Chapter 41: Shoot down Niu Fu again
"Lord, this is the easiest battle I've fought in so many years!" On the way, Chen Taoce immediately stepped forward and said.
Not only him, but several other generals couldn't help but show expressions of approval. There is almost no risk in this war, that is, constantly running and shooting, with the help of a strong bow, the opponent's arrows will not be able to shoot themselves at all, but if you get closer, even if the opponent is wearing leather armor, you can also pierce the heart with an arrow, then it feels naturally cool.
They came with 3,000 people, and at first they thought that there was a great risk, but they didn't want 3,000 people to grind out the 30,000 people, and they also scared the rest away, which is really not an ordinary achievement.
"There was once a nomad who relied on this tactic to build a huge land, and I just used it for reference. However, if it weren't for this horse breed with very good stamina, I am afraid that it would not be able to achieve that effect. In the future, the breeding and improvement of this horse breed is also urgent! Fang Yun couldn't help but sigh.
Today's Mongolian horse breed is not as good as later generations, but it is indeed a model of hardship and hard work. I need very little forage, and I even lower my head and eat it whenever I have time. The stamina is also very good, and there is no problem running at full speed for three hours, but of course you have to take a break afterwards, after all, it is not a bicycle.
"Lord, what kind of nation is this, and why have your subordinates never heard of it?" Zhao Yun asked suspiciously.
Not to mention Zhao Yun, the other people are also confused, after all, there are so many Hu forces around this big man, but I haven't seen them use such strong tactics, if this kind of tactic is used against the big Han, whether the border army of the big Han can resist it, that is indeed a problem.
"That's a tactic used by a nomadic people in a country called Maya in the far east, they are separated from us by the sea for 200,000 miles, which is still a straight line away, and the sea is constantly stormy, and even a big ship can hardly guarantee that nothing will happen, and they want the people there to come to us. I'm afraid it's impossible. Fang Yun directly dragged the American and Mayan civilizations into the water.
After all, for a long time, they will be active in Asia and Europe, and it is only a matter if his words today are not remembered, if they happen to be remembered. It's not a lie.
"It's a good thing they can't come, otherwise this tactic would be a threat." Xie Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
"That was built without bilateral stirrups, and we are constantly improving the craft of making bows and arrows, don't you see when we fought before? Our arrows can hit them, but theirs can't hit us. As long as we continue to research and develop. Even if you really face the Mayan kingdom, you don't have to worry.
Besides, what our Chinese nation is best at is not field warfare, but defending the city and defending and counterattacking. Our walls are so thick that no arrows from the other side can penetrate them. On the contrary, we can use all kinds of harvest equipment to counterattack, and even use large catapults to throw stone projectiles, the opponent has excellent tactics, if the siege technology can't keep up, then it can't help us! Fang Yun laughed.
Not to mention, there were also ways to deal with this tactic in the future Ming and Qing dynasties. That's cotton armor or paper armor. It may be a bit problematic to resist swords, especially heavy weapons, but it's very effective at defending against arrows. Even high-quality cotton armor is very good at resisting that rudimentary firecracker.
Speaking of which, we still have to find a way to introduce cotton to it. The reason why we can't go out in winter is largely because of the lack of means to resist the cold. Down jackets can only be regarded as emergencies, and cotton fabrics are the key to keeping warm.
"Report, there is an army in the rear approaching us from the east, numbering about five thousand people, and all of them are cavalry!" At this time, a scout suddenly came to report.
"Do you know who is in charge of the army?" Fang Yun asked casually.
"It's a general surnamed Niu under Dong Zhuo!" Naturally, the scouts couldn't know who it was. just looked at the words Dong and Niu written on the sheng flag, so I could probably guess that it was a general surnamed Niu under Dong Zhuo.
"Oh, it should be Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu, but I didn't expect him to have a bad life in Anyi. Actually ran to meddle in his business! Fang Yun knew who was coming, after all, the general surnamed Niu under Dong Zhuo seemed to be Niu Fu.
"Lord, the other party is coming from the east, but Xu Rong is fleeing to the south. It can be seen that they are not all the way. Come to think of it, Dong Zhuo's motive after we entered Hanoi was still known to Dong Zhuo, but he never thought that it would be us who came in person. So I sent Niu Fu over to take a look at the situation, and if I can, I can fight, and if I can't fight, I will go back and send troops to attack, right? Zuo Ming was rare and serious, and told Fang Yun his opinion.
"That's a possibility, by the way, his five thousand cavalry are heavily armoured?" Fang Yun asked again.
"It's all ordinary cavalry." The scout shook his head.
That's not the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, let alone the Flying Bear Army, at most it's just the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry or the ordinary Xiliang Cavalry. If it is heavy armor, then the effect of the bow and arrow on them will be reduced, which is worth worrying, since it is not heavy armor, it is simply here to deliver food, but there is nothing to be afraid of!
"The whole army is on alert, ready to meet the enemy!" Fang Yun shouted, and at the same time couldn't help licking his lips, secretly saying that if he was lucky, he would not be able to harvest such a martial soul again!
Niu Fu didn't know that death had actually begun to creep closer. He was just ordered by his father-in-law to lead the troops to see what the troops that entered Sizhou were coming from. Just like Zuo Ming's analysis, if the combat effectiveness of this army is low, then if you can eat it, you can eat it, and if you can't eat it, you can run away, he Niu Fu is also Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he is considered a descendant, and he will be reused in the future, can he die here so easily?
"Report, the enemy has appeared two miles in front of us!" The scout came at this time to report.
If it is an infantry, then the distance of Erli will take about ten minutes to march, but for cavalry, Erli Road is only one kilometer, and it can be reached in two or three minutes. Considering that there is still a charge distance of 300 to 200 meters, then it will be almost possible to set up a formation in a minute.
Niu Fu also marched according to this logic, but he didn't want the other party not only not to escape, but also to turn the horse's head and kill him. This will undoubtedly further shorten the time of the meeting, and Niu Fu also immediately ordered the battle formation to be opened.
But I didn't want to, the distance between the two sides was less than 100 meters, but the other party threw directly towards this side.
Niu Fu ignored it here, and shot a hundred steps away, did he really think he was a marksman? Even if it is a projectile, in terms of a standard one-stone bow, it is not bad to be able to shoot more than 70 steps. And expect to shoot someone a hundred paces away? As for the two-stone bow or something, you don't have to think about it, it's not something that ordinary archers can pull apart.
But I didn't want to, and the righteous thought flashed through me. But he saw that those arrows had actually fallen into his own position. TMD is not only capable of shooting up to 100 steps, but there is still a lot of leeway? This is not scientific! If it is a bow and arrow of more than two stones, how much strength does it take to pull it away? The point is, there are thousands of such people?!
No matter how good this wave of bows and arrows is, they fell. Niu Fu and they even took it unprepared. At once, at least 2,000 people were killed or wounded to varying degrees. If you are lucky, you will only be slightly injured, and if you are unlucky, you will naturally be killed directly with an arrow, and of course there are more than 200 people, and the horses will just be hit by an arrow in the head, and then they will die on the ground.
Only then did Niu Fu realize one thing, that is, the first wave of arrows on the other side seemed to be more than their number, in other words, wouldn't it take at least one bow or two arrows to shoot such an effect?
In fact, the cavalry on Fang Yun's side were basically transferred from strong archers, and the stunt of 'Arrow Rain' has been inherited. Not just two arrows, but three. At once, there were 9,000 arrows, directly covering the sky and the sun.
The effective firing distance of this second version of the compound bow is 250 meters, and the optimal firing distance is within 200 meters. The power of the projectile will naturally decrease, especially if three arrows are fired at once.
But now the distance between the two sides has dropped to 100 paces, which is about 150 meters, and there is naturally no problem in the case of flat fire and single shot. Not to mention, this kind of bow and arrow is very labor-saving to pull up!
In the second round of shooting, another 3,000 arrows were fired, and Niu Fu was also a general. Originally, there were many means to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers below, but they were suddenly caught off guard and forgot to use their own methods, and as a result, they were shot twice in a row. At least more than 4,000 of the sons below are missing.
"Retreat, retreat!" Niu Fu shouted in panic, and then immediately turned his horse's head and fled.
This is definitely not a hard bone, this is a desolate beast! Don't talk about gnawing it, don't gnaw yourself!
But he didn't want to, and he didn't wait for him to run a few steps. But I felt a pain in my back, and I immediately lost consciousness. I saw that at this moment, an arrow was inserted in the back of his neck. Looking towards Fang Yun again, he saw Chen Tao holding a strong bow and watching his prey fall to the ground with disdain.
He is now not only promoted to Archery LV1, but also has a talent for posture and archery, and his shooting speed, distance and power have been greatly improved. A prey within fifty paces is naturally not a problem to shoot. If you want to blame Niu Fu, the two armies are so close that they dare to give up their backs to the enemy, and there are not a few personal guards as meat shields, what a fool!
Niu Fu's martial soul was naturally absorbed again, and there was no special characteristic, that is, there was a knife technique that could improve the combat effectiveness of the big knife weapon. In fact, it is to turn an ordinary person into an ordinary knife genius, and the comprehension and use of knife skills have reached a higher level, that is, it is that simple.
As for the other 'snatching' trait, you can get the weapons or equipment of the battle generals with a probability, in fact, Zhou Cang has had this trait for a long time, and he hasn't necessarily gotten anything good.
To put it simply, it is not a problem for this martial soul to be used for second-line generals such as Huanglong, but it is a waste to give it to first-line generals.
But thinking about the scarcity of martial souls, if you really can't get any good martial souls, it's really nothing to fuse, after all, it's better to be able to open than not to open.
It's just that these two battles killed more than 35,000 soldiers of Dong Zhuo, thinking that he is already angry at the moment, right? I hope he won't hang up because of this, and I hope he won't lose the courage to resist the coalition forces, otherwise it won't be fun, right?
Smiling, Fang Yun motioned to clean up the battlefield, and the horses could be used naturally not to be wasted...... (To be continued.) )
PS: Three watches tonight, and it's more than 8,000 words, which is equivalent to four watches!
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