Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 792 Battle of Zhenxi Fort ([-])
It's just that they don't have much time.Although the random four-round shooting did not take too much time, the infantry in the back had already charged up holding their shields, and the infantry had already crowded behind the cavalry to form a large group of human flesh lumps, which showed that the actions of the vanguard cavalry had fallen far behind. It's over.

These vanguard cavalry moved forward a few more steps, and some infantrymen behind them also anxiously shot arrows at the protective wall, but the Suzaku Legion infantry above still did not respond, just watching them quietly... and them The fast crossbow in his hand was always aimed at them.

The passageway was already so crowded that even the shield carts were pushed up, but the cavalry brigade was still gathering at the intersection, blocking the way for the army to advance bravely.

Running out of time.

With the order of the vanguard cavalry general, the brave cavalry of the Liao army took the reins with their left hands, turned over and jumped onto the mounts that he had been using as a cover.The right hand had already pulled out the waist knife, and following their roar, countless cavalrymen jumped on their horses skillfully...

Watching the enemy army get back on their horses tens of meters away, "Get ready!" The two brigade commanders shouted again.

The sound of whimpering horns and passionate shouts sounded at the same time, and the vanguard of the Liao army rushed towards the finish line on horseback, as if completely oblivious to the threat of the fast crossbows on both sides.From the perspective of Deng Chongxuan and Wang Chao standing at the top of the city, in front of the galloping cavalry, there were silent crossbows standing on the thin wooden fence line.

They stared at the roaring cavalry in front of them, waving their waist knives and horse spears into balls of light. The indifferent eyes of the soldiers of the Suzaku Legion seemed to be looking at a group of dead people, and the countless arms holding the crossbow were like executions on the execution ground. Like the team, without the slightest jitter.

"preparation"

When the two brigade commanders shouted out the password for the third time with long tones, all the quick crossbowmen could no longer hear other voices other than the password in their ears, and could not see the galloping horses with their eyes, nor could they He couldn't see the sharp saber and tiger long lance approaching him.

They closed their left eyes, opened their right eyes and stared at the hideous face that became clearer and clearer, their chests were full of breath...

The head in front of me is getting closer and closer, with raised eyebrows, revealing a mouth full of white teeth, two thousand fast crossbowmen are still aiming motionlessly, getting closer, getting closer...

About how to hit the fast crossbow perfectly on the battlefield?
Xiangfu Country's teaching team has repeatedly verified this issue, and the final result is that you can wait until you can see the face of the enemy on the opposite side.

Keeping a close eye on the soldiers of the Suzaku Legion in front of them, the cavalry of the Liao army all steered their horses with their left hands on the reins, their waists turned sideways and they arched violently, and the right arm that was holding Ma Shuo tightly behind their heads was tense.

The horse came up quickly, and the distance of tens of meters was gone in a blink of an eye. The cavalrymen of the Liao Army stood on the stirrups with their legs together and leaned back with all their strength. With a hearty cry, they breathed out In the middle, he was ready to poke Ma Shuo forward with all his strength.

The horse in front tightened its hind legs, and even made a prelude to jumping over the hurdle.

However, at this moment.

"Launch!" Two roars sounded at the same time.

The two thousand crossbows were fired at the same time, and they were fired in four bursts at once. Naturally, they were all shot at such a short distance, and they were all the enemy's vital points.After shooting, the two thousand fast crossbowmen bent down and stepped back and right almost at the same time, and then the second wave of two thousand fast crossbowmen stepped forward at the same time, and shot the four arrows in the fast crossbow in their hands.Immediately afterwards, they stepped back and right again, the third wave of two thousand fast crossbowmen stepped forward and fired, and then the fourth wave. go up...

On both sides of the sharp-angled bastion, and on the two parapets, countless crossbows were fired towards the center. Amid the sound of piercing through the air, the troops of the Liao Army brigade rolled on the ground covered in blood. fall down.

During this process, none of the crossbowmen stopped to admire their results, and everyone calmly repeated their actions, firing, retreating, preparing, stepping forward, firing

During the whole process, the [-] infantry did not utter a single word of nonsense, did not make an extra cry, and only had the thrilling sound of quick crossbow firing.

In this small area sandwiched by two bastions and horizontal walls; in this small trapezoidal range; in this funnel-shaped death trap, waves of crossbow arrows followed one after another, and the gap between them was so short that the army the limit that can be achieved.A rain of crossbow arrows covered the war zone again and again, shooting and killing the Liao army who had finally rushed to the front.

After a few waves, it was difficult for the quick crossbow to maintain unified firing, and each soldier had already entered free fire.

Stimulated by such dense arrows of death, the previously docile horses became more ferocious than the male lions. Some bloody horses jumped several feet into the air again and again, and some crazily snorted all over the ground. Roll around.

Less than [-] paces behind the battle line, Yelu Hanye's troops, who were in charge of defending the two wings of the castle, were too shocked to speak. The four bastions spread out in a line in front of them were like four bastions that kept breathing. The spitting monsters, the continuous sound of fast crossbows breaking through the air and screams floated down the wind, but what really shocked them was the hellish one-sided massacre they saw, and the party that was massacred was the one who killed them these days. Chasing and killing the Pishi army like a stray dog.The scene made an unbreakable impression on them that they will never forget.Yelu Hanye had already considered the combat power of Xiangfu Kingdom's army very high, but now he realized that he still underestimated.

Although he belonged to the royal family of the Liao Kingdom, he had also fought all his life, fighting against various countries of the Han people from the Five Dynasties period, the Mongols in the north, the party members, and the rebellion of the same clan, etc.But from the army in front of him, he saw three characteristics that he had never seen or even heard of.

First, it has never been seen that there is such a force that can enforce orders like this.The cavalry charged at such a short distance head-on, and no one fired the crossbow in advance without an order.He knew very well that in such a situation, people would naturally feel fear, lose their rational judgment, and become frightened, leading to early launch with poor accuracy.But this force didn't.It takes an iron-clad sense of discipline to do it.

Second, I have never seen a team that can cooperate so seamlessly. The 8000 people were divided into four waves, and there was no mistake in changing groups from one wave to the next, and stepping forward.So that no time was wasted.Yelu Hanye had never imagined that the army could be so uniform, which was really unimaginable for him, who had never seen the military formation training of later generations.

Thirdly, the equipment on these [-] infantrymen made him extremely greedy. An ordinary soldier has full-body iron armor, a low-brow iron helmet, and high-quality armor that can ignore arrows from fifty paces away. Even the most well-equipped palace guards in the Khitan Kingdom could not reach every soldier.The most important thing is that he has never seen a short crossbow that can shoot four bursts at a time and install crossbow bolts so conveniently and quickly.It can be said that the quick crossbow fired four bursts, plus dividing the troops into four waves to ensure that there is no gap in the attack, is the main reason why the cavalry dared to charge within twenty steps before attacking.Apparently, this kind of fast slave is another secret weapon of Xiangfu Kingdom.

Yelu Hanye was originally the royal family and prince of the Liao Kingdom, the most powerful country in the East today.Even though he received a lot of aid and reliance from Xiangfu Kingdom this time, from the bottom of his heart, he really didn't pay attention to Xiangfu Kingdom, which had just been founded less than a year ago and whose territory was only as large as the Liao Kingdom.He even thought about replacing Xiangfu Kingdom after he established a firm foothold in Xiangfu Kingdom and found a way to obtain the secret of Xiangfu Kingdom's gunpowder.But now I have seen the weirdness and horror of the Suzaku Legion that I heard for the first time compared to the Hei Lang, Xuan Wu, Bai Lang, and Bai Hu, who had already made a name for themselves in the previous battles with Song and Liao. While the combat power surprised him, it almost wiped out his ambitions.

Because, this means that the seven major armies of Xiangfu Kingdom are likely to be like this. He even got the news that Xiao Geda, the king of the Southern Academy, led an army of [-] troops from the Fuzhou area into the territory of Xiangfu Kingdom. It is the most elite army in Xiangfu Kingdom.

Most of the more than 3000 cavalry who charged up have been killed. The most important thing is that all their horses fell down. The cavalry of the Liao army showed extremely high riding skills. The man used the corpse of the horse to protect himself and was not shot to death by the quick crossbow.

At this time, the two brigade commanders had already ordered to stop shooting with fast crossbows. These Liao soldiers who were still alive and had lost their horses were indeed the elites of the Pishi Army. After giving the order, he stood up with a roar, and charged behind the thin wooden fence with his saber in hand, the infantry of the Suzaku Legion who had already hung a crossbow at their waist and held a long spear.

They were covered in blood, with crazy expressions on their faces, and rushed towards the Suzaku Army's defense line, but they were like moths to a flame.Because as early as the moment their swords slashed, before they even touched the Juma, each of them had two long spears protruding out like poisonous snakes, and at the same time penetrated deeply into their bodies.

Nearly a thousand Liao soldiers were roughly divided into three rows. More than 300 people in the first row screamed almost at the same time. , When more than 300 people rushed up, they plunged to the ground.The second row of Liao soldiers had already followed closely, and the first row of Liao soldiers bought them some time. They rushed a little closer, had already touched the Juma, and their sabers were getting closer to the enemy in front of them.But that's all, they also turned into more than 300 corpses.The Liao soldiers in the third row finally felt frightened and turned around and ran away.It's a pity that the pikemen behind the thin wooden fence took a step back, and two thousand infantrymen with fast crossbows stepped forward and fired.So they didn't run a few steps, and they were all shot to death.

(End of this chapter)