The elite of the Han Dynasty belonged to the forbidden army, and the elite of the forbidden army was in the Northern Army.

The five schools of the Northern Army, the collective name of the commander of the five battalions of the Northern Army of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is used to refer to the five battalions of the forbidden soldiers. The Western Han Dynasty originally had eight schools of the Northern Army, and the Eastern Han Dynasty streamlined the officers and only organized five captains. That is, the provincial middle base battalion, retaining the five battalions of tun cavalry, Yue cavalry, infantry, Changshui, and shooting. And the original Hu cavalry battalion was merged into Changshui, and the tiger camp was merged into the incident sound battalion.

The rank of the captain of the fifth battalion is more than 2,000 stones, and the officials are idle, and most of them are appointed by the heart of the royal family, and the marquis of the northern army with a rank of 600 stones is one person, and the five battalions are forbidden. Each lieutenant has a subordinate Sima and a thousand stones.

The tun cavalry battalion is a type of military with the Han cavalry as the main source of soldiers.

The Yue cavalry battalion is mainly composed of cavalry attached to the Yue people.

The infantry battalion, the Northwest Timber Officer is the main source of soldiers.

The Changshui Battalion is a class of troops that uses longbows and crossbows as a means of attack.

Shooting battalion, lightly armed crossbowmen.

To quell the Yellow Turban and Xiliang rebellions, the five colonels of the Northern Army made great efforts, but at the same time, they also suffered great losses. Therefore, Yuan Shaocai had to borrow the strength of the local soldiers to consume the strength of the Yunzhou army.

When Bao Xin and Wang Kuang's troops were almost consumed, the Northern Army under Yuan Shao finally entered the field.

This time, in order to eliminate Guo Jia, Yuan Shao transferred all the five schools of the Northern Army out of Luoyang.

The 30,000 Northern Army set up a position, with the infantry battalion in front, the shooting sound in the center, and Changshui in the rear. The remaining 10,000 Tun rode around Yuan Shao.

They were already the last cavalry of the Han Dynasty.

Enter!

The infantry captain roared, and the sword and shield hands followed suit, slowly approaching forward.

They are all battle-hardened warriors, with a stable military spirit and a murderous spirit.

The Changshui Battalion followed.

This battalion was the least numerous, but it was armed with a large longbow and was extremely lethal.

The Changshui battalion followed closely behind, and the fighters of the battalion were equipped with heavy ballistae in addition to their crossbows, and they had hundreds of ballista carts, under the cover of the infantry, and quickly entered the combat position.

Not good!

After seeing the enemy's formation, Gao Shun's face showed nervousness.

Whether it is a longbow or a crossbow, it is the exclusive weapon of the Guard, and the local army has never seen it at all.

"General Yu, request a long-range strike and increase the number of catapults."

Gao Shun said immediately.

He knew that these people must not be allowed to get close, and once they did, the entire city would be within the attack range of the opponent's long-range bow and crossbow.

Deploying large-scale catapults is a good idea.

Well!

Yu Ban also saw it.

However, he was not in a hurry, because there was still a killer artillery unit of the Yunzhou Army in the city.

Neither the Shooting Battalion nor the Changshui Battalion was an opponent of the artillery of the Yunzhou Army.

"All defensive, conservative offensive!"

Yu Ban suddenly gave such an order.

What the?

Gao Shun was stunned for a moment, and looked at Yu Ban with some puzzlement.

Conservative Attack!

The crossbows at the head of the city have a far less range than the longbows of the Guards, and once they are within attack range, will they not be slaughtered?

He opened his mouth, but finally closed it.

As a general, the first thing is to respect military orders.

Yu Ban is Gao Shun's boss and the commander-in-chief of this war, so Gao Shun naturally has to listen to his orders.

Even if it's wrong!

Gao Shun immediately ordered to strengthen the defense and dispatch sword and shield men and heavy armor to protect the city.

Enter!

The forbidden army under the city stepped into the firing range in an orderly manner.

"All the crossbowmen retreated to cover."

When the enemy entered the attack state, Yu Ban gave another order.

What the?

Gao Shun was stunned again.

The crossbowmen are the greatest reliance on the defenders of the city, and they are also the nightmare of the besieging side, if they withdraw, will the enemy not be in a no-man's land?

"General!"

Gao Shun couldn't help it.

"Execute the order!"

Yu Ban said in a deep voice.

Gao Shun hesitated for a moment, but still commanded loudly: "All crossbowmen will withdraw into cover." ”

With his order, the crossbowmen at the head of the city withdrew, leaving only the sword-and-shield men and heavy armor soldiers with excellent defense.

Very good!

Yu Ban nodded.

He glanced back, but saw that Guo Jia didn't say anything, so he immediately said: "Let the artillery prepare, wait until the enemy's arrow rain stops for a while, and immediately set up the artillery carriage and prepare to attack." ”

Promise!

Zhou Cang, who was behind, responded and ran down.

The officers and troops quickly pushed to the attack distance.

Attack!

Captain Changshui let out a roar of rage first.

Whoosh!

Thousands of longbows were fired in unison, turning into fierce rays of light, falling from mid-air and covering the entire city.

This is the sharp weapon of the Han Forbidden Army-the longbow, the range is far longer than the ordinary bow and crossbow, and the arrows are longer than the ordinary.

Shoot!

The Shooting Battalion also followed.

Their ballista and crossbow roared at the same time.

Although it cannot be projectile, the range is higher than that of a longbow, and it is also very powerful when fired horizontally.

Aggressive!

Countless arrows rained down immediately on the head of Mengjin Pass.

Ahhh

This wave of feather arrows is extremely lethal.

Rao is city head is full of sword and shield hands and heavy armor soldiers with good defense, and they still can't stop the damage of this wave of arrow rain.

Shoot!

The two lieutenants took turns commanding.

Wave after wave of arrows rained down the city.

"Stand back for the injured, make up for the uninjured, and don't leave a gap. The medical team is waiting for an opportunity to save people. ”

Yu Ban said in a deep voice.

One military order after another was passed on.

Even in the rain of arrows on the other side, the formation of the Yunzhou army still maintained a complete posture.

It's amazing!

Gao Shun was very moved.

Rao is city is left behind are all blood-thick troops such as swords, shields, and heavy armor, and there are still a large number of casualties.

Fortunately, the crossbowmen of the Yunzhou army have all withdrawn from the city, otherwise they can kill half of the crossbowmen in just this wave.

What a terrifying lethality!

Is this the strength of the Han Forbidden Army?

Gao Shun was secretly vigilant in his heart.

He was born in the state army, and the state army bordered the Xiongnu, and the two sides fought with each other, so they were relatively capable of fighting.

But it was this Bingzhou Army that could be fought that was beaten by the Yunzhou Army in Wen County.

Only then did Gao Shun know that the Bingzhou Army was not the strongest, and the combat effectiveness of the Yunzhou Army was still above them.

After returning to Guo Jia, Gao Shun had a great understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Yunzhou Army, and he thought that the combat effectiveness of the Yunzhou Army was already at the peak, but he didn't expect the Central Forbidden Army to be too reckless.

It is worthy of the elite of the big man!

Guo Jia, who was watching the battle at the head of the city, nodded slowly.

Emaciated camels are bigger than horses!

Although the Great Han's guards have declined, their combat effectiveness is still enough to be proud of the world.

It's a pity!

Guo Jia suddenly said lightly: "The era of crossbows has passed. ”

Oh, yes!

Xu Shu nodded.

Now it is the world of gunpowder bombs in Yunzhou.

For reasons of secrecy, Yunzhou was not big in battle

Explosive use of gunpowder.

But this time it's different.

The Yunzhou army wants to stand up.

The Praetorian Guard's crossbow is exactly the object of prestige.

From now on, the entire Han will know the prestige of the Yunzhou Army.

(End of chapter)