Chapter 58: Courage is not enough

"Immediately fill the stone bombs, prepare to drop, and target the enemy forces two miles away!" As soon as the catapult was projected, Chen Heng immediately gave an order, and the soldiers quickly began to get busy.

This little-known figure was just an ordinary humble family at first, and as Yu Mi defected to Li Ming, he also accepted Tai Shici's guidance. Over the years, he is no longer fighting fiercely, and he is also practicing martial arts, but he is more learning ballistic calculations, and he can now be fascinated by this kind of siege weapon that is projected together, and the enemy is directly smashed to pieces.

I have to say that in this regard, there is no one under Li Ming who is better at it than him. With this hand, no matter where he is, at least he is treated like a general.

"I have to say that it is indeed very reassuring to have such a capable person in the friendly army!" The corners of Lu Bu's eyes leaned back, listening to the sound of the catapult's catapult beginning to bend "Kaji", and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Can you feel at ease? Before the start of the fight, the enemy has already suffered 20% casualties, of course, a 30% collapse rate is not counted like this, after all, an army actually has 30% of the soldiers. The problem is that the army in front of you, more than 10,000 people, are all soldiers!

The key is to look at the army in front of you, and you were directly stunned by the stone bullets. In addition, the formation can also be beaten to pieces, if it is replaced by casualties in the battle formation, then almost all of them are killed, and the overall impact on the formation is not great. On the other hand, if one or two people were killed in each army, the result would be that even if the number of people killed was about the same, the formation would be completely chaotic.

"Kill!" Lu Bu shouted and rushed out with his cavalry, and Zhang Liao, as a deputy general, followed closely behind, and killed in front of the enemy in a short time.

Wu Lan couldn't even organize an effective formation, so he was killed in front of the opponent, and the strong crossbowmen couldn't shoot, so as not to accidentally injure the friendly soldiers. In the end, with Yang Huai as the palace army, the army quickly retreated.

"Charge!" Seeing this, Sun Ce immediately issued an order, but the army had not yet advanced, and he only heard the sound of "boom" in the distance, and his heart suddenly chilled.

This time, it was not a scatter bomb, but a real stone bullet, and more than 100 rounds fell directly into their position.

It's a pity that Sun Ce didn't come over from later generations, otherwise he was afraid that he would immediately shout: "Referee, someone has fouled here!" ”

There has never been a war, and there have been a lot of weapons of war thrown in, at least not in the field. During the battle of Guandu, it is said that Cao Cao did invest a lot of catapults, but that was to deal with the ships that crossed the river, and also against the soldiers who landed.

However, now that the battle of Guandu is gone, the first war that invested a lot of catapults has become the battle of Linying.

The problem is that even in the battle of Guandu, Lao Cao can't beat the catapult so accurately, others use it to deter, but with the war mode of these years, it is enough. Chen Heng really practiced it, I don't know how many stone bullets were projected by the sons below, and the sons below all threw stones to vomit, so they were naturally the thieves who hit the target.

This is not a hundred rounds of stone bullets smashed down, but it is not as simple as morale, the knight plus the horse is not small, the hit rate of the stone bullet naturally increased a lot, as soon as it was smashed down, the hooves of four or five horses were abolished, and even the knight fell down.

A stone bullet smashed directly towards Sun Ce, forcing Sun Ce to dodge immediately, even if he had an innate Qi, in the face of this stone bullet smashed by rapid rotation, he didn't dare to resist head-on, not to mention that he didn't dare, Li Ming and Lu Bu had to weigh it.

The pro-soldiers behind him were not so lucky, five or six were directly stoned to death and crippled.

"Just change fate, technology changes the mode of war! You don't need a spear or a cannon, you will still be abused! Li Ming smiled in the middle of the formation, and then jumped on the back of the broken moon, "Sons, follow me over and sweep the tail!" ”

The army rushed forward, and Wu Lan and Yang Huaibu, who had been chiseled through by Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, had now become sparse. The soldiers threw away their armor and retreated one after another. Sun Cebu wanted to come to the rescue, but he himself was directly entangled by Lu Bu, and he was beaten so much that he couldn't move after a few moves, not to mention rescue, he could only counterattack by chance in passive defense.

"It's worthy of Wen Hou, and the strength is outstanding, Chu Gong is afraid that he can't compare to you!" Sun Ce only felt that Lu Bu was powerful, and his momentum was heavy, but sometimes suddenly the agility and lightness on the right really explained what it meant to be a 'martial arts wizard'.

"Hahaha, little baby, are you really the lord who can only draw with you? When I fought with you before, I was afraid that I didn't use any of my strength! When Lu Bu heard this, he immediately burst out laughing and teased.

Sun Ce's face suddenly darkened when he heard this, but Lu Bu took the opportunity to press up, and his passive defense was beaten so badly. As an existence with strong self-esteem, when he realized that he had been tricked, he immediately felt very unhappy, and he couldn't wait for Li Ming to fight with him with all his might, even if he died on the battlefield.

"Your Majesty, do you want to let the whole family press on it?" In this formation, Xun You looked at Liu Ting. Now the battlefield has become a mess, but in general, the troops of the imperial court have been tortured and killed.

First of all, in terms of weapons, the opponent's weapons are still much better than the imperial court's troops. The armor worn by many soldiers is actually made of a piece of iron sheet, which is a bit light, but it is much better than leather armor; Not to mention the officers, Xun You even saw a lieutenant dressed like a tin can, and the weapons of the court soldiers were cut off, leaving a trace.

Secondly, in terms of the quality of the soldiers, everyone is an ordinary soldier, and as a result, the soldiers under Li Ming's command are actually more powerful. Not only are they more powerful, they also have higher fighting qualities, they know how to cooperate with each other, and they also have a strong sense of the battlefield, so they can avoid being killed carelessly to the greatest extent. The key is to always find the weak point of your army's defense, and directly attack it to expand the results.

Xun You thinks that the Xun family has a rich heritage, but there is a lack of forging methods for training soldiers. The reason why the Taiyuan Wang clan and the Longxi Li clan were able to train elite soldiers and strong generals was in the art of forging the body. In the past, there was a general Lantai in the pre-Qin period, and only those who knew how to train soldiers could hold it, although the status was not high, but in the Qin army sequence, it occupied a pivotal position.

Xun You had read the previous battle reports, and at first he wondered if Wang Yu had taught Li Ming the method of forging the body of the Wang family. But then it was vetoed, even if Wang Yu is the son-in-law, there is no way to have the power to give up this thing related to the family heritage.

Now it seems that it is not Wang's method of forging the body at all, but Li Ming himself knows the method of forging the body, and the key is that it has been promoted by the whole army. This can't be done, except for those soldiers who practice Qi, ordinary soldiers are the real main force, but if ordinary soldiers are not as good as others in terms of equipment and quality, then they can only compete in numbers in head-to-head combat.

"Pressing up," Liu Ting couldn't help but think ......about it, "Let Sun Ce and them retreat, now the front line is in chaos, even if you press all the troops up, there is no way to form an effective formation." We are outnumbered of each other and are not in a hurry! The key is their catapults, no one knows what the maximum range is! ”

"Yes!" Xun You received the order, but his evaluation of Liu Ting in his heart dropped a little. If it is a bold king, he should abandon these tens of thousands of soldiers, and also besiege Li Ming and annihilate him.

In the middle of the "Dangdang ......" formation, the bell rang, Mingjin withdrew the troops, and Sun Ce and the others had to retreat even if they were unwilling. The strong crossbowmen in the rear began to step forward to prepare for shooting, and Li Ming also led the troops back to the camp with interest when he saw this.