Chapter 50: Unlimited Power

The desert is boundless, with green grass. When the summer wind blows, bursts of grass waves, like waves of the sea, and are particularly beautiful.

"rumble!"

The sound of thunderous hooves sounded, and a team of Han troops were galloping on the grassland.

Although the Han army was full of energy, they were all sweating profusely and gasping heavily. The war horses under their crotch were panting with their mouths open, and their hair was covered with sweat. They had been marching for a long time.

“Where is this?”

A Han army chief looked up at the sky, and the scorching sun was hanging high, which was noon when the sun was the most poisonous.

Marching on the grasslands, it’s the same everywhere, and there are grasslands in the east, west, south and north. Without reference objects, you will get lost if you accidentally.

"We have been marching for two days. What's the mystery behind this?" Another army Sima murmured.

"You want to talk too much!" Li Guang's voice sounded and he shouted: "Close your mouth tightly one by one! We will do whatever the Grandmaster wants us to do! If anyone doesn't want to, get out immediately!"

"Flying General, it's not that we don't want to, it's really confusing!" A Han army still muttered: "We march for two days, but we don't tell us why. It's confusing to march in this desert where we only see grass and no one."

"The Grand Marshal wants to test the speed of our march and whether we can reach the scheduled location on time." Li Guang waved his hand: "This time, tens of thousands of troops set out from different places. The Grand Marshal asked us to report to the General's tent at noon this day. Violators will be responsible! You can't stand this pain? The battle with the Huns in the autumn is more difficult than this. What else do you do?"

Everyone knows that there will be a big battle after the autumn. After two victory in the Han army, the morale is high and the morale of the army is greatly boosted. They all shouted: "Let's fight! The Huns will cry to the Kunlun God!"

There were Han troops marching in several directions, east, south, north, and in several directions.

At this time, on a mountain, Zhou Yang stopped on the horse and looked at the grassland in front of him. The grass was deep and the green grass waves were green, and the summer wind blew, making people feel refreshed.

Not far away, there is a forest, and the trees sway slightly in the wind, making a "rustling" sound.

Behind Zhou Yang were hundreds of big drums, hundreds of drummers holding drumsticks in their hands, standing in front of the war drum, waiting for Zhou Yang's order.

He raised his head and looked at the sky. It was noon. Zhou Yang waved his right hand: "Beat the drum!"

"Dongdong!"

The sound of drums sounded like thunder, and it was heard from a hundred miles away. The drum sounded for a cup of tea before it stopped.

Here, there is nothing except for hundreds of war drums, drummers, and the guard Jianzhang Army. I really don’t know what kind of mystery Zhou Yang is making when beating the drums here. Of course, the soldiers would not ask, but just buried this question in their hearts.

"rumble!"

A sound of hoofs like muffled thunder came. At first, it was very slight, but if it weren't for the good ear sound, it wouldn't be heard. Then, the sound of hoofs became louder and louder, as if thunder was roaring.

A fire cloud appeared from the west and moved quickly towards the hills. In a short while, it became much closer. You can see clearly that it was the Han army riding a war horse.

At the same time, a team of Han troops appeared in the east, rushing towards him quickly, and the smoke and dust splashed like an angry dragon.

Teams of Han troops appeared from time to time and gathered quickly. In a short while, tens of thousands of Han troops gathered on this grassland.

Zhou Yang saw it and felt very relieved. As for war, it is impossible to concentrate the army together, but it must be divided into many marches. Whether they can arrive on time is very important, and even determines the success or failure of the war.

It was from this point that Zhou Yang decided to conduct a practical exercise to disperse tens of thousands of Han troops to different places, and the military order given to them was to reach the place where the war drums rang within one and a half days.

To get them to arrive on time, they have to let them distinguish the direction. On the grassland, it is difficult to identify the direction. Zhou Yang cannot build a compass now, so he teaches them some practical skills to distinguish the direction. It seems that they have mastered it well.

A cavalry galloped, and it was the flying general Li Guang who came to Zhou Yang. He came to meet with military salutes, and immediately bowed: "The last general Li Guang, have you seen the general!"

"Flying General, thank you for your hard work!" Zhou Yang returned the gift.

"The last general Cheng Bushi has met the general!" Cheng Bushi arrived immediately.

"The last general Gongsun He has met the Grand Marshal!"

The generals arrived one by one and greeted Zhou Yang.

After the ceremony, Zhou Yang asked, "Does you encounter problems during the march?"

"Master, there is no problem!" Li Guang replied with a big laugh, his voice trembling as if it were a bell, shocking his eardrums: "The method taught by Master is really useful. Take a bamboo pole, insert it on the ground, connect the shadows together, and find the direction. It's amazing."

The Han sword is too short and the direction is not accurate, so it is even more accurate to use a bamboo pole.

His words were immediately echoed by the generals, and they all said that this method was useful. If he had time, he would not have to make a compass.

Among these people, Li Guang was the one who benefited the most. In history, Li Guang led his army to march on the grasslands and always "lost his time", which means he did not arrive on time. That is because it was difficult for him to find the right direction and went to the wrong place.

Even the "Decisive Battle in Mobei" was lost. When he arrived, Wei Qing fought the "Shanyu escaped at night".

After Zhou Yang's training, Li Guang's ability to distinguish directions has greatly increased and he will never lose his expectations.

"Master, I'm the first to arrive, and it's up to my command." Li Guang drove his horse to Zhou Yang, took out the order flag and issued an order.

"Who said that the first one could issue orders when he arrived?" Cheng Bushibuyi was no longer there.

"Last time you went deep into the desert, I stayed behind, so this command belongs to me!" Li Guang took the initiative and waved the order flag: "Prepeat crossbow! Arrange the formation!"

When the Han army received the order, they jumped off the horse, took the parts off the horse's back, and began to assemble the crossbow.

Since getting back more than 4,000 Qin crossbows, Zhou Yang has focused on training the Han army to use Qin crossbows. The use of Qin crossbows is similar to that of the big yellow crossbow, which is not a difficult point. The difficulty is that it requires a large number of crossbowmen, which makes Zhou Yang very worried.

The original crossbowmen, because they could ride horses, shoot archery and kill, and with this experience in going deep into the desert, many people have grown into real cavalry. Although they are still a long distance from the elite cavalry, this is already very good for Zhou Yang, who is in urgent need of cavalry, so they are naturally transferred to the cavalry.

This time, this crossbowman is in short supply. More than 4,000 Qin crossbows require 30,000 or 20,000 crossbowmen. In addition, many crossbowmen have become cavalrymen, so the shortage of this crossbowman is predictable.

In order to solve this problem, only by drawing from infantry and chariots and training them urgently. First, they must be taught how to use crossbows, and second, they must be taught to ride horses.

Fortunately, the border troops are all elite, and training is not too difficult. After these days of training, their progress has been considerable. Zhou Yang decided to conduct crossbow formation drill today.

The crossbow formation is the only ace in Zhou Yang's hands, so he naturally has to put in some effort, and this drill is indispensable.

The crossbowmen were very quick to assemble the crossbows quickly and placed them on the ground and lined up in formations.

There were originally more than 4,000 crossbows at the border. Emperor Jing transferred some from Chang'an Armament. In addition, Zhou Yang brought back Qin crossbows from Hetao, which was nearly ten thousand. This formation was more than twice as big as the last drill. It was mainly because the Qin crossbows were too large and occupied a wide area.

The Qin crossbow had the farthest range and was placed in front. Looking at the Qin crossbows, the generals had smiles on their faces. It is not necessary to think about the power of the Qin crossbow. The 500,000 Xiongnu army in the Battle of Hetao has been confirmed.

It is still the hierarchical configuration of the last audition. The Qin crossbow is behind the rhododendron. The rhododendron is behind the rhododendron, and the thin crossbow and the jackal crossbow are behind it.

Looking at Qin Crossbow, Li Guang was very happy: "Master, try the power of Qin Crossbow first!"

Zhou Yang also wanted to see how powerful the four thousand Qin crossbows were, and nodded slightly.

Since the encounter with Qin Wuhui, Zhou Yang has been listening to the story of Qin crossbow all the time. How Meng Tian used Qin crossbow to kill the Huns' corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowed into rivers. Zhou Yang also tried the power of Qin crossbows with his own hands, but the number was not large, and more than 4,000 Qin crossbows were not gathered together and shot them in a row.

Cheng Buzhi and others also wanted to see the power of Qin Crossbow. Everyone opened their eyes wide and stared at Qin Crossbow.

The crossbowmen shouted in unison, pulled out the crossbow arms, and installed crossbow arrows.

Qin's crossbow arms are much older than those of the big yellow crossbow. Once they are pulled open, they look like monsters that are trying to pounce.

The crossbow arrows are more than ten feet long, and the wine glass is heavy, weighing more than ten or twenty kilograms. Each Qin crossbow is filled with crossbow arrows, which are several. It shines and shines, like a poisonous snake with its mouth open and its poisonous fangs exposed, and it will pounce on the enemy at any time.

Not to mention anything else, this momentum alone is amazing!

"put!"

The flag in Li Guang's hand waved heavily and roared angrily, like a thunder exploding, spreading from afar.

"Swish!"

Amid the dense sound of crossbows, the crossbow arrows rushed out like poisonous snakes and shot towards the woods.

The sound of breaking through the air sounded, shaking people's eardrums and causing a faint pain. Some soldiers could not bear it and hurriedly covered their ears with their hands and gritted their teeth to hold on.

More than 4,000 Qin crossbows, one round of shooting is more than 20,000 crossbow arrows. More than 20,000 crossbow arrows weighing more than 20 kilograms are shot out, and it takes 800 steps away. How strong is this required and how loud the sound of breaking through the air is caused by it.

Zhou Yang felt like he was in a modern battlefield with fire, and his ears were buzzing, and even the people around him could not hear clearly.

Zhou Yang will never forget the strange scene that catches his eyes. That's right, it's a strange scene!

Wherever the crossbow passed, the grass below seemed to be blowing by the strong wind, and it was falling down in unison, forming a wave of surging grass waves.

If it weren't for seeing it with your own eyes, Zhou Yang really didn't believe that such an artificial wonder could have been created in the Qin Dynasty!

The trees shaking and trembling as the crossbow arrow fell, and many of them fell over. Zhou Yang personally investigated the trees here. The small ones were the size of the bowl and the large ones were the size of the bucket. No matter how big or small it was, it was either the trembling like fallen leaves in the wind or it was broken.

With just one round of shooting, a large gap appeared on the edge of the woods, only sparse trees still stood, and the trees were covered with crossbow arrows. At first glance, they looked like hedgehogs.

This power is even stronger than the last crossbow formation volley. Although Zhou Yang and the others already knew that Qin crossbow was powerful, they didn't expect it to be so terrifying. They couldn't help but open their mouths, open their eyes wide, and stand like wooden sculptures.

After the shocking sound, it was surprisingly quiet!

That shocked Qin's crossbow's power, and no one spoke. Tens of thousands of soldiers were like wooden sculptures. If they hadn't had their chests fluttered, they would have regarded them as statues.

"Oh my God!"

After a long time, Zhou Yang and the others woke up from the shock and looked at the people around them, and they all saw surprise.

Of course, there is also love and joy. With such a powerful weapon in hand, what can the Huns do to me?

"Long live the great man!"

The soldiers cheered in unison!

To be precise, it should be called Long Live the Daqin!

Zhou Yang corrected his thoughts, and was very emotional. No wonder Meng Tian set up a crossbow formation at the three main road intersections of Yinshan, killing the Huns' corpses accumulated like mountains and blood flowed into a river, but they couldn't break out. Qin Wuhui said that the red of the road intersection was scattered after decades, which is not a false statement!

"Qin Crossbow, shoot!"

Li Guang was so excited that he seemed to jump onto the beam of the roof and crowed the rooster. He kept waving his arms and shouting, "Shoot! Shoot! Qin Crossbow, shoot!"

Qin Nu fired round after round of shooting, and it stopped until Li Guang's excitement calmed down.

At this time, the woods seemed to have been ruined by a group of ancient ferocious beasts. There were overturned trees everywhere. Even if there were no broken trees, the trees were covered with crossbows.

After getting enough time, Li Guang then commanded the Han army to train several types of crossbows. With Qin crossbows, the originally powerful big yellow crossbow could only serve as a supporting role, and its power was much worse than that of Qin crossbows.

When several crossbows were fired, a spectacle was staged again. The crossbow arrows passing through the air were as dense as raindrops. If you want to escape from such a dense crossbow arrow, don't think about it. Even flies may not be so lucky.

After the drill was completed, Zhou Yang ordered the troops to withdraw.

Zhou Yang rode his horse down the hill, and Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi followed him. When he came to the woods, he saw that the trees were covered with crossbow arrows on the ground. At first glance, he didn't know how many of them were.

Zhou Yang roughly estimated that there were no less than hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows shot here. In front of such a terrifying crossbow arrow, the flesh and blood body was only given to the massacre.

No wonder the Qin army was able to sweep the world and unify China. Not to mention anything else, this crossbow formation alone is enough to make people feel troublesome! Zhou Yang was very moved.

Surprised and discussed for a while, Zhou Yang and the others withdrew from the woods. With an order, the Han army came to pick up crossbow arrows.

Zhou Yang picked up the Qin crossbow arrows taken from the tree and saw that they were intact, almost the same as if they had never used them. The only difference is that the crossbow arrows were covered with wood chips and juice.

What's so strange about the Qin Dynasty being able to make bronze weapons comparable to iron weapons?

The soldiers were busy picking up crossbow arrows. Zhou Yang, Li Guang, and Cheng Buzhi rode their horses to watch, and they all looked happy. Today, there were hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows here, which was just a small part of the Han army's crossbow arrows. In the autumn war, they set up crossbow formations and shot at the Huns cavalry one after another, covering the Huns with crossbow arrows. The Huns would pay a high price.

In the face of such a powerful weapon, even the Legend of the Condor Heroes, who were proud of by the Huns, would have no power to fight back, and the Huns could only give them the massacre. This prospect is really wonderful.

"Master General, if the Huns go south now and let us fight a war, it would be great!" Li Guang muttered regretfully: "The Shanyu hid north of Longcheng, so we can't find it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gongsun He came over with a horse, with excitement on his face, and reported to Zhou Yang: "Report to the Grand Commander, the left commander of the Xiongnu, led 10,000 elite troops to pounce on us!"

"What? Zuo Daduwei?" Cheng Buzhi's pupils shrank into a line.

"Is it really the Zuo Dadu?" Li Guanghu's eyes shone brightly.

"It's Zuo Daduwei, only two hundred miles away from us." Gongsun He's voice was very high, with great excitement.

"That's great!" Li Guang clenched his hands into fists and kept waving: "The Zuo Daduwei is skilled in cavalry and shooting, and is skilled in martial arts. He is known as the number one warrior of the Huns, and is deeply loved by Shanyu. If he is dealt with, Shanyu will be like breaking a wing. When the war in the autumn is over, it will be beneficial to us without any harm!"

"Master, please give orders!" Cheng Buzhi was also anxious: "We have fought with the Huns for so many years and have always wanted to deal with the Zuo Dacheng, but there has been no chance. Now that he comes to his door by himself, there is no need to be polite. Our tens of thousands of troops gather here, and the crossbows are all there, so we must not let him run away!"

Zhou Yang had heard of the title of Zuo Daduwei. If he was eliminated, it would have a great blow to the morale of the Huns. Junchen Shanyu loved him very much. Without Zuo Daduwei, Junchen Shanyu would be like a lack of an arm, so this benefit was needless to say.

"Where is he in? Are there any Xiongnu reinforcements?" Zhou Yang, as the commander, had to understand all the situations before making a decision.

"Here!" Gongsun He took out the map and pointed to the map: "He is a single army. The closest to him is the army of Zuo Xianwang's army, which is 100,000 troops, and is 300 miles away from Zuo Daduwei."

"Three hundred miles is almost a day's march, and there is enough time." Zhou Yang calculated.

"It's better if King Zuo Xian comes, we will eat him together." Li Guangcai didn't care and was full of confidence: "With a crossbow in hand, why not be afraid of the Huns!"

"Eat Zuo Daduwei first." Zhou Yang made up his mind: "As for Zuo Xianwang's army, it depends on the situation."

"What depends on the situation, destroy him together." Li Guang pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife, full of fighting spirit.

"If he hurried behind and didn't come, how could we eat him?" Zhou Yang frowned and thought, "I guess, we went deep into the hinterland of the Huns to disturb the Huns. The Shanyu couldn't sit still, so he sent them to come. The Zuo Daduwei relied on his bravery and did not take us seriously. Therefore, he broke away from the Zuoxian King's army and advanced aggressively."

This analysis was very accurate, and the generals nodded in agreement.

Zhou Yang continued: "The crossbow formation is used by us to deal with the Shanyu army, and it must not be revealed. Therefore, in this battle, we must not only test our crossbow formation and keep the secret."

The crossbow formation was the only reliance of the Han army. If the secret was leaked too early, it would make the Huns prepare, and it would be difficult to fight the war after the autumn, which is a must.

"Master, what do you think you should do?" Cheng Buzhi's thick eyebrows were furrowed together. This matter was very difficult.

Not to mention ten thousand elite Huns, even ten thousand pigs, waiting for you to catch them, maybe there are some people who miss the net. As long as one runs away, the secret of the Han army's crossbow formation will be known to the Shanyu.

"I mean: kill all the people, no one will be left!" Zhou Yang pointed to the map and deployed: "We'll fight like this!"

After a brief commentary, the generals raised their thumbs up and praised in unison: "What a plan!"

With the order of Zhou Yang, the Han army set out and left one after another. The grassland where tens of thousands of troops gathered returned to peace.
Chapter completed!