Chapter 488: The strong crossbow comes out of the Shenji Camp
With Liu Yi's order issued, Liu Yu jumped up from the grass, stood in the front row of the team, holding a large shield that was almost a person tall on the side of the front, and placed it in front of him. The companions standing beside him also rose up. With the big shield, the soldiers in the back row put the long spear on the shoulders of Liu Yu and other soldiers, forming a dense forest of shield walls and spears. With the rhythmic knocks of the waist drummers on the side of the team, they advanced forward with steady and powerful steps.
A building of more than 500 people, according to the standards of the Jin army, formed about ten small teams, each of which was arranged as a third-line infantry front line. The soldiers leaned tightly together, with shields in the front row and spears in the second row, and the third row was the following walking archers. Five teams were in front, with spaces of about thirty steps apart, which was for the Battle Front Team. In the gap between the Battle Front Team, the fifth row was stationed at about ten steps behind for rotation.
Liu Laozhi looked solemn. Looking at the figures of more than 1,500 heavy-armed soldiers in these three buildings, gradually walked out of the forest and sank into the thick fog beside the stream. Sun En gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "General, there is no movement in the enemy camp. Is their main force not here?"
Liu Laozhi shook his head and said seriously: "Don't worry, I don't think Liang Cheng will never set up an air camp here. Now our three heavy infantrymen have been dispatched, it depends on how Liang Cheng deals with it!"
Before he finished speaking, a bright light suddenly appeared in the camp opposite. The noise spread throughout the sky. Hundreds of huge fireballs rose into the sky, like fire meteors passing through the night sky, and they smashed hard towards the Jin army's steady progress.
Liu Laozhi let out a long sigh and smiled: "As it turns out, the Qin army has ambushers and more than a hundred catapults in this camp. Liang Cheng seems to be here. He is testing our attacking forces now. Humph, send orders to let the soldiers in front disperse, don't hit the flying stones on a large scale, speed up the impact speed, and rush across the river for me!"
In the Qin army camp, Liang Cheng had already stood up from the arrow tower. In front of him, a large number of infantry had rushed out of the tent, and the hidden place behind the chariots were pushing out quickly and organizedly the wooden fences of the camp. Teams of iron-armored infantry were quickly gathering, and the archers rushed to the front of the team, while the shield and long spear soldiers lined up in the rear. Wang Xian's voice was excited: "The Jin army has really attacked at night, let the Heavenly King and General Liang, you are expected to be! What should I do next?"
Liang Cheng smiled slightly: "What should I do? Fight according to the plan. I am sure that the Jin army is a combination of virtual and real. The concentrated army must break through from this direction. At Caiqiao Beach downstream, there must be suspicious soldiers. What they want to fight is the word "fast". The direction of the real assault will not be used for long-range bombardment. Therefore, we must stabilize now and not let them know that our army is here. We send an order to transfer three thousand people to forward, hold up the shallows, and lure the Jin army into the army!"
Wang Yong, who was fully armed, browsed deeply, shook his head: "Master, I see these Jin troops acting quickly, and they can calmly turn the dense formation into such scattered soldiers as they move to avoid flying stones, just like this."
As he said, he pointed his hand at the Jin army, which was about a hundred steps on the bank opposite the river, had gone from the dense formation with the large shield in front and the long spear behind the hand, to the scattered line with the invisible shape. The soldiers no longer advanced side by side, but separated at least about five steps away. The soldiers in the front row were still holding shields in front, while the soldiers behind were most of the soldiers holding shields on their heads to prevent flying stones and arrows from falling from the sky.
Occasionally, some soldiers were hit by flints and fell to the ground immediately, but the soldiers around and behind turned a blind eye. While walking, they were jumping to avoid the stone pits and corpses on the road ahead. The soldiers who were still panting and wailing would quickly drag them away by their companions, while the smashed dead bodies were ignored. The dull and rapid sound of waist drums shocked so that even the Qin generals who were separated by Luojian and hundreds of steps away, their breathing was still accelerated and their heartbeats were rapid.
Liang Cheng curled his lips and nodded, "It is indeed a rare elite soldier. Ordinary troops have long collapsed when they hit such a flying stone in the dark. And they can still disperse their formation and continue to move forward, and ensure the existence of the team with the minimum casualties. They are worthy of being well-trained Northern Mansion soldiers. Today is a witness."
Speaking of this, Liang Cheng suddenly laughed: "Everyone, such a powerful enemy is worthy of fighting with our Qin army soldiers. If they are all eliminated here, there will be no war in the future. We will naturally share the worries of the king of heaven. This is our glory and responsibility. Judging from the enemy's elite troops in the Northern Palace, their army must be behind. We must firmly hold it up and force its main force to go out."
Wang Xian smiled and said, "General Liang, the enemy is not afraid of flying stones. Should we increase the attack of arrows? Eliminate them in large quantities in the river and beach, and the corpses will block the pace of progress."
Liang Cheng pondered for a moment and shook his head: "No, no, these are just their vanguard of testing troops, not the main force. The information of the king of heaven is correct. They are trying to fight. If they have the chance, they will pounce on it. There will inevitably be tens of thousands of troops in the dense forest on the opposite side. Humph, you can't let them run away. I'll send orders, three thousand people to rob me, array to block and entangle them, focus on attacking the troops in front, and launch them with three sections of crossbow soldiers. I don't believe it, Xie Xuan can bear it!"
Wang Xian's face changed: "General Liang? Are you going to let the enemy cross the river? It's too big. These are elite. If they are allowed to rush through the stream and attack us, three thousand people may not be able to stop it."
Liang Cheng laughed: "Governor Wang, you are too worried. If the enemy continues to increase troops, we will increase the intensity of long-range attacks. As for these more than a thousand people, although they are well-trained and well-equipped, how can they break through the front line of our army with just this little force? This time, I sent crossbow soldiers. No matter how strong the shield is, they cannot stop the close-range shooting of powerful crossbows. My strong crossbow soldiers can even shoot through the stones at the top of Xiangyang City. The Northern Palace soldiers are not heavenly soldiers and generals. Only these three thousand crossbowmen will teach him that they will never come back!"
Speaking of this, Liang Cheng smiled slightly at Wang Yong: "General Wang, I'm looking at you this time."
Chapter completed!