After a while, the silent Bohai Army array immediately went into an uproar, with the soldiers making noise and denounced the Tang army for being despicable and shameless.
Seeing that the Bohai Navy's momentum suddenly became stronger, Beghuhuomai spread his hands to Li Chengzhong and said: "It's finished. The governor asked me to shoot." That means that this arrow aroused the opponent's fighting spirit. This is your order. This
Don't blame me then.
Li Chengzhong nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Good arrows!" He was happy in his heart and eagerly waited for the opponent to attack. Instructing beggars to buy arrows to shoot the enemy general was not a whim of Li Chengzhong. He just saw that the opponent was not very willing to fight, so he was afraid.
The opponent did not take the initiative to attack. There was a huge disparity in strength between the two armies. Although Li Chengzhong was confident of victory, if the opponent took the initiative to attack, Li Chengzhong would not mind causing more losses to the opponent first, and his own casualties would be lighter.
The effect of this arrow was very good, and the Bohai Navy began to take the initiative to attack as Li Chengzhong wished.
As usual, the Bohai Navy sent out a wave of arrows. This wave of arrows was basically ineffective. Most of them fell in the no-man's land in front of the formations of the two armies. Only a few sparsely scattered into the front line of the Yingzhou Army. They had no force and were captured.
The sword and shield soldiers in the first two rows raised their shields and easily blocked it. Although it was ineffective, it strengthened the Bohai Navy a bit. Thousands of Bohai Navy soldiers charged the Yingzhou Army with their guns drawn.
As soon as the Bohai Navy launched, the pikemen of the Yingzhou Army hidden behind the sword and shield soldiers had already put on their long bows and waited for a long time. Following the officer's order, hundreds of large arrows rose into the air, and then fell rapidly, just in time to hit the enemy head-on.
Among the dense brigade of the Bohai Navy that came over, I heard bursts of screams. The Bohai Navy immediately fell in pieces, and the rest were still moving forward according to inertia. Another rain of arrows came, and among the compact Bohai attack troops,
Immediately large areas of sparseness and blankness appeared.
The attacking Bohai soldiers were stunned when faced with the sudden long-range arrow barrage. I don't know who was the first to shout. The remaining few hundred people immediately turned around and swarmed back to their own military formation.
There was a burst of chaos.
Before the third big arrow was fired by the soldiers in the back row of the Yingzhou Army, they heard each team shouting urgently to stop. Inexplicably, they looked through the gap where the sword and shield soldiers in the front row were standing, only to find that the opponent had fled back.
They couldn't help but look at each other - this... was too overwhelming, wasn't it?
The beggar who was standing next to Li Chengzhong couldn't help shouting: "Captain, the enemy's formation is in chaos, let the cavalry charge."
Li Chengzhong was also stunned and said: "Are you sure?"
The beggar paid his dues and said: "Hurry up! If you lose the opportunity for a moment, it will be too late if you don't rush forward!"
An Duanquan and Pu Dichen couldn't help but chimed in: "Commander, charge, the enemy's formation is indeed in chaos."
The other officers of the Yingzhou Army did not say a word, but waited silently for orders.
Li Chengzhong shook his head and said: "It's not completely chaotic yet."
The beggar said: "The front line is in chaos. As long as the governor gives me five hundred men, I guarantee that I can fight in!"
Li Chengzhong said: "There are too many enemy troops. Although we can win this way, if they are entangled together, our army's losses will definitely be heavy."
The beggar said anxiously: "Even if we lose three or five hundred people, so what! If the governor gives me five hundred people, I guarantee that the loss will be controlled within three hundred, and we will definitely be able to break through this army formation!"
Li Chengzhong still shook his head. He begged for life and said: "Two hundred people! The loss exceeds two hundred people. I will cut my own head!"
Li Chengzhong continued to shake his head. He was speechless and beat his chest and feet bitterly. Li Chengzhong was amused by the beggar and suddenly asked: "Yuhou, have you ever heard of a zero-casualty war?"
"Zero casualties? Are you kidding me, the governor?" Beggars eyes widened and he shouted in disbelief: "Is the governor crazy?"
Zhong Shao on the side couldn't listen any longer. He shouted to the beggar: "In the military formation, we used bad words to the governor. Aren't we afraid of violating military law by begging for a job?"
The beggar curled his lips and did not dare to say more. But he was still unconvinced.
Li Chengzhong waved his hand to stop Zhong Shao's scolding, smiled at Qihuomai and said: "Qihuomai Yuhou, I will make a bet with you, are you willing?"
The beggar asked, "What bet?"
Looking at the Bohai Navy who was shaken by a hail of arrows, Li Chengzhong was suddenly full of confidence at this moment: "What if we defeat the enemy with zero casualties in this battle and beg for a living to buy Yuhou and serve me wholeheartedly from then on?"
Qi Huomai didn't believe Li Chengzhong's "nonsense" at all, and said disdainfully: "If we can achieve zero casualties, my life as Qi Huomai will belong to the governor from now on!"
"really?"
Qihuomai was once again angered by Li Chengzhong and shouted: "I, Qihuomai, am a good Khitan man. What I have said cannot be ignored! Qihuomai swore to the ancestor god Qingniu Baimai that if the governor can achieve zero casualties in this battle,
, begging for a living and working wholeheartedly to serve the governor for the rest of his life - no! All my descendants will be loyal to the Li family. If you violate this oath, you will be punished by heaven and earth, and your soul will not be allowed to enter the ancestral court of Helan Mountain after your death!"
"Very good, beg for money and pay for it, watch it carefully." Li Chengzhong said with a smile.
The beggar snorted coldly and turned to look at him.
Although Zhong Shao has always defended Li Chengzhong, he couldn't help but whisper at this moment: "How can the governor make a bet with this guy that there will be zero casualties... I'm afraid it will be difficult." In fact, in his mind, defeating the opponent with zero casualties is not "somewhat difficult"
”, but it is simply impossible.
Li Chengzhong blinked at Zhong Shao and whispered: "What are you afraid of? If you lose, you lose. We, Lao Li, have nothing to lose."
Zhong Shao carefully recalled the bet between the two of them just now, and suddenly realized that he was so angry that he was so angry that he was begging for work. He didn't even think about what he would do if his governor lost, and he snickered unconsciously.
The Bohai Navy finally reorganized the defeated troops and gathered them into the rear formation. Zhu Chengyu breathed a sigh of relief and said to the left and right: "It seems that General Tang does not understand the art of war. If he had just led his army to attack in a hurry, our army would have been afraid."
It's dangerous! Now... hum!" The generals all complimented again.
Zhu Chengyu verbally asked for an advantage, but he was afraid of the Tang army's ultra-long-range bows and arrows, saying: "The Tang army is good at shooting long distances, what can be done about it?"
A general said: "I just led the charging troops out of the formation without carrying shields, so the damage was quite heavy. If we don't send the jumping troops forward in the next formation, we can block the enemy's arrows."
Zhu Chengyu nodded and immediately ordered the Tiaodang army to go out. In the final analysis, he still thought that his own side was strong and the enemy's army was weak. After all, his side was three or four times the enemy's army, so it was a dominant situation.
Two thousand Tiaodang soldiers armed with shields and knives came out from the rear and gathered in front of the Bohai Formation. Then they shouted in unison and moved forward. But this time, they did not have the fierce momentum as they had just led the Japanese troops.
You have to be careful and peek from behind the shield to watch the Tang army's moves while walking.
The battle procedures of the Yingzhou Army's formation had been rehearsed countless times, and it didn't need to be said by Li Chengzhong. Hundreds of longbows buzzed again. Big arrows half a man's height flew towards the Bohai Navy again. The Bohai Navy quickly flew away.
He lowered his body and held his shield diagonally upward to protect himself, when he heard a dense sound of broken wood. Then there was another dense scream. The shield held by the Tiaodang Army could not block the penetrating power of the big arrow.
Sergeant Bai was skewered by big arrows and shields on the spot.
The Tiaodang Army could not bear this kind of casualties. The scene of the brothers around them being stabbed to the ground with huge arrow shafts and shields was too terrifying. Countless people turned around and ran backwards at the same time, fearing that they would be overtaken by the second wave of arrows from the Tang Army.
Zhu Chengyu was furious, but this time he was prepared. The swordsman and axe-hand had been waiting in front of the formation and chopped down dozens of Tiaodang soldiers who were the first to escape. Only then did he stop the rout. He shouted
He said: "Let me go back and fight. As long as we rush to the front of the Tang army's formation, we can avoid the disaster of arrows! Anyone who dares to turn around and flee will be executed! Behead one level and reward thirty thousand!" Under the heavy reward,
The Tiaodang Army gathered momentum and turned around to attack the Yingzhou Army's main formation again, but this time they ran much faster. They tried their best to get past the Yingzhou Army's big arrow attack.
At the same time, Zhu Chengyu ordered the Bohai archers to fire arrows at the Yingzhou army. The Bohai navy's arrows could not reach the Yingzhou army. The few who could shoot far were exhausted. On the contrary, some archers had lived a peaceful life for too long and were neglectful.
During the training, he was unable to draw the bow. The arrow was shot too close, which actually injured his sprinting sergeant. This caused a lot of curses in the formation.
The Yingzhou Army followed the officer's instructions in an orderly manner and fired three arrows in succession, causing huge damage to the Bohai Navy. However, the Bohai Navy relied on the large number of people and still passed through the shooting range of the big arrows. Seeing the opponent rushing closer, the Yingzhou Army immediately
Throw away the bow and replace the gun.
The Bohai Tiaodang Army, which had passed through the range of the arrows, finally breathed a sigh of relief. They no longer had to endure the brutal blows of the giant arrows. However, when they rushed in front of the Yingzhou Army, they once again smashed the arrows that had just been loosened.
The tone was raised again - the Yingzhou Army completed the formation change in a very short period of time. A dense forest of spears and spears suddenly appeared from behind the sword and shield soldiers in the front row, and the iron metal spear heads flashed in the sun.
With the icy cold light!
Ru Lin's spear stab immediately made the Bohai navy soldiers' hearts go cold. The soldier who was rushing to the front stopped desperately, but was pushed forward by the soldiers behind him and stumbled into him.
What will happen when the gun array encounters a dense army of sword and shield soldiers mainly used for close attacks?
Straight thrust, diagonal thrust - straight thrust, diagonal thrust - straight thrust, diagonal thrust... The spear stabbing technique of the Yingzhou Army is very simple, just two movements, but it is extremely effective! The spear follows the gap between the shields.
It penetrated every gap, and after pulling it out, the tip of the spear was already covered with blood...
A massacre!
Qi Huomai witnessed everything that happened in front of him with his eyes wide open. He was not surprised that the gun array stabbed the Bohai Sword and Shield soldiers who hit him into bloody men. What surprised him was that the Yingzhou Army changed their formations again.
! Moreover, the timing of this change of formation was perfectly grasped, and the process of changing formation was extremely simple, which made him feel relaxed and happy!
The whole process is like this: the Yingzhou army begins to change its formation within thirty steps of the enemy's arrival... The first two rows of sword and shield soldiers are like marionettes at the same time, arranged forward and backward into four rows - the two immediately adjacent rows.
One of the people took a step forward or backward, and the other person stayed still. Then the first row and the third row took a step to the right at the same time, and passages appeared. The second two rows of spearmen also completed this action at the same time, only
However, the second and fourth rows took a step to the left and formed a staggered formation with the sword and shield soldiers in front. They walked forward along the passage where the sword and shield soldiers flashed out, and then repeated the actions they just made.
, except this time it is a restoration process.
It is very complicated to describe, but it is completed very quickly. After the formation adjustment is completed, the Bohai Navy has just rushed to within ten steps. What kind of calmness and coordination is needed!
Such a change seems very miraculous in the eyes of the beggar, but it is a conditioned reflex reaction imprinted in the bone marrow of every Yingzhou Army soldier. They must complete such an action at least ten times a day during recruit training!
Qi Huomai looked at An Duanquan and Pu Dichen beside him. Both of them were stunned. It had been a long time since the array changes were completed. An Duanquan murmured to himself: "Strong army... so strong..."