Clouds covered the sky, and without the warm light, the battlefield filled with blood and fighting suddenly became cold.
The soldiers of both sides fired at each other with crossbows, and the trebuchets also kept stopping.
Since the Luo people were condescending, the Qin army would naturally suffer.
"Boom!"
The boulder fell from a high altitude, and with huge potential energy, it smashed the person's head into the neck.
It was a scene of indescribable horror.
Killing with swords can only frighten timid ordinary people, but facing the soldiers in battle will arouse murderous intent and bloodshed.
But the visual impact of a living person whose entire head is instantly sunken and turned into a completely unrecognizable piece of flesh is completely different.
In the face of such a huge force that would result in death or injury even if the slightest scratch occurred, it actually made no difference whether he wore armor or not.
Luo Ji stood on top of the city, looking at the damage caused by the crossbows and trebuchets.
The Qin people stood more densely. Although they were protected by large shields, they still suffered a lot of casualties in the face of Luo's large crossbows and trebuchets.
The power of crossbows cannot be compared with ordinary swords and arrows.
Even for soldiers who were wearing armor, if they were hit by a large crossbow from the front, their armor would be dented directly. The sharp crossbow arrows would penetrate their chests, and bright red blood could not help but gush out, causing them to die suddenly.
As for the soldiers without armor, there were even several corpses strung on the same crossbow arrow at the same time.
Luo Ji looked at the slightly chaotic Qin army's formation and nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that Qin's most elite army was not in battle today.
Of course Luo Ji didn't expect something like a trebuchet to kill the Qin people.
That's really ridiculous. Unless these devices are extremely large, their main function is to suppress morale and disrupt the formation.
Serve as an auxiliary for the army that subsequently attacks the city.
Wang Jian commanded the Qin army to attack the city in an orderly manner. Normally, they would be surrounded by three and one missing.
But the purpose of surrounding three and missing one was to undermine the fighting will of the soldiers in the city.
But the attack on Zhaocheng was different. Wang Jian did not think that the soldiers in the city would surrender.
Then it is natural to besiege on all sides and give full play to the Qin army's advantages in numbers and siege equipment.
Attack Zhaocheng from all directions and without blind spots.
The Qin army did not launch a large-scale charge immediately.
Facing the Luo army, whose physical strength and energy are now at their peak, there is no difference between that and death.
Wang Jian sat in the middle of the army and ordered to the generals, "Don't attack without authorization between the various camps.
Everyone must already know what happened to Bai Cheng.
If something like that happens again, can anyone take responsibility?
The brave warriors of the Luo State are extremely brave and guard against surprise attacks by the Luo State army.
According to my orders, each battalion is arranged in an array. There must be no chaos and the attack takes turns.
This is the battle to attack Luo!
Not the rotten fish and shrimp like Zhao Weihan!
You all must put away your frivolities and be careful when facing Luo people. Do you understand? "
Wang Jian's tone was very stern. It was the first time that the generals saw him so solemn. They all sat up straight, saluted and said in unison: "Yes, General!"
"First spend a month to sharpen the spirit of the Luo people and let their energy dissipate. Time is on our side."
All the generals agreed in unison and continued to organize the Qin people to attack the city.
Wang Jian stood under the Chinese army's banner and observed the entire battlefield. This was an extremely safe place.
No one in this world can cross the distance of 1,500 steps and kill a commander in the midst of thousands of troops.
Amidst the sound of drums, the people of Qin stepped forward with their shields raised, one group of people protecting the front and the other group of people protecting the top of their heads.
The clanging sound kept coming from the big shield. The Qin army relied entirely on the big shield to defend against the arrows shot from the city wall.
These powerful and heavy arrows even made the hands of the large shield soldiers numb.
The Qin people were also fighting back, but attacking from low to high was naturally inferior to attacking from high to low, so the casualties were relatively high.
But even though they didn’t say it, everyone knew it.
Luo people's life is precious, Qin people's life is cheap.
It’s hard to tell who makes more money from such an exchange.
Zhaocheng.
Facing the Qin people's attacks, which were not particularly fierce but continued, Luo Guo's office began to discuss countermeasures.
Luo Ji looked a little solemn and said: "It seems that Wang Jian was able to defeat the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han, not just because the three kingdoms were incompetent.
He wanted to fight a stupid war, or to sacrifice his life by force, exchanging the lives of the Qin people for the lives of the Luo people. "
Everyone's face looked a little ugly.
There are 600,000 people in Qin, even if half of them die.
It is still possible to organize large-scale sieges.
But if half of the Luo people died, they wouldn't even be able to defend the city.
Luo Ze also frowned tightly, "If it is a field battle, it will be like what the step son led the daredevils to do before.
By directly defeating the front army or several battalions, the entire army can be swept away.
But in the siege battle, the initiative was completely in the hands of the Qin people.
Beat the drums and advance, shout the gold to withdraw the troops.
The Qin people rotated in turn. Even if their morale was reduced, they could fight to the last soldier without external attacks. "
Luo Ji clenched his fists tightly and said in a deep voice: "If this continues, it will be like a cow or sheep being bled, gradually falling into death.
Is such a silent collapse what we want?
Legend has it that there is a strange flower in the south of the sky. It is extremely beautiful but blooms for a short time.
If flowers and plants are like this, what about people?
The sages said that one would rather die singing loudly than to live in silence.
How much more to die in silence?
Luo people are unyielding!
This is not the exit that the Luo people should have.
As a descendant of King Su, he is brilliant when he is prosperous, and he will shock the world when he declines! "
Everyone understood what Luo Ji meant. Since everyone on the left and right was dead, it would be better to die vigorously.
In the history of history, the unyielding ambition of Luo people will last forever.
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After deciding on the strategy of taking the initiative, Luo Shi has been looking for opportunities to observe the strength and weakness of the Qin army's battalions.
As night fell, in this era when most people suffered from night blindness, the Qin army naturally retreated.
But this is an opportunity for the Luo army. Night attacks are rarely used tactics.
Because there is no large-scale and highly mobile cavalry, this tactic is not very practical.
The mainstream of this era is still the battle between large armies, which mainly relies on the side with larger numbers and stronger tactics to win.
Luo Ji and several other princes led the brave warriors to attack again.
They selected the battalion with the worst discipline observed during these days.
To rob a camp, we are looking for an army that can easily cause chaos.
Even in the night, the view was not clear.
But Luo was so familiar with the area around Zhaocheng that Luo Ji could feel the Qin camp even with his eyes closed.
Tens of thousands of cavalry quietly reached the Qin army's camp. There were dots of fires in the camp and there were patrolling soldiers.
The almighty heavenly soldier can not only serve as a battlefield charge general, but is also qualified as a killer.
They completely defeated a group of Qin troops in a few breaths without even a sound being made.
But the slight smell of blood in the night wind still made the patrols feel that something was wrong.
"Hi, how are you doing there?"
Another patrolling soldier asked loudly, but it was not his comrades who answered him.
But an arrow coming through the clouds!
"Pfft!"
The arrow passed through his chest in an instant, and with the blood spurting out, all the words of the soldier were suppressed in his heart.
"Enemy attack!"
The shrill sound resounded throughout the night sky, but in an instant all the torches were extinguished and everyone became blind.
The surging cavalry surged in like a tidal wave.
The brazier in the camp was kicked over and covered on the ground. Smoke emitted. The bright red charcoal quickly turned black and then cooled.
Luo Ji shouted: "Charge in three columns, kill first and then burn!"
"Here!"
The earth-shaking sound was accompanied by the slight trembling of the earth, making all the Qin troops terrified.
It is naturally impossible for the soldiers in the camp to criticize their armor.
Facing the Luo army coming at high speed, these Qin people, who had no armor, no formation, and not even a large shield, were just lambs to be slaughtered.
Screams were heard everywhere, and the whole camp exploded.
Then the raging fire finally started burning, not just the fire, but the fire burning the tent, and then the thick smoke.
Blood, fire, thick fog, swords and guns, corpses.
A strange picture appeared in everyone's eyes. The Qin people were panicking and Luo people were riding on horses, holding swords and guns in their hands.
There is no need to chop and kill at all, just rush past at high speed and there will be corpses all over the ground.
Luo Ji calculated the time, hesitated, and gritted his teeth and said: "Retreat!"
The roaring troops quickly escaped from all corners, their horses leaped high, and even passed directly over the corpses piled into small packages.
The war horse gasped for air, and the fierce sprint consumed a lot of the war horse's physical strength.
The two most glorious victories of the Luo Kingdom were brought about by these precious horses.
Someone asked loudly and unwillingly: "Prince, are we about to evacuate now?
In another moment, this battalion of Qin troops could even be completely defeated.
They fell into chaos and trampled to death, probably more people than we killed. "
Luo Ji said anxiously: "It's been delayed for a long time. We can't stay in this camp any longer. We can rush out and look for opportunities again!"
The reinforcements from the Qin people arrived faster than expected. Outside the camp, there were torches everywhere, making the night look like day.
Luo Ji glanced at it and couldn't help laughing out loud. The Qin heavy infantry might have been too cumbersome in armor, so they didn't follow them!
If light infantry with only spears, swords and leather armor come over, aren't they looking for death?
Luo Ji waved his sword and laughed, "Crush them to pieces!"
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Analyzing the Battle of Qinluo from the perspective of military technology and military tactics, the biggest effect is that the cavalry has completely entered the war stage.
After Luo State used cavalry to ravage the Qin army again and again, the use of cavalry quickly became a necessary ability for famous generals.
In the next two thousand years, the cavalry has always been one of the main forces on the battlefield. Thanks to its powerful mobility, it has changed the situation of war countless times.
It was not until the advent of firearms that the era of cavalry ended. ——"Military Development in Ancient China"
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