434 Attack and defense of Gaoyang II
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c_t; Zhao Guoxian gave an order, and the soldiers near him immediately hummed the tune of the military song: "The remnant sun is like blood, the west wind is fierce, and the dragon soul is cold and ......cold" The passionate melody began to echo in the sky, and the morale of the soldiers standing at the pass suddenly soared. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info [Almost all the popular books you want to read.,It's much more stable than the general station, and the update is faster.,There are no ads in the whole text.] Looking at the eyes of those soldiers who became eager again, Fang Ruitao nodded with satisfaction, as long as there was no fear, they would quickly transform from recruits to elite soldiers, and become a force to be reckoned with.
The reason why Fang Ruitao spared no effort to train the soldiers and equip them with the best equipment was because he knew very well that a soldier in the barracks, no matter how well trained he was, was only a recruit. If you haven't been on the battlefield and haven't really seen blood, you can't really grow into a usable elite soldier. Especially in this situation, as long as the Dragon Soul Legion can survive this crisis, it will undergo earth-shaking changes, and its combat effectiveness will increase tenfold.
Since childhood, Fang Ruitao has deeply understood this truth, and he has been looking forward to the arrival of this opportunity, all the preparations he has made are just to make the price of this transformation as small as possible.
Fang Ruitao's eyes looked firmly in the direction of the Chagatai people, at this moment he had a trace of expectation and a trace of worry in his heart, and he prayed silently in his heart, worried about whether the Dragon Soul Legion could survive this hurdle, at least the loss should not be too huge.
Half a moment later, the Chagatai had apparently arranged the order of attack, and a team of 10,000 men broke away from the neat line and slowly advanced towards the pass, which gradually began to speed up, rushing towards the obstacles in front of the pass.
The front row of warriors raised their long iron spears, and they tried to knock down the first row of horse-repellent piles with the force of their spears and horses, but these people were obviously unfamiliar with the weaponry of the Dragon Soul Legion. Although due to the rush of time and the lack of iron in the chip space, Fang Ruitao did not have time to recreate the hand-pushed ballista and trebuchet, but the longbow equipped by the third wing of the Dragon Soul Legion was not easy to match.
Seeing the Chagatai people approaching, Zhao Guoxian, who was in charge of the defense of the first line of defense, raised his left hand high. Seeing the commander's gesture, the archers who were standing on the earthen wall of the pass pulled their longbows to the maximum and pointed diagonally at the forty-five degrees of the sky.
"Shoot the arrows. Just when the opponent's spear was about to touch the horse rejection stake, Zhao Guoxian shouted and waved his left hand fiercely.
The bowstring crumbled, and the dense feathered arrows flew high into the air with the sound of the howling wind, and after crossing a parabola, they accurately shot at the Chagatai cavalry who were still charging forward. The spears of the first row of cavalry finally landed on the wooden horse rejecting stake, and what they didn't expect was that the special shape and heavy wooden structure made it extremely stable, and under such a huge impact, it only shook slightly, and it was still far from overturning.
The rejection stake did not overturn, which surprised the Chagatai people, and the first platoon of cavalry had to stop. The first row stopped, and the cavalry behind naturally could not move forward, but fortunately, these cavalrymen have lived on horseback since childhood, and they are extremely skilled in horseback riding, so they rely on superb equestrian skills to stop the speed of the war horse and avoid collisions.
The Chagatai cavalry did not collide and cause chaos, which greatly relieved all the riders, but before they could readjust their deployment and continue the attack, a dark cloud in the sky arrived as expected. The light in the sky suddenly dimmed, and many Chagatai cavalry raised their heads in surprise and looked at the fast-moving dark clouds in bewilderment. When the dark cloud reached their heads, it immediately turned into a deadly arrow.
The Chagatai people are nomadic people, and the most scarce thing in the vast steppes is iron, which is very valuable and has a chronic shortage. Therefore, even if these Chagatai cavalry belonged to the elite soldiers carefully selected from the Eastern Army, they only possessed iron weapons, and their armor was made of cowhide, although light and limited in defense.
The cowhide armor on the chagatai may have some effect on the slashing of the cavalry of the opposing side, but the triangular steel arrowhead on the upper side is as light as a piece of paper. When the first sharp arrow easily pierced through the cowhide armor without hindrance and pierced the heart of the cavalryman, everyone nearby was shocked. They never imagined that there was such a sharp weapon in the world that could fire so far.
In the face of the overwhelming rain of arrows, there was a sudden chaos in the Chagatai cavalry team, and they burst out one after another, trying to resist the attack of this steel arrow, but there were too few warrior-level existences among them who could use the battle qi armor, and those warriors even if they attached the battle qi to the weapon, they only waved it indiscriminately, and they couldn't stop the all-pervasive arrow rain at all.
The losses of the Chagatai cavalry were getting bigger and bigger, and in the blink of an eye they were losing nearly half, and at this time, Marshal Gamudi, who had fallen into a state of dementia in the rear formation, came to his senses, and he immediately ordered to give the order to retreat. The long horn sounded again, and the Chagatai cavalry, who had been struggling to support themselves in the rain of arrows, immediately turned their horses and ran back for their lives, lest they would become one of the corpses on the ground if they were not careful, just like their companions.
When the losses of more than 4,000 people were presented to Marshal Gamudi, his hands trembled slightly with his psychological qualities of being experienced in a hundred battles. "Bastard, how does the intelligence department do things, the other side has such sharp weapons, we don't even know it. And what those wooden shelves are, who can tell me?" Ghamdi had fallen into a state of rage, and it was unbearable to lose more than 4,000 people in a single tentative attack.
De'ang walked quickly to Gamudi's side and whispered, "Lord Marshal, something seems to be wrong with the situation. ”
"What's wrong?" said Gamudi, snarling and looking at his general.
De'ang held a feathered arrow and handed it over, "Marshal, the returning soldiers have brought back this new weapon of the enemy, please take a look." ”
Gamudi took the feather arrow and said, "How did this weapon attack so far?"
De'ang said: "You turn it over and take a look, there should be an answer there." ”
"Oh?" said Gamudi, flipping over the arrow of the feathered arrow, where an intricate and clear pattern was depicted: "Magic Array." ”
De'ang said: "Yes, this should be a magic refining weapon, I think the reason why we can't use them is because these magic refining weapons are disposable, and they are useless after using them." De'ang didn't know how to do magic, so he could only speculate, but he mistakenly took the demon-breaking array on the arrow as the reason for his flight.
Gamudi also doesn't know magic alchemy, he also feels very reasonable, magic alchemy is too profound and magical, almost a symbol of magic power on the Heavenly God Continent, it is normal for these people to attribute incredible things to magic alchemy, this is just a mindset.
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