readx;?readx; Chapter 519: Bloody Battle

"Don't take prisoners in this battle, behead one and reward ten taels of silver!" The emperor gritted his teeth and offered a large price. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Nearly a hundred war drums sounded at the same time, and the Great Qin army left the camp and slowly marched towards the Qi camp in the southeast. Behind the large army were more than 100,000 people driving carriages, and these people had to bear the logistical support work of the 400,000 combat troops.

When we arrived three miles in front of the Qi army camp, it was already dusk. The Qin army was encamped under the nose of the Qi army, which was waiting for the battle, and was guarded by powerful cavalry, so they did not worry about being attacked at all.

In this era, no one dares to fight at night. As soon as it got dark, the two sides had to rest and eat separately, waiting for the dawn to start the war.

It was expected that the cavalry would not be of much use tomorrow, so the Qin army sent more than a dozen teams of cavalry overnight to attack and harass the Qi camp in turn, but the Qi army had just suffered a night attack a few days ago, so it naturally strengthened its vigilance. The Qin army was unable to break through the periphery at all, and the effect of harassment was not good.

Although the two armies had a lively and lively night in front of the formation, it could not affect the large forces of the two sides to recuperate. In the early morning of the next day, after a full meal, the infantry of the Qin State neatly opened a temporary camp under the protection of the cavalry, and lined up in a place three hundred zhang in front of the Qi army village.

Although the genius is bright, this distance can already see the position of the Qi army clearly. Qin Lei also urged the horse to come to the front of the formation, carefully observing the enemy formation, and couldn't help but gasp. But behind the trench, which was deeper and wider than the previous day, there was a grove of small woods...... The so-called land rejection horse is a thick log with four oblique logs supporting the base, and seven or eight holes are chiseled into the log, on which the same number of sharp iron spears are placed, and the horses are also connected with iron chains to form an impassable thorn forest.

As long as it is combined with the dense Qi army archers on the wall and the bow tower, this defense is basically insolvable. Fortunately, the cost of this thing is too high, and the defense line of the Qi army is too long, so it is impossible to cover everything, and it can only be arranged in the most vulnerable places.

But other areas are not easily surpassable. The Qi army planted antler trees everywhere where there was no rejection of horses...... It was made of antler-shaped solid wood sawn off, several feet long, buried in the ground, more than a foot deep, which could effectively stop the advance of the Qin cavalry.

And in the staghorn wood was sprinkled with innumerable thistles...... It was an iron spike obstacle with four spikes sticking out, several inches long, with one pointing upwards on all landings. In ancient warfare, thistles were scattered on the ground to delay the movement of the Qin army. In fact, what Qin Lei didn't understand was that there were also many kinds of thistles, including the 'ground astringency' attached to the wooden board, the 'hooves' used to stop horses, and the 'ghost arrows' that applied poison to the thorns.

These rather three-dimensional defensive facilities were only laid out by the Qi army two days ago, and they did not encounter these troubles when the Jingshan army attacked the camp a few days ago.

It's really not a rabbit and an eagle! This is all Qi in the process of being ravaged by the Western Qin cavalry for a long time, summing up lessons and lessons and constantly innovating. I have to admit that in terms of equipment and facilities, Qi is not a star and a half.

With the sound of artillery after the battle, the first wave of attacks finally began.

The four thousand infantry of the Qin army held a large shield of skin, covering the robe behind the cart and carrying sandbags with wooden planks and sandbags, and slowly advanced, preparing to set up several passages in different directions to come out.

When the Qin army approached within 100 zhang, only to hear a muffled sound of 'bang', a bed crossbow placed by the Qi army on the shooting tower fired the first arrow of today's battle, and suddenly pierced a large shield, nailing the Qin army with a shield to the ground.

Immediately afterward, powerful giant arrows were shot from hundreds of towers, and the dense formation of the Qin army made the crossbow arrows of the Qi army's bed without missing fire, and each blow could nail a large shield bearer. This is also due to the condescending dive shot, if it is a flat shot, it is impossible to say that you have to wear two or even three arrows like a sugar gourd.

However, the great shield of the Qin army did not dare to retreat or disperse, because their task was to cover the robes behind them to build bridges and pave the way, and if they acted rashly, the overseers would not spare them.

The closer you get to the moat, the more dense the rain of arrows becomes. Gradually, in addition to the bed crossbow, the strong crossbow of the Qi army could already penetrate the skin shield of the Qin army, and the damage to the Qin army suddenly increased greatly.

Seeing that there were comrades nailed to the ground from time to time, the shield bearers were terrified, but at the urging of the officers behind them, they had to step forward, in addition to holding their shields high, they could only pray for their good luck.

At this time, the sappers behind the shield are also not safe...... Because it came into the range of the bow and arrow. The Qi army used a large number of projectiles, and the black-pressed feathered arrows crossed the shield array in the front row and landed on the heads of the Qin army carrying sacks and planks on their backs, causing a large number of casualties.

The power and range of the bow cannot be compared with the crossbow, but its rate of fire is much faster, and basically a strong crossbow can shoot seven or eight arrows with a skilled archer...... The Black-Armored Cavalry's repeater is an exception, and although it is not as powerful as a strong crossbow in range, it is even faster than a bow and arrow. However, the cost of that thing was too high, and even in the Jingshan army, only the black-armored cavalry was generally equipped.

The Qin sappers hurriedly put the wooden planks and sandbags on their heads, only listening to the sound of tuk-tuk sharp weapons entering the wood, blocking those bows and arrows falling from the sky, and the casualties were finally reduced.

The crossbowmen of the Qin army also began to counterattack, and the bows and arrows they shot were overwhelming, but the Qi army had a wall to cover and a large shield to protect the roof, and only the more unlucky Qi army would be injured by the feather arrows inserted through the gaps, with little effect. However, the Qin army did not stop firing, because it would at least suppress the offensive of the Qi army and relieve the pressure on the charging troops.

At the cost of hundreds of people, the big shield man finally advanced to the edge of the trench, they stuck the shield on the ground, took off two wooden sticks from their backs, and supported them diagonally behind the shield, so that they could finally lie on the ground and gasp for breath for a while, holding a large shield of more than forty pounds and advancing several miles in the rain of arrows, which was enough to exhaust the strongest man.

The sappers who followed followed, quickly placing sandbags, large stones, and even the corpses of their comrades into the boxes on the carts, and pushing down the trenches through the gaps in the shield arrays with each cart, and it didn't take long to fill the tall piles.

Immediately afterwards, the infantry swarmed up, trying to throw the sandbags on their backs, but they were hit fiercely by the Qi army, and all kinds of arrows and even stones thrown by catapults rained down, and even smashed a hole in the shield wall.

Seeing the comrades who rushed up to the ground one after another, the soldiers behind couldn't help but be frightened and wanted to hold back, but they were killed several times one after another by the overseer team that followed, so they had to rush forward with a howl one after another...... According to the military regulations of the Qin army, the soldiers who died in the face of the enemy were counted as killed, and there were bereavement pensions and rent tax reductions; A soldier who died with his back to the enemy was considered a deserter, and his family was convicted. Therefore, when the Qin army went into battle, their families encouraged them to kill the enemy bravely.

The corpses in front of the trench piled up more and more, and the Qin army behind pushed the corpses down, and finally used sandbags and corpses to fill in five passages in this huge trench eight feet high and one zhang wide.

"Compared with the Qi people, we are barbarians!" Seeing that the sappers finally laid out thick wooden planks on top of the filled trench, Qin Lei, who was watching the battle not far away, couldn't help but sigh with a long beard: "Finally, you can pass......

"It's just getting started." Yang Wenyu said with a stern face: "The defense capability of the Qi army is unique in the world, as long as they set up camp and stabilize the formation, we will have to pay a great price for every step." As if to confirm his words, the soldiers, who were holding high the planks and trying to rush over the trench, were met with a dense rain of bullets. Large boulders were thrown from behind the wall, easily breaking the planks and crushing the soldiers below.

From the beginning of the war to the present, in just three quarters of an hour, Qin Lei has already lost more than 2,000 soldiers in front of him, and if it was an ordinary army, it might collapse. But under the shock of the harsh punishment and the law, the Qin army could only numbly charge forward, advance with flesh and blood, endure huge sacrifices, and finally pass through this fatal trench.

The soldiers lay planks on the thistles and thrust their spears into the branches of the antlers, trying to pull them out of the ground with all their might.

When the Qin army lowered the plank from the top of their heads, even the bow and arrow could kill it, and the soldiers of the Qin army were often shot to the ground as if they were cutting wheat as if they had just passed through the trench, and the blood of countless people flowed and gathered into streams, slipped into the trench, and dyed the yellow earth a strange purple red.

The officers of the Qin army also felt that the team was a little unsupportable, but they must not withdraw at this time, otherwise their previous achievements would be wasted. He ordered the overseers to shout in unison: "Break the antler wood and collect the troops!" ”

This was more effective than a bounty of 10,000 taels, and the infantry, who had begun to wilt, mustered up their courage and worked together to pull out the antler trees from the ground...... According to the Qi army's discipline, the antler wood should be buried two feet deep, and if the rules were strictly followed, it would be impossible for the Qin army to pull it out under the threat of arrow rain. But under the pressure of the heavy task, the soldiers were obviously perfunctory, and they buried only a foot deep......

With a cheer from the non-combating troops, the last antler on the road was also pulled out. The distance from the trench to the wall of the Qi army's wall, which is ten zhang near and far, is finally no longer obstructed. However, the sappers withdrawn by the Qin army were less than 5,000. Qin Lei clearly remembered that this army was originally 10,000 people...... And on the long line of confrontation between the two armies, there are still four more points of attack for the same attack.

In the cheers of the troops behind, the surviving sappers left with their heads held high, whether they were really not afraid of death or forced to be helpless, they were worthy of the title of warriors......

When the infantry retreats, it's time for the cavalry to charge!

The Qin army used a five-way advance, of which the border army served as two routes, attacking the eastern and northern camps respectively; The forbidden army took on three routes, the ironclad army assaulted the western camp, and the Jingshan army assaulted the southern camp, and the most arduous task of the large battalion in the strong Qi army fell on the soul of the forbidden army, the tiger army.

From this point of view, Qin Lei's complaint to Emperor Zhaowu seemed to be a bit excessive. However, the four forbidden armies of the Taiwei Army were all placed in the second echelon, and it was obvious that Emperor Zhaowu's army was quietly placed by Old Man Li.

But now it makes no sense to say anything, the arrow is ready to fly, and it has to be sent!

"The brethren of the infantry army have done the same!" Qin Ba carried out the final agitation hoarsely: "We are the same, except for breaking through the enemy's wall, there is no way to retreat!" Those who advance are glorified, and those who retreat are only disgraced. ”

Qin Ji in the middle row didn't even raise his head, he checked the war horse's blindfold, whether it had been put on, and if it was loosened later, the war horse would not be obedient; I touched the plate armor of the new equipment on my body again, it is said that this bulky thing can absorb a lot of momentum and protect myself to the greatest extent, I don't know if it's true......

In fact, he never overcame the fear in his heart, and he was a little neurotic from insomnia, but when the captain asked his squadron to send out a death squad of ten people, he did not hesitate to sign up.

'What else?' If you don't write your name, how can you get the other nine people to agree to die? Qin Ji straightened his waist, looked back at Qin Yu who was looking this way behind him, and said with envy in his heart: "If only I was so fat that I couldn't even carry a horse." ’

A sharp whistle sounded, and he quickly stopped thinking and moved according to the command of the flag. After a while, a hundred daring cavalry transformed into four columns, and under the leadership of the captain and Qin Ba, they stepped into the starting position.

When the second whistle sounds, the cavalrymen cling to their horses, hugging their horses' necks, and rushing out as soon as the whistle blows......

"Didi ......"

The tears in the corners of his eyes flowed out uncontrollably, no one saw it anyway, and Qin Ji didn't bother to wipe it, so he trembled his lips and whispered: 'Mother......

The cavalry urged the horses to speed up gradually...... The men and horses are all dressed in heavy armor, and although the war horses are selected and are longer than the short weight-bearing sprints, it is still a painful thing to run with a weight of more than 300 catties on their backs.

Fortunately, when they were within range of the enemy's bed crossbows, the heavy cavalry finally galloped, and although they were still pierced by giant arrows, they could greatly reduce the enemy's hit rate.

At the cost of seven or eight horsemen, the daredevils rushed to the top of the trench, and the captain rushed through the trench with a fierce urging of the horses, and rushed towards the wall of the Qi army with the horse's head in his arms. Although the knight behind subconsciously pulled away, he still rushed forward.

The captain who took the lead completely ignored the enemy's bow and arrows, and those jingling arrows on the plate armor could not hurt him at all, although he was hit by a dozen arrows in his thighs and arms, and the blood gushed all over his body, but he and the war horse under his crotch had fallen into a frenzy, and he didn't feel a trace of pain at all, but just rushed towards him desperately.

Seeing that he had rushed to within a foot of the wall, a bucket-thick piece of wood fell from the wall, which hit him in the chest, and he only felt his breath suffocated, and he was knocked out. One last glance at himself in the air, he realized that his cuirass had been completely concave the size of a watermelon......

His horse suddenly felt light, and its speed immediately doubled, and in the blink of an eye, it crashed into the wall, and the high wall made of logs suddenly opened a gap.

And the sassaga that fell from a high place bounced high after it landed, crossed over the head of Qin Ba, who was closely behind the captain, and smashed into the chest of Qin Ji's war horse, smashing him into the deep ditch with his men and horses. Is that the end of it? I haven't killed an enemy in my life......' As soon as the thought of self-deprecation flashed, Qin Ji lost consciousness.

The sassal wood was thrown from the wall, but as soon as it was hit by the captain's warhorse, there was no longer anyone standing there......

Taking advantage of this gap, Qin Ba smashed the gap a little bigger, and after overpowering a few Qi soldiers under the wall, he rushed in without stopping.

The Qi army, which had come to its senses, threw the algae down from both sides, but the effect was far less powerful than that of the frontal, and it was possible to rush through two with three cavalrymen, knocking the gap bigger and bigger......