Countless sounds of bows and strings were heard from the Wuping army's formation, facing the Han soldiers who were advancing in unison in front of them, and once they reached the firing range, they would shoot them into a hornet's nest with ten thousand arrows.

"Isn't the Han army stupid? Such a dense formation, and walking so slowly, is it not self-defeating? We don't need to rush into battle, a single shot of bows and arrows can destroy a phalanx of them. I don't know who whispered.

This sentence is also the doubt in the hearts of all the soldiers of Wuping Army. Dense and slow formations are extremely disadvantageous in field combat, archers can fire with impunity, without even aiming, and conversely, if they are fighting on the battlefield normally, they will either be in a skirmish formation or fight in a stalemate, even if the archers do not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, the casualties caused in an area are actually very limited.

However, soon the Han army in front of them answered their questions. After approaching the range of the bow and arrows of the Wuping army at a distance of 100 paces, the formation of the Han army suddenly changed, from marching in unison to a phalanx of columns. And almost in an instant, the leading phalanx composed of more than a thousand Han soldiers suddenly pulled out a black shield reflecting the bright light from behind.

Those shields were like solid scales in front of the Han army, and suddenly the five thousand Han soldiers were covered by shields, and the entire team suddenly turned into a crawling turtle, slowly advancing.

"Shhh Li Yuan suddenly gasped, then lowered his face and tentatively ordered: "Release the arrow!" ”

A dense rain of arrows immediately poured down from the sky, and the turtle array at the front was shot by thousands of feathered arrows, but the sound of jingling but rebounding was endless, and the arrows bounced around the shield, except for the dozens of arrows that had been drilled into the gap in the shield, all the rest were bounced away. The shield array walked slowly, leaving only a dozen corpses behind them.

Wu Pingjun was dumbfounded, the shield formation is indeed the nemesis of archers, even a wooden shield can block the shot of the bow and arrow, not to mention that the Han soldiers in front of them are holding iron shields.

The first group of Han shield soldiers soon arrived fifty paces away from the Wuping army formation, and although the arrows on their heads rained down, they had little effect on them. However, when they came to this point, they suddenly stopped, and did not go straight to the enemy line. The shield shifts, and the personnel return to their positions. The ranks became long, and the shields above their heads became even more dense, one on top of the other, airtight.

"What are they doing here?" Zhu Kuangcong was stunned.

Li Yuan frowned and looked at it for a long time under the banner of the Chinese military marshal, and suddenly raised his eyebrows and sighed: "Good way, really good way." I didn't expect the shield to be so useful! The Pontus has learned a hand. ”

"Governor, what does the Han army want? The end will be confused. The soldiers hurriedly asked.

Li Yuan nodded and said: "Just now, the governor of Pontus was still thinking, how expensive these iron shields are, even if the Han Kingdom has abundant materials, it is still painful to cast these iron shields. It's almost impossible to have one hand, this thing is not very combat-effective, it's too heavy, who can slash with a shield in one hand and another hand in the sergeant?

Therefore, they could only get a few thousand soldiers to attack the front of the battle with shields as a shield, because they could only forge a few thousand of these shields. But what's the use of a few thousand people attacking? This Xie Gui used a clever trick.

If the governor of Pontus had not miscalculated, the shield soldiers of the second team behind would be lined up in front of our army like the first row, so that thousands of shield soldiers could form a long corridor to resist bows and arrows and reach the front of our army, and the elite soldiers who were not equipped with shields behind them could calmly pass through the battlefield beyond the range of our arrows and attack our army at close range. ”

"Huh?" The generals were dumbfounded, what else could they do? Build an anti-arrow corridor with a shield? In this way, the archers will not all be decorations, and they will no longer be able to kill them with bows and arrows.

Zhu Kuangcong couldn't hold back from the lead, and asked in a deep voice: "Dudu, but this is a field battle and not a siege!" If we ride into battle, what is the use of this shield wall? ”

Li Yuan frowned and replied: "It is really useless when the number of enemies and friends is equal. But at present, the difference between our army and the enemy is doubled, we all understand that the victory or defeat is unpredictable by catching and killing each other, Xie Gui naturally understands this truth, and it is precisely because of the large number of people that they dare to suppress it like this...... And we fight more with less, nothing more than relying on our army's strong bows and crossbows, as well as fine cavalry to charge into battle. Now that the Han army has put up this formation, it is already the advantage of our army's bow and crossbow, and the iron shield is to prevent our cavalry from charging into battle. ”

Zhu Kuang spat on the ground fiercely, gritted his teeth and said, "Skiff!" This Xie Gui also has some real skills, and the length of our army has been thoroughly touched by him! Governor, let the last general try it! Let the last general lead the armor soldiers to step forward and break the formation! ”

"No!" Li Yuan waved his hand straight and stopped: "Don't forget that our army is already at a disadvantage in numbers, and it is difficult for flesh and blood to break through iron objects, and it will only increase casualties under hard fighting!" If we want to replace their shield soldiers, we will definitely have to pay a huge price in our hard work! At this time, if you lead your troops to rush forward into battle, you will fall into Xie Gui's arms! ”

"Hey! It doesn't work, it doesn't work either! The Han army has been killed in front of us, is it possible that we are waiting here to die?! ”

Li Yuan's eyes were confused for a few breaths, and then he only hurriedly raised his hand to order, taking advantage of the slow advance of the Han army, leaving only a thousand shield-wielding armor soldiers to turn into a rear army, covering the whole army to retreat to the camp immediately.

Unexpectedly, the Han army did not mess up the formation because the Wuping army retreated to the camp behind them, or took advantage of the situation to pursue, as if to prove Li Yuan's guess, several shield phalanxes of the Han army began to change unhurriedly, and soon, as Li Yuan said, the shield phalanxes of the Han army began to line up, like a black giant python winding and entrenched.

Xie Gui waved the command flag in the Chinese army, the drumbeat of the attack became dense and noisy, and the remaining Han soldiers rushed behind the giant python, and hundreds of figures were lined up behind each shield, the crossbowmen were on both sides, and the pikemen were close to the front, followed by the shield soldiers in front of them, in an orderly manner.

After a while, more than 10,000 Wuping troops also retreated to the camp safely, and the Han army continued to force to the front of the Wuping army camp unscathed, but they changed their formation again, and quickly dispersed along the wooden wall of the camp to both sides, looking for a suitable position and finally set up an iron shield.

This long black python soon surrounded most of the camp, and the part that was not surrounded was all cliffs, and the camp of the Wuping army seemed to be firmly curled up by the giant python, as if this was Xie Gui's real intention, and the situation suddenly became critical.

The distance between the two sides is only separated by the fence and can almost fight in close quarters, and the Wuping sergeant in the battalion had to raise his spear and sword, and began to stab indiscriminately through the wooden wall, but this style of play is obviously a technical job, the gap between the wooden wall is already narrow, and the gap between the shields is only a few feet, and the probability of hitting the enemy is really small.

However, the Han army had the advantage, with such a tall pitch-black iron shield in front of him, he could be in the blind spot of the Wuping army at any time, and he didn't know where to stretch out the blade. But when thousands of shields are set up in front of you and thousands of places need to be defended, then the Han army, which has an absolute advantage in strength, will almost win.

The iron shields have been erected one by one, and a large number of Han soldiers have begun to push the wooden walls of the camp with their flesh and blood, even if the iron shield is strong, it is still pushed by manpower, which is obviously an incredible thing in the eyes of the soldiers of the Wuping Army, but they still have to use their blades to stab the gaps, trying to stop the devouring of this black python.

But Wu Pingjun still thought too simply, at the last moment, a strange hiss suddenly floated from behind the shield array, and this howl that was getting closer and closer, accompanied by the slight vibration of the ground under his feet, fear and dazed unknown is often the most terrifying.

The generals and guards beside him were shocked, and Li Yuan was already frowning tightly, and the roar that echoed around him intensified at this time, if his memory was not wrong, it was those beasts who were going to fight......