Wang Yu has always felt that there was something wrong with his father Wang Kuang's military vision. Now, having witnessed the true positional warfare of this era, he is even more filled with emotion.
Wang Kuang recruited soldiers and horses in his hometown, spent a lot of money to build an elite army, but it turned out to be a crossbow army, and then used these soldiers and horses to fight against the Yellow Turban Army. This approach can already be described as unreasonable, strong crossbows
This kind of weapon is purely for fighting regular battles. It can break shields, armor, and disrupt formations. It is completely useless against the Yellow Turban Army.
The cost of using a crossbow is not just a one-time thing. This thing is very strong and delicate, and its daily maintenance also costs a lot of money.
With the same money, you can build an infantry unit of one or two thousand soldiers. With 500 strong bows, coupled with a thousand swords and shields and spears, the actual combat power is more than double that of 500 strong crossbows? If you build a
A large number of cavalry is equally powerful.
However, to be honest, Wang Yu has nothing to complain about. The five hundred powerful crossbows did not play any role in Wang Kuang's hands, but they played a much greater role in his hands.
Let alone the distance, let's talk about the close range. Several rounds of powerful crossbow fire caused limited damage to Xu Rongjun, but the damage to the shield formation was not small. Not everyone can afford such a giant shield.
, and can also maintain a tacit understanding with other comrades to maintain the shield formation without revealing any flaws.
The strong crossbow was like an iron awl, tearing several holes in the shield array and killing the shield bearer. If the person leading the army on the opposite side was not a famous general like Xu Rong, it was hard to say whether the sergeants behind would have had time to take over.
Can the effect be the same as before?
In addition, he was also amazed at the strength of the Han army.
Those Macedonian phalanxes, Roman shield formations, and even Spanish phalanxes that were praised by later generations are actually leftovers from the Chinese ancestors. If we really take over those military formations that the West worships, even the Spanish phalanxes, as long as they are
They did not use flintlock rifles, and in front of the regular army of the Han Dynasty, they could only be crushed.
No matter how powerful the Yellow Turban Army is, they cannot defeat the Han Army. It is absolutely normal. Unless they can maintain a fanatical state and are not afraid of life and death, how can they possibly win in this kind of military formation with their crude equipment and crude tactics?
Can I get it in advance?
Just the torrential rainstorm of crossbows was enough to cause a Yellow Turban Army of thousands of soldiers to suffer heavy casualties and collapse their morale.
Similarly, in front of this kind of military formation, an individual's force is insignificant. Even a fully armed Lu Bu, if he attacks such a military formation alone, can withstand the barrage of powerful crossbows, but he can't withstand the rain of arrows.
What's more, there will be even more cruel ones later.
As the distance approached, the two armies turned into a huge torrent. Accompanied by the sound of war drums as fast as raindrops, and the shrill and piercing whistle of crossbow arrows tearing the air, they mustered up the strength of their whole bodies and let out the loudest cry.
roar.
"kill!"
It's like the huge waves hitting the rock as hard as iron; it's like the thunder coming into the world, fighting with the earth, and colliding with the killing cry!
The torrents collide!
In the end, it turned into a shocking roar, overwhelming all the noise on the battlefield!
The first one to collide was the shield bearer.
"Bang!"
The giant shields collided with each other, making a loud bang. The weak ones entered and were knocked backwards in an instant.
However, this situation is extremely rare. The shield bearers are all selected strong men. Even if they are not as strong as each other, there is rarely such a disparity. Most places on the battle line are in a stalemate.
These strong men pushed with their hands, kicked with their feet, and carried them on their shoulders, desperately trying to overwhelm their opponents; their shields made overwhelming creaking sounds and sharp and harsh friction sounds.
The shield bearers were fighting hard, and the others were not idle either. The crossbowmen dispersed spontaneously, no longer firing in unison, but based on their own observations, they threw the arrows where they should go.
The long soldiers holding spears and spears took up the position vacated by the archers, and thrust their spears into the enemy through the shield bearers in the confrontation.
As a result, an irregular and stinging jungle seemed to grow on both sides of the shield, like two swarms of angry bees, stinging each other and rolling like waves.
Every time the waves rolled up and down, it would bring up a shower of blood, which was shocking. However, as it retreated, soldiers continued to step forward to fill their positions, increasing the momentum of the waves.
The short-hand soldiers armed with swords, shields, axes and axes were also busy.
Although the existence of the shield array limits the occurrence of large-scale melees, no matter how exquisite the command is, it is impossible to completely guarantee the integrity of the shield array. Once the shield array collapses somewhere, it will become the swordsman's fault.
A place of use.
If the gap is caused by the collapse of the shield formations of both sides at the same time, then the ones fighting are the axemen of both sides. They wave the axes in their hands, roar and fight with the enemies holding the same weapons, without giving an inch.
There are only three endings to a fierce battle: either you die in battle; or a new shield bearer comes to take over and the battle line is restored; or you kill the opponent and attack the opponent's line, tearing more gaps in the opponent's array.
The spearmen are very powerful when they are stabbing, but if they lose the protection in front of them and are attacked by short soldiers, they will only be killed. Therefore, once there is a gap in the shield array, you must fight to the death.
Avoid being invaded by enemies and taking advantage of the situation to expand.
The most ideal result is for one side's shield formation to completely collapse and the other side to march forward as a whole. In that case, the side whose formation collapsed will face a massacre, and the skirmishers who cannot form a formation will be in front of the formation.
In front of the military formation, there was no resistance at all.
The most common result is that the formations of both sides gradually collapse, and then fall into a big melee. Who loses and who wins is out of the control of the general. This is in line with the saying that the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road.
Of course, it is also possible that both sides believe that they cannot defeat the other side and cannot bear the huge casualties. The military formations of both sides will gradually disengage under the orders of the general, and then each will withdraw its troops.
However, in this current battle, the situation has been in a stalemate.
The battle lines of both sides were intertwined, gaps constantly appeared, and gaps continued to be filled, and then the back and forth was repeated, one after another. The battle was quite stalemate, so it became more and more fierce.
Blood splattered everywhere, body parts were flying everywhere, and corpses were tumbling everywhere.
The swords are flying, the spears are whistling, the arrows are flying, and the war horses are neighing!
The sound of gold and iron clashing with weapons, the roars of soldiers fighting, the cries of pain when wounded, the screams before death, the thick and fierce sound of war drums, the exciting and high-pitched horn sounds...all kinds of
The voices intertwined under Lan Yao.
The dust and mist floated in the wind on the empty plains, making the clouds in the sky thicker. The strong smell of blood rose up, making the sun dizzy and pale, and finally had to
Hidden in a thick cloud.
Li Cun looked at Yu Jin in shock. Although Wang Yu had made some tricks in setting up the formation, the battle in front of him was real and there was no trickery at all.
i In Chenggao, the famous General Cao was completely defeated in an array battle. At that time, the coalition forces had more troops.
It would be fine if Wang Yu was commanding this battle, but Wang Yu didn't take any action at all. He just randomly assigned an unspectacular lieutenant under his command, and in the end he was able to draw a tie with the invincible Xu Rong. This is really disappointing.
It's unbelievable.
There is actually no secret to this tactic. It is just trying to maintain the stability of the array and then trying to destroy the enemy's entry line. But this kind of thing is easier said than done.
Through observation, the commander should discover the danger at the first time, even predict it in advance, and then command the troops to attack the danger before it becomes uncontrollable. The opposite is also true, it is nothing more than the difference between destruction and maintenance.
In a battle involving thousands of troops, how easy is it to do this?
At the beginning, or if the battle is not intense, you may be able to manage things calmly, but the fierce battle in front of you has already heated up. A layman may not even be able to distinguish the flags, and how to find the troops in need of rescue and the idle troops on the chaotic battlefield.
Troops and let them go where they should go without disturbing each other?
This kind of thing, just thinking about it, already gives me a splitting headache. To actually take command? Li Cun knew that it would be impossible for him to do it in his life. He was very curious. His subordinates were all so powerful, so what?
When the master Wang Peng raises his hand, what will happen?
He was amazed, and Wang Yu was also amazed, but while Wang Yu was amazed, he also discovered something else.
He asked quietly: "Han Sheng, is the situation of our army..."
"The situation of our army is unfavorable, Wen Ze has reached the limit, and Xu Rong seems to be able to handle it with ease. In fact, even if this is not the case, our army will be defeated sooner or later if we continue to fight like this. Our army is small, and Wen Ze has begun to dispatch Danyang troops into battle. Soon
He will fall into a situation where he has no troops to mobilize. At that time, no matter how high his commanding ability is, he will only..."
Huang Zhong was also shocked by Jin's ability, but he always kept a clear head and made an accurate judgment on the situation calmly.
"But if we retreat like this, the situation may get out of hand." Wang Yu did not forget that Xu Rong set up the fish scale formation, which is an assault formation, and the pursuit is just as sharp. To retreat at this time is to seek death.
Already.
Huang Zhong asked: "How about... counterattack first?" He knew that Wang Yu still had two trump cards in his hand, the Youzhou Army and Xu Huang's heavy infantry. No matter which one took action, they could bring the situation back.
Wang Yu was a little hesitant. He couldn't move those two trump cards lightly, otherwise he wouldn't be able to counterattack. It was okay for Baima Yicong. As long as they didn't forcefully rush into the enemy's formation and cause too many casualties, they could be used repeatedly. Xu Huang's
The 500 heavy infantry were basically all at once, and their location was wrong.
"Don't worry, my lord, I will be lucky enough to live up to my destiny..."
Because Yu Jin was sweating profusely and directing the battle, Wang Yu and Huang Zhong spoke very softly. However, Yu Jin suddenly spoke, and his tense expression loosened, and he suddenly showed a trace of relaxation.
and a relieved smile!
Facing Wang Yu and Huang Zhong's confused gaze, Yu Jin whispered: "Xu Gongqing is about to change his formation!"