Chapter 23 Shield Array
Although he had learned about the Chu people's Jing crossbows and catapults before, Yang Duanhe still asked loudly. Whether it is Jing crossbows or catapults, they are all projection weapons. Not to mention the small number, they actually cannot threaten the Qin army's roots and it is difficult to influence the outcome of the war. The shield formation is not an instrument but a formation, and the shields are slaughtered. If this formation is effective and the Chu army is studying this formation, it will be a huge threat to the Qin army.
——Later generations believed that the Qin army was good at fighting because of bows and crossbows, but every general who had fought with the Qin army in this era knew very well: the Qin army was good at fighting because of armored soldiers, and the breaking formation was based on sharp soldiers, not bows, crossbows, arrows. More than 100 and 70 years ago, Wu Qi described the customs of the six countries that "Qi nature is strong, Qin nature is strong, Chu nature is weak, Yan nature is weak, San Jin nature is harmonious" was definitely not aimless.
The strong Qin State, "If the person does not allow him, he will fight. Such a nation cannot advocate crossbows, either by nature or by law. A very simple question: How to count as a head if the enemy is shot to death? Does everyone write their own name on the arrow? What if they don't shoot the head and only hit the torso? What if they hit the head and the arrow is pulled by someone else?
The robbers of the heads are not to mention the crossbowmen behind the formation, even the soldiers fighting side by side. Therefore, in addition to the crossbow troops, the crossbowmen in the Qin army's array actually participated in hand-to-hand combat. After firing the arrow on the crossbow before the battle, one or two more arrows were shot depending on the situation. The crossbowmen retreated into the army to participate in the formation battle. After killing the enemy, they would still cut the heads and pay homage to the title.
Hands-to-hand combat is what the Qin generals attach importance to. The Chu army suddenly formed such a shield formation. Yang Duan and Yi General's unique keen sense that this small battle formation is very extraordinary and very suitable for the Qin army. The Qin army fought in small formations so that the head would not be missed. The Han and Wei and other countries had strong bows and crossbows. Even if they had all armor and armor, there were not a few Qin soldiers who were injured by crossbows. Of course, Han and Wei bows and crossbows were strong, but once they were rushed to the front of the Qin army soldiers, there was basically no suspense in the battle. If the Qin army soldiers could also form such a small shield formation, they would also risk arrows when rushing to the formation, and the casualties of the Qin army would plummet.
Yang Duanhe immediately had the above thought when he saw the tortoise shell formation. When he asked the second time, someone from the left and right answered: "Report to the general, the shield holder is full of armor and armor, and they are all wearing red clothes. The villain thought it was the red clothes of Jing State."
Red Clothes is the abbreviation of the sanitation of the Chu King Palace, just as Black Clothes is the abbreviation of the sanitation of the Zhao Kingdom Palace. When Yang Duanhe talked about the red Clothes, he understood it. He also saw the flag flying behind the Chu army array. If he guessed correctly, the King of Wei was behind the formation.
"Who can know what kind of formation is used by the red clothes of Jing Kingdom? What kind of weapons, and how to break the enemy?" Yang Duanhe looked at the shield formation without turning his eyes. At this time, the two shield formations had already arrived at the place where the crossbow arrows shot the Chu army. Blood was flowing on the dead grass, and the low places had already formed a blood pot. The soldiers on the ground were powerless to scream and were only moaning. The shield formation changed again, with 150 shields standing upright, fifty of them erected on the erect shield, and the last fifty shields placed flat next to the oblique shield. The shield wall built in this way gave enough space behind the shield to rescue the wounded.
"You can tell what kind of weapons he used to defeat the enemy at the end." The question that the main general had no answer was finally answered. It was Feng Jie, who smiled and bowed to Yang Duanhe.
"Do you want to send troops to try it?" Yang Duanhe also thought of this method, which was the only way.
"That's right." Feng Jie didn't have the most important thing about Yang Duanhe's shield formation. Isn't it just to mount the shield? Who can't do this?
"Good. I will allow you to send someone to fight. Be sure to be careful of the Jing people's archers." The shield formation is within the range of the Jing crossbow and the Chu army's archers. Moreover, the Chu army's archers have begun to shoot. Although this hurts Yang Duanhe who is less than 300 steps away, the Jing crossbow is at risk of being ravaged by the Jing crossbow in order to be able to shoot the shield formation.
"Hi!" Feng Jie bowed and then returned to the headquarters to find the shield player. He also knew that the shield formation was within Chu Gong's range.
"The Qin people retreated?" In addition to the Qin Right Army, the Qin army arrays were all under the Chu army's five hundred steps, and the Right Army also slowly retreated under the threat of Jing Bibiao. Seeing this scene, the army Sima Peng Zong felt something.
"It's still a riot, and the Qin people will not easily fight me." Xiang Yan realized that the Qin army had retreated when he received the news that the Qin army attacked the left army had retreated. The Qin army attacked at night on the night before, and last night again. There was also this raid in the morning. The current array was not for the decisive battle, but for the harassment. The purpose was to dampen the spirit of the army and tore away the energy of the army. When he was tortured to the point of exhaustion, the Qin people would pounce on him.
"General, what should I do?" There were many generals around Xiang Yan, and after hearing his judgment, these people couldn't help but worry. The Qi army was heading south, the Wei army was besieging, and the Chu army really couldn't afford to delay now.
"General, it's better for our army to go forward and fight with the Qin people!" The general of the Wang Zun suggested that he belonged to Youque, which is considered a purely leak-making force. It is indeed not a solution to be attacked by the Qin people like this.
"No!" The army Sima and Xiang Yan spoke in unison. Xiang Yan said: "Our army moves forward, the Qin army will definitely retreat; let's talk about how the array is in order for our army to move forward? If there is a gap between the three armies and the Qin army takes advantage of the gap, what should it be?"
"Then can our army retreat?" Qu Guang asked again. He was a newly promoted general and had never experienced the battle formation.
"It's not possible. The right army of the Qin army is two hundred steps away from me, very close." Xiang Yan held up Lu Lijing and turned to the left. He happened to see hundreds of shield players from the Qin army coming forward, with the target of the two soldiers who were saving people. "Why is that?"
"When the Qin army withdrew its troops, our army pursued them. After 70 steps, we encountered the Qin army's slashing and shooting. The king sent a sanitation to save people..." The left army had reported the war before dawn, and Peng Zong also knew a little about the situation of the king's guards.
"What formation does the sanitation form?" Seeing the Qin army's shield player coming, the sanitation temporarily gave up saving people and began to line up to meet the enemy.
"It is said that it is the battle formation that the king practiced." Peng Zong whispered, and Lu Lijing also looked in that direction.
"Didn't the king practice the Yi Ju formation?" Lu Li shot a lot of arrows in the mirror. The Qin army's shield hands were injured by arrows, but none of the sanitation team formed the tortoise shell formation were injured. Xiang Yan couldn't help but praise: "This shield formation is quite clever."
"Let's see how it faces the enemy?" Peng Zong said with interest. The 500,000 troops confronted each other without fighting, but there was a army of hundreds of people fighting in the middle, which immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers of the two armies. When Xiang Yan looked at the left army, Lu Lijing, the chief general of the Qin army, also looked at his right army. He was like everyone else, judging the victory or defeat of both sides.
In terms of the number of people, there were a large number of Qin soldiers, and there were about 500 soldiers in front of them. They braved the rain of arrows under the leadership of a 500 master. The arrows of the Chu army continued to shoot from all angles, and dozens of casualties were killed or injured after walking less than fifty steps. It is estimated that there would be four hundred people left before the Chu army's shield formation, while there were only 300 people;
But in terms of the quality of soldiers, the Chu army is naturally strong. With the Qin rule, the height of the sanitation sanitation is above seven feet and three inches (170cm), which is already the height of the Martial Knight. In addition to being strong, the armor on the soldiers is also better than the Chu army. The Qin army armor is just leather armor, most of which are lacquered. The Chu army sanitation is rhinoceros armor, with a thick layer of black paint on it. Don’t underestimate the hair paint. The hair paint is not only durable, but also better than the armor that is lacquered.
The Qin army was getting closer and closer, and the commanders of the crossbowmen of the two armies were hesitating whether to order arrows to be fired. The Chu army was sanitation, so the archers naturally did not dare to shoot the Qin army at the cost of shooting sanitation. The purpose of the Qin army sent people to the formation was to understand how the Chu people's shield formation fought. If they were really shot to death by crossbows, the general would inevitably be furious.
The crossbowmen of the two armies had already been in the strings, but they dared not issue orders. The general of the sword and shield soldiers, Fan Que, saw that the Qin army was getting closer and closer and had reached the range of the javelin, immediately shouted: "Stop—!"
"Stop!" The tight tortoise shell formation suddenly cracked. Sanbai sanitation held a shield in his left hand and his left foot in front of him, and tried hard to throw the first javelin at the Qin army. Before this javelin had landed, the queue that was fast-forwarding a few steps threw the second javelin.
At this time, the two armies were only fifteen steps apart, and the 600 javelins were more than the Qin army. When they were still raising their shields to block the javelins, the sanitation rushed to see. The "bang" sound of the shields colliding continuously. Although many Qin soldiers were not knocked down, the three-foot short sword of the sanitation followed after the collision.
At this time, the sword they used was no longer a bronze sword, but a Ju sword. The Ju sword was mostly diagonally pierced from below, or stabbed the Qin army's calves without armor protection, or stabbed their skirt armor. However, the skirt armor could not block the Ju sword. The Qin army who was stabbed felt a cold thigh, and severe pain followed. When they endured the pain, the sanitation's big shield raised, and the wooden slash of the sword hit the upper edge of the big shield. While raising the shield to block the shield, the Ju sword stabbed in again. This time it was no longer a thigh, but the torso. The cold Ju sword stabbed in and walked in as soon as it entered. Before the first row of Qin troops fell to the ground, the sanitation had raised the shield and crashed into the enemy in the back row.
Countless people watched the battle of hundreds of people. When the sanitation broke through the shield formation and threw out the javelin, it immediately attracted the exclamation of the soldiers on both sides. The Qin army was completely surprised: it turned out that the enemy had such weapons; the Chu army mostly regretted that the long soldiers could indeed kill the enemy if they threw them out, but what should we do after they were thrown? Everyone knows that the two armies are in a battle against each other, and the sword is basically useless, it is too short.
"But that's it." Beside Yang Duanhe, Feng Jie looked at the Chu army who had thrown the javelin and shook his head repeatedly. The five hundred people he sent were spears with spears, spears, and weapons were all long and short. The Chu army threw the spears, leaving only swords left to fight.
"It may not be so." Yang Duanhe smiled on his face. Although it was a pity that five hundred people died, it might also affect his title, but it was still possible to be familiar with the Chu people's shield formation at such a small price. "Our army was defeated." He said again.
Chapter completed!