Pang Cong stood on the chariot, seeing that Zhao Jun had been deployed, he took a deep breath, and the hand holding on the sword unconsciously trembled. Because, this is also the first time that he has personally commanded so many people.

"General, our army has been prepared three hundred steps outside the city."

Pang Cong nodded, at this distance, he could already see that the Zhongshan army on the city wall had already erected their shields. Obviously, this is the usual way of defense, as long as the first wave of the Zhao army's attack is supported, the Zhao army can only engage the enemy in close combat.

"Order, crossbow archers of the Chinese army, take a hundred steps forward and prepare."

"Yes" The herald hurriedly retreated, waving the command flag, and at the same time the golden drums intersected, and the Chinese crossbow archers received the order to follow the drum beat and slowly advance.

During the Warring States Period, the communication tools of the army were not as simple as they are now, and they could be commanded by telephone or radio, but through three tools, short-distance command, they were drums, gold, and flags, also known as the three officials. They all have their own role.

The so-called drums, generally war drums, are hung on the drum frame, the drum body is horizontal, and then a person stands, holding the drum pole in both hands, hammering left and right. The role of the drum is mainly reflected in the combat aspect, and it is used for launching and attacking.

Under normal circumstances, the sound of the drum sounds, which means that the attack begins, the faster and more fierce the drum, the drum sound is regular, indicating that the attack or marching order must be adjusted, and the drum sound stops abruptly, it means that the drummer is injured, and suddenly, the whole army will fall into chaos, and if it is not done well, it will be counterattacked by the opponent. It is because many soldiers and seniors have made very high requirements for war drums, and even those who beat the drums must choose heroic people, and it is not a job that any person can do.

The second is gold, which does not refer to gold, but to four bronze instruments, namely cymbals and cymbals, and the four instruments are not made for music, but for defense, for retreat, and for armistice.

"Zhou Li: Drum Man" says: With gold and drums, with gold bracelets to drum, with gold to stop drums, with gold Duo through the drum. That is to say, the use of gold to harmonize the sound of the drum when composing, the use of gold bracelets to control the drum sound of the march, and the use of the golden cymbal to stop the march of the drum, these three are all in charge of special people, but the last one, the so-called Jin Duo, is controlled in the hands of the commander, he controls the coordination of the snare drum and the other three gold by controlling Jin Duo, so as to control the entire army. However, many managers do not use the Golden Duo personally, and it is done by the heralds.

So, what is a flag? The so-called flag is used to control the props of the army, and under normal circumstances, the military flag of each country is different, because according to the record of the "Zhou Li", the military flag used by the Son of Heaven and the princes and doctors is different, and it is not necessary to use the patterns and decorations on it.

The military flag is used to dispatch the army, to control the army, to suppress the army, and each phalanx has its own pattern of military flag. When the commander-in-chief asked a certain unit to advance, he began to use the golden duo herald, and the standard-bearer and drummer acted according to the order, respectively. When the commander of the phalanx heard the sound of the drum and saw the flag of his own phalanx waving, he began to make various specified requirements according to the signal transmitted by the drum.

So, in ancient times, training was really important, especially this kind of troublesome way of signaling, if you don't practice more, you will definitely not be able to complete the specified movements. And at this time, if you are in the charge, you can cause a big problem or even lose a battle.

When Li Zhuo explained to Zhao Yong the way to use the three senses, Zhao Yong's whole expression was confused. He didn't expect that such a simple command seen from the TV series would be so complicated when it came back to reality, and in the case of such a small fault tolerance, the ancients commanded the battle through this system, and sure enough, the generals of this era, even the most unreliable, are much more powerful than others, at least in terms of army commanders, the performance is very strong.

"Then, looking at General Pang's meaning, it is for the Chinese army's crossbowmen to carry out the first wave of attacks." Zhao Yong said unconfidently.

"Yes, under normal circumstances, the boss will choose to use the crossbowman for the first test, which is also a kind of suppression, and the main role is to make the enemy afraid." At this time, Li Zhuo, who had too little experience in leading troops, could not explain it, so he could only rely on Feiyi. Although Fei Yi rarely leads troops now, his early experience makes him still very vocal in the command of the army.

This point, in fact, Zhao Yong can quickly understand, after all, I have watched too many TV series, and this kind of plot and bridge is very classic. Moreover, from the normal logical consideration, it is naturally from far and near. "I heard that among the other six countries, the crossbows of Korea and Qin are the strongest, I don't know if it's or isn't?"

This is true. Among the Seven Kingdoms, in terms of the exquisite design of the bow and crossbow, Korea is the best, and even the Qin State may not be stronger than Korea. Whether it is a bow and arrow, or a crossbow arrow, South Korea has the first share. It is said that South Korea's strongest crossbow arrows can be fired from a distance of 600 paces, and its troops are also equipped with pedal crossbows, and the distance is also very terrifying. Fei Yi continued, "South Korea's capital city Wan, even equipped with a large crossbow machine, its attack power is very fast, but also very powerful. It's not comparable to other countries. ”

"And what about Qin's crossbow?" Zhao Yong vaguely remembered that among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, the first to perish was South Korea, if Korea's bow and crossbow were so strong, why couldn't it resist the attack of Qin?

"The strength of the Qin crossbow is no longer its ability, but its quantity." Fei Yi said.

"Quantity? What do you mean? ”

"Qin has lived in the west for a long time, its iron smelting is not as good as South Korea, its technology is not as good as South Korea, but its military workshop, there is another mystery, it is said that Qin's military workshop, can quickly complete the assembly of a crossbow machine, the average South Korea is equipped with one, Qin has been equipped with three to four, the most important thing is that the Qin people are tenacious and skilled, it seems that every crossbow machine can be replaced at will, and its maintenance cost is also very low. Therefore, the crossbow arrows of the Qin people are better in quantity rather than technology. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yong was able to have a general understanding. In his opinion, when the quality of the two products is about the same, the product with the fastest distribution will naturally have a larger share, and the Qin people pay special attention to controlling the maintenance cost of the product, so the bow and crossbow of the Qin State will naturally be strong.

However, when it comes to military production, he should go to Zhao Guo's workshop another day, because he vaguely feels that either the Qin people have the only backbone, otherwise, the large-scale production method can only be completed by the assembly line operation of later generations. If this is really the case, he will be able to use his simple understanding of assembly line production to transform Zhao's military production methods.

"The first assault is over." Li Zhuo didn't notice that Zhao Yong was pondering, and said excitedly. Only then did Zhao Yong remember that he was on the battlefield and was conducting a major military operation, so he hurried to see the effect of the first attack.

"It seems that the effect is very average." Zhao Yong said with some disappointment, from his eyes, he vaguely saw that after the first wave of arrow rain, there were some arrows left on the walls of the entire house city, and there was also a faint process of transformation into a hedgehog on the tower of the main gate.

"This is only the first attack, Lord, the second attack is already being prepared." Li Zhuo said.

Seeing this, Zhao Yong felt that something was wrong, but as for what it was, he was a little puzzled, until he saw the fourth wave of crossbowmen jump out of the camp and began to prepare to place crossbow arrows, Zhao Yong's brows suddenly relaxed, and he suddenly realized: "I see!" ”

"Your Majesty?" Fei Yi and Li Zhuo were puzzled, thinking what happened to Junshang? What is this?

"Two, I watched General Pang send troops, and asked the first crossbow to complete the attack, and quickly retreat to the back to prepare, and the second wave of crossbowmen came out of the formation to prepare for bows and crossbows, and then went down in turn, yes or no?"

"Of course, that's what every country does. Why did you ask this? Fei Yi nodded and said.

"Hmph, that's a good thing, but it's hard to get an effective attack. If the opponent relies on a fortified city to defend us, there is enough food and grass in it, and the soldiers are energetic, the original intention of our army's bow and crossbow attack, that is, to cause a psychological shadow on the enemy, will be difficult to work, and the other side will have enough time to complete the treatment of the wounded. Zhao Yong said with a smile.

"It's nature. Because each soldier's proficiency level is different, the speed of winding is different, no matter how much we ask, we can't complete the uniformity, so this matter is something that General Pang can't change. Fei Yi thought that Zhao Yong was young and vigorous, and seeing that the four-wheel bow attack had no effect on the defenders, the vacancy exposed by the Zhongshan defenders was quickly filled, so he was impetuous, and wanted to blame Pang Cong. It was to quickly say two good words for Pang Cong.

"I know very well. Therefore, if our soldiers can complete the reloading of crossbow arrows before attacking, the rate of crossbow arrows will be increased. When the enemy sees the speed of our army's attack, he will definitely be shaken in his heart, and at the same time, it will also increase the casualties of the other side. Zhao Yong said.

When Li Zhuo and Fei Yi heard this, a wave of realization suddenly rose. It is true that many people use crossbow shooting as a suppression, but never think of harming the enemy. Although Zhao Yong went to the battlefield for the first time, he was able to find his own way, thinking of a segmented and hierarchical way of attacking, and this keen military sense was indeed very suitable for becoming the commander of the army.

How could they have thought that this guy just thought of the three-stage hit in the TV series, and then used this place. Although the real prosperity of the three-stage attack was after the prevalence of firearms, in fact, in the late Warring States period, the Qin army had already begun to use this kind of crossbow arrow.

Zhao Yong just happened to have advanced this kind of thing by decades.