Tan Shao was riding a horse, holding a halberd, standing in front of his own military formation, commanding an army of 20,000, and approaching the city gate step by step. In front of him was the 5,000 front army commanded by Shen Linzi. They carried large shields and raised their spears to the sky like a forest, while the crossbowmen followed behind the shields and approached step by step.
Hundreds of green-armored knights, with their main knights and auxiliary horses mixed together, launched waves of attacks on the Jin army's front formation. They all rushed to a place about a hundred steps away from the Jin army's line, and started to pull away. Bow and arrow.
The powerful bows and arrows of the armored cavalry were still very powerful even a hundred steps away, relying on the momentum of the horses. They did not shoot to the sky, but aimed directly at the Jin army's shields and released bursts of arrows. .
A large number of arrows have been inserted into the large shield of the Jin army. Almost every arrow can be shot into the shield surface instead of falling under the shield. Many arrows, while hitting the shield surface, can also Swaying gently on top of the shield.
From time to time, some arrows would fly over the shield and fly behind the shield. There would always be one or two muffled groans, followed by the sound of someone hitting the ground after being hit by an arrow, usually in the second or third row behind the shield. Archers, they don't have heavy armor, they only have light armor or even no armor. If they are hit by an enemy's arrow at a distance of about a hundred paces, they will still fall to the ground and even die.
Almost every five steps forward, the Jin army's line would stop. The large shields would fall to the ground and lock into a line. Then suddenly with dozens of uniform horn sounds, the crossbowmen behind the shields would rush out one after another, Braving the sporadic enemy arrows, they ran about five steps in front of the shield formation. The crossbowmen in the first row fired directly at the enemy cavalry, while the archers in the second and third rows held their bows and fired. Immediately, a pouring rain of arrows formed, covering about a hundred steps, and bursting into the forefront of the enemy cavalry.
The horses neighed and screamed one after another, especially when the crossbow arrows hit them directly at this distance. Many horses were shot in the face by a crossbow and fell to the ground to death. The riders on the horses would also be shot. Knocked to the ground, more men and horses relied on their heavy armor to escape fatal shots. They had varying numbers of arrows stuck in their bodies, but they could still turn their horses' heads and escape to the rear, following The next round of arrow rain 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 parts, and fell off their horses. The remaining people accelerated their whips and fled roaring. Towards the rear, only a dozen or twenty cavalrymen who died in battle were left lying on the ground.
In this way, five or six rounds have been fought, and the morale of the Jin army is getting higher and higher. However, the enemy's green-armored cavalry seems to dare not break out of the formation, and can only take turns to gallop and harass with more than a hundred cavalry. Although Their bows were strong and their armor was strong, but they could not compete with tens of thousands of infantrymen and thousands of archers. After more than a quarter of an hour, the battle line was far away from the gap, and they were only two or three hundred steps away from the city gate.
Tan Hezhi had already rushed to Tan Shao's side, and he said excitedly: "Brother, it seems that these armored cavalry are nothing more than that. If we maintain the formation and advance like this, they are no match at all, even without wood." Mecha Man, just relying on our big shields and strong bows and crossbows is enough to repel them. But..."
When he said this, he raised his eyebrows slightly: "Didn't you say that the assault power of Ju's armored cavalry is unrivaled in the world? Why don't we have carts and horses to cover us in front, and they, with thousands of cavalry, don't dare to attack?"
Tan Shao smiled and said: "Because the enemy is not stupid. They know that we have such a big killer as the eight-stone bull crossbow, which is hidden behind the shield. If they spread out and shoot like this, then we will only use ordinary crossbows." Shooting, the loss will not be too big. So far, we have only killed one or two hundred cavalry. But if we charge into the formation, we have to use a dense formation and charge like a wall. At this time, our Eight-Stone Bull Run The crossbow can be of great use, even if he has thousands of troops, he can be defeated at once!"
Tan Hezhi smiled and said: "I see, then we are about to reach the city gate line. What should we do next? Should we drive these enemy cavalry out of the west city, take the opportunity to attack the city, or return to the gap line?"
Tan Shao said sternly: "We are infantry going forward, and we don't have much cavalry. We can drive away the enemy's cavalry, but it will be difficult to catch up and eliminate them. What I am worried about is not the two or three thousand cavalry outside the city, but the ones in Beihai King Murong Town." Jingqi, will they break out from the west gate? This time we attack the front line of the west city and block the city gate with sandbags and earthbags so that they can never break out from here again."
"Then, just leave three thousand people here to guard. The rest of the troops should go back to the gap and enter the city from there. It would be a waste to not use the existing opening."
Tan Hezhi said in surprise: "We still have to go back to the gap, so why didn't we just use a few thousand people to advance towards the city gate?"
Tan Shao smiled and said: "You kid, don't you learn the art of war well? Our main force came to Ximen not to deal with the two or three thousand Yuebu Qingjiajia, but to guard against the North Sea King here. Even now, we cannot take it lightly. , you see, I put the elites of Shen Tianzi and Kuai En on the left side, and even the long arrows of the crossbows were turned sideways, facing the direction of the city gate, just to prevent the North Sea King from suddenly attacking the city. Only Blocking the west gate will make this place completely safe. Just leave a few thousand people to garrison here. When the reinforcements sent by Brother Jinu from Nancheng arrive, we can attack from both sides and wipe out all the Yuebu cavalry!"
Tan Hezhi let out a long breath, and a hint of admiration flashed across his face: "It turns out that eldest brother has already calculated it, and it's just Brother Jinu's reinforcements..."
Tan Shao said calmly: "We should be on the way already. We collapsed when the city wall collapsed. It has been less than an hour now. It will take some time for Brother Jinu to receive the news and send troops to rescue. Now is just the right time. If what I expected is good, , it should be the elite infantry and cavalry of Brother Ashou coming to rescue, or the Chinese army led by Wang Zhongde and others to come to the rescue. No matter which army it is, it is enough for us to attack and destroy the enemy's armored cavalry. Humph, they want to go out to contain us, so we will let them come back without any return!"
Having said this, Tan Shao proudly turned his head towards the gap in the city wall and said, "As long as we can be there..."
When he said this, his expression suddenly changed, because he found that the line of rubble piles where a large number of troops should have been stationed was actually empty. Except for dozens of military flags planted in place, there was not even a single human hair left. He was so frightened that the horse jumped wildly, almost throwing him off the horse, and shouted: "What's going on in the gap? Where are our defenders? Where is Kuai Yue?!"
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