"put!"
Following Yue Fei's order, the flag officer quickly conveyed the order in flag language. The general responsible for commanding the broken crossbow formation gave an order, and the powerful crossbow arrows soared into the sky again, streaking through the air with clusters of arrows coming down. Many Xuzhou The soldiers of the army were shot directly through their bodies, causing bursts of blood mist.
"Keep going!" Zhao Kuangyin snorted coldly. He must suppress his opponent's powerful crossbow, otherwise the battle will not be fought! If the opponent really continues to use crossbows like this, if the time is a little longer, then they will definitely be unable to bear it.
Bi Zaiyu once again sent a team of troops and crossbowmen under the protection of the shield car, and began to launch a counterattack against the enemy.
"Set up your shield! Prepare your shield!"
Yue Fei looked at the shield chariot and the crossbowmen who continued to move forward, and snorted coldly. If he shoots upward, the powerful penetrating power that the crossbow arrow should have will be gone. At this time, the enemy can use some ordinary shields to defend. .
However, it is impossible for the enemy to let the soldiers below have a shield. Therefore, they can still cause some damage to the enemy.
However, the repeating crossbow is okay, but the reloading of the strong crossbow is much slower than the ordinary crossbow. Once reloaded, plus the time to adjust the position, the opponent can move forward a lot of distance.
Yue Fei sneered, it seems that the Han Dynasty and other princes have not been idle in these years.
As Yue Fei gave another order, a group of warriors quickly came forward holding several brackets and supported the shield wall in front with the brackets. The shield hand in charge of the shield freed his hands and quickly retreated, followed by a group of swordsmen. The shield soldiers quickly stepped forward.
Although these sword and shield soldiers are not as scary as the shields that can build a shield wall, the shields in the hands of these sword and shield soldiers are also very high. When they stand the shield in front of them, only half of their heads are exposed.
However, after all, sword and shield soldiers have two weapons: sword and shield. In addition to being used for defense, they can also attack.
Therefore, although these sword and shield soldiers carry a huge shield in their hands, the weight of the shield in their hands is definitely far inferior to those of the previous giant shields, so as to ensure their endurance in battle.
Otherwise, it would be quite difficult for them to just lift the shield, and there would be no difference between the sword and the decoration in their hands!
And once the weight of these shields becomes lighter, the defensive power of these shields will definitely decrease accordingly. No, even if it is so, it certainly cannot be shot through by the other party at once.
At the same time, the crossbowmen of the Xuzhou Army were also constantly launching counterattacks. Although the quality of the crossbows in their hands was obviously not as good as that of the Jin Army, the quality was not enough and they had to make do with quantity. When this number increases, the crossbowman unit becomes even more terrifying!
"Crossbowmen retreat!" Yue Fei waved his hand, signaling the crossbowmen on the shield wall to start retreating, while the crossbowmen began to retreat under the protection of the sword and shield soldiers.
When the sword and shield soldiers came forward, Yue Fei had already planned to ask the crossbowmen to retreat temporarily. After all, the enemy also had a large number of people, so why fight with the opponent in one place!
"Charge!" As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, Bi Zaiyu became furious and took the initiative to join the team pushing the shield cart, directing the soldiers to push the shield cart to hit the shield in front!
"Boom!" Under the push of the huge shield car, coupled with the effect of inertia, it rushed forward and hit several gaps.
"kill!"
Seeing that the opponent's defense was broken, Zhao Kuangyin's eyes lit up. Under his command, a cavalry team and two phalanxes began to attack Yue Fei at the same time.
In the Central Plains, cavalry is a very precious unit and cannot be used for consumption. It was precisely because of this that it was not until this time that Zhao Kuangyin finally released the cavalry.
"The crossbowmen retreated, and the sword and shield troops protected them. All the crossbowmen retreated and fought at the same time!" Yue Fei jumped down from the watchtower and began to command the army to retreat.
Although the theory of mobile warfare did not form in this era, similar principles must still exist. If you can never engage in close combat with the enemy, you can use your advantageous range to eliminate your opponent while in motion. Generally speaking, the tactics used on the grassland are similar to those used in mobile warfare.
As for a commander of Yue Fei's level, all kinds of tactics are naturally at his fingertips. When they retreated, there was no chaos at all.
"Form up! Shoot back with the crossbows!"
Seeing the cavalry of the Xuzhou Army approaching, the current crossbowmen could no longer suppress the enemy with their range, and the speed of the infantry could not get rid of the cavalry. Seeing the cavalry and the infantry of the Xuzhou Army gradually widening the distance, Yue Fei immediately shouted: .
And Yue Fei's timing was also quite good. This was just the time when the serial crossbow had fired all the ten arrows from the previous round and refilled the arrows.
The swordsmen and shieldmen quickly formed a shield formation, and the spearmen at the rear placed three-foot-long spears on the shields. At the same time, the crossbowmen quickly took simple aim and started shooting continuously.
"Not good!" From behind, Tian Dan's expression changed. Yue Fei retreated deliberately to widen the distance between the cavalry and infantry. This clearly exposed their cavalry units and wanted to deal with them the most. Get rid of the precious cavalry part!
However, it was too late to retreat at this moment. Tian Dan immediately shouted sharply: "Continue to charge!"
This is an opportunity created with life. If you give up this opportunity, all the previous sacrifices will be in vain. Both Zhao Kuangyin and Tian Dan understand this truth. Although the loss of the cavalry makes them feel distressed, they have no other choice. choose.
At this point, even if they don't want to sacrifice, they still have to sacrifice. Even though they were distressed by the losses that the cavalry might suffer next, they could only endure it.
"Kill~"
The continuous falling of Paoze made the cavalry feel desperate. However, at this moment, the momentum has been completed, and it is impossible to stop it even if it is forced. After despair, the eyes of the Xuzhou Army knights began to flash with crazy light. There were still more than a dozen steps ahead, and there were already cavalrymen throwing their spears at the enemy as if they were throwing spears.
"Bang bang bang~"
In a series of dull collisions, many spears tore through the shields in the hands of the sword and shield soldiers with great force and poured into their bodies. Some of the spearmen were not strong enough and were bounced away by the shields. However, they also suppressed the crossbowmen for a short time, which was not without effect.
"kill……………"
The Xuzhou Army cavalry who lost their weapons roared in despair when they saw the dense spears of the opponent. Instead of slowing down, they accelerated their horses to the maximum speed...
(End of chapter)
