
"Don't pursue, open the gate of the village, count the number of injured, disabled and dead, and return to the camp."
Charlie gave the order after seeing the Western Qin army slowly retreating in an orderly manner and gradually getting away.
"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor," the Frank generals agreed, but did not dispose of the corpses of both sides who died outside the village wall.
Everyone was exhausted after a day of fighting, and no one had the extra energy to care about it, and the weather was hot now. , carrying corpses into the camp makes it easier to spread diseases.
However, after the Frank troops withdrew into the camp, a group of Western Qin soldiers came without any weapons and pushed many carts.
The leader waved a white flag.
This attracted the attention of the Frank garrison generals on the wall, and they negotiated for a while.
Afterwards, the news was quickly reported to Charlie's camp.
After hearing the report, Charlie agreed to let the Xi Qin corpse collection team collect the corpses, but they had to leave before dark.
After Zhao Ziliang led his army back to the camp, he ordered the generals to arrange for the soldiers to rest, and personally led people to see the injured soldiers, and then returned to the Chinese army's tent to hold a military meeting.
Zhao Ziliang sat on a big chair with a golden sword facing north and looked at the generals and officials standing on both sides and asked: "Have the statistics of today's battle losses been calculated?"
An official stood up and answered with cupped hands: "Back to Your Majesty, the results have come out.
Today, our army killed more than 3,650 people, injured more than 2,340 people, and more than a dozen people are missing.
We judge that He had been killed in battle, and his body was mixed with the bodies of the Franks.
Because it was dark, he was not found, so the body was not recovered."
Zhao Ziliang looked solemn and said: "More than 3,600 people were killed and more than 2,300 people were injured.
This is the first battle today.
This level of casualties has never been seen since I went out to fight.
Could it be me?"
Isn’t the military’s combat effectiveness no longer what it used to be?”
Veteran Huang Shizhong stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the veteran has been serving in the army with Your Majesty for more than forty years.
He has experienced hundreds of large and small battles in various periods.
He has a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of various armies and departments in various periods.
Before the founding of the country and the founding of the country, At the beginning, the individual soldiers of our army were fierce The level of bravery is stronger than it is now, but the overall combat effectiveness of the entire army is weaker than it is now.
The veteran believes that this is related to training, living conditions, environment, weapons and equipment, etc.
Today's battle has been watched by the veteran.
It is not that the overall combat effectiveness of our army is not as good as before. , the overall combat effectiveness of our army is stronger than that of However, the combat effectiveness of the Frank army on the opposite side is not bad.
They are not a mob, they are regular troops with strict training, complete military regulations and organization, and standard weapons and equipment.
Otherwise, the Franks would not have been able to sweep across Western Europe in these years. casualties of our troops It is indeed very large, but the veteran believes that the casualties of the Franks are not small.
Their archers on the wall of the stronghold were completely suppressed by our army and were unable to provide long-range strike support for their comrades outside the stronghold, so today's battle is a real one.
The brutality of the head-on battle is completely reasonable."
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Zhao Ziliang felt the same and said: "Yes, during the period before and at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, our conditions were difficult, the situation at the table was complicated, and the environment was harsh.
We were all in danger of dying.
Everyone was brave and unafraid of death, and individual soldiers were brave and far-reaching."
It can't be compared to now.
Now the living conditions are better, the security environment is better, the surrounding situation is simpler, people are comfortable and greedy for life, and personal bravery is far less than before.
But you are right, individual soldiers The bravery is indeed not as good as before, but the overall combat effectiveness of the army is still stronger than before.
This is largely due to systematic military training and weapons and equipment with strong lethality and defense.
However, weapons and equipment still need people to use them, and even a coward can wear them.
No matter how strong the armor is, no matter how sharp the weapon is, it cannot defeat a brave man wearing nothing.
In the future training process, we must increase the training of courage and courage."
"Yes" the generals agreed.
Zhao Ziliang asked again: "Where is Wei Gao's army now?"
Gao Chongwen stood up and replied: "We have arrived at the eastern border of the northern barbarians and are waiting for your majesty's orders."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and gave instructions: "Send an order to Wei Gao and ask him to continue to hold his troops and wait for further instructions.
We cannot push the northern barbarians to the Franks.
Even if we want to deal with them, we must first deal with Charlie's army."
Gao Chongwen agreed: "I understand."
Keeping the Wei Gao tribe where they are can not only show the barbarians in the north that Western Qin has no intention of plotting their land, but it can also serve as a deterrent to them.
If they make an unwise choice, they will also face attacks from the east. and a double attack from the south.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked: "Are the rockets ready?"
A logistics official stood up and answered with cupped hands: "Your Majesty, it is ready and can be sent out tomorrow."
Zhao Ziliang ordered Gao Chongwen: "Choose a group of people from those who have not participated in the battle today and quietly go to the Frankish camp and shoot rockets at the wall of the camp to burn down their camp.
I want to see if there is any camp." resistance, how do they defend?”
"Follow the decree" Frank army, camp.
Charlie looked very unhappy after listening to the report of his officers.
In the day's battle, nearly 4,000 of his troops were killed.
You must know that these were heavy infantry wearing heavy steel armor, not light infantry wearing leather armor.
Infantry.
"Why are there so many casualties?"
Charlie asked angrily.
The official said with a grimace: "His Majesty also saw the battle during the day.
The Western Qin army is not just for food.
Our camp is not high enough, and their bows and arrows can be easily shot up.
Our archers on the wall were completely suppressed.
The two sides fought a war of attrition, and Besides, we have no other defensive equipment except bows and arrows.
Moreover, in terms of military formation and attack, the Wild Goose Formation used by the Western Qin Army is itself a very lethal formation.
Our passive defense cannot effectively change the formation.
To deal with it, you can only passively be beaten."
Charlie also knew that the official was telling the truth, but he just couldn't bear such heavy casualties in his heart.
Not only were nearly 4,000 dead, but there were also nearly 3,000 injured, which was the total number of casualties among the troops deployed outside the camp today.
One third.
Charlie calmed down his anger and asked Archbishop Tobin: "How is the construction of the bridge going?
Can it be completed before dawn tomorrow?"
Tobin shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid not.
Our army has never built a bridge while marching and fighting before, so we have no experience in building bridges quickly.
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If we want to complete the construction of this bridge, we must wait until tomorrow's sunset."
Charlie couldn't accept it, "That means we have to stay on guard all day tomorrow."
"Hey, I'm afraid that's the case."
Tobin was also helpless.
At this time, a black mist poured into the tent, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a person.
It was Majilala who was sent as an envoy to the barbarians across the river and came back.
He stood still and saluted Charlie: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I'm back" Charlie immediately asked: "Magirala, how is the situation?"
Majilala replied: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the matter has been settled, but the price paid is not small.
We have to pay the barbarian leaders three thousand pounds of gold.
This is the amount of gold in our army.
In addition, we have to pay 3,000 pounds of gold to the barbarian leaders."
Returning to Frank, we must It was necessary to provide them with 10,000 sets of armor, 50,000 spears, 30,000 swords, 50,000 bows and 200,000 arrows.
As a guarantee, His Majesty the Emperor pledged little Prince Charles to the barbarians until the promised equipment was delivered.
Only then can we redeem little Prince Charlie” Charlie said: "The price is indeed too high, but as long as we can return to Frank, these are nothing.
Majilala, you have done a good job.
When you return to Frank, I will definitely reward you heavily."
"We'll talk about rewards later," Majilala said, and then asked: "Your Majesty, is it true that we have no chance of winning?"
Charlie was startled when he heard this, and then couldn't help but sigh: "The difference between our strength and that of the Western Qin people is too big.
As long as Zhao Ziliang doesn't make any mistakes in command, we have no possibility of winning.
If we talk about conspiracy, We are simply embarrassed in front of them, and we can't play with them.
Majilala, do you think it is possible for us to persuade those barbarians to join our alliance to deal with the Western Qin people?"
Majilala shook his head and said: "There is no such possibility.
In fact, I have tried it.
The barbarian leaders refused very simply, leaving no room for negotiation.
Later I inquired and found out that a troop of tens of thousands of Western Qin cavalry arrived.
The eastern border of the barbarians was reached, and the commander of the troops seemed to be named Wei Gao.
This gave the barbarians a great deterrent, and they did not dare to have the slightest idea of alliance with us."
Disillusioned with the alliance with the northern barbarians, Charlie could only order: "Let everyone have a good rest and prepare for tomorrow's battle.
This is our last battle here."
It was late at night, and bursts of screams came from the wall, which soon woke up Charlie in the big tent.
He stood up, took off his big sword, held it in his hand, walked out of the tent and asked: "What happened?"
The soldiers guarding outside the tent said: "Your Majesty, the Western Qin people sent people to sneak attack, and the rockets they fired set fire to the wall."
Charlie immediately started running and ran for a distance.
Sure enough, he saw that the wall in front of him had turned into a sea of fire.
A large number of Frank soldiers were putting out the fire.
Teams of soldiers were running between the wall and the river with various utensils. .
Charlie looked at the fire and his heart sank.
Judging from the intensity of the fire, there was no way it could be extinguished.
There was a high probability that the wall could not be saved.
He couldn't help but raised his head and asked angrily: "Oh God, are you going to let this fire go out?"
Will I and all the Frankish soldiers die here?"
After shouting and shouting, it didn't help.
Charlie vented his anger and immediately ordered: "There is no need to put out the fire.
Send a large number of sentinels to monitor the movements of the Western Qin Army.
Everyone must gather immediately."
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Charlie gathered everyone together and arranged for some people to start digging tunnels for defenses, while others went to the Black Forest to the west to cut down wood overnight and transport it to build fence lines.
Under the current conditions, this was the only way to withstand tomorrow.
The offensive of the Western Qin Army started.
At dawn the next day, there were people lying everywhere in the Frank camp.
These people were still sleeping soundly, which showed how tired they were from last night's work.
After a night of repairs and construction, under the command of Charles, the Franks came out in front of the camp.
The Ministry has established three lines of defense, each consisting of a It consisted of a long trench and a wooden fence soaked with water.
Troops were deployed behind the fence for defense.
They collected all the arrows shot by both sides during the battle yesterday, except those that could no longer be used, but collected all the arrows that could still be used.
Get up and distribute them to every soldier who has a bow.
Because it is close to the river, there is a lot of water in the dug trenches.
Both ends of the three trenches on the three defense lines lead to the river.
Before the sun had risen, Zhao Ziliang had already led the Western Qin Army to press forward.
After observing with a telescope, Zhao Ziliang found that the Franks had built three lines of defense near the original site after the wall was burned, and the fences were covered with water.
Shooting rockets no longer worked, and the trenches were wide and deep.
Zhao Ziliang put down the telescope and sighed: "This battle is not easy to fight.
A strong attack will definitely cause heavy casualties.
How many crossbows do we have?"
The logistics officer rode up and replied: "There are only thirty-six now."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "Pull them all out, aim them at the enemy fence and fire them.
Also, bring all the planks over.
When you attack later, first lay the planks in the trench."
"yes" Dozens of bed crossbows were pulled to the front, and some soldiers came over carrying bundles of wooden boards and distributed them to every soldier in front.
When everything was ready, Gao Chongwen came over and reported: "Your Majesty, everything is ready."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, let's shoot him with the bed crossbow for two quarters of an hour."
"yes" A school lieutenant ran to the side of the bed crossbow team with a sword in hand, pulled out the sword, raised it high and shouted: "Ready the bed crossbow, pretend to be missing, cock it and let go!"
Dozens of huge crossbow arrows with gun shafts thick and more than ten feet long were shot out together.
In an instant, dozens of large holes were shot out of the wooden fence on the first line of defense of the Franks.
Sawdust and barbs flew everywhere, and there were sounds of tragedies of Frank soldiers.
Cries were heard, and it was clear that many people had been killed and wounded by crossbows.
The bed crossbow, also known as the ballista, is an ultra-long-range strike weapon that can be used to attack or defend a city.
A heavy bed crossbow even requires more than a dozen people to operate.
Its destructive power It is extremely intimidating and can cause a strong psychological fear in the enemy.
Dozens of crossbows were fired continuously for half an hour.
Although it did not cause much damage to the situation of the Frank army, it affected the morale of the Frank army.
Zhao Ziliang observed with a telescope for a while and then ordered: "Send three thousand infantry to attack."
The general leading the troops at the front drew his sword and pointed forward, shouting: "Attack" Rows of sword and shield soldiers formed horizontal shield arrays in front, with a large number of soldiers in the middle holding up wooden planks following behind, and behind them was an attacking team of mixed sword, shield and spear soldiers.
A Frank general behind the wooden fence saw the Western Qin army approaching and immediately ordered: "Fire arrows."
"Swish, swish, swish" A large number of arrows were shot from behind the wooden fence, making a clanging sound on the shield array.
Although the armor of the Western Qin infantry was not too thick, the defensive power of the shields in their hands was made of fine steel.
It is made of wood and wrapped with a log shield inside.
It is light and has no bad defense.
The shield array quickly reached the edge of the trench and increased its height.
Then pieces of wooden planks protruded from the gaps in the shield array and were laid on the trench.
For sieges of cities and various fortresses and various forms of fortifications, the Western Qin Army usually has very rich training subjects, and has improved the training subjects after absorbing combat experience from every battle over the years. , it is not like the Western Qin Army has never seen such fortifications as civil siege operations, and has also trained them in daily training, so they can fight with ease without any hesitation.
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The Frank army behind the wooden fence saw that the Western Qin Army had filled up the trench so quickly.
Every one of them was heartbroken and nervously grabbed their weapons to prepare for the first wave of ferocious offensive by the Western Qin Army.
"Kill!"
A large number of Western Qin troops rushed forward and used long weapons to attack the Frank soldiers exposed above the wooden fence.
Some even stabbed their spears into the gaps in the wooden fence.
The two sides used weapons to attack each other on both sides of the wooden fence, and a fierce battle began.
People were stabbed and hacked to death on both sides of the wooden fence, and fell to the ground.
The bodies were piled higher and higher.
"Archers release arrows."
With a loud roar, the Frankish archers on the inside of the wooden fence emerged and shot waves of arrows at the Western Qin army.
The Western Qin army began to suffer a large number of casualties.
The general of the Western Qin Army who was responsible for commanding the attack immediately ordered: "Step forward with archers and suppress with bows and arrows."
At such a close range, even if there were missed arrows, there were not many.
The hit rate of the arrows shot was very high.
The two sides once again started a war of attrition on the archers, and the losses were increasing.
Under the command of the former general, some Western Qin cavalrymen rushed towards this side waving ropes with iron hooks.
After reaching a certain distance, they immediately threw out the iron hooks in their hands.
The iron hooks flew a distance and landed on the ground.
On the wooden fence, soldiers from both sides were furious, and no one noticed the iron hooks hanging on the fence.
"Pull".
After turning around, the Western Qin cavalry immediately rode their horses and yanked the iron hook backward.
Under the force of dozens of tall war horses, the fence made a clicking sound, and then collapsed.
This caused the people inside the fence to The Frankish soldiers were caught off guard, and many fell to the ground along with the wooden fence.
The Western Qin army rushed forward and slashed and stabbed.
This unexpected situation caused the Frankish soldiers to panic and failed to organize effective resistance measures.
They were defeated by the Western Qin army's fierce attack.
Charles and his generals and officials who were observing from a height behind were extremely worried.
A general stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the first line of defense can no longer withstand it.
It is better to conserve our strength and let one part stay to resist desperately, while the other part Retreat to the second line of defense.”
Another general stood up and objected: "I don't agree.
At this time, whoever is willing to stand in front and die must not issue an order to retreat.
Once the retreat force is issued, we have to open the second line of defense to let the first line of defense The soldiers came in, and those Western Qin troops would definitely rush into the second line of defense.
We can't take risks, either give them a fatal order to withstand the attack of the Western Qin army, or let some of them resist for a while, and the other part retreats to the front of the second line of defense to form a formation, and then those who can survive in the front withdraw to the back of the formation. , and the soldiers on the second line of defense can also provide long-range bow and arrow support."
Charlie thought the general was right and immediately issued the order.
General Frank, who received the order on the first line of defense, immediately ordered his deputies to take some of his people to withdraw to the front of the second line of defense to form a formation.
He led the remaining people to vigorously resist the attack of the Western Qin Army, but they soon Besieged by the Western Qin Legion, the Western Qin Army formed a circular formation to surround them, and kept turning the formation to strangle them in circles.
This circular formation was modified and turned into a minced meat.
The machine is called Hot Wheels.
When this part of the Frank army was all strangled, it was already noon.
Zhao Ziliang saw that there was another military formation in front of the second line of defense, so he ordered the attacking Western Qin army to retreat to the first line of defense to eat and drink, and soon sent three more Thousands of people came to take over the first line of defense.
The Frank army arrayed in front of the second line of defense also took out dry food to eat.
When they were halfway through eating, they saw the Western Qin army quietly pushing crossbows to the first line of defense.
"Oh, God!"
The clever Frank army immediately turned around and jumped into the trench at the rear.
Before some of them had time to jump into the trench, a large number of crossbow arrows had been fired, and some crossbow arrows even penetrated the bullets of several Frank soldiers.
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The bodies strung them together, and the screams spread in all directions, making the Frankish soldiers who had jumped into the ditch to take shelter frightened and turned pale.
"Charge!"
A large number of Western Qin infantrymen rushed towards the second line of defense with swords and shields.
Those Frank soldiers hiding in the trench woke up and wanted to climb out of the trench, but only then did they realize that they wanted to climb out.
The trench was not easy either.
Before they could climb out, the soldiers of the Western Qin Army had already rushed forward and jumped into the trench to fight with them.
Although the Frank troops who had lost their courage were supported by their comrades behind the fence with bows and arrows in the trench, their fighting will was no longer as good as before.
The number of casualties increased sharply.
In addition, the Western Qin archers from behind had come to contain the Frank archers. , which caused Frankish casualties in the trenches to surge again.
A large number of Western Qin troops once again rushed up from the rear and used shields to withstand the Franks' bows and arrows.
The wooden planks on the first line of defense were once again carried over and laid on the second line of defense.
This time the Franks learned the lesson.
They sent special personnel to pay attention to the iron hooks of the Western Qin cavalry.
Once the Western Qin cavalry threw the iron hook, they immediately cut the rope with their swords.
The Western Qin cavalry launched it several times in succession, but nothing happened.
Being able to pull down the second fence, the battle between the two sides at the second fence was in a stalemate.
The battle continued until almost dusk.
The soldiers on both sides were extremely exhausted.
The Franks had no way to retreat, while the Western Qin Army could not retreat without receiving orders, and could only waste their lives on the second line of defense.
Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky, frowned, thought for a moment, turned to an official and said something in a low voice.
After hearing this, the official nodded in agreement, then turned around and left.
Not long after, a bridge suddenly appeared on the river on the left side of the second line of defense.
At first, no one on the two warring sides noticed it, but someone still inadvertently discovered the bridge that led directly to the other side of the river.
"There is a bridge!"
I don't know who among the Frank soldiers shouted.
The surrounding Frank soldiers who were fighting with the Western Qin army heard it.
They turned around and saw a bridge that led directly to the other side of the river.
Everyone looked at each other.
Then he looked at the ferocious Western Qin soldiers who were climbing the fence, and began to flee.
At first it was just a small group of Frank soldiers, but soon more people discovered the bridge and saw people running towards the bridge.
The state of escape began to spread.
The Western Qin Army took the opportunity to pull down the wooden fence on the second line of defense.
The second bridge was successfully captured.
When the Frank soldiers ran to the river and were about to get on the bridge, they found that the bridge suddenly disappeared again.
Someone cried loudly, "How could this happen?
Why has the bridge disappeared?"
"This is a mirage, it must be caused by the people of Western Qin" "It's bad, the people from the Western Qin Dynasty are coming to kill them," someone screamed.
Without the protection of the wooden fence, the frightened Frank soldiers were driven down the river step by step by the Western Qin army that rushed up.
They were washed away by the rushing river, and countless people drowned or disappeared.
Zhao Ziliang originally wanted to conquer the third line of defense in one go and completely eliminate Charlie's army, but it turned dark and he could no longer fight, so he had to order the troops to withdraw back to the camp.
Today's battle was too tragic for Charlie, and he lost too quickly and miserably.
He did not expect to use these three lines of defense to hold off the Western Qin army for a long time.
He also had no conditions.
The remaining food and grass were already gone.
It was not allowed, but he did not expect that the Western Qin Army broke through the two lines of defense easily, even though it took a day to break through the two lines of defense.
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Seeing that the Western Qin Army withdrew most of its soldiers, leaving only a small number of soldiers stationed on two lines of defense, Charlie breathed a sigh of relief.
When he saw Tobin coming in a hurry, he immediately asked: "How are you, Archbishop?"
Tobin saluted and said: "Your Majesty, it's done and you can leave at any time."
Charlie asked: "Grain and Forage Officer, how much grain do we have left?"
The grain and grass officer said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I have ordered that all the food be turned into dry food.
Due to the significant reduction in the number of our troops, the remaining dry food can be eaten for two days, but if the number of troops remains unchanged, we will still be able to eat it after two days.
Will run out of food” The problem of eating is still the top priority at present, but now we can only retreat to solve it.
The top priority is to cross the river.
He immediately ordered: "Let the soldiers have dinner.
When it gets completely dark, we will cross the river quietly.
Any No one is allowed to make a sound, and anyone who disobeys the order will be executed immediately.”
"yes" Early the next morning, a horseman galloped into the camp.
After jumping off his horse, he hurried into the tent and reported to Zhao Ziliang: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened.
There is no one in the Frankish camp.
I think they spent the night last night."
River" Zhao Ziliang was shocked when he heard this, "How could they cross the river?"
Tan Ma replied: "The villain led people to search the river bank along a large number of footprints and horse hoof prints.
A wooden bridge appeared on the edge of the black forest ten miles west of Frank's camp.
It must have been built secretly by them in the past few days.
It's strange to say that we sent people to reconnoiter that area several times, but nothing was found every time.
But we didn't expect that a wooden bridge suddenly appeared this morning."
"You are careless, you are so careless.
You know that Charlie is short of food and will be without food in these few days.
Why didn't you think that he would risk crossing the river?"
Zhao Ziliang was a little annoyed.
He knew that the other party's magician must have used magic in that area.
It concealed its whereabouts and confused the Western Qin cavalry who went to conduct reconnaissance.
Therefore, Tan Ma found nothing every time he went to conduct reconnaissance.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked: "Did they destroy the wooden bridge?"
Tan Ma replied: "The short section near the other side of the river was burned down, but the section near us is still there."
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered: "Come here, tell the siege camp to repair the wooden bridge immediately.
We must cross the river to the other side before noon today."
"Yes, Your Majesty":