Chapter 49: Rushing into battle
The sound of 'dangdangdang' cymbals has stopped, and the focus of the battlefield is no longer the array of two armies against each other, but the shogunate behind the Qin army's formation. The hedgehog-like huddled Qin army held the spear outward, and the crossbowman behind the formation laboriously wound it.
More than 4,000 Chu cavalry swept through the rear of the Qin army's array, bypassing one reserve after another, and rushed towards the shogunate. In order to deal with the Qin cavalry that came to the rescue from the left flank of the Qin army, a cavalry of more than 1,000 people automatically separated from the cavalry formation to intercept the galloping Qin cavalry.
Cavalry, the cavalry of the Qin army was the greatest fear of the generals of the Chu army. In addition, the cavalry with tactical maneuver can also launch surprise attacks or flank charges, so that the opposing infantry does not dare to break away from the formation in small groups, because once they break away, they will be ruthlessly killed by the opposing cavalry.
In the era of artillery, the side that was controlled by the enemy's cavalry and forced to defend itself was often overwhelmed by the artillery that the opponent slowly and slowly transferred. According to Xiong Jing's unreliable memory, the Sichuan Baipole soldiers who went to Liaodong at the end of the Ming Dynasty, or perhaps the last Qijia army, were forced to form a formation by the Manchu cavalry to protect themselves and were killed by artillery.
Fortunately, the Qin military knights did not have stirrups, nor heavy armor, and were equipped with Qin swords in addition to arm crossbows, and those cavalry with long soldiers were just horse infantry, and did not have all the combat power of the cavalry of later generations. But even so, the martial knight also worried Xiong Jing, in case these martial knights who don't want to die as long as they come to charge without armor, they will have to explain here.
"It's really King Jing!" The generals of the Qin army, who had already marched to a mile away from the Chu army's formation, saw Xiong Jing riding on a small horse, and Meng Wu, who had Lu Lijing, looked more carefully: under the banner and behind the palace armor, a young man was dressed in shining iron armor, calmly listening to what the general was reporting to him, his face was solemn, but he didn't look at his side.
"How old is King Jing?" Meng Wu, the king of Chu in Lu Lijing, is estimated to be more than ten years old, which is not in line with what he knows.
"General, it is said that he has not yet broken his teeth." The people on the left and right replied, not knowing why Meng Wu asked.
"Fetch my bow." Meng Wu looked up and ordered.
"The general wants to ......" The generals were startled, thinking that Meng Wu was going to shoot King Jing.
"General." The bow was quickly retrieved, and Meng Wu took it, twisted a white feather arrow, and let Mide gallop forward. As soon as Meng Wu ran, the short soldiers behind him also ran.
The Qin army was like this, the Chu army was naturally shocked, and the palace armor was already in the front line, and the officers of the Chinese army held the bell while shouting, ready to let their subordinates rush out of the military formation to protect the king at any time; The crossbow officer behind the array was urgently preparing for a test firing. Xiong Jing was also stunned, could the Qin army have a character like Yang Youji, who wanted to shoot himself with an arrow.
"Drive! Drive! "The north wind blew the flags whirring. Under the banner, Mengwu's royal hand rode the horse hard, and the car ran not in a straight line but in a diagonal line. The short soldiers on both sides were tightly guarding the chariot, and this place was too close to the Chu army, maybe he was already within the range of the crossbow.
"Putting ββ!" The commander of the crossbow company behind the Chinese army shouted, and the first arrow fired by the base crossbow flew away angrily. The crossbow flew three hundred paces and landed near the Mengwu cavalry.
"General!" This is the general of the short soldier is in a hurry, if the main general is shot by the Jing people, the law will kill all their short soldiers.
"Don't panic." Meng Wu had already drawn his bow and arrows, but the arrows were not aimed at Xiongjing, but at the sky. 'Boomββ! With a bang, the white feather arrow in Meng Wu's hand finally shot out, and his target was a flock of low-flying geese overhead. The arrows flew and the geese fell, and the geese also let out a wail, and immediately flapped their wings and flew higher.
"Hooray! Hoorayββ! When the Qin army saw that the main general had shot a wild goose with an arrow, he shouted long live. Although Mengwu's short soldiers were only 4,000 people, the shouts of these 4,000 people made the Chu army fall behind. The unconvinced Chu army archers looked up and saw that the geese were far out of the range of the bow, and it was impossible to shoot one in return.
The shooting of geese in front of the Mengwu array was a complete false alarm, and Xiong Jing felt wrong after thinking about it after sweating. This is simply the Qin people's art of fighting friendship - your king dares to watch the troops in front of the formation, but our main general can shoot geese in front of your army, who is stronger than whom?
"Can't lose momentum! Go, let Gong Yin knife throw a round of fire bombs, and I will shake the flag as a signal. Xiong Jing commanded left and right. At this time, there was a chariot slowly coming from the Qin army array on the opposite side, and there was only one person standing on the car, very young, without a bow and crossbow.
The chariot got closer and closer, and when it was thirty paces, it was stopped by the palace armor that was already arrayed. The person in the car got out of the car and said, "Kid Meng Tian has seen the king of Jing Kingdom. After that, he took out the wild goose that he had just shot down, and said loudly: "I am very fortunate to know that the king is here." At the time of the year, the sacrifice of birds has not arrived, and those who dare to eat all the servants. β
Meng Tian's words were very polite, and he still used the words of the Chu army's warrior Che Youshi Shu Feng during the battle of Chu and Jinyi: "Since this year is not yet in season, the birds and beasts that should be offered have not come, and I would like to dedicate it to your entourage as a meal." β
The geese were shot for demonstration and to demoralize the Chu army; In addition to offering geese as an ancient ceremony, it also means to let his son see who this king of Chu is. Gifts from foreign ministers, even if they are enemies, must be accepted as long as they are in line with etiquette. Xiong Jing had to ask Gong Jia to make way of a passage, let Meng Tian go in front of him, and let his entourage take over the wild goose in his hand.
Receiving gifts from foreign ministers can be given back or not. Xiong Jing didn't have anything to give in return, so he only said: "At the time of the Battle of Yi, Chu and Qin were still allies, why are they facing each other and facing each other today?" Since he has received the gift of General Meng, he should have a reward. If you don't give back a word, please tell General Meng: Don't approach our army 500 steps! β
Five hundred steps is already one and a half miles, and the range of the crossbow is only more than three hundred steps, Meng Tian didn't believe it in his heart, and said: "Remember, boy, when you return to the camp, you must tell my father." β
"Go ahead." Meng Wu retired, got into the car and went away.
"Father, King Jing said: Since you have received a gift from your father, you should have a gift in return, and the reward will be one sentence: Do not approach our army for 500 steps." After Meng Tian returned to the camp, he said, the generals were surprised and laughed when they heard it, and Feng Zheng laughed the most presumptuously: "The unmarried child, his words are credible?" He was frightened by the general's arrow. Haha, hahaha......"
"What is there to fear from the king of the future, our army should destroy this dynasty." Li Xin didn't smile, but he looked at Chu Jun with deep contempt. In his contempt, the banner was shaking, and Gong Yin Dao, who was in the battle formation behind the trebuchet, shouted: "Let goββ! β
"Putting ββ!" From behind the Chinese formation, there was a loud shout from the artillery soldiers. The soldiers in the front row didn't know what the artillery soldiers behind them were doing, but they could hear the 'whirring' wind drifting overhead, and when they looked up, they saw a fireball dragging the flames high into the sky, falling more than two hundred paces away.
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