Chapter 1005: Magnificent Power of Han (One Hundred and Twenty-Nine)
Bian Rang was born as a county lieutenant in an inferior county on the border of Chu State. As a member of the Liao ethnic group, he served as a county lieutenant in the county. He was already an anomaly in Chu State, an ancient country with a long history. He had such an opportunity just because the county where he was located had many ethnic minorities, and Bian Yang was quite prestigious in the local area. The county soldiers he formed were basically composed of various ethnic groups, and their combat effectiveness was much higher than that of ordinary county soldiers. Several levels higher.
This is also the reason why King Huai of Chu mobilized troops from various counties to the border of Qi and Chu to listen to Qu Wan's orders. His troops were able to quickly stand out and enter Qu Wan's eyes. At first, Qu Wan had gathered 100,000 Chu troops under his command, but in Qu Wan's eyes, , that’s just a hundred thousand garbage soldiers, useless on the battlefield except to die and consume the enemy’s arrows. And a capable team like Bian Rang has to let Qu Wan stand before him. It lit up.
After more than a year of military training, the good ones were eliminated, and Bian Yang's status gradually improved. During the attack on Judu of Qi State, Bian Yang served as the vanguard many times, responsible for attacking the city, and he did not give in every time. Completely disappointed, Bian Yang rose to the position of a senior general of the Chu Kingdom at a speed that would stun others. His promotion speed was comparable to that of the current leader of the Han Kingdom, Fufeng County Lieutenant Gao Yuan ten years ago.
Grateful for Qu Wan's kindness, Bian Yang obeyed Qu Wan's words. When he heard that Qu Wan was besieged by the Han army in Jucheng, his heart flew back to Jucheng, and reached an agreement with Tian Jingwen After that, Bian Rang immediately pulled out his troops, returned his troops, and rushed towards Jucheng.
Bian Rang was an extremely capable general. Of course he knew that the return journey this time would never be so easy, and the Han army would definitely advance to intercept him in the middle. He divided the 30,000 generals into three armies: the front, middle and rear, and he personally led the front army. , which is also the most elite unit in this army to serve as an outpost, hoping to open the way to Jucheng with the help of these carefully trained soldiers.
As long as we return to Jucheng and meet General Qu Wan, we will no longer be afraid of the Han army's attack, and Chu's reinforcements will arrive easily. At that time, it will be time for the Chu army to counterattack.
Taking the lead is also one of Bian Yang's principles for leading troops. As a member of the Fan tribe, he charges at the front and retreats from behind. And among this front army, almost half of them are Fan people from the border counties of Chu State. These people were originally the targets of oppression among the Chu army, but due to the sudden rise of Bian Rang, their status in the army has also been greatly improved. No one dares to look down on them anymore. The personal combat capabilities of these people are compared to Compared to the average Chu army, it was much higher. They were fierce in battle and not afraid of death, which was Bian Rang's most valued strength.
In Majiayu, the 20,000-strong Nanye Second Army led by Tie Xuan was already in full formation. Nanye came out in full force, and the First Army besieged Jucheng. The Second Army was here waiting for Bian Rang's return. It could be won. Meng Chong doesn't care about Judu now. What he cares about is to completely annihilate the effective strength of the Chu army in Qi. Severely cut off the hand stretched out by Chu and beat the opponent so painfully that they dare not reach out again. .
The Chu army's mistake was that after they formed an alliance with Qin, they began to mobilize their troops to prepare for a large-scale invasion of Qi. However, the Han army in Nanye had been recuperating in Kunzhou for several years. The only thing they had done in the past few years was The first thing is to prepare to capture Qi State. One has rushed into battle, the other has been preparing for a long time. As a result, both sides suddenly exert their strength at the same time. Those who are not prepared will inevitably suffer a big loss.
Bian Rang knew that this battle was unavoidable and could not be avoided. He could only fight hard and defeat the enemy in front of him before he could return to Judu and join the general. Otherwise, he would have to wait for his fate in this foreign land. It can only be the result of a crushing defeat. If he loses, Tian Jingwen will never let go of the opportunity to bite him. In Tian Jingwen's eyes, the Han army is the enemy, and the Chu army is also the enemy.
"Beat the drum, prepare to charge!" Looking at the strict lineup of the Han army on the opposite side, Bian Rang shouted sternly. He held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other. He abandoned his horse and, like other charging warriors, prepared to lean on his hands. Feet forward.
Tie Xuan listened to the rumbling war drums beating in the distance, opened his eyes wide and watched countless soldiers rushing towards his position, and looked at the green-faced fangs painted on the faces of the Chu soldiers opposite, and couldn't help but shudder." What is this?"
The charging Chu army is naturally nothing. This is the core force that Bian Yang relies on the most, thousands of people from the border of Chu State. When fighting, these people like to use paint to paint their faces into various hells. The devils think that in this way, they can borrow the power of these ghosts and gods for their own use. Of course, only they themselves know whether it will be effective, but this look is good for scaring people.
At least they caused a lot of commotion on the Han army's position when they rushed towards the Han army's position with howling and screaming. The Han army had fought many vicious battles, but facing a group of devil-like enemies, it was really... first.
Seeing the commotion in the military formation, Tie Xuan couldn't help but became furious and shouted sternly: "Those who make commotion in front of the formation will immediately withdraw from the military formation and go to the rear to be punished by the Military Justice Department."
After the military order was issued, hundreds of Han soldiers withdrew from the ranks with shame on their faces and were punished in front of the battle. The punishment waiting for them was not just as simple as hitting them with military sticks. This would mark a heavy mark on their resumes. Pen, it will have a considerable impact on future promotions and placement after retirement. Unless you make major contributions in future battles, it is possible to offset this punishment.
"Crossbow!" Tie Xuan shouted sternly. In his army, the bed crossbow has officially withdrawn from the army's organization, and all of them have been replaced by the newly made Shenji crossbow. This kind of crossbow mounted on the car has a shorter range than the bed crossbow, but the power is not weaker. The key is that it can shoot hundreds of crossbow arrows at a time. Unlike the bed crossbow, which can only point in one direction once it is fixed, this Shenji crossbow can be rotated left and right, and it is very convenient to reload the crossbow arrows. Before the battle, these crossbow arrows were loaded into cylinders one by one. After firing, the cylinders in the Shenji crossbow were put into the cylinders. Withdraw, load a new quiver, and you can fire again. The powerful power of this crossbow makes the soldiers call it the Death Crossbow.
"You pretend to be ghosts and monsters, so I will turn you into real ghosts." Tie Xuan snorted in his heart.
The Divine Crossbow is time-consuming to make, and it is still fully operated manually. Tie Xuan's army of tens of thousands of people is only equipped with twenty Divine Crossbows, which are distributed on a battle line hundreds of meters wide. Hearing Tie Xuan's order, one Divine Crossbow after another began to rotate the crossbow.
"Fire!"
The sound of ling ling rang out, and suddenly there were more in front of the Han army. A cloud of black arrows flew away. The crossbowmen held the trigger tightly, feeling the constant vibration in their hands. Arrows were ejected from the crossbows like a storm, heading for the Chu army who were howling and rushing towards their own positions in the distance.
The wooden shields covered with iron sheets were easily torn apart. The remaining force was not weakened. The sharp tips shot at the Chu army, piercing through the leather armor once again and deeply into the body. The strange howling sound stopped abruptly. These Chu soldiers stared at the broken shields in their hands with disbelief and fell down unwillingly.
In a moment Thousands of crossbow arrows were fired at once, and most of them were concentrated in the middle of the space about 50 meters wide. The Chu army in this distance was almost wiped out.
Bian Rang's hands were shaking slightly, and he bent his knees and half-knelt on the ground. The big shield in his hand was heavily stuck in the ground. Unlike the iron-clad wooden shields held by ordinary soldiers, the one in his hand was actually an iron shield. It was precisely because of this that he escaped this disaster, but the powerful crossbow arrows almost made his shield hand unconscious. He looked up in a daze, looking at the Han army line in the distance, and there were still a lot of The enemy's crossbow arrows could shoot so far and maintain such force in a space of more than 200 steps. He just saw clearly that these crossbow arrows were shot from a direction of more than 100 meters, and many were shot at an angle, so the shooting distance was more than 300 steps.
Is this a bed crossbow? Bian Rang licked his dry lips, but how could it be shot at an angle? Did the Han army generals know in advance that he would lead these elite troops to attack from the center?
Looking at the soldiers who died with their eyes wide open, Bian Rang felt a rage burning in his heart. , he saw that the teams on both wings that were supposed to be in charge of the feint attack had already rushed forward, and hope was rekindled in his heart. If this was really a bed crossbow, then the opponent would not have time to turn around and attack again.
He stood up suddenly, waved the big knife in his hand, and shouted: "Charge, charge!"
He took a big step and rushed forward.
Tie Xuan looked at the Chu army rushing up from both wings and laughed: "Draw a ghost face and pretend to be a ghost, who are you trying to scare? A bunch of country bumpkins who have never seen the world! Come on, teach them a lesson."
The Chu army attacking from both sides once again This time, they were hit by a storm of crossbows. This time, there were not only the divine crossbows, but also the arm crossbows in the rear of the Han army.
Tie Xuan called the Chu army bumpkins, but he really wronged them. You know, the divine crossbow had just been invented, and even the Han army had just equipped it. Nanye was only given priority because he was going to take the lead in the battle to annex Qi. Many Han soldiers had never seen this weapon.
The Chu army's charge left corpses all over the ground in front of the Han army's front line. Sometimes, courage cannot represent the difference in weapons. Under this indiscriminate and gapless long-range attack, the army that did not make prior defensive preparations could only passively take the beating.
Bian Rang watched his army charging forward and falling under the enemy's arrows. His eyes suddenly turned red. The gap of several hundred steps was as difficult to cross as a natural moat.
With the sound of hooves, the cavalry of the Han army began to rush out from both wings and rushed sideways to the flank of the Chu army. The sound of drums shook the sky, and teams of Han soldiers stepped in neat steps and appeared from behind the rain of arrows. (To be continued)