Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 378 Three Stone Bow Armor-Piercing Arrow

Today's sun is hiding behind the clouds, revealing a pale color.There is no wind, it is not cold, and there is a slight mist.

As soon as the sky was bright, the Song army went to the front of the city to call for battle.Not long after, the gates of the city were opened wide, and Wei Yi led more than 2000 people out of the city to fight.

Before Wei Yi's formation had stabilized, he heard the sound of horns from the Song army.Chi Yuping rushed out of the formation first, Zhang Chi and Bai Jingqi followed closely behind Chi Yuping.After leaving the battle, without any hesitation, he rushed straight to Wei Yi who was under the command of the commander in chief.

Wei Yi was taken aback.I haven't been a soldier for a long time, and I haven't seen this style of play.When the two armies confront each other, it is a common tactic to continuously use small groups of elite cavalry to attack each other.But everyone knows that the Chinese army is the most powerful and the most difficult to be disrupted.When the cavalry charged into the formation, they generally attacked the flanks, or the junction of the two formations.After disrupting the enemy's formation, they press against the enemy's central army to achieve their goal.It's really unprecedented to go straight to the Chinese army like this.A hundred cavalry rushing, is it to die?
With an order, a drum sounded in Wei Yi's formation.The spearmen in front stepped aside, revealing the crossbowmen behind them.

The Song Dynasty was an era when a large number of bows and crossbows were used. Under normal circumstances, [-]% of the army's crossbowmen accounted for [-]%, and the number could reach [-]%.Compared with other types of arms, bows and crossbows are more powerful and more lethal.As long as your formation is not chaotic, it is difficult for the enemy to attack the front of the formation.The weak combat effectiveness of the Song army is not due to formation and weapons, but personnel. There are problems with generals, soldiers and systems.

Seeing that Song Jun rushed into the range of the bow and crossbow, another drum sounded in Wei Yi's formation.Like locusts, arrows rained all over the sky towards Song Jun.

Chi Yuping raised the small shield in his hand, blocked the vital points, and rushed straight to Wei Yi.These one hundred elite riders were all wearing iron armor, and the rain of arrows in Wei Yi's formation did not cause much damage.Still in order, they rushed forward.

It is often said that the enemy is no more than three arrows.When the two armies were fighting, the defender could only shoot about three arrows on the way the cavalry rushed.After the three arrows were shot, they fought hand-to-hand and entered a melee.Of course, even in melee, crossbowmen can still shoot arrows.One is to assist the gunmen in front to shoot the enemies in front of the formation, and the other is to block the enemy's reinforcements.If the attacking side can't rush into the enemy's formation in one go, it will fall into siege.

Seeing that the Song army's offensive continued unabated, Wei Yi ordered his army to continue shooting arrows, while raising the spear in his hand.When the Song army was twenty steps away, they shouted loudly, raised their guns and led their own soldiers to kill them.

Chi Yuping put away his shield and raised his gun to meet Wei Yi.The cavalry behind and Wei Yi's personal soldiers also fought together, and there was chaos in front of the formation.

Zhang Chi, who was behind, flicked his horse lightly, avoiding the melee crowd, and took his bow down.Looking at Wei Yi who was fighting with Chi Yuping in front of him, he took a deep breath.With a loud shout, he urged the horses to gallop past the crowd.Shooting arrows in succession in his hand, three arrows fired in volley, passed through the melee crowd like lightning, and shot straight at Wei Yi.

Wei Yi heard the sound of the arrow coming from the wind, and knew something was wrong, so the gun in her hand dropped the first arrow based on her feeling.She felt a huge shock in her arm, and Wei Yi was so frightened that her heart was broken.Before he could react, the other two arrows hit one in the chest and the other in the abdomen.It directly pierced the armor and embedded deeply into the flesh.

Seeing that Wei Yi's eyes were loose, Chi Yuping laughed out loud.With his right hand, he took down the iron mace from his back, and struck Wei Yi on the head with the first mace.Before Wei Yi's body fell off the horse, Chi Yuping took out the steel knife and took his head off.

Holding Wei Yi's head high in his hands, Chi Yuping said loudly: "Guozhou defenders, your heads are here! Do you still want to fight!"

Zhang Chi let out a sigh of relief, and slowly retracted his bow.It was only at this time that my right arm felt sore and weak, as the three arrows had exhausted all my strength just now.As a general who is good at archery in the army, Zhang Chi can open a three-stone bow.He can draw a three-stone bow, but the bow Zhang Chi usually uses is only two-stone and three-dou.With the three-stone bow, just like now, a few arrows will exhaust all strength.

Following Chi Yuping's words, Wei Yi's subordinates gradually stopped fighting.After an unknown period of time, someone suddenly shouted, and the entire army formation quickly collapsed, and the soldiers scattered and fled.

Li Yanxian couldn't believe it when he saw the scene on the battlefield.An army of nearly [-] people collapsed in an instant, it was too magical.Last night, I discussed the tactics of today's battle with someone, but I didn't expect it to be so smooth.

At the pre-war meeting last night, everything was clearly discussed when to enter the army today, how to arrange the formation, how to attack, and when Zhang Chi would shoot the arrow.The process of killing Wei Yi seems very simple, but it is not easy to do.Chi Yuping was particular about when to start a war, and what kind of state Wei Yi should try to maintain.Especially for Zhang Chi, it was actually very difficult to hit Wei Yi with all three arrows in the chaos.

Seeing Wei Yi's army fleeing in all directions, Wang Xiaolie said to Li Yanxian, "Jinglue, let's go into the city."

Li Yanxian nodded, and together with Wang Xiaolie, led the army into Guozhou City.

After entering the city gate, Li Yanxian said: "Wei Yi has nearly ten thousand troops, let them escape, I'm afraid it will become a disaster!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "It has been several months since Wushu led the army to attack Guozhou. The people around Guozhou either died or fled, where are there still people? After arriving here, I ordered Wang Ruohai to organize the remaining All the people in the area moved south to Dengzhou. Now, there is no one family within 1 miles around Guozhou. Where are these [-] people going to flee without food? Wait a few days and collect them slowly.”

Li Yanxian was taken aback: "Is that so? There are no people around, and these rebels really have nowhere to go."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Most of the people around Shanzhou and Guozhou had moved to the south at the beginning of the year, and there were not many people in the first place. After this war, there are not many people left. It's better to move them all. Make this place a place of death."

Li Yanxian nodded silently, without saying a word.The destruction of society by war cannot be overestimated.In the past few years, the area of ​​Shanzhou and Guozhou has gone through several wars, leaving ten rooms and nine empty houses.There has been another battle in the past few months, and the damage has been even more serious.

The Jin army did not pay attention to production. After entering the pass this time, after Fuping won a game, he seized a large amount of Song army supplies.With the support of these materials, the Jin army was able to quickly spread across all roads in Shaanxi, chasing the Song army.It is because of these materials that the damage in Guanzhong area is relatively not serious, but it is not in the area of ​​Shanzhou and Guozhou.

When I arrived at the state government office, I sat down.Wang Xiaolie said to Li Yanxian: "According to the agreement before the war, the two of us will stay in Guozhou and pacify the vicinity. Shao Yun and Jia He will lead the military and horses and go east to take Shanzhou. If the Jin army's defense is not tight , You can go out of Mianchi to the east, threatening Wu's rear route. Our troops will be led by Wei Yang and Xue Cheng to take Tongguan. If Tongguan can be successfully captured, Wei Yang will go to take Huazhou, and Xue Cheng will go to take Tongzhou. After conquering these two places, they can control the Yellow River Ferry to the west, and can threaten Jingzhao Mansion to the east. The Eriduo and Wanyan Huonv tribes who were attacking Qinfeng, Jingyuan and other roads were cut off. No matter how arrogant the Jin army is, they must withdraw to deal with us."

Li Yanxian nodded again and again: "Yes, Ye Liduo couldn't sleep well when the soldiers came to Jingzhao Mansion. How could Wushu be allowed to come here? After this battle, Wushu would never dare to come east again, so he must guard the gold well." Army's back road."

The commander-in-chief of the Jin army in Shaanxi was Eriduo, the second prince. Wushu was only one wing of soldiers and horses, and the other wing was Wanyanhuovv.Wu Shu stayed near Jingzhao Mansion, originally to prevent Li Yanxian from behind from cutting his way.Now in Luoyang, flaws have been exposed.

(End of this chapter)