Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 609 Arrow Rain in the Valley 1
Ah Hu and Tie Mastiff carried out Gongsun Xu's order very well. After they commanded the four thousand archers to take their positions, they shouted immediately. Although the current situation is somewhat similar to the exercise a few days ago, it is actual combat now, yes Really desperate.

"Hold the bow and arrow in your hand, don't be afraid." Ah Hu roared: "The enemy army does not exceed [-] people. As long as you can shoot the arrows in your hand, they will not be able to approach us within twenty steps. ,,,,,"

Most of these four thousand archers are string control men from various tribes. Even if they have not been on the battlefield, they have at least experienced some battles. Therefore, they cannot be called recruits. dangerous.

The Jie cavalry gradually moved forward, and when there were more than 200 steps between the two sides, the Jie cavalry stopped. Looking from the front, there are about tens of thousands of Jie cavalry, but it is impossible for them not to leave manpower to guard the camp. Therefore, there should be only 9000 or [-] Jie cavalry here.

"You don't need to command, you can line up automatically." Gongsun Xu nodded appreciatively and said: "Prairie cavalry know how to form a dense charge formation before charging, and this trick has probably been practiced on the grassland for hundreds of years.

If it wasn't because the horseshoes couldn't bear too much weight, and the grassland cavalry didn't have the capital to equip a lot of armor, hehe, otherwise the charge formation of the grassland cavalry was most suitable for heavy cavalry.

Come on, do you think there are any advantages and disadvantages of the opponent's formation?We have a lot of dealings with the prairie cavalry, and most of the Xiliang iron cavalry we have come into contact with before are also like this, and they all belong to the prairie cavalry. "

"The Xiliang iron cavalry has long spears and big horses, and they are also equipped with some iron armor. Therefore, the Xiliang iron cavalry has the taste of heavy cavalry when they charge." Dian Wei analyzed: "The Jie tribe cavalry in front of me, hehe , The equipment is far worse. Only the equipment of more than 2000 people in the Chinese army is not bad, and the equipment of the rest can only be described as garbage.

Such a dense formation is naturally overwhelming when charging, but if there is a mistake, it is also easy to suffer big losses. When they confronted the Huns cavalry, most of the Huns cavalry used this formation to fight us.

They performed normally in the early stage, but later when our army formed the armored vehicle formation, the enemy's charge was not worth mentioning.Although we don't have armored vehicles now, our lord has already prepared for it, and the enemy will suffer a lot if they come. "

"This battle relies on infantry." Gongsun Xu said with a smile: "We will still rely on cavalry in future battles. The cost of armored vehicles is too high. We can't afford to waste so much steel. We can only use barbed wire..."

The Jie cavalry did not give Gongsun Xu too many opportunities. When they saw more than 7000 soldiers in front of the valley, the Jie cavalry were all excited.

Some of them have experienced yesterday's battle. They have lingering fears about climbing the mountain and attacking the valley. Now the enemy army in the valley has abandoned this great natural barrier and come out to fight with them. They all want to thank Gongsun Xu .

The charge of the Jie cavalry began soon. This time, they dispatched a total of more than 8000 cavalry, and the rest stayed in the camp. The 4000 fierce Jie cavalry fought with the [-] enemy troops, but none of the Jie cavalry could be found. The reason for the failure, not to mention that there are only [-] cavalry on the opposite side, and the remaining [-] people are all archers.

"Warriors, charge,,,,,," a captain of the Jie tribe cavalry led 1000 people under his command to attack quickly, and he wanted to do it before the enemy was ready.

However, the four thousand archers were already in place, and their equipment was worn or placed at hand. Simply put, it was much more convenient for them to prepare than the Jie cavalry on the opposite side.

"190 steps,,,,,,," Ah Hu stared at the enemy troops galloping forward, and at the same time paid attention to the distance markers prepared in advance. Every time the Jie cavalry advanced [-] steps, he yelled once.

"150 steps, the first team leads the bow, the second team prepares..." In fact, the three teams of archers all have their own commanders. As long as the task of Ah Hu and Tie Mastiff is to coordinate the entire battle situation, it's just that this first team A round of arrows had to be ordered by Ah Hu, and the rest was left to the three commanders.

"The first team, release..." Ah Hu finally ordered to release arrows, more than 1000 arrows were shot at the enemy, and soon the second team, the third team,,,,,,

However, there were only 1000 enemy troops, and the formation was relatively dense at the beginning, but during the running process, the Jie cavalry gradually dispersed. It seemed that they were also a little afraid of the opponent's bows and arrows, so they tried to avoid them during the running process.

"How is it possible to shoot an arrow at 120 steps?" The leader of the Jie tribe exclaimed, "Is this a bow and arrow of the Han people? How can they shoot so far?"

However, the surprise was the surprise, the leader of the Jie clan quickly recovered his calm, and the long range of the bow and arrow was nothing special, so the three rounds of arrows only caused more than 300 cavalry to fall on his side, that is to say, Ah Hu used four thousand arrows to shoot down more than 300 people.

"How many arrows you can have, I'm afraid there won't be many after this round of shooting." The leader of the Jie tribe sneered, "Such a luxury, hehe, it's a complete waste, come, the second thousand-man team, charge. "

The Jie tribe also noticed that the enemy's two wings were surrounded by stones, which was not conducive to the cavalry's charge at all. War horses are inherently delicate, especially in this cold weather. Generally will not pass.

Soon, the first thousand-man team had advanced to a distance of one hundred steps. However, many cavalrymen were thrown off their horses by their horses while running. The more they ran, the more people fell.

This is not only because the four thousand archers on the opposite side kept shooting arrows, and the horse traps on the ground broke the hooves of many horses. More and more cavalry fell down inexplicably, and most of them were not killed. However, Arrows soon came to greet them.

In order to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, the leader of the Jie tribe ordered four teams of thousands to charge one after another. Such a wave-like attack can not only effectively avoid the enemy's dense arrows, but also consume a lot of arrows and physical strength of the archers on the opposite side.

However, the leader of the Jie tribe soon realized that something was wrong. The first thousand-man team rushed to a distance of more than 60 steps from the opponent, and there were only more than 300 people left, and the three hundred cavalry could no longer move forward.

The Jie cavalry in the rear were far away and couldn't see the situation ahead at all, but the scalp of the three hundred Jie cavalry in the front was numb now. There were densely packed barbed wire in front of them, and the sharp arrows pointing to the sky Whether it pierces the hooves of the war horses or penetrates their bodies, it is absolutely fatal.

This caltrop is actually very simple in shape. A caltrop has only four thorns, so no matter how it is placed, one of them always faces upwards. For the convenience of use and storage, all the caltrops are strung together with wire.

This kind of thing is small in size and low in cost, not to mention any craftsmanship. It only needs to pour the molten iron into the mold, and it will be successful after the molten iron cools down.

Within a range of [-] steps in front of the four thousand archers, there are all this kind of caltrops. Since there is a thin layer of snow on the surface, it is really hard to see clearly if you are far away, but when you get close, there are already many people. Recruited.

Before the more than 300 Jie cavalrymen in the front had time to pass the news back, the second wave of thousands of soldiers had already caught up. Then, more than 1000 arrows flew towards them, and then all of them were killed. Everyone was nailed to the ground.

The charge of cavalry pays attention to speed. Only when the speed is increased can it be unstoppable. The rest were basically unable to dodge.

The three hundred cavalrymen at the front were already full of arrows, and their mounts were all down on the way of charging. When the second wave of thousand soldiers caught up, they also failed to avoid this bad luck.

"What's the matter? Why did the speed slow down halfway through the charge?" The leader of the Jie tribe was a little crazy. It was only fifty or sixty steps away, and most of the brave cavalry under his command slowed down at that position. They rushed out, but without exception, they all fell down, and no arrows were seen hitting them.

No one came to answer his question, because the cavalry who found the problem were all taken care of by the archers at the front. Now, Ah Hu commanded four thousand archers to concentrate on shooting the cavalry at the front. , they basically don't look at it.

From far to near, the enemy army is a process from scattered to dense. Although there are many horse traps sixty paces away, the cavalry has gradually trampled on them in the process of running. Moreover, there are already so many cavalry Falling on the way to charge, the bodies of them and their horses have already buried many horse traps.

It's just that they can't break through this last hurdle. Unless all the horses are steel horseshoes that can crush the barbed wire, otherwise, they can only charge forward by stepping on the corpses of the cavalry ahead.

"Don't stop, keep shooting." Tie Mastiff found that the archers' shooting speed had a tendency to decrease, and he knew that the archers had already consumed a lot of energy.

On average, everyone now broke a bow and shot three arrows.The bow made by Gongsun Xu has three major disadvantages. First, it is not durable. It can be pulled open five times, which is considered top-grade. Second, it consumes a lot of energy. Third, the aim is not high enough.

But there are also advantages, first of all, it has a long range, and then it can shoot long arrows, which is powerful.

In order to find the problem, the leader of the Jie tribe sent another thousand cavalry to charge. At the same time, he led the remaining 3000 people to move forward. Anyway, the archers on the opposite side have no time to control them, and they can just advance a hundred steps ahead. Location.

"Slow down the rate of fire." Seeing that the enemy in front was having a hard time moving forward, Tie Mastiff suddenly ordered: "All teams slow down the rate of fire and obey orders."

Ah Hu nodded, now he also understood that he wanted to let the archers take a break, otherwise they would not shoot all the arrows in the quiver if they opened their bows in such a continuous and rapid manner.

(End of this chapter)