Datang New Order

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The ballista of the Yan army is not a ballista in the traditional sense. Ballistas are available in all armies in the world, but they are actually bed crossbows.The bed crossbow shoots one arrow, and the arrow body is very large, almost no less than a lance. After being fired, it is powerful and destructive. It is mainly used for attacking and defending cities, and destroying large-scale defensive equipment of the enemy.

The ballista of the Yan army fired ordinary short crossbows, but with the use of a hook mechanism, they could shoot 36 arrows at a time.In addition to the large amount of fire, the ballista also has a very important role, that is, the horizontal shooting distance is very large. The hand crossbows equipped by the cavalry of the Yan Army have an effective horizontal shooting distance of about 150 to [-] steps in combat. However, the flat shooting distance of the crossbow can reach about [-] steps.Li Chengzhong's hope is to take advantage of the large range and intensive launch of the crossbow to form cross-fire coverage in front of the army formation.

The sound of the drums of the Yan army stopped suddenly, and the iron armored spear array stopped in a uniform manner under the order of the officer. The coalition heavy bladers in the gun formation shouted a little more loudly.

But the good times didn't last long, and the armored spear formation began a series of dazzling formation changes. After a few turns and parallel steps, the armored spearmen revealed more than a dozen passages, and the crossbow carts that followed closely behind the spear formation walked through the passages. Zhong pushed up, and the soldiers of Yanjun Logistics Battalion quickly clamped the parking space, aiming at Liang Jun's heavy swordsman who rushed forward.

Although in this battle, the scale and use of the iron armored spear formation put out by the Yan army was unprecedented for the coalition forces, but the strength of the Yan army's iron armored soldiers has always been the coalition army's heart in the past six months. prick.In order to deal with the armored soldiers, King Liang spent several days selecting five thousand heavy swordsmen from all the armies under his command.It is not an exaggeration to say that it is one in a million to deal with the armored spearmen of the Yan army.

King Liang did not expect that the Yan army would have so many armored spearmen, let alone that the Yan army would concentrate and use the iron armored spearmen to such an extent that they would form such a large-scale armored army formation. Therefore, he spent a lot of money It was only with energy that he temporarily gathered the heavy swordsmen who were scattered in each formation, and rushed forward together.

When Liang Wang saw the Yan army changing formation and immediately pushed up many crossbow carts, his face turned from livid to pale, and he almost couldn't catch his breath.The power of the ballista.It has been reflected in the Yan army's defense of Jiepailing and Shihoubao, but he also did not expect that the Yan army would gather and use it in front of the formation.In fact, if the coalition forces gathered at Jiepailing faster and sent troops to attack Zezhou two days in advance, they would not encounter them whether it was catapults or ballistas.It was not until yesterday morning that the convoy loaded with large defensive equipment arrived in Zezhou. This morning, the logistics battalion was assembled at the foot of Longwang Mountain. ,

Talk about it.Or the action of the coalition forces is too slow, not only slow, but also too dynamic, and the Yan army, which pays attention to battlefield intelligence collection, has long been aware of the movement.

At this moment, the heavy blade hand has already rushed forward.I want to take it back, but I can't.

After no unified training, and hastily mobilized before the battle, the heavy swordsman rushed forward.It was very difficult for King Liang to stop them.Although everyone knows that "the gold is called and retreated", the troops that can really retreat completely before the battle are well-trained, and many troops hear the gold when they hear it.Tends to develop from a retreat into a rout.

The heavy swordsmen rushed within a hundred steps of the Yan army's formation, and the ballista began to shoot.The ballista shooting of the Yan army was carried out in accordance with the tactics of cross shooting in later generations, which can guarantee the maximum kill.Two ballista carts are arranged on the left and right sides of each battalion, and the four ballista carts are slanted towards the front of each battalion. One volley can shoot 140 four crossbow arrows. In an instant, more than [-] crossbow arrows form dense arrows. The curtain was drawn, and he swept towards Liang Jun's heavy swordsman who was rushing forward.

The power of the flat shot is extremely strong, and the visual effect is several times better than that of the projectile. The powerful sound of piercing the air converges into a deafening scream, which makes people feel sick.As for the lethality, it can be seen just by looking at the groaning and rolling casualty zone.The front line of Liang Jun's heavy swordsman was cut off like a knife, and a piece was cut off as a whole, causing thousands of casualties in a blink of an eye!

The heavy swordsman behind was stunned by this round of crossbow arrows, and stopped in place stupidly. Many people were terrified and trembling, and some even feces and urine.

On the Dragon King Mountain, the rhythmic drums sounded again, and the armored guns changed back to the combat mode, and the black iron guns started again, moving forward slowly and firmly.The ballista was pushed back by the logistics battalion, and the supply auxiliary soldiers ran up carrying bundles of crossbow arrows, and started to reload. The whole filling process took a moment, and at this moment, the ballista could not be relied on for the time being.

The Yan army strictly followed the tactical drills. In fact, if they violated the drills and continued to charge forward with the empty ballista, the heavy swordsmen of the coalition forces would probably collapse immediately.Some brave officers saw the ballista receding and cheered up the soldiers loudly: "The Yan army's crossbow arrows have been shot to the ground, brothers and shoulders together!"

The bold heavy swordsman came back to his senses and rushed forward following the officer, the timid one started to run backwards, the frightened ones continued to vomit or tremble on the spot, and some alert ones slowed down their progress Footsteps, hiding behind the crowd for cover.

Liang Wang was watching the battle in the formation. He was continuously crushed by the armored gun formation and shot by the ballista. The two blows made him cold, but after all, he is a hero who has been fighting for more than 20 years. In a blink of an eye, he adjusted his emotions back.Commanding before the battle is not Jingxiang and Li Zhen's forte, Liang Wang didn't ask them, and directly ordered Zhu Youning and Zhang Guihou to launch the whole army to charge.

Compared with the army array, it is not as good as the Yan army, and it is far worse than the equipment, so it can only be compared with the number of people. The king of Liang intends to rely on the superiority of troops, and drag the Yan army while the Yan army's armored spear formation is still entangled with the heavy swordsmen. into the melee.

Amidst the deafening shouts of killing, Liang Jun launched a full-scale attack in advance.The crowd was like a sea, rushing in front of the iron armored gun array, which brought great pressure to the iron armored soldiers of the Yan army.

The Yan Army Bow and Arrow Battalion counterattacked with all their strength, firing large and small arrows in turn, covering different marked areas.The lethality of the Yan army's arrow array was indeed astonishing, but it couldn't stop the large number of Liang soldiers. In front of the [-] armored spearmen, they had to face the onslaught of nearly [-] Liang troops, and the front of the battle line was fierce.

The frontal charge of tens of thousands of Liang troops set off the frenzy of the soldiers. Everyone's shouts were emboldening their companions. They rushed past the blow of the Yan army's arrow formation and crashed into the iron armor formation.

The iron armored spearmen of the Yan army no longer cared about stabbing according to the tactics. Everyone kept stabbing forward with the spears in their hands.When the spear was broken, he went to the ground to pick up the weapon from the enemy's corpse. After being knocked down by the heavy blade, he would not retreat, and threw himself on the enemy to buy time for the brothers behind him.

Teams of supplementary battalion soldiers were pulled onto the battlefield and stuffed into the formation one by one to fill in the gaps. Even if they were not wearing armor, they tried their best to keep the needlework neat.

In addition to Zhu Youning and Zhang Guihou's army, the right wing of the Yan army was also attacked by the Jing army Ma Yin's troops, and the right wing of the newly formed Jinzhou army under the command of Guo Chongtao was responsible for defending the right wing.The main force of Ma Yin was completely lost in the battle with Zhao Kuangning and Zhao Kuangming brothers in the battle for Shannan. Today's Jing army is a newly recruited Shannan army and has never fought a few tough battles. Although the number is several times larger than the Jinzhou army's left wing , but the attack was weak, and the casualties were not as many as Zhu Youning's one-time charge, so Guo Chongtao had almost no pressure.If he hadn't been strictly ordered to watch over the right wing of the armored gun array, he would have fought back long ago.

The two sword-shield battalions led by Zhao Wu and Li Yanzhi have been following the right column of the armored spear formation. There are many soldiers in Liang, and troops are constantly overflowing the right column of the spear formation and being involved in the large formation. The two sword-shield battalions Always trying to plug the gap here.Just as they were beating in the dark, they suddenly heard the officer of the Chariot Battalion yelling: "Get out of the way!"

Zhao Wu looked back, but saw that several ballistas had been reloaded, and quickly pushed them up, and he quickly ordered the troops in front to get out of the way.

A wave of Liang Jun rushed in along the gap, and two ballistas pointed at the gap. Zhao Wu yelled, "Get down!" The brothers next to him quickly rolled on the ground.The ballista salvo fired, and the dense arrows slammed into the gap like lightning, clearing the gap in the blink of an eye, and the Liang army of hundreds of people was shot to death.

The officer of the Chariot Battalion shouted something to Zhao Wu, the battlefield was too noisy, Zhao Wu couldn't hear clearly, the officer ran to Zhao Wu and yelled a few words loudly, this time Zhao Wu heard clearly.

"Li Yanzhi——Li Yanzhi! Get the hell out of here!...Take your soldiers out and clear the way for the ballista!"

Li Yan's eyes were red, and he immediately greeted a Du's sword and shield player, and then reversed, hitting a protrusion from the right column of the spear array.Several ballistas were pushed up again, pulled behind the ledge, and faced Liang Jun's flank on the battlefield diagonally.Li Yanzhi hurriedly asked the brothers to flash and shoot at the front.

When a ballista was pulled up, the left front wheel fell into a small hole in the ground, and the front angle of the vehicle was tilted, so it could not be launched. Li Yanzhi waved his hand, and several soldiers stepped forward to move it.Just at this moment, another wave of Liang Jun, who had gone crazy, rushed over.In order to increase the stability of shooting, the weight of the ballista was very heavy. As soon as a few soldiers gritted their teeth and lifted the ballista, Liang Jun rushed to the front.

Without further ado, one brother simply lay down under the wheel, with his face down and his back up, and he shouted, "Give it up! Shoot an arrow!"

After a short hesitation, the brothers next to him let go of their hands. The officer of the Chariot Battalion no longer cared so much, and decisively ordered: "Shoot!"

The dense crossbow arrows flew out, almost sweeping away the front position!Hundreds of Liang Jun were either dead or injured, and the pressure on the right column of the gun array suddenly eased.

After the ballista was lifted out, the brother on the back had already passed out, spitting blood bubbles from his mouth. (to be continued..)