Chapter 324

The sharpness of the bow and crossbow of the Han army is definitely not general. The maximum range of the strong crossbow can reach 300 steps (about 1.5 meters per step). Although it is only a short distance, do you know what it means under the high-intensity coverage?

"We have tried a large number of cavalry sprints at high speed. From entering the range of the bow and crossbow of the Han Army, 300 steps are covered by the strong crossbow of the other party, to 260 steps are covered by the crossbow and bed crossbow, and 180 steps are covered by the stone throwing cart." Huyansheng's face was very ugly: "when you enter 120 steps, you will be covered by a strong bow."

It's the heaven, the earth, and even the gods and Buddhas all over the sky. No one is willing to face this enemy. It's a situation in which you don't even touch one of the other's hair, but you have to bury many people first.

At this moment, the Qiang people have cavalry charging. They are scattered and cover a wide area. When they enter the shooting distance from the strong crossbow of the Han Army, the Han Army did not send even one arrow.

"The Han Army no longer shoots arrows, but we don't think it's because the other party lacks arrows." Huyansheng waited for a while, and the cavalry charged very fast, and soon it would be within 200 steps. He raised his finger to the camp of the Han Army and said, "soon the other party will shoot an arrow."

Almost as soon as the voice fell, wave after wave of arrows were fired from the barracks of the Han army. It seems that the scale is not large, but it seems very targeted.

The arrow flies for a distance in mid air with a roaring sound. When it falls, it will bring a human scream or the neighing of a war horse when it hits the target, and a dull sound when it hits the ground.

Huyansheng said with a very ugly face, "the arrows of the Han Army are all three edged styles that break armor. The arrow will inevitably penetrate. Even the arrow in the war horse will not enter the arrow plume."

Look at the cavalry on the battlefield. No matter where they are shot, they are directly pierced. It shows that the kinetic energy of the cavalry's forward sprint and arrow is really great. As huyansheng said, the arrow is the key.

Direct penetration of arrow branches has both advantages and disadvantages. It is difficult to take out the arrowhead left in the human body, but the arrowhead penetrating the human body means that the wound increases. In the ancient times when there was no medical means, hitting the arrow was a troublesome thing. If the arrow in the human trunk wanted to survive, it was really not so easy, even in modern times with rich medical means.

It was only six days, but the Qiang army lost nearly 14000 people. Only a few hundred people died of close combat weapons, and the rest died under the bow and crossbow of the Han army. Have they achieved any results? Yes, it broke a fence set up by the Han Army, and may also kill or kill dozens of Han soldiers.

Facing the arrow array that can only be broken through by relying on major casualties, Yao Yizhong can hardly eat and drink these days, and people are becoming thin at a very fast speed.

The new batch of more than 1000 cavalry soldiers who were put into the experiment withdrew when they rushed to the distance of 100 steps, and the number of them running back was less than 300. The visible credit was that they consumed about three or four thousand arrows of the Han army.

It has to be said that the number of arrows fired by the Han Army in the six days was not small, but there were more than 250000. In fact, such consumption is not large. It seems that the war result is about 17 rounds. One war result is already very efficient.

Of course, the Han Army actually recovered the nearby arrows. The actual lost arrows should be 150000. During this period, it also attracted the Qiang people to attack because of the recovery of arrows, and achieved some results.

Yao Yizhong has few choices now. He has asked military craftsmen to wantonly build wooden shields and knife shield vehicles. Next, he has enough psychological preparation to pay the necessary casualties.

There is nothing wrong. In the face of the sharp and outrageous bow and crossbow of the Han Army, shields are necessities, and we should also be prepared to pay a heavy price to fight in close combat.

"Han reinforcements will arrive in two days. Before that, we will launch a strong attack regardless of casualties!" Yao Yizhong commanded operations more than once. In the face of casualties, he had long been regarded as a pure number. He said, "during the introduction, zahu and Jin people were ranked first, and our family soldiers were behind."

Yao Yizhong took many leaders of the Qiang nationality and a group of generals of the state of Zhao in Shijie to a distance of three miles from the Han Army camp. They need to make a final inspection, which is also encouraging the troops.

In addition, it has to be said that Yao Yizhong was also luring the Han army out of the camp to attack. Therefore, he did not hesitate to put up a big battle, but also tried to put the flag in a prominent position.

Liu Yan has only 30000 troops available at present. If Yao Yizhong successfully attracts the Han army out of the camp, no matter how much, as long as he can offset the benefits of the Han Army and have a close combat, every elimination of the Han army is Yao Yizhong's success.

What are the Han army doing at this time? On the one hand, whether to send troops to attack or not was soon submerged by other topics. The most important topic was whether to let the fleet of Chenzi River enter the Yellow River.

The Chenzi river is a waterway connecting the Yellow River. Previously, Liu Yan deployed a large number of docks there, and a fleet of 300 has been formed. They are used to prepare to cut off the back road of the Qiang army, that is, to block the Yellow River Waterway in the battlefield area.

Are three hundred ships too many? If we look at the war situation, the river reaches should be enough, but we don't think so. We should include all the river reaches that may be involved. In that case, one to three hundred ships and ships are really not enough.

"There are nearly 1000 Shijie naval troops. They may not have rich experience in water warfare, but they still can't be underestimated." Sang Yu was opposed to sending out the fleet now. He went on to say, "our current land forces are also insufficient. If Yao Yizhong wants to retreat, he can't stop it."

What is the situation of Shijie Navy? It's not about people, it's about boats. The number of boats must account for a large part of them. The number of ships is at least 400. That is really a huge fleet. I'm afraid the number of personnel serving it will not be less than 200000.

Similar to the navy of the Jin Dynasty, the ships of the Shijie navy are basically building ships. The difference is that the Shijie Navy does not have as many three-story building ships as the navy of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

"The first reinforcements will arrive tomorrow night and the second two days later." Ji Chang gave a serious answer and said in a dull voice, "that is to say, we need to keep Yao Yizhong here for at least three days."

Another thing is that the wood and other sundries floating on the Yellow River waterway are not lost when the Qiang army crosses the river. They also block a long waterway. The ships of the Han Army did not come from the East Sea, but the blocked rivers still need to be solved, so as to form the trend of double attack.

Sang Yu asked commonsense, "set fire?"

For a time, I don't know how many people said in one voice: "no!"

The last time I set fire in Taishan County, the fire swept through more than half of Taishan county. Needless to say, the surrounding counties and counties were also affected by rice seedlings. At present, a large area is still full of wounds, and I still have a headache for the ashes left after the fire. It's just that the land affected by the fire will be incomparably fertile in the coming year.

Is it ridiculous to set fire on the river? Think about how the battle of Chibi was fought.

Liu Yan also disagrees. For him, whether the wood on the Yellow River is a resource or a resource obtained by the enemy, it will be more successful to collect it than to cut it by himself.

"Jun Shang?" Ji Chang's concern is very practical: "what scale will our fleet be in three days?"

"About..." Liu Yan thought for a moment and said, "about 500."

It was a large warship. Most of the warships fired crossbows and arrows. It was more than enough to deal with the Shijie Zhao army. Even if it was insufficient, it could continue to make up for it.

In fact, systematic warships are not enough, which involves blocking the wood and other sundries near the estuary of the Yellow River. The final agreed result is to send people to try fishing. If they can clear a little, it can be regarded as a little. If they can't, it can only be burned.

The next day, Liu Yan was awakened in his sleep. He asked what the situation was. The visitor only said that Ji Chang had found obvious abnormalities.

The camp of the Qiang army is full of trumpets before dawn, and a large camp is full of lights. It seems that there is definitely something big.

Ji Chang saw Liu Yan coming and said in a hurry, "today is the time for Yao Yizhong to launch the general attack."

Liu Yan didn't speak. He took the lead to the highest lookout platform in the camp.

When you go to the observation platform and observe the Qiang stronghold with a telescope, you can see that there are many war instruments at the front of the Qiang stronghold, including a large number of knife shield vehicles and nest vehicles, which actually need an incomparably large volume.

"There are many jin people under Yao Yizhong?"

"Yes, sir."

In fact, not only Yao Yizhong, but also any high-ranking people in the Central Plains, who doesn't have a large group of attached Jin people around them?

It is inevitable for the army to send accompanying craftsmen. For example, some combat equipment is temporarily built by accompanying craftsmen. Yao Yizhong used to put the craftsman troops in the core area. The Han Army speculated that the Qiang army would build equipment, but he didn't expect to build so many.

As long as you pay a little attention, you will find that the instruments Yao Yizhong ordered people to build are highly targeted, and almost all run towards the defensive arrows. It can be seen how much Yao Yizhong attaches importance to the benefits of bows and crossbows on the side of the Han army.

In fact, Yao Yizhong's attention is really understandable. He doesn't know how much the Huns suffered under the bows and crossbows of the former Han Dynasty, but it should be clear from the fighting in recent days. If the Qiang army wants fewer dead people, it should prepare more shields and build as many as necessary arrow blocking instruments.

It was found that the Qiang army had prepared countless anti arrow instruments. Liu Yan and others who went to the watchtower subconsciously looked at each other.

"So... That is to say, the nearby forest has suffered again?"

“……”

The people were stunned at Liu Yan's attention. Now it seems that it is not the time to care about the environment. It should be distressed that the benefits of bows and crossbows have been offset. How should the Han Army stop the Qiang army's strong attack?