Chapter 54 Bow and Crossbow
At dawn, when the first ray of sunlight hit the earth, the horns in the barracks sounded.
Countless chiefs of each battalion and team all got up, came to the camp, told the troops under them to assemble, get in formation, had breakfast, and then took a rest before going to the battlefield.
For these troops, Zhong Yu is still very concerned about their daily life. He eats a meal of meat every day, although he only has a small piece of rice, and the rice is full, and there are usually some vegetables added, which can be said to be very rich. Meals are up.
At least many small rich people in the countryside can't afford it, but they can be said to be rich and powerful with the accumulation of tens of hundreds of years from the gentry acquired by Zhong Yu.
Moreover, you can eat wherever you go, which is to solve the resource problem on the spot. Without the pressure of logistics, there can be an unlimited supply of food.
Anyway, they can't eat much, and they will become cannon fodder on the battlefield in a few days. Ten of them don't know if one or two of them will survive, so what can I be stingy about?
Seeing those soldiers eating today's breakfast excitedly, they were even discussing with each other whether the food suits their appetite. How long has it been since he had such a good meal?
Those officers did not stop them, although there was a military order in the army that expressly prohibited making noise. Just let them be quiet and eat such a breakfast happily, and they will be the first people to go to the battlefield later.
The guard force in CD city is still quite strong, and the quality of those troops is also relatively good, which cannot be compared with the previous county soldiers and gendarmes.
If he wanted to capture that city, he would have to rotate at least five or six groups of people, and as the first batch of five thousand people, they would definitely meet the most violent attacks from the defenders in order to hit the morale of his side .
At that time, these soldiers who are still eating happily, pass this morning, five thousand people don't know if they can survive him for one or two thousand, let them indulge for a while, how can they be so cruel to stop it!
Soon, these soldiers finished their meal, and Zhong Yu thoughtfully asked them to do some post-meal exercise, so that they would have more strength to wait, and would not suffer from stomach pains due to strenuous exercise after eating a full meal. Died for ridiculous reasons.
After the sound of the horn, about an hour later, with the beating of the cowhide drum, the heavy and solemn bugle sounded continuously.
The barracks were set out one after another. If you count carefully, there are five phalanxes with five thousand people in front.
Behind them are two crossbow phalanxes of 5,000 people. Zhong Yu counted and captured four of his counties before. From the treasuries of those county towns, he was found with 5,000 crossbows from the aristocratic family. His crossbow team of 5,000 men was defeated.
The remaining phalanx is the bow team equipped with iron tire bows. The maximum range of these two phalanxes is 300 meters, and the effective range is 150 meters.
And Zhong Yu, with the 2,000 system soldiers and 3,000 Hanzhong County veterans, set up a command platform behind the five phalanxes alone.
As the command post on the battlefield, the high platform was built extremely high, fully equal to the 20-meter-high city wall of the CD city, and could clearly see the battlefield and the situation of the CD city.
Seeing that those armies have come to the battlefield, the formation is also neatly arranged, just waiting for the order to attack, and they can use their lives to win the chance of survival and further glory at any time.
"Attack!" After observing the battlefield carefully for a while, Zhong Yu found that the situation between the enemy and us was not bad.
Those cannon fodder on my side, although I forced them to attack yesterday, many people were killed and injured and felt very dissatisfied.
But because of his own side, there are as many as 20,000 supervising teams. And their family members are all in their own hands, and they still dare not resist their orders for the time being, and can only obey them.
"Bang bang bang!" With a burst of rapid drumming, the 5,000 cannon fodder in the first row slowly approached the edge of the city wall.
The faces of those cannon fodder were full of unwillingness and fear, but the more than 1,000 supervisors standing behind them drew a line behind them.
He clearly told them that if there is no order, anyone who crosses this line will be killed without mercy.
So they could only walk forward with very slow steps helplessly and unwillingly, only hoping that the road in front of them was so far away that they could walk all morning until the end of this war.
But all of this is just wishful thinking after all, after just doing him for more than ten minutes, the cannon fodder army is close to the bow and arrow range of the city wall army.
As the seat of Yizhou, it can be said that it is the capital of the entire Yizhou, and it can rank first in the entire state.
In order to suppress the entire Yizhou, there will naturally be a lot of weapon reserves in it, and there are a total of 3,000 bows and crossbows.
This is because there has been no war for many years, and the weapon reserves in the treasury have not been well preserved, and a lot of them have been rotted and destroyed, only a fraction of the original.
Three thousand bows and crossbows were distributed to the three thousand guards on the city wall, and Lord Inspector did not expect them to be able to hit many hits.
I just hope that they can shoot all the arrows in their hands, and hit as many enemies as they can. It's better than no long-range strike.
With a bang, three thousand arrows shot out like rain, and the metal arrows shone in the sunlight.
There was a whistling sound. Although their hit rate was not very high, they still took hundreds of soldiers' lives. As long as it reaches a certain degree of density, no matter how low the total head is, it can also have a certain effect.
If someone can't imagine what the concept of the three thousand arrows is, then you can refer to the scene of the Qin army attacking Zhao in the movie hero. The Qin army there is only 3,000 people, which is similar to the defenders in the city.
In short, the cannon fodder who saw such a tragic scene for the first time was frightened. Many soldiers were hesitant to move forward, and some even fell to the ground paralyzed from fright. Another person took the opportunity to escape, but was shot dead by the supervisor team who had been watching from behind.
Seeing that these soldiers were so useless, the supervisory team hacked and killed hundreds of them in a row, trying to force those soldiers to come forward. But found that those soldiers still refused to move, even if they would rather be killed by their supervisor team, they dare not go up.
Seeing the bear-like appearance of those soldiers, Zhong Yu understood that if the supervising team were to continue to kill them, it was very likely to cause a mutiny, which would eventually lead to the rebellion of those soldiers.
After all, many of those soldiers were strong men who were forced by me. Although I took good care of their lives during this time, it was still impossible for them to appreciate that I let them go to the battlefield.
Asking the supervising team to stop what they were doing, Zhong Yu asked the two bow and crossbow phalanx at the back to slowly move forward and stop at a distance of 200 meters from the city wall.
After some training, they are much better than those rookies on the city wall. At least their accuracy is not very accurate, but the general direction can still be understood.
Under the intensive shooting of the army formation, there is no need for a long aiming head, as long as there is a general orientation.
At that time, under the overwhelming arrow rain, no matter where those enemies hide, he will have nowhere to escape. He can only be pierced by thousands of arrows and die very aggrieved.