How to deal with Qiannu? Yudi has the most say among his own troops, so it is not unreasonable for Daigu to insist on sending him to Matu City.
"Flag formation, um, tell me, how do you deal with such a situation?" Zhong Wei asked the people around him. There were several regiment leaders with him, including Shao Dianye, Mo Jun, etc.
"The flag can only be used from a distance, not close. If the enemy wants to attack the city, they have to climb the city wall. Let's wait until they come over." Mo Jun was the most experienced and skillfully avoided the question.
"It's a pity that we can't use the ballista, otherwise everything will be burned in one shot." Shaodianye hoped to be simple and direct.
The others laughed and said nothing, "Nonsense! You two said it but didn't say it. Can you set a good example for the soldiers below?" Zhong Wei feigned anger.
"Say." He pointed at Li Hao.
Li Hao said shyly: "There is no good solution for a humble job, but I do have an idea."
Zhong Wei encouraged: "Speak boldly. They are all your superiors. If you don't speak well, they will give you advice. If you speak well, your face will be exposed. In short, you will not suffer any loss."
"Oh, let me tell you, the flag is used to block the line of sight. No one knows what is behind it. If the enemy army continues to advance, our army may attack and shoot a few rounds of arrows.
Haha, everyone knows this, but I believe that our army's crossbow arrows are limited in number and it is difficult to replenish them, so the enemy may deliberately set up suspicious formations to consume our army's arrows."
Li Hao didn't know where to place his hands, and raised his right hand to touch the back of his head.
"Yes! This guy knows how to live a good life." Mo Jun looked at Li Hao with a somewhat different look.
"What are you looking at? He is a crossbowman, turned out to be an archer, do you understand?" Shao Dianye quickly reminded Mo Jun.
Niu Erbing smiled bitterly and said, "I'm here." Because of his contribution in quelling the chaos in Dingjiang City, Niu Erbing was promoted to the commander of the Third Qiannu Regiment, and Li Hao was his subordinate.
"Very good!" Zhong Wei clapped his hands and said, "I also estimate that the enemy will use the flag array to advance and dig tunnels behind them to avoid the fire of our strong crossbows, and it is very likely that the enemy will advance to two or three hundred meters away from the city wall.
place, and then build a wall of earth.”
"Master Zhong, do you mean that the enemy wants to build an earthen city and send archers to shoot at our army?" Shao Dianye came to his senses.
"Oh, Lao Fei saw it correctly. The enemy is not eager to attack the city. This move also means to test the strength of our army." Mo Jun saw more things.
Building an earthen city to siege a city is not a new method. It can often be seen in wars in various places. This is usually done because the city defense is very strong and the number of defenders is small.
If there are more defenders, the attackers will not be able to capture the city for a while, and the defenders will rush out at night to destroy the earthen walls.
Our army wanted to do this just to see how many defenders there were in Matu City.
The number of the mixed 1st Division was much smaller than that of the own army. They had to find time to rest at night and were unlikely to rush outside the city to destroy the earthen walls.
"Coming!" Jian Xingkong said again.
The width of our army's flag array is equivalent to that of the west city wall. Now we are beginning to advance. We can vaguely see through the gaps in the flags that there are large wooden carts following behind.
Li Hao regretted and said, "That town should be burned down." Zhong Wei knew what he was talking about, so he educated him earnestly: "You can't do that. The unspoken rule between big countries is that you can't kill people, especially when we are still in the enemy's country.
, you must remember this in the future."
"Oh! Okay, please bear in mind your humble duty!" Li Hao solemnly gave a military salute to Zhong Wei.
Zhong Wei's guess was correct. When the flag array advanced to 500 meters away from the city wall, it did not stop and continued to move forward.
"Trebuchet shoot." Zhong Wei ordered.
All kinds of equipment were available on the city wall. Ballistas and trebuchets could not be used. The third battalion began to attack.
At this distance, what they threw was not rocks but oil cans, including some alcohol cans, which were flammable things anyway.
No matter how big the stone is, if it is thrown so far, people will definitely be able to avoid it. It does not have real and effective lethality. The same is not true for flammable objects. After throwing it, throwing a fire can at least disrupt the enemy's formation.
Fire attacks are most effective against flag arrays. What your own troops can carry out cannot be fire flags.
However, our own army was well prepared. When the oil cans hit the ground, they immediately covered them with sand and soil. When the fire started, someone put out the fire. The numerical advantage was obvious. Even if a flag caught fire, it was immediately put down to the ground and another flag was put up.
"Master Zhong, my subordinates will lead a group out to charge and kill for a while." Mo Jun handed over his hand and asked for orders.
The enemy was well prepared, and the advantage of the crossbows could not be used for the time being, so the infantry regiments enthusiastically applied to fight.
"What's the hurry! Can you kill the hundred thousand troops? Let them do their work first. The thunder is loud and the rain is light. This is also a torture to the people's will to resist in the city. I'm happy for the enemy to take their time. Anyway, we don't plan to do it for a long time.
Occupy this place." Zhong Wei rejected the infantry's request.
You're kidding! There are so many enemy troops. No matter how good the infantry regiment is in fighting, it will be crushed to pieces if it escapes.
In a real fight, it is not enough for a regiment of infantry to guard a city wall.
Ding Kui did not say to let the 1st Division defend Matu City alone, but where are the reinforcements? When will they come back? Zhong Wei doesn't know the answers to these questions.
The flag array advanced more than 200 meters before stopping. You could see the wooden cart behind it being erected and making a clanging sound.
"Do you want to invite a magician to attack?" Niu Erbing asked for instructions. The west city wall was his defense area. He couldn't just sit back and watch the enemy, he had to do something.
Nowadays, the Red Army that protects the country also has magicians accompanying it. Although they are temporary in nature, they are also real magicians. They can be called upon to help when there are combat missions.
"No, just pick a few with good archery skills and shoot them when you have the chance to cause trouble to the enemy." Zhong Wei still refused.
Since blind shooting will be a waste, let's strike accurately. The crossbow can cause considerable damage at a distance of more than two hundred meters. There are still many loopholes in our own flag formation.
Hearing this, Li Hao immediately raised his crossbow, pulled the trigger, and shot an arrow with a whoosh. He was confident that he was the best in archery in the third battalion, and he had a share in the division commander's order.
"Oh no!" A flag fell down in the blink of an eye.
The skilled players in the city could no longer hold back any longer. After getting a look of approval from their superiors, they aimed at the target and pulled the trigger. People kept falling down in the flag array below.
Suddenly, intensive drumbeats came from the main formation of our own army, and then the shouts from the team continued to fill the sky, and the soldiers in the rear cheered for the flag formation.
Zhong Wei suddenly raised his right hand and held an arrow between his fingers. The tip of the arrow was less than two palms away from his face.
"Sure enough, we are prepared. There are archers ambushed behind the flag formation." He stretched out his fingers to flick the arrow branches. The arrows were shot from the city. Someone had already aimed at this unique officer.
The archers hidden behind the flag formation emerged one after another, using their superb archery skills to fight with the crossbowmen, gaining time and space for the right army to build the earth city.
Yudi knew that ordinary archers could not defeat crossbowmen, so he adopted the earth wall siege method. Before solving the disadvantageous terrain, he used archers to fight crossbowmen, which could at least shorten the strength gap a little.
Jiguo is not as rich in archers as Caoguo, but there are also a lot of archers in the army, at least more than Shaodianguo. It is not difficult to pick out hundreds of them in a legion.
As a result, the pressure on the city increased sharply. The three battalions only had 500 people in total, and some of them were left as reserves. It was difficult for a few elites to fight against hundreds of archers.
"Full counterattack!" Maybe that arrow ignited Zhong Wei's anger and decided not to coddle the enemy anymore.
If the enemy came so close and came out to shoot at them, it would not be a waste of crossbow arrows to fight back at this time. The soldiers of the three battalions went into battle one after another.
This is a duel between traditional bows and arrows and powerful crossbows. The crossbows have the advantage of the terrain, and the archers need to train much longer. It can basically be regarded as a competition between weapons.
In terms of shooting frequency, archers are much ahead. If the crossbowmen shoot one arrow, they can shoot ten if they use the continuous arrow technique.
In terms of accuracy, archers are still superior. After all, they have been immersed in this art for many years and are more accurate than crossbowmen who have trained for half a year.
In terms of lethality, crossbowmen have the upper hand. Every arrow shot has the same power. Unlike archers, it depends on arm strength. Those with higher levels are better, but those with lower levels are not enough.
As an aside, the armor of crossbowmen is better than that of archers. Archers are flexible and mostly wear leather armor, cloth armor and other light armor. Crossbowmen wear the well-known fine armor, and the defensive power of the two is not the same.
On an equal scale.
In terms of durability and stability, crossbowmen completely crush archers because it is very laborious to draw the bow and hold the arrows. Unlike the crossbow string, which is placed on a mechanism, crossbowmen do not exert any effort at all except loading arrows.
At the beginning, the two sides went back and forth and fought evenly. The number of people on both sides was almost the same. However, many crossbowmen were uninjured, while most of the archers were shot through the body by crossbow arrows. Even if they did not die, it would be difficult to continue fighting.
Gradually, the number of archers became less and less, and the crossbowmen began to divide themselves into groups to deal with the enemies building earthen walls, while still maintaining strong long-range attack power.
Yudi has been observing the battlefield with a telescope, and he feels more and more uncomfortable: It still doesn't work! This crossbowman is more difficult than I thought. Should I use a magician?
The number of magicians he has is not many, less than 500, and he has to take care of the entire legion. If he is ambushed this time, there will be no magicians to help him in the future.
The report of Ding Kui's battle in Huangyu City has been circulated to both middle schools. How could Yudi not know that the friendly forces still have master-level experts to assist in the battle, and there is nothing here. What if, ah! The consequences will be disastrous.
Although the archers were at a disadvantage, the foundation of the earth wall was still laid. The large shield worked well this time. The surface was filled with crossbow arrows. Fortunately, it was not penetrated. The shield bearers did not lose much, and the soldiers working behind were also greatly affected.
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A whole morning was spent in dull shooting. Our army completed the prototype of the earth wall, but also dragged back more than a hundred corpses. Overall, the tactical deployment was successfully completed.
"You can go down and rest first. There are subordinates here, and the enemy will not make a big attack for the time being." Niu Erbing advised Zhong Wei.
"Okay, you hold on for a while and I'll go get something to eat." Zhong Wei didn't refuse this time.
However, the trees wanted to be quiet but the wind was not "accurate". A strong wind suddenly blew up in the sky, causing the flags of the two armies to tilt this way and that, even suddenly.