Being able to shoot through iron armor from four hundred steps away is already a great threat.
You know, not everyone in the 100,000 troops under Yuan Shu and Zhang Guiba has iron armor for body protection. Those who can wear iron armor are either the most elite soldiers and horses in the army.
Or Captain Du Bo who commanded the soldiers.
Ordinary soldiers don't even have leather armor on their bodies. They can only wear thick clothes. When they go to the battlefield, it depends on God's will to let them survive.
"Two hundred steps!"
Zhao Jianguo shouted again.
collapse!
The Divine Arm Bow roared out again, this time it was a two-hundred-step test shot. The crossbow arrow ripped through the air with a powerful roar and hit the target instantly.
The target was covered with three layers of iron armor, and when it was shot by a crossbow arrow, it suddenly shook violently.
"Two hundred steps, penetrate three layers of armor!"
someone shouted again.
hiss!
Hearing this, several generals, including Li Kaifang, couldn't help but gasp.
Mu Hong and Li Qiong were generals who often wore heavy armor to attack enemy formations. How could they not understand the power of a crossbow that could penetrate triple heavy armor?
"Penetrating through triple armor...how is this possible?"
The generals looked at the divine arm bow as if they were seeing a weapon that could pose a great threat to their own lives.
"It can penetrate three layers of armor! When this divine arm bow is fired, it should be able to turn a third-level general into a living hedgehog! Even a fourth-level general with Gang Qi body protection can pose a great threat!"
Wang Jing sighed repeatedly.
He tried it when he first mastered Gang Qi. His White Dragon Gang Qi's defensive power was about the same as triple heavy armor.
After all, this is the supreme method of ninth-level inheritance.
The condensed White Dragon Gang Qi is far more powerful than ordinary Gang Qi in both defense and offense.
But the crossbow arrows of the Divine Arm Bow can still penetrate the protection of the White Dragon Gang Qi!
"In addition to the White Dragon's Qi, I also have armor and my own skin and muscles that can withstand arrows. The Divine Arm Bow cannot threaten me... But ordinary fourth-level generals don't have the White Dragon's Qi!"
"If you surround Chuan She with more than a dozen divine arm bows, even if you master Gang Qi, you will die!"
Wang Jing was thinking secretly.
Li Kaifang looked at the Divine Arm Bow with very eager eyes.
Such power!
What a killer weapon on the battlefield! If there were a thousand god-armed bows, any cavalry in the formation would be shot through and crushed under a single shot.
"Okay! Brother Zhao really helped me a lot!"
Wang Jing laughed and patted Zhao Jianguo on the shoulder with a very friendly attitude. He did not regard Zhao Jianguo as his subordinate, but joked with him on an equal footing.
"By the way, how many Divine Arm Bows have been made now?"
Wang Jing asked.
Several generals beside him also quickly pricked up their ears.
Zhao Jianguo said with some regret: "The materials for making the Divine Arm Bow are somewhat precious, so the quantity is a little small. Only 1,200 have been built now!"
One thousand two hundred aircraft...
Li Kaifang smiled and said: "That's a lot, a lot! As long as there are a thousand divine arm bows to form a crossbow formation! I am sure to break the military formation of Yuan Shu and Zhang Guiba!"
Sihong dispatched 30,000 troops this time, while Yuan Shu and Zhang Guiba had 100,000 troops.
Even if Wang Jing repeatedly defeated the former Qin army and the Huainan army with less, these generals had confidence in Wang Jing, but they were inevitably worried deep in their hearts.
After all, thousands of soldiers and horses against an army of 20,000 or 30,000 may seem to be ten times different in strength, but as long as you seize the opportunity to win with less and win more, it is not uncommon.
But 30,000 versus 100,000, the difference in strength is three times, so the difference seems to be smaller. But in fact, there was a total difference of 70,000 troops between the two sides!
The gap of 70,000 troops is not that easy to make up.
Now we can see the divine arm bow made under the supervision of Zhao Jianguo, as well as other bed crossbows, eight oxen crossbows, riprap carts, iron box carts and other equipment.
Their worries were reduced by half in an instant.
"Lord, there is a messenger asking to see you!"
After checking out the various equipment built by the Construction Department, Fan Yin, the head of the Military Intelligence Department, came to report in person.
Xiao Yuanming, who had secret dealings with them, sent an envoy again.
And this time the envoy was a close member of Xiao Yuanming's clan.
"Go back first!"
Wang Jing led his generals back to the city. Li Kaifang and the others immediately dispersed and were busy with their own affairs. At this time, soldiers and horses from Wanshou, Donghu and Sihong were constantly arriving.
Together with Zhu Wu, they need to be responsible for the garrisoning of soldiers and horses, food and grass, and army reorganization.
An army of 30,000 does not mean that they can go into battle immediately when they gather together.
Before going into battle, the 30,000 troops need to be divided into battalions and deployed separately. Spearmen, sword and shield bearers, archers... these arms must be mixed and used. Finally, the army was organized into left army, right army and center army!
They need to consider and discuss who is in charge of the left army and who is in charge of the right army, and then report to Wang Jing.
Leave these things to others.
Wang Jing actually had some free time, so he called Fan Yin over. Let him tell you some inquiring information in detail.
These days.
The Sihong Army mobilized the whole army, and the manpower and material resources of Wan Thou and Quy Nhon began to operate. Ji Ling and Zhang Guiba naturally would not ignore the fact that even the beggar army could find out.
Their purpose of joining forces was to first defeat Zhang Lin and then go south to deal with Wang Jing.
Wang Jing is the powerful enemy they really want to defeat.
Their spies were all over Wan Thou, Quy Nhon and other places. Not long after Wang Jing captured these two places, the Baojia system had not yet fully covered all the people, so the spies were given the opportunity to lurk.
The movements in both places were reported to the Yuan-Zhang coalition forces by spies.
After learning that Wang Jing had deployed troops and horses and was stationed in Quy Nhon and preparing to move north, the coalition forces could no longer bear it and left tens of thousands of troops and horses to defend Wang Jing.
The other elite soldiers began to attack the Tang army camp with all their strength.
"The combined offensive of Yuan and Zhang was extremely strong, and the Tang army was unable to withstand it. Their camp was about to be breached. Late last night, Zhang Lin retreated dozens of miles overnight, abandoned the original camp, and set up a new camp..."
Fein said.
The Tang Army and the Nanliang Army had fewer soldiers and horses, so they did not engage in a decisive battle with Yuan and Zhang's coalition forces, but relied on the camp to hold on.
But the camp cannot be compared with the city wall.
Zhang Lin abandoned his old camp with complete defenses and retreated dozens of miles to set up a new camp... In the eyes of many people, he was only one step away from defeat.
If the old camp can't withstand it, how can the newly built camp withstand the opponent's full attack?
Historically, there were times when two armies faced each other, and the weaker side abandoned its camp and retreated, often thinking of a comeback.
Either block the river and use water as a soldier. For example, when Han Xin faced off against Long Qie, he easily defeated the Chu State's 200,000 elite troops with rivers.
Or set up an ambush and defeat the enemy with fire! Such as Lu Xun's Battle of Yiling...
But Wang Jing looked at the map.
No rivers, valleys or dangerous places where ambush could be set up were found.
That is to say.
Zhang Lin's retreat was simply due to inferior strength and was forcefully repelled.
"If we take one more step back, the Tang army will collapse!"
Wang Jing suddenly understood.
No wonder Xiao Yuanming sent his trusted envoy here.
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