Chapter 582: Attack and Defense
The Qin army was the first to attack with 300 chariots, with three Linchong Lu buses as the core, each with 30 thunderbolt chariots, 30 arrow nest chariots, 15 ramming chariots and Ruyi chariots, and 10 other chariots, which spread horizontally for more than 200 paces and pushed towards the large camp of the Dai army.
The wheels rolled over the earth, bringing out flying dust and making a roaring sound, showing a compelling momentum, coupled with the fact that the Qin army was holding the aftermath of the previous battle, so it also made people feel that the chariot had caused great coercion to people.
Han Teng watched the torrent of Qin army's chariots on the top of the mountain, and his heart couldn't help but be full of confidence, even if the plateau knew how to use troops again, in the face of absolute strength, any strategy and strategy were useless, and with such a force in his hands, I am afraid that no one in the world could stop him. Therefore, Han Teng looked at the position of the Dai army again, but found that the soldiers of the modern army were unmoved, calm and calm, and did not seem to react at all to the advance of the Qin army's chariots, not at all like in the battle, seeing the Qin army's chariots rushing forward, they looked panicked.
In Han Teng's heart, he couldn't help but have a shadow, because the performance of the Dai Jun was indeed a little unexpected by him, but Han Teng was quickly relieved, after all, with the experience of the last war, the Dai Jun also had some psychological preparations, plus the Dai Jun was also a strong army in a hundred battles, so it was reasonable to behave calmly, and when the chariot rushed to the front of the Dai Army's defense line, the Dai Jun would know the terrifying power of the Lu Dao Chariot, and at that time, see if the Dai Jun could still calm down.
Just when Han Teng was thinking, the chariot of the Qin army had already driven to a place that was only more than two hundred steps away from the outer defense line of the Dai army, and at this time, the trebuchets on the three Linchong Lu buses started first and threw stones at the position of the Dai army, and on the fourth and third floors of the Linchong Lu bus, the bed crossbows were also launched, and the crossbow guns as thick as arms brought out a terrible roar and shot at the Dai army's camp, and the crossbows and trebuchets on the other chariots also started one after another, attacking the Dai army together.
For a while, the stones were like hail, and the arrows were like flying locusts, all falling towards the position of the Dai army, and the sound of arrows and stones breaking through the air and the sound of hitting the ground were also endless, and it seemed that the Dai army had no power to fight back, and could only be beaten passively.
In the Qin army array, there were also many soldiers and generals who shouted loudly and cheered, because after the last battle, in the camp of the Qin army, there was also a heated discussion about chariots, and no one thought that Han Teng was silent and actually made so many powerful chariots. However, in the large camp of the Qin army, the chariot belongs to the first-class protection, and it is centrally guarded in a camp, except for the soldiers and craftsmen who operate the chariot, other soldiers, including several main generals of the Qin army, are not allowed to approach the chariot at will to observe, even when they go out to fight, they are also covered with a veil, and only when they start a charge, the curtain is uncovered. Therefore, the other Qin soldiers and Qin generals could only take a few glances from a distance.
And there are many people who have seen the chariot assault for the first time, that is, those who have seen the chariot assault in the last war, and they have only seen a general idea, not in detail, and at this time, they are not all shocked by the huge momentum of the chariot, because they see all the weapons on the chariot fully opened, and the momentum caused is indeed very amazing.
However, in the Qin army's array, only Meng Tian shook his head slightly, and this action happened to fall into Meng Wu's eyes, of course he knew that Meng Tian's action was not optimistic about the Qin army's advance, so he said in a low voice: "Tian'er, do you think there is something wrong?" ”
Meng Tian also nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "Father, although we are very strong now, there are only three giant chariots that can really pose a threat to the Dai Army, and on the other small chariots, the stones thrown are too small, and the crossbow arrows shot are not strong, and the Dai Jun has already built a complete fortification, so the blow to the Dai Army is not big." Moreover, the three giant cars are too scattered, and if these three giant cars are used together and concentrated on attacking one part of the defense line of the Dai army, the effect will be better. ”
Meng Wu shook his head and said: "In the last battle, you took someone to pay the responsibility to block the reinforcements of the Dai Army, so you didn't see how the chariot broke through the defense line of the Dai Army, even if the other chariots did not pose much threat to the Dai Army's defense line, but they could also suppress the soldiers of the Dai Army, this effect is also very good, and now they are not completely powerless to fight back?" ”
Meng Tian shook his head and said: "I don't think so, the Dai army has such a perfect defensive position, plus they have long known that our chariot is not in the slightest bit of a counterattack, so I think the performance of the Dai army is very reactive now, they probably already have a way to deal with the chariot, just wait for our chariot to approach their defense line." ”
After listening to Meng Tian's words, Meng Wu couldn't help but pay attention to it, after all, he didn't dare to underestimate this son's military talent at all, so he immediately asked, "What do you think the acting army will do?" ”
Meng Tian smiled and said, "I can't see this, but soon we will be able to see the results." ”
Sure enough, before Meng Tian's words fell, the counterattack of the Dai army came. I saw the sound of "whirring", and more than a dozen boulders flew out of the formation of the Dai army, smashing into the chariot array of the Qin army, and at the same time, with the sound of "whooshing" breaking the air, dozens of huge crossbow guns with the thickness of the bowl mouth shot out and flew towards the chariot of the Qin army.
The boulders thrown by the trebuchets of the Dai army are weighing more than 100 catties, falling from a high altitude, they can immediately smash a pit in the ground, and once they hit the roof of the chariot, they can smash the wooden planks on the roof of the chariot and splash sawdust everywhere, although it is not enough to completely smash the chariot, but it can also cause serious damage to the chariot. Although the stones thrown by the trebuchet were not accurate, due to the large number of Qin chariots, they could always hit a few.
The huge crossbow is the latest fire oil arrow of the Dai Army, whether it hits the chariot or falls to the ground, the fire oil filled in the arrow shaft will immediately burn. Needless to say, although the chariots are covered with raw cowhide and have a certain flame retardant ability, the fire oil splashed on the chariot will still spread immediately. Moreover, raw cowhide is not a very refractory material, and after a long time, it will also be burned, and then the fire will burn directly to the wood of the car body.
In addition, even if the fire oil arrow fell to the ground, it would immediately ignite a fire on the ground, and the bottom of the chariot was not protected by raw cowhide, so of course the chariot did not dare to run over the fire, so it also played a role in blocking the chariot's advance.
Three days is indeed very precious for the Dai army, Gao Yuan transported all the weapons in his camp such as trebuchets, bed crossbows, and fire oil arrow launch crossbows to Jiang Huanwu's camp, so now Jiang Huanwu has a total of 23 trebuchets, 28 bed crossbows, 50 fire oil arrow launch crossbows, and more than 600 fire oil arrows. In terms of long-range strike weapons, they were far more than Yuan Xuan's battalion, and they also greatly strengthened the defense of Jiang Huanwu's battalion.
Moreover, the Dai army waited until the Qin army's chariots broke through to within one hundred and fifty steps of their own defense line before launching a counterattack, so the counterattack of the Dai army was also strengthened a lot.
In addition, as Meng Tian expected, although the Qin army's attack was huge and terrifying at the beginning, the soldiers of the Dai army who had been prepared for a long time were shot behind the trenches, wooden fences and other bunkers, and some people used large shields to cover themselves, so they did not cause much damage, only a few trebuchets and bed crossbows on the three Linchong Lu buses could pose some threat to the Dai army, but because the number of Linchong Lu buses was too small and too scattered, only dozens of Dai soldiers were killed and wounded, and a few wooden fences were broken. However, it did not cause great damage to the defense line of the Dai Army.
Under the strong counterattack of the Dai army, at least ten chariots of the Qin army were smashed, and dozens more were set into flames. Because it is three Linchong Lu buses, because of the huge size, the target is obvious, so it has also become the focus of the army's target, each Linchong Lu bus has been smashed by at least one or two boulders, and was hit by fire oil arrows, the body of the car burned.
However, the Linchong Lu bus is no better than other small chariots, and the large size also means that the resistance is stronger, and there is also a lot of water prepared in the car, which is ready to be used to extinguish the flames, so although the three Linchong Lu buses have suffered some blows, they have not hurt their muscles and bones, and they still continue to approach the defense line of the Dai Army, and the various weapons on the Linchong Lu Bus are still constantly attacking the Dai Army.
The strength of the counterattack of the Dai army was indeed somewhat unexpected by Han Teng, but if you think about it carefully, it is also reasonable, because after the last battle, the Dai army must also be prepared, since Jiang Huanwu did not retreat, there are naturally some ways to deal with it, and it is impossible to be as vulnerable as the previous battle, it can be said that this is the normal performance of the Dai army, otherwise the Dai Jun is not worth spending so much effort.
However, the Qin army dispatched three hundred chariots, and there were still three hundred chariots in the main formation as preparations, even if dozens of chariots were damaged, it was nothing, and now that the chariots had advanced to a range of less than 100 steps from the defense line of the Dai army, it was obvious that the reaction of the Dai army could only be to this extent, and it could not stop the breakthrough of the Qin army's chariots. Therefore, Han Teng also believed that when the chariot approached the defense line of the Dai army, the result would be the same as the previous battle, and the defense line of the Dai army would be easily broken by the chariots, and then break through the camp wall of the Dai army.
So Han Teng also immediately ordered the Qin army to prepare, just waiting for the chariot to break through the defense line of the Dai army, and then immediately follow up, expand the results of the battle, and completely defeat the Dai army.
The soldiers of the Qin army listened to Han Teng's order, and they all rubbed their fists and prepared for a big battle, only Meng Tian looked at the direction of the battlefield and said in a voice that he could hear: "Is this the response tactic of the Dai army?" ”