Chapter 1243: Hard Shock
Standing at the highest point of the Shuanglian City, Qin Feng looked at the battlefield not far away.
"It's a lot weaker than Deng Su's iron horse." He muttered.
The number of iron cavalry under Deng Su's command is not much, but its sharpness is much stronger than that of the Thunder Army. Even when he faced Moro's army of hundreds of thousands, he only had more than 10,000 men, it was much more dangerous.
At that time, the most brutal battlefield was Deng Su's iron cavalry against the miners' battalion. Under Deng Su's blow, he smashed several layers of the miners' battalion's military formation, deeply embedded in the miners' battalion's military array, and it was not far from breaking the formation.
In the end, the miner battalion withstood Deng Su's attack and dragged down the invincible iron cavalry, and the price paid by the miner battalion was that the casualties of the whole battalion reached two-thirds.
But now in the face of the Thunder Army, the miner battalion is not simply on the defensive, but on the defensive and on the offensive. This is completely different from the fierce battle with Deng Su's department back then. And the miner battalion is known as the most powerful army in the Ming army, because of this battle.
Heavy infantry withstood the onslaught of all-armored cavalry, which is unprecedented in history. The reputation of the miner battalion shook the continent, and the states of Qi and Chu began to study the use of heavy infantry in the army.
Heavy cavalry and heavy infantry are all armies with obvious advantages and disadvantages, with large investment and little application, and in the end, the Qi State also learned from the Ming State that also equipped such a battalion of heavy armored troops, while the Chu State had to cancel such a high-investment plan because of the sharp deterioration of finances later.
"Your Majesty, the Thunder Army is weaker than Deng Su's iron cavalry back then, but the miner battalion is stronger than it was back then." A general of the Flame Death Battalion standing beside Qin Feng said in a low voice.
"That's true!" Qin Feng smiled and nodded. Over the years, the selection of soldiers in the miner battalion has become more and more demanding, and eight feet tall is already the most basic requirement. The life of the people of the Ming Dynasty is getting richer and richer, the people are eating better and better, and the body is getting stronger and stronger, and the miners' battalion is at least above the soldiers, which is much broader than before, and is no longer limited to the selection of miners. As long as the requirements of the miners' battalion are met, they can be elected.
Moreover, their weapons and armor are not the same as they were back then, the armor is much lighter than before, but the protection is increasing, otherwise, those heavy infantry with iron armor would not have jumped up on the carriage frame. In the past, after putting on heavy armor, it would be good to be able to take a step and trot, but ordinary soldiers, wearing such a set of armor, basically couldn't move.
The horse chopping knife in the hand, after several generations of improvement, in addition to the sharpness of the knife itself has been greatly increased, the center of gravity of the knife, the length, etc. has an extremely strict process, the only purpose is to let the person who uses the knife, with the least strength, to exert the maximum lethality.
And this is due to the advanced technology of the Ming Dynasty's powerful iron-smelting and steel-making and a specialized weapons research department. The same sword, Qi and Ming don't seem to be the same in appearance, but when they really fight, they will find a huge difference.
The Ming Miner Battalion, on a specific battlefield, they are indeed invincible. Qin Feng estimated that even if he fell into the military formation of the miners' battalion, the final result would be to be exhausted to death by these iron cans, and then split into several pieces.
The giant wood battalion on the other side is much more decent than the ferocity of the miners' battalion. The traditional infantry defending the cavalry formation, before the position, densely covered with all kinds of obstacles, trenches, horses, antlers, thunderbolts, and the number of strong crossbows is a bit outrageous, and the crossbow machines before the infantry are even denser one after another.
Who let them behind the logistics battalion, there are a large number of weapons here, Chen Zhihua is not afraid of not enough, but he is afraid that there will not be enough manpower, after all, whether it is a thunderbolt crossbow or a crossbow machine, it needs to be specially trained before it can be used proficiently, not just a person can use it.
Of course, Chen Zhihua took advantage of the fact that he was the formulator of the war plan, and he had already made some preparations, so now the number of long-range weapons in the Jumu Battalion is more than double that of the ordinary war battalion.
And behind the dense crossbow machine, there is a huge shield array, behind the shield array, rows of spearmen form a cold light forest of guns, in the forest of guns, hidden one by one strong archers. Unlike other military camps, which are basically not equipped with archers now, because Chen Zhihua himself is a marksman, so in the Jumu camp, there is still a class of archers, of course, this archer is not the archer, they are all strong bows, all bows, arrows, are specially customized.
The main general, Chen Zhihua, now uses all the cloud-piercing bows of Moluo back then. Mo Luo's Colorful Cloud Piercing Arrow has been lost, and over the years, Daming's military workshop has been collecting materials to recreate the Colorful Cloud Piercing Arrow for Chen Zhihua, but until now, it has only created five expenditures.
Of course, Chen Zhihua has very few opportunities to use these five cloud-piercing arrows, and under normal circumstances, he just uses ordinary arrows. Although it is ordinary, compared to the arrows used by other soldiers, it is already very unusual, the cloud piercing bow is too strong, and the general arrow is wound up and shot out, and it has not flown far, and the power contained in it has already twisted the arrow into a twist. Therefore, in Chen Zhihua's view, ordinary arrows are already extremely special for ordinary people.
The Thunder Army advanced step by step against casualties, constantly clearing the obstacles along the way, if it was normal, they would naturally not use this tactic that is the least cost-effective for the cavalry, but today, they used this seemingly stupid way of playing, because behind the miner battalion and the giant wood battalion, there is the Ming in the logistics baggage camp, that huge warehouse, it is loaded with the needs of hundreds of thousands of Ming troops on the front line, kill him, the Ming army will not be able to continue.
Trampling on the corpse of his companion, stained with the plasma sprayed by his companion, the Thunder Rider approached the military formation of the Giant Wood Battalion step by step.
Chen Zhihua pulled out the cloud-piercing bow, and as soon as the vibration of the bowstring was heard in everyone's ears, the feather arrows had already flown into the attacking Qin army, and a huge banner fell in response.
Above this distance, only Chen Zhihua's Cloud Piercing Bow could shoot into the enemy array.
The military flag, the spiritual sustenance of the soldiers on the battlefield, as soon as the military flag fell, even the Thunder Army couldn't help but be a little flustered. The cloud-piercing bow sounded, and more than ten banners of the Qin army were broken one by one.
On the position of the giant wood camp, there were bursts of cheers.
Chen Zhihua smiled and shook his hand, even if he had practiced the blue sea and rising tide, but compared to the two brothers Mo Luo and Luo Yishui, it was still too far away, and if he shot it again, he would inevitably strain his arm.
As the minutes ticked by, the Thunder finally got together with the opponent they faced after paying a huge price. Obviously, after a short period of probing, they focused their breakthrough on the Giant Wood Battalion, and the center of gravity of the battle began to slowly shift towards the Giant Wood Battalion. On the opposite side of the miners' battalion, there was a strange scene, and the heavy infantry actually forced the Thunder Army to retreat again.
"Your Majesty, the Thunder Army is playing tricks, they want to pull the miner battalion out, as long as the miner battalion chases out, there will be a gap between it and the giant wood battalion, and the Thunder Army must want to break through from somewhere. They run, and the miners' battalion can't catch up." Xu Sanmei, who was standing beside Qin Feng and watching the battle, said to Qin Feng a little nervously.
"Well, you're very discerning!" Qin Feng glanced at the female general with appreciation, "I can actually see the plans of the Qin people, you are right, this is how they prepared, although the miner battalion is strong, it will not be able to make the Thunder Army retreat in such a short period of time."
"Then Your Majesty, don't you give General Lu a hint?" Xu Sanmei's period Ai Ai is authentic.
Qin Feng glanced at Xu Sanmei with some amusement, "Well, I think Yang Zhi usually told you about General Lu Feng, right?"
Xu Sanmei sighed, and suddenly didn't know how to answer.
"I guess he usually doesn't have any good things to say when he talks to you about General Lu Feng, right?" Qin Feng said with a smile.
Xu Sanmei blushed and said, "The general just said that General Lu Feng is a muscular pimple, and he has grown flesh but not brains over the years."
Qin Feng laughed: "I guess this kid will say this, let me tell you, Yang Zhi and Lu Feng sand table deduction duel back then, ha, Yang Zhi, who read a belly of military books, was killed by Lu Feng without leaving a piece of armor, how much grudge this kid has, so many years have passed, and he still wants to slander Lu Feng from time to time."
Xu Sanmei looked at Qin Feng with her mouth open. Yang Zhi is the object of his admiration, and she has always believed in the words that came out of Yang Zhi's mouth. Now I heard another version from His Majesty's mouth.
Of course, it's not that she doesn't worship Qin Feng, it's just that in her heart, Qin Feng is inevitably too far away from him, just like a heavenly god, and Yang Zhi is much closer to her.
"So, you don't have to worry about Lu Feng, he knows where the bottom line is!" Qin Feng said lightly.
Xu Sanmei looked at the battlefield, and after a while, the pace of the heavy infantry of the miner battalion really stopped, and the position they were in at this time made the Thunder Army extremely embarrassed. It's a real dilemma. They want to launch another fierce attack on the miners' battalion, but they are cavalry, and it is easy to slow down, and it is not so easy to regain speed, because there is not enough space.
Seeing this scene, Qin Feng laughed out loud: "My Ming army has experienced a hundred battles, that general didn't crawl out of the sea of corpses and blood, in terms of combat experience, how could he lose to these Thunder Army who haven't been on many battlefields, playing these tricks in front of my generals, it's really a class axe."