Chapter 544: Determination
These people shoot arrows very fast, one arrow just shoots, the second arrow has been connected, and then the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, more than 30,000 people on the front line shot more than ten arrows one after another, that is to say, there are more than 100,000 or 200,000 arrows in the sky over the battlefield in an instant, even if the front line of the Wei army is mostly armor soldiers, it is quite embarrassing under such a dense rain of arrows, many battlefields have twists and turns, fortunately, the command in front is quite effective, the drum sounds, the flag waves, under the swing of the flag, Many of the Vital Force Forbidden Army were also ordered to go up and shoot back one after another with the Divine Arm Bow.
It can be seen that under the flat shot of the divine arm bow, many Donghu soldiers who were walking briskly stopped suddenly, and then fell on their backs, their bodies were shot through by crossbow arrows, and some armor soldiers were shot by bed crossbows, and the whole person was pierced, and even shot off their heads and broken their spines, but more and more Donghu soldiers emerged to the battlefield, although the original battle was fierce, but it was an ordinary outpost battle, and at this moment, Donghu was obviously exhausted, and the entire battle line of the forbidden army was squeezed backwards and began to tighten.
Li Guorui gave orders one after another on the high platform of the Chinese army, and generals such as Yue Zhi and Mai Jitong went to each battalion to lead their troops to the front to support. The defense system of the Chinese army was originally a ring and a ring, and the wrong trace was complicated, just waiting for the Donghu cavalry to rush in and fight against it to consume, but the two sides fought a war of attrition in the front camp, Hu cavalry could not arrive, only to the infantry formation and the forbidden army infantry to fight consumption, such a method of refueling warfare, even if it was fought for another ten days and a half months, I was afraid that there was no decisive result, I originally thought it was gradually adding oil, but unexpectedly, the Donghu people suddenly changed their tactics, and it seemed that they were going to use the infantry array to make a final decision.
"Chechen Khan is crazy, crazy." Mai Jitong shouted loudly as he waited for the guards to lead the horses over. He is nearly sixty years old, his eyebrows are already white, but his back is straight, and he is wearing more than seventy pounds of heavy armor and still walking like flying, which is the benefit of entering the door of martial arts in the early years.
"The Donghu people are not crazy." Yue Zhi frowned not far away, and said, "It's just that I can't figure out what the purpose of this tactic is for a while?" ”
"Chechen Khan is crazy and wants to storm Jinzhou." Mai Jitong smiled, waved the horizontal knife in his hand, and said: "No matter what, you have to go into battle and fight hard, the battle is fought by the soldiers, what kind of conspiracy and tricks, ask our soldiers to talk!" ”
Saying this, Yue Zhi also felt a little at ease.
The Great Wei Forbidden Army performed quite well, the battle on the whole front gradually became fierce, and the first long trench that was farthest away was quickly filled, but then the Donghu Army moved away from the horse, bulldozed the long fence, and destroyed a number of camps, the Wei army was fighting fiercely with it, the arrows on both sides flew by, killing and wounding each other, and when the long stabbed each other, the corpses on the ground were like a hill, the blood gathered in one place, and there were more streams of blood accumulation on the muddy ground, on such a battlefield, the will of the Wei army was also firm, and all the fronts were maintained very well, There was no sign of being destroyed in a certain place, and when the Donghu people were marching up, the Chinese army also reacted in a timely manner, and more than 20 troops rushed up at the first time, and a large number of military flags were displayed one after another, and the armies walked out of the Chinese military camp, rushed through the long trenches, and rushed to the battlefield ahead.
"The palace tent army is out!"
When Yue Zhi and Mai Ji were leading to the front, someone shouted in front of them.
Many of the generals in charge of the army had solemn faces and looked ahead.
It is indeed the palace tent army that came out, and a large number of armored soldiers poured out of the ranks of the Donghu army, which is not too strange, it is impossible for the Donghu army and the Wei army to wear iron armor in the whole army, and hundreds of thousands of collar iron armor cannot afford the national strength of Great Wei, and the crossbowmen and archers in the forbidden army generally only have cotton armor or chain mail, only the hand of the sword, and the sword and card hand wears multiple iron armor, and the defense ability is quite good.
The Donghu army is divided into five divisions, and each of the five divisions is divided into 10,000 teams, and among its 10,000 troops, there are at least about 3,000 pure archers, and the most are cotton armor or leather armor, most of these are half-decayed strong men over forty, or young people under the age of twenty, these people are mostly archers, the armor is not strong, and after going into battle, they mainly use diffuse shooting to help the battle.
It is also the source of the Donghu light cavalry, the sentry cavalry, robbing the grain road, looting and killing the people, chasing and killing the defeated and fleeing Wei army, finding out the news, and fighting with the Wei army sentry cavalry, all of which are the responsibilities of these light cavalry.
In the past six months, from Yuguan to Ningyuan, and then to Jinzhou, the Donghu rangers have also been fighting with the Wei cavalry, and both sides have suffered heavy losses.
In addition to the archers and light cavalry, the backbone of a 10,000-strong team is the regular soldiers in their twenties to thirties. They are the main force in wartime, usually fishing and hunting, not farming, and will spend a lot of time hunting every year, and even various ministries organize these men to concentrate on hunting in order to practice riding and warfare. They are skilled, strong and strong, experienced, on the battlefield with a long arm, horse lance, iron spear, can also break the formation, in addition to the palace tent army, the main force of the troops is the main force of the Donghu people to break the formation.
The palace tent army is generally used to break the strong formation, and it will be used when the battle is decided, the general palace tent army has iron armor on the body, and it is a brave warrior selected in the elite, and the 30,000 heavy armored cavalry in the palace tent army is the elite of the elite, especially the iron floating tu wearing multiple iron armor, it is almost impossible to defeat from the front, and no matter how proud the Great Wei forbidden army is, even if it is a strong, brave and tenacious Qin Fenglu forbidden army, when encountering an opponent like Tiefutu, it can only rely on the camp and city defense to resist, and there is no reason to win head-on.
In front of Yue Zhi and Mai Jitong and other generals, a large number of palace tents decorated with bear skins on their helmets came bravely with swords, and the most conspicuous thing in their array was the Iron Floating Tu who wore multiple iron armor and iron masks, and walked on the ground like an iron tower.
Yue Zhi's body was shocked, and he blurted out: "At this time, the Iron Floating Slaughter will be released, is it really crazy?" ”
The release of Tiefutu at this time can only show that Donghu is determined to win the first line of defense against the front army, that is to say, its determination to cut off the road connecting Jinzhou and the front camp is as unshakable as steel.
The front battalion of the Wei army and the Chinese army have already gathered extremely strong forces, and if they do not release the palace tent army and the Tiefutu, it will be extremely difficult to break the formation.
Yue Zhi was not worried that it would be broken or penetrated, the first long trench was filled, and most of the outer defenses were dismantled, and now the two armies were directly facing each other, and the road from the front camp to Jinzhou could also be cut off, but the worst result was nothing more than that. There are a large number of defensive facilities behind each army, there are more than 100 arrow towers alone, a large number of archers condescendingly use the divine arm bow to cover the shooting on the arrow tower, even if it is Tiefutu, you have to be careful, if you are not careful, you are likely to be seriously injured or even killed, ordinary Donghu soldiers, wearing cotton armor or leather armor, are easy to suffer heavy casualties before such defensive facilities.
Plus the second long trench, followed by the first
Three, there are more camps, arrow towers, and the fortifications presided over by Yue Zhi, although in just a few days, they have dug out a long trench on the wide and flat land, and the long fence made of sharpened logs can also be called a strong wall, and the Donghu army can conquer the front camp and the first long trench is already quite a good record, and its dismounted foot battle is unexpected, if it is attacked by cavalry, I am afraid that the loss will be much greater than the foot battle.
More forbidden troops also rushed forward, but under the stormy blows of the other side, the forbidden army still showed signs of instability and retreat.
The people on the city of Jinzhou are also clamoring, it seems that there are generals beating drums at the head of the city to stimulate morale, the garrison of Jinzhou City is not allowed to go out of the city to engage in battle without a military order, in case the enemy takes the opportunity to attack and seize the city, the city head is full of dense forbidden army soldiers, see the Donghu troops like a bamboo, these garrisons are also quite helpless, the Donghu army still has spare strength, at least 50,000 people are guarding near Jinzhou City, once the forbidden army in the city attacks, it is very likely that it will really be taken advantage of the opportunity to take the city.
The Iron Float and the palace tent army are moving forward bravely at this time, the entire front seems to be occupied by these iron towers, everywhere are long and iron spears flashing with cold light, the iron armor worn by the Iron Floats is ground into silver, flashing silver light, under their sharp blows, the first line of the forbidden army obviously can't hold on, the forbidden army is stubborn, and the battle is almost worn out at this time. Originally, the fighting will of the soldiers of the forbidden army was not too high, the Northern Expedition went to war, the court before and after the total did not reward ten money, because the pension is not in place, the forbidden army is well-paid, and it is easy to support his wife and children in peacetime, if the soldiers of the forbidden army die in battle, there is no more money, and the pension is not much, so before the war, the court gave a heavy reward, and it was also to ask the soldiers to worry about the future, not that the soldiers of the forbidden army were too greedy.
According to the needs of the soldiers, from the Yuguan war to this point, each person will be rewarded at least about 20 yuan, which is almost the salary of the forbidden army for three or four years, and this money is of course sent home, even if he dies in battle, he can also ensure the family's food and clothing for several years...... Of course, it is based on the premise of being frugal.
If there are half-grown children in the family, the children can grow up and support themselves.
If there is an old man, he doesn't have to worry about his death, the old man has no money to send, and he can't even afford a coffin and a cemetery.
When soldiers eat food, there is a danger of dying, this layer of soldiers is clear, but when the soldiers are killed, the rewards that should be given have not been in place, which is to make the soldiers resentful, the emperor is not hungry soldiers, this is the consensus of all strata of the people of the Great Wei Dynasty.
If the Donghu soldiers really arrived at their doorstep, they didn't need a penny to fight hard. But now that he is out of Yuguan to fight with the enemy, he is fighting for his life, and he doesn't have more than ten or twenty times of money to buy his life, so why do he have to fight for his own life? The soldiers of the forbidden army are the pillars of the family, and people are dead, but there is no one to help their families set up their homes.
Originally, the morale was low, but under the blows of the palace tent army, the soldiers of the forbidden army on the front line finally began to be unable to withstand it, and the battle lines everywhere showed signs of being penetrated.
"Bring all the infantry troops up." Li Guorui has also been observing the battlefield situation, to be fair, the former army soldiers are fighting well, the original set of the decisive battlefield is also near the Chinese army, relying on the halfway of the construction of Yushui City, the front army is unfavorable is a normal situation, but if it is defeated, it is another matter.