Chapter 7: The Golden Age (Nine Shang) It was windy and very strong. In such windy weather, it was impossible to shoot arrows accurately. But when the two armies were fighting, the archers did not need to aim. They only needed to follow the general's command to shoot the eagle feather at a certain person.
By covering a rough area, you can rely on the density of arrows to inflict maximum damage to the enemy.
The Turkic Wolf Cavalry is best at archery. Ashina Gutuoru can even be sure that the Boling Army, which only has a long spear in hand, will run away in confusion in front of the feast of bows and arrows that he has carefully prepared. Even if they run away, they will not be able to save their lives.
At such a close distance and with such dense arrows, no one would be lucky enough to escape!
However, the reality was exactly the opposite of Gutuolu's expectation. The dense rain of arrows not only failed to disintegrate the Boling Army formation, but the yellow smoke rising into the sky added a bit of mystery and majesty to the already murderous military formation.
The arrow hit, and the newly awakened dragon took one step forward, and then another step forward. In the blink of an eye, it had already crossed half of the gap created by Ashina Gutuoru who sacrificed thousands of brothers.
"What's going on? Yuanqing is a stupid ass!" Ashina Gutolu was shocked and angrily cursed that the 15,000 archers' fire failed to stop the Boling army in the slightest. It was not the commander, Ash.
Then what other reason could there be for Yuan Qing to deliberately cause trouble? "Eject, pass my order, eject quickly!" He shouted, fearing that the ordering soldier would not be able to convey his order correctly. But soon, Gutuolu understood that he was wrong,
Ashina Yuanqing, the commander of the left front army, did not make any mistakes. From the beginning, he adopted the projectile tactic to let the arrows rise diagonally into the air, avoiding the giant shields in the front row of the Boling army and the leather shields on the flanks, and directly hit the opponent.
The center of the military formation
However, all the Turks underestimated the resistance of the Boling Army's formation against feather arrows. The giant shields in the first row and the leather shields in the hands of the heroes were only used to defend against stray arrows and direct arrows. They actually responded to the rain of arrows flying in the air.
Whimsically, rely on the erected pole to block
However, this seemingly stupid method had an unimaginable effect at this moment. The high-speed wind had already caused the arrows to flutter, and their strength was greatly weakened. The slender arrow shafts were swayed back and forth rhythmically by rows of long spears.
After dialing, combing, and sifting, less than half of the feathered arrows could continuously fly over the three-layered pole without being knocked down. And the Boling Army held up more than three-layered long poles. When the feathered arrows barely reached the predetermined position, only the ones that could still be lethal were
There are less than 20% of the feather arrows that can cause damage. Facing the sparse formation of Boling's soldiers one and a half steps apart, only a quarter can barely hit the correct target! (Note 1) Two
A quarter of the feathered arrows, that is to say, the feathered arrows that carried all the wishes of Gutuolu Khan could actually cause less than half a damage to the Boling Army. Even with this mere half-made feathered arrows, they still had to face
Tests such as the armor's protective power and whether it hits the soldier's vitals
Such slight battle damage was not enough for a team that had experienced hundreds of battles. Soldier Boling, who was slightly injured, casually pulled out his feather arrow and threw it to the ground, then followed the pace of Pao Ze. There were occasional accidents.
Brother Boling was hit in the vital part by a stray arrow. The man in the back row who was facing him immediately took two steps forward to fill the gap left by the victim. The next row of soldiers filled the second row, and the next row of brothers filled in the place in turn.
The integrity of the formation is not affected at all
Oh my God! There is such an infantry tactic? After seeing clearly the Boling Army's method of fighting feather arrows, the Turkic nobles who were accustomed to riding and shooting to control the enemy were all stunned. If all the armies in the Central Plains adopted this tactic? How could the Turks fight with them?
as an enemy
Ashina Daman, Ashina Helu, Ashina Husero and other Turkic nobles simultaneously turned their attention to Ashina Gutuoru. At this moment, their confidence in seizing the Central Plains was completely shaken. Of course they did not know that this army
The formation was created by outstanding generals from the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty. After decades of actual combat summary and improvement, it gathered the generals Wang Yang Shuang, Chu Gong Yang Su, Shang Zhuguo Zhang Xutuo and the enemy.
The hard work of countless generals like Li Xu was just yesterday, and this formation also experienced some additions from the elder Shi Chen Yanshou, thus reaching its splendid peak.
Soldiers cannot master such a military formation unless they undergo extremely rigorous training, and generals dare not implement it unless they have an extremely strong will. It can be said that in the entire Central Plains, except for Gutuolu and others, this Boling was born out of the Fenyang Frontier Army.
It is impossible for the soldiers and horses under the command of other princes to learn in a short time, and it is impossible to display them.
Just when the Turkic nobles could not recover from the shock, the Boling Army's formation had already crossed the death zone carefully arranged by Gutuolu. The two sides came into contact again, and the Boling Army's triangular formation inserted into the middle of the Turkic Wolf Cavalry.
, and then was quickly pressed into an arc by the huge resistance. The giant shield hand in the front row had no other weapons, and quickly turned the giant shield in his hand into a horizontal shield. The edges of the shield connected, and a wooden fence was added in the air to this heavy wooden fence.
After that, the second row of soldiers stepped forward and shouted "Kill!" The three-foot sharp edge passed over the upper edge of the shield and pierced directly into the wolf knight's chest.
It was too late, but it was soon. When the soldiers of the third row of Boling saw the contact between the two armies, they quickly flattened the long pole raised diagonally, rushed forward with both feet, and moved forward along the gap left by the six soldiers of the second row.
He filled his position, shouted "Kill!", and pierced dozens of long spears into the middle of the Turkic wolf cavalry.
Before the stunned Wolf Cavalry could react, the fourth row of Boling soldiers arrived again. They shouted loudly and stabbed out the long spear in their hands cleanly.
After the military formation deformed, the contact area between the enemy and ours was only about twenty people. Three rows of long spears stabbed each other, and the maximum number of casualties could only be sixty famous wolf riders. However, as these sixty wolf riders fell, the Boling Army stood in the way.
The warriors in front of them suddenly became sparse. They were not afraid of fighting, but no one could bear a battle in which they could only be killed without being able to fight back!
It rained continuously all night. At this moment, another exciting horn sounded from the Boling Army formation. Most of the troops had already walked out of the valley. The archers from Hedong, under the command of Chen Yanshou, raised their horned bows diagonally and fired.
Feather arrows were aimed at the Turkic colleagues who were still harassing the Boling Army.
In terms of mastery of archery, the Hedong archers are far inferior to their counterparts on the fortress. But in terms of the weapons in their hands, the wooden bows held by the Wolf Cavalry can never be compared with the horn bows carefully crafted by the craftsmen of the Central Plains. The reverse curved horns are composed of six materials.
The arrows shot from the bow had high initial speed, strong force, and were less affected by the wind. Although nearly one-third of them were blown away, there were still more than 10,000 arrows left that smashed into the ranks of Turkic archers.
In an instant, a blood mist rose up from the Turkic archers who were drawing their bows and shooting. Countless people fell to the ground, and countless injured were rolling in a pool of blood and wailing. As the midfielder of the Central Plains army, the veteran Shi Chen Yanshou did not give the enemy any chance.
Taking a breather, he blew the trumpet vigorously. Following the high-pitched sound of the trumpet, another row of arrows shot through the sky.
"Bang!" At the sound of the bow string, a dark cloud of feathers and arrows blocked the already very weak sunlight. The Turkic archer, who was covered in shadows, turned around. How could the fleeing legs of the hastily escape outrun the arrows?
Dots of white light fell, and the bodies of thousands of people were pierced by feather arrows. The sharp arrow clusters tore apart the leather armor, flesh, flesh and bones, and directly nailed the wolf riders who could not run to the ground.
"Turn around, front right, eighty steps, shoot!" Elder Shi Chen Yanshou raised the horn again, using the sound of the horn to guide tens of thousands of feather arrows to fight back at the Turkic archers blocking his right side. The eagle feathers soared into the air and advanced from the formation.
The Boling archers flew above them, and then swooped down like eagles, blinding the Turks' eyes and tearing their throats apart.
After receiving repeated blows, the Turkic archers could not bother to kill the Boling Army soldiers again. They either fled in a hurry, or under the command of some brave generals, hurriedly fought back at their counterparts in the east of the river and followed behind the Boling Army in dense formations.
The marching Hedong archers immediately suffered casualties, and blood splattered everywhere. However, the brothers of the Boling Army in front fought with the enemy at the risk of their lives. The Hedong soldiers did not dare or were unwilling to show weakness in front of their friendly forces. They braved the rain of Turkic arrows and took the arrows in their hands
Waves of eagle feathers were shot towards their colleagues on the grassland, and a brother fell down on his side. At least the Turks had to pay the same price.
White feathers flew around in the air, and the two eagle feathers collided head-on, sparks falling to the ground. Every time a wave of bows and arrows fell, there was bound to be a blood mist. But the soldiers of Hedong were not moved by the casualties around them at all.
The recruits who were recruited into the army and had not experienced several fierce battles finally matured. They would rather be shot through the body from the front than sell themselves or their backs to the enemy. They walked and fought in the rain of arrows, taking their time and following them.
Behind the Boling Army, they followed step by step and never gave up.
With the cover of the Hedong archers, the Boling soldiers no longer had to worry about the threats from above. They pushed forward like a tide, stabbing their long spears into the Turkic ranks like sea langs. Under a series of overlapping stabs, the Turkic wolf cavalry
Like out-of-season rootless bamboo shoots, the layers were peeled off and turned into corpses at the feet of the Boling Army. Seeing that their brothers could not serve as the vanguard of the Boling Army, several leading Turkic Burkes took the risk to adjust.
Tactics, try your best to have the wolf cavalry under your command avoid the front of the formation, try to detour to both sides, and open the gap in the formation from the flanks
How could the Jianghu heroes and horse thieves on the two wings of the formation allow the Turks to succeed, so they rushed forward with plain knives and leather shields. With the Boling Army to rely on, everyone did not need to worry about any flaws in their own formation, so they charged forward to fight.
The wolf riders and tribal warriors who were particularly skillful in trying to take advantage of the situation soon discovered that the guardians of the Great Wall on both wings were no easier to deal with than the guardians in front of the formation. Although the weapons they held in their hands were not the kind of scary-looking rifles, they were able to make moves.
More ruthless than the guardian of the Great Wall directly in front, and more skillful in killing skills
The archers were tired of protecting themselves, and the wolf riders and tribal warriors were retreating steadily under the pressure of the guardians of the Central Plains. If it weren't for the fact that they were far more numerous than the opponent, they would have almost been defeated. Seeing this situation, Gutuolu could no longer calm down.
After going down, he grabbed the command flag from the hand of Damei Luashina Houjin beside him, and waved it with all his strength, "Where you are, fight on the spot. Everyone keeps their own position. Anyone who retreats will be killed. Regardless of killing one enemy, regardless of origin, all will be rewarded with ten sheep."
Head, three horses!”
After finishing shouting, Gutuolu turned around again and ordered his brother Ashina Daman with his red eyes, "Daman, you lead your troops to resist the Boling Army immediately and don't let them continue to advance."
"Big brother?!!" Ashenadaman didn't expect that his brother who always doted on him would actually send him to die first, and he protested with his eyes round.
"Quickly go to Houjin. No matter who you lead my bodyguard to supervise the battle, whoever retreats more than five steps will be immediately beheaded and shrunken to the front, and those who have committed crimes such as collaboration with the enemy will be deprived of their tribes and their pastures will be confiscated!" Ashina Gutolu seemed to have no idea at all.
Hearing Daman's protest, Er took off his sword and put it directly into Hou Jin's hand.
"Yes! Great sweat!" Ashina Houjin hugged Gutuolu's saber and turned around to mobilize his troops. Hearing that his brother had given such a cruel order, Ashina Daman knew that there was no room for maneuver and stamped his feet.
, raised the knife and ran towards his own tribe. "Brothers, follow me, let them see the blood of Turkic men!" He shouted loudly, leading the team against the defeated army, no longer complaining, and no longer looked at his brother.
"Helu, you lead your troops and horses to form the second base behind Daman. Don't let anyone pass in front of you, including Daman!" Gutuolu watched his brother leave, and then ordered his trusted general Ashina Helu to form the second base.
Second defensive position
The brother of the Great Khan was already on the front line. Of course, Ashina Helu didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. He agreed dully, turned around and continued to distribute the command arrows, and ridiculed Ashina.
Xuan, Ashina Baozhu and other Turkic nobles were all sent up. They set up positions one by one in front of the Boling Army. Then they ordered people to blow the horns and mobilize all the soldiers who participated in the feint attack from Qilin Valley and Huanghuahuozi to Hulu Stream.
, concentrated his troops and waited for the response to the sound of horns from two places, he took a breath, turned his head to his confidant General Ashina Husero and ordered in a low voice, "You, ride on my horse, go and kill the military camp and nearby people who can participate in the battle."
All brothers are mobilized here. You don’t need to wait for my general orders. Once you arrive at your position, launch the attack directly!"
"Great Khan?" Ashina Husero took the command arrow, but his steps were unable to move at all. Due to the terrain restrictions near the Great Wall, Gutuolu led less than one-half of the entire battalion every time he went into battle. He held this arrow in his hands.
The order of arrows is equivalent to the mobilization power of nearly two hundred thousand troops. However, the brothers who are fighting in front of them have lost their energy. If the troops of Daman, Helu and others cannot hold on before he comes back, Gutuolu will have no soldiers around him.
Yes, there is a chance that he will die in Li Xu's hands!
"Go quickly!" Ashina Gutolu knew what the general wanted to express, pointed at the army that was still retreating not far away, and said with a bitter smile: "If this battle is defeated, can I still survive?
If you were one step early, you would have saved me, otherwise, you would have been waiting to ransom my corpse!"
"The final general will definitely live up to the trust of the Great Khan!" Ashina Husela pressed his right chest with his hand and bowed his head deeply. He knew that the enemy and we had reached the decisive moment of victory and defeat, and did not dare to say anything more before jumping on Gutuolu.
The horse, whipped twice hard on the horse, flew away like flying
That's the only way! After sending out the last general around him, Gutuolu felt peaceful. He grabbed a horizontal knife from the hands of his personal soldiers, held it tightly and stood under his woolen banner.
The defeated tribal warriors ran past him not far away, with Gutuolu's sword pointed straight. Immediately some soldiers rushed forward, chopped down the deserter without any explanation, cut off his head, and threw it at Gutuolu's feet.
Damei Luashina Houjin, who was responsible for supervising the battle, was no longer soft-hearted. He led all black-armored guards and formed a human wall near Gutuolu. No matter who tried to pass through the wall for any reason, the guards immediately took action.
He raised the knife, cut off his head cleanly, and threw it bloody at his feet.
The younger brother of the Great Khan was personally leading the battle at the front, and behind him were a group of ferocious wolf cavalry and tribal warriors supervising the battle. The morale of the tribal warriors was slightly improved. Under the command of the low-level generals, they formed a small team to fight against the Central Plains Allied Forces.
After all, there were only a few people, and the pace of progress was greatly slowed down by the enemy's sacrifice of life and death.
Seeing that the enemy army refused to retreat, Li Xu immediately changed his tactics and ordered the archers hidden in the Boling army's formation to draw their bows and shoot forward. In an instant, the wolf cavalry fell hundreds more, and Ashina Daman was also gone.
Showing weakness, he led his cronies to bend their bows and arrows, and aimed at the soldiers of the Boling Army in the front row to fight back bravely.
Many wolf riders and tribal warriors were accidentally injured by Ashina Daman's arrows, but this kind of killing that did not distinguish between friend and foe caused some trouble to the Boling Army. In the blink of an eye, the position that had just been shot away by the archer was again shot.
The new tribal warriors filled up. Under the dual effects of the temptation of wealth and the threat of death, the herdsmen were killed one by one and crowded one by one. In a short period of time, the Boling Army was stopped.
The archery battle between the two sides also fell into a stalemate at this time. Although the Hedong archers, under the command of Chen Yanshou, caught their Turkic counterparts by surprise and caused great damage to the enemy, the Turkic archers turned their attention away from the Boling army's soldiers.
They all gathered on the side of the Hedong archers, and after adding a large number of reinforcements, they gradually recovered the decline with their shooting skills that were more than superior to the Hedong soldiers. Generals Liu Jizhen and Shi Derui, who were guarding the two wings, sent out their troops many times.
He tried to break into the Turkic archers and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, but was blocked by Su Chuofuli and his followers.
