Chapter 206 The Battle of Makino (8)

In the early morning of the next day, the main forces of both sides formed formations in the southern suburbs of Muye.

The gloomy sky suddenly began to drizzle, and dark clouds covered the battlefield for a long time.

On the Zhou army's side, due to the trenches, the chariots were forced to be placed at the rear as a reserve team. The Chinese army is all the local army of Zhou State, with 3,000 tiger and ben troops at the forefront, followed by 45,000 armored soldiers.

The coalition of princes is deployed on the left wing; the Alien Legion is deployed on the right wing.

The Zhou Dynasty camp formed a standard attack formation.

Before the battle, after the formation of the Zhou army, a grand pre-war oath was held. Before the battle, King Wu of Zhou denounced King Zhou for listening to the slander of his concubine, killing noble ministers, not offering sacrifices to ancestors, and cruelly killing the people.

On the side of the Shang Dynasty, the 100,000 Crossbowmen Legion was the core of the army, so they decided to take a defensive position. The 20,000-sword shield soldiers of the Alien Legion are at the forefront. They use the shields in their hands to form a steel defense line.

The 100,000 crossbowmen corps were arranged behind the sword and shield soldiers in a fan shape. The fan-shaped attack net formed by crossbowmen shoots crosswise from the left and right sides. Under such a three-dimensional defense system, the multi-angle continuous strikes from the front, left, and right sides, as well as direct shots combined with projectiles, greatly strengthened the killing effect of the bow and crossbow.

Each team of thousands of crossbowmen is organized into three groups. The first group of aiming and shooting is called launching the crossbow; the second group is turning the head ready to fire and is called advancing crossbow; the third group of stringing is called upper crossbow. When the first group of shots is finished, it retreats to the third group, and the cycle continues in order to maintain the continuity of shooting.

The left wing is the old guard army, the royal guard and the war elephant, and the right wing is the cavalry unit of the 10,000 alien legion. In order to leave enough charging distance, the cavalry is arranged in a slightly rearward position.

The formation of troops in the Shang Dynasty camp exceeded Jiang Shang's expectations. A few days ago, the spies sent to contact Wei Zi never returned, which already gave Jiang Shang a bad premonition. Now, seeing the opposite camp, what appeared was not the expected chaotic army of slaves, but the elite of the peak military capacity, and couldn't help shouting that it was not good.

However, the call for negotiations has been issued, and it is too late to withdraw now. Now that the arrow is on the string, it has to be launched.

Jiang Shang personally walked to the drum and beat it.

The war drums sounded, and the Zhou army and the allied forces of various princes, stepping on the beat of the drums, took firm steps in square formations one after another, crossed trenches one after another, and rushed towards the Shang army like an overwhelming torrent.

The rolling army flattened the green ground in the southern suburbs of Muye, just like the tide flooding the beach, rushing towards the merchant camp, trying to engulf it in one bite, with a menacing force.

King Wu of Zhou took the lead and was at the forefront of the battle surrounded by the Huben army.

Under the restraint of King Wu of Zhou, the battle formation marched forward in unison, with neat lines and consistent steps. Above the battle formation, a forest of spears lit up, and the military flags of various vassal states fluttered.

"Raise the shield!" The herald gave an order and waved the flag, and the Huben army in the front row raised their wooden shields, like a wall of iron and steel. The soldiers yelled rhythmically, hitting their shields with their weapons: "Woo, woo, woo, woo!" Accompanied by the shouts and rhythmic drumbeats, the formations of all sides moved forward majestically in a uniform order.

When the dark Zhou army was three hundred meters away from the Shang battle, the Shang army's counterattack began.

The 100,000 Crossbowmen Legion, under the command of the teaching team, overcame their fear, half-kneeled on the ground, raised their crossbows, and started shooting. The massacre in the outskirts of Muye had already reached the ears of the slave crossbowmen, and the Zhou army on the opposite side didn't care about their lives at all. Since that was the case, there was no reason to hesitate.

Countless arrow rain intertwined into an impenetrable arrow net in the air, facing Zhou Jun on the opposite side as a hood. Every wave of arrow rain took the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and splashed bloody waves. Zhou Jun's archers were suppressed and had no power to fight back, so they could only be beaten passively.

The advancing teams fell down row after row. No matter it is the elite Huben army, the coalition army of princes, or even the Alien army, they are all groaning under the rain of arrows, and no one can stop their sharpness.

King Wu of Zhou tried his best to stabilize the battle formation so as not to make it chaotic. The rear army stepped on the corpse of the former army, trampled it into a meat paste, and under the encouragement of King Wu of Zhou, they continued to advance bravely without fear of death.

Retreat is a dead end. When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. As long as you cross the 300-meter death line, the crossbowmen on the opposite side will only have the fate of being slaughtered by them.

Zhou Jun firmly believed.

The soldiers were shot with arrows one after another, and the wounded soldiers lay down on the ground, filling up the trenches. Blood flowed along the trenches and gathered into a trickle, completely dyeing the earth red. The soldiers were dripping with blood, stepping on corpses, braving the rain of arrows, and continued to move forward. This is an army of vengeance that has no way out.

After defeating the fear, the crossbowmen became more confident and cooperated more smoothly. There were more and more arrows, denser and more penetrating. They swished past the soldiers' ears and shoulders, or shot directly at some unlucky guy with a puff.

Zhou Jun's simple leather armor or wooden armor could not stop the sharp arrows at all. The casualties were too great. The Zhou army had to pay a price of 20,000 to 30,000 people for a short distance of 300 meters.

When the remaining soldiers finally rushed to the front of the merchant army, they were greeted by the steel defense line led by Shi Wansui. One thousand hoplites from Shanhai County were deployed at the forefront. The infantry armor forged with fine iron is unbreakable and indestructible, and the spears of the Zhou army soldiers cannot break through the defense at all.

As an imperial general, Shi Wansui has three specialties, [Leading the Soldiers] Increases the morale of the troops by 40%, [Conquest of the South and the North] increases the movement speed of the troops by 30%, [Insight into the Autumn Hair] increases the attack power of the troops by 20%, plus the Shang Dynasty The faction additionally increases the defense power by 25% battle bonus.

Such a troop of sword and shield soldiers, under the blessing of Shi Wansui, is an army of tigers and wolves, an invincible army in front of the Zhou army soldiers who use bronze weapons and wear leather armor.

Shi Wansui raised the spear in his hand and shouted loudly: "Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The sword and shield soldiers raised their shields with their left hands to hold the enemy's spears, and swung the sharp swords with their right hands, cutting the enemy into two ends. blood flower. Zhou Jun is proud of the elite troops, in front of them, they are chickens and dogs.

The steel defense line composed of swords and shields prevented Zhou Jun from advancing an inch, but was suppressed and retreated steadily.

The crossbowmen army in the rear, like a tireless killing machine, is still running, wave after wave of arrow rain, taking thousands of lives mercilessly.

The coverage of the arrow rain is so large, not only the soldiers of the Zhou army in the center of the arrow net, but also the coalition forces of the princes on the left and right wings and the Alien Legion are also within the range of the arrow rain.

The more than 50,000 alien legions of the Zhou Dynasty camp have been cut by one-third by the arrow rain. The lords who rushed to the front suffered heavy losses, some became polished commanders, and some were simply cleared from the battle map. At this time, many lords had already withdrawn their hearts and began to be afraid to move forward.

What followed was an even bigger nightmare.

Under the cover of the long-range firepower of the crossbowmen corps, the elephant array launched an impact. The soldiers on the battle tower on the back of the war elephant shot with bows and crossbows from a distance, and killed their opponents with long-handled bronze daggers. At the same time, control the war elephant to attack the enemy with its trunk and ivory, and around the war elephant, ten thousand guards follow closely to cover the war elephant from the opponent's infantry attack.

The war elephant set off a turbulent wave in the alien army.

The Alien Legion was originally a mess, with a large number of cavalry in the sky, but they were not effectively organized together. Instead, they fought on their own, and suffered heavy losses before they rushed to the front. Now they were hit by the war elephants and immediately became a mess. , out of order. Soldiers can't find their commanders, and commanders can't find their lords. They don't know whether to move forward or retreat. They have powerful combat power, but they can't use it.

The Suwei army of the Shang Dynasty, with the determination to defend their homeland to the death, swung their spears at this group of enemies under the cover of war elephants, harvesting the lives of the opponents, and the bronze armor and helmet provided good protection for the Suwei army.

The Alien Legion, which was originally the most advantageous, played very ugly. Suddenly, it was dominated by the Shang Dynasty's old guards and royal guards who were on the disadvantaged side. It was a great irony.

On the right wing, Zhang Liao raised his spear and gave the order to attack: "Charge!"

The cavalry took up their long weapons, or horse lances, or spears, and rushed towards the coalition of princes who had been knocked out in half. Under the control of the cavalry, the horses nimbly crossed one after another trenches, and rushed towards the opposite side without slowing down.

In the era when chariots were prevalent, such a cavalry unit was simply a nightmare for the enemy. The arrow hit the Mingguang armor of the Shanhai County heavy cavalry at the front, just like scratching an itch, without any damage. The cavalry were like a red-hot iron poking into butter, easily tearing the coalition of princes in half.

On the route where the cavalry advanced, there was no longer a soldier of the princes who could stand, and even a decent corpse could not be found, because they had been trampled into mud by the cavalry behind.

This is not a war, this is a living massacre, and the battlefield becomes a slaughterhouse in an instant. The fierce cavalry rushed back and forth recklessly among the allied forces of the princes, completely crippling this army.

No matter how brave a soldier is, facing such a hell on earth, he can't help being terrified. The horse spears of the cavalry, under the huge impact inertia, directly pierced the enemy, and there were several in one stab, just like stringing human flesh.

The soldiers who hadn't died let out a miserable cry in mid-air.

The cavalry remained unmoved, and with a shake and a shake, the corpses strung together in a string were easily thrown to the ground, and all the intestines and internal organs ran out, dripping everywhere. Immediately afterwards, the horseshoes stomped over, mixed them with soil and grass, and made a plate of human meat salad.

The ruthless rain of arrows is still continuing. The soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty camp of the Reaper.