Chapter 82: Tragedy
The first row fell, but the second row had arrived, and the pikemen needed to retract their spears before they could stab them again, at this point in time there was a gap of a few breaths, and the opposing soldiers took the opportunity to jump directly into the air, as long as they jumped over the shields, then they had a chance to fight with each other again.
But at this time, the crossbowmen were mighty, they raised the crossbow in their hands slightly, "bang", the crossbow arrows flew out, and the Great Zhou soldiers who jumped to the highest place were shot one after another, the distance between the two sides was too close, and the powerful force directly took their bodies to fly backwards, knocking down several people, and the attack was suffocating, and at this time, the pikemen could already stab out the spear again.
The pikemen deployed next to the pikemen, using short darts in their hands, this time not throwing, but looking for any enemies jumping around, and then stabbing them directly at each other.
The first line of defense survived the first of the most intense collisions, and then a protracted battle began, with waves of opposing men crashing into the defenses, and casualties on both sides began to mount dramatically. Jiang Ziya is determined to fight and win this time, after all, he has lost two battles in a row, although the second time is not considered that others did not say defeat, but the goal was not achieved, then it was a failure, Jiang Ziya is not afraid of failure.
However, once all three battles are lost, then the blow to morale is too great, and it is impossible for his division to help him charge into battle and slaughter mortal soldiers, in this case, the Holy City will inevitably be dispatched, and now the Holy City will not move is also worrying him.
The strength of the Holy City is too strong, if it is not the strength of the top, then a Holy City can beat all the disciples of the Heavenly Saints, how can such a strong strength not make people feel frightened? That is, there are a lot of saints, and the other party has only one Holy Master, otherwise the Holy City is the number one force in heaven and earth.
"The order was that the army of 30,000 people was in a team, constantly attacking the opponent's army formation, and it was not possible to stop for a moment. Jiang Ziya gave the order again, and the army in front continued to attack, and the rear began to organize the queue continuously. "Order the remaining arrows to be thrown in progression. "Da Zhou's arrow array suffered heavy losses last time, it was not much, and now there are only thousands left, but now they have no opponents, they can directly advance and throw and attack behind the Dashang defense line.
Sun Ming got up, stood the Pingtian Sword in front of him, put his hands on the end of the hilt, and looked at the line from afar. The soldiers of the Great Shang were very heroic, under the continuous impact of the other party, they still stuck to their positions, not retreating an inch, and some of the wounded soldiers even pounced directly on the other party's soldiers, pushing them out of the defense line with their bodies, but he himself would never come back.
Ci is not in charge of the soldiers, and Sun Ming has also experienced countless years of fighting, so he will naturally not be soft-hearted, but these soldiers are all good, and he will definitely give them a place to go in the future. I have to say that there are also some benefits to being a god, and now the soldiers who die in battle can be on the god list, although there is no god position, but there is no problem with being a heavenly soldier, so Sun Ming's heart is a little relieved.
At this moment, the opponent's war drums paused, and then the drums, which had been somewhat weakened, rose high again, and Huang Feihu said to Sun Ming at this time: "King, a drum has passed." ”
Sun Ming nodded and did not speak, now it was Huang Feihu, the king of Wucheng, who was commanding the army, and Huang Feihu directly ordered, "Retreat to the second line of defense." "The military order, first of all, the crossbowman fired a volley, and the shuttle dart player in front of the knife retreated, and then the run, a round of shuttle darts thrown, two powerful shocks to buy the soldiers of the first line of defense a few breaths.
They turned around directly, and at the same time did not forget to take the wounded brothers around them, as for the dead, they did not care, but they will go forward and kill back. The second line of defense opened the gap, and then closed again, and by this time the enemy had come closer, but their impact was much weaker, and the continuous impact set up a large number of obstacles in the way of the charge, whether it was wounded soldiers, corpses, and weapons.
Jiang Ziya was a little happy, after all, the other party took a step back, so they would take a second step back, "The army continues to attack, and the tired soldiers in front will be brought back immediately, so that the back ones can be made up." ”
The Great Zhou army formation also began to change, and their remaining arrow array began to be continuously thrown, but there was no shortage of shields in the defense line of the Great Shang, so the casualties were not large, but the interference was very serious, and they could not concentrate on dealing with the other party's charging formation.
The front line was completed and became a flesh mill, constantly strangling the soldiers on both sides, everyone gritted their teeth and persevered, and the soldiers on the supplementary defense line were also endless, the wounded soldiers were constantly transported to the rear and handed over to the doctors who accompanied the army, and the people shuttled back and forth in the rear with stretchers. Sun Ming, who is studying Chinese medicine himself, naturally will not forget his old profession, he knows how to do first aid in Western medicine, and it happens to be used in the army, so the mortality rate is not very high, but in the era of cold weapons, there is nothing to be done, he can't give everyone pills.
The shouting and killing has never stopped, and the soldiers on the battlefield need to use the shouting to inspire their courage, vent the fear and depression in their hearts, even in the brave soldiers, the war drums want to be conveyed to the front, the war drums are indispensable, and a certain common frequency is required, so that it can be. However, the beating of war drums is very physically demanding, and the drummers of Dashang have thousands of subordinates, and they need to be divided into several teams to take turns to change, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain.
The same is true for Da Zhou, they changed the drummer again, and even some of the war drums were changed, because the beating time was too long and the force was too great, the war drums were directly broken, and Huang Feihu said again: "The second drum has passed." Sun Ming nodded again, and then looked at the cavalry.
There was some restlessness among the cavalry, not only were the soldiers a little unsettled, but at the same time their horses were also a little impatient, the horses' hooves kept shaking the ground, occasionally neighing, and the bloody breath and war drums made the horses want to gallop.
These war horses are all trained, they are not afraid of war drums and blood, on the contrary, they also like some things, which makes them very excited, Sun Ming has already felt that the time is almost up, but he still did not speak, the prestige of the general is very important.
Wucheng King Huang Feihu was also observing the situation of the entire battlefield, he once again let the second line of defense retreat, and then the third line of defense had just made contact with the other party, and he directly ordered, "Counterattack, crossbowmen and shuttle darts attack at a high frequency." ”
The crossbowman fired the crossbow arrows at the maximum speed, and the shuttle dart player threw all his shuttle darts, so that Da Zhou's attack was blocked, but Jiang Ziya was very happy, "Haha, is the other party in a hurry......?"
The Dashang army, which was originally still defending, actually reacted against the enemy's attack and frustration, yes, it was a counterattack, the third line of defense was recuperated for a long time, and the sword and shield hand directly raised the shield in front of him, and then the entire array began to move forward, and the 20,000 cavalry on the flank finally moved at this time. The line of defense in front of them gave way and did not advance at the same time, and the cavalry began to run directly, and the only sound among them was the galloping of horses' hooves, like thunder.
The sound of horses' hooves was no stranger to the soldiers, but it was the first time they saw the galloping horses, and the soldiers of Dashang were excited after seeing them, is this the cavalry that has been hidden?
As the speed of the cavalry became faster and faster, the runner reached the peak, and they were already close to the enemy, "kill the ......" suddenly a shout broke out in the cavalry, so explosive, so imposing like a rainbow, plus the tall war horse, the enemy in front of them was frightened.
"Boom" war horses rushed directly into the enemy's formation, the first batch of Da Zhou soldiers who were impacted were actually knocked into the air, thousands of people flying in the air at the same time is also spectacular, the cavalry does not look back, they can not turn back, can only advance or detour, now the momentum accumulated for more than ten years all erupted at this moment, in the face of 500,000 enemy troops, they are indomitable.
The Great Shang army behind them began to advance, and the cavalry only fought from the flanks, and they would make a detour in the enemy's army, while the frontal engagement still had to be completed by infantry. The large-scale cavalry charge appeared for the first time, and the soldiers of the Great Zhou did not know how to deal with it at all, and it was almost impossible to solve the problem of being rushed into the camp by the cavalry. It seems that a huge rake has plowed in the Great Zhou army array, and a large piece will be missing everywhere it passes.
After the cavalry rushed five hundred paces, they began to detour, they wanted to kill the army of the Great Zhou horizontally, to relieve the pressure on the infantry, but their role was brought into full play this time, the soldiers of the Great Zhou were completely frightened, they saw the cavalry coming and hurriedly began to flee, and they did not have the courage to rush forward and fight to the death.
Indeed, in the face of the cavalry like a huge wave, how would they deal with it? Jiang Ziya was anxious at this time, "What is this? Can so many war horses charge collectively? Can their horses' hooves withstand a complicated battlefield? How can this be, why is there not the slightest intelligence? Someone came and ordered the arrow array to go forward to block it." "Jiang Ziya is not stupid, he knows that the infantry phalanx cannot be intercepted, so he can only rely on the arrow array.
There is nothing wrong with the order, the mistake is that the battlefield will not change because of people's ideas, the arrow array is fired progressively, so that they are within the cutting range of the cavalry, the infantry military array of the big merchant in front has been pressed, and at the same time there is a danger of being cut in the rear, although the order flag can pass the military order, but their current space is a little narrow, plus the formation is not in order after the chaos, the arrow array cannot be stopped, and even cannot retreat close to the cavalry, after all, the speed of the cavalry is too fast.
There are countless souls under the horse's hooves, and the body of the war horse has been soaked in blood and can't see its true colors, but the cavalry is still charging selflessly, and there are people around them from time to time who fall, but this does not affect their emotions and courage, they know on the first day that the cavalry will fall off the horse, but today everything is worth it, they can still move forward.