Chapter 742: Shouying's Western Suburbs, First Round Confrontation (2)

"That'...... What the hell is it? ”

"All dead...... Whole...... All dead......"

"How could it be...... How can this be......"

On the battlefield, countless peasant soldiers stopped their charge, their eyes wide, and they looked at the land strewn with corpses and even despair. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

They were stupefied, stupefied by the might of the Wei army's hundreds of Lu State organ crossbow boxes.

Because Tong Ze, who rushed in front of them, fell under the crossbow arrows sprayed by those ghosts.

They watched with their own eyes a strong man, and in the middle of the charge, the crossbow bolt from the **** in front of him was shot into a sieve, and he didn't know how many holes were pierced all over his body.

And this is not the worst of all, because the land in front of me, which was stained red with blood, was full of stumps and broken arms - I don't know how many peasant soldiers had broken their arms, their legs and feet on the way to charge, and even their heads directly.

In fact, at this moment, not all the peasants and soldiers in these lands have died, because there are still people who are still alive, but these people, who have lost many parts of their bodies, are now falling in the sea of corpses, sometimes spitting blood from their mouths, and waiting desperately for death to come.

Someone is howling in pain, or someone is laughing wildly, or someone is crying helplessly.

And looking at this scene, even if it was Wei Bing, he felt creepy.

In front of them, there was a clearing of only about 20 zhang, and beyond that, there was a sea of corpses that made their scalps tingle.

Twenty thousand?

Thirty thousand?

Or is it more?

In just the blink of an eye, those peasant soldiers of the Chu State who rushed to the front of them had already turned into corpses.

Those peasant soldiers, even if they risked everything and tried their best, could not cross this moat, which was only twenty zhang long, because of the hundreds of crossbow boxes of the Lu State organs.

Mutter......

At this moment, I don't know how many Wei soldiers looked at the hundreds of dead things with frightened eyes, even if those dead things had become a pile of waste at this moment, they could not relieve their fear.

What a terrible weapon of war......

Looking at this scene from afar, Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly.

In all fairness, Zhao Hongrun doesn't value Lu Guo's crossbow box very much, after all, the range and power of this thing are inferior to the crossbow developed by his Wei State Smelting Bureau, but there is one thing that can't even catch up with the crossbow and shoot the horse.

That is the sustained lethality for a certain period of time.

Because as long as there is no malfunction and the crossbow arrows in the box are still sufficient, the crossbow box of the Lu State can continue to shoot crossbow arrows, which can be called an automatic weapon, far more powerful than the operation method of the Wei State that shoots a wave of arrows in a row.

Especially when it comes to dealing with infantry, it's a killing machine.

However, shock is shock, Zhao Hongrun's mentality is very correct.

Because he knew very well that the most fundamental reason why these crossbow boxes of the Lu State organs could cause such shocking casualties to the peasant soldiers of the Chu State was that the equipment of those peasant soldiers was too backward, and even some of the peasant soldiers simply had no defensive equipment at all.

On the other hand, if the Chu soldiers on the opposite side had a strong and thick iron shield, could the crossbow box of the Lu State still cause such huge casualties?

There's a good chance you'll be reduced to a toy - you won't be able to shoot through enemy shields, and no amount of crossbow bolts you can shoot will be useless.

And in this regard, there will be no such problem with the Wei repeater, after all, the Wei repeater can wear an iron shield with a knuckle thickness at medium and close range.

The only drawback is that it takes too long to load arrows, and it is easy for the cavalry to catch them.

Maybe you can apply the ejection technology of the mechanical repeater to the repeater?

Zhao Hongrun thought to himself.

It's not that his heart is so strong that he dares to think about other things on a battlefield of this scale, in fact, it's just that he doesn't want to pay attention to the battlefield at this moment.

Because there, it's so miserable.

It was so miserable that even if he was a Wei man, he couldn't bear the peasant soldiers of Chu who were slaughtered by the advanced technology of the Lu State.

That crimson land is a hell on earth.

But isn't it, at this moment, I don't know how many Wei soldiers are pale, and even some Wei soldiers have leaned over and vomited.

I believe that at this moment, even the most sturdy soldiers cannot look at the tragic situation over there.

"It's a one-sided slaughter......"

In a corner of the Wei army's front, Gan Mao, the former general of the Donglai Army of the Qi State, looked at the tragedy in the distance, sighed lightly and shook his head slightly, and couldn't help muttering: "This kind of ghost thing is simply an insult to the ...... of war."

Hearing this, the soldier Le Leopard glanced at Gan Mao with some surprise, and rarely took the initiative to speak: "That is the war weapon developed by your ally of Qi and Lu. ”

However, hearing this, Gan Mao shook his head and stubbornly whispered: "Whether it is the Lu State or the Wei State, this kind of thing should not have been made......

I have to say that this former general of the Donglai Army of the Qi State, although he once looked down on the Shangshui Army and even insulted him, he is undeniably an orthodox general.

Of course, he is also a stubborn and outdated general.

Maybe in their minds, the war should be the generals of both sides according to their strategies, and the two soldiers and soldiers according to their abilities, even if they play some conspiracy, it is better than moving out that kind of ghost thing to destroy the war.

Yes, destroy the war.

The craftsmanship of the Lu country has influenced the battlefield culture that has been inherited for hundreds or even thousands of years.

In this regard, Le Leopard scoffed: "It doesn't matter what the hell it is, if it can win, it is good." ”

"......" Gan Mao glanced at Le Leopard and didn't say anything more.

After all, after many days of getting along, he already knew very well that this young man called Le Leopard was a typical profit-oriented person, and to put it bluntly, he was the kind of person who would do anything to win.

"What do you think?" Gan Mao turned his head and asked the soldier Yang Wudao.

Yang Wu scratched his head and said with a grin: "I like the battlefield with real swords and guns, and I don't like this kind of thing." ”

That's right!

Gan Mao smiled slightly, feeling like he had met a confidant.

In fact, there are not a few Wei pawns who hold ideas like Gan Mao and Yang Wu, but no matter what the true intentions of these people are, it cannot be denied that the hundreds of crossbow boxes of the Lu State have brought a huge advantage to the Wei army.

Narrowing the gap between the two sides is still secondary, the most important thing is morale, for example, at this moment, those peasant soldiers are actually in a daze on the battlefield because of the relationship between those crossbow boxes, even if the Chu army commanders and generals of all levels in the rear urge, reprimand, and even start to kill, they cannot prompt these peasant soldiers to continue to attack the front of the Wei army.

Even if those hundreds of Lu State organ crossbows are already a pile of useless waste at this moment.

Faced with this situation, Nanmen Chi, as the commander of the Wei army's front, naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity, and immediately sent several elite thousand-man teams to attack.

"Team Ranten! Team Zhang Ming! Xiang is leaving! …… Out of the line! ”

The three elite thousand-man teams of the Shang Shui Army immediately rushed out of the array after receiving the order.

Well, it is not appropriate to call it a thousand-man team at this moment, because these three thousand-man teams, after leaving the large army of the Shangshui Army for a few months, have absorbed many civilians of the Chu State who are interested in defecting to the Wei army, and have already developed into a special team of 3,000 or even 5,000 people.

It's just that Ran Teng, Zhang Ming, and Xiang Li kept in mind Zhao Hongrun's teaching that soldiers are not expensive, and divided the veterans and recruits into two echelons, and they were not mixed.

Otherwise, Nanmen Chi would not have chosen them as a sharp blade to cut through the formation of the Chu army.

"It's our turn! …… Kill! ”

The words of the thousand generals Ran Teng were always concise and clear, and with his order, the veterans of the thousand Ran Teng team rushed out of the front line, and under the envious gaze of the recruits of the team and the rest of the nearby Wei soldiers, they rushed to the peasant soldiers of the Chu State in the distance.

……

Seeing this scene from afar, Wu Ji, the chief general of the Shangshui Army who was in the Chinese army, couldn't help but glance at the direction where Nanmen Chi was.

It is undeniable that whether it is the lure tactics of the first to confuse the enemy, or the effective killing of the enemy by the subsequent longbowmen, or the hundreds of crossbow boxes of the Lu State at close range, and now, taking advantage of the fluctuating hearts of those peasant soldiers, the opportunity to sacrifice the three elite thousand troops of the Ran Teng team, Zhang Ming team, and Xiang Li's team, they are all very well grasped, and they are worthy of being the generals of the original Chu State Army and the chief general of Xiangcheng.

It's just that he wants to cut through the formation of the Chu army on the opposite side...... I'm afraid it's still not enough, right?

Wu Ji let out a long breath.

Thinking about it, but Wu Ji didn't stop Nanmen Chi, after all, so far, Nanmen Yang's tactics have not been too omissional, and he has no reason to stop it.

He was just a little worried about the three elite thousand-man teams of his merchant army, after all, the peasant soldiers of Chu State on the opposite side were certainly vulnerable, but behind these people, it was the main army of Chu State and the local county division of Chu State whose strength was not comparable at all.

The latter two have not yet shown signs of shaking the morale of the army, and the array has not been chaotic, so how easy is it to chisel through the formation of the Chu army in this situation?

I have to say that although Wu Ji is young, he is also a general who has experienced the tempering of the Sanchuan Campaign, and he can see through Nanmenchi's mentality at this moment at a glance - because he seized the opportunity and caused huge casualties on the side of the Chu army, this front-line commander is inevitably a little self-confident.

To put it bluntly, Nanmen Chi is too anxious.

You know, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it.

Shaking his head, Wu Ji instructed the heralds on the left and right: "Pass the order, our Chinese army is ready to fight, and tell all battalions and departments to prepare." ”

Many of the heralds in the vicinity looked at each other, and with a lot of confusion, they went to convey Wu Ji's order.

They couldn't figure it out, obviously the former army was gaining momentum, how could it be their turn to fight in arms?

However, subsequent facts proved that Wu Ji was indeed a general with the potential to be a general, and he sensed the crisis in advance: due to Nanmen Chi's radical tactics, the front army of the Wei army was certainly a peasant soldier who had cut through the Chu army, but not long after, the front army under Nanmen Chi was also chiseled through by the Chu State army and local county divisions that were dispatched from the nest.

It's no wonder, after all, the difference in the number of troops on both sides is too great.

The front army was chiseled through, and the Chinese army commanded by Wu Ji naturally had to directly face the menacing regular army of Chu.

But then again, this is also the most common battle situation on the battlefield in history: the elite of your army chiseled through our army's formation, and the elite of our army chiseled through your army's formation, it depends on which side can concentrate on suppressing the opponent's own formation first, kill the general, capture the flag, and achieve victory.

Since ancient times, head-to-head battles have been nothing more than that. (To be continued.) )