Liu Ling didn't even put on his armor, he just called Dugu Ruizhi over and whispered a few words in his ear. After Dugu Ruizhi heard what Liu Ling said, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
After getting off the general platform, Dugu Ruizhi ordered half of the men and horses to go out and hand over the heavy horses to the remaining companions. Each of them only brought a wooden horizontal knife, but the remaining half of the people's arrow pots were taken.
Come here, each person carries two pots of feathered arrows. In order not to hurt anyone, the feathered arrows have been tightly wrapped with thick cloth strips, so even if they are shot at people, they will not hurt the other person.
The same goes for the Yingzhou soldiers. The weapons in their hands were replaced by wooden knives and guns used for daily training, which could not hurt people. Their arrows were also wrapped in cloth strips. After everything was arranged, half an hour had passed.
The generals standing in front of the Yingzhou soldiers were a little confused when the soldiers of the Black Qilin Army gave up the horseshoes they had in hand. The horseshoes in the hands of the Black Kirin Army were not crudely made things. They were fine products produced by Bai Gongfang. Every time
Everything is made with precision workmanship.
There are a lot of details in the horse's bow. The pole is not like the wooden pole used in the horse's bow at all. Instead, it is made from the main trunk of the best tough wood, peeled into uniform thickness, and glued together. The tough wood is used as a bow.
The best is the rubbing wood, followed by mulberry, oak, rattan, and the worst is bamboo. Soak the fine wood repeatedly in oil until it no longer deforms or cracks, and then the first step is completed. And this process
It took nearly a year. After one year, the strips were taken out and allowed to dry in the shade for several months.
Then use the best glue to glue it into a handful, about eight feet long (note, Han ruler), and wrap the hemp rope around the outer layer. When the hemp rope is dry, apply raw lacquer and wrap it in Gebu. Dry it layer by layer and wrap it layer by layer.
, until you cut it with a knife and the stem makes a metallic sound but does not break, it is considered qualified. Then remove the head and tail and shorten it to about six feet. A fine steel stem is installed in the front and a red copper stem is installed in the back.
After constant adjustments, the standard for passing the test is to hang a hemp rope two feet from the end of the stem so that the entire eight-foot-long horse stem can be suspended in mid-air like a scale beam without falling at either end.
In this way, when a general is riding a horse, he can keep the tip of the spear forward without any effort. The spear made in this way is light, tough and strong. The general can hold it directly and use the horse power to charge, or he can swing it to fight in close combat. Just the whole spear
It takes three years, and the success rate is only 40%, so the cost is astonishingly high.
The horse's elasticity is very good. When it hits the body of an infantry, it can not only penetrate the infantry, but also bounce the corpse hanging on the front of the horse. It is an excellent weapon for charging into the formation. At this time, the Black Kirin Army
The 500 cavalrymen gave up their handy horse shafts and switched to wooden cross swords, which was obviously full of confidence.
The elasticity of the horse is relatively good. Even if the front of the horse is wrapped, it will inevitably hurt the Yingzhou soldiers. When the generals of the Yingzhou soldiers saw that the Black Qilin Army did not use the horse, they felt grateful to the Black Qilin Army, but also a little angry.
Angry that they look down on people so much that they actually think they can break through the phalanx lined with weapons of the Yingzhou soldiers with a horizontal sword?
Lei Ao, who was in charge of commanding the spearmen in front of the phalanx, curled his lips, turned around and shouted: "Turn the spear over, no one is allowed to hurt anyone with the spear tip! Also, the rules have been agreed, no matter who gets hurt
If the sword is withdrawn on its own initiative, it will be counted as death. If I find that someone who has been hit by a wooden sword from the Black Qilin Army is still on the battlefield, I will wipe his neck with a real horizontal sword!"
The new recruits of the Yingzhou soldiers could not afford expensive rifles, so they basically had spears with an iron tip on a wooden handle.
Several captains behind him laughed loudly and said: "General, don't worry, there are so many of us and we can beat five hundred of them. If we continue to cheat and fool around, wouldn't we be embarrassed to death? Although our soldiers have not been trained for a long time, they are still capable of fighting."
It’s not to the point of being looked down upon like that. Besides, we Yingzhou soldiers are all good men, if we win, we win, and if we lose, we won’t lie!”
Lei Ao nodded and said: "Cheer up, everyone, don't be frightened by the name of the prince who is victorious in every battle. Haven't you seen it yet? The prince doesn't want to revoke the designation of our Yingzhou soldiers recruits, otherwise he will just
Five hundred soldiers? He is deliberately giving us trouble. We just need to cheer up and fight according to our usual drills. When the prince is happy, he will naturally be defeated!"
A captain stood on tiptoe and asked, "Really?"
Lei Ao glared at him and said: "When did I ever deceive you? Your Majesty wants to test the training effect of our Yingzhou recruits. If the training is really good, Your Majesty will naturally be happy to keep you all. If we lose
, think about it, without the prince saying anything, do you have the honor to stay?"
The captain gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Let's fight!"
Seeing that the morale of his subordinates had been boosted, Lei Ao smiled proudly.
But he didn't hear it. The soldiers not far behind him whispered: "Did you hear that? If we lose, we can join our families to farm. I heard that land has been allocated in my hometown. As long as the strong men are strong, each person will get ten acres."
! They are all fat and oily land. I really envy those people who go home."
Another said: "Don't think about good things! Even if we retire, we will go to farm. The land belongs to the imperial court and we will just work hard. The food won will not be ours. We might as well hang out in the army!"
"What if there is a war? The wolf cavalry of Daliao, the fine armor of Xixia, and the tiger warriors of Zhou. Can recruits like us beat others? Even if we train for another two years, we will still be slaughtered on the battlefield.
Life! I think it’s better to go to farm. Didn’t the court say that as long as you work hard, you will be rewarded with five to ten acres of land according to your performance in the first year. If you perform well in the second year, you will be rewarded with another five acres.
If you still perform well in three years, you will be rewarded with another five acres. In this way, as long as you work hard, you can earn at least fifteen acres of good land in three years, two crops a year, and at least the whole family will no longer have to go hungry.
!”
"I think so. Even if you die in the war, you will be rewarded with ten acres of land without having to pay taxes, but you have to pay for it with your life, and it is not as easy as farming. We are all soil bosses. We can only serve the crops, but we can serve the swords and guns.
It’s still not going well until now.”
"Then shall we fight or not?"
"You're stupid! Why stay in the army after all your efforts? Can't you see? Sooner or later we will have to go to war with the Great Zhou Dynasty in the south. When the time comes, the ones who will rush to the front and serve as cannon fodder will be recruits like us, and those veterans
It’s all used in the end! If you ask me, we can just fool around. If we lose, we will go to farm. Didn’t the court say that you can bring your family members with you to farm? The court will take care of the food!"
"Besides, what kind of method does Prince Zhong use? If the prince said that five hundred cavalry can defeat our more than 20,000 new recruits, then they can definitely defeat them. When have you heard that the prince has lost a battle?"
"Yes, yes! You can handle it for a while!"
For a moment, the generals at the front thought their morale had been boosted and were full of confidence, with smiles on their lips. But the soldiers behind also had smiles on their faces, but the meaning of their smiles was completely different.
After getting ready, Liu Ling ordered his people to move the chairs on the stage forward, sit down at the front, leaned down and asked Liu Mao: "Are you ready?"
Liu Mao nodded and said: "Your Majesty, Yingzhou's soldiers are all ready and can start at any time!"
Liu Ling glanced at Dugu Ruizhi again, who nodded to him while sitting on horseback. Liu Ling smiled and said, "Since everything is ready, let's get started."
"Your Majesty, don't you take command personally?"
Liu Mao asked in surprise when he saw that Liu Ling didn't move.
Liu Ling waved her hand and said, "No need, you are destined to lose anyway."
Liu Mao took a look and found nothing suspicious on the prince's face.
"start!"
He couldn't understand why the prince was so confident, but Liu Mao didn't think he would definitely lose. He ordered the drums to be beaten, and as soon as the drums fell, the two sides would start fighting.
As a burst of majestic drums sounded, the cavalry of the Black Kirin Army took a step forward in order, raised their swords, first gave Liu Ling a military salute, and then slowly pressed towards the Black Kirin Army. The school ground in Yingzhou
It's big enough, and even a hundred thousand troops can have plenty of troops, and a formation of twenty thousand people won't look crowded. Besides, when you're really facing the enemy, you can't even see the people in the rear while the front line is fighting.
Dugu Ruizhi pointed with his wooden sword, and the five hundred Black Qilin Army under his command began to accelerate slowly. Using Dugu Ruizhi as an arrow, the five hundred Black Qilin Army formed a sharper triangular attack formation. Three hundred steps, the speed of the Black Qilin Army
Having already lifted it up, Dugu Ruizhi, who was the arrowhead, dropped his visor and pulled down his visor. The cavalry behind him also pulled down their visors.
Two hundred steps, one hundred and ninety steps, one hundred and eighty steps.
Lei Ao raised his wooden sword and shouted: "Archers, prepare, one hundred and fifty steps away, throw!"
The thousands of archers under his command nervously clenched the bows and arrows in their hands, waiting for the commander's order. One hundred and seventy steps, the archer commander suddenly shouted: "Fire the arrows!"
With a buzzing sound, a piece of feathered arrows flew out, covering the sky and the sun.
One hundred and fifty paces, the archers were able to kill the enemy.
At one hundred and sixty steps, Dugu Ruizhi suddenly pointed his sword to the left and took the lead in changing the route. The five hundred cavalry behind him completed a beautiful turn, drew a perfect arc and changed direction. Counting several
Unclear arrows fell in front of them one after another, basically causing no harm to the Black Qilin Army. Only four or five cavalrymen were scratched by the flying arrows. The cavalry who were shot consciously pushed out of the battle, although
In a real battle, it is impossible for such light and fluttering arrows to harm them.
From straight to parallel, the cavalry completed a perfect change of direction. Approaching the Yingzhou soldiers diagonally, the cavalry of the Black Kirin Army got closer and closer to the square formation of the Yingzhou soldiers.
"Fire the arrow, let the arrow fly!"
Lei Ao ordered loudly.
The arrows poured out like a rainstorm, but most of them fell behind the Black Qilin Army. After their arrows were shot out, the cavalry of the Black Qilin Army had already rushed forward several steps.
At eighty paces, the Black Qilin Army's cavalry bows began to show their power. Their superb shooting skills, superb riding skills, and feather arrows were not as dense as those of the Yingzhou soldiers, but their lethality was far greater than those of the Yingzhou soldiers. The Yingzhou soldiers were stationed too densely.
, more than 300 infantrymen were "shot to death" with one round of arrows.
I thought that the Black Qilin Army would take the opportunity to rush over. The spearmen without shield protection in front were "shot to death" layer by layer, but they could not retreat. They could only wait for the Black Qilin Army to crash over. Unfortunately, the Black Qilin Army did not seem to be able to retreat.
They had no intention of rushing into the formation, they just circled around the perimeter over and over again, shooting out feather arrows. Each person had two pots of feather arrows, which was enough for them to squander.
Seeing that most of the two thousand spearmen outside were "killed", but the Black Qilin Army still had no intention of charging over, Lei Ao had no choice but to get down with his shield hand and move forward to protect, while the archers moved outward. The formation had just changed, Dugu
Ruizhi suddenly pointed at Lei Ao. Although there were still sixty or seventy steps away, Lei Ao clearly felt a cold murderous aura.
After being fooled for a moment, the Black Qilin Army swung over like a swing and headed straight for Lei Ao.
Sixty steps, it only takes four or five breaths to tell the incoming cavalry. How can the archers who have just moved outside stop the cavalry?
However, he was rushed to the ground in a moment, and Lei Ao was slashed on the shoulder by Dugu Ruizhi and declared "dead". Taking advantage of the chaos among the Yingzhou soldiers at the front, the Black Kirin Army cavalry shouted in unison: "Admit defeat! Just admit defeat."
You can go home and farm! My wife and children are on the hot bed, go home and enjoy your happiness!"
"mean!"
Liu Mao, who personally commanded the Chinese army, cursed loudly, but was unable to save himself.
Thousands of Yingzhou soldiers in front of them retreated like a sea and began to scramble. One person took the lead and ran back, and those who were hesitant began to follow. Soon, Liu Mao's Chinese army was overwhelmed by the attack of his own defeated troops.
Liu Mao thought about it and recognized it. This is the most standard reverse-roll bead curtain. Why can't he prevent it? (To be continued)
