What is the amount of equipment, it is a general term for cutting advanced and backward, and it is also a great force that determines the direction of war.
The Han army had a strong bow and crossbow advancement, so Yao Yizhong needed to find ways to counteract, and he also needed to pay the casualties with enough determination.
The wooden shield that had been baked for too long burned, but the arrows falling from the sky did not stop, causing even if the hands were roasted by the fire, and the superb temperature on the top of the head was pressed, the Qiang soldiers holding the shield did not dare to throw away the shield, just because if they did not lose the shield, they might only be burned, and if they lost the shield, they would be killed by the arrows.
Of course, not all of them had enough will, and the areas where the burning shields were thrown away, they would be emptied in the next moment, and an arrow would fall like a raindrop, and the soldiers who had lost their shields would be hit by the arrows and become corpses, which would soon begin to burn black.
Although there were still heavy casualties, the casualties of the Qiang troops this time were much lighter than before, and that was the value of the equipment.
When the Qiang troops advanced to the range of the Han army's bed crossbows and car crossbows, the Han army's camp frequently resounded with a tooth-sour sound, followed by the loud sound of the bowstring, and a thick crossbow arrow was stimulated, and they fell with a sharp sound of breaking the air, or hit the sword and shield car, or fell on the larger archery blocking equipment, and more fell on the Qiang soldiers who formed a shield array, and naturally fell into the air.
Every time a thick crossbow bolt hits the target, they cause a loud noise, the arrow pierces the plank, and the advancing sword and shield carts are still lucky to jerk for a while, and some of the sword and shield carts are directly overturned after being shot.
The larger instruments, which were larger and heavier, were hit by the sawdust that was pierced and sent flying sideways, but that was the only way to make the Qiang soldiers who were hiding behind burst into cheers at the sight of it.
The phalanx of the infantry who were hit resounded with a constant scream, and each thick crossbow arrow fell, and under the bursts of shields and sawdust flying sideways, it must have been cleared out of a straight space by the huge impact force, and within that gap were the wounded who were lying down and screaming, and the corpses that were pierced by the crossbow arrows and turned into strings.
In the next moment, those screams will cease because there will be a dense stream of arrows falling behind, ending their lives.
Among the 30,000 Han troops, the number of bow and crossbow troops is enough for 12,000, and the soldiers who operate bed crossbows, car crossbows, and stone throwing carts are 15,000, which means that half of the Han troops can be used for close combat.
There is no doubt that long-range troops can also participate in melee combat, but as long as the commander's brain is not bad, it is absolutely impossible to put these troops into a war of attrition, after all, whether it is crossbowmen, archers, or engineering troops, they are all special troops, and the difficulty of training and the resources consumed are far lower than that of a seemingly precious cavalryman.
The attacking Qiang troops entered 250 steps and encountered the diffuse fire of bed crossbows and car crossbows, the scene seemed to be very tragic, in fact, the number of bed crossbows and car crossbows could not be compared with the crossbowmen, and the casualties were limited, which only caused a shock to the psychology of the Qiang soldiers.
Yao Yizhong jumped out as the first echelon of the offensive troops, every soldier has a family, and those family members are hostages, forcing those soldiers who are engaged in the attack not to dare to flee even if they die, otherwise under the arrows and thick crossbow arrows in the sky, the casualties exceed one layer The army should have collapsed long ago.
The first batch of troops that were thrown into the attack stopped when they approached two hundred paces, and the people pushing the equipment vehicles were approaching each other, and gradually a wall composed of equipment was formed, although the thick crossbow arrows and ordinary crossbow arrows shot by the Han army were still endless, but those huge vehicles continued to form a wall, and the Qiang soldiers who were hiding behind still got the greatest protection.
"Succeeded" Yao Yizhong was paying attention all the time, seeing that even if the Han army hit the car crossbow and the bed crossbow shot, the assembled wall still did not collapse, and said with great joy: "Yin Bi should be credited and given great credit."
Yin Bi is a native of Jin, and he joined the army as the secretary of Shijie Zhao.
This time he was sent by Shi Hu to record Yao Yizhong's expedition, Yao Yizhong solicited opinions in order to resist the sharpness of the Han army's bow and crossbow, and he gave such a seemingly stupid but absolutely effective suggestion.
In many cases, the more stupid the method, the more effective it is, the difference is that there is no thought or can't do it, the Han army saw that those towering wooden walls became barriers, and the rockets fired were extinguished by the people above who opened the windows and fell into the water, and only the thick crossbow arrows could cause damage, and the officers of the Han army on the front line couldn't help but look at each other.
"Damn it," Si Hongzhuang said with some anxiety: "They happen to be out of range of the catapult" The range of the Han army's stone-throwing vehicle is only one hundred and eighty steps, and the attacking Qiang troops are only two hundred steps closer, so can the Han army move the stone-throwing vehicle forward Of course, it can move the stone-throwing vehicle, but it will disrupt the deployment of the arrow array, and it will take a certain amount of time, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and who knows what will happen in the next moment.
Seeing that the plan was effective, the Qiang army was demoralized, and they were waiting for follow-up orders from the rear.
Liu Yan, who was in the position of the Chinese army, was slightly stunned when he saw the scene in front of him, even if Yao Yizhong erected a wooden wall that could be used as a barrier, but the two sides were still two hundred steps apart, and the Qiang troops had not advanced to a distance where they could shoot at each other, as for being so excited In fact, the wooden walls erected by the Qiang troops are not long, especially the walls of the sword, shield and car combination are not high, but their appearance is extremely important for the change of the mentality of the soldiers of the two armies, the most obvious is that the Qiang side is not so afraid of the bow and crossbow of the Han army, and it has become more quick to work.
The war is fought in the first place, and the side with high morale will have enough confidence to do anything, and the side with low morale will seem to shrink from what it will do.
Si Hongzhuang looked at the strong crossbowmen in front of him, and he could find that those strong crossbowmen had a certain hesitation, which was to stimulate the confusion of the strong crossbow after shooting out, and he couldn't confirm whether he had hit the target.
The Han army did not stop shooting arrows at all, and the soldiers armed with strong crossbows kept obeying the command to pull the trigger, and some auxiliary soldiers with arrow boxes kept shuttling back and forth to supply crossbow arrows.
If you count it carefully, the crossbow arrows consumed by the strong crossbowmen on the side of the Han army every quarter of an hour are absolutely amazing, from the dawn of the sky to this moment, that is, two quarters of an hour have shot out of 40,000 crossbow arrows, many strong crossbows because of frequent shooting, frequent winch twisting and failure, bowstrings broken or loosened crossbows are more, resulting in the need to replace new crossbows.
No one has calculated how many arrows the Han army has in reserve, all because they haven't heard that the Han army is short of arrows, and everyone who knows the inside story is shocked by the productivity behind the Han army.
While the arrows in the sky were still firing, the massive wall that had been assembled began to move slowly forward, but only moved forward about a step before stopping, due to the collapse of some parts of the equipment.
"There's no way to push" Hu Yansheng said angrily: "If it collapses, then use any method to secure the equipment" Yao Yizhong looked as if he was closing his eyes and recuperating his experience, and when he reopened his experience, he said slowly: "No, they are not allowed to move forward."
The "military master" Hu Yansheng was puzzled: "Then how can our troops continue", he was interrupted before he finished speaking, and it was Yin Bi who spoke.
"The Han army has a stone-throwing cart."
Yin Bi frowned and said, "Their stone throwing vehicle has a range of up to one hundred and eighty paces, and it can fire stone projectiles weighing about twenty catties. ” Yin Bi is not wrong to join the army, in the past, this kind of official position did not have the qualifications to speak at important military meetings, but because the previous proposal was effective, Yao Yizhong was specially allowed to have the qualifications to speak.
He frowned in thought, and after a moment continued, "Our equipment can shoot a bed crossbow, but stone bullets definitely cannot. ” In fact, when the Qiang side was pushing the behemoth-like wooden wall, the Han army was taken aback, and most people did not consider that the movement of the behemoth would only be a "beautiful thing" for a stone-throwing cart, but were only surprised by the natural fear of the behemoth.
"It's a pity" Ji Chang really looked pity: "If you move ten or so steps further, it will become a pile of sawdust." ” At this time, the top management of the Han army needed to consider whether to let the stone throwing truck move forward didn't wait for the high-level of the Han army to make up their minds and listen to the sound of the earth-shattering war horses' hooves, but there was a new move on the side of the Qiang army.
The gray and dusty fog in the sky was brought by the movement of a large number of cavalry, and it was not clear how many cavalry were moving in the gray fog, and the only thing that could be confirmed was that they were rushing towards one of the Han army's arch guard camps.
"Junshang" Ji Chang asked with a slight surprise: "Whether" Liu Yan didn't wait for Ji Chang to finish speaking, and cut off: "No matter what Yao Yizhong wants to do, even if it is to forcibly rush to the camp, we have only one way to deal with it." ” Ji Chang was opposed to completely passive defense, but he would never argue with Liu Yan, and he could only be quiet when he heard the words.
In the smoke of dust, some large instruments pulled by animal power moved, and they were pulled by animal power much faster than human power.
"Sure enough, it confused the Han army."
Yao Yizhong was in an excited mood at this moment, and yelled: "Let them as soon as possible" Yao Yizhong judged that the reason why the Han army was stunned was that the Han army did not shoot arrows at the dust like before, and the previous Han army did not care whether it could be seen or not, and it was just shooting anyway.
On the other side, Sang Yu was asking Liu Yan: "Your Majesty, why don't you shoot?"
"Always give the enemy hope to the enemy."
Liu Yan was still smiling at this time, and he looked full of confident smile: "Since they want to get a wall to block arrows, let's get them." ” Ji Chang, who reacted, also smiled, and reminded the confused Sang Yu: "Our stone-throwing truck is not fixed and cannot be moved, don't forget those oil tanks." ” Sang Yu reacted dumbly
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