Chapter 170: Pretending Swordsman rushing to the Formation

The Anxi Army crossbowmen pulled down the mechanical bulb with force. As a wave of metal trembling, the air trembled, and a row of crossbow arrows turned into cold stars and shot out with the wind!

After shooting, the crossbowman in the front row handed the crossbow back, took the crossbow handed over by the second row of shooters, glanced slightly, and pulled the machine again... The crossbowman in the third row filled the crossbow with crossbow arrows at this time and turned the strings hard.

Although there are no muskets in the Tang Dynasty, it does not prevent Chen Ying from taking the three-stage strike of the crossbow version.

The biggest advantage of the three-stage strike is that it can maintain the sustainability of firepower coverage, especially when crossbows are wound. Although it is very labor-consuming, ordinary crossbowmen will spend almost all their power on firing a pot of crossbow arrows in succession.

However, the three-stage strike is different. It only consumes the physical strength of the soldiers who are in the winding string, and this physical energy can be compensated by following the military, civilians or baggage troops.

When the sound of "swish swish swish swish swish" breaking through the air sounded, Yoon Gaisuwen realized something was wrong. Then, the muffled sound of crossbow arrows entering the flesh came one after another, and blood stars splashed out from several rows of Goguryeo soldiers in front.

The soldiers who were caught in the arrow screamed, hissed, twitched, and fell down with a bang! Yuan Gaisuwen couldn't help but be shocked. The lethality of the Tang army's crossbows was so terrifying?

In particular, many of the generals under Yuangai Suwen survived the three wars with the Sui Dynasty. They had already seen the Sui army's crossbows shooting, even though they had suffered such a big loss when they came up.

These experienced veterans immediately roared at the soldiers around them, "Hold the shield and rush up!"

The power of the crossbow machine is greater than that of the bow and arrow and has a longer range, but a fatal disadvantage cannot be compensated, that is, the rate of fire. An excellent archer can shoot an arrow in the air within ten breaths, but the crossbow machine can only be killed by three or four shots.

That's what I mean by the three arrows in the battle.

Just in line with that sentence, old experience kills people.

Just as the Goguryeo soldiers launched an attack on the Tang army, the second round of crossbow arrows followed one after another. This time, Yuan Gaisuwen saw clearly that the crossbow arrows that were only one and a half feet long were extremely sharp and came through the air with a harsh roar. Goguryeo's armor was like paper-paste in front of it, with leather armor piercing, iron armor cracked, and one arrow penetrated the chest, and those who were in the middle fell down!

Goguryeo's light cavalry began to attack the Tang army's crossbow formation in a roundabout way. However, the Tang army's crossbow formation immediately adjusted its launch target, and more crossbow arrows greeted the horses. I don't know how many war horses were hit by this vicious crossbow arrow, and once they were shot, most of the arrows were often nailed into the horse's body. The war horses sprinting at high speed neighed and fell down fiercely, causing the master to fall to the ground. Before the fallen cavalry could distinguish between the southeast, southwest and north, countless horse hooves stomped over...

In the Tang army, Chen Ying, who had long been used to using equipment to crush the other party, had a very cold expression.

He waved his hand to point at the Goguryeo soldiers who were shot and killed one after another and smiled: "Dalang, do you see that? When you encounter an enemy, don't be distracted. Our Tang army's equipment has an absolute advantage and will definitely defeat the enemy under the same number. Even if the enemy has three or four times the advantage of military strength, there is no need to panic. People are not machines, but people are afraid of death. As long as they kill one-third of the enemy, they will naturally collapse!"

As if Chen Ying had verified the words, the small number of light cavalry in the Goguryeo army lost nearly a thousand corpses and slowly retreated. The infantry formed a shield formation and slowly attacked.

The distance between the two sides is closer, less than a hundred steps.

However, the sound of horse hooves sounded at this time.

The Tang cavalry in black and black armor slowly appeared on the horizon. These cavalry walked slowly in small steps, as if the war in front of them had nothing to do with them.

These infantrymen were also happy that the cavalry did not compete with them for the heads. They even gave up the three-stage attack. The front row shooters squatted down, the second row and half-kneeled, the third row stood upright, and the flat rods were holding crossbow machines.

Even if it was fifty steps away, you could almost see the heavy breath of the Goguryeo soldiers. But they still did not launch it.

At this moment, with a loud shout, the last horizontal sword shield player untied something similar to a meteor hammer from his waist. They swung the meteor hammer behind them.

The crossbowman in the front row cursed while picking up the white, almost transparent cloth and covering his face. At the same time, the meteor hammer roared, passing over the crossbowman in the front row and landing into the shield formation of the Goguryeo people.

“Mush…”

"Crack..."

A sound of porcelain shattering sounded, and a large ball of white smoke rose in the Goguryeo formation. This white smoke was not poison, but quicklime that was more powerful than poison. Countless Goguryeo soldiers who were caught were covered and screamed in pain.

The Goguryeo soldiers holding shields threw the shields on the ground at the same time. Of course, the formation of the Goguryeo people was also in chaos. At this time, the two sides were almost face to face, and at only more than twenty steps, three rows of crossbowmen shot out the crossbow machine in their hands without hesitation.

At such a close distance, the power of the crossbow machine was even more terrifying. The Goguryeo people fell down, and the crossbowmen in the front row did not care about the results of the battle. They scattered left and right, and the Tang soldiers holding horizontal swords or spears were like going down a mountain and storming into the Goguryeo formation.

The horizontal knife flew up and down, the broken limbs and arms were broken, and blood flowed into a river.

Fortunately, Yoon Gaisuwen saw the opportunity early, so he covered his eyes with his use in advance, but he was still choked and tears and his nose was flowing. He cursed hysterically: "Despicable, shameless, vulgar!"

There were many Goguryeo people who could speak Tang Yan, and the curses from the opposite side soon came into Chen Ying's ears.

Chen Ying chuckled softly when he heard this, "Dalang, look, these Goguryeo people will definitely not last for a quarter of an hour!"

It was naturally Chen Ying who said it for a quarter of an hour. Only two incense sticks made the Goguryeo stop the vegetables, and they all fled one after another, only to regret that their parents had fewer legs.

Gao Jianwu, who was standing at the head of Pyongyang, looked at this scene and his face turned pale.

There were 17,800 Goguryeo soldiers fighting against more than 4,000 Tang soldiers. In theory, victory should belong to Goguryeo.

However, in just half an hour, the Goguryeo lost three or four thousand corpses and retreated in a panic. More than 10,000 surviving Goguryeo soldiers ran in front, and the Tang soldiers behind chased after them.

"This is an illusion, false." Gao Jianwu really couldn't accept this result.

Goguryeo's self-confidence in the face of the Sui and Tang dynasties was accumulated over and over again. The corpses of millions of soldiers of the Sui Dynasty created the strong self-confidence of the Goguryeo people.

However, at this moment, their self-confidence was shattered when they met Chen Ying.

The big fist of Lu Yuan Taizuo hit the female wall heavily: "King, send troops to rescue them!"

Gao Jianwu and the Tang cavalry who were waiting for the battle said timidly: "No, the Tang people were prepared!"

Yuan Taizuo squirted out an old blood.

It’s not that he can’t see it, but Yeon Gassuwen is his only son.

Gao Jianwu said coldly: "There is only one way now, let them save themselves!"

Seeing the Tang army soldiers rushing forward, killing Goguryeo soldiers to retreat step by step.

Yuan Gaisuwen's head was still as muddy: "What should I do?"

The best way is to retreat first, reorganize the team, and launch an attack again.

However, after seeing the terrifying crossbow formation and horizontal sword formation of the Tang army, Yuan Gai Suwen did not think that this was a good idea. Reorganizing the team to charge means that the Goguryeo people will have to bear the mass killing of a powerful crossbow and have to throw away thousands of lives. Even if they can win, they will suffer heavy losses.

The young Yuan Gaisuwen made a quick decision and shouted wildly: "Swordsman rushed to the formation!"

The equipped swordsman was a heavy infantry formed by the Goguryeo people who studied in the Yan State of the Xianbei Murong tribe during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Because heavy cavalry needed excellent war horses, the Xianbei horses in Liaodong were not good horses.

Therefore, based on the Yan State armored cavalry, Goguryeo developed heavy infantry with Goguryeo characteristics.

Their equipment is a double-handed broad-sword, which is a long sword with a sword of six feet long, which is unparalleled.

Of course, it is too far from Mo Dao.
Chapter completed!