Chapter 273: The Mighty Crossbow of the Battle of Moxi
Just when a large number of Khitan cavalry collided with the long wooden spear formation of the Ju'an army, the crossbowmen in the tenth row of the battle array immediately got up and threw the crossbow arrows in front of the battle array with the crossbow arrows in their hands, and at the same time, the archers of the fourteenth row also got up and fired arrows at the Khitan cavalry. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
After this round of crossbows and bows, the crossbowmen of the tenth row and the archers of the fourteenth row quickly crouched down again, while the crossbowmen of the eleventh row and the archers of the fifteenth row immediately got up and fired another round of crossbows and bows at the Khitan cavalry.
In the infantry battle formation of the Hawksan Army, there are four rows of crossbowmen from the tenth to the thirteenth row, and three rows of archers from the fourteenth to the sixteenth row.
Therefore, when the Khitan cavalry was blocked by the dense long wooden spears in front of the battle array of the Ju'an army, the crossbow arrows and bows and arrows continuously shot from the battle array brought considerable losses to the charging Khitan cavalry.
Although Yeluqi, the Khitan right king, personally led the troops to charge, but did not rush to the front, he saw the infantry battle formation of the Ju'an army in the back, using long wooden guns to block the cavalry of his own charge, and arranged a large number of archers in the battle array, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and then made a gesture, and stopped with thousands of Khitan cavalry around him.
At this time, Dengeril, who was following Yeluqi, asked for battle: "Lord, let your subordinates lead people to charge the battle!" The subordinates must crush the battle formation of the Jin people! ”
Yeluqi pointed forward with the iron lance in his hand, "Dengeril, give this king this infantry battle formation to crush the Jin army!" ”
"Yes, Lord!" Dengerile immediately urged his horse and rushed to the infantry battle formation of the Ji'an army with some Khitan cavalry around him.
However, it was not long before Dengeril rode back to Jeruqi in disgrace, and he had three arrows stuck in his body.
Dengerile said to Yeluqi embarrassedly: "Lord, there are some evil sects in this infantry battle formation of the Jin people, those long wooden spears make our weapons unable to attack at all, and the arrows fired by the infantry battle array have not stopped, and there are some arrows fired by strong crossbows, if the subordinates don't withdraw quickly, they will be shot into hedgehogs!" ”
At this time, the front of the Hawk'an Army's infantry battle array was already covered with the corpses of the Khitan cavalry, while the casualties of the Hawk'an Army officers and soldiers in the infantry battle array were almost negligible.
Yeluqi frowned and nodded, and said: "This king has already seen it, this Great Jin Dove Tiger really has some doorways, how are you?" Does it matter if you have any injuries? ”
Dengerile looked at the arrows that had been shot on his body, shook his head and said: "Lord, his subordinates wear two layers of iron armor, and these three arrows only penetrate one pair of iron armor outside!" ”
Shu Luhe, one of the four King Kongs under Yeluqi's command, suggested: "Lord, it is better to bypass this infantry battle formation of the Jin people from both sides and directly attack the two wings or back of the Jin infantry battle array. ”
Yeluqi looked at the sides of the infantry battle formation of the Ju'an army, shook his head and said: "There are more than 100,000 cavalry in this Jin army, and it is impossible for these cavalry to easily attack the two wings and the back of the infantry battle array. ”
Next, Yeluqi personally led thousands of Khitan cavalry around him to join the attack on the infantry battle formation of the Ju'an army, and the position that Yeluqi chose to break through happened to be the position of Gao Shun's sinking camp, and the thousands of Khitan cavalry around Yeluqi were definitely the elite of the Khitan cavalry, and the four King Kongs under Yeluqi were among them.
Gao Shun, who was commanding in the infantry battle array, immediately discovered Yeluqi's movements, and immediately ordered dozens of real trapped soldiers around him to use strong crossbows to deal with Yeluqi and no longer shoot ordinary Khitan cavalry.
Most of the crossbows equipped by the crossbow archers in the infantry of the Ju'an Army are standard crossbows equipped by the Jin army, the effective range of this crossbow is only thirty or forty steps, and the power is not great, and the soldiers in the camp summoned from the system are equipped with strong crossbows with an effective range of up to two hundred steps, which is huge, but unfortunately there are only more than three hundred in total, and they cannot be imitated now.
Yeluqi's martial arts, Gao Shun has seen it just now, if such a fierce general is allowed to get close to the front of the battle array, it will open a gap in the battle array, so Gao Shun ordered dozens of people who were trapped in the battle must not let Yeluqi get close to the infantry battle array, it is best to shoot him to death with an arrow.
Yeluqi urged his horse to approach the infantry battle formation at a distance of about one hundred and eighty paces, and more than a dozen crossbow arrows fired at Yeluqi, who was in the lead.
Of course, Yeluqi could not be shot so easily, Yeluqi used the iron lance in his hand to quickly block left and right, and then more than a dozen crossbow arrows were shot away, and then more than a dozen crossbow arrows fired at Yeluqi, although a dozen crossbow arrows still did not hurt Yeluqi, but a crossbow arrow shot at Yeluqi's war horse, and shot through the neck of the war horse.
At the moment when the war horse was about to fall, Yeluqi jumped off the war horse with both feet, thanks to Yeluqi's quick reaction, otherwise he was likely to be crushed by the dead war horse.
At this time, the Khitan soldiers who charged with Yeluqi strangled the reins of their horses, but because the distance was too close, they still collided directly with Yeluqi.
Yeluqi also knew that the Khitan soldiers who followed him could not stop immediately, as soon as his feet landed, he stomped on the ground with one end of the iron lance, and then Yeluqi's body rose into the air and fell directly on a war horse that had lost its owner, and the owner of this group of war horses had just been shot by a crossbow arrow shot at Yeluqi.
After Yeluqi remounted his horse, the Khitan soldiers who followed him couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but when they saw the strong crossbows in the Jin infantry battle formation shooting more than a dozen crossbow arrows at Yeluqi, they immediately became nervous again.
This time, Yeluqi was very careful, not only protecting himself, but also protecting the war horse under his crotch, but Yeluqi's face was very ugly.
Then Yeluqi suddenly made a gesture, and then Yeluqi and the Khitan cavalry he led directly circled a "U" shape in front of the infantry battle array, and no longer continued to charge towards the infantry battle array.
Yeluqi led thousands of Khitan cavalry to stay at least four hundred steps away from the infantry battle formation, and Yeluqi waved his hand to stop the thousands of Khitan cavalry.
Shu Luhe, one of the Four King Kongs, looked at Yeluqi's gloomy face and said: "Lord, your target is too big, as long as you get close to the Jin people's infantry battle formation, they will attack you with strong crossbows, it is better to let your subordinates lead people to rush again!" ”