Sweep the World

"Pick up a rock and smash it for me" this sentence will have many effects when it is heard in different places at different times.

For example, standing on the side of resistance, after the long-range weapons are consumed, there is no better way to resist the enemy's invasion. It can be tragic and strong to use stone, an ancient natural product, as a weapon.

Another example is standing on the offensive side and watching the enemy counterattack with a stone. In many cases, it feels funny, and people can't help but burst into laughter after hearing it.

The Han army, who was hit by rocks all the way, faced Li's Chenghan, making full use of the height to play and throwing rocks, which really had a lot of psychological shadows. They had been covered by dense rocks and were crushed by huge rocks that rolled down from the mountains. However, it can be said that so far in the battle against Li's Chenghan, the number of dead and wounded Han soldiers on the stone is definitely much more than the number of dead and wounded on weapons.

The invasion of the Han army was no longer sudden. Liu Rui knew that the effect of a quick attack or a slow attack was the same. Compared with the previous ones, the Jitou Pass of Guancheng was not a good pass to attack. They should look for places where they can camp as much as possible.

When facing the arrival of the Han army, the Jitouguan guards looked nervous and flustered. The guess they got before was that the gates ahead were able to block the Han army for at least two years, but the fact is that it only took the Han army close to three months from the invasion to Binglin.

The wrong estimation of the arrival of the Han army will have many different effects. The simplest one is that some fortifications have not been completed yet, and the amount of food and military equipment that should be prepared will be insufficient. Even the collection of stones will be better than it should be. Less in number.

Fu An, who was in charge of the garrison at Jitou Pass, had just received a direct order from Zan Jian two days ago. Zan Jian asked Fu An to resist as long as he could and promised to send reinforcements.

Fu An's understanding of Zan Jian's remarks is that although the terrain of Jitou Pass is extremely beneficial to his side, the senior management is not optimistic about how long it will be able to withstand the Han army.

Because of Zan Jian's influence, in fact, Du Wei Fu An, who was in Jitou Pass, began to feel guilty in his heart. If Zan Jian knew that his words would have such an effect, he would probably slap his cheek a few times.

The number of garrisons at Jitou Pass is 3,000. Most of them are garrisoned in camps built on the hillside, and a few are garrisoned in high places in the shape of cockscombs.

The defensive camps stationed at Jitouguan seem to be scattered, all occupying the commanding heights, especially the high places in the shape of cockscombs have the most geographical advantage. From the cockscomb shape, the archer's shooting range can cover a wide range. It can be said that any road that can be attacked is within its coverage.

Fu An is now standing in the shape of a cockscomb, where he can see a wide area, and within his field of vision, he can have a panoramic view of what the Han army is doing, but he can't see exactly what is going on behind Shimen.

The Han army was not stationed in the camp. It was because there was no area wide enough nearby. It was either slanted or lined with strange rocks. There was really no place to open it.

After Liu Rui got the report, he only frowned. The summer is approaching recently, but this mountainous area is very evil, and rain will come from time to time. If there is no place to camp, military supplies such as bows, crossbows, and food are only available. It can be hoarded in a plank road covered by a mountain, or it will be bad if it gets wet.

The survey of the surrounding terrain has been carried out since the Han army first arrived. It is second to some of the existing road surveys. After all, the existing roads have long been clear. As the defender, the Li Chenghan troops must have something to do. Preparation, the main investigation of the Han army scouts is to open up roads, and find a road that can be detoured to the back of Jitou Pass.

Because of the terrain, Liu Rui's team did not completely exit the plank road. Only nearly 1,500 people came out. The remaining soldiers and related auxiliary personnel were either on the plank road or on the edge of some footable hills.

When Liu Rui's brows were not loosened, he initially judged that the number of defenders at Jitou Pass would not be less than two thousand. It was calculated from the defenders who had already appeared, and it was also based on the terrain of Jitou Pass.

The topography of Jitou Pass determines one point. Defenders with absolute geographical advantages can be spread very wide. They are located in a condescending area. As long as the Han army enters the bow and arrow range, they can shoot arrows from top to bottom, so the defenders can be seen. The army is basically an archer.

"This time I am afraid that the chance of becoming a **** will be very high." Xiaodouzi was eating dry food, a kind of fried noodles mixed with meat, and the sound of food in his mouth seemed a little vague: "You can only rely on attacking. Hard push, there is no room for speculation at all."

Li Mi, the leader of the army, was also gnawing on the dry food, looking at the enemy army at a high place, where the Li's Cheng Han soldiers stood in rows, one after another absolutely holding bows and arrows.

There are already strong crossbowmen of the Han army conducting a test firing. They are firing crossbow arrows from their own position to all directions, judging the shooting range of the crossbow, and also testing the local wind direction.

The terrain is a canyon. When the wind has only one passage, the mountain wind is actually very strong. This can be judged from the fluttering of the flag above the Jitou Pass. However, the strength of the wind is not exactly the same at different heights and positions. A kind of wind-level knowledge.

The Han army entered the bow and arrow shooting range of the Jitouguan defending army. The Han sergeant holding a strong crossbow had not pulled the trigger to fire the crossbow. The five defending archers above took the lead to shoot arrows.

Arrows from top to bottom appear to be relatively floating from the moment they are launched. The five arrows float a bit from the string to the ground. They are not even close to the soldiers of the Han sergeant. The nearest is five steps closer and the farthest. It is floating more than ten steps away. When the arrow hits the ground, the strength is not weak at all. The arrow that penetrates the ground is about one-fifth of the arrow, and some arrows that hit the stone are directly bent.

The Han sergeant ran over and picked up the arrow and walked back. The arrow that Li became Han's arrow was not a triangular shape, but a triangular shape.

In fact, the three-sided arrowheads of the whole army only appeared in two periods. The first was the Qin Empire, which used templates for assembly line production, and the Han Dynasty under the rule of Liu Yan. The three-sided arrowheads in the other periods were It is specially manufactured as a small amount of armor-piercing arrows, and the rest are more arrows with different shapes. There may be cases where the mold casting method is not mastered, there are too many manual polishing processes and the production time is too long.

"Good news is also bad news." Liu Rui was holding the enemy's arrow that was picked up in his hand, clasping the bent arrowhead, and observing the arrow shaft, and said: "The mountain wind is too strong. Accurate, the quality of the enemy's arrows looks like a batch of munitions rushed out. The wind force will increase the lethality of the arrows, and it is the same for us and the enemy."

It is common knowledge in the military to use the wind in archery, and there is also the practice of seizing the limelight, especially in the riding war.

The erratic mountain wind on the side of Jitou Pass is indeed beneficial to the side of the offensive Han army. It is better than having a fixed wind that can be used by the enemy. I just don’t know if Li Chenghan has enough military literacy. Existence, such as the use of understanding the minimum wind.

The Han army likes to use arrow arrays for endless coverage. There is enough experience in the use of wind, so the erratic wind at Jitouguan is for the two armies to judge the wind more accurately. Variety.

"It won't rain, right?" Liu Rui looked up at the sky, pursed his lips and ordered: "Prepare for the first wave of probing attacks."

The outgoing scouts have made some rewards. The routes that can provide troops to march basically have the enemy's garrison nodes. It is difficult to find a place to stand in some places that have not been opened up. To tell the truth, this is normal. After all, it can be used as a road. It was opened by the predecessors. It can be found that there is no reason why the defenders will not pay attention to it. small.

As the first wave of tentative attacks, the Han army only dispatched five hundred. They were divided into several groups to advance towards different roads. Without exception, except for the crossbowmen, they were all shield soldiers.

Fu An had already discovered when the Han army was moving. He hadn't issued any military orders. It wasn't that he was silly, but that he had already made corresponding arrangements before.

The Li Chenghan troops stationed in sections found signs of an offensive by the Han army, and the horns and wooden drums were blown and beaten respectively, and the entire canyon was immediately filled with urging sounds.

The first Han army entered the garrison node of the defending army, and in an instant, the defending army's bows and arrows stood on a high place to shoot arrows.

Xiaodouzi carried the tower shield and followed the sound of the call. He and Paoze formed a row of five people. The first robe on the left and right sides stood upright, and he and the two robe in the middle held the tower shield. On the top of the head.

Not to mention the narrow roads, ruggedness and unevenness increase the difficulty of forming the shield formation infinitely, resulting in large and small gaps between the tower shield and the tower shield. Not every section of the road has the same width. Sometimes five people can walk side by side, the next moment it can only provide three people side by side, and some sections can accommodate more people side by side. The situation is that once you are careless Will squeeze each other into deep ravines.

The advancing speed of the Han army was very slow, and from time to time they had to stop and adjust their positions.

The stopped little beanie looked up from the gap in the shield, and the arrow shot by the defender would appear in a weird trajectory in mid-air. The fluctuating trajectory of the ups and downs made him really hard to judge whether the arrows would shoot to the location.

It may seem strange and funny. The defenders at the garrison node should have around two hundred people shooting arrows at the same time, but the number of arrows shot to the area where the Han army is located is only about 30 arrows, and the rest of the points are distributed. It's very wide and scattered.

Xiaodouzi can judge the strength from the strength of the shield. The crow of metals and the arrowheads that penetrate the iron shield only show one thing, that is, if a person is really shot, it will definitely cause a penetrating effect.

There were already screams in the queue. It should have been an arrow hitting someone from the gap between the shields. The screams were rapid and short, indicating that the person who was hit was killed almost instantly.

More than one group of Han troops entered the shooting range of the Jitouguan Defender’s bow and arrow. The mid-air within the canyon began to be full of arrows. The archery group was full of depression, and the people who were passively shot were also the heart, liver, spleen, lung, and kidney. Everyone feels uncomfortable, just because the archer can make a hit depends on luck, and it is sheer luck to be shot.

To be honest, a similar situation happened a long time ago. The former Qin princes army and the ancient Shu army, Shuhan and Cao Wei did not know the difference between the mentality of soldiers at that time and now.

The advancing Han army suffered not many casualties, and there were more people who stumbled and fell into the ravine than those who were hit by arrows from the defenders. The heavy casualties began to appear within the distance that the defenders could smash stones.

The heavy crashing sound occurred between the shield and the stones, and was accompanied by the screams of being hit by the Han soldiers from time to time.

The weight of a rock is higher than that of an arrow, and although it will be blown by the wind when it is thrown out, the heavier rock still has a fixed trajectory, and the hit rate is naturally much higher than that of the arrow.

"Retreat." Liu Rui finished his order, touching his chin as if talking to himself: "It seems that there is no need to form a shield formation. Should it be the main force of flexible and light soldiers?"

The formation of a shield formation, combined with crossbowmen, continuous crossbowmen, and archers is the Han army's killer in the plains and wilderness. It can be as solid as a golden water in the face of an enemy dominated by cavalry. If facing an enemy dominated by infantry, The army is sticking around like a mountain, invading like a wall and advancing ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ time and time again, it can always achieve the best results at the smallest cost.

It is very difficult to form a shield formation in the mountains, so that the Han army, who is used to forming a shield formation, will look stupid at some point. Stupid to be stupid is a kind of inertia in thinking. Can you think from it? Breaking free depends on when the commanding general realizes it.

Liu Rui was born in an army of beggars, and the army of beggars is a force that wants nothing. You have to use what you use. He doesn't pay attention to conventions and doesn't have any habitual thinking. He quickly came up with an offensive method that he thought was feasible. If he changed to a general who stayed in the Han army at the beginning, he might have to suffer more and greater losses to reverse his thinking.

There are many flexible and portable arms in the Han army. The most flexible and portable is the Leaping Soldier, but the number of Leaping Soldiers is very small, and they are generally used to directly climb and attack with a hook and rope during the siege. After the invasion of Li's Chenghan, they really did not play. Soldiers who don't wear armor and shields are also flexible and light, but in the Han army, soldiers who don't wear armor are strangely small. At least every soldier will have a set of decent leather armor.

Liu Rui sent relatively flexible and lighter soldiers into the battle. He wanted his troops to make various attempts as much as possible to make it the best to attack, even if it couldn't, he had to create possibilities. After all, if they can't find a detour, they can only bite the bullet and push up!