Chapter 856: Despair Brought by Changshui
The naval artillery attacks launched by the two fleets of Zhou Yu and Zheng He were extremely effective.
Just like a real artillery fire, the naval guns achieved results beyond imagination.
The Japanese had deployed a mixture of miscellaneous soldiers and regular soldiers on the periphery. This buffer zone-like arrangement was intended to prevent a sudden attack by the Han Dynasty.
After the naval guns have traveled a very long distance, the power of the cloud explosion carried by the spears is actually not enough to kill the elite, but for those who have not been well-trained and the miscellaneous soldiers, it is a fatal blow.
A wave of artillery fire killed at least tens of thousands of people, although most of them were just miscellaneous soldiers. However, the strategic goal had been achieved, clearing the obstacles for the army and making it easier to attack the city.
"Attack the city!" The order to attack the city was issued almost simultaneously from the east and west gates.
The Japanese rebels led the way, followed closely by the elite troops of the Han Dynasty, giving people the illusion that there was a decisive battle of life and death.
"The Han Dynasty's envoy has ordered that in this war only the main culprits will be punished. The rest will not be held accountable, and those who surrender will not be killed!" A deafening slogan rang out among the Japanese rebels.
In an instant, the miscellaneous soldiers and auxiliary troops on the city wall became chaotic. The terrifying blow made them lose their minds. Even the elite soldiers felt at a loss about fighting. They seemed to have no hope of victory at all.
The slogans of the Japanese rebels were like a life-saving straw, giving them hope of survival.
"Haha, attacking the heart is better than attacking the city. Attacking from top to bottom can have miraculous effects!" Sima Yi was at the command platform, smiling gently.
This was his handiwork. After the meeting, he went to talk to ordinary Japanese soldiers. After learning about their true attitudes towards the emperor and daimyo, he gave such an order to the Japanese rebellion army.
"Changshui, let's launch another round of attacks. It looks like the psychological effect is quite good?"
Sima Yi suggested to Zhuge Liang beside him that although he wanted to give orders directly bypassing Zhuge Liang, unfortunately Guo Hao had already designated Zhuge Liang as the supreme commander. So before Guo Hao revoked Zhuge Liang's command, no one could give orders bypassing Zhuge Liang.
"Changshui Camp, from the west gate wall, three bursts of fire!"
Zhuge Liang nodded. The eighth generation Changshui Battalion still inherited his greatest characteristic, which was the special attack effect against miscellaneous soldiers and squishy targets. As long as the area was covered by them, no miscellaneous soldiers would be able to survive.
As for the reason why Changshui was deployed at the west gate, it was very simple. The east gate had been climbed first, and the south gate was still in the process of clearing roadblocks.
"Send the order to the vanguard to launch three rounds of attacks on the city wall!"
Ju Yi was a little confused when he received the order, but he still carried it out well.
Compared to Changshui, which does not require aiming but only requires covering bombing, Ju Yi has clear requirements for Xiandeng. Not to mention killing one with one arrow, at least one with three arrows.
The first to ascend immediately began to launch precise strikes on the city wall, although the biggest feature of the first to ascend is its complete coverage.
After all, it is a legion that has advanced to the military spirit by riding on white horses. If Changshui relies on explosions to cover the area, then Xiandeng relies on cloud arrows to cover every inch of space.
The Japanese side is not without archers, and there is even a corps of archers with dual talents. After the miscellaneous soldiers suffered a double blow of physical and psychological attacks, the commander immediately ordered a counterattack.
"Arrow rain counterattacks! Arrow rain counterattacks!"
But it was of no use.
Not to mention Xiandeng, the soul of the army, even Changshui alone is not something the so-called double-talented archer corps can contend with.
In addition, there are Huben as Changshui's bodyguards. They hold a large shield on their heads and shoot a round of cloud-bursting arrows to disperse the Japanese archer corps.
To be honest, the archer legions that have climbed to the level of double talents are not bad, but the problem is that there is something wrong with the opponents they chose.
The Changshui Camp, which is a nearly mature military system that integrates hundreds of years of Han army, is one of the core elements that is stably positioned in the Imperial Guard system. No matter how it is updated or replaced, it always occupies a place among the Three Rivers and Five Schools.
It can be said that in a bow and arrow duel, any non-military soul archer corps in the medium and short ranges cannot be defeated by the Changshui Camp.
Unlike the Shesheng Battalion, which is tasked with exterminating all unconventional single elite legions, the Changshui Battalion, in addition to the so-called clearing out of miscellaneous soldiers, is also tasked with suppressing all archer legions in non-beyond visual range situations.
In other words, to suppress all the fragile legions. Why did the Changshui come out in the past? In the beginning, it was mainly because they were disgusted by the Xiongnu's cavalry archers. Later, the Han Dynasty directly released the Changshui, relying on the range explosion to kill all the cavalry archers.
Then Changshui became a permanent resident in the Imperial Guard system, standing firm like Shesheng, and killed countless strange legions.
This so-called all crispy skin includes sharp warriors, ordinary white horses, and even shooting sounds.
After all, the explosive arrows of the Changshui Camp are specifically designed to kill elite soldiers who have no defensive talents. The more specialized the archers are, the stronger their combat effectiveness, but the less likely they are to have defensive power.
The result of this development is that when the Changshui Battalion stands and shoots at any non-Military Soul Archer Corps in the short and medium range, even if they are unprotected, the Changshui Battalion will definitely be the ones who survive in the end.
Rapid shooting, ten arrows per second, so awesome.
Armor-piercing, breaking heavy armor with one arrow, that's even more powerful.
However, these archer legions really had no way to fight against Changshui. The speed of Changshui camp was not fast, shooting two arrows per second, but one arrow covered an area of four or five meters. After a round of rain of arrows, the opposite side was silent.
The only reason that restricted Changshui back then might have been the number of arrows, but now that the Cloud Arrows have been unlocked, Changshui is truly a continuous rocket launcher that can crush any squishy enemies.
And the most important thing is that the Huben Camp is now Changshui's bound bodyguard. With their protection, Changshui can just fire one shot and then retreat directly. An ordinary archer corps can never outshoot Changshui.
A fully staffed dual-talented archer corps from Japan officially withdrew from the battlefield less than an hour after the battle began, amid a hail of arrows from Changshui.
But soon after, Changshui, which had achieved great results, stopped, and Xiandeng on the other side also stopped.
Sima Yi's venomous strategy that directly targets people's hearts was something he learned from Jia Xu and then developed further .
Despair has a threshold. If you are always in despair, then despair is no longer despair.
With it, once you leave a gap and let despair fall back, then when the next despair comes, it will directly break down the opponent's defense line.
Zhuge Liang looked at his classmate and sighed in his heart. When it came to manipulating people's hearts, he was no match for Sima Yi.
The deliberate misleading made the Japanese side seem to have real hope. The grassroots officers kept saying that the Han army's attack was just a trick and they had run out of tricks.
This certainly stabilized the morale of the army, but on the other hand, it also laid the groundwork for a desperate collapse.
