Historically, Wu Ju was evaluated as "a light warrior" and "a brave man". Although the evaluation was mixed with praise and criticism, it also showed that he was a "strong man" who was famous for his bravery.
Therefore, he absolutely could not tolerate himself becoming the laughing stock of both sides on the battlefield. He immediately decided to take action personally and lead his men to fight to the south bank again to regain the lost face.
In order to ensure that this time was foolproof, Wu Ju deliberately recruited a hundred people who were "daring to die" out of the nearly two thousand people under his command with a heavy sum of money. In addition to the more than a hundred people he "loved" on weekdays, a total of more than 200 people were divided into small boats. Killing towards the south bank, Wu Ju himself was among them.
Seeing that Wu Ju was willing to take the risk and take the lead, the originally panicked tribes all calmed down and regained their courage. Following Wu Ju, they launched another charge towards the south bank.
With Wu Ju's comeback, Liu Jingjun's right wing once again blew up a storm of arrows.
The range of a heavy crossbow with a weight of five stones or more is 150 steps away, which means that Wu Jubu was within the range of the crossbow from the beginning.
However, although the heavy crossbow has a very long range, once it exceeds a hundred steps, its power will plummet, and it can only serve as a harassment. To ensure the effective lethality of the crossbow, it must be fired within a hundred steps.
Wu Ju, "Dear" and "Gandei" were all heavily armored and holding oars in their hands, lying in the boat, braving arrows flying from the sky all the way to the shore.
"Quick, quick, quick... rush up and form a circular formation..." Wu Ju crouched behind the bed, his face turned red, and he screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Dear" is a healthy person who has been well-nurtured, while "dare to die" is a brave person who is not afraid of death. After hearing Wu Ju's words, they jumped off the boat one after another, holding up the big raft to resist the attack of arrows, while stepping on the soft The land strives to move forward.
"Boom..."
The crossbows in Liu Jingjun's formation roared again. The huge crossbow arrows, which were more than four feet long and five or six inches thick, flew towards them with a piercing scream. They penetrated everything, including the oars, armor, and body.
Fortunately for Wu Ju, the bed crossbow was powerful but average in accuracy. Under his command, "Dear" and "Dare to Die" walked dozens of steps to the river bank to form an arc-shaped formation. Facing the bed crossbow, they kicked Zhang, Jiao Gong's violent attack, stayed firmly in the position, refusing to retreat even half a step. After stabilizing their position, they did not hesitate to raise their crossbows to fight back against Liu Jingjun.
On both sides, you come and go, and arrows fly.
Under their cover regardless of casualties, hundreds of Wu Ju's troops began to land.
Cai He and Xi Zhen originally looked down on Wu Ju, thinking that he was too famous for his reputation and that he was incompetent. However, they did not expect that he would realize his shame and then be brave enough to lead his troops to the south bank in person.
As a second minister, the other party had such determination and courage. If they continued to hide in the rear, wouldn't they become cowards? The two of them almost went to the south bank position in unison.
However, compared to Wu Ju, the two men moved slower. When they stepped onto the south bank, Wu Ju had already begun to lead the crowd to attack Liu Jingjun.
Wu Ju did not lead a swarm of his troops to attack Liu Jingjun's tight military formation. Doing so would be tantamount to death. He organized his troops into teams, that is, limited to fifty people, and arranged more than ten conical formations to rush towards Liu Jingjun. .
"Sun Bin's Art of War" says: "Those who form a conical formation must be decisive." Sun Bin believed that the forward of a conical formation must be sharp, and both wings must be sharp. Only such a conical formation can break through the enemy's formation and cut off the enemy's troops.
Throughout the ages, whether it is infantry or cavalry, they have mostly used conical formations when attacking. Of course, this is not absolute. China has always respected the saying that "soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape." The formation is dead, but people are alive, and can
Those who win due to changes in the enemy are the masters of military warfare.
"Puff puff……"
Clusters of sharp arrows were densely nailed into the large frame covered with cowhide, making a muffled sound.
Facing the overwhelming flying arrows, "Dear" and "Dare to Die" who were charging at the front, even though they were wearing two pairs of armors and had large armor for protection, they still inevitably fell in the middle of the charge.
"Cum...cum..."
Wu Ju was protected in the center of the cone formation, holding up the sword in his hand and shouting loudly.
In the cone formation, more than a dozen people who kept moving forward fired back with bows and crossbows, constantly pouring arrows at Liu Jingjun. The soldiers lying on the ground in the front row suffered few casualties because they were wearing armor and holding poles, while the crossbowmen in the rear who lacked armor protection suffered casualties.
Not small.
There is no way, compared to Liu Biao and Zhang Xian, Liu Jing's foundation is too shallow. He did not have his own smelting workshop until the year before the year before last, and he only took over Leiyang Iron Official last year. Even if he tried his best, he only has 1,800 armors now.
Not to mention the navy and cavalry, Liu Jing had four thousand infantrymen under his command, half of them were far and near. There were more than a thousand armors, which were not enough for close combat, so how could there be any extra for crossbowmen.
More than a dozen cone formations came to Liu Jingjun one after another, but there was still the last obstacle between them and Liu Jingjun, the antlers.
Wu Ju, "Dear", "dare to die", held a scull in one hand and a knife and ax in the other, strode out of the queue, and hacked at the antlers frantically, trying to cut off the antlers and pull them out to clear the road.
Liu Jingjun's soldiers would not let them succeed easily. The spears were like biting snakes, piercing out from the tight walls.
"Dong...dong...dong..."
Wu Ju's "Dear" and "Dare to Die" were not afraid of death. They used their oars and sticks to hit Liu Jingjun's spear, and kept cutting down the antlers with the knife and ax in their hands. Even if they could not block it and were stabbed to death by the spear, there would be people behind them immediately.
Take your place and continue the unfinished tasks of your previous companions.
After dozens or hundreds of people stepped forward, the antlers were finally pulled out, and there was no longer any barrier between the two sides. In an instant, soldiers from both sides collided violently, with the sound of weapons clashing, bones and flesh being torn apart, fighting cries, and painful screams...
Various voices converged together.
When the cone formation finally embedded itself into Liu Jingjun's formation after repeated tug-of-war, Wu Ju erupted instantly like an awakening volcano.
He relied on having two armors, so he abandoned his oars and oars, holding a halberd in his left hand and a long sword in his right. He jumped into the enemy group, and three or four spears came at him at the same time. He skillfully caught the spears with his halberd.
At the same time, he flew forward and bumped into him. The sword in his right hand flashed and penetrated one person's throat.
As the saying goes, "An inch short and an inch dangerous", Wu Ju took advantage of his close proximity, slashed with his halberd and bayonet, and killed two more people. However, being in the enemy's position, more and more people were killed. In the blink of an eye, Wu Ju's front and left and right sides were everywhere.
They are all spear shadows.
However, Wu Ju did not fight alone. The cronies he had left behind quickly caught up with him and firmly protected his left and right sides.
Wu Ju's pressure could not help but decrease suddenly, and he showed his power again. Under his leadership, everyone in the tribe risked their lives to fight, and they were invincible.
This scene was all seen by Liu Jing. In fact, he had been paying attention to Wu Ju from the moment he landed.
It was both unexpected and reasonable for Wu Ju to be so brave.