Historically, the war in the era of cold weapons was quite cruel, no matter how advanced the equipment was, the soldiers on both sides were always hand-to-hand combat, fighting for their lives, and the higher the morale, the more courageous they were. In this world, the original Dao Immortal Technique is very mysterious, and it can even defeat ten thousand people. A magic weapon is down, even if you want to fight hard, there is no way, so the role of soldiers is not as obvious as in conventional combat.

Now that the Six Saints have laid down the spell of forbidden arts, there is no Taoist art and immortal art, and they have returned to their original regular battles. The morale of the soldiers is particularly important, the higher the morale, the more desperate they can be. When they meet on narrow roads, the brave wins, and sometimes they can even win more with less. The kind of military generals in front of the battle is to show personal martial arts and courage to boost morale. But this kind of personal martial arts is not able to really fight hard with the army, no matter how high the martial arts are, at most it is just to kill a few more people to accompany the funeral, and it is absolutely no match for thousands of troops.

Therefore, when a large number of sergeants on the other side were slowly approaching, even Jiang Wenhuan, who was brave and championed the three armies, did not dare to be defeated, and retreated into the formation early in the morning. Jiang Wenhuan saw that Wen Zhong did not immediately send archers, so he hurriedly asked: "Taishi, the Zhou army is approaching, why don't you respond to the enemy with archers?"

Wen Zhong frowned and said: "Jiang Ziya is not a stupid person, he was defeated by our army archers last time, and now there must be tricks, and the enemy should not be underestimated." ”

"Taishi, the soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. Such a delay is only afraid that it will delay the fighter. Zhang Shan on the side said: "With our army's archers shooting from a long distance, and the ability to advance and retreat freely, we should not be afraid of the enemy, if there is any abnormality, the Taishi can collect the troops in time." ”

Wen Zhong has rich experience in leading troops, and he knows that the battlefield is changing rapidly, especially when the two armies are facing each other, the fighter plane is fleeting, and there is no need to hesitate.

The archers had defeated the heavy cavalry of the Western Zhou Dynasty last time and made great achievements, and now they are eager to try it when they face the enemy again. Hearing the coach's order, he immediately spread out the formation and rushed forward.

Each of the archers was armed with a special longbow, carried a large quiver, and wore light willow armor. After approaching the effective range of the opponent's giant shield, it began to launch a rain of arrows. But the giant shield of the Western Zhou Dynasty seems to be particularly strong and thick. Even the armor-piercing arrows of the merchant army could not penetrate. Moreover, the defensive area of the giant shield is very large, and when facing the archers to shoot, the support behind the giant shield is put down and tilted backwards at 60 degrees, which effectively protects the sergeants behind the shield and makes the arrows of the archers useless.

As soon as the drumming sound of the Western Zhou Dynasty changed, the formation of the giant shield soldiers slowly changed, and it was combined into a column of hollow trapezoids with small tops and large bottoms, and at this moment, the back of the shield array made a neat sound. Rows of spears roared out through the gaps left by the shield array, and it was the power of the ballista. This car can shoot four arrows in unison. Moreover, the force of the machine was very strong, far superior to manpower, and many of the mounts of the archers were pierced by the spears fired and fell to the ground.

Wen Zhong's brows furrowed: The range and power of the Western Zhou Ballista were much more powerful than the last time they fought, and it could fire four arrows at once, greatly increasing its lethality. However, he was well aware of the disadvantage of the ballista, which was that it was very time-consuming to reload, after one round of fire. It takes a lot of time to launch the next round. Wen Zhong immediately beat the drum and ordered the archers to avoid the ballista fire, and at the same time quickly break through the giant shield array, close the distance with the ballista, and defeat the ballista within the effective range.

The cavalry archers had experience with ballistae, and now spread their formation more out and rushed forward. The formation of the giant shield array was very firmly guarded, except for the giant shield on the front, both sides were tightly protected by long shields. Not afraid of the arrows that were fired, the spears protruded from the outside, making the scimitars of the archers inaccessible and causing damage.

Cavalry archers can only pass through the space between the giant shield arrays. So. It is more conducive to ballista focused shooting. The ballista seemed to be ready. Shooting in turns was carried out in several batches. The casualties of the archers were not small. But there will be a time when the ballista will shoot all the ground. It is also slow to reload. A few rounds later. It can't be used anymore for a while. The archers who had already held their bellies in their stomachs stopped firing when they saw each other. They rushed through the shield array. Shoot at the ballista. Sure enough, the enemy troops fell to the ground. Turn around and run away.

However, just as the archers passed through the shield position. The shield array began to change. Layer upon layer. The back road of the archers was gradually blocked. The two ends also slowly coincide. Form an encirclement. Wen Zhong saw it. The complexion changed dramatically. blurted out: "Not good!"

Now it seems. The real purpose of the ballista. Not to attack the archers. Rather, it was to lure the archers through the shield array. And the giant shield array is in sight. Nor is it for the sake of archers. Rather, wait for the archers to pass. Seal the way out.

In all fairness. The extremely mobile archers are indeed very powerful in that kind of tactics. It is almost impossible to find any effective classes of restraint. Unless you can take advantage of the terrain. Cooperate accordingly with tactics. to be able to crack.

Now this shield array. It is the artificially created "geographical advantage" factor. It seems that the Western Zhou Dynasty also took great pains in dealing with the Great Shang Archers.

Wen Zhong's mind turned sharply: the greatest advantage of the archers is not the lethality of the bow and arrow. It's about being maneuverable. Advance and retreat with ease. Offensive and defensive. Now the back road is blocked. It's a big bad thing. Jiang Ziya must have some killing moves that are not good for the archers. It seems that immediate response is required.

Sure enough, the giant shield array was just the way back, and the retreating formation of the Zhou army stopped again, and huge chariots drove from the formation. The chariot appeared to be a modified Wugang car, covered with thick armor on the outside, empty underneath, with wheels inside, and several crossbow shooting holes that could be adjusted. This shape is somewhat similar to the armored vehicles of later generations, but it relies on manpower to push the four wheels forward internally, and each vehicle has a special person responsible for command and shooting.

For the unknown, human beings always have an inexplicable fear, and the archers couldn't help but be shocked when they saw that this strange car was impenetrable to arrows, and that their whole body could send out powerful crossbows. But the archers were nimble after all, and while avoiding the strange cars, they shot at the Zhou army, and they couldn't hold each other for a while.

At this time, the Zhou army began to move the shield array backwards, further compressing the activity space of the archers, once the archers ran out of arrows or the range of movement was limited to death, then there was only one end, and the whole army was annihilated.

As early as when the shield array was shrinking, Wen Zhong ordered the drums to beat and ordered the archers to retreat, but the shield array was very well defended and could not break through, and even the ends of the two sections were sealed, and it was impossible to break through for a while.

Wen Zhong immediately made a decision and assigned a special general. Lead a squad of infantry and rush towards the shield array.

This general is indeed "special", and it is the Wu culture brought by Han Sheng and Han Chang brothers last time when they presented a 10,000-bladed car. This Wu Wenhua is several feet tall, like a giant King Kong, majestic, when running. Even the ground trembled.

In the original work, Wu Wenhua has infinite power, can travel boats on land, eat only cows, and have a row of wood in his hands, which is the nemesis of obstacles such as antlers. Today's Wu Wenhua has been specially instructed by Zhang Zixing to make a set of full-body armor, and the row of wood in his hand has also been replaced with a huge iron blade, and he also carries a slightly shorter mace on his back.

The Giant Shieldmen saw such a giant. He was so frightened that he hid behind the giant shield with trepidation, trying to take precautions. How do you know that Wu culture was originally a "professional" background to clear obstacles. The iron blade in his hand waved quickly, and the rows of giant shields were swept away like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

This guy did it for a while, and he didn't think the iron was easy, so he simply threw it, took out the mace giant stick behind his back, and smashed it directly towards the giant shield, although the giant shield is special, it can defend against armor-piercing arrows. But how could he resist the strange power of Wu Wenhua and the terrible mace, it immediately fell apart, and even the people behind him were smashed into meat sauce.

There are bold soldiers who use spears to stab Wu culture, but Wu culture's whole body is heavy, invulnerable, and the whole person is a moving steel chariot, those soldiers not only did not hurt Wu culture, but aroused his ferocity, and the mace in his hand was even more tyrannical. The giant shield soldiers died when they touched it, and they were seriously injured when they rubbed it, and everywhere they went, they were as devastating as they were. Taking advantage of the momentum of Wu culture, the infantry of the merchant army was also like a tiger out of the cage, extremely violent, and gradually dismantled the shield array.

Those sergeants were so frightened by Wu Wenhua that they dared to stand still and wait for death, and they abandoned their shields and fled. With the help of Wu Culture. The sergeants quickly cleared a wide passageway. With enough space, the advantages of the archers were immediately manifested. Hurry up and seize the opportunity, join the place, and retreat in an orderly manner while firing arrows at the rear.

Jiang Ziya was also startled when he saw Wu Wenhua, and saw that he was about to destroy the most elite archer cavalry unit of the Shang army, but was destroyed by this monster, he was shocked and annoyed, and hurriedly ordered the "armored car" to move forward quickly and surrounded him.

Wu Wenhua really lived up to the name of the "monster" that Jiang Ziya thought, and was not afraid of this strange car, but became interested, rushed forward, and smashed the mace on a car in front, smashing the entire body down immediately. I saw fragments scattered, and the soldiers in the car turned into a pool of flesh and blood, and none of them were spared.

Wu Wenhua smashed a few cars in a row, and those soldiers were so frightened that they didn't dare to come forward, Jiang Ziya hurriedly ordered the loaded ballista to shoot at Wu Wenhua, and for a while the spears rained, but Wu Wenhua's armor was specially made, covering the whole body, although it was densely filled with crossbow arrows, the inside did not suffer any fatal injuries, but rushed forward more fiercely, and the soldiers along the way all suffered. Ji Fa's younger brother Ji Shuben commanded the attack in a chariot, and when he saw Wu Wenhua menacing, destroying the car and killing people, he couldn't help but panic and quickly abandoned the car and fled. However, Uncle Ji finally hit the death and escaped from the car not far away, but was shot by the fragments of Wu Wenhua's smashed vehicle, passed through his chest, and died on the spot.

Huang Feihu was in danger, and commanded the soldiers to secretly place the chain underground, and when Wu Wenhua rushed in, the chain was suddenly pulled up. Wu Wenhua really didn't notice it, and fell heavily to the ground, plunging the bolt of the ballista a lot deeper. The sergeants swarmed up and tried to chop them to death. How do you know that Wu Wenhua is heavily armored all over his body, and he is full of strange power, and with a sweep of the mace, the sergeants who came close to him turned into broken corpses, and their flesh and blood flew all over the place, and soon, they were climbed up by this giant man.

At this time, the archers had all rushed out of the broken shield array, and Wen Zhong immediately ordered the drums to be beaten, ordering Wu Wenhua and the sergeants to retreat. Wu Wenhua has also suffered a lot of injuries in the war, and his strength is gradually not as good as before, so he listened to the commander's order and hurriedly led the infantry to run back. The archers and cavalry broke out of the encirclement, this setback was not small, and they were also extremely depressed in their hearts, and they fired arrows again and again, shooting and killing the enemy troops who were chasing Wu Wenhua and his party.

Wen Zhong secretly thought that the damage of the archers was not light, and the arrows were about to run out, and at that moment Mingjin withdrew the troops, Jiang Ziya's achievements were defeated, and he was afraid of the combat power of the merchant army, so he did not chase after him, and collected the army and returned to the camp.

Although the Zhou army relied on tactics and new chariots to defeat the archers, the subsequent emergence of Wu culture made this victory fall short, and caused a lot of casualties, so that the originally high morale of the Zhou army was also affected. There were casualties on both sides, and it was a draw.

Wen Zhong returned to Jinjiling, sullen, all the generals knew that today's war was unfavorable, and they didn't dare to say much. Wu Wenhua said: "Taishi, when the injury recovers at the end, he should rob Zhou Ying and discipline him for not having a piece of armor, so as to avenge the hatred of the bow and cavalry losing power." ”

Today, thanks to Wu Culture, the archers were able to escape quickly. When Wen Zhongwen heard this, he showed a look of relief: "General Wu has worked hard today and made great contributions, which is worthy of praise." At present, I will recuperate with peace of mind, and I will have the time to make special contributions. This time, the two armies were evenly divided, but I was afraid that Jiang Shang still had tricks, and each battalion should be strictly guarded at night to prevent the enemy from attacking. ”

Hong Jin said disapprerovingly: "The master is too worried, our army is stationed on the main road of Jinjiling. There is a risk of geographical advantages, how can the Zhou army dare to attack at night?"

Wen Zhong nodded and said, "Although General Hong's words are reasonable, I always have a feeling of uneasiness in my heart. In any case, it is better to be careful. ”

All the generals were ordered to retreat.

Late at night, Wen Zhong still couldn't sleep peacefully in the main camp, thinking hard about how to defeat the enemy.

At this moment, an emergency bell was suddenly heard, and it was an enemy attack alarm. Wen Zhong hurriedly left the camp, and saw that Jiang Wenhuan was commanding the emergency dispatch of soldiers and horses, going down the mountain, and preparing for the battle. However, not long after. I only heard the roar and tremor around the mountainside, making a thunderclap, and the sergeant shouting. Hearing this, Ji Li happened to report it: "Taishi! The enemy army has launched a surprise attack, and our army has suffered heavy casualties!"

Wen Zhong said angrily: "Didn't you order all battalions to be on strict guard? Jiang Yuanshuai also dispatched the law, why did there be such casualties so quickly?"

Ji Li hurriedly said: "The enemy army also didn't know what means they used, so that countless boulders fell from the sky, our army was unable to defend against it, and most of the Banpo sergeants' tents were destroyed. The casualties were heavy. ”

Zhang Shan also hurriedly reported: "The scouts found out that the enemy army was at the bottom of the mountain at this time, about a mile away from our army, and did not alarm the antler wooden fence, but took advantage of the night to attack with a large number of strange cars and stones. The strange car was extremely good, with an extremely long range and great damage, and it was impossible to defend against it at all, and even General Wu Wenhua was seriously injured by the boulder. ”

Can it shoot boulders to attack? Can it be launched from a distance of nearly a mile? Where did Western Zhou get such strange methods!

Wen Zhong's mind was spinning, and he ordered: "That kind of strange car." He will not tolerate melee combat. Quickly send an order to Jiang Yuanshuai. At all costs, we must also rush forward. Destroy such a strange thing for Zhou Jun!"

Soon, Yu Qing came to report again: "There are many ballistae bows and arrows in front of the enemy's strange cars, and there are antlers blocking the road in our army's own land, and the archers and cavalry cannot get close to shoot due to the unfavorable terrain. At present, the overall formation of the enemy's strange car is still slowly moving forward, and I implore the Taishi to decide!"

Deng Zhong and Zhang Jie are the generals newly received by Wen Zhong, and now they are really sad when they hear the news of their deaths. Now the terrible sound of stone-throwing at the foot of the mountain is still continuous, the fire is everywhere, and the sergeants are in a mess, and they see that there is no return. Wen Zhong let out a long sigh and finally made the decision to retreat from Jinji Ridge.

The Zhou army learned that the Shang army was defeated and retreated, and led a large army to chase after it, and finally the Shang army was well-trained, and after paying a certain number of casualties, the main force finally withdrew safely to Bishui Pass.

The first battle of the Great Shang crusade against the Western Zhou Dynasty ended in the defeat of the Shang army, and the morale of the Western Zhou Dynasty was greatly boosted, and the original doubts about Ji Fa's desperate preparation for war also became quieter. You must know that the Zhou army defeated the land, but the Great Shang Army was a great victory!

In the Land of Bliss, the leader of the Dao, who had been paying close attention to this battle, said: "The Western Zhou Dynasty is prosperous. ”

After that, he looked at each other and smiled.

In the Jade Void Palace, Yuan Shi Tianzun slowly bowed his head and said to the Antarctic Immortal: "This battle should be the beginning of the decline of great business luck. You go to Xiqi quickly, tell Ziya, and make that happen as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Zixing, who was far away in Chaoge, also received the news of the defeat of the merchant army through some kind of equipment in the first time, and when he looked at the specific number of casualties, Zhang Zixing's hand suddenly tightened, but his face was expressionless.

Shang Qingjun knew that he was not in a good mood, and said: "Husband, don't worry, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. ”

Zhang Zixing sighed: "Qing'er, why don't you ask me, why don't you use that kind of mysterious weapon to deal with Western Zhou?"

"If you use that weapon, even if it's a mecha, it can instantly destroy the combat effectiveness of the Zhou army," this is indeed Shang Qingjun's question in his heart, "Is the husband worried about having a dry Tianhe?"

Zhang Zixing shook his head and said, "War is originally bloodshed, how can there be any harmony between heaven and heaven?"

Yunxiao on the side answered this question: "Sister Qingjun, you don't know anything. Although the battle of human immortals is divided, there are still many people in the human world who need to be on the list to be robbed, and it is definitely not possible to avoid it by tricks. Even if the husband destroys the Western Zhou Dynasty with lightning speed, the human world will still be in constant war, and even last for many years. This time, only by breaking first can we stand later. If you want to break and then stand, you will inevitably suffer casualties, and the husband has the intention to redefine the world by killing and robbing and creating a peaceful and prosperous era that will last forever, so he must be ruthless at this moment. ”

Zhang Zixing shook his head and said: "No! Not only that! If it is necessary to redefine the situation of the world, there is one thing that I didn't know, the day before yesterday, the three Holy Emperors of Biyou Palace suddenly gained something when they participated in the enlightenment and beat the divine whip, and they told me in a letter, so I knew." This murder and robbery was an unprecedented catastrophe, so it was only after the divine whip was struck that the robbery came out. There are three stages of heaven, earth, and man, and this killing must be full of three numbers before the merit can be fully completed. ”

The women had learned from Zhang Zixing about the special role of the whip, but it was the first time they had heard of this three-position theory, and they couldn't help but show surprise.

Zhang Zixing said a little anxiously: "The so-called number of heaven, earth, and people is nothing more than that they want to die!

PS: Today's business is busy, grab all the spare code words, although the second is late, but today still completed more than 10,000 words, begging for monthly ticket support. (Tearfully raising his arms and shouting: The "Double Cultivation Day"!)

As for the question of the end of the book asked by a friend, Diandian pretended to answer mysteriously here: everything comes according to the outline, there will be no intentional delay, and it will not be finished in a hurry.