On the Huaihe River, Gan Ning stood proudly on the bow of the first small boat, wearing a brocade robe.
The river breeze swept over the tattoos of the old Jinfan thief, and Gan Ning seemed to be back to the time when he was making a living on the river.
The Yizhou man pulled out the short blade from his sleeve and gently brought the blade to his nose. He smelled the faint smell of blood. In the eyes of the Jinfan thief, ferocious anger spewed out in an instant without being suppressed.
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About fifty steps behind Gan Xingba, in the flat-bottomed boat, Qu Yi carefully checked the condition of the crossbow string. The dryness in autumn and winter kept the crossbow in good condition.
Next to the crossbow machine on the bottom of the ship, in rows of neat wooden boxes, there are heavy arrowheads and scattering arrowheads that can shoot seven at a time. They are all made of iron, with a cold iron color, making it intimidating to look at.
These sharp weapons were originally prepared for Yuan Shao, but he did not expect that Yuan Benchu in Guandu was defeated too quickly. Before the sharpness of the crossbows could be shown, the Hebei army had already collapsed.
Today is the time for Yuan Shao's brother Yuan Shu to help his brother appreciate the sharpness of Yanzhou's chariots and crossbows.
In a hurry, Fang Guang collected ferries and made about four or five trips to transport all the soldiers to the south bank of the Huaihe River.
Zhang Xun calculated the strength of Cao's army and felt more and more that it would be difficult to lose today.
What he didn't know was that right here, when Fang Guang's army was crossing the Huaihe River, the cavalrymen of Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Xia Houen, Cao Chun, and Cao Xiu were on the upper and lower reaches of the Huai River, about forty miles away from here.
, plus the arsonist Xu Shu, and another ferry, have already crossed the Huai River.
Choosing the front camp and the tiger and leopard cavalry, Xu Chu and Dian Wei led the army to advance first. How sharp was it? The first wave defeated Zhang Xun's river patrol soldiers.
At this time, all the cavalry of Cao's army who had crossed the river, similar to the later Mongolian tactics used to attack Hungary, overtook Yuan Shu's army from both sides at full speed.
All the young military orders were executed as accurately as clockwork, which was why Pang Tong was shocked!
Feng Chu was thinking carefully behind Fang Guang. As she thought about it, cold sweat broke out on Pang Shiyuan's back.
He exchanged his position with Zhang Xun, thinking that if Fang Guang had not made clear arrangements in advance, Feng Chu's name today would inevitably be defeated by Qilin.
Traditionally, the half-crossing attack was divided into one strategy of not providing a place to stay at all, and the other is to let the army cross the river and half-attack one side.
Zhang Xun chose the latter. Gan Ning easily stepped onto the south bank of the Huai River. Not far away from him, Yuan Shu's soldiers, who were stacked like mountains, didn't even shoot their arrows, as if they were afraid that Cao's army would be attacked.
He was so frightened that he never crossed the river again.
Gan Xingba knew what Yuan Jun was thinking. The Jinfan thief smiled disdainfully and ordered his brothers, who usually didn't like to wear armor, to put on light leather armor for the rare occasion.
Carrara, one or two, as a large number of flat-bottomed boats docked on the south bank of the Huaihe River, countless carriages were pulled out from the bottom of the boats.
The carriages and crossbows were all covered with cloth. Seeing Cao Jun begin to arrange the carriages in a semicircle along the river beach as if there was no one around, Zhang Xun suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
General Shouchun bit his lower lip and recalled his arrangements over and over again. They were exactly the same as those recorded in the military books, and there were absolutely no omissions.
At this time, on the battlefield, the entire Yuan army seemed to be stuck in time stasis. Nearly 100,000 people watched helplessly as Cao Jun sent the second batch of soldiers to the river beach.
At this time, there were already 5,000 Cao troops crossing the river. Fang Guang was also among the second batch of people crossing the river. Watching the square flag flying on the river bank, the bridge ridge sighed and shook his head, in Zhang Xun's eyes,
A flash of ferocious color,
"act recklessly!"
"Beat the drum, beat the drum for me!"
"Rumble!"
As the first drumbeat sounded, a huge thunderous sound and heavy rain also fell from above the Huaihe River.
Xu Shu, who could already hear the sound of Yuan Jun's drums from a distance, couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh in the heavy rain. He was jealous of Yingcai. The fire-roasted reed meal he had prepared seemed to be of no use today.
A sudden heavy rain limited Xu Shu's professional performance, but it was a great benefit to Qu Yi and Gan Ning.
The nobles in Jinfan leather armor were filling in between the chariots and crossbows. At this time, dozens of steps across the street were in darkness, and the figures could not be seen clearly. They could only hear the sound of drums and the roar of horse hooves.
"Two hundred and fifty steps, heavy arrows and head!"
"put!"
In the military formation, Fang Guang, who was enveloped by the sudden change in the sky, was a little confused for a moment. Is it really reasonable for heaven and man to have sympathy?
The monotonous military order from Jishu Camp came. When the crossbow was fired, the buzzing sound of the crossbow string, the sharp sound of the heavy crossbow piercing the air, and the messy sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer were all shrouded in darkness, making the long-time battle
Fang Guang's heartstrings tightened instantly.
At this moment, Pang Tong's whisper came to his ears again, instantly breaking Fang Guang's guard.
"We have won today. It was not a battle, but a victory of heaven. Fang Datong, you are a man of great luck. Can you hear the changes in the sky in Kunyang?"
What Big Er had wanted others to say to him all his life, today, Pang Tong said it to the young man.
Kunyang was of Liu Xiu's lineage, and it was the decisive battle that established his hegemony. Using Fang Guang to compare with Liu Xiu, although it was a compliment, was also a rebuke.
The young man didn't expect that Pang Shiyuan was so courageous. He frowned slightly and glanced at Feng Chu. Pang Tong's face turned red and he stared at him with saliva flowing out, as if he was some kind of big meal!
"ah!"
When the young man was frightened, screams came one after another from the black river beach.
Listening carefully, in addition to the wails of men and horses, the sound of heavy crossbow arrows tearing through flesh and bones was continuous and orderly. It was obvious that the arrows penetrated several bodies and lost their kinetic energy.
The crossbowmen under Qu Yi's command have undergone almost brutal training to load arrows and are extremely sharp.
From two hundred and fifty steps to one hundred and fifty steps, three rounds of arrows were fired.
In the darkness, Fang Guang estimated that at least hundreds of cavalrymen were killed by dozens of chariot crossbows and Jishuying divine arm crossbows, including those who were thrown off their horses and trampled to death.
The young man didn't know that he calculated the killing efficiency correctly using the method of mathematical physics, but he failed to calculate the people's disfavor.
The first heavy arrow fired by the soldiers under Qu Yi's command grazed Ji Ling's body and pierced the three hundred battle generals behind him into a string. Seeing that something was not going well, Ji Ling turned his horse's head and retreated.
The darkness, the shouts of the commander retreating, and the heavy and terrifying arrows made a small number of Yuan Jun's cavalry, whose morale was already low, follow Ji Ling's example and retreat at that time.
The remaining brave soldiers finally survived three waves of heavy attacks, and heard the oncoming whistling sound, which became no longer so dull, but became more shrill and scattered.
Following Qu Yi's command, "One hundred and fifty steps, scatter!"
Seven light arrows squeezed into the same channel were shot out like a goddess scattering flowers. Although the potential energy was not as powerful as the heavy arrows, the killing efficiency was higher.
One hundred and fifty steps closer, it was originally the optimal killing area for crossbows set by Fang Guang, and coupled with the divine arm crossbow, Yuan Shu's cavalry suffered another 20% loss.