Fenghou

Chapter 401 Ten Thousand Arrows
The next day, the sky was still dark, and the dawn was just showing its belly white from the east. The drums that had been silent for nearly a month sounded again in the Jinbing Camp, 'Boom!Boom!Boom! 'The sound of the drums shook the sky.

A muffled blast of a horn mixed with the sound of the drums, 'Woo--'

This was the last attack of Jin Bing, without the restraint of Wan Yanchang, the supervisor, Wanyan Wushu decided to put all his eggs in one basket, and all [-] troops were dispatched.

Groups of well-armored puppet Qi soldiers and Jin soldiers came out of the camp, as did the cavalry of the Jin soldiers. There were [-] cavalry in the [-] army. The cavalry is dominated by Khitan, Xi and Bohai people.

These Khitan people and Xi people are different from the former Khitan army soldiers. The former Khitan army were prisoners of war surrendered by the Liao army, but now these Khitan people and Xi people lived with the Jurchens very early. They belonged to the Jin Dynasty. The second-class common people are called Jurchens in a broad sense.

In addition to the [-] cavalry, the other [-] are infantry, of which [-] are the Qi army, and [-] are the Guangyi Jurchen army. These [-] people will be the main force in this attack on Ganquan Fort.

An army of [-] troops has been lined up three miles away from Ganquan Fort. The army is overwhelming, the flags are like clouds, and the murderous aura pervades the earth.

At this time, five heavy-duty nest vehicles came out of the army like five huge monsters. The bulls pulled in front, the soldiers supported behind, and the big wooden wheels as tall as a man slowly moved forward.

The head of the city was also full of murderous spirits. Six thousand soldiers were deployed on the head of Nancheng, their spears were shining golden in the morning glow.

The cavalry-throwing fireballs that appeared the night before made Chen Qing realize that the golden soldiers would repeat their tricks today. Their first wave of attacks must be fireballs, disrupting the defense of the city.

Five heavy-duty nest carts were already in place, Wanyan Wushu waved his saber, and five thousand cavalry galloped towards the city wall with oil balls and torches in their hands.
Sure enough, as Chen Qing expected, Chen Qing shouted: "All bowmen get ready! Shield players get ready!"

The crossbowmen are not only the [-] god-armed crossbowmen on the top of the city, but also the [-] archers in the city. Without the threat of catapults, [-] archers can fully deploy their formation. Their city wall is about [-] steps away. Formation, this is also to avoid the arrows from outside the city.

According to the experience of previous battles, the arrows fired by the Jurchen cavalry outside the city generally do not exceed fifty steps from the city wall, but the crossbow arrows of the infantry will exceed fifty steps.

Therefore, each of the [-] archers is also equipped with a shield to resist the attack of crossbow arrows, but the threat will not last long. The god arm crossbow and bed crossbow on the top of the city will clean up the enemy's crossbow array.

[-] archers lined up five steps a row, a total of ten rows, prepared, shot arrows and defended according to the command flag at the top of the city.

They are called the Thousand Arrows Piercing Heart Formation, and their powerful power can be seen from this.

The yellow flag in the command flag was raised, and ten thousand soldiers took their arrows and strung strings one after another, waiting for the red flag to be raised
At this time, the two thousand god arm crossbows were launched. Their target was not the soldiers on horseback, but the horses. The effect was much better during the day than at night. , The cavalry gradually arrived.

The top of the city was transformed into a shield for defense. At this time, the red flag on the wall was raised, and [-] soldiers drew their bows and released arrows at the same time. go.

The timing was very precise. Just at this time, five thousand cavalry rushed to the city. They lit fire oil balls. Before many soldiers could throw them out, arrows rained down like raindrops. Without shields, the result was predictable. A crowd of people turned their backs outside the city, with howling, screaming, and neighing of war horses, thousands of people fell down in an instant.

The cavalry rushed up from behind, and at this time, the second round of arrows came. Many soldiers threw away the fireballs and turned around to run for their lives. This time the fireballs failed completely. Less than [-] fireballs were thrown into the city. They were thrown directly on the city wall, and most of the rest were blocked by shields. Only four to five hundred fireballs were thrown on the top of the city wall, and were easily extinguished by the firefighting soldiers.

However, more than [-] of the [-] cavalry died tragically under three rounds of shooting with [-] soldiers' arrows.

This is the power of what the soldiers of the Song Army called the "Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart Formation", under which it is difficult for ants to survive.

Some people will say, why don't the cavalry carry shields, because it involves a problem of ignition. When they run at high speed, they will stir up yellow dust and gravel in the sky.

With a five-jin fireball in one hand and a torch in the other, it is naturally inconvenient to carry a shield. Besides, they can rely on superb horsemanship to avoid arrows. They were successful the night before, and only a few dozen of the five thousand cavalry were hit by arrows.

Since arrows can be avoided by equestrian skills, naturally there is no need to carry a shield.

The soldiers watching the battle gasped. The Song army's arrow array was too powerful, how could they take down the city?

Huo Gong failed again, but Wanyan Wushu was still unmoved, he fought completely according to his own plan.

With a wave of his sword, he shouted sharply: "Beat the drum, the army will attack!"

'Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom! '

A hundred battle drums sounded at the same time, and the sound of the drums was earth-shattering. The [-] puppet Qi troops carried [-] siege ladders into the battle, and ten square formations were spread on the ground like ten carpets.

The nest carts were also dispatched, surrounded by five nest carts surrounded by [-] generalized Jurchen infantry, and slowly drove towards the city wall, with horns blasting and murderous intent.

Wanyan Wushu led [-] cavalry to lead the formation, his face was expressionless, and he didn't care about the life and death of the Qi army and Donghu infantry at all.

At this time, Wanyan Helisa whispered: "Marshal Du, do you want to send five thousand cavalry archers to cover?"

Wanyan Wushu shook his head, "The real threat is inside the city, and the range of cavalry is not enough, unless we have bed crossbows or god arm crossbows, let them defend themselves!"

Wanyan Wushu knew well that he didn't care whether the Qi army lived or died, but Li Cheng would consider it, he would not really let his soldiers die in vain.

Sure enough, when he was about [-] steps away from the city wall, Li Cheng, the commander of the puppet Qi army, gave an order, and five thousand crossbowmen shot arrows into the city at the same time.

The black flag on the top of the city was raised, it was the enemy's crossbow arrows, and the [-] archers in the city raised their shields one after another.

Five thousand crossbow arrows shot in from outside the city, raining down on the archers' heads, crackling and hitting the shields. Although they were protected by shields, they still couldn't cover everything. Hundreds of people.

Immediately, medical soldiers ran over, carried the injured soldiers out, and bandaged them up for emergency treatment.

On the top of the city, [-] bed crossbows and [-] god-arm crossbows fired at the same time, all aimed at the [-] crossbowmen [-] steps away, especially the [-] jackdaw arrows, which could not be stopped even with shields. Suddenly, there was a sudden scream, and the crossbowmen were shot down one after another.

The [-] Qi army carrying the siege ladder had rushed within a hundred steps of the city wall, but the Song army's target on the top of the city was not them, but the [-] crossbowmen were still the target.

The bed crossbow and the divine arm crossbow were fired in turn, not giving the crossbowman a chance to breathe.

Li Cheng shouted sharply: "Scatter! Scatter! Scatter!"

Li Cheng, the chief general, is worthy of being the number one general in Qi. He has experienced many battles and has rich experience in siege. Facing the powerful bow and crossbow array on the city, the best way to deal with it is to disperse and stretch the battle line. In this way, the casualties It's small.

His generals led the soldiers to spread rapidly, and the remaining [-] crossbow arrows also spread, and the battle line expanded from one mile to three miles.

The red flag on the top of the city was raised, only to hear a strange noise from above, and ten thousand soldiers' arrows flew across the top of the city and fell from the sky.

Ten thousand arrows from the soldiers fell densely from the sky, and the blackness was very terrifying. The soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army had nowhere to hide, so they could only hold up their shields in despair, resigning themselves to their fate. Even the shields could not block the penetration of the arrows. .

But the casualties were not heavy. A round of arrows only caused less than [-] casualties.

The dispersal measures have achieved excellent results, and even Chen Qing on the top of the city nodded secretly in praise. This puppet general of the Qi army has some skills, so that the army under him escaped the formation of thousands of arrows piercing the heart.

Eighteen thousand puppet Qi troops rushed to the bottom of the city, and a siege ladder was built on the top of the city.

(End of this chapter)