Historically, wars in the cold weapon era were quite cruel. No matter how advanced the equipment was, the soldiers on both sides were always fighting hand-to-hand and fighting for their lives. The higher the morale, the more courageous. In this world, the original Taoist magic
It is very mysterious, and can even defeat ten thousand people. With one magic weapon, there is no way even if you want to fight, so the role of soldiers is not as obvious as in conventional combat.
Nowadays, the Six Saints have laid down the curse of forbidden magic, and there is no more Taoist and fairy magic, and they have returned to the original regular combat. The morale of the soldiers is particularly important. The higher the morale, the more desperate they will be. When they meet on a narrow road, the brave will win, sometimes even with
Less wins more. The one-on-one duel between the generals in front of the battle just now is to show personal bravery to boost morale. But this kind of personal bravery cannot really compete with the army. No matter how good the martial arts is, at most it will only kill a few more people buried with him.
That's all, it's absolutely no match for thousands of troops.
Therefore, when a large number of soldiers from the other side were slowly approaching, even Jiang Wenhuan, who was the most brave among the three armies, did not dare to fight and retreated to the formation early in the morning. Seeing that Wen Zhong did not immediately send out cavalry, Jiang Wenhuan hurriedly asked: "Grand Master
, the Zhou army is approaching, why not respond with bows and cavalry?"
Wen Zhong frowned and said: "Jiang Ziya is not a stupid person. He was defeated by our cavalry last time. He must have a trick now. Don't underestimate the enemy."
"Grand Master, if the soldiers come to block it, the water will come to cover it. If you delay like this, I'm afraid it will delay the opportunity to fight." Zhang Shan said at the side: "With the ability of our archers to shoot from a long distance and advance and retreat freely, we should not be afraid of the enemy. If there is anything unusual,
If so, the Grand Master can withdraw the troops in time."
Wen Zhong had rich experience in leading troops, so he knew that the battlefield was changing rapidly, especially when the two armies were facing each other. The opportunity to fight was fleeting and there was no room for hesitation. He immediately followed Zhang Shan's words and ordered the cavalry to go into battle.
The cavalry archers had accomplished a great feat in defeating the heavy cavalry of the Western Zhou Dynasty last time. Now facing the enemy again, they were eager to try. After hearing the commander's order, they immediately broke up their formation and rushed forward.
Each horse archer held a special long bow, carried a huge quiver on his back, and wore lightweight willow leaf armor. After approaching the opponent's giant shield to the effective range, he began to launch an arrow rain attack. But the giant shield of the Western Zhou Dynasty seemed to be special.
It is so strong and thick that even the Merchant Army's armor-piercing arrows cannot penetrate it. Moreover, the giant shield has a huge defensive area. When facing archers shooting, lower the bracket behind the giant shield and tilt it back at 60 degrees, effectively protecting the shield.
The sergeant behind the shield rendered the archers' arrows useless.
As the sound of drums in the Western Zhou Dynasty changed, the formation of the giant shield soldiers slowly changed, forming a row of hollow trapezoids with smaller upper and larger bottoms. At this moment, a neat machine sound was heard from behind the shield array, and rows of spears passed through the shields.
The gap left by the formation roared out, which was the power of the crossbow chariot. This chariot could fire four arrows in unison, and the power of the machine was very powerful, far superior to human power. Many horse archers were hit by the missiles fired.
The spear passed through and fell to the ground.
Wen Zhong frowned: the range and power of the Western Zhou Dynasty's crossbows were much greater than in the last battle, and they could fire four arrows at once, greatly increasing their lethality. However, he was also very aware of the shortcomings of the crossbows, that is
Reloading is very time-consuming. After one round is fired, it takes a lot of time to fire the next round. Wen Zhong beat the drum and ordered the cavalry archers to avoid the ballista's fire while quickly breaking through the giant shield formation to close the distance with the ballista.
Within the effective range, the ballista will be defeated.
The horse archers had experience in dealing with ballistas. They spread out their formation and rushed forward quickly. The formation formed by the giant shield array was very strong. In addition to the giant shield on the front, long shields were used on both sides to protect it.
It is so tight that it is not afraid of thrown arrows, and a spear protrudes from the outside, making it impossible for the scimitar of the cavalry to approach and cause damage.
The cavalry archers can only pass through the space between the giant shield arrays. This is more conducive to the concentrated shooting of the ballistae. The ballistae seems to have been prepared and fired in turns in several batches, causing heavy casualties to the cavalry archers. However,
When the ballista finally ran out of fire, its reloading speed was really slow. After a few rounds, it could no longer be used for a while. The horse archers, who had been holding back their anger for a long time, saw that the opponent's shooting had stopped, and they all rushed through the shield array.
Shooting at the ballista, sure enough, the enemy troops fell to the ground, turned around and fled.
However, just as the horse archers passed through the shield formation, the shield formation began to change, layer by layer, gradually blocking the back path of the horse archers, and the two ends slowly overlapped, forming an encirclement. When Wen Zhong saw it,
His expression changed drastically and he blurted out: "Not good!"
Now it seems that the real purpose of the ballista is not to attack the cavalry, but to lure the cavalry to pass through the shield formation. The purpose of the giant shield formation is not to prevent the cavalry from shooting, but to wait for the cavalry to pass through.
A dead retreat.
To be fair, the highly mobile horse archers combined with that kind of tactics are really powerful, and there are almost no effective units to restrain them. Unless we can take advantage of the terrain and cooperate with corresponding tactics, we can break it.
Today's shield formation is a man-made "geographical advantage" factor. It seems that the Western Zhou Dynasty also took great pains on how to deal with the Great Shang's cavalry.
Wen Zhong's thoughts suddenly changed: The biggest advantage of the cavalry is not the lethality of bows and arrows, but their strong mobility, freedom of advance and retreat, and smooth attack and defense. Now that the retreat is blocked, it is very bad. Jiang Ziya must still be there
If any killing moves are detrimental to the cavalry, it seems that they must respond immediately.
Sure enough, the giant shield formation had just sealed off the retreat, and the Zhou army's retreating formation stopped again, and huge chariots drove out from the formation. These chariots seemed to be improved Wugang chariots, with an overturned appearance.
With thick armor, the lower part is hollow, with wheels inside, and several shooting holes for crossbows that can be adjusted in position. This shape is somewhat similar to the armored vehicles of later generations, but it relies on human power to push the four wheels forward internally.
Each vehicle has a dedicated person responsible for command and shooting.
Human beings always have an inexplicable fear of unknown things. The horse archers were shocked when they saw that this strange vehicle was impenetrable to arrows and could fire powerful crossbows from their whole bodies. But after all, the horse archers were flexible and avoided the strange vehicle.
, while shooting at the Zhou army, they were at a stalemate for a while.
At this time, the Zhou army began to move the shield array backwards, further compressing the activity space of the horse archers. Once the arrows of the horse archers were exhausted or their range of activities was restricted, there would be only one outcome: the entire army would be annihilated.
Wen Zhong had already ordered the drums to be beaten and the cavalry to retreat when the shield array was shrinking. However, the shield array was very tightly defended and could not be broken through. Even the ends of the two sections were sealed, making it impossible to break through for a while.
Wen Zhong made a prompt decision and assigned a special general to lead a group of infantry and rush towards the shield formation.
This general is indeed "special". It is exactly the Wu culture brought by the brothers Han Sheng and Han Bian when they presented the Ten Thousand Blade Chariot last time. This Wu culture is several feet tall, like a giant King Kong, so majestic that when running, it even touches the ground.
They are all trembling.
In the original work, Wu Wenhua is extremely powerful. He can row a boat on land, eat an ox for a meal, and hold a stick of wood in his hand. He is the nemesis of obstacles such as antlers. Today's Wu Wenhua has been specially ordered by Zhang Zixing to the Shenbingfang to have it specially made
He was wearing a set of full-body armor, and the plank in his hand was replaced by a huge iron plank, and he also carried a slightly shorter mace on his back.
When the giant shield soldiers saw such a giant, they were all frightened out of their wits. They hid behind the giant shield tremblingly, hoping to use this as a defense. Unexpectedly, Wu Wenhua was originally a "professional" in clearing obstacles, and he swung the iron pick in his hand.
, the rows of giant shields were swept away like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.
This guy worked on it for a while, but felt that the iron pick was not smooth, so he simply threw it away, took out the huge fang club from behind, and smashed it directly towards the giant shield. Although the giant shield was specially made and could defend against armor-piercing arrows, how could it resist it?
Unable to withstand Wu Wenhua's strange strength and the terrifying mace, it immediately fell into pieces and even the people behind were smashed into pieces.
Some brave soldiers stabbed Wu Wenhua with spears, but Wu Wenhua was covered in heavy armor and invulnerable. He was like a moving steel chariot. Those soldiers not only did not hurt Wu Wenhua, but aroused his ferocity.
Sex, the mace in his hand is even more violent. The giant shield soldiers will die if they touch it, and they will be seriously injured if they are scratched. Wherever they go, they will be destroyed. With the power of Wu Wenhua, the infantry of the Merchant Army are also like tigers coming out of the cage, vigorous and fierce.
Incomparably, the shield array was gradually dismantled.
The sergeants were so frightened by Wu Wenhua that they dared to stand still and wait for death. They abandoned their shields and fled. With the help of Wu Wenhua, the sergeants quickly cleared a spacious passage.
Having found enough space, the advantages of the horse archers were immediately apparent. They quickly seized the opportunity, gathered together, fired arrows toward the rear, and retreated in an orderly manner.
When Jiang Ziya saw Wu Wenhua, he was also shocked. Seeing that he was about to wipe out the most elite horse archers of the merchant army, but was destroyed by this monster, he was frightened and annoyed. He quickly ordered the "armored vehicles" to advance quickly and surrounded them.
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Wu Wenhua indeed lived up to the name of "monster" as Jiang Ziya thought. He was not afraid of this strange car. Instead, he became interested and rushed forward. He hit a car in the front with his mace and smashed it.
The entire vehicle body was immediately shattered. Debris was scattered everywhere, and all the soldiers in the vehicle were reduced to a pool of flesh and blood. No one was spared.
Wu Wenhua smashed several vehicles, frightening the soldiers so that they did not dare to come forward. Jiang Ziya quickly ordered the loaded crossbows to shoot at Wu Wenhua. For a moment, spears rained down, but Wu Wenhua's armor was specially made.
Covering the whole body, although it was densely filled with crossbow arrows, it did not suffer any fatal damage inside. Instead, it rushed forward more fiercely, and all the soldiers along the way suffered. Ji Fa's younger brother Ji Shuben was in a chariot.
Commanding the attack, he saw that Wu Wenhua was coming fiercely, destroying the car and killing people. He couldn't help but panic, and quickly abandoned the car and fled. However, Uncle Ji was hit and died, and he escaped not far from the car, but Wu Wenhua smashed the car into pieces.
He was shot through the chest and died on the spot.
Huang Feihu was calm in the face of danger and ordered his soldiers to secretly place iron chains underground. When Wu Wenhua rushed over, he suddenly pulled up the iron chains. As expected, Wu Wenhua didn't notice and fell heavily to the ground, hitting the ballista's arrow.
It penetrated a lot deeper. The sergeants swarmed forward and tried to chop him to death with their swords. Unexpectedly, Wu Wenhua was covered in heavy armor and possessed strange strength. With a sweep of the mace, the approaching sergeants turned into broken corpses, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
, and was climbed up by this giant man again.
At this time, all the cavalry archers had broken out of the broken shield formation. Wen Zhong immediately ordered the drums to be beaten and ordered Wu Wenhua and the sergeants to retreat. Wu Wenhua had also suffered a lot of injuries so far in the battle, and his strength was gradually less than before. The commander heard that
He gave the order and quickly led the infantry to run back. The cavalry and archers broke out of the encirclement. This setback was not a small one, and they were extremely depressed. They fired arrows repeatedly, killing the enemy troops who were chasing Wu Wenhua and his party.
Wen Zhong secretly thought that the cavalry archers were seriously injured and were about to run out of arrows. He immediately ordered the troops to retreat. Jiang Ziya was defeated. He was also afraid of the combat power of the merchant army, so he did not pursue them and returned to the camp.
In this battle, the strongest cavalry of the merchant army was almost wiped out, and their vigor was obviously frustrated. Although the Zhou army relied on tactics and new chariots to almost defeat the cavalry, the subsequent appearance of Wu Wenming made this complete victory fall short, and also caused
The heavy casualties affected the originally high morale of the Zhou army. Both sides suffered casualties, so it was considered a draw.
When Wen Zhong returned to Jinjiling, he was unhappy. All the generals knew that the war was going to be unfavorable today and did not dare to say anything. Wu Wenhua said: "Grand Master, when the last general recovers from his injury, we will secretly rob Zhou's camp and discipline him without any armor left.
To repay the hatred of bow cavalry for losing power."
Today, thanks to Wu Wenhua, the cavalry archers were able to escape quickly. Wen Zhongwen heard this and showed a look of relief: "General Wu worked hard today regardless of his own safety and made great achievements, which is worthy of commendation. For now, he can rest in peace and recover, and when he can make special achievements again,
.This time the two armies are equally divided. I am afraid that Jiang Shang has some tricks up his sleeve. Each camp should be on strict guard at night to prevent enemy attacks."
Hong Jin said disapprovingly: "The Grand Master is too worried. Our army is stationed on the choke point of Jinjiling. There is a dangerous geographical advantage. How can the Zhou army dare to attack at night?"
Wen Zhong nodded and said: "Although General Hong's words are reasonable, I always have an uneasy feeling in my heart. No matter what, it is better to be careful."
All the generals took orders and retreated.
Late at night, Wen Zhong still couldn't sleep peacefully in the main camp, thinking hard about strategies to defeat the enemy.
At this moment, an emergency bell was suddenly sounded, which was the warning of an enemy attack. Wen Zhong hurried out of the camp and saw Jiang Wenhuan directing the troops and horses to make emergency arrangements and go down the mountain to prepare for the battle. However, not long after, only
There was a roar and thunder along the mountainside, and the sergeants shouted. Wen Zhong was shocked, and Ji Li came to report: "Grand Master! The enemy launched a surprise attack, and our army suffered heavy casualties!"
Wen Zhong said angrily: "Didn't we order all the battalions to be on tight alert? Marshal Jiang just managed it well, so why were there so many casualties so quickly?"
Ji Li hurriedly said: "The enemy did not know what means they used to cause countless huge rocks to fall from the sky. Our army was unable to prepare. Most of the Banpo sergeant's camp was destroyed, and there were heavy casualties."
Zhang Shan also hurriedly came to report: "The scouts have just discovered that the enemy is at the foot of the mountain, about a mile away from our army. They did not disturb the deer horn fence, but took advantage of the darkness to attack with a large number of strange vehicles throwing rocks.
That strange car is extremely powerful, has an extremely long range and is extremely lethal. It is completely impossible to defend against. Even General Wu Wenming was seriously injured by a boulder."
Can it project boulders to attack? Can it also be launched from a distance of nearly a mile? Where did the Western Zhou Dynasty come from such strange methods?
Wen Zhong thought about it and ordered: "Those strange vehicles will not be able to withstand close combat. Quickly send an order to Marshal Jiang to rush forward at all costs and destroy such a strange thing for the Zhou army!"
Soon, Yu Qing came to report again: "There are many ballistae bows and arrows in front of the enemy's strange vehicles, and our army's own antlers block the road. Due to the unfavorable terrain, the archers cannot get close to shoot. Marshal Jiang led his troops several times to risk their lives.
, were all shot back by random arrows, General Deng Zhong and Zhang Jie have sacrificed their lives for the country. At present, the overall formation of the enemy's strange vehicles is still slowly moving forward, please make a decision!"
Deng Zhong and Zhang Jie were generals recently recruited by Wen Zhong. Now that they heard the news that they were killed in battle, they felt really sad. Now the terrible sound of stone throwing at the foot of the mountain is still continuous, fires are everywhere, and the sergeants are in chaos.
The situation was irreversible. Wen Zhong sighed and finally made the decision to retreat from Jinji Ridge.
The Zhou army learned that the Shang army had retreated and led a large army to pursue them. Finally, the Shang army was well-trained and suffered a certain amount of casualties, and finally the main force was safely withdrawn to Sishui Pass.
The first battle of the Great Shang's expedition against the Western Zhou Dynasty ended with the defeat of the Shang army. The morale of the Western Zhou Dynasty was greatly boosted, and the original doubts about Ji Fa's desperate preparations for the war were reduced. You must know that the Zhou army was defeated by the Great Shang Army Shen Wen Taishi
!And it was a big win!
In the Land of Paradise, Taoist Jie Yin, who had been paying close attention to this battle, said: "The Western Zhou Dynasty is in full swing."
After saying this, he looked at each other and smiled.
In the Yuxu Palace, Yuanshi Tianzun nodded slowly and said to the Antarctic Immortal: "This battle should be the beginning of the decline of the fortune of the Great Shang. You quickly go to Xiqi and his party, tell Ziya, and facilitate the matter as soon as possible."
Zhang Zixing, who was far away in Chaoge, also received the news of the defeat of the Shang army through some kind of equipment at the first time. When he looked at the specific number of casualties, Zhang Zixing's hands suddenly tightened, but his face remained expressionless.
Shang Qingjun knew that he was not in a good mood and said, "Husband, don't worry. Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers."
Zhang Zixing sighed: "Qing'er, why didn't you ask me why you didn't use that mysterious weapon to deal with the Western Zhou Dynasty?"
"If you use that weapon, even a mecha can instantly destroy the Zhou army's combat effectiveness." This is indeed the question in Shang Qingjun's mind. "Are you worried about Qian Tianhe?"
Zhang Zixing shook his head and said: "War is originally a matter of bloodshed. How can there be no harmony between heaven and earth?"
Yunxiao on the side answered the question: "Sister Qingjun, you don't know something. Although the battle between humans and immortals is divided into separate battles, there are still many people in the human world who need to be put on the list to face the disaster. It is absolutely impossible to use tricks.
Avoid. Even if the husband wipes out the Western Zhou Dynasty with lightning speed, the human world will still have wars and disasters that will last for years. This time, only by 'breaking' first can we 'establish' later. Since we want to destroy and then establish, we must
It is inevitable that there will be casualties. Since my husband is determined to use the killings to re-establish the power of the world and create a long-lasting peace and prosperity, he must be ruthless at this moment."
Zhang Zixing shook his head and said: "No! It's not just that! If it were to redefine the power of the world, it would be fine. There is something I didn't know at first. The three Holy Emperors of Biyou Palace suddenly gained something while meditating on the Divine Whip the day before yesterday, and they told me in a letter.
, only then did we know that this killing calamity was an unprecedented one, so the divine whip came out in response to the calamity. The divine whip can be divided into three levels: heaven, earth, and human beings. This killing calamity must meet the number of three 'positions' respectively.
, then the merits and virtues are completely fulfilled.”
The girls had learned about the special function of the magic whip from Zhang Zixing, but this was the first time they heard about this three-position theory, and they couldn't help but express surprise.
Zhang Zixing said a little anxiously: "The so-called three 'numbers' of the sky, the earth, and the people are nothing more than killing people! Get on the list! Kill more people!"