Chapter 828: The Advantage of the Bow and Crossbow
In the valley, on a plain, two armies lined up with chariots and artillery.
Asafa looked at the elite army in the distance with a solemn gaze: "This is definitely not a poisonous army. ”
"General, looking at the other party's flag, it seems to be the text of the Han Dynasty, this is probably a Han army." A general said with fear in his heart.
"Han Army!" Asafa muttered in his mouth, his face becoming more and more solemn: "The big men are thousands of miles away from here, how did they appear here?" Could it be that he didn't become a poison and got the support of the big man? ”
"General, this Han army is well-equipped, the formation is neat, it is obviously the absolute elite, we are equal to the opponent's strength, this battle may be ......"
This Asafa is not clear, the Han army is simply a representative of the devil in the hearts of the Kushan people. Not to mention that he only has 5,000 soldiers now, even if he is three times more, if there is no way out, he will not dare to face it directly. This is just like the Hu people facing the Han army, before the war started, they were a few points weaker in momentum alone, and it was good to be able to exert seven or eight out of ten in strength.
"No, we must report the news of the appearance of the Han army to General Su Gedi, otherwise the general will fight with the poison without knowing it, once the Han army appears to help the poison, I am afraid that the southern part of Guishan will be wiped out." Realizing that he was more than lucky, Asafa reacted.
"General, the valley mouth is blocked by the other party, and there is no way around the cliffs, so it may be difficult to spread the news!"
"Let the heralds be mixed among the soldiers on both wings, and once the battle is stalemate, waiting for the opportunity to escape from the battlefield and escape from the valley, be sure to inform General Su Gedi of the news of the appearance of the Han army."
"Yes."
After arranging the arrangements for delivering the news, Asafa breathed a sigh of relief as if he had finished explaining the aftermath, and his eyes were full of war: "Let me see if the legendary Han army is really that terrifying!" ”
"The whole army is arrayed and facing a strong enemy, which is the time for our Sixth Army to show its style. If we can defeat this Han army, we will definitely become the heroes of the empire! Asafa said aloud with burning eyes.
"Yes!" All the generals were drinking.
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"The morale is good!" Zhou Yu smiled.
"Most of the infantry soldiers in the front army of the other side are heavy infantry and pikemen, and it seems that they are just the ordinary legions of Guishan, not the core elite. However, the quality of this army should not be underestimated! Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice.
"Let the crossbowmen press, and let a few waves of arrows rain to test the opponent's quality." Zhou Yu ordered.
With Zhou Yu's order, the army stopped marching, and the foot soldiers in front of the phalanx moved to both sides, and the archers and crossbowmen arrays in the front of the center of the phalanx stepped forward one after another.
"Whoosh!"
The array of archers with a long range was first shot in a rain of arrows.
Countless arrows, facing the shields and heavy armor of Guishan's heavy steps, were like a drizzle, and there was not much lethality, and the subsequent Guishan soldiers also had more iron armor on their bodies, and the damage caused by the arrows was weakened a lot.
Seeing that Guishuang had not suffered much damage after the rain of arrows, Zhou Yu shook his head slightly. Not to mention anything else, the opponent's armor rate is indeed very high, and it is basically iron armor. The damage caused by a crossbow bolt fired from such a distance is indeed not ideal. But fortunately, this kind of long-range strike is earned in vain no matter how much damage is killed, and the improved Da Chu longbow has an extremely long range, plus the archers are still at the forefront by him, and after several waves of arrow rain, the opponent's archers began to counterattack.
"The opponent did not put the archers in front of the counterattack, nor did they give in to the infantry to take the opportunity to pursue, and the flexibility of their military formation and the adaptability of the commander are not very good." Zhuge Liang said.
"Not only that, the opponent's armor rate is not low, but the mobility is very problematic, and the speed of the march is much slower than that of our army. What would happen if I just let the archers hang each other like this? Zhou Yu smiled.
"It's not that the other party doesn't have cavalry, if the opponent's cavalry sticks up, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to deal with."
When Zhou Yu heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle: "It's just five thousand Guishan troops, and it's not elite, how many cavalry can there be?" In addition to the 500 archers in our army, there are also 1,000 strong crossbowmen, and the idle few hundred cavalry are afraid that they will be shot into a sieve before they can step forward. ”
Zhou Yu is Yuan Shu's righteous son, and he enjoys the treatment of his own son, and nearly half of the 5,000 guards are Danyang elite soldiers. In addition, Zhou Yu is now training a naval army that fights on the water, and archery is the foundation, so it can be said that the power of the crossbow array in Zhou Yu's army is basically second only to Huang Zhongjun.
That being said, Zhou Yu did not adopt this rogue tactic, but after a few waves of arrows, he let the archers at the front of the army retreat, and the foot soldiers holding heavy shields on both sides made up for it, forming a shield array like the Guishan army to block the front.
All the crossbowmen are behind the tower shield soldiers, dodging Kushan's bow and arrows. The archers, on the other hand, retreated to a safe distance and continued to bully the Kushan archers with their advantage in range.
"Rush! Hurry up! Asafa cried out angrily with his sword in hand.
The bow and arrow were crushed in range, which directly caused him to lose his initiative. The opponent can wait for himself to work in place, and he must attack as soon as possible to start a white-knuckle battle with the opponent.
The distance between the two armies was shrinking, and seeing that the shield soldiers in the front rows of the two sides were about to collide together, Zhou Yu's eyes flashed: "Release the arrow!" ”
With a wave of the commanding flag, the herald shouted: "Release!" ”
At the sound of an order, the tower shield soldiers in front of the army, who were originally holding giant shields, retreated two steps back, put the giant shields in their hands on the ground, and then squatted in place. Behind him, the crossbowman was already ready to shoot, holding a crossbow and aiming for the front. Among them, there are another 200 crossbowmen equipped with waist crossbows, lying in two rows at the front of the crossbow array, holding huge waist crossbows, with their bodies as arms and feet on the crossbow body, ready to fire.
"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”
At such a close distance, the power of the crossbow is not at all comparable to that of a bow and arrow, especially the powerful waist crossbow, which is difficult to resist even a heavy tower shield in front of it. The shield soldiers in the front row of the poisonous body who were originally charging neatly suddenly turned on their backs and made a mess, and countless soldiers fell to the ground, suffering heavy casualties.
"Damn! The other side actually has a large number of crossbowmen! Seeing the damage and confusion caused by the crossbow arrows of the former army, Asafa cried out with hatred.
After a few waves of crossbow arrows, Zhou Yu saw the situation of the poisonous front army, and said with a smile: "The opponent's position is in chaos, so the crossbowmen are ordered to retreat, press on them heavily, charge with foot soldiers on both sides, and trap the enemy's forward, don't give the enemy a chance to breathe." ”
The infantry phalanx that was torn open was completely useless, and Zhou Yu concentrated his forces on the torn gap, and soon made a gap.
"Kill!"
Countless Chu soldiers and soldiers were all roaring and killing the single Guishan soldiers around them.
"The other party's front army has been rotten, I want to see what other way he can break the situation." Zhou Yu looked at the situation in this situation and chuckled.