May I ask, what is an infantryman most afraid of?

The answer is that in the middle of a fierce battle, a cavalry suddenly appeared on his back...

After discovering that their own infantry abandoned themselves and ran away in a very unloyal manner, the infantrymen who were in the midst of a bloody battle were dumbfounded. It was already difficult enough for them to resist the fierce attack of Liangzhou heavy infantry, but now they unexpectedly discovered that the infantry actually abandoned them.

They all escaped. They were all so frightened that they dared to continue fighting against the Liangzhou heavy infantry who had the upper hand. They all fled. But unfortunately, the Liangzhou cavalry led by Bei Gongjing

The assault queue had been deployed, and they were about to launch a charge. The Hu infantry who faced them were so frightened that they backed away... Now it was better. The people behind wanted to run, and the people in front wanted to retreat. Everyone was huddled together, unable to move.

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Bei Gongjing did not order an attack, but ordered some cavalry to dismount, draw their strong bows, mount heavy arrows, and shoot fiercely at the huddled Hu infantry. He led a part of the cavalry to hold horse spears and stare at them eagerly. As long as the Hu people

If the infantry dared to run away regardless of the formation, he immediately ordered the cavalry to charge and trample them into a pulp!

If the barbarians maintain their array...

Oh, it can't be maintained. If you squeeze me and I squeeze you, you will become a mess, and you can still maintain an egg. If the barbarians continue to squeeze into a ball, then just wait for the arrows!

The archer directly attacked the Hu man only thirty steps away, drew his powerful bow, took heavy arrows more than one meter long, and shot at the Hu man. When the bowstring trembled, the arrows shot like meteors and fell.

Entering among the barbarians, there will be a shower of blood immediately. These plum needle arrows are like small spears. The power of the foot bows equipped by the Liangzhou Cavalry is generally more than 120 pounds, and they can be fired at close range.

The lethality is terrifying. Every round of arrow rain will cause a scream, and the barbarians huddled together will often be pierced by one arrow two by two!

The Hu infantry were in a desperate situation. They were surrounded by the powerful Liangzhou heavy infantry on three sides, and the Liangzhou cavalry behind them. In peacetime, they could charge decisively or let the archers step forward to shoot the bows and arrows from dismounted steps.

Hand-to-hand shooting, relying on the numerical advantage to defeat them, but it can't be done now. Now everyone is in extreme panic. The crowd is crowded, and the archers have long been in chaos. Even if there is no chaos, they can't get over the extreme panic.

The chaotic crowd lined up to shoot at the Liangzhou cavalry, and they could only use their flesh and blood to withstand the rain of arrows. The simple armors they wore were almost like paper in front of the plum needle arrows, and they were easily pierced.

What was pierced next was their bodies...

The battle turned into a massacre. Five hundred dismounted Liangzhou cavalry methodically poured out rounds of arrows at the Hu infantry. Each round of arrows was like peeling a carrot, and each round of arrows destroyed the huddled soldiers.

The Hu infantry cut down a layer. Each of them shot ten heavy arrows and immediately mounted their horses and retreated, while another group of cavalry dismounted, picked up their rifles and loaded their heavy arrows...

The battle ended quickly. More than 2,000 of the 4,000 Hu infantrymen fell in a pool of blood, and more than 1,000 people knelt down and surrendered, finally saving their lives.

Bei Gongjing ordered that all the weapons of the barbarians, especially sharp arrows and javelins, be confiscated. After cleaning the battlefield, he immediately commanded the army to escort the prisoners and advance towards the new city. Soon they had advanced to

Xincheng City is down.

The new city had just experienced a big battle a few days ago. Many of the city walls were damaged and even collapsed in several places, exposing huge gaps. Some siege equipment such as crossbows, trebuchets, ladders, and rams were still thrown around randomly in the city.

They were not transported into the city, let alone destroyed. It seemed that what he did just now really frightened Zhang Ni, so much so that when he hid in the city, he forgot to set off a big fire to destroy these deadly siege equipment.

Burn.

Bei Gongjing's eyes swept over the siege equipment, revealing a faint smile. Without any nonsense, he immediately deployed the siege. He personally led the main force to attack the east side of the city wall where many places had collapsed. Zhang Xiong led the cavalry around

Go to the west and put up a posture ready to launch an attack at any time. As for the south and north, there are no soldiers at all. It's not that you don't want to send some soldiers in these two directions, but there are really no soldiers. There are just thousands of people surrounding this.

It is impossible to encircle a large city, so we can only encircle it in two directions.

Zhang Ni stood on the city wall, looking down at the towering Liangzhou army. This man seemed to have forgotten the embarrassment of being beaten to pieces by the Liangzhou soldiers just now. He returned to his previous arrogance and shouted to Bei Gongjing: "Bei Gongjing"

Gong Xiaoer, my head is still here fine, do you dare to come and get it?"

Bei Gongjing said: "Wait a moment, we are coming." He called Li Rui, pointed to a big gap in the city wall and said, "Has Li Quhou seen that big gap?"

Li Rui said: "I saw it! The gap is not small. It can accommodate four cavalry riding side by side!"

Bei Gongjing said: "It is indeed not small. The best thing is that it is very close to the moat. As long as you cross the moat, you can rush into the hole. And have you noticed that there are several battlements on the wall above the gap?"

It was destroyed and has not been repaired until now..."

Li Rui nodded fiercely: "Yes, it was completely destroyed. The soldiers standing on it really had no cover at all! They were too careless and made such low-level mistakes!"

Bei Gongjing smiled and said, "It's not surprising that Hulu are good at field battles but not good at defending cities."

Li Rui felt that there was something going on in this direction, so he asked: "Major General, what can I do?"

Li Rui said: "I plan to use that gap as a breakthrough. I need you to bring your sharpshooters to a place fifty or sixty steps away from the city wall, and keep shooting arrows at the city wall to prevent the enemy from attacking the siege troops. You can do it.

?"

Li Rui thought it was not a big problem and said: "It can be done!"

Bei Gongjing said: "Well, go and do it quickly. We will capture the new city and I will give you credit!"

Li Rui immediately ran to mobilize his troops and generals.

Bei Gongjing called Pei Wei again and said: "Pei Quhou, I have chosen the main attack direction, but I need a strong general to lead a group of elite troops to attack from the direction of the city gate to contain the main force of the Hu people..."

Pei Wei held up his hand very domineeringly: "I am willing to go!"

Bei Gongjing was very satisfied with his positive attitude and said: "I will have people use crossbows to fire javelins to cover you! There are two ladder trucks near the city gate, make use of them!"

Pei Wei understood: "I understand!" He ran to mobilize his soldiers in high spirits. It seemed that he was preparing for a big fight.

The Liangzhou Army was also preparing nervously.

They went into battle lightly and did not carry large siege equipment such as crossbows and trebuchets. The large equipment that was randomly thrown outside the city by the barbarians just solved their immediate needs. There was no need for Bei Gongjing to give orders. Those responsible in the army

The sergeants who operated and maintained large equipment started tinkering with crossbows, trebuchets, ladders, and other big things. Before long, there were eight or nine usable crossbows, and the two trebuchets were equipped with javelins, stone bullets, and aiming.

The city wall.

Bei Gongjing selected a hundred strong and brave men from among the prisoners. Each of them was given a shield and a long knife. He said in a cold voice in Hu language: "Those who want to survive can attack the city. I will not give orders." Retreat, no one is allowed to retreat, otherwise I will kill the one who retreats, and I will kill the two who retreat!"

When the hundred barbarians saw the densely packed crossbowmen on the city wall, they all shuddered and looked desperate. A mere hundred people captured a city guarded by thousands of people? Are you kidding? I'm afraid they haven't even climbed up yet. The city wall was completely dead. They knew that as long as they got close to the city wall, they would definitely die, but they knew better that if they didn't go, their heads would fall to the ground immediately. The people of the Beigong family have never been merciful!

I can only fight to the death. Besides, attacking the city may not necessarily lead to death. I still have some acquaintances in the city. Maybe I can be recognized by the acquaintances in time and save my life!

Bei Gongjing calmly finished the order and ordered the bugler to blow the horn of attack.

The first to attack were the artillerymen operating the crossbows and trebuchets. As soon as the horn sounded, the sergeants operating the two trebuchets violently pulled the rope at the front of the trebuchet lever. The thick and long lever was pulled and suddenly moved towards Swing forward!

Phew! Phew!

Two polished round stone bullets that had not been used when the barbarians attacked the city were thrown out with great force, drawing two graceful arcs and hitting the city wall like meteorites.

Unfortunately, it was hit too high, and it fell over the city wall and made a loud rumbling noise. I don't know what it hit.

Zhang Ni commanded his sergeant to control the crossbow to shoot at the Liangzhou Army's infantry square. Twenty or thirty crossbow arrows as thick and long as javelins roared out, making a terrifying sound. Let's not talk about the accuracy, but also the momentum. It’s very manageable!

However, the accuracy of the crossbow was really poor. After the crossbow arrows were fired, they flew all over the sky, but none of them could hit. From this, it is not difficult to see that although these barbarians are fierce and good at fighting, they are really not very good at defending the city. Those large-scale It can be said that they have no idea how to use defensive equipment.

It's a good thing to be ignorant. If they were good at using these sophisticated and huge instruments, it would be the Jin army's turn to be in trouble.

The Liangzhou Army's crossbow shooting was much more accurate than theirs. Nine crossbows fired at the same time, and three javelins hit the barbarians on the city wall. The barbarians who were hit screamed and were carried away by the high-speed flying javelins. His feet flew far away from the ground, and a burst of blood rained out of thin air, which was indescribable horror.

This salvo did not cause much damage to the Hu people, but it angered them. They loaded and fired as fast as possible, vowing to show the Jin army some color. As a result, they were rarely exposed to such precision. As for the huge defensive equipment, they were not skilled in it and were anxious, but they were in a hurry and their efficiency was significantly reduced... The result of being anxious and wanting to eat hot tofu was that before they could load it, the Jin army sent them another round of weapons. shoot.

This time the shot was more accurate. Not only did he shoot down more than ten barbarians, one of the javelins also hit a crossbow that was about to be fired, cut off the crossbow string and then nailed it into the chest of the strongman who was about to fire, beating him. fly.
Chapter completed!