Before the bamboo sticks came into close contact with the Xianbei knights, the crossbow battalion sergeants in the back row who had completed their tasks put on spears. They threw spears one after another into the Yan army's formation, which immediately caused another wave of attacks on the Yan army. Quite a few casualties!
The terrain chosen by Xu Zongwen to deploy the Queyue Formation is relatively high. The Xianbei knights of the Yan army will have a certain deceleration and buffer distance when they rush up, which is very conducive to the Jin army's timely response.
Countless people crowded together, and the Yan army finally arrived in front of Queyue Formation, but what greeted them was a sharp bamboo stick three feet long. The Xianbei knight who couldn't react quickly ran into it, and was stabbed with blood!
When the horses encountered sharp bamboo sticks, they neighed and slowed down desperately. No matter how hard the Xianbei knights on the horses beat them, the horses just kept whining but still did not dare to step forward.
"Damn it!" Murong Feng saw that the cavalry phalanx was blocked and the Yan army suffered repeated injuries. He angrily ordered the Yan army to charge again.
But Zheng Lue, who is responsible for guarding the front of Queyue Formation, is not a vegetarian!
Seeing that the Xianbei knights were retreating and about to charge again, Zheng Lue ordered his men to retreat, exposing the obstacles formed by Juma and Luzhai, which were used to continue to delay the Yan army's charge.
The surging horseshoes could not move faster than the oncoming arrows. Zheng Lue ordered the spearmen in the front row to take out the sleeve crossbows in their boots and shoot fiercely at the charging Xianbei knights!
The Yan army was caught off guard and did not expect that the Jin army had extra arrow clusters. In the second charge, it cost the lives of hundreds of Xianbei knights.
Murong Feng's face was solemn. Before they even encountered Queyue Formation, more than half of Yan's army was already dead or wounded. Isn't this a waste of money?
Murong De, who was commanding the battle from behind, also realized the seriousness of the problem and quickly ordered people to reinforce Murong Feng.
Sure enough, seeing the reinforcements coming, the Xianbei knights under Murong Feng finally plucked up the courage, rode their horses and whipped their whips and headed straight for Queyue Formation.
The black clouds were overwhelming, and even though the front of the Queyue Formation was piled with corpses of the Yan Army, the Yan Army's subsequent large groups of troops reinforced it again, and the battle situation became more and more severe.
Xu Zongwen looked ahead and saw that a large number of Yan troops were attacking again. He frowned and realized that things were not that simple.
"Do you still have the crossbow arrows?" Xu Zongwen trotted to Lao Litou and asked.
Lao Li pointed to the large ship behind him and said: "Back to the general, all the existing 50,000 arrows have been used up, but there are still some on the ship."
Xu Zongwen's pupils turned quickly and said anxiously: "Go, you go to the boat immediately and bring all the arrow clusters over!"
"promise!"
"All your teams are following me!"
Lao Litou immediately led hundreds of people and hurried to the rear to carry arrows.
Pei Qing and Xi Jian, who were stationed at the rear of the Queyue Formation and were responsible for commanding the building fleet, realized that the Jin army's arrows were insufficient when they saw that the Jin army no longer used bows and crossbows, so they had already arranged for people to move them.
As soon as Lao Li Tou arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, chariots loaded with arrows were being driven by sergeants towards Queyue Formation.
Old Li Tou looked at the chariot piled with arrows and smiled from ear to ear. He is now temporarily in charge of the entire bow and crossbow camp as a centurion.
Without arrows, their crossbowmen could only participate in hand-to-hand combat. The Jin army was at a disadvantage when competing with the Yan army in numbers.
Furthermore, all of his men had extremely high accuracy with crossbows and were among the best marksmen in the Jin army. He was heartbroken to lose one of them!
Now, the crossbowmen can continue to display their power and severely attack the attacks of the Xianbei knights of the Yan army!
"Bailangjin is really a good place to use troops."
"It's a pity that it is good for the advance but not good for our army. If we could seize the heights of Bailangjin earlier, we wouldn't be so passive!"
Seeing the Xianbei knights suffering casualties, Murong Chui felt a lot of emotion on his horse.
Murong Kai had memorized the terrain on all sides. He continued Murong Chui's words worriedly: "Uncle Wang, Bailangjin not only has the high ground occupied by the Jin army, but there is also a long and narrow valley of more than ten miles behind us. You can't see the dense forest at a glance. If the Jin army sets up an ambush there, wouldn't we die without a burial place?"
"Set up an ambush?" Murong Shao shook his head: "Brother, are you overthinking? Our army never passed that way, how could the Jin army ambush us?"
Facing his younger brother's naivety, Murong Kai's eyes were full of worries, "What if such an army attacks our army from behind when we are fighting the main force of the Jin army, wouldn't we be in danger of being attacked from both inside and outside? ?”
Murong Shao, who was only in his early twenties, didn't know how to refute his brother. Only Murong Chui, who was calm and calm at the side, spoke: "Xu Xiao's troops are limited. Just setting up such a powerful Queyue Formation requires tens of thousands of troops. Even if he has such a vision, where can he find an ambush?"
Murong Kai also hoped that all this was his unfounded worry, but for some reason, whenever his eyes fell on that valley, waves of uneasiness arose in his heart!
In Queyue Formation, like Murong Kai, Xu Zongwen's eyes never left the forest behind Yan Jun.
Xu Zongwen: "Murong Chui's main force will not be dispatched, so let Tian Luo and Zhang Gui not take action either."
"Brother, don't worry. According to our current defense capabilities, if the Yan army doesn't send a large number of troops, they will come up to die. Murong Chui will definitely release his main force!" Shen Yu held the knife and wiped his face with his sleeves. of dust.
"Don't underestimate the enemy! Follow the established plan, defend carefully, respond calmly to the enemy, and pay attention to protect the two wings of our army. If the Yan army wants to sneak attack our fleet, it will be very troublesome." Xu Zongwen looked at the approaching Xianbei knights of the Yan army. Phalanx, trying to calm down.
"My little brother understands. I will immediately send a message to the two gentlemen and ask them to be ready at any time."
"Um."
Shen Yu sent someone to deliver the message. The Xianbei people's cavalry phalanx had already fought against the Jin army's bamboo spear formation at the outermost edge of the Queyue Formation. After the sharp bamboo spears were used up, the Xianbei people piled up the advancing troops with their lives. Road, desperately rushing towards Queyue Formation.
The chariots launched by the Jin Army in Queyue Formation are the strongest defense on the periphery of the Jin Army and are also a powerful weapon.
Xu Zongwen tied the chariot with spears and spears. When the Jin army opened the curtain on the chariot, the Xianbei knights who had rushed up had no time to slow down and plunged into the spearheads. Because of the huge impact of the horses, As a result, his throat was penetrated by a spear, and he died on the spot!
At the same time, the Xianbei knights on the Yan army's outpost also died tragically in front of the Jin army's chariot formation. They screamed and wailed for a while, and the Jin army took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing!
The specific arrangement of Queyue Formation is to use chariots to set up an arc formation along both sides of the Yellow River, hugging the Yellow River at both ends, and using the river banks as the crescent moon. Each chariot is equipped with soldiers holding spears to hold on, and the chariots carry shields to protect the defenders and combatants. car.
Then the soldiers in the middle of the formation used the strong bows and crossbows they brought to shoot at the invading enemies. After Xu Zongwen's revision and enhancement, this formation was more lethal.
It's a pity that Murong Chui didn't know the power of this formation at the beginning. When the Xianbei cavalry saw the Jin army crossing the river and coming to fight with me, great, I was just about to fight with you. Your infantry can do it better than me. Cavalry?
So then Murong Feng led five thousand cavalry to attack. Murong Feng was also a strong general in the southern and northern wars. He also personally killed the Qin Army's Pingxi General Shi Yue, but this time he fell into a big trap in front of the Queyue Formation. Somersault.
There was no other way. Murongde, who was responsible for commanding the front army, had no choice but to go out personally and invest another 10,000 people to attack the Queyue Formation.
