The fluctuations of the magician's message spread out, and the same seemed to happen on the opposite side. The swift divine command made both armies react quickly.
Then I heard a man who looked like a general on the opposite side shout something in a foreign language, which may be a word to boost morale, and the cavalry shouted in unison, and small groups followed, spontaneously forming a huge front arrow, and the war horses began to change from a stroll to a trot.
The military atmosphere filled the air and covered the team, and only a red torrent surged forward.
Two thousand war horses and eight thousand iron hooves trampled the ground, causing a rumble. The vibrations became more and more obvious. The speed was still warming up at a trot. It is estimated that the speed will not be completely increased until the final four to five hundred meters into the range. This kind of shock is also a kind of
Coercion and fright, ordinary infantry advance like a wall of cavalry, psychological pressure will have an impact
But these five thousand people calmly formed a formation, each with their quivers at their feet, staring directly at the torrent of cavalry, with no fear on their faces...
They were originally elites, but now they were warriors. They were fearless. They lined up silently one by one without any disorder, exuding a dark murderous aura.
Ning Yuan looked back. For him who had retained his complete sanity, this situation was a bit chilling, but for the general, it was also a bit reassuring.
Who wouldn't want to command such an army?
Ning Yuan knew that soldiers like him were far superior to Yin soldiers. According to some ancient records of the family, they should be a kind of combat force specially cultivated by the immortals in this region to invade foreign lands...
"The spearmen form a formation at the back, the archers prepare magic arrows, and I gather fire to strangle this cavalry," he ordered coldly, his voice full of hostility.
Make the enemy unlucky so that you can have a chance to recover
At this time, everyone looked at the top of the city, and they were surprised. For some unknown reason, the spearmen were arrayed behind them, and there was a temporary walkway in the middle, ready for the archers to retreat at any time. This walkway was understandable. Although the enemy archers were Taoist soldiers,
, the saber itself can be used as a secondary weapon, but the saber can be used in infantry combat. Against the cavalry who charge with several tons of momentum and hold a spear, the mantis arm can undoubtedly be used as a chariot.
"But this is unnecessary. It's better to have spearmen in front and archers in the back. Is there any difference in the projectile? It's not crossbowmen..."
People were talking a lot, feeling that they didn't understand the enemy commander's thinking. He obviously didn't look stupid. Could it be that there was something he had not considered?
Ye Qing looked at the enemy's formation, but the corner of his mouth curled up... This was an old opponent.
In my impression, it is this kind of sea of soldiers that I face the most. Because ordinary soldiers have low IQs and retain their instinctive combat experience, they cannot understand complex commands.
There is no way to place it behind the gun array and pre-eject according to the angle and strength. It must have a certain field of vision. This is a weakness. Once the powerful cavalry with the Qi Refining Layer breaks through quickly, it will be too late to withdraw into the gun array for protection, and it will be completely defeated.
The fairy ships in the outer realm cannot bring war horses. If the pure infantry dares to use archers as the main force, it is also to guard against the cavalry. Seeing that they have specially equipped magic arrows at their feet, this poses a threat to the Qi Refining Layer and there is no way to easily break through.
Those longbows are almost as tall as a person and are 1.67 meters in length. These long bows require you to draw the bow sideways and bring an iron wrench to draw it safely.
From a distance on the city, you can see a sea of bowstrings, and the arrows are also shining with starlight, making people tremble with fear - this is no better than the broken military star rune gun. The combined attack of the gun is just a few left and right, and the arrows are like hedgehogs.
"Although the level of humane civilization in this outer region is not high, the war technology is no worse than that of this region. Is it because of selective evolution..."
Ye Qing looked at it and remembered that the length was basically the same as the famous English longbow in his memory. He had also seen this size and length when he was a native Han. The difference was that the traditional Han style was a composite recurve bow with sinew angles. I remember that there were also real objects unearthed in later generations.
Relatively speaking, the reputation of this kind of Western classical longbow originating in England is very high, but it is just an added bonus of civilization, commonly known as having gold on one's face.
Looking at the glory, the so-called English longbow is not a sinew compound bow, nor a recurve, but a simple straight-pull wooden bow. It is superior to the Japanese shortbow in that it is long enough, but its energy storage is much inferior. According to
Multiple tests of the unearthed objects and restored products have shown that the average pulling force is about 160 pounds.
What's worse is that qualified English longbowmen at that time had to be trained from an early age until their arms were deformed. After searching Europe, there were not many. It is said that there were only a few thousand people. And the specifications of the compound bows installed in the ancient Han Dynasty army almost all met this draw weight standard.
, the number of the equipment is even more than 100,000, and the true classical total war is a complete explosion - the war technology can reach its peak only by large-scale killing, no matter ancient or modern, no matter what world.
Now that the war legions from the outside world have arrived here, in Ye Qing's opinion, the same lengthened version of the tendon-angle composite recurve bow as shown below is even more dangerous.
Ye Qing narrowed his eyes as he looked at it. He had always suppressed the enemy with arrow formations. Now with the entry of the ground group troops from the outside world, his side has to face the same test. Over the past year, he has been fully expanding the Fire Spirit Steam Engine. One of the big aspects is
Prepare for this.
He did not say anything to recall Zhang Fangbiao for a while, because the cavalry was no longer in good shape and he stopped hastily. He also wanted to see the overall performance of his own army in response, so that if something happened, the real regiment could come to the rescue at any time.
And... I don't know if it was an illusion, but Ye Qing felt eyes focusing on him from the south, and couldn't help but think to himself: "Is it the main gun of the Hongwu ship?"
"How much has it been restored? Or should we say that the Outlander Immortal inside chooses which system to restore first, the weapon or the power?"
Nuwa remained calm and stood in front of him, the enemy's lock being isolated.
"Don't look over there, pretending not to know... I feel the fairy garden, it can use this to attack from a distance at any time." Her voice was a little hoarse.
Ye Qing looked back at this young girl. She had a graceful green shirt, picturesque features, and a strong aura. She was as motionless as a statue standing on the city. It was unclear what her expression was, just like a Valkyrie.
Nuwa didn't pay attention to his assessment, and only looked down at the large battlefield of tens of thousands of people below the city. In her eyes, the battle below the city at this moment was just a game of chess tested by both sides.
At this moment, the cavalry shouted together, raised their flags, and charged forward.
"Wait for my order before firing." Because of the warriors, even if these cavalry charge and come overwhelmingly, the warriors will not be moved.
One mile, five hundred meters, thousands of cavalry whipped their whips fiercely, quickened their horses' pace, their hoofbeats sounded like thunder, and they rushed towards them like a stream of iron. Only the sound of hoofbeats could be heard in the sky and the earth.
You can even see the enemy's bloodthirsty expression more clearly, full of murderous intent and very hateful.
"They are accelerating. Do they know our range?" Ning Yuan thought about it. He had no choice but to shoot without an arrow on the string. His eyes just focused: "Shoot"
Ordinary Taoist soldiers' stable aiming and firing rate is one arrow in ten seconds, and rapid shooting can take five to three seconds. However, the accuracy is worrying, and it can only be used for large-scale arrow array throws, which is suitable.
"Wind up——" The command wave spread everywhere in an instant.
There was a "squeaking" sound of pulling strings, and the breath of the north wind in the cold winter returned to this spring land.
At the next moment of "shooting", a rain of fluttering arrows rose up into a black cloud in mid-air. Because they climbed so high, looking up from the cavalry side, these arrows almost seemed to pause for a moment, and then fell quickly, pulled by gravity.
Accelerate quickly...
"Disperse the formation, form the anti-arrow formation," the captain had already shouted in the cavalry. He lowered his head and pointed the hardest steel pointed helmet diagonally towards the direction of the incoming arrow.
These dark clouds composed of thousands of heavy arrows, all with various colors of light, intertwined into a killing storm.
"Blessed by military spirit, use paper as armor"
Zhang Fangbiao gave an order and he immediately activated the command.
The brilliance of the "Boom" spell, which could only last for more than ten seconds, flashed on the cavalry's breastplate, and a golden armor was faintly put on it.
Zhang Fangbiao rolled over on his saddle, keeping his face facing the arrow rain. From time to time, he flicked his spear to attack the horse with arrows. From their experience, after the protection and blessing of the magician, even if the magic arrow was directly hit, he would not die, and falling from the horse would not necessarily kill him.
You will die, and it would be unlucky to stop and fall into enemy lines.
Despite this, arrows rained down, people and horses kept falling to the ground, people and horses neighing, and there was chaos.
One of them had his head shot through. His heavily armored body was sitting on a horse, and large spurts of blood shot out from his neck like a fountain.
Another war horse was hit by an arrow, neighed, and was thrown several meters away.
Before the cavalry could stand up, they were hit by the horses behind them and trampled to a pulp by the rolling cavalry troops. The cavalry charged into the formation. What they feared most was falling off their horses. According to military regulations, at this time, the comrades behind them were not allowed to show any mercy.
He ran into it and was trampled into a pulp.
Ning Yuan, who was watching the results, couldn't help but frown when facing the cavalry rolling in.
"The arrows are still hitting. The enemy army is elite and there are many magicians..." Ning Yuan saw this and ordered: "Keep shooting and see how much mana they have to consume."
Above and below the city, people on both sides looked solemn, counting how many cavalrymen had fallen from their horses in the first few waves of arrows, in order to gauge the enemy's strength.
Ye Qing stood behind Nuwa, but he only glanced at the battlefield without changing his expression, and said to Ma Chao: "The enemy's bow is not bad, it is not inferior to the crossbows captured by the state capital, go back and capture more."
"yes"
The generals agreed verbally, but most of their thoughts were still on the battlefield, waiting for a fight. Who was still thinking about looking back... But invisibly, they all had thoughts, thinking that the lord would definitely win.
Only Huang Zhong and other senior archery generals, their eyes lit up and they nodded: "It's not inferior to the bows made by the Han people, but it's a pity that I haven't seen the crossbows made in the outside world."
"Lord, the position of the main force in the rear and the progress of the two generals Jiang Chen and Guan Yu." Ji Caizhu came over quickly and presented the message.
Ye Qing stopped talking and glanced around. He estimated that they would meet up at Jinsha Station in a short while, so he was not in a hurry to go there. He smiled and said: "The crossbows made in the foreign lands are good, but in their harsh mountains and rivers, human life is more valuable than weapons, so they are not good at heavy crossbows.
I don’t think it’s worth it, so it’s better to recruit a few more archers. Besides, Tao soldiers are reserved and don’t get tired easily due to their own strength, and they also prefer fast bows…”
Everyone present was speechless for a while, and even those who didn't understand military affairs could feel a naked chill. This kind of offensive civilization developed in poor mountains and rivers was instinctively disgusting for the ethnic groups under the farming dynasty.
Zhuge Liang sighed: "Similarly speaking, we are trying our best to block the technology of the foreign races in the lower lands. The most important thing is to avoid the surrounding Hu tribes from getting bigger. Now the foreign lands are simply an enhanced version of the Huns' technology, or the evil way of farming civilization...