Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 466 Confrontation
  Li Mu's opponent Tou Man's prediction was basically correct. In less than an hour, when the wolf tribe's decoy army was almost wiped out, the scouts sent a military report. They found the wolf tribe's army rushing in from the west, and their target was directly here. at.

Not a moment later, a string of black lines gradually emerged from the horizon in the distance, carrying billowing smoke and dust, and swept towards them. It was Touman's main army.

Gu Xun stood on the chariot, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked around, feeling a little shocked.

There is a saying that tens of thousands of wolf cavalry charged, and the momentum really went straight into the sky. Even the ground was shaking slightly, and the chariots and horses were about to move. This is a feeling that is difficult for infantry to create, and belongs only to cavalry.

This is just a wolf cavalry with almost no armor. If it were replaced by a heavily armored cavalry that uses charging as a means of attack, it would be even more shocking.

Yan Lingji stood next to Gu Xun and fell into a state of confusion for a moment. With such a huge momentum, it is no wonder that the people in the Central Plains near the North would change their expressions when talking about the wolf clan. The prestige is indeed the same.

"It will be a complete mess later, please be careful." Gu Xun's eyes regained clarity and he reminded Yan Lingji calmly, but he did not deliberately ask her to follow him.

Yan Lingji's fire witchcraft is a powerful weapon in group battles. Once the flames come out, thousands of armies will retreat. Even if there is a chaotic battle with tens of thousands of armies, as long as she is careful, there will not be much danger. Gu Xun saw that she was ready to make a move. , his hands were itching unbearably, so he didn’t force the other party to be honest.

"Yeah, don't worry, I'm not that easy to get into trouble." Yan Lingji nodded impatiently, staring straight at the flying smoke and dust that was getting closer to the west.

Li Mu was adjusting the military formation at this time. One after another messengers came and went from the flag of the Central Military Commander, accurately conveying his orders to officers at all levels. As Li Mu's order was issued, the army of more than 10,000 people began to The changes began in an orderly manner. The chariot soldiers retreated to establish the final line of defense. The infantry spread out and advanced. The shield soldiers were in front and the crossbows were behind. Regardless of the gap of several times the force, they drew an arc and went straight to meet Touman. Army.

It seems that the arrangement is very unreasonable. It is really a head-on confrontation with others. Gu Xun is not familiar with military formations. He just vaguely felt that Li Mu seemed to have made other arrangements. The formation of the infantry at the front looked a bit strange.

However, this is not a problem that he should worry about. He has specialization in the art. He feels that it is better to trust Li Mu unconditionally when it comes to fighting. What he has to do is to protect the general. At the moment, Li Mu only has more than a thousand soldiers to protect him. The remaining They are all chariot soldiers used to block roads, which can be said to be extremely empty. Once the front line of troops is broken, the theory will be ruined.

"General, the gap between your troops is a bit big." Gu Xun ducked behind Li Mu and listened to him talking about a bunch of professional terms about troop formation that he didn't understand. It wasn't until he finished laying out the military orders that he spoke He added something casually.

"Haha." Li Mu glanced back at him, then turned around again, looking at the approaching Touman army, and replied with a chuckle, "Every warrior relies on perfect combination and surprise to win. This change in the military formation , then it happens to be the change of Zhengqi.”

"So... is this formation right now?" Gu Xun asked curiously.

"Not bad." Li Mu stroked his beard and nodded slightly.

"What about Qi?"

Li Mu looked at the formations of the two armies that were about to come into contact from a distance, and replied calmly, "It's about to happen." The wolf cavalry whined and shouted one by one as they approached Li Mu's front army step by step, but did not rush forward directly. Circling and moving not far ahead, he drew out his bow and arrow and started shooting.

The wolf tribe is good at riding and shooting. There are even the most elite archers in the tribe who can shoot at the big eagles flying in the sky. They are called eagle shooters. However, in fact, if they are really riding on horseback, they can't shoot accurately. Shoot out in any direction.

Generally speaking, when the wolf army is small in number, they will choose to stop their horses and shoot arrows to improve accuracy. However, when the army moves together, this will not happen because it is unnecessary. They are all high-risk areas, so targeting is meaningless.

The current situation is that aiming is meaningless, so the wolf cavalry only needs to throw arrows.

The arrows rained down from the sky, but the Northern Army was not afraid at all. They had been fighting for decades, and no one understood the wolf clan better than them. The large shield soldiers immediately stepped forward, and the rest of the crossbow infantry withdrew and hid under the shields. Li Mu had already made careful arrangements when he deployed. There was a large buffer zone between the front army and the Chinese flag where he was located, which was beyond the range of the wolf shooters.

One of the biggest differences between the Wolf Clan army and the Central Plains is in armaments. Their weapons and equipment lag behind the Northern Army in all aspects, including a serious shortage of raw materials, especially arrows as consumables. A considerable part of them are... bone arrows, that The lethality... It's hard to describe in a word. Facing the iron-covered and thick wooden shield carefully crafted by the Northland Army, it basically did not break the defense. Several rounds of arrows were fired, and there were only a few casualties.

The wolves were actually... used to it. Under the command of probably Touman, they began to wave their scimitars, howl in the wolf language that the people in the Central Plains could not understand, and began to charge again, starting a new round of fighting.

Seeing this, the Northern Army's formation returned to its previous state, and the archers retreated from the surrounding shield soldiers. However, at this time, arrows from the wolf clan would still be shot sporadically. Without protection, casualties were inevitable.

Gu Xun looked at the sun that was blocked behind the scenes by thick clouds and could not emit any light, felt the biting cold wind, and then looked at the wolves who saw quite a few soldiers in a state of being naked. The clan army couldn’t help but sigh:
  "The physical fitness of this wolf army is indeed far superior to that of the Central Plains army. With the equipment in this condition, it is not easy to be able to fight normally in this kind of weather..."

Li Mu didn't mind complimenting his rival... In fact, it should be regarded as explaining the facts. He nodded and responded, "The grassland is bitter and cold, and it is not as rich and pleasant as the Central Plains. There is a reason why the wolf tribe can survive in that environment."

"But today's weather is actually at its limit. If it gets colder, both our army and the wolf clan will have to withdraw their troops and stop fighting."

When the temperature really approaches zero, cold-weapon warfare is basically impossible to fight. The weapons in the hands are like holding ice cubes, which can almost freeze the soldiers' hands to death. The same goes for the armor and armor. A shell of ice that is not warm enough, even if wrapped in a layer of cotton clothing, can freeze someone to death inside.

After all, in this era, the so-called cotton-padded clothes are actually averagely warm, and the thickness is even more indescribable. It is barely enough to just wrap yourself up and hide in the house to keep warm. If you go out to blow the cold wind, then put on an ice shell... the result Self-explanatory.

　There were no cotton-padded clothes in the pre-Qin Dynasty. If you are interested in how people keep warm, you can check it out on your own. There are many ways, but none of them sound very reliable.

　　Also, I want to emphasize again that when I write about the war, everyone just enjoys it, but it is not realistic.

　　
  　
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