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Chapter 46 Li Xi Jiangong Biography ([-])
"Prepare the crossbowmen!"

"go ahead!"

After the crossbowman chief shot a crossbow arrow to judge the range, the temporary commander (one of Li Xi's lieutenants) galloped in front of each crossbowman officer on a fast horse, holding a flag in his hand and shouting at them.

"Crossbowmen ready!" "Forward!"

The officers shouted and struck the gong twice.

clang clang-

Most of the crossbowmen heard the officers' shouts, and some who were too far away did not hear the officers' shouts, but they also heard the louder beating of the gong, so they all shouted: "The crossbowmen are ready! Go forward!"

The crossbowmen are divided into two teams, each team has two lines, one line squats in the front, and the other line stands behind. Repeat this cycle to minimize the interruption time of the rain of arrows, and leave as few opportunities for the enemy to breathe as possible.

Under the command of the officers, the formation was temporarily released, and they moved forward, closing the distance with the Minyue crossbowmen.

The range of the crossbow is similar to that of the bow, but it has more penetrating power and lethality than the bow. Bows and arrows cannot penetrate even light armor, but crossbow arrows can easily penetrate light armor. Even when facing heavy armor, the arrow can be slightly embedded in the armor Internally, the ribs of the enemy are damaged, so that there is no damage at all. At the same time, the arrow replacement speed of the crossbow is very slow, and it takes a long time to load the arrow after shooting, but the bow is much simpler.

But the crossbow also has a significant flaw, that is, it can only be shot flat and cannot be projected like a bow and arrow. Therefore, under the limitation of the width of the battlefield, crossbowmen cannot be used on a large scale, but archers do not have this concern.

Facing the same pressing Fujian and Yue crossbowmen, some Han army crossbowmen began to break out in cold sweat and wanted to shoot in advance.

"Do not shoot arrows in advance!" "Those who disobey the order will be cut off!"

The commander saw the mentality of some Han crossbowmen, so he hurriedly shouted behind the crossbowmen.

Now this distance has actually entered the range, but it is only within the range, and the hit rate is too low. If you shoot arrows now, although you can kill a small number of Fujian and Yue soldiers, but in the gap between the Han army's crossbowmen changing arrows, you will be able to shoot. To face the fierce counterattack of Fujian and Yue crossbowmen, generally speaking, the gains outweigh the losses.

really……

The crossbowmen of the Han army withstood the pressure and did not shoot arrows, while the crossbowmen of the Minyue army couldn't wait to shoot arrows at the crossbowmen of the Han army after advancing within their range.

shhhhhh!
Whoosh!
"what!"

"Uh--"

Thousands of arrows flew from afar, but most of them hit the open space.Only a small part fell among the crowd of Han crossbowmen.

Immediately, twenty or thirty crossbowmen of the Han army were shot by arrows, and several of them died on the spot.

Afterwards, the second team of Fujian and Vietnam crossbowmen fired thousands of arrows.

shhhhhh!
Whoosh!
"what--"

"help me--"

Dozens of Han soldiers fell to the ground, and the Minyue crossbowmen also began to load arrows. Even if there were two teams in rotation, the real rain of arrows could not be interrupted, but the interruption time of the rain of arrows could be shortened as much as possible.

"The front line of the crossbowmen is ready!"

"put!"

After seeing the flag waving on the high platform of the coach, the commander knew that the coach ordered him to shoot arrows now, so he raised his long sword and galloped through the military order passageway behind the crowd of crossbowmen and shouted. Suddenly pointing to the Fujian-Vietnam crossbowmen formation.

shhhhhh!
Whoosh!
As soon as the commander finished shouting, the Han army crossbowmen took advantage of the precious opportunity that the Fujian and Yue crossbowmen were still loading arrows, readjusted their formation, and immediately fired thousands of arrows, and thousands of arrows flew into the Fujian and Yue crossbowmen formation Inside.

Since the distance was much shorter than before, the hit rate of the Han army crossbowmen was also much higher, and hundreds of Fujian and Yue crossbowmen were shot down immediately.

"The first team retreats and loads arrows!"

"The second team is ready to... release!"

The commander commanded methodically behind the crossbowmen.

shhhhhh!
Whoosh!
Thousands of arrows were fired again, and hundreds of Fujian and Yue crossbowmen fell down again. Many Fujian and Yue crossbowmen were buried in loading arrows, and they were shot to death suddenly.

There were not many Fujian and Yue crossbowmen who suffered so many casualties under one round of blows. Suddenly, the morale of the army began to slacken, and some Fujian and Yue crossbowmen began to look for opportunities to escape.

……

On the other hand, Yu Shan didn't expect that the military discipline of the Han army would be so terrifying that he could march against the rain of arrows and resist not to release the arrows in advance.

Originally, in his expectation, the Han army was similar to the Fujian and Yue army, and they would both release arrows in advance, because it is impossible to have such a strong military discipline that can forcefully resist the rain of arrows, and then release arrows after closing the distance.

In desperation, Yu Shan ordered the lieutenant beside him: "Crossbowmen retreat! Pawns advance! Archers prepare for throwing! Light cavalry cover crossbowmen! Archer cavalry harass and prepare!"

After all, the flag bearers of the Minyue Army were also waving their flags and giving various orders to their troops.

"Yes!"

At the same time, the Minyue general agreed in Minyue language, and then issued relevant orders to several messengers.

Several Fujian-Vietnamese messengers hurriedly conveyed Yu Shan's military order to each officer, and the officers passed it on to the officers at the next level, and the officers at the next level passed it on to the officers at the next level. Every soldier received a military order from Yu Shan, and they all shouted:

"The crossbowmen retreat!"

"Infantry advance!"

"Archers prepare for throwing!"

"Qing cavalry cover crossbowmen!"

"Prepare for bow riding harassment!"

Immediately afterwards, the Minyue commander who was commanding the frontline Minyue army also received the latest military order, so he ordered the Minyue crossbowmen and infantry: "The crossbowmen retreat! The infantry phalanx advance!"

Immediately, it was the same process of conveying the military order. During this process, more than 100 Fujian and Yue crossbowmen were shot to death. After paying a heavy price, the military order was finally conveyed to every Fujian and Yue soldier.

The Fujian and Yue infantry phalanx made way for many passages, allowing those Fujian and Yue crossbowmen who suffered heavy casualties to retreat from these passages to the rear. Form a tight formation.

At the same time, a group of Minyue Qingqi always followed the retreating Minyue crossbowmen to prevent the Han Qingqi from suddenly rushing to cut the back row.

……

"This Yu Shan is really cautious."

On the other side, when he saw the Minyue crossbowmen retreating, Li Xi originally planned to order the Han army cavalry to pursue the victory. Can shake his head and give up.

However, standing on the high platform, Li Xi has a huge advantage compared to Yu Shan who is opposite, that is, he can see the battle situation on the front line in a more timely manner, so as to make corresponding tactical adjustments.

What Yu Shan saw was the backs of a group of Fujian and Yue soldiers, and he couldn't see the specific battle situation at the front. The battle situation, but such a height naturally cannot compare with the high platform of the Han army coach Li Xi.

When he saw that there were more than ten rows behind the six rows on the left of Fujian and Yue pawns, but there were really only six rows on the right, Li Xi smiled to the lieutenant beside him: "This Yu Shan wants to use oblique attack tactics. Hit our right wing, hehe..."

The oblique attack tactic is a very long-standing and practical tactic, and it is also a very recommended tactic in Sun Tzu's Art of War. Sun Tzu said it was good when he used it.

After all, he ordered to the lieutenant general beside him: "The Baikuiyuan cavalry is ready to attack the left rear of the enemy's infantry phalanx from the right wing of our army!"

"No!" The lieutenant responded, and then shouted to several orderlies under the high platform: "The Baikuiyuan cavalry is ready to attack the left flank rear of the enemy's left infantry phalanx from the right flank of our army!"

"Promise!" The messenger received the news, and as before, passed down the military order step by step, and finally passed it to Wang Changzhi.

"Wang Changzhi, keep an eye on your cavalry members, and prepare to follow the main force to attack the rear of the enemy's infantry phalanx from the right wing of our army." An adjutant at the first level of the village issued the latest commander's order to Wang Changzhi.

"No!" Wang Changzhi responded loudly, and then conveyed the military order to every cavalry soldier in his squad.

(End of this chapter)