There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 2703: The archer ascends the building and shoots the horse first
Chapter 2703: The archer ascends the building and shoots the horse first
Zhongjun of the Jin Army, Shuaitai.
All the people looked solemnly and looked at the rear army. Seven or eight hundred steps away from here, the cavalry on both sides were crisscrossing back and forth, charging and killing repeatedly. The ground was littered with corpses, and the surviving soldiers were all hit by more than a few arrows.
The cavalry on horseback are all heavily armored, and some can still fight after being hit by many arrows, but the light soldiers of Wu who lack protective gear are more tragic. Of the more than 2,000 swordsmen who entered the battle, six have fallen.
Seven hundred people were mixed with almost the same number of corpses of the Yan army's front cavalry who fell to the ground, making the scene extremely tragic.
Yu Yue looked at Kezu Chao'er, who was fighting with Tan Shao, with the two horses staggered and fighting each other with halberds and axes like a revolving door. He sighed: "These armored cavalry are indeed the best soldiers in a million, whether they are
Generals and soldiers can fight against our elites. If we hadn't used so many tricks in the past, it would be really difficult to deal with them."
Liu Muzhi nodded: "Yes, these armored cavalry are the super elites of the Murong clan who have dominated the world for nearly a hundred years. If you want to be selected, you have to select one from a thousand warriors from each army and undergo strict assessment before you are qualified to join the army.
According to the rules of the Hu people, slaves captured in war belong to the soldiers who captured them. However, if they have made great achievements on the battlefield or are admitted to join the armored cavalry unit, they can be exempted from the status of slaves, so everyone is enthusiastic about it. This is why the Yan Kingdom's armored cavalry can be invincible.
What is the root cause?”
Wang Miaoyin's beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly: "It's just that our army's rapid assault failed to defeat the enemy's two thousand cavalry in the front line. Now we have also lost more than a thousand soldiers. The cavalry's assault spirit has been dissipated. Is it temporary?"
Would you like to keep it?"
Liu Yu said calmly: "You must not retreat at this time. What you are fighting is the energy of gritting your teeth. If you let out your anger, everything will be over. You can only advance at this time, not retreat. The same goes for the Yan army on the opposite side.
Very clear about this.”
Having said this, he nodded to Wang Zhene on the side: "Send an order, the Chinese army will send Liu Jianzhi and his son here to lead 3,000 reserve infantry, equipped with heavy armor and large shields, and move forward quickly to cover the diversion at the temporary camp."
Wang Zhen'e smiled slightly: "The Yan army divided a division of armored cavalry and took a detour there. Is the commander trying to block their attack route?"
Liu Yu said seriously: "The strength of the cavalry lies in their mobility. In addition to being able to attack from the front, they can also circle behind and attack from both sides. Now the enemy armored cavalry has entered the formation. One division is attacking from the front, and the other is taking a circuitous route from the side. There are
One division is in preparation outside the formation, probably waiting for their two divisions to attack in front and back and cover up our troops, and then they will join in and directly attack our command tower. Rather than waiting for them to come, we should attack first.
Go out, keep the troops on the wings and forward station still, and only mobilize the 3,000 reserve infantry from the center."
Hu Fan curled his lips and said, "Commander, how about I go and help? Shenjian Battalion now has five hundred archers here, who are loyal and reliable. If they shoot from a high point, even against armored cavalry,
It can also cause a lot of damage!"
Liu Yu said calmly: "No, there is still some use for me to keep you here. Besides..."
He pointed at the more than forty makeshift archery towers in the rear army, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Mao Dezu and Xu Chite should have entered their positions by now."
Everyone looked around and saw thousands of archers carrying quivers and holding large bows. They were setting up ladders to send their companions up to the half-built archery towers before they had time to set up the ladders.
Xu Chite, Mao Dezu, and Zhu Lingshi all personally took the lead in going up to the tower and entered several archery towers closest to the battlefield ahead. From the top, they had a commanding view of the situation ahead.
Yu Yue said with a sudden realization: "Oh, let me tell you, where did Zhu Lingshi's troops go after they withdrew? It turns out they were under these arrow towers."
Liu Yu nodded with satisfaction: "This is a strategy that has been planned for a long time. If we attack from the archery towers from the beginning, the enemy will be alert and will even give priority to crossing the camps to attack these archery towers. But now the two armies are fighting in a melee and the battle is tense.
At this time, the target of their attack is entirely on our front-line soldiers. As long as they block the division that is galloping around the temporary camp behind, our archers will cause a huge impact on the enemy.
of killing.”
Yu Yue shook his head in disbelief: "Impossible, the enemy troops are all heavily armored, and it is difficult for swords and arrows to penetrate. I just shot a lot of arrows, but I didn't kill many enemy troops. Just rely on these hundreds of archers.
Is it possible to paralyze their attack? Ah, no, the armored cavalry of the enemy's rear team have been tied together with iron ropes and formed into a horizontal line to charge!"
Liu Yu's eyes flashed with a cold light: "What I want is for them to attack with ropes!"
On the top of the arrow tower, Xu Chite took off the big bow in his hand. The two guards behind him took a quiver and pulled out a big arrow that was two feet long. The arrow was a four-edged spike with no arrows.
The hook was extremely sharp, and the length of the arrow was three inches, which was much longer than the ordinary long-stemmed wolf-fang arrow. A guard named Xu Linzi on the left stuck out his tongue: "This arrow has never been used by a general before.
Come on, is it specifically designed to break through the enemy's heavy armor?"
Xu Chite smiled and took out a long arrow from the quiver, put it on the bow, and slowly pulled out the bowstring. The arrow pointed to a chain of iron chains two hundred steps away, which was advancing like a wall.
A group of Yan Army cavalry saw that they were less than thirty steps away from the battle formation in front. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Xu Er, order all brothers to shoot into the eyes of the horses!"
On another archery tower, Mao Dezu, like Xu Chite, drew his strong bow and set a heavy arrow. The five sharp archers behind him also unstrung their bows and set arrows, just like him, Mao Dezu murmured.
He muttered: "I don't believe it, your horse can also be double-armored!"
On an arrow tower at the back, Zhu Lingshi looked calm as he watched the armored knights on the opposite side approach the battle formation step by step. At a distance of less than 300 steps, he could even clearly see the blood-red tongues of the knights on the opposite side sticking out.
With a fierce look in his eyes, he slowly raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "Everyone listens to the order. A group of five people aim at a horse and shoot at the same time. If any group of attacking horses does not fall, the whole team of five people will be called upon by military law."
Engage, now, cum!”
As Zhu Lingshi gave this order, his hand came down fiercely, as if it was a knife, going to cut through the enemy's neck. Suddenly, thousands of long arrows roared out, with a huge piercing through the air.
With great strength, he ran straight towards the serial armored cavalry that was a hundred and seventy steps away and had begun to accelerate the impact, and a huge roar broke out from the crowd: "Wind!"