Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 554
"Front Arrow Array!"

After Zhang Ren was armored, he raised his spear vertically with his right hand, holding the tail of the spear to make the tip of the spear as high as possible...

At the same time, the surrounding military formations changed rapidly, and the soldiers arranged themselves into an arrow formation with great tacit understanding!

The two wings in front are infantry holding wooden shields, and in the center of the front head, there is a group of plate armored cavalry, and behind the plate armored cavalry, there are groups of infantry with shields, and only the two wings with "arrows" Behind, the blocked part is layer upon layer of archer phalanx...

The plate armored cavalry of the Shu army looked a bit "strange". They looked... more like heavy armored infantry sitting on war horses?

It's not that the plate armor sold to them by the Chu State was faulty, but that the Shu army's war horses, mostly Yunnan horses and Shu horses, were better at carrying loads and carrying heavy loads, had weaker explosive power and speed, and were shorter.

Therefore, Zhang Ren has always used the cavalry as the vanguard of the infantry, unlike the light cavalry, which can guerrilla outside the two wings during the forward formation... The same is true for the plate armor cavalry!

Zhang Ren's vanguard force, which also numbered nearly ten thousand people, was able to transform from a marching formation into a neat arrow formation so quickly without any mess or haste. It must be said that it was very elite.

Of course, in fact, a large part of the factor is that Zhang Ren is very good at the front arrow formation, and even has something like "special combat skills" in the "front arrow formation", or in Chu's terms, "opposition combat skills" "The effect is similar to Huang Zhong's "Fierce Bow" and Sun Ce's "heroic posture".

Zhang Ren's "front arrow" can greatly enhance the effect of the front arrow array!

The reason for this effect depends on the nature of the sharp arrow array itself...

Don't look at such a big "arrow", but the front arrow formation is more focused on defense in the offensive formation, especially Zhang Ren's front arrow!

Zhang Ren, Zhang Xiu, and Zhao Yun were all disciples of the spear prodigy Tong Yuan. Zhang Ren, Zhang Xiu, and Zhao Yun were all disciples of the spear prodigy Tong Yuan. In comparison, Zhang Xiu's approach was the closest to Tong Yuan's, or... Zhang Xiu ordered himself to forcefully approach Tong Yuan. They are all ways of breaking out - the full version of Bai Niao Zhao Feng Qian will directly make him a first-class military general and goalkeeper.

Zhao Yun, on the other hand, came up with another idea and came up with the Seven Exploration Coiled Snake Spear that was more suitable for him, using magic and softness as his specialty!
As for the senior brother Zhang Ren, he also failed to understand the most suitable spear technique like Zhao Yun, but his understanding of the Hundred Birds Chaofeng Spear was different from Zhang Xiu's and Tong Yuan's original version.

Compared to bursting out, Zhang Ren is better at defending while attacking, and using defense as offense... This is also reflected in Zhang Ren's art of war!
Unlike Yan Yan, who is good at defense but not good at offense, Zhang Ren is better at offense, but defense is reflected in his offense. This is both his martial arts style and his troop commanding style.

Therefore, Zhang Ren likes the front arrow formation very much. He has mastered dozens of variations of the front arrow formation. He is able to use it skillfully and has trained his soldiers in more than a dozen types!

Compared with his two junior brothers, Zhang Ren actually followed a similar route to Zhao Yun - they both wanted to develop their own style based on "a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix".

However, Zhang Ren's qualifications were much inferior to Zhao Yun's. Not only did he only comprehend the variant Hundred Birds Chasing the Phoenix in martial arts, but he was also "better at sharp arrow formations" in terms of military skills, but did not truly comprehend the enemy's combat skills.

Even so, Zhang Ren is considered a master in military and martial arts all over the world, and he is even more top-notch in Xichuan.

But just when Zhang Ren thought it was a "lion fighting a rabbit" battle, and was preparing to "do his best" to flatten the enemy's formation with his sharp arrows...

"shoot!"

Only bursts of sharp explosions were heard, coming from the ravine where the enemy was entrenched.

The war horse at the front even had some "malfunctions" because of this, and regardless of the condition of the war horse, Zhang Ren heard in an instant that among the plate armor cavalry... there were crisp sounds of violent hits!

Moreover, the plate-armored cavalry, who Zhang Ren originally thought were strong enough to withstand crossbows at mid-range and short bows at close range, began to cry out in pain and fall to the ground, thus triggering a chain reaction.

As for the shield soldiers on the two wings...

A mere wooden shield is not something that can block the Qi crossbow bullets - even if the Qi crossbow bullets at this time are not as good as the initially perfected breech-loading gun, if there is an explosion-proof shield, it can block it, but... If you want to use a wooden board to block bullets, you probably have to make it a size that no one can lift!

And the "bullets" of the crossbows at this time were still in the shape of original projectiles, not the pointed bullets of later generations.

In fact, the technology of Chu State now supports the production of bullets, but... Although the shape of the bullet has an impact on the power and range of the bullet, there is one advantage-the "ricochet" is more powerful!
Even if it is a pointed bullet, if it hits a hard object at a certain angle, especially in street fighting, the situation of "ricochet" is very serious, that is, the bullet will be bounced away, causing a ricochet effect.

Round projectiles are undoubtedly more likely to "ricochet".

The Chu State no longer produces projectiles, but instead produces bullets. However, the existing projectiles are enough for a while, and are useful enough for the enemy - after all, except for plate armored cavalry, ordinary soldiers do not have any decent protection. There is no need for extra penetration, but the ricochet effect can increase the killing efficiency!
Although the Qi bullet crossbow does not use gunpowder, the mechanical structure will also produce a violent explosion when firing bullets.

After a round of volleys, Zhang Ren was still a little confused, but his battlefield instinct told him - don't stop, keep charging!

"scattering!"

But what Zhang Ren has to face next is rounds of scattering...

Although the power of the infuriating crossbow has not yet reached the level of a breech-loading gun, its rate of fire or reloading efficiency has reached the level of a breech-loading gun.

A Ji Zao soldier with skillful skills can even fire a bomb every three seconds. A soldier with average skills who is only "qualified" can shoot a bomb every five seconds!
Compared with shooting with a bow, the shooting speed is nearly three times, and... if you are an archer, you will rarely open the bow at the maximum shooting speed, otherwise your arms will lose strength quickly after six or seven times. After all, speed is the only thing that matters. No, it needs to be sustained.

However, when using the Qi crossbow, you don't need to consider these at all. In addition to changing the Qi pump every 22 bullets, as long as you are not disturbed, you can always maintain this extreme rate of fire without considering any physical exertion.

For them, it's just a matter of reloading again and again...

Therefore, when facing bows and arrows, or even facing muzzle-loading guns, if you must charge, the most effective way is to "hold together" and charge together!

At least after part of the force is reduced, the remaining people can rush forward and fight hand-to-hand - in theory, in the era of muzzleloaders, cold weapons are not powerless to fight back, they just need to be elite enough and have high morale.

And if you are facing a breech-loading gun, charging in a "group" will only kill you faster...

Putting yourself under intensive firepower, not to mention the "ricochet" effect, any elite is useless!

(End of this chapter)