The 104th chapter, drive the wolf to devour (3)
Outside Helin Town, a dark enemy army scattered in the wilderness, Jing Zhan handed the sword given by Cao Lan to rush into the vanguard in the cavalry line.
The long-handled horizontal sword in Jing Zhan's hand was made according to the standard horizontal sword of the infantry in the imperial army. This sword was like the standard sabre used by the Han cavalry. It usually weighed no more than ten kilograms. The blade was generally narrow and long, with a thin and sharp edge, which was conducive to killing.
The difference is that the back of the standard saber used by the imperial cavalry is thicker, and the blade is as long as lightning, and it only has a slight arc until the head of the knife. However, the back of the horizontal knife is only half an inch, and the blade starts slightly from the handle, but the overall line is straight, just like a woman's brow.
Moreover, the weight of this horizontal knife is far greater than that of an ordinary saber, which is estimated to be about fifteen kilograms. But even the standard horizontal knife used by ordinary Han infantry infantry, as long as it is a trained soldier, one knife can cut an adult man in half, not to mention such a sharp and heavy modified horizontal knife.
This improved long-handled horizontal knife soon exerted its power in actual combat.
The hilt of this horizontal knife is more than five feet longer than that of an ordinary horizontal knife. The blade is about one and a half feet long. When held in the hand, the blade gives people a feeling of invincibility. With the help of the power of the horse's charge, Jing Zhan, who was not as powerful as a huge force, easily slashed a light-armed infantry opposite him with a round shield, and sliced the shield with his people. The soldier's lower body even rushed forward two steps under the action of inertia, but his upper body suddenly broke from the middle like a broken one.
The blood suddenly soared into the sky, splashing Jing Zhan all over, while the blood on the blade quickly flowed to the ground.
A Western Allied Infantry soldier on the side saw such a tragic scene and couldn't help but bow his head and retching. Jing Zhan was not polite. He slashed his sword with the flow, and his head rolled to the ground.
"What a good knife!" Jing Zhan couldn't help but praise.
In fact, compared to the archery technique that was shocked by Cao Lan and others, Jing Zhan's sword technique can only be said to be ordinary. As mentioned earlier, the imperial cavalry, especially the elite cavalry of the top ten legions, everyone practices the three-serial sword, which is just a matter of how many tricks they practice.
According to the Imperial military laws, the "Three Swords of the Serial" practiced by ordinary soldiers and officers, low-level officers and senior officers are not exactly the same. Only officers above the regiment commander are qualified to learn the complete Three Swords of the Serial Three Swords. As the mother of the Three Swords of the Imperial Kingdom, the Qinglong sword technique of the Guan family, the family can only be learned in this world.
Even Guan Xinpeng, who was born in the Guan family, dared not say that he could master the essence of the Qinglong Sword Technique. He could only say that he had practiced a few tricks roughly.
This is also the essence of Duan Yichen's honor to learn some of the essence of the Qinglong sword technique. With his talent, combined with his ancestral sword technique from the Duan family and the essence of the chain three swords in the army, he figured out his own set of sword skills, which was comparable to Li Yan in the battle of Shitouling.
The sword technique that Jing Zhan had first practiced was of course a simple version of the three-serial sword. Later, in the nameless valley, Jiang Zhuying taught all the essence of the three-serial sword that he knew to these cavalry who had been following Lei Dongfeng, so that Jing Zhan's sword technique was greatly improved.
However, compared to Cao Lan around him, it is quite different.
I saw that the long-handled horizontal sword in Cao Lan's hand was nearly half a foot longer than Jing Zhan's, and it seemed to be thinner.
It is this thin blade that takes away the life of a light Gallic infantryman every time he waves it.
The seemingly easy knife directly cut off the enemy's soldiers, but at first no blood gushed out, just because the knife was too fast. The cold blade seemed to seal the enemy's blood in the flesh that had been split in half in an instant. After a moment, the blood rushed out with debris under the impact of blood pressure.
Cao Lan's sword technique was obviously not only reflected in the fast speed of the sword. At the moment, he slashed horizontally, like a moon-catching under the sea, from slanted down to top, and even cut three people in a row. He looked back and took a light knife and cut off an enemy who had a knife on the side of the horse.
Moreover, Cao Lan's sword technique always gives him a very strange feeling. The long-handled horizontal sword said it was heavy or not. The one in Jing Zhan's hand was about fifteen kilograms, while Cao Lan's one was about twenty kilograms. Even so, compared with ordinary drastic moves, it seemed very lighter.
But if it is compared to short swords, long swords, and even horse sabers, it will be at least twice as heavy as the ones.
When Cao Lan used the horizontal sword, it gave Jing Zhan a feeling of a light and agile sword. It felt as if Cao Lan was not using a long sword, but a sword, which was quick and tricky, and the sword technique was extremely sharp.
Moreover, although the sword technique seems to be mainly fast and full of force, it always seems a bit feminine.
Such sword technique is unprecedented, but it is really suitable for the cavalry's rushing formation.
Fast enough, ruthless enough, and tricky enough.
"This person's martial arts should not be under the Lei Legion." Jing Zhan made a secret comparison, thinking that if Lei Dongfeng's halberd technique had not made any progress these days, it would be comparable to Cao Lan.
Both of them were the generals who won by speed, and Lei Dongfeng was as fast as thunder. His aura was as fast as a tiger, with great momentum, and dignified as a grand, while Cao Lan was as fast as lightning, with unique sword skills, tricky and bloody.
Of course, he didn't know that after a series of bloody battles and hard practices on weekdays, Lei Dongfeng had almost slowly kneaded the cavalry sword techniques, three consecutive swords that he had rested in his previous life, and the dragon halberd technique taught by Jiang Zhuying. The two halberds of Lengfeng are coming now, but Cao Lan may not be able to resist them.
At this moment, a reorganized regiment, five hundred Benlei cavalry, and more than ten Kuanglan cavalry brought by Jing Zhan, had already rushed back and forth among these Gaul light infantry twice.
Occasionally, light infantrymen who escaped the net and approached the city wall were shot and killed by Guan Xinpeng's command of archers under the city wall, which posed no threat to Helin Town's defense.
Campbell, the commander of the Gallic wannabe, had commanded the Gallic light cavalry and Xianbei cavalry to charge quickly, obviously trying to rescue these infantry. If Cao Lan, Jing Zhan and others continued to rush like this, they might be dispersed in another five minutes.
"Retreat!" Seeing that the enemy's brigade of cavalry and the enemy's attack had already been rushed up, and the purpose of stopping the enemy's attack on the side and eliminating the enemy's infantry's alive has been achieved, Cao Lan cut off an enemy blocking the road in front of him with a knife and led everyone to run quickly towards Helin Town.
However, Jing Zhan consciously cut off the rear. While retreating calmly, he turned around and set off a bow and arrow, shooting at the enemy cavalry coming from the host.
I saw Jing Zhan twisting his body like a machine, drawing his bow and making arrows. One arrow was as fast as an arrow. Soon a pot of arrows was shot clean, and the enemy cavalry chasing from afar had fallen off their horses and could not fall below thirty people.
You should know that in order to maintain mobility, the imperial cavalry had a fixed amount of only twenty arrows. The weight was about five kilograms. Each time they marched, except for one to two arrows, the rest were generally transported by the ordnance camp. For example, in order to pursue the extreme speed, the Xianbei Light Cavalry had only 13 arrows per pot.
As for wartime, before the battle begins, the cavalry's bows and arrows are usually placed on spare horses; after the battle begins, they carry one or two pots with them, and at most three pots.
Even so, the number of arrows carried by a light cavalry in the empire was very limited.
As for the special cases of long-distance attacks like Lei Dongfeng and Jing Zhan, two horses, or even three horses, each carrying only about 300 arrows along the way.
At this moment, Jing Zhan only used a pot of arrows given by Cao Lan before the battle. In such dark conditions and rapid movement, twenty arrows shot continuously in just half a minute, like wind and rain in all directions, and they actually shot nearly thirty people. It was really a perfect shot, and even two enemies were attacked by one.
Of course, there are also reasons why the enemy is entrusted, the formation is dense, and the pursuit is too tight. Moreover, two of the arrows were actually shot at Jing Zhan by the enemy, but Jing Zhan was caught and reflected back, which was so cool and powerful.
However, under Jing Zhan's terrifying archery technique, the enemy chasing behind subconsciously began to slow down, and let Campbell shout loudly, the speed of the cavalry in the first few rows could not be increased. Seeing the Han soldiers entering the city gate one by one.
"Who dares to come forward?" Jing Zhan suddenly felt a sense of boldness and shouted loudly. The bowstring in his hand was like a full moon, and it shot a bang, making a bang.
Although no arrows flew out, the Western Allied Cavalry chasing behind them were panicked. An enemy army even fell off their horses and was stepped into meat paste by the horses that were later caught.
"General is mighty!" The Han soldiers on the city wall witnessed this scene, cheered in unison, and their morale was greatly boosted.
Arrows kill the enemy Jing Mingyang, Kongxian kills the enemy with unparalleled skills.
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"General Jing, you don't seem to have killed more enemies than me." As soon as Jing Zhan entered the city gate, Cao Lan smiled.
"Hmm?" Jing Zhan replied lightly.
"The division, General Jing just broke the rear and showed his power, shooting more than 20 arrows in a row, killing no less than 30 enemies. He just used the hollow string to shock an enemy army. It's really a magical skill!" Guan Xinpeng walked down the city wall and said excitedly.
At this moment, the soldiers of the Benlei Army who had just seen Jing Zhan break all looked at Jing Zhan with respect and admiration.
If Shi Jing Zhan's arrow shot the centurion who persuaded surrender of the Western coalition forces was just amazing, then Jing Zhan's final performance just now can be said to have shocked them.
Divine arrows, arrow gods, these are the thoughts that quietly surged among these soldiers.
Originally, Cao Lan's long-handled sword danced like winter snow, which was very exciting, but compared with Jing Zhan's last Kongxian, it was much inferior.
"Haha, in this way, I killed a lot less enemies than General Jing. General Jing can kill the enemy at the air. Cao admired me!" Cao Lan smiled, without any jealousy. He was indeed a generous person. Jing Zhan and Ling Yun nodded slightly.
"Jing once worked hard on archery techniques, but today he still relies on the advantages of Master Cao's sword and bow!" Jing Zhan nodded slightly. These words could neither hide his pride nor obliterate Cao Lan's contribution. He was neither humble nor arrogant.
When Cao Lan heard this, his eyes became more appreciative. He pushed back the bow and arrow and horizontal sword that Jing Zhan handed back: "Give the sword to the hero, and the red fen to the beauty. I have the bow and hand to keep this set of General Jing."
"I have better bows, and the knife is very easy, I stayed." Jing Zhan was not polite and said lightly.
"You are so straightforward and have a better appetite than Xinpeng. Let's go up to the city wall, and when these ignorant barbarians come up, we will kill the enemy so happily!" Cao Lan heard this, happily patted Jing Zhan's shoulder, and the unhappiness that had been in trouble for several days seemed to be wiped out.
Chapter completed!