Chapter 151: The Battle of Liangzhou (2)

In August of the 11th year of Yonghe, Beihai General Lu Zhen led 10,000 horsemen to ride a little black water, crossed the Xianbei Mountain, attacked Wuluohou, trapped the stone chamber of the Xianbei ancestral land, beheaded more than 10,000, plundered 50,000 people and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and the northern Liaobei earthquake, Fuyu and Kolou were panicked.

--- Excerpt from the Introduction

When the fifth round of iron feather arrows flew over the heads of Cao Yan and the spearmen in front of him, Deng Yao had already ridden to the left side of the first formation. Cao Yan seemed to appreciate the very frightening buzz overhead, and sat there and watched for a while before kicking the spurs, running to the right, and after a while he was standing on the right side of the first formation.

The five rounds of iron feather arrows made the right flank of the Hezhou Army panic for a while. Since the entire Beifu Army front was left in front and right behind, plus it was several miles long, when the middle formation of the Beifu Army was still three miles away from the Hezhou Army, the left flank was only half a mile away from the right flank of the Hezhou Army as the first formation. But this distance is farther than the farthest "shooting" range that the Hezhou army knows, but the Hezhou army underestimated the power of the Beifu ordnance, after several years of improvement, the Beifu Divine Arm Crossbow can now "shoot" as far as 2,200 Beifu feet (550 Beifu meters), this "shooting" range is enough to cover the front of the Hezhou army.

When the Iron Feather Arrow "shot" at it like a May rainstorm, the buzzing sound was already overwhelming. When the heavy iron arrows flew down from the sky, the Hezhou sergeants found that the shields in their hands and the armor on their bodies could not stop the sharp arrows from tearing a gap and burrowing into their bodies.

Blood poured out of the blood groove of the arrow's body, making the iron arrow that was still buzzing when it stopped look even more ferocious and bloodthirsty. Five rounds of tens of thousands of iron feather arrows made the Hezhou army fall thousands of people in a short period of time, this is still the Hezhou army probably learned about the Beifu army's several major weapons after the formation is relatively sparse, if according to the old method of forming a dense military formation, I don't know how many people will die.

Seeing his comrades-in-arms fall one after another beside him, the Hezhou army couldn't help but feel a sense of weakness, and the momentum of the Beifu army just now had hit the heart of the Hezhou sergeant. Now, as soon as the battle is engaged, the Beifu Army has already shown a murderous reputation that has been "rumored" for a long time. The hearts of the Hezhou army have begun to tremble, this is only a long-range weapon fighting, and it has not yet begun to officially engage in battle!

The quality of the Hezhou army is the highest in Liangzhou, otherwise Gu Cheng and others would dare to fight with more than 30,000 Shazhou troops and Wuwei troops under Guzang City with more than 30,000 Hezhou troops and still be invincible. But compared to the Beifu Army, it is still too far behind, after all, this is an army that has poured the whole efforts of the "traverser" Zeng Hua, and it has surpassed this era too much.

However, the Hezhou Army did not expect that the long-range attack of the Beifu Army was far from so.

Zeng Hua saw that the first formation first opened his mouth with the divine arm crossbow, and immediately raised his hand and ordered the stone cannons behind to cooperate.

After receiving Zeng Hua's gesture, the herald who had been waiting for a long time immediately waved a few flags and issued an order to attack the baggage troops behind.

After a while, only dozens of rumbling sounds were heard, and then dozens of whirring sounds were like dragging a tail through the air, flying over the heads of the officers and soldiers of the Beifu Army, and quickly falling towards the Hezhou Army. The very experienced officers and soldiers of the Beifu Army did not raise their heads, and just by listening to the sound and movement, they knew that it was the stone cannon that was wielding. After several years of improvement in Beifu, this counterweight stone cannon can not only attack the city, but also play a long-range fire support in the field.

Soon, four or five hundred pounds of cobblestone bullets roared and smashed on the position of the Hezhou army. About forty or so flying stone bullets were extremely powerful, each of which could smash several Hezhou sergeants who couldn't dodge into a puddle of flesh and mud, and then jumped twice, rolled twice, and were crippled when touched, injured when they were next to each other, and there was an extra bloody and blurred trajectory.

The stone cannon may not be as lethal as the longbow and the crossbow that can form the May rainstorm, but its power is manifested in the destruction of people's spirits. Falling from the sky, whistling, and earth-shattering, for the people of this era, it is tantamount to experiencing a baptism of heavenly punishment like a meteorite rain.

However, this is still a small scene in Beifu, Zeng Hua and others in order to test the power of the stone cannon, once lined up more than 500 stone cannons into a stone cannon array within a radius of more than ten miles, and then the stone bullets and flame bombs took turns to test, the power and momentum of destroying the world made all the Beifu soldiers who participated in the birth of a kind of powerlessness and awe.

However, the Hezhou Army, which had not undergone special training, also had a kind of powerlessness and awe in the face of this "small scene," and although the successive blows only killed and wounded more than 2,000 people, the momentum and spirit of the Hezhou Army were dealt a tremendous blow. This is not only seen by Gu Cheng and others, but also by Deng Yao and Cao Yan.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Deng Yao slashed his sword and shouted: "Forward!" Soon, the horn sounded again and again, and the first group of the Nine Battalion Infantry began to move forward slowly.

The spearmen of the first two teams put the spears in their hands flat, only slightly obliquely upward, and a dense layer of spear forest suddenly appeared in front of the Beifu army, and the snowy spear tips trembled slightly in the wind because the spear body was too long, which made people feel a chill.

Under the coordination of officers and non-commissioned officers, the spearmen walked very slowly and neatly, while the sword player held his shield tightly, leaned his sword on his right shoulder, and slowly advanced. However, the crossbowman "shoots" a rain of arrows, then takes three steps, then stops and quickly pulls the string of arrows, aiming for a "shooting" strike, causing a burst of rain and then walking a few steps to start the next round of advance and "shooting". The captains and commanders of each battalion always paid attention to the movement and rhythm of the entire battalion phalanx, and conveyed orders to the sentry commanders and commanders. Sentry commanders and sergeants armed with swords control the march of their subordinates according to orders, while non-commissioned officers and standard-bearers play a key role in ensuring that the orders of the superior officers are effectively carried out among the sergeants.

Seeing that the first formation was beginning to advance, Zhang Shou and Wei Xingguo, who were riding horses and standing on both sides of the military formation, also immediately issued an order, ordering the battalions in their formation to start moving. This was followed by the third formation.

Looking at the spears that were getting closer and closer, the Hezhou army began to cheer up. Under the strict orders of the generals and officers, the 5,000 Hezhou troops were lined up in a neat formation, also with spears in front, shields closely behind, and archers pressed behind. When the Beifu army was moving closely, the archers of the Hezhou army also began to draw their bows and arrows, and they all fired "shots" at the Beifu army.

The crossbowmen of the divine arm suppressed the archers of the Hezhou army with a denser rain of arrows, while the spearmen and sword players had already scattered their formations under the orders of Deng Yao and Cao Yan, so that the losses of the archers of the Hezhou army were minimized, and they began to run slowly, running faster and faster as the distance shortened.

As the speed increased, the trembling of the spear became more severe, and the sharp tip of the spear shook even more violently, and even stabbed forward with a whirring sound of breaking wind.

Just as the spearmen of the Hezhou Army were preparing to meet the upcoming Beifu Spear Forest, Deng Yao turned his head and shouted at the back: "Ping's shooting'!" ”

Upon receiving the order, the officer immediately shouted: "Angle ten! The crossbowmen immediately lowered the crossbow body flat, only diagonally upward, and then pulled the crossbow without hesitation. The Iron Feather Arrow swept over the head of the sergeant in front of him with a buzzing sound of breaking the wind, and then flew head-on towards the spearmen of the Hezhou Army, immediately "shooting" a large area.

After two rounds of flat shooting, the spears of the first formation of the Beifu Army had already rushed into the chaotic Hezhou Army spear forest without hesitation, and the sharp spear tip effortlessly pierced into the body of the Hezhou Army spearman who was still standing, splashing countless blood splashes. The sharp spears continued to advance with the sprinting spearmen, and the spears that pierced into the River State spearmen also advanced rapidly, and then pierced the body with the screams of the River State spearmen, and continued to stab forward with a surging blood water, and these spears either stabbed the River State sergeant behind, or found nothing after the spear penetrated; And the Beifu spear, which did not stab the Rivers State spearman, looked for a target as it advanced, and then stabbed into the body of the River State sergeant effortlessly.

When the spear in his hand was a certain short, the spearman of Beifu did not hesitate to drop the spear, pulled out the Yanling knife at his waist, and rushed forward with a roar, ignoring his comrades and enemies who were still struggling in a pool of blood, and the knife player also rushed forward with a wave of the Pu knife.

The Divine Arm Crossbowman 'shot' the last round of arrow rain at a 45-degree elevation angle, letting them fall on the head of the Hezhou archers behind, and then carried the Divine Arm Crossbow, pulled out the Yanling knife at his waist, and under the leadership of the officers, non-commissioned officers and flag-bearers holding various "colors" with horizontal knives, he stepped on a black and bloody land, and rushed forward quickly.

After a while, the sound of fierce fighting sounded here, and countless shouts, screams, curses, and the impact of weapons converged into an extremely chaotic scene. Cao Yan and Deng Yao unexpectedly did not enter the Hezhou army formation, they were still on horses, commanding the battalions to continuously attack the Hezhou army, killing deeper into the Hezhou army, and also making the gap of the Hezhou army that was torn apart even bigger. At this time, it is more important to command the army well than to "kill" the enemy.

When the first formation of the Beifu Army and the right flank of the Hezhou Army were fighting fiercely, the longbowmen of the second formation were still powerful. While pulling the strings and arrows on the march, they stopped and opened their bows in a shout, and "shot" the arrows in a volley at an elevation angle of 45 degrees, and then marched and pulled the strings, stopping to "shoot" the arrows, and the rhythm was very harmonious with the entire battalion under the control of the officers and non-commissioned officers.

Although the Beifu longbow is a "popular" weapon, but under the strong industrial base and advanced technology of Beifu, it is still much stronger than the standard bow and arrow of the Hezhou army, after all, a composite bow is not so easy to make, even if it is as powerful as Beifu It is difficult to produce, let alone other places.

Therefore, the longbowmen of Beifu spoke first, and poured arrows on the Hezhou army with a torrential rain. Compared with the Divine Arm Crossbow, although the longbow has a much shorter "shooting" range, its "shooting" speed is several times faster. The rain of arrows flying in the air came one after another, and there was an endless feeling, coupled with the stone cannons that continued to wield, which made the Hezhou army in the center of the flank hurriedly 'chaotic', and the right wing next to it was killed by the first formation of Beifu and retreated, so many Hezhou sergeants in the middle wing were a little flustered now.

It was another flat "shooting", and the Hezhou spearmen were "shot" on their backs, and the second formation of Beifu also joined the battle with the Hezhou army in the middle wing, and another tragic local battle began. After two quarters of an hour, the third formation of Beifu and the left flank of the Hezhou Army were also fired, but the Hezhou Army had already appeared. The Beifu Army's successive strikes made the Hezhou Army gradually feel the pressure, as if it had received a series of sledgehammer blows.

Gu Cheng, who saw it in his eyes, understood that as long as the left flank, which was now in danger, was defeated by the first formation of Beifu, then it would cause a chain reaction, and the Hezhou army would inevitably be defeated at that time.

Looking at the yellow dust and black smoke rising everywhere, Gu Cheng gritted his teeth and shouted: "The cavalry attacked, and cooperated with the left flank to repel the first formation of Beifu!" ”