The people of the black charm Commandery also began to send more Scouts. Although they could not detect the movement of Liu Ziyu's main force, they were not at a disadvantage in the Scout battle.
The main forces of both sides finally met face to face after two hours. It was 20000 versus 10000. The black charm Commandery was not afraid at all and took a head-on stance.
"General, the troops of the black charm Commandery are a little strange. They are facing two times their number of enemies, but they did not retreat immediately. Are they confident or are they plotting something? We have to be on guard!"
As the military counselor, Jin Yuan Bao naturally had to give his own suggestion."The cavalry has outflanked us from the side. There's no ambush. I suspect that they have a large number of long-range weapons in their Army, which is why they are so calm!"
What was the most famous weapon in the black charm Commandery?
The armor-piercing crossbow!
This unit did not seem to have large armor-piercing crossbows, but it was not troublesome to carry a batch of simplified armor-piercing crossbows.
Of the two thousand people who ambushed Lin Yi, they only brought one thousand simplified armoring-piercing crossbows, which ended up benefiting Lin Yi and the city guards.
If there were 3000 to 4000 of these armoring-piercing crossbows in this 10000-strong Army, it would be enough to pose a fatal threat to Liu Ziyu's Army.
"What the military counselor said makes sense, but in the current situation, we're like an arrow on a bow. We have no choice but to fire!"
Liu Ziyu also understood the dangers involved.
The problem was that as the commander of the reinforcements, he led 20000 elite soldiers of the garrison of the king's city. If they did not dare to attack the 10000 people of the black charm Commandery, then how could they help?
He should just go back to the capital and change Lin Yi!
Jin Yuan Bao also understood this, so after doing his part, he did not say anything more.
The 10,000 infantrymen of Hongshang Commandery formed a square formation and slowly approached the black charm Commandery's Army.
The 4,000 cavalrymen on the flanks took an arc and were already prepared to charge at the enemy's side.
The battle was about to start!
The Army of the heimei Commandery was as still as a mountain. They just quietly watched the guards of the imperial capital of Hongshang Commandery approach.
When the two sides were about two li apart, the soldiers in the front row suddenly knelt down in an orderly manner. From their shoulders, the arrows of the armor-piercing crossbows emerged.
Two thousand!
A total of 2000 armor-piercing crossbows were aimed at the formation of Hongshang Commandery!
Compared to the ambush on Lin Yi's Army, there were more armoring-piercing crossbows this time, and the two sides were closer, so their power was naturally stronger!
Each unit of the armor-piercing crossbow had six arrows, and it did not take long to replace them. Therefore, if they wanted to break through this distance, the 10000 infantrymen of Hongshang Commandery would have to withstand at least 50000 to 60000 arrows!
"Shield!"
A melodious shout came from the infantry of Hongshang Commandery.
The soldiers at the front spread out their retractable shields to form a shield wall, while the soldiers at the back raised their shields to protect themselves from the arrows falling from above.
The orderly shield wall continued to advance. The square formation of ten thousand soldiers was like a moving steel fortress, advancing forward fearlessly.
The general of the black charm Commandery sneered.
Two li was already the maximum range of the armor-piercing crossbow, so he waved his arm without hesitation and gave the order to attack.
Wave after wave of armoring-piercing crossbows were like a dense swarm of bees, directly cutting through the distance between the two armies in a flat manner, and crashing into the shining shield wall with a loud bang.
The originally neat shield wall was instantly torn apart, and the huge kinetic energy penetrated the shield and continued to penetrate the bodies of the soldiers behind it. If it wasn't for the shield, the armor-piercing crossbow would have penetrated at least three to five soldiers before it was exhausted.
In the blink of an eye, the front line of Hongshang Commandery's formation was stripped and the number of soldiers killed exceeded 500!
"Shield!"
The soldiers in the second row suddenly threw down their shields, forming a second shield wall, and the comrades who were Dead or Alive in front of them became the buffer for the second shield wall!
The crossbow arrows did not stop and continued to shoot.
The first row of soldiers, along with their shields, were shot into rags, riddled with holes and completely shattered.
The second row of shield wall was about to follow suit, and the soldiers in the third row were ready to form a new shield wall.
Liu Ziyu's face was livid. In the face of the dense mountain armor-piercing crossbows, the soldiers of Hongshang Commandery could not advance at all.
If this continued, the 10000 elites of the king's city garrison would probably be completely annihilated before they could even get close to the enemy.
"Retreat!"
Liu Ziyu was very decisive. The current casualties were still acceptable, but if they continued to persist, they would really be finished!
Hearing the signal to retreat, the infantry formation still retreated slowly, but the black magic Commandery did not give up.
The range of the armor-piercing crossbows continued to extend, and at the same time, the formation began to move forward slowly. They actually wanted to bite Hongshang Commandery to death and swallow the 10000 troops in one bite!
"Cavalry, attack from the back and cover the infantry!" He ordered.
Liu Ziyu continued to give orders. Originally, he wanted to use the cavalrymen to kill the enemy while he was at it, but now, they could only be used as a tool for harassment.
On the side, li Yingjian received the signal and led the cavalry to the rear of the black charm Commandery's formation.
However, when they were three miles away from the enemy, the black charm Commandery's formation quickly changed and revealed another one thousand armor-piercing crossbows!
The Black Spirit Ferghana horse was too fast. The black charm Commandery did not dare to let li Yingjian's cavalrymen get too close, so they had already started to fire the crossbow arrows.
This gave li Yingjian and the cavalrymen some time to react. If they were to launch the attack only when they were within two li of the enemy, more than half of the four thousand cavalrymen would have died!
"Retreat!"
Li Yingjian wasn't a braver man. Facing such a formation, he quickly ran in an arc and led the cavalry around the armor-piercing crossbows.
The armor-piercing crossbows that were shot out did not cause too many casualties to the cavalry, which was already a blessing in the misfortune.
Moreover, with li Yingjian's harassment, the people of the black charm Commandery stopped their pursuit and did not continue to chase the infantry of the Hongshang Commandery.
However, the armor-piercing crossbows did not stop. They continued to kill the infantry of Hongshang Commandery.
By the time the two sides finally left the battlefield, more than 2000 people in Hongshang Commandery had died and less than 1000 were injured. The number of deaths was more than twice the number of injured people. It could be seen that the attack of the armor-piercing crossbow was terrifying!
An ordinary Army would be on the verge of collapse if the casualty rate reached thirty percent in a short time.
The fact that this infantry square formation of the capital's guards could still retreat in an orderly manner and finally leave the battlefield was enough to prove its degree of elite.
However, such an elite army could only take a beating without the ability to fight back. The two sides did not even have the opportunity to fight in close combat!
Liu Ziyu's Army had fought the black magic Commandery for the first time, and the black magic Commandery had zero casualties!
A great defeat!
Lin Yi's prestige in the selenbronze Commandery was almost destroyed in one day!
When the news was sent back to the capital, the entire court was in an uproar!
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