Chapter 1665 Destruction in Progress
Relying on the cover of Xun You's spiritual talent, Wei Yan easily walked behind Ding Lingren, and then directly attacked and killed half of Ding Ling's cavalry who were cooperating with the chariots in the back.
The chariot is the first weapon in the plains, with a strong impact force. The ability to break the formation on the front is no match for any type of troops except the same level of chariots. Even heavy cavalry is far inferior to that of the innate tonnage of the chariots.
Speaking of which, the two strong cows who pull the cart are enough to kill heavy cavalry. It can be said that the collision on the plains is head-on, and the assembly of complete chariots is basically invincible.
But this almost invincible chariot finally withdraws from the history of war. The reason is very simple. On the one hand, the chariot has too high requirements for terrain, and on the other hand, the flexibility of the chariot is even far less than that of the heavy cavalry.
Since the outstanding commander in the late Spring and Autumn Period, he invented the combat method of riding and shooting from the flanks to kill the chariot drivers, the chariots have gradually withdrawn from history.
After another genius played the chariot and cavalry cooperation, the chariot once again entered the battlefield. While having strong charge and breaking the formation ability, it also took into account the suppression of the left and right wings, and solved the possibility of being killed by someone.
It is simply a perfect tactic, but this tactic still cannot prevent the tank from being eliminated from the historical trend.
The reason is actually very simple. The more perfect the tactical difficulty, the higher the coefficient. For chariots, such as rushing cars, playing with the coordination of chariots, if one is not controlled well, and before he can destroy the enemy, he will kill his own people first.
With the destructive power of the chariot, as long as it hits and runs over, it is basically impossible to survive. After all, it is already very lucky to be crushed by two cows, two horses, and a chariot that pulls seven people. It is already a good time to not turn into meat paste, and I still want to live.
In addition, the purpose of fighting chariots is to impact, so the speed after the storm is actually very scary. No matter how much the chariot is improved, it cannot be changed. Its essence is two wheels. At such a high speed, if you get knocked by anything, the original direction will change. Then the coordinated cavalry in the middle will be affected and then die...
Therefore, the requirements for terrain between cyclists and riders are even higher, resulting in the fact that this almost unsolvable tactic can only be shelved.
It can be said that this is the first time in Zhuge Liang's life that someone has played the role of cycling and riding coordination. The impact of the chariots breaking the formation, and the flexible maneuver of the cavalry, and their respective advantages are magnified in full, the front is almost irresistible.
Of course, this is just that the front is irresistible. Even if the cyclist and rider coordination greatly makes up for the disadvantages of the wings and rear of the chariot, it can only be said to be a make-up.
"Wei Yan, it's up to you. Don't worry about the chariots and kill these cavalry!" Zhuge Liang slowed down and shouted in the direction of Wei Yan, and Wei Yan roared without looking back, which was considered an answer.
At the same time, the Bingzhou wolf cavalry led by Zhang Liao on the flank also pulled out an arc and launched an attack on the cavalry that coordinated with the flanks of the chariot.
As soon as the two sides fought, Zhang Liao directly activated his legion talent. All the elite troops under his command abandoned their bows and arrows and rushed towards Ding Ling's elite cavalry.
The moment the two sides contacted, the soldiers equipped on the chariot all raised their bows and arrows and shot at the Bingzhou wolf. Unlike cavalrying, the soldiers on the chariot shot more stably and had a better hit rate, but Zhang Liao had already activated his legion talent in advance.
The Ding Ling Jing Cavalry, who was directly carrying the rain of arrows pouring out from the Ding Ling man's chariot, killed the Ding Ling Jing Cavalry, who was in a wing-coordinated manner. Under such a fearless attack, the Ding Ling Jing Cavalry was severely injured before he could recover, so that the chariot drivers who were leaning against the Ding Ling man were directly exposed to the eyes of the wolf cavalry.
"I want to compete with us and seek death, so I will send you to death!" Zhang Liao sneered and shot out an arrow and directly killed the chariot. The other wolf cavalry also followed suit, all of whom worked hard to kill the chariot.
The drivers of more than a dozen chariots that were pulled aside were killed one by one after Zhang Liao and others broke the Ding Ling cavalry that was cooperating with the flanks. The cattle on the grassland themselves were not the material for pulling the carts. After losing the driver, these chariots quickly deviated from their charge direction.
The chariot that was also running at high speed went to the road of destruction when the ox and horse pulling the cart deviated from its normal direction.
The chariot that was rushing wildly was driven by huge inertia when it deviated from the direction of the charge. The cooperative cavalry, who had not had time to evacuate between the chariot and the chariot, was gently dismounted by the frame, and then the plasma that was crushed was splattered everywhere.
The cattle and horse that deviated from the trajectory were also dragged by the chariot. The wrestling between the two sides caused the soldiers who did not stand firm to fly out directly, and then the huge inertia made the chariot fly out. Any living body that hit during this process could basically be killed.
"The terrible impact force." Chen Gong had already rushed from the back camp to the front camp at this time. When he saw the scene of the chariot overturning, his expression sank.
"Cheng Lian asked the central army to use crossbow machines, chariots, which can only charge in a straight line. Isn't this asking for death when attacking camps with crossbow machines?" Chen Gong had already untied his spiritual talent at this time, and said coldly as he looked at the chariot charge that was still unable to be successfully contained in the distance.
The hit rate of crossbow machines is actually extremely average, but it cannot withstand the chariot, which has a very large target, and it is not like a cavalry, which can still dodge left and right by itself when seeing crossbow arrows from afar. The chariot can only withstand all the damage from the front.
Although it can basically knock all enemies on the front because of its two strong cows and a solid frame. Even the conventional strong crossbows and crazy strong cows cannot control them before they are exhausted, this definitely does not include crossbow machines.
Back then, the medium-sized Qin crossbow was able to teach chariots to be human, so now the medium-sized crossbow machine is definitely not a problem to teach Dingling people to be human.
"Cao Xing and Hao Meng, take the Bingzhou wolf cavalry around the back of the chariot and let the wolf cavalry shoot." Chen Gong said to Cao Xing and Hao Meng.
As for the front camp, Chen Gong and Zhuge Liang had the same view, they were basically helpless. To be precise, without chariots fighting against enemy chariots charging, you can't save the things on the road of enemy chariot charging.
"No!" The three of them clasped their fists and ran to deal with their respective affairs quickly.
"Your name is Yin Luo, right?" Chen Gong said to the young man who was a little panicked beside him.
"Report to the Chief Secretary, yes." Yin Luo nodded and said.
"Go to Zhuge Kongming and tell him that I'm going to dispatch troops." Chen Gong looked ahead and said without looking back. He knew that telling the other party was enough to explain.
Cheng Lian quickly led a group of people to set up a row of medium-sized crossbows on the fence of the Central Military Camp. Without further ado, everyone was prepared. With the order, the qualities of arrows of more than seven feet were installed into the crossbows.
As the wire twisting began and the crossbow was successfully turned on, the soldiers who controlled the crossbow immediately relied on the sight of the target. After each selected the target, they immediately pulled the trigger of the crossbow. The powerful crossbow even heard a sharp sound when the arrow shot out.
Most arrows did not hit. Although they had a sight, they could not resist the lack of stability maintenance devices, and their hit rate was low.
Fortunately, a few hits the crossbow arrows and created amazing results. Some powerful crossbow machines even nailed the cattle with one arrow. Such powerful destructive power killed the cattle almost instantly. When the cattle was shot and fell down with its inertia, the powerful inertia of the chariot directly hit the spine of the dead cattle.
The powerful impact force is even enough to break the cow's bones, but this kind of chariot that was suddenly stopped is enough to throw Ding Ling's soldiers on the frame without a seat belt and airbag.
"Hmph, when using a chariot when you are in the camp, how confident are you? If you are a cavalry, I will not be able to deal with it. With such a large target in the chariot, you may hit it at will." Chen Gong said with a sneer.
"The shield plate with a defensive crossbow is installed on the frame, which is pretty good. But for a huge target like a chariot that can only rush around, who would be so stupid as to attack with a bow and arrow in the front?" Chen Gong narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance, and then gave Cheng Lian the order to shoot himself.
Although Zhuge Liang's performance was not perfect, just leaving the battlefield and letting go is enough to see Zhuge Liang's vision.
What Zhuge Kongming lacked is not his brain, but his experience. I'm afraid he has been ready to burn the entire front camp. This method is not bad as a last resort, but if you use it directly, Zhuge Kongming is not ordinary ruthless.
Chen Gong silently looked into the front camp, hoping to see Zhuge Liang. He had thought that Zhuge Liang looked gentle and elegant before, but now, he had completely cleared his senses. The other party's ruthlessness was definitely not a joke.
With the arrival of the second wave of arrow rain, more than a dozen of Dingling's chariots were scrapped because of the killing of the cattle and horses. Moreover, the leading chariots suffered large-scale damage, resulting in several car accidents in the subsequent chariots.
The car accident between the chariots killed the soldiers on the chariots and the elite cavalry who coordinated between the chariots almost instantly, which shows the terribleness of the car accident.
At the same time, Wei Yan finally killed Ding Lingren's rear army, and the tails of Ding Lingren's chariot were exposed to Wei Yan.
Although when Wei Yan led the Western Liang Iron Cavalry to start slashing the cavalry and cavalry together, the archers on the Dingling people's chariot kept shooting at the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, there was a drizzle of repulsion protection from Xu Huang's army, as well as the defense of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, arrows and so on.
Anyway, the similar situation is that as long as you don’t get fatal, these arrows don’t need to pay too much attention to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, that is, skin trauma.
Therefore, although the archers on Ding Ling's chariot worked very hard, they had no effect on this kind of Western Liang Iron Cavalry that had driven repulsive force protection.
After all, this protection mode is essentially a force field protection. For melee combat, it causes the attack speed to decrease due to repulsion, but for arrows, it is equivalent to the arrow's movement speed to decrease due to repulsion.
The problem is that for arrows, the final speed is puncture damage. After being forcibly eliminated some of the final speed, these arrows can only cause some skin injuries to the Western Liang Iron Cavalry.
However, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who has been hit by many times, is indeed quite scary now.
The Ding Ling Archer, who relied on the chariot to free his hands and feet, had a good hit rate, but the powerful defense of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry and the talented repulsive protection of Xu Huang's army greatly reduced the damage of Ding Ling Archer's arrows.
Although it cannot achieve the exaggerated defenselessness of Li Jue Eggshell's defense, it can achieve another even more terrifying achievement, that is, it cannot shoot to death.
There were more than ten arrows hanging on his body, and he felt that he was a sieve. He was holding the horse-slaying sword in one hand and the long sword in the other hand, which had a huge psychological impact on the Dingling people who didn't know the truth.
In fact, many reasons for the collapse of the Dingling Army were because the soldiers of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had many arrows shot out by the Dingling people. However, after so many arrows, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was still chopping people. This situation that seemed to be unable to kill puts great pressure on the Dingling people.
"Are you okay?" Wei Yan asked in a daze as he looked at the soldiers who were gathered towards him and were caught in a daze.
"It's all skin trauma, and the arrow didn't even shoot half of it." Zhou Xianxiao curled his lips and said disdainfully, "Ding Lingren's arrow is not strong enough. Just turn around and apply some medicine, it's okay."
Looking at the general who was shot like a sieve, who had charged very hard before, Wei Yan couldn't help but twitch. If it weren't for the fact that the soldiers' expressions were not too blood-lost, Wei Yan wouldn't believe that these arrows had only shot through the flesh.
"Let's go, kill these chariots with me!" Wei Yan said with a big laugh. The group of people suddenly accelerated and bit the tail of the chariot. Now there is no coordinated chariot behind the chariot, so they can let go of it.
Just as Wei Yan was about to take action, Cao Xing and Hao Meng had already led the Bingzhou wolf cavalry to the back of Dingling people, and there was no need for Wei Yan's guidance. The cavalry led by the two immediately launched an attack on the Dingling people who were not fully prepared in the rear.
"Let's go!" Cao Xing proudly passed through the gaps in the frame of the chariot, and directly killed the driver. Then the Bingzhou wolf rider led his bow and shot the ox and horse that pulled the cart, causing the turmoil to directly overturn the chariot.
In addition, at this time Wu Dun, Yin Li and others had already brought turbid oil into place. As the chariot crossed a certain line, the tung oil tank was directly ejected.
Then a large number of burning rockets shot towards the tank from both sides of the chariot. They were originally made of flammable wood such as spruce, fir, pine, etc., and quickly burned when the tung oil was ignited.
The moment the chariot frame burned, the cattle and horse pulling the cart were ignited by the burning tung oil splashed on it, and they could no longer maintain the charge that had been running straight ahead. While they were crying, they also became crazy.
Chapter completed!