At a distance of more than a hundred paces, it was as if there were no more powerful crossbows and stronger ballistas, and the huge shafts of arrows swept past the archers in front of them like death scythes, smashing shields, smashing shield arrays, and skewering the people behind them like grasshoppers and nailing them firmly to the ground. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This sudden blow directly stunned the Southern Barbarian Army.

There were strong crossbows and crossbows in the Tang army, and the generals of the Southern Barbarians knew that many people had witnessed it with their own eyes, but they still didn't expect that this sharp weapon would be so strong, and they were not psychologically prepared at all.

"What is this, bed crossbow? Isn't that thing only for defending the city? It's almost twenty miles away from the Tang Junzhou camp, how can it be possible to move so much at once! ”

Meng Shu was shocked and angry in his heart, and screamed in disbelief.

"King, now is not the time to talk about this, you have to hurry up and find some ways to get out, otherwise the front army is in danger of collapsing!" King Mulu reminded nervously.

The Tang Army's strong crossbow salvo was too powerful, especially the ballista! When the thick crossbow bolt smashed into the army, it was like a dragon in the sea, directly wading out of a bloody path in the crowd.

The array of more than 500,000 troops spread out in crane wings, covering a range of dozens of miles, but as soon as the crossbow array of the Tang army unfolded, it was hard to beat the 500,000 army in an inch!

Of course, the main attack now is infantry, and if it is replaced by cavalry, it can still be attacked. However, under such a strong crossbow fire, it is difficult for the cavalry to maintain a formation, and the casualties will be very large.

But no matter what you do, the current state will definitely not be sustainable, otherwise it will be troublesome when the infantry of the front army collapses.

"Let the front army retreat!" Meng Shu's face changed several times in a row, and finally gritted his teeth and made a decision, "Push those stupid guys in the back, reorganize the array, and then attack!" The cavalry continued to stand by, and without the order of the general, it was categorically not allowed to attack! ”

"Yes!" In the Southern Barbarian Army, Meng You played the role of joining the army, and when he got Meng Yu's order, he immediately conveyed it.

Leaving behind the dead bodies everywhere, the Nanban retreated like a tide.

"Haha, the frog at the bottom of the well, dare to blow nonsense? I didn't even touch my grandfather's clothes, so I retreated with my head broken and bleeding, and I dared to jump out and show my eyes! ”

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the Southern Barbarian Army, Zhang Fei had a big heart, if Li Yi hadn't given the order, he would have been eager to run to the front of the battle to provoke, so that he could get out of the evil spirit that had accumulated in his chest for many days.

Others didn't say anything.

The results of this round are actually very normal, the reason why Li Yi delayed until some time ago and continued to go south was mainly to wait for the arrival of logistics supplies, including hundreds of ballistas!

And the army led by Huang Zhong was originally a unit in the Tang Army that specialized in long-range.

A total of one hundred and fifty ballistae, more than three thousand large yellow crossbows, plus eight thousand archers...... In the face of such a lineup, with Li Yi's tactics, even the well-equipped army of the Central Plains princes had to pay a considerable price to get close and engage in close combat, not to mention the poorly equipped Southern Barbarian Army? It's no wonder if you don't suffer a big loss.

However, no matter how strong the ranged attack is, it is unlikely to be the decisive player in solving the battle. The casualties of thousands of foot soldiers are not even a slight injury to the Southern Barbarian Army, and this battle still has to be fought, it is too early to rejoice.

If the cavalry of the Southern Barbarian Army had just been killed, it would be worth being happy and happy, because the cavalry of the front army was blocked by the foot soldiers who were beaten to pieces, and the cavalry could not raise their speed at the beginning of the charge, and they were completely a group of live targets.

But after all, Meng Huo was not overwhelmed by the anger, so he did not form enough damage.

Now that Meng Shu has retreated for the time being, the next thing is to see what he plans to do. Is it to open the distance, directly use the cavalry to hit the vanguard, and then the foot soldiers cover the kill? Or simply let the cavalry make a wide detour and attack your own flank? Or ......

"I see, it's a cart." Li Yi's doubts were quickly answered, after reorganizing the formation, the Southern Barbarian Army did not change the configuration of the front and rear foot soldiers, and the cavalry in the middle, but there were hundreds of more carriages in front of the formation.

The cart is a siege machine, and it can also be used to deal with strong crossbows in the field. Even the ballista is difficult to break through the defenses of the ballista, and if the foot soldiers follow up, it will be similar to the infantry tanks of later generations. The only drawback is that it is too slow and has no defense against bows and arrows that can be fired.

Li Yi nodded and said lightly: "Very good, everything is expected, the next thing is to meet on a narrow road, and the brave wins!" ”

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In order to cross the distance of more than 200 steps, the Southern Barbarian army left thousands of corpses, and even the trump card of the carriage could not completely resist the killing of the ballista.

The cart can block the shot of the crossbow arrows, but it can not bear the weight of the crossbow arrows, once a large number of crossbow arrows are concentrated on one side of the body, there is a danger of losing balance, and the slightest carelessness is the end of the car being overturned.

However, as Li Yi said, with the power of long-range weapons in the era of cold weapons, no matter how big the advantage is, it is impossible to inflict heavy damage or even annihilate the opponent.

The crossbow does not have the covering and lethal ability of a heavy machine gun, and at most it can achieve the effect of destroying the enemy's formation, slowing down the advance speed, and destroying the enemy's morale.

When the Southern Barbarian Army pushed out the means of pressing the bottom of the box, which was originally intended to be used for siege, the lethality of the bow and crossbow was no longer as terrifying as before, at least within the range of the Southern Barbarian Army.

The evidence is that when the Southern Barbarians advanced to the last fifty paces, some of the soldiers rushed out from behind the turret wall and rushed towards the Tang army's position at the risk of being skewered into meat skewers by crossbow arrows.

The Tang army, which had taken advantage of the long-range battle, did not show weakness, the crossbowmen in the front row quickly retreated, and the soldiers in the back row wielded spears and knives to quickly meet the desperate ones. The clash of metal overshadowed all the sounds and quickly became the main theme on the battlefield. The white blade swung, flesh and blood flew sideways, and the corpses fell one by one.

"Isn't it an array battle?" The attack went smoothly, but Meng Shu looked quite surprised.

The most famous of the Tang army's infantry is the strict battle formation, as long as the Tang army forms a formation, even in the face of several times the enemy's impact, it can stick to the formation and keep the enemy out of the defensive circle.

Meng Huo refused to charge on horseback, but took the foot soldiers as the forerunner, mainly for this reason. He was worried that Li Yi had hidden a killer weapon, and the cavalry charged, even if he broke through the blockade of the bow and crossbow array and the Tang army's array, the impact power would drop significantly, and it would be very dangerous to face Li Yi's killer again at this time.

In the face of the Tang army's strict array, although it is difficult for the foot soldiers to create miracles, they can use the tactics of crowds to cause attrition to the enemy army.

The Tang Army's array was relatively heavy, and it could only stand there to withstand the impact, no matter how elite the soldiers were, they would inevitably be consumed in the end.

As long as there is no obstacle from the Tang Army's array, Meng Shu is confident that he can win this battle in one go. No matter what Li Yi's trump card is, he can't stop the charge of tens of thousands of armored horsemen.

However, what he saw at this moment was that Tang Jun took the initiative to abandon the array and launched a-for-tat counterattack.

According to common sense, Meng Shu should be happy. But for some reason, Meng Shu was faintly uneasy in his heart, and he couldn't tell what was wrong. But he is sure that the opponent's move is definitely not a unconscionable move!

Meng Xu's hesitation did not delay the attack of the Southern Barbarian army. The two wings were originally under the command of the respective barbarian tribes. In previous ranged battles, the gang had suffered enough. At this moment, seeing that the former army forced the Tang army's crossbowmen to retreat, a large-scale white-knuckle battle had begun. All of them had blood-red eyes, and they were angry, and they shouted hoarsely.

"Kill! Kill! There are people who capture and kill Li Yi, no matter what their identity is, they can be the cave master and get a million rewards! ”

"Let the cowardly Central Plains people see how powerful our Nanban men are, and kill them all in one go!"

"Rush! If you win this battle, you can go to the Central Plains and let go of the big robbery! There is silver and gold everywhere, and oil comes out of the earth. ”

"Hit the Central Plains, eat fragrant and drink spicy, and the rich woman will take it!"

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What kind of army is suitable for what kind of incentives. In the chaotic land of the Nanban, regardless of Han Hu or as many outlaws, the slogans shouted by the leaders of the Nanban tribes greatly boosted the morale of the army, and the soldiers rushed forward frantically with red eyes, ignoring the cold light of the blades in front of them, and ignoring the feathered arrows falling like rain above their heads.

The victory lies in the large number, and the advantage of the Tang army is reflected in the equipment and cooperation between each other.

Needless to say, even if it is a foot soldier, the ironclad equipment rate in the Tang army has reached nearly thirty percent. Compared with the Southern Barbarian Army, which is not even fully equipped with swords and guns, how much stronger is it?

On the whole, there is no military formation on this front, but as long as you look closely, you will find that the Tang army did not fall into a melee of separate battles, but formed a small pentagonal formation by every dozen people, cooperating with each other to fight.

Each of the small arrays has a similar composition. Three shieldmen each occupy one corner in the front, four or five spearmen follow, the last two corners are occupied by four sword and axe men, and in the middle is commanded by a halberd officer, and the three crossbowmen constantly fire cold arrows to kill the enemy.

When encountering the enemy, the three shieldmen concentrate on defense, and the spearmen cooperate with the shields, using the length of the spears to form a defensive depth, so that the enemy cannot directly besiege them.

Once a stalemate is formed, it's time for the crossbowmen to make a difference, and when the crossbowmen open the gap, the skilled halberd-wielding commander will lead the sword and axe men to break through and slash the enemy forces in full force.

Such a small battle formation is both offensive and defensive, even if it encounters a large-scale enemy army in formation, there is no need to worry, several adjacent small formations will be close to each other, quickly merge together, form a battle formation of 100 people, or even 1,000 people, and fight with the enemy.