Chapter 528: The Old Nest of the Huns on the Left
With such a short distance, there was no time for the Hun cavalry to think, and by the time they saw the crossbow arrows coming at them, it was already too late.
The sharp arrows penetrated the body of the Hun soldiers as if they were passing through tofu, rushing at the front of each soldier of the Hun soldiers, at least three to five holes were shot out, and after those crossbow arrows penetrated the body, although the speed was weakened to a certain extent, the power was not reduced at all, and it was easy to pierce the cavalry behind again.
At this moment, the distance between the Wei army and the Hun soldiers is the most powerful section of the effective range, and the crossbow arrows at this moment are also the most lethal.
Sang Ke, who rushed to the front, naturally did not become the lucky one, and the thick armor on his body could not protect him, three crossbow arrows hit his body, and three crossbow arrows hit the war horse under his crotch.
The huge inertia made the dying war horse still rush forward, and then with a neigh, it fell in front of Wei Bing, who was only a few steps away.
The arrow pierced Sango's left shoulder, abdomen, and right thigh, which were obviously not fatal, but the fall of the war horse threw him heavily to the ground, and he didn't know how many bones were broken, Sango had a feeling that he was about to fall apart, and he tried to struggle to get up, but it was in vain, and he didn't even have the strength to get up.
The despair of death permeated his heart, but he always had a question that he couldn't understand, obviously standing in front of them, there were only more than two hundred Wei soldiers, but how could they suddenly shoot thousands of crossbow arrows, and the penetration of these crossbow arrows was particularly strong, and ordinary armor was as fragile as a piece of paper, which was easily penetrated by these crossbow arrows.
Sang Ke couldn't figure it out, and the hundreds of Wei cavalry who fell to the ground also couldn't figure it out, it would be a massacre without suspense, but in the blink of an eye, the Hun cavalry at the forefront of the team had all fallen in a pool of blood, and none of them were spared.
Normally, high-speed cavalry will always pay a certain amount of casualties when striking through enemy bows and arrows, but most cavalry can pass through the arrow rain area, as long as they rush to the close range of the crossbowmen, the crossbowmen will completely lose their combat effectiveness.
However, the number of crossbowmen of the Wei army in front of them is not too much, but the rain of arrows they formed is highly dense, just like dense raindrops, so that the Hun soldiers are unavoidable and dodge.
The repeater with ten arrows is really extraordinary, the Zhuge repeater of the Shu army once brought nightmare fear to the Wei army, and now the repeater developed by Ma Jun has a lot of improvement compared to the Zhuge repeater in terms of rate of fire and penetration.
The terrifying rain of arrows formed by the crossbows covered the entire battlefield like a downpour, and this saturated attack inflicted heavy losses and casualties on the unsuspecting Hun cavalry.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the cavalry behind turned their horses' heads one after another, trying to flee back to the city border.
But no matter how fast they fled, they couldn't escape the pursuit of death, and the Hun cavalry fell in large areas, and only a few cavalry were lucky enough to escape back.
Next, the Wei army, which had just retreated, made a comeback and launched another attack on Jiexiu City.
Sanko took not only half of the men and horses in the city, but also the tenacious determination to defend the city, and now Sanke was defeated and died, and only Sando and a few Hun soldiers were still holding on in the city.
In desperation, the Xiongnu army, both in morale and confidence, had fallen to the lowest point, and in the face of an offensive that seemed to be stronger than before, the Huns could no longer hold on to the city.
During the siege of the city, a Wei sergeant with a shield on his head, braved the rain of arrows above his head, and attacked the city wall along the ladder, and the Huns' defense line collapsed with a bang.
More Wei troops attacked the city, and soon the city fell.
Sando did not surrender, but chose to fight to the end, he was nailed to the top of the enemy tower by the spears of the Wei soldiers, his eyes were wide, and he refused to close until he died.
After taking Jiexiu City, the Wei army officers and soldiers secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and opening Jiexiu was equivalent to opening the door to the state, and next, the Wei army will continue to march north in a posture of marching on a horse.
However, many people expressed great interest in the crossbow that turned the tide of the battle, this was the first battle of the Wei army after being equipped with the repeater, its storm-like strike method, and the overwhelming attack effect was indeed shocking.
Although the era of cold weapons is compared to people, at this time, the killing effect created by the repeater is so amazing, and the fragile body is almost vulnerable under the blow of the repeater.
In other words, the crossbow changed the final result of the offensive and defensive battle of Jiexiu, and if there was no crossbow, Cao Liang didn't know when the Wei army would have a chance to take Jiexiu City.
The power of science and technology can never be ignored in any era, and where Ma Jun is placed, he is worth more than 10,000 troops.
This undoubtedly made Cao Liang have a great interest in catapults and other weapons and equipment, and before he led the army alone, these weapons, including the repeater, could only be hidden and tucked, and did not dare to take them out for the world to see.
But now it's different, Cao Liang has his own armed forces, how to build this armed force into a real battle hero, Cao Liang still took a lot of thought, in addition to strictly controlling the quality of soldiers, Cao Liang also tried his best to improve the level of these new weapons and equipment.
The attack effect of just two hundred repeaters was already shocking, and if a giant like an equipped catapult appeared on the battlefield, it would cause no less sensation than it does now.
It seems that it is time to speed up the production and construction of ordnance equipment, and if these weapons can be used in combat, then the combat effectiveness of the Pingbei Army can be significantly increased by several grades.
The Wei army only stayed in the city for one day, and after clearing the remaining forces hidden in the city, Cao Liang did not stay long; Immediately, he waved his army to the north and pointed directly at Zishi County.
Zishi County is the lair of the left Xiongnu, is one of the five major targets that Cao Liang must destroy, and Puzi County of the southern Xiongnu, the left Xiongnu of Zishi County is obviously stronger than the southern Xiongnu.
After the capture of Jiexiu, Cao Liang got the latest information about the Xiongnu departments, and now the four Xiongnu in the north and the left have gathered troops to prepare to storm Jinyang City.
This undoubtedly gave Cao Liang a chance to draw his salary, and his primary goal was to take Zishi County, and cut off one of the Xiongnu's legs. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" for free for the first time.