Three hundred and twenty first chapters show their magical powers
Following the rhythm of the trumpet, the first batch of Zhou army's attacking troops numbered 10,000 men, protected by two hundred heavy ballistae, and slowly and heavily pressed towards the south gate camp of the Han army.
From five hundred meters away, the heavy crossbows of the Zhou army began to roar. The squeaking sound was the soldiers twisting the roulette wheel. Five or six people worked hard to turn the roulette wheel to the tightest position. At this time, a four-month long
Mi's heavy crossbow had also been pulled to the innermost position. He suddenly pulled out the stick, and the heavy crossbow flew out like a dragon out of the sea.
A heavy crossbow, weighing over a hundred kilograms, drew a beautiful parabola with the roar of the wind, and then slammed into the Han army's camp. Even the thickest giant shield could not stop the giant crossbow.
A shield attack. It only takes one strike from a heavy crossbow to break a huge shield.
The Han army's repeating pyrotechnics were covered, and each of them was blocked by three or four giant shields in front of it. Moreover, there were only twenty repeating pyrotechnics in the South Gate Camp. Although the heavy crossbows were powerful,
However, it is impossible to aim accurately. The strength and wind speed can change the trajectory of the heavy crossbow. It is tantamount to wishful thinking to accurately concentrate the fire ballistas hundreds of meters away. But fortunately, the Zhou army has enough heavy crossbows.
After two hundred heavy crossbows smashed through them, the Han army huddled behind the defenses and did not dare to take the lead. The catapults the Han army relied on were not in the South Gate camp, which reduced the Zhou army's worries by most.
After three rounds of heavy crossbow bombardment, many of the horses in front of the Han army's camp were blasted to pieces, clearing passages one by one. It was Xia Houle, the general of the Zhou army, who commanded the first row of attacks. He saw the Han army huddled in the fortifications.
The rear did not dare to show its head, and four or five of the continuous fire ballistas were smashed. When the time was right, the flag was waved, and the Zhou army immediately rushed over like a landslide and a tsunami.
Seeing that the Zhou army quickly rushed within 150 steps, and the Han army's continuous fire ballistae still did not move, the Zhou army became more courageous. At this time, the Han army archers hiding behind the low wall began to attack.
Showing his power, the dense feather arrows were poured out like water, immediately knocking down the Zhou army rushing to the front.
Thousands of archers mechanically sent out arrows one by one. The Zhou soldiers who were running at full speed were pierced by the arrows one after another and fell to the ground. There is a saying that no more than three arrows are possible in battle, which means two.
In an army battle, one side attacks, and the defending side can only shoot three arrows at most when the enemy is within range, and the enemy will rush forward. Of course, this is relative to the cavalry. No matter how fast the infantry runs,
At a distance of one hundred and fifty steps, a skilled archer can shoot up to five arrows.
After three arrows, the Zhou army's cavalry was less than thirty steps away from the Han army's camp. This distance was reached in an instant for the cavalry, and the Han army's archers had absolutely no chance to shoot another arrow. One hundred and fifty steps,
Hundreds of cavalry were shot off their horses. At this time, the Zhou army's cavalry had begun to slow down, preparing to rush into the Han army's camp from the cleared road. But at this moment, a sudden change occurred!
With a bang, the dozens of war horses rushing at the front suddenly sank, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Dust rose into the sky, and the neighing of the war horses echoed through the clouds. The cavalry behind could not guard their horses, and there were many more.
The few people fell into a large pit three meters deep under the influence of inertia. It turned out that the Han army actually dug a large pit three to four meters wide and more than three meters deep fifteen meters away in front of the camp!
Now Xia Houle finally knew how the low walls that almost surrounded half of the camp where the archers hid in the Han army's camp came about. The Han army dug holes in front of the camp to collect soil, and the soil formed a low wall.
Wall. Of the two thousand cavalry who charged, hundreds of them fell into the pit due to inertia. The cavalry behind them tried their best to rein in their horses, and then they stopped awkwardly at the edge of the pit.
At this time, there was a shout from the Han army camp. Hundreds of Han soldiers moved the wooden barrels one by one and placed them on the slope that had been deliberately laid before. They pushed the barrels hard and hundreds of them were filled with rapeseed oil.
The barrel gurgled down the slope and fell into the pit. Then, countless lit torches were thrown from behind the low wall and thrown into the pit. Soon, a raging fire broke out in the pit!
The wailing of people and the harsh neighing of war horses came one after another, and a burning smell began to spread in the air. In the raging fire, hundreds of Zhou army cavalry who fell into the pit were burned alive by the fire.
He died. The fire started burning in the pit, and the highest flames came out three or four meters outside the pit. It turned out that the Han army put a lot of dry firewood in the pit, and the fire could not be stopped!
The fire cut off the sight of both sides, the ears were filled with the whines of humans and horses, and the nose was filled with the stench of burnt human and horse meat. The scene was cruel and heart-stopping. The Han army's archers began to show off their power again, and did not attack at all.
Taking aim, he began to release arrows across the raging fire. Many of the Zhou army's cavalry, who were forced back step by step by the fire, were shot to death by the cold arrows of the Han army. The Zhou army could not move forward and was suppressed by the Han army's archers and fled back hastily.
Out of range.
Seeing the loss of more than 70% of the two thousand cavalry, Xia Houle was heartbroken! But the fire was too fierce and the soldiers could not rush through it. He had to order the soldiers to retreat temporarily and wait until the fire in the pit was extinguished before continuing.
Attack. In this way, the first wave of the Zhou army's offensive was in vain by the Han army. Although not many people were burned to death by this fire, the visual shock to the Zhou army was extremely
Intense. Faced with the sudden fire, many war horses were so frightened that they fled with the knights on them.
After an hour, the fire in the pit gradually weakened. Xia Houle was furious and ordered the soldiers to attack again. In the same way, he first used heavy crossbows to suppress the Han army, and then the soldiers began to attack.
.Losing a large number of cavalry, the attack of the second row of Zhou army was mainly composed of infantry.
Seeing that they had entered the range of two hundred steps, the remaining repeating pyrotechnics of the Han army began to show off their power. For the cavalry, the power of the repeating pyrotechnics was limited. But for the infantry who launched a group charge, the power of the repeating pyrotechnics was
The power was immediately fully demonstrated. Although more than ten continuous fire ballistas were destroyed by the Zhou army's heavy crossbows, the remaining fire ballistas could still cause large-scale damage to the Zhou army's infantry.
Layers of Zhou army infantry were nailed to death by fire crossbows. Under the influence of inertia, the soldiers who were hit by the arrows still rushed forward a few steps before falling to the ground. The sound of fire crossbows piercing the Zhou army's leather armor was muffled.
became the main theme, and with a pop-pop sound, Zhou Jun was shot to death one after another.
After finally getting close to the big pit, the Zhou army could only concentrate on the narrow corridors between the countless large pits and rush into the Han army's camp. In this way, the Han army's attack targets became direct and dense.
The Han archers only had to fire arrows at the few corridors to kill Zhou soldiers one after another. The Zhou soldiers who were lucky enough to rush through the pit were immediately stopped by the low walls standing one after another.
Footsteps, while the Han army stabbed out one stick after another from the low wall, stabbing the Zhou soldiers to death.
The second attack by the Zhou army was far more brutal than the first. Although the first attack looked spectacular, only a few hundred cavalry were burned to death. However, in the second attack, a large number of Zhou army's infantry were killed.
The Han army had made up its mind to defend firmly and tried every means to set up too many obstacles outside the camp. It can be said that after the Zhou army rushed to the outside of the camp, it became difficult to move.
There were so many dead people that the large pit more than three meters deep was gradually filled with dead bodies. However, the defensive skills of the Han army seemed to be endless. Hundreds of spears were thrown out, and immediately another Zhou army fell down wailing.
The second attack lasted for half an hour. The number of people killed by the Zhou army had already made Xia Houle calm down. If the fight continued like this, even if all of his ten thousand troops were used up, it would only be enough to clear the countless big pits.
Flatten!
After losing more than 4,000 men and horses, Xia Houle ordered the soldiers to retreat. The Han army used too many shameless and dirty methods to defend themselves. If they wanted to break into the Han army's camp, the Zhou army would have to pay several times the price!
Xie Jun watched Xia Houle's offensive from a distance and frowned tightly when he saw Zhou Jun's frustration. He didn't know if Liu Ling had come up with these simple but practical defensive techniques of the Han army.
, What he knew was that if he continued to attack like this, his plan to gradually consume the Han army would definitely not succeed. Instead, a large number of troops would be consumed by the Han army's shameless defense! At this time, Xia Houle had stopped the attack again.
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The Zhou army's third wave of offensives still failed, and more than a thousand men and horses were lost again. Ten thousand men and horses, and after three attacks, they lost more than 6,000 men, but they did not even touch the edge of the Han army's camp.
"General, this is not the way to go. If we continue to fight like this, we will not be able to break into the Han army's defense camp even if we lose tens of thousands of people."
Yongxing Junlang held Qin Lie in his fists and said.
Xie Jun sighed and asked, "What can you do?"
Qin Lie said: "General, do you still remember the battle we had with the Shu army three years ago? When we attacked Shu Huangzhou, the Shu army also held fast to the camp outside the city. At that time, General Ma Wen
We came up with the idea of building a charging vehicle. Our archers stand on a 1-foot-high charging vehicle, which can not only defend against the arrows of the Shu army, but also suppress the enemy archers with their height. The infantry follows the charging vehicle.
In the back, casualties can be minimized!"
Xie Jun suddenly slapped his forehead and said: "Why did I forget this? I'm confused! I'm confused! Order Xiahou Le to withdraw, stop the troops today, and build the battle vehicles overnight!"
The so-called assault vehicle is actually very simple in structure. It is just a high wooden platform equipped with four wheels. On one side of the platform, there is a fence-like structure. This can effectively prevent enemy arrows from shooting.
, and the archers standing behind the fence can attack the enemy from a high position in the fist-width gap of the fence. Under the platform where the archers stand, there is a space that can accommodate dozens of people pushing carts, which can ensure that the vehicles rush into the formation.
The forward momentum is also a disguised personnel carrier.
This is how the Yongxing Army won the final victory against the Shu Army in Huangzhou! (To be continued)