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"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Fifty carts were fired at the same time, and more than 5,000 crossbow arrows were shot out in an instant, with a strong wind and overwhelming momentum, across the sky, and into the Turkic soldiers who rushed over!

"Poof, poof, poof!"

Suddenly flesh and blood flew among the Turkic people, arrows entered the flesh, horses neighed, and wailed again and again.

The iron arrows shot by these ballistas were so powerful that they were like javelins, and they could shoot through five or six people in a row before they lost their strength and stopped advancing.

Moreover, after the first round of more than 5,000 arrows, the second round and the first round were followed...... Ten rounds of arrows were fired in a row, totaling more than 50,000 arrows. The Turkic cavalry that had already gathered in the camp was suddenly shot into strings of sugar gourds, hedgehogs one by one!

Timur looked at it from a distance, and his face changed with fright, he had never seen such a fierce archery machine. It wasn't until this moment that he regretted it a little, he shouldn't have been greedy for merit, but unfortunately it was too late!

After seeing it from a distance, Wei Chi Jingde also smiled slightly: "Ten thousand cavalry are gone like this, it seems that Timur should also be heartbroken, just see if he still has the courage to continue to attack!" ”

Under the attack of this ballista, the Turkic soldiers, who were originally like wolves and tigers, were like papier-mâché.

Although for Timur, who had 200,000 troops, the arrows fired by the enemy's crossbow carts only killed less than one-sixth of his troops, the dense and penetrating crossbow arrows had already shocked the whole army!

Without witnessing it with their own eyes, the Turks could never have imagined such a powerful crossbow arrow. In contrast, the short bow in their hands is almost like a child's toy.

Guo Yi also said to himself: "These ballistas were originally built by the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau to defend the city, but I didn't expect them to play such a big role in field battles. These were giant repeaters that were supposed to be used against hoplites, but now they were used against poorly equipped and poorly defended Turkic cavalry...... Such a powerful war ballista, shot in a dense crowd, can be said to be extremely lethal.

The Turkic cavalry that stormed the camp of the Zhou army had fallen into hell. They were completely powerless in the face of such a blow.

Traditional cavalry weapons such as spears, broadswords, and iron shields were so fragile in the face of such powerful giant ballistas. The Turkic soldiers finally knew that the most powerful weapons in the world were not the sabers and bows in their hands, but the new giant crossbows of the Zhou army.

This round of crossbow arrows shot down 10,000 Turkic cavalry like a devastating caster, not only knocking out Timur's vanguard troops, but also demolishing their confidence.

Originally, he planned that after the vanguard rushed in, his main force would follow the pursuit. But seeing the situation in front of him, what other Turkic soldiers dared to rush forward?

And just when the Turkic cavalry in the rear was stagnant. The Zhou army had already slain out from both wings. Began to exterminate the Turkic cavalry that had not yet retreated.

Although they did not ride horses, they brought out the full play of the role of spears, broadswords, hooks, plate axes and other weapons, fully combining the strengths of all weapons, and mercilessly snatching the lives of their opponents.

In front of the boulders that kept falling from the sky, the main force of the Turkic army was also a little flustered.

They simply didn't dare to continue to charge. What's more, after witnessing the power of the Lianzhu ballista, Rao is a few brave and warlike captains, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. You must know that the captain was in no way inferior to them in martial arts, but he did not come back at all, and fell in the enemy's camp.

The Turks could bravely face the tigers, leopards, jackals and other wild beasts of the steppe, but they did not dare to face the cold, but murderous giant ballista.

Although Timur was still beating his drums himself, urging his soldiers to attack, or at least to recapture his own soldiers trapped in the camp, the Turkic cavalry was already too frightened to attack again.

The Turkic soldiers in the rear could only watch as the Zhou army carried out a bloody slaughter against their own troops in front. There were fewer and fewer people in front, and there were more and more Zhou troops surrounding them.

Finally, with the fall of the last Turkic soldier. Zhou's trebuchet finally stopped firing, and the Lianzhu ballista, which had been reloaded with crossbow arrows, also stopped firing.

And in the camp of the Zhou army, the blood and tears of the Turkic cavalry flowed, and there were horse corpses with severed limbs and stumps and blurred flesh and blood. It's a bleak and tragic picture.

If you count the soldiers and horses lost in the previous two days, in the past few days, the Turkic army has lost nearly 40,000 people in front of this camp, and four commanders and dozens of commanders have died.

And the camp of the Zhou army still looks so lonely and indifferent, standing quietly on the official road in the mountains. Except for the corpses of people and horses and the blood flowing in one place, nothing has changed in the Zhou military camp. They didn't even kill a few people.

All the Turkic soldiers were a little creepy at this time. They were engaged in a real first head-to-head battle with the Zhou army. And the Zhou army has already used their sharp weapons to deal a heavy blow to the Turks. They could no longer recall their original arrogance and majesty, and a look of horror flashed in their eyes.

Originally, they looked down on the Central Plains people, because they thought that the Central Plains people were cowardly and incompetent, and as long as they rode horses and wielded swords, they could only offer women and wealth.

But now, after this confrontation with Zhou Jun, they were taken aback. Although they had never seen the fighting method adopted by the Zhou army, they could not help but admit that this method was indeed bloody and violent, and it was not inferior to them in the slightest.

Moreover, the attack methods of the Han people in the Central Plains were so colorful that their ruthlessness was not weaker than that of the Turkic cavalry.

This battle shook the arrogance of the Western Turks, who had an absolute superiority in their strength despite dispatching 200,000 troops. But this war is by no means as simple as imagined.

Guo Yi's eyes showed a look of expectation, and he stared at the look of fear on the faces of the Turkic soldiers, and he was also full of emotion in his heart.

Although this time only more than 10,000 Turkic soldiers were killed. But for him, it was definitely a thrilling victory. Although he has been a battle-hardened general since following Yuming. Even experienced more vigorous than the battle in front of them. But the victory in this battle made him feel extraordinarily proud. Because he annihilated more than 10,000 Turks without even a few deaths, it was definitely a great victory that made his heart refreshed.

Wei Chi Jingde's face sank like water, and he was not shocked by honor and disgrace. He just quietly looked at the banner in the Turkic army.

He knew that Timur was under it, and he didn't know that this Turkic thinker was planning to retreat? Or continue to attack without knowing whether to live or die.

If he wants to attack the Turkic cavalry, Wei Chi Jingde has no certainty of victory, but at present, the Zhou army is firmly in the camp, as long as it does not hold out, plus the help of Lianzhu crossbow carts, it can block the Turkic army of hundreds of thousands. Its defensive strength was unparalleled, and the Turkic army would no longer have to think of breaking through its own camp if it only used the same method of capturing the enemy's tents on the steppe.

And now, Timur no longer has the courage to fight.

His Turkic soldiers were also unmotivated to attack, and they began to be a little timid.

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Yang is already on the rise, but Timur is in a dilemma, if he continues to attack, he will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and it is also a big problem whether the Turkic soldiers under his command dare to step forward.

But if he didn't continue to attack, he boasted about Haikou in front of the Khan before, so how could he explain to the Khan?

But fortunately, just as he was in a dilemma, the rumbling of horses' hooves came from the west, and smoke and dust rose everywhere.

Then the scout came and said, "Lord Timur! Khan is coming! ”

"Ahh The Khan is also coming? ”

When Timur heard this, he was shocked. He also knew that it must be because he was ineffective in fighting and had not made progress, so the Khan would come to inspect.

"Come with me to the camp gate to meet the Khan!" Timur exclaimed.

He was also relieved that since the Khan was here, how to attack next was something that the Khan considered. His burden was taken off.

A moment later, the Khan had already arrived at the gate of the camp, and when he saw Timur's face full of shame, he had already guessed the result without asking, and his face could not help but be gloomy.

After entering the big tent, he listened to Timur's report, and heard that the attack had just been launched, and all the vanguard troops were all lost in the Zhou army camp, and the Khan realized the seriousness of the situation.

He originally thought that sending 200,000 troops to attack a 50,000-strong garrison would scare off his opponent even if he was scared. But he didn't expect that Zhou Jun was still the same as the nail, nailed there without moving half an inch, and his own soldiers and horses had suffered heavy losses.

Later, the Khan also came to the front of the battle, and he was also shocked to see the scene of rivers of blood and corpses all over the field. He never expected that this seemingly ordinary, mountain-side camp would become a thorn in the heart of the Turkic army, and the dignified army of 200,000 would be helpless against it.

It's so hard to fight this camp, how can you attack the original city in the future?

At this time, the Khan asked: "Timur, in your opinion, could it be that Yuming is in this camp, so the Zhou army in the village is his most elite troops, so it is so difficult?" ”

After hearing this, Timur hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "This is not certain, it stands to reason that Yuming is the most likely in the original city." But now it seems that he may also appear in this camp, after all, it is related to his food route, and the strategic position is also very important. ”

"Then do you think the Zhou army in this camp is really more than 50,000 people that we reconnoitred in advance? Could it be underestimated? The Khan asked again.

Timur thought for a long time before replying: "Since our scouts were shot dead as soon as they went up the mountain, we have not yet reconnoitred the number of enemy troops. However, it is expected that there will not be a big gap between the results of the reconnaissance and the initial reconnaissance. ”

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