Volume VII "The Comeback" Chapter 198: The Momentum of the Arrow Array
"Arrow Strikes !!"
With a heart-rending roar, the Right Virtuous King, who was advancing in formation, stopped and raised his shield as fast as he could, forming a defensive shield array like a turtle shell. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The Hun soldiers in the rear charge showed frightened expressions, and they rushed to the ground desperately, using everything they could to try to block the rain of arrows in the sky; Some people quickly pulled a dead corpse and stacked it on top of themselves, and some people jumped into the depression and shrank into a ball, and in an instant, there was no one standing in the range of the arrow array except for the shield standing in the array.
The whistling rain of arrows jumped directly over the Hun soldiers who stood in the shield array, and they flew a distance of about four hundred paces to change the trajectory of their flight, and fell down obliquely, layer by layer. The first wave of triangular arrows rolled in mid-air, making a piercing sound of breaking the air, and it drilled into the ground with a 'roar', and instantly nailed a neat row of crossbow arrows to the ground, and its tail shook to attract the Hun soldiers lying on the ground, and the eyes of these soldiers were straight.
The Hun soldiers lying on the ground did not feel glad at all, what they saw was the crossbow arrows fired by the Han army in waves, and every step or so of a distance there would be a row of arrows falling, 'boom-boom-' row by row pushed forward. The rain of arrows approached the Hun infantry, and some of them could not stand the daunting arrows pushing back up, and turned and fled in panic.
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Strange sounds rang out one after another, and the arrows hit the bodies of the dead, splashing black blood with the terror of the triangular arrows. The Huns lying on the ground were hit by arrows one after another, and those who were shot at the vital point were naturally killed immediately, and those who were not shot at the vital point screamed miserably. I can't stand the pain and roll in place.
The constant screams in front made the Hun soldiers behind tremble when they heard it, and the more people realized that even if they were lying on their stomachs, they could not avoid the arrow array of the Han army, and the people who were originally hesitant quickly got up and ran desperately to turn around and run. However, the speed of human running is destined to be unable to outrun the flying arrows, depending on the distance, there are constantly Hun soldiers who are running hard to run with arrows in their backs and fall to the ground.
The Hun soldiers who used their corpses to block the crossbow arrows were still glad that they were smart, but when the crossbow arrows came and penetrated the bodies of the dead and burrowed into their own bodies. Instead, there was a stunned look, followed by a scream of surprise.
The triangular shape is the pattern of modern bullets, which has undergone constant experimentation. The triangular ranged attack has the strongest penetration of all sharp shapes. The country that first discovered this important problem was none other than the Qin Army, known as the strongest army in Chinese history! In the absence of scientific experiments such as wind tunnels, how did the Qin people judge the power of triangular arrows and set up a special production line for triangular arrowheads. All this has always been a mystery.
Triangular arrows plus crossbow arrows. It is not too difficult to penetrate the human body, and under a round of arrows, less than 2,000 of the 5,000 Hun soldiers lying on the ground can stand up again after the arrow rain is over. The two thousand remnants were slightly stunned and then ran forward under the drive of the officer, but this time they ran a little slowly because of their soft feet, and before they could get close to the friendly troops in front of the shield array, they were named one by one by the crossbowmen on the arrow tower, and in the end there were less than 500 Hun soldiers who could fight the shield soldiers.
The cavalry of the third wave of the Right Xianwang did not abandon their horses after approaching a distance of five hundred paces, and this time they chose to get as close as possible, and the five thousand cavalry advanced about a hundred paces. During this period, he trampled to death many of his companions who had just been shot and did not die, at a distance of four hundred paces. These Huns saw a black cloud rising from the ground in the direction of the Han army, which was the Han army's second launch of arrows!
The Hun cavalry reacted quickly, and they hurriedly jumped off their horses, and went around behind the horses to shrink their bodies as best they could. The rain of arrows came in an instant, the sorrowful sound of the war horse sounded violently, some of the crossbow arrows that hit the horse's neck still penetrated, and the Hun soldiers who were hit by the arrows of course also showed a surprised expression, and before falling to the ground, they might think "The crossbow machine of the Han army is so terrifying" and so on?
The rain of arrows continued to advance, and the horses behind heard the screams of their companions, and they became restless, unable to run under the reins, and turned their horses' butts in the direction of the rain of arrows. This happened a very strange scene, everywhere you can see the horse with an arrow in the horse's butt raised its front hooves high, either kicking the master or screaming and pulling the master to run wildly, colliding with each other under the wild gallop, accompanied by the rain of arrows, riding close to the front line into the range of the arrow array of five thousand Huns killed and wounded.
"Who said just now that the number of arrows fired by the Han army has decreased?"
Ji Shan had seen the Han army launch the arrow array more than once, and the arrow array he had seen before was of course extremely dense, but this time he felt that the arrow array of the Han army was a little different, and what was the different method, because the distance was too far to look carefully.
Ji Shan glanced at the surrounding tribal kings, his tone was full of mockery, and he repeated again: "King Huhun said that the Han army has fewer arrows? ”
The kings of the tribes did not dare to speak up, for fear that Jishan would not be able to stand the casualties and push the tribes who spoke up again to die. Of course, they saw the terrifying arrow array of the Han army, and suddenly felt that the siege of the city a few days ago was like child's play, and the strength expressed by the Han army at this moment was the real combat effectiveness of the Han army, and they couldn't help but feel extremely lucky, if the Han army had launched this powerful arrow array earlier, none of the people sent out might have been able to come back?
Someone reported the information on the left and right flanks, and Ji Shan did not get angry after hearing it, he had expected that King Huhun and King Tu Shen would not move, and might even turn around and leave with the army. Ji Shan is waiting, not only waiting for the Han army to show flaws, but also waiting for King Huhun and King Tu Shen to do something more obvious, it is best to secretly contact the Han army, as long as King Hun and King Tu Shen do too much, he can find an excuse to destroy the main force of the Huhun Department and the Tu Shen Department, and there will be no resistance to immediately include Helan Mountain in the jurisdiction of the Youxian Wang's department.
"Did you hear that?"
The kings of the tribes nodded, the battle between the big tribes was not something they could participate in, so it was better to just nod and not speak.
Ji Shan laughed "hey, hey, hey", he stopped talking, and turned his attention to the battlefield.
The third wave of cavalry on horseback approaching the battlefield was maimed halfway and taught the Hun front-line commanders a lesson, when the battlefield was littered with dead bodies. It is irrational to attack with mounted infantry. The right Xianwang is naturally unable to cover everything, as the commander-in-chief, he also pays attention to the movements of the Han army, as for how to attack the city and what methods to use to attack the city. These are the duties of front-line commanders.
The Huns in the fourth wave of the attack learned their lesson, and they simply did not even ride their horses, and collected shields in a big way, hoping to learn from the way the first wave of siege troops advanced.
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At this time, the front-line commander of the Huns forgot that there were troops in front of him who formed a shield array and cowered within the reach of the arrow array, and it was impossible for the shield array to move forward without an order, so he stayed where he was and was stupid. The arm of the soldier holding the shield high was sore, and that alone might not be anything, but it was noon!
"It's so hot......"
A sullen turtle shell. The Hun soldiers who stayed inside were wearing animal skin clothes, their whole bodies had already been soaked in sweat and greasy, and the muscles of the half-squatting waist pole couldn't help but tremble, which was a phenomenon that would only appear if the posture was maintained for too long.
Crazy West is a member of the shield array. He has been deprived of his military post after many defeats. Even the property was confiscated by Jishan on the grounds of defeat, and there was nothing left at the moment. He was in a good position, the last row of the shield array, and sometimes he could quietly turn his head to breathe fresh air, but just when he was about to quietly turn his head to breathe again, out of the corner of his eye, he saw his former subordinates and current officials.
No matter when and where there will be, there will be some arrogant people who look down on people, and when he was the commander of the Ten Thousand Commanders, others respected him and were deprived of his military position and army. The subordinates, who were originally humble and trembling at the sound of a roar, began to become proud, and used their power to bully their former officials to satisfy their vanity. It's as if you can flaunt how powerful and lofty you are.
Crazy West Crazy received a secret punch in the back, and he snorted and cursed, "Grandma's!" The mouth was tightly closed, and after another heavy punch, he finally couldn't help screaming in pain, and the arm holding the shield high also fell due to broken ribs, which was like the tarot card was overturned, and the shield in the back made a 'ping-pong' sound and instantly fell into a large area.
The Hun soldiers, who were already sore in their arms, quietly breathed a sigh of relief after their shields fell, and instead of raising their shields again, they reached over and kept holding their sore arms, taking a big gulp of fresh air.
The Hun centurion who punched ruthlessly saw that a large area of the shield array was missing, and his face was even more hideous, and he raised his scimitar and slashed at the back of the mad west.
The corners of Crazy West's mouth were bloody, and the pain of broken ribs made him almost crazy, and he saw someone swinging a knife and rolling on the spot regardless of the pain, constantly inhaling cold air during the rolling, and the pain was so red that his eyes were red and his facial muscles were constantly twitching. He rolled around the slashing scimitar and got up into a half-crouched position, grinning wickedly.
The Hun centurion took a pinch of footsteps, waved the knife and wanted to split again, but as soon as the scimitar was raised, there was a hot feeling behind him, and before he could turn around, his chest rose, and he looked down to see the cold tip of the knife piercing through, and the blood was falling 'tick-tock', and his eyes were black and unconscious.
The soldiers of the wolf army on the low wall were not blind, and they reacted immediately when they saw the chaos of the Hun shield array, and the Liangtun archers let go of the arrows they grasped tightly in the sound of the order, and the arrows broke free from the shackles and rose into the sky, flying towards the Hun shield array about one hundred and fifty steps in front of the low wall.
"his grandmother's! It's Lao Tzu's brother who comes with me, let's not send him to death! ”
Most of the 5,000 Hun infantry were brought out by the mad west, and some people immediately responded to this shout, they shouted happily, and they didn't want to shoot a large number of instigating arrows head-on, and the Hun soldiers in the panic in order to save their lives subconsciously blocked their shields in front of them. When everyone took care of themselves, the shield array lost its due defensive power, and some Hun soldiers who did not react stupidly raised their shields, but the result was that the person in front of them did not raise it, the arrow passed through the gap, and blood burst out of his chest.
The impression that Crazy West Crazy now gives to those in the know (such as King Huhun and King Tushen) is that he has sold his life for King Youxian for half his life, and he should be angry when he is deprived of his military position and property, and he has been wronged one after another.
Madness roared halfway through but lost his voice, bothering to alert the others. Grabbing the shield and squatting down, this crouch immediately heard the sound of the arrow burrowing into the human body, and the screams were everywhere.
"Grandma's. The acting has to be more realistic, but if you die, you can't draw it! ”
In the corner of the collapse, the wolf army on the low wall naturally did not let go of the opportunity to kill and injure a large number of enemy troops, and more and more archers joined the shooting, and the rate of fire became faster and faster, and they were extremely excited to shoot at the attack.
Crazy West half squatted back, and his mouth kept chanting: "Old guy (Jishan)." This time, I did my best to do things for you, and after destroying the Hun Department and the Tu Shen Department, if you break your promise. I can't complain about Lao Tzu and you! He also did not forget to beckon his cronies to gather his subordinates, planning to turn around and go to the left-wing to take refuge in the Hun tribe, who were not in the right place, in order to find refuge.
In order to deal with the fourth wave of Hun troops that were about to rush up again. The wolf army stopped firing arrows at the already collapsed Huns. They laughed loudly at the Huns who still had more than 4,000 troops but turned around and fled, and the soldiers of the wolf army, who did not know that they had the task of feigning defeat, firmly believed that their side could win a brilliant victory in this battle.
Chen Xi was both happy and worried, and the joy was that the officers and men under his command had strong combat effectiveness, and the mid-level officers reacted quickly and knew how to seize the fighter plane. Worried? There are a lot of things to worry about, and he can predict that after losing about 10,000 troops, Youxian Wang Jishan will definitely order the withdrawal of troops and replace them with those vulnerable small tribe miscellaneous soldiers, so that it will be really difficult to fake defeat.
"There are less than 5,000 crossbow arrows left, and 290,000 arrows remain......"
Chen Xiyi gritted his teeth and ordered the crossbowmen to stop shooting, hoping to attract the Huns to continue the attack. He kept praying in his heart that the fifth wave of the Huns would quickly line up and prepare to charge.
The fourth wave of Xiongnu troops had already marched forward after collecting their shields, and these soldiers, who were known as the elite of the Youxian Wang's army, saw the battlefield lying on the ground with the corpses of their own dead. They still can't help but feel the chills, the front has been blocking them for nearly a month, and after paying the price of more than 100,000 people (including the first battle in Beixin), the front is still standing, and no one hopes that they will be one of the next to lie on the battlefield and become a dead corpse.
The retreat of the mad west was directly blocked in front of the fourth wave of attacking troops, and the Huns behind did not know what was going on in front, and thought that those who were running wildly could not stand the pressure before retreating, which seriously hit the morale of the soldiers who were about to attack, although the rhythm of the steps did not change, but the speed of advance was greatly slowed down.
It is human nature to be cranky, and the fourth wave of troops advancing in formation was hit by the soldiers who were waiting for the retreating soldiers, and the whole array became fragmented, and finally they simply turned around and ran, and a good attack died abruptly.
Chen Xi was stunned, and he muttered to himself bitterly: "This...... When will we lose? ”
Who would have thought that this would turn out like this?
Jishan not only knew that he had arranged all this. He had already designed how the first wave of attacking troops defending the shield formation should collapse, defeat must be defeated, but not too many people can be killed, the fourth wave of troops rushing up also happened to be in the most appropriate position, and anyone can see the disrupted formation, but even if it is chaotic outside the arrow array, it will not suffer losses, and it is enough to rearrange the formation.
"Who's in charge of the shields?"
"Back to the prince, it's the commander of the Nala thousand."
Pretending, Ji Shan's heart blossomed: "As long as King Huhun or King Tu Shen agrees to shelter the mad west, there will be an excuse to conquer!" At that time, all the things of the Huhun Department and the Tushen Department will belong to me! ”
Since it is a pretense, then Ji Shan has to act more realistically, in view of the existence of many small tribes of Yu Xiaowang next to him, he roared: "Find him and cut off his head!" ”
You can cut it, you can definitely cut off the head of that commander, but you have to send someone to the battlefield to find it slowly, and you can definitely find the corpse of Nala with a sharp arrow stuck in her neck.
"Lord Wang! That...... The defeated army changed direction, and they fled to the left! ”
Ji Shan showed that he was stunned, stunned, and incomprehensible, but in his heart he admired the madness and thought that the madness was efficient and worthy of praise.
"The one running at the front is the madness of the west!"
Ji Shan continued to be stunned, until the tribal kings behind him were talking about the rout of the troops fleeing to the left, and he suddenly roared like a realization: "Damn it! He just shouted out such a sentence loudly, and then deliberately lowered his voice, making it sound vague, and he could only hear 'King Huhun and King Tu Shen are bribed ......'...... I want to mess with the hearts of our army", "Crazy West and Crazy Defection to ......" and so on.
The tribal kings of the Xiongnu were cranky, thinking too much, and their faces became more and more weird......
Compared with the Huns, who were still calculating each other during the war and had their own thoughts, Chen Xi, the commander of the wolf army, had a much simpler idea.
Chen Xi didn't see the Xiongnu commander send the fifth attacking force, but he didn't see the Huns retreat like this, he slapped the scabbard in a depressed mood, and just shouted at Jishan to send a new force to attack quickly.
"Ruler ......"
Without looking back, Chen Xi also knew who the person who spoke was, it was Fang Hao, the military staff officer of the Wolf Army, a middle-aged man with a bad head.
"It's over, if it drags on any longer, the adults will definitely cut off my head!"
Fang Hao looked very bland, "I don't know what kind of defeat the commander needs?" ”
Chen Xi was not angry, "Of course, the more realistic the defeat, the better!" ”
Fang Hao smiled extremely confidently, his steps were sonorous and powerful, and he leaned over and whispered in Chen Xi's ear......
Chen Xi listened to the two eyes constantly turning, and when he heard half of it, he slapped his thigh violently, "Okay!" Good! The bitterness in his heart was swept away by Fang Hao's offer, and he was replaced by an incomparable surprise.
As soon as the two of them joined together, Chen Xi accepted Fang Hao's suggestion, ordered Fang Hao to go down immediately to prepare, be sure to do it, and promised that if the plan was successful, he would personally ask Lin Bin for Fang Hao's credit.
This ease seems to be able to think about anything, the fifth wave of the Huns attacking troops that Chen Xi prayed for began to assemble again, with Fang Hao's offer, Chen Xi no longer had any worries, he ordered the whole army to show the strongest momentum, and beat the Huns hard.
With the military order, the officer commanding the crossbowmen was finally able to let go of his hands and feet, and the force of the arrow array was even more ferocious than the one that had preceded it.
The power of the arrow array was extremely terrifying, and the fifth wave of the Huns' attacking troops did not even approach the low wall for a hundred paces before they were killed or wounded and retreated, and the sixth wave of attacking troops sent by Jishan was not much better, until the evening of the battle, the day's battle was over.
Ji Shan learned that King Huhun had accepted the refuge of the mad west, which made him feel a little less depressed because of the delay in the offensive. The army retreated to rest, but Ji Shan led the small kings of the tribes to stay, and after a period of self-discussion about the failure of the attack......
"Rest assured! After four days of attrition, the arrows of the Han army will definitely bottom out, as long as the onslaught is launched tomorrow, the Han army will definitely not be able to hold it! ”
The tribal kings of the Xiongnu naturally nodded in favor, but they all thought with great grief in their hearts: "Don't send us up, the arrow array of the Han army is really ...... It's horrible! ”
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The face is full of black lines and ......, and I have to refine it to find that it is gone~~~~ It may be that there are fewer tickets and clicks, and I will make up for it all on Monday.
(To be continued,) (To be continued.) )