Chapter 287 [The 'Platoon Marksmanship' in the Pre-Qin Era]
There was the sound of footsteps, then the sound of pouring wine.
This guard is very caring, and after pouring the wine, he will send the wine bowl to him, but it is a pity that Wei Ying is in a very bad mood now, otherwise he would definitely get up and pat this guard on the shoulder, praise a few words, and give this guard a future. Like all people who aspire to success, Wei Ying's fate has always been dominated by others in the first half of his life, and he naturally wants to enjoy the feeling of dominating the fate of others.
The guard had drunk all his wine, and he didn't even look at the guard; Maybe it won't be long before his fate will be the same as that of this guard? The king is not a fool, once the cause of this defeat is found, he, the minister of law change, is afraid that he will be the leader.
This guard was really good at showing his face, and actually helped him pour another bowl of wine, and so on three times in a row, but when he put down the wine bowl for the fourth time, there was no expected sound of wine, but a familiar voice sounded in his ears: "Are you sure you want to continue drinking?" ”
"Eun Xiang!"
Seeing the person standing in front of him clearly, Wei Ying stood up, and suddenly felt that his legs were a little weak, and he actually thought of kneeling in front of this person; Looking at the entire Lao Qin, maybe only this person can get another chance for him in front of the king? But in the end, he still didn't bow down, the world's celebrities should have their own pride, opportunities are not begging, and this one in front of him definitely looks down on soft bones.
"Finally, you can still recognize me, I thought that the famous Weizi was too drunk to recognize people"
Bai Dong pressed Wei Ying's shoulder and motioned for him to sit down: "General Che Ying and I brought 30,000 troops, but the king did not come. This counterinsurgency battle is related to the long-term peace and stability of Lao Qin. The eyes of all the people in the world are staring at the king. Therefore, the king is only willing to appear when he is victorious."
"What do you mean?"
"You lost for a while. Then it's good to win it back. When I came, the king asked me to tell you that he would not choose a person lightly, and once he did, he would not change lightly. This person can lose, but he can't admit defeat! Zuo Shuchang is a smart person, you should understand the meaning of my words? ”
"The gentleman is deeply gracious, and it is difficult to repay the martingale powder!"
After listening to Bai Dong's words. Wei Ying howled and cried, his eyes were red, and he kowtowed again and again in the direction of Liyang City in the northeast. In this era, it was rare for the monarchs and ministers to perform such a great ceremony, which is enough to show the excitement in his heart.
"Eun Xiang"
"After saying that, don't call me Eunxiang, do you still want to call me that? I'm so anxious! ”
"Why did Enbaizuo say this?" Wei Ying was slightly stunned, he could see that Bai Dong was really unhappy, and he was not pretending.
"I know Zuo Shuchang's thoughts, Bai is not talented, and there are so many thin names and powers in Lao Qin, and you are so gracious. Do you want to repay my kindness, or do you want to ask for a new one? How do I feel like the latter? ”
Bai Dong glanced at Wei Ying, who had a very unnatural expression: "If you really think of me as a grace in your heart." You won't fail to remember what I said to you. Whenever you attack a city, you must open the net, so as not to arouse the hatred of the defenders and reduce the casualties of our army, but how do you do it? In order not to let the descendants of the Western family slip through the net, they actually put 5,000 troops outside the city! Killing people is the fastest way to build prestige, but it has always been rejected by the wise, do you know why? Because 'the murderer is always killed'! If you use murder to build your reputation today, others will be killed in the same way tomorrow, but the higher your achievements will be, the worse your encounter! ”
"Zuo Geng is right, Wei Ying is wrong."
"I hope you can really recognize your mistakes"
Wei Ying bowed and bowed, looking very respectful, but Bai Dong saw that the murderous aura in his eyes had not diminished; Maybe Yingquliang is too indulgent to this person, and as soon as the political ~ political crisis has passed, he is thinking about how to take revenge on the Xi clan.
"Okay, you can rest for half a day and then discuss with General Che Ying and them about the strategy of breaking the city, the king still regards you as the main general, and I am only supervising this battle, but not giving orders as the above general, you don't have to be so respectful."
Bai Dong shook his head secretly, the third brother wants Wei Ying to be a chess piece, and Wei Ying wants to borrow the momentum of the third brother, this is the relationship between Zhou Yu and Huang Gai, he has the ability of Zhuge Kongming, and he is also saying that there are many mistakes, who makes himself unwilling to risk the disapproval of the world to preside over Lao Qin's reform?
From the moment Wei Ying appeared on the stage, he was already doomed to a tragic ending, whether he couldn't save himself, or save his worries, pay more attention to the young man of the West family, a weak-crowned young man, was able to save the sky, and Wei Ying and Jing Jian were deflated, which made him curious.
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The smarter a person is, the more they blame their failures on chance, and this is the case with Wei Ying. After Bai Dong brought Yingquliang's attitude, he immediately became energetic, as if he had been directly upgraded from a weak summer insect to a strong and immortal little strong brother, and when discussing the siege strategy, the strength he showed made it impossible for Che Ying and Jing Jian to interject; Not to mention Zi'an, now he is too lazy to say anything more to Wei Ying, and Wei Ying doesn't want to deal with him, and he will never forget the disdain and ridicule that this guy hung on the corner of his mouth.
Except for Bai Dong, everyone seemed to have forgotten about the magical weak-crowned boy of the Xi family, or they didn't bother to mention it at all. Now Wei Ying has nearly 40,000 troops under his command, and there are less than 20,000 slaves in the Xijia family city, including those slaves with low combat effectiveness, Wei Ying thinks that as long as he does not make mistakes again, it will be a matter of time to take the Xi family city, and then he will personally grab the Xi family boy and cut off his head and sacrifice it to the king.
On the day of the siege of the city, the haze of Jiubu in the Yongyi area was finally pierced by the sun, it was a rare good weather, and the Qin army rested for a few days, and it was the high morale; During the march of the drums, one of the drummers even beat the drum surface with excessive force, but instead of being punished, he was rewarded. Because in Wei Ying's view, the breaking of the golden drum indicates the end of the battle, and it also means 'breaking the city with one drum'.
The soldiers of the Qin army with round wooden shields formed a phalanx, like a huge old mountain turtle moved to the city, with the rapid change of drums, the shield phalanx cracked from it, stretched out a cloud ladder, leaning against the city wall, the two copper hooks at the head of the ladder will tightly hook the wall bricks, making it difficult for the defenders to overturn.
The warfare of this era has changed from the 'battlefield competition' of the Spring and Autumn Period to the brutal struggle of tens of thousands of troops. Although the siege equipment was not as varied as in later generations. Siege equipment such as crashes and ladders have been developed to a relatively perfect level. And pay more attention to the way of cooperation; If there were no siege soldiers who were attached to the ladder, many crashing cars would have been destroyed by the city, and now the strength of the defenders has been greatly reduced, and there is no need to even crash through the city gates, as long as the Qin army can stand firm at the head of the city, it may be possible to directly break through the city. After all, the Xijia family city is not comparable to the Meng family, and it may not be able to withstand the impact of the army for a long time.
This was the first time Bai Dong had witnessed the Qin army attacking the city, although it was still the era of Yingquliang. This terrifying army that swept the world in the future has already shown its fierce side. He watched some soldiers rush to the city with a few feather arrows stuck in their shoulders, and some people were hit by arrows in the abdomen, and they pulled them out without thinking about it, and then continued to attack the city with their exposed intestines. What are those heroes in romance novels? All of the old Qin army are heroes who don't want to die!
But with such a hero's morale, he couldn't capture the Xi family city.
Bai Dong is a layman, but even a battle-hardened general like Che Yingzian was dumbfounded. Needless to say, the Western warriors were well-armed and well-trained, but what could those slaves do even if they were armed to the teeth? They could not be trained fighters. The last defeat of the Qin army was due to the appearance of Wei Ying's light enemy and the mysterious Western family boy. When it comes to a brutal siege, these slaves are bound to collapse.
The early battle also seemed to prove this, under the suppression of the Qin army's absolute superiority in long-range 'firepower', the counterattack of the Xijia army appeared weak and powerless, and the lethality of the bows and arrows shot into the sky was really limited, so the Qin army made a very smooth progress, seeing that the first batch of soldiers was about to ascend the city from the cloud ladder!
But at this time, there were no drums, no horns, and no generals who supervised the battle, but groups of soldiers suddenly appeared in the city of the Xi family. They didn't shout and kill the enemy like the soldiers of the Qin army, roared and shouted, they just looked coldly at the Qin army who was clinging to the ladder, and some people couldn't help but be shot down by the Qin army's bow and crossbow, but someone immediately added up.
It's so neat!
The warriors of the Western family can only be described in a uniform manner, there are no slaves among them, they are all the most elite professional warriors of the Western family! Wind, shoot, shoot! The three actions are done in one go, and thousands of people are like one person!
"Buzz!"
Bai Dong really saw a 'black cloud' falling from the city, and a black cloud flew by, and the soldiers of the Western family who shot the arrows immediately retreated, and the other team staggered up and shot rapidly, so repeated exchanges, and truly achieved the black cloud overpowering and arrows raining down.
The premise of this intensive fire is to sacrifice a lot of money, but it will also cause a terrifying psychological suppression of the enemy, just like the 19th century European platoon infantry arrays, in order to ensure the concentration of fire, Napoleon's army will form a phalanx, walk on the unhurried pace, and at the same time pay great sacrifices, but also inflict a lot of damage on the enemy.
In the face of this terrifying dense shooting, the log shield that the siege soldiers could carry could not cover the whole body at all, and was even directly shattered by the dense bow and arrow! One by one, they fell from the cloud ladder with a miserable scream, and even the Qin army under the city suffered heavy casualties, staring blankly at the terrifying black clouds above, unable to figure out why this was the scene, the soldiers of the Western family completely ignored the casualties, this is to fight the old bottom in the first round of siege battles?
Wei Ying was completely stupid, even the 'professional' generals like Che Ying and Zi'an were also stunned, the Qin army was not unaware of the unity of orders, but it would not hesitate to line up in a dense queue to shoot like the soldiers of the Western family in order to concentrate their strength, so that although the attack power of the stage can be improved, the casualties paid will be extremely terrifying!
"Mingjin!"
Bai Dong slowly stood up from the chariot, he couldn't care who was the main general, the Qin army was in chaos, and if he continued to fight, he would only suffer more casualties. And he has already seen the doorway, this kind of 'platoon marksmanship' used by the Western family seems to cause great casualties, but in fact, once the opponent is suppressed, the casualties will not be as huge as imagined, the Qin army is unprepared for this, and it will only suffer losses if it continues.
"Is that the young man from the West Family? No one in this world will know how powerful the platoon marksmanship is, but he can never be a traverser like me, otherwise he wouldn't be nameless If he relies on his own comprehension, wouldn't this kid be a genius who hasn't been out for a hundred years! ”
Now Bai Dong is becoming more and more interested in this young man of the Western family.
Note: Ancient Chinese archers also fired uniformly, but dense volley-gun shots like those of the late 18th and early 19th centuries were extremely rare, as on the face of it, they would cause huge casualties. (To be continued......)
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