The World of Yellow Sky

At a distance of a hundred steps, the cavalry could already launch an attack.

but……

Why did the Ming army stop at this time...

Huangfusong's face changed slightly, and the Ming army's next move made him understand why they stopped in front of the formation.

The cavalry of the central army of the Ming army got off their horses together, and they had already formed a tight formation in an instant!

At this time, Huangfusong finally understood why Xu An suddenly had so many cavalrymen. The Embroidered Cloth Messenger's information was not wrong. Xu An really only had more than 1 cavalrymen under his command.

The cavalry on the two wings were already all the cavalry under Xu An's command, while the more than [-] infantry in the central army were all infantry on horseback!

"stop------"

The whistle sounded for a long time.

The loud drumbeat came from the formation of the Ming army,

Wearing black iron heavy armor, wearing ring-arm iron armor, and holding a tower shield, the soldiers of the Ming army walked forward slowly.

Behind them are countless soldiers of the Ming army holding crossbows and spears.

"Raise the bow!"

"Raise the crossbow!"

In the formation of the Han army, the hum of the bow string being tensed rang out.

The Ming army has already approached within fifty steps, and has reached the shooting range of the bow and crossbow, which can already penetrate armor.

But just when the military marquis of the Han army was about to give an order, a black spot that suddenly appeared in his sight blocked his order in his throat.

Dozens of spears shot out from behind the formation of the Ming army, and penetrated fiercely into the already chaotic formation of the Han army.

In an instant, countless blood mist was brought up, and a leader of the Han army in the front line was pierced into a gourd together with the rider behind him.

And many of those spears shot into the phalanx of crossbowmen of the Han army.

Without waiting for the order, many crossbowmen had already shot the arrows in their hands and lost them because of fear, and even turned around and fled.

Those crossbowmen didn't aim when they released their arrows, they didn't obey orders, and they didn't even draw the bowstring fully.

When the arrows shot were lost in the advancing Ming army formation, they had lost their power long ago, and this wave of arrow rain did not even bring much decent loss to the Ming army.

After enduring the rain of arrows from the Han army, the crossbowmen of the Ming army also reached the predetermined distance.

"stop----"

The short whistle rang through the entire Ming army formation in an instant.

"Raise the crossbow!"

Behind the shield formation of the Ming army, countless soldiers of the Ming army leaned upwards and raised their crossbows.

According to military regulations, if the two armies are engaged in a battle, if conditions permit, they can use a crossbow to shoot six times in a row.

Just as the Ming soldiers were raising their crossbows, the crossbow carts of the Ming army at the back of the military formation roared again, and the bed crossbows on the 46 ballistas were fired one after another, and a large number of spears passed over the soldiers of the Ming army. The front formation of the Han army rushed towards the front formation.

The spears penetrated the shield formation of the Han army effortlessly, and set off a bloody storm in the formation of the Han army.

Under the attack of crossbow guns, the already messy formation of the Han army became dilapidated again.

"Steady the army, those who retreat..."

A military marquis of the Han army shouted hoarsely, he was not an ordinary soldier, he knew what would happen to them once the army formation was broken.

The Marquis of the Han army froze in place, and did not say the last word of beheading.

Right in front of his eyes, the originally bright sky became dark again.

It's just that it wasn't some dark cloud that blocked the sun this time...

But countless feather arrows!

Thousands of sharp feathered arrows shot up from the formation of the soldiers of the Ming army, spread into a vast area, and the rain of arrows like locusts shot down fiercely from the sky.

The crossbow arrow pierced through the air, accompanied by a sharp scream, and instantly overturned in the Han army's formation.

The Han army's formation was not organized because of the crossbow spear attack. The crossbow machines held by the soldiers were all strong crossbows cast in the Taihang workshop. The crossbow bolts they fired were enough to penetrate heavy armor at a distance of thirty steps.

Countless people in the front line of the Han army wailed and screamed, and countless people panicked. They had completely collapsed under this sudden blow.

"stop----"

"Raise the crossbow!"

The soldiers of the Ming army silently raised the ready-made crossbows in their hands.

Chapter 777 Breaking the Army

The soldiers missed six shots in a row, and the bed crossbow had already fired two rounds again.

The front formation composed of two thousand Han troops was already shattered under the repeated blows of the arrow rain, with corpses strewn all over the field, and the sound of wailing became one piece.

The robe beside him was constantly shot down by arrows, lying on the ground crying in pain, and the continuous screaming around made the Han army in the front line bear great fear.

If it's just the rain of arrows shot by the crossbow machine, it's okay. With the cover of the tower shield, even the shooting of the crossbow can't cause too many casualties.

However, the addition of bed crossbows caused the collapse of the Han army's front line.

Under the crossbow shot from the bed crossbow, the armor stomach and the shield are just a joke.

Under the dense army formation, a crossbow spear can easily penetrate three or four people at once.

The first two shots of the bed crossbow of the Ming army still covered the front of the Han army and the crossbowmen behind the front of the Han army, but from the second shot, they fired the crossbow directly at the front of the Han army.

The crossbow guns fired from the bed crossbow volley easily broke the shield formation of the Han army in front, and the subsequent crossbow arrows fired from the crossbow machine of the Ming army fell into the messy Han army formation in front.

A large number of casualties caused the Han army in the front line to completely lose order and fall into collapse.

The crossbowmen of the Han army were also affected by the crossbow attacks of the bed crossbows and soldiers. The Han army in the front line covered by tower shields suffered heavy casualties, but how could the crossbowmen of the Han army who lacked shield protection be safe and sound.

"Anyone who retreats will be cut immediately!"

Zhou Tai was startled and angry, the order of the front line had been completely destroyed, and the Ming army's long-range strikes completely disintegrated the morale of the front line soldiers.

"Damn!"

Zhou Tai cursed angrily, the deterrent power of the ballista after another in the distance behind the military formation of the Ming army was too amazing, Zhou Tai had never been afraid on the battlefield.

Even when Sun Ce led him, Jiang Qin, and Ling Cao into the enemy's formation, facing the heavy siege of Zang Ba's army and the encirclement of tens of thousands of troops, Zhou Tai was not afraid.

But this time, the ballista of the Ming army really made Zhou Tai feel intimidated.

Under such a big killer like the bed crossbow, no armor or martial arts would be effective, not even a shield could defend against the bed crossbow's shots.

"Stabilize the army!"

The front line of the Han army has disintegrated, and the crossbowmen have withdrawn to the second line of defense under the command of the general.

The crossbowmen were able to evacuate because they hadn't collapsed and turned into irrational routs, and the crossbowmen in their hands would still be useful in the future.

But the ordinary Han infantry in the front line were not so lucky. They lost their will to fight and became routs, panicked...

On the battlefield, without orders, turning around and fleeing is undoubtedly seeking death...

"Raise the gun!"

A ruthless cold drink sounded on the battlefield, but it was very clear on the noisy battlefield.

"prick!"

The pikemen in front of the second formation of the Han army fiercely stabbed out the pikes in their hands.

"puff!"

The sound of the gun head piercing the flesh, and the tragic wailing sounded almost at the same time.

A soldier of the Han army in red fell to the ground weakly holding his abdominal cavity pierced by a spear, and the bright red blood was overflowing from his fingers.

Blood stained the grass under him, and his strength was rapidly disappearing from his body

"help me……"

At the last moment, he raised his head in vain, raised his hand and stretched forward, which was where the spear came from.

His cries were not noticed by anyone, and the spears were stabbed continuously, and any broken soldiers who wanted to charge the army would be mercilessly beheaded.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

The guards beside Zhou Tai also drew their bows and arrows and began to shoot and kill the defeated soldiers.

On the battlefield, only if you are not afraid of death can you not die.

Hand to hand combat, bow and crossbow shooting, war in the era of cold weapons, once one side's army collapses, it will be their doomsday.

The cavalry troops on the left and right wings of the Ming army were not in a hurry to attack, and each of the two wings of the Ming army also had a dozen crossbows shooting continuously at the left and right formations of the Han army.

There were no infantry on the left and right wings of the Ming army, they were all cavalry, the left wing was the cavalry of the Shanggu camp, and the right wing was the cavalry of the Bingzhou camp. The Bingzhou Camp is mostly elite knights selected from the Southern Huns, and its generals and officers are basically people from Taipingdao.

Beidi Pavilion

After all, the original names of Shanggu Ying and Bingzhou Ying were not "Ying" but "Yi Cong".

The two wings of the Han army were shot by the bed crossbow, but they lacked cavalry and they did not have much countermeasures. They also organized several waves of attacks to destroy the ballista.

However, because most of the cavalry of Shanggu Camp and Bingzhou Camp are Hu people, they are all excellent riders, and most importantly, their bow skills are outstanding. The strongest group of people, how could the Han army destroy the bed crossbow under their guard.

"Winter!" "Winter!" "Winter!"

In the distance, in the formation of the Ming army, the sound of Huang Tian's war drums completely overwhelmed the sound of the Han army's war drums.

The rapid and powerful sound of Huang Tian's war drums was like thunder, constantly echoing in everyone's ears, even overshadowing the wails of the Han army.

"stop------"

Another high-pitched whistle sounded.

Huangfusong's face changed slightly, and every drum beat and whistle sounded by the Ming army represented that the Ming army was changing its offensive.

Ranged strikes are over...

Then, the next step will undoubtedly be close combat...

Huangfusong, his heart was cold, but he still maintained his superficial composure.

He knew very well that he was the commander-in-chief of the first army, and everyone was probably focusing on him now. As long as he showed a trace of timidity, fear or uneasiness, the entire army might collapse.

Huangfusong kept his composure and kept sending out his reserve team to fill in the vacancies in various places, trying his best to stabilize the army formation.

He still needs to hold on for two quarters of an hour before he can wait for the army to come back for help. He must hold on for at least two quarters of an hour!

Huangfusong knew very well that Sun Jian must be on the way to reorganize the army at this time, and he is already on the way to help.

Liu Bei must also be trying his best to break away from the entanglement of the Wei army cavalry and rush towards his position.

"Two quarters of an hour..."

Huangfusong tightly held the rein in his hand, and closed his eyes.

"If the destiny is still in my Han room, then give me another two quarters of an hour..."

Do everything you can, and be in peace.

He has done everything he can do, and the development of the situation is no longer within his control.

"stop--------"

The whistle sounded for a long time.

The distance between the two armies was only twenty steps, and the soldiers of the Ming army came trotting all the way. Their bodies were heating up after running just now, and the sound of drums echoed in their chests, which seemed to give them endless strength .

Xu An rode his horse and whipped his whip. Standing in the formation, he slowly raised the halberd in his hand, and then swung it forward lightly.

Suddenly, the loud sound of infantry and drums sounded in the Ming army's formation.

A battle flag with tiger pattern was suddenly erected from the formation of soldiers of the Ming army.

A deep chanting sound slowly appeared in everyone's ears. The chanting sound was very slight at first, but soon, the chanting sound gradually became louder and louder...

"Heaven and earth have their own divine treasures, all of them have their own gods and spirits, which follow the five behaviors and forms, and rise and fall with the qi of the four seasons..."

Countless low-pitched chanting sounds all gathered together, like the sounds of heaven, with an awe-inspiring aura that made people feel involuntarily.

The gust of wind swept past the south of Fanyang City, countless banners were blown by it, and there were extremely heavy footsteps in the formation of the Ming army. His eyes were erected.