Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

The hundred archers at the gate are the sunset archers of the great man.

They are formed by ordinary archers, strengthened and matched by the strong soldier system. Their combat effectiveness is far beyond that of ordinary archers.

These one hundred sunset archers blocked the gate, some stood behind the gate, some stood on the arrow stand, and some stood on the high platform of the gate.

They kept firing arrows at the enemy army rushing towards the gate, and every moment, the enemy army was killed or injured.

They gave priority to aiming at the enemy army rushing to the front, one by one arrows passed by, and rows of enemy soldiers fell down.

The short distance of a hundred steps took a cup of tea, but they didn't let them rush to the front of the gate.

Outside the gate, more than [-] soldiers under Wang Yuan's command had already fallen.

In such a short period of time, one-third of the army was lost, and Wang Yuan couldn't bear it anymore.

The point is, I didn't touch the opponent's gate.

The soft bows used by these sunset archers are called golden birch bows, which are made of birch wood. The bow strings are stretched and stretched, and they are not as long as the infantry standard hard bows, so their ejection ability can also be as powerful as hard bows.

However, it was precisely because of this that the characteristics of the golden birch bow were revealed in this battle.

As a soft bow, the golden birch bow sacrifices penetration and range, but increases the rate of fire.

Every time the bow is fully drawn, the effective range of the Jinhua bow is only more than forty steps, but each time the bow is drawn, the energy consumed is greatly reduced.

In this way, each time the bow is fully drawn and the time to shoot the arrow is greatly reduced.

Even with the aiming time added, a skilled archer can increase the rate of fire by three times.

Although the penetrating power of the arrows shot by the golden birch bow is much lower than that of the arrows shot by the hard bow, it should not pose a great threat to soldiers wearing armor and shields.

However, among the [-] soldiers under Wang Yuan's command, not many of them could wear armor, and even if they did, it was bamboo armor with extremely poor defense.

This kind of bamboo armor is connected by ropes, and there are gaps between the bamboo slices, which can effectively defend against hacking, but it has no good defense against stabbing.

For bows and arrows with arrows, the defense is even worse.

Originally, Zuo Fengyi only had two thousand soldiers, but Zhu You suddenly expanded his army to seven thousand when he took office three months ago. The armor in the arsenal in the county was simply not enough.

The only armor in the arsenal was given priority to Zhu You's own troops, and most of the 2000 men under Wang Yuan's command did not wear armor.

Even, because the time was too short, Wang Yuan didn't have many shields in his hand.

He dared to use such an army to attack Liu Zhang's camp, I really don't know what he thought.

Death did not frighten the soldiers who were charging.

They continued to charge forward along the path of the soldiers in front. Although the corpses under their feet were terrifying, they knew that not moving forward was even more terrifying.

However, their shouts and roars never affected the people in the camp.

Those one hundred archers, you first and then me, finished in an orderly manner, taking arrows, nocking arrows, bending bows, aiming, and shooting arrows.
The arrows kept shooting continuously, every moment, there were arrows shot out, and then hit the soldiers under Wang Yuan's command.

After a cup of tea, there were already two hundred corpses outside the camp gate.

In the entire camp, apart from the hundred sunset archers, there were also five hundred ordinary archers.

Although their shooting speed is much slower than that of the sunset archers, their number is six times that of the sunset archers.

The advantage in numbers made up for their rate of fire, and the number of enemies who died under their arrows was not necessarily less than that of sunset archers.

"Bastard, why is this!"

Wang Yuan straddled his horse and stood more than a hundred steps away from Liu Zhang's camp, watching the battle in front of him, dumbfounded.

He couldn't believe that he had charged 500 people at the gate of the enemy army, and he hadn't gotten close to it for such a long time.

It's fine if they don't get close, but one-fifth of the 500 people have already been lost.

"Damn it, is it true that only the enemy has archers, and this general doesn't have them? What do those archers do?"

Wang Yuan scolded angrily.

Among the 500 men he sent to attack Liu Zhang's camp, there were also [-] archers.

These three hundred archers were standing fifty steps away from the fence of the camp, shooting towards the camp.

They all use infantry-style hard bows, with an effective range of seventy paces, and those with great strength can shoot up to a hundred paces.

But their record is far from that of the archers left behind in Liu Zhang's camp.

After Wang Yuan cursed angrily, he sent messengers to deliver orders, ordering the archers to fight back fiercely.

However, Wang Yuan ignored a problem, that is, it takes at least one year to train a qualified archer.

Aiming and archery require constant repetition and repeated training. Daily shooting training can improve the archer's shooting speed, arm strength, and shooting accuracy.

Without the accumulation of time and countless training, it is impossible to cultivate qualified archers.

Of the 2000 people under Wang Yuan's command, only 400 were veterans of Zuo Fengyi, and the remaining 600 were all recruited after Zhu You took office.

It took only three months for them to form an army, and they still practiced every five days. How could their combat effectiveness compare to Liu Zhang's army, which had been formed for one year and practiced every two days.

Wang Yuan was simply annoyed that his archer was not as strong as the opponent, but he didn't know the essence.

He could already feel that if this went on like this, even if his 2000 people were exhausted, it would be impossible to burn down the opponent's camp.

"Come here, light the torches and throw them into the enemy's camp!" Wang Yuan still came up with a way. I couldn't get in through the Yuanmen, so I just didn't go in.

You can guard the gate, but you can't guard the entire fence.

I don’t go in anymore, as long as the soldiers get close to the fence and throw torches in your barracks, out of a hundred torches, only a few of them will ignite your tent or haystack.

Under Wang Yuan's command, the 500 people behind him immediately took down their torches and lit their own fires.

Everyone held a knife in one hand and a torch in the other, and then scattered in all directions to surround Liu Zhang's camp.

They ran quickly and quickly approached each other's fence.

Due to the rush of time, the fence they built had gaps, and the fence was only one foot high.

"No, they actually want to set fire to the camp!" On the high platform of the gate, Xue Yong couldn't help exclaiming when he saw the movement of the enemy troops outside the camp.

The weather is fine now, if there is a fire, the fire will definitely rise quickly.

Xue Yong immediately ordered several generals to keep a close watch on the enemy's movements.

Sure enough, the enemy army outside the camp did not approach the gate, but instead approached the fence far away, and then threw the torch in their hands into the camp.

Most of the torches fell on the ground, but a few torches also fell on tents and haystacks.

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

Inflammable objects such as tents and haystacks will ignite instantly once they meet the torch.