Murong Lin's eyes widened, and his heartbeat was speeding up. The Jin army's shield formation on the opposite side was no longer a hundred steps away. Ten steps away, they were scattered everywhere. They were sandbags because our side failed to charge the formation last time.
The corpses of men and horses knocked down by earthbags and scooters, as well as the more than twenty heads of the owl, were lined up in a row and inserted in front of the formation at 60 or 70 paces. The one at the front was none other than Cardero's.
, and within more than ten steps between the owl's head and the shield formation on the opposite side, there were corpses of men and horses piled up to a height of more than two feet.
As an excellent cavalry officer, he knew very well that the distance of about a hundred steps in front of him was a place of death in the sense of the art of war. It was impossible for the cavalry to surpass the corpses on the ground and the obstacles in front, and then cross those thick shield walls to attack.
The Jin army arrived behind the shield.
The situation at this time was different from the first assault. The Jin army's defense line had obviously been stabilized, and the row of owl leaders seemed more like a temptation and a taunt, to attract these armored cavalry to continue to advance to their deaths.
Murong Lin gritted his teeth. He no longer looked at the expressions of the owl leaders. The crossbow arrows behind the shield on the opposite side were like rain, with the sound of whistling wind, falling into the attacking formation. Many knights around him were stunned.
There was a muffled sound. Even though they were a hundred steps away, even if they were in full armor, even if these knights of the North Sea King's Guards wore a layer of hard leather armor lined with silk to prevent arrows, they still couldn't.
Unable to completely block the shots of this powerful crossbow, many knights were hit by two or three crossbow arrows, which penetrated their flesh and bled, causing damage!
Murong Lin was thinking quickly while holding the shield. He could feel the vibration when the crossbow hit the shield in his hand, and he could also feel the power of the crossbow. It was indeed a strong bow and a hard crossbow.
If he forced himself forward again, he would probably be killed by a crossbow within fifty steps, instead of just being slightly injured like he is now.
Murong Lin took out the horn with his other hand and began to blow it. His order, through the rapid sound of the bugle, spread throughout the army: "A hundred steps away from the enemy, mount a round of fire, and turn left!"
Dozens of Jujiajia cavalry in the front row put away their saddles and hooked their weapons, and the big bow was suddenly in their hands. They took advantage of the situation and unloaded the arrows without having to aim. They pointed at the big shield on the opposite side slightly.
Adjust the angle a little higher, and a burst of bows and arrows will fire.
Hundreds of long arrows flew out quickly, like a black cloud, and flashed behind the shield wall on the opposite side. A muffled groan and scream came from behind the shield on the opposite side. Obviously, this round of blows,
It caused a certain amount of damage, and even the crossbow bolts that were fired continuously were slightly interrupted for a moment.
After shooting this arrow, dozens of cavalry in the first row suddenly turned sideways to the left and forward, like a horizontal stick, passing diagonally in front of the enemy's shield wall, just like during a cavalry attack.
Turning sideways, the outermost rider passed by about fifty steps in front of the enemy's shield array. He controlled the horse's reins with one hand and let the horse jump over the corpses of men and horses and sandbags and earthbags everywhere, so as not to be injured.
He stumbled, stepped on the bow with his foot, controlled the string with an arrow with one hand, then raised his foot, released his hand, and fired an arrow towards the opponent towards the opposite shield wall in this stretched manner.
With a "bang" sound, an arrow hit the opposite shield wall hard. More than ten long arrows had already been inserted into the half-foot-thick shield, and two of the arrows were so deep that they had no handles. It can be seen that these are all armored.
The cavalry displayed amazing power when riding and shooting.
And this arrow became the last straw that crushed the shield. When the arrow was shot, the big shield was broken from the middle. The upper half of the shield just broke and fell. The three crossbowmen behind it , all in sight.
The man in the middle is nine feet tall and looks like a human bear. Isn't it Shen Tianzi? He didn't expect that this shield would be shot through by an arrow. Fortunately, the last crossbow in his hand was turned to the firing position, and he picked up the big crossbow. , and fired a crossbow without any explanation.
Fifty steps away, the armored cavalryman who had just stepped on his big bow and broken the shield with an arrow was excitedly trying to change his arrow to fire, but an arrow pierced his throat, and his neck was swollen. A stream of bloody arrows shot out, and just as the left hand controlling the reins was about to lift up to grab the arrow, two more arrows hit his side, and the horse's side was also hit by three arrows. His vision went dark, and both the man and the horse fell to the ground. ,
After Shen Tianzi fired the crossbow, he threw the empty big crossbow on the ground. He picked up a small buckler on hand and waved it in front of him, covering the two crossbowmen beside him. The sound of the sky was endless, and six or seven arrows were shot one after another in the blink of an eye, but all of them were knocked away by the shield in Shen Tianzi's hand and fell to the ground. Not a single arrow hurt the Jin army after the shield was broken.
Three sergeants carried a new large shield and rushed up, shouting: "Third brother, we are here to resist!"
Shen Tianzi retreated while waving his shield and said with a smile: "You are not slow in your movements. Take good precautions and don't let Liu Ya come in and hurt the brothers!"
When a large and thick shield was erected in front of him, Shen Tianzi breathed a sigh of relief. He suddenly realized that he was so excited just now that he didn't have time to observe the enemy's movements. He looked at more than 20 people on the right. The range-finder soldier outside the step, Shen Tianzi, shouted: "Er Mazi, what are the enemy troops doing now? Are they retreating or charging into formation?"
Half of Er Mazi's body leaned out of the shield wall. He stood on a small cart, which allowed him to see the situation outside clearly. He held up the shield to protect his upper body without looking back. He said loudly: "The enemy's cavalry is shooting at them in batches. The column is passing diagonally forward. More than a hundred cavalry have passed through the front of our army and are crossing our army's flank. They are only thirty steps away from our army's flank." "
Shen Tianzi opened his eyes wide: "Is it really going straight to the flank? Is it a small group coming, or all of them?"
Er Mazi said loudly: "Their fourth and fifth platoons all crossed over diagonally after riding and shooting. It should be that the whole army wants to break through the flank of our army. Third brother, don't be careless!"
Shen Tianzi laughed loudly: "These are what we expected. Send the order, all the shield bearers in the formation will gather on the flanks to defend, pile up the sandbags, the long spearmen will go forward to defend the formation, and the archers will press the formation from behind. If the enemy is When cavalry is shooting, just shoot at each other. If it is a sudden attack, rely on shield walls and sandbags to attack. If a small number of enemy cavalry rushes into the formation, just follow the tactics just now and surround and kill them. Without my order, you are not allowed to attack. Anyone who dares Anyone who takes one step beyond the sandbag will be beheaded!"
All the troops shouted in unison: "I have the order!"
Beside Shen Tianzi, a young general whispered: "Third brother, if you only defend but don't attack, how can you destroy this group of Yanqi? Just let them pass the battle like this?"
Shen Tianzi smiled slightly: "Someone will take care of them!"
This chapter has been completed!