Historically, the war in the era of cold weapons was quite cruel, no matter how advanced the equipment was, the soldiers on both sides were always hand-to-hand combat, fighting for their lives, and the higher the morale, the more courageous they were. In this world, the original Taoist immortal method is very mysterious, and it can even defeat ten thousand. A magic weapon is down, even if you want to fight hard, there is no way, so the role of soldiers is not as obvious as in conventional combat.

Now that the Six Saints have laid down the spell of forbidden arts, there is no Taoist art and immortal art, and they have returned to their original regular battles. The morale of the soldiers is particularly important, the higher the morale, the more desperate they can be. When they meet on narrow roads, the brave wins, and sometimes they can even win more with less. The kind of military generals in front of the battle is to show personal martial arts and courage to boost morale. But this kind of personal martial arts is not able to really fight hard with the army, no matter how high the martial arts are, at most it is just to kill a few more people to accompany the funeral, and it is absolutely no match for thousands of troops.

Therefore, when a large number of sergeants on the other side were slowly approaching, even Jiang Wenhuan, who was brave and championed the three armies, did not dare to be defeated, and retreated into the formation early in the morning. Jiang Wenhuan saw that Wen Zhong did not immediately send archers, so he hurriedly asked: "Taishi, the Zhou army is approaching, why don't you respond to the enemy with archers?"

Wen Zhong frowned and said: "Jiang Ziya is not a stupid person, he was defeated by our army archers last time, and now there must be tricks, and the enemy should not be underestimated." ”

"Taishi, the soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. Such a delay is only afraid that it will delay the fighter. Zhang Shan on the side said: "With our army's archers shooting from a long distance, and the ability to advance and retreat freely, we should not be afraid of the enemy, if there is any abnormality, the Taishi can collect the troops in time." ”

Wen Zhong has rich experience in leading troops, and he knows that the battlefield is changing rapidly, especially when the two armies are facing each other, the fighter plane is fleeting, and there is no need to hesitate.

The archers had defeated the heavy cavalry of the Western Zhou Dynasty last time and made great achievements, and now they were facing the enemy again, and they were eager to try, and after listening to the commander's order, they immediately spread out the formation and rushed forward.

Each of the archers was armed with a special longbow, carried a large quiver, and wore light willow armor. After approaching the effective range of the opponent's giant shield, it began to launch a rain of arrows. However, the giant shield of the Western Zhou Dynasty seems to be particularly strong and thick, and even the armor-piercing arrows of the merchant army cannot penetrate it. Moreover, the defensive area of the giant shield is very large, and when facing the archers to shoot, the support behind the giant shield is put down and tilted backwards at 60 degrees, which effectively protects the sergeants behind the shield and makes the arrows of the archers useless.

As soon as the drumming sound of the Western Zhou Dynasty changed, the formation of the giant shield soldiers slowly changed, and it was combined into a column of hollow trapezoids with small upper and lower large ones, and at this moment, the back of the shield array emitted a neat sound, and rows of spears roared out through the gap left by the shield array, which was the power of the ballista. The chariot was capable of firing four arrows in unison, and the force of the machine was so strong that many of the cavalry archers' mounts were pierced by the spears fired and fell to the ground.

Wen Zhong's brows furrowed: The range and power of the Western Zhou Ballista were much more powerful than the last time they fought, and it could fire four arrows at once, greatly increasing its lethality. However, he is also well aware of the disadvantage of the ballista, which is that it is very time-consuming to reload, and after firing one round, it takes a lot of time to fire the next round. Wen Zhong immediately beat the drum and ordered the archers to avoid the ballista fire, and at the same time quickly break through the giant shield array, close the distance with the ballista, and defeat the ballista within the effective range.

The cavalry archers had experience with ballistae, and now spread their formation more out and rushed forward. The formation of the giant shield array was very strong, except for the huge shield on the front, the sides were tightly protected by long shields, not afraid of thrown arrows, and the spears protruded from the outside, so that the scimitars of the archers could not approach and cause destruction.

The archers could only pass through the space between the giant shield arrays, which was more conducive to the concentrated shooting of the ballista, which seemed to have been prepared for several batches to shoot in turn, causing the archers to suffer a lot of casualties. However, when the ballista eventually ran out, its reloading speed was indeed slow, and after a few rounds, it could no longer be used for a while. Seeing that the other party's firing stopped, the archers rushed through the shield array and fired at the ballista, which caused the enemy to fall to the ground and turn and flee.

However, just as the archers passed through the shield array, the shield array began to change, layering and overlapping, gradually sealing the back road of the archers, and the two ends slowly overlapped, forming an encirclement. When Wen Zhong saw it, his face changed greatly, and he blurted out: "It's not good!"

Now it seems that the real purpose of the ballista was not to attack the archers, but to lure the archers through the shield array. And the purpose of the giant shield array is not to prevent the shooting of the archers, but to wait for the archers to pass through and seal the retreat.

In all fairness, the extremely mobile cavalry with the same tactics is indeed very powerful, and it is almost impossible to find any effective arms of restraint, unless it can take advantage of the terrain and cooperate with the corresponding tactics, it is possible to crack it.

Now this shield array is an artificially created "geographical" factor, and it seems that the Western Zhou Dynasty is also painstaking in how to deal with the Great Shang Archers.

Wen Zhong's mind changed sharply: the biggest advantage of the archers is not the lethality of the bow and arrow, but the powerful mobile surname, the ability to advance and retreat freely, and the attack and defense are satisfactory. Now that the back road has been blocked, it is very bad, Jiang Ziya must have some killing moves that are not good for the archers, and it seems that he must respond immediately.

Sure enough, the giant shield array was just the way back, and the retreating formation of the Zhou army stopped again, and huge chariots drove from the formation. The chariot appeared to be a modified Wugang car, covered with thick armor on the outside, empty underneath, with wheels inside, and several holes for crossbows that could be adjusted. This shape is somewhat similar to the armored vehicles of later generations, but it relies on manpower to push the four wheels forward internally, and each vehicle has a special person responsible for command and shooting.

For the unknown, human beings always have an inexplicable fear, and the archers couldn't help but be shocked when they saw that this strange car was impenetrable to arrows, and that their whole body could send out powerful crossbows. But the archers were nimble after all, and while avoiding the strange cars, they shot at the Zhou army, and they couldn't hold each other for a while.

At this time, the Zhou army began to move the shield array backwards, further compressing the activity space of the archers, once the archers ran out of arrows or the range of movement was limited to death, then there was only one end, and the whole army was annihilated.

Wen Zhong ordered the drums to beat as early as when the shield array was shrinking, and ordered the archers to retreat, but the shield array was very tightly defended and could not break through, and even the ends of the two sections were sealed, and it was impossible to break through for a while.

Wen Zhong immediately made a decision, assigned a special general, led a team of infantry, and rushed towards the shield array.

This general is indeed "special", and it is the Wu culture brought by Han Sheng and Han Chang brothers last time when they presented a 10,000-bladed car. This Wu Wenhua is several feet tall, like a giant King Kong, extremely majestic, and when he runs, even the ground is trembling.

In the original work, Wu Wenhua has infinite power, can travel boats on land, eat only cows, and have a row of wood in his hands, which is the nemesis of obstacles such as antlers. Today's Wu Wenhua has been specially instructed by Zhang Zixing to make a set of full-body armor, and the row of wood in his hand has also been replaced with a huge iron blade, and he also carries a slightly shorter mace on his back.

When the giant shield soldiers saw such a giant, they were so frightened that they hid behind the giant shield with trembling, wanting to take precautions. How do you know that Wu Wenhua was originally a "professional" who cleaned up obstacles, and the iron in his hand was waved quickly, and the rows of giant shields were swept away like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

This guy messed around for a while, and he thought that the iron chop was not smooth, so he threw it away, took out the mace giant stick behind him, and smashed it directly towards the giant shield, although the giant shield was specially made and could defend against armor-piercing arrows, but how could he resist the strange power of Wu Wenhua and the terrible mace, and immediately fell apart, and even the people behind him were smashed into meat sauce.

There are bold soldiers who use spears to stab Wu culture, but Wu culture's whole body is heavy, invulnerable, and the whole person is a moving steel chariot, those soldiers not only did not hurt Wu culture, but aroused his fierce surname, the mace in his hand is even more tyrannical, the giant shield soldiers die when they touch it, and they are seriously injured when they rub it. Taking advantage of the momentum of Wu culture, the infantry of the merchant army was also like a tiger out of the cage, extremely violent, and gradually dismantled the shield array.

Those sergeants were frightened by Wu Wenhua, where did they dare to stand still and wait for death, they abandoned their shields and fled, with the help of Wu Wenhua, the sergeants quickly cleared a wide passage. With enough space, the advantages of the archers were immediately manifested, and they hurriedly seized the opportunity to join forces, firing arrows at the rear while retreating in an orderly manner.

Jiang Ziya was also startled when he saw Wu Wenhua, seeing that he was about to destroy the most elite archer cavalry unit of the Shang army, but was destroyed by this monster, he was shocked and annoyed, and hurriedly ordered the "armored car" to move forward quickly and surrounded the past.

Wu Wenhua really lived up to the name of the "monster" that Jiang Ziya thought, and was not afraid of this strange car, but became interested, rushed forward, and smashed the mace on a car in front, smashing the entire body down immediately. I saw fragments scattered everywhere, and the soldiers in the car turned into a pool of flesh and blood, and none of them were spared.

Wu Wenhua smashed a few cars in a row, and those soldiers were so frightened that they didn't dare to come forward, Jiang Ziya hurriedly ordered the loaded ballista to shoot at Wu Wenhua, and for a while the spears rained, but Wu Wenhua's armor was specially made, covering the whole body, although it was densely filled with crossbow arrows, the inside did not suffer any fatal injuries, but rushed forward more fiercely, and the soldiers along the way all suffered. Ji Fa's younger brother Ji Shuben commanded the attack in a chariot, and when he saw Wu Wenhua menacing, destroying the car and killing people, he couldn't help but panic and quickly abandoned the car and fled. However, Uncle Ji finally hit the death and escaped from the car not far away, but was shot by the fragments of Wu Wenhua's smashed vehicle, passed through his chest, and died on the spot.

Huang Feihu was in danger, and commanded the soldiers to secretly place the chain underground, and when Wu Wenhua rushed in, the chain was suddenly pulled up. Wu Wenhua really didn't notice it, and fell heavily to the ground, plunging the bolt of the ballista a lot deeper. The sergeants swarmed up and tried to chop them to death. How do you know that Wu Wenhua is heavily armored all over his body, and he is full of strange power, and with a sweep of the mace, the sergeants who came close to him turned into broken corpses, and their flesh and blood flew all over the place, and soon, they were climbed up by this giant man.

At this time, the archers had all rushed out of the broken shield array, and Wen Zhong immediately ordered the drums to be beaten, ordering Wu Wenhua and the sergeants to retreat. Wu Wenhua has also suffered a lot of injuries in the war, and his strength is gradually not as good as before, so he listened to the commander's order and hurriedly led the infantry to run back. The archers and cavalry broke out of the encirclement, this setback was not small, and their hearts were also extremely depressed, and they shot arrows again and again, shooting the enemy troops chasing Wu Wenhua and his party one after another.

Wen Zhong secretly thought that the damage of the archers was not light, and the arrows were about to run out, and at that moment Mingjin withdrew the troops, Jiang Ziya's achievements were defeated, and he was afraid of the combat power of the merchant army, so he did not chase after him, and collected the army and returned to the camp.

Although the Zhou army relied on tactics and new chariots to defeat the archers, the subsequent emergence of Wu culture made this victory fall short, and caused a lot of casualties, so that the originally high morale of the Zhou army was also affected. There were casualties on both sides, and it was a draw.

Wen Zhong returned to Jinjiling, sullen, all the generals knew that the war was unfavorable today, and they did not dare to say much, Wu Wenhua said: "Taishi, when the last general recovers from his injuries, he should rob Zhou Ying, discipline him for not having a piece of armor, and repay the hatred of the bow and cavalry losing power." ”

Wen Zhongwen heard this, showing a look of relief: "General Wu said that he worked hard today and made great contributions, which is worthy of praise." At present, I will recuperate with peace of mind, and I will have the time to make special contributions. This time, the two armies were evenly divided, but I was afraid that Jiang Shang still had tricks, and each battalion should be strictly guarded at night to prevent the enemy from attacking. ”

Hong Jin said disapprehantly: "The master is too worried, our army is stationed on the main road of Jinjiling, there is a danger of geographical advantages, how can the Zhou army dare to attack at night?"

Wen Zhong nodded and said, "Although General Hong's words are reasonable, I always have a feeling of uneasiness in my heart, no matter what, it is better to be careful. ”

All the generals were ordered to retreat.

Late at night, Wen Zhong still couldn't sleep peacefully in the main camp, thinking hard about how to defeat the enemy.

At this moment, an emergency bell was suddenly heard, and it was an enemy attack alarm. Wen Zhong hurriedly left the camp, and saw that Jiang Wenhuan was commanding the emergency dispatch of soldiers and horses, going down the mountain, and preparing for the battle. Soon after, however, there was only a roar and thunderclap on the mountainside, and the sergeant shouted loudly. Hearing this, Ji Li happened to report it: "Taishi! The enemy army has launched a surprise attack, and our army has suffered heavy casualties!"

Wen Zhong said angrily: "Didn't you order all battalions to be on strict guard? Marshal Jiang also dispatched the law, why did there be such casualties so quickly?"

Ji Li hurriedly said: "The enemy army also didn't know what means they used, so that countless boulders fell from the sky, our army was unable to defend against it, and most of the Banpo sergeants' tents were destroyed, and there were heavy casualties. ”

Zhang Shan also hurriedly reported: "The scouts found out that the enemy army was at the bottom of the mountain at this time, about a mile away from our army, and did not alarm the antler wooden fence, but took advantage of the night to attack with a large number of strange cars and stones. The strange car was extremely good, with an extremely long range and great damage, and it was impossible to defend against it at all, and even General Wu Wenhua was seriously injured by the boulder. ”

Can it shoot boulders to attack? Can it be launched from a distance of nearly a mile? Where did Western Zhou get such strange methods!

Wen Zhong's heart was spinning, and he ordered: "That kind of strange car will not be able to withstand close combat." Quickly send an order to Marshal Jiang, at all costs, to rush forward and destroy such a strange thing as the Zhou army!"

Soon, Yu Qing came to report again: "There are many crossbow carts and bows in front of the enemy's strange cars, and there are our army's own antlers blocking the road, the archers and cavalry are unable to shoot close due to the unfavorable terrain, Marshal Jiang led the army to sacrifice his life several times, but they were all shot back by random arrows, and Deng Zhong and General Zhang Jie have sacrificed their lives for the country." At present, the overall formation of the enemy's strange car is still slowly moving forward, and I implore the Taishi to decide!"

Deng Zhong and Zhang Jie are the generals newly received by Wen Zhong, and now they are really sad when they hear the news of their deaths. Now the terrible sound of stone-throwing at the foot of the mountain is still continuous, the fire is everywhere, and the sergeants are in a mess, and they see that there is no return. Wen Zhong let out a long sigh and finally made the decision to retreat from Jinji Ridge.

The Zhou army learned that the Shang army was defeated and retreated, and led a large army to chase after it, and finally the Shang army was well-trained, and after paying a certain number of casualties, the main force finally withdrew safely to Bishui Pass.

The first battle of the Great Shang crusade against the Western Zhou Dynasty ended in the defeat of the Shang army, and the morale of the Western Zhou Dynasty was greatly boosted, and the original doubts about Ji Fa's desperate preparations for war also became quieter. You must know that the Zhou army defeated the Great Shang Army, and it was a complete victory!

In the Land of Bliss, the leader of the Dao, who had been paying close attention to this battle, said: "The Western Zhou Dynasty is prosperous. ”

After that, he looked at each other and smiled.

In the Jade Void Palace, Yuan Shi Tianzun slowly bowed his head and said to the Antarctic Immortal: "This battle should be the beginning of the decline of the fortune of the Great Merchant. You go to Xiqi quickly, tell Ziya, and make that happen as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Zixing, who was far away in Chaoge, also received the news of the defeat of the merchant army through some kind of equipment in the first time, and when he looked at the specific number of casualties, Zhang Zixing's hand suddenly tightened, but his face was expressionless.

Shang Qingjun knew that he was not in a good mood, and said: "Husband, don't worry, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. ”

Zhang Zixing sighed: "Qing'er, why don't you ask me, why don't you use that kind of mysterious weapon to deal with Western Zhou?"

"If you use that weapon, even if it's a mecha, you can instantly destroy the combat effectiveness of the Zhou army," this is indeed the question in Shang Qingjun's heart, "Is the husband worried about having a dry Tianhe?"

Zhang Zixing shook his head and said, "War is originally bloodshed, how can there be any harmony between heaven and heaven?"

Yunxiao on the side answered this question: "Sister Qingjun, you don't know anything. Although the battle of human immortals is divided, there are still many people in the human world who need to be on the list to be robbed, and it is definitely not possible to avoid it by tricks. Even if the husband destroys the Western Zhou Dynasty with lightning speed, the human world will still be in constant war, and even last for many years. This time, only by 'breaking' first can we 'stand' later. If you want to break and then stand, you will inevitably suffer casualties, and the husband has the intention to redefine the world by killing and robbing and creating a peaceful and prosperous era that will last forever, so he must be ruthless at this moment. ”

Zhang Zixing shook his head and said: "No! Not only that! If it is enough to redefine the situation of the world, there is one thing that I didn't know, but the three Holy Emperors of Biyou Palace suddenly gained something when they participated in the enlightenment and beat the divine whip, and told me by letter, so I knew." This murder was an unprecedented catastrophe, so the whip of God came out. There are three sections of heaven, earth, and man, and this killing must be completed in three 'positions' before the merit is complete. ”

The women had learned from Zhang Zixing about the special role of the whip, but it was the first time they had heard of this three-position theory, and they couldn't help but show surprise.

Zhang Zixing said a little anxiously: "The so-called number of the three 'places' of the sky, the earth, and the people is nothing more than that they want to die!

(To be continued)