Chapter 15: Martial Arts (Part II)

The enemy of the Converting Army is the Liao Army, and when the military exercises are carried out, it is natural to take the Liao Army as an imaginary enemy.

The exercise was divided into two parts, one on defense and one on offense. Any army must be able to defend as well as attack, defend like an iron bucket, and attack with a sharp edge.

"Commanded by Wu Du, Liaogou has begun to attack!" Huangfu Song came on horseback and reported loudly. This is a plan prepared in advance, and there is no Liao army at the moment, so it can only be drawn up.

"The whole army is ready!" Wu Ji ordered loudly.

The converted army waited intently for the enemy, without the slightest panic, let alone slackened, everyone stared at the round, looked ahead, and only waited for the Liao army to attack.

"Knock knock!" The earth-shattering war drums sounded, and I saw Mrs. Zheng holding a drumstick in her hand, beating the drum to boost morale.

The morale of the converts was already good, but when the drums sounded, the momentum suddenly soared, and a drum of fighting spirit soared into the sky.

"Bow Breaker, Ready!" Wu Ji rode on horseback, looked ahead, and ordered loudly.

At the sound of an order, a thousand crossbowmen, armed with broken bows, prepared to release their arrows. The Broken Bow is a sharp weapon designed by Wu Ji, and the soldiers have long been familiar with it, although they have not killed the enemy, they will not be bad, this time the martial arts, the Broken Bow will definitely shine. The crossbowmen were all calm, looking ahead, as long as Wu Ji gave an order, they would fire crossbow arrows in unison, killing him.

"Put!" Wu Ji ordered loudly, and a roar was like thunder.

"Woohoo!"

There was a loud sound in the air, and a third of the crossbowmen fired their machines, and thousands of crossbow arrows broke the barrier of air and shot forward.

On the battlefield, you can't let the crossbow arrows have gaps, and you must keep the enemy under the cover of the rain of arrows, otherwise, you are giving the enemy a chance. Therefore, Wu Ji divided the 1,000 crossbowmen into three parts, one part of the engine, one part of the preparation, and one part of the load, so that there would be no gap, and the enemy was always under the blow of the crossbow arrows, and every step forward had to pay a heavy price.

Ancient China had a large number of powerful crossbows, which was a unique weapon in the world in ancient China, and the long-range lethality of the ancient Chinese army was quite terrifying, and it reached an astonishing height during the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties. It's a pity that although the Song Dynasty had such a sharp weapon as the Divine Arm Bow, it was unable to use it.

One of the most important manifestations is the waste of fighters. Whenever the enemy charges at the time of battle, whether the Song army shoots with the Divine Arm Bow does not rely on the accurate judgment of the generals, but waits until the enemy charges almost completely, and then uses the Divine Arm Bow to shoot an arrow, and if an arrow can penetrate the enemy formation, then use the Divine Arm Bow to shoot and kill.

The consequence of this is a waste of fighters, and this test launch is an opportunity for an arrow, not to mention, to penetrate the enemy's position, how many fighters is this?

The use of every kind of bow and crossbow is like this, which shows how serious the waste of fighters in the Song Dynasty was. It wasn't until the Great War of the Monk Yuan that Wu Jue invented "taking turns to shoot" that there was a change.

Therefore, when the Song army fought, it was often "only three or four rounds in front of the enemy", and the enemy rushed to the front and engaged in short-handed combat. With powerful long-range weapons, but unable to exert their power, it is too difficult for the Song army to win the battle.

Of course, Wu Ji would not make such a low-level mistake, his command is all based on judgment, if he can't even judge this distance, he can only call a rice bucket, a pig that wastes grain.

It was estimated that the enemy had rushed to a distance of three hundred and thirty paces, so Wu Ji ordered to break the bow and release arrows, only to see a net of arrows appear in the air, densely packed, under the hood of the enemy. The place where it fell, almost two hundred **ten steps, was exactly the effective killing distance of the Broken Bow.

If the enemy charges with cavalry, put arrows at a distance of three hundred and thirty paces, and when the arrows come, the enemy has almost rushed to two hundred and ten paces, and the judgment is very accurate.

"Put!" Wu Ji gave another order, and the crossbowman who had let go of the arrows squatted down and began to load the arrows. The crossbowmen in the second row began to fire arrows. When the second-row crossbowmen finished firing their arrows, they crouched down again, and the third-row crossbowmen continued to release their arrows. The crossbowmen in the third row finished their arrows and began to reload, and the crossbowmen in the first row released their arrows again.

In this way, the cycle continued, and I saw the arrownets in the sky appear one after another, covering the enemy, and never stopped.

It wasn't until the enemy rushed to the range of the bow and arrow that Wu Ji ordered loudly: "Bow and arrow, prepare!" Put! ”

The crossbowman took away his bow, took it off, mounted his arrow, and shot forward. At the same time, there were also swordmen, Mo swordsmen, and cavalrymen, and the 2,500 converts all opened their bows and arrows, and the arrows were even more dense. If it were on a real battlefield, in the face of such a dense rain of arrows, the enemy would definitely pay a heavy price.

All the converts must be able to shoot arrows, to be able to ride horses, to be able to fight, such a distance, is the effective range of the bow and arrow, no one is far behind, a rain of arrows passed, the ground was dense, everywhere there were arrows, at first glance, it was very spectacular.

"Mo Dao Hand, prepare to meet the enemy!" Wu Ji gave the order at the right time, and the Mo knife hand collected the bow and arrow, holding the Mo knife, ready to slash and kill.

Five hundred Mo knife hands lined up in a row, holding Mo knives, like a wall of knives, it looked very terrifying. Mo Dao sparkled in the sun, like the claws of a tiger, ready to attack at any time.

While the Mo Knife Men were preparing to meet the enemy, the other classes were still firing arrows to effectively kill the enemy.

Seeing that it was almost over, Wu Ji ordered again: "Thunderbolt, prepare!" ”

The archers, swordsmen, and horsemen collected their bows and arrows, and held their thunderbolts, ready to throw.

"Throw!" Wu Ji gave an order, only to see countless thunderbolts woven into a huge net and thrown towards the front.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

One after another loud noises came, and one after another firelight flashed, and the sand flew away, and the dust was flying, so it was not terrifying.

The thunderbolt bombs used today, Wu Ji has been upgraded, no longer using the method of ignition, but using automatic firing equipment, which is not much different from modern bombs. What's more, the formula of gunpowder is already the most powerful to use, this explosion, louder, even more powerful, and when it calms down, I see one by one craters on the ground, dense, very scary.

"Phew!"

Although it was in the martial arts exercise, there could be no abnormal movement, but after seeing the situation on the ground, the soldiers still couldn't help but gasp. With such a powerful thunderbolt, how many enemies will it kill? If it was on the battlefield, not to mention anything else, this round of bombing alone would have caused heavy casualties to the Liao army.

"Thunderball, throw!"

Wu Ji didn't stop at all, and then ordered, another thunderbolt was thrown, and after the earth-shattering explosion, there were many more craters on the ground.

"Mo knife hand, split!"

Wu Ji estimated that the enemy had rushed to the front, and ordered loudly, and the Mo knife in the hand of the Mo knife hand was raised high and slashed down, as if a wall of knives had smashed down against the enemy. A dazzling light appeared, shaking people's eyes so much that they couldn't open their eyes, and the five hundred Mo knives were like a huge mirror, reflecting the light.

"Hack! Chop! ”

Wu Ji kept ordering, and the Mo knife hand picked up the Mo knife again and again, and slashed it fiercely, each time it was chopped, with the power of a landslide and a crack. If it is on the battlefield, there is certainly no flesh and blood that can resist it, whether it is a man or a horse, if you are next to it, you will be injured if you touch it, and you will die if you touch it, and you will never survive.

Moreover, in front of such a dense Mo Dao Array, even if they died, they would not feel good, and they would be split into pieces.

"Cavalry! Sortie! Wu Ji ordered loudly again.

On the battlefield, we should pay attention to coordination, and all arms of the armed forces should be coordinated, and there should not be only one branch of the armed forces. After the killing and wounding of long-range sharp weapons such as crossbows and bows and arrows, the enemy must have suffered a lot of casualties. If there are thunderbolts to bomb again, the enemy's casualties will be higher, and the Modao will be dispatched, and it will already be the final battle.

At this time, cavalry is needed to cooperate, to charge, to disrupt the enemy's position, to give the enemy the final blow.

The five hundred cavalry divided into two directions and rushed towards the enemy's rear from the left and right, their hooves thundering, splashing large clouds of smoke and dust, like angry dragons, straight into the enemy's rear, and soon closed.

In the process of charging, the cavalry first shot with hand crossbows and then bows and arrows. When he entered the range of close combat, he took his spear and rushed at the enemy, and five hundred spears were like five hundred poisonous snakes, and the shining tips of the spears were like the snake letters of poisonous snakes, wanting to choose people and devour them.

After the spear, there is the captive knife, although there is no enemy, the soldiers still deal with it in the same way as when facing the enemy, and the slashing is extremely fierce, and every time the knife is raised, a dazzling light will burst out.

The sound of hooves is like thunder, people shouting and neighing, and the sword light flashes, and there is a fierce atmosphere on the battlefield, which makes people's blood boil.

"Kill!"

Wu Ji pulled out the slashing knife violently, and waved it forward, and the Mo knife hand stepped forward with the Mo knife in his hand, and began the final rush.

Immediately after that, a thousand crossbowmen lowered their bows, brandished their slashers, and joined the charge with the swordsmen.

When the battle is fought, it is quite close to victory, there is no need to defend, you just need to rush and kill with all your strength and give the enemy the final blow. The 2,500 converted troops were like tigers descending from the mountains, rushing and killing all over the mountains, and the momentum was shocking.

Looking at the Converts who were rushing and killing all over the mountains, Wu Ji was satisfied, and his efforts in the past few months had not been in vain, and the results of today's verification were good. The Song army was no longer the same as before, and could only be beaten passively and could not fight back.

In the past, the Song army had several shortcomings, one was that there was no cavalry, and it could not launch a counterattack in a timely manner, so it could only be beaten passively. Once the enemy's attack is unfavorable, you can take advantage of the cavalry's rapid mobility ability to quickly break away from the battle, retreat to a safe place, and reorganize the formation. Then, then calmly attack.

This kind of thing, throughout the Song Dynasty, there were also examples of using infantry to defeat cavalry, but there were not many, more failures.

The current Converts Army has cavalry, swords, and thunderbolts, and its counterattack is very powerful. It is conceivable that if the Liao army is encountered on the battlefield, it will no longer be like in the past, only to be beaten, and will seize all the fighters to counterattack.

Second, the Song army's use of weapons was unlawful, and it did not bring into play the due power of weapons. The Song army's use of bows and crossbows is the best example of this, and now Wu Ji has changed that.

The third is that the training of the Song Dynasty was not in a good way, it was only for ornamentation, and there were many flowers, which was not suitable for war. After Wu Ji's training, the combat strength of the Guixin army is very strong, and once it counterattacks, it will be earth-shattering, and it will be difficult for the Liao army to parry.

(To be continued)