The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 72

[Chapter 72 Bow and Crossbow]

At dawn, when the first rays of sunlight hit the ground, the horns in the barracks sounded.

All the officers of countless battalions and teams all got up, came to the tent, and told the troops under them to gather, form a good formation, have breakfast, and then take a rest before going to the battlefield.

For these troops, Zhong Yu is still very concerned about their daily life. He eats a meal of meat every day, although he only has a small piece, and the rice is full, and he usually adds some vegetables, which can be said to be very rich. Meals are out.

At the very least, many small rich people in the countryside can’t afford it, but with the accumulation of dozens or hundreds of years of the nobility that Zhong Yu got, they can be said to be rich and powerful.

Moreover, you can eat wherever you go, and solve the problem of resources on the spot. Without the pressure of logistics, the supply of food can be unlimited.

Anyway, they can’t eat much, and they will become cannon fodder on the battlefield in a few days, and ten of them don’t know if they can survive one or two, so what can I be stingy about!

Watching those soldiers excitedly eating today’s breakfast, and even discussing whether the food is appetizing or not, how long has it been since I had such a good meal?

The officers did not stop it, although there was an order in the army that it was forbidden to make noise.

Just let them be quiet and eat such a breakfast happily, and then they will be the first to go to the battlefield.

The guard force in CD City is still quite strong, and the quality of those troops is also relatively good, not comparable to those of the former county military police.

If he wants to capture that city, he has to rotate at least five or six groups of his people, and their group of five thousand people, as the first group, will definitely meet the fiercest attack from those defenders to dampen their morale. .

At that time, these happy soldiers, who were still eating, passed this morning, and five thousand people wondered if they could survive him for a thousand or two thousand, and let them indulge for a while, how could they be so ruthless to stop it!

Soon, these soldiers had finished their meal, and Zhong Yu thoughtfully asked them to do some exercise after meals, so that they would have more strength to wait, and would not have stomach pains due to vigorous exercise after a full meal. Died for ridiculous reasons.

After the sound of the horn, about an hour later, with the sound of the cowhide drum, the heavy and solemn bugle sounded incessantly.

One after another, the military camps opened up in square formations. If you count them carefully, there are square formations of five to five thousand people in front of them. These square formations are lined up, and there is only a road in the middle that can accommodate four or five cavalry.

At the back are two phalanxes of 5,000 crossbows. Zhong Yu had also captured his four counties and counties. From those county capitals, the aristocratic families found his 5,000 strong crossbows. to his 5,000-strong crossbow team.

The remaining phalanx is the bow team equipped with the iron tire bow. The maximum range of these two phalanxes is 300 meters, and the effective range is 150 meters.

And Zhong Yu, with the 2,000 system soldiers and the 3,000 Hanzhong County veterans, set up a high command platform behind the five square formations alone.

As the command post on the battlefield, the high platform is so high that it is equal to the 20-meter-high city wall of CD City, and can clearly see the situation on the battlefield and CD City.

Seeing that those troops have come to the battlefield, the formations are also neatly arranged, just waiting for the order to attack, they can use their lives to gain the opportunity to survive and further glory at any time.

“Attack!” After carefully observing the battlefield for a while, Zhong Yu found that the situation on both sides of the enemy was not bad.

The cannon fodder on my side, although many people were killed and injured because they forced them to attack yesterday, felt very dissatisfied.

But because of their own side, there are as many as 20,000 supervising teams.

And their families are all in their hands, and they still dare not resist their orders for the time being, they can only obey.

“Bang bang bang!” With a rapid drumbeat, the 5,000 cannon fodder in the first lineup slowly approached the edge of the city wall.

Those cannon fodders had unwillingness and fear on their faces, but the more than 1,000 supervising teams standing behind them drew a line behind them.

They were clearly told that without order, anyone who crossed the line would be killed without mercy.

Therefore, they can only helplessly and with unwillingness, and walk forward with very slow steps, only hoping that the road in front of them is so far, that they can walk for a morning and drag it out until the end of this war.

But all of this is just an extravagant hope after all, after just ten minutes of doing him, the cannon fodder army is within the range of the bow and arrow of the city wall army.

As the seat of Yizhou, it can be said to be the capital of the entire Yizhou, and it can be ranked first in the entire state.

In order to suppress the entire Yizhou, the weapons reserves are naturally not small, and there are 3,000 bows and crossbows.

This is because there has been no war for many years, and the weapons reserves in the treasury have not been well preserved. They have rotted and damaged a lot, and they are only a fraction of the original.

Three thousand crossbows were distributed to three thousand guards above the city wall,

Lord Inspector did not expect them to be able to shoot many hits.

I just hope that they can shoot all the arrows and arrows in their hands, and hit as many enemies as they can. It is better than no long-range strikes.

With a loud bang, three thousand arrows shot out like rain, and the metal arrows glistened in the sunlight.

The sound of bang sounded. Although their hit rate was not very high, they still took hundreds of soldiers’ lives.

As long as it reaches a certain degree of density, no matter how low the total head is, it can still have a certain effect.

If someone can’t imagine the concept of the three thousand arrows falling down, then you can refer to the scene of the hero of the movie when the Qin army attacked Zhao. The Qin army there is three thousand people, similar to the defenders in the city.

In short, the cannon fodder who saw such a tragic scene for the first time was frightened.

Many soldiers were stunned, and some were even paralyzed and fell to the ground.

Someone else directly took the opportunity to escape, but was directly shot to death by the supervising team who had been staring at the back.

The supervising team saw that these soldiers were so useless, they slashed and killed hundreds of him in a row, trying to force those soldiers to step forward.

However, they found that the soldiers were still reluctant to move, even if they would rather be killed by their supervising team, they would not dare to go up.

Seeing the bear-like appearance of those soldiers, Zhong Yu understood that if the supervising team were to kill again, it was very likely to cause a mutiny and eventually lead to the defections of those soldiers.

After all, many of those soldiers were strong men who were forced by themselves. Although they took good care of their lives during this period of time, it was still impossible for them to be grateful to him for letting them go to the battlefield.

Asking the supervising team to stop what they were doing, Zhong Yu let the two bow and crossbow phalanxes in the rear slowly move forward and stopped at a distance of two hundred meters from the city wall.

After some training, they are much better than those rookies on the city wall.

At least their heads are not very accurate, but they can still understand the general direction.

Under the intensive shooting of the army formation, there is no need for a too long aiming head, as long as there is an approximate orientation.

At that time, under the overwhelming rain of arrows, no matter where the enemies hide, he will have nowhere to escape, and he can only be pierced by thousands of arrows, and he will die very aggrieved.

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