Chapter 104: Storm the Camp!
Although he was ready to fight to the death, Meng Xi still forcibly suppressed the fighting spirit in his heart.
Their own numbers are at a disadvantage, and the Guards are already good at defending, and now the Guards are in the camp, rashly attacking, which is no different from taking their own death.
Yes, wait for the fighters.
Only, will the fighter really come?
Meng Xi was a little apprehensive in his heart.
On the other hand, Meng Tian was extremely calm at this time.
Or rather, cold.
He indifferently watched as the five hundred slave soldiers led by Gongzi Fusu fell to the ground one after another under the long-range shot of the guard's crossbow, and the miserable howl was earth-shattering, and his expression did not change in the slightest.
He is the first general of Great Qin, and the only general of Great Qin now!
He chased the dead and chased the north for several years in the south of the desert, and although he was just past his age, he had already spent nearly twenty years on the battlefield.
He knew that it was impossible for the Guard Army to keep shooting at the slave soldiers led by Gongzi Fusu.
The Guards were armed with a large number of powerful crossbows, which had a higher hit rate and greater lethality than bows and arrows.
However, the crossbow also has its disadvantages compared to the bow and arrow, and its range is much closer than that of the bow and arrow.
The crossbow arrows of the Qin period were tail featherless, so they were not conducive to flight, nor could they remain straight in the air for a long time, and the crossbow arrows were shorter than bows and arrows.
Therefore, if they are within fifty paces, crossbow arrows are much more lethal than bows and arrows. However, as the distance increases, the lethality of the bolts begins to diminish rapidly.
This is the origin of the so-called "the end of the strong crossbow, which cannot wear the reckless".
On the other hand, bows and arrows are different, even if they are shot into the sky, they still have enough lethality when they land.
In addition, the frequency of crossbow arrows is much slower than that of bows and arrows, after all, crossbow arrows first have to pull the crossbow string, put in the crossbow arrows, and then aim to fire, while bows and arrows are fired in one go.
Therefore, although the 500 slave soldiers howled terribly, in fact, only a very small number were shot by the crossbow or even the bed crossbow, and except for a very small number of slave soldiers who were shot through by the bed crossbow or were shot at the vital point, most of the other wounded were only slightly injured.
On the other hand, in addition to the 1,000 armorers with triple armor, the other soldiers were only leather armor even if they had armor. After all, they are heavy soldiers, and they must go into battle lightly.
Moreover, the slaves used not only ordinary bows and arrows, but also a large number of rockets. Although due to the heavy snowfall and the limitations of the fireworks, there were not many fires ignited in the baggage camp at this time, but if they were allowed to continue, it was inevitable that the entire baggage camp would be burned to the ground.
After all, there are a lot of hay needed for war horses in the baggage camp, and even all kinds of rice, grain, oil, wood, thatch, etc., once the fire starts, it is extremely difficult to extinguish.
Therefore, the baggage camp will inevitably choose to attack, but it is just a matter of seeing the way of attacking.
And, when they strike, it's fast!
As Meng Tian expected, a trumpet suddenly sounded from the baggage camp, and then the dull sound of the military drum resounded through the world, and dozens of prisoners poured out of the gate of the camp naked, and began to move away from the horses at the gate of the camp under the rain of arrows.
The terrain of Langya is flat, and the camp cannot be built according to the terrain, so the camp of the guard army is all cut down and erected as a wall, built with a fight, and the entrance is blocked by a horse at the gate.
The rumble of the troop cart sounded in the camp, and a cold smile appeared on Meng Tian's face.
The Weiwei Army is indeed the strongest army in the world, and the soldiers are also brave men drawn from various armies, even if it is the Great Wall Army under Meng Tian.
However, the Guard Captain Army, no handsome!
Wei Wei was born as a herdsman, and he did not know soldiers or books.
He selects officers based only on whether they are brave or not!
Therefore, officers at all levels of the Guard Army have the ability to cut generals and capture the flag, but they have no skills to command the army, and their knowledge of the art of war is limited!
Of course, not knowing the military book does not mean that the army cannot be commanded. There are also precedents in the Qin army for being promoted to senior officers after meritorious service, and there are also people like Li Chao who were born in a family of generals in the Wei Wei army.
However, the art of war needs to be tested on the battlefield, and the Weiwei army has never been on the battlefield, and the last time the sword drank blood was when the rebellion of the Marquis Changxin was quelled.
In Meng Tian's view, the rebellion was a joke. The defeat of such an opponent by the Guards did not really help their officers' command experience.
If it is okay to guard the First Emperor on weekdays, the First Emperor will go out on patrol, there must be rules, and the guard army only needs to follow the steps.
However, when facing the enemy and facing the ever-changing battlefield, you can see the straw bale nature of the person who commands the guard.
He actually wants to use a military chariot against a group of slave soldiers!
Yes, the military vehicle is indeed the standard configuration of the Guard Army, and the exercises of the Guard Army on weekdays are all carried out around the military vehicle.
Moreover, the terrain of Langya is flat, and it is also very suitable for military vehicles to gallop, coupled with the heavy armor of the guard army, even if it is Meng Tian, he does not dare to plunder its edge.
However, the advance of the military chariot was slow and cumbersome, and in the face of a group of stragglers, it was clear that they only needed to abandon the cart and ride on the horse, and they could be surrounded and annihilated with the help of horsepower.
With the bow in the hands of the slave army, can you shoot through the three layers of heavy armor of the guard army?
Why do you need military vehicles?
The guards apparently did not have time to think about it, and the prisoners struggled to move the heavy horses away, and two military chariots rushed out of the camp gate in unison, forming two rounds of formation, and began to accelerate with a bang.
The bronze wheels of the military vehicle pressed against the ground, emitting a deafening roar, which was the steel torrent of this era, and it was indeed terrifying to face the charge of the military vehicle and the armor soldiers.
Especially as soon as the other party left the camp gate, he began to divide his troops, one went to chase the five hundred slave soldiers led by Fusu, and the other one rushed straight in the direction of Meng Tian, obviously they had already discovered Meng Tian and the one hundred armor soldiers behind him, and planned to kill the generals directly.
However, Meng Tian was still expressionless, and just raised the iron spear in his hand and made a gesture of preparation.
The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the guards began to adjust their positions, and calmed their horses, ready to attack.
Seeing that the military vehicle had approached a hundred paces, the guard soldiers who followed behind the military vehicle had already raised the crossbow in their hands, and Meng Tian gave an order.
"Right out!"
With a "boom", the horse's hooves sounded like thunder, and a hundred guards, led by Meng Tian, circled to the right.
At the same time, the crossbow strings of the "collapse" sounded, and the guard army behind the troop had already activated the first wave of crossbow arrows.
It's just that they are still eighty steps away from Meng Tian and the others at this time, and the crossbow arrows are already weak and weak at this distance. Moreover, Meng Tian had already led the guards to leave the place, even if the few people who fell at the end of the team were shot by crossbow arrows, the iron armor on his body was not something that these crossbow arrows that were already at the end of the strong crossbow could shoot through.
"Meng Tian'er, don't even dare to fight a certain pair?"
A rough voice came from the leading military vehicle, and it was obvious that the other party was the main commander of this military vehicle.
Zhou fashion and also pay attention to dignified and upright, the two sides car to car, horse to horse, and even before the war need to pay tribute to the teacher, on the one hand, in order to pay tribute to each other, on the other hand, the two sides of the main generals compete with each other.
However, at this time, it was already the Qin Dynasty, and the war was no longer a battle to show its strong conquest, but a battle to destroy the country at all costs!
When Meng Tian destroyed Qi, the Qi people cowered in the city, and they didn't dare to come out to fight him. And when he killed the Huns in the Hetao, the Huns would not follow him.
Meng Tian didn't bother to pay attention to such stupid words, he directly led a hundred guards to bypass the military chariot, and then rushed straight towards the gate of the camp!
"It's not good, he wants to rush the camp and intercept it quickly!"
The rough voice instantly became sharp, and it was obvious that the other party had already seen Meng Tian's intentions at this time.
The roar of the military vehicle suddenly stopped, the neighing of the war horse sounded, and the tooth-sore "crunch" sound came, which was the guard military vehicle turning.
"Enter!"
"Move the wheels quickly!"
The sound of urgent military orders sounded again and again, but although the troop was unstoppable in its charge, the steering was extremely cumbersome, and it was impossible to complete such an action in an instant.
"Foot soldiers abandon the car and intercept!"
Another command sounded, and the foot soldiers who followed the chariot abandoned the chariot and rushed towards the route where Meng Tian and the others were advancing.
However, this kind of behavior is also in vain, after all, Meng Tian and the others have horses!
Seeing that there was no hope of interception, Meng Tian and the others were already less than a hundred steps away from the gate, and another voice came from the gate of the camp.
"Move the horse quickly and block the gate!"
The prisoners who had been hiding aside ran out quickly, ready to move the horses again, but at this moment, a military order sounded.
"The auxiliaries belong, take the gate as the one, and shoot it!"
It was Gongzi Fusu who gave the order, and he was riding alone on a horse at this time, surrounded by slaves on foot.
At this time, the five hundred slave soldiers had already gone to one of ten, and the remaining more than 400 people were also fighting in two ways in the face of the rushing military vehicles, and many people subconsciously hugged their heads and scurried, and there were only more than 100 people who listened to Fusu's order to shoot arrows.
However, even if it is only a hundred people, it is enough.
The prisoners were sinners, they had no armor, not even weapons, after all, their role was not to kill the enemy, but to fill the trenches for the army, clear the horses, and even consume the enemy's arrows and stones.
These sinners have the will to die in order for their families to be freed from slavery, and they are not afraid even in the face of the rain of arrows.
It's a pity that the gate is not spacious, only a few zhang. More than 100 arrows landed in such a small place, covering almost every inch.
The screams rang out, and more than twenty prisoners fell in an instant, and although they were not all shot down, the rest of them could no longer move the extremely heavy refusal horses.
"Armor Warrior!" A loud roar sounded inside the gate, and dozens of armor soldiers ran out with heavy steps, ready to continue to move the horses to block the gate.
At the same time, the rough voice behind him also sounded: "Crossbow arrows shoot!" ”
However, it was already too late, Meng Tian led a hundred guards, and at this time he had already rushed to the gate of the Yuan!
"Evacuate quickly!" A slightly hoarse voice suddenly sounded, but it was not Weiweijun, but Fusu.
A thorough troop cart that came to pursue the slave soldiers was already close at this time, and the crossbowmen of the guard army behind the troop had also raised their crossbow machines, which were about to be activated.
Although the slaves were able to shoot back and forth with the crossbow arrows in the large camp with the advantage of the longer range and faster shooting of the bows and arrows, the guards were now within a hundred paces, and if they did not evacuate, they would face a massacre.
Moreover, they are no longer needed at this point.
Hearing Fusu's order, the slave soldiers were like being amnestied, and one by one they dragged bows and arrows and ran to the dogs.
However, Fusu himself did not turn around and leave, anyway, he was riding a war horse and wearing iron armor. The chariots of the Guards were slow, and they were in pursuit at this time, and they could not use their feet, but only their arms.
The crossbow was within a distance of nearly 100 steps, and it was still not strong enough for the iron armor, and Fusu also had enough time to escape.
He watched in horror as Meng Tian and a hundred guards charged in the distance, a worried look on his face.
Before coming, Meng Tian had discussed with Fusu how to rush the camp, although the comparison of the strength of the two sides made people's scalps tingle, but Meng Tian confidently told Fusu that he had two victories, and the Weiwei army had two defeats.
One winner, the generals of the Weiwei Army do not know the soldiers, and Meng Tian is the first general in the world!
The second winner, the Guard Army's three-layer heavy armor, the defense was amazing, but it was inflexible, and it was impossible to catch up with Meng Tian and the others.
And the facts have also proved that what Meng Tian said is correct, the generals of the Weiwei Army made a mistake from the beginning and actually sent military vehicles out of the camp to clear it.
The troop cart moved extremely slowly, not to mention that Meng Tian and the others were riding war horses, they were slave soldiers, and they were running faster than the troop chariots when they spread their legs.
Of course, it is faster than the military chariot, not necessarily faster than the opponent's crossbow arrows. Moreover, after all, the military vehicle is pulled by war horses, and the endurance of war horses is obviously much stronger than that of slave soldiers.
Counting the selection criteria of the guards and soldiers with Wei Wushu as the template, the slave soldiers may not be able to outrun the other party.
However, Fusu was not worried at all at this time that the Wei Wei Army would chase him all the way.
Because Meng Tian has already rushed to the gate of the Yuan!
The chariots in the barracks were obviously unable to charge, and the cavalry and horses were the biggest nightmare for the infantry.
After all, a war horse plus a knight on a horse weighs more than a thousand catties, and even if the guards and soldiers are all triple armored, in the face of the charging war horse, the outcome is to be directly knocked away.
Moreover, the mobility of the war horses is not at all comparable to the foot soldiers, even if the guard army forms a military formation to try to block, the cavalry directly bypasses, or does not face the enemy head-on at all, but directly arson everywhere, burning the entire battalion to the ground, it is also a gesture.
Therefore, as long as Meng Tian and a hundred guards rushed through the gate and rushed into the camp, it would be a success!
However, the impact on the gate is also the most dangerous moment.
Even after nearly two hundred steps, Fusu could hear the crossbow arrows clanging on the iron armor of Meng Tian and the others, and a sharp whistle came from behind him, and the cloak began to pop, obviously there were also crossbow arrows shooting on his body behind him.
A muffled snort sounded from afar, although the guards were all iron-clad and had high protection, and the crossbow arrows behind them could not be shot through, but the oncoming crossbow arrows still had many threats.
After all, the iron armor can't cover the whole body, but it is not shot at the point, and even if a crossbow arrow pierces the iron armor head-on, it will not penetrate the flesh and will not be fatal.
The most important thing is that at this time, most of the crossbow arrows of the Guard Army are aimed at Meng Tian, who is in the lead!
And......
A sound of "boom" sounded that was obviously much duller than ordinary crossbow arrows, and a black light flew out of the camp and shot straight towards Meng Tian, Fusu's face changed suddenly.
Bed crossbow!
(End of chapter)