The river wind hunted, on the south bank of the Han River, more than 15,000 Yan soldiers were waiting for the battle, with solemn expressions.
Not only did the soldiers look nervous, but even Gongsun Bai had a solemn look on his face.
Six building ships have occupied the entire warehouse of the equipment department, and there are not so many materials to make more ships in a hurry, one building ship can carry 3,000 people, but excluding the sailors on the ship and the necessary soldiers left behind, it can only carry about 2,500 soldiers and horses at a time.
The six ships could only carry about 15,000 men at a time, and they were only foot soldiers, because if they were carrying cavalry, it would take them an hour or two to lead the horses off the ship, which was obviously not suitable for a landing battle in which every second was in time.
As soon as the first batch of soldiers landed, the enemy army was bound to frantically counterattack, and there were as many as 100,000 Jingzhou infantry soldiers inside and outside Xiangyang City, with 15,000 infantry soldiers, facing 100,000 people, no matter how sharp the Yan army was, it would also be a difficult defensive battle.
As long as the first batch of foot soldiers held and the soldiers and horses behind were replenished in batches, the Jingzhou army had no other way but to retreat to Xiangyang City.
Therefore, for this crucial defensive battle, Gongsun Bai did not hesitate to come and sit in person.
The first batch of soldiers who landed on the shore were also the elite of the infantry in the Yan army, including the 8,000 rattan armor led by Zhang Liao, the trap camp that had been expanded by Gao Shun to 2,000 people, the 5,000 crossbow archers of the Fufeng Battalion led by Zhang Qin, and the Shenlei Battalion led by Zhou Cang.
Gongsun Bai sat high on the sweaty BMW, his eyes were like torches, looking ahead coldly, and at the end of his sight, a black line came into his eyes.
At this moment, a scout rushed in.
"Your Majesty, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang have led an army of 100,000 to come out to meet the battle."
Okay, you're Liu Bei, as I expected The expression on Gongsun Bai's face became more and more solemn, with one enemy and seven, even if it was a white horse, it would be easy, not to mention a foot pawn.
He swept through the north, crisscrossed the Central Plains, and shocked Guanxi, relying on the unparalleled iron cavalry in the world, and the foot soldiers were mainly used to attack the city, or follow the cavalry to cover up, but now he wants to use the foot soldiers as the main force in the field, and it is one enemy and seven, and his heart is inevitably nervous.
In the direction of Xiangyang, the dust is big, the flag is like a cloud, and the halberd is like a forest, covering the sky.
Gongsun Bai raised his eyes to look, but saw that in the wild, in a range of miles stretched, 100,000 Jingzhou troops spread out, like a tide.
Huge wooden shields stood in front of the battle like fish scales, spears poked out diagonally upwards like a forest, and behind them, thousands of crossbowmen stood in formation, and on the left and right wings, each was guarded by 700 cavalry.
The banner of the word "Liu" was waving in the wind, and the Jingzhou army was in good order and was not scattered due to the rapid march.
This army is already the most elite division in Jingzhou, and now even in the face of the Yan army that swept through Jingbei, it still maintains its fighting spirit.
"The enemy's army formation was cleaned up, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were really extraordinary, and they made such a noise of the general rabble."
Gongsun Bai's tone was slightly approving.
It's just that the praise is only fleeting, and then, the face that is as rich as jade is occupied by the murderous aura of hunting.
"Where is Gao Shun?"
"The Last Will Be" Gao Shun, who had not participated in the war for several years, looked a little excited and responded urgently.
"Lead the trapping camp to form a formation, the will of the unsaved, you must not retreat half a step without authorization, otherwise there will be no forgiveness" "Whoa" Gao Shun replied loudly, and then raised the chrome steel war knife in his hand: "Trap the camp, get out of the ranks" There was a sound of footsteps, and two thousand soldiers in the trapped camp wearing aluminum helmets and armor, holding huge iron shields made of steel, rushed out, lined up in two long rows, standing at the forefront of the formation, the width of the array reached more than three hundred steps.
With Gao Shun's order, the two rows of soldiers burst into shouts, raised the heavy iron shields high, and the tips of more than two thousand huge iron shields were fiercely inserted into the ground, forming a huge steel shield wall, and a long halberd stretched out from the gap in the iron shield.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Liao and Hao Zhao each led 4,000 rattan armor to ascend first, retreated to the two wings, and connected with the 2,000 soldiers of the trapped camp, forming a semicircular array with a diameter of more than three miles.
And Gongsun Bai stood in the center of the semicircle, and behind him was the north bank of the Han River, which was more than three miles long, and would be the place where the next group of Yan soldiers landed.
These rattan armor Xiandeng were all dressed in rattan armor, and they also held iron shields made of steel, and like the soldiers in the trapping camp, the tips of the big shields were deeply inserted into the ground, forming a shield wall of copper and iron walls, but the weapons in their hands were hundred-for-steel knives.
Gongsun Bai nodded with satisfaction, and shouted: "Divine Thunder Battalion, go out of battle" Hearing only a thunderous response, the cavalry of the five hundred Divine Thunder Battalion galloped out of the formation under the leadership of Zhou Cang, quickly and neatly scattered three steps behind the soldiers of the trapped camp, and about one soldier of the Divine Thunder Battalion was lined up behind every four soldiers of the trapped camp.
Each of them held a greased-soaked torch in his hand and carried a large cloth bag, and after the formation, he quickly opened the cloth bag to reveal a bag full of black iron balls and gunpowder bullets.
Later, there were 5,000 crossbow archers of the Angry Wind Battalion led by Zhang Tong, each carrying two pots of long arrows at their waists for a total of forty branches, holding a divine arm crossbow in their hands, and carrying a repeating crossbow on their backs.
The Angry Wind Battalion, although there are only 5,000 people, but everyone is a good archer, although it is not as good as a marksman like Tai Shi Ci who can accurately hit the opponent at a distance of 200 steps, but within 50 steps to shoot the opponent, seven or eight out of ten, you must know that this marksman is an elite soldier, but Zhang has been training for four or five years.
The array has been completed, and the flying dragon halberd in Gongsun Bai's hand is held high.
As the flag order was delivered, more than 15,000 soldiers roared like a mountain and a sea.
"Dayan is mighty, stepping on Xiangyang" "Dayan is mighty, stepping on Xiangyang" "Dayan is mighty, stepping on Xiangyang" In the large array of the Jingzhou army, Liu Bei was dressed in military uniform, holding a sword in his hand, and his expression was solemn.
Swept away, the flags were flying, the clothes and armor were distinct, and these solemn soldiers made him feel a lot more at ease.
Raising his eyes and looking ahead, he saw the enemy army in front of him, forming a semicircular array, which couldn't help but provoke Liu Bei to laugh: "Gongsun Bai Xiao'er, daring to form such a ridiculous battle formation, is simply asking for his own death."
In his opinion, it is undoubtedly the best way to strike more with less, and the formation is undoubtedly the best way, the Yan saber is sharp and strong, and it may be able to hold out for a long time, but now more than 10,000 soldiers and horses are actually arranged into a semicircular array more than three miles long, and the thickness of the array is no more than three rows of soldiers.
In the face of an enemy army several times larger than oneself, and still in such a scattered formation, it is simply looking for death Zhuge Liang's expression became solemn: "Gongsun Bai is probably also forced to be helpless, if he is arranged in a phalanx to meet the enemy, to avoid being besieged by our army on three sides, and the area along the river bank will also be occupied by our army, it will be difficult for the military horses who cross the river to land on the shore, and they will be defeated sooner or later."
Therefore, he had no choice but to risk forming such an array, hoping to support the army and horses behind him to land and replenish his troops, so the lord should fight quickly."
Liu Bei laughed: "In this case, the Gongsun thief relies on the cavalry to crisscross the Central Plains, let him taste the power of my Jingzhou cavalry today."
He turned his head suddenly, and shouted loudly: "Yun Chang, Yide, you and others each lead seven hundred cavalry, surprise attack from the two flanks of the enemy, concentrate your forces to attack one place, and be sure to attack its formation."
The rest of the troops, keep the line slowly advancing, and once the enemy is broken, the whole army will assault" "Oh" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei took the order and left.
The thickness of the Yan army's array was no more than three rows, and if the seven hundred cavalry forcibly charged a little and wanted to break through its array, it would be easy.
Not to mention anything else, even if all the soldiers and horses in front of him were killed, the momentum of a thousand jun could be overwhelming by the corpses of men and horses alone.
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As long as the array is broken and the cavalry on both wings breaks through the hinterland of the array in the semi-circular array, the Yan army will definitely be defeated.
Left flank.
With razor-like eyes and a sudden murderous opportunity, Guan Yu said sharply: "Give Ben the general to impact the enemy formation on the left flank, only advance, not retreat."
The orders were passed down layer by layer, and seven hundred Jingzhou elite horsemen burst out, surging towards the Yan army's army array with supreme might.
The iron hooves stomped on the ground, setting off an earth-shaking sound, and the sound was huge, almost like a torrent bursting the embankment.
The right-wing, too The iron cavalry roared, the two armies were getting closer and closer, and Guan Yu's seven hundred elite cavalry, like a huge black spear, were slaughtered with overwhelming momentum.
However, at this time, the oncoming Furious Wind Battalion also moved, and it was obvious that two crossbow archers were running and gathering in the direction of the enemy cavalry rushing, and these four crossbow archers totaled 400 people, which were the most elite marksmen in the Furious Wind Battalion, responsible for mobile support.
Five hundred steps Four hundred steps Three hundred steps The enemy army is getting closer and closer, and the Yan army is getting more and more nervous, and no one dares to underestimate the enemy at this time of life and death.
In particular, those crossbow archers raised their crossbows one by one and aimed at the enemy's cavalry.
Two hundred steps "Shoot the Arrow" With Zhang's order, more than 400 crossbow arrows on each side emitted a sharp roar, and with extremely strong strength, they shot towards the Jingzhou army elite cavalry that was galloping. while A crossbow arrow rushed towards Guan Yu and was knocked away by his sword, but the soldiers behind him were not so lucky.
In an instant, screams rang out, and one after another the cavalry of the Jingzhou Army fell from their horses like straw.
The Furious Wind Battalion is indeed inferior to the Furious Wind Battalion, under this kind of intensive shooting, four hundred crossbow arrows actually shot down more than two hundred Jingzhou cavalry, and the sharpshooters of the Furious Wind Battalion shot two hundred paces away, and the lethality rate reached more than fifty percent, which is definitely a terrifying ratio Even so, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei still roared and led the remaining hundreds of soldiers and horses to continue the frantic raid, and the five hundred cavalry on each wing were still enough to break through the enemy's shield array.
At this time, the soldiers of the Angry Wind Battalion also entered the gap period of reloading crossbow arrows, and at this moment, five hundred elite horsemen on each wing had rushed to within 100 steps in front of the Yan army's formation.
Woohoo At this moment, the sound of crossbow arrows was loud again, shooting towards the Jingzhou cavalry like a downpour, endlessly.
This time, it is not a divine arm crossbow, but a repeating crossbow, nor a systematically manufactured Zhuge repeater, but a Ma Jun repeater transformed by the divine craftsman Ma Jun on the basis of the Zhuge repeater, which is more than double the range of the Zhuge repeater, and can damage the enemy within a hundred steps.
Ma Jun's repeater is lighter than Wanjun's repeater, more powerful than Zhuge repeater, and its advantage over the divine arm crossbow is to maintain the advantage of Zhuge repeater's one crossbow and ten arrows.
Within a hundred steps, the elite of the sharpshooters in the Angry Wind Battalion could shoot seven or eight out of ten, and only two or three crossbows and ten arrows were shot, and the Jingzhou cavalry on both wings were either killed or wounded, and all of them were shot to the ground, leaving only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
There are few horses in Jiangnan, and these more than 1,000 elite horsemen are almost all of Liu Bei's belongings, but he can only watch them fall in front of Yan Jun's crossbow arrows one by one.
However, even so, there are still hundreds of frightened war horses, galloping madly towards the shield array of the Yan army, if it cannot be stopped, then the shield array of the Yan army may still be difficult to escape the fate of being broken.
Boom, boom, boom At this moment, one after another gunpowder bullets and fuses crossed the air with red light, falling in front of the two armies, making a loud sound like shaking the ground and shaking the mountains, startling those Jingzhou war horses who had never seen this world, galloped back one after another, and even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's war horses were also panicked, carrying the two of them to turn around.
Liu Bei's eyes were about to split, and he hissed and shouted: "The whole army is assaulting" The horn sounded, the war drums sounded urgently, and the 100,000 Jingzhou army finally poured out, intending to use seven times the strength of the force to forcibly crush the Yan army.
The fierce hand-to-hand combat has finally officially begun.
The 100,000 Jingzhou army rushed forward to kill, and then viciously crashed into the battle formation of the Gongsun army, stirring up a layer of bright red blood mist.
The two sides were outnumbered and well-armed, and fought fiercely on the semicircular front that was more than three miles long.
Gradually, the Yan army faced the frenzied attacks of the surging Jingzhou army, and gradually showed a situation of exhaustion, and its position had moved slightly.
Thundered At this moment, a thunderous sound sounded in the downstream direction of the south bank of the Han River.
Liu Bei of the Jingzhou Chinese Army, seeing that victory was in sight, became more and more passionate, and did not care about the rolling thunder, and Zhuge Liang beside him had changed his face greatly.
"Withdraw the troops quickly, I waited for the swallow thief's plan" to be continued
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