Compared with the previous rain of crossbow arrows, although the crossbow arrows fired this time were not dense, they had extremely strong penetrating power.
The crossbow bolt with extremely strong penetrating power hit the wooden shield wrapped in iron, directly penetrating the shield and nailing the shield hand behind the shield to the ground.
Some arrow clusters are even more terrifying when they are shot directly through the gaps in the shield. Not only do they penetrate the bodies of the crossbowmen in the back row, they also directly penetrate the crossbowmen behind them. If there is no barrier from the shield, these arrow clusters can often penetrate.
The bodies of the two of them were in terrifying and unusual condition.
On the shield wall over there, a row of crossbowmen fired their crossbows and quickly retreated behind the shield, followed by another row of crossbowmen climbing up and firing arrows at this side. Although the crossbows were single-shot crossbows, they could not
It fires continuously, but its power is terrifying.
"Strong crossbow!" Bi Zaiyu said through gritted teeth.
However, I have to lament that the Jin army has strong national strength. Not only did they take out the lost repeated crossbows in this battle, but they could even take out so many powerful crossbows at once.
With the combination of repeating crossbows and powerful crossbows, Bi Zaiyu really didn't think that their single crossbows could gain an advantage in this kind of shooting. Especially the opponent's crossbowmen were hiding behind the huge shield wall.
It is simply difficult for the crossbowmen here to cause effective damage to the opponent.
"Retreat! Spread out and retreat!" Seeing the rows of crossbowmen he had trained under the opponent's strong bows and crossbows, without even a chance to resist, Bi Zaiyu could only continue to command the crossbowmen to retreat, hoping to withdraw.
The opponent's range.
Archers are a very precious unit and are much more difficult to train than spearmen or sword and shield soldiers.
Relatively speaking, crossbowmen are much easier to train than archers. However, crossbows are a waste of money. If the soldiers are wasted here, the crossbows in their hands will be
No time to tidy up.
And it just so happens that the crossbow is an easily damaged item. When it is put away again after the war, it may become something else!
Therefore, Bi Zaiyu could not let the crossbowmen be exposed to the opponent's crossbows and remain indifferent.
"Advance!" Yue Fei gave the order again, the flag was fluttering, and the huge shield was moving like a city wall.
"Crunch~"
Behind the shield wall, the unpleasant sound of the bow string being stretched to its limit sounded again like the curse of death. Bi Zaiyu's face turned green. He had not forgotten the wave of crossbow attacks just now.
If the Jin army really wants to follow them and keep shooting at them, if this accumulates, the final losses will be huge.
In fact, under this situation, if the generals of the Jin army were in the situation of the Xuzhou army, they would definitely send cavalry to wait for the opportunity.
Most people think that crossbowmen can restrain cavalry. This is actually a mistake. A thousand crossbowmen and a thousand cavalry are fighting in an open area. No matter how they fight, as long as the cavalry is prepared, they will not lose. As long as the leading generals are not stubborn.
, they are invincible from birth.
The reason is very simple. The crossbowmen have the advantage of shooting range, but the arrows are cocked too slowly. If the cavalry charges, the crossbowmen only have one chance to shoot.
Moreover, in addition to the huge impact, the cavalry also has strong maneuverability. As long as the cavalry is not thinking hard, there will always be a way to dodge if they want to.
Of course, if the terrain is narrow and the crossbowmen defend it, once a rotational shooting situation can be formed, the crossbowmen can indeed become the natural enemy of the cavalry. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the dead soldiers who climbed up first could destroy the white horse rebels, and combined with the terrain and enemy forces at that time
It has a huge relationship with the fact that the military commander has no flexibility.
In other words, crossbowmen must not be approached by cavalry. Once they are approached by cavalry, ten crossbowmen cannot defeat one cavalry.
However, the Jin army's cavalry was strong, and under the same conditions, they had the capital to allow the cavalry to break the formation.
But the Xuzhou Army can't do it. Zhao Kuangyin only has so few cavalry. If he shoots at the crossbow and breaks through the shield wall, by the time the battle is over, the strength of the cavalry in his hand will have been exhausted.
Almost there.
Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin could not use the power of cavalry to break the formation at this time.
"Lord, after all, the enemy's crossbows are limited in number, so why be afraid of them!" Tian Dan quickly reminded Zhao Kuangyin.
If an army going to war wants to win, unless it is in some extreme circumstances, it will need the cooperation of various arms. Pikemen, sword and axemen, shield soldiers, archers, cavalry and other arms have a strong relationship with each other.
Cooperate so that you can deal with various complex battle situations.
After all, Yue Fei only had 10,000 soldiers and horses, which was only one-third of their strength. If these 10,000 soldiers and horses were divided again, there would not be many remaining crossbowmen! Let’s go further.
The number of crossbowmen among them was even smaller.
Covered by a shield array, their shields may not be able to defend against the opponent's powerful crossbows, but they can defend against the opponent's repeating crossbows.
Although the powerful crossbow is indeed amazingly powerful, in terms of shooting efficiency, it is far inferior to the continuous crossbow. Tian Dan means that instead of passively retreating like this, it is better to bite the bullet and fight head-on, as long as the two sides can hold on until the two sides are in close combat.
time, then their strength advantage can be brought into play.
After that time, the situation between the two parties should also be reversed!
"Woooooo~"
Amidst the desolate sound of horns, rows of shield vehicles were pushed out. The so-called shield vehicles were actually modified city assault vehicles, except that the bumper was removed and the shield in front was thickened.
Since the defense of one shield was not enough, Zhao Kuangyin simply stacked several shields together and used this method to strengthen the defense, thus launching an attack as Tian Dan said.
Although it is a little clumsy and has a single function, its ability to withstand strikes is stronger.
After the shield cart, a large number of crossbowmen advanced slowly behind the shield cart. Another row of long arrows fell down, and many arrow clusters were directly nailed to the shield cart. There was also a baffle above the shield cart. Use
came to protect the soldiers, but the sharp arrow clusters were not able to break through the defense of the shield car as before. The Xuzhou Army who had just regrouped in the rear couldn't help but let out bursts of cheers when they saw this.
"Grand Governor, the other side has sent a strange chariot. Our crossbowmen cannot penetrate the enemy's defense." Huang Feihu looked at Yue Fei and said.
"Oh?" Hearing this, Yue Fei led his people up to the observation deck. Looking at the slowly approaching shield chariot and the large number of soldiers behind the shield chariot, he frowned and thought for a while and said: "Still in the same direction as before, shoot upward!
