Chapter 211. Weapons Proving Ground
Zang Ba couldn't help but be angry.
The day before yesterday, Wang Hou gave him weapons and equipment and proposed a plan to attack Zhucheng County and rob Chengyang County's confidant. Yesterday, he sent troops, and today he encountered Jiang Qi's heavy army in Wulian Mountain. Judging from the number of people, it was estimated that there were more than 20,000. It was a coincidence that he encountered such heavy army as soon as he went out! At the first time, Zang Ba suspected that Wang Hou was on his head.
But immediately, he dispelled this suspicion. Wang Hou had the motivation to destroy himself with Yuan Tan's hands to officially become the leader of Qingzhou. But if he did that, he would not follow his army and acted as a share of the pie. If he was ambushed and defeated, he, the direct descendant of Prime Minister Cao, could not escape.
So who quickly leaked the news?
His face was so gloomy that it was almost raining, but his voice was dull but he was hiding a strong murderous intent. Zang Ba was unexpectedly humming calmly in his anger.
"When my people were exploring Wulian Mountain just now, they were suddenly attacked by Jiang Qi's cavalry. By the time our cavalry team was at that time, they had already prepared their team. The county soldiers in Chengyang County should be all here. Perhaps there were some soldiers under Yuan Tan's army, and some of them leaked the military information we went north to Zhucheng County."
"Not like!"
As he stretched out his hand back, Zhuge Ying handed over the telescope reluctantly. In Zang Ba's surprised eyes as if he was looking at a monkey, Wang Hou shook his head again while watching.
He is not the first brother on the battlefield. He has really learned from his experience. When Wang Hou was in Dongjun, he commanded the county soldiers. After watching for a while, Wang Hou said solemnly: "Twenty thousand people, Jiang Qi must have collected the troops of the entire county. But there are Jiaonan in the south and Chunyu and Anqiu in the north. The distance here is no closer than Ju County to Zhucheng County. Moreover, it takes ten days to summon the county soldiers from the countryside. In addition, the marching is more than a month ago, Jiang Qi was ready to send troops! He didn't expect to hit us and just hit us."
Wulian Mountain is right in the middle of the triangle of Rizhao, Ju County and Zhucheng County. Jiang Qi may go to attack Wang Hou's Rizhao, but it may also be his own Ju County. Listening to Wang Hou's analysis, Zang Ba couldn't help but nodded in understanding, but his face became more and more gloomy.
"What should I do next? Removal or attack?"
It was Wang Hou who took the initiative to ask about it. He led the county and state soldiers, so he knew what kind of virtue the county and state soldiers were. So Wang Hou retreated this in front. Whether compared with Yuan Shao's elite soldiers or Cao Cao's war soldiers, these guys could not rank, but they were more than enough to suppress the thieves!
If Zang Bajun had not changed his equipment, even if he fought 30,000 or 20,000, he might not have beaten the opponent.
But his face was gloomy and silent for a few seconds, Zang Ba yelled and ordered.
"Transfer this general's order! Let Zang Qu and Zang Chu lead the cavalry to separate the troops and entangle the left and right wings of Jiang Qi, let He Kang lead the archery team forward, and first wash away the bastards with his surname Jiang!"
This is a fight! No matter whether Jiang Qi goes to Rizhao or Ju County, Zang Ba can't stand it! On the Rizhao side, Wang Hou just provided him with a lot of sweetness, and he will rely on him more in the future. As for Ju County, Zang Ba's current base camp.
And! Why did Jiang Qi suddenly come to Ju County at this critical moment? Is there someone who turned against him and is waiting to get a knife behind him?
This battle is a tough battle, but it must be fought!
After giving orders to his subordinates, Zang Ba turned his head and clasped his fists at Wang Hou! "Zhou Mu! Hui Hui Cannon is so old!"
For the convenience of marching, these two giant guys were only assembled half of them, and the catapulted arms were not installed. Wang Hou's head was neat, and he turned his head and gave loud instructions.
"Zhuge Ying, take me order to Wang Yuan, and within three incense sticks, I will see the Huihui cannon sound!"
"I will obey the order!"
Fortunately, he was also curious about that big guy. After receiving the order, Zhuge Ying threw the reins of the horse and rushed backwards. He looked at Wang Hou in amazement and then held up a telescope, without any intention of leaving. After a moment of shock, Zang Ba simply set up a pavilion with his hand and watched the situation on the battlefield.
Of course, his slap that was trembling with cold must not be able to catch up with Wang Hou's crystal telescope. Under his peeping, a few minutes later, the Wulian Mountain encounter was in the snow and snow, which opened the bloody prelude. The first ones to fight were archers, which were a bit like the Western medieval queuing. The army was about fifty meters in front of about 120 to 30 meters apart. The archers on both sides pulled their bows together. In the sound of a slap, it was like a rain of arrows like a locust falling over the sky and falling on the other party's head.
It is time to take the exam to teach archers strength. At this time, the northwest wind is hanging in the sky. One of the two armies is in the northeast and the other is in the southwest. Archery will be affected. Under the influence of the wind, the rain of arrows will mostly fall on the same side.
The results of the battle are roughly the same! The archers on the Taishan bandits are outstanding, but most of the bows are ordinary hunting bows. The steel arrows given by Wang Hou just changed. The other county soldiers are better equipped. The bows are compound bows and are wearing breast-protective armor. The arrows are shot down in the rain, and there is no decision on the outcome.
Unlike in the game, archers can shoot arrows while walking. With the lush and dull atmosphere, the two armies gradually approached. The bandits of Taishan had a slight advantage. The powerful and heavy three-edged steel arrows were spinning and shooting down violently. A thin layer of iron, or simply a square stone piece of armor was obviously not strong enough. A few thuds, Wang Hou saw with his own eyes that there was a half arrow on the armor on the chests of several county soldiers, and then he knelt on the ground with blood. In his heart, he nodded secretly.
Triangular Armor-breaking Arrows are OK!
In addition to the Mongolian cavalry, it seems that no unit in the era of cold weapons could defeat the opponent by relying on archery. He also had to rely on real swords and guns. When the army of both sides was advancing about fifty meters away, the archers gradually retreated to the back and pushed the spearmen in front out into a neat array. The spears, which were three or four meters long, pointed at the other party's face. Whether it was the official army or the Taishan bandit soldiers, their heartbeats were obviously faster. Unfortunately, they were wrapped in a group and were too small. Although there were guns and seas in front of them, they still had to get close together in a strong palpitations.
Just like the battle between two hedgehogs, countless soldiers collided in an instant, spears poked one after another, and the heavy halberds were raised high and slashed down fiercely. With a squeak, Wang Hou saw with his own eyes that the head of a Taishan Army without a helmet was smashed in half by the halberd.
The function and difference of armor are also reflected here. The spear stabbed hard on Taishanjun, but the spearhead left a mark on the surface of the stiff and smooth plate armor and then slid to one side. However, the chain armor and the armor were not so lucky. The spearhead suddenly pierced into the chain armor iron ring, and the heavy spearhead broke the iron ring. With a thunder, another Taishan bandit was stabbed into the body. Although the tip of the spear was not pierced through in the end, the effect was enough!
The chain armor has poor stabbing function, so the front row must be equipped with plate armor! There is also a helmet!!
While anxiously driving side by side with Zang Ba towards the center of the battlefield, Wang Hou kept muttering, but the entire battlefield changed drastically. The sound of the horse sound suddenly came into Wang Hou's ears, and his face changed drastically.
Not Zang Ba’s cavalry!
Chapter completed!