Chapter 155: The Abyss of Despair
The plan of the Momoyama coalition to try to flank from both flanks with a horse team was ruthlessly crushed by Shan Xiongxin and Qin Shubao, two Huaihuang Tiger Generals. Although they charged very fiercely, and there were still more people than the Huaihuang cavalry, the momentum of each charge would be quickly contained, just like waves being ruthlessly blocked by reefs. Ling Yun saw very clearly under the banner of the Chinese army, it was also a cavalry, but Huaihuang light cavalry was a group of ten people, and when they were fighting, they were often a group of three people, three or three groups, one rode in front, and two horses were in the back to guard both sides. Similarly, the equipment of the Huaihuang cavalry is much stronger than that of the horse team of the cottage coalition army, all the same color cowhide armor with iron helmets, even the horses are covered with cowhide vests, and the horse's hooves are all nailed with iron palms. The weapons were much better, and the Huaihuang light cavalry was equipped with a cavalry knife and a horned bow. Far, medium and near, you can fight. In comparison, the horse teams put together by various cottages obviously lack armor, and the weapons are also varied, which is much worse. What's worse is that these horse teams were hastily united by various cottagers, and there was no unified command at all, and they rushed up with bravery.
And when the Huaihuang light cavalry attacked, there was a complete set of flag command system, the small soldiers looked at the captain, the commander stared at the captain, the captain stared at the brigade commander, and the brigade commander stared at the regiment master, not only the battalion, regiment, brigade, and team were all different in the flag, and the officers at all levels also had a conspicuous back flag on their backs, and when they were fighting, everyone just stared at these flags, and where the boss's banner rushed, they followed and fought, and the three regiments and six hundred cavalry rushed up, but they were like one, rushing in and out, and there was no confusion at all.
Ling Yun smiled at Gao Jia and said, "The victory and defeat have been decided!" ”
Gao Jia was still in shock at the Longbow Camp at this time, and nodded when he heard this. "The Longbow Battalion has already shot thirty waves of arrows, but the thief army has not yet rushed within a hundred paces!" When he said this, he had an incredible look on his face. He can be regarded as a soldier for most of his life. But there has never been a battle like today, 5,000 against 25,000, with one against five. But as soon as the battle began, the Huaihuang Army completely counterpressed the Taoshan Army, which was five times larger, and it was also a defensive positional battle. Especially these longbowmen, in this short period of time, the enemy has not yet rushed into the range of their attack. As a result, he has already suffered a full thirty waves of arrow rain, a wave of six hundred arrows, so good at kung fu. The Huaihuang army has already shot sixteen thousand arrows. And he stood here and watched the battle for a long time, and clearly saw that the other party was in this unique terrain because of the muddy terrain on both sides of the river beach and crossing the river. Because the centaurs are too dense. The projectiles of the longbowmen of the Huaihuang army exerted unimaginable lethality.
He estimated that each wave of arrow rain could shoot at least dozens of arrows, which would be thirty waves of arrow rain and 16,000 arrows, and estimated that thousands of arrows were killed. This killing effect is quite terrifying, and generally such an upward shot can finally reach one in a hundred arrows, which is quite amazing. And if you can reach one out of eighty arrows, one out of seventy arrows. That's pretty hard to come by. And the longbowmen of Huaihuang are actually in such a moment. He shot down thousands of people. Thousands of people may not sound like much compared to tens of thousands, but for those watching the battle on both sides of the battlefield, it is quite shocking. Especially those Momoyama troops who are shrouded in the rain of arrows, watching the rain of arrows in the sky not stopping, and the people around them falling one after another, that feeling makes people think that they have fallen into hell, which makes people frightened.
Beep beep!
There was another whistle, and Huang Shi didn't care that his arm was already slightly sore, so he quickly pulled out another arrow stuck in the ground in front of him and put on his bow.
"One hundred and twenty steps, shoot from the back! Put! ”
Pull the hard elm longbow with all your might, and shoot the arrows violently. Huang Shi exhaled a long breath, his forehead was already dripping with sweat, but he didn't have time to wipe it, and he didn't dare to stop, so he immediately began to reach out again and pull an arrow, and continued to pull the string. At this time, the six hundred archers of the three regiments of the second sequence had completed their preparations, and with the order of the commander, and at the same time loosened the strings, six hundred arrows roared into the air, closely following the wave of arrows in the yellow stone, and flew towards the battlefield.
"Ready!" Another shout came, the blue flag in front of him shook, and Huang Shi hurriedly pulled out his longbow and put the arrow on it.
The hemp rope and bow rope mixed with the horse's tail snorted with great effort, and at this moment, there was a call from behind, and the six hundred archers of the third sequence had already fired the arrows in their hands again, immediately behind the arrows of the second column.
"Put!" The red flag in front of him waved, and the yellow stone immediately released the string, and hundreds of long arrows also roared out of the string.
For a while, there were three clusters of arrow rain in the air at the same time, and the three clusters of arrow rain were combined into a strange overpass!
At this time, in a short period of time, they had been attacked by thirty waves of continuous arrow rain, and the frontal bandit coalition army, which had eaten more than 10,000 arrows, finally rushed through the death zone composed of rivers and mud after suffering thousands of injuries.
The Momoyama coalition army rushed within one hundred and twenty steps, and the master of Wuyangzhai under the command of the former army rode on a horse, pointed the spear in his hand forward, and roared angrily, "Kill a thief, a bounty of one hundred taels, and those who take the head of Yi Thirteen, a bounty of one thousand taels!" ”。 The bandits smelled it, and burst out with a burst of crazy shouts, the drums in the formation sounded sharply, and the morale that had just fallen to the bottom suddenly climbed to the peak, and there must be brave men under the heavy reward, not to mention the peach thieves who had just been beaten and couldn't fight back and had been aggrieved for a long time. Seeing that they were finally getting closer and closer, and that they had already rushed into the distance of fighting back, they all screamed wildly.
There are even many peach thieves who can't wait to grab their bows, open their bows and arrows, and immediately put their arrows.
It's a pity that although the range of an ordinary longbow can reach one hundred and twenty steps, this is only the farthest range, one hundred and twenty steps at a stone's throw is the longest range, and there is no real lethality. Especially at this time, the Huaihuang archers were still on the slope, and they shot on their backs at a low place, and the power of the bow and arrow was weakened a little. A burst of sparse arrows flew out from the heads of the Momoyama thieves, and after flying for a while, they fell down dozens of steps away from the position of the Huaihuang army.
Dong Ming, the longbowman of Wuyang Village, shook his head dejectedly when he saw this result, put away his bow and just ran more than ten steps, when the sky suddenly hissed again. Dong Ming frowned, didn't raise his head, he ran a few steps forward and hid behind the horse of a leader in front of him.
A series of sounds of breaking the sky rang out. There were many screams and screams at the same time, and many people looked at the bows and arrows falling from the sky. Running around to dodge, the already chaotic formation became even more chaotic, and the entire impact force was greatly affected and slowed down again. At this time, the war horse in front of him suddenly let out a mournful roar, pounced on his front hooves, fell to the ground and slid forward several steps away. The leader of the horse couldn't take off the stirrup, and immediately let out a scream of surprise, and half of his body was crushed under the horse.
Dong Ming was startled, and something was hanging under his feet. He also fell to the ground, he quickly got up, turned his head to look, and realized that it was an iron helmet dropped by the leader who tripped over him. "Help me!" The leader who was pressed on the horse reached out to Dong Ming. The mouth kept spitting out bright red blood foam.
But half of his body was pressed under the horse. The leg was completely crushed, and the viscera was also greatly damaged, and this mouth full of blood was already hopeless. Dong Ming lowered his head and picked up the helmet that he had tripped over, covered his head with only a cloth towel, and then ignored his former boss and continued to run forward without stopping.
There was another sound of breaking the air, and it was the same repetition. The rain of arrows fell, and many people fell around them. Dong Ming didn't have the obstacle of the war horse in front of him. Hit an arrow. Fortunately, the arrow landed on the newly picked helmet, and the arrow from the sky actually pierced his new helmet, but fortunately, it didn't penetrate deeply, and the tip of the arrow only inserted into the bun, not into his head. But this time, it almost scared Dong Ming's soul, he felt that his whole body was sore, and his feet were filled with lead, and he couldn't take a step anymore, so he sat on the ground all of a sudden. His legs trembled, and his back was soaked with sweat.
There were already some copycat minions around that began to drop their weapons and turn and flee. The closer you get to the Huaihuang Army, the faster the rain of arrows comes, and the more lethal it becomes. The splatters of blood and the undulating screams had a strong effect on these minions.
Another volley arrived, and more people fell.
At this time, the Huaihuang longbowmen had already received a new order, and at a distance of eighty paces, they began to shoot horizontally. After the Huaihuang army changed to flat shooting, the lethality was greatly increased, and eighty steps to shoot the humanoid target, which is the standard training requirement of the Huaihuang archers, at this time they were eighty steps away, there were enemies everywhere, in fact, it was easier to shoot a humanoid target than during training, even if the shot was missed, there was a great chance that the east would not be lit and the west would be bright.
The damage was multiplied, and the men in the front row were the primary targets, who were harvested in rows like wheat in autumn. This situation is more frightening than the bow and arrows that flew overhead. In the face of the projectile, you can still bet on luck, but in the face of this kind of volley, whoever rushes in the front row will be the most unlucky. After a few rounds of flat shots, the people who rushed in front had already fallen countless times. Many of the people who had been rushing in front saw the tragic situation of their companions falling to the ground, and finally they were frightened and began to want to retreat, but after the people behind did not have the bows and arrows on their heads, they began to accelerate and rush forward, blocking each other on both sides, and they were in a mess seventy paces in front of the Huaihuang army.
Another volley began, and this time even the two hundred Fuyuan double crossbows with the whole army joined the fire.
More than 200 Fuyuan crossbows and 600 longbows fired in a salvo at the same time, inflicting huge casualties on the crowded bandits, and the continuous slaughter-like blows completely wiped out the morale of the bandits.
Faced with the never-ending rain of arrows, the Momoyama coalition forces were desperate. They found that the remaining seventy steps were completely a death trap, and they couldn't rush through it at all. Not only did the opponent suddenly add a large number of heavy crossbows, which could shoot through people and horses. What's even more desperate is that they rushed to this place only to find that in front of the Huaihuang Army's formation, three ditches with a width of seven feet and eight feet deep had been dug, and in addition, in front of the Huaihuang Army's archers, there were countless double-pointed wooden stakes.
How the fuck is this fighting? Those three ravines alone were enough to kill countless people, not to mention those sharp piles, with these sharp piles, the horse team was completely useless.
There is nothing more desperate than this, paying countless casualties to finally rush here, only to find that the qiē just experienced is just the beginning, and the worse is yet to come.
The Momoyama soldiers who rushed here let out a desperate howl, and many of them even began to turn their heads like mad beasts, trying to leave the place immediately, regardless of the slashing of their knives. (To be continued......)