Kai Fu Han

Chapter 250 The Battle of the Yellow Water 2
"Scatter barbed wire!"

A loud roar was heard in the distance.

I saw dozens of people rushing out of the three square formations, each carrying a huge burden on their backs. They ran a hundred steps forward, took off the burden, and pulled out a large bunch of caltrops.

These caltrops have holes in the center and are strung together with ropes. The soldiers use a knife to cut off the ropes, lift them up, then hold them tightly at one end, then spin them in a circle and spread them forward.The caltrops followed the path of the rope and were affected by centrifugal force, spreading evenly forward.

After scattering one bunch, he took out another bunch and continued to scatter, until a three-foot-wide and one-mile-long iron caltrop formation was formed in front of the formation. Seeing that the cavalry was about to approach, he turned back to the formation.

Each of these caltrops has four protruding iron thorns, which are several inches long. Whenever they touch the ground, one of the thorns points upward.

The cavalryman running in front had clearly seen the objects on the ground, and quickly tightened the reins, trying to stop the horse. However, the already accelerated horse could not stop so easily, and the cavalryman following behind did not see it, and was still moving forward with its head covered. rush.

For a time, the cavalry camp was in chaos. Some cavalry rushed into the caltrop formation, and their horseshoes were pierced by the caltrops. The horses led the cavalry to the ground together. The scene was extremely tragic for a while.

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Cui Wu saw that the suddenly arranged iron caltrops array was effective, and quickly ordered: "Come forward in formation!"

"Boom! Boom!" The drum sounded!
The officers and soldiers of the [-]st Infantry Battalion immediately marched forward to the rhythm of the drums.

When they marched to a distance of fifty steps from the stopped cavalry formation.

"Slow down! One step at a time!"

All six hundred repeating crossbows were concentrated in the first infantry battalion. The three infantry formations began to take a step, pull the arrow shaft once, and shoot an arrow.

Just listen to the continuous shooting orders, accompanied by the continuous "Woo! Woo!" The sound of arrows piercing the air
One after another, dark clouds composed of feathered arrows suddenly shot up into the sky, drawing a beautiful parabola in the field of vision of the soldiers on both sides of the battle, and then plunged heavily towards the pseudo-Qi cavalry formation.

Shouts of pain and the roar of horses immediately came from the cavalry formation.

In less than two breaths, ten bursts of arrows were fired. A piece of arrow grass seemed to suddenly grow in the middle of the cavalry position in front. Six thousand arrows were densely packed in a position of [-] feet, and they were attacked by the arrow rain. There are no men and horses left standing on the position.

"Stop advancing! Change the quiver!" Liu Xinang ordered loudly.

The drums stopped, and two long and one short copper whistles were blown from the mouths of each company commander.

The crossbowman quickly took off the quiver full of arrows from his waist and replaced it with the empty quiver.

"Keep moving forward, one step at a time! Fire freely!" Liu Xinang ordered.

The reason for not continuing the intensive shooting was because the surviving cavalrymen in the enemy's position in front had already begun to control their horses and turn around to escape.

After ten more waves of shooting, except for the standing First Infantry Battalion of the Xinghan League, there was no standing enemy left on this battlefield.

"Clean up the battlefield!"

Half of the soldiers changed their quivers and continued to be on guard, while half of the soldiers and support troops quickly stepped forward to collect crossbow arrows and caltrops on the battlefield.

Until all the crossbow arrows and caltrops on the battlefield were collected, no one from the puppet Qi front army on the opposite side came out to disturb them.

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Seeing the officers and soldiers of the infantry battalion withdraw back in an orderly manner, Liu Xinqi heaved a sigh of relief.

"Now their majesty has been established. If they can withstand the first wave of attacks, their momentum will drop and they will not dare to press forward with the whole army. We are considered stable!"

"I think this crossbow is much more powerful than today's muskets. Why do we need to change to flintlock muskets?" Liu Xin'ang asked Liu Xinqi when he saw that the contact battle ended with the victory of the Xinghan Alliance. "The power of the crossbow has reached its limit, while muskets have just begun, and muskets are the future." Liu Xinqi replied. Seeing that Liu Xinang did not understand, he continued to explain: "Even if we don't talk about the future, looking at the current situation, the Xinghan-style flintlock musket Although the rate of fire is not as good as that of a crossbow, its power exceeds it, and its long-range armor-breaking ability is far greater, so it is necessary to replace it with a musket."

When it comes to the future, Liu Xinang certainly does not dare to continue arguing with Liu Xinqi. No one in the Xinghan League dares to say that he can see further than Liu Xinqi.

"Will they send people up again?" Liu Xinang was referring to the former troops of the puppet Qi army.

"I'm not sure. It depends on the character of the local general. But there is a high probability that there will be more. Otherwise, he will only send a wave of people to test and then withdraw his troops, which will not be easy to explain to the general of the Jin-Qi coalition." Liu Xinqi replied.

"Okay, I'll go down and take a look around again. Don't let any stupid person relax, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated!" After Liu Xin'ang finished speaking, he turned around to inspect the position.

Liu Xinqi didn't expect Liu Xin'ang to say such a thing. It seems that when a person reaches a certain position, he will naturally force himself to learn and make progress, which is a good thing.

Continuing to look towards the direction of the battlefield, the infantrymen of the [-]st Infantry Battalion were replenishing their arrow boxes and resting in place.

The crossbows were all concentrated in the [-]st Infantry Battalion. The other battalions and cavalry lacked long-range attack weapons other than muskets and were not suitable for actively harassing them. They could only wait to see how the puppet Qi front troops would act and then respond passively.

"Liu Zhijie!" Liu Xinqi shouted.

"arrive!!"

Liu Zhijie, who was standing behind the command post, immediately stepped forward to receive the order.

"Take your first cavalry battalion to penetrate behind the enemy's rear and kill all the enemy's messengers sending messages to the Chinese army. If there is any change in the enemy's rear, act according to the situation!" Liu Xinqi ordered.

"Yes!" Liu Zhijie immediately ran towards the north after receiving the order.

The first cavalry battalion was placed by Liu Xinqi in the north of the defensive position, and the second cavalry battalion was located in the south.They are no longer within the scope of the battlefield, but they are not far away. They are mobile forces.

Until noon, there was no movement on the other side, and finally they withdrew.

The Xinghan League also took the opportunity to arrange for the officers and soldiers to have meals and rest.

Not long after, the enemy troops came to the front of the position again. Within a short while, they sent out two thousand-man phalanxes to press towards the [-]st Infantry Battalion.

"Do we still need to set up the caltrop formation?" Liu Xinang ordered.

"No, the caltrops are useless against the infantry. You can avoid being stabbed by walking with your feet. You arrange the second and third infantry battalions to go out. The two battalions will fight in close combat, and the first infantry battalion will fire from behind to fight back this wave of offensive. .”

"Yes!"

After Liu Xinang received the order, he immediately turned around to make arrangements.

In less than ten breaths, the [-]nd and [-]rd Infantry Battalions on the position began to rush out of the low wall ditch and rushed to form behind the [-]st Infantry Battalion.

After the [-]st Infantry Battalion received the enemy and shot through ten waves of arrows, the two formations switched, with the [-]nd and [-]rd Infantry Battalion in front, and the [-]st Infantry Battalion in the rear.

"Forward!!" Liu Xin'ang has already entered the battlefield. Now three infantry battalions have been deployed on the battlefield, and he, the director of the Infantry Division, must take command of the battle.

Amid the passionate drumbeats, infantry phalanxes of six in front and three in back advanced in neat steps.

The momentum is indomitable and invincible.

(End of this chapter)