The long sound of trumpets was constantly sounded in the camp of the Qiang army, and the background wall of the sound was one after another of cooking smoke that could not be counted no matter how you counted.
Before the fight, the soldiers always have to eat a good meal, hoping that the soldiers can work harder because of this, how could Yao Yizhong, who has been commanding the army for decades, not understand this The number of cattle and sheep he brought this time exceeded one million, and he only gave the soldiers the amount they should have, but today he decided to let the soldiers eat openly.
The current season is summer, and the fat of the livestock has not been raised, no matter what kind of cooking method, the slaughtered cattle and sheep do not have enough fat, and it is a pity that the soldiers are not fat enough.
After the sky brightened, there were not only desolate horns in the Qiang camp, but also bursts of drums joining in.
In the midst of the orders, well-fed and well-fed soldiers were taken out of the camp, and some were given sword and shield carts and various wooden carts, shouting trumpets to propel the instruments forward.
From the direction of the Han military camp from a distance, the front of the Qiang camp has been full of all kinds of equipment and vehicles, if you want to count carefully, the number of all kinds of equipment and vehicles will definitely not be less than 5,000, it can be seen how crazy they have been building equipment in the past few days.
When it was time to go into battle, the Qiang soldiers were making their final preparations, placing as much fireproof as possible on top of their equipment, whether it was soaked cloth or fur, or sacks filled with sand.
The reason for doing this is nothing more than the fear that the rocket will burn the equipment by firing.
In addition to a large number of equipment troops, the cavalry of the Qiang nationality was also mobilized on a large scale, and the cavalry in the camp was warmed up everywhere, so that there were war horses galloping everywhere within the range of vision.
The Qiang army is busy preparing for war, and the Han army is certainly not doing nothing.
The Han army's crossbow troops were preparing a large number of rockets, as were the bed crossbow and cart crossbow troops.
The catapult troops were preparing oil tanks, which they had used only in small quantities before.
In addition to the long-range troops, the melee units of the Han army were reinforcing the fortifications over and over again, which could be fence walls, earthen walls, horse blocks, wooden fences, etc., but there was no shadow of the trenches.
There was no way to do it, Liu Yan led the army to the combat state as soon as he arrived, and he didn't have the time to dig the trench at all, and the trench was not so easy to dig.
In the face of the Qiang army's madness, it seems to build arrow-blocking equipment, in fact, the Han army is a frustrating feeling that is almost crazy.
Everywhere the Han army went, it showed the sharpness of the bow and crossbow, and many times it was repeated archery to force the enemy to surrender, not to mention how cool it was to bring countless casualties to the enemy without losing oneself.
If there is a spear, there will be a shield, and the Han army has not encountered enemy troops who have built arrow-blocking equipment on a large scale, but those enemy armies before are really a bit of a trick compared to the Qiang army.
The benefits of the crossbow are to be negated, and it is expected that the effectiveness of the bow will decrease and the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides will increase.
The total strength of the Han army on this side is only 30,000, and according to the situation of Yao Yizhong's mobilization today, the Qiang people have mobilized at least 120,000 troops, which is a four-to-one difference in strength.
The army camped together, for example, the camp of the Han army was distributed in three areas, one main camp and two arch guard camps.
On the side of the Qiang army, which has more troops, with the increase in numbers, the camp area will definitely be more, and the area distributed out will be tens of miles in radius.
"Order" Yao Yizhong was fully uniformed, and his raised hand waved down lightly: "The troops advance." ” The sound of the horn "woos", followed by the rhythmic sound of war drums of "knock knock knock".
The Qiang soldiers who received the order began to shout trumpets again, and the first batch of 8,000 Qiang soldiers shouted the slogan "Hey, hey" while pushing heavy sword and shield carts or wooden carts.
Looking at the volume of the knife and shield car, a car should have a weight of about 300 catties, and now there will be no rubber tires in such a year, and the wheels will only be all wood structures, and then the wheels may not really be in a fully circular state, and the feeling of pushing it up can be imagined.
By the way, there is no such thing as an axle at present, which means that the wheel of the car rotates on a single wheel, and it is not too easy to steer.
Each weapon was propelled by five to twenty or thirty men, and each machine was followed by dozens to hundreds of soldiers, who would inevitably hold a shield regardless of the weapon of war.
The reason for not applying to the animal pulling equipment is very simple, now there is no grid in such a year, and there will be no physics, and then there is not so much time for the craftsman to open his mind, and the rear animal push has no effort to get it.
So they built their equipment to block arrows, and they used livestock to pull them in front, so that the animals could shoot arrows The shields in the hands of the Qiang soldiers look very mixed, and the common thing is that they are wooden structures, which will appear to be very mixed, and the soldiers add things to the shields that they think are necessary, such as skins.
As for the iron pieces or something, let alone the Hu people, even if they are Jin people with strong hands-on ability, how to do it without materials Nearly a thousand vehicles of various types, followed by soldiers, they advanced very loudly.
Advancing a distance, nearly a thousand equipment vehicles were divided into two waves, heading towards the two Gongwei camps of the Han army camp, waiting for them to separate left and right, and when they were separated, there were new troops in the Qiang camp pushing various equipment vehicles forward, and it was clear that the three Han army camps were going to fight together at the beginning.
"Once Yao Yizhong makes up his mind," Liu Yan said with a smile on his face: "The action is so big." ” Ji Chang and the others couldn't laugh at it, the Qiang people were crazy and had to build arrow-blocking equipment, the benefits of the Han army's bows and crossbows were offset, and their forces were at an absolute disadvantage, and the next situation would be very bad, especially the number of cavalry on the Han army's side was the disadvantage of the disadvantage, and the passive situation was simply doomed.
"Relax, all relax."
Liu Yan didn't feel nervous at all, and said with a smile: "Didn't we expect such a situation a long time ago, and it is also what we want." ” No one said anything, most were smiling wryly.
That's right, they will be mentally prepared to fight hard at the beginning, all in order to attract Yao Yizhong to cross the river and fight, so as to use the terrain to annihilate Yao Yizhong's Qiang army as much as possible, but when they really face a bad situation, they can easily understand how heartless it should be "Your Majesty, we" Sang Yu didn't have his usual laughter, and asked seriously: "How many days do you need to support?"
Liu Yan said flatly: "It depends on how many days Yao Yizhong will block our reinforcements." ” The battlefield is composed of a number of parts, there is a difference of importance and intensity, the first batch of Han troops will come from the southwest of Jishui, the second batch of Han troops will come directly from the south, Yao Yizhong will not easily let the reinforcements of the Han army and Liu Yan's headquarters meet, so it is conceivable how many local battlefields will be extended.
Such a situation is really what the Han army wants, but there will be a premise for everything, that is, the defense of Liu Yan's location is equivalent to Liu Yan being a fragrant bait and the key to the whole battle.
"If you want to achieve your goal, how can you not take risks" Liu Yan was really flat, and said with a smile: "If this is not the case, how can Yao Yizhong stay here firmly" Using Liu Yan as bait was an extremely risky thing, so except for Liu Yan himself, all the other members of the Han Department were against it.
For the Han Ministry, the importance of Liu Yan as a leader does not need to be said too much, not only because Liu Yan is the ruler of the Han Ministry, but also because no one can quickly form a force except Liu Yan, and the ships are also formed quickly by Liu Yan who does not know how to use them.
The sound of the dense bangzi was sounded in the two Gongwei camps of the Han army, that is, the attacking Qiang troops were close to the range of the strong crossbows, and the bangzi sound was followed by the crossbow arrows that were constantly being shot out, each crossbow arrow was burning with flames, and the process from being shot out to falling was between a few breaths.
"Raise the Shield" The sound of the clashing of wood was heard frequently, and it was the Qiang attacking troops who raised their shields and brought them as close together as possible, forming a barrier of stacked shields above their heads, and almost in the next instant, a large number of rockets fell, and the arrows fell on the shield and made a knocking sound as if it were rain.
A scream sounded in the crashing sound, that is, the crossbow arrow shot through the gap in the shield and hit the human body, and a gap would be revealed when one person fell, causing the Qiang soldiers in the area to shout and roar, in order to quickly close the gap.
The first wave of firing was followed by the second wave, and the incessant firing had made the Qiang soldiers suffer for the past few days, they had never encountered such an arrow attack before the battle with the Han army, or they would not have built so many arrow-blocking equipment and shields.
The fire-filled crossbow bolts fall on the shield, and if the shield is a metal structure, it is fine, and the wooden shield, no matter what measures have been done before, will always burn after being tested by the fire for a long time, and as a result, the smell of burnt fire begins to appear, and thick smoke begins to appear on the battlefield.
Hu Yansheng said anxiously: "We need to accelerate the speed" Yao Yizhong was staring at the Han camp that had repeatedly fired arrows, he knew that the preparations had worked, and he had already been mentally prepared for what happened.
If the speed can be accelerated, how can the attacking Qiang troops move forward slowly, the problem is that the speed of the arrow blocking equipment is also like that, and then the speed of the troops advancing with shields will become loose once they are accelerated, so it is impossible to speed up at all.
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"It's a good situation."
Yao Yizhong smiled, he pointed to the Han military camp: "Their archery frequency is faster than any before, do you know what this means?"
Hu Yansheng kept blinking his eyes, and the next moment he also smiled: "The Han army has also become agitated, which is a good thing for us." ” Dividing line There is still a chapter in the evening, so let's get some recommendation tickets: