The daily life of Dali Siqing

Chapter 552 The First Battle

Since ancient times, crossbows and arrows have been an indispensable force in fighting cavalry!
Among the dense rain of arrows, there were sharp-edged armor-piercing arrows, burst-firing mysteries, and city-breaking arrows more than ten feet long.

The three crossbows of magic, mystery, and heaven fired at the same time in an instant.

Venting the grievances since the civil castle!
Of course, for Wednesday's crossbow, Houjin is prepared.

The two sides have been rivals for so many years, and the weapon that Zhou Jun is most afraid of is the Wednesday crossbow.

The God Machine Crossbow is an infantry crossbow, piercing through gold and stone, and the arrow speed is astonishing.

The Xuanji crossbow is a continuous firing crossbow, with ten arrows in a row covering the sky and the sun.

The Tianji crossbow is a siege crossbow, which is powerful and can break the city and destroy the army.

At the moment when Zhou Jun's crossbow team shot, Hou Jin's cavalry immediately evaded, either bent down, or hid under the horse's belly.

This is the experience of fighting with Zhou Jun for many years. Facing Wednesday's crossbow, they have their own tactics, which is to hold on.

Although the crossbow on Wednesday is powerful, it is not Gatling and Maxim after all.Unable to provide continuous fire suppression.

Even using the three-stage continuous shooting technique cannot guarantee the intensive arrow rain.

Let alone bows and crossbows, flintlock guns can't stop the attack of a large number of cavalry. It was not until Maxim appeared on the battlefield that the cavalry, which is rampant all over the world, gradually withdrew from the stage of history.

A new unit that is more mobile and more difficult to resist.

Cromoli, who was charging at the moment, also knew that he only needed to survive the first round of attacks from the Zhou army's crossbowmen before he could charge straight into the Zhou army's formation.

At that time, with the combat effectiveness of these Zhou army's second-line troops, it will be impossible to directly resist the charge of the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners.

Indeed, ordinary infantry, in the absence of a particularly good solution, will suffer heavy losses and even defeat the entire army in the face of cavalry charges.

But this is also limited to the situation where there is no way to do it. Although Yu Yanyi is not good at breaking cavalry with steps, Guo Jing, who inherited Yue Ce, is good at it.

After the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners rushed through the first formation, the dawn of victory seemed to be in front of them.

But just when the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners were about to launch a charge, the Zhou army in front of them suddenly changed.

The large shield that was originally in front of the army array suddenly spread out to both sides.

A group of infantry in heavy armor appeared in the eyes of the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners.

Heavy armored infantry, this is the biggest reliance for the former Song Dynasty to resist Yuanmeng and later Jin cavalry.

Some of the infantry in the Beiwei army of Yue Wumu in the former Song Dynasty were heavy cavalry.

"It's easy to shake the mountain, but hard to shake the Yue family's army!" He was talking about the heavy armored cavalry in the Beiwei army.

In the former Tang Dynasty, there were also examples of using the heavily armored Modao army to resist the cavalry army. In the battle of Xiangji Temple, Li Siye held the Modao in front of thousands of enemy troops.The soldiers who lead the former army come out with all their long blades, and enter like a wall. Those who inherit the sword will be smashed!

But the Mo knife has disappeared in the long river of history because of the craftsmanship and cost.

But in the former Han Dynasty, there was a substitute for Mo Dao, the Horse-Chopping Sword, the Horse-Chopping Sword with a long handle.

And this kind of horse-cutting sword was brought to the extreme by the former Song Dynasty. After all, there was no former Song Dynasty in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and only infantry could be used to fight against cavalry. Various knife types such as mouth knife and pen knife.

And these are recorded in the "Yue Book" inherited by Guo Jing.

In order to be able to fight against the cavalry at a specific time, Yu Yanyi specially asked the craftsmen in the city to forge a batch of sabers day and night.

In order to establish a long-term defense line in Jinyang, hundreds of craftsmen in the prison also brought a large amount of materials to Jinyang.

Yu Yanyi is ready for a long-term battle.

There was no shortage of heavy armor in Dazhou, but Yu Yanyi gathered the power of craftsmen to forge [-] of the remaining sabers in a short period of time.

The blades of these horse-cutting knives are narrow and long, thin and sharp. They are made of [-]-refined patterned steel. It has high toughness and can absorb a lot of impact, to some extent, reducing the possible fracture or bending of the blade.

"Buzz!"

The [-] heavy armored infantrymen in the army showed their long-handled sabers. Under the sun, the reflected light made the originally hot weather slightly chilly.

These 500 men and horses are all the healthy ones among the elite of the Shenwu Army.

Not everyone can stand still in the face of cavalry charge, but this Shenwu army is from the southern border defenders.

Not to mention the cavalry charge, even the war elephants in the southern border, they have not faced it before.

A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find.

Although such an elite soldier was selected, he soon encountered a problem. Yu Yanyi could not find a suitable general to lead the army.

The leader of the Modao army must be a heroic general!
The most famous of them is Li Siye, the "Supernatural General" of the former Tang Dynasty.

Standing seven feet tall, he is extremely powerful. Whenever he goes into battle, he will take the lead and be invincible.

In the battle of Xiangji Temple, the phrase "The heir will be destroyed!" has been heard for thousands of years.

Where can such a heroic general be found!

But when Yanyi was troubled, it really reminded him of someone.

At this moment, the light in front of the heavy armored army formation is extraordinarily dazzling, not only because of the refusal of the horse in the hands of the heavy armored army commander, but also because of the commander's shiny and reflective head.

Shaolin faction, "Thirteen Absolute Monks", Xuan Cheng, is the leader of the Great Zhou, Zhanma Ying!

The Eight Banners Cavalry Army is only a stone's throw away from the Zhanma Camp.

The deputy commander of the auxiliary army looked at the situation anxiously, and hurriedly asked, "Commander, the enemy is approaching, do you want to stop the horse?"

"Wait!" The commander's face remained unchanged, the sound of horseshoes rumbled, the ground trembled, and the Eight Banners Cavalry Army was right in front of them.

"The enemy's army is closer, do you want to reject the horse?"

"wait!"

The commander seemed unmoved, counting silently in his heart.

"150 steps."

"120 steps."

"One hundred steps!"

……

"Eighty steps!"

At the moment when the commander estimated that there would be eighty units, his eyes lit up impressively.

"rise!"

The soldiers on the side immediately pulled the hemp rope in their hands, and the mechanism that was originally set on the ground was pulled.

A row of refusal carbine guns presented in front of the Zhou army from a new angle and a new arrangement method.

This horse-rejecting gun was set up by Guo Jing, and it was created by Yue Wumu of the former Song Dynasty. It is specially designed to attack cavalry charges.

The script of the Eight Banners Cavalry Army was originally a frontal attack, breaking through the Zhou army's formation with one blow, and then the Zhou army fled in all directions, and they harvested their military exploits to their heart's content.

But now the script has changed unexpectedly.

The Zhou army, who should have been scared and fled, suddenly erected a horse-repelling gun array when it was close at hand, which caught the Eight Banners cavalry who was the first to charge off guard and wanted to rein in their horses in an attempt to stop the horses.

But the distance just now was enough for the horse to accelerate to the extreme. Under the full sprint, it is absolutely impossible to rein in such a short distance.

The Eight Banners Cavalry Army rushing to the front collided with the repelling carbine spear formation, and they were turned on their backs in an instant.

The horse pierced through the body by the rejected carbine let out a heart-piercing cry and fell to the ground.

The soldiers who had been thrown off their horses howled in despair.This is howl is no longer as proud and rampant as before.

The horseshoes that swept from behind like a raging wave instantly trampled the cavalry that fell in front into flesh.

Although this refusal cavalry formation was unexpected, it could not withstand the charge of the Eight Banners cavalry.

After more than [-] cavalry fell from their horses, the follow-up cavalry had already rushed through the carbine-repelling formation, but the original charge was also stagnant.

"Ah bah! Ami's grandma's Buddha, little ones, come with me!"

The moment the horse and man collided, the horse-chopping knife in Xuan Cheng's palm slashed out obliquely.

The Eight Banners Centurion in the lead, raised the saber in his hand, and was about to slash at Xuan Cheng, but at the moment when the saber in his hand was about to fall, he suddenly felt his body lighten.

When he looked down, he saw that half of his body and half of his horse had fallen to the ground.

After that, the consciousness went dark, and I no longer knew the world!

This knife opened the record of today's Zhanmaying, and also opened the seal of Zhanmaying's Zhanmadao.

"cut!"

The soldiers of the Shenwu Army in the Zhanma Battalion followed Xuancheng closely, and they all cut out.

The immovable sword array was not affected by the cavalry's impact at all, and the light of the sword entered like a wall.

At the beginning, the soldiers of the Shenwu Army were not used to it, and when the blood of the Hulu was splashed, they might subconsciously close their eyes.

But soon, he got used to the blood of the enemy chiefs splashing everywhere.

The white blade frost flies, the red snow star streams, whoever uses it as a sword will be destroyed by people and horses.

Under the leadership of Xuan Cheng, the soldiers of the Zhan Ma Ying slowly moved forward.

Take the knife, take the knife, chop!

Take the knife, take the knife, chop!

Before the horse-chopping knife made of fine steel with patterns that have been tempered for thousands of years, the leather armor of the Eight Banners Cavalry Army could not bring the slightest defense at all.

One knife, two paragraphs.

Xuan Cheng, who was standing at the forefront of the Zhan Ma Ying army formation, was covered in blood at the moment. Because he felt that it obstructed his vision, Xuan Cheng did not wear a helmet, but he had Shaolin's Vajra Indestructible Body and Golden Bell Cover, both of which were minor accomplishments, like ordinary swords. It's hard to hurt him at all!
Xuan Cheng, who was soaked in blood, had blood dripping from his beard at the moment, and he didn't show any mercy from a monk, just like a Shura who was killed from purgatory.

But every time he drew his sword, Xuan Cheng would recite "Amitabha!".

As more and more people were killed, Xuan Cheng's saber technique became more and more fierce and smooth. With a single sweep, several riders fell to the ground, and the saber aura was already three feet away.

As the killing progressed, Xuan Cheng only felt that his sword technique had advanced rapidly.

Among Xuan Cheng's thirteen unique skills, there is one unique skill, which is Shaolin's Mercy Saber Technique.

The Mercy Knife is called Compassion, which means compassion. This set of swordsmanship is soft and doesn't have any killing moves.

But this is only the most basic way of cultivating the Mercy Knife.

My Buddha is merciful, stop killing with killing.

Killing is to protect life, but killing business is not killing people.

When the sword is used to protect life, there is no killing intent, which is the highest state of the Buddhist compassion sword.

If one can practice the Mercy Saber to such a state, this state of heaven and earth can be expected.

This is the real way to put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately.

As for a heinous person who puts down his butcher knife, that is called surrender.

At most, the punishment can be lightened or mitigated.

But most people in the world have only a half-knowledge and use this Buddhist gatha indiscriminately.

At this moment, Xuan Cheng seemed to understand the true meaning of killing to protect life.

He once saw with his own eyes that a county in Jizhou was breached, and all the people were slaughtered by Mohe cavalry, their heads were beheaded, and they were established as Jingguan.

For Yuanmeng and Mohe cavalry, massacring a city was nothing more than an ordinary thing.

The Central Plains Dynasty has always had scruples in its struggle for hegemony. Of course, it does not mean that there are no massacres, but most people will be scruples about their reputation.

An executioner who slaughters cities and lives cannot be recognized by the world's insightful people and scholars.

Therefore, massacres have always been cautious.

The former Duke of Pingyang in the Tang Dynasty, a famous general of a generation, slaughtered and surrendered 13 Tie Le soldiers, but it became a stain in his military career and was criticized by others.

This shows the resistance of the Central Plains Dynasty to the massacre.

But Hou Jin didn't have such scruples. When the former Song Dynasty was destroyed, Hou Jin and Yuan Meng competed for hegemony in Shenzhou.

Three massacres in Jiading, ten days in Yangzhou, massacre in Ganzhou, massacre in Jiangyin, massacre in Kunshan...

How many people died in it? !

Xuan Cheng's parents were survivors of the massacre of Datong.

Therefore, at the beginning, Xuan Cheng was still touched, but when the seventh knife was made, his mood was already peaceful.

If the thief does not die, the ones who will die will be thousands of people in China.

Amitabha!
I am merciful!

Killing is to protect life, but killing business is not killing people.

Xuan Cheng's knife energy became more fierce and sharp with the blood light.

Yu Yanyi, who was commanding in the army formation, was also a little dazed. Although he had heard of the reputation of the Modao Army in the book, he did not expect that when he saw it with his own eyes, he would be more shocked than he imagined.

The light of the knife is like a mountain, advancing like a wall.

The moment the fierce Eight Banners cavalry collided with the Zhanma battalion, they would immediately be cut in two by the Zhanma long knife.

Yu Yanyi reacted immediately after being dazed for a moment.

Since Zhan Maying has such combat power, the previous tactics have to be adjusted.

Yu Yanyi waved the flag in his hand, and the drums were loud.

The elite soldiers of the Shenwu Army on the two wings moved according to the order and rushed out from the flanks.

This is a brand new tactic, and it is the first time they have used it.

With the formation of the Eight Banners Cavalry Army scattered, the Shenwu Army on both wings split into hundreds of battle groups.

In a group of eight to ten people, there are those with short crossbows, sword and shield hands, short gunners, long gunners, and knife and axe players.

Among them, the bravest one can be a swordsman.

After entering the enemy's formation, the sword and ax hands are the first to stomp the enemy's horse's legs, and then the short spears step forward to stab, with swords, shields, short spears, and hand crossbow guards, forming a partial situation of more attacks and fewer attacks.

Charge quickly, assemble, and charge again, thereby killing and injuring enemy soldiers in large numbers.

This is the tactics of the light infantry of the former Song Yuewu Mu Beiwei Army.

After the Eight Banners Cavalry failed to charge, they fell into chaos.

The Eight Banners Army is different from the Zhongxiao Army of Monk Wanyan Chen. The enemies facing the Zhongxiao Army of Monk Wanyan Chen are the elite soldiers of the Longwu Army, one of the Great Sixth Army. The big dry cavalry of the grassland.

It can be said that he has resisted pressure all the year round and is used to fighting headwinds.

But the opponent of the Eight Banners Army is Goguryeo. Since being conquered by Emperor Taizong of the former Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo's combat power has gone from bad to worse.

Up to now, even Baekje and Silla have fought back and forth.

Such an enemy, the Eight Banners Army is naturally invincible.

The Eight Banners Cavalry Army, who were used to fighting with the wind, suddenly had a balance of power and even a tendency to head against the wind, and they didn't know how to fight for a moment.

As the former general of the army, Commander Wan Cromolli didn't know what happened at the front, but when he saw the first wave of offensive being blocked, he immediately flew into a rage.

His subordinates couldn't even defeat the Zhou army's reserves. How could they be conferred meritorious service in this war?
"Zheng!" Cromoli pulled out his ancestral sword and personally led the troops to charge, "Follow me!"

But just as Cromoli rushed to the front of the formation, he felt a dazzling flash of saber light.

Then the heads were thrown away.

At the last moment of Cromoli's life, he somewhat understood his former battalion commander!
It seems that he really can't be blamed for the failure of the attack!

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(End of this chapter)