Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 392 Irresistible Offensive
In fact, apart from Zhu Wei's army, which was accustomed to using various equipment to assist offense and defense on the battlefield, the original armies of the Three Kingdoms actually did not have many special offensive and defensive means.

Except for some specially trained units, ordinary troops rely on bows and crossbows to open the way for attack, and then the hard charge of swordsmen and shields. The siege can only be climbed by ladders, and there is no such thing as charging arrow towers.

As for the defenders, they can only use bows and crossbows to shoot the charging enemies, and then use spears, halberds and other weapons to prevent the enemy from approaching, and then kill the enemy.

Therefore, in addition to bows and arrows, the defenders on Liu Biao's side now use spears and halberds for defense. It can be said that even the defenders on Liu Biao's side are not equipped with military weapons such as Liannu arrows.

But Zhu Wei's army is composed of well-trained and well-coordinated elite soldiers who can use large and small shields to form a shield array and advance at any time, so this kind of defense method does not have much threat.

Besides, this temporary defense line is not like a city wall after all. You can use methods such as smashing stones, throwing logs, etc. to defend the city, that is, by taking advantage of the geographical advantage of up to two or three meters, it is more difficult for the attacker to climb over the defense line. That's all.

But at such a height, the attacker almost doesn't need a ladder to climb. With tacit cooperation and a human ladder, they can easily climb over.

Therefore, the sword and shield fighters of the Shenjian Battalion rushed to this temporary line of defense, and first let some crossbowmen under the protection of the sword and shield fighters shoot crossbow arrows towards the defenders, suppressing the defense of Liu Biao's defenders' bows, spears, and halberds. means.

Then the other sword and shield players quickly cooperated to construct a shield ladder, so that the people behind could directly step on the shield, and with the help of the thrust of the people below and their own jumping power, they could jump directly onto the defense line, and then climb over the defense line to reach the people behind. Liu Biao garrison office.

With the cooperation of the sword and shield players of the Shenjian Battalion, they can basically easily climb over the temporary defense line of two or three meters high.

As for Liu Biao's garrison here, most of the regular soldiers have been transferred to archers, and only the bows and arrows shot by these regular soldiers can pose some threats to the attacking Zhu Wei soldiers.

If it was replaced by those young and strong civilian husbands who have not received much training, it would only be a waste of feathers and arrows.

But it also meant that after Zhu Wei's sword and shield fighters from the Divine Arrow Battalion crossed the line of defense, these Liu Biao's regular soldiers who became archers would no longer be able to pose any threat to the sword and shield fighters of the Divine Arrow Battalion.

As for those holding spears and long halberds, most of them are young and strong peasants. They don't have much fighting power and they hold long weapons. fled.

Although behind this temporary line of defense, there are still some Liu Biao regular soldiers with swords and shields as a reserve army, just to deal with the overturned swords and shields of the Shenjian Battalion.

So they also rushed up immediately to fight with the sword and shield fighters of the Shenjian Battalion who had crossed the line of defense, but even the regular soldiers on Liu Biao's side were not as well-trained as the sword and shield fighters of the Shenjian Battalion, and they were good at cooperating with each other.

Therefore, at the beginning, there were not many knife and shield fighters from the Shenjian Battalion who rushed over, and they would be driven back by Liu Biao's defenders, or killed on the side of the defense line.

But as more knives and shields from the Shenjian Battalion turned over this simple line of defense, and even a few brave warriors leading the team also turned over this simple line of defense, Liu Biao's guards here were somewhat unable to guard up.

Although Liu Biao's defenders here have a thousand regular soldiers and more than 3000 young and strong civilians, and there are more soldiers and young men behind them who can come to support, the combat effectiveness of Liu Biao's defenders is really not strong.

It can be said that the more than 5000 regular soldiers Liu Biao lost in Yicheng was really a huge loss to Liu Biao.

After these troops were gone, there were only more than 1 regular soldiers guarding Xiangyang left by Liu Biao. Even if young and strong civilians were recruited to form a new army, the combat effectiveness of Liu Biao's army was still greatly weakened.

There are not enough regular soldiers, and only the newly recruited troops plus some young and strong civilians, without training and battlefield experience, can maintain some combat effectiveness if they defend the city, but if they really face Zhu Wei's side, The regular elite soldiers fight against each other, which is really like a scarecrow holding a sword and a gun fighting a stone man holding a weapon.

It's not that these young and strong peasants have no fighting power at all, at least they are very powerful when they wield their weapons, and they can kill and injure Zhu Wei's soldiers if they are hit by them.

But the key point is that these young and strong civilians lack the experience and cooperation in killing on the battlefield. On the battlefield, they are just fighting in the streets, noisily going about their own business. Such a mob, of course, has no threat.

As for Zhu Wei's soldiers, as long as there are only one team together, they can cooperate with each other to form a sword and shield formation according to the usual training.

In this way, even if the young and strong civilians on Liu Biao's side slashed at them with their swords, they would basically be blocked by the soldiers on Zhu Wei's side who cooperated with each other with shields, and then quickly counterattacked with the ring-shou sword to stab these young and strong civilians. The heart and neck made them lose their fighting ability immediately.

Therefore, about five or six soldiers from Zhu Wei's side are enough to fight against a dozen or twenty young and strong peasants from Liu Biao's side, and they can even fight against the same number of Liu Biao's soldiers.

In the end, the pawns on Zhu Wei's side often cut down a few young and strong civilians and regular soldiers on Liu Biao's side without being injured, making them feel scared and flee, and the pawns on Zhu Wei's side fled when they turned around. At that time, they continued chasing and hacking, until the last Zhu guard soldier was able to chase and kill six or seven Liu Biao defenders.

Then there is really no need to say more about the situation on the battlefield.

Losing the geographical advantage formed by the simple line of defense, Liu Biao's defenders behind this line of defense, whether they were regular soldiers or young and strong civilians, were chased by more and more soldiers of the Shenjian Battalion and fled in all directions.

This situation continued until Liu Biao's garrison set up a second temporary defense line in the city on the north side of Fenglin Pass. Only then did the bows and arrows of Liu Biao's garrison here stop the soldiers of the Shenjian Battalion from chasing and killing. Start to reorganize the shield formation, ready to attack this second temporary line of defense.

However, this second temporary line of defense inside Fenglin Pass is combined with the city wall on the north side of Fenglin Pass, which is equivalent to constructing a three-dimensional line of defense here.

There is a two- to three-meter-high temporary defense line in front, and the four-to-five-story Fenglinguan North City Wall behind it. The feathered arrows shot by Liu Biao's defenders on it will inevitably suppress the attacking soldiers of the Shenjian Battalion. go ahead.

Especially before approaching the second line of defense, Liu Biao's defenders also cleared an open space of more than a hundred steps, so that the sword and shield fighters of the Shenjian Battalion who charged here could not find any obstacles to avoid, and could only rely on the shield formed by themselves. go ahead.

But Liu Biao’s defenders not only used arrows this time, but also used the method of throwing oil cans and burning kerosene. As a result, the soldiers of the Shenjian Battalion charged several times and were forced to retreat again...

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