The eyes of the two heavy infantry did not last long. After a burst of rapid war drums from the Han Army, the soldiers ready to fight first shouted "drink!", Rhythmic drums began to be sounded, and each drum reminded soldiers that they should take steps to form a neat and uniform step sound.
Before the attack, some of the heavy infantry of the Han Army replaced their weapons with long guns. At the beginning of the third row of the formation, there were some people holding shields and long guns. If you look inside through the shield, you will see that the long guns were held at the waist one by one, making the formation very neat.
The armor on the heavy infantry of the Han army should be 65 Jin, together with the weight of shield or weapons. The overall weight is definitely about 100. They are arranged in the front by the people holding Tower Shield. When advancing, the first row is holding Tower Shield, the second row is held high to an angle of about 45 degrees, and the third row is held high and flat at the beginning, Under the dense formation, there is a moving wall of steel.
The three bridges built in Jijin during the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty are a gradual hole bridge, which is made of stone, wood and soil. Its two sides are relatively low, and the highest position in the middle is more than three feet. Due to the long length of the bridge deck, there will be no obvious slope.
The Han army began to move forward, and the Dragon guards and equipped infantry on the side of Shijie Zhao army also began to respond. They did not stay on the beach, but stepped into the bridge deck in bursts of bleak trumpets. Their posture was to block the bridge deck layer by layer.
The marching speed of the Han Army, which formed the shield array, was not fast. It can even be said that the advancing speed was a little slow. When they moved forward 50 steps, they would stop briefly to adjust the loose formation, and they were also taking the opportunity to recover some physical strength.
"Watch your feet."
"I know."
The people in the front row are not heavy swordsmen, but people selected by themselves. The Han army paid great attention to the formation of heavy infantry. Its height should not be less than 7 feet and 3 inches (1 feet and 24.5 cm in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so it is about 180 cm). Its skeleton should be large and strong. They usually trained most in physical fitness and step array. On the contrary, they trained less in personal fighting skills.
Walking in the front row, Xiao Qi can look forward through the gap of the shield, because what he sees in the middle of the bridge is the bridge deck. In fact, he mechanically listened to the drums of the war drum behind him, and stopped as soon as the drum stopped.
Soldiers who can be used as vanguards are generally selected from brave people. Paoze standing side by side with Xiao Qi should be called Ruishi according to the military saying. They are the first batch of people who come close to the enemy, and they are definitely the first batch to be attacked. They have a very high psychological endurance. Otherwise, timid people may turn around and run away when they see a large number of enemies swarming.
The Han Army lacked confident soldiers in the early stage. After all, their original living environment was very bad. They were not only bad, but also had no dignity under the arbitrary bullying of the Hu people. For a long time, Liu Yan gave them courage again and again with systematic troops. In addition, they gradually recovered their courage after winning the war again and again, and even became unprecedented self-confidence because of continuous victory.
In Xiao Qi's sight, the enemy's head first appeared in the distance, and his body gradually emerged. He judged that his side should be about 140 steps away from the enemy. Subconsciously, he looked up at the sky, but his vision was blocked by a shield.
There are arrows flying in the sky. It doesn't look too dense.
The front end of the three bridges is full of heavy infantry. They extend nearly 240 steps from the front to the back. Behind the heavy infantry is the bow and crossbow army.
"Even a strong crossbow with a distance of 300 steps will not have any killing effect on heavy infantry." Li Jun is a member of the military Marquis with heavy infantry. His troops are used as the leader of the attack. I stay on the south bank beach, next to a car with war drums. He looked at the situation ahead and said, "it seems that the harassing effect is also very limited."
The powerful crossbow has a long range. Its most powerful distance is about 30 steps. The prismatic arrow can penetrate three layers of heavy armor. However, no one will put the strong crossbow force in front when the enemy approaches 30 steps, which means that it will be in contact after one launch. There are no strong crossbow soldiers in close combat. When they are close to the close combat arms, they are bound to be killed wantonly.
Although the attack was limited, the Han Army still fired crossbows and arrows one after another, and even let the bed crossbow on the beach conduct experimental calibration. Unfortunately, the range of the bed crossbow could not reach the enemy.
Li TU was stunned when he saw the firing of the Han Army's bed crossbow. When he saw that the fired crossbow fell more than 50 steps away from his own troops, he couldn't help showing a mocking expression.
Even if they didn't know the Han army before, the Shijie Zhao army suffered a painful price continuously. Especially, the Shijie Zhao army here was abused by the Han Army's long-range weapons for nearly ten days and collapsed. No matter how stupid they are, they should gather intelligence and study the range of various long-range weapons of the Han army.
The Dragon guards on the bridge deck stopped outside the range of the Han Army's long-range weapons that can cause serious damage according to the prompt from the rear, that is, Kankan was north of the center of the bridge.
If you look at the three bridges, you will find that both sides have made the same move without too strange tricks. As a result, the heavy infantry of the two armies are crowded in front of the enemy.
The rhythmic drums sounded again, and Xiao Qi followed many paoze and said "drink!", Raise your shield and continue to follow the drum.
The fighting rhythm of heavy infantry can't be faster. Without the troops participating in the war, some double soldiers on the beach can only hold their breath and watch.
The weather is hot and the body is covered with multi-layer armor. In fact, the heavy infantry on both sides should have been sweating all over, and the sweat will flow downward, which makes water stains appear on the ground of the bridge.
The two sides have been close to each other within 30 steps. The Dragon guards who have not moved suddenly burst into a chorus of roars, and some objects that look like throwing guns were thrown out of the Dragon guards' array.
More than one grass-roots officer in the Han Army shouted, "steady! Steady!"
Almost as soon as the voice fell, bursts of bumps rang out frequently. It was the shotgun thrown by the Dragon Guard that hit the shield. If the contact between the gun head and the shield could definitely see the obvious emergence of Mars in the dark, it was an effect of instantaneous impact force.
The throwing behavior of the Dragon Guard is wave after wave. The shield in Xiaoqi's hand in the front row is hit twice in a row. We can feel that the strength is not light.
Holding a single telescope, ran min first "tut", turned to Li Tan and said in some wonder, "why didn't we think of this move?"
"..." Li Tan really didn't know how to answer. They attached importance to weapons such as strong crossbows, bed crossbows and stone throwing carts. They really forgot the throwing guns used in ancient times. He touched his chin's beard and said, "it can be used for reference. In the future, it is necessary to add gun throwing training, and even equip footmen with small axes for close range throwing."
Ran min nodded and looked very interested in the suggestions mentioned by Li tan.
Li Jun, who stayed at the rear command headquarters, was stunned to see the enemy throwing long guns. He noticed that there were no casualties in his own troops, so he put his heart down. He can't help but have an idea that can be used for reference. He just thinks about it, quickly focuses his attention and orders the drummer next to him to speed up the rhythm of the drums.
Thirty steps is a matter of running for a few seconds for other arms. It is difficult for heavily loaded infantry to run quickly. They can only move forward step by step.
When the two sides approached within 20 steps, the Dragon guards stopped throwing long guns. You can see that the Dragon guards in the front row are tightening the distance between each other and overlapping their shields as much as possible. When doing these actions, they don't know what they are shouting. They listen to the loud but noisy.
The rest of the audience. Zhao Jun broke out shouting at Shijie on the North Bank of the Yellow River. I don't know how many people were shouting. The sound was so loud that it could cover up the sound of drums and horns. On the South Bank of the Yellow River, Han soldiers kept quiet.
Xiao Qi visually measured the distance between the two sides, and there would be no more than ten steps between them. He clenched the shield in his hand, subconsciously turned his head a little and looked to the side. The voice of an officer came from his ears. What he saw was the passing of long guns one after another.
"Get ready to meet the enemy. Hold the shield and control the long gun in pairs!"
The sound of metal friction was so slight in the noise. The heavy infantry of the Han Army under the protection of shields were doing all kinds of actions according to the orders of officers. Each shield in the front was pushed by soldiers with their shoulders instead. The people in the second row used the buttons between shields to put their hands on the back of the robe in front, Then came the man who was ready to poke the spear out of the shield hole.
On the battlefield full of noise, a neat and loud "powerful Han Army" was roared out. The next moment, the shields of the two armies collided with each other, and the roar of metal once covered up other sounds.
Because the rhythm of the battlefield was controlled by the Han Army, the engagement of the three bridges basically took place in succession. After the three huge collision sounds, whether it was the sound of war drums, horns and noise, it was a meal.
The next moment is that the heavy infantry of the two armies after the war have become the mainstream of the battlefield because they touch and push each other with shields, the metal friction sound between shields, the friction sound of the shield base stuck on the ground, and the trumpet roared in unison.
The competition between heavy infantry is really a struggle of strength. They are separated from each other by a layer of shield. If they want to wave or poke out weapons, they also have to have space. When there is no space, what is compared is which side has enough strength to push each other desperately. As a result, the shield walls built on each other fight back and forth until one side's shield wall cracks.
"... this method is a little stupid." Ran min can use a single telescope to carefully observe the battlefield: "our shields have interlocking devices and can be held like door bolts. They will be stronger than the enemy's shield wall, but is that how to push..." he said he had to stop when he saw something.
This time, it was Shijie Zhao Jun who made an unexpected move. In front of the two armies, the shield walls pushed each other, but behind them, there were soldiers climbing on the foothold composed of the shield wall. Looking at the soldiers without heavy armor stepping on the shield, they jumped to the top of the Han Army's shield array. They were hit by heavy weapons such as maces and flail.
Of course, the Han sergeant in the shield array found the situation above. After reacting, he poked a long gun up from below, regardless of whether it would hit or not. Anyway, it's right to continue to stretch and poke back and forth.
Li Tu didn't have a telescope. He narrowed his eyes to see the development of the war. When his Donggong Gaoli ran to the Han Army shield array and smashed it, he still had a sense of expectation. He didn't have a special expression when he saw the Han Army shield array stabbing out long guns.
There was Donggong Gaoli in Jijin, but Shi Xuan went to Chaoge to preside over the battle and brought most of it.
Donggong Gaoli is a gang of powerful kongfu guys. They come from all ethnic groups and are the ferocious people carefully selected by Shi Xuan. Donggong Gaoli, who tried to launch an attack from the top, is now facing a sharp long gun that may be poked from below at any time. It is definitely lucky to be hit on the sole of the foot. What's worse is to be stabbed to the egg.
Whether it's the soles of the feet, legs, eggs, or eggs, Donggong Gaoli will inevitably fall down when he is injured. If he falls down, he will have the consciousness that his body will be stabbed into rags. Their reaction is also fairly rapid. After the Han Army counterattacks, he gives up the attack and retreats back. He really runs back more than half. Some who really can't retreat back and are still alive are ruthlessly jumping into the rolling river.
"This move can also be learned." Li Tan didn't know when. He held a piece of paper in his left hand and a brush in his right hand. He wrote it down and said, "they have so many tricks that they are worth learning from."
Ran min seemed to make a mouth curl, without hiding his dislike: "the Han Army's combat mode has always been very rigid, and it should have tried to diversify long ago."
"That's what I said." Li Tan rarely refuted ran min and said, "like the Zhao army we keep fighting, their generals don't know how much they envy the rigidity of our army."
"Ben is not talking about discipline and resilience." Ran min was really very disgusted and said, "what I would have said is the hard hitting of coming and going, and the war is also the set of coming and going."
"This is..." Li Tan couldn't deny it. He smiled bitterly and said, "the arrow array attacks, the rest rush, the rest are blocked, the arrow array attacks, the arrow array attacks, the rest rush. Come and go, that's the trick."
It was the first time that ran min heard that sentence like a tongue twister. He tasted it for a while, burst into "ha ha" laughter, patted his thigh and said, "with this move, the big man has laid such a big territory."