Chapter 30: Not much, only 220,000
Time was slowly passing, and Huo Qubing was also silently calculating the location of Yu's army.
"Five hundred steps...... 300 steps...... 200 steps...... Put!! β
With Huo Quai's order, a full 20,000 people in the army took out their bows and arrows.
Under Huo Quai's rehearsal, the 20,000 archers were divided into four groups, each with 5,000 people.
After 5,000 people have shot an arrow, the next group continues to go on top and so on.
And the people who charged from the opposite side were dumbfounded when they were a hundred steps away from the Great Xia army.
What's it, it's raining?
, this TM is a rain of arrows!
A group of sharp-eyed people had already noticed that something was wrong, but it was too late now.
The rain of arrows in Great Xia was like having eyes, and it stabbed frantically towards the bodies of a group of people.
Many people screamed in pain on the spot, and even died directly on the spot.
War is cruel, and there are casualties when there is war, but for generals at this time, no matter how difficult it is, they cannot retreat at will.
"Rush me! Rush into their camp! β
Under Lin Tianba's strong and domineering charge, there was still a group of people who braved the rain of arrows and rushed into the camp of Great Xia.
Subsequently, the soldiers of Great Xia began to hold all kinds of crude weapons and began all kinds of hand-to-hand combat.
Some of the original armies of Bactria may also have some inferior swords, and many of the soldiers who later joined the Bactria army only had a bow.
If there must be some melee weapons, it is some wooden sticks ordered by Xia Yan.
But even with such a weapon, the Great Xia army still fought back and forth with the army of Yu State.
And there is a bloody battle going on here, far away above the court of Great Xia, a group of people are anxiously waiting for the battle report.
After all, Great Xia is not big, and it takes half an hour to go out of the city on a horse, and even if you count the arrival of the battlefield after leaving the city, it will not take more than an hour at most.
This way, the war report will definitely not be too slow.
Zhu Ming looked worried, "Today is the Armageddon, and I don't know what happened to our army......"
On the side, Xu Jing and Di Renjie also returned to the court after a day of rest, compared to a few people, the faces of the two were two points more indifferent.
"Now that we calculate the number of troops, we have more than 30,000 troops in Daxia, although it is still not as good as Yu Guo, but the difference is not too much, if Prime Minister Zhuge uses troops mysteriously, it may have a miraculous effect."
After hearing this, Xia Yan laughed silently in his heart.
If there is an ambush or something, then it is indeed possible.
But what is it today, it is two teams of people who cut directly with knives, and someone is absolutely superior.
And what is the army of Yu State, they are well-equipped.
On my own side, 10,000 burning sticks and 20,000 bows without arrows can knock out some blood stains on other people's heads.
As for the hope of relying on such a way to rush to victory, it is simply wishful thinking.
Soon, the first battle report arrived.
"Your Majesty, the bows and arrows used by our army have a long range and great power, and the enemy army marches slowly in the face of the rain of arrows, and there are countless casualties!"
Hearing this, Xia Yan was directly stunned.
What's that? Got arrows? Where did it come from?
Thinking so, he looked at Xu Jing and Di Renjie below.
Neither yesterday nor the day before yesterday did not go to court, so these two must have done something bad!
Now it seems that he actually bought arrows.
I don't know how many arrows I bought, I don't know if there are thousands.
Arrows are not expensive, but they will take some time to remake.
Coupled with the fact that he didn't give them two at all, it shouldn't be too much.
Thinking of this, Xia Yan asked directly: "Both, I don't know how many arrows you got for the front line?" β
"Hehe, no more, no less."
Di Renjie said this, and stretched out two fingers directly towards Xia Yan, and Xia Yan frowned when he saw it.
Two thousand? No wonder the battle report said that there were countless casualties, and the power of 2,000 arrows was indeed not small.
But unbeknownst to him, Di Renjie just shook his head.
"Isn't it, twenty thousand?"
Saying this, Xia Yan's heart was already a little apprehensive, 20,000 arrows were already very exaggerated for Xia Yan.
Possession of arrows will undoubtedly increase the combat effectiveness of the army, and one's own plans are likely to be uncertain.
Unbeknownst to him, at this moment, Di Renjie still shook his head, and then said a number that made Xia Yan desperate.
"Not much, not much, only 220,000."
As soon as these words came out, a group of old men exploded one after another.
"Hey, two hundred and twenty thousand, two strong!"
"Yes, yes, what kind of immortal speed is this, more than 200,000 arrows are just afraid that the hand cramps that are going to be made, right?!"
"Hey, where would people use such a clichΓ© method, the two adults must use extraordinary means in extraordinary times!"
"That's right, you're a werewolf!"
Including Zhao Zheng, everyone has already come out of the shadow of yesterday's assassination of Xia Yan, and at this moment, everyone is dancing and almost has a song and dance performance on the spot.
Unlike a few people, Xia Yan was stunned.
Two hundred and twenty thousand? Did the two of them go and blow up someone's armory and move away directly?
It's only two days, and it has to be transported to the front line, and it has to be produced, how did this TM come out of 220,000?!
Below, the two of them were overjoyed when they saw Xia Yan's expressions.
"It seems that Your Majesty didn't expect that there were so many, presumably when Your Majesty thought about it, he just thought that one hundred thousand would be enough, haha!"
Xia Yan's face began to be extremely strange, thinking to himself when Lao Tzu asked you to find the arrows, and it was hundreds of thousands, it was just nonsense!
But at this moment, Xia Yan can't ignore this kind of behavior, because it is written in the system's violation regulations that you can't deliberately show anger to meritorious officials.
Barely squeezing out a smile, "You guys, how did you do it?" β
Seeing Xia Yan smile, Di Renjie's face was even more proud, and he began to tell about himself and Xu Jing in a colorful way.
Hearing that the two of them went to Xiguo in the middle of the night, Xia Yan was dumbfounded.
Good guys, the straw boats are here to borrow arrows?
Zhuge Liang is not here, Di Renjie has brought you such a play, how can this be reasonable.
At this moment, Xia Yan suddenly felt that things didn't seem to be so simple, and just as Xia Yan was thinking about countermeasures, the second battle report came.
"Report! Our army used arrows to shoot more than 20,000 enemy soldiers, but a large number of Yu soldiers rushed into our camp, and the two sides are now fighting with swords, and our army has suffered heavy losses temporarily! β
Hearing this, a group of old men who were originally dancing stopped one after another, and their faces fell into a bit solemn again.
Our bows and arrows are indeed excellent, and the bow is customized by Xia Yan at a high price, and the quality is very good.
Not to mention the arrows, Jiang Han arrows are famous in many empires.
But if it gets caught in a head-to-head sword confrontation, then Great Xia doesn't have much chance of winning.
After all, there are a lot of people with sticks.
And the people, but a large group of well-equipped infantry. How does this work?