At the top of Linqu City, the light in the black robe's eyes flickered, and he seemed to be lost in thought. From his current appearance, there was no emotion or joy. Even the thousands of people who died tragically in front of the Jin army's car formation just now could not be seen.
Yan Jun, the corpses and limbs that were shattered on the ground were like grass and grass to him, and he didn't care at all.
Murong Chao's eyes were already red, his hands were clenched into fists, and he murmured: "These Jin thieves are not human beings, they are my soldiers, my soldiers, thousands of soldiers, why are they like this...
………”
Heipao said calmly: "I have heard for a long time that the Eight Ox Crossbows of the Jin Army are powerful and indestructible. Today, I have really seen it. It is indeed powerful."
Murong Chao gritted his teeth and said sternly: "Is there no way to deal with this thing? I don't believe it. I don't believe our armor and cavalry can't break this broken crossbow!"
Duan Hui's expression changed and he said quickly: "Your Majesty, please calm down the fury of thunder at this time. Even if you are equipped with armor and cavalry, if you charge these killing machines head-on, you will suffer heavy losses. The Jin army used a car formation to cover these eight-oxen crossbows.
, it overcomes the biggest shortcoming of long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows that they are afraid of close combat. If our army cannot break the vehicle formation, it will be impossible to eliminate these eight-niu crossbows."
Murong Chao said bitterly: "Is it possible that my Murong family's iron cavalry, which has been in the world for hundreds of years and has never been invincible, can't defeat the defeated Jin army under these former subordinates? Imperial Master, your military skills are unparalleled. Even the late emperor highly praised you.
That’s why I can safely grant you the power in this battle, because you won’t be able to think of a way to defeat the enemy.”
The black robe smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, please don't worry. So far, everything is within my expectation. I have known the power of the Eight Ox Crossbow before, so it is not surprising. What really surprised me was Liu Yu.
He unexpectedly guarded against my fire attack strategy early on, calculated the east wind today, and coated the cart with the mud at the bottom of the river just before my fire attack. It seems that Liu Yu also has people who are proficient in astronomy.
If you have to rely on water and fire to defeat him, I'm afraid it will be difficult this time."
Duan Hui nodded: "Yes, the master's grasp of the fire attack just now was absolutely perfect. I was amazed when I saw it. Generally speaking, generals, even if they use soldiers like gods, they are just using soldiers. How many people can do that?"
How to borrow the power of heaven and earth like this? This attack and defense is extremely exciting. In fact, the moment our fire attack failed, the outcome of this charge was doomed. However, the general did not understand why the national division still knew that the fire attack failed.
If we don’t give the order to withdraw our troops, then the thousands of soldiers who will charge and die in the battle behind us can be said to be unnecessary.”
The black robe sneered: "Their deaths are still to test the strength of the enemy's army. I want to test the strength of the enemy's formation, the arrangement of weapons, and the proportion of troops bit by bit. Liu Yu will not tell us these,
You can only test it by taking human lives. Now I really believe that Liu Yu’s elite troops and weapons are indeed concentrated on the two wings, not on the forward and rear."
Murong Chao's face changed: "The National Preceptor is saying that you deliberately let these thousands of people die to test the enemy's formation? Didn't you just test that the enemy's flanks are the main force?"
The black robe shook his head: "Number of people does not mean everything. The Jin army really wants to destroy our country this time. They are coming with all their strength. I am afraid that even the auxiliary soldiers and civilians are warriors who can wear armor and fight at any time. Congratulations.
Lan Lu's previous two rounds of attack tests were just to test out the enemy's strength, but this time what I want to test is the enemy's equipment."
Murong Chao's eyes lit up: "The Imperial Guard wants to see if the Eight Ox Crossbows are in the formation on the flanks?"
The black robe said solemnly: "Yes, that's it. The Eight Ox Crossbow is powerful, but it has its fatal weaknesses. First, the firing speed is slow. The speed of breaking the crossbow and the speed of the crossbow arm rotation are much slower than ordinary crossbows.
, it can fire three rounds, which is the limit. It takes more than a moment to reload, so it is basically useless in fierce battles."
Duan Hui nodded: "Yes, that's right. The weakness of the crossbow lies in this. And this Eight Ox Crossbow is more like a war machine such as a crossbow machine. It can only be fired at a fixed location, and the rate of fire cannot be reached."
It is expected. Moreover, even if the enemy does not come forward to kill them when they are launched, as long as the archers rush within fifty steps and shoot at them, it is enough to kill these hammer-wielding warriors, because they have no protection at all.
"
Murong Chong said thoughtfully: "But this dead ghost car formation can perfectly solve these problems. The shields on the car can prevent bows and arrows, and the connected carts can prevent the enemy troops from approaching, while our army's intensive attack
It can cause a large number of casualties to the soldiers at the front in the blink of an eye. Corpses are everywhere. These corpses will block the impact of the soldiers at the rear and buy time for the swing arm of the Eight Ox Crossbow to fire again. Grandma is a bear. This thing can completely defeat the charge we just made.
It’s law.”
Heipao smiled slightly: "But the Eight Ox Crossbow has a bigger weakness, but General Duan didn't say it out. The reason why I have to use thousands of lives to test where the Eight Ox Crossbow is is to target this weakness."
Duan Hui's expression changed: "The National Preceptor wants to say that it is not easy to place and transfer this crossbow machine?"
A sinister light flashed in the black robe's eyes: "Yes, that's it. The Eight Ox Crossbow is very powerful, but when it is launched, it needs to be jerked backwards. The force of this shock is too great, so it will damage the chassis.
The requirements for the crossbow are extremely high. Generally speaking, it is necessary to fix the nails on the ground and then add slide rails on the base. This can achieve a stable launch and allow the crossbow body to have room to retreat so that it will not be damaged, right? Zhang
male."
A man in his thirties who had been standing next to Murong Chao with a white face and a slight beard and a scholar's appearance woke up from his silent state. He nodded: "What the Imperial Master said is absolutely true, the Eight Bull Crossbow"
It can indeed be said to be an ingenious work, but with the Jin army's arrangement like this, I am afraid that after this battle is over, it is unlikely that these eight-oxen crossbows will be moved."
The black robe smiled slightly: "My spies counted the Jin army before they set off. Their eight-oxen crossbows were only more than two hundred. Now it seems that there are at least more than a hundred on the left wing. Correspondingly, there are another hundred
, in the chariot formation on the right wing, before Gongsun Gui's sudden cavalry charge, the Jin army's forward did not use the eight-oxen crossbow, but set up horse traps and traps, and then surrounded and killed them with a heavy infantry phalanx. I have actually been worried about the Jin army.
They would hide the Eight Bull Crossbow in the formation or behind the formation. Now it seems that they really don’t have such a thing. Just now our army charged with all its strength. In order to kill our army to the greatest extent and as quickly as possible, Liu Yu used the Eight Bull Crossbow.
Crossbow, but it also tells me that his forward does not have these things."
Murong Chao laughed: "National Preceptor, what are we waiting for? So the Jin army's forward has neither carts nor crossbows, and those traps have been activated. We will dispatch all armor and cavalry now.
Break it in one fell swoop!”
The black robe shook his head confidently: "The armor, cavalry, and armor have other uses. Zhang Shangshu, it's your treasure's turn!"
This chapter has been completed!