The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1027
A Jian's arrival was precisely at Liu Yin's order. After the Right Army went to Qinghe, Liu Yin also led the army towards Yecheng.Yecheng is not easy to fight here. The criss-crossing ravines and trenches are insurmountable barriers. If the Shu army wants to pass through these trenches, they must first fill them up, or at least clear a passage.

The archers of the Jin army hid behind the trenches. When they saw the Shu army approaching, they naturally shot a volley of arrows, making it difficult for the Shu army to get close to the target.Although the Shu army used chariots such as nest carts, it was easy to advance to the front of the trenches, but it took time and effort to fill them, so the progress was quite slow.

Of course, this was also within Liu Yin's expectations. Attacking Yecheng is obviously not something that can be rushed. The top priority now is to take down the Qinghe Plain, and then threaten Qingzhou and Yanzhou, so that Yecheng will not be too important. The ground was set up as a prison, but in the end it was himself who was imprisoned.

After Luo Xian left, Liu Yin thought about it secretly, and suddenly remembered something, and secretly shouted: "Not good!"

This time the Shu army sent to the Qinghe Plain, all of them were cavalry. They just wanted to use the strength of the cavalry to wipe out the enemies in the Qinghe Plain in one fell swoop and quickly open up the situation. However, Liu Yin seemed to have overlooked one thing, which was Ma Long's partiality. van.

You must know that Liu Yin copied Ma Long's idea of ​​the sidecar of the Shu army. Although Ma Long had never used a sidecar in the previous battle with the Shu army, it does not mean that Ma Long Ron doesn't make side vans.The only weapon to restrain the cavalry is the van. If he had prepared in advance, Ma Long would definitely use the van on the Qinghe Plain battlefield.

Liu Yin patted his forehead again and again, this time he was really careless and forgot about this matter, fortunately Luo Xian just set off, there is still time to think of a solution.

There is a ready-made way to deal with the van, that is to use Liu Yuan's method of breaking the van, and use the catapult for long-range attack, but the catapult is too heavy, not only difficult to transport, but also clumsy to use on the battlefield. If Ma Long also thought of the same method as the Shu army, improving the maneuverability of the van, the attack of the catapult would often be difficult to be effective.

Liu Yin quickly gave up the catapult method, and instead considered using firearms. After all, firearms are powerful and far superior to catapults in terms of flexibility. The only problem is how to get close to the Jin army's partial van.Gunpowder arrows have enough range, but their power is small, and the degree of damage to vans is not enough. Bamboo tube grenades are powerful enough. If they are used in bundles, the effect will be better, but the difficulty is that the throwing distance of bamboo tube grenades is limited, no matter how powerful the pitcher is. , and can only throw the grenade dozens of steps away, this distance is completely within the range of the opponent's bow and arrow.

If you want to destroy the van, you must allow the firearms to be within a few dozen steps of the van. This is obviously a problem.Liu Yin thought hard, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, slapped his thigh, and shouted: "Yes!"

He immediately called Ah Jian and gave such instructions, Ah Jian understood, and immediately went down to Jieqiao with the firearm battalion.

Now that A Jian has rushed over, how could Luo Xian not guess that it was Liu Yin who sent the Firearms Battalion over for reinforcements? Thinking of the infinite power of the Firearms Battalion, Luo Xian couldn't help but feel more confident. It is sure.

However, Luo Xian also quickly realized that although the firearms of the Firearms Battalion are fierce, they must be close to the target to exert their power. Jian did not bring those large catapults with him on this trip, so how to throw the bamboo tube grenade is a problem. Only by solving this problem can firearms truly exert their power.

Facing Luo Xian's questioning, A Jian seemed full of confidence, but he did not reveal the secret here, and deliberately sold off: "Tomorrow's battle, Governor Luo can still act according to the original plan. As for the van, I will hand it over to someone That's right."

In the morning of the next day, the Shu army still set up an offensive posture, and the cavalry archers, as the vanguard, launched an attack on the Jin army's battle formation.However, the cavalry archers did not adopt the tactics of attacking all the way, moving forward in a straight line, but dissociated from the range boundary of the Jin army's bows and arrows, detoured left and right, and carried out long-range attacks.

Of course, the effect of this attack is far worse. They are outside the range of the Jin army's bows and arrows. Similarly, the Jin army is also on the edge of their range. Archers with stronger physical strength can barely shoot the arrows into the Jin army's range. In the battle formation, the archers with weaker brawn can shoot arrows that are still a distance from the van, and they have already landed. The battle formation does not pose any threat.

Ma Long sneered slightly in the battle. It seemed that the cavalry of the Shu Army had been frightened in yesterday's battle. Today they fought again, and they became timid.Although the Shu army did not come to attack, Ma Long's sidecar formation could not do anything to them, but the stalemate in the battle situation is undoubtedly more beneficial to the defensive side. Naturally, Ma Long is happy to see the result. If not, then there is no need to continue this battle. As long as Ma Long's sidecar formation sticks here, it will become an insurmountable barrier for the Shu army.

Ma Long couldn't help laughing at Yang Hu's ignorance. It took so much manpower and material resources to dig a trench, but the result was not as effective as a van. Although deep trenches and wide trenches can stop the attack of the Shu army, they also limit the The actions of one's own side are not the case in the van formation. They can attack when they advance, and they can defend when they retreat. They can move freely and will not cause trouble to their own troops.

If the Jin army widely used the side car formation, why would it be necessary to mobilize the troops like this, and it would cost a lot of money to build a side car, compared to digging trenches within a range of hundreds of miles? , its investment may not even be one-tenth.

It's a pity that Yang Hu insisted on his own opinion and turned a deaf ear to his own advice, which made Ma Long deeply regretful. However, after the Battle of Jieqiao, Yang Hu's opinion will probably change. Ma Long still has a soft spot for his own tactics. I hope After this campaign, Yang Hu can reconsider.

From Ma Long's side, he was thinking wildly. There were some changes on the side of the Shu army. In the formation of the Shu army, dozens of chariots suddenly protruded. These chariots were very strange, and they were not pulled by horses. Instead, it was driven by human power. Behind each car, there were more than a dozen strong men pushing the car hard. Because it was driven by human power, the speed was surprisingly slow.

The front of each car is equipped with a thick baffle, which is similar to a van.

(End of this chapter)