Barbed wire plus heavy infantry, such a combination is definitely useless in encounters or pursuit battles, but in defensive positional battles, it is definitely a king bomb.
The barbed wire limits the speed of the enemy cavalry, and the heavy infantry goes forward to reap the rewards. If the enemy fights back, they will just fight back. The plate armor on the heavy infantry will definitely make the enemy understand what a nightmare is.
If the enemy turns around and runs away, the heavy infantry are equipped with crossbows, and the crossbow arrows are all made of pure steel, which is guaranteed to hit the target with one shot.
Lu Chen, who was obsessed with the study of body art in his previous life, always believed that infantry was better than cavalry because infantry had no horses!
Just like that, Boguwen, known as the bravest warrior of Liao and Jin, was captured alive so easily.
The Liao and Jin generals who were standing on a high place and saw this scene were all indifferent.
At the moment when Boguwen charged, no one in the Liao and Jin dynasties expected such an outcome.
Isn't this just an ordinary exploratory attack? How could it result in the loss of a general?
The corners of Yelu Song's mouth twitched. He drew his sword and roared, "Someone go rescue Bogu Wen!"
Everyone looked at each other and thought, forget it, this Bo Gu Wen is so arrogant all the time, we have been annoyed with him for a long time, so let him be arrested, and we won’t have to worry so much in the future.
This is definitely Boguwen's own problem, and it is definitely not because we feel guilty.
At this time, Han Derong stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, judging from the various situations just now, the things set up by the Da Qi people should be extremely tough. Unless our horses charge, it will be impossible to break them open."
"But even if we charge, I see deep trenches behind those things. No matter how brave our cavalry is, they can't cross them unless they sacrifice their lives!"
After hearing this, the generals shook their heads even more.
My goodness, it’s fine if sieges require human lives, but now even getting close to the city walls requires lives to be paid. Is this reasonable?
No one's soldiers are created out of thin air. It takes many years and many resources for a soldier to grow from birth to a strong man who can go to the battlefield.
Died in vain here? The generals all felt it was a great loss.
The most important thing is that they didn't feel that they had to capture the capital of Da Qi. In fact, the city of Bazhou alone was enough to make them feel bloated.
At this time, someone suggested: "Your Majesty, it seems that Da Qi has made some preparations. I think it is impossible to do anything about it. Why don't we retreat to Bazhou City and hold it firmly, and think of a strategy to defeat the enemy."
These words resonated with countless people, and many people nodded frantically.
They have already captured the city of Bazhou, and theoretically there is no barrier between them and the capital of the Great Qi State.
From now on, as long as they want, they can attack the city at any time. The initiative is in their hands, so there is no need to rush.
But Yelu Song knew that if he retreated this time, he might never have another chance in the future.
Before, he was skeptical about the things mentioned in Gondor's letter, but now that he saw Da Qi taking out so many weapons of war, he knew that what Gondor said was true.
If Da Qi is allowed to continue growing, sooner or later it will become a major threat to Liao and Jin!
So this battle had to continue. He gritted his teeth and ordered, "Let our infantry attack, rush forward and clear the battlefield!"
this……
Everyone looked at each other, not understanding why their king insisted on having his own way.
However, Yelu Song's prestige was still quite high. Although many generals were reluctant, they finally let their men go into battle.
The huge army rushed towards the four walls of the capital of the Great Qi State. The scene was very spectacular.
The Da Qi side had also made preparations, and the catapults were already in action as soon as the enemy entered the range.
Although what was thrown this time was a stone instead of flaming oil, the huge mass and kinetic energy still brought powerful power.
After a stone falls to the ground, it will continue to rush around on the ground for a while. This period of time can take away many lives and create a vacuum zone in the area where the stone falls.
After finally charging forward against the catapults, they were greeted by another wave of arrows.
After a wave of arrows rained down, there were not many people who could rush forward.
With just this small number of people, they cannot directly attack the city wall. They also have to deal with the barbed wire in front of them.
But when they wanted to deal with the barbed wire, they would find in despair that the thing in front of them was not a vine at all, but wire made of steel.
Don’t worry about what technology the Da Qi people used to make these wires, the real thing is right here.
Do you think you can cut the wire with the broken knives in the hands of these Liao and Jin people?
I'm sorry, putting aside whether the quality of your weapons is good enough to do this, the barbed wire cannot withstand much force. When you cut it with a knife, the barbed wire will move around violently, which is actually no different from looking at cotton.
If you really want to cut the barbed wire, you need to use pliers. Let's not talk about whether Liao and Jin have such things. Even if they do exist, they are usually only found in blacksmith shops. Who would bring a pair of pliers to the battlefield?
So the Liao and Jin soldiers who rushed forward were confused. They couldn't cut it or pull it away. What should they do?
A smart guy wanted to pull up the wooden stakes that fixed the barbed wire from the ground, but after trying for a long time he realized that he couldn't do it alone.
He wanted to ask his companions to come and help, but when he turned around, he saw that his companions had been killed one by one by the Da Qi people in the trenches.
Looking at the corpses hanging on the barbed wire and listening to the reports from the soldiers who escaped back, Yelu Song's heart felt cold and sank little by little.
Han Derong sighed and said, "Your Majesty, this is impossible. Let's have the soldiers withdraw first and we can make a long-term plan."
Ye Turang also spoke up, "Your Majesty, I've figured it out. Unless we have our cavalry charge in heavy armor, it's impossible to break through these defenses."
I have to say that Ye Turang did have some knowledge. The appearance of barbed wire on the battlefield of World War I, combined with heavy machine guns, was simply a nightmare for the infantry.
It was not until the end of World War I that the emergence of tanks greatly reduced the effectiveness of this thing.
Everyone nodded. They also realized that if they wanted to break through the barbed wire, they would have to rely on heavy cavalry.
But most of the Liao and Jin cavalry were light cavalry, and the Iron Harrier was something that the Western Xia liked to play with.
Of course, it is not impossible for such a large country like Liao and Jin to gather some heavy cavalry.
The problem is that even if a team of heavy cavalry was gathered and really rushed up and broke through the first layer of barbed wire, what could they do?
There is a trench behind us, and it is impossible for heavy cavalry to cross the trench.
After expressing his thoughts, Yelu Song found that everyone was silent.
He found it hard to accept and said, "Tell me, do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy? Our mighty Liao and Jin cavalry can't be stopped by a tiny piece of wire like this! This is too ridiculous!"
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