Chapter 583: They Have a Crossbow
Gao Shun's trapping camp is different from Cao Shuo's Flying Bear Battalion. Do you want to read it?
The Flying Bear Battalion is cavalry on horseback, infantry on horseback, and all infantry in the trap camp.
5,000 soldiers formed a large circular formation on the periphery, trapping the camp to defend the Chinese army.
"General Gao, you can't defend it like this." Cao Shuo in the distance shouted: "Defend on all sides, as long as I launch an attack on one side, the other three sides will not work." ”
Cao Shuo actually taught Gao Shun to deploy defense on the battlefield.
Gao Shun was immediately annoyed.
Glaring at Cao Shuo angrily, Gao Shun shouted: "The soldiers listen to the order, the enemy army is not more than our soldiers, this victory is unpredictable, all the armies only need to kill the enemy with me!" ”
"General Gao, I think you better stop struggling." As soon as Cao Shun's shout fell, Cao Shuo shouted to him: "Although there is not much difference between you and me in the number of soldiers and horses, we all know what the difference is between the old, weak and the elite. ”
Cao Shuo shouted this, and the soldiers behind him let out a mocking mockery.
Signaling the soldiers to stop laughing, Cao Shuo turned his head and pointed to the head of the city and said, "General Gao, look at the head of the city, there is my banner floating there." You can't be stationed in Xue County, you and your soldiers are rootless duckweed. Instead of fighting to the death and letting the soldiers die, it is better to surrender to me, I will not send you to fight General Lu. ”
"Cao Zirong, you look down on me too much!" Gao Shun snorted coldly: "I have followed General Lu for many years, he treats me well, just because I am surrounded by enemies, I surrender, what do you think of me Gao Shun?" ”
"Before General Gao came, I also told Shi Yuan, you are good at everything, but you are too tendoned." Cao Shuo said: "Knowing that he is invincible, he still has to forcibly fight. Don't think about yourself, General Gao always has to think about the soldiers under your command. ”
Gao Shun didn't respond, and Cao Shuo then shouted: "I know that the trapped camp under your command is a group of outlaws who don't want to die, but what will happen to those soldiers who are not trapped in the camp, have you ever thought about it?" They all have families, parents, wives and children, and you can't bear to let them die on the battlefield? ”
"Cao Zirong, don't say it so high-sounding!" Gao Shun shouted: "If you didn't lead the troops into Xuzhou, why would the soldiers need to go into battle?" ”
"In the past few days, I have occupied Fan County and Xue County, and the city is in a depression." Cao Shuo said: "General Lu has not developed Xuzhou in the past two years. Instead of watching the people suffer, it is better to hand over Xuzhou to our Cao family. Today's Yuzhou is prosperous and prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. ”
"Xuzhou is a place of several battles, fighting all year round, and no one can afford to make it prosperous." Gao Shun said: "If you want to fight, you can fight, don't talk nonsense." ”
Cao Shuo whispered to Pang Tong on the side: "What's the matter, I said it, Gao Shun can't be convinced." ”
"Childe is really transparent about people." Pang Tong said: "Gao Shun has such a character, even if the Cao family breaks through Lu Bu, he still refuses to work." ”
"Such a person either does not serve, and once he does, he is loyal." Cao Shuo said: "I'm going to condemn him." ”
Cao Shuo said to Cai Ji on the side: "Order Wei Yan, and he will take the lead in attacking." ”
Cai Ji responded, and rode his horse in the direction of Wei Yan's array.
After a while, a horn sounded from the direction of Wei Yan's array, and the soldiers stepped forward one after another.
"Defend the left flank!" Cao Jun made a move, and Gao Shun shouted.
The Xuzhou army, facing the left flank, set up a shield array, pointed ahead with a long lance, and stared at the Cao army who was approaching with a pair of eyes.
"Crossbow!" During the march, Wei Yan shouted to the soldiers.
The soldiers took off their crossbows from their backs one after another and aimed at Cao's army.
"Childe." Pang Tong reminded Cao Shuo: "A strong crossbow on one side can play a very limited role, do you want to ......?"
"Yes, of course!" Cao Shuo said: "But I will wait for the Wen Chang's side to start attacking, and then order the whole army to advance." ”
The soldiers led by Wei Yan advanced forward, and in the Xuzhou army array, the archers also aimed at them with bows and arrows.
The crossbow has an advantage over the bow and arrow, and its range is relatively long.
When the range of the bow and arrow could not reach the distance of a strong crossbow but could form an effective shooting distance, Wei Yan ordered to stop.
The soldiers lined up in a neat formation, aiming at the Xuzhou army with strong crossbows.
"Shield Defense!" Seeing through Wei Yan's intentions, Gao Shun shouted.
The soldiers of the Xuzhou army hid behind the shield array, and the trapping camp placed a shield array in the center to protect Gao Shun.
"Shoot the arrows!" Wei Yan roared.
With his order, the soldiers of the Cao army buckled the machine springs one after another, and countless arrows flew towards the Xuzhou army.
Dense feathered arrows like raindrops fell on the shield of the Xuzhou army, making a "crackling" sound.
Due to the tight array, the Xuzhou army did not suffer much loss, but many shields were pierced by arrows, like hedgehogs.
"Command the whole army to advance!" The Xuzhou army focused on defending Wei Yan, and Cao Shuo gave the order for the whole army to advance.
As the horn of the Chinese army sounded, all Cao troops, including the Flying Bear Battalion led by Zhao Yun, began to move forward.
Cao's army approached from all sides, and Gao Shun had to adjust the focus of the defense, focusing most of the soldiers in the three directions with a large number of people, except for the side facing the Flying Bear Battalion, where there were relatively few soldiers.
The orders to release the arrows were issued one after another, and the Cao troops on all sides seized the reeds of the strong crossbows.
The Xuzhou army led by Gao Shun is like a magnet with strong suction, attracting countless arrows to fly towards them.
"General, the enemy army is full of strong crossbows, and our army can't raise its head at all." Squatting beside Gao Shun, the lieutenant shouted, "Do you want to charge?" ”
"Don't!" Gao Shun replied: "Sooner or later, they will run out of arrows, and when they run out of feather arrows, they will naturally charge our army, and then our archers will come in handy." ”
The lieutenant was silent.
The Xuzhou army was attacked by arrows, and the feathered arrows flying from all directions made them unable to raise their heads.
The shield array was tight, and although the arrows flew towards the Xuzhou army like locusts, not many enemy troops were shot and fell to the ground.
"Order the city to fire a crossbow!" Cao Shuo gave Wei Tu an order.
Wei Tu turned and waved his hand at the city.
Cao Jun at the head of the city saw the gesture and ran to the crossbow one after another.
One of them, Cao Jun, sat on a crossbow and kicked down the machine spring vigorously, while the other Cao Jun put a crossbow arrow the length of a javelin on the crossbow.
"Shoot the arrows!" With an order, twenty or thirty crossbows were fired at the same time.
Huge crossbow arrows roared and flew towards the Xuzhou army, falling into their array.
The stout arrows pierced the shield of the Xuzhou army.
With the crisp sound of the shield being shot through, twenty or thirty Xuzhou soldiers were pierced through their bodies by crossbows and fell to the ground.
"General, they have crossbows!" The captain shouted: "If you hold on like this, you will be broken by the enemy sooner or later!" ”
"Command the whole army to do everything in their power to repel the enemy forces in the rear!" also knew that it would not work like this, Gao Shun shouted.