As Tan Yizhi's order was roared out, the sound of several bowstring vibrations sounded, even if it was a few miles away on this mountain range, it was also clear to hear, it can be seen that the strength of the bower, and then, four or five bows and arrows, drawing a long and large curve, flew high in the air, and were inserted on the ground in front of the step formation, and the feathers of the arrow feathers were eye-catching red, even in the position of Xie Xuan and others, they could be seen clearly.

Although Liu Tingyun is a military blind, she can see it to some extent, and said with a smile: "Is this a range measurement, is it where the arrow is inserted, is it how many steps before leaving the battle?" ”

Wang Miaoyin nodded: "Yes, the farthest arrow shoots out a hundred steps, and the others are eighty steps, sixty steps, and fifty steps." Speaking of this, her eyebrows frowned, "How come there are still thirty steps?" According to the military system of the Great Jin, after fifty steps, the archer will send out the last arrow to retreat. ”

Liu Tingyun blinked: "Why is this?" ”

Huan Xuan Zhengse said: "Because the cavalry's assault speed is very fast, as the saying goes, shoot people first and shoot horses, capture thieves first capture kings, and there is a proverb in the army, there are only three arrows in battle." ”

"For the cavalry charge comes in front of you from a hundred paces away, and at the speed of the archers' fire, it can only send about three arrows. The strongest archer can shoot a hundred paces away, which is the farthest position, but generally speaking, even if you shoot here, it is at the end of your strength, and it is basically not a kill. ”

"If you want to break the armor and kill the cavalry, generally speaking, the crossbowman needs one hundred and fifty steps, and the archer needs less than seventy steps. And the distance of seventy to thirty steps is the timing of their arrows, and the fastest speed is three to four arrows, not more than five arrows. When the enemy rider enters within thirty paces, that is, the sprint stage, at this time it is necessary to use the lance to step forward and the archers must retreat within thirty paces, so as not to mess up the formation of the square! ”

Liu Tingyun suddenly realized: "So that's the case, that is, only when the enemy cavalry rushes into the distance marked by these arrows, will the infantry here release the arrows?" ”

Huan Xuan laughed: "That's right, you see, the enemy cavalry has rushed to a distance of nearly two hundred paces, it should be the crossbowmen who have stepped forward now and carried out the first round of shooting." ”

Huangfu Fu said suddenly: "No, Gongzi, I'm afraid that Liu Yu is not ready to use a bow and arrow to solve the battle." ”

Huan Xuan's face changed: "How can you see it?" ”

Huangfu pointed to the formation in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Liu Yu doesn't even refuse the horse, it seems that he wants to fight directly with the cavalry, hand-to-hand combat, and ride on foot, if it is a defensive counterattack, then the rejection of the horse and a strong bow and crossbow are necessary, but Liu Yu's soldiers, heavy armor, holding a long lance, there are very few archers in the back row, I think, he wants to fight with the cavalry head-on!" ”

Huan Xuan's brows tightened: "Riding on foot, hand-to-hand combat?" Is his brain broken? ”

Huang Fufu suddenly looked at Sun Wuzhong: "General Sun, could it be that your subordinates have any surprising winning tactics today?" ”

Sun Wuzhong smiled slightly: "Everyone, sit down and watch!" ”

As he was talking, he only heard the rough roar of the observers in the valley and the infantry phalanx of the Beifu Army: "The enemy is one hundred and fifty paces away!" ”

Tan Yizhi waved his hand coldly, and fifty strong men with crossbows drilled out of the gap in the queue, picked up the strong crossbow in their hands, and did not aim, but fired at the cavalry in front.

The sound of "fluttering" is endless, these war horses wearing white cloth armor, from time to time there will be some small red dots, these special crossbow arrows, when hitting the drape of the war horse or the armor of the person, it will leave red cinnabar traces, according to the judgment of the drill, three arrows, that is, withdraw from the battle.

More than a dozen war horses slowly stopped, while the other war horses did not slow down, and rushed forward faster and faster, accompanied by the roar of the rangefinder in the infantry formation: "The enemy is one hundred and thirty paces away!" ”

Tan Yizhi continued to wave his hand, and the fifty crossbowmen in front of him quickly threw the empty crossbow in their hands back, while the companions behind him handed over a new crossbow that had been wound, they picked up the crossbow, aimed a little, and fired forward, and after another crossbow string sounded, a faint red mist rose on the opposite side, and the fifteen or sixteen horsemen stopped.

Wang Miaoyin nodded thoughtfully: "That's it, although the crossbow arrow is powerful and hits farther, it can only shoot directly, and secondly, it takes too much time to load the arrow and wind it, and there is time to reload the crossbow, and the enemy cavalry has at least rushed over more than 100 steps, so they change the crossbow after hitting a arrow, but it is the fastest." ”

Liu Tingyun Qi said: "Hey, Sister Wang, just now you said that seventy to thirty steps can be three arrows in battle, why do you say that a crossbow arrow will take more than 100 steps at this time?" Wouldn't that just be an arrow? ”

Huan Xuan smiled slightly: "Miss Liu, what Miss Wang said just now is a bow and arrow, not a crossbow arrow, the bow and arrow are very fast, and an excellent archer can even copy five or six arrows in one hand, or even a dozen arrows, sandwich them between his fingers, and then quickly put the bow on the string and shoot quickly." Just like these Hu Qi now! ”

Huan Xuan pointed with his hand, and saw the shadow cavalry of the infantry quickly approaching the front of the infantry on the opposite side, and on the horseback that looked empty, a lot of people suddenly appeared, all with fur hats and cloth armor, and some of them went into battle shirtless, but in their hands, they all had a big bow that was almost a person high.

Between their fingers, the long-pole wolf's tooth arrows full of white flowers were fired at the infantry array on the opposite side, and the formation that had just rushed straight to the front of the infantry began to jerk towards the right front, making an arc, and from a distance, it was almost this yellow long dragon, which began to make a ninety-degree turn in front of the enemy formation!

There was also a burst of red mist rising in front of the infantry formation, and there were suddenly a few more red dots on the bodies of more than ten crossbowmen, who unwillingly threw down the crossbow arrows in their hands and sat down in place with their heads down, as a sign of withdrawal from this exercise.

Liu Yu sneered: "Sure enough, he was hiding in the saddle, and he directly attacked with light horses, wanting to catch us off guard, giving the order, holding a lance to protect the array, and shooting it with a bow and arrow in the back row!" ”

Standing beside Liu Yu, Xie Zhufeng, this clever boy has become Liu Yu's herald today, since he can't be strong, then he can only rely on people to roar, he quickly ran forward and shouted at the front army array fifty steps away: "Brother Jinu has an order, let go of the lance, shoot it with a bow and arrow!" ”

The crossbowmen quickly ran out of the third strong crossbow in their hands, and then scattered from both sides in front of the formation, and more than a hundred warriors in the first row shouted violently, and put down the long lance in their hands in unison, like a steel forest, the fine armor reflected white light, piercing the eyes of the opposing knights, and from a distance, it was almost a luminous source of light, making it impossible to look directly.

And just behind this row of lancers, two rows of archers raised their arrows to the sky, accompanied by the command of their respective squads: "Eighty steps to the target, three arrows to fire quickly!" ”