Tian Yu nodded slightly after seeing Chen Zhi's response, Chen Zhi's soldiers are mainly strong crossbowmen, compared to bows and arrows, crossbow shooting is more accurate, can cause greater damage to the charging cavalry, of course, such an army is most afraid of the approaching enemy army.

Whether it is an archer or a crossbowman, the most feared is hand-to-hand combat, only by keeping a certain distance, they can exert greater power, the training of crossbowmen is simpler in Tian Yu's opinion, and the archers test the ability of the soldier more.

But from the crossbowmen under Chen Zhi's command, he felt something different, that is, the momentum that ordinary armies did not have, if he didn't know that Chen Zhi's soldiers had been trained not long ago, no one would think that this was an army that had just experienced the battlefield.

"Put!" Chen Zhi pulled out the saber at his waist and shouted.

With Chen Zhi's order, the shield soldiers at the front hurriedly squatted down, while the more than 300 soldiers who were responsible for the first round of shooting released the crossbow arrows in their hands.

The war horse galloped, at such a distance, the lethality of the crossbow arrow is huge, and the cavalry on the war horse did not have time to release the arrow in his hand, and ushered in the crossbow arrow, they did not expect the crossbow arrow to have such a range, in their cognition, the range of the crossbow arrow is about a hundred steps, will not exceed the bow and arrow.

Chen Zhi also concealed it before, after all, the crossbow arrow with a range of one hundred and ten steps is too terrifying, this kind of strong crossbow is still imitated after the Qin crossbow, if you get the production method of the Qin crossbow, wouldn't it have a longer range.

The range of 110 is also the source of Chen Zhi's self-confidence, as long as he can shoot crossbow arrows continuously outside the range of the cavalry, it can make it difficult for the enemy cavalry to get close, and it is even more difficult to cause damage to his own side.

After the first round of soldiers finished shooting the crossbow arrows in their hands, they immediately crouched down and loaded the crossbow arrows with their hands and feet, while the second round of crossbowmen released the crossbow arrows in their hands.

Gongsun Yu is also the first time to see such an army, composed of crossbowmen, the power is indeed not comparable to the ordinary army, the most shocking thing is the range of the crossbow arrows, after having the stirrup, Gongsun Yu can feel the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the cavalry under his command, but under the continuous crossbow arrows, the Liaodong cavalry fell a lot, and in front of Chen Zhi's department, there was a vacuum, and the cavalry was difficult to approach.

Even if the cavalry of Liaodong is superb in riding, in the face of crossbow arrows, it still seems a little insufficient, and even if the cavalry can resist crossbow arrows, can it still help the war horse resist the crossbow arrows, once the cavalry loses the war horse, there is not much difference from death.

At this time, the soldiers under Chen Zhi's command were like killing gods who harvested the lives of cavalry on the battlefield, crossbow arrows were everywhere, and the cavalry fell off their horses.

Gongsun Yu waved the long knife in his hand and led a hundred cavalry to kill, he wanted to tell Chen Dao with facts that no matter how good the equipment of the soldiers under his command was, they were just foot soldiers after all, and in such a battlefield, the cavalry was the real king.

Gongsun Yu was skilled in bows and horses, although several crossbow arrows were aimed at him, they were easily shot down for him, even if they reached a distance of less than 100 paces, the cavalry that followed Gongsun Yu did not dare to change the blades in their hands into bows and arrows.

Chen Zhi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he whispered to Zhao Wu.

Gongsun Yu also found the law of crossbow arrow firing, from Chen to the undulating movements of the soldiers under his command, you can see whether the other party will shoot deadly arrows, dodge with your heart, and you can't get close to the crossbowmen.

However, this time, Gongsun Yu's eyes widened, dozens of crossbow arrows came in his direction, although he struggled to wave the long knife in his hand, but the dense crossbow arrows hit the war horse under him, the war horse suffered pain, jumped high, panicked, Gongsun Yu jumped up from the war horse, jumped on the war horse of a cavalry beside him, and slapped the war horse with the back of the knife, at this time he was only fifty steps away from Chen Zhi's department.

The speed of the war horse was very fast, and after two rounds of crossbow arrows, they approached Chen Zhi's department, while the Liaodong cavalry in front of Gongsun Yu was dying.

"Change formation!" Chen Zhi gave the order with a calm expression.

The shield soldiers who were originally squatting on the ground got up one after another, erected the huge shield in their hands, and under the illumination of the eyes, the shield reflected a little ghostly light, different from the shields in the hands of ordinary soldiers, these shields were made of iron, which could withstand huge impacts, which was also an important means for Chen Zhi to resist cavalry.

The trapping camp was able to resist the cavalry charge with its shields, and Chen Zhi believed that his soldiers could do the same.

The soldiers under Chen Zhi's command changed formations, which greatly reduced the pressure on the cavalry under Gongsun Yu, and he waved the blade in his hand to kill, and the charge of Fang Cai made them lose a full hundred people, which was a great shame for the cavalry.

There was no need to give an order, when the enemy cavalry rushed up, the spearmen behind the shields struggled to stab the spears in their hands forward, and in the previous battles, they were more useless roles, so that they were a little ashamed when talking about the battle.

The two shield soldiers turned red to resist the impact of the war horse, once the power of the war horse charged was huge, several shield soldiers could not resist, and were directly knocked away, so that the formation was slightly chaotic, and such a gap also gave the Liaodong cavalry a chance, not waiting for the crossbowmen in the camp to exert their might, they rushed forward desperately.

Chen Zhi carefully observed the battlefield, he wanted to find the deficiencies from the real battle, only by controlling the defects, can he become a real elite, the shield soldiers were knocked away, Chen Zhi also frowned slightly, the shield soldiers he selected were all soldiers with greater strength in the army.

Shieldmen, crossbows, and spearmen, after the initial panic, gradually became closer.

Seeing this situation, Chen Zhi's brows gradually relaxed, this is also the first time that his crossbowmen have such close contact with the cavalry, such a battle is a valuable experience for the crossbowmen, the first panic, the next time facing the same situation, the crossbowmen can remain calm, even if the cavalry is close, they can also deal effectively.

"Fight for the glory of the Youzhou Army!" Chen Zhi shouted.

When the soldiers in the field heard this, they immediately felt their blood boiling, they were the Youzhou Army, the invincible Youzhou Army, from the first day of enlistment, they were instilled with such a belief, and now this belief will be realized on the cruel battlefield, and there is no room for retreat.

The casualties of more than 100 crossbowmen also made the remaining crossbowmen angry with the enemy, and they wanted to use the enemy's blood to avenge the dead soldiers, and the blood of the robe could not be shed in vain.

The lives of the crossbowmen in Gongsun Yu's hands have been more than ten people, a long knife in his hand, Gongsun Yu is an invincible general, but he was surprised to find that the enemy did not have a slightly scattered formation and panicked, but burst out with more powerful combat effectiveness.

(End of chapter)