Chapter 1153: Gongshen Repeater
"Poof! Burst! Burst! ”
A blood mist rose up, and the guards in animal skin and beast armor were certainly defenseless, even those in iron armor could not resist the close-range fire of crossbow arrows. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In an instant, the cavalry around King Mulu was swept away, and he was stunned to find that he was already alone, but he was facing Chang Ge who stabbed from the top, middle and bottom, and the crossbowmen of the Tang Army who still did not put down the crossbow machine and loaded the arrows!
"Bastard!" King Mulu knew that he was finished, his eyes were red, he looked up to the sky and roared, letting the strong raindrops hit his face, flowing down his cheeks, like unwilling tears.
His martial arts and riding skills are all excellent, and even if he doubles the number of Changge soldiers, he can save his life. But the crossbow in the box is a murder weapon that is completely beyond imagination, even if he has three heads and six arms, how can he block the shooting of dozens of crossbow machines?
Non-war crimes!
Before being shot into a hedgehog by a crossbow arrow and swallowing his last breath in the muddy water, such a thought flashed through the mind of the Mulu King. Before this war, who had ever heard that there was a crossbow machine that could be fired continuously?
This is called Destiny, right?
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In the era of cold weapons, a brigade of nearly 100,000 horsemen had sufficient space to accelerate and charge, which could be said to be an unstoppable force.
Being in this torrent, rushing forward without hindrance, gives people a feeling that everything is under control and victory is in sight.
This feeling was not at all something that could be felt when the cavalry charge was blocked, but for some reason, Meng Shu always felt that there was some uneasy element throbbing in his heart.
"It's a feeling...... No, there must be something wrong! The moment he heard the horn of the defeated horse in front of him, he could no longer control his emotions and shouted directly.
Meng You pressed the iron helmet on his head that was tilted hard, followed closely by Meng Shu's side, heard Meng Shu's shout, and asked worriedly: "Second brother, what's wrong?" ”
"Something is wrong," Meng Shu shook his head vigorously, throwing out the rain that was flowing down his cheeks, and shouted sharply, "Third brother, quickly try to investigate, I want to know how the front army is doing!" ”
“…… Here! Meng You hesitated for a moment before receiving the order.
This order is quite unreasonable.
Although the Southern Barbarian cavalry had many soldiers and horses, the queue was huge, and the distance between the front and back was several miles away. But the cavalry brigade ran at such a fast speed, if there was no obstacle, running from the middle army to the current position of the front army would be just a cup of tea.
Trying to get in touch with the front army and find out the situation of the war? Is this necessary?
What's more, the army has completely entered the rhythm of the charge, tens of thousands of cavalry rushed in one direction, and being in it, it was really like a light boat swaying in the stormy waves, and it was just like going down with the momentum of the waves. If you want to turn or make a U-turn, there is a good chance that you will be crushed by this huge wave.
To put it bluntly, the battle has been fought to this point, even if you know that the Tang Army has set up an ambush, there is no way to change anything, all the chips are bet on the table, and the direction of the bet is also chosen, and the only thing left is to fight with all your might, and then resign yourself to fate.
If you have to stop the war horses, the rear army should barely have a chance to do it, but in Meng You's heart, a cavalry charge of this scale, and in such a plain terrain, there is no force in the whole world that can stop it, even if there are any traps, they can rush through with strong strength.
What's the point of investigating the state of the former army now?
The biggest trouble is the current weather, in such a rainstorm, dozens of steps away, the scenery can only see a vague shadow, a hundred steps away, it is completely like two worlds.
The drums and horns on the battlefield are noisy, the two sides interfere with each other, and neither of them can take care of the details, and can only convey some established orders, such as forward, retreat, or some pre-planned tactics and plans.
If you want to find out what is ahead, you can only order the warriors with super high riding skills, in the process of charging in the group. Take the risk and then pass the information back in some specific way.
This is a dangerous and time-sensitive approach. Just for Meng Huo's unfounded worries, he came back and sacrificed, no matter how he thought about it, it was a little wrong.
Therefore, Meng You felt hesitant, but from Meng Yu's expression and tone, he felt that extraordinary solemn aura.
After a little hesitation, he still chose to believe in Meng Huo's intuition, but all famous generals will always have qualities beyond ordinary people's imagination in some aspects, just like the legend in the world, Li Yi's divine prediction ability, and then like the second brother's battlefield intuition.
"You go forward, and when you see Dong Di, tell him that if there is something wrong ahead, you can adopt the most suitable tactics and try to reciprocate!" Meng Wei called up a few guards and ordered loudly.
I think that the three generalissimos under Meng Huo at the beginning, after the three knots of the golden ring and the busy tooth chief were captured by the Tang army successively, only Dong Di was left.
Now Dong Dana is on the front line and is in charge of Meng Huo's newly formed troops.
"Whoa!" Several guards responded with a promise, urged the war horse, raised the speed of the horse to the extreme, and disappeared into the rain curtain in a blink of an eye.
When the guards left, Meng Shu suddenly fell silent, no longer shouting a fierce battle like when he first launched the charge, but issued an order to let the middle and rear armies suppress the speed and not rush too fast.
Because of his orders, there was even a brief disconnect between the Chinese army and the front army.
You know, in the midst of cavalry warfare, this is a big taboo!
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Ten thousand horses (beasts) galloped, and the sound of horses' hooves (beasts' hooves) was like muffled thunder, but several heralds who rushed forward were never seen.
Seeing the cavalry around him gradually disperse and begin to beat the horse's belly with the soles of his boots to accelerate, the green qi on Meng Shu's face became heavier and heavier.
......At this moment, a cavalryman suddenly emerged from the rain curtain and galloped in the opposite direction to the galloping army. Although the cavalry along the road saw that this was their own man, and tried their best to dodge, they could not avoid the great effect of inertia, and after drilling through the gap between the four rows of cavalry one after another, he finally collided with the fifth row of cavalry.
The two war horses that collided let out an earth-shattering neigh, and the cavalry that was affected around them were also shouting horses, desperately dodging, but where could they dodge?
The cavalry on the horse panicked, and the herald in the mud closed his eyes and waited for death, seeing that this person was about to be trampled into flesh along with the battle report, a figure suddenly rushed out obliquely, completely unaffected by the chaos, and accurately reached the center of the chaos.
It was a knight, a knight with extraordinary horsemanship! Not only did the horse run fast, but while galloping past the herald, the knight on the horse also used a means of hiding in the stirrups, grabbed the silk silk around the herald's waist with his hands, and lifted it directly from the muddy water!
Everything happened between the lightning and flint, and even the herald came back to his senses after hearing his own king's question, and found that he had already turned around the ghost gate and escaped.
Meng Shu asked with a dark face: "Don't be stunned, tell me quickly, what's going on ahead?" Is there something wrong? ”
"King Qiqi, it's not good! The enemy troops put on a scattered formation, which seems to be a small threat, but in fact it is extremely terrifying! In the former army, the King of Mulu has already died on the battlefield, and the Lord of the Vulture Bone Cave has gone deep into the enemy formation, and there is no news, I am afraid that it is also more auspicious. General Dong Dana said that it was too late to stop the attack now, so he could only survive in death and strive to break through the sky! ”
"How is that possible?" Meng Shu shouted in disbelief, "How can the stragglers be so powerful? ”
"The enemy army has a crossbow machine, which is said to be able to shoot continuously without interruption, and our army was caught off guard and was plotted!"
"......" Meng Shu was so angry that he couldn't roar.
"Li Yi, you are so ruthless, so poisonous!" Meng Shu let out a sad cry.
When the heavy rain came down before, Meng Huo and other barbarian generals thought that this was the heavens favoring the Southern Barbarians, because the most powerful thing in the Tang Army was long-range strike weapons such as bows and crossbows. Especially the crossbow carts of the Tang Army, Meng Huo had heard of it for a long time, and it was definitely a nightmare for both the infantry and the cavalry.
However, on this rainy day, the Tang Army's long-range attack troops were greatly affected, and it was difficult to exert their might. In particular, it is even more difficult for the repeater to fire crossbow arrows due to rain and moisture. This is undoubtedly relative to cutting off an arm of the Tang army.
If it weren't for the sudden change in the weather, Meng was intimidated by the elite equipment of the Tang army, and would not have ordered the Southern Barbarian army to launch a full-scale attack and press all the forces up.
However, Meng Yu never expected that all the actions of the Tang Army seemed to have been predicted, and he had prepared the kind of crossbow arrows that could be fired continuously in the rain.
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Meng Shu was right, Li Yi calculated him early.
After learning that Meng Huo was elected as the king of the Southern Barbarians, Li Yi knew that it was impossible to easily conquer the Southern Barbarians. His minions had to be broken before he could be forced to land.
However, now that the Nanban has just elected a barbarian king, his morale is high, and his troops are almost three times that of his own, if he wants to defeat him, he must plan carefully.
At this time, Li Yi thought of the crossbow that had only been installed in the Tang Army for a short time. This kind of repeater was developed by the noble concubine Huang Yueying, and was named the Gongshen repeater by Li Yi.
So, after Li Yi planned with the military divisions, he decided on today's plan.
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Meng Shu moved his mace forward and shouted: "Order, the whole army will charge to the death, fight with all your might, and never die!" ”
"The whole army charges, and it will not stop!" The generals shouted in unison, and just passed on the orders layer by layer.
"Form a dense formation, advance as a whole, and charge the scattered formations of the enemy army!"
Although the Tang Army's repeating crossbows were powerful, the Tang Army's deployment was mainly based on flank killing. In this case, simply force the front and not give the opponent's crossbow a chance to be powerful. Doing so will increase a lot of casualties, but it is better than just being beaten and not being able to do it.
As long as Li Yi has no other tricks, this battle will be won after all.
It is not so much Meng Shu's judgment as his expectation, and the real feeling in his heart is that the entire Southern Barbarian army is running wildly on a road of no return.