Several rockets were fired from a distance in the darkness in the direction of the Liangjun Army and pinned to the open space in front of the position.
This is the Chu army measuring distance.
Distance measurement in the dark is important.
In fact, distance measurement is important even during the day. But during the day, because you can see, you can measure distance based on experience. But at night, you are completely blind and you have to rely on rockets.
Rocket range measurement is very simple. The soldiers in the front row click a few rockets and shoot them in the direction of the enemy. If they can shoot into the enemy's formation, it means they have reached the bow and arrow range.
So our army fired thousands of arrows at the enemy.
But this method is obviously outdated...
Shen Bing nodded to Wei Wei, who immediately issued an order:
"Trebuchet, Mai fire bomb!"
The messengers used drums to spread orders... This was a disadvantage of fighting at night. The flags could not be seen, so the messages could only be conveyed by sound.
However, the Daliang Army were all veterans and were already familiar with this routine. With the sound of drums, dozens of trebuchets were loaded with linen fire bombs.
After lighting it and giving an order, dozens of fire bombs soared into the sky and headed straight for the Chu army.
Then I heard the panicked shouts of the Chu army, and the sackcloth fireball was already thrown into the army formation.
Although the sackcloth fireball hit the Chu army and was unable to ignite it because of the armor, the firelight illuminated the Chu army clearly, and in an instant, the enemy was overt and we were in the dark.
Xiang Liang, the leader of the army, was startled by this scene and asked quickly:
"What is that?"
You will answer:
"That may be the fire bombs that the Qin army reportedly used to burn Handan!"
No wonder Xiang Liang didn't know.
During this period, information was spread by word of mouth, which was very slow and difficult to convince people.
The reason is that too much information is passed down by word of mouth and becomes more and more exaggerated, so that most people only believe half of it.
The fact that Shen Bing improved his trebuchet to make fire bombs has actually been spread among the Six Kingdoms for a long time. Of course, the Chu army also knew about it, but most of them just regarded it as the Qin army's intention to intimidate their opponents, so they didn't take it to heart.
At this time, when the Mai fireball came out, Xiang Liang knew that this thing was real.
Before Xiang Liang could react, a second wave of stone bullets followed.
This wave was no longer a linen fireball, but a real stone bullet, so in the firelight there was only a scream, and a row of Chu soldiers were knocked to the ground.
A burst of cheers immediately came from the direction of the Qin army.
In fact, the trebuchet's stone bullets can't kill a few people... These are solid bullets, unlike modern artillery shells that explode and then knock down a large area with flying shrapnel within tens of meters.
The stone bullets hit a few soldiers from a distance because of their rolling and ricocheting, and some of them could not hit even a single one if they happened to hit the formation.
The problem is that the Qin army's head start has affected the morale of the Qin and Chu armies:
Originally, the Chu army came out in an encirclement and surprise attack, but the morale of the Qin army was overwhelmed.
But in the blink of an eye, a wave of stone bullets immediately changed their situation.
The Chu army also had trebuchets, but they were not within range, so they could only suffer a secret loss and be unable to explain it.
This is sometimes the case in cold-weapon warfare. A little lack of morale and confidence can affect the outcome.
Of course, Xiang Liang would not give up just yet. He ordered in a cold voice with a stern face:
"The whole army rushes into battle!"
It makes sense for Xiang Liang to issue this order.
If the Qin army cannot defeat the Qin army in a distant battle, of course they will have to fight in close combat. Especially since the Liang army is still an army without armor, it will inevitably be weak in close combat.
So Xiang Liang even skipped the bow battle and chose to charge directly into the formation.
The sound of the drums suddenly became louder, and the pace of the Chu soldiers became faster and faster with the sound of the drums. Then they simply shouted and rushed towards the Qin army.
Wei Wei quickly shouted:
"Prepare to meet the enemy!"
The general conveyed Wei Wei's orders one by one... At this time, even the drums were useless, because the drums from both the enemy and ours were mixed together, plus the shouts of killing, and no one could hear the reason.
Sergeant Daliang shouted, and stood the wolf in front of the formation at an angle.
But there was a sound of horses neighing in the darkness, and two teams of chariots rushed out from the two wings of the Chu army...In the Warring States period, infantry confrontations, especially on flat battlefields, often used chariots to assist the charge.
These tank-like chariots rushed into the formation in diagonal lines from both wings, disrupting the enemy formation, and the infantry took advantage of the momentum and surged up to fight the enemy.
There were even torches on the chariot, and the archers kept lighting rockets and shooting them into the Qin army's formation.
This actually serves as a guide for the infantry and tells them where to attack.
Xiang Liang saw a row of bamboos sticking out in front of the Qin army's formation from afar, and couldn't help but smile:
"The Qin army is so miserable that they use bamboo to defend themselves against the enemy. How can this thing stop my chariot from charging into battle..."
But before he finished speaking, his expression changed.
But they saw that as soon as the chariot hit the bamboo, the men and horses fell to pieces and were completely defeated.
How did Xiang Liang know that those were not ordinary moso bamboos but wolf bamboos, wolf bamboos with barbs?
Even if the chests of those war horses were armored, they would inevitably be cut open when they rushed in at high speed, and then they had to face a row of spears hidden in the wolf trap.
The other end of these spears, including the wolf spear, is leaning against the ground.
So the chariot is equivalent to rushing directly into the gun formation... This is because life is long, and it is strange not to be able to stand up.
Xiang Liang secretly thought that this battle was not as simple as imagined.
But it was too late to withdraw the troops at this time, so Xiang Liang had no choice but to bite the bullet and order to continue the attack.
The Chu army infantry shouted loudly and rushed into the formation.
The first few rows are usually sword and shield bearers, because when the enemy and we are at a certain distance, they usually fire arrows at each other. The sword and shield bearers in the front can block the arrows with their shields.
But when these sword-and-shielders rushed into the wolf pit, they were like falling into a bush, with branches and leaves everywhere.
The soldiers' first reaction was to rush in with their shields raised, but as soon as they broke in, they immediately realized that something was wrong... The shields were fine with the barbs hanging on them, but some people couldn't distinguish between the branches and the barbs in the dark, and they were directly hit in the face. Hook blade.
So as soon as he rushed into the formation, he let out a cry of pain.
Then, when they were trapped in the wolf trap, the spear points from unknown sources pierced their legs and heads, which were not protected by shields.
After screaming in agony, these sword and shield bearers fell into a pool of blood.
These corpses would then become an obstacle to the Chu soldiers charging from the rear. Not only did they have to worry about the barbs of the langzhen and the points of the incoming spears, but they also had to worry about tripping over the corpses.
There was only blood in front of the battle, and we fought fiercely.
In Shen Bing's view, the Chu army's choice of night attack was definitely a wrong choice.
Because the wolf trap is used to block the enemy's sight and is more suitable for night battles, many Chu soldiers lost their lives in confusion without even seeing the faces of the Qin soldiers.
However, the Daliang Army fought in an orderly manner. When the wolves and spears in the front blocked the enemy, the archers in the rear continued to fire arrows forward.
Occasionally, an enemy breaks into the formation and consumes a small team, and another team will immediately step forward to make up for it.