Chapter 11 Three Bow Crossbow
Huantian finally saw Yun Xiao, looking very miserable, and it seemed that half of his life was left. His white face was covered with frostbite. One shoe had no idea where he ran away. The other shoe exposed five toes, and the little toes were already black, and pus was constantly flowing. His scattered hair was draped on his shoulders, and parasites of all sizes were in and out. His clothes were scraped by branches and torn, and one shoulder was wrapped in a triangle scarf like a rice dumpling, which emitted a strong stench.
After stopping the fisherman from washing his hands with boiling water, Yun Xiao found a large wooden barrel, filled it with warm water, and then put Huantian in.
The water in the wooden barrel quickly turned into blood, and the triangle scarf had been strangled into the flesh. Yun Xiao looked left and right with a knife, but he couldn't do it. Yu Lao shaved the rotten meat and the triangle scarf with tears in his eyes.
"Juzi, the King of Wu sent troops to attack Yecheng, with 5,000 infantry and cavalry."
This was the last sentence from Huantian, and he fainted after he said it. It could be seen that this sentence was his greatest motivation. He relied on this kind of pride to find Yecheng.
"This child has never been injured like this. Who is using such a harsh attack on him?" The old man of fish said while cutting Huantian's rotten flesh.
"Don't talk about this for now. Wash it clean and wrap it with a felt quilt, and put it on the earthen kang to slow down. Zi Feng will treat the wound. If he does this, he will probably not be able to save it if he is too late. By the way, shaved his hair." This can avoid bacterial infection. Lice are a very qualified disease transmitter, and Yun Xiao understands this.
He shaved Huantian's head, washed it, changed his body, wrapped it in a felt cloth and placed it on the kang. His hands were tied tightly by a cloth bag, for fear that he would wake up and scratch it.
"Marty, here is far away from the battlefield. Why did the King of Wu send 5,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Yecheng? Did he know that the center of the army's arms transfer is here?"
Canghu asked Yun Xiao in confusion.
"The strong fortress is most easily broken from the inside, and the traitors are the most terrifying existence at any time. The King of Wu must have known that the army's weapons and food and fodder are all here, so he came to attack Yecheng. I really think of me. Five thousand infantry and cavalrymen are probably here to steal things. The 200,000 people eat horses and chew them. It is also a heavy burden for the King of Wu, who is rich and rich."
"Mr. We only have one hundred people. Including the defenders in the city and Okura's soldiers, there are less than three hundred people. Three hundred vs. five thousand, is it still necessary to fight this battle?"
Cang Xiong said worriedly.
Yun Xiao opened the map and looked carefully.
The cold weather is now cold and the Yellow River is not an obstacle at all. The main force of the Wu army is under Suiyang City. If the Wu army comes, it must have come from Suiyang. Yun Xiao drew a straight line from Suiyang to Yecheng. If the Wu army wants to reach Yecheng as fast as possible, he will definitely take this path.
"You see, if the Wu army comes to attack Yecheng, they will definitely take this path. Because this is the closest way to Yecheng, and it can avoid interception by Luoyang's troops. And I believe that the King of Wu will definitely send troops to restrain Luoyang's troops, and the number is no less than twice that of Luoyang's troops. Only in this way can the Luoyang troops be trapped in the city and cannot come out to help us.
In other words, we will not have any assistance in this battle.”
Yun Xiao looked at the Cang brothers, Yu Lao and Da Tie Hammer with a solemn face. Seeing that there was no fear in their eyes, he felt relieved.
"The only thing we rely on in this battle is the distance of seventy miles. We are all cavalry three-bow bed crossbows and are also installed on the carriages. Only by constantly consuming the enemy along the way and causing the enemy's mental breakdown. At that time, just one charge can destroy them.
To do this, the most important thing is to eliminate their cavalry. Jiangnan does not produce good horses and cannot withstand bitter cold, and the quality of the Wu army's horses is definitely not better than ours."
"Well, we must have an advantage on the horse. The Wu soldiers have always been the main infantry. The cavalry is rare, with 5,000 infantry and cavalry, and only 200 cavalry say more. It is not difficult to kill them with iron-tied crossbows. I have been to Wu before. Their cavalry has no stirrups. They have to grab the reins with one hand and draw the bow with the other. The range is only 100 steps, and they cannot be compared with our iron-tied crossbows.
If you have close combat, neither the spear nor the saber will be the opponent."
Goshawk looked at the map and analyzed.
Yun Xiao pointed to the map and said, "If I analyzed it well, they should cross the river here.
Fenglingdu, here is the turning of the Yellow River, the water flows slowly. It is also the earliest to freeze, and the frozen ice surface is still flat, suitable for crossing the river. Huantian's wounds are not yet 5 or 6 days, so it is impossible to become suppurated into this way. In other words, the Wu army is not far from Fenglingdu. We must seize Fenglingdu and lure their cavalry with three crossbows to kill them."
"Cavals can be ambushed here. I remember there is a forest on the roadside in this place, suitable for Tibetans. Their cavalry chased them here, and Batu took people to shoot them with crossbow arrows from the slanting thorns. With just two or three rounds of volleys, they probably won't be left with a few people. Their horses are not as fast as ours, so they will definitely not be able to run away."
Canghu pointed to a place on the map.
"Just like that, we set off overnight. The truck unloaded all the supplies and went to the warehouse to load crossbow arrows and short spears as much as possible."
"No. But we don't have General Dou's warrants, so we need a warrant for things."
"If you are in a hurry to follow the power, you will be killed if you are blocked."
Yun Xiao gritted his teeth and said. No matter what happened in Yecheng, he could not escape death. Between fellow Taoist and I, Yun Xiao always chose to die than I.
Everyone started to operate nervously. Even though Cang Hu expected, the soldiers in Okura did not want to equip Yun Xiao with supplies.
"I just don't let you take it. Can't you dare to rob it? If you want to get the weapons, you don't say anything, and you can get the general's warrant. If you have the warrant, you can only move all the warrants here. I don't even have any words. If you don't have the warrants, you won't want to use a knife or a gun." The soldiers behind him were so hard that they all shouted excitedly from behind. They were already starting to criticize the monks and scold them.
Yun Xiao admired the man who stared at Cang Hu with his nostrils. His mouth was so magnificent that he was not afraid of Cang Hu's ferocity. Yun Xiao looked at his Nostrils's head became a broken watermelon. Cang Xiong pointed at the remaining soldiers with a mace with brains, "Who do you want to stop him, come here."
The soldiers who had just cried like chicken blood were now turned into quails. They looked at the Mo family disciples and the Hun men moving crossbows and spears to the cart, even holding their farts and daring to release them.
Twenty carts were stuffed with twenty carts. Yun Xiao waved his hand, and the big cart and the Hun men all left.
There were only fifty soldiers transferred from Yun Xiao from the city in the entire military camp.
In fact, Yun Xiao didn't need Yun Xiao to manage the team. The Huns men were managed by Batu. The disciples of the Momen were managed by Yu Laolai, and the Cang brothers were even more familiar with the marching. Yun Xiao lay in the carriage, slept at the Yellow River Ferry one after another. It was not until Canghu brought breakfast that Yun Xiao realized that he had arrived.
Breakfast is very simple, with only dry cakes and jerky meat. You have to eat a little bit whether it suits the taste or not. I didn’t see Cang Xiong, a lion, shook his head, and half of the cake had already entered his mouth. After chewing it for a few bites, it disappeared.
After stepping on his own war horse, Yun Xiao came to the frozen bank of the Yellow River.
The sun in winter is always late, and Yun Xiao, who has been on the way all night, has already brought ten big trucks to the Fengling Ferry.
"Juzi, you're right. Look at the shadows on the opposite side, I'm afraid there will be no less than a few thousand people. They are indeed crossing the river here."
Yun Xiao held up the telescope in his hand and counted the number of cavalry on the other side. Gangying was right. Most of the Wu army was infantry, with less than 200 cavalry. Moreover, Yun Xiao was surprised to find that many Wu army were wearing bamboo armor made of pawns, and only a small number of elite soldiers were wearing heavy iron armor.
A cruel smile appeared on Yun Xiao's mouth. It seemed that he would also use human blood to make a red top. On the battlefield, those who seek to live will die, and those who seek to live will live. This is not a place where morality is discussed. The morally polite Duke Xiang of Song will eventually be eliminated by war. There is no moral perfection in the place where life is beaten to death.
The crossbows of the three-bow bed lined up in a row, and the sharp spear tips shone coldly in the early winter morning sun. The next moment, these cold spears will taste the taste of human blood.
The soldiers of Wu State looked at these big trucks thousands of steps away in curiosity, not understanding why there were so many big trucks on the other side of the river early in the morning. They still crossed the river in a dense formation. People in the south had never seen a frozen river, so they walked carefully on the ice. They pulled each other and looked like children in kindergartens.
When the first round of shooting of the three-bow crossbow, many children holding hands were worn and nailed to the ice. The sharp spear was like the sickle of the god of death, ruthlessly reaping life. The training of the army a few days ago was very effective. Yun Xiao counted the first volley and shot and killed more than 20 people.
The soldiers of Wu Kingdom on the ice ran back crying and howling, desperately escaping from the attack of the Sangong Bed Crossbow. After only two rounds of fire, more than 30 corpses were left on the ice. The bright red blood dyed a large piece of ice and snow, emitting a charming light in the rising sun.
Bu Zhi discovered that the front army was in chaos and led his personal guards to the river.
"General, don't get close. They don't know what they are using. They shoot very far away, and their brothers are shot and killed by them at a distance of a thousand steps. General, look, several people are strung together by javelins."
An old centurion pointed at the corpse on the river and warned Bu Ji not to get too close.
Bu Zhi was also shocked when he saw the corpse on the ice. He had never seen a crossbow arrow that could shoot so far. Moreover, he was shooting a heavier javelin. What kind of weapons would require to have such great power that he could take human life from a thousand steps away.
Chapter completed!