Chapter 82: The Battle of Changping (2)
Just as Bai Qi frowned, dozens of Zhao Jun's bed crossbows had already been launched.
"Bang bang bang!" With a loud bang that even the air was about to shake, dozens of thick crossbow arrows shot out from the crossbow machine, roaring angrily towards the Qin army chariot in front of them.
A crossbow arrow roared, hitting the head of a cart-pulling war horse, only to see a ball of blood suddenly explode from the head of the war horse, and then the crossbow arrow flew out from countless blood, and continued to penetrate the driver's chest without stopping.
The driver screamed, and the whole body flew out of the chariot involuntarily, and when he landed, a large hole had exploded in his chest, and the flesh was blurred, and blood sprayed all over the ground.
Dozens of paces before the driver's corpse, the chariot that he was driving had already flipped to the ground on its side, rolling several times in a row before stopping, splashing countless smoke and dust.
There was also a crossbow arrow that directly hit a high-speed armor soldier, instantly penetrating the armor soldier's chest, and then hit the next armor soldier behind him, and then passed through the chest of the second armor soldier and hit five apprentices in succession, and flew backwards for hundreds of meters before finally landing on the ground.
Dozens of bed crossbows were fired at the same time, just like the roar of dozens of Makqin machine guns in unison, and a vacuum area 100 meters long and dozens of meters wide was instantly swept out in front of the bed crossbow position.
In this vacuum, the wreckage of many chariots, the corpses of armor soldiers and unarmed soldiers were overturned all over the place, the stumps and arms were broken and the blood sprayed was everywhere, and many Qin soldiers who were shot in the shoulder and abdomen, shot off their hands and feet, and even overwhelmed by their own chariots rolled and screamed on the ground, the scene was bloody and cruel.
Bai Qi's face gradually sank, and he couldn't help but snort: "Bed crossbow!" ”
Several generals of the Qin army also looked at each other, you must know that this is the first time in a few months that the Zhao army has displayed this heavy weapon of the cold weapon era in front of the Qin army!
Obviously, after knowing that Bai Qi was the commander-in-chief of the Qin army, the Zhao army had already raised the vigilance to the highest level, and the bed crossbow that was supposed to be used as a killer weapon appeared soon after the start of the war, showing the determination of the Zhao army to resolutely resist.
What made Bai Qi frown even more was that because the bed crossbow was too bulky, the number should not be too much. However, at this breakthrough selected by the Qin military first, there were nearly a hundred bed crossbows, which was obviously very unusual!
Therefore, there is only one explanation, that is, before the battle began, the commander of the Zhao army had already thought that the Qin army was likely to choose this place as a breakthrough, so he arranged these bed crossbows at the breakthrough in advance to resist the attack of the Qin army.
"Lian Po..." Bai Qi's face moved slightly, and suddenly showed a smile: "It's not in vain." ”
In Bai Qi's sight, the battle continued.
When the trapping pit and the bed crossbow were fired one after another, the formation of the Qin army's originally neat thousand-man assault group had already shown some signs of being scattered, but the remaining hundreds of Qin soldiers did not panic, but clenched the weapons in their hands, and continued to attack in the posture of the chariot in front and the soldiers behind.
On the two flanks of the assault group, hundreds of Qin army crossbowmen stopped under the captain's order, and raised their bows one after another, preparing to provide a wave of cover for their comrades in the center again.
But it was at this time that Zhao Jun's fierce counterattack finally began.
A neutral voice came from Zhao Jun's position: "Left and right wings, outward!" ”
"Whoosh!" Countless dense arrows shot out from the position of the Zhao army, and this time the direction covered by the arrows of the Zhao army was not the chariots and apprentices in the center of the Qin army, but the crossbowmen on the left and right flanks of the Qin army!
This timing was extremely accurate, just when the Qin army's crossbowmen were standing still and ready to provide fire cover, and attacking these Qin army's crossbowmen with arrows at this time would be able to inflict maximum damage.
The arrows from the Zhao army took the lead, and immediately caused great damage to the Qin army crossbowmen who were drawing bows and raising crossbows, hundreds of crossbowmen were directly shot down, many people were lying on the ground rolling back and forth screaming, and the entire array of Qin army crossbowmen was instantly destroyed into chaos.
Bai Qi shook his head, although there were still more than half of the men and horses of the assault group at this point, but Bai Qi knew that the attack of this assault group had basically failed.
As the world-famous god of war of the Qin State, Bai Qi can be said to be familiar with the tactics of the Qin army, and even many tactics were created or carried forward by Bai Qi himself.
To put it simply, it is the coordination between the three major arms of light vehicles (chariot soldiers), material officers (infantry) and knights (cavalry).
Among these three major arms, the infantry with the largest number is undoubtedly the main force, and the chariot and cavalry did not become the main force in this era.
Due to the limitations of the Changping battlefield, the cavalry is not of much use here, and the chariots can only barely be used to fight and assist, and the real main force of combat is still the infantry.
However, although the infantry is the main force, the cooperation of other arms is also indispensable, otherwise it will not be able to fully exert its power.
In fact, what the Qin army paid the most attention to was this kind of strong discipline of a thousand people like one person, which combined with mercury and made the enemy completely breathless.
But at this moment, when the chariot soldiers who were auxiliary and the crossbowmen among the infantry were scattered by the powerful long-range firepower of the Zhao army, Bai Qi knew that the next attack of the infantry would be in vain.
Without cooperation, no matter how many individuals are a group of rabble, they can only be cannon fodder on the battlefield!
Just as Bai Qi shook his head, dozens of Qin army armor soldiers who rushed to the front had already rushed in front of the barrier wall, rushing into it along the gap made by the trebuchet before.
And behind the gap, a neatly lined Zhao military array has been waiting for a long time!
These Qin army armor soldiers had no fear on their faces, and they all held long spears in their hands, and almost the moment they saw the opposite Zhao army, they stabbed at the other party's vital point with their spears!
A fierce hand-to-hand hand-to-hand battle broke out.
The battle reached its climax almost at the beginning, and among the countless swords and swords, some people kept screaming and falling to the ground, and then someone immediately filled in behind them, and the stumps and severed arms were accompanied by countless blood flowers flying in the air.
A moment later, five more Qin army formations crossed the Dan River, and the two sides began a full-scale battle on the Zhao Leibi position, which was more than ten miles long.
Looking down at the entire battlefield from the sky, you will find that the two armies of Qin and Zhao are like two surging tides, constantly setting off one monstrous wave after another and shooting towards each other.
Although the Qin army's offensive was extremely fierce, the Zhao army did not show weakness, firmly holding the position like a rock, and repelled the Qin army's attacks again and again.
As the minutes passed, the newborn morning sun slowly rose to the center of the sky in the fierce battle between the two sides, and then slowly drew towards the west.
During this time, except for occasionally giving some orders, Bai Qi was concentrating on observing the situation on the entire battlefield the rest of the time.
Looking at it, Bai Qi's face gradually became serious.
The bravery of the Qin army was originally expected by Bai Qi, after all, this powerful Qin Iron Army was originally created by Bai Qi.
But on the other side of the position, the strength shown by Zhao Jun was beyond Bai Qi's expectations.
This Zhao army is no longer the Zhao army that was chased by Bai Qi thirteen years ago and had no way to enter the sky, fled in embarrassment, and was finally drowned by 20,000 people!
For some reason, an incomparably familiar figure suddenly flashed through Bai Qi's mind, making the white-sided, Qin State God of War couldn't help but murmur.
"Hu Yang, you are defeated at the hands of this Zhao Jun, and you are honest and unjust!"
After saying this, Bai Qi was silent for a long time, and suddenly spoke again.
"Mingjin, collect the troops!"
Today's battle was nothing more than a tentative offensive, as can be seen from the fact that only 30,000 men were invested in the first day of fighting.
The reason why there was such an attack was because Bai Qi hoped to test the reality of Zhao Jun.
And by now that this battle has been fought, Bai Qi has completely figured out all the information he wants, so it is time for today's offensive to end.
As for the thousands of Qin soldiers who were killed or wounded in this temptation...... To be honest, how could this casualty be taken to heart by beheading tens of thousands of Wu Anjun?