Chapter 862: The Battle of Righteousness
Luo Raid seemed to be calm, the Huns used trebuchets to attack the partial car array, completely in Luo Raid's expectations, the last time the Huns relied on the trebuchet to profit, this time it will definitely continue to be used, naturally nothing new. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But since the last defeat of the Shu army, the formation of the partial van has been greatly transformed, the previous partial van is only equipped with wheels in one direction, can only move forward or backward, the maneuverability is poor, once attacked, it is difficult to transfer, if you forcibly retreat, it will disrupt the formation of the partial van, but give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of.
In response to this weakness, the Shu army has improved the wheels of the partial van, in addition to retaining the original four longitudinal wheels, and added four transverse wheels, these four wheels are movable, can be suspended when not in use, when the partial van needs to move laterally, just press the pressure lever to press the four wheels to the designated position, you can easily move the partial van laterally.
After the addition of four wheels, the actual combat mobility of the van has been greatly increased, and after encountering the attack of the enemy's catapult, the van can quickly move to the rear, and in the process of moving, it can still maintain a relatively stable formation, and will not produce any chance for the enemy to attack.
After all, the trebuchet is a relatively bulky machine, moving slowly, if the van can not move, it can only be passively beaten, but after the van can move, the trebuchet is far from keeping up with the rhythm.
Secondly, in the layout of the partial van formation, there is also an improvement than before, the previous partial van formation belongs to a single-ring structure, only one layer, once broken through by the enemy, you have to use manpower to make up for it, now the partial van formation belongs to the duplex structure, double layer inside and outside, even if the outer layer of the partial van is destroyed by the enemy, the inner compartment can still play a role, block the enemy's attack.
Although the Huns destroyed several side vans, the Shu army's side van array retreated very quickly, and before the Huns could send stones again, they had already moved backwards as a whole, out of the range of the trebuchet.
And the Hun cavalry rushed up after seeing the opportunity, but they didn't expect that this was just a flaw that the Shu army deliberately leaked to them, when the Hun cavalry braved the rain of arrows, lost a few men and horses rushed to the front only to find that the Shu army's partial van array, in addition to the first layer, there is another layer inside, and now they are only breaking through the outer layer of the partial van, if you can't destroy the inner layer of the partial van, you still can't break through the Shu army battle formation.
At this time, the trebuchet could not keep up with the movement speed of the partial van array, and the Shu army camped in a relatively flat place, so that the partial van could move flexibly and freely, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, left or right, front or back, as you like.
Although the Huns have many cavalry, they can even encircle the Shu army battle array, but this encirclement is also very limited, when the partial van formation rushes towards this side, the Hun cavalry has to avoid, and the dense arrow rain behind the partial van is not something that the Hun cavalry can resist.
The trebuchet is too cumbersome, and it is quite difficult to move, and many Hun soldiers have to work hard to lift the trebuchet to the designated place, but they find that the van has already moved again, and the trebuchet at this moment cannot keep up with the rhythm of the movement of the van, and they can't attack with stones at all.
And the ordinary cavalry could not stop the movement of the van formation, and later, Luo Xi also specially commanded the van to move to the place where the Huns were concentrated, and used powerful crossbow arrows to strike it at a distance, so that the Huns were afraid to avoid it, and when they saw the van rushing over, they fell into the wilderness and left, and only dared to stop and rest after escaping from the land of a stone.
Hu Yanhao was a little dumbfounded, it was originally a matter of holding a handle but now it has become an elbow and armpit, although the trebuchet is still a trebuchet, the same power is endless, but at this moment, it is not powerful, except for a few stones when it was just put into the battlefield, and later, the trebuchet is completely useless, and can only watch the side van of the Shu army galloping across the battlefield, as if entering a no-man's land.
In the last battle of Jiexiu, Hu Yanhao also participated, and what impressed him was that under the attack of the catapult, the Shu army was almost defeated, but after only a few years, the Shu army improved the side van car flexibly, advancing and retreating at will, while the trebuchet they used was as always, still so heavy and slow, and it was destined to be eliminated if it was backward.
Luo Raid's face, fell a rare smile, not easy, after the last Jiexiu fiasco, Luo Raid and Yong'an Army are under great pressure, how to correct the name of the Yong'an Army, how to correct the name of the partial van, is what must be done in front of Luo Raid, this battle of Jiexiu, Luo Raid took the initiative to ask Ying to fight, as a vanguard, he is riveting, to perform in this battle, wash away yesterday's shame.
Although the partial van has undergone large-scale improvements, and the partial van formation has also undergone new drills, only actual combat is the standard for testing combat effectiveness.
The result did not disappoint Luo Xian, and the flexible advance and retreat by the people's side car played the Huns' heavy trebuchet around, and those Hun soldiers who carried the trebuchet desperately ran even if they broke their intestines, they could not keep up with the speed of the side box, but under the strong shooting of the Shu army, the Hun cavalry suffered a lot of losses.
This battle can be regarded as a partial van completely saved its face, completely ended the history of defeat, and also shattered the myth that the trebuchet became the "killer" of the partial van, and since then, the partial van is still the only magic weapon against the cavalry.
Hu Yanhao came while he was in a hurry, and he was going to rely on cavalry and trebuchets to kill the Shu army by surprise, but he never imagined that it would be this kind of ending anyway, this battle was too aggrieved, Hu Yanhao tried to change something, but the more he fought, the more he found that the chances were slim, because Hu Yanhao just wanted to break his head, and he couldn't think of any good way to deal with the partial van.
Just when Hu Yanhao was still struggling with whether to continue fighting, a herald of the Huns suddenly rushed towards Hu Yanhao's side, and before he got close, he shouted loudly: "General Huyan, the big thing is not good, the Shu army sneak attacked Jiexiu City, and Jiexiu has been lost!" ”
When Hu Yanhao heard this, his face suddenly turned pale. (To be continued.) )