Chapter 125: Chengdu Cracks Down on Thieves (26)
After a few rounds of attacks, the casualties caused to the Shence army were not very obvious, but the crossbow carts at the head of the city began to be overstretched, because their attacks could not cause substantial damage at all, and only when the shield soldiers of the Shence army in the front row moved the line to one hundred and fifty meters, the crossbow arrows began to be able to shoot the steel giant shield, causing the due one-hit kill.
But after all, there were only a dozen or so ballistas, and the shield wall of the Shence Army was advancing row after row as if it could not be used up at all, and each time it advanced, the distance between the two sides would be reduced by ten meters. Looking at the tight and seamless shield wall under the city, even the ballista operators at the head of the city began to feel an invisible pressure, and unconsciously the movements on their hands began to drag, sometimes even several times before the crossbow arrow was stuck into the arrow slot.
"Up!" Seeing that the shield wall in front of him had advanced nearly two hundred meters, and the shield soldiers in the front row had also begun to suffer casualties one after another, Zhong Lihao took advantage of the fact that the rebels' firepower was concentrated on the shield soldiers in front at this time, and immediately waved his spear and issued an order again.
There was no earth-shattering shout response, only the sound of neat footsteps on the bluestone ground.
"Bang bang."
The Chinese army from behind Zhong Lihao suddenly lined up three rows of Shence troops, only about a hundred or so people, but all of them were tall and powerful. The pace is from slow to fast, accelerating and running forward, the three rows of people are about ten meters apart before and after, the right hand holds a horse lance upside down, the lance head is slightly raised, and the bright and swaying stainless steel lance is particularly dazzling in the afterglow at this time, and the cold light is dignified.
Rushing forward, he suddenly stood five meters behind the last row of shield soldiers, and threw the horse lance in his hand with inertia and force. Then he quickly hid under the shield wall of the shield soldier in front of him, looked at the wounded people who were closest to him, and quickly went up to replace them, protecting the formation from being disturbed.
Horse lance, the main trunk of the fine tough wood is taken, peeled into uniform thickness, and glued. The front is equipped with a stainless steel lance, and the rear is a red copper lance. It's easy to say, but it's extremely complicated to do, and it takes three years to complete a high-quality lance, and the success rate is less than half. The cost was extremely expensive, and even in the Tang Dynasty, the high-grade horse lance could not be equipped with the army on a large scale.
But now the rebels are facing the Shence Army, the personal guard of the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, no matter what the combat effectiveness of its army is, the equipment is definitely the top equipment, just like the stainless steel giant shield used in the front row of shield walls.
The four-meter-long, high-grade horse lance weighing about 20 catties was originally used by cavalry to charge into battle and swing and slash, but at this time it was used as a spear for throwing by these "loser" Shence troops. But the effect was still very good, and the first batch of thirty or so horse lances roared into the pile of rebels near the city gate, as if death had descended, "Poof! Burst! The heavy lance, accompanied by great inertia, easily penetrated the defenses of the rebels holding the shields of the iron and wood.
One, two, until they passed through the bodies of the fourth or even fifth rebels, were pinned to the ground. It was like an iron skewer with a lamb skewer on it, and several corpses hung on it. Blood flowed down the smooth lance, filling the small pit smashed by the lance. The blood soon turned a thick black-red, and a fishy smell instantly filled the air, making people sick.
This was only the first wave, and the three rows of Shence sergeants threw their horses one after another, instantly killing a clearing in the dense pile of rebels. This sudden change not only surprised the rebels near the city gate, but even the defenders at the head of the city were stunned, and for a while they both forgot to counterattack, and the bowstrings that the archers had already drawn were even slowly relaxed, and the arrows that were ready to be fired were weakly pulled in the palms of their hands. Looking at the brave and invincible Shence Army in front of them, somehow, everyone felt deep fear for a while.
Divine Strategy, the Son of Heaven's minions. Invincible, invincible.
At the same time, this sentence that fascinated all the men in Datang, especially all the soldiers, and made people's blood boil even more vividly, appeared in front of everyone's eyes, minds, and hearts.
Could it be that this is the real combat effectiveness of the Shence Army? Can you use a lance as a spear to achieve such an effect? In the face of the crossbow arrow attack in front of him, he was not afraid, and the line was in order, and he launched an attack with a fatal blow.
Is this still the Divine Army that everyone knows in their hearts? Is this still the group of ruffians with a full face, who only know how to eat and wait for death, and when they hear that they are on the battlefield, they can't wait to shrink into the shell of the turtle? Is this still a powerless Shence army that is several times larger than the puppet Qi peasant army and has been defeated for thousands of miles?
Subversion! Completely subverted! In a short period of time, under the leadership of Zhong Lihao, the concept in the hearts of the rebels has been completely subverted! Even the Shangshu Ling Cui Yanzhao and the Zhongshu Ling Liu Yonghao, who were hiding in the rear to watch the battle, seemed to be incredulous about the scene in front of them, especially Liu Yonghao, even if he took the lead in this move, but he never thought that his nephew Zhong Lihao could lead such a "tiger and wolf army".
It was only the first wave of counterattacks, which caused three or four hundred deaths for the rebels! No injury, only death! After being shot through the body by a horse lance, not a single rebel survived unless it was not hit at all.
"This... This.. General Yu at the head of the city was also a little dumbfounded at this time, he didn't expect that the Shence Army would be so powerful today, in his imagination, even if it was the great enemy Feng family army outside the city, I am afraid that it would be nothing more than pulling out the elite. What's more, in his eyes, the Shence Army purely belongs to a team that can't be supported by mud, and it can be said that it is purely a good errand for fate. He completely believed that even if he arranged the defense at will, it would be impossible to take the city gate with the group of Shence troops under the city alone, which was why General Yu didn't take the Shence army to heart at all in the first place.
"Quick, quick! Adjust your goals! Shoot the group of horse thieves behind!! In anger, General Yu directly called the Shence army who threw the horse lance 'horse thief', and waved his teeth and claws to direct his subordinates to transfer the target.
The situation of the rebels at the head of the city will naturally be better than that of the rebels under the city, after all, they are not under much pressure, and they can calm down a little, adjust their goals and counterattack again. But the rebels gathered near the city gate were not so easy, seeing that the Shence army in front of them was about to cross the narrow main road, and then in front of them was a wide road, against such a "brave" Shence army, they really couldn't imagine what would be the fate waiting for them when the two armies met.
The shield wall was still slowly moving forward in an orderly manner, and the Chinese army once again rushed out of three rows of Shence troops holding their horses aloft. Although the sky had begun to rain scattered arrows, mixed with crossbow arrows that could kill people, these people were still full of seriousness, there was no fear in them, only determination in their eyes.
Rush forward, stand still, and throw the lance.
The attack of their companions just now caused them too much feeling. This should be the original Divine Army.