Chapter 317: Chu and Han Fight [10]
But the war elephant would not let Bai Gongsheng go because of the anger of the stone beggars, and the war elephant was like a king defending his dignity, and with a long hiss, Bai Gongsheng was thrown to the ground.
Bai Gongsheng's back hit the ground first, and just after he landed on the ground, Bai Gongsheng only felt a sweetness in his throat, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
"King!" Shi Qi and other soldiers who were loyal to Bai Gongsheng were shocked, and immediately everyone's hearts were filled with burning anger. Among the soldiers brought by Bai Gongsheng, nearly 2,000 were the soldiers who followed him to withdraw from Zaiying, and these soldiers still followed Bai Gongsheng even though Bai Gongsheng had obviously failed, which can be seen how high their loyalty to Bai Gongsheng was. Seeing that Bai Gongsheng was almost dead, they couldn't care about anything at the moment, they only knew to save Bai Gongsheng.
"Ahh Yes!!! The soldier roared angrily, and the Chu soldiers on the war elephant immediately panicked. In the roar of rage, the soldier changed! The soldiers of today are not human at all, they ignore the trampling of war elephants, they ignore javelins and arrows. They even saw some seriously wounded soldiers with broken arms, unyieldingly holding broken weapons and attacking the war elephants.
They now have another purpose, to kill them! Save the king (Bai Gongsheng)!
In the battle array, the war elephants walking sideways are also afraid, but unfortunately there is no turning back now. The war elephant was like a small boat struggling to support itself in the surging rapids, and from time to time a war elephant screamed and was overturned to the ground by the soldiers. For this, those soldiers paid the lives of dozens of people, but no one cared about these, they only cared about revenge.
The madness of the soldiers under Bai Gongsheng also frightened the Chu army, which was originally supporting the right-wing war elephants, and the deputy general was a little timid to pull the main general, and asked the main general: "General, we can't go up yet?" ”
Speaking of this, he seemed to feel that this didn't seem to be able to express his meaning, and after a pause, he added: "The guys on the other side are crazy, I think it's best to avoid their edges!" ”
The lord general is not afraid, but he also knows Ye Gong's methods, although Ye Gong is a little indecisive, but when is it now? In a battle related to the life and death of the Chu State, he dared to guarantee that he had delayed even a quarter of an hour, even if he had completed the task, Ye Gong would definitely let him see what King Yama looked like.
Thinking of this, the lord immediately scolded: "The Han barbarian is crazy, but don't forget that the sword in the marshal's hand is not blunt!" ”
Considering the sharpness of the sword in Ye Gong's hand, the deputy general didn't dare to say more, suppressed the fear in his heart and charged.
There were war elephants making trouble inside, and the Chu army attacking outside, which can be said to be flanked from the front and back. But the soldiers under Bai Gongsheng's command were also crazy at the moment, as if they didn't know what life and death were, they charged towards the Chu army.
When the soldiers of the Wu army saw the soldiers under Bai Gongsheng's command like this, they also felt a little ashamed in their hearts, and felt that they could not be pressed down by Bai Gongsheng's soldiers, at least they could not be pulled apart too much. For this reason, the soldiers of the right army of the Han army all forgot their lives and forgot to die, and fought hard. For a while, he actually withstood the attack of the Chu army, not to mention, but also suppressed the Chu army.
Even the invincible war elephants were slaughtered, and their fallen bodies became a small hill. The archers of the right army stood up unceremoniously, borrowing the body of a war elephant and condescendingly bent their bows and arrows to support their own soldiers.
But the left wing is much worse than the right wing, because there is no doubt about the fate of the left. Although Yang Tugou led the cavalry to fight, when the follow-up Chu infantry came to support, the cavalry had to disperse. Although there were not many soldiers in the Chu army, there were 5,000 people, and the cavalry fought with them, and they did not take advantage. Fortunately, taking advantage of this time, the left flank infantry was ready, but because the Chu army came too suddenly, and they were all the elite of the Chu army, the left flank was suppressed by the Chu army for a while.
Yang Zilu was temporarily relieved at this time, and finally stabilized the formation. But immediately Yang Zilu became angry, to be precise, he was angry, he didn't expect Ye Gong to think of such a plan.
"Hou Xiong, you take eight thousand Chinese troops to press!" Angry to angry, Yang Zilu still kept calm.
Hou Xiong was stunned and said, "Lord, don't you need to support some soldiers and horses on the two wings?" ”
"I can't get support! Ye Gong, this guy has been killed! Yang Zilu said calmly.
Only then did Hou Xiong react, only to see that the Chu army had already rushed up, and it was already very close to the distance where the two sides were ready to meet each other. Hou Xiong didn't say anything more, and immediately went down to lead 8,000 soldiers to support the front army.
The Chu army gave full play to the advantage of being outnumbered, first the troop chariots, and the three hundred troop chariots were divided into two rows, and they pressed up mightily. The soldiers in front of the front, left, and right armies all clenched their spears nervously.
The Chu army really went out this time, and the military vehicle was not afraid of the threat of the spear battle formation, and crashed into the battle formation. Although the military vehicle has many shortcomings, it has a frontal charge, and it has to be said that it is much more powerful than the armored cavalry.
The fierce charge of the three hundred military chariots immediately dented the Han army's spear phalanx. Even if the soldier withstood the impact of the military vehicle, he suffered internal injuries and fell to the ground vomiting blood.
It is also thanks to Yang Zilu that he has invested heavily this time, and the soldiers in the first three rows of the military vehicle are equipped with iron-inlaid armor, and their defensive power is stronger than that of ordinary soldiers. However, even so, the soldiers in the first three rows of the spear battle formation were basically abolished, and some military vehicles even broke through the soldiers in the fifth row, and the Han army's formation was in chaos.
"Kill!" The infantry of the Chu army, which followed behind the chariot, immediately entered it with short soldiers. Ye Gong was not unprepared, he knew that although the spears of the Han army were long, they were not good at hand-to-hand combat, so he deliberately asked the soldiers to prepare short blades. But how could Yang Zilu not be prepared?
The spearmen immediately put down their spears, pulled out the short knives, short swords, and short-handled battle axes at their waists, and rushed forward with a low roar, fighting with the Chu soldiers.
Yang Zilu reorganized the 3,000 longbowmen who had retreated from the front army and the only 2,000 infantry left in the Chinese army. I have to say that the crossbow is a good thing, his short training cycle allows Yang Zilu to fuse strong crossbowmen and infantry together. It can shoot from a distance and can also be used in hand-to-hand combat. At this moment, Yang Zilu was like this, and the 2,000 infantry were all transferred to strong crossbowmen.
With the watchtower near Yang Zilu as the eyes and ears, the angle of fire was reversed, and the crossbowmen were concentrated and projected to the middle of the Chu army. The effect is very good, because after the general hand-to-hand combat, the bow and crossbow lose its role, and the archers are also transferred to light infantry, drawing short swords and long swords to fight, it is precisely because of this habitual surname that the Chu army is completely defenseless against the Han army's arrow rain attack.
A rain of arrows suddenly rose, probably covered by the sound of fighting on the battlefield, or probably covered by the dust raised on the battlefield, and it was almost until the arrows fell on him that the Chu army reacted. And Ye Gong was not very lucky, his military vehicle was within the coverage of the rain of arrows.
"Marshal! Be careful! Xu Cheng was almost the first to discover the crisis, and he didn't care about etiquette or etiquette, so he hurriedly retreated from Ye Gong with one hand, and he held the tower shield in front of Ye Gong.
In fact, Xu Cheng's intentions were good, but under the crisis, his strength was too great, and Ye Gong fell on the military vehicle. Xu Cheng didn't have time to apologize to Ye Gong, the rain of arrows had already come.
Because of their unpreparedness, the soldiers near the Chu army were all killed. Especially since they are not armoured, it is not that they are arrogant. But the leather armor of the Chu army is mainly made of rhinoceros skin, which comes from the 'water rhinoceros' that lived in the long river basin at that time, of course, this kind of rhinoceros is now extinct, and the reason for the extinction is because of the over-hunting of the Chu people.
The second is made of cowhide, etc., but the number of these leather armors is not too much, especially when most of the current Chu army is composed of people who have just been recruited. The armor rate is about 20 percent.
Of these twenty percent of the armored soldiers, some of them were used as surprise attacks, some of them rushed to the front, and the other part, and the least part, stayed with Ye Gong and other generals.
As for the soldiers who did not wear armor, they were simple, wearing ordinary cloth clothes and sewing a piece of leather on their chests and other vital places. To paraphrase a modern phrase, these soldiers are cannon fodder.
When the cannon fodder was unprepared and attacked by a rain of arrows, it was sad! Rows of Chu soldiers fell to the ground, dead fine, and those who did not die could only moan loudly. And Yang Zilu obviously knew the equipment of these soldiers through the lookout and the monoculars, so the arrows used this time were all triangular arrows. The characteristic of the three-edged arrow is that the armor-piercing power is weak, but after it is pulled out, the wound will tear even bigger, and it also has a bloodletting effect, which is very lethal.
And Ye Gong was unfortunate because he fell to the ground, and Xu Cheng did not fully protect Ye Gong, so Ye Gong was hit by an arrow. When Xu Cheng heard Ye Gong's muffled snort, he was immediately frightened into a cold sweat, if he didn't protect it properly. According to the rules of the Chu State, he had to go down with Ye Gong to see the appearance of the King of Yama.
Xu Cheng hurriedly turned his head and saw the place where the arrow was hit, Xu Cheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Ye Gong was only hit by an arrow in the forearm of his right arm, and if he was hit by an arrow in this place, no matter how big the injury was, he would not die.
Xu Cheng hurriedly threw down the tower shield full of arrows, helped Ye Gong up, and confessed: "Marshal, the last general is incompetent, let the marshal be injured!" ”
Ye Gong shook his head, he also knew that Xu Cheng had tried his best, but Ye Gong's hatred for Yang Zilu was even stronger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it!" How could this guy Yang Zilu shoot arrows here! Isn't he afraid that he will be wounded along with his men? ”
Xu Cheng's eyesight was good, he glanced at the battlefield, and immediately saw the temporary lookout tower set up by the Han army, and immediately pointed to the watchtower and said hatefully: "Marshal, look there!" The last general saw that Yang Zilu must have controlled the archers' shooting angles through there! ”
Ye Gong endured the pain in his arm, sat down, gritted his teeth and said: "You can't let Yang Zilu be so arrogant, come here, immediately pass on the handsome to Ben Shuai and come to see Ben Shuai!" ”
I don't know if it's bad luck or luck, this descendant of the Arrow Raising Youji stayed in the back camp because of the heavy damage of the Sharp Arrow Battalion, and cleaned up the mess of the Sharp Arrow Battalion. Otherwise, according to the plan, Yang Zhi should have stayed with Ye Gong's Chinese army, but when the time comes, according to the defense of the Sharp Arrow Battalion, he suddenly encounters the attack of the arrow rain, even if he raises the Sharp Arrow Battalion with high martial arts and dodges it himself, I am afraid that the Sharp Arrow Battalion under his command will be directly reimbursed, and he will also become a single commander. At that time, it is estimated that Ye Gongsheng, who had wasted countless efforts on the Ruijian Battalion, swallowed Yang Zilu's heart, and I am afraid that he had it.
When Yang went to Ye Gong, he saw the cruelty around him, and his eyelids immediately jumped. It happened that at this time, a general reported the casualties to Ye Gong. "Marshal, now a rough count shows that not many were shot to death, only more than three hundred unlucky ones. However, many people were wounded by the shooting, more than 3,400 people. Most of them, at least not in this battle! ”
Yang Zilu reimbursed himself for almost 4,000 people in just one arrow rain, and Ye Gong's face immediately darkened after hearing this report. At this time, reports came from other places one after another, and during this time, Yang Zilu did not stop, but fired arrows at other places, forcing the Chu army to disperse in the middle of the position.
This led to a feeling of inadequacy at the front, because the Chu soldiers in the middle were scattered, and they regrouped to support, which took a period of time. And during this time, they had to be attacked by a rain of arrows, and when they gathered their troops and horses, the Han army on the opposite side had already filled the gap.
With a wave of his hand, Ye Gong drove down these generals who came to report from all over the place, looked at Yang and gritted his teeth and said, "The general can see the watchtower there!" ”
Speaking of this, Ye Gong pointed to the watchtower of the Han army.
Although he is not as powerful as the ancestor Yang Yuji, he is also a first-class archer and has excellent natural eyesight. When I looked closely, I not only saw the watchtower, but also vaguely saw a few people on the watchtower.
After a while, he nodded and said, "Back to the marshal's words!" The last general saw that there were two more people on this watchtower! ”
When Ye Gong heard this, he smiled with satisfaction and said: "These two people are the eyes and ears of the Han barbarian archers, and this commander is now giving the general six arrows!" Shoot it for Ben Shuai! Recreate the divine shooting of the adoptive uncle (the honorific title of Yoyuki)! ”
Yang Zhiwen Yan, nodded vigorously and said, "Please rest assured, Marshal!" Four arrows is all it takes! ”
"Good!" When Ye Gong heard this, he took out four well-made Yanling arrows from the quiver on one side and solemnly handed them over to Yang Zhi.
I didn't say much to raise the disease, so I took the arrow and turned around and left. The reason why he wanted four arrows was that he was particular about it, when the king of Chu and the Jin Kingdom competed for hegemony. The two sides fought, and the king of Chu Gong was shot in one eye by a general of the Jin State, the Wei clan suzerain, who was famous for his bravery, and the king of Chu told Yang Youji: "I will give you two arrows, you go and help me avenge!" Shoot that green-robed general! Okay? ”
Yang Yuji didn't say a word, took the arrow and set off. It was just an arrow that shot the then Wei clan sect master to death. It has achieved the great prestige of raising Youji, so that everyone in the world calls Yangyouji an arrow. It means that if you want to kill anyone, you only need one arrow.
And raising the disease does not need the six arrows that Ye Gong began to give, but four arrows, which is also for this reason. Because there are two people on this watchtower, and one person is divided, which is just one person and two arrows. This is to use this action to restore the glory of the family that had declined because of the death of Yoyuki.
(To be continued)