Chapter 578: Xiongdu (21)
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Song Bao still rushed to the front of the team, but the speed of the war horse slowed down. His horse lance, armor, and even war horses were covered with blood, and he looked like a military general, much stronger than his usual image of a stubborn hero. Along the way, two more teams of Sui troops became the souls of the Xuanjia cavalry, and the main general of one of the soldiers and horses was killed by Song Bao himself, and the Xuanjia cavalry was still not damaged, but a few people were slightly injured.
As Song Bao had expected, even if these peasants who had never seen a battle formation were neatly tied with swords and spears in their hands, they were not strong soldiers. Fighting in the streets and alleys, the army could not open up the formation, and the superiority of troops could not be brought into play. Although it seems that there are 100 people against 30 horsemen, in fact, the width of the battlefield is so large, it is about five people fighting five people, and the front one falls and the back goes up. As far as the belligerents are concerned, these people are in front of them, and they do not feel the pressure of being outnumbered. In a battle of this scale, most of the brave heroes in the border areas are not left behind, not to mention Song Bao, who is now more and more like a military general. But even so, Song Bao still slowed down the pace of his horses, and did not dare to charge desperately like just now, but deliberately waited for Xu Le to bring the soldiers to come up to respond.
The reason is also very common, in this fight like chopping melons and vegetables, Song Bao was still injured. What wounded him was a crossbow arrow that pierced through the armor leaf and stabbed him in the body. Song Bao's body can't be compared with Xu Le and Han Youna's treasure armor that is enough to become the heirloom of the Jiangmen, but it is also obtained by hammering and forging the powerful craftsmen in the prison, and the armor itself is very strong. If it is an ordinary bow and arrow, as long as it is not a frontal hit, even if it can pierce the armor leaf, it will not cause much damage to the body.
However, this crossbow arrow was very different, and it was not in the right position despite the distance, and it still penetrated through the armor, the silk lining, and the thick cloth underneath into the flesh. If it weren't for these layers of cover to neutralize most of the power of the crossbow arrows, and the person who fired it was a novice, Song Bao would probably be seriously injured this time.
Following Xu Le all the way down, Song Bao's courage has unconsciously become much bigger. He was also a frontier ranger, so he didn't make a fuss and lose his fighting spirit when he was injured, but the crossbow bolt embedded in the flesh that almost hurt the bone still reminded him. After all, this Chang'an City is the capital of the Great Sui Kingdom, even if the elite soldiers are damaged in Liaodong, and the Son of Heaven lives in Jiangdu, the so-called world's first male city is not as good as before, after all, it is not allowed to be insulted.
Those eagle soldiers have excellent weapons in their hands, and they are afraid that they will break their heads when they are placed on the sidelines. Although weapons cannot be directly converted into combat power, in some cases, the superiority of equipment can indeed make up for the lack of combat power. Just like this crossbow only appeared sporadically in the battle array in the past, there was no threat, but it may appear on a large scale in Chang'an City. The slightest carelessness can lead to death. Now that victory is imminent, we must be even more cautious not to die at this time.
The tall gate was already in front of me, and there were torches and lanterns embedded in the walls of the gate, and there were braziers beside them, illuminating the city as if it were daylight. Dense eagle soldiers blocked the road, and it looked like there were hundreds of people at a glance. The banner was clear and the formation was neat, and the soldiers were waiting with bows and crossbows in their hands, apparently waiting for a long time. In front of them, the horses are placed, and the shadow of the oilcloth can be seen through the gap between the horses, and Song Bao can't see what is covered under these oilcloths, but since it is placed at the city gate and guarded by heavy soldiers, it must not be a good thing.
The Yin character above the city is tall, I don't know if the Yin Shishi himself is here or his nephew is in charge, and the soldiers at the head of the city are like ants and flags like forests. Obviously, it has become a delusion to raid and seize the door, and if you want to open the city in such a scene, you can only give up your life. Even if these eagle soldiers are all native puppets, they will have to break their arms with a knife by themselves. Song Bao didn't want to be a hero at this time, so he naturally wanted to retreat to Xu Le's side to see his ability.
Xu Le's eyes were sharper than Song Bao's, and in addition to the oilcloth behind the horse, he also noticed that rows of objects were also covered with oilcloth on the head of the city. As a martial artist, they are naturally no strangers to equipment, although the Xu family is not known for defending cities for their field charges, it does not mean that they really can't fight city defense battles, and they are no strangers to city defense equipment.
But within Xu Le's knowledge, there is no equipment that needs to be covered with an oilcloth, and it is enough to cover it with a grass shed. He couldn't see the details of these things, but he could feel the dangers contained in them, and the dangers he encountered all the way after entering the city added up, I am afraid that they could not be compared with these things.
"Rush!" Xu Le raised the horse lance and shouted, and then the dragon swallowing treasure horse neighed, Song Bao only felt a strong wind passing by him, and then saw Xu Le's back rushing towards the rejection horse. Immediately afterwards, he saw those Xuanjia soldiers passing by him one by one, Song Bao did not dare to delay any longer at this time, and raised his horse lance to attack with everyone.
On the top of the city, a group of generals guarded the main general. This lord is in his early thirties, and he is full of armor and majestic. Next to him was a man in a civil robe, who was the Jingzhao County Cheng Guyi who had been separated from the Yin World Master before! And this military general is Yin Hongde, the nephew of the Yin Shishi.
The Yin family is also a disciple of the generals, although the Yin Shishi himself is skilled in martial arts and martial arts, but he has always been known for his strategy and not for his bravery, including his own sons and nephews, they are also wise generals in the army, and Yin Hongde is no exception. Although he was young and strong, he was not good at fighting. White-knuckle combat melee fighting, to put it mildly, compared with the general, even the means of the veteran soldiers in the army may be above him. But to command and dispatch soldiers on the battlefield, even if it is an invincible general like Yu Juluo, he is not in his eyes.
Since he was a child, he was taught by his uncle that he was not brave for the generals, so that although his skills were not high, he would not feel afraid in the face of thousands of troops. Seeing that the soldiers and horses inside and outside the city were coming, it became an attack inside and outside in an instant, and Yin Hongde became more and more calm. Just take care of the bone instrument on the side to see if he can cope with this kind of scene.
When it comes to official ranks, qualifications and even seniority, he can't compare with the bone instrument. Moreover, Gu Yi is a well-known hard bone in the court, and no one is willing to sell his face when his temper comes up, and Yin Hongde is quite jealous of him. It was not the duty of the bone instrument to defend the city, but he offered to help, and Yin Hongde couldn't refuse.
I thought that a scholar had limited guts, no matter how many bold words he made, when the soldiers and horses were released, he would inevitably be frightened. Yin Hongde was also worried that this Gujun Cheng would mess up and let the military schools below see the jokes. But at this time, peeking at it, Gu Yi's face looked as usual, and his breathing was not messy at all, as if the thousands of troops inside and outside the city were not eye-catching. Yin Hongde coughed: "The sword and gun have no eyes, and the scribe of the Gugong is not good at fighting and has never worn armor, in case the young general is injured by a stray arrow, it is better to enter the city tower to avoid one or two." ”
Gu Yi snorted coldly: "When a certain emperor ruled the place in the past, he led the people to capture thieves and thieves, and he also killed thieves with his own hands, so it will not be so bad." General Yin only needs to defend the city with peace of mind, and he doesn't have to be distracted by Gu. I just don't understand, the general spent a lot of effort to transport the crossbow machine to the city, and when will he not have to wait at this time? ”
"Don't be in a hurry, it's dark and you can't see, let them get closer! Come on, drumming! Yin Hongde no longer had to wait for the drum of the drum tower at this time, but gave an order, and the wrestler with the drumstick beat the war drum, and the drum beat was very different from the fangcai, becoming more urgent, making people busy when they heard it. The soldiers who were guarding the tarpaulin heard the sound of drums, and each one reached out and grabbed the tarpaulin and pulled it hard, revealing the utensils hidden under the tarpaulin.
It was a huge bed crossbow, its whole body was made of Coptis chinensis mulberry wood, one zhang two feet long, seven inches in diameter, and there was an axle car under the negative twisting shaft. The arrows on the crossbow machine are three feet long, five inches in circumference, and the iron leaves are feathers and seven inches long blades are the edges, and in the night, these thick and long crossbow arrows are like the fangs of evil beasts, which make people scatter at a glance.
This is the weapon that the Yin World Master did not hesitate to disobey the holy decree and also transported to the head of the city: the Wanjun Divine Crossbow.
During the Warring States period, crossbows appeared on the battle array, and in the Qin and Han dynasties, crossbows became a sharp weapon in the army. After all, the Han army is more powerful than the Saishang Hu people, who come and go like the wind and can ride and shoot well, and the crossbow machine is undoubtedly more powerful than the cavalry of the army, which is the main force of the infantry. In the Han Dynasty, the crossbow became the first weapon of the imperial court to deal with the Xiongnu, and even issued a strict decree prohibiting the carrying of crossbows of more than ten stones out of the customs to avoid the enemy.
By the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the heroes attacked each other, and the crossbow was used to the extreme. This Wanjun Divine Crossbow appeared at that time and became a sharp weapon for the offensive and defensive forces of the army. Xiao Zixian of the Southern Qi Dynasty and Yuanhe of the Northern Wei Dynasty used the Wanjun Divine Crossbow to defeat the enemy, causing the opponent to suffer heavy casualties and was forced to withdraw the army. It's just that this kind of giant crossbow is expensive and not easy to maintain, not to mention the value of the crossbow, just a crossbow arrow is a lot of money. It is not easy for ordinary princes to make two or three Wanjun crossbows, and if you put a few more crossbows out when you are in battle, it will be even more painful.
Only a powerful imperial court like the Great Sui, which is mixed with one universe and dominates the north and the south, can have strong enough national strength to produce these many Wanjun divine crossbows and a large number of crossbow arrows. In fact, the thousands of crossbows and crossbow arrows stored in the arsenal of Chang'an City are also the painstaking efforts of two generations of the poor Yang family, father and son, and they have been accumulated for decades at the cost of a large number of goods and even the lives of a large number of craftsmen and husbands. In the past, when the Son of Heaven conquered Liaodong, he also thought about bringing such sharp weapons to let the enemy taste the power. However, due to the rugged and difficult roads, the bed crossbow was too huge and difficult to transport, and the soldiers could not even carry food, grass and weapons, so where did they have the strength to carry such clumsy equipment? This matter can only be abandoned. Even some generals have privately discussed that if these bed crossbows appear on the battlefield in Liaodong, the outcome is unknown.
After Yang Guangnan hunted Jiangdu, he recruited Jianghuai crossbowmen to think that he was guarding the guards, and he did not hesitate to spend money, and he ordered several times to transport these crossbow machines from Chang'an to the south, and he also felt sorry for this family background. The value of a weapon that can be remembered by the Son of Heaven who wraps the tree with colored silk and does not feel wasted is naturally needless to say.
The power of this crossbow can reach twelve stones, and a three-foot-long crossbow arrow can be nailed into the wall. If you shoot a human body, no matter what kind of armor you wear, it's useless. In terms of range, it can reach 700 steps, and as early as when Li Shimin charged, Yin Hongde could order to shoot arrows and kill. However, he held his ground for a long time in order to bring the enemy closer in order to inflict maximum damage in one blow.
At this time, with the sound of drums, the oilcloth is removed to reveal its hideous nature, and naturally it will no longer give people the slightest room for evasion. The sturdy soldier slammed the trigger with a mallet in his hand, only to hear the sound of a loose bowstring, and the crossbow bolt flew forward with a swishing and screeching sound.
The things created by the national strength of the poor Great Sui for decades have exerted their power to protect the capital of the Great Sui. With the crossbow arrows that burst out, the blood mist exploded, the screams were endless, and a catastrophe descended from the heads of the thirty generals of the Jinyang soldiers and horses and the Xuanjia cavalry!
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