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Chapter 856
After the two battles just now, the 3000 archers of the Ming Army also gained confidence. After all, they participated in such a battle for the first time as an expeditionary force. At the beginning, they were actually very nervous. Thinking about the strength of the Eight Banners Army Combat power, they have some fear.

But after these two battles, it was different. Before encountering the Tartars, they were definitely the targets of the Tartars. Now it's the other way around, and they shoot one arrow at a time.

Quite a number of archers were counting while shooting arrows, counting how many arrows he shot and how many Tartars he had knocked down. Some of them started to show off when they counted to three, some started to shout when they counted to five, and some even counted to nine. , he was simply ecstatic!
Even they themselves couldn't believe that they were able to easily shoot these arrogant Tartars off their horses. They all felt that they were amazing. The Eight Banners Army was invincible. In front of them, it is simply vulnerable, and the heavy armored cavalry is also a paper tiger!

After repelling two rounds of attacks by the Tartars, the Ming soldiers with the best marks actually knocked down thirteen Tartars with their bows and arrows, which really made them proud.

Seeing the Tartars running away in panic like mice, the 3000 archers were all weighing themselves in their hearts, how much credit they could make in this battle, as if they saw themselves beheading and picking up arrows to repay their merits.

It turns out that the arrows used by these special forces are all registered, and there are marks on the body of the arrow, and the number of any arrow has a number. Each person has two pots of arrows. When leading the arrow, Quartermasters have detailed registrations, so that after the war, the military merits of each person on the battlefield can be identified. After the war, meritorious service will be reported according to the section where the arrow is located, and the military merit of each general will be determined, instead of eating from a big pot. .

As soon as the 3000 archers were overwhelmed, the third charge organized by Sony came up. This time the Tartars came even more ferociously. Not to mention all the troops were thrown up. They also divided the work, and some Tartars shot at them. , and another part of the Tartars charged exclusively.

Therefore, the 3000 archers quickly made preparations, and did not dare to think about it anymore.

On the other side of the stone river, countless Tatars galloped on flying horses, shooting arrows back and forth at them. The Tartars were all masters of horseback riding and archery. For a moment, the wind of swords roared to cover the sky.

The archers of the Ming army on the other side of the stone river couldn't help but feel amused when they saw it, running back and forth, jumping up and down, we can still knock you down!
It's not that these archers of the Ming army are bragging, Zhang Huan taught them four archery techniques in just less than a year.

The lowest level is fixed-point shooting at a fixed target, that is to say, both the archer and the target are fixed. This is the lowest level of archery skills.

A slightly higher level is to set a fixed target in the movement. Of course, this movement refers to the archer running, or on a galloping horse.

This is of course more difficult than standing there and shooting a fixed target.

Then the third level is to stand there and shoot at a moving target, the shooter does not move, but the handle is moving, including the shooter is on the ground, or riding on a horse, and the target is moving, which is compared to the second Layers add another level of difficulty.

The most difficult archery is to shoot a moving target in motion, that is to say, both the archer and the target are in motion.Either running or running on a galloping horse, this is the most difficult archery, and it can also be called the highest state. They have received special training for these four events.

Therefore, the 3000 archers laughed when they saw the Tartars running back and forth to shoot arrows, because this was the third level of difficulty in their usual training, not the highest level, so they all regarded them as moving targets and aimed at shooting arrows.

In this way, on both sides of the Shihe River, the eight cavalry of the Tartars and the special archers of the expeditionary army shot at each other.

For a while, it was lost like rain, covering the sky and blocking out the sun.In this case, it can only be described as having casualties on both sides, but the number of casualties on both sides varies greatly.

If calculated proportionally, on average, three Tartars would be killed or killed, and only one Ming army would be killed or killed.But the battle was extremely fierce, and no one would count the casualties at this time.

Under the cover of the Tartar generals, the more than 1 Tartars led by Sony personally launched a third charge, with thousands of horses galloping like a river.

Although Zhang Huan is young, a young man in his early twenties, he is already a veteran general.

At the age of fifteen or sixteen, Zhang Huan was ranked among the ranks of Wu Jinshi with his superb archery skills, and he was personally ordered by the Emperor Zhu Yousong of the Ming Dynasty. It is a miracle.

Since then, Zhang Huan has been reused by Zhu Yousong. He fought south and north, blocked east and west, commanded thousands of troops, made outstanding achievements repeatedly, and accumulated rich practical experience.

Facing the overwhelming crowd of Tartars, Zhang Huan repelled their onslaught twice in a row. Zhang Huan did not dare to be proud of his soldiers. He knew that these Tartars were not easy to deal with. Arrogant soldiers will lose. If you don't fight well, your own success or failure will be a small matter, and the loss of soldiers will be a major event. Therefore, even though Zhang Huan succeeded again and again, he still dare not take it lightly and command the battle calmly.

Now that Zhang Huan saw that the Tartars were doing this to him again, he immediately understood the intention of the Qing army, and immediately had a countermeasure: you will divide the troops, and this general will also divide the troops.

Although Zhang Huan doesn't have many troops, all of them are good at archery. If they are used as snipers, several thousand troops are enough.

Under Zhang Huan's order, the archers of the three thousand special soldiers were immediately divided into two parts.Zhang Huan personally led 1000 people to snipe Sony's troops, and most of the remaining troops continued to shoot at the Tartars.

1000 people have to stop more than 1 people. The enemy is strong and we are weak. It is more than 10:1. This is definitely a tough battle. The power of the hand is also amazing.

Sony had the most troops, but none of them could cross the stone river with one rider. The most brave ones were a few Tartars who broke through the rain of arrows. They had already rushed across the stone river on flying horses, but they were blasted by the sharp arrows that followed. head.Now on both sides of the river, the riverbed is full of dead bodies, and the water in the stone river has been dyed red.

"General, our flag is out of arrows! General, have we finished shooting?"

Several hundred banner leaders came to report to Zhang Huan one after another.

At this time, there were only three arrows left in the two pots of arrows behind Zhang Huan, but the Tartars on the opposite side were still rushing towards them stepping on the bones and blood of their companions, innumerable.

As soon as Zhang Huan gritted his teeth, he licked all the three arrows, aimed at the three people and released his right hand, and the three sharp arrows flew out. Then he pulled out the two sabers and shouted: "Brothers!" , Change the sword, kill!"

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