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"Yes, the Western Turks are more arrogant than the ****** soldiers, and they have a long history of contempt for the Central Plains, so there is no need to rush to use trebuchets. Bi·Qi Medium·· Net·· Captain Chi Jingde stroked his long beard under his chin and said: "Launch it with trebuchets now, although it can penetrate their shield array, but Timur and his subordinate Turkic soldiers will only be afraid and dare not attack again, so they will not be able to kill and injure their troops in large numbers." ”

Guo Yi nodded suddenly and said, "I understand, let's go and arrange to defend the enemy!" ”

He quickly ordered the Zhou army to continue to kill the enemy with arrows. Those sharpshooters cultivated in the Zhou army were all hidden on the arrow towers in the camp, taking advantage of the gap to release arrows. Although it is true that the arrows are not missing, due to the enemy's shield array, the lethality is already much weaker.

The Turkic army saw that the counterattack of the Zhou army was not strong, and only some loose arrows were fired, and they were also bold. The captain ordered the filling to be accelerated. By the time twilight fell, the Turkic army had already managed to lay out a large line.

The captain could not hide the excitement in his heart, and reported his victory to Timur.

While Timur was overjoyed, he felt that the Zhou army's counterattack was not fierce. He wondered in his heart, could it be that the Zhou army had withdrawn, and only some of the archers remained? Otherwise, how could he allow himself to fill in the ditches and traps so smoothly?

As the thought flashed through his mind, the captain had already asked respectfully, "Lord Timur, should we attack now?" Now there is nothing in front of the Zhou army camp that can stop the advance of my Turkic wolf army. ”

Timur looked at the sky that had darkened, but he yawned and said, "Forget it, it's getting late, if you don't attack for a while, it's not too late to attack tomorrow." ”

The captain almost vomited blood, he filled in the soil for a day, and was about to wield a big knife to kill him, but he was knocked with a stick.

Timur didn't bother to explain it to him. He had planned to attack overnight. But then I saw several prepared troops, and the soldiers were all sitting on the ground resting, all of them lazy, and they had no sharpness at all. Even if they are allowed to go into battle, I am afraid they will not be able to capture the camp of the Zhou army. After all, the strength of the Turks is mounted archery, but at night, their archery skills will be greatly reduced, and it is better to fight a good battle tomorrow.

And this change made Zhou Jun also puzzled. When Wei Chi Jingde saw it, he also smiled and said: "Since they don't dare to attack at night, then let them be." Anyway, if the war starts tomorrow, we will be more prepared. ”

So, Guo Yi ordered the subordinate soldiers to strictly defend and strengthen patrols to prevent the Turks from attacking the camp.

This night, there was nothing to do, and when it was dawn, the Turkic army was killed again in front of the Zhou military camp, and the entire camp was filled with smoke and dust.

When the army marched to the front of yesterday's trench, the Turkic soldiers remembered the painful memories of the past. So they all stopped. Timur himself took his bow and shot an arrow, testing the ground for anything unusual.

The Turkic cavalry followed suit, shooting long arrows and sticking them in the soil that had been filled in yesterday.

Timur was also afraid that after the withdrawal last night, the Zhou army would start work at night, and maybe they could dig another ditch. Let yesterday's filling work be wasted.

However, the current situation obviously relieved him, it seems that Zhou Jun is also tired, and he did not dig a ditch overnight.

Seeing that there was no more ambush on the ground, Timur pointed the spear in his hand forward and said in a loud voice: "Attack!" ”

The Turkic soldiers had already held back their anger, and when they heard the order of the commander, they immediately shouted loudly, and then urged their horses forward.

They grew up on horseback, and they were very good at riding. Although the large camp of the Zhou army stood in front. But in their hearts, it's still just a ruined village. As long as they rushed into the camp and urged the horses to fight, they could beat the Zhou army to the ground and flee in embarrassment.

However, Timur did not charge himself, but ordered the commander to direct his men to charge.

The captains each commanded a cavalry team of 10,000 men, and each had ten commanders under him. They each named a commander to lead their subordinates, and charged on the left, center, and right to try it, while they themselves personally led the army to slow down and were ready to move.

The Turkic soldiers urged their horses forward, and the drums in the Zhou camp began to beat again, and the archers standing behind the fence were already holding their bows and arrows and began to shoot angrily, so the overwhelming rain of arrows pounced on them like flying locusts.

At this time, the Zhou army finally opened its fangs and launched a larger blockade, this round of feather arrows flew one after another, at least tens of thousands, which can be described as imposing.

However, although the Turkic soldiers are arrogant, they always have a bit of arrogance. They were on horseback, and with shields and spears skillfully blocked left and right, and galloped high and low. Sometimes you don't even need a spear or shield, and you can shoot down the feathered arrows in front of you with just a horsewhip.

You must know that when the Turks were in the steppe, they often rode horses to shoot at each other, so how to block the enemy's incoming arrows was a must-practice skill for them. Therefore, shooting down arrows with a horsewhip is a specialty of many people.

Although the feathered arrows of the Zhou army were like locusts, shooting overwhelmingly, the nine commanders on the left, center and right led the team to rush to the first fence of the Zhou army's camp, with less than 1,000 dead and wounded, and the attrition was not serious.

After Guo Yi saw this, he also frowned and said: "The Turkic army's cavalry and archery skills are indeed powerful, but the melee combat and weapons and equipment are far inferior to our army. If their army is equal in number to ours, then it will not be difficult for our ironclad cavalry to defeat them. But now that the number of cavalry in our army is far inferior to that of our opponents, it is no wonder that they are so arrogant and rampant. ”

Wei Chi Jingde smiled slightly at this time: "Yi, don't worry. Although the Turkic army in front of us was huge, there were as many as 200,000, but it was impossible to press them all, and we would destroy him by tens of thousands in one day here, and after ten days and a half months, his 200,000 army would naturally collapse. ”

Guo Yi also thought so, and while the two were talking, the Turkic army had already attacked the camp.

Timur originally thought that the Zhou army would meet the Turkic wolf riders with the most fierce attack, but he did not expect that his own army had rushed to the forefront, and the Zhou army still did not react much.

After seeing the Zhou army's soldiers and horses within the range of their bows and arrows, many Turkic cavalry stood on their horses, drew their bows and arrows, and reflected back to suppress the counterattack of the Zhou army. There were even some fast-running Turkic cavalry, who had already climbed the first shallow barracks and rushed into the camp of the Zhou army.

When the Turkic cavalry saw it behind, they also cheered. Seeing this, the commander was afraid that the other party would steal the first credit, so he did not hesitate and ordered the whole army to speed up. The cavalry of 10,000 people suddenly rushed to the Zhou army camp like a torrent of steel.

However, the other captain asked with some confusion: "Lord Timur, could there be any deception in it!" ”

He is a ****** and has participated in the last battle of Yanmen Pass. Therefore, knowing the strength of the Zhou army, seeing that his army attacked the enemy camp so easily, he suddenly felt that something was abnormal.

When Timur heard this, he said coldly: "What is the deception? ”

"Their catapults haven't been used yet." The commander hurriedly said: "The last general has participated in the battle of Yanmen Pass, and has seen the sharpness of the Zhou army's trebuchet, so we can't help but guard against it. ”

When Timur heard this, he shook his head and said, "The trebuchet is used for siege, how can it be so good to defend the camp?" Besides, it was also used against the cowardly army of the Central Plains, so why should the warriors of my Great Turks be afraid? ”

Although he had also heard of the Zhou army's catapults with long range, great lethality, and sharp combat examples when breaking through the city. But he stubbornly believed that this thing should be used in sieges, and it was impossible to use it to defend the camp. Even if a trebuchet is used, it is not easy to hit people with these boulders.

The team of 9,000 people led by the nine commanders had entered the camp of the Zhou army in an instant. Twenty-one thousand Turkic soldiers followed. The Turkic soldiers, like hungry wolves, attacked one after another, and instantly filled the camp.

Seeing that the Zhou army in the camp kept retreating, and there was no resistance at all, Timur also laughed and said, "It turned out to be just a bluff." If I want to be afraid, I am afraid that I will never be able to attack the camp of the Zhou army. ”

And when Timur was triumphant, Wei Chi Jingde was not alarmed. He said to Guo Yi: "Yi, there are almost 10,000 cavalry coming in, and you can start collecting the net." ”

Guo Yi nodded, and then with a wave of his hand, the order to counterattack was immediately issued. I only heard the sound of "knock, knock, knock", and pieces of stone bullets weighing several catties rushed straight up from the back of the camp, and then drew a white arc in the air, falling into the dense crowd of Turkic soldiers.

Although the Turks rushed quickly and fiercely, they were crowded like sardines because of their large numbers. These boulders fall and can hit a large number of people without any accuracy.

Although the Turkic soldiers also saw the boulder in the air, they had no way to dodge, and many people and horses were beaten into meat sauce by the boulder, and the camp suddenly flew with flesh and blood, screaming again and again.

As a result, the offensive of the Turkic army was immediately blocked, and it was so chaotic that it could not form a formation.

The Turkic soldiers who had already rushed into the camp of the Zhou army were also stunned to find that the opponent's deployment in the camp was simple, and it was even inferior to their simple camp on the grassland.

I saw that behind the camp, which seemed very empty, there were more than 50 large cars walking side by side, and there was a layer of canvas on the roof of the carriages.

When the Zhou army saw the Turkic soldiers rushing over, he immediately roared, lifted the canvas, and dropped the hideous appearance of the cart.

It turned out that these carts turned out to be modified ballistae, each with an arrow hole on it, and inside each arrow hole was a black wolf's tooth arrow, and the tip of the arrow glowed with a chilling light.

This crossbow is the latest achievement of the research and development of the Great Zhou Weapons Manufacturing Bureau. Each time, you can shoot a crossbow arrow with a machine bracket, and the range can reach ten zhang. After a single reload, it can be fired ten times, which is extremely lethal.

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