Chapter 238: The Battle of the Suburbs (4)
"The other party is so arranged, how can it be possible for all members to participate in the battle? You tell me, how can the soldiers who stand in the inner circle and the center not even see the enemy's face? ”
Hearing Guan Yu say this, Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment. After thinking about it carefully, Fang suddenly nodded in realization:
"Oh! That's right! The soldiers standing in the inner circle could not touch the enemy at all...... Ay? In that case, the only soldiers that can participate in the battle on the other side are the outermost circle? ”
"That's right!"
Seeing that the third brother finally understood what he meant, Guan Yu showed a satisfied smile:
"It was originally a team of 1,000 people, but due to Huaxing's wrong deployment, now only less than 20% of the outermost soldiers can participate in the battle, and the rest of the 80% of the troops are idle in the inner circle. Hehe, what is the use of such an inefficient formation other than to keep the commander immortal? It can't be compared to the long snake array of our army! ”
To say that this long snake formation is one of Guan Yu's favorite formations.
Although this formation seems to be thin, because it is lined up and has a large contact area, each of the 1,000 people is a combat force that can be attacked and defended.
Compared with Huaxing's square array, it is much higher in terms of flexibility and the efficiency of attack and defense.
Therefore, in Guan Yu's opinion, with the formation alone, they have an advantage.
After explaining to Zhang Fei, I saw that he gave the order to attack with the standard-bearer with a smug look on his face.
It didn't take long to hear a dense sound of gongs and drums coming from Guan Yu's back, and the Youzhou soldiers who were standing by raised their halberds in their hands, shouting loudly, and rushed towards the Huaxing army......
When the Youzhou army was less than twenty meters away from the Fangyuan array, standing in the center of the large array, Hua Xing, who was wearing black armor, felt that the time was almost up, so he raised the red flag in his hand.
After the banner drew an elegant arc in the air, he heard Huaxing shout:
"Shield!"
As soon as the two characters came out, the soldiers standing on the outermost side of the formation reached back almost at the same time, took off a large black rectangular shield from their backs, and stood neatly on the ground with the sound of brushing.
To say that these black shields in the hands of the soldiers are a batch of special weapons created by Huaxing with refined iron ore some time ago.
Each shield is more than one person tall and more than half a meter wide, and the style basically imitates the explosion-proof shields used by modern military and police.
It's just that in this era, Huaxing didn't find a suitable transparent material, so he could only shrink the "lookout" on the shield several times, leaving a thin slit two or three centimeters wide, so that the soldiers inside could roughly see the situation outside.
Under Huaxing's order, in just three or five seconds, the "shield array" was formed.
As far as the eye can see, as long as the soldiers are standing on the outermost side, each holding a black iron shield in their hands.
There were almost no gaps between the shields, they were tightly packed together one after the other, as if a black iron wall appeared out of thin air, enclosing the large array in it.
Seeing such a scene, the enemy soldiers who were charging towards showed their astonishment.
Not only do these shields look exceptionally strong, but the opponent is hand-to-hand, and the face is connected, there are no gaps or dead ends, and with the halberds in their hands, it is difficult to cause damage to the enemy.
Therefore, many soldiers slowed down, and a light of hesitation flashed in their eyes, not knowing whether they should continue to rush forward.
"Second brother! How good is that? Are we going to keep rushing? Soon, I heard Zhang Fei ask with a worried face.
Faced with the Huaxing Army suddenly erecting a large shield array, Guan Yu was also a little unexpected.
But for a while, he didn't have any good countermeasures, so he could only nod and reply:
"Let's try it first. If you can't get in, think of other ways. ”
After saying that, he signaled the standard-bearer to give the military order and let the soldiers continue to charge.
Seeing the signal sent by the commander, although the soldiers were worried, no one dared to disobey the military order, so they could only rush towards the black shield on that side.
In just a dozen seconds, there was a clanging sound of iron weapons colliding between the two armies, and the eight hundred halberds of the Youzhou Army were stabbed on the iron shield of the Huaxing Army almost at the same time.
As for the result, although the halberds are sharp, they are still slightly less hard than the black iron shield of the Huaxing Army.
About a minute passed, and many halberds were broken and damaged during the confrontation, but they were never able to pierce the shield wall in Hua Xingjun's hands.
After this fierce charge, the number of casualties of the Huaxing Army was almost zero!
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"Second brother, no! We can't get in, these shields are too strong! ”
After seeing the situation on the field, Zhang Fei not only showed worry on his face, but also had a little more anxiety in his eyes.
Although Guan Yu also felt that this formation was a little tricky, he was not as flustered as Zhang Fei, but replied indifferently with his long beard:
"The third brother doesn't need to worry. This shield array seems to be powerful, but it only has the power of defense, and it can't hurt our army in the slightest, at most it can help them last for a while or three more. I believe that as long as you continue to push strongly, your opponent will always show flaws......"
But before he finished speaking, he listened to the center of Huaxing's army, and suddenly a brief military order came out:
"A row...... Let! Second Row ...... Stab! ”
Under Hua Xing's command, the black shield array, which was still neat and compact, suddenly collectively misplaced.
Some people moved to the left, some people moved to the right, and the black shield wall was split into countless small sections in an instant, and every two shields, a gap of about ten centimeters or more was exposed.
Seeing such a change, the soldiers of the Youzhou Army frowned on the spot, not understanding what the other party wanted.
But just as they were thinking about it in a daze, a long halberd suddenly stabbed out of the gap, catching the Youzhou generals off guard.
On the one hand, they were unprepared because the halberd came so suddenly; On the other hand, the Youzhou army did not have any protective gear in their hands, so there was no way to stop it, so at the moment when the halberd was stabbed, countless soldiers were hit.
In an instant, I heard the wailing and cries on the battlefield.
With just this blow, one or two hundred of the Youzhou army were wounded and fell to the ground, suffering heavy losses.
Seeing such a tragic scene, Zhang Fei smashed the spear in his hand fiercely, and said anxiously and angrily:
"Second brother, what's going on? Don't they only have shields? Where did the halberd come from? ”
Where Zhang Fei stood, although there was still a certain distance from the battlefield, he could see it clearly just now, standing in the hands of the outermost soldier, there was only a shield, and there was no weapon.
And in order to strengthen their defensive array, all the soldiers held shields in both hands, and they didn't have weapons in their hands at all.
But now, so many halberds suddenly appeared from the gaps in the shield, which really puzzled him, and his face was full of confusion.
Guan Yu, who was standing on the side, was obviously shocked by the scene in front of him!