Compared with the previous rain of crossbow arrows, although the crossbow arrows fired this time were not dense, they had extremely strong penetrating power.
The crossbow bolt with extremely strong penetrating power hit the wooden shield wrapped in iron, directly penetrated the shield, and nailed the shield hand behind the shield to the ground.
Some arrow clusters are shot directly through the gaps in the shield, which is even more terrifying. Not only do they penetrate the bodies of the crossbowmen in the back row, they also directly penetrate the crossbowmen behind them. If there is no barrier from the shield, these arrow clusters can often penetrate. The bodies of the two of them were in terrible shape.
On the shield wall over there, after a row of crossbowmen fired their crossbow arrows, they quickly retreated behind the shield, followed by another row of crossbowmen who climbed up and fired arrows here. Although the crossbow is a single-shot crossbow and cannot fire continuously, its power is terrifying.
"Strong crossbow!" Bi Zaiyu gritted his teeth.
However, I have to lament that the Jin army has strong national strength. Not only had the lost repeating crossbow been taken out in this battle, but even the powerful crossbow could actually take out so many at once.
With the combination of repeating crossbows and powerful crossbows, Bi Zaiyu really didn't think that their single crossbows could gain an advantage in this kind of duel. Especially the opponent's crossbowmen were hiding behind the huge shield wall. It was difficult for their side's crossbowmen to cause effective damage to the opponent.
"Retreat! Spread out and retreat!" Seeing the rows of crossbowmen he had trained under the opponent's strong bows and crossbows, without even a chance to resist, Bi Zaiyu could only continue to command the crossbowmen to retreat, hoping to withdraw. The opponent's range.
Archers are a very precious unit and are much more difficult to train than spearmen or sword and shield soldiers.
Relatively speaking, crossbowmen are much easier to train than archers. However, crossbows are a waste of money. If the soldiers are wasted here, they will not have time to clean up the crossbows in their hands at this time.
And it just so happens that the crossbow is an easily damaged item. When it is collected again after the war, it may become something else!
Therefore, Bi Zaiyu could not let the crossbowmen be exposed to the opponent's crossbows and remain indifferent.
"Advance!" Yue Fei ordered again, the flag was fluttering, and the huge shield moved like a city wall.
"Crunch~"
Behind the shield wall, the unpleasant sound of the bow string being stretched to its limit sounded again like the curse of death. Bi Zaiyu's face turned green. He had not forgotten the wave of crossbow attacks just now.
If the Jin army really wants to follow them and keep shooting, the final losses will be huge if accumulated like this.
In fact, if this is the case, if the generals of the Jin army are in the situation of the Xuzhou army, they will definitely send cavalry to wait for the opportunity.
Most people think that crossbowmen can restrain cavalry. This is actually a mistake. One thousand crossbowmen and one thousand cavalry are fighting in an open area. No matter how they fight, as long as the cavalry is prepared, they will not lose. As long as the generals leading the army don't use their brains, they will be invincible from the beginning.
The reason is simple. The crossbowmen have the advantage of shooting range, but the arrows are cocked too slowly. If the cavalry charges, the crossbowmen only have one chance to shoot.
Moreover, in addition to the huge impact, the cavalry also has strong mobility. As long as the cavalry doesn't use their brains, there will always be a way to dodge if they want to.
Of course, if the terrain is narrow and the crossbowmen are stationed there, the crossbowmen can indeed become the natural enemy of the cavalry once a rotational shooting situation can be formed. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the soldiers who died first were able to annihilate the white horse followers. This had a huge relationship with the terrain at that time and the fact that the enemy generals had not changed.
In other words, crossbowmen must not be approached by cavalry. Once they are approached by cavalry, ten crossbowmen cannot defeat one cavalry.
However, the Jin army's cavalry was strong, and under the same conditions, they had the capital to allow the cavalry to break the formation.
But the Xuzhou Army's side can't do it. Zhao Kuangyin only has so few cavalry. He can shoot at the crossbows and break through the shield wall. By the time the battle is over, the cavalry strength in his hands has been exhausted. That's almost it.
Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin could not use the power of cavalry to break the formation at this time.
"Lord, the enemy has a limited number of crossbows after all, so why be afraid of them!" Tian Dan quickly reminded Zhao Kuangyin.
If an army going to war wants to win, unless it is in some extreme circumstances, it will need the cooperation of all arms. Spearmen, sword and axemen, shield soldiers, archers, cavalry and other arms cooperate with each other so that they can deal with various complex battle situations.
After all, Yue Fei only had 10,000 soldiers and horses, which was only one-third of their strength. If these 10,000 soldiers and horses were divided again, there would not be many remaining crossbowmen! Breaking down further, the number of crossbowmen among them is even smaller.
Covered by a shield array, their shields may not be able to defend against the opponent's powerful crossbows, but they can defend against the opponent's repeating crossbows.
Although the powerful crossbow is indeed amazingly powerful, its shooting efficiency is far inferior to that of the repeating crossbow. What Tian Dan meant was that instead of passively retreating like this, it would be better to bite the bullet and fight head-on. As long as they could persist until the two sides were in close combat, their strength advantage could be brought into play.
After that time, the situation between both parties should be reversed!
"Woooooo~"
Amidst the desolate sound of horns, rows of shield vehicles were pushed out. The so-called shield vehicles were actually modified city assault vehicles, except that the bumper was removed and the shield in front was thickened.
Since the defense of one shield is not enough, Zhao Kuangyin simply stacks several shields together and uses this method to strengthen the defense and launch an attack as Tian Dan said.
Although it is slightly clumsy and its function is single, its ability to withstand strikes is stronger.
After the shield cart, a large number of crossbowmen advanced slowly behind the shield cart. Another row of long arrows fell down, and many arrow clusters were directly nailed to the shield cart. There was also a baffle above the shield cart. Use came to protect the soldiers, but the sharp arrow clusters were not able to break through the defense of the shield car as before. The Xuzhou Army, which had just regrouped in the rear, couldn't help but let out bursts of cheers when they saw this.
"Grand Governor, the other side has sent a strange chariot. Our crossbowmen cannot penetrate the enemy's defense." Huang Feihu looked at Yue Fei and said.
"Oh?" Hearing this, Yue Fei led his people up to the observation deck. Looking at the slowly approaching shield chariot and the large number of soldiers behind the shield chariot, he frowned and thought for a while and said: "Still in the same direction as before, shoot upward! "
(End of chapter)
