Eight Hills in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Tan Shao rode a horse and carried a halberd, standing in front of his army formation, commanding 20,000 troops, approaching the city gate step by step. In front of him was the 5,000-strong front army commanded by Shen Linzi. They were wearing large shields, with long lances reaching the sky like a forest, while the bowmen followed behind the shields and approached step by step.

Hundreds of blue-armored knights, the main and auxiliary horses mixed together, launched a series of attacks against the front line of the Jin army. They all rushed to the place about a hundred paces before the front line of the Jin army. Bow and arrow.

The powerful bows and arrows of the armored horses were still full of strength from a hundred paces away by the momentum of the war horses. They did not shoot at the sky, but aimed directly at the shield of the Jin army and released bursts of arrows. .

On the large shield of the Jin army, a large number of arrow branches have been inserted, and almost every arrow can be shot into the shield surface instead of falling under the shield. Many arrow branches can hit the shield surface at the same time. Shaking gently on top of the shield.

From time to time, there are arrows that cross the shield and fly to the back of the shield. There will always be a muffled hum, followed by the sound of someone hitting the ground with an arrow, usually standing in the second or third row behind the shield. Archers, they don't use heavy armor, just light armor or even no armor. At a distance of about a hundred paces, if they hit the enemy's arrow, they will still slam into the ground, or even die.

And almost every five steps forward, the front line of the Jin army would stop, the big shield fell to the ground, locked into a line, and then suddenly with the sound of dozens of uniform horns, the bowmen behind the shield rushed out one after another. Braving the sporadic arrows of the enemy, they ran to the place about five steps before the shield formation. The crossbowmen in the first row shot directly at the enemy cavalry, while the archers in the second and third rows shot with bows. Immediately, a pouring rain of arrows formed, covering a hundred paces or so, and suddenly in the front line of the enemy cavalry.

The neighing and screaming of the horses came one after another, especially if the crossbow was lying directly at this distance. Many horses were shot through the face of the crossbow, and they fell to the ground and died, and the rider on the horse would also give They fell to the ground, and more people and horses, relying on the heavy armor on their bodies, could escape the fatal shooting. They had a number of feather arrows stuck in their bodies, but they could still turn their horses and flee to the rear. The next round of arrow rains came one after another. Some guys with riding shields on their backs were hit by arrows in the back of the head and other vital places, and fell off their horses. Towards the rear, there are only a dozen or twenty cavalry soldiers who died in battle, lying on the ground.

In this way, five or six rounds have been played, and the morale of the Jin army is getting higher and higher, and the enemy's green armored cavalry seems to dare not attack at all, and can only take turns to harass with hundreds of cavalry. Their bows were strong and armored, but in the end they couldn't fight against tens of thousands of infantrymen and thousands of archers. After a quarter of an hour, the battle line was already far from the gap, and it was only two or three hundred paces away from the city gate.

Tan Hezhi had already rushed to Tan Shao's side at this moment, and he said excitedly: "Brother, it seems that this armored cavalry is nothing more than that, we are stabilizing the advance of the big formation, they are not opponents at all, even if there is no wood A mechanic, just relying on our big shields and strong bows and crossbows is enough to repel them. But..."

When he said this, he raised his brows slightly: "Don't you say that the assault power of all armored cavalry is invincible in the world? Why don't we have a large chariot and a refusal horse to cover the front, and thousands of cavalry of them don't dare to attack?"

Tan Shao said with a smile: "Because the enemy is not stupid, they know that we have a big killing weapon like the Eight-Stone Running Bull Crossbow, which is just behind the shield. Now they are scattered like this and shoot, then we will only use ordinary bows and crossbows. Shooting, the loss will not be too big. Until now, it has only killed one or two hundred cavalry, but if you want to rush into the formation, you have to use a dense formation, like a wall. The crossbow can be very useful, even if he has a huge army, he can be destroyed at one time!"

Tan Hezhi smiled and said: "So that's the case, then we are about to press the front line of the city gate. What should we do next, should we drive these enemy cavalry out of Xicheng, take the opportunity to attack the city, or return to the front line of the gap?"

Tan Shao said sternly: "We are infantry, there are not many cavalry, we can drive out the enemy cavalry, but it will be difficult to catch up and destroy it. What I worry about is not the cavalry outside the two or three thousand cities, but the Beihai King Murong Town. Jingqi, will they be shot from this west gate, this time we will attack the front line of the west city, and we will block the city gate with sandbags, so that they can no longer rush out from here."

"Then, 3,000 people are left to guard here, and the rest of the group will go back to the gap, and enter the city from there. The ready-made openings are not needed, it is too wasteful."

Tan Hezhi said in amazement: "I still have to go back to the gap, so why not just use a few thousand people to advance to the city gate?"

Tan Shao said with a smile: "You kid don't learn the art of war well, our main force is here at Ximen, not to deal with the two or three thousand Yuebu Qingjia cavalry~www.readwn.com~ but to prevent Beihai King from here, Even now, don't take it lightly. You see, I put the elites of Shen Tianzi and Kui En on the left side, and even the arrow crossbow Long Lance is turned to the side, facing the direction of the city gate, that is to prevent the sudden opening of the King of the North Sea. The city is out. Only by blocking the west gate can this place be considered completely safe. It is enough to leave a few thousand people stationed here. When the reinforcements sent by Brother Ji Nu in Nancheng arrive, they can attack from both sides and completely destroy the cavalry of the Yue Department. !"

Tan Hezhi let out a sigh of relief, and a look of admiration flashed on his face: "It turns out that Big Brother has already calculated it, it's just the reinforcements of Brother Ji Nu..."

Tan Shao said: "It should already be on the way. We collapsed when the city wall collapsed. It will take some time for Brother Ji Nu to send troops to rescue after receiving the news. It is just right now, if I expect it to be good. , it should probably be the elite infantry cavalry under Brother A Shou who came to the rescue, or Wang Zhongde of the Central Army and others led the Chinese army to rescue, no matter which troop it is, it is enough for us to flank and destroy this enemy army with armored cavalry. Humph, they want to go out of the city to contain us, we will let them go back and forth!"

Having said that, Tan Shao proudly turned his head to look in the direction of the gap in the city wall, and said, "As long as we can be in the gap..."

When he said this, his face suddenly changed greatly, because he found that the rubble piles that should have been stationed by a large number of troops were actually empty. Except for dozens of military flags that were stuck in place, there was no human hair. The warhorse jumped in shock, almost knocking him off the horse, shouting: "What's going on in the gap, where are our defenders? Where is Kuaiyue?!"Click to download the APP of this site, massive novels, free to read!