As more and more troops arrived on the battlefield of the Southern Barbarian army, the frequency of cavalry attacks also increased. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Li Yi's evaluation of Meng Huo went to the next level, not allowing himself to calmly line up, constantly sending harassing troops, and even maintaining the possibility of a surprise attack by the whole army, which is also a tactic to give full play to the advantage of troops.

At least in the field, Meng Huo can indeed be called a famous general in the world. He was able to easily defeat Meng Shu again and again, firstly, because his own strength was too strong, and on the other hand, because Meng Shu did not show what he was best at.

"Report ...... Emperor Qiqi, the enemy soldiers are divided into four routes, each team of 3,000 people, rushing to the left flank of our army! ”

"General Zilong personally led the army to meet him!"

The distance between the two armies' arrays approached about five hundred paces, and the Nanban army finally launched a large-scale attack. Having invested more than 10,000 horsemen at one time, it is difficult to say whether it is a temptation or a war.

However, as soon as the cavalry of the Southern Barbarians came out of the battle, they saw that the cavalry of the Tang Army also quickly assembled and met them-for-tat. Although there were only more than 4,000 cavalry to meet the attack, the Southern Barbarian army still raised its banner in the formation, and the four teams of cavalry that had just come out of the battle quickly retreated.

"A false shot? Oh, no, it should be containment, although this Meng Shu has a reputation for bravery, but after several successive defeats, he also learned a lesson, but the skill of using soldiers is not ordinary caution. ”

Until this moment, except for advancing and lining up in place, Li Yi did not give any orders, mainly to observe, and through observation, to evaluate and deduce the established tactics.

And Meng Shu on the other side seems to have similar ideas, from the initial ranger snooping to the later small-scale harassment, he has done it carefully. And his purpose in doing these things was not simply to harass, but to take the opportunity to arrange the formation and prevent the Tang army from taking advantage of his unstable foothold to launch an attack.

In terms of the comparison of the strength of the two sides, Meng Shu actually did not need to do this, after all, he had an absolute advantage in terms of strength in this battle, and the number of troops put into the battlefield was almost three times that of the Tang army.

But since he did it, it shows that in this battle, it is very, very difficult to win by stratagem.

"All the departments are in place, the enemy and me are five hundred steps apart, please show the emperor!"

In this battle, Yue Fei and Xu Huang respectively assumed the responsibility of commanding the left and right wings, while Xu Maogong and other military divisions lived in the central army, responsible for co-ordinating, recording information, and counselloring military affairs.

Seeing that all the soldiers and horses issued banners, indicating that the troops had entered a state of imminent battle, Zhuge Liang immediately reported to Li Yi.

Li Yi nodded, and shouted an order: "All the generals will return to their places, and the whole army will advance!" You can't just let the Nanban cool people be powerful, give them some color first! ”

"Whoa!"

Originally, the Southern Barbarian Army had all entered the battlefield, and the rear army was still a little chaotic, but the Chinese army and the front army were already in strict formation, and the two armies formed a confrontation, and a big war was about to break out.

Normally, the two armies would either engage in cavalry combat directly, with the infantry then covering the killing, or they would slowly approach to about 200 paces and then start fighting. Unexpectedly, Li Yi gave an order, and Tang was pressed up like this.

Meng Shu stared at the array opposite, and the reins of the horse in his hand were also tightened from time to time, making the war horse under his crotch constantly shake his head and snort, very uneasy.

After a long time, he finally let go of the reins of his horse and let out a long breath: "The Tang army is an elite soldier, the first in the world, but it is worthy of its reputation, Li Yi, the emperor of martial arts, is really a good opponent!" ”

No one answered, and all the generals and guards knew the temper of this barbarian king, and when he spoke with this look and tone, it showed that he had entered a state of excitement, and no matter what other people reacted, it was impossible to affect him.

Meng Yu turned around and asked his younger brother Meng You, "Meng You, can the scouts be rewarded?" ”

Meng You replied: "Within fifty miles of the surrounding area, there are no formed soldiers and horses, and the possibility of a sneak attack should be ruled out." From the lineup of the Tang Army, it doesn't seem to hide its strength, and the white horse Xuanjia who just watched the battle on the hill is indeed Emperor Wude Li Yi himself...... The Tang army in Yongchang is the one in front of them. ”

"In that case, let's fight with all our might!" Meng nodded with satisfaction.

Li Yi's sudden appearance this time was a bit sudden, and Meng Yu couldn't imagine why Li Yi chose to play today.

But since the enemy army has come out, he must seize the opportunity. Since the reason can't be found from outside the battlefield, as long as you respond to the battle calmly and don't fall for Li Yi's tricks like the previous times, there should be no problem.

A batch of black feathered arrows suddenly rose in mid-air, turning into a dark cloud that obscured the sky and the sun, and then swooped down with a roar, smashing the shields in the hands of the Southern Barbarian soldiers.

This was the first wave of attacks launched by the Tang army after advancing more than 200 steps.

The archers of the Southern Barbarian Army immediately began to return fire, and over the long battle line, tens of thousands of carved feathers shuttled back and forth. Most of the feathered arrows did not deal any damage, because both sides were already familiar with this set and had prepared accordingly in advance.

There were also a few unlucky ones who were injured by the white feathers leaking through the gaps in the shields, or the broken arrows that bounced on the ground, and they covered the wounds and wailed loudly.

Immediately someone dragged the wounded away, and the red blood emitted a whitish mist, adding another thick strip to the already blackened earth, like a cut on the earth itself.

Soon, new bloodstains were dried by the long wind, leaving black marks, which were then covered with newer bloodstains.

Compared with hand-to-hand combat, the losses caused by feather arrows are not great, and in the troubled times when human lives are cheaper than grass mustard, in the eyes of many careerists, the life that has just disappeared may not be as good as the wasted White Feather Eleven.

The generals of the Southern Barbarian Army thought so, and after discovering that tens of thousands of hard-won arrows had only been exchanged for less than a hundred, they quickly realized this and sounded their horns to stop the archers from firing so as not to waste their baggage.

Nanban is backward, but it does not have the strong weapon production capacity of Datang. These barbarian chiefs attach much more importance to weapons than to the soldiers under their command.

This time, there was no tacit understanding between the two sides. For the Southern Barbarian Army, which stopped counterattacking, the Tang Army had no intention of mercy.

The flickering of sunlight was obscured again for a moment, and the only thing that filled the sky and earth was the "hum" of the bowstring and the roar of arrows breaking through the air.

The soldiers of the Southern Barbarian Army, who were covered by bows and arrows, could only do their best to hold their wooden shields high above their heads, floating and sinking in this man-made storm, waiting for the judgment of fate.

The Southern Barbarian Army, which was out of range of the rain of arrows, also did not rejoice, and many people were frightened by the sight in front of them.

According to common sense, the distance at which a long-range weapon can be fired should be between fifty and one hundred and fifty steps. If you get closer, it will be difficult to get the projectile accurate, and it is easy to accidentally injure your own people when you are engaged at any time. If you take more than one hundred and fifty steps, the killing efficiency is too low, and human life is actually not very valuable compared to the time-consuming and labor-intensive feather arrows that are used to make them. At least, in the Nanban region.

However, the Tang Army in front of him is obviously some kind of existence beyond common sense. Knowing that such an attack is not efficient, he threw out waves of feather arrows as if he didn't want money. Although a round of attacks by thousands of archers can only exchange for the casualties of more than a hundred Southern Barbarian troops, this kind of attack is endless, and no one knows when it will end.

"It's been ten rounds, this Li Yi is crazy? Or are you so rich that you have nowhere to spend your money? Could it be that he intends to use this method to inflict heavy losses on our army? ”

"It's hard to say, I heard that the Tang Army's long-range strike weapons are very powerful, and many Central Plains princes fell under the Tang Army's strong bows and crossbows before. Now too, this round will fall dozens or hundreds, and these ten rounds of arrows will shoot down, and we will also suffer hundreds of casualties! ”

"Still impossible. Even if the Tang army is well supplied and not afraid of the consumption of arrows, the physical strength of the archers cannot be endless? Even the best archers can still fire their bows for twenty consecutive rounds? ”

"If it's only a wave of archers, of course it won't work. But you see, there are many archers, and they can be rotated! ”

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Under the stunned gaze of the Southern Barbarian generals, the Tang Army actually started to rotate on the spot after ten rounds of crazy long-distance shooting, which can be called extravagant. The two rows of archers alternately opened their bows and released their arrows, and from a distance, it seemed like a wave of undulating waves, but with the waves, it was a deadly cloud!

"It's not a way to go on like this, if you continue to be killed and injured like this, your morale will collapse!" The southern barbarian generals were in a hurry, the courage of the soldiers under their command was enough, let them charge, even if they knew that they would die, there would not be many deserters. But that was when the blood was surging, let them stand and be beaten, and no one dared to guarantee when the morale of the army would collapse.

"Knock knock ......" The war drum sounded at the right time, this is the drum urging the war, and it is obvious that the main general Meng Shu has no way to sit firmly on Mount Tai.

No one knows how many arrows the Tang Army has available, and it can't win the shooting, and it can't afford to consume so many arrows, and it can't just be beaten all the time without fighting back, and there is no other way than to attack at a close distance.

The Tang Army's long-range attack is the most standard infantry bow throwing, ensuring that the arrows of a team of archers are all fired within a fixed range. It is not a separate accuracy rate, but only a death zone is created in an area.

With the advance of the Southern Barbarian Army, the Tang Army's long-range attack effect is also increasing, if anyone can watch from the air, they will see a black cloud smashed down, and the array of the Southern Barbarian Army will neatly collapse a strange landscape.

When the distance was shortened to about one hundred and fifty paces, the Southern Barbarian generals finally couldn't bear it anymore, and at the sound of an order, the archers who had endured for a long time ran out of the ranks one after another, ready to counterattack.

However, just as they raised their bows and were about to launch, a new tone was added to the Tang Army's array!

"Collapse! Collapse! Collapse! "The monotonous syllables are thrilling enough, and the crossbows and ballistas are starting to wield!

The Nanban archers who rushed forward were like wheat seedlings in a storm, and they were cut down in pieces long before they could react effectively.