One hundred and twenty steps away, even if an ordinary bow and arrow had reached such a distance, it would have lost its strength. But this arrow, with an awe-inspiring power, directly hit the Zhou army's General Qian from behind.
He was knocked off his horse!
The arrow hit his throat. For a moment, his throat was stuck, and the suffocation that made it difficult to breathe made him panic. He took a hard breath, and his throat relaxed, and a stream of air with the smell of blood entered.
Body, he smiled with satisfaction. The bloody corpse fell to the ground, and his life no longer belonged to him.
General Qian died, and the infantry under his command suddenly panicked. His soldiers rushed up to pick up the body of his general, and dragged him back into the unformed square formation. I don’t know when the general began to
It has become a military law for the soldiers who died to snatch his body back and then commit mass suicide. At this moment, the soldiers of General Qian looked at the corpse of the general and suddenly found that the whole world had become gray.
color.
One hundred steps, ninety steps, eighty steps!
Getting closer!
He could even see clearly the fluttering red battle flag of the Han army. The general in charge of commanding the archers of the Zhou army had his fists tightly drilled. As long as he was ten steps closer, he would order the arrows to be fired without hesitation! The phalanx of the Zhou army
It hasn't been formed yet. The only thing that can stop the Han cavalry is the archers. As long as they take seventy steps, the Zhou army's infantry bows can cover the cavalry with fire!
"Fire the arrow!"
The Zhou general who commanded the archers waved his hand downwards and shouted loudly.
call!
A swarm of feather arrows flew out, so dense that they even blocked the sunlight that illuminated everything. Feather arrows with such a density did not need to be aimed at all. As long as they were shot in a covering manner, they would cause a fatal blow to the cavalry approaching at high speed!
Suddenly! The Han cavalry in the distance suddenly separated on both sides like a rushing river hitting a huge boulder in the middle of the river! The two flood peaks did not continue to advance straight towards the Zhou army's arrow formation, but changed.
It became parallel to the Zhou army’s defense!
The speed of the change of direction of the two torrents exceeded the expectations of everyone in the Zhou army! Such maneuverability would never be possible if it were not for a sufficiently elite cavalry!
While approaching the square formation of the Zhou army that had not yet formed, most of the arrows fell behind the Han cavalry. At this time, the cavalry who came over from the diagonal thrust began to attack the Zhou army's infantry with their cavalry bows.
The range of the cavalry bow is shorter than that of the infantry bow. In order to hit the enemy as much as possible and reduce losses, Hanasaburo commanded the cavalry to change directions and attack the enemy formation. It was simply a nightmare for the Zhou army.
In front of the fast-moving cavalry, most of the Zhou army's archers were unable to aim. The arrows were clearly aimed at people, but they always fell behind the opponent's cavalry. However, the repeated crossbows and riding bows equipped by the Han army's cavalry were
There is no need to aim at all during the maneuver, you only need to shoot the crossbow arrows at the Zhou army's queue!
The spearmen who lined up at the front of the square formation to meet the attack of the Han cavalry became the biggest victims. The spearmen were not equipped with iron armor, and the thin leather armor was basically equivalent to zero defense against feather arrows. Especially
At a distance of less than fifty steps, the arrows fired by the cavalry due to inertia could easily penetrate the leather armor and penetrate into the soldiers' bodies.
The Han cavalry rushed towards the parallel direction of the Zhou army's formation, and the crossbow arrows released immediately pushed the Zhou army's spearmen at the front to the ground. Although the Zhou army's archers fought back fiercely, they did not harm the cavalry.
But it's minuscule. If the cavalry is facing them, the archer attack will be unstoppable for them. But the current Zhou army's archers will have a hard time catching the cavalry that is rushing past sideways!
Every time the cavalry rushed around the perimeter of the Zhou army's formation, it would tear off a layer of the phalanx. When the Han army's cavalry roared for the second time and rushed past fifty steps in front of the phalanx, the spearmen had already
Can't stand any longer.
Sun Xuandao could not sit back and watch such losses. He ordered the spearmen to withdraw into the square formation, the shield bearers to push to the outside, and the archers to move forward to shoot the enemy's cavalry.
Sun Xuandao was protected by dozens of soldiers and commanded his subordinates to fight through gaps in the crowd. The general who commanded the cavalry of the Han army was definitely a talented person. Although this kind of almost harassing attack could not defeat the Zhou army in one fell swoop, it could
But it can protect itself while maximizing the damage to the defending infantry!
If this continues, the Han cavalry will only need to run back and forth one more time, and the outermost spearmen will be torn clean by them layer by layer. No matter who is the commander, this kind of consumption is unbearable.
The fighting method reminded Sun Xuandao of the grassland people thousands of miles away in the north.
He knew that it was the Turkic Wolf Cavalry who first used this tactic. They relied on the mobility of the cavalry to circle the infantry defensive positions and shoot with bows and arrows, killing the defending infantry layer by layer. I don’t know how many people relied on this tactic.
The Turkic Wolf Cavalry defeated the many with a small number and created the legend of the cavalry.
And now the Khitans in the north have used cavalry tactics to almost the extreme. The Khitans are more proficient in using this kind of tactics than the Turks!
We can't continue to waste our troops like this. The lethality of the Zhou army's archers against the Han army's cavalry is too low. Compared to the attack by the Han army's cavalry, the casualty ratio of both sides remains at about one to five. If this continues, it won't take long for the army to be defeated.
The formation will be torn apart by the cavalry.
You must take the initiative!
Sun Xuandao was so cruel that he ordered all the Zhou army's cavalry to gather together and rush over to block the attack route of the Han army's cavalry. As long as the attack of the Han army's cavalry was disrupted, elite armored infantry rushed up to intercept the melee, and in order to
The spearmen assisted in the attack, and the archers killed the enemy on their own. Sun Xuandao made such a decision immediately.
At present, the total number of Zhou army's cavalry is less than 500. However, these cavalry are all personal soldiers of each general, and their combat effectiveness is definitely higher than those of the ordinary cavalry of the Han army. As long as these 500 people disrupt the attack of the Han army's cavalry,
Deployment, the chance of victory is in the hands of Zhou Jun.
Sun Xuandao gave the decisive order, and under the leadership of General Meng Xiandi, he assembled nearly 500 elite cavalry and quickly formed an attack formation. Like an awl, he killed the cavalry of the Han army surrounding the Zhou army! With Meng Xiandi as a sharp weapon,
Spear-tipped, cone-shaped cavalry troops roared straight into the Han army.
Seeing that he was about to collide with the Han army's light cavalry, Meng Xiandi even heard the groans of the other soldiers' throats being cut by his own sword. He shouted loudly, raised his sword and suddenly accelerated again!
Suddenly, the Han army's cavalry team suddenly separated, letting the Zhou army's awl-like cavalry team pass. Behind the Han army's light cavalry, a group of 200 armored cavalry slowly accelerated towards the Zhou army.
The army's cavalry troop collided head-on!
Two hundred armored cavalry were wearing full-body iron armor. Even their necks and faces were protected by iron chain armor, revealing only a pair of murderous eyes. Even the horses under their crotches were covered in thick iron armor.
The iron armor firmly protects people and horses. And this is not all the equipment of the armored cavalry. In their hands, each of them holds a three-meter-long cavalry weapon!
The raised sword flashed with a dazzling light in the sun. The war horse, with only its eyes and nostrils exposed, snorted and dug up the dirt with its four hooves, killing them like armored beasts one by one. The mask protecting its face
On it, a devilish pattern with bloody eyes and sharp fangs is depicted, which is ferocious and terrifying.
The two cavalrymen were like two opposing waves rushing past, colliding with each other with a loud bang.
The armored cavalry equipped with heavy spears had an absolute advantage in such a face-to-face confrontation. The three-meter-long heavy spear knocked away the knights on the opposite side at the moment the two teams clashed. Each one had a cavalryman from the Zhou army.
He was picked up by Changsha and thrown into the air.
The sharp sword cut a deep wound on the body of the Zhou army, the leather armor was torn, and blood spurted out like a waterfall. As soon as it came into contact, fifty or sixty Zhou army cavalry were heavily attacked by the Han army's armored cavalry.
Knocked off the horse.
Meng Xiandi knocked away the heavy sword that was coming towards him with his sword. The long sword pressed on the sword pole and slashed in the direction! The sharp blade cut off the armored cavalry's fingers at the root, and then chopped it on his head.
On the body, the blade cut through the thick iron armor, and a spurt of blood suddenly spurted out and splashed on Meng Xiandi's face.
His long sword weighed sixty kilograms, and with the help of inertia, it split the armor of an armored cavalryman. While killing the opponent, Meng Xiandi also felt a sudden shock in his body, and a sharp pain shot through his body. One of his arms
Half of his body was numb from the impact, and he just dodged the oncoming attack of the second armored cavalry before he raised the sword for the second time.
Spotting the flaw of an armored cavalryman, Meng Xiandi slashed the cavalryman on the neck with his sword. The chainmail made of iron rings was the weakest point in the armored cavalry's defense. When the iron rings were cut off, the cavalryman
Meng Xiandi's neck was also cut by the blade. Blood came out in an instant and splashed into Meng Xiandi's eyes.
He quickly wiped the blood on his face, but his vision was still red. In the midst of the lightning, he subconsciously lay back on the horse, dodging a heavy shot that passed through. Again.
After knocking off the stick, Meng Xian's eyes suddenly lit up. It turned out that he had passed through the formation of 200 armored cavalry of the Han army.
After wiping the blood that blinded his eyes again, Meng Xian pulled his horse and turned around to fight back, only to realize that there were only seven or eight people following him at this time!
In one attack, the opponent's armored cavalry killed at least 130 Zhou army cavalry with their long horses. The Zhou army cavalry stopped by the armored cavalry group was immediately lightly attacked by the Han army coming from left and right.
The cavalry surrounded him. After a burst of arrows, the number of Zhou army cavalry still sitting on horseback was less than a hundred.
The bows and arrows of the Han army's light cavalry didn't have to worry about accidentally killing their comrades. The feather arrows they shot could easily take away the enemy's life, but when they hit the heavy cavalry covered with iron armor, they just bounced a spark. The feather arrows
For armored cavalry, it has almost no lethality.
The most frightening thing is that the armored cavalry who only lost six men in one attack did not stop. Instead, they raised their horses again and slammed into the Zhou army's square formation!
PS: This book has 300,000 words now. It seems that I am not shameless in asking to collect it. Ladies and gentlemen, it doesn’t cost much to collect it, but it will be a great kindness to me. I will keep it for a few days.
I can’t even move, and my heart is like a knife. I’m still trying my best to code, but I’m still one? Recently, many great masters have come from other websites, and we can’t lose the face of the author of Zongheng, right? People have collected it ten times
Ten thousand and two hundred thousand, can we do five thousand?
PS2: I started the night shift this week, and work until two o'clock every night. From tomorrow on, I will not sleep when I come back at two o'clock, and I will type until ten o'clock in the morning. I will try to resume three updates a day, even if I am using it to ask for collections and bribe you.
PS3: In addition, when I was tired of writing history, my thoughts were blocked and I felt dizzy. I wrote a few chapters of the city to change my mind. I didn’t ask for a contract or anything. Everyone was happy to see it. Updates are definitely not guaranteed. The title of the book is
Climb up, I think I can find it tomorrow, I will get myself a portal later, I don’t know if this counts as a back door... (To be continued)
