At the foot of the Golden Mountain, more than 1,400 elites of Jiuquan County gathered.
The drums rumbled, and the sound echoed in the air.
It even spread to the mountain.
The sound of the war drums echoed endlessly, causing the Golden Mountain Bandits who were originally stationed on the mountain road to move. Everyone had gathered on the mountain path, but all of them had a grave expression on their faces.
Shen Biao was dead, and the remaining soldiers were all very nervous.
In addition to the soldiers in charge of guarding, all the archers were also in position. As long as the soldiers started to climb the mountain, these archers would attack them head-on.
Guo Xiaozheng rushed with Liu Qinghu and soon arrived at the mountain road. He stood on the mountain road and looked out. He saw the soldiers gathered at the foot of the mountain, and he also saw the soldiers beating the war drums.
Guo Xiaozheng saw this scene, and his eyes were incomparably sharp.
There was a high fighting spirit in his eyes.
In this battle, he had the geographical advantage and was certain that he could defend the Golden Mountain. As long as he could weaken the strength of the soldiers to the greatest extent in this battle, and obtain the first victory, the soldiers would no longer have any fear.
This battle would become much easier for him.
Guo Xiaozheng thought and shouted, "Xue Rengui, I'm waiting for you on the mountain. Attack if you have the ability."
He immediately ordered the soldiers to shout.
Hundreds of people on the mountain shouted, and Guo Xiaozheng's voice was transmitted to the foot of the mountain.
Du Qi and Xue Rengui were riding side by side. Du Qi heard the shouts and looked at Xue Rengui, "Xue Rengui, it seems that the Golden Mountain Bandits' military advisor is very smart. His intention is clearly to provoke you to attack. "
Xue Rengui said, "Your Highness, it's almost time, and the war drums have already been beaten. Next, I'm ready to attack. And I'm not afraid of this battle. He thinks he's provoking us, but he's actually falling into our trap. "
Du Qi said, "Xingba, then start the attack. It's almost time. Attack now and create the conditions for Xiao Yuanqi. As long as you stall the Golden Mountain Bandits here, there's no suspense in this battle. "
"This general understands!!"
Xue Rengui received the order and shouted, "Shieldbearers, step forward."
As soon as the order was given, the soldiers holding shields quickly walked out and got into formation.
There were a total of a hundred shield-wielding soldiers.
Although the path leading to the mountain was over ten feet wide, it was not perfectly straight. It was curved and undulating. A hundred people could not all line up. They could only form a row of eight people. They held shields, wore armor, and wore helmets. They were fully armed and charged up.
This was used by Xue Rengui to pave the way.
With the shield, Xue Rengui was not afraid even if there were archers lying in ambush on both sides of the mountain path, or even if there were archers shooting arrows from the top of the mountain. As for the people on the mountain, if they wanted to use rolling stones or wooden logs to attack, because the road was rugged and not straight, the wooden logs were not very useful, because after rolling down a certain distance, they would be stranded.
One by one, the shieldbearers charged forward. Soon, they arrived at the side of the path at the foot of the mountain. They did not charge forward in a disorderly manner. Instead, they stood in neat rows, forming a battle formation.
One row after another, in perfect synchronicity.
In this way, even if the soldiers in the front could not stop them, the soldiers in the back could immediately fill in and continue to charge up the mountain. This was an arrangement that minimized losses to the greatest extent.
"Charge, charge!"
The soldiers in the army shouted.
At this moment, the mighty sound of war drums could be heard from the foot of the mountain. The rumbling of the drums stirred the hearts of the soldiers. This caused all the shieldbearers to charge up without hesitation.
When Guo Xiaozheng saw this scene, a hint of worry appeared between his brows.
Xue Rengui was not simple.
If it were anyone else attacking the mountain, not to mention the distant ones, Jiang Zhengdao would directly order the soldiers to attack the mountain. He did not give the soldiers any protection. There were no shields, no armor, no helmets. Therefore, when Jiang Zhengdao attacked the mountain, the archers on the golden mountain fired arrows. A wave of arrows rained down and Jiang Zhengdao's soldiers suffered countless casualties.
However, Xue Rengui's soldiers were different. Each and every one of them was well-equipped with shields and armor. Even if the arrows fell, it would not be so easy to hurt the soldiers.
However, no matter what, they still had to shoot arrows. They could not ignore everything just because the soldiers were well-protected.
"Fire!"
Guo Xiaozheng ordered loudly.
In an instant, the archers on both sides of the mountain path, as well as the archers on the mountain path, all drew their bows and fired directly at the shieldbearers.
The soldiers kept shooting arrows. The dense rain of arrows was like a swarm of locusts flying through the air, covering the sky and the sun. In the blink of an eye, the arrows had already descended from above the shieldbearers.
"Raise your shields!"
The leader of the soldiers shouted loudly.
Shields were raised and placed diagonally in front of them, blocking key areas such as the head and the heart.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!! "
The dense rain of arrows fell. Most of the arrows landed on the shields. Only a very small number of arrows hit the armor of the soldiers. Because the armor completely protected the vital parts of the body, and the fish scale armor on the body was very complete, most of the arrows did not have any effect.
Only a very small number of arrows hit the shieldbearers. After a wave of arrows, the number of shieldbearers killed or injured was less than the number of fingers on one hand.
"Charge, charge up!"
The leader of the soldiers ordered again.
The shieldbearers moved up in an orderly manner. Even if the path was rugged, even if there was still a rain of arrows, to this group of shieldbearers, it did not hinder them. They continued to rush up the mountain quickly, wanting to kill their way up.
As long as they succeeded in climbing up the mountain, they would be able to gain a foothold halfway up the mountain and delay the bandits on the mountain. This battle would be won.
This was because once the bandits were delayed, the army at the foot of the mountain could quickly climb up the mountain and attack. Under the attack of the army, this little bit of strength on the mountain was completely insufficient.
Guo Xiaozheng saw this scene and frowned. He had carefully prepared the archers and set up a heavy ambush, but they were unable to stop them at all. They could not even delay them.
"Xu Shan!"
Guo Xiaozheng ordered loudly.
"I am here!"
Xu Shan took a step forward.
Today, Xu Shan was fully equipped with armor and all of his vital parts were protected. He held a large spear in his hand and stood in front of Guo Xiaozheng, his eyes filled with ferocity.
He did not want to fight with the soldiers.
This was because the soldiers led by Xue Rengui were much stronger than Jiang Zhengdao's soldiers.
However, he had no choice but to fight.
Even if there was a trace of fear in his heart, Xu Shan could only fight. This was because if he did not fight, he would not be able to escape death this time, so he could only grit his teeth and fight.
Guo Xiaozheng ordered: "Archers do very little damage to the shieldbearers of the soldiers. To deal with these shieldbearers, we can only use the spearmen. You lead the spearmen to fight and stop the shieldbearers coming up the mountain. "
"Yes!"
Xu Shan immediately agreed.
"Spearmen, follow me to fight."
Xu Shan quickly ordered. He had more than a hundred spearmen under his command, all of them elites. Although these spearmen were not as well equipped as the soldiers, they were all extremely ferocious bandits.
These people were the ones who had robbed with Xu Shan.
They were extremely ferocious.
They held their spears and went out to fight, quickly descending the mountain. Not long later, they were less than ten steps away from the shieldbearers. The archers on both sides had stopped, leaving only the shieldbearers and spearmen to fight.
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