There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 934: The flying crossbowmen greet the cavalry and shoot
Chapter 934: The flying crossbowmen greet the cavalry and shoot
Amidst waves of cheers, Liu Jingxuan walked to Liu Yu's side and smiled slightly: "Jinu, you are really here. Everyone was afraid and desperate. Now that I tell you this, everyone will be like me."
They are all roaring like tigers, and they are all back!"
Liu Yu said calmly: "Mobilizing the emotions of the soldiers is what a commanding general should do. What we want is to lead them to victory and survive, not to let them die meaninglessly."
Liu Jingxuan looked at the military formation opposite and said: "It seems that only these three thousand or so Yan troops will launch an attack. What is Murong Chui thinking? Is the cat playing with the mouse?"
Liu Yu shook his head: "In my opinion, it's not that Murong Chui wants to fight, but that Murong Bao wants to establish his authority as the crown prince and wants to fight this battle. I just said that this is our opportunity. If
Beating Murong Bao hard and destroying our military power and morale will make Murong Chui realize our value. He will also keep us out of the need to restrain the traitor. Therefore, this battle is not about victory or defeat, nor is it about life and death.
It is about showing our strength. We have been practicing how to deal with cavalry these years, and now is the best time to test our tactics."
Xiang Jing also came over. At this moment, he had picked up a long spear and laughed loudly: "Brother Jinu, you can fight as you say. Everyone listens to you."
Liu Yu smiled slightly, looked at the military formation opposite, and said: "Although Murong Bao is arrogant, he is not stupid enough to directly send out cavalry to charge the formation. After giving the order, he retreats to the scorched earth behind, protected by his horses and antlers.
On both wings, prevent the enemy from attacking from the side, I will force Murong Bao to come forward and shoot at our army!"
Murong Bao, the former soldier of the Yan Army, was wearing gleaming golden armor. Looking at the orderly Beifu Army singing war hymns on the opposite side, he sneered: "It seems that their morale is good. Liu Yu really has some ability to make these people
He died happily without knowing it. It seems that what my sister-in-law said before was really not a boast."
Murong Feng on one side frowned deeply: "Your Highness, although the opponent's number is small, we cannot underestimate the enemy. Now they have retreated into the scorched earth, and they have begun to defend their horses on both wings. Our army wants to outflank them from the side. I'm afraid
It's difficult, Liu Yu seems to want to force us to confront him head-on."
Murong Bao smiled and pointed at the dense military formation behind him: "We have three thousand infantry and cavalry here alone. Six of them can fight one. What else do we have to worry about? King Yidu, what do you think if I order all the armor and cavalry to be equipped now?"
A full impact, what will be the result?"
Murong Feng said flatly: "Absolutely not. These Beifu soldiers are well-organized and have formed a military formation to prevent frontal impact. You see, they have their hands in front and are heavily armored. They are waiting for our cavalry to charge forward.
If they can deploy resisting horses on both wings, they will definitely have a way to prevent the impact on the front. Our armored cavalry is the most powerful weapon. It is only used in decisive battles. It cannot be wasted and lost now. After all, King Wu has established this
It took several years to form an army, it was not easy."
Murong Bao curled up his lips: "Okay, okay, I understand, if you don't need armored cavalry, just don't use it. Send the order, light cavalry will come forward and shoot at the enemy. I want to see if they are really indestructible!"
On the high hill, Murong Chui frowned as he watched the military formation in front begin to mobilize under the command of horns and flags. The heavy armored cavalry originally lined up in front began to retreat to both sides, while more than three hundred light cavalry
The cavalry, armed with large bows and wearing leather armor, riding shorter horses with powerful hooves, began to form a line in front of the formation.
Murong De also stood next to Murong Chui at this time. As the deputy commander of the army, he commanded the more than 20,000 archers in front. He smiled slightly: "It seems that the prince has made great progress. If it were different before, I think
He would probably just attack with his armored cavalry and eat his opponent in one go."
Huan Xuan smiled and said: "Actually, I think it would be better if we directly use armored cavalry to solve it. Let Liu Yu incite morale and retreat to form a formation. The opportunity has been lost a bit."
Murong De said in a deep voice: "Prince Huan, there is no suspense about the outcome of this battle. We, the Yan soldiers, also hope to have an upright fight, lest the Jin people will say that we only use deception to form formations for them, and then
What can we do? You must know that our Dayan is not only rampant in armored cavalry, but also unparalleled in the world in the art of cavalry and archery."
Murong Lan calmly shook his head: "Brother Ninth (Murong De is the younger brother, ranked ninth), I'm afraid it's not as easy as you think. I have been with the Beifu Army for many years and know that they have very sophisticated training in dealing with cavalry.
, I’m afraid it will be difficult to eat them just by riding and shooting.”
Murong De's expression changed, and there was a heavy sound of drums and horns in front of him. Accompanied by the loud shouts of a large number of Hu cavalry before the attack, the light cavalry began to move forward gradually, walking slowly, walking quickly, trotting, accelerating, and sprinting.
, when they were about a mile away from the Beifu Army on the opposite side, they had already increased their speed to the maximum. The knights' tassels or their wild braided hair were flying in the wind, just like the manes of the galloping horses.
Like the tail, it is full of momentum!
Liu Yu was still standing calmly in front of the formation. Behind him, in front of Li Yukuan, were ten armored phalanxes with large shields in front. Long spears stretched out from the top and sides of the shields, pointing straight ahead.
The entire formation remained motionless, allowing the hundreds of galloping horses on the opposite side to come sweeping in the dust. However, the wild howling sound of the Hu Qi was like a wild wolf howling at the moon, shocking the soul, but it was difficult to move the soldiers of Beifu.
They are nothing.
The captains of the Beifu Army and the flag leaders shouted loudly: "Steady, steady!"
Finally, the Yan army's light cavalry rushed to less than a mile away from the Beifu army's formation. At a distance of more than 200 steps, all the knights on the horse stood up. These skilled riders have been riding on the saddle since childhood.
Life, even a galloping horse, is like a chair at home to them. They just stand on the stirrups, pick up a big bow, grab more than six or seven bows and arrows in one hand, and just wave like this
In an instant, he strung up a bow and arrow clasped with his index finger, pointed at the Beifu Army formation more than a hundred steps away, and prepared to fire without even taking aim.
Liu Yu's eyes flashed coldly, and he raised his hand: "Crossbowman, flying geese!"
Following this order, more than fifty crossbowmen in iron armor rushed out from behind the shield, and quickly spread out diagonally in front of the shield. They held four-stone crossbows in their hands, and the three crossbow arms were supported by a rotating machine spring.
The uppermost crossbow arm was already under the control of the crossbow, and in an instant, it was aimed at the Xianbei riders who were standing on the stirrups, riding the wind.
Liu Yu waved his hand down forcefully: "Five arrows and one horse, shoot!"