You know, they ran all the way from near Yan River to here. In terms of physical strength, can they outrun this group of Wei ambush soldiers?
Thinking of this, he raised his arms and shouted: "Line up, line up to meet the enemy! No escaping! No escaping!"
However, his words were of no use at this moment.
It is not the fault of the Chu soldiers under his command, it is because the chariot's ability to harvest Chu soldiers is too powerful.
You must know that crossbowmen are different from archers. They do not consume physical strength by drawing the bow, because they just repeat the process of loading the crossbow bolt and pulling the trigger. Even the step of aiming can be omitted. After all, even if they are surrounded by dense Chu soldiers in front of them,
It's impossible to miss even with your eyes closed.
As for the position of these crossbowmen, because the carriage was about one foot high, even the spears in the hands of the Chu soldiers could not reach them at all.
The only thing that could pose a threat to them was the Chu army's crossbows. Unfortunately, there were a total of three shield soldiers placed on the chariot, one to protect the charioteer, and two crossbow soldiers to protect the carriage above. This arrangement,
This made the Chu soldiers almost unable to pose any threat to the Wei soldiers on the chariot.
The only weakness of this kind of chariot is its mobility. Because the chariot and the people on it are too heavy, even if the four horses pulling the chariot are pulled with all their strength, the speed of the chariot is not as fast as that of a light infantryman.
The speed of running hard.
However, the role of this kind of chariot at the expense of speed in impacting the enemy's defense line is absolutely unparalleled.
No, in the face of such a deadly weapon on the battlefield, the Chu soldiers had no fighting spirit and fled backwards one after another.
The short mountainous area seemed to have become the burial place for Chu soldiers. Large numbers of Chu soldiers were unable to fight back. They were shot and stabbed to death in vain. There were corpses and blood everywhere.
"Infantry clears the way!"
Bailiba issued the order in a deep voice.
As a result, the soldiers of the Junshui Battalion on both sides of the tank quickly mobilized and quickly dragged away the enemy soldiers who were shot in front of the tank to prevent them from piling up too high and blocking the way of the tank.
As for the one or two corpses, Wei's chariot simply ran over them with its wheels as tall as a person, without even needing to stop for a moment.
"Don't run away! Fight back! Fight back! Don't run away!"
Chu general Shen Kang loudly ordered his soldiers, and even raised his sword to kill several deserters, but even so, he could not reverse the fact that the Chu soldiers fled.
In this case...
A trace of determination flashed in Shen Kang's eyes, and he led his guards to rush over first.
He hoped to destroy such a terrifying chariot and boost the fighting spirit of his soldiers.
Unfortunately, the spear in his hand hit the front side of the chariot hard, causing the chariot to shake slightly.
So...so strong!
Shen Kang felt panic in his heart.
At this time, the crossbowmen on this chariot obviously noticed the general of the Chu army, and without saying a word, they fired a wave of crossbow bolts at him.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"
Shen Kang tried his best to dance the spear in his hand, but he still couldn't stop the powerful crossbow bolt at close range.
Hearing several "tuk-tuk" sounds, he immediately got hit by several arrows.
At close range, even the general-style armor worn by Shen Kang could not stop the powerful crossbow bolts.
After Shen Kang was hit by an arrow and fell off his horse, those Chu soldiers who had followed the general to muster the courage to fight back were also shot dead by the crossbowmen on the chariot.
When the other Chu soldiers saw it, they turned around and ran away in fright.
It's a massacre...
After looking at the fallen Chu general, and then at the corpses of the Chu army lying on the ground, Bailiba glanced at the chariot that was looking at him with a complicated expression.
He couldn't help but sigh, feeling that the person who transformed this kind of chariot was none other than the prince of the Wei Dynasty, King Su Zhao Hongrun.
Otherwise, if this kind of terrifying chariot falls into the hands of other countries, the ones who will be massacred will probably be their Wei infantry.
Shaking his head and throwing this unrealistic idea behind him, Bailiba ordered in a deep voice: "Pursue! Don't let a single Chu soldier escape Yan River!"
"Oh oh oh——!!"
The terrifying power of the chariot greatly boosted the morale of the Junshui camp soldiers who were already high.
"Cavalry! Attack!"
Following Bailiba's order, the cavalry team, still recharged, officially attacked.
There is a cavalry team in Junshui Camp. The entire battalion has 5,000 cavalry, accounting for almost 30% of the entire Wei cavalry team.
Originally, the cavalry has always been responsible for attacking the enemy's defense line, but this time because there are chariots that are better at attacking the defense line, the Junshui Camp cavalry team can only be reduced to beating up the drowned dogs and chasing down those Chu who fled.
military.
However, not all the five thousand cavalry went to chase down the Chu infantry. Nearly a thousand cavalry stayed behind. They took out the ropes with iron hooks from the bags on their horses and tied the ropes to the saddles.
Then use iron hooks to hook the rings on both sides of the front section of the chariot and drag the chariot to speed up.
The four horses of the four-horse chariot, plus four cavalry, this disguised eight-horse ride made the chariot move much faster than before.
As for those Chu soldiers who fled, because they had rushed all the way from Yan River to Yan Ling Hill, they had little physical strength left to support them in escaping back. They could only be shot and killed in the process of struggling to escape.
, or be killed by the remaining four thousand cavalrymen of Junshui Camp.
"Let's follow too!"
A battalion general from the Junshui Camp shouted.
As a result, the nearly 20,000 Junshui battalion infantry left one battalion of 5,000 people to follow the chariots. The remaining 15,000 Wei soldiers abandoned the slower chariots and followed the cavalry toward the rout.
The Chu soldiers killed him.
The Chu army at the front was defeated because of fear of the chariots, but the Chu army at the rear had no idea what was going on in front. They just blindly followed the large army and turned around and fled together. When this phenomenon is called the Chu army,
When the situation became mainstream, even if those Chu generals tried to stop it, they could not reverse the situation.
The army was defeated like a mountain!
Near Yanling Hill, Zhao Hongrun, Wu Wei Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang also followed the Junshui Camp's counterattack route and rode their horses slowly away from the mountainous area, looking at the battle on the plains in the distance.
In other words, it was the unilateral massacre of the Chu soldiers by the Wei soldiers in the Junshui camp.
Looking at the corpses of Chu soldiers scattered all around, Wu Wei Wang Shu scratched his head and said with a wry smile: "This is simply... the most inexplicable battle I have ever seen..."
Isn't it inexplicable? There were as many as 20,000 to 30,000 Chu soldiers chasing them all the way from the Yan River to the Yanling Hills. One fled and the other chased. Both armies were exhausted from chasing. At this time, Jun
Shuiying suddenly jumped out, waiting for work, and killed all the Chu soldiers without leaving any trace behind.
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wang Shu and said with a smile: "The Art of War says: The one who can gain a hundred miles can defeat the general, and the one who can gain a hundred miles can gain half the army... The Yan River is based on the hills of Yanling. Although it is only fifteen or sixteen miles away, it can be
The Chu army marched in a hurry to catch up, but once they were ambushed, they would still be completely defeated. Why is it so baffling?"
"I'm talking about us..." Wang Shu scratched his head and said with a strange expression: "It always feels like we have done nothing except running from Yanshui to the hills of Yanling..."
Wu Wei Ma Zhang glanced at the Yanling Wei soldiers not far behind who had incomprehensible expressions on their faces, and said to Zhao Hongrun with a strange wry smile: "Master Jiang Run, no, you should be able to call His Highness Prince Su now... You, from now on
Did you plan to use us as a lure from the beginning?"
"Oh?" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Ma Zhang with a half-smile.
"Your Highness, please don't make excuses." Ma Zhang said seriously: "General, I finally understand why His Highness Prince Su didn't pay attention to the morale of our Yanling army after arriving at Yanling... I see, you planned to do it from the beginning.
Use our army to lure the enemy, lure the Chu army's 60,000 vanguards here, and let the friendly troops in the Junshui camp wait for work... Thinking about it this way, you have also expected that Chu Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu's so-called gambling fight is just a ruse.
It’s just a matter of using one’s tactics to promote the defeat of our Yanling army…”
"Is this happening?"
"Are you still cheating now?... Your Zongwei faked your name and fled, which should have strengthened the Chu army's determination to attack the north bank of the Yan River at all costs, and Yanling City, I believe it was you who called Pei in advance
Mr. Zhan burned it, otherwise Mr. Pei Zhan would definitely not have the courage... You deliberately let the Chu army see our Yanling people evacuate to Anling in the rear, and induced them to rush to catch up again, in an attempt to catch up with our army and the more than 100,000 people.
The people of Yanling took us as a threat and took advantage of the situation to take Anling... The Chu army was greedy, so they fell into your highness's plan and were ambushed by Junshui Camp..."
Seeing the expression on Ma Zhang's face that I had already seen through, Zhao Hongrun was amused and joked: "Are you blaming me?"
"I don't dare..." Ma Zhang clasped his fists quickly, and then said with a wry smile: "I hope that next time, Your Highness, you can reveal it a little more, so that we won't be called... like fools. His Highness clearly has a clever plan in mind, but we don't know it because we don't know it."
Qing, still jumping up and down in front of His Highness like a fool... Looking back now, it's really embarrassing."
"Oh, I told you, would you believe it?" Zhao Hongrun shook his head: "You didn't trust me from the beginning, so don't blame me for using you as bait... I am very vindictive.
!”
"..." Wang Shu and Ma Zhang looked at each other and smiled bitterly. After all, they had scolded His Royal Highness Prince Su many unpleasant words during these days.
"Let's go, let's go back the way we came...and ask the soldiers behind to follow."
Upon hearing this, Wang Shu and Ma Zhang suddenly felt excited and said excitedly: "Does His Highness want us to cooperate with Junshui Camp to kill the enemy together?"
Zhao Hongrun looked back at Wang Shu and Ma Zhang and shook their heads.
"No, I just want to see if General Baili can defeat the 60,000 Chu army vanguards in one fell swoop. As for you... when you return the way you came, why don't you pick up your weapons and equipment first? By the way, bring Chu troops back.
The army’s weapons and equipment were also recovered.”
Clean the battlefield...
Wang Shu and Ma Zhang looked at each other, lowered their heads and shook their heads with a wry smile.
Suddenly, Wang Shu seemed to have thought of something and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, are you planning to annihilate these 60,000 Chu troops in one fell swoop?"
"Hey? Are you awake?" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wang Shu angrily.
Wang Shu was ridiculed by Zhao Hongrun and his ears turned red. He waved his hands repeatedly and explained: "Your Highness, this is not what I meant. I just suddenly thought of chasing the Chu army slowly like the Junshui Camp. Is this really good? If there is no one.
The army quickly seized the pontoon bridge near the Yan River. Even if the Chu army was defeated, it could still escape across the Yan River..."
"Yes." Zhao Hongrun interrupted: "Don't we still have an army in the upper reaches of Yan River?"
Upstream...Chen Shi?!
Wang Shu and Ma Zhang took a deep breath.
What a... What a powerful use of troops... In this way, maybe, maybe we can really wipe out the 60,000 Chu army vanguards in one fell swoop!