"Ask General Li not to lead troops deep into the enemy's positions. All personnel should be spread out as much as possible. First, ensure the safety of the personnel. Then inform General Li that I have thought of a way to deal with the problem above. Let him patiently wait for the opportunity to counterattack," After issuing a few instructions, Lan Xu has not yet thought about withdrawing all troops.
"Yes," the general of the camp agreed, then turned and left, braving the danger above and running all the way to Li Jianran to convey all Lan Xu's instructions.
After receiving Lan Xu's reply, Li Jianran, who was directing operations on the battlefield, felt calmer. He then ordered the star troops in front to stop attacking forcefully, and at the same time ordered the surrounding star troops to disperse in all directions to be on guard against attacks from above.
Yijun used Yiniao's high-altitude combat method to catch them off guard, causing a large number of casualties. But what scared them the most was the kerosene poured down by Yijun from above. As Lan Xu thought, after Yijun poured down the kerosene Directly ignite the kerosene, and a large fire will affect a large area of the Star Army.
"Ah..." Screams came one after another. Some Star Troopers were burned all over, and then ran around screaming, which resulted in igniting the Star Troopers next to them who were stained with kerosene. Under the mutual influence, the chaotic area continued to expand. Not long after, raging fires were burning in several places behind the Star Army formation.
In the billowing smoke and dust, the formation of the Star Army became more and more scattered and disorderly. Everyone only knew how to dodge to a safe area.
As the Winged Bird continued to fly forward, the chaos continued to spread to the rear of the Star Army, quickly affecting the 80,000 Star Army, including the cavalry charging forward.
Unexpectedly, the efficiency of Wing Bird's attack would be so high, and the scope of influence would be expanded to such an extent in a blink of an eye. Before Fang Quyin could kill Wing Bird or the Wing Army personnel, Lan Xu immediately ordered some of the star troops behind to retreat, at least until Only when the star troops retreated to a safe area could he make any further plans.
At the same time, Fang Quyin also did not expect that the Winged Birds' combat efficiency was so high at the location of the Arrow Camp, which soon put more than half of the Star Army in danger. Previously, because the Winged Birds were far away, they could not attack with ballistae, but now When Yi Niu got closer, Lan Xu asked them to shoot Yi Jun above.
After understanding what Lan Xu meant, he ignored anything else and ordered the archers behind him to disperse and retreat while personally commanding the prepared crossbowmen. In any case, Fang Quyin was already planning to solve the Winged Bird problem in a short time at all costs.
Nowadays, some winged birds fly only a hundred meters above the ground and can shoot with bows and arrows. However, if bows and arrows are used in a large area, it will cause more damage to the star troops in front. Switching to ballistae should be able to reduce the impact, at least according to Fang Quyin. think.
Unfortunately, it is not easy to aim a ballista at a target in the sky. The only advantage is that the winged birds move very slowly, so they still have a high chance of shooting down those winged birds.
"Everyone, speed up," Fang Quyin, who usually has a somewhat elegant temperament, has become impatient, constantly urging the crossbowmen to speed up their actions.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh," one after another the crossbow arrows were shot out quickly, aiming at some wing birds and wing soldiers above. Then under Fang Quyin's attention, some of the wing soldiers who were busy pouring kerosene were hit by the crossbow arrows. , was shot directly from the basket, and before even a scream could be heard, the body fell towards the Star Army array below along with the crossbow arrows.
"Everyone, be careful." A general directly below noticed the situation above. After predicting the landing position of the corpse, he immediately reminded the surrounding star troops to avoid it.
Immediately afterwards, those star troops who received the prompt hurriedly left their original positions and dispersed in time before the corpses fell to the ground. They were lucky enough not to be hit by the corpses.
However, the situation in some places was a bit bad. Many crossbows were shot in the air and fell directly after reaching the maximum range. They also fell towards the Star Army below.
Some star soldiers were directly nailed to the ground by crossbow arrows because they were unable to move or were not aware of it in advance. Their death was so miserable that they never imagined that they would die in the hands of their own people.
Their deaths brought fear to other Star Troopers. Thinking that they might die under attacks from above at any time, many Star Troopers were extremely panicked. Under various influences, the morale of the Star Troops continued to weaken.
"General Fang, the shooting accuracy of the crossbows is too poor. Should we let the archers deal with the low-flying wing troops?" Seeing that most of the crossbow arrows failed and had a serious impact on his own personnel, a general of the Arrow Battalion immediately asked Fang Quyin It was proposed to change the method. At the same time, Fang Quyin was having trouble with the problem of low accuracy of crossbow shooting.
"Then what are you going to do?" At this critical moment, he didn't bother to show his identity as the commander in front of his subordinates, because Fang Quyin knew that if he didn't resolve the Winged Bird problem quickly, Lan Xu might come to him personally to question him.
"Quickly recruit people who are good at archery from the army, and let them use arrows to shoot the upper wing troops with certainty, and they can also avoid worries." When Fang Quyin asked, the general immediately said what he thought of.
"Okay," shouted Fang Quyin. He immediately felt that the suggestion of using archers was very feasible. So, after asking some generals to mobilize archers, he turned around and ordered the crossbowmen: "You just need to aim at those positions. Tall winged bird, don’t worry about the rest.”
"Yes," after receiving further instructions from Fang Quyin, the general below took action in person, shouting for the crossbow gunners to raise the shooting direction while helping the crossbow gunners to aim. Then, dozens of ballistae fired at the target above again. round attack.
It's a pity that even though the crossbow gunners tried their best to aim at the target, there was still a big deviation. Only a very small number of shots hit the huge winged bird. One winged bird was shot down directly. The huge winged bird corpse together with the basket and basket below All the wing troops inside fell from high altitudes, hitting some of the star troops who didn't come and avoided them.
If the basket is filled with kerosene, the spilled kerosene will spread over a large area. Once ignited, the fire will cause more chaos.
Shooting with crossbows has little effect. Even if you are lucky enough to shoot a winged bird or some winged soldiers above, it will still have no impact, because those winged soldiers have been clearly instructed before coming. Once one person is shot or a winged bird is shot, After being shot, the person who is still alive must open the mechanism in the basket.
Once the mechanism is turned on, the baffle at the bottom of the basket will automatically open, and the contents will continue to be thrown out as the bird falls or flies until it runs out.
When the crossbowmen launched the third round of attacks, the generals who had just been responsible for deploying the archers had already brought over the people they had gathered. There were dozens of them, and each one of them was a famous marksman in the army, including Ling Yun. .
"Go and kill all those low-flying wing troops as quickly as possible. Don't let them have another chance to attack our army." When the people arrived, Fang Quyin directly conveyed clear instructions to those people. Immediately afterwards, he didn't give them another chance to attack our army. I forgot to add: "If you can successfully solve the problem above, I will definitely remember you as a great meritorious service. After the war, Marshal Ming will reward you generously."
"Yes," deeply inspired, each of the archers hurriedly looked for the target.
Since the winged birds were constantly moving and distributed over a wide range, they quickly dispersed into the formation to shoot at the winged birds above.
Not long after, the scattered archers began to attack the wing troops above. Bows and arrows were much more flexible than ballistae, and their shooting efficiency was higher. Fang Quyin was not made to wait any longer. Those who were selected quickly used their skills to The characteristics of archery are revealed.
"Ah," there was a scream, and a Yijun in a basket was shot directly. Before the second person could react, another arrow killed the second person in the blink of an eye. Two Yijun were left behind to control the basket. The winged bird in the basket continued to fly forward, flying farther and farther as Master Wei said, and at the same time it no longer had any impact on the Star Army.
Standing next to Master Wei, Lan Xu wanted to personally accuse Fang Quyin of not doing things well. He had just used crossbow arrows to kill many of his own people instead of shooting down many of the Yi army. But when he was about to move, those archers The appearance attracted his attention again, and soon after, he saw many wing soldiers being shot by archers, and his expression softened a lot.
Then, as those archers continued to play a role, Lan Xu decided that if he could win today's battle, he would reward those archers heavily afterwards.
Just as Lan Xu was thinking this, the wing troops controlling the wing birds above felt that the threat from the star army was getting bigger one after another, and one by one they quickly controlled the wing birds to fly to higher positions, and sometimes even controlled the wing birds to avoid shooting. , it is a pity that the reaction of those winged birds was not sharp enough. It may also be that the war situation below had a huge impact on the winged birds, and many times they were unable to fly correctly according to the instructions of the winged birds.
In addition, many winged birds have lost control of the winged army, and the situation above has become increasingly chaotic. Sometimes two winged birds collide with each other and both fall, which also causes a lot of trouble to the star army below. Fortunately, through the continuous efforts of the star army, , the number of wing troops above is greatly reduced, and the threat to the Star Army is getting smaller and smaller.
The archers just selected are all experts with perfect shots. As long as they are no more than 100 meters high, even if they shoot directly upward, the winged soldiers are still within their shooting range, and because the winged birds move slowly, their shooting With almost no mistakes, one wing after another was hit by bows and arrows, fell into the basket or fell from above.
