Chapter 77: Pondering Pradmin's Opportunity to Fight Outside the City with a Crossbow and Crossbow (Part II)
On the plain of the Yanjia River in this Ma Pingchuan, the two armies faced each other, and naturally there was no danger to defend, and there was nothing to do. Therefore, it can only be ridden by riding, and riding by foot!
Looking at this flat and fertile land, Wang Xuance and his generals not only returned to their hearts, but also their hearts were full of enthusiasm: This time, I will also show you the strength of my Datang, which is not only able to lead the snake out of the hole, divide and outflank, and use stratagems to level you; I, Datang, can also ride on foot, and have a large army group battle with a sword and a bloody sword; Let's have a battle of real swords and guns, hard and hard, and hard and hard.
So the era of the hoplites came......
After another day of silence and recuperation, the rising sun had dyed the entire eastern sky red; This red is like blood spilling in the sky, the red is thorough, the red is tragic!
The little creatures among the low shrubs poked their heads out one by one, wanting to feel the fresh breath of nature; But as soon as he poked his head out, he suddenly burrowed into the bushes again, and disappeared without a trace, as if he felt some moment of life and death.
The trees, the flowers and the grass all drooped their heads, and on this windless morning, they looked lifeless; Like a dying giant, the land of the watchmen; is more like a born baby, full of hope for this dying land.
And the original many birds in the sky don't know where to fly at this time? Only a touch of bright red dyed by the morning sun remains, and the world decorated without living beings is so desolate, powerless and indescribable.
With this indescribable indescribability, the two armies were already arrayed outside the city of the king of Perachna, across a clearing. I saw that at this time, Wang Xuance's 14,000 Tang Dynasty coalition troops poured out; And the 20,000 horse army of Sawar also has a sequence formation outside this city.
The echelon distribution of each arm on one side is staggered; One side is neatly aligned and arranged in an orderly manner. One side of the sword, the crossbow and various weapons are configured in turn; One side of the armor, the sword, the instrument is magnificent. The big war is about to break out!
At this time, Sawar understood that this was indeed a hard-fought battle. He fixed his eyes on it, and the large army led by Wang Xuance was really a combination of foot and horse.
I saw that in the front row of this military array, four hundred heavily armored soldiers were sitting on the ground, and next to each of them, there was an unknown weapon. Because it was the first time he saw such a method of arranging troops, although he felt funny, he didn't dare to slack off at all, because he deeply understood that Wang Xuance was not a child's play.
As the heavily armored soldiers looked back, they saw warriors armed with crossbows, staring at them with big eyes. He understood that this was Prader, and the thing he was talking about did look majestic and full of solemnity!
And after this crossbowman, there are archers with bows and arrows. They were ready, but the bow had not yet been wound; As an archer, because he shoots arrows quickly, he also understands that this is also a common method of marching and arranging.
Around these three types of soldiers, and in the intervals, there are protective infantry with shields in hand, ready to go. With this protective infantry, looking at the most heavily defended place, the banner of this coalition army is fluttering, and all kinds of flag soldiers, information soldiers, and guards are guarding this young commander.
Although he had never met, his intuition told him that this person was Wang Xuance. After careful consideration, sure enough, the appearance is dignified, the instrument is extraordinary, and it seems that he is indeed a Confucian general.
And behind this formation, two hundred paces, there were four thousand cavalry; It seemed that it was not far from his own cavalry. Such a method of marching and arranging the formation, Savat was indeed the first time to meet it; It seems that this Wang Xuance really wants to ride on foot; However, although it is very disciplined, since it has been encountered, it has to go through such a journey; Regardless of whether he is a sword mountain and a sea of fire, a tiger's den in Longtan, this is the duty of a general!
Indeed, this is exactly the formation that Wang Xuance arranged according to the Wei Gong Li Jing when he attacked and destroyed the battle of Tuyuhun and made a slight improvement. These four hundred powerful Mo swordsmen are naturally led by Zhou Zeng; The 1,000 crossbowmen who followed were carefully trained by Chen Maocai, and of course they were also under his command!
The archers behind him, as well as the protective infantry, were led by Prapada. As for the 4,000 cavalry behind, it was Li Bo Kari, and Kampot Dunzhu as the main generals!
Most people had never seen this formation before; But these days, they believe in Wang Xuance's strategy of commanding the army, so they are also full of confidence. The generals look majestic and energetic; A soldier, like a hungry wolf, peered at the prey!
I saw the flag of the Sawar command, and Prad was above the city, beating the war drums; Suddenly, the sound of war drums resounded like earth-shattering thunder over the battlefield as silent as death.
rows of horsemen, clad in armor; Feet in stirrups, legs clamped between the belly; One hand slapped the war horse, and the other waved the war knife; Like sharp blades rushing out one by one, they killed the Tang Coalition led by Wang Xuance.
In this military formation of the Tang Coalition Army, the first to attack was Chen Maocai, a thousand crossbowmen. But seeing his eyes widen, he held his breath and observed the horse army that was rushing over. When he reached a distance of about two hundred paces, he waved down the command flag that had already been raised.
But seeing that this thousand crossbowmen were divided into two groups, one round of shooting, one round of loading, echelon configuration, and round shooting. One by one, the clusters of arrows were like flying locusts, piercing straight through the crossbow chamber and shooting at the invincible horse army! Some of the arrows pierced the horse's head, and the horse fell to the ground in an instant with a wailing sound; Some of them shot at the soldiers' chests, and then fell from their horses in untold pain. The lucky ones were able to return to the rear, and the unfortunate ones were traversed again by the horse army, who could not avoid it, and died in vain.
Looking at this cluster of arrows as dense as raindrops, many horse soldiers waved their swords to block the cluster of arrows; With the sound of "bell blocking", many arrows fell to the ground, and many soldiers were hit by arrows.
Because these horse soldiers have galloped in these five Indian lands since they were formed; So I have never seen such a long-distance "bow and arrow". Although before the Great War, Prad had mentioned it many times; But after seeing it, after experiencing it, I realized that this weapon is much stronger than a bow and arrow!
After this round of shooting, the Ma army, which was charging forward, also suffered heavy casualties. This scene not only made the soldiers who rushed to kill in the follow-up gradually have a cowardice, but also surprised the general of the Ma army, Sawart, who was watching the battle under the city.
Faced with a slight decline, how should he decide? Please see the next ......
Editor's note: War is deterrence, when your deterrence is strong enough, it will seriously impact the opponent's psychological endurance, and Datang's deterrence is truly demonstrated through skilled craftsmen......
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