Chapter 376

A round of crossbow arrows was shot down.

Of the eight hundred Great Halberd Warriors, more than a hundred at the front of the formation were shot to the ground.

However.

The hundred or so fallen Great Halberd Warriors did not affect the actions of their teammates behind them.

They saw them shake on the ground, and then continue to stand up.

Only a dozen or so people who unfortunately were shot in the face and died remained on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Qu Yi felt as if he had been screwed!

This was completely different from the scene he had imagined.

Back during the Battle of Jieqiao.

Even the world-famous White Horse Followers, when encountering the shooting of the Vanguard Death Soldiers, were instantly routed and suffered heavy casualties.

But now.

Although these Great Halberd Warriors were also shot down by crossbow arrows.

But most of the people who were shot down actually still had the strength to stand up from the ground again!

That is to say.

This wave of crossbow arrow strikes from the Vanguard Death Soldiers.

Was like hitting a turtle shell, and the damage was very small.

It didn't even manage to break the formation of the Great Halberd Warriors.

Actually.

The Vanguard Death Soldiers were not as invincible as imagined.

The reason they were able to shoot down the White Horse Followers so perfectly back then.

A more important reason was because the White Horse Followers were light cavalry.

In order to travel light and fast, they were only equipped with leather armor worn by ordinary archers.

Compared with the light leather armor of the White Horse Followers.

The iron armor of the Great Halberd Warriors was much more luxurious!

The iron armor worn by every soldier was built at a huge cost.

Even the armor worn by the generals in the army might not necessarily be as protective as the iron armor of the Great Halberd Warriors.

Therefore.

Although the Great Halberd Warriors moved relatively slowly.

Their defensive level was definitely not something any infantry unit in the world today could compare to.

At this moment.

Seeing the Great Halberd Warriors holding heavy halberds and killing their way toward this side, the Vanguard Death Soldiers fell into complete chaos.

"Quick, quick, form up, shoot again!"

There was a stubbornness in Qu Yi's mind that refused to admit defeat.

Even though the previous round of shooting had already proven that the powerful crossbows of the Vanguard Death Soldiers were highly unlikely to pierce the iron armor of the Great Halberd Warriors.

But Qu Yi still wanted to try one more time.

The Vanguard Death Soldiers followed Qu Yi's lead.

After hearing the order given by Qu Yi, they quickly raised their crossbows, preparing to launch a second round of shooting.

In the formation of the Great Halberd Warriors, Zhang He sneered as he watched this scene.

Although this team of Great Halberd Warriors was on the battlefield for the first time as Great Halberd Warriors today.

But every soldier, before being officially selected to become a Great Halberd Warrior, could be called a veteran of many battles.

Of course.

The person Zhang He should thank the most was naturally Gu Yi.

If not for Gu Yi's full support, the Great Halberd Warriors could not have been formed so quickly, and it would have been even more impossible to build such sturdy iron armor.

You must know.

In this era, after the baptism of the pre-Qin and two Han periods, the concept that cavalry is the king of field battles had long been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

For the various warlords.

The ace army most worthy of their investment in funds to build was naturally the cavalry army, not the infantry army.

Therefore.

All warlords treated cavalry as precious treasures, and every cavalryman was very expensive.

The Great Halberd Warriors were very clumsy, their movement speed was much slower than ordinary infantry, and they were instantly crushed compared to cavalry.

But for such an army, Gu Yi was willing to give Zhang He funds to build it with all his heart.

If it were any other warlord, they would absolutely not agree to Zhang He's plan for building the Great Halberd Warriors!

After all, the heavy armor worn by the Great Halberd Warriors was very valuable.

Raising one Great Halberd Warrior was so expensive that it was even more than that of a cavalryman.

If you have this money, why not build cavalry instead of building these clumsy Great Halberd Warriors?

The original history also proved this point.

During the Battle of Jieqiao, Zhang He led hundreds of Great Halberd Warriors in their infancy, guarding beside Yuan Shao.

As a result, they encountered the White Horse Followers under Gongsun Zan.

Because their movement speed was too slow and they were kited by the White Horse Followers, the Great Halberd Warriors were wiped out.

After that, the Great Halberd Warriors disappeared and never appeared in the long river of history again.

The reason for this was because Yuan Shao felt that the Great Halberd Warriors were useless.

He was unwilling to give Zhang He any more military funds to spend on such an army.

But Gu Yi would not be like Yuan Shao.

He deeply knew the value of the Great Halberd Warriors.

Although the Great Halberd Warriors would be at a great disadvantage in field battles due to their poor mobility.

But the super defensive power of the Great Halberd Warriors and the penetrating power of the heavy halberds destined them to become the killers of archers and crossbowmen on the battlefield!

Besides this.

If there were a full ten-thousand-man Great Halberd Warrior unit, no matter how sturdy the city was, the Great Halberd Warriors could face the difficulties and climb the city tower at an extremely fast speed.

These advantages were not possessed by cavalry.

At this moment.

Relying on a smoke screen, Zhang He and this team of eight hundred Great Halberd Warriors were already very close to the Vanguard Death Soldiers.

Once they came into close contact with the Vanguard Death Soldiers.

With the fragile defensive power of the Vanguard Death Soldiers, they would be instantly killed!

What?

The Vanguard Death Soldiers have shields in their hands?