Chapter 345: Endless
Liu Xin has always advocated brainstorming and teamwork when deliberating, and everyone present can express their opinions and speak freely, even if you are just a servant girl or a small soldier, as long as what you say makes sense, Liu Xin will adopt it, and even give a reward. Of course, when it comes to such an occasion, there are not many people who casually express their own remarks, and only people like Zhu Rong, who have no scheming and are very arrogant, will always want to say a few words.
Therefore, Liu Xin did not drink Zhu Rong's sudden interjection, but said patiently: "Miss Zhu, marching and fighting is not child's play. If others are just a small temptation, this side will be like a great enemy, and the team will be pulled out. As a result, when you get there, others have already withdrawn, so don't you tell the soldiers to run in vain? If this situation occurs again and again, the morale of the army will inevitably be greatly disturbed, so it is necessary to plan before acting. ”
Zhu Rong said with understanding: "Brother, I understand. This is called incompetence and exhaustion of the three armies! ”
Hearing this, all the generals laughed, and Liu Xin was also embarrassed, as if the incompetent general in Zhu Rong's mouth was him.
Suddenly, the tent door was opened, and a soldier ran in quickly, got down on one knee, and said loudly: "Report! The enemy brigade is less than five miles away from here, and the strength is no less than 100,000 people. ”
"Probe!" Liu Xin waved his hand, let the sentry out, raised his head and said to the generals, "It seems that Liu Dan and Meng Shu are serious this time, let's also order people to welcome him." ”
The camp of the Central South Coalition Army and the Han Army was originally not far apart, and the distance was only about ten miles, and now Liu Dan and Meng Shu's men and horses were only less than five miles away from them, and they had already crossed the middle line, which was obviously not as simple as a temptation. The confrontation between the two armies, if the enemy is allowed to bully in front of his camp, the action will be very passive, and Liu Xin will certainly not let them be so arrogant.
Meng Shu came out this time, just to see why there was such a big movement in the Han army camp, but as soon as he came out of the big tent, there was a report from the Malay, and a big banner with the word "Liu" was erected in the Jiang military camp, and it seemed that Liu Xin personally led the reinforcements here.
The enemy is in front of him, not to mention Meng Shu, even Liu Dan can't help it, and after a little discussion with Yang Feng, Yonghong, Wutu Gu and others, they each raised a large army and came to the Han camp. These people all know that Liu Xin is the backbone of the Han army, and if they can fight to the death to win Liu Xin, they can not only break the current stalemate, but also reverse the situation on the entire battlefield.
Although the entire Central and South China Coalition Army was put together by Liu Dan, it seemed that he was the main mastermind, but in fact, there was not a single soldier under him. Yonghong, Gao Ding, Wang Yan, and Lu Kai each raised 10,000 county soldiers, nominally listening to his moderation, but in fact they went their own way. As for those barbarians, they are under the command of hundreds of patriarchs, and once there is chaos, even Meng Shu can't restrain them. Fortunately, the four tribes of Meng Huo, Yang Feng, Wutu Gu, and Mulu were the strongest, and most of the other tribes depended on them, and they soon lined up in line. With the sound of a drum, 100,000 Central and South China allied troops poured into the Han camp like a tide.
Although Liu Dan and Meng Huo hated Liu Xin to the core, they also suffered a big loss from the Han army, and they had traveled more than five miles, but they did not see the slightest movement in the Han camp, and they couldn't help but hesitate.
The place where Mulu lives is Gu Yelang, where the people have always come from the biggest, where to put the Han army in their eyes, seeing the performance of Meng Shu and others, he immediately said disdainfully: "Everyone, our barbarian sons have been known for their courage since ancient times, but now how can they become so timid. You are so careful, you can still talk about taking Chengdu and taking Xiangyang, it is better to go home early and hold the child. ”
Hearing this, the vulture let out a burst of laughter, pointed to the Han camp in front of him and said: "Look there, the Han army heard that our 100,000-strong army was pressing the border, but I am afraid that it has already been so frightened that it will pee its pants, where do you dare to come out to meet the enemy." We're still ......."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a terrible trumpet sound in the camp opposite, and at the opening of the gate, tens of thousands of military horses lined up in a neat queue, walking towards this side with firm steps. Although the number of the other party was not as large as theirs, the momentum like a mountain overwhelmed them.
The tribe of Mulu and Vulture has always lived in the southernmost mountains, and even if there are some battles with the other tribes around them, the scale will not be too large, and his tribe has an absolute advantage in terms of numbers and equipment, but it has never seen such a big scene.
They don't know at all that such a large-scale battle cannot be solved by individual martial arts alone, and the main general needs to be able to grasp the overall situation and effectively organize all the legions and arms together, otherwise, if it is still a plate of scattered sand, what is the difference between 100,000 people and 10,000 people?
At the beginning, when they saw the momentum of the Han army, Mulu and Wutu Gu were startled, and when they took a closer look, they found that the Han army was just black clothes and black armor, gathered together as if it was a piece of black press, in fact, the number should not exceed 30,000, and when they looked back at their own people, although they were in a mess, there were enough 100,000, and they suddenly came to confidence again.
The vultures waved the steel fork in his hand and said loudly: "The Han people have always been weak, everyone rushed up and killed them all!" ”
The barbarians shouted and rushed forward with a strange scream, and the already chaotic team could not see the formation at all. Meng Shu knew the power of the Han army's bow and arrow, and just wanted to stop them, his eyes rolled, and his hand was raised with a sharp axe, restraining his team and letting them rush forward.
Liu Dan himself had no soldiers, but just followed closely behind Yonghong and the others. These Taishou in the four counties of central and southern China have also seen the strength of the Han army, so naturally they will not be stupid enough to let their people come forward to die.
Soon, the ranks of the Central and South China coalition forces were divided into two waves. The front wave was Mulu and Vulture Bones and some newly arrived brute soldiers from smaller tribes, while the back wave was the county soldiers of Meng Huo, Yang Feng's men, and Yonghong and others. From a distance, it looks like something has been rehearsed.
Suddenly, I heard another drum in the army on the opposite side. Meng Shu set up a pergola, only to see that the Han army in front of him had already erected a shield, the spear was like a forest, and under the sunlight, the tip of the spear flashed a little cold. Meng Yu knew that there must be countless strong bows and crossbows hidden behind the pikemen, and several times he had suffered a big loss from the opponent's bow and arrow.
Thinking of this, Meng Shu couldn't help but look behind the shield, only to see that the gate of the array was closed, and a yellow marshal flag was erected in the middle, and under the big flag, several generals were pointing to this side. At this time, the two armies were close, and Meng Huo's eyesight was excellent, and he had already seen that the general in the center was Liu Xin. Although it has been three years, Liu Xin's appearance has not changed, she is still so young and handsome, but her white robe has been replaced by black clothes and black armor.
Looking next to Liu Xin, Meng Shu was about to explode his lungs, the one in red clothes and red armor, like a flame, was not Zhu Rong but which! Meng Shu seemed to see the bright smile on Zhu Rong's face, he couldn't control it anymore, and yelled: "Rush up for me and capture Liu Xin alive!" I'm going to cut him with a thousand knives! ”
With his order, the second wave of the Central and South Coalition Army, which had gradually distanced itself from Mulu and Vulture Bone, suddenly increased its speed, so the two waves of troops rushed forward at almost the same speed and in the same messy formation.
Seeing that there were only two arrows away from the formation laid out by the Han army, the barbarians under Mulu and Wutu Gu suddenly became excited, spread their feet and rushed towards the opposite formation. Although they didn't go through any major battles, they also knew that they had to gain enough acceleration before they could get within range of the opponent's bow and arrows to ensure that they could cross that section of the road to death in the shortest possible time and achieve close contact with the opponent's hand-to-hand combat.
Liu Xin had always disliked hand-to-hand combat, even military generals, so he spared no effort to develop bows, crossbows, and trebuchets with longer range and greater power, even at any cost. As for gunpowder and artillery, although the research institute has not been able to test successfully, Liu Xin has never cut their funds for even one copper plate in this regard.
For the large group of enemy troops who were rushing over with all their might, Liu Xin did not have the slightest fear. These barbarian tribes were in disarray, apparently untrained, they didn't even have a decent piece of armor on them, and many of them were shirtless, and such a defense, under the rain of razor-sharp arrows, was almost like suicide. In contrast, the Han army was well-trained and did not need Liu Xin to personally command, so it naturally knew when to line up, when to string, and when to open the bow.
Just when the first wave of barbarian troops began to exert their strength, the Han army also moved. I only heard a loud "bang", which was the sound of three thousand crossbows launched at the same time, and three thousand iron arrows were ruthlessly shot into the barbarian team. Before the iron arrow fell, there was a dull sound of "buzzing" in the Han army's array, and a thousand feather arrows were shot out in an instant.
At this time, Liu Xin had already improved the shooting rhythm of the archers, dividing all the archers into three teams, when the first team shot out the arrows, the second team pulled out the strong bow in their hands, and the third team began to put the arrows on the string. In this way, the three teams, repeatedly, although each team can only shoot a thousand feather arrows, but they can be continuous, so that the enemy is unable to defend against it, and the psychological pressure caused to the opponent will be very huge.
The barbarians in the charge would never have imagined that the bows and arrows of the Han army could shoot such a long distance, Meng Huo, Liu Dan, and Gao Ding all knew about it, but they did not remind them. Not only did most of the brutes have no armor, but many of them don't even have shields, and even if they do, they don't raise them at all. The barbarians who rushed in front suddenly fell in large pieces, and the Han army's arrow rain seemed to be endless, constantly reaping their lives.
At first, these brutes only knew how to rush forward, but as more and more people fell, their psychology slowly changed. Most of them are from the same tribe, they know each other well, looking at the clansmen who get along day and night just now, they are still alive just now, and in the blink of an eye, they are separated by yin and yang, and their hearts are filled with hatred at first, and then they are a little helpless, and then only fear remains. Because of this moment's effort, they hadn't rushed past a quarter, and the clansmen around them had fallen nearly 10,000, while the opponent's bows and arrows seemed to be endless.