Chapter 142: Endlessly
At this time, the scene like Shura's hell in front of him made Dong Zhuo feel very surprised.
That's right, just surprised.
First, countless strange objects flew out, which should be filled with fire oil.
It's too far away to see what it was thrown, but it was supposed to be a trebuchet or something.
Then use rockets to lead them, so that the enemy's Chinese army is caught in a sea of fire, and the head and tail cannot be ignored.
Immediately afterwards, an iron plaque was erected at the front of the military formation, (due to the distance, Dong Zhuo naturally couldn't see it really in the rear army.) It's a huge iron card. It made the charging cavalry have to stop.
This link after ring, interlocking, and the flow of the clouds and water is natural, not so much a battle, but a work of art, smooth and perfect for everyone who sees it.
This is Dong Zhuo's feeling at this time, he was surprised by the endless equipment of Lu Bu's army, he had long heard that the Bingzhou army was well-equipped, and he had also seen with his own eyes the equipment of the Bingzhou army, which was even a few cuts higher than the standard equipment of the Han Dynasty army.
The iron medals and the trebuchets that can be used on such battlefields illustrate this.
What surprised him even more was Lu Bu's commanding talent.
There are many aspects to see the ability of a general, the most intuitive is the battlefield command and response, although Lu Bujun is calculating or not, but it is enough to show that Lu Bu's ability to command troops to fight is not bad.
Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo suddenly smiled in his heart.
Wen Taowu is strategic, prestige and virtue, everything in this Lu Bu is exactly the opponent that Dong Zhuo dreams of.
"That person is really you, the person who can complete my ideal instead of me-Lu Bu."
Dong Zhuo secretly clenched his fists, and his eyes burst with excitement.
The sea of fire was slowly extinguished, and the dark smoke wafted through the air, filling the air with strange smells and the smell of meat being roasted and cooked through.
Dong Zhuo's front army was also quickly wiped out by Lu Bu's army after losing its impact.
The impact of the cavalry was quite terrifying, but the cavalry standing in place was not even as good as the ordinary infantry.
Humans and horses together not only reduce their flexibility, but also increase their goals.
In less than an hour, Dong Zhuo's nearly 20,000 cavalry were wiped out in this way.
"Pass me the order." Lu Bu sat on the red rabbit horse with a solemn expression.
"The whole army will follow me from the left side of the battlefield to the enemy's main position!"
As soon as the words fell, the red rabbit horse under Lu Bu rushed out like an arrow off the string.
Lu Bu among the people, and the red rabbit among the horses.
The Red Rabbit Horse is not only an ordinary war horse, but also a belligerent horse, and the tragic fight on the battlefield makes it also very excited.
The 30,000 foot soldiers walked neatly around the miserable Shura Hell in the middle of the battlefield and swarmed towards Dong Zhuojun's main formation.
Lu Bujun's movements, Dong Zhuo could naturally see it clearly from a distance.
"Hahaha, it seems that you still have the means to use it, so let me see what you Lu Fengxian is capable of."
Dong Zhuo waved his big hand, and the iron horse behind him moved slowly.
Just now, the remaining Xiliang cavalry also came to the battlefield, and at this time, Dong Zhuo's army once again recovered to about 30,000 men and horses.
After experiencing the painful lesson of Fang Cai, Dong Zhuojun's momentum is even more amazing.
As a cavalryman, he actually wiped out most of a group of infantry in one round, which was an unforgivable shame for this group of arrogant generals from Xiliang.
Seeing that the other party appeared from behind the heavy iron card, he even took the initiative to provoke.
This made Dong Zhuojun's soldiers ashamed, and everyone was holding back a raging fire in their hearts, hoping that in the next battle, the group of arrogant soldiers in front of them would be burned to ashes.
However, although the ideal is beautiful, the reality often becomes very skinny.
The Xiliang cavalry rushed towards the Bingzhou infantry with an indomitable momentum, but on the other hand, in the face of the charge of the powerful cavalry, it was still as steady as a rock, even the faces of each soldier did not show the slightest panicked expression.
The chaotic sound of horses' hooves bombarded the earth, and the 30,000 cavalry charged together like a torrent of steel, even the earth trembled, and the mountains and rivers were shattered.
Not far away, the smoke of the battlefield was still filling, and in front of him was an enemy with a deep hatred of blood, surrounded by robes holding weapons.
It is a spectacular picture, full of blood, killing, and brutality, and even those who watch it will feel that the blood is boiling all over the body, and the lips are dry, as if blood is needed to extinguish this restlessness.
Time flashed by, leaving no waves.
The two sides approached each other unconsciously, and the soldiers of the state army could already faintly see the faces of the cavalry opposite.
At this moment, the pikemen in the first row suddenly all squatted, the tail of the spear in their hands pointed diagonally to the ground, and the sharp tip of the spear pointed forward, and the state army suddenly turned into a giant hedgehog full of sharp edges.
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers in the back stepped forward, and the soldiers in the fourth to fifth rows took out their longbows one after another, stretched their bows and arrows, and prepared to shoot.
As for the soldiers in the middle three rows, they took out a huge weapon one after another, which turned out to be a strong crossbow.
A crossbow is a bow that uses mechanical force to shoot arrows, and it is a long-range lethal weapon developed from a bow.
As one of the inventions of ancient Chinese engineering technology, the crossbow machine became an important weapon in China's military in BC, appeared in the Warring States period, prevailed in the Qin and Han dynasties, and was the earliest bronze mechanical device in the ancient long-range weapons.
The crossbow is composed of three parts: the bow, the crossbow arm, and the crossbow machine: the bow is mounted horizontally at the front of the crossbow arm, and the crossbow machine is installed at the rear of the crossbow arm. The crossbow arm is used to support the bow and string, and is supported by the user; The crossbow machine is used to pull the string and fire.
When using, the string is opened and fastened by the crossbow machine, the arrow is placed in the arrow path on the crossbow arm, aimed at the target, and then the crossbow machine is pulled, the bowstring rebounds, and the arrow is fired.
Crossbow arrows include square-headed (square arrows), horn-cone heads, trapezoidal ones, etc., and some have barbs.
Western scholars believe that the crossbow machine of the Warring States period in China can be compared with the rifle of modern times, and is one of the outstanding achievements of ancient engineering technology.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the limitations of the production process, although the crossbow machine was also used, it could not be assembled on a large scale.
And due to the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, under the influence of the Xiongnu and Xianbei and other nomadic peoples, cavalry began to prevail, although the crossbow machine was hugely powerful, but in the face of cavalry there were several fatal flaws.
The first is that the firing range is very short.
The crossbow used by the general army has a pulling force of 150-160 catties, so the arrow is only two dollars, within 50 steps, strong and powerful, and accurate.
However, if you exceed this distance, it is difficult to hit, and the strength decreases, and it is not possible to pierce the armor.
Therefore, the ancients Zeng Yun: At the end of the strong crossbow, you can't wear Lu Min.
The second point is that it is inconvenient to reload.
The more powerful the crossbow, the more difficult it is to reload, and in the face of extremely mobile cavalry, the enemy may already be in front of you before the second reload is completed.
It was not until the late Three Kingdoms period that Zhuge Liang developed the Zhuge Divine Crossbow named 'Yuan Rong', which greatly enhanced the practicability of the crossbow machine and returned to the stage of the battlefield again.
Although Lu Bu didn't know the principle of Zhuge Shen's crossbow, he also played with the crossbow machine in later generations, according to some vague memories, coupled with Zhang Da's exquisite craftsmanship, he strengthened the crossbow machine of this era a lot, and this time he also brought these weapons over, and this time it was the best time to test these weapons.
When the Bingzhou army showed its strong crossbow, Dong Zhuo's cavalry felt that something was wrong, but at this time, they were already ready to shoot.
It is not easy for a cavalry group charge to change direction, unless it is led by the general in front and explained in advance, it is likely to cause confusion in the process of turning.
This chaos is often more deadly.
Dong Zhuojun's Xiliang Iron Cavalry was in this state at the moment, and in the face of this defensive posture of the Bingzhou Army, he could only rush upward.
The only thing that made them happy was that the distance was already very close at this time, and the opponent would be able to release a round of crossbow arrows at most, which should not cause them too many casualties.
"Whoosh" Countless arrows rained down from the top of their heads like raindrops, and from time to time they brought up a puff of blood flowers in the Xiliang Iron Horse, mixed with a few miserable screams.
After two rounds of arrow rain, the Xiliang cavalry threw down more than a thousand corpses.
At this time, he finally entered the attack range of the strong crossbow, and a whole row of crossbow arrows shot out suddenly, and the speed of the crossbow arrows off the string was not much faster than that of lightning, and in the blink of an eye, it did not enter the war horses of the first row of Xiliang cavalry.
Immediately after, the second row, the third row.
The three groups of strong crossbowmen were divided into three bands to shoot, and their targets were not those knights of Dong Zhuojun, but the war horses that rushed to the front.
The powerful crossbow arrows pierced the horses, and the horses in the front row were all killed, and they fell to the ground with a bang, and the cavalry behind couldn't dodge, and suddenly people turned over on their backs, causing chaos in the military formation.
However, there were still many cavalry who escaped the obstacles and rushed out.
However, they felt even more desperate when they rushed out, because there were three more strong crossbowmen in the Bingzhou army, and they were hiding behind the longbowmen, and when the longbowmen retreated, they immediately replenished the front.
It was another round of three-band salvos, and these Xiliang Iron Riders, who had finally escaped the first round of attacks, finally ushered in the favor of death.
More and more fallen war horses finally blocked the footsteps of Xiliang Tieqi.
At this time, Dong Zhuojun's formation gradually became chaotic.
After this group of cavalry fell, the first three rows of strong crossbowmen had already been loaded at this time, and in this short distance of dozens of paces, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which numbered as many as tens of thousands, could not advance an inch.
Just as the speed slowed down, the longbowmen regained their might, and brought another bloody storm.
Dong Zhuo saw all this clearly, a pair of cloudy eyes were like two copper bells at this time, he really didn't expect that Lu Bu would have so many secret weapons in an endless stream.
Not to mention the strong crossbowmen, this kind of salvo divided into waves has never been seen before, not only buying time for their side, but also effectively delivering sustained blows, so that the other side is constantly attacked.