Chapter 837 Come on, hurt each other
The pouring rain of arrows caused heavy losses to the Sima cavalry. Countless people and horses were shot to the ground, and the entire battlefield was in disarray. The Sima army, who was originally in a state of might, could only flee in a hurry, leaving behind corpses all over the ground.
The Bingzhou Army's arrow rain was too terrifying. The 360-degree attack without dead corners made the Sima Army besieged on all sides unable to find a way to hide. Under such a dense rain of arrows, any attack became futile. The faster the rush in front died, many cavalrymen died with their men and horses. With just one wave of attack, the Sima Army lost thousands of people.
Originally, I was the one who was the one who was the one who was a fish, but as a result, the Bingzhou Army had almost no casualties, while the Sima Army suffered heavy losses.
This battle made Chen Tai a little suspicious about his life. Is there a fucking three thousand people? If the other party had not had a limited scale, Chen Tai even suspected that there were tens of thousands of archers hidden behind the vehicles of the Bingzhou Army. Otherwise, how could such a dense rain of arrows be formed?
The Sima cavalry, who had been arrogant and vowed to take down the Bingzhou Army, was slapped in the face, leaving behind corpses all over the ground, and retreated in a mess.
Chen Tai's situation is extremely embarrassing now. He brought 10,000 troops to Wulongkou to ambush the Bingzhou army with great fanfare. It was originally a battle with no suspense, but when he took action, he found that this time he actually kicked the iron plate and had only attacked. He lost thousands of troops without even touching the enemy's Mao. If this matter is spread like this, would Chen Tai not become a laughing stock for the world?
However, Chen Tai was not a reckless man and did not launch an attack again under anger, because he knew that if he continued to attack in the previous way, it would only increase greater casualties and would not achieve more expected results.
This Bingzhou Army was not the same as the opponents they had encountered before. They relied on those strange chariots to maximize the efficiency of the archers. A team of only 3,000 people was equipped with bows and arrows that were used by nearly 10,000 people and teams, which caused great hindrance to the attack of the Sima cavalry.
Archers use distance combat to be unfavorable for melee combat. Once they fall into melee combat, the archers will almost lose their role and only benefit the slaughter of the next person.
Next, it is time to plan the attack method. The previous attack method was too simple and crude. He tried to use the speed of the cavalry to destroy the opponent in one go, but was caught off guard by the opponent.
Since the opponent's bow and arrow are so powerful, it must be suppressed first, which means that the attacking cavalry must add firepower to cover the firepower.
With his skills, he still used the other person to deal with archers. The best weapon is bows and arrows. Although the Sima Army could not be equipped with so many archers, archers still accounted for a considerable proportion of the 5,000 infantry soldiers. So Chen Tai ordered the archers in his army to be drawn out and shoot against the Bingzhou Army to cover the cavalry's attack.
Moreover, Chen Tai also adjusted the attack formation appropriately in the cavalry attack. The cavalry that the Sima Army had previously attacked was too dense. Although such a formation could produce an overwhelming momentum, the overly dense formation made the archers of the Bingzhou Army almost no need to aim and shoot arrows out at will, and then they could shoot the opponent's cavalry.
Therefore, such a formation is also a reason for the heavy casualties of the Sima army. When attacking again, Chen Tai ordered to change the attack formation and adjust the densely covered formation to a wide and sparse formation, which means that the spacing between the cavalry is increased, and all cavalry use a round shield that protects the body to improve defense ability.
The second round of attack kicked off with the counterattack of the archers. Under the cover of the sword and shield soldiers, the archers of the Sima Army advanced to a suitable position, lined up in a horizontal array towards the Bingzhou Army's chariot array, and under the command of the commander, rows of volleys were carried out.
Because the terrain is relatively flat, from the position where the Sima army archers stand, they can only see the neat row of flat box trucks, and even the figures of the Bingzhou Army cannot see. In this case, flat shooting is definitely not possible, so they can only shoot onto the flat box truck. Therefore, the Sima army archers can only use the method of uplifting to lift the bow to an angle of forty-five degrees and throw the bow out.
I saw arrows drew parabolas in the air and flew towards the Bingzhou military vehicle formation.
As soon as the Sima Army's archers took action, they were immediately counterattacked by the Bingzhou Army. Compared with the Sima Army's archers and arrows, the counterattacks of the Bingzhou Army were more intense and violent. The rain-like arrows poured over as if they were not worth money, and the entire sky seemed to be covered by arrows from both sides.
Although the sword and shield soldiers were in front of the front to cover the archers, they could only defend against the arrows attacking from the front at most, but the arrows shot from the top of their heads seemed a little powerless. After all, their archers also needed space to launch archers. If they were covered with shields, they could not counterattack and could not provide offensive cover for the cavalry.
The archers have the worst defense ability. The arrows falling from the sky cannot dodge at all. Many archers were shot in the arrows, either dead or injured.
But at this time, we cannot retreat. Even if there are constant archers falling down, we must maintain the attack formation. Chen Tai knew that shooting of bows and arrows is originally a kind of mutual harm. If you shoot an arrow, I will have casualties. If you don’t resist at this time, how can you cover the attacking cavalry?
How could there be no casualties in the war? Chen Tai could only grit his teeth and persevere. He only hoped that if one of his archers fell down, he could get the life of the other archers. Sima's army had the advantage in the number of people. The result of mutual harm was more beneficial to the Sima army.
But the other party was hiding behind the box truck. Chen Tai could not know how much damage his archers caused to the other party. He could only calculate how many archers he shot to death by the opponent's archers.
But after observing for a long time, Chen Tai found that the archers on his side were constantly casualties, and the arrows were shot less and less, and the power was significantly weakened. However, the Bingzhou Army did not seem to have been affected much. The density of the arrow rain was still so dense and fierce, and there was no sign of weakening at all.
Chapter completed!