There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 488: The strong crossbow comes out of the Shenji Camp
Chapter 488: The strong crossbow comes out of the Shenji Camp
As Liu Yi's order was issued, Liu Yu jumped up from the grass and stood at the front of the team. He held tightly a large shield that was almost as tall as a person in front of him and placed it in front of him.
The companions around them also stood up, holding large shields. The soldiers in the back row put their long spears on the shoulders of Liu Yu and other front row sergeants, forming a dense forest of shield walls, accompanying the team.
The waist drummer pushed forward with steady and powerful steps as he beat rhythmically.
There were more than 500 people in a building, and according to the standards of the Jin army, they formed about ten small teams. Each team formed a three-line infantry front. The soldiers stood closely together, with the front row holding shields and the second row holding racks.
槊, and the third row is followed by the walking archers. The five teams are in front, and the space about thirty steps apart is the battle vanguard. In the gap between the battle vanguards, there are about ten steps behind.
There are five rows of troops stationed at a distance of about one step for rotation.
Liu Laozhi's expression was solemn. Looking at the three buildings and the figures of more than 1,500 heavily armored soldiers, they gradually walked out of the forest and disappeared into the thick fog beside the stream. Sun En gritted his teeth and sighed.
He said: "General, there is no movement in the enemy's camp. Is it because their main force is not here?"
Liu Laozhi shook his head and said seriously: "Don't worry, I don't expect Liang Cheng to set up an empty battalion here. Now that our three heavy infantry buildings have been dispatched, it depends on how Liang Cheng responds!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden burst of bright lights in the camp opposite, and the noise spread across the sky. Hundreds of huge fireballs rose into the sky, like fireballs streaking across the night sky, towards the Jin army that was advancing steadily.
In the queue, he was hit hard.
Liu Laozhi breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the Qin army has an ambush in this camp and more than a hundred catapults. It seems that Liang Cheng must be here. He is now testing our attack.
Troops, hum, send the order, let the sergeants in the front disperse, don't be hit by flying rocks in a large area, speed up the impact, and rush across the river for me!"
In the Qin army's camp, Liang Cheng had already stood up from the arrow tower. In front of him, a large number of infantrymen had rushed out of the tents and hiding places behind the carriages, and were pushing the troops quickly and methodically.
On the wooden fences of the camp, groups of armored infantry were quickly forming their ranks. The archers rushed to the front of the group, while the shield bearers and long spearmen lined up at the rear. Wang Xian's voice came through with a trace of
He was excited: "The Jin army really launched a night attack. You, King Tianwang and General Liang, expected it! What should we do next?"
Liang Cheng smiled slightly: "What should we do? Let's fight as planned. I'm sure that the Jin army is a combination of virtual and real. The concentrated army wants to break through from this direction. There must be suspicious soldiers at the Caiqiao Beach downstream, and that's what they want to fight.
A quick word, the direction of the real assault will not be a long-range bombardment with rain of arrows and flying rocks. Therefore, we must be stable now and not let them know that our army is here. Send the order and move three thousand people forward.
Hold the shoal for me and lure the Jin army to throw in the army!"
Wang Yong on the side was fully armed, frowning deeply, and shook his head: "Commander, I see that these Jin troops move quickly, and they can easily transform their dense formation into this kind of skirmishing line during the march to avoid flying rocks.
Just like this.”
As he spoke, he pointed at the Jin army, which was about a hundred paces away on the opposite bank of the river. It had changed from a dense formation with big shields in front and long arms at the back to a line of skirmishers whose shapes could not be seen clearly. The sergeants
They no longer advanced side by side, but were separated by at least five steps. The soldiers in the front row still held their shields in front, while most of the sergeants behind held their shields above their heads to protect themselves from flying stones and arrows falling from the sky.
Arrow.
Occasionally, some sergeants were hit by flints and fell to the ground immediately. However, the sergeants around and behind them turned a blind eye and jumped to avoid the stone pits and corpses on the road ahead. The sergeants who were still panting and wailing would quickly
The ground was dragged away by his companions, while the smashed corpses were ignored. The dull and rapid sound of the waist drum shook the Qin army generals even though they were separated by a Luo Stream and hundreds of steps away.
Breathing is accelerated and heartbeat is rapid.
Liang Cheng curled his lips and nodded: "They are indeed rare elite soldiers. Ordinary troops would have collapsed long ago if they were hit by flying rocks like this in the dark, but they can actually break up their formation and continue to move forward.
, to ensure the existence of the team with minimal casualties, they are indeed well-trained Beifu soldiers. I have seen it today."
Speaking of this, Liang Cheng suddenly laughed: "Everyone, such a powerful enemy army is worthy of fighting with our Qin Army warriors. If they are all eliminated here, there will be no big wars in the future. I will wait for food
As a king, we naturally have to share the worries of the King of Heaven. This is our honor and our responsibility. Judging from the enemy's dispatch of elite troops from the Beifu, their army must be behind. We must firmly hold back and force their main force to dispatch.
"
Wang Xian smiled and said: "General Liang, the enemy is not afraid of flying rocks. Should we increase the intensity of our arrow attacks? Kill them in large numbers in the river and on the beach. Their corpses will block their progress."
Liang Cheng pondered for a moment and shook his head: "No, no, these are just their vanguard testing troops, not the main force. The king's intelligence is correct. They are trying to see if they can fight. If there is a chance, they will pounce on them.
In the dense forest, there must be tens of thousands of troops. Huh, we can't let them escape. Send the order. Three thousand people will be escorted. They will line up for me to stop them and entangle them. Focus on attacking the troops in front. Use crossbows to fire in three stages. I
I don’t believe that Xie Xuan can bear it!”
Wang Xian's expression changed: "General Liang? Are you letting the enemy troops cross the river? You're asking too much. These are elites. If they are allowed to rush across the stream and attack us, the three thousand men may not be able to do it."
You can stop it."
Liang Cheng laughed: "Prince Wang, you are worrying too much. If the enemy army continues to increase its troops, we will increase the intensity of long-range attacks. As for these more than a thousand people, although they are well-trained and well-equipped, we can only rely on this to
How can we break through the front line of our army with our military strength? This time I sent crossbowmen. No matter how strong the shield is, it can't stop the crossbows from firing at close range. My strong crossbowmen can't even reach the stone stacks at the top of Xiangyang City.
Even if they can all shoot through, Beifu's soldiers are not heavenly soldiers or generals, but these three thousand crossbowmen can definitely teach him how to come back without coming back!"
Having said this, Liang Cheng smiled slightly at Wang Yong: "General Wang, it's up to you this time."
Wang Yong immediately jumped off the archery tower and landed firmly on an armored war horse that had been prepared. The guard on one side handed him a long mace. He waved it hard in the air and shouted sharply.