ps: Thanks to Tatar Hussar and sunnyson for the reward. The Yan army's crossbow cart is not a crossbow cart in the traditional sense. There are crossbow carts in all armies in the world, but they are actually bed crossbows. When mounted on the cart, they become a cart crossbow. The bed crossbow fires one arrow at a time, and its arrow body is very large, almost as big as a lance. When fired, it is powerful and destructive. It is mainly used for attacking and defending cities, and destroying the enemy's large defensive equipment. The Yan army's crossbows fired ordinary short crossbows, but they used a linkage mechanism and could fire thirty-six arrows. In addition to its large firing capacity, the crossbow also has a very important function, which is that the horizontal shooting range is very large. The hand crossbows equipped by the Yan Army cavalry, during combat, have an effective horizontal shooting distance of about fifty to seventy steps. time, but the shooting range of the crossbow can reach about 150 steps. Li Chengzhong's hope is to use the advantages of large range and dense firing of crossbows to form a cross-coverage of firepower in front of the military formation. The sound of the drums of the Yan Army suddenly stopped, and the armored gun array stopped advancing uniformly under the officer's order. Suddenly there was no mountain-like sense of oppression. The entire coalition army formation couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Those who attacked the armored gun array The heavy swordsmen of the coalition forces in the spear formation shouted louder. But the good times did not last long. The armored spear formation began a series of dazzling formation changes. After several turns and steps, the armored spearmen revealed more than ten passages in a moment. The ballistas advancing behind the spear formation emerged from the passages. Zhong pushed up, and the Yan Army Logistics Battalion soldiers quickly secured the parking space and aimed at the Liang Army heavy swordsman who rushed forward. Although the Yan Army's armored gun formations in this battle were of a scale and use that the coalition had never seen before, the combat effectiveness of the Yan Army's armored soldiers has always been at the forefront of the coalition's minds in large and small battles over the past six months. prick. In order to deal with the armored soldiers, King Liang spent several days selecting five thousand heavy-bladed swordsmen from all his armies. Specializing in dealing with the Yan Army's armored spearmen, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is one of the best. The King of Liang did not expect that the Yan army would have so many armored spearmen, nor did he expect that the Yan army would use the armored spearmen to such an extent and set up such a large-scale armored army formation. Therefore, he spent a lot of money. Only with his energy did he temporarily gather the heavy swordsmen scattered among the formations and pounce on them together. When King Liang saw the Yan army changing formations and immediately pushing up many ballistae, his face turned from livid to pale, and he almost lost his breath. The power of the ballista. It had already been shown when the Yan army defended Jiepailing and Shihoubao, but he also did not expect that the Yan army would gather in front of the formation and use it. In fact, if the coalition forces could gather faster at Jiepailing and send troops to attack Zezhou two days in advance, they would not encounter any catapults or ballistas. It was not until yesterday morning that a convoy carrying large-scale war equipment arrived in Zezhou. This morning, the logistics battalion was assembled at the foot of Longwang Mountain. , It goes back and forth. Or the coalition forces were moving too slowly. Not only were they slow, but they were also too noisy. The Yan army, which focused on battlefield intelligence collection, had already known their movements. At this moment, the heavy blade hand has already rushed forward. I want to take it back, but I can¡¯t. There was no unified training, and they were hastily mobilized before the battle, and the heavy-edged swordsmen pounced on them. It was already difficult for King Liang to stop them. Although everyone knows that "retreat at the sound of gold", the armies that can truly retreat completely before the formation are well-trained, and many troops will retreat when they hear the sound of gold. Often a retreat develops into a rout. The heavy swordsman rushed within a hundred steps in front of the Yan army's formation, and the ballista began to fire. The Yan army's ballista shooting was carried out according to the cross-firing tactics of later generations, which can ensure the maximum kill. There are two crossbow carts arranged on the left and right sides of each battalion. Four crossbow carts are tilted towards the front of each battalion. One volley can shoot out 144 crossbow arrows. In an instant, more than 2,300 crossbow arrows can be fired. A dense screen of arrows was formed, sweeping towards Liang Jun's heavy swordsman who was rushing towards him. The power of the horizontal shot is extremely strong, and the visual effect is several times better than that of the projectile. The powerful sound of breaking through the air converges into an ear-splitting scream, which makes people feel sore and want to vomit. As for its lethality, you can see it just by looking at the groaning and rolling casualty zone. The front line of Liang Jun's heavy swordsman was cut off like a knife, and a piece of it was cut off. Thousands of people were killed and injured in the blink of an eye! The heavy swordsmen behind were stunned by this round of crossbow arrows, and they stopped in place stupidly. Many of them were so frightened that they trembled, and some even excreted and urinated. On the Dragon King Mountain, the rhythmic drums sounded again, the armored gun formation returned to combat mode, and the dark iron guns started again, moving slowly but firmly forward. The crossbow cart was pushed back by the logistics battalion, and the auxiliary soldiers ran up carrying bundles of crossbow arrows and started filling them again. The entire filling process took a moment. At this moment, the crossbow cart was temporarily unavailable. The Yan army strictly followed the tactical drills. In fact, if they violated the drills and continued to push forward with the empty ballista, the coalition's heavy swordsmen would probably collapse immediately. When some brave officers saw the crossbows retreating, they loudly encouraged the soldiers: "Yan Jun's crossbow arrows were empty. Brothers, shoulder to shoulder."??Ah! " The bold swordsmen came to their senses and followed the officers forward, while the timid ones began to run back. The frightened ones continued to vomit or tremble in place, and some alert ones slowed down their advance. Liang Wang watched the battle in the formation, and was crushed by the armored spear formation and shot by the ballistae. The two blows left him cold all over, but after all, he was a hero who had been fighting for more than 20 years. After experiencing countless failures, they had a strong endurance and adjusted their emotions back in the blink of an eye. Commanding before battle was not Jingxiang and Li Zhen's strong point. King Liang did not ask them and directly ordered Zhu Youning and Zhang Guihou to launch a full-scale attack. The army's charge was inferior to that of the Yan army, and its equipment was also far inferior, so it could only be compared with the number of people. The King of Liang intended to rely on the superiority of troops and take advantage of the Yan army's armored spear formation to fight against the heavy swordsmen. The Yan army was dragged into the melee. Amidst the deafening shouts of killing, Liang Jun launched an all-out attack in advance. The crowds rushed in front of the armored gun formation, putting great pressure on the Yan army's armored soldiers. The battalion counterattacked with all their strength, firing large and small arrows in turn, covering different marked areas. The lethality of the Yan Army's arrow array was indeed amazing, but it could not stop Liang's many soldiers, eight thousand armored spearmen, who needed to face the front. It was a fierce attack by nearly 60,000 Liang troops, and the frontal charge of tens of thousands of Liang troops aroused the enthusiasm of the soldiers. Everyone's shouts were emboldening their companions, and they rushed through the Yan army at all costs. The attack of the arrow formation crashed into the armored formation. The armored spearmen of the Yan army no longer cared about stabbing according to the tactics. Everyone kept thrusting their spears forward, and they were completely stunned when they encountered the sword. Not thinking about it, he used his armor to block it and went to the ground to pick up the weapons from the enemy's corpse. After being knocked down by the heavy blade, he still refused to retreat and threw himself on the enemy to buy time for the brothers behind him. The soldiers of the supplementary battalion were pulled onto the battlefield and stuffed into the formation one by one to fill the gaps. Even if they were not wearing iron armor, they tried their best to keep their stitches neat. In addition to the armies of Zhu Youning and Zhang Guihou, the right wing of the Yan army also suffered. In the attack by the army Ma Yin, the right wing of the newly formed Jinzhou Army commanded by Guo Chongtao was responsible for the defense. Ma Yin's main force had already been lost in the battle with brothers Zhao Kuangning and Zhao Kuangming for Shannan. Today's Jing army is all new. The recruited Shannan Army had not fought many tough battles at all. Although its number was several times greater than that of the Jinzhou Army's left wing, the attack was weak. It was defeated in less than half an hour. The casualties were not as many as Zhu Youning's charge in one charge, so Guo Chongtao had almost no pressure. If he had not been strictly ordered to guard the right wing of the Iron Armored Spear Formation, he would have fought back long ago. The two sword and shield battalions led by Zhao Wu and Li Yanzhi had been following the right column of the Iron Armored Spear Formation. Liang had many soldiers and there were always troops. Passing through the right column of the gun formation and getting involved in the main formation, the two sword and shield battalions were desperately trying to block the gap here. In the middle of the darkness, they suddenly heard the officer of the tank battalion shout: "Get out of the way!" " Zhao Wu looked back and saw that several crossbow carts had been reloaded and were pushed up quickly. He quickly ordered the troops in front to give up the passage. A stream of Liang Jun rushed in along the gap, and the two crossbow carts were aimed at After finding the gap, Zhao Wu shouted, "Everyone get down!" "The brothers next to them quickly rolled to the ground. The crossbow chariots fired a volley, and the dense arrows hit the gap like lightning. The gap was cleared in the blink of an eye. This Liang army of hundreds of people was shot to death. Chariot Battalion The officer yelled something to Zhao Wu. The battlefield was too noisy and Zhao Wu couldn't hear clearly. The officer ran to Zhao Wu and shouted a few words. This time Zhao Wu heard clearly: "Li Yanzhi - Li Yanzhi!" You guys, get over here quickly! Take your soldiers and fight them out to clear the way for the ballista! " Li Yanzhi's eyes were red, and he immediately called on all the sword and shield players in the city, rushed out in the opposite direction, and shot a protrusion from the right column of the gun array. Several ballistas were pushed up again, pulled behind the protrusion, and faced diagonally On the flank of Liang Jun on the battlefield, Li Yanzhi hurriedly asked his brothers to move out and shoot at the front. When a crossbow truck was pulled up, the left front wheel fell into a small hole in the ground. The soldiers moved forward. At this moment, another wave of crazy Liang Jun rushed over. In order to increase the stability of the shooting, the weight of the crossbow was very heavy. Several soldiers just gritted their teeth and lifted the crossbow. Then he rushed in front of him. Without saying a word, a brother simply lay down under the wheel, with his face down and his back up, shouting: "Let go!" Archery! " After a brief hesitation, the brothers next to him let go. The officer of the chariot battalion no longer cared so much and decisively ordered: "Solley! ¡± Dense crossbow arrows flew out, almost wiping out the front positions! Hundreds of Liang Jun were either dead or alive, and the pressure on the right column of the gun array suddenly eased. After the crossbow cart was taken out, the brother on the back was already unconscious In the past, there were blood bubbles spitting out from the mouthson. (To be continued)