70 flags fluttering in the army array, and the generals will not panic when they are in battle.
The 300,000 Chu army formation came more than a thousand steps away from the Qin army formation and stopped completely. After the last formation before the war, several chariots drove out from the Chu army's central army formation flag. The first one was a big "六" written on a large red flag, which could still be seen in the distance.
Because the distance between the enemy and us was more than a thousand steps away, Li Xin and others in the Qin army camp, even if they narrowed their eyes and shook their eyes, they could not see the details on the opposite side. They only saw a general wearing red battle armor on the chariot with the word "光" erected. He held the bronze sword in his hand and shouted loudly at the hundreds of thousands of Chu soldiers. Next, Li Xin heard the shouts of shouting in the army formed by more than 300,000 Chu soldiers roaring like a sea of roaring.
However, the Qin soldiers in the Qin army camp north of the main battlefield were not frightened by the roaring sounds of the mountains and seas. These Qin soldiers wearing black armor were all elite soldiers who had experienced many battles. They had experienced much more battle formations than the Chu soldiers on the opposite side, so they did not need the motivation of the generals at this time, and their morale was always in a high state. They were neatly and solemnly arranged under the "Qin" big flag and the "Li" big flag, and they were ready to face up to the Chu army formation in the distance with cold eyes, ready to accept the commander's order to compete for life and death!
"Xiang Rong (also known as Chao) asked you to lead 150,000 soldiers to attack the Qin army camp from the front! Xiang Liang asked you to lead 100,000 soldiers to attack the Qin army camp from the east to support your elder brother." Xiang Yan raised the red cloak behind him and issued a fighting order to his two most outstanding sons.
"I'll take the order!" Xiang Rong and Xiang Liang clasped their fists and responded, turned around and went to the next station to go.
"Xiang Le, Xiang Quan obeys the order!"
"exist!"
"Teach you and two of you will lead 30,000 archers to shoot for your elder brother and second brother!" Xiang Yan pointed out another 60,000 troops and his third and fourth sons.
"Promise!" Xiang Le and Xiang Quan bowed to Xiang Yan and went to order troops.
"Xiang Zhu, Xiang Ji, Xiang Bai (also known as Bo), you and I are in charge of the Xiang family army for your brothers!" After looking at his other three sons who had not learned their skills, Xiang Yan really dared not let them take a group of men to charge in the battle. This is not because they are afraid that they will be injured and killed in battle, but because they are worried that if these three incompetent guys are confused, it may turn into a fatal mistake that reverses the outcome in this critical battle of hundreds of thousands of people! So Xiang Yan decided to put these three guys by his side to completely eliminate this possibility.
"Yes, father." Although he was a little disappointed that the three of them failed to win the command of the army to participate in such an exciting battle, Xiang Yan was very strict in his children, and the three of them could only hide their dissatisfaction in their hearts and dared not reveal any of them.
"The Qin army soldiers are indeed elite in the battles in the south and north, but this time we have an absolute advantage in military strength. As long as we divide our troops and attack, we will be able to win! At that time, let the people of Qin see that our Chu State cannot be allowed to rub it at will!!" Xiang Yan looked at the northwest with a hideous face, because it was the direction of Xianyang, the capital of Qin State.
"Dong! dong! dong! dong dong dong, dong dong..." The war drums in the Chu army's formation suddenly changed the drum beat speed, which means that the Chu army's platoon has been completed, and the next step is to attack the enemy.
The Chu army did not send light troops to test the Qin army's defensive power this time, because their commander Xiang Yan knew that even if there were many light troops sent, it would definitely not be enough for the Qin army to swallow them. Instead of wasting troops so much, it would be better to send most of his soldiers out to give full play to their advantages in military strength.
The Qin army's powerful crossbows are famous all over the world, and Xiang Yan and his sons certainly don't know it, so they all put the sword and shield hands in the army at the front line, intending to use the sword and shield hands' shields to form a shield wall for the army behind to avoid the attack of the Qin army's powerful crossbows.
There was nothing wrong with this method at the beginning, because although the powerful crossbows in this era are very powerful, they have the disadvantage of being unable to shoot at random like bows and arrows. Because the power of the crossbow is not entirely within the control of the crossbowman, once it is shot, there is a very likely huge error in accuracy, which means that most powerful crossbows can only conduct a certain degree of frontal shooting.
However, Xiang Yan and his sons did not know that in addition to the range of the Qin army's powerful crossbow, the original Han crossbow also had an advantage that even Han crossbow did not have before, that is, the Qin crossbow was equipped with a very accurate Wangshan!
In the Warring States Period, the use of Wangshan was actually not uncommon, but the Qin State's national strength is several times that of other countries. As the most elite military force of Qin State, the crossbow soldiers, their weapons are naturally much better than the weapons of other countries. Although the scale of Wangshan, which is truly accurate to the error of less than ten steps, appeared in the Western Han Dynasty, the Wangshan used on the powerful crossbow of Qin today also has the most primitive scale of Wangshan with an error of no more than one hundred steps, and is gradually narrowing the error amount.
Because of this, when Li Xin saw the Chu army holding swords and shields walking in the front of the array, a smile finally rose from the corner of his mouth.
"Li Li, go and tell the crossbowmen of Jiezhang to the point between 600 and 700 steps, and after listening to our military orders, let these ignorant Nanchu barbarians taste the precise shooting of our powerful crossbows of Qin!!" The biggest reason why Li Xin dared to fight Xiang Yan's more than 300,000 troops with more than 100,000 troops was the tens of thousands of powerful crossbows in his own camp. These crossbowmen equipped with the most advanced powerful crossbows in the world today will once formed a scale, and will cause a devastating blow to the enemy on the battlefield!
When the Chu army rushed into the Qin army camp like a red torrent, the generals around Li Xin couldn't help but turn their eyes to Li Xin. However, Li Xin was unmoved at all and still silently stared at the Chu army soldiers and continued to rush towards his camp.
After the Chu army entered five hundred steps away from the Qin army camp and began to show obvious signs of division between the two groups, a Qin general could not help but: "General Li, the Chu army is almost four hundred, and they have begun to divide the two groups, why don't they order shooting?"
Li Xin glanced at the general coldly, then turned his eyes back to the Chu army formation that was running towards the opposite side and another Chu army formation that began to rush towards his flank, and snorted coldly: "Boxie, you bring 30,000 spearmen and 20,000 dead soldiers in the formation but guard the flanks of the army. You don't have to worry about the rest."
The Qin general named Bo Xie wanted to speak, but saw Li Xin's cold face. In desperation, he could only respond and take a few subordinate generals to defend the flanks.
"Hmph! Does this old guy Xiang Yan want to use the advantage of military strength to divide his troops and attack? It's really similar to the strategy I think. It's a pity that I have something you don't have. If you want to capture my camp so simply, you can only see if you can swallow me with your mouth!"
Li Xin's mentality has now completely calmed down and entered a state of neither sadness nor joy. However, facing the Chu army formation that was surging and surging from the front and flanks, how did Li Xin fight against it with just over 100,000 troops? If you want to know what happens next, look at it and see if you don't cry again~
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Chapter completed!