Chapter 108: The Potential (Part 1)(1/2)
The next day, morning.
"Woo--"
Amid the desolate and majestic horns, a large number of Zhao troops emerged from Feiyi City and began to line up outside the city.
Zhao State sings fire and wood.
Therefore, Zhao Jun's flag and clothing were a bit strange, and it turned out to be a variegated color of seven points and three points blue.
From a distance, this military appearance is not as good as the red color of the Wei army.
Soon, about 40,000 Zhao troops set up their formation outside the city.
The left and right wings of the Zhao army were each of five thousand light armored infantry, with a central square formation, with 10,000 heavy armored infantry in the front, 15,000 armored infantry in the back, and 10,000 chariots and about two thousand light cavalry in the back.
Such a formation was considered to be fair in the Warring States Period.
The essence is:
Light on both wings and heavy on the central breakthrough. Once the enemy is defeated, they will be pursued by chariots and cavalry to expand the results of the battle.
But when the Zhao army finished its formation, the Wei army's camp was still silent in the distance.
Seeing this, a young general in his early twenties and gorgeously dressed in Zhao's army could not help but feel contemptuous. He looked around and said disdainfully: "Isn't this Wei army afraid of me and dare not fight?"
Undoubtedly, this person is Li Jing, the general Zhao who has the same name as the later Tang Dynasty military god.
"It's 80% true." A national lieutenant smiled and said, "The Wei army is not as good as before. Now, it is really defeated repeatedly. Just say that the Qin army was defeated by the Qin army two years ago, and 60,000 soldiers were lost. If it weren't for the fact that the Three Jins came from the same source, our Zhao State would have sent troops to rescue him, even Anyi would have been taken away by the Qin army."
"That's right, how dare Pang Juan compare with General Li? Seeing General Li's power, he was trembling and did not dare to fight, there was a situation."
Li Jing was so touted that he said flutteringly: "That's a pity. Guiguzi is famous all over the world. I thought his disciples would have some skills. I wanted to meet for a while, but I didn't expect that this person was so pussy, which was disappointing."
For a moment, Li Jing was really energetic, as if his power had reached a transcendent state that made all countries frightened.
"Woo--"
Just as Li Jing was majestic about to withdraw his troops, the sound of a trumpet suddenly sounded in the Wei army camp.
"Hey, the Wei army dared to come out?" Li Jing and other generals Zhao were a little surprised.
From a distance, when we saw a large opening of the camp gate, a large number of Wei troops were rushing out and arrayed outside the camp.
"It's good." Li Jing looked overjoyed and smiled at the generals, "It seems that Pang Juan is still a little brave. Otherwise, even if he wins, he will be boring."
"General Li is right. It's like a cat playing with a mouse. The mouse always has to resist and eat it to be sweet."
"Haha, right, Pang Juan is looking for death, so of course we have to help him."
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The Zhao generals praised and clamored again.
Soon, the Wei army quickly formed the formation, but it was completely different from the Zhao army's formation.
The most elite Wei Wushu, separated the left and right wings.
20,000 "Strike Army", this kind of armorless infantry is located in the center.
The rear team had two hundred chariots and two thousand cavalrymen.
When Li Jing saw this, he laughed: "This formation is simply a laugh. Pang Juan actually used 20,000 'Struggle Army' as the main force of the central government. How could such a slack soldier stop our central government's "Hundred Gold Soldiers" from hitting hard? If it were Wei Wushang, he would probably be able to resist one or two."
"General Li is right. It seems that Pang Juan is just a show of his weakness."
"Needless to say, it will be necessary to defeat the Wei army today."
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The generals of the Zhao army were also full of energy, as if they were sure to win without fighting.
What is the "a hundred gold sage"? It is the heavily armored infantry of Zhao State.
Since the establishment of the Wei State of Wu and spread the world, all countries have envied each other and have imitated it one after another.
Zhao State also chose elite soldiers to form heavy armored infantry.
Because every heavily armored infantry will be given a reward of 100 gold, this army is also called the "Hundred Gold Soldier".
Since ancient times, there have been many heroes in Yan and Zhao, and the people are very strong in their customs. Therefore, it can be imagined that this "a hundred goldsman" must be very elite.
However, after all, Zhao State does not have famous generals like Wu Qi. Compared with Wei Wushu, the "Hundred Jinsmen" may be no less than the personal martial arts skills, but in terms of overall cooperation and strict military discipline, it is much worse.
Therefore, for many years, the "Hundred Golden Soldiers" have been suppressed by Wei Wushu.
However, with the chaos in Wei, the Wei Wushang gradually declined and withered, and even suffered several defeats.
However, in recent years, the Zhao army defeated Qin, Wei, and Qi in the south, and fought repeatedly.
In these battles, the "Hundred Gold Soldiers" were naturally the absolute main force and were at the forefront of the world. Therefore, it seemed that the "Hundred Gold Soldiers" seemed to have the momentum to replace Wei Wuzhang and become the world's most powerful army.
Because of this, it is not surprising that the Zhao army was so arrogant in the face of the Wei army.
In front of the Wei army, Pang Juan looked at the opposite side, surrounded by crowds, and could tell at a glance that Li Jing, who was arrogant and arrogant, looked at him.
Pang Juan sneered in his heart.
Since Zhao's army was arrogant, he deliberately left the camp late, making the Zhao army think that the Wei army was timid and made him even more arrogant.
Now it seems that the effect is quite good.
In comparison, after a year of training, the Wei army, especially the Wei Wushang, had already regained its former glory.
When the two armies fought, Pang Juan believed that the Zhao army would be very "surprised".
"Go." Pang Juan thrust his mouth beside him.
Now, a personal soldier flew forward and rushed towards the Zhao army. He stopped his horse in the center of the two formations and shouted: "Listen to Zhao army, our Wei army has responded as promised. Today, the two armies will fight against each other on the battlefield." After that, he pulled out his horse and returned.
Pang Juan also waved his hand and led Wei Zheng and others to retreat to the formation.
"Hmph!" Li Jing seemed to feel that his dignity had been insulted and sneered: "Since Pang Juan wants to die soon, I will fulfill his promise. Everyone will return to their own positions, beat drums and attack, and fight the Wei army."
"Defeat the Wei army." The generals of Zhao raised their arms and shouted, returning to their positions one after another.
Li Jing also proudly twisted his horse and returned to the back of the formation.
"Boom..." In an instant, almost at the same time, the war drums of the Wei and Zhao armies started to move, and two huge military formations quickly started and approached each other.
The battle is about to break out.
In a blink of an eye, the two armies were more than 200 steps apart, and the Wei army took the lead in stopping. The Wei Wushangmen on both wings took off their powerful crossbows and sat on the ground and put them on the strings.
In the world, only Wei Wuzhang can drive three-stone crossbow. If you don’t know how to play this advantage in long-range firepower, then it’s not Pang Juan.
"Damn it!" Li Jing felt sad when he saw this.
Although this was his first time in actual combat, some of Wei Wuzhu's offensive routines have been heard.
However, some things, knowing, does not mean that they can be cracked.
Like Wei Wuzhu, the "Hundred-Gold Man" was also equipped with a powerful crossbow, but the bow power was only two and a half stones, and the range was about 160 and 70 steps.
Therefore, if you compete for long-range firepower, Zhao Jun will suffer a lot.
"Telection: Beware of arrow rain and get close to the enemy quickly." Li Jing quickly ordered that since long-range firepower is not advantageous, then close combat will be done.
Immediately, the Zhao army increased their vigilance, and at the same time, they accelerated their pace and quickly approached the Wei army.
In an instant, the two armies were nearly 180 steps.
“Stand up and let go!”
Ten thousand Wei Wushou finished the strings and stood up in unison, shooting arrows into the air at a forty-five degrees.
"Swoosh swish swish swish..." In an instant, two huge black carpets seemed to be weaving in the sky, making a terrifying scream, covering Zhao Jun like a covert earth.
"Defense--" A hoarse roar rang out in the Zhao army formation.
In fact, there is no need to remind you, the Zhao soldiers who were within the range raised their shields in their hands.
Of course, if you don’t have a shield, you can only pray that you have good luck.
"Snatch..."
In an instant, the rain of arrows fell and all the shields were hit. For a moment, the sound of the nails like a violent bean were endless.
There are also many of them, the howlings of those unlucky people hit by arrow rain.
Soon, the rain fell, and at least nearly two thousand Zhao troops were caught in arrows, lying in a pool of blood, struggling to ask for help.
However, the Zhao army was basically light-armored infantry on both wings.
This is also the main target of Wei Wuzhang's attack.
The Zhao army's "Hundred Gold Soldiers" were not only equipped with a strong shield, but also wearing three layers of leather armor. With such powerful protection, even the crossbow could not do anything, so Wei Wuzun did not want to waste his energy.
"Damn it!" Seeing that the Wei army shamelessly used powerful long-range firepower to attack his weak wings, causing a lot of casualties, Li Jing was so angry that he knew that it was not the time to be entangled, and he sternly said: "Telection: Don't worry about casualties, speed up and fight with the Wei army in close combat."
"Boom..." Suddenly, the Zhao army's war drum became more and more urgent, and the Zhao army accelerated and quickly narrowed the distance with the Wei army. For a moment, the Zhao army's approaching speed was so fast that it actually made Wei Wuzhang lose the opportunity to shoot another round.
Seeing this, Pang Juan was a little surprised: Li Jing is a little clever, isn't he hopelessly stupid?
However, he was born with extremely keen battlefield reaction ability and responded quickly.
To be continued...