Cao Liang was watching the battle on the top of a turquoise mountain. The terrain here is high, and the entire Heishuiyuan battlefield is in sight. Huan Fan, Deng Ai, Yang Hu and others stood behind Cao Liang and looked at the decisive battle together.

Perhaps the previous battles were too smooth, especially in the past two years, the Wei army swept the world and swept the eight deserts, which seemed to have made the generals of the Wei army have the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy, believing that the Wei army's horses traverse the world and roaming the world, and no one in the world can compete with it anymore.

However, in this Battle of Hei Shuiyuan, the extremely strong defense power of the Shu army on the surface made the king and ministers of the Wei Kingdom look bad. The invincible Wei cavalry encountered such a difficult and tough trick. Although they did not send the strongest combat power, the performance of the Shu army was beyond their expectations. This battle was really difficult to fight.

Cao Liang had regarded Jiang Wei as a strong enemy before, but at this time the power of Wei was far better than that of Shu, so Cao Liang was full of confidence in this battle. Even if he could not crush it, at least the Wei army could have the upper hand.

But unexpectedly, as soon as the war started, the defense of the Shu army was completely invisible, causing great losses to the Wei cavalry. If we say that the Ma crossbow equipped by the Wei army is not inferior to the Yuanrong crossbow, Jiang Wei seemed to be slightly better in the use of the Yuanrong crossbow.

Of course, this has something to do with the conditions of the Shu army. Most of the Shu army is infantry, while the Yuanrong crossbow is one of the best among infantry weapons. Therefore, in Jiang Wei's hands, this kind of killing weapon must be used to maximize its power.

The ace Cao Liang relied on was not only continuous crossbows. There were cavalry in the field and catapults in the siege. Their power was even greater than that of continuous crossbows. Therefore, although the Wei army infantry was equipped with continuous crossbows in large quantities, in actual combat, the degree of reliance on continuous crossbows was far lower than that of the Shu army.

This is like eating. Originally, it was green vegetables and tofu and a braised pork, which was naturally extremely delicious, but how could people who are used to eating delicacies and delicacies look down on braised pork?

However, Jiang Wei is indeed an extraordinary figure who can use the crossbow to such an extreme and form a tacit understanding with other troops.

"Speak up the gold and withdraw the troops." Cao Liang ordered lightly.

Yang Hu hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty? The two armies are fighting at this moment? The victory and defeat are not decided. If the Jin Dynasty withdraws the troops at this time, it will probably shake the morale of our army."

Cao Liang said: "It is much better to shake the morale of the army than to lose unnecessary casualties? The Shu army cannot attack? Is our army only increasing casualties? Removing the three cavalry battalions and raising the infantry battalions? Using a catapult to attack? I don't believe that I can't smash its turtle shell!"

Judging from the current situation, simply using cavalry to attack? Facing the defense of the Shu army like iron barrels, the casualties were quite large. Although the cavalry of the third battalion of Ruiqi, Guoqi and Jinqi were brave and brave, as the commander, Cao Liang could not ignore their casualties and attack and attack hard. Is that just a man who is a reckless man? The real planner? Do you have to use the smallest price? To win the greatest victory, kill one thousand enemies, and lose eight hundred of yourself. Such a fighting style, even if you win, it will be a tragic victory.

A real commander? You must know how to use your strengths and attack the enemy's shortcomings, rather than do it even though you know it is impossible. Now the attack of your own cavalry is restrained by the crossbow soldiers of the Shu army. If you continue to launch a strong attack, it is not necessarily impossible to break through the defense line of the Shu army, but the price paid is unbearable for the Wei army, and it is possible that these three cavalry battalions will be all over.

Of course, Cao Liang could not accept such a fighting style. So after seeing this situation, Cao Liang decisively ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and withdraw the new third battalion of the cavalry, and sent several infantry battalions to launch an attack. The infantry battalion not only had crossbow soldiers, but could fight evenly with the Shu army, but also had large killing weapons like catapults, which broke through dense defense, and there was no more effective weapon than catapults.

In the concept of many people, the catapult cart is bulky and difficult to move. In addition to being able to show its skills in siege operations, it seems difficult to do anything in other occasions.

But Cao Liang changed this idea. The main reason why catapults could not be used in field battles before was that the catapults had poor maneuverability, and the situation in field battles was changing rapidly. Before the catapults were arranged, the target had been moved elsewhere, and the result was a waste of time.

Cao Liang specially set up a catapult for field battles. Based on Ma Jun's chain catapult, the human pulling type was changed to a counterweight type. With the unchanged volume, the operators were reduced and its mobility was greatly increased.

Each battalion of this chain catapult is not equipped with many such battalions. Each battalion has about twenty vehicles, which is far inferior to that of large catapults. The chain catapult is about one meter high, and in addition to the casting arms, it is only three meter long and weighs only one fifth of the large catapult. It is very lightweight. The bottom of the chain catapult is equipped with wheels and is pulled by a mule and can be quickly deployed to any position on the battlefield.

If the chain of catapults of six infantry battalions were combined, there would be more than 100. This scale was enough to deal with a relatively large-scale battle. Cao Liang issued an order to let the six camps attack and use catapults to destroy the defense line of the Shu army. Such an attack lineup was practiced by the Wei army before.

Yang Hu took the order and immediately went down to make arrangements. He first ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, recall three cavalry battalions, and then sent out six infantry battalions and launched an attack on the Shu army from the front.

Hearing the sound of gold, the soldiers of the Third Cavalry Battalion were unwilling to accept it. After all, after paying such a great sacrifice, they did not even achieve any results in the battle. The robes that died under the long spear under the crossbow of the Shu army were all in vain. This humiliation is really hard to accept.

Many soldiers asked for their orders, wanting to fight another battle, and they would not give up until they broke through the enemy formation.

But how dare the generals of the Third Battalion of the Cavalry dared to agree to them? The military orders were as loud as a mountain. When the sound of gold sounded, no matter what reason, if they refused to retreat, they would be punished by military law.

You should know that the Wei army's military discipline is very strict. If it violates military discipline, even if His Holiness asks him for request, it will not be accurate. Not only will the position of general whom they finally climbed up is not guaranteed, but it is difficult to say whether the head of Xiang can be kept.

Therefore, even if the three generals were reluctant, they could only order the entire army to retreat. The third cavalry battalion was like a gust of wind, and in a moment, they retreated cleanly.
Chapter completed!