Chapter 757: Know Yourself and Know Your Enemy, Win All Battles
Woo woo woo -
In the enemy's formation, the sound of the horn of the attack sounded again, and the scalp of the people was numb. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Under the snow and fog, the flag of the word "horse" is like an angry wave, rolling and flying in the snow wave by wave, showing off its might.
Twenty thousand Qin horsemen held three layers of thick shields high, like huge giant tortoises, roaring and approaching.
The earth was shaking, and there was a rumbling sound in my ears, which shook people's eardrums.
At this time, the soldiers of the Wei army had hurriedly formed a new formation, looking at the enemy cavalry approaching again, all the soldiers were sweating, and their mood was not as calm as ice before.
In the world, no elite army can experience two retreats, even if this retreat is an active retreat.
The potter knew that if he retreated again this time, his 20,000-strong army would turn into a real rout, and that the enemy would not only be able to take advantage of the situation, but also capture Kasakatsu in one fell swoop.
In this battle, you can only advance, not retreat!
The pottery merchant's heart is as strong as iron, holding a long knife in his arms, standing like a god, and there is no trace of jealousy on his heroic face.
It seems that the powerful tortoiseshell enemy rider in front of him is almost as vulnerable as a mustard, and he doesn't pay attention to it at all.
The Son of Heaven was as calm as a mountain, and the turbulent mood of the soldiers on the left and right was slightly encouraged, so he could only clench the sweat in his palms, and waited anxiously for the enemy to attack again.
Luo Cheng's gaze was directed towards the military array of 2,000 people, and he saw that in that military array, there seemed to be something faintly hidden, which was covered by cloth and could not be seen clearly.
"Could it be that Your Majesty has laid a sharp weapon to break the enemy in advance?" Luo Cheng's eyes suddenly swelled with a hint of surprise.
Just as Luo Cheng was guessing, in front of him, the enemy's tortoiseshell formation had approached two hundred paces away.
As last time, 20,000 enemy troops covered their bodies with indestructible shields, forming a dense shield formation, advancing in an orderly manner, with light cavalry spearmen hidden in the middle, just waiting to approach their own army formation, and there will be another wave of death-threatening throws.
Thinking about those terrible spears and guns, Luo Cheng felt a little furious in his heart.
It's just that at this point, any jealousy and worry is useless, he can only choose to believe in his Son of Heaven, forcibly calm down his restless heart, clench the silver spear in his hand, and sit and wait for the moment of a decisive battle.
A moment later, the enemy cavalry had approached more than 170 paces.
The potter, who had always been as calm as ice, suddenly had murderous intent in his eyes, raised the war knife in his hand, and shouted: "The ballista has appeared, ready to resist the enemy!" ”
The order was handed down, and the flag of the Chinese army waved like the wind, and the order went straight to the front of the battle.
Hearing the name of "Ballista", the expressions of the soldiers on the left and right all changed, like "veterans" such as Huo Quai, who knew the power of the Ballista, and naturally showed surprise on their faces.
As for Luo Cheng, because he joined the Wei army late, he didn't know that there was such a sharp weapon in the army, but he was a little at a loss.
At this moment, in the formation of 2,000 people in the front army, the soldiers immediately lifted the white cloth on that side, and the ballista made of copper the size of a grinding disc showed his true face.
That's right, it's a ballista.
This powerful long-range weapon, in fact, has been developed by potters many years ago, but this kind of weapon, like the Shenwei ballista, is very inconvenient to transport, and the cost is extremely high, so it cannot be widely equipped in the army, and can only play a surprising role in a specific battlefield.
Just like in the battle of Wu that year, the pottery merchant once equipped the Shenwei ballista on the warship and killed the Wu army by surprise.
As for this ballista, it was because the potter had learned about the uniqueness of the Ma Chao Cavalry Corps from Zhang Yi's intelligence a long time ago, and knew that non-ballista could not break through the enemy's tortoiseshell defense.
Therefore, as early as before the Tao merchants were in Hongnong, more than 100 crossbow carts had been secretly transported from Yejing to Hanoi County to the British army.
In today's battle, the potters first fought head-to-head to test the reality of Ma Chao's army, and then deliberately retreated and lured Ma Chao here.
At this time, the potter had already prepared more than a hundred ballistas, just waiting to give Ma Chao a fatal blow.
Everything is in the hands of the potter, and the arrogant and confident Ma Chao was really fooled.
With his order, the formation split, and the crossbowmen pushed the ballista carts equipped with round wheels and quickly pushed them to the front of the formation.
A hundred iron crossbow arrows with a length of more than half a man, with unparalleled sharp arrows, circulating with hunting cold light, are like the eyes of death, locking onto the oncoming enemy horsemen.
The potter did not hesitate at all, did not give Ma Chao any time to react, and once the ballista was in place, he immediately shouted: "Ballista, release the arrows, and shoot me to death!" ”
The order was passed down, and the imperial flag of the Chinese army swirled and waved, and the order to kill was issued.
In front of the battle, more than 100 crossbowmen saw the signal, and without a trace of hesitation, almost at the same moment, they pulled the bracket.
Bang Bang Bang -
Accompanied by the creepy sound of strings, the crossbow strings, which are so powerful that they have the power of six stones, pop out in response, and hundreds of sharp arrows that seek their lives burst out of the air, shooting straight at the enemy with an almost horizontal shooting trajectory.
Because the Wei army's crossbow started too fast, the enemy army had not had time to see what kind of weapon it was, and when he heard the sound of strings, he instinctively thought that it was the Wei army's bow and crossbow attacking, so naturally he was not afraid of it, but subconsciously held the three-layer shield in his hand tighter.
These Xiliang knights confidently thought that no matter how strong the Wei army's bow and crossbow were, it would still hit the stone with an egg, and it would not be able to shake their shield for half a point, and it would not be able to hurt them in the slightest.
A second later, they were horrified to find that they had made a fatal mistake.
The iron arrow swooped down in an instant, and slammed into the big shield on that side.
The power of the six stone iron arrows is enough to penetrate the stone and break the wall, and how can a big shield be able to block it, and in an instant, the big shield will be pierced, and the Xiliang knight who is hiding behind and thinks he is safe will shoot out with a shield.
Countless blood mist rose into the air, staining the snow and dust in the sky red, and the terrible howls rose to the sky, swallowing up all the sounds in heaven and earth.
This time, it was Qin Jun's turn to experience the horror of a group of people with shields and several people being tied into meat skewers.
With just one round of arrows, more than 70 enemy horsemen were knocked to the ground.
Since the enemy cavalry advances in a dense formation, this formation can certainly improve the defense, but once the front row is shot to the ground, it will immediately cause congestion and rolling, and it will disrupt the formation and fall into chaos.
Taking advantage of the chaos in the enemy formation, the second round of crossbow arrows of the Wei army came out in response, accompanied by a tragic cry, more than 80 enemy horsemen, and even people with shields were shot through, and the dense enemy formation soon fell into a more chaotic and panicked situation.
The arrogant fighting spirit of the Qin army was ruthlessly shattered by the miraculous and terrifying blow of the Wei army in an instant.
They couldn't dream that there could be such incredible crossbow arrows in the Wei army, and the big shield that they were proud of and confident as the strongest shield in the world could be shattered so easily.
The lethality and penetration of the iron arrows were several times stronger than the spears in their hands.
You must know that although their spears are strong, they only penetrate the ordinary shield of the Wei army at most, and the unlost strength only penetrates through the two of them at most.
The crossbow arrows of the Wei army were able to shoot through their first strong shield in the world, and the remaining strength shot through the three soldiers!
What a terrifying penetrating power this is!
The Qin army panicked, completely fell into a panic, stopped and retreated, pushing and congesting each other, and the originally orderly tortoiseshell formation fell apart in the blink of an eye.
"This ...... What kind of crossbow arrow is this, it has such a powerful force, and there is such a weapon in the Wei army, how come I have never heard of it!? ”
Ma Chao in the army, his expression was already shocked and terrifying, and his original arrogance and self-confidence were easily shattered by the stormy crossbow arrows of the potter, just like the remnants of snow.
This Xiliang Jin Ma Chao was completely stunned.
If it were another general of the Qin army, most of them might have been wary of the power of the Wei army's ballistas, but the general of the unified army was Ma Chao.
This Xiliang Jin Ma Chao was when Cao Cao retreated to the west, and he surrendered to Cao Cao, and he didn't know many things about the Wei army, let alone that there would be an artifact like a ballista in the Wei army.
Even if there were, Ma Chao would never have thought that the potter knew his Ma Jiatie ride well, and he would arrange this crossbow army in advance, just waiting to lure him into the scheme.
At this moment, the knights in the front row of the Qin army were frightened by the Wei army's ballista and retreated one after another, while the knights in the back did not know what was happening in front of them, and they were still advancing, congested in front and back, entangled into a mess.
The Qin army is about to collapse.
The soldiers of the Qin army were terrified, while the soldiers of the Wei army were full of surprise.
Huo Quzhi and Luo Cheng and other generals suddenly realized at this time that they knew the potter's clever plan to break the enemy, and it turned out that the copper crossbow cart was transported to the front line more than ten days in advance, specifically to restrain the tortoiseshell legion of the intellectual army.
This also means that the potters knew Ma Jiajun's tortoiseshell array in advance.
"The minister finally understands what His Majesty said, the true meaning of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and winning all battles, and the minister is ashamed of himself......" Huo Quzhi arched his hand to the pottery merchant and sighed deeply.
The potter only smiled and said lightly: "This victory is also thanks to Zhang Yi's intelligence, if it weren't for his brocade-clothed northern guard who had a clear view of the reality of the Ma cavalry, how could I have pre-dispatched this crossbow to Pusaka in advance." ”
Huo Quzhi nodded again and again, looked back at the enemy formation, and saw that the Qin army's iron cavalry had completely fallen into a state of collapse.
Huo Quzhi suddenly became proud, and the killing machine was furious, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the enemy formation has been broken, what are you waiting for, let's destroy them in one go." ”
The pottery merchant was already murderous in his eyes, laughed wildly, and sneered with a sword in his hand: "Ma Chao is rampant, he thinks that he dares to confront me with an alternative cavalry, today, let him know the power of my Great Wei Heavenly Soldiers." ”
As soon as the bold words came out, the fighting spirit of the officers and men of the three armed forces was wildly ignited, and their blood boiled to the core.
"What's Huo Qu's illness!" The potter drank with a knife.
"The minister is here." Huo Qu's illness was relieved.
The pottery merchant pointed at the left flank of the enemy army and shouted: "I order you to lead 5,000 iron cavalry to take the left flank of the enemy army directly, and give me a good kill!" ”
"No!" Huo Qubing took the order and rode away.
Immediately afterwards, the potter's eyes shot at Luo Cheng again, and shouted: "Luo Cheng, I order you to lead another 5,000 iron cavalry to attack the enemy's right flank and tear the enemy formation for me." ”
"Your Ministers obey." Luo Cheng also took the order and ran away.
In the end, the potter's eyes shot to the front, to the stormy "horse" character flag, and shouted: "Where is Yingbu!" ”
Yingbu picked up his gun and replied: "The minister is here, please give your majesty an order." ”
Tao Shangdao pointed to the banner with the word "horse", and said sharply: "I order you to lead the infantry army to roll up from the front, so that I can break the enemy formation in one fell swoop and kill the majesty of my Great Wei." ”
"Go to the minister!" Yingbu, who was murderous, tore half of his arms and rode away.
When the orders were issued, the officers and soldiers of the three armies were eager to try, and they couldn't wait to use the killing to vent their mouths.
Woo woo woo -
In the middle army, the sound of the horn of attack rose to the sky, covering all the sounds of heaven and earth.
The crossbow riders in the front row immediately stopped firing wildly and retreated.
In the middle of the road, Yingbu gave an order, and more than 10,000 soldiers of the Great Wei Infantry Army rushed out like a torrent and rushed straight to the front of the enemy.
On the left and right wings, the snow covered the sky, and the 10,000 Great Wei Iron Cavalry Division, carrying the blizzard in the sky, divided into the left and right wings, headed towards the enemy's pincer attack.
The three-way army came out in a mighty way, shooting at the chaotic enemy army from three sides, forming a situation of entrapment and pincer attack.
The sound of killing shook the sky, the iron hooves shook the ground, and the flying snow rolled into a torrent of fierce snowstorms, rushing straight to the enemy formation.
The enemy cavalry in the chaos, in the face of the counterattack of the Wei army, suddenly became even more panicked, and if you push me, you will be defeated.
And Ma Chao, who was in shock, watched the Wei army rolling in, and there were only two words left in his mind:
Defeated!