Although he had learned the crossbow and trebuchet of the Chu people before, Yang Duanhe still asked loudly. Whether it is a crossbow or a trebuchet, they are all projection weapons, not to mention the small number, but they cannot actually threaten the foundation of the Qin army, and it is difficult to determine the outcome of the war. The shield array is not a device but a formation, and it is the apprentice who holds the shield inside, if this formation is effective and the Chu army studies this formation, it will be a huge threat to the Qin army

- Later generations thought that the Qin army was good at fighting because of bows and crossbows, but every general in the world who fought with the Qin army and had an in-depth understanding of the Qin army knew very well: the Qin army relied on armor soldiers to fight well, and relied on sharp soldiers to break the formation, not any bows and crossbows. More than 100 or 70 years ago, Wu Qi described the saying of the Six Kingdoms that 'Qi is strong, Qin is strong, Chu is weak, Yan is strong, and the three Jin are not without purpose.

The strong Qin State 'its people don't let it, all have a fighting spirit', such a nation can not advocate the bow and crossbow from the temperament or the law, a very simple question: how to count the head of the enemy if he shoots the enemy? Does everyone have their own name written on their arrows? What if I don't shoot in the head, but only the torso? Even if you hit the head, what if the arrow is pulled out by someone else?

Not to mention the crossbowmen at the back of the formation, it also happens from time to time between the apprentices who fight side by side. Therefore, in addition to the crossbow troops, the arm-open crossbowmen in the Qin army's array actually participated in hand-to-hand combat. After firing the arrow on the crossbow before the engagement, and firing one or two more arrows depending on the situation, the crossbowman retreated into his own army to participate in the battle, and killed the enemy and cut off the head of the enemy.

Hand-to-hand combat is what the generals of the Qin army valued. The Chu army suddenly formed such a shield formation, and Yang Duan and General Yi's unique sensitivity felt that this small battle formation was very unusual, and it was very suitable for the Qin army. The Qin army fought in small formations, so as not to miss the head, and Han Wei and other countries had strong bows and sharp crossbows, even if they were fully armoured, there were not a few Qin soldiers who were injured by bows and crossbows every time they rushed into battle. Of course, Han Wei's bow and crossbow are strong, but once they are rushed to the front by the Qin army's armor soldiers, there is basically no suspense in the battle. If the Qin soldiers could also form such a small shield formation, and brave the arrows when they rushed into the formation, the casualties of the Qin army would plummet.

Yang Duanhe instantly had the above thoughts when he saw the tortoiseshell array, and when he asked 'what kind of formation is this' for the second time, someone on the left and right finally replied: "General, the shield bearers are all in armor, and they are all wearing red clothes, and the villain thinks it is the red clothes of Jing Kingdom." ”

The red clothes are the abbreviation of the palace sanitation of the Chu king, just as the black clothes are the abbreviation of the palace guards of the Zhao Kingdom. As soon as he said that the red-clothed Yang Duanhe was clear, he also saw the banner fluttering behind the Chu army array, if he guessed correctly, the king of the future was behind the formation.

"Does anyone know what kind of formation the Jing Kingdom Red Cloth makes is? What kind of weapon, and how to break the enemy? Yang Duanhe looked at the shield array intently. At this time, the two shield arrays had already come to the place where the crossbow arrows shot the Chu army. Blood flowed from the dry grass, and the low places had become puddles of blood, and the soldiers on the ground were no longer able to scream, only moaning lowly. The shield array changed again, with one hundred and fifty shields standing upright, fifty lying diagonally on top of the erected shield, and finally fifty lying flat next to the oblique shields. The shield wall thus constructed gave the shield enough space behind the shield to rescue the wounded.

"The last general will know what kind of weapons he uses and how to destroy the enemy." The question that no one answered was finally answered, it was Feng Zheng, and he smiled and saluted Yang Duanhe.

"You want to send troops to give it a try?" Yang Duanhe also thought of this method, which is also the only way.

"Exactly." Feng Zheng didn't care about the shield array as Yang Duanhe, didn't he just put up the shield, who wouldn't do this.

"Good. Ben will allow you to send men to fight you. Be careful of the Thorn archers. "The place where the shield array is located is within the range of the crossbow, and it is also within the range of the Chu army's archers, and the Chu army's Jing crossbow has begun to shoot, although it can not hurt Yang Duanhe, who is three hundred steps away, but the crossbowmen are risking being ravaged by the Jing crossbow in order to be able to shoot the shield array.

"Hey!" Feng Zai bowed before returning to his headquarters to find the shield player, and he also knew that the shield array was within the range of the Chu Bow.

"The Qin people have retreated?" Except for the right army of the Qin army, the array of the Qin army was five hundred steps away from the Chu army, and the right army also slowly retreated under the threat of the crossbow. Seeing this scene, the military Sima Peng Zong was enlightened.

"It's still an attack, and the Qin people won't easily fight a decisive battle with me." Xiang Yan had an understanding from receiving the news that the Qin army that had attacked the left army had retreated. The night before, the Qin army attacked at night, last night, and this raid in the morning, and the current array, all of which were not for a decisive battle, but for harassment. The purpose is to dampen the spirit of the own army and drain the energy of the army, and when they are tossed to exhaustion, the Qin people will pounce on them.

"General, how should this be?" There are many generals around Xiang Yan, and hearing him judge like this, these people can't help but be worried. The Qi army is moving south, the Wei army is besieging, and the Chu army really can't afford to drag it out now.

"General, it's better for our army to move forward and fight with the Qin people!" Wang Zuzhi's general Qu Guang suggested that he belonged to You Que and could be regarded as a pure filling force. Being attacked and harassed by the Qin people like this is indeed not a way.

"No!" Jun Sima and Xiang Yan spoke in unison. Xiang Yan said: "Our army is moving forward, and the Qin army will definitely retreat; Besides, our army is moving forward, how can the array be neat? If there is a gap between the three armies, and the Qin army takes advantage of the gap to advance, what should it be? ”

"Can our army retreat?" Qu Guang asked again, he was a newly promoted general, and he had not experienced a battle formation.

"No, no. The right army of the Qin army was two hundred paces away from me, very close. Xiang Yan lifted the landing mirror and turned to the left, just in time to see hundreds of shield players of the Qin army coming forward, and the target was the two guards who were saving people. Why is that? ”

"When the Qin army withdrew, our army pursued, and after chasing seventy steps, the Qin army was shooting crossbows, and the king sent the sanitation to save people...... "The battle before dawn was reported by the left army, and Peng Zong also knew a little about the situation of the king's guard.

"What is the formation of sanitation?" Seeing the shield hand of the Qin army coming, the sanitation temporarily gave up saving people and began to line up to meet the enemy.

"It is said that it is the battle formation practiced by the king." Peng Zong whispered, and Lu Lijing also looked in that direction.

"Isn't the king practicing the Spear Formation?" Lu Lijing shot a lot of arrows from both sides, and the shield bearers of the Qin army were injured by arrows, but none of the sanitation guards who formed the tortoiseshell formation were injured, Xiang Yan couldn't help but praise: "This shield array is quite ingenious. ”

"Let's see how it fights the enemy?" Peng Zong said with interest. The 500,000-strong army confronted each other without fighting, but there was a force of several hundred people engaged in the middle, which immediately attracted the attention of the officers and men of the two armies. When Xiang Yan looked at the left army, Lu Lijing, the commander of the Qin army, also looked at his right army, and he, like everyone else, was judging the victory or defeat of the two sides in his heart.

In terms of numbers, there were many Qin soldiers, and there were about 500 armor soldiers in front of them, and they slowly advanced under the leadership of a 500 lord in the rain of arrows. The arrows of the Chu army continued to shoot from all angles, and there were dozens of casualties after walking less than fifty steps, and it was estimated that there were still four hundred people left in front of the Chu army's shield array, while the Chu army was only three hundred;

But in terms of the quality of the soldiers, it is naturally the Chu army that is strong. With Qin ruler, the height of sanitation is more than seven feet three inches (170cm), which is already the height of a martial knight; In addition to being tall and strong, the armor on the soldiers is also better than the Chu army, the armor of the Qin army is only leather armor, most of them are not painted, and the sanitation of the Chu army is rhino armor, and there is a thick layer of black paint on it, don't underestimate the paint, the paint is not only durable, but also better than the armor that is not painted.

The Qin army was getting closer and closer, and the starters of the crossbowmen of the two armies were hesitating whether to give the order to release the arrows. The Chu army's side is sanitation, and the archers naturally dare not shoot the Qin army at the cost of shooting sanitation; The purpose of the Qin army's side to send people out of the battle was to understand how the Chu people's shield array fought, and if they were really all killed by crossbow arrows, the lord would be furious.

The crossbowmen of the two armies had already wound up, but they did not dare to give orders. Seeing that the Qin army was getting closer and closer, and it was already within the range of the javelin, the general of the sword and shield soldiers, saw that the Qin army was getting closer and closer, and immediately shouted: "Surrender——! ”

"Cast!" The tight tortoiseshell formation suddenly cracked, and the three hundred guards held a shield in their left hand and their left foot in front, struggling to throw the first javelin at the Qin army. Before this javelin could hit the ground, the queue that had fast-forwarded a few steps threw a second javelin.

At this time, the two armies were only fifteen paces apart, and the six hundred javelins were more than the number of the Qin army. The 'bang' sound of the shields colliding was endless, and although many Qin troops were not knocked down, the three-foot short sword of sanitation followed after the collision.

At this time, the sword they used was no longer a bronze sword, but a giant sword, and the sword stabbed obliquely from below, or stabbed the calf of the Qin army without armor, or stabbed their skirt armor, but the skirt armor could not block the giant sword, and the Qin army who was stabbed only felt a cold on his thigh, and severe pain followed. When they endured the pain and struggled to swing Ge, the big shield of sanitation was raised, and Ge's wood slammed into the upper edge of the big shield, and at the same time as raising the shield to block, the giant sword pierced again, this time it was no longer the thigh, but the torso, and the cold giant sword stabbed in, and walked away. Before the first row of Qin troops fell to the ground, the sanitation had already raised their shields and crashed into the enemies in the back row.

Countless people watched this fight of hundreds of people. When the sanitation broke through the shield array and threw out the javelin, it immediately attracted the exclamations of the soldiers on both sides. The Qin army was completely surprised: it turned out that the enemy still had this kind of weapon; The Chu army is mostly regretful: the long soldiers can indeed kill the enemy when they are thrown out, but what should they do when they are thrown away? Everyone knows that the two armies are facing each other, and the sword is basically useless, it is too short.

"But that's it." Yang Duanhe's side, Feng Zai looked at Chu Jun who threw the javelin, and shook his head again and again. The five hundred people he sent were halberds and beryllium spears, both long and short, and the Chu army threw away the spears, leaving only the sword how to fight.

"Not necessarily." Yang Duanhe had a smile on his face, although it was a pity that five hundred people died, it was likely to affect his title, but it was still worth it to be able to familiarize himself with the shield array of the Chu people at such a small price. "Our army is defeated." He said again.

"Our army is defeated ......" The generals, captains, and strategists around them all looked sideways, and they even stood on their toes to look ahead, the Qin army that was stabbed to death in the first row just fell, and the long beryllium hand in the second row was glued by the enemy, and the long beryllium had no way to play at all, and soon fell.