Standing on the trunk of a tree, Duan Pei, the leader of the Blue Crows, and the other dozen or so hidden thieves of the Blue Crows, watched the fight under the tree attentively, as if they had no intention of assisting Ran Teng's hundred-man team.
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They observed the strength and armament of the Korean swordsmen at close range.
Under the attention of a group of green crows, Ran Teng led a hundred warriors of the Merchant Navy to meet the Korean swordsmen rushing towards them. In this densely wooded mountain forest, both sides gave up using hand crossbows and chose hand-to-hand combat.
"shield!"
Following the roar of Ran Teng, a hundred-man general, a hundred Shangshui soldiers raised their shields. When they rushed in front of the enemy, they firmly grasped the arm of the shield with their left hand and slapped the Korean soldiers with the shield in their hands.
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This is the common enemy-killing move used by the Wei army's sword and shield soldiers: shield strike.
Use the heavy and strong weapon in your hand to forcefully bump into the enemy and destroy the balance of the enemy's body. If the opponent is a beginner on the battlefield, his life will be harvested by the Wei army's sword and shield soldiers in the blink of an eye.
But the Korean sword and shield soldiers in front of them were very heavy. Facing the shield attack of the Wei army's sword and shield soldiers, they resolutely raised their shields to confront the latter head-on.
"Bang"
"Bang bang bang bang"
With the muffled sound of a series of collisions, a hundred Wei soldiers and more than a hundred Korean soldiers collided.
Ran Teng could tell from the sound of the impact that the shield in the opponent's hand was not entirely made of iron. It was probably made of heavy wood wrapped with a thick layer of cowhide, otherwise the sound of the impact would not have been so muffled.
This is our advantage!
After learning that the opponent's shield was a wooden shield, Ran Teng perked up.
You must know that so far, the sword and shield soldiers under King Su's army have summarized a set of efficient ways to kill the enemy. As long as the first shield hit makes the opponent unstable, there is a 70% chance that he can kill the enemy instantly.
Harvesting the opponent's life can at least cause serious injuries to the opponent.
However, what he saw today was far beyond Ran Teng's expectation.
The other party's reaction... was so fast! How could it be...
In Ran Teng's shocked eyes, Han Bing, who used his wooden shield to collide head-on with the iron shield in his hand, swayed for a moment, but in the blink of an eye, the opponent stood firm and quickly spread out.
Counterattack.
The opponent turned sideways and thrust out the long sword faster than he could swing the sword.
At the critical moment, Ran Teng gritted his teeth and simply used his wrist armor to deflect the opponent's long sword, then swung his sword and struck at the opponent.
But unfortunately, the opponent was quite agile and jumped back half a foot, dodging Ran Teng's knife.
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After glancing at the clear scratch on the wrist armor, Ran Teng's expression became a little strange.
At this moment, he was very lucky that the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau designed the wrist armor of their soldiers to be so thick, otherwise, with that sword just now, the opponent would probably cut off one of his hands with just one sword strike.
He took a step forward and used the shield in his left hand to strike at the opponent again.
Hesitation was so close that Ran Teng could clearly see the hesitation and annoyance on the face of the Korean soldier opposite.
It's no wonder, after all, the Wei soldiers' shields were heavy, and the force of the hits was far more violent than the shield blows from the leather and wooden shields in the hands of the Korean soldiers opposite.
Sure enough, Ran Teng still took advantage of the second shield-to-shield collision: he didn't even shake, but the Korean soldier on the opposite side was knocked back by Ran Teng.
step.
But the problem is that the speed of the Korean army's sword soldiers always seems to be faster than that of the Wei army's sword and shield soldiers.
...The armor is too heavy.
Duan Pei stood on the tree trunk and watched the battle between Ran Teng and the Korean soldier. After watching for a while, he frowned slightly.
Indeed, the armor of the Wei soldiers was too heavy. The heavily armed helmets and heavy shields not only gave the sword and shield soldiers excellent defensive capabilities, but also limited their speed.
On a battlefield where there are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, this is just a small problem. After all, on the battlefield, the crossbowmen in the Wei army are actually responsible for killing the enemy. The sword and shield soldiers only play a role in containing the momentum of the enemy infantry.
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However, in this small-scale conflict between ourselves and the enemy, when encountering agile enemies like the Han soldiers, the heavy armor of the Wei soldiers became a burden.
Duan Pei turned his attention to Ran Teng, the thousand-man general. In fact, he had known for a long time that compared with the sharp long swords and powerful Korean crossbows of the Korean swordsmen, the shields and armors of the Korean soldiers were not worth mentioning. The former
It is a wooden shield wrapped in thick cowhide, and the latter is also a lightweight leather armor, with just a few pieces of iron embedded in a few key vital parts.
Therefore, in Duan Pei's original opinion, the defensive capabilities of Korean soldiers were very poor.
You must know that the sword and shield soldiers of the Wei State have several parts of their armor that are particularly thickened and can resist the enemy's swords and swords, such as the wrist armor and the shoulder armor.
It is precisely because of this that although these Shangshui soldiers were cut several times by the Korean soldiers and scratched their armor, their bodies were almost unharmed.
Because the Wei State's sword and shield soldiers were positioned as heavy infantry, the armor they trusted would never allow them to be seriously injured due to cuts by weapons.
In comparison, the defensive capabilities of the Korean soldiers were extremely poor. No, Duan Pei clearly saw one of his own sword and shield soldiers seize the opportunity and hit a Korean soldier on the shoulder with a knife. For a moment, only blood was seen.
With splashes everywhere, the armor on the chest of the Korean soldier immediately burst, and his skin turned and his flesh was torn.
In fact, one arm was cut off just like that.
Kill with one knife!
"Damn it!"
With an angry curse, a Korean soldier reached out and took off the hand crossbow hanging from his waist while retreating, and fired a crossbow at the Wei soldier who killed their companion.
Perhaps he caught a glimpse of the opponent's movements from the corner of his eye. The Wei Bing quickly blocked the iron shield in his hand in front of him.
There was just a "ding" sound, and a crossbow bolt hit the iron shield in the hand of the Wei soldier head-on. Although the strong power shook the Wei soldier's body, the crossbow bolt failed to penetrate it after all.
The shield in his hand.
The iron shields of the Wei army's sword and shield soldiers were thick and heavy for no reason. It was enough to block Korean crossbows at close range!
But just as the Wei soldier leaned back, another Korean soldier stared and stabbed the former in the waist with the long sword in his hand.
"呲"
There was a sharp metal friction sound, and the long sword in the hand of the Korean soldier almost pierced the waist of the Wei soldier.
It can be seen that the Korean soldier was a little dumbfounded. Maybe he did not expect that the sharp sword in his hand could not pierce the armor on the waist of the Wei soldier at once.
Just when he was stunned, he saw the Wei soldier clenching the sword in his hand angrily. Because of the distance, he used his wrist armor to punch the Korean soldier in the face, knocking him to the ground.
His cheeks were sunken, several teeth were missing, and his mouth was full of blood.
"Old man?!"
Another Wei soldier standing next to him hurriedly came to his aid and asked in a shocked voice, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." The Wei soldier named Lao Zhuang lowered his head and glanced at his waist, where there was faint blood seeping out, and said in a low voice: "It's just a scratch on the waist. Brothers, be careful of the swords in the hands of these guys.
That could pierce our armor."
As soon as he finished speaking, another Wei soldier came over and sneered in a low voice: "Pierce? The knife in my hand will kill them with one blow!" But after a pause, he added depressedly: "But this
The guys are jumping around like mountain monkeys, but I can't catch them... damn them!"
This may be the common sentiment of the Wei soldiers present.
In terms of weapons and equipment, the weapons and armor of their Wei soldiers were obviously much stronger than their opponents, but this excellent defensive capability sacrificed their speed, so that no matter what they did, they were slower than the opposite Korean soldiers.
While they were complaining secretly, in fact, their opponents, the Korean swordsmen, were also anxious and cursed secretly, because in their eyes, the defensive performance of the Wei soldiers' armor was so excellent, even with the sharp swords in their hands.
, it takes a lot of effort to pierce the opponent's armor, and you have to look for the stitching gaps in the opponent's armor.
It has to be said that this is a fight between the heavy infantry of Wei and the light infantry of South Korea.
There is actually not much difference in the sharpness of the weapons between the two sides. The only difference lies in the armor and shields of the two sides: the light armor on the Korean soldiers makes them generally faster than the Wei soldiers, but once they are hit, they will be over. The error tolerance rate
It is extremely low; as for the Wei soldiers, with their heavy armor, they can resist a few attacks from the enemy soldiers. The fault tolerance rate is high, but the problem is that the armor on their bodies is too heavy, so that they cannot keep up with the opponent's speed.
Of course, there are exceptions. After all, there are some talented and powerful soldiers among the Wei soldiers, such as the warrior named Yang Wu. Even though he is wearing heavy armor, he is still not slow. He rushes into the formation of the Korean soldiers as if
It's a tiger that breaks into a flock of sheep and kills the sheep. It's such a joy.
"Yang Wu, don't be too far forward! Follow the team!"
With a sharp sound, Gan Mao, the former general of Qi State's Donglai Army, saw that Yangwu boy who was with him had once again separated from his teammates. Even though he was angry and annoyed, he still chased after him, back-to-back with Yangwu, helping each other.
Immediately, several other Wei soldiers who were in the same group also rushed over.
"Don't fight alone!" Shizu Lebao cursed in a low voice.
"Yes, this... this new type of thick armor is too heavy, which is not conducive to... not conducive to long-term battles..." Soldier Li Hui added breathlessly.
Examples of soldiers like Li Hui being out of breath are not uncommon among these Wei soldiers. It may be the first time they encountered opponents like Korean swordsmen, so they were unable to control their physical strength well, so that they
The offensive against Korean soldiers became increasingly weak.
Seeing this, Duan Pei, the leader of the Green Crows who was standing on the tree trunk and paying attention to the battle, shook his head slightly.
He knew very well that although as far as the current battle situation was concerned, their soldiers had the upper hand. With the same force, they killed thirty or forty people from the other side, but there were only individual casualties on our side. But the problem was, our side's soldiers had the upper hand.
The soldiers consumed too much physical strength. Once their physical strength is exhausted, even if they are all killed by the remaining Korean swordsmen, it is not impossible.
Thinking of this, Duan Pei took out a palm-long piccolo from his arms and played it.
Suddenly, crowds of blue crows came from all directions.
"kill!"
Under the shocked, angry and depressed eyes of Ran Teng, a thousand generals, Duan Pei ordered the Green Crows to join the battle without hesitation.
Korean swordsmen...are a formidable enemy.
Ignoring Ran Teng's gaze, Duan Pei frowned as he watched the group of Korean soldiers being killed one after another, preparing to return to Tang County immediately and report his assessment of the Korean soldiers to a certain King Su.8