Zhao Yun didn't know that Chu Yan also had a flying knife stunt, but seeing that Chu Yan was about to escape back to his own formation, he was secretly anxious, so he took off the longbow behind him, picked up three feather arrows, and planned to shoot Chu Yan off the horse with a beaded arrow method.

Chu Yan saw the shadow on the ground chasing closer and closer, so she threw out two flying knives with her hand, divided into two ways, and directly took Zhao Yun's vital point.

Zhao Yun was aiming with a bow, and when he saw Chu Yan's right hand flicked back, and two cold lights flashed, he knew that he had used a hidden weapon.

The three arrows also came out of the string, with two crisp sounds, two feather arrows each hit a flying knife, and an arrow went straight to Chu Yan.

Chu Yan tried her best to dodge, let the chest and abdomen hurt, and was still shot in the right leg, but fortunately, the arrow was not poisonous.

Zhang Niujiao saw that Chu Yan was hit by an arrow, fearing that Zhao Yun would continue to chase, and raised his saber high, "The whole army is attacking!" "Mobilize a large army and rush towards the phalanx of the Han army.

Zhao Yun saw that Chu Yan was injured, and wanted to catch up and capture him alive, but the Montenegrin army was fully pressed, and Zhao Yun had no choice but to return to his own position.

Ten wins, this is the level that Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong should have in Lu Bu's mind!

Seeing that Zhang Niujiao had launched an attack, Lu Bu, who was accustomed to seeing big scenes, was very calm, he turned his head to look at Xu Huang and the others, "Each brigade is deployed according to the defensive formation, let's see how the Black Mountain Army is?" ”

Cheng Lian, Xu Rong, Zhu Ling and others were each ordered to return to their phalanx and deploy according to the defensive formation of the infantry of the Bingzhou Army.

The offensive formation of the Montenegrin Army is no different from that of the other Yellow Turban Army, all of them are elite concentrated in the center, and the left and right flanks are also ordinary soldiers.

Although the ordinary soldiers of the Montenegrin Army were better than the miscellaneous soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and they had received some training, their equipment was inferior and they had not undergone any actual combat tests, so there was no pressure on the left and right flanks of the Bingzhou Army to defend.

The Montenegrin Army just relied on its numerical superiority and the style of not being afraid of death, charging desperately, suppressing the Bingzhou Army and maintaining the offensive.

Lü Bu and Xu Huang quickly noticed this, so they transferred about 1,000 crossbowmen from the 1st Brigade of Rong on the left and right flanks and some of the 3rd Brigade of the Trap Camp to the middle to strengthen Xu Rong's 1st Brigade.

The elite of the Montenegrin army is very different in terms of equipment and training, including the mental outlook of the soldiers, and they can also skillfully discharge infantry offensive formations, shield soldiers, spearmen, and longbowmen.

There are 30,000 Montenegrin elites concentrated in the middle road, and after Zhang Niujiao and Chu Yan got into trouble, this kung fu is not less, and the two of them also have some skills in training.

30,000 elites, lined up in three infantry phalanxes with 10,000 people each in the front and rear.

At the beginning of the battle, the 10,000-strong phalanx of the front army slowly pressed up, and they all had a bit of a fierce momentum that was not afraid of death.

There were 2,000 longbowmen out of 10,000 in the Montenegrin army, and they bravely fought against the state army.

However, some gaps in details may determine the final success or failure.

The shield bearers of the state army are wearing heavy armor, heavy full-body armor, which is full of weight, so that when they use the big shield, they can try to cover their comrades in the back row without worrying about their own protection.

These shield soldiers are also selected to be strong and strong, and their strength is greater than that of ordinary people, otherwise they cannot fight on the battlefield for a long time with heavy armor.

The shields of the Montenegrin Army are the same as those of other Yellow Turban soldiers, but they are wearing ordinary armor, and their limbs are not protected, and most of the large shields are used to protect themselves, and the protective masks in the back row are much smaller.

The longbowmen of the Montenegrin army also wore leather armor, which was also to reduce the weight and bring more arrows, and there was not so much awareness of the importance of longbowmen.

The longbowmen of the Bingzhou army are much more weight-bearing than their opponents because they have horses to travel when they are usually maneuvering, and their own training intensity is much greater than that of the Montenegrin army.

Not only were they dressed in steel armor, but the longbow they used was more powerful than the longbows of other armies, and their range and power were superior, and the arrows were also two pots, in addition to carrying a spear or ring-headed sword, which was used as an ordinary infantry when the bow and arrow were shot or when they were unable to pull the bow.

The spearmen of the state army were also better equipped than their opponents, and they had to have two more sharp spears, and the shieldmen had to carry two spears.

The state army is a squad as the lowest level of the establishment unit, a squad of ten people, the standard configuration is like this, two heavily armed shield soldiers, each with a large shield, two throwing guns, and a ring knife;

two longbowmen, each with a spear or a sword, two pots of arrows, and a pot of twenty arrows;

three crossbowmen, each with a spear or ring-headed knife, four boxes of crossbow arrows, each box of ten crossbow arrows;

Three spearmen, each with a spear, two throwing spears, and a ring-headed knife.

The squad leader is mostly a longbowman or a crossbowman, which is convenient for command and observation in the back row.

When the two sides met each other, the infantry phalanx of the state army was not stationary, but an officer was shouting the trumpet, "one", and the shield soldiers in the front row had to slam the shield in their hands into the shield on the opposite side.

Heavy armor, wide shields, and superhuman strength often tell the opponent's shield soldiers to stumble.

At this time, the new trumpet "two" will sound at the right time, and the spearmen behind the shield soldiers will stab the spears out from the gaps between the upper and lower sides.

Until it pierces the enemy's body, the spear will not go empty, and at the same time, the shield soldier will stabilize his body and block the opponent's dying struggle.

Then there is the cycle of slogans and actions, and often the opponent's formation will gradually loosen and continue to fall.

In the face of fallen enemies, the shieldmen will only use their big feet to step on the face and chest of the enemy, and continue to move forward.

If the enemy's shield guards fall, revealing a gap behind them, the crossbowmen of the state army will seize the opportunity and shoot wildly.

This new rolling offensive method was explored by Xu Huang and Gao Shun, and this time it was the first time that it had been tested in actual combat against the Montenegrin army.

The elite of the Montenegrin army, like their ordinary soldiers, also did not participate in many actual battles, and the previous siege battles were often won by many.

They are not like the Bingzhou army on the other side, they are all tempered in the life-and-death battle with the Xianbei people.

Xu Rong was draped all over, standing in the center of the team, holding a longbow in his hand, and shooting at the longbowmen of the Montenegrin Army, which was a game that tested his courage.

The accuracy of the longbowmen of the state army is better than that of the opponent, depending on the quality and length of training.

The armor protection is also stronger than that of the opponent, and the arrows of the Montenegrin army are often bounced off the helmet and armor, while the arrows of the state army pierce the opponent's thin iron armor with the help of sharp arrows and pierce into it fiercely.

Even the most unskilled courage, accustomed to life and death, can dodge oncoming arrows without blinking, and often at the last moment, they will take a step to the side, which can be avoided.

All of this led to the rapid loss of 2,000 longbowmen of the Montenegrin army, killed or wounded, and the state army had the advantage of long-range attacks.

(End of chapter)