Volume 1 Chapter 26: Terrorist Countermeasures
"Order, the entire army will shrink its formation! The front row should have people next to each other, horses next to each other, and all shields should be placed in front. Only room should be left for the crossbowmen to perform their duties."
Bai Qi said with confidence.
Yang Paifeng conveyed the order without hesitation.
In an instant, the formation tightened sharply, and the area occupied was only one tenth of the previous size.
"Um?"
"What are they doing?"
The generals on the Xiongnu side were all puzzled.
"Just playing tricks." The Hun general sneered.
The First Khan frowned. As he was well-versed in Sun Tzu's Art of War, he always felt that something was wrong.
On Yang Paifeng's side, there are also many thousands of generals who are confused.
Bai Qi explained: "There are two benefits to doing this."
"First, reduce the number of enemies you come into direct contact with,"
"For example, if you want to cross a bridge, more than a dozen people can walk side by side, but what if the bridge becomes a single-plank bridge?"
"Even if you have thousands of troops, only one can pass through this bridge at the same time!"
In an instant, Yang Paifeng and others understood.
"I see. We should tighten our formation to prevent the enemy cavalry from taking advantage of their numbers."
"At the same time and in the same space, the number of enemies we face will definitely be more than ten times smaller if we lose. They can't deploy their formations and can only squeeze in."
"No matter how many cavalrymen there are in the rear, they can only watch the show!"
"The pressure we face is reduced by 90% instantly."
“Great, great!”
Thousands of people will admire it.
Now they understand how important military strategy is.
It can instantly reverse the strength of the enemy and ourselves.
"What's the second benefit of the tight formation?"
Some people couldn't wait to ask questions.
Yang Paifeng answered for Bai Qi at this time. She said heroically: "Reduce the impact of the cavalry on the formation!"
"In the past, there were a thousand horses that could attack our formation at the same time."
"But after the formation is tightened, there are only a hundred horses that can attack our formation at the same time."
"You say, it's easy to defend against the charge of a thousand horses?"
"Or is it easier to defend against a charge of a hundred horses?"
The soldiers gasped.
With such intuitive explanation, even ordinary soldiers can understand what kind of profound truth is contained in this small change.
Bai Qi continued, "More importantly, after the formation has been tightened, our defense has also become stronger."
"Originally, shield soldiers could only form one layer of defense, but now they can form three or five layers."
"We have people and horses standing next to each other in the front row. They want to break up our formation directly with a cavalry charge. The difficulty has increased by more than ten times!"
After Bai Qi finished explaining, Erniu and the others were all stunned.
There are too many tricks involved here.
No wonder the head of the village said that scholars are powerful.
In fact, they all understand these principles. For example, when defending a city gate, the more people defending inside the gate, the more difficult it will be for the enemy to break open the gate.
But if you change the scenario, they simply won’t do that.
Yang Paifeng also had bright eyes. Even if he had six Yang Tianbaos, they probably couldn't analyze as thoroughly as Bai Qi.
"Perhaps only my foster father Yang Wudi can compete with Bai Qi in the art of war!"
She was filled with emotion.
"Bai Qi, next, should we use the crossbow to shoot the enemies in the front row and deplete their manpower?"
Thousands of generals were already impatient to pass on the order.
"No!"
"There's no use shooting the enemy."
Bai Qi shook his head.
Don't shoot the enemy? Are we just going to watch them rush over? “The soldiers were confused.
Even Yang Paifeng was confused.
Everyone pricked up their ears, wanting to hear Bai Qi's explanation.
Bai Qi laughed and said, "Shooting people will only cause casualties to the enemy, and will not play a key role in our defense against this wave of cavalry charge."
"We can't shoot people, we have to shoot horses!"
"Whether they were shot dead or wounded, a large number of horses in the front row fell to the ground, which would directly trip up the cavalry in the back row."
"This will instantly reduce the speed of their charge."
"If the cavalry loses its speed, it will never be able to break through our formation. Only in this way can we be invincible!"
boom--
Bai Qi's words were like a thunderbolt, instantly opening the minds of these soldiers.
"yes!"
"As long as they lose their speed and fight hand-to-hand with us, we will be able to defeat them in armor."
The soldiers' eyes were filled with ecstasy.
I never thought that a war could be fought this way!
"Crossbowmen, listen up! Shoot the horses, not the people. Only shoot the front row. Release your arrows!"
Yang Paifeng gave the order immediately.
The crossbowman immediately took out the crossbow and arrow, sat on the ground and pushed hard with his feet to string the crossbow.
There are two types of crossbows in the Great Zhou Dynasty. One type is designed for long range. Ordinary people cannot even string a crossbow and need to use their feet to pedal. This type of crossbow has a very long range.
The other type pursues rate of fire and has a very short range.
When fighting against the Huns, they were equipped with weapons that pursued range, hoping to use range to suppress the Huns' archers.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”
The archers in the first row shot their crossbow arrows, which pierced the war horses one by one.
The warhorse was in so much pain that it threw itself around. The horse, which was running at high speed, suddenly went mad and knocked down three or four cavalrymen behind it in an instant, causing the horses and men to fall to the ground.
"good!"
Yang Paifeng was overjoyed. As more and more horses in the front row fell, the charging cavalry became more and more confused and their speed dropped sharply.
The cavalry at the back couldn't even run anymore; they were all stuck together like a traffic jam.
Yang Paifeng was just about to praise Bai Qi, but she saw an even more shocking scene.
Bai Qi picked up the crossbow and started shooting wildly at some point.
Why is it called crazy?
Because Bai Qi strung the crossbow just by gently pulling it with his hand, and it was completed instantly.
In contrast, other crossbowmen needed dozens of breaths just to draw up the bow, and they were gasping for breath from exhaustion.
Some crossbowmen are even only responsible for shooting, with four or five crossbowmen behind them who are specifically responsible for restringing the crossbow for them.
But even so, it couldn't match Bai Qi's shooting speed.
Bai Qi finished drawing the bow and shooting in one breath.
Bai Qi actually used this crossbow used for long-range sniping to create the effect of a repeating crossbow.
Yang Paifeng looked at the crossbow arrows shot by Bai Qi again and was shocked to find that Bai Qi only shot at the horse's eyes.
The sharp arrow pierced the warhorse's eyes.
As we all know, eyes are the most vulnerable part of the body, and the fear brought by losing sight is the most deadly.
The warhorse was going mad with pain, kicking and bumping around everywhere, directly knocking over seven or eight other warhorses.
Finally, the Hun cavalry came over and chopped off the horse's head with one sword, which prevented the warhorse from causing greater casualties.
"How powerful is this person?"
Yang Paifeng was shocked beyond words.
I admire Bai Qi's ability to grasp the opportunity and his extraordinary mind, using the smallest cost to inflict the greatest damage!
The system notification sound in Bai Qi's mind was like a screen refresh.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully killing an ordinary enemy, experience value +10]
[Congratulations to the host for successfully killing an ordinary enemy, experience value +10]
...
Every time Bai Qi shot an arrow, seven or eight system prompt sounds would appear.
That is because any cavalryman in the rear row who was knocked down by an injured horse would definitely be trampled to death by the following cavalrymen.
For every horse injured, seven or eight cavalrymen died.
This is the horror of Bai Qi's tactics.
[Ding, congratulations to the host, you have accumulated enough experience points to level up! 】
[Has the host been upgraded?] 】
Bai Qi laughed. He hadn't even shot all ten arrows, but the experience points he gained from killing enemies were enough to allow him to level up again.
This kind of large-scale war is like a meat grinder.
"kill!"
Bai Qi did not choose to upgrade, but continued to kill crazily.
Kill enemies, accumulate experience points, and become stronger!
This is Bai Qi’s chance!
“Kill, kill, kill!”
The archers were even more excited. They were killing the enemies so quickly. If their military merits were counted, at least one of them would be promoted two levels when they returned.
With the crazy shooting of the archers, the speed of the Hun cavalry was completely slowed down.
Except for the twenty or so scattered war horses in the front row who could maintain the charging speed, the charging speed of the other cavalry was not as fast as anyone else.
"how so?"
The Hun general in the rear was extremely anxious and kept sending orders for the cavalry to speed up their charge.
But if the people in front can’t run away, what can the cavalry behind do?
There were less than 30,000 people who could actually run and charge, and the more than 100,000 people behind them were basically marking time.
"sharp!"
"It turns out that tightening the formation can really limit cavalry charges."
"Sure enough, what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War is right, the art of war is all about deception!"
"Who would have thought that a mere change in formation could have such a strong practical effect."
The First Khan's eyes were full of admiration.
The Huns worshipped the strong the most.
Today, he saw a battlefield genius who perfectly restrained his Hun cavalry.
He admired it very much.
“We lost!”
The First Khan shook his head slightly. He stroked the golden scimitar and felt deeply that there were so many talented people in the Central Plains. He was completely defeated in this confrontation.
"No, we can still win! I will definitely be able to capture them and kill all these people!"
The Hun general was unwilling to believe that his 200,000 cavalrymen could not break up the enemy's formation.
He waved the flag himself and ordered the charge to continue.
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