"Lower your head, look at your feet, fuck your mother, if you dare to think nonsense again, prepare to die here!"
While Zhang Xiaobiao was thinking wildly, the strong man surnamed Wang beside him shouted loudly in his ear.
The strong man was their leader of fire, and this loud shout was like a thunderclap, shaking Zhang Xiaobiao's drifting soul back to his body.
Only then did Zhang Xiaobiao realize that almost half of the crossbowmen in front of their phalanx were gone.
However, there were not many people lying on the ground motionless. Most of them were dragged behind by the peasants risking their lives.
After all, most of the crossbowmen who can stand at the front have iron armor on their bodies and are not so easy to kill.
The crossbowman is still walking forward, because the crossbow arrow has a farther range than the bow and arrow, so the crossbowman must move closer to allow the archer behind him to hit the opponent.
Moreover, crossbowmen generally have heavy armor and can withstand damage far better than archers.
"Ha! The soldiers and thieves of the Dingnan Army can't hold it anymore. They are going to mount the Peng Pai (shield)! Everyone draws their bows and prepares!"
Unexpectedly, the strong man of the Wang family roared loudly, and Zhang Xiaobiao raised his eyes and saw that the crossbowmen of the enemy army on the opposite side could not withstand such cruel fire, and they collapsed in groups.
After they dispersed, dozens of Peng platoons were set up, hoping to block the crossbow arrows of the Guiyi army.
At this time, the Peng Pai that could prevent crossbows was very precious, because such a large piece of iron sheet plus cowhide, plus wooden boards or other things, the manufacturing cost was huge.
Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, Peng Pai was also one of the instruments that were not allowed to be buried with people.
Seeing Peng Platoon standing up on the opposite side, the morale of the Guiyi army immediately rose at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the eyes of the soldiers at this time, the purpose of setting up Peng Pai was that they could not defeat them and gave up.
Therefore, during the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the usage rate of Peng Pai was very low. Peng Pai could be used on a large scale, that is, in urban street fighting and search battles.
At this time, the cry of killing had already resounded through the sky on the battlefield within a radius of two to three miles. The soldiers and grassroots officers could only hear the intermittent beating of drums. As for the flags, no one could pay attention to them at all.
At this time, the commander's command also began to become difficult. Standing next to Zhang Zhao on the mountain, countless messengers with various conspicuous flags on their backs were like busy bees, quickly delivering military orders to all parties.
However, there is a delay in the delivery of orders by the messengers, and there will also be a moment of understanding due to the spread of language.
So at this moment, the most important in the entire army are the low-level officers at the level of Dutou, General Tou, Team Chief, and Fire Chief.
In an army, if low-level officers can show their initiative at such times, they can seize many fleeting opportunities.
If you grasp something, he will grasp something, and the accumulation of little is the cornerstone of victory.
For example, at this moment, Fanshun, who was at the front, was keenly aware of the weakness of the Difficult Army.
Under his loud orders, the crossbowmen on the third and fourth left decisively put down their crossbows and replaced them with rifles.
Two teams of 100 Tiaodang soldiers, also armed with hammers and axes, were summoned to the front by him.
"Your fucking mission is to rush up and smash the enemy Peng Pai to death. Don't stop after killing the generals. Keep killing them all the way back. Don't retreat until half of them are dead. When the time comes, I will ask you for credit. Half of them will be killed."
A change of policy.
If you retreat without half of the people dead, I will not only let the Silver Sword Officer chop you with a knife, but also I will chop your mother-in-law with a knife when you return to Liangzhou!"
Fanshun grabbed the Tiaodang soldier's general's head and shouted loudly, while the Tiaodang soldier's general knocked Fanshun's hand off. Gritting his teeth, he looked at Fanshun with a fierce light in his eyes and shouted.
"Don't worry, I'm going to show you the bravery of a certain boy today. He can't break through the phalanx on the opposite side, and he won't retreat even if he's dead!"
As he said that, he turned his head and looked at the fire chief next to him who was wearing cotton armor and a chainmail armor inside.
"Zhang Dalang, your fire went to the front for me and penetrated the phalanx on the opposite side. When I get back, I will marry my daughter to your son. If I can't penetrate it, you will be the first to die. I will arrive soon."
The head of the Zhang family took the general's hand and said, "The general said this himself!"
"When have I ever spoken without my words?" He glared at his head, and then hurriedly put on his pocket.
The Zhang family's elder brother grinned happily from the corners of his mouth to his ears, and he looked at his soldiers.
"Those thieves who have killed a thousand swords have gone to fight with me. The rich and noble mother-in-law who died in the battle is the rich and noble of her own family who is alive!"
"Go with the fire leader! Go with the leader!" The Tiaodang soldiers who were selected to lead the group were wearing heavy armor and shouted a few words in a hurry.
It can be seen that Da Lang of the Zhang family has a very good prestige and conduct among the soldiers. Even if he narrowly escapes death, the soldiers will follow him freely.
At this time, the leader came over and opened a huge leather bag, which contained fine purple wine. After each of them drank a few sips of wine, the Zhang family leader took the lead and rushed forward with a howl.
It seemed like a long time passed, but in fact it was only about twenty breaths.
After hundreds of jumping soldiers rushed forward, Fanshun also took out his rifle and began to accelerate forward along with the crossbowmen.
Zhang Xiaobiao seemed to hear his father's voice, and he couldn't help but stand on tiptoe and want to look forward.
With a 'pop' sound, the strong man from the Wang family hit his head with a scabbard.
"If you dare to move again! I will kill you first!"
At this moment, the shouts of killing were heard loudly, and more than a hundred soldiers jumped directly into the spears extended from Peng's platoon by the Dingnan soldiers.
The hammer and axe, a weapon that was good at breaking armor and fighting in close combat, slashed hard and immediately cut a gap in the Peng Pai on the opposite side.
As soon as there was a gap, these heavily armored warriors dug in desperately, and the screams became more and more fierce.
Although Fanshun couldn't see what was going on inside, he knew from the ripple-like sway of the Dingnan Army formation that someone inside must have been caught off guard.
Immediately afterwards, the Peng Pai soldiers of the Dingnan Army kept falling to the ground. These were all killed by the Tiaodang soldiers.
The soldiers who rushed in and jumped were constantly caught by the ropes or hooks and spears used by the distress soldiers, and were knocked to the ground.
"Charge!" Fanshun roared, and the heavy armored soldiers holding rifles quickly followed behind. Their mission was to expand the results of the battle after the jumping soldiers opened the gap.
As Peng Pai-shou of the Dingnan Army fell down, Dutou, who was in charge of commanding the archers, also saw the situation in the Dingnan Army's formation. A large number of heavy armored soldiers were lined up in formation and waiting with long spears in hand.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
"Draw the bow! Five rounds of rapid fire!" Dutou shouted wildly, and then hundreds of archers from the nearest phalanx quickly took out arrows from the Hulu.
"Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!" As they took out their arrows, the archers roared and screamed strangely like apes.
In this cry, the fear of death and the tension on the battlefield suddenly eased a lot.
‘Boom!’ An arrow with long white tail feathers flew out first. This was a group of arrows being shot out to mark the area covered by the arrows.
According to military law, within a breath of the team shooting arrows, all archers must shoot arrows and behead them on the spot without hesitation.
Therefore, after hearing the click of arrows and seeing the long white tail feathers, almost as a conditioned reflex, the longbow in the archer's hand suddenly vibrated, and the trembling flying arrows covered the sky and the sun, and flew towards the Dingnan Army.
‘Woo! Woo!’ The ape screamed faster and faster, and its shooting speed also became faster and faster.
The middle infantry of the Dingnan Army were in trouble. The arrows of the Guiyi Army were heavy arrows shot by strong bows with a capacity of eight buckets to one stone.
Regardless of whether it is sharp or not, the lethality of an iron block the size of a loquat is astonishing when it is shot out from a bow and then dropped.
If such a heavy arrow hits the body, it will cause the person to tremble in pain. If it hits the body, it will cause a ringing in the ears and dizziness.
If you don't have iron armor and only have leather or paper armor, then congratulations. Although you won't die if you are hit by a heavy arrow, it will cause blood to splatter and you won't be able to last long.
Of course, seeing that the situation was not going well, the Difficult Army also began to counterattack with strong bows and heavy arrows, but they were slow step by step. After the crossbowmen could not bear the casualties and used Peng Pai, they were overtaken step by step by the Guiyi Army. Both sides
The closer we hit, the closer we get.
On the one hand, the Dingnan Army had to allocate manpower to deal with the intruding Guiyi Army's Tiaodang soldiers, and on the other hand, they had to try their best to maintain their formation and use their spears to attack each other. For a while, they were in an extremely embarrassed state, and the battle line was constantly retreating.
Li Yiyin could clearly see from a distance that the heavy armored infantry of their Danger Army were too few to compare with the Guiyi Army. However, Li Yiyin also saw the shortcomings of Zhang Zhao's large fan formation.
That is, although the coach is behind the formation, he can better dispatch and spread the troops in front of him more widely, but for the coach, the danger is also doubled.
Because the fan-shaped formation is wide at the front and narrow at the rear, it will lead to insufficient defensive forces around the coach. Thinking of this, Li Yiyin suddenly thought of it and summoned his general Tuoba Chongde.
"I will give you a thousand light armored cavalry and two thousand horse archers. Don't worry about anything. Go directly to the Tibetan bandit commander and chop down his central army's banner. This battle will be won!"
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Smoke and dust were rising in the distance, and Zhang Zhao could see clearly from a high place that it was obviously heading straight for him, but this flaw was deliberately left open by Zhang Zhao.
However, it does not mean that he has any excellent way to deal with the cavalry, but the enemy army is twice as large as his. Zhang Zhao can only set up such a fan-shaped formation to increase the number of troops on the front, so that he can win with smaller casualties.
, defeated the Dingnan Army.
Now that Li Yiyin has discovered his flaw, it depends on whether Zhang Zhao can handle it!
This chapter has been completed!