Chapter 571: Resolve the crisis above

"Quickly draw arrows from the army, so that they can shoot with arrows not only to be sure, but also to avoid worries. ”

"Okay," Fang Quyin exclaimed, thinking that the archers' advice was very feasible, so, after asking the general to draw the archers, Fang Quyin turned to the ballistae and ordered, "You only need to aim at those winged troops in high positions, and leave the rest alone." ”

After receiving Fang Quyin's instructions, the general below took matters into his own hands, shouting for the ballista to raise the direction of the shot, while helping the ballista men to aim. In the next moment, dozens of ballistae launched another round of attacks on the target above.

The ballistae were all attentive to their targets, but unfortunately there were always deviations, some of the crossbow arrows were shot at the huge winged birds, shooting down a winged bird, and the huge winged bird's corpse, along with the basket below and the winged army in the basket, all fell from the sky, and smashed into some of the night soldiers who did not come and avoided it.

If the basket itself is filled with oil, the spilled oil will spread over a large area, and once ignited, the fire will cause more chaos.

Some shot directly at the basket and swayed the basket, but it did not cause a substantial effect, only a few could shoot the wing army inside, but if it was just shooting one person, it would have no effect. Because the wingers had been instructed before they came, if one of them was shot, the other would directly open the mechanism under the basket.

This opens the barrier at the bottom of the basket and throws all the contents out, and with the help of the movement of the winged bird, it can also expand the attack range, causing a constant impact on the night army.

After the ballista launched the third round of attacks, the general who had just gone to be in charge of the selection of archers had already brought over the summoned men, dozens of people, each of whom could be said to be a famous marksman in the army, and Qing Yi was naturally included.

"You go and shoot down those low-flying winged troops quickly, don't let them have another chance to attack," the general of the arrow battalion brought everyone over, Fang Quyin directly issued an order to those archers, and then Fang Quyin added: "If the above problems can be successfully solved, the marshal will definitely give you a great record one by one, and the marshal will reward you after the war." Fang Quyin had high expectations for the archers, so he didn't forget to say a word of encouragement.

Because the winged birds were constantly moving and had a wide distribution, the archers couldn't shoot in just one place, so Fang Quyin arranged for dozens of people to kill those winged soldiers separately and orderly.

"Yes," those who had just volunteered to stand out or had been improvised ran into the chaotic area with their bows and arrows on their backs, attacking the winged army above. Archers were much more agile and efficient than ballistas, and it didn't take long for them to come to terms as archers.

"Ah," there was a scream, and one of the winged soldiers in one basket was shot down, and before the second man could react, another arrow shot the second man down. Losing two winged soldiers, the winged bird carrying the basket lost control and flew forward, flying farther and farther out of the night army's formation on its own, as Wei Shi said.

Standing next to Wei Shi, Zhao Xu wanted to go over in person to accuse Fang Quyin of doing things badly, and using crossbow arrows to shoot down many of his own people instead of shooting down the wing army. But when Zhao Xu just moved, the appearance of those archers attracted Zhao Xu's attention. Immediately afterward, Zhao Xu saw that many wing troops were shot down, and his face eased a lot.

With those archers continuing to play a role, Zhao Xu decided that if he could win today's battle, he would definitely reward those archers afterwards.

After a period of time, the winged soldiers above who controlled the winged birds felt that the threat from the winged army had become greater, and they hurriedly controlled the winged birds to fly to a higher position, and even sometimes controlled the winged birds to avoid the crossbow arrows. It's just that the reaction of those winged birds is not so sharp, and many times they can't fly correctly according to the command of the winged army.

It may be that the situation below has an impact on the winged birds, or it may be that the winged army is not in place to command the winged birds, in short, most of those winged birds can only fly in one direction.

Now because many winged birds have lost the control of the winged army, the situation above is becoming more and more chaotic, coupled with the influence of smoke, sometimes the two winged birds collide directly together, and then both fall, causing a lot of trouble to the night army. Fortunately, the number of winged troops above is drastically decreasing, and the threat to the night army is getting smaller and smaller.

The archers just picked out were all good at shooting, as long as they did not exceed a height of one hundred and fifty meters, even if they shot directly upward, to overcome the resistance of the air, some wingmen were still within their shooting range. And because of the slow movement of the winged birds, they barely missed a shot, and one after another the winged soldiers were shot by bows and arrows, fell into the basket, or fell from above.

Under the continuous attacks of the archers, the number of wing troops above was greatly reduced, and Zhao Xu, who had been paying attention to the actions of those archers, was very happy, because Fang Quyin's method finally worked effectively. It is worth mentioning that Zhao Xu also noticed that among those archers, some of them could fire two arrows at a time, and they could shoot down two winged soldiers at the same time. The mere mastery of archery deserves a great reward, let alone their achievements.

Originally, I wanted to blame Fang Quyin for not training those ballistae well, but now it seems that with the merits of those archers, Zhao Xu can no longer accuse Fang Quyin of doing things badly. It's a pity that the battlefield is too chaotic, and Zhao Xu can't know who those sharpshooters who can fire two arrows at the same time are.

At the same time, at the wing army, "Marshal, the night army seems to have shot down our soldiers in some way," and in the midst of the smoke and fire, some of the generals still noticed that many winged birds were carrying empty baskets away.

"It's the archers, I didn't expect the night army to use this method," Ruan Qiling had already discovered the actions of those arrow battalion soldiers in the rear of the night army, and was surprised that the night army would think of using archers to attack the wing army under the winged bird. If it weren't for the purpose of making it easier for those winged troops to attack the night army, Ruan Qiling would have made the winged birds fly higher, and then the current situation would not have occurred. But then again, their plan to use the winged birds to surprise from high has already served its purpose.

Judging from the situation on the battlefield, most of the night army's military strength has been affected by the winged bird surprise attack, even if Zhao Xu intended to withdraw some people before, it still did not weaken the impact of the winged bird surprise attack on the entire night army. Recalling the previous scene when the cavalry of the Night Army fled in all directions under the attack of the Winged Bird, Zhao Xu felt that the Night Army had caused more chaos to himself than they had caused to the Night Army with the Winged Bird Surprise Attack.

The cavalry suffered many casualties from the winged birds, and even many of the horses were burned alive, which was an incalculable blow to the morale of the night army. After a surprise attack by winged birds, Ruan Qiling knew that the night army had not only lost many troops, but more importantly, the original morale had ceased to exist. Although there is still an entire arrow battalion that has not participated in the battle, it has no longer affected the overall situation. Thinking about it this way, Ruan Qiling knew that the time had come for them to officially fight back.

In fact, in the past period of time, the situation of the night army was just like what Ruan Qiling saw, the cavalry in front had no way to face the attack from above, and because they were all riding horses, they were more vulnerable to attack, it can be said that until now, the night army cavalry was completely in a state of chaos, and it was even difficult to withdraw from the battlefield.

The reason why the night cavalry will be chaotic beyond imagination has a lot to do with the fact that they went too deep into the position of the wing army before, after the rear was full of fire, they had no way to retreat, and finally forced to helpless, Zhao Xu could only give orders to let them retreat to both sides as much as possible. It's a pity that Ruan Qiling has long thought about this, and has been letting the Wing Army block the retreat of the cavalry, so that from the beginning of the Wing Army's surprise attack to the present, most of the cavalry are facing threats from all over the place.

Judging from the current situation, the Wing Army's Qi Ce not only caught the night army off guard, but also made the night army miserable, the situation has changed a lot, and now the trend of victory is leaning towards the side of the Wing Army, because the main force of the Wing Army has been waiting for the opportunity, and now the time they have to wait for has finally come.

"There seems to be a sound of fighting over there," walking in a forest, a general next to Lin Xuanzhong suddenly stopped and looked at them in front of their left.

"I'll take a look," followed General Li next to him to unfold the map to check where everyone was, and after hearing the sound of fighting from the northwest, General Li hurriedly said: "That's the location of the camp." ”

"How far is this from the big camp?" Thinking that they had already rushed to the side of the camp, Yan Nantian then asked, "Can I go straight to the camp from here?"

"It's about two or three miles away, and you can go straight through. General Li replied very simply, fearing that making some more mistakes would cause Yan Nantian to be dissatisfied.

"How big is the forest, can we go to the edge of the forest to see the situation?" Since there were forests next to it, only some sounds could be heard, and what Yan Nantian wanted to know was the specific situation over there.

"General, the camp is only more than a mile away from the forest, as long as we go less than a mile northwest to the edge of the forest. General Li didn't look at the map again, because General Li realized that he had some understanding of the environment around the camp, so he could directly answer Yan Nantian's question.

"General Zhu, you and General Qi go over and have a look, I will lead the troops to continue on the road, once the two of you find out the situation, hurry back to join the army. After getting General Li's answer, Yan Nantian immediately ordered the two generals to check on the situation. The General Zhu in Yan Nantian's mouth is Zhu Zizai, and General Naqi is the general who was transferred from the camp before, Yan Nantian let this person go naturally because this person knows something about the situation in the camp.

"The last general commands," followed by Zhu Zizi and General Qi, and then went directly to the northwest. At the same time, Yan Nantian continued to rush forward with the army.

When Yan Nantian led the army to the front of the battlefield, General Zhu and General Xing came back and narrated the battlefield situation they saw to Yan Nantian one by one.