The repeater is really useful against cavalry, but it is not so effective against infantry.

Now that the crossbow of the Central Army has become famous all over the world, although the princes of all walks of life cannot imitate it in a short time, it is still possible to find a way to resist the advantage of the repeater.

The most effective is to equip a large number of crossbows and hoplites, as well as shields.

The princes began to be heavily armed with crossbows and shields, the hoplites were equipped with large shields, and the ordinary infantry and cavalry were also equipped with small shields.

The tactical style of play also began to learn from the Central Army, relying on shields to block long-range attacks from bows and crossbows as much as possible, and then hand-to-hand combat.

Of course, it is not enough to rely on shields, but also to improve armor protection, as early as hundreds of years ago, chain armor, which was introduced to the Central Plains from the Western Regions, has regained the attention of all princes.

The chain armor from the head to the legs can effectively resist the long-range attack of the bow and crossbow, and the weight is much lighter than the plate armor.

Not only to strengthen the protection, but also to improve the existing hard crossbow, the range and rate of fire have been improved, and they can shoot at the repeater, but the speed is slower.

Huang Zhong's Jingzhou army added a lot of shields and chain armor, and the hard crossbows were also updated and equipped a lot.

Therefore, after knowing that there was a central army waiting for them in front, the Jingzhou army began to change its formation during the march, and 8,000 hoplites with large shields moved to the front of the line.

Huang Zhong's training of his subordinates is still very good, at least changing the formation during the march did not cause much chaos, and everything is in order.

However, in this way, Huang Zhong's troops marched more slowly, which also gave the central army more time to prepare, and the trenches could be dug wider and deeper.

No matter how long the road was, there was a time when it came to an end, and the Jingzhou army was two hours later than the scheduled time, and finally walked in front of the defense line of the Central Army.

This time, the trench dug by the Central Army was not used to defend against cavalry, but with a slope on one side, which belonged to the trench for infantry defense, only half a man deep, but nearly two zhang wide, in the middle of the avenue, the slopes on both sides were continuous.

Huang Zhong set up a position two hundred zhang away from the Central Army's defense line, because he had heard that the Central Army's infantry had a large repeating crossbow that could shoot one hundred and fifty zhang away, which was far beyond the traditional sense of a stone's throw away.

Huang Zhong let the whole army stand firm in place, and he went out to fight, which was also a careful thought he hid, he wanted to buy some respite for his subordinates.

Moreover, he is very confident in his martial arts, and he also wants to take this opportunity to boost his morale and extinguish the prestige of the Central Army.

Seeing the Jingzhou army coming from afar, but he was not in a hurry to attack, but sent a military general to fight alone, Zhu Ling picked Tai Shici who looked at him with his chin, which means "Go, give you a chance to enjoy yourself!" ”

According to the tradition of the Central Army, the method of military generals going head-to-head should be avoided as much as possible to reduce the unnecessary casualties of high-ranking officers, so the Central Army rarely has the behavior of heads-up.

Tai Shici, a military general who likes to fight alone, is naturally suffocated, and it is rare for the division commander to indulge himself once, but he has to have a good time with the opposite one.

Huang Zhong saw a young reward coming out of the opposite formation, and he was also arrogant with a spear in his hand, like a good man.

Huang Zhong raised the big knife in his right hand and pointed at Tai Shici, "The doll on the opposite side is named, and your grandfather will not kill the nameless ghost under the knife!" ”

Tai Shi Ci was not happy when he heard it, "Old horseman, who do you call a doll?" Uncle is Donglai Tai Shici, the brigade commander of the 10th Brigade of the Central Army, which onion are you? Pretend to be with me here? ”

Huang Zhong is also hot-tempered, although he has grown a little older and is a little anxious, but he is also in the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, calling himself an old guy is too much!

"Tai Shi Ci? I haven't heard of it, the yellow-haired boy who has not dried up, your grandfather is the chief general of this Jingzhou army, and Changsha Huang Zhong is also! Let me teach you how to be a human being! ”

As he spoke, he raised his big knife and slashed at Tai Shici.

When Tai Shici heard this, this old man was Huang Zhong, the chief general of the Jingzhou Army, but he had the intention of killing Huang Zhong and killed Huang Zhong, so he didn't have to fight this battle, but he couldn't let this great achievement run, and raised his gun to meet Huang Zhong with a twelve-point spirit.

Speaking of skills, the two of them are really comparable, Huang Zhong's big knife flies up and down, opening and closing, but he is still stronger than a young man, and his strength is still above Tai Shici.

Tai Shici's spear is like a white snake spitting letters, with flexible moves, not colliding with the big knife, giving full play to the speed advantage of the spear, the head of the spear flickering, Huang Zhong only feels a little unsightly.

The two of them fought for fifty rounds, and they were still evenly matched, and after a long time, they were a little out of breath.

But after all, Huang Zhong was already almost fifty years old, and his endurance was not as good as Tai Shici, who was in his twenties, so he decided to use one of his great tricks, no longer delaying time, but turning his horse and fleeing into the distance.

Tai Shi Ci also wanted to fight quickly, and seeing that Huang Zhong was undefeated and fled, he guessed that this old guy wanted to deceive, it was nothing more than dragging a knife or something, and he could just shoot him with a bow and arrow.

Therefore, Tai Shici chased after him and picked up the longbow at the same time, he didn't know that Huang Zhong on the other side was also good at archery, and Huang Zhong's archery was the first person in Jingzhou.

Huang Zhong took out his longbow as he fled, looked back, and was secretly happy to see that Tai Shici was really chasing after him.

Boy, although you have good skills, it's a pity that you ran into grandpa and me, and the two armies only divided life and death in front of the battle, so I can't help it. Think about it, look back at the moon, and fire three arrows at once.

Tai Shici also shot three arrows at the same time as Huang Zhong, and also shot three arrows in a row. The two of them shot arrows at the same time, and they also found three arrows fired by the other at the same time. Huang Zhong hurriedly used his broadsword to drop an arrow, dodged the second arrow sideways, and when he lowered his head to dodge the third arrow, he was a beat slower, and was shot down by an arrow to the red tassel on the helmet.

Tai Shici was also very embarrassed in the face of Huang Zhong's three arrows, the spear picked off an arrow, blocked an arrow with a halberd, and the last arrow shot his helmet squarely, fortunately, the quality of the standard helmet of the Central Army was better than that of ordinary helmets, so he was safe.

Tai Shi Ci secretly said to himself, this old Huang Zhong has good archery skills, and his strength is really not small, I am afraid that someone else will die in his hands.

Huang Zhong fled back to his own formation, and he was also afraid of it, this Tai Shi Ci really had two moves, which could be regarded as an opponent in chess.

Forget it, let's attack earlier and recapture Fangling!

Huang Zhong looked at the terrain, there was a small hill on the left, a large avenue in the middle, and flat land on the right.

Although the hill is small, it also has a long gentle slope, and the hoplites will have a hard time, so let's start from the flat on the right first!

He gave the order to attack from the right flank with 3,000 hoplites, 3,000 spearmen, and 3,000 crossbowmen, and the rest were ready to fight.

(End of chapter)