Chapter 56 Siege 5
The Wei soldiers retreated like a tide until they were cut and killed by Wei generals for hundreds of steps. Only corpses and wounded were left in the streets and alleys in front of the city gate, and the soil was red. When the sanitation soldiers retreated, they poked all the Wei soldiers on the ground to prevent anyone from pretending to be dead.
"How is the injury?" Lan Zhong looked at Shangguan Gao. He was caught in an arrow on his shoulder and was bleeding.
"Not hindrance!" Shangguan Gao lowered his head and saw his injuries, and did not care. His eyes were always staring at the Wei general who was hundreds of steps away, paying attention to his actions, and being wary of the Wei people who would fight back at any time.
Lan Zhong looked at Shangguan Gao with envy. Although Yushi was brave, he had not received comprehensive training, did not understand tactics, and even had no military tactics. However, sanitation seemed to know everything. Even a small pawn could command a county pawn in a brigade.
"This time I retreat, the Wei people will not dare to come again." Lan Zhong still stared at Shangguan Gao's wound, "It's better to..."
"No. The soldiers who seized the gate of the Wei army just fought, and three attacked one of the military soldiers. If the military soldiers attacked next time..." Shangguan Gao shook his head repeatedly, not having much hope of defending the city gate. However, without the order to retreat, he could only defend the death.
Wu Zu was a heavy infantry of the Wei State. He 'taken it with his degree, wears three armours, carries twelve stone crossbows, carries fifty arrows, puts a spear on it, has a cap and a helmet with a sword, wins three days of food, and goes to a hundred miles a day.' Wei Wu Zu was famous all over the world. This was the military established by Wu when he was in charge of Wei. Wu Qi later left Wei and entered Chu, but the Wu Zu system was always preserved.
In the selection of martial arts, it is the most difficult to "work the crossbow of twelve stones, and go to a hundred miles a day." In fact, twelve stones are only 324 kilograms and 162 kilograms. For the ancients whose bone density is far beyond that of modern people, it is not difficult to drive a strong crossbow of 162 kilograms in a squat. After training, the squat burden of people is generally more than three times their weight.
The strength of the Wushu lies in the "long miles of the day". He wears leather helmets, carries crossbows, carries arrows, sets spears, wins grain, and carries swords. He sets off at morning and runs more than 40 kilometers in four hours (6 hours). This is not how far it runs, but the Wushu's weight. Rhinoceros leather armor, crossbow arrows, spear swords, food, and may also have a face shield. These are at least 30 to 40 kilograms in total. Carrying such heavy equipment and running more than 40 kilometers in half a day, most sanitation cannot do it.
The Wei State was already weak, but there were still tens of thousands of Wu soldiers. When this attack was attacked, at the request of Qin envoy and Xiangbang Ziji, King Wei Zeng gritted his teeth and transferred half of the Wu soldiers to follow the army to attack Chu, and the other half was naturally stationed in the capital Daliang to prevent the Qin people from attacking Guo. When Shangguan Gao mentioned the Wei soldiers, Chen Yingxicheng, the 3,000 sanitation sanitation faced the five thousand martial soldiers.
Ge has always been a melee weapon in the pre-Qin period. The wooden handle is very short. The martial soldiers use the sword as a weapon, so they are naturally good at melee melee melee melee melee melee. The so-called "Qi martial soldiers cannot meet the martial soldiers of Wei, and the Wei martial soldiers cannot meet the fierce soldiers of Qin." In fact, weapons occupy a large factor. Fighting with skill is accentuated. They use swords more than one sword. They can fight alone. They can fight each other inch, but they can't fight each other. The martial soldiers who use short swords can't meet the sharp soldiers who make long beryllium. One inch long and one inch short and one inch dangerous. When the two sides face each other, the martial soldiers will be split by the sharp soldiers before they get close.
The Qin army soldiers gave Wu Shu a headache. Suddenly, they met the Chu army sanitation who was carrying two feet and four feet of barbarian spears, which made them even more trouble. The dense tips of the giant iron spear were disappointed. Wu Shu was wearing rhinoceros armor several times thicker than leather armor, but even the rhinoceros armor could not withstand the attack of the barbarian spear. So before fighting, they could only shoot crossbows.
The twelve stone crossbow is easily destroyed without crossbows, and the crossbow machine is extremely expensive, but you get what you pay for. The range of these crossbows exceeds 180 steps. When the sanitation strait is 160 steps away from it, the strong arrows shot out by the twelve stone crossbow of the martial twelve stone crossbow flew straight towards the locust.
Last year, the Gong Jiayi spear formation was ravaged by the Qin army's crossbow. Xiong Jing, who remembered it, completed the alliance with Qi State, and urgently transferred the newly built Jujia to Chen Ying. The number of Jujia was not large, with only more than 500 sets, and only half of the Palace Jia had a Jia.
As soon as he met a martial arts soldier, the palace armor, wearing huge armor, automatically stood in front of the spear formation to block the arrows. At this time, the twelve soldiers, a total of 2,700 spearmen, a total of 12 soldiers, a total of 50 rows of wide and 54 rows of deep, slowly advancing. Four hundred and thirty-two archers were closely behind, and they did not dare to have any deviation. The crossbow arrows hit the giant armor and round shield like raindrops, and the banging sound continued. In less than half a quarter of an hour, the round shield was filled with arrows. The left arm of the palace armor was also shot by the arrows that penetrated the shield, and blood flowed. However, in addition to the left arm, there was an iron helmet on the breast armor and a shining armor underneath. Although the arrows were like rain, no one was injured or killed.
"The strong enemy is in front of you, fearless;
Brave, loyal and trustworthy, and worthy of Taiyi!
Geng Zheng said frankly, it would rather die than be..."
The Yi spear formation was moving forward, and besides the drums and footsteps, the drums took the lead in singing the song. Every spearman sang passionately, with arrogance and pride, and even more passionate in his heart. Once this song is finished, they will raise their spears and impact.
"Report to General, the Chu soldiers are not able to enter the arrow!" The Chu army was getting closer and closer, and the crossbow arrows were shooting faster and faster. When some martial soldiers were on the string, the powerful crossbows were unable to withstand the force of the force, and the crossbows that were drilled out of the air broke with a crack. It is not scary to break the crossbows, but what is scary is that the arrows can't penetrate the body armor of the Chu army. Inability to enter the sword and gun was just a myth, but now the myth happens in front of you, so how can it not be scary?
"What can I do if I don't get into the arrow?" Wu Zuizhimao Zhui was eight feet tall, like an iron tower. He was staring at the Chu army's spear formation that was getting closer and closer, without blinking. The Chu army actually arranged a square rectangular formation regardless of the back of the side, which gave him an opportunity. "Transfer our military orders, and when the formation battles, he surrounds the side back and hits behind him."
There were only five thousand martial soldiers, and nearly ten thousand attacks behind him. Due to the limitations of the terrain, these five thousand people lined up into a square array that was more than 150 steps wide and thin, medium and thick. Mao Zhu's arrangement may not be wrong, but he did not understand that the formation of the Yi Ju formation formed by column tactics had no side back at all, and even if he hit the side back, he would not collapse.
"Stop—, stop!" The Yi Ju Formation stopped fifty steps away, and the archers behind began to shoot arrows. The martial soldiers were wearing rhinoceros armor, but the archers of the sanitation archers were mostly five stones, and the few had four stones and five dou. If they were shot by armor-breaking arrows at this distance, the rhinoceros armor would be penetrated.
The archers had only 432 people, but the rate of fire of the bow was several times that of the crossbow, especially the twelve stone crossbow with legs ten times that of the twelve stone crossbow. The archers' violent shooting, and the Wushu had to raise a shield to block the arrows, and only scattered crossbow arrows were shot out in the array. The attack and defense of both sides reversed instantly. Before, the sanitation was raining with arrows, but now the Wushu was raining with arrows.
The sanitation singing kept singing, and four rows of soldiers in the front row left the array and rushed towards the array of martial soldiers fifty steps away. The two armies fought in formation and would rush a hundred steps. What was strange was that the Chu army did not rush until it was fifty steps. Not only did it stop, but it stopped, with only two hundred people coming up.
"What is this?" The general Wei, who was blocking arrows in the military chariot behind the formation, was puzzled and looked at each other.
"Kill!" They were still hesitating and not giving orders. Two hundred spearmen had already stabbed into the Wuzhang array with one spear. The spear was short and the Wuzhang square formation was broken by the spearmen. Finally, the Wei general couldn't help it. With a wave of his hand, the five hundred martial soldiers under his command immediately ran out of the array and rushed to the side of the two hundred sanitation sanitation, intending to encircle and annihilate it in front of the formation.
Two hundred sanitation soldiers came forward to test and lure the enemy. As soon as the Wushang moved, Yangzi shouted, "Kill!" The sanitation soldiers who stopped singing rushed towards the Wushang array, and the target was the gap after the five hundred sanitation soldiers came out of the formation.
"Kill--!" Two thousand five hundred spearmen shouted in unison, and their steps were even more deafening. They ran for fifty steps for only ten seconds. Before all five hundred martial soldiers of ten seconds had all gone out of the formation, the giant iron spears stabbed over like a sea of thrusts. Before they were unfolded, the military soldiers were immediately dispersed. The riots involuntarily attacked the other martial soldiers, and the military formation was in chaos for a while.
The military orders of "surround the left and right sides and hit the back" were all forgotten. The officers were thinking about resisting the impact of the Chu spearmen, while the Wu Zu thought about how to get close to the spearmen, because their swords were too short and they were determined to kill the enemy but could not get close.
"Kill!" The spearmen who could not pull out the body through the spear was not allowed to abandon the spear and draw the sword. They raised the sword and killed each other to avoid blocking the attack route of the comrades behind them. Just when the warriors on both sides thought they could kill the enemy, the enemy's huge blade was slashing hard at the top and down. The shield in his hand felt light and the sword slashed to his head.
"Kill--!" The sanitation covered in blood shouted loudly, and slashed out with another sword, killing another martial soldier, and led the lead in cutting off another martial arts soldier.
The spear was unstoppable, and the sharp edge of the huge blade was not snatched. The Wushu was shocked to find that the weapons in his hand were not withstand the enemy's attack. Every time he slashed, his comrades were either killed or injured. Their most effective attack was to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and hold them together and fight with them.
"Advance! Advance-!" The officer was shouting. The military soldiers were not ordinary troops, with strong fighting spirit and stabbed to death and refused to retreat. Their own attack was already released when they entered the formation, and they could only rely on step-by-step advance to squeeze the enemy formation and forced the formation to collapse.
"Advance!" The spear formation was moving forward, stabbing the last martial soldiers to death, and the front row spearmen fought with the fighting behind them. The fighting was just light infantry, wearing not rhinoceros armor but ordinary leather armor. When they saw the vicious Chu army spearmen breaking the martial soldiers array and killing, they felt three points of fear.
As soon as the army was fought, the halberd spear in his hand was a few feet shorter than the barbarian spear, and they were killed and screamed. Fortunately, the unattacked military soldiers had followed Mao Zhu's military order and slammed behind them. Seeing that the enemy was full of his own military flags, they barely supported them, but the formation was not defeated.
"Advance—!" The Yi Ju formation continued to advance, and the spearmen facing many martial soldiers at the end of the formation retreated. They laid their spears and drove all the martial soldiers who were about to approach them. However, the martial soldiers were Wushang after all, Wushang was Wushang. They knew how to deal with the shang Ruishang, so they naturally knew how to deal with the shang Yan. Seeing that the shang Yan was laid, they actually rolled around the ground, got under the shang Yan, and rushed to fight with their shields.
The soldiers were all afraid of melee combat. Once they were in close combat, their weapons were too long and they could only let the close enemy kill them. When the soldiers in the rear saw the soldiers approaching, they immediately shouted: "Abandon the spear! Abandon the spear in the rear row!"
Chapter completed!