It is difficult to describe in words how many kinds of sounds were resonating at the moment before the two armies came into close contact. Some were relatively subtle and low-pitched. In chronological order, the first was the powerful crossbow arrow, which collided with the shield.
sound.
Although he saw the shield, Qu Yi had no choice but to modify his order in such a short period of time. The crossbowmen had no time to ask for instructions or hesitate. They could only use their own judgment to forcibly raise or lower the crossbows in their hands in an attempt to avoid them.
Use the enemy's shield to shoot people or horses.
In fact, according to Qu Yi's idea, even if the opponent takes out a shield, they should keep shooting straight.
The armor on the Qingzhou Army is already thick enough. It is unknown whether the crossbow can break through the armor at a distance of thirty steps, and whether it can cause enough damage after breaking the armor. Rather than expecting the volley to cause much damage, it is better to
It was expected that the impact of the crossbow would push some of the cavalry off their horses and cause chaos.
For this purpose, it actually doesn't make much difference whether the crossbow fires on a shield or on armor. On the contrary, it barely avoids the shield, which reduces the power of the volley to a minimum.
The shield of the Qingzhou Army was too big. When it was raised in front of the horse, it protected the horse's head and half of the rider's body behind it. It was not easy to avoid it. The eight hundred crossbow arrows were either too high or too low, and they were completely lost.
The meaning of salvo.
In this round of fighting, Wang Yu, who was well prepared, won a complete victory.
In fact, with Qu Yi's eyesight, he had already seen this shield. But he had never seen plate armor before, and was confused by this new armor assembled from large iron plates. He couldn't tell what it was.
The shield is still armor, so I didn’t give the reminder in time.
The failure of the powerful crossbow to achieve success did not dishearten Qu Yi.
His strategy of restraining cavalry has an overall idea. The main function of the crossbow is to create chaos. It reduces the damage caused by the enemy's forward, not the winner. What really solves the battle is the long sword and spear at the back.
The ability of spearmen to defeat cavalry is just a setting in later games, and it is not sufficient. If spearmen are so powerful, why bother training cavalry?
However, the dense formation of spears can indeed exert considerable restraint on the enemy's frontal charge. In Qu Yi's tactics, the real trump card against the cavalry is the Changge soldiers.
Most of China's long weapons evolved from spears and spears. Needless to say, spears are the round shapes of weapons such as swords, spears, and spears, while the upgraded versions of Ge are halberds, axes, spears, and hooks and sickles.
Guns, these strange weapons.
Because there is a horizontal branch on the Ge, when dealing with ordinary enemies, you can use it to lock the opponent's weapons; it is even more effective against heavy armored cavalry. As long as there are soldiers who dare to fight without beating to death, you can use it to fight in melee.
When doing so, use the sword to hook the enemy off his horse.
As long as the heavy armored cavalry falls to the ground, even if it is not dead, it will not be able to stand up. It is no different than dead. Therefore, Ge and Ji are the best tactics to deal with heavy armored cavalry.
Later, Yue Fei used the hook and sickle spear when he dealt with the Iron Buddha of the Jin Dynasty. Qu Yi was the first master in restraining the cavalry in the late Han Dynasty. Naturally, he would not be helpless when encountering heavy armored cavalry.
The Ge is the winner, the crossbow is a sharp weapon to reduce casualties, and the spearmen maintain a complete array and reduce the enemy's speed. It creates opportunities for the Ge soldiers and serves as the core of the strategy to connect the past and the future.
At Jie Bridge, due to Jushou's well-planned arrangement, Gongsun Zan was completely confused. Qu Yi dealt a heavy blow to Baima Yicong with his powerful crossbow alone, and was unable to completely break through the spear formation behind him. Therefore, Qu Yi defeated the cavalry in the battle.
The law is not fully exposed.
This time, the Chang Ge Formation hidden behind the spear formation was his trump card. If Wang Yu thought that he would be sure of victory as long as he avoided his powerful crossbow volley, he was totally wrong!
Qu Yi will seize the fruits of victory without hesitation!
Therefore, the failure of the volley did not cause him any trouble. Amidst the deafening collisions, he shouted with all his strength, asking the spearman to stabilize and level the spear.
So, after the collision between the crossbow arrow and the shield, there was the sound of the collision between the shield and the spear.
Wang Yu's move once again exceeded Qu Yi's expectations. He asked in detail about the defeated troops in the previous battle, and thought he had a certain understanding of Wang Yu's cavalry charging tactics.
It is undoubtedly a very active tactic. It uses the horse's huge lethality and strong armor to attack hard and crush the enemy's forward at the fastest speed, causing chaos and taking the opportunity to kill.
If it is such a tactic, his own spear formation should not be able to withstand it. Especially if there are insufficient numbers of crossbows, the spear formation will soon be broken through. However, that is exactly what he wants!
If you break through in that way, the breakthrough points should be scattered. The cavalry with higher martial arts and equestrian skills will break through the formation earlier. This doesn't mean much to Zahu, just like Lu Qiling did when she broke away from the formation, as long as she avoids the axe,
The hammer attack and the siege of the thieves were unable to deal with the heavy armored cavalry.
But against those who first ascend the camp, the leading soldiers who break out of the formation will be besieged by the Changge soldiers. Strong generals like Lu Qiling and Zhang Liao may be able to withstand it, but ordinary cavalry will have no choice but to fall off their horses.
In fact, even Lu Qiling and Zhang Liao may not be fine. After wearing heavy armor, their flexibility will be greatly restricted. They cannot turn back or wave weapons with their backhands. There is nothing they can do against attacks from behind. What's more, Changge soldiers
He can also hook a horse's leg, and there are many ways to deal with cavalry.
If everything goes according to Qu Yi's script, the spear array will serve as a sieve. It does not need to completely block the cavalry's assault. It only needs to destroy the overall formation of the cavalry. Although the pointed soldiers passing through the array will give the spearmen
It causes great damage, but there is no way to continue the assault, and there is no way to turn around and send reinforcements. In the end, it will become a war of attrition - the lives of the spearmen are exchanged for the cavalry to fall.
Qu Yi believed that the first to reach the camp would have a chance of winning.
Even if Qingzhou's army is extremely strong, after being consumed by him for a while, it is impossible for them to still have the strength to deal with Qi Zhou, who is taking advantage. Zahu can't fight hard battles, but he still has skills in fighting smooth battles.
However, Wang Yu did not follow his routine at all. During the period before the two armies came into contact, the cavalry usually increased their speed to the extreme, but the Qingzhou Army uncharacteristically slowed down their horses.
Slowing down in time of battle?
Moreover, there was no expectation of the horsemen waving in unison and the leading soldiers rushing forward. Instead, the first two rows of cavalry with shields pressed forward and collided with the spear formation.
This is not a smart tactic. The impact of cavalry is super strong, but their strength is not much greater than that of infantry. Using shields to meet the spear formation can certainly reduce the casualties of the forwards, but after losing their impact, what will they use to break through?
What about the spear array?
Qu Yi was quite puzzled by this, and even fell into a rare state of trance.
The collision of spears and iron shields continued continuously, and finally turned into a loud bang, and the cavalrymen who raised their shields fell off their horses one after another.
The huge shield that had previously caused headaches for the first camp had become a fatal injury. The area was too large. Each shield had to withstand the thrusts of at least a dozen spearmen. It became a simple wrestling. How could the cavalry not fall off their horses? The spearmen
The morale was greatly boosted. If they had not received strict training, someone might have counterattacked.
"Why are you invincible? It turns out they are just a bunch of cowards!"
"The cavalry raised their shields to hit the forest of spears. Only an idiot would do that!"
The moment they saw the cavalry falling off their horses, Qi Zhou and others were like a group of drowning people who finally raised their heads above the water. The refreshing breath of escaping from death was inhaled through their pores, and they walked in the eight extraordinary meridians for a week, moving.
It feels good to walk in the mountains and feel proud again.
"Kill Wang Pengju and avenge the dead brothers!" Now their hands were no longer shaking, their legs were no longer weak, and they were no longer gasping for air when they mounted their horses. From the Zhou Dynasty onwards, all the leaders were clamoring to get on their horses and wait to rush down.
Help in the war and take revenge.
Killing Wang Pengju and making a name for oneself is unlikely to be a good thing, and it is even more nonsense to avenge Luo Xiazi and the others. The most important thing is to grab the spoils! That iron armor... tsk tsk, let alone those adults and Xiao Wang on the grassland.
Can all the princes and generals in the Central Plains get one?
If you grab a pair, you can use it as a family heirloom... no, it can be a treasure of the town clan! If you are lucky and grab a hundred or so pairs, we can also form such an elite cavalry, and the world will not let you down.
By Zongheng?
Of course, we cannot be as stupid as Wang Pengju and use our treasures as grassroots.
"Wait a minute..." The rebel leaders' request for a fight hit a wall here at Qi Zhou. The Youzhou leader was seen staring directly at the place where the two armies were fighting. The joy at the corner of his mouth was still there, and his eyes were full of joy.
He was so shocked that he became a little sluggish.
When everyone turned around to look in astonishment, their expressions quickly changed to the same as Qi Zhou's, because just when they were so happy that they forgot themselves, the battle situation changed suddenly again.
First of all, the horses in the first two rows did not stay where they were after their masters dismounted. Instead, they crashed into the spear formation of the first camp without slowing down.
This situation is actually very strange, because when the knight on the horse is wrestling with the infantry, the force should be exerted on the horse. When the cavalry falls off the horse, the horse's center of gravity will shift, or it will fall to one side, or stand up, or stand up.
Or spinning in circles, in short it is impossible to continue to charge forward. Even if there are occasional exceptions, it is impossible for all horses to be unaffected.
But this time, the Qingzhou Cavalry was all special cases.
The horses of the cavalry are also covered with armor, especially the front, head, face, neck, and even the horse's legs are all covered with metal. Moreover, the horses are blindfolded and their ears are blocked. When the cavalry falls off the horse, it seems that they are still
It gave the horse a certain amount of stimulation, so after losing its rider, the speed of the war horse increased instead of decreasing, and it crashed straight into the spear array.
There were nearly a hundred people in this group who fell off their horses. Hundreds of iron horses crashed in, and their power was not much worse than that of the cavalry above. The neat spear array suddenly became chaotic.
And Wang Yu sacrificed the combat power of nearly a hundred cavalry in exchange for such a situation. Of course, it was impossible to just scare people. The following cavalry accelerated while following a specific route to carefully avoid the fallen robe, and then showed their faces to the enemy.