After Zang Ba's reminder, Yin Li suddenly discovered that the defensive position chosen by the Qingzhou Army happened to be a river bend. This is not surprising. The terrain of Fulong Valley is originally winding, otherwise it would not look like a dragon.
Yin Li didn't take it seriously before, only thinking that the Qingzhou Army was reducing the defensive area to fight against the numerous enemies. Now when Zang Ba mentioned it, he was shocked to find that it was indeed a flying geese formation.
Coincidence, it cannot happen to this extent. Since Wang Yu has been prepared for a long time, he must have a trump card. Now it seems that his trump card is hidden in the fleet, under the awning!
This time, he didn’t need Zang Ba’s prompting, and he was close to the truth.
According to military books, the Wild Geese Formation is a formation that has a bonus to long-range troops. Among the five Qingzhou generals, Huang Zhong prefers this formation. This may be a bit illusory, but in later generations, the Wild Geese Formation means that the two wings are spread out.
, becomes an angle, and then carries out a cross-fire coverage attack.
Of course, the Han Dynasty did not have machine guns, but this does not mean that this rule will be invalid. The attack of the bow and crossbow is also fatal.
And just when Yin Li was shocked and wanted to cry out, the fleet on the river finally made some movement.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The awnings were all lifted up in no particular order, revealing the true face of Lushan inside the ship!
A little cold star, full of murderous intent!
A pair of sharp eyes, impressive momentum!
Hidden in the cabin were hundreds of strong soldiers armed with crossbows!
"Kill!" A purple-faced general raised his hand and suddenly dropped it, and a storm spewed out!
"Collapse! Collapse! Collapse!" It was like a mountain collapsing and the ground cracking, or like a surging sea tide. In fact, it was like thunder and lightning. Dots of cold stars howled, carrying strong winds and murderous intent, and were involved in the rolling crowds.
The shrill screams suddenly sounded, and they became one from far and near.
"There's an ambush!"
"Mom, help me! It's a crossbow!"
"God damn the Qingzhou people. Even their arrow shafts are made of fine iron. They are deliberately trying to kill us!"
In later generations, there were serious incidents in which regular military machine guns fired at civilians on parade. When bullets hit a dense crowd, they usually do not end up hurting only one person. Before the impact force is exhausted, it will work hard to penetrate all the objects that can be penetrated.
thing.
The casualties caused by such actions are extremely huge. And the current situation is actually similar.
The strong crossbow used by the Qingzhou military is actually the legendary Dahuang crossbow. This kind of strong crossbow has a range of hundreds of steps. It can fire at a close range of twenty or thirty steps. It uses a crossbow arrow made of fine steel, which is not as powerful as the crossbow.
The musket is inferior, even more so.
The stainless steel crossbow arrow penetrates the human body with a huge impact. After being blocked, it spins violently like a huge drill. Unless it hits the sternum, a single human body is far from being able to carry it.
The fierce strength was consumed.
With a cloud of blood, the demonic crossbow bolt penetrated from the back of the human body and fiercely pounced on the next target. Then, the same tragedy would happen again...
Due to the large number of people, the room for display was limited. After the forward was blocked, the following troops were still charging. They could not close their feet and were huddled together. Under the blow of the strong crossbow, many minions were skewered by the crossbow arrows.
died together.
Or back to back; Or facing each other, hugging each other intimately; Or connected side by side... Various postures, all kinds of weird, if you have to use one word to describe it, there are only four words "Abi hell"!
"No chaos, no chaos!" The ominous premonition finally came true, but Chang Xi had no other choice but to shout loudly, asking the minions to continue charging, "Charge up, plus those in the boat, they can only
There are only a thousand people, and there are many of us, so if we kill them, we will have a way to survive!"
"A strong crossbow can shoot four hundred steps. Turning around and running is seeking death. The only way to survive is to charge forward. While they are loading the bow..." Wu Dun's shout stopped abruptly. He was horrified to see that after the volley, the inside of the boat was
The ambush soldier put down the powerful crossbow in his hand, picked up another open crossbow from under his feet, loaded the crossbow bolts in a leisurely manner, and began to take aim, obviously preparing for the next round of volley.
The crossbow is undoubtedly the most powerful killing weapon in the cold weapon era. Even the ghost-like Lu Bu dare not charge against dozens of powerful crossbows. In addition to its huge lethality, the advantages of crossbows over bows include:
Aiming for a long time, and now like this, first pull it open and take it as you go.
Theoretically speaking, as long as there is sufficient supply, crossbows can be fired continuously. The only disadvantage is that the cost is too high and ordinary people cannot afford to use them.
Wu Dun, who was unfortunately involved in the second round of the storm, before he breathed his last breath, what he was thinking about was that he must be a rich man in his next life, and he must also pull out an army of powerful crossbowmen, each with two powerful crossbows.
, use one, throw one...
However, until his death, Wu Dun underestimated the cruelty of local tyrant Wang Yu.
After the second round of salvos, the ambush soldiers in the boat threw aside the crossbows in their hands, then bent down and picked up the third one. The reason why they knew it was the third one was because that crossbow was also cocked...
…
The storm of death blew again and again. Not to mention the bandits, even the Qingzhou Army themselves were frightened when they saw it. Facing such a powerful killing formation, they probably had no choice but to avoid its sharp edge, or resist with a shield, head on.
The impact would have caused heavy casualties to anyone involved.
The bandit was completely stunned.
Although they fell into a state of fanaticism for a while, at their core, they were just bandits. No matter how fanatical they were, they still woke up after being enveloped by such a death storm.
Once his sanity was restored, the previous panic and new fear suddenly hit him twice as hard, and the transition from fanaticism to despair took place in the blink of an eye.
In fact, if the intervals between the three rounds of crossbowmen's volleys were not too small, leaving many people with no time to react, the first round of strikes alone would have shattered the morale of more than half of the bandits. It's just that the subsequent strikes came too fast.
They didn't really react until the three rounds of shooting were over.
These three rounds of volleys alone caused more than a thousand casualties, more than 30% of the entire Taishan bandit army! An army that can withstand such a blow without collapsing will only belong to the category of heavenly soldiers, heavenly generals, or robot legions.
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"Mom, run, run quickly!"
"The fatal Wang Pengju is here. Run!"
The shouts of killing turned into cries, and the bandits turned around and ran away. Even though Chang Xi screamed at the top of his lungs, and the steel knife in his hand chopped down several defeated soldiers, it was useless.
No one still remembers the previous assassination. Can someone who can set up such a terrifying trap be assassinated casually? The bandits were so anxious that they only hated their parents for giving birth to two legs.
But I don’t know if I ran too hard before and ran out of strength, or I was frightened. I wanted to run away, but my legs and feet kept getting weak, and I couldn’t run fast. Moreover, my companions were running around and pushing each other.
Each other escaped, and the remaining broken troops huddled together in a mess.
"Chase!" On the other side, Wei Yan, who had been holding back for a long time, only said one word, then jumped off the boat and chased the defeated bandits. The soldiers of the Hidden Mist Army caught up from behind as quickly as possible and chased the escapees one by one.
Cut them to the ground. Pass through the two wings of the flying geese formation and surround the remaining bandits.
No one dared to turn back to fight again, and those inexhaustible crossbows became a permanent nightmare in the hearts of the soldiers. Until several years later, the surviving bandits in this battle would still tremble in their voices when they mentioned this night.
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"Jie, Jie. Grandpa was unlucky that day and ran into Wei Wenchang's Hidden Mist Army!" Years later, Yin Li, who finally figured out what kind of monster his opponent was, said inarticulately to his grandson.
That battle was the last one he participated in. After escaping from the battlefield, he refused Zang Ba's invitation and found a remote village to live in seclusion. He would not leave the mountain again, no matter who came to invite him.
He admitted that he was scared out of his wits, and it was precisely because of this. As one of Wang Yu's many enemies during that long period of chaos, he actually managed to save his life and was able to live a long life.
For this, he was very happy. He pinched his grandson's nose, and he smiled brightly and happily: "Blessings come from misfortunes, misfortunes come from blessings. If I hadn't seen this scene that day, your grandfather and I would have died long ago."
Under the horse's hooves, there will be no more of you."
Of course Wang Yu didn't know that there would be such an episode after this battle. The moment the crossbow string sounded, he knew that the battle was over.
He took great pains to set up this game, with the purpose of catching all the Taishan thieves. There is not much threat when these people gather for battle, but once they disperse, it will be troublesome.
Guerrilla warfare has never been able to change the situation, but it will be a headache for any ruler who hopes to restore order. The Taishan bandits are too familiar with the terrain and have many local intelligence sources, so it is very difficult to eliminate them.
A waste of time and energy.
The new army of Hidden Mist has been training for more than half a year, and its techniques and tactics have basically been figured out. They just took this opportunity to practice in practice. Now it seems that the effect is not bad.
The companions who were invisible all the way were not even noticed by the well-informed Taishan thieves; later they boarded the ship in Dongguan, also quietly; they lurked on the ship, but still did not show their whereabouts. The final sudden attack, three rounds of volleys,
After abandoning the crossbow and landing on the shore, the outflanking and storming attack basically showed the results of the training.
Wang Yu was very satisfied.
He waved his hand and said calmly: "The enemy has lost their will to fight. Just shout and ask them to surrender."
"Those who surrender will not be killed, and those who abandon their weapons and lie on the ground will avoid death!" the cavalry shouted in unison.
The bandits have been killed and their courage has been shattered. How can they dare to be stubborn when they hear that there is a way to survive? There are a few who resist to the end. They are just moths in the flames in front of the expressionless Hidden Mist Army who is killing them hard.
The resistance quickly disappeared, and the river valley was filled with people, some of them corpses, and more of them defeated soldiers.
"Wen Chang and Wen Xiang stayed to clean the battlefield and wait for Jun Yi's troops to arrive. After the handover, they will follow. Others, follow me and continue moving forward." The overall situation was decided. Wang Yu didn't even have the interest to take a look at the battlefield and turned over.
Mount your horse and lead the cavalry to continue southward without stopping.
"Here!" Wei Yan responded loudly, but Xu Sheng hesitated and did not speak.
"What?" Wang Yu frowned.
The purpose of bringing Xu Sheng to Fulong Valley was to allow him to gain some experience in battle formations and to test the reliability of the opponent. Now that the Qingzhou tree attracts the wind, it can no longer be used by just recruiting individuals. It is a very common military strategist to use it.
way.
Judging from Shicai's performance, Xu Sheng should not be a spy. Now that the battle is over, it is natural for the opponent to continue to accumulate experience in cleaning up the battlefield, and then return to Zhang Jaw's command and accept his teachings. If Xu Sheng thinks that he has established a
Gong, some other ideas will only make Wang Yu look down on him.
"My lord, that Zhang Kai is dead..." Xu Sheng said dejectedly: "You asked me to keep an eye on him, and I tied his hands and feet, but I didn't expect that he actually hid poison in his mouth in advance..."
"Oh, if you die, just die." Wang Yu's brows suddenly relaxed and he said with relief: "You will gain wisdom after every experience, and you will have experience next time. This time you are an insignificant little role, and you may not know the future.
He is a big shot, so there is no need to worry about it."
"But..." Xu Sheng was moved and surprised at the same time. When he raised his head suddenly, there were even tears rolling in his eyes.
In today's battle, he truly saw the majesty of Wang Yu and the might of the Qingzhou Army. Being able to show off his skills in such a powerful army with strict orders and prohibitions was exactly what he wanted in his life. It is said that Zhang Kai can be traced back to the behind-the-scenes
The black hand is very important. He messed up the errand and thought he would be severely punished by Wang Yu. Who would have thought that he would be let off so lightly? How could he not be surprised?
"They are all clowns. There is nothing to care about. After today, just be honest. If you dare to jump out and make trouble again, we will crush them again. Don't worry about it!"
With a hearty smile, Wang Yu gently pinched the horse's belly, and Wu Hao let out a cheerful long hiss and flew away in the dust. (To be continued...)