Chapter 41: The Power of the Crossbow

The breeze was gentle, and the emerald green grassland became a sea of green, but when the breeze blew sixty miles north of Youzhou, it did not blow the emerald green grass.

I saw the boundless army standing on the vast grassland, dressed in dazzling red like a flame, it was the team of the Han army, the Han army's formation was very decent, the fifth army Huangfu Song was the front army, the second army Xu Rong was the left wing, the third army Ding Yuan was the right wing, Liu Hongqin led 50,000 troops for the middle army, and the rear army was 100,000 reservists.

The three major legions have changed from the original 90,000 army to 70,000 troops, but fortunately, the Xianbei army is only 200,000 at this time, and the real Xianbei elite is only 70,000.

Therefore, the Han army has an advantage in terms of combat power, but the war is not only won by strong combat power, although any conspiracy cannot succeed in the face of strong strength, but the Han army does not have the strength to defy any conspiracy.

In the Fifth Army of the former army, Li Zhi asked with a puzzled face, "General, why does Your Majesty know that Fuyu Kingdom may send troops, but Your Majesty still has to fight a decisive battle with Xianbei?" ”

Sun Jian whispered, "Your Majesty has your own plans, this is not something I can pay attention to, and we don't have to figure it out, we just need to kill the enemy with peace of mind." ”

Li Zhi was about to speak, but the people of the overseer team shouted, "Silence! Recruits know the rules, but don't you know? ”

The scolding of the overseers made Sun Jian and Li Zhi's faces flush, he was right, it was a rule that recruits understood that they were not allowed to speak without a report when they were in line.

At this time, a war drum sounded, and the soldiers knew that this war drum was a lecture for the general, so they all looked at their commander. Antiquity without amplification equipment. This can be conveyed through the layers of the officer.

"Soldiers!"

When all the soldiers heard this, they were immediately excited. Because their tun chief said that these were the words of His Majesty the Emperor.

"This battle is related to the safety of my Han Dynasty's northern Xinjiang, maybe some of your soldiers are not children of Northern Xinjiang Prefecture, but I am here to tell you and others that every year, tens of thousands of people in my Han Dynasty die at the hands of Xianbei people."

Hearing this, the soldiers' exhalations became urgent.

Liu Hong continued, "Among them are old people, women, and children. There are also young men who are sworn to resist. ”

The soldiers of the entire Han army were red-eyed when they heard this, war is a man's business, and it will not affect the family, this is the rule of the Han army's cognition, but the Xianbei people have broken this rule.

Liu Hong pulled out the sword at his waist and pointed diagonally at the sky, shouting, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Together with the people, the nearly 400,000 Han troops shouted three times, and the momentum soared to the sky, causing a riot in the Xianbei army not far away.

Seeing this, Murong the King of Xianbei shouted, "Sons, the King of Tanshihuai has let us live a rich life, and now the King of Tanshihuai has been killed by the Han army. What are you going to do? ”

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

The Xianbei army also shouted three times, but the more than 100,000 slave soldiers who could not talk about the Xianbei people were not at home. But he didn't give much momentum, so that the first momentum clash ended with Xianbei's defeat.

"Boom! Touch! Drink! ”

"Boom! Touch! Drink! ”

"Boom! Touch! Drink! ”

At this time, the Han army moved, as the so-called husband war, courage also, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion.

At the moment when Xianbei's momentum was defeated, Liu Hong ordered the three armies to advance together, and the Han army attacked the shield step by step, and drank one step at a time, without reducing the momentum at all.

Murong looked at the earth-shattering momentum of the Han army, a trace of uneasiness appeared in his heart, and he secretly said, "If Fu Yuguo can't arrive in time, I'm afraid this battle will be lost!" ”

As the saying goes, a soldier will be a nest of bears. Even the Xianbei King Murong was afraid, let alone the soldiers below. As for the large number of slave soldiers, there is no need to think about it at all.

The young general in the Xianbei army looked at the unmotivated Xianbei army, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "It's really sad!" I was dignified and humiliated, and my morale was completely lost before the war began, is this still the invincible army led by the king of Tanshihuai, who fought in the east and west, and fought in the south and north? ”

The surrounding Xianbei soldiers lowered their heads when they heard this, and the Xianbei soldiers around this young general's ability are well known, but the Han army has defeated Xianbei more than once, which makes the Xianbei soldiers no longer have the same arrogance as ever when facing the Han army.

The Han military operation proved that although the strong man is far away, he must be planted.

By the time the Han army had advanced fifty paces, the formation had been completely released, and there was an arm's length between the two Han soldiers.

Murong was overjoyed when he saw this, and shouted, "The Han army has sought its own death, and it has formed such a formation, passed on the king's order, and the front army rushed to kill!" ”

"Yes!"

With Murong's order, 10,000 Xianbei cavalry and 20,000 slave soldiers rushed forward in an instant.

Liu Hong sat on the high chariot, and when he saw that Murong was really attacking, he smiled and said, "Wenhe, make a contribution!" ”

Jia Xu was slightly embarrassed, not arrogant or impatient, and Xun You glanced at Jia Xu with a little admiration.

Liu Hong immediately shouted, "Spread my will, and the crossbowmen of the front army are free to shoot the invading enemy." ”

"No!"

The herald shouted his promise, and immediately waved the command flag, and the sound of the war drums changed.

When the soldiers of the Huangfu Song Division of the Fifth Army of the Front Army heard the sound of war drums and the order given by the officers who saw the battle flag order, they immediately gathered in front of them, and in the blink of an eye, they formed a long one-line formation, and even the Han army behind could shoot the Xianbei army.

When the Xianbei front army entered the firing range, the soldiers of the Huangfu Song Division of the Third Legion took down a strong crossbow from their backs.

In order not to interfere with the march, each Han soldier wore only twenty crossbow arrows, and although they were distributed to each person very little, they all added up to five million.

No general dared to command this battle, so it was personally commanded by Liu Hong, who asked himself if the marching formation was a layman, so he planned to use the strong national strength to pile up the Xianbei people.

After the battle, he asked Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Xun You, and Lu Zhi again, but in order not to let the crossbow arrows go in vain, Liu Hong still asked Jia Xu. That's where the above scene comes in.

It can be said that Liu Hong is going to shoot the Xianbei people with endless crossbow arrows at this time, even if the shot is not accurate, there are strong crossbows, as long as you shoot it forward.

This is completely a money-burning move, but Liu Hong will be understood as sympathetic to the soldiers, how can Liu Hong not take this kind of benefit from sending it to the door?

As for the cost of crossbow arrows, they are not worth mentioning at all compared to the benefits after winning the war.

When the Han army of the Fifth Army of Huangfu Song took down the strong crossbow behind his back, Murong was shocked and was about to order the front army to retreat, but it was too late.

The range of the strong crossbow is one hundred and twenty paces, which is enough for the Han army to shoot two rounds of crossbow arrows, and the 70,000 troops of the Huangfu Song Department of the Fifth Legion can shoot 70,000 crossbow arrows in one round, and two rounds are 140,000 crossbow arrows.

The enemy of Xianbei was only 30,000 people, and none of the 30,000 people survived under the cover of 140,000 crossbow arrows.

Many Xianbei soldiers raised their shields in time to protect themselves, but what protection did the horses under their crotch have? Xianbei didn't use heavy cavalry, the Xianbei soldiers who fell off their horses suddenly became hedgehogs, and those slave soldiers didn't even have shields, so they could only wait for ten thousand arrows to pierce their hearts.

So in the blink of an eye, the humble former army became a dead corpse.

Quiet! The Xianbei army was as silent as death, and they were completely stunned by the scene in front of them.

The same is true of the Han army, they did not expect that with only two rounds of crossbow arrows, one of their own side did not die, and they actually annihilated 30,000 Xianbei front troops. (To be continued......)