Chapter 43: The Defeat
"What is that?" As soon as E Chongyu's exclamation came out, the camp of the charging army of the South Road was saturated and attacked, and the arrow array that Sun Ming spent a huge amount of money to build was not an ornament, and the 30,000 arrows could not all hit, but under such a dense attack, the charging army was instantly missing a large piece, and a large number of soldiers fell down with arrows, and the formation of the charge was stunned.
What followed was a wad of wailing, this was the first round of attacks, but the charging army did not stop, they did not receive orders, they could only advance, and E Chongyu's exclamation made the generals who were also stunned react, "That's a bow and arrow, how can there be so many?"
"Bow and arrow?" E Chongyu muttered to himself, "Is this the other party's dependence, what should I do?"
"Master Hou, you can only impact, if you retreat, then the other party will inevitably press up. The general beside him said, although the 300,000 army did not all fight for the first time, but the first wave of attacks had 50,000 people, "Hou Ye, let the army behind continue to press, the opponent has so many bows and arrows, if we want to defeat, we can only use the numerical advantage to press over, otherwise once we retreat, then we have no chance at all." "What this general said is true, if you don't defeat the other party this time, then it will be impossible in the future, after all, the defense of so many bows and arrows is terrifying.
E Chongyu weighed it in his heart, and finally gritted his teeth, "Order, the army of 50,000 is an echelon, press it in turn, and you must rush into the opponent's camp, so that we will win, give me a rush." ”
"Kill. Another echelon of 50,000 people rushed out, and then there was a large army moving forward, once the formation was completed, it began to impact directly, and the front team once again ushered in the arrow array, but the arrow array always slipped through the net, at this time they had already rushed to the front, not enough people were not much, they were greeted by shields, long knives and spears.
The attacking side wanted to break through the shield and could only jump high, and the "stab" order, the spear behind the shield was hand-moved, and they directly pushed the spear, and the sound of "poof" into the flesh, the tip of the spear made of steel directly penetrated the human body. At this time, the sword and shield hands were not idle, they were also constantly stabbing with their long knives, and then withdrawing, it was not easy to cross this wall.
The front of the first line of defense has become a flesh mill, and the shouts of killing have become a loud one, and the soldiers of the Southern Coalition Army are constantly falling, and the corpses in front of the shield wall have begun to increase in height, in this case they must retreat, but they can't move now, because the enemy is constantly swarming up, and once they turn around, they will inevitably be killed.
"Javelin, throw. At this time, the javelinmen of the fifth column were ready, and the javelins in their hands were thrown directly, and the crowd of people on the attacking side seemed to have hit the reef, and the "boom" was directly repulsed.
"Shoot. After throwing a round of javelins, the javelinmen lay down with the force of the impact, and the crossbowmen behind him fired directly for the first time, "turning" With the completion of the crossbow arrows, the momentum of the attack briefly appeared a gap, at this time the two columns of soldiers in the front turned and ran directly, and the third column of shield walls gave way, and then merged again, and another shield wall appeared.
"Wind. The arrow array was still firing in a volley, and they unhurriedly shot the arrows in their hands again, no need to aim, no need to target, a fixed angle throw, forming a storm of arrows.
There were few soldiers left in the first wave of the Southern Route Army, either dead or wounded, and the sound of wailing all over the ground, and the second wave had lost more than half, but the soldiers who rushed up behind continued to impact with the soldiers in front, the formation began to scatter, and the situation of crowding people continued to appear, and the power of the arrow array was maximized.
"Well, yes, although this is the first time to use this formation, but the king's decision is really wise, in the face of a well-trained formation, such an enemy is just a chicken, a dog. Wen Zhong rode on top of the ink unicorn, and said with a smile on his beard, talking and laughing, showing that he was full of bamboo.
"What Taishi said is good, in front of our army's formation, the fighting generals are no longer needed, and all the generals only need to command the phalanx to prevent the opponent's generals from impacting, but now I haven't seen their generals rushing into battle. The general beside him said.
"Haha, now E Chongyu has to impact our battle formation, otherwise he can only rout, once he retreats, then our army will be directly pressed, but now their rout is just a matter of time, pass the order, all the generals are ready to counterattack, once the other party retreats, you must bite their tail for me, directly impact the enemy camp, Dong Bohou is now estimated to have begun to attack the city, we can't let the Southern Route Army come back to help, I want to leave all their 300,000 troops. ”
"Yes. ”
In one morning, the Southern Route Army lost more than half of it, but it was still unable to break through the formation of the Chaoge army, and the formation of the Chaoge army was changed to a certain extent, although there were also casualties, but most of them were injured.
There is a generational gap between iron weapons and bronze weapons, bronze weapons are not sharp, although they are heavy but have limited lethality, while iron weapons are extremely sharp and light at the same time, so they do not need to be as heavy as bronze weapons. At the same time, the Asahika army is all iron armor, while the other side is leather armor, and the defense of the two sides is completely different. Iron weapons penetrate leather armor very easily, and the casualties on both sides are disproportionate.
"Damn, the army of Chaoge is so difficult to fight. E Chongyu became anxious, and then said: "Order all the generals to attack the opponent's formation, and they must open an opening, quickly." ”
E Chongyu had to let the generals impact, and the generals were urging the war horses, one after another, and directly began to take the lead in the charge, if they were formed cavalry, then it was easy to say, but the princes generally do not raise war horses, the consumption is very huge, there is no three treasures in the horse, the loss rate of the war horse is very high, and the consumption is very huge, and Sun Ming is not.
What Sun Ming wants is to gather the wealth of the world, collect the hearts of the people of the world for his own use, and at the same time improve the treatment and status of craftsmen. The two sides are like two eras of civilization colliding, not at all above the same level, and the impact of the generals is the arrow array, if you want to rush through the arrow array, you can't do it without martial arts, otherwise you will be shot off the horse directly.
There are indeed a few good generals of the Southern Alliance, and they actually broke through the arrow array, Wen Zhong watched from afar, "Those generals are good, send a few more people to intercept them, you can't let them open the gap." ”
"Commanded. The generals beside Wen Zhong rushed out several people in a row to support, and the front of the army directly made a gap and let the opposing generals in, and then immediately had their own generals catch up. The two sides fought in the military formation, and the soldiers beside them began to surround the circle, and the shield hand directly surrounded the enemy and the enemy generals, limiting their range of activities and preventing the other party from rushing in the formation, while their own generals were several people besieging one person, so that they could easily defeat the opponent.
There was no cultivator in this war, Wen Zhong sighed, if there was no matter of sealing the gods, he thought that he could help the king unify the great merchants, collect the rights of the princes of the world and return to the central government, so that he could help the king achieve immortal hegemony.
In the land of Xiqi projectiles, an army of 200,000 can be broken, but the saints joined it, and things became confusing, and even the king went to practice the Dao Law, which made Wen Zhong feel very bad, why did the heavenly saints want to get involved? Will mortals be killed and injured countless times at that time?
Wen Zhong was in high spirits again, observing the situation on the battlefield, and then waved his hand, "Let the crossbow arrows press and shoot, and the javelinmen will replenish the array ahead." "Wen Zhong doesn't want to be consumed, and now he can put an end to it.
There weren't many opportunities for crossbow arrows to fire, and now was the time to play their role, the javelinmen replenished the front, and then the rest of the men began to retreat, and the crossbow arrow array began to press, directly behind the shield wall to shoot at close range, so the speed of damage was faster.
The soldiers of the Southern Route Coalition began to be timid, all of them couldn't rush through in their hearts, and the idea of rushing over was to send them to death, so they began to rout, and the soldiers in the front and back began to be confused, the front wanted to retreat, and the back had to advance, so very chaotic.
"Attack. Wen Zhong gave the order to attack, and the shield bearer stood up directly, raised his shield to his chest, and then advanced with a firm step, the pikemen followed closely behind, and the crossbowmen still did not retreat, following the attack, and the army array all advanced.
The morale of the two sides was completely different, the Southern Coalition Army finally collapsed, there were too many dead, the blood flowed like a river, and the corpses were all over the field, so that the Southern Coalition soldiers did not dare to attack again, and the army finally began to rout, and Wen Zhong directly ordered, the generals came out together, and directly hit the horses and rushed to the front, and the entire Dashang army formation began to trot, the arrow array was pressed, and the infantry began to charge, at this time the formation was slightly scattered, but it was no harm, the other party was just a lamb to be slaughtered.
"Kill. The general at the front brandished his weapon and shouted, while the army behind him shouted "kill, kill, kill" three times in a row, directly pushing morale to the peak, and the infantry began to run rapidly, like a huge wave directly slapping past.
The waves are unimpeded all the way, the other party has no effective defense, it is a complete rout, the waves hit not the cliffs, but the flat beach, all the way unhindered into the local camp, slashing and killing has become very simple, the enemy's back is exposed in front of you, just wave a long knife, or stab with a spear, things are so easy.
Wen Zhong urged Mo Qilin to follow behind the army, commanding the army to rush left and right, E Chongyu retreated in embarrassment, he wanted to retreat into the camp to defend again, but Wen Zhong did not give them a chance, but let the army chase the rout and rush directly to the camp.
"Stop them, let the soldiers turn back and attack, and don't let them into the camp. E Chongyu shouted anxiously.