Chapter 139 Arrow Wind and Bloody Rain

The third watch arrived, and then there was ~

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"What a stubborn old man to deal with......"

While listening to Huang Zhong explain the changes in the enemy's military formation, Wang Yu muttered in his mouth, making Huang Zhong have the urge to roll his eyes.

In later generations, Huang Zhong is in the prime of life, but in this era of seventies, the current Huang Zhong can actually be regarded as an old man, he has experienced vicissitudes for a long time, and his appearance is already old.

"Brother Hansheng, I'm not talking about you, don't take it to heart."

The best person to explain the changes in the military formation is Yu Ban, but Captain Yu is busy scheduling troops and horses to meet the battle, and he doesn't have this time to spare, but fortunately, Huang Zhong has been in the army for half his life, and the military strategy is also very good, and it is more than enough to serve as a commentator.

"In this formation, the general is in the middle and rear, the main military forces are assembled in the center, the central breakthrough is implemented, and the advantage is used...... The weakness of this formation lies in the flanks, and if our army has a surprise army hidden on both flanks, it may be able to ......"

While dutifully explaining to Wang Yu, Huang Zhong also wondered a little in his heart, this general Wang, who was praised by the world as a military strategy, didn't even understand the formation change, who would believe it? Is it pretending not to understand and being close to yourself?

No, he denied his conjecture.

After being in contact for so long, Huang Zhong already has some understanding of Wang Yu, although this general is not a loyal and honest person, he will not engage in this kind of senseless pretentiousness, there is no need.

What's more, if he really didn't know how to fight in battle, why would he entrust command to his subordinates? Aren't you afraid that like Cao Cao, you will be beaten back to your original form in the first battle?

“…… Xu Rong arranged several lines of defense on both wings, if there are fewer soldiers, you can't break the formation, and if you have more soldiers, you will be discovered, this plan is just talking, if you want to break this formation, you still have to find a way to block the enemy's edge, and after exhausting the enemy's sharp energy, you can take advantage of the situation with the elite to counterattack, however, you must also beware of the enemy changing formations......"

Wang Yu frowned when he heard this.

There is a saying in later generations that these formations in ancient times were of little use, and if you practice some spearmen and draw a phalanx, you can sweep away all the male generals. Before, he didn't know if that was right, but now it seems that things are far from that simple.

Xu Rong's fish scale array is composed of multiple small squares, and these small squares are separated from the original thousand-person square and formed independently.

Putting aside the question of how much impact the formation has on the combat power, this change of formation alone has already exploded in technical content! Pull a large phalanx to deal with the ever-changing ancient formation?

Are you kidding!

Fortunately, he didn't interfere in the training of the troops, and he didn't hold on to the command, otherwise he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to survive three or five rounds.

Alas, it's a pity......

Wang Yu's previous sigh had a reason, and he invited Xu Rong to answer before the battle, which was indeed ill-intentioned. Exploit his strengths and avoid weaknesses, what he is best at is this kind of small team raid operation, reputation or something...... Anyway, he is famous enough now, and there is nothing to lose.

It's a pity that Xu Rong wasn't fooled at all, he didn't even say hello, he changed the formation, and rushed up. If it hadn't been for the fact that Li Shiyi had seen the opportunity quickly enough, he might have become the first heroic warrior in this battle.

The only thing to be thankful for is that his strategy succeeded, at least the beginning was smooth, Xu Rong really had no intention of doing anything to the people, and the two wings were preserved, leaving a glimmer of hope for Wang Yu to win.

If not, the army is not as good as the people, the troops are not as good as the people, and the mobility is not as good as the people, how can this battle be fought? can only take the Youzhou army to fight guerrillas, and fight head-on, isn't it only the part of being surrounded and annihilated?

Wang Yu was like a mirror in his heart.

If this most basic judgment is wrong, Xu Rong divides his troops to attack the two wings, and he can only learn from Uncle Liu Huang, leave the people, and take advantage of the chaos to slip away. Fortunately, the two unmarried ladies are not there, even if they are not escorted by Zhao Zilong, they should be able to run away......

As a result, Xu Rong made a decision in an instant, and did not hesitate to give up the easier way to win, but he was unwilling to compromise in the slightest, leaving Wang Yu the slightest chance to persuade or assassinate him. That's why Wang Yu sighed as a stubborn old man.

This heir of the Mo family has the same temper as his grandfather, smelly and hard...... Well, there is also a similar style of his soldiering, which is also not ordinary tough.

Although the fish scale formation was an assault formation, Xu Rong did not launch an assault at the first time, he switched to this formation, it seemed that he was just worried that the formation would extend horizontally and easily injure the people on both wings by mistake.

He's using the right attack.

The two hands hold the oar, that is, the shield hand of the giant shield in front; Crossbowmen followed; Then there are the long soldiers who are the best at fighting in arrays, armed with spears; and the sword and shield armor soldiers who follow at the end, which are more conducive to grappling.

The huge array surged forward like a tide, maintaining a steady rate, and it had the potential to be overwhelming.

The formation that Yu Ban put out was the Glaive Formation.

As the name suggests, the whole army is in an arc-shaped configuration, shaped like a crescent, which is an asymmetrical formation, and the general's formation is usually located at the bottom of the crescent concave moon. During the battle, we pay attention to attacking the flank, resist the enemy with a thick moon ring, and hide a killing machine at the crescent moon, which is a formation that takes into account both offense and defense, and is most conducive to the performance of the strong and brave army.

Where Wang Yu is located, is the crescent moon, and the troops guarding here are the white horse servants with the highest mobility and the strongest combat power.

The troop configuration is with Xu Rong

Almost, this is the standard configuration of the infantry-based army in the Han Dynasty, which has been drilled after thousands of bloody battles and has been handed down to this day, so it naturally makes sense.

As Xu Rongjun advanced, the war drums in the two armies became dense, dense for a while, resounding from all corners of the army, one after another.

All kinds of battle flags fly in the air, colorful and dazzling. The heralds were like swallows in the fields before the rainstorm, moving in and out of the formation set up by the army, busy and busy.

On the platform of the "500 pace-......" generals, there are special observers, and after a period of time, they will report the distance between the two armies to the commander-in-chief.

"Crossbowmen out!" The ban was issued.

The general order of the standard-bearer came out, and the front army responded with a banner, and immediately, the shield array opened and closed, and Taishan's pawn held a strong crossbow and trotted out of the ranks, forming a skirmish line in front of the shield array.

"Three Hundred Steps......

"Crossbow!"

The range of the Great Yellow Crossbow is as high as 300 paces, but that is the maximum range, and if you want to kill effectively, you must enter within 200 steps, and if you want to break armor, you must be at least within 150 steps.

This kind of weapon is simple to use, but it is very troublesome to reload, so the crossbowmen are all strong and powerful elites, and the crossbow must also use the strength of the whole body.

"Squeak......

The crossbow strings let out a piercing moan, and it rang out in front of the Tarzan army, and the sound of the twisted strings was unpleasant, but no one, including the nearest shieldman, frowned. Anyone who has ever seen the power of a strong crossbow knows that the louder and more unpleasant the sound of the string, the more terrible the enemy's screams will be.

Xu Rongjun still moved forward in silence.

Xu Rongjun also has crossbow soldiers, but their crossbows are not as good as Taishan soldiers, Taishan soldiers are all ten-stone strong crossbows, that is: rhubarb crossbows, is the most powerful among the Han crossbows, of course, the cost is also very high.

Although some of Xu Rong's army were the elite of the Northern Army, their equipment was not as good as that of the Taishan Army. This is also one of the sorrows of this era, the equipment of the Central Army is actually not as strong as the local heroes.

If the equipment is not good, if you insist on shooting, it will be a humiliation, and it is right to close the distance as soon as possible, enter the bow and arrow, and even the distance between the short soldiers.

"One Hundred and Fifty Steps......

"Wind!" Yu Ban raised his hand and waved it downward, drinking out the most characteristic long-range attack password of the era.

"Wind!" Ten thousand people responded, and in an instant, the strong crossbow roared!

"Collapse!" A little cold star left the string, and hundreds of cold stars formed a light curtain between the two armies, which was the light of the crossbow reflecting the sunlight, reflecting the light of death.

"Collapse!" After a curtain of light, there was a second, and the crossbowman's salvo was divided into two rounds, one after the other at the same target.

"Take! Snatch! Snatch! "The curtain of light is greeted by a solid shield array.

These huge oars were more than a man tall, made of heavy planks, and their weight was so heavy that even a strong man with strong strength could only move forward slowly. There are sharp stakes underneath the shield, and when you are still, you can stick the shield into the ground.

This thing is a sharp weapon, indestructible.

In fact, even a sharp weapon like the rhubarb crossbow can't help these big guys, but Rao is like this, Xu Rongjun still has casualties.

The impact of the crossbow is too strong, and the bolts are too sharp.

Under the blow of the first round, many shields held unstable shields, which made the shield array show gaps, and the second round of salvos took advantage of the situation, bringing out a slip of blood in the crowd, as well as a few screams and wails.

"Crossbow...... Wind! ”

Before the two armies approached a hundred paces, the well-trained Tarzan soldiers fired another volley, and then they put away their crossbows and retreated behind the shield formation.

The next moment, the shieldmen pulled their shields from the ground, and the Tarzan army began to move forward.

The mournful sound of the warning horn resounded through the arrays of the two armies at the same time.

Between one hundred and twenty paces and one hundred paces, it is the distance at which the infantry longbow wields!

"Wind! Wind! Wind! ”

Tens of thousands of soldiers fighting in the opposite direction, shouting the same battle cry, raised their shields to protect their heads. The sound of war drums also became rapid, like thunder, resounding between heaven and earth, urging people's blood to boil!

It is almost impossible to ignore that the two armies are flying the same battle flags and shouting the same slogans......

No one cares about that, because the wind is already blowing!

Countless long arrows were thrown into the air by the archers, densely packed, forming two huge dark clouds! The dark clouds made a beautiful arc in the air, howling fiercely, and swooped down towards the two waves of people.

Suddenly, the dark clouds drilled into the crest of the waves, turned into clusters of splashes and splashes, and then merged into the waves, without a trace, only the stirred up pieces of blood flowers, can confirm that they once existed!

"Wind! Wind! Wind! ”

The wind and clouds changed color, it was a hand-to-hand fight between archers, who ignored the feathered arrows that could fall on their heads at any time, but repeated the same action with a frenzied face, took out one long arrow after another from their quiver, and poured them out with all their might.

The sky seemed to be dark, and the sky was full of flying arrows...... Unbridled!

In the rain of arrows, two identical black Chinese character battle flags stood proudly! (To be continued)