Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 328 The Great Halberd

The cavalry under Huang Gai's command are all light cavalry, which has an absolute advantage over light infantry, but it is difficult to predict the outcome against well-equipped heavy infantry.

Five thousand cavalry rolled up smoke and dust, and rushed towards the fallen army like waves. As the distance approached rapidly, arrows rained from behind the shield array.

"Use the shield." Huang Gai shouted.

In addition to the cavalry with long spears, there are also a small number of cavalry with swords and shields. They are mainly responsible for resisting bows and arrows, especially during siege battles.

Shoot people first, shoot horses, and capture thieves first.

The targets of the bows and arrows of the fallen army were not horses from the beginning, but the extremely precious war horses in the south.

"Bastard." Huang Gai cursed.

Seeing the horses shot down in the front row, the chief general Huang Gai's heart was bleeding. Jiang Dong bought them at a high price, and the horses were more expensive than the lives of soldiers.

Although the horses in front were shot down, the following cavalry could not stop charging, and the fallen soldiers were trampled to death by the horses countless times.

boom boom boom

The horses led the cavalry towards the shield formation, the spears collided with the shields and made a strong sound, the huge impact force was unloaded on the ground by the long shields, the horsemen wanted to commandeer with their spears, but suddenly the horses in the front row neighed in pain, followed Pieces overturned and fell to the ground.

The infantry holding halberds slashed at the horse's legs in the gaps. These halberd soldiers were special halberd warriors in the army, and their concept was derived from Yuan Shao's halberd warriors. Only controlled at 500 people.

The Euphorbia Soldiers Battalion and the Strong Crossbow Battalion are new special auxiliary units added to the Army after the Reconnaissance Battalion. They were also established after the Quanling Army Workshop was rolled out to the entire industry. Usually, only when the entire army is dispatched can the whole army cooperate to fight. , The reconnaissance battalion usually cooperates the most in operations.

The weapons of the halberd warriors have been improved. The width and length of the blades are longer than those of ordinary war halberds, and the attack surface becomes wider.

The halberd is a weapon that requires strength. The greater the power, the more powerful it will be. Because of this, the halberd battalion is very small. They are mainly used for cavalry combat to restrain horses, and for infantry combat to cut formations. His armor is the same as that of ordinary soldiers, and it is difficult for ordinary swords and arrows to hurt his body.

The strong crossbow battalion also only has 500 people. Because it takes time to load the crossbow bolts, they usually suppress a round in the beginning of the battle, and finally shoot and kill the deserters during the pursuit. Most of them are from the Viet Orion family. After the crossbow was suppressed, he switched to a knife and went into battle.

The scale of the strong crossbow battalion lies in the weapons. At the current stage of the military workshop in Quanling, the most advanced crossbow machine can only do four bursts, and can only penetrate ordinary light armor. When Zhuge Liang develops the Yuanrong crossbow with ten bursts, then At that time, the whole army can be equipped.

In this period, playing elite soldiers requires economic support. Most of the battles are fighting for kills and rations, but when you really enter the stable situation of the three pillars, you will slowly climb the technology tree to innovate equipment for soldiers.

There are currently four types of troops in the formation army. In addition to the uniform armor, the rest is the difference in weapons and foot strength. The regular formation soldiers are a combination of shields and knives, the scouts are a combination of bows, swords and horses, and the halberds are two-handed halberds. Crossbowman is a combination of crossbows.

Huang Gai's [-] light cavalry were directly beaten to the point of doubting their lives in the face of the multi-armed combat of the trapped army.

The euphorbia soldiers directly interspersed into the cavalry formation with 20 people as a unit, and cut the five thousand light cavalry into dozens of small formations. Encircled and annihilated.

Huang Gai became more and more panicked. The wolf pack tactics he was proud of were now being used by the opponent in turn. There are many people who can do whatever they want. The most important thing is that these heavy infantry are well equipped, and it is very difficult to kill any one.

Gao Shun and Lan Tian took control of the situation behind the formation, and the multi-army coordinated operation seemed to be going smoothly.

"Sir, the Euphorbia is really easy to use, almost the same as the deduction on the sand table, and the battle damage is lower than expected." Gao Shun said happily.

Lan Tian looked solemn, "This is also related to the first battle. If you play more in the future, you will be targeted for restraint. In order to ensure low battle damage in the later stage, you can only continue to innovate armor weapons."

"Now that we are fully armed, how can we innovate?" Gao Shun asked curiously.

"Increase the strength of the weapon, increase the toughness of the armor, and reduce the weight of the armor." Lan Tian explained.

Gao Shun seemed to understand but asked again: "Reducing armor weight can release power, but can this guarantee the degree of protection?"

"This requires improving the forging process, innovating the armor weaving process, etc. Anyway, it can't be done overnight." Lan Tian explained.

Gao Shun nodded, "Anyway, following Mr., you won't lose money wherever you go. Before, I didn't even dare to think that the trapped camp could expand to ten thousand people. If there were more, would it be possible to rule the world?"

Lan Tian shook his head, "Cao Thief has a tiger and leopard cavalry, and the equipment is also extremely good, so we need to be cautious when encountering them in the future."

"It's better to take a long-term view, sir." When Gao Shun followed Lu Bu, he fought Cao Cao many times. Although he didn't personally learn how to ride tigers and leopards, he heard many mentions from his colleagues.

Lan Tian watched Huang Gai rushing left and right, running helplessly like a tiger in a cage. It seemed that this old general was going to be handed over to the banks of the Xiangshui River, he couldn't bear to sigh.

Knowing that Lantian didn't like killing, Gao Shun clasped his fists and said, "In troubled times, heavy codes must be used. The best choice is to stop fighting with Ge. If the invading enemies from Jiangdong are not severely defeated, there will be no peace in Jingnan in the future."

Lan Tian nodded and said, "How can I not know this truth? The so-called kindness does not command soldiers, and if you can persuade them to surrender, you will kill less. It's a pity for these war horses."

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Gao Shun then issued an order that those who dismounted and surrendered would not die.

Huang Gai's cavalry was already in a bitter fight, the connections at the grassroots level were severed by the euphorbia warriors, dozens of regiments were fighting on their own, and as soon as the cavalry was pulled off their horses, they would be greeted with a few knives.

After the cooking of time, the sun slowly fell below the horizon, and there was not much light left in the sky.

Except for Huang Gai and several generals who were fighting bravely, more and more Jiangdong cavalry fell down, and a small number of cavalry who lost their fighting spirit dismounted and surrendered.

"Old general, let's withdraw, the opponent's armor is heavy, we have a chance to get rid of it." The assistant general reminded urgently.

Relying on the powerful mobility of the cavalry and the force of several immediate generals, if Huang Gai tried his best to escape, he would not be able to stop him, because the sky darkened very quickly and the night could cover him.

"This battle is like this, what face do I have to go back to meet the lord?" Huang Gai looked sad.

"Old general, if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about no firewood." General Pi pleaded again.

Before Huang Gai could answer, a familiar voice sounded: "You have no chance, the green mountains will still be there, but there is no place to burn firewood, unless you dismount and surrender."

(End of this chapter)