sweeping the world

Chapter 324
The sharpness of the bows and crossbows of the Han army is definitely not a generalization. The longest range of a strong crossbow can reach 1.5 steps (about [-] meters per step). Although it is only such a short distance, do you know what it means to be covered by high strength?

"We have tried a large number of cavalry sprinting at high speed. From the crossbow range of the Han army, 260 steps are covered by the opponent's strong crossbow, 180 steps are covered by cart crossbows and bed crossbows, and 120 steps are covered by catapults." Hu Yan Sheng's face was extremely ugly: "When you enter [-] steps, you will be covered by a strong bow."

It's like the sky, the earth, and even the gods and Buddhas all over the sky have to call out again. No one is willing to face this kind of enemy army. It's a situation where you don't even touch a hair of the opponent but you have to bury an unknown number of people first. .

At this moment, the Qiang people had cavalry charging. They were scattered and covered a large area. When they were within the distance of the Han army's crossbow shooting distance, the Han army did not fire even a single arrow.

"Spreading and attacking the Han army no longer shoots arrows, but we don't think it's because the opponent lacks arrows." Hu Yansheng waited for a while, and the cavalry charged very fast, and would soon be within two hundred steps.He raised his finger and pointed to the camp of the Han army, and said, "The enemy will shoot arrows soon."

Almost as soon as the words fell, wave after wave of arrows were shot into the camp of the Han army. The scale was not large, but it seemed extremely targeted.

The arrow flew for a certain distance in mid-air with a whistling sound, and when it hit the target, there would be a human scream or the neighing of a war horse, and when it hit the ground, it would make a muffled sound.

Hu Yansheng said with an extremely ugly face: "The arrowheads of the Han army are all armor-piercing triangular styles. The arrows will definitely penetrate, even if the arrows are hit by war horses, they will also sink into the arrow feathers."

Look at the cavalry shot by arrows on the battlefield, no matter where they are shot, they are directly pierced, which shows that the cavalry sprints forward and the kinetic energy of the arrow is really great, just as Hu Yansheng said that the arrow is the key.

There are advantages and disadvantages to the direct penetration of the arrow branch. The arrowhead stays in the human body and is not easy to take out, but the arrowhead penetrates the human body, which means more wounds.In ancient times when there was a lack of medical means, being shot by an arrow was a troublesome thing. It is really not so easy to survive if the human body is hit by an arrow in the torso, even in modern times where medical means are abundant.

In just six days, the Qiang army lost nearly 4000 people. Only a very small number of hundreds of people died from melee weapons, and the rest died from the crossbows of the Han army.Did they achieve anything?Yes, they broke through a fence set up by the Han army, and possibly killed or injured dozens of Han soldiers.

Facing the arrow array that can only be broken through by heavy casualties, Yao Yizhong can hardly eat and drink these days, and he is also becoming thinner at a very fast speed.

The new batch of more than 1000 cavalry who were put into the experiment retreated when they rushed a hundred paces away, and the number of people who ran back was less than [-]. The visible credit was that they consumed about [-] to [-] arrows from the Han army.

What has to be said is that the number of arrows fired by the Han army in six days was not small. There were more than 25 arrows.This kind of consumption is actually not that big. Judging from the results obtained, there is one result in about seventeen rounds, which is considered very efficient.

Of course, the Han army actually recycled the nearby arrows, and the actual loss of arrows should be 15. During the period, because of the recycling of the arrows, they seduced the Qiang people to attack, and achieved some results.

Yao Yizhong didn't have many choices now, he had already let the craftsmen of the army build wooden shields and sword shield carts, and he had enough mental preparation to pay the necessary casualties.

That's right. Faced with the unbelievably sharp bows and crossbows of the Han army, shields and the like were necessities, and one had to be mentally prepared to pay a heavy price in order to fight in close quarters.

"The reinforcements from the Han army will arrive in two days. Before that, we will launch a strong attack regardless of the casualties!" Yao Yizhong commanded the battle more than once. Facing the casualties, he had long regarded them as pure numbers. The Hu and Jin people are at the front, and our clan soldiers are at the back."

Yao Yizhong brought many leaders of the Qiang people and a group of generals from the Shijie Zhao country three miles away from the Han army camp. They needed to make a final inspection, and they were also encouraging the troops.

In addition, I have to say that Yao Yizhong was also trying to lure the Han army out of the camp to attack. For this reason, he did not hesitate to put up a big battle, and even tried to put the big banner in a conspicuous position.

Liu Yan's current available troops are only [-]. If Yao Yizhong succeeds in attracting the Han army to come out of the camp to attack, no matter how many, as long as it can offset the advantage of the Han army's bows and crossbows, a close battle will kill every one The Han army can be regarded as Yao Yizhong's success.

What is the Han army doing here at this time?Whether or not to send troops to attack is one aspect. After someone raised it, it was quickly overwhelmed by other topics. The most important issue was to discuss whether to let the Yizihe fleet enter the Yellow River.

The Mizi River is a waterway connected to the Yellow River. Liu Yan deployed a large number of docks there before, and a fleet of [-] people has already formed. They are used to cut off the retreat of the Qiang army, that is, to block the battlefield. The Yellow River waterway in the region.

Is three hundred ships considered too many?If you look at the river section of the battle situation, it should be enough, but if you look at the problem that way, you should count all the river sections that may be involved, so [-] ships are really not enough.

"There are nearly a thousand Shijie naval forces. They may not have rich experience in water warfare, but they should not be underestimated." Sang Yu objected to dispatching the fleet now, and he continued: "Our current land forces are not enough. If Yao Yizhong can't stop Yao Yizhong from retreating."

What is the status of the Shijie Navy?Nearly thousand are not talking about people, but boats.The number of boats must have accounted for a large part of it, and the number of boats is at least four hundred. That is really a huge fleet, and the number of people serving it may not be less than 20.

Similar to the navy of the Jin Army, the ships of the Shijie Navy were basically a building ship system. The difference was that the Shijie Navy did not have as many three-story ships as the Eastern Jin Navy.

"The first batch of reinforcements will arrive tomorrow night, and the second batch will arrive in two days." Ji Chang gave a serious answer, and said in a dull voice: "That is to say, we need to keep Yao Yizhong here for at least three days. "

Another thing is that the wood and other sundries floating on the waterway of the Yellow River did not disappear after the Qiang army crossed the river. They still blocked a long section of the waterway.The ships of the Han army did not come from the sea in the east, but those blocked rivers still needed to be resolved, so that a two-sided attack could be formed.

Sang Yu asked with common sense: "Set fire?"

For a moment, I don't know how many people said in unison: "No!"

The last time a fire was set in Taishan County, the fire swept across half of Taishan County, and even the surrounding counties were also affected. At present, a large area is still full of trauma, and I still have a headache for the ashes left after the fire. No, but the land that was hit by the fire in the coming year will be extremely fertile.

Is it ridiculous to set fire on the river?Think about how the Battle of Chibi was fought.

Liu Yan also disagrees. For him, the wood on the Yellow River is a resource, or a resource obtained by the enemy. Collecting it will be more fulfilling than cutting it by yourself.

"Your Majesty?" Ji Chang was concerned with a very practical question: "What size will our fleet be in three days?"

"About..." Liu Yan thought for a while and said, "About five hundred."

Those were large warships, mostly warships that fired crossbow arrows, more than enough to deal with Shijie Zhao's army, even if there was a shortage, they could continue to make up.

Systematic warships alone are actually not enough, which also involves the wood and other debris blocking the Yellow River's outlet. The final agreed result is to send out manpower to try to catch fish. If they can clear it up, it's a good thing. If it doesn't work, it really can't be done. It's burning.

The next day, Liu Yan was awakened from his sleep.He asked what was going on, and the visitor only said that Ji Chang had discovered an obvious abnormality.

Before dawn, the camps of the Qiang army heard the sound of horns, and even a large camp was brightly lit. It seemed that there was definitely some big move.

Seeing Liu Yan approaching, Ji Chang said anxiously, "Today is the time for Yao Yizhong to launch a general attack."

Liu Yan didn't speak, he took the lead to go to the highest observation tower in the camp.

After going up to the observation deck and observing the Qiang camp with binoculars, we can see a lot of war equipment appearing at the front of the Qiang camp, including a large number of sword and shield vehicles, and some that look like nest vehicles but are actually extremely huge. volume.

"Yao Yizhong has a lot of people from Jin, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In fact, not only Yao Yizhong, but any high-ranking person in the Central Plains, who among them doesn't have a large group of Jin people who belong to them?
It is inevitable for the army to send out accompanying craftsmen. For example, some combat equipment is temporarily made by accompanying craftsmen.Yao Yizhong had put the artisan army in the core area before, and the Han army had guessed that the Qiang army would build equipment, but he didn't expect to build so many.

As long as you pay a little attention, you will find one thing, that is, the equipment built by Yao Yizhong is extremely targeted, and almost all of them are aimed at defensive arrows. It can be seen that the bow and crossbow of the Han army made Yao How much Yi Zhong valued it.

In fact, Yao Yizhong's emphasis is really understandable. He didn't know how much the Huns suffered under the bows and crossbows of the former Han Dynasty. But looking at the battles in the past few days, it should be clear that the Qiang army wanted to kill fewer people. We should prepare more shields, and build as many arrow-defending devices as we can.

After discovering that the Qiang army had prepared countless anti-arrow equipment, Liu Yan and others who climbed up to the watchtower subconsciously looked at each other.

"So... that means the nearby forest has suffered again?"

"..."

Everyone was a little surprised at the direction of Liu Yan's attention. It seemed that now was not the time to care about the environment. They should be worrying about how the Han army would block the Qiang army's strong attack as the power of the bows and crossbows was offset, right?
(End of this chapter)