Chapter 1232: Assault
Under the command of the veterans, the recruits quickly calmed down and fired arrows one after another to block the attack. The hit rate gradually increased, from one or two people who could only be shot and wounded at a time to four or five, and then to seven or eight people, more and more knights were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, tossing and wailing in front of the battle, stimulating the eardrums of the recruits, but also sharpening their spirits.
Yan Yi was not very resolute in his attack, and when he saw that if the Jiangdong soldiers entered the state quickly, they would not look like recruits who had just entered the battlefield, and his heart became more and more uneasy. He had already lost more than thirty knights before and after, but he still couldn't see a chance to break the formation, which made him hesitate and have the heart to give up.
Zhang Yun saw Yan Yi's hesitation, but he didn't want to give up this great opportunity for military training. He ordered a few soldiers with loud voices and authentic official words to scold the formation, and make provocative actions to provoke Yan Yi. Yan Yi was furious and ordered to attack again, but he suffered setbacks and his morale had declined, while the Jiangdong soldiers became more and more courageous, and gradually played the level of training in peacetime, and fought vigorously.
The two sides were entangled for more than an hour and were at a stalemate.
At this time, Yan Liang led the troops to arrive, and when he asked about the situation, he raised his hand and slapped him in the face, and then flew up and kicked Yan Yi directly off the horse.
"Fool, how can I take care of you? Do you have bird feathers in your ears? ”
Yan Yi got up from the ground, his face was pale, and the corners of his mouth were bloody, but he didn't dare to say a word. He knew Yan Liang's temper, he made a mistake, it was expected to be hit twice, forget it after the beating, after all, he was a brother, if he angered Yan Liang by talking back, it would not be a matter of one or two.
"Go spy on Shen You, get out!"
Yan Yi bowed down to receive the order, turned over his horse, and galloped south with fifty or sixty personal guard knights. Yan Liang's anger did not subside, and he rode his horse to the front of the battle to check the situation. He is not like Yan Yi, standing far away, surrounded by nearly 100 horsemen, he only took a flag soldier, rode his horse to the front of the battle more than 100 steps, and was already within the range of the strong crossbow.
As soon as they saw this situation, the cavalrymen who had just been beaten out of temper immediately became energetic, but Zhang Yun, who was in the Chinese army, felt a strong pressure. The opponent is demonstrating to him, does he want to fight? Long before the troops were dispatched, they received a warning: Yan Liang's martial arts were very good, and Taishan led his troops to assault many times during the battle, and the generals should not fight him alone, and give full play to their overall strength as much as possible. Zhang Yun kept it in mind, but when he saw this scene, he was still unhappy.
"Shoot him!" Zhang Yun gritted his teeth and gave an order.
Yiqu, who was facing Yan Liang, received an order, and one hundred and twenty strong crossbowmen raised their bows and crossbows, and fired them in three batches, and one hundred and twenty strong crossbows roared away. Yan Liang had already prepared, he raised the big shield hanging behind the saddle to protect the front door, and at the same time pulled the flag bearer behind him.
"Whoosh!" Arrows rained down.
"Tuk Tuk!" Several arrows hit the shield and nailed it to it, and the arrows penetrated deep into the shield, even piercing Yan Liang's fingers, but Yan Liang remained motionless. But his war horse and the flag bearer behind him were not so strong, and the war horse was hit by dozens of arrows, and he fell to his knees in grief. The flag bearer was also hit by two arrows, although he was wearing heavy armor and standing behind Yan Liang, but he was unlucky, and one arrow hit the door and was killed on the spot.
Yan Liang remained motionless, standing on the ground along the fallen war horse, stretching his right hand back, and holding the battle flag steadily.
This scene won bursts of cheers from his subordinates, and also suppressed the morale of Jiangdong soldiers at once. Qu Jun Hou Sun Yan was a veteran, and when he saw this situation, he knew that he had encountered a strong opponent. The shield in Yan Liang's hand should be specific, the three-stone crossbow and four-stone crossbow commonly used in the army are difficult to shoot through, and it is useless to shoot with a bow and crossbow, it will only show Yan Liang's courage.
The most effective way is to wait for Yan Liang to get closer. When he enters seventy or eighty steps, the strong crossbow can not only break the crossbow, but also shoot the legs with a smaller area, and the riding shield in Yan Liang's hand is relatively small, which can only block the chest and abdomen, but cannot block the whole body.
Of course, the best thing to do is to send a warrior to duel with Yan Liang and defeat him head-on. Yan Liang only brought a flag bearer to come, and this was the purpose. This may seem sloppy, but it's the best way to boost morale. It's just that Zhang Yun's subordinates don't have such warriors, these veterans have rich combat experience, and their martial arts skills are much stronger than ordinary soldiers, but no one is sure that they want to compete with a fierce general like Yan Liang. Duel before the battle, if you lose, it hurts morale even more.
Seeing that there was no reaction from the other side, Yan Liang sighed secretly. He kind of understood why Yan Yi couldn't take advantage of it, although these Jiangdong soldiers were recruits, they were strictly trained and forbidden, so they were not so easily frightened. He didn't hesitate any longer, and leaned the battle flag in his hand forward slightly.
With an angry roar, the Chinese army's two foot soldiers walked out of the battle formation under the leadership of a captain, holding a shield, and pressed towards the position of the Jiangdong Army. They held large shields, shoulder to shoulder, shield to shield, forming two walls, and then in the march they changed into a charging arrow formation, one shield after another, overlapping each other, like fish scales, like tortoise shells.
Hou Sun Yan, the Qu army in the Jiangdong army array, saw it and knew that trouble was coming. This formation is specially used to restrain the arrow array, those large shields are thickened, there is a certain inclination when held, it is more difficult to be shot through by the bow and crossbow, covered with cowhide, and it will not crack if it is shot through. The difficulty lies in the fact that this dense formation has good requirements for soldiers, and once the coordination is not good, it is easy to interfere with each other and expose flaws. Those who can use this formation are all elites, it seems that Yan Liang is desperate, and he is the strongest foot soldier as soon as he makes a move.
Sun Yan did not dare to slack off, and while warning the Chinese army, he ordered his subordinates to prepare for battle. When Zhang Yun received the order, he didn't dare to be careless, and immediately transferred men and horses to prepare for reinforcements. In order to ensure the integrity of the position, he had to prepare at least two troops to face Yan Liang. Yan Liang made two songs, so he had to arrange four songs, and mobilize a strong crossbow battalion to help, enhance the long-range strike capability, and prevent Yan Liang from increasing his troops.
The formation was easy to move and difficult to be at ease, although it was only a small range of formations, but there was still some panic, especially when Yan Liang's two foot soldiers passed by Yan Liang, wrapped Yan Liang in, and hugged Yan Liang forward together. They could no longer see Yan Liang's figure, but they could see the battle flag moving forward, and the pressure of the battle was getting stronger and stronger, and although the veterans were shouting loudly, the atmosphere was still getting more and more tense.
Yan Liang's subordinates are getting closer and closer, and they are walking faster and faster.
The Jiangdong army began to shoot, and the crossbow roared, shooting through the shield, and some of the soldiers behind the shield were shot, but they still stubbornly moved forward. Several of the soldiers were shot in the vital point and fell, and someone immediately made up for it, and then mercilessly stepped on the corpses of their comrades and continued to advance.
The two sides were thirty steps apart, Yan Liang's subordinates suddenly roared in unison, and the overall formation was scattered into ten small formations, two small formations on the left and right were wedged into the gap between the two songs, and the remaining six small formations of nearly three hundred people rushed towards the song that was facing them. The soldiers in front rushed to the front of the cart and entangled with the Jiangdong soldiers behind the cart, and the soldiers in the back squatted down and carried the shield behind their backs, and then the soldiers behind accelerated and ran, stepping on the shield, jumping high, and jumping over the cart with a shield.