Since ancient times, crossbows have been an indispensable force in battles with cavalry!
In this dense rain of arrows, there are armor-piercing arrows with sharp edges, mysterious arrows that can be fired continuously, and city-breaking arrows that are more than ten feet long.
The three crossbows of Divine Secret, Mysterious Secret, and Heavenly Secret fired at the same time in an instant.
Venting the grievances he felt since Tumubao!
Of course, Hou Jin is prepared for Wednesday's crossbow.
The two sides have been rivals for so many years, and the weapon that Zhou Jun is most afraid of is the Wednesday crossbow.
The Shenji Crossbow is an infantry crossbow. It can penetrate gold and stone, and its arrow speed is astonishing.
The Xuanji Crossbow is a repeating crossbow with ten arrows in a row, covering the sky and the sun.
The Tianji Crossbow is a city siege crossbow. It is powerful and heavy, capable of attacking cities and destroying armies.
The moment the Zhou army's crossbow troops took action, Hou Jin's cavalry also immediately evaded, either leaning down or hiding under their horses' bellies.
This is the experience of fighting Zhou Jun for many years. Facing Zhou Nu, they have their own tactics, which is to hold on.
Although Wednesday's crossbow is powerful, it is not Gatling or Maxim after all. Unable to provide continuous suppressive fire.
Even if you use the three-stage continuous shooting technique, you can't guarantee that the arrow rain will be dense.
Not to mention crossbows, even flintlock guns could not stop the attack of a large number of cavalry. Until Maxim appeared on the battlefield, the cavalry, a popular arm of the world, gradually withdrew from the stage of history.
A new unit with greater mobility and a more difficult to resist charge.
Cromoli, who was charging at this moment, also knew that he only needed to withstand the first round of attacks from the Zhou army's crossbowmen before he could charge straight into the Zhou army's formation.
By then, with the combat effectiveness of these second-line troops of the Zhou Army, it would be impossible to withstand the charge of the Eight Banners' elite troops head-on.
Indeed, ordinary infantry, without particularly good methods, will be severely damaged when faced with a cavalry charge, and may even be defeated by the entire army.
But this is also limited to situations where there is no good solution. Although Yu Yanyi is not good at defeating cavalry with his feet, Guo Jing, who inherited Yue Ce, is good at it.
After the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners rushed through the first formation, the dawn of victory seemed to be in front of them.
But just when the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners were about to charge into battle, the Zhou army in front of them suddenly changed their formation.
The large shield that was originally in front of the military formation suddenly spread to both sides.
A group of heavily armored infantry appeared in the eyes of the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners.
Heavy armored infantry was the former Song Dynasty's greatest reliance on the cavalry of the Yuan, Meng and Later Jin Dynasties.
In the former Song Dynasty, some of the infantry in the Beiwei Army of Yue Wumu were heavy armored cavalry.
"It's easy to shake a mountain, but it's hard to shake the Yue family's army!" He's talking about the heavy armored cavalry in Beiwei's army.
In the former Tang Dynasty, there were also examples of using heavy-armored Mo Dao troops to resist cavalry. In the battle of Xiangji Temple, Li Siye held Mo Dao in front of thousands of enemy formations. The men who led the front army came out with their long swords in hand and charged in like a wall. If they used Siye's sword, both their men and their horses would be smashed to pieces!
However, the Mo Dao has disappeared in the long river of history due to its craftsmanship and cost.
But in the early Han Dynasty, there was a substitute for the Mo Dao, the horse-zapping sword, a long-handled horse-zapping sword.
This type of horse-cutting sword was brought to its extreme by the former Song Dynasty. After all, the former Song Dynasty did not have the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, and could only use infantry to fight against the cavalry. The former Song Dynasty evolved the horse-cutting sword into the bending sword, the Yanyue sword, the eyebrow-tip sword, and the Phoenix sword. Various types of knives such as mouth knives and pen knives.
These are recorded in the "Yue Book" inherited by Guo Jing.
In order to be able to fight against the cavalry at a specific time, Yu Yanyi asked the craftsmen in the city to build a batch of horse-cutting knives day and night.
In order to establish a long-term defense line in Jinyang, hundreds of craftsmen who were imprisoned also came to Jinyang with this large amount of materials.
Yu Yanyi was ready for a long-term battle.
There was no shortage of heavy armor in the Zhou Dynasty, but for the remaining swords, Yu Yanyi gathered the strength of craftsmen and forged 500 swords in a short period of time.
The blades of these Zhanma knives are long and narrow, thin and sharp. They are made of hundred-refined pattern steel and made by experienced blacksmiths. They are repeatedly forged, annealed, quenched, covered with soil, burned, tempered, and polished to make the blade overall more rejuvenated. It has high toughness and can absorb a large amount of impact force, which to some extent reduces the possible breakage or bending of the blade.
"Buzz!"
The five hundred heavy armored infantrymen in the military formation showed their long-handled sabers. Under the sunlight, the reflected light made the originally hot weather feel slightly chilly.
These five hundred men and horses are all the elites of the Shenwu Army.
Not everyone can stand firm in the face of cavalry charges, but this Shenwu Army is from the southern border defenders.
Not to mention cavalry charging into formation, even war elephants charging into formation from the southern border were not something they had never faced before.
An army of thousands is easy to obtain, but a general is difficult to find.
Although such elite soldiers were selected, they soon encountered problems. Yu Yanyi could not find a suitable general to lead this army.
The commander of Modao Army must be a heroic general!
The most famous among them is Li Siye, the "supernatural general" of the former Tang Dynasty.
He is seven feet tall and extremely powerful. Whenever he goes into battle, he will take the lead and be invincible.
In the battle of Xiangji Temple, the saying "Heirs, both men and horses will be shattered!" has resounded for thousands of years.
Where can such a brave general be found!
But when Yu Yanyi was troubled, he really reminded him of someone.
At this moment, the light in front of the heavy armored army formation was particularly dazzling, not only because of the war horse in the hands of the commander of the heavy armored army, but also because of the shiny and reflective head of the commander.
Shaolin sect, "Thirteen Unparalleled Monks", Xuan Cheng, is the leader of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the leader of the Zhanma Camp!
The Eight Banners Cavalry Army was only a stone's throw away from the Zhanma Camp.
The deputy commander of the auxiliary army on the side looked at this situation with anxiety and asked hurriedly, "Commander, the enemy is approaching, do you want to resist the horse?"
"Wait a moment!" The commander's expression remained unchanged, the sound of horse hooves rumbled, the ground trembled, and the Eight Banners Cavalry was right in front of them.
"The enemy is getting closer. Do you want to resist the horse?"
"wait!"
The commander seemed unmoved and was counting silently in his mind.
"One hundred and fifty steps."
"One hundred and twenty steps."
"One hundred steps!"
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"Eighty steps!"
Just when the commander estimated that there were eighty troops, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"rise!"
The soldiers on the side immediately pulled the hemp rope in their hands hard, and the mechanism originally set on the ground was pulled.
A row of horse guns appeared in front of the Zhou army's formation from a new angle and in a new arrangement.
This cavalry gun was designed by Guo Jing and was created by Yue Wumu of the former Song Dynasty. It was specially designed to defeat cavalry charges.
The script of the Eight Banners Cavalry Army was originally to attack from the front and break the Zhou army's formation with one blow. Then the Zhou army scattered and fled, and they enjoyed their military exploits.
But now the script has changes they didn't expect.
The Zhou army, which should have been frightened and fled, suddenly set up a formation to resist horses and spears when they were close at hand. This caught the Eight Banners cavalry who were leading the charge off guard and tried to rein in their horses in an attempt to stop the war horses.
But the distance just now is enough for the war horse to accelerate to the extreme. Under full sprint, it is absolutely impossible to rein in the horse in such a short distance.
The Eight Banners cavalry at the forefront collided with the horse-rejecting spear formation, and instantly they were turned upside down.
The war horse, whose body was pierced by the carbine, let out a heart-rending cry and fell to the ground.
The soldiers who were thrown off their horses howled in despair. This howl is no longer as proud and wild as before.
The horse's hooves sweeping in from behind like a furious wave instantly trampled the fallen cavalry in front into pulp.
Although this formation of cavalry and spearmen was unexpected, it could not withstand the charge of the Eight Banners cavalry.
After more than 400 cavalrymen fell off their horses, the following cavalrymen had already broken away from the cavalry formation, but the original charge was stalled.
"Ah! Grandma Amita's Buddha. Kids, follow me!"
At the moment when the man and the horse collided, the sword in Xuan Cheng's palm slashed out diagonally.
The centurion of the Eight Banners who was leading the way raised the sword in his hand and was about to slash at Xuan Cheng. However, just as he was about to swing the sword down, he suddenly felt his body lighten.
When he looked down, he saw half of his body and half of his horse lying on the ground.
Then his consciousness darkened and he no longer knew anything about the world!
This sword opened the victory of today's Zhanma Camp, and also opened the seal of Zhanma Camp's Zhanma Sword.
"cut!"
The Shenwu soldiers from the Zhanma camp followed Xuan Cheng and all attacked.
The motionless sword array was not affected by the cavalry attack at all, and the light of the sword entered like a wall.
At first, the soldiers of the Shenwu Army were not used to it. When the blood of Hulu splattered, they might close their eyes subconsciously.
But soon, he got used to the enemy chieftain's blood splattering everywhere.
The white blades are flying like frost, and the red snow stars are flowing. Those who use their swords will have both men and horses broken to pieces.
Under the leadership of Xuan Cheng, the soldiers of the Zhanmaying camp slowly advanced.
Put the knife away, draw the knife, chop!
Put the knife away, draw the knife, chop!
In front of this sword made of patterned fine steel that has been tempered for thousands of years, the leather armor of the Eight Banners Cavalry cannot bring any defense at all.
One knife, two sections.
Xuancheng, who was standing at the front of the Zhanma camp's military formation, was covered in blood at the moment. He didn't wear a helmet because he thought it would obstruct his vision. However, he had Shaolin's Vajra Indestructible Body and Golden Bell Shield, both of which were minor achievements. He could use ordinary swords. It’s hard to hurt him at all!
Xuan Cheng, who was covered in blood, had blood dripping from his beard at this moment. He showed no sign of mercy from a monk, just like a Shura who had been killed from purgatory.
But every time he drew his sword, Xuancheng chanted "Amitabha!"
As more and more people were killed, Xuan Cheng's sword skills became more and more sharp and smooth. With one sweep of the sword, several riders fell to the ground, and the sword energy reached three feet away.
As the killing progressed, Xuan Cheng felt that his sword skills were advancing rapidly.
Among Xuan Cheng's Thirteen Skills, one is Shaolin's Mercy Sword Technique.
The Mercy Knife is called Mercy, which means compassion. This set of sword techniques has gentle moves and no killing moves.
But this is only the most basic training method of Mercy Sword.
I, the Buddha, am merciful and use killing to stop killing.
Killing is to protect life, killing karma is not killing people.
When the sword is used to protect life, there is no killing intention. This is the highest state of the Buddhist compassionate sword.
If one can practice the Compassion Sword to such a level, the state of heaven, earth and earth can be expected.
This is the true way to put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately.
As for a heinous person who puts down his butcher's knife, that is called surrendering.
At most, the punishment can be given lightly or reduced.
However, most people in the world have only a little knowledge and use this Buddhist verse indiscriminately.
At this moment, Xuan Cheng seemed to understand the true meaning of killing to protect lives.
He once saw with his own eyes that a county town in Jizhou was captured, and all the people were massacred by the Mohe cavalry, their heads were beheaded, and they were set up as a capital.
For Yuan Meng and the Mohe cavalry, massacre of the city was just a common thing.
Dynasties in the Central Plains have always had scruples when competing for hegemony. Of course, that doesn't mean that they didn't massacre cities, but most people would be wary of reputation.
An executioner who massacres cities and lives will not be recognized by the world's knowledgeable people and scholars.
Therefore, the massacre of the city has always been cautious.
The former Duke of Pingyang in the Tang Dynasty, a famous general of the generation, massacred and surrendered 130,000 Tiele soldiers, but this became a stain on his military career and was criticized.
This shows the resistance of the Central Plains Dynasty to the massacre.
But Hou Jin had no such scruples. The former Song Dynasty was destroyed that year, and Hou Jin and Yuan Meng competed for hegemony over China.
The Three Massacres in Jiading, the Ten Days Massacre in Yangzhou, the Massacre in Ganzhou, the Massacre in Jiangyin, and the Massacre in Kunshan...
How many people died in it? !
Xuan Cheng's parents were survivors of the Datong Massacre.
Therefore, at first, Xuan Cheng was still a little touched, but by the time the seventh sword came out, his mood was already at peace.
If the thief does not die, thousands of people in China will die.
Amitabha!
My Buddha is compassionate!
Killing is to protect life, killing karma is not killing people.
Xuan Cheng's sword energy became more fierce and sharp with the blood light.
Yu Yanyi, who was commanding the military formation, was also in a daze. Although he had heard about the reputation of Modao Army in books, he did not expect that when he saw it with his own eyes, it was more shocking than imagined.
The light of the sword is like a mountain, and it enters like a wall.
When the ferocious Eight Banners cavalry collided with the Zhanma camp, they were immediately cut into two pieces by the Zhanma long sword.
Yu Yanyi reacted immediately after being stunned for a moment.
Now that Zhan Maying has such combat power, the previous tactics must also be adjusted.
Yu Yanyi waved the flag in his hand and the drum beat loudly.
The elite soldiers of the Shenwu Army on both wings moved according to the order and rushed out from the flanks.
This is a brand new strategy, and it is their first time to use it.
As the formation of the Eight Banners Cavalry Army dispersed, the Shenwu Army on both wings divided into hundreds of combat groups.
A group of eight to ten people, including those holding short crossbows, sword and shield bearers, short spearmen, long spearmen, and sword and axemen.
The most courageous among them can be the swordsman and axe-hand.
After entering the enemy's position, the sword and axe-hands took the lead, stamping on the enemy's horse's legs, and then stepped forward with short spears to stab, and were protected by swords, shields, short spears, and hand crossbows, creating a situation where there were more enemies and fewer enemies.
Charge quickly, rally, and charge again to kill a large number of enemy soldiers.
This was the fighting method of the light infantry of the Yuewu Mu Beiwei Army in the former Song Dynasty.
After the Eight Banners Cavalry failed to charge the formation, they fell into chaos.
The Eight Banners Army was different from Monk Wanyan Chen's Zhongxiao Army. The enemies faced by Monk Wanyan Chen's Zhongxiao Army were the elite soldiers of Longwu Army, one of the Great Zhou armies, the most capable King of Sai in the Great Zhou Dynasty - Zhao Wang Zhu Kai, and Zongheng The great cavalry of the prairie.
It can be said that I have been able to withstand pressure all year round and am used to facing headwinds.
But the opponents of the Eight Banners Army were the Goguryeo people. Since being defeated by the former Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo's combat power has been deteriorating.
Up to now, even Baekje and Silla are fighting back and forth.
Such an enemy, the Eight Banners Army is naturally invincible.
The Eight Banners Cavalry, which was accustomed to fighting with the wind, suddenly found the balance of power and even tended to go against the wind, and it suddenly didn't know how to fight.
Cromoli, the former commander of the army, did not know what was happening at the front. After seeing that the first wave of offensive was blocked, he immediately became furious.
His own subordinates couldn't even defeat the Zhou army's reserves. How could he be awarded a title for meritorious service in this war?
"Zheng!" Cromoli drew out his ancestral sword and personally led the charge, "Follow me!"
But just when Cromoli rushed to the front of the formation, he felt a dazzling sword light coming.
Then the heads were thrown away.
At the last moment of Cromoli's life, he somewhat understood his former battalion commander!
It seems that the failure of the attack cannot be blamed on him!
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