The wind and sand are getting bigger and the visibility is getting worse.

After Dong Zhuo led the cavalry to leave, the Tongsi Army began to change its formation and formed a phalanx on all sides.

On the periphery of the phalanx was a circle of soldiers holding heavy shields, specially made by the Silk Kingdom, with a slightly curved surface and a tough iron surface, with spikes at the bottom to penetrate deep into the ground, so that the bearer of the shield could use his strength to resist the onslaught of the cavalry.

There is also an observation hole on the soldier's face, so as not to block the view.

There is also a hollow gap at the bottom, which looks a little complicated, but it is actually convenient for the soldiers squatting under the shield to exert their combat power.

Behind each shield of the Silk Army is two soldiers, one strong and strong soldier uses his body as a support to stabilize the shield, and a short and nimble soldier crouches at the bottom of the shield and is responsible for attacking enemies who approach the shield.

There are also hooks on both sides of the shield that can be used to connect individual shields to form a tight shield array.

The Silk Army cooperated skillfully, and soon formed a large shield array in the yellow sand, waiting for the Dawan coalition army.

Ma Zheng, the commander of the Silk Army, stood on a military chariot in the center of the formation, surrounded by guards with large shields to form a very small shield array and protect him in it.

At this time, he did not say anything to appease or motivate the army, because there was no need at all, even if the allies withdrew, they would have the confidence to block the incoming enemy.

The post-war military merit reward and pension mechanism of the Silk Army are very perfect, which is enough to motivate these elite veterans to fight bravely.

Ma Zheng frowned and stared ahead, although the wind and sand blocked his vision and blurred everything, he could still see intently.

He didn't care about the current seemingly unfavorable situation, but was afraid of Liu Ai, the sacrificial wine in Dong Zhuojun's army.

This person was so powerful that based on a small infantry battle of the Silk Army and the large shield seen in the battalion, he speculated that the Silk Army would use this kind of shield array!

This shield array is intended to be used as a killer weapon in the future to be used in critical moments to strike at the enemy by surprise.

It's good now, being forced to appear here will definitely arouse the jealousy and attention of neighboring countries, and if you use it again in the future, maybe the effect will not be so good.

And what Liu Ai wants should be this effect, although the two sides are currently allies, but if they turn against each other one day......

In Ma Zheng's view, although the Dawan coalition army has a large number of people, it is not difficult to defeat them, and there are many ways to choose, but Liu Ai just proposed this plan, which can be described as a good calculation.

And he is a guest army, and he has never contributed to the war before, so he can't refuse......

Ma Zheng lamented, he didn't expect that he would be cautious all the way to this expedition, and he was still calculated!

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The Dawan coalition army didn't give Ma Zheng much time to think, and soon appeared in the field of vision of the Tongsi army.

The first to arrive was naturally the cavalry on both sides, and the Kushan and Wusun people each sent 3,000 horsemen out of battle in an attempt to flank the Tongsi army from the left and right.

The remaining 10,000 cavalry troops remained in the formation to prevent Dong Zhuo's army from killing a horse pistol.

However, their flanking attacks will not have any effect, as the Silkworm Army's shield array is the same on all sides, and there are no weaknesses.

Soon, the cavalry of Guishan and Wusun took the lead in starting to shoot on horseback, looking at the bright and dazzling iron shield of the Tongsi army, they did not dare to rush to attack, but just began to attack from a distance around the shield array.

However, the Silk Army is heavily armored to cover the whole body, coupled with the shield to cover, almost completely avoiding the damage of this cavalry conventional combat method.

"Ding Ding Ding", the sound of sharp metal hitting constantly sounded in the shield array, but it didn't produce much lethality.

In this wave of arrows, only a very small number of soldiers standing in the center of the shield array, because of their bad luck, were shot into the joints of the armor and suffered some injuries, and the rest were not rewarded.

"Crossbow!"

Immediately, there was a roar of rage from the center of the Silk Army.

Hearing the order, all the soldiers who did not hold the shield raised their special hand crossbows was a reflection!

The cavalry target is huge, and the distance to the shield array at this time makes the crossbow bolts work best under the "cooperation" of these situations.

"Puff puff puff", the speed of the crossbow arrow is very fast, it feels like the silk soldier has just pressed the crossbow machine entrance, and the next moment the arrow enters the body of the Dawan coalition army......

In just one volley, the Dawan cavalry close to the shield array fell like wheat cut by a sickle, and more than 300 cavalry died under the crossbow arrows.

The lethality of the crossbow bolts is secondary, the key is that it completely disrupted the offensive rhythm of the Dawan coalition army, and many cavalry and even low-level officers were stunned by the tragic situation of their comrades when they were hit by the crossbow arrows.

Many of the soldiers not only died on the spot, but were also carried into the air by the tremendous kinetic energy of the crossbow arrows before falling heavily to the ground.

There was even a case where a crossbow bolt pierced two people in a row!

Under the blow of this inhuman force, even if they raised their small riding shields, they could not resist them.

Due to Ouyang Long's improvement and personal demonstration, the hand crossbow, a weapon with great lethality, became active again in the Han Dynasty and became a nightmare for nomadic cavalry.

"Again!"

Just when the Dawan coalition army was sluggish, the Tongsi army had already picked up the spare crossbow machine with good crossbow arrows and began to harvest the lives of the Kushan and Wusun people again......

If you compare the sophistication of the equipment of the various armies in this era, the Silk Army built by the rich Silk Country is definitely the strongest!

Not only are there three horses and iron armor to protect themselves, but even the special hand crossbows are two per person, and there is also a strong bow, crossbow arrows and other small things......

Such a configuration is not only extremely expensive, but also very complicated logistics and maintenance.

However, these efforts were worth it on the battlefield, as evidenced by the extremely low casualty ratio and brilliant results of the Silkworm Army's previous battles.

"Quickly retreat, quickly stay away from the Han shield array!"

The Dawan coalition army was hit by a huge blow again, and more than 200 cavalry died under the crossbow arrows, and the huge stimulation finally brought the stunned coalition commanders back to their senses.

Their attacks were ignored by the opponents, and the blows were so sharp that they had to shout for their men to retreat.

Seeing that the enemy army retreated in a hurry, and the silk shield array did not make any waves, the soldiers silently loaded the crossbow bolts for the crossbow machine that had been shot in the air, as if the results in front of them could not arouse their excitement in the slightest.

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King Dawan immediately talked cordially with the commanders of the Guishan and Wusun armies.

The wind and sand blocked the view, they could not see the battle situation in front of them, and the battle would not end soon, so they naturally had to find some "pastime".

King Dawan looked at the horses under the seat of Guishan and Commander Wusun, and smiled and promised that when he defeated the Han Chinese, he would personally select two of Dawan's finest horses to give to them.

Speaking of war horses, King Dawan opened the conversation box and kept introducing how precious, fast, enduring, and humane the sacred horses raised in his country are......

The two commanders naturally expressed their gratitude immediately, but King Dawan's deliberate behavior of exalting his own country was scoffed in their hearts.

Dawan has the best war horse resources in the world, but the combat power of the cavalry is extremely low, every war can not resist the enemy outside the country, even dare to fight in the field, and finally all retreat to the national capital, relying on the extremely strong city defense of Guishan City or the reinforcements of allies to retreat from the enemy.

How could this cowardly display not be secretly ridiculed by others.

Seeing that King Dawan was blowing more and more energetically, with a feeling that he had already won the battle, Commander Wusun couldn't help but interrupt:

"Your Majesty, now the war situation is urgent, and the outcome is undecided......"

"Report! The front army rushed into battle unfavorably, and the enemy's strong crossbows caused our army to lose hundreds of cavalry, and the forward general was leading the army back! ”

Before Commander Wusun could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the sound of the herald's announcement......