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Chapter 398 Battle of Northern Border II

After a stick of incense, Cao, the commander of the left and right army, walked up to Zhang Kuang holding a roster.

"General, more than 700 people were killed or injured in the bow and arrow battalion, of which more than 100 were slightly injured, more than 400 were seriously injured, and more than [-] were killed in battle. More than [-] people. Ninety percent of them were killed by Turkic arrows, and ten percent were killed by broken scimitars and throat cuts."

Zhang Kuang took the roster from Si Cao's hand with a frown, with a lingering sadness on his expression.

Flipping through the roster for a while, Zhang Kuang sighed: "The loss is so heavy, and this is just a tentative attack by the vanguard. If the army goes all out, what kind of loss will there be? This general is ashamed of their parents! "

Zhong Qiang also had a bad look on his face: "General, the Turks are really good at riding and shooting. Each of them is not weaker than our sharpshooters. This is their natural advantage. The brothers in the bow and arrow battalion shoot arrows After the shot, there was no time to retreat before being shot through the body by the arrow."

"There are still too few plate armors, especially the soldiers of the Bow and Arrow Battalion who wear thin leather armor. If they are equipped with plate armor, they will surely reduce their losses a little. Turkic cavalry and archery should not be underestimated."

"Don't worry, the general, we will arrange for the brothers to shoot arrows and retreat in the end, and we must not give the Turks a chance to take advantage of it."

"Ke Yan, how did the Modao team lose so many brothers?"

Ke Yan looked at Zhang Kuang in shame: "General, it's the last general's ineffective command, please punish him, General."

"Don't think about taking the responsibility for your brothers. The general didn't ask for the crime. Tell the truth, what's going on?"

Ke Yan struggled for a while: "Back to the general, there are only two thousand Modao troops and a small number of spears, halberds, swords and shields outside the city. The brothers are inevitably a little flustered. The upper right corner of the battle line is lost, and the training is not effective. The general, please punish me. .”

"Hey, it's my fault. I only wanted to test the power of the Modao team and ignored the pressure from my brothers."

"The general is Zhong Qiang and incompetent. The general has mobilized so many arrows but still can't stop the attack of the Turkic cavalry."

"I don't blame you. The Turkic war horses are famous for their strength and speed. In addition, the Turkic people's riding skills are superb. This is an unavoidable thing. Back then, the 30 army went north to the border. Although many Turkic tribes were captured, they lost 10,000+ Brothers who have won the reputation of being a mighty soldier."

"General, let Dong Kaishan's light cavalry support from the two wings."

"No, right now our cavalry is going to fight against the Turkic cavalry. It's like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. Only when the heavy cavalry attacks in a large area and the light cavalry responds can we give the Turkic a thunderous blow. Our horses are not as good as the Turkic horses. A star and a half, taken alone, there is no enemy."

"Hey, the bed crossbow's damage is indeed eye-catching, but it's just too cumbersome, otherwise all these people would have to be kept."

"Zhong Qiang, don't blame yourself. There is a problem with the general's deployment. Earlier, the old man was worried that using the bed crossbow too early would cause the Turks to retreat in shock, so he ordered you to use the bed crossbow to shoot after three hundred steps. But I didn't expect These people are so brave and fearless, so they can't control the matter so much now, the Turkic people will start to shoot arrows when they are within [-] paces, we must reduce short-handed combat, and we can't let their advantages of bows and arrows be brought into play."

"General, when will the god-armed crossbow you mentioned be transported to the northern border? Although strong archers have a long range, there are really limited brothers who can pull the bowstring, otherwise they will not be allowed to rush to the city easily as scheduled."

Zhang Kuang sighed melancholy: "Come on, come on, time, what is most lacking now is time, and I don't know how the other six frontier fortresses' main cities are doing. Their equipment is not as good as ours, especially Fuzhou. , the terrain is flat and open, which has a great advantage for the Turks!"

To Zhang Kuang's surprise, since Fuzhou's casualties were smaller than Yingzhou's, Shi Bibu's tentative attack had to be retreated due to the fifty eight-ox crossbows.

Fuzhou's eight-ox crossbow started shooting arrows at [-] paces, which greatly disturbed the formation of the cavalry's charge, but received unexpected results.

Turkic camp, in the interval between Asnamo's attack on Yingzhou, the Turkic tent has been set up.

Asnamo's lips turned pale, and he looked at the Turkic soldiers who came back with him with a livid face.

There were less than 500 of the [-] cavalry, and the [-] infantry were even more dismal. They were all wounded, and only less than [-] returned.

Just a tentative charge of 5000 people lost more than 500 people.

Some died under the rain of arrows, and most died under the chaos caused by the eight-ox crossbow.

It was not that the Turkic people had encountered bed crossbow arrow arrays when they attacked the city before, but such arrow arrays that cost no money had never existed before, and the lethality was too great.

In the past, the bed crossbow would lose its power if it penetrated at most two people. Today, it can penetrate six people without losing its power, and it can still knock people under the horse.

The most regrettable thing is the war horse. Because of the loss of the war horse, most of the people were actually damaged by their own cavalry.

The corners of Ashnamo's mouth trembled slightly. How could he meet his father with such a result? Du Lu's troops marched southward in two ways. There were more than 3 soldiers attacking Yingzhou. Nearly [-] soldiers were killed before the official battle started. One in ten people, which has never happened in nearly a decade.

"Talmu has met the eldest prince, the eldest prince."

Talmu looked at a group of ragged Turkic cavalry with a dull expression. If it was just ragged clothes, Talmu would not be so dull. What he was dull was the number of people in front of him.

The team of 5000 people is now less than 1000 people.

According to past experience, King Du Lu believed that even if the eldest prince could not open the gate of Yingzhou City, he would definitely fight evenly, so the Du Lu Department and a group of generals were all drinking and playing in the big tent and did not pay attention to the war.

"Just come back so few people?"

"Talmu, the southerners are crazy. The arrows cover the sky and the sun. They shoot out desperately. The loss is heavy. Let's go see the father first."

Talmu looked at the place where the battle was fought, seeing the densely packed corpses on the ground and the number of at least three or five arrows on each person's body, he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle.

He finally knew why the eldest prince suffered such a heavy loss. Such a dense rain of arrows could not be avoided no matter how skilled the Turkic warriors were in riding.

The arrows fired in the first tentative battle were more intensive than in the past ten days.

"Yahama, lead the wounded soldiers to treat their wounds."

"It's General Talmu."

"Your Highness, the king will definitely be furious, you have to be careful."

"Uncle Talmu, you have also seen the situation on the battlefield, I hope you can explain a few words for Namo, the arrow array of the Southerners is too terrifying."

Dulu King Ashina threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground and looked at his trembling son with a ferocious expression: "What did you say? Out of 5000 people, only less than 1000 came back?"

"Yes!"

"Trash, how did you lead the soldiers? This king wants to expel you from the Golden Family. You are a disgrace to the Golden Family."

(End of this chapter)