Chapter 116 - Arms Suppression
The frantic throwing spear roared, beating the cavalry vanguard of the Great Qi Army to cry dad and shout mother, and when the penetrating power that could pierce the wooden shield was applied to people, the effect was obvious.
Thousands of cavalry of the Great Qi Army were pierced through the body by throwing spears, and even people and horses fell to the ground with a bang, no matter how superb your riding skills are, no matter how strong your personal martial arts are, under the intensive throwing spear attack, you can only end up silently hateful.
In fact, with the progress of the times, the era of fighting generals has long been gone, and the combat effectiveness of military generals is of course very important, which will affect the overall morale and the prestige of the generals themselves, but it is no longer the key point that determines the outcome of the war.
The era of relying on combat effectiveness to fight alone has long been a thing of the past, and although soldiers still worship force, they are far from superstition.
What really determined the direction of the war was the development of the economy and armaments, and this was fully confirmed by later generations.
Of course, if you only have the economy and armaments, but lack the determination to fight a war, it is meaningless.
This is also the reason why Zhao Fan has been working hard to make money, selling furniture and beef noodles for a while, in fact, there is only one purpose, that is, to earn enough funds, money, and development.
Recall that since Zhao Fan came to Luoyang, almost every battle he has fought has been to defeat the enemy with armaments.
Aside from the high military salary, the equipment used by the Shouwang army, from the Flying Fish crossbow equipped in large quantities, to the later thunderstorm, to the bed crossbow and throwing gun, almost everything can change the pattern of war.
The reason why Shou Wangjun has been able to repeatedly win more with less and attack the strong with weakness is because of the leadership in armaments, and Zhao Fan's overall view of the war that has been ahead of this era for more than 1,000 years is his greatest advantage, and it is also the biggest advantage of Shou Wangjun.
For example, this throwing gun really began to be used on a large scale, and it only started in the Song Dynasty in history, but now because of the appearance of Zhao Fan, it has been equipped with Shouwangjun hundreds of years in advance.
A large number of soldiers who threw spears and flew towards the Great Qi Army, while causing a large number of casualties, also disrupted their formation, and at the same time slowed down the pace of their attack.
Many soldiers of the Great Qi Army fell down with their men and horses, causing a large vacuum on the battlefield, and countless corpses formed a huge obstacle, completely disrupting the direction of the Great Qi Army's advance.
The officers and soldiers of the Great Qi Army were in confusion for a while, and in the end they could only choose to avoid the pile of corpses in front of them and bypassed from both sides of the flanks, but in this way, the speed of the cavalry's charge was completely reduced.
And the soldiers of the Shouwang Army, after throwing the throwing guns, immediately returned to the array again and continued to attack the cavalry of the Great Qi Army.
The two cavalry units of nearly 100,000 people completely collided together, and countless soldiers of the two armies lost their lives in an instant, but on the whole, it was the soldiers of the Shouwang Army who had an absolute advantage.
The Shouwang army, which maintained the speed of the sprint, was like a steel knife, deeply inserted into the middle of the Great Qi Army, Ma Jianying was the blade of this steel knife, a long knife in his hand was a dancing tiger, almost encountered any decent obstacles, and then used an arrow-shaped military formation to chisel the cavalry of the Great Qi Army.
The cavalry of the Great Qi Army was cut off from the middle in an instant, and it completely turned into two sides.
The Shouwang Army, which had an advantage in numbers, instantly surrounded the Great Qi Army, which had been cut into two sections.
The cavalry that lost its speed was not much different from the infantry, and the soldiers of the Great Qi Army, after being stopped at speed, were already doomed to fall into a disadvantage.
The soldiers, each picking their opponent, drew their weapons and rushed towards their target.
And the people of the Shouwang Army, in this kind of close combat, simply took the initiative.
When the soldiers of the Great Qi Army charged towards the soldiers of the Shouwang Army, the soldiers of the Shouwang Army did not pay any attention to it, but silently took off the flying fish crossbow on their waists and fired a triple shot at the enemy.
The soldiers of the Great Qi Army did not even have a chance to get close, so they were shot over by crossbow arrows and died tragically on the spot.
Shou Wangjun's laipi style of play made the soldiers of the Great Qi Army, who were accustomed to going straight and straight, uncomfortable, and also encouraged the Tuntian army, who followed the number of people in the team.
The Tuntian army, which was still a little cowering, seemed to be a different person, picked up the guy in his hand and killed the enemy.
Under the double suppression of quantity and quality, the soldiers of the Great Qi Army were extremely uncomfortable, and this battle was fought like this, and they were also aggrieved.
Since Zhao Fan appeared, the Great Qi Army has never taken advantage of him, and almost every time it is inexplicably defeated.
Ma Jianying was still rushing back and forth with the cavalry under his command, constantly interspersing the enemy back and forth.
Qin Zongheng, who was standing at the height of the camp, looked at the mess on the battlefield, and said helplessly, "General Ram, Mingjin, let General Tian see me in the account." ”
"Yes, Marshal." The ram cart shook his head helplessly and asked you not to go just now, you want to go, now it's okay, I lost so many soldiers for no reason, and I didn't even catch the hair.
As the sound of cymbals sounding in the camp of the Great Qi Army, the soldiers of the Great Qi Army, who were being ravaged, launched a crazy attack on the encirclement of the Shouwang Army under the leadership of Tian Yuanhua.
How could these honest Tuntian soldiers, who only farm land on weekdays, ever see such a scene, when they saw so many cavalry coming towards them, they were all frightened, let alone prevent them from breaking through.
In Zhao Fan's somewhat unwilling eyes, Tian Yuanhua took the soldiers of the Great Qi Army to break through the temporary encirclement set up by the Shouwang Army and slowly retreated towards the camp.
Zhao Fan faintly felt a little pity in his heart, but he also understood that it was indeed difficult for some strongmen to let these full Tuntian soldiers stop the impact of the rebel elite...
In fact, with a cavalry of Qin Zongheng's size, even if he can't beat it, it is more than enough to escape, and he doesn't have to worry about having nowhere to go, unlike Zhao Fan, who lost Luoyang City and Shaanzhou City, he will really be homeless, and the territory occupied by the Great Qi Army is still very large.
And this is Zhao Fan's biggest shortcoming, in this troubled world, his strength is still too weak, not even as good as an ordinary feudal town, if it weren't for Qin Zongquan being dragged by the Huainan battlefield, where would he still be able to jump until now.
At this stage, the sales army can only barely be regarded as a survival period, not even a development period, and if it does not have enough strength, it will only become a soft persimmon that is bullied by others, so how can it be developed?
(End of chapter)