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Weng Zhong's Xuanwu army that went south to Jiujiang was not all equipped with heavily armored foot soldiers. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo╔╗

Hu Hai relied on the five major legions established by the Bashang battalion, except for the 200,000 people in the Tiger Ben Army who will be stationed in Guanzhong in the future, the rest of the four major legions of White Tiger, Qinglong, Suzaku and Xuanwu are all 100,000 people, of course, if you count the shogunate (staff) personnel, scout battalions, labor and logistics that each legion will be equipped with, it should exceed 100,000.

100,000 Xuanwu troops, 30,000 heavily armored foot soldiers, and 70,000 heavy armored cavalry. However, in addition to the 30,000 heavily armored infantry soldiers who are all fully equipped, the other 70,000 heavy armored cavalry only have more than 30,000 people equipped with suitable war horses, and the remaining 30,000 heavy armored cavalry temporarily turned into heavy armored infantry soldiers wearing cavalry heavy armor because there is no suitable war horse.

Of course, the weapons in the hands of these cavalry temporary foot soldiers are also more than one zhang long, somewhat similar to the Mo knife that was popular in the Tang Dynasty in the later Tang Dynasty.

This is still a batch of weapons specially made by Hu Hai for them to use temporarily. Because this is not the weapon they use on their horses.

Weng Zhong himself commanded a Xuanwu army of more than 70,000 people, and then Hu Hai transferred 20,000 back. There are only 50,000 left. There were 50,000 Xuanwu troops, including 20,000 real heavy armored foot soldiers, 10,000 foot soldiers composed of cavalry without war horses, and 20,000 heavy armored cavalry. ╔╗

In addition to the 50,000 Xuanwu soldiers, there were also hundreds of box cars and more than 20,000 people recruited from Xianyang to support Weng Zhong's laborers and people. These people are mainly responsible for logistics.

The Xuanwu Army's attack was very sharp, but the need for logistics was also very important, because their heavy armor of more than 100 catties could not be worn on their bodies at any time every day.

In order to go down to Anfeng City in order to fight, Weng Zhong dispatched an army of 40,000! Only 5,000 heavily armored infantry and 5,000 heavy cavalry were left in the camp. It can be said that it has poured out of the nest.

Xiang Bo stood tremblingly on the city wall, holding a pergola and looking under the city wall.

This look is not tight, Xiang Liang almost did not directly carry down the city wall.

Under the city wall, 40,000 Xuanwu soldiers were marching forward in formation.

There were a total of 50,000 Xuanwu troops, 20,000 heavy armored cavalry equipped with war horses, 10,000 heavy armored cavalry who dismounted and temporarily acted as foot soldiers, and 20,000 heavy armored foot soldiers wearing full-body plate armor.

Leaving 5,000 heavy armored cavalry and 5,000 heavy armored infantry to garrison the large camp, 15,000 heavy armored cavalry, 5,000 cavalry infantry and 15,000 heavy armored infantry soldiers, this is all the strength that Weng Zhong used to attack Anfeng City. ╔╗

At the front of the formation was the original heavy armored cavalry of the Xuanwu Army, holding a huge wooden shield more than one zhang high and several inches thick with iron sheets, holding a three-foot shiny long knife in one hand, and wearing fish scale armor.

In the midst of these 5,000 heavily armored cavalry were hundreds of soldiers armed with huge shields, and they carried dozens of huge long ladders!

Although the requirements of each Xuanwu Army's heavy armored cavalry have lowered the selection of height and heavy armor infantry by a grade because of the war horse, the strength has not changed.

So these wooden shields, which are huge for ordinary people, are nothing in their hands. On the contrary, it can better protect their already armored bodies, providing them with the greatest protection.

The three-foot long knife is definitely not the same as the long-handled Mo knife used by the real heavy armored cavalry of the Xuanwu Army on their horses. The setting of the Xuanwu Army's equipment did not take into account the siege battle, after all, the hard armor on the Xuanwu Army's heavily armored foot soldiers. Let's not talk about whether they can go up to the high ladder, as far as their weight is concerned, the long ladder is afraid that it will not stand a few people, and it will be cut off by itself without the destruction of the enemy troops defending the city. ╔╗

The fish scale armor on the heavy armored cavalry of the Xuanwu Army is much lighter than the iron plate armor on the heavy armored foot soldiers, but even so, the weight of these heavy armored cavalry is not light.

Therefore, considering that Weng Zhong's army was about to face siege operations, Hu Hai specially ordered Shangfang to rush to produce a batch of three-foot long knives, Zhangyu wooden shields inlaid with iron sheets, and siege ladders that could withstand huge weights and were not easy to break after special reinforcement.

These siege equipment and weapons were all transported with the laborers who were recruited after the Xuanwu Army.

If Hu Hai didn't equip Weng Zhong with these things, then when Weng Zhong's Xuanwu army encountered the city, he would only have two choices, one was to break through the city gate and enter; The second is to go into battle lightly and abandon the biggest reliance of the Xuanwu Army, and of course, it is also the biggest obstacle when attacking the city now, with heavy armor all over the body.

Fortunately, Hu Hai thought of this, otherwise even if Weng Zhong's 50,000 Xuanwu army could attack the city and plunder the village all the way, I am afraid that there would not be many people left in the end. After all, after abandoning the heavy armor of the whole body, the Xuanwu Army will only have flesh and blood.

Behind the 5,000 heavy-armored cavalry of the Xuanwu Army with a giant shield and long knife in their hands, there were 5,000 heavy-armored foot soldiers of the Xuanwu Army who had lost their armor and were wearing only single clothes pushing a modified large-scale crossbow machine. ╔╗ Their main responsibility today is to use large crossbow machines to suppress the resisting Chu army above the city.

On the left and right sides of these 5,000 heavy armored infantry soldiers were two phalanxes of 2,500 people each, divided into five columns, and the heavy armored cavalry of the Xuanwu Army wearing fish scale armor. Now fully armed, in addition to the Mo knife they carry, they also have a triple shè strong crossbow.

In fact, the strong crossbow of the Great Qin had been used for a long time, and it was not until the appearance of the musket in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that the European and American countries gradually explored the method of three-stage cyclic shè that began to be used and "made a great effort" in the land of China.

It's just that maybe because of the martial arts, the crossbowmen of the Qin army will also go into battle to kill. Therefore, after using it for a period of time when the Qin army was engaged, it still chose to throw the crossbow arrows in the strong crossbow out of one brain, and then went into battle to fight.

This will indeed greatly improve the morale of the army and their courage against the enemy, as well as their ability to adapt to the battlefield. But even when victory is possible, it often results in huge casualties.

In Hu Hai's thoughts, if you can die one less, you will die one less.

Although real swords and real guns, swords and bloody battles can best train iron-blooded divisions, it is better to reduce casualties. ╔╗In the era of cold weapons, there is actually no difference between military branches, because any military branch will have a chance to go into battle.

Behind these 10,000 people, they were divided into three phalanxes, each with 5,000 heavy infantry soldiers. There are three layers in the front, middle and back, and the fish scale armor foot soldier holding a giant shield in the front will be the absolute main force of the siege.

Behind them, the large crossbow machine phalanx and the strong crossbow phalanx on both flanks were mainly used to suppress and kill the guards on the city wall. Behind these 10,000 soldiers were 10,000 heavily armored foot soldiers carrying giant crashing cones.

They will be dispatched at the right time, directly using the bumper to break through the city gate and enter Anfeng City.

Except for the cloud ladder and giant shield, which were sent by Hu Hai to deliver grain, grass and heavy labor, Weng Zhong's Xuanwu army that went south did not actually carry any offensive and defensive equipment such as large cloud chariots and Saimen knife carts that were standard in the Qin army, let alone any of them.

Of course, even so, the entire Xuanwu Army's nearly 500 large crossbows and 20,000 small strong crossbows are enough to be proud of any Chu army's equipment today.

And in the case of large-scale crossbow machines, even with the support of Ziying, there are still no more than 1,000 crossbow machines in the Chu State. And they are all old goods, as for the strong crossbows, although Ziying has sent more than 100,000 to Chu Xiang one after another, but if it is allocated to the Chu army of nearly 400,000 for use, the base number can suddenly be called scarce.

On the left and right flanks of the Xuanwu Army's siege phalanx, which stretches for hundreds of meters, there are 5,000 heavily armed Xuanwu Army heavy cavalry, and the remaining 5,000 heavy armored cavalry are standing behind the large array to sweep the formation, ready to deal with various emergencies at any time.

The entire siege array, in an orderly manner, slowly stepped on powerful steps, like a fierce beast in the wilderness, approaching Anfeng City, which was already trembling. The pitch-black and clear armor and sharp blades of tens of thousands of Qin troops shimmered in the sun.

Before the battle, Xiang Bo just looked at the momentum of the black pressure under the city wall that pressed the Qin army, and he was already tossing around the young and beautiful concubine, and his legs were weak, and he only felt that he couldn't stand.

"Your Excellency!" Xiang Yi, who came to Anfeng City with Uncle Xiang next to him, saw Uncle Xiang's pale face and his body shaking, and hurriedly supported Uncle Xiang.

"How's that for good? What a good thing that is! Xiang Bo was supported by Xiang Yi so that he did not collapse to the ground, and muttered in a depressed voice.

Hearing the whisper in Xiang Bo's mouth, Xiang Yi knew that his distant uncle was really scared by Qin Jun's momentum. The disdain in his eyes flashed.

Xiang Yi can be said to be the second only person to Xiang Yu in the younger generation of the Xiang clan. Of course, today's Xiang family is indeed full of talents. It's just that because Xiang Yu's force value is too high and the light is too dazzling, it covers the brilliance of many young clansmen.

This time Xiang Bo was sent to Anfeng City to garrison, and Xiang Liang sent Xiang Yi, who had been following him, to follow Xiang Bo for the sake of insurance, hoping that if there was something to do, Bo could have someone to help him get an idea.

Especially in marching and fighting, Xiang Liang is very clear about his brother's ability.

"My lord, the last general will see that the Qin army under the city is at most forty or fifty thousand people, and now there are 70,000 troops in Anfeng City, and we have a strong city to defend, and there are countless fire oil, rolling stones and sassalwoods in the city.

Moreover, the last general has already ordered people to report to Fan Daren who is sitting in Shouchun City, as long as we hold on for a few hours, Shouchun tens of thousands of troops will rush to control Anfeng, and at that time, the army will be flanked back and forth, and these tens of thousands of Qin troops can only be defeated. And there are more than 100,000 people in the city, these people and we can recruit them to go to the city to defend it, so that An Feng will be safe and sound! ”

Xiang Yi helped Xiang Bo to stand up and said loudly.

This was not only said to Xiang Bo alone, but also to the rest of the Chu soldiers on the city wall who were also trembling after seeing the strict lineup of the Qin army.

He sensitively found that not only Xiang Bo was almost paralyzed on the city wall, but the rest of the soldiers who were originally standing on the city wall had already been frightened by the momentum of the Qin army before they had even engaged in battle.

Xiang Yi knew very well that at this time, it was necessary to raise the morale of the soldiers defending the city, otherwise I was afraid that the Qin army would only need a wave of attacks to reach the top of the city.

If Anfeng City is lost, Shouchun will be directly exposed to the edge of the Qin army.

ps: In the past two days, something unpleasant and bad has happened, so it's broken! I'm sorry! (To be continued.)