Chapter 104: The Battle of Huangyang (2)
As soon as the sun showed its head, Huangyang Pass was once again reduced to a battlefield.
"Kill! Rush ah......"
The Xirong army carried the ladders, sliding poles, etc., and began to attack the west wall of the north city of Huangyang Pass, because the other siege equipment has not yet arrived, so now the Xirong army can only use the ladders carried by the army, which is very rudimentary siege equipment.
"Eighteen hundred paces away."
"Fifteen hundred paces away."
"A thousand steps away."
"Eight hundred paces away; All kinds of bed crossbow shooting ......" Zhuo Yidao, who was in charge of defending the city, issued a military order in a loud voice.
At this time, on the west wall of the north city of Huangyang Pass, there is a large bed crossbow every six steps, these bed crossbows have octagonal crossbows, double-bow crossbows, single-bow crossbows, etc., and the crossbows of these bed crossbows are made of soft iron, and the range of these bed crossbows is far greater than that of ordinary bed crossbows.
The range of the octagonal crossbow is an astonishing 1,600 steps, the range of the double-bow crossbow is also 1,000 steps, and the range of the single-bow crossbow is closer, which is also 600 steps.
In order to achieve the best killing effect, all bed crossbows are made of small crossbow arrows, which can fire multiple crossbow arrows at the same time, and the number of crossbows fired by different bed crossbows is also different, ranging from ten to five; Although it is a small crossbow arrow, it is also thicker than ordinary arrows, and the arrow is larger, and there are some small barbs on it, which is full of lethality.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......"
"Poof, poof, poof......"
After the first round of crossbow arrows was fired, the Xirong army, which was attacking towards Huangyang Pass in the distance, fell in large pieces, to say the least, nearly a thousand people.
"Don't even look at it, wind it up." One officer after another reminded.
Not to mention these soldiers, even the officers have never seen such a thing, although in the past battles, there were also bed crossbows, but the killing and wounding of the enemy at a distance of seven hundred steps is very limited, after all, the farther away the bed crossbow is, the worse the target, and the number of bed crossbows is limited, so in the past, there were dozens or hundreds of casualties at this distance.
The reason why the Yongjun army was able to achieve such great results with one round of bed crossbows was because there were enough bed crossbows on the head of Huangyang Guancheng, and there were 260 bed crossbows of all kinds; The other is the number of arrows, just one round of arrow rain, there are more than 2,000 crossbow arrows; Moreover, the Xirong army under the city was too dense at this time, and people were next to each other.
"Change the ...... of the Quiver Box"
"Putting ......"
In order to achieve the fastest rate of fire, each bed crossbow is equipped with multiple crossbow and arrow boxes, and only the crossbow and arrow boxes need to be replaced when fighting, which greatly increases the rate of fire.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......"
Crossbow arrows continued to shoot out of the city, and the attacking Xijon soldiers fell in rows.
"How is this possible, how can Yongjun's bed crossbow have so many, and the range can reach so far." Murong Trai said in disbelief.
Although it was the slave soldiers who attacked, Murong Trai was still very distressed, these slave soldiers were all regarded by Murong Trai as his private property, so it was no wonder that he was not distressed by such a big loss!
Murong Ke, who was beside Murong Chui, was also stunned by the scene in front of him, Yongjun only used the bed crossbow to shoot a few rounds of arrow rain, and the city of Huangyang Pass was already full of corpses.
Father, the losses are too great, or we should withdraw our troops now!
Murong Chui glared at Murong Ke and ordered: "Daxu sent an order, all the soldiers scattered to attack, and retreated without permission to kill without mercy. ”
With Murong Chui's military order, the attacking Xirong army began to disperse, and the casualties of the Xirong army were greatly reduced, the attack still did not stop, and the Xirong soldiers were still running forward carrying the ladder; In order to allow the Xirong army to attack under the city wall as much as possible, Guo Qi did not even arrange traps and thistles outside the city, and of course time did not allow it.
"Three hundred paces."
"Two hundred paces away."
"One hundred and fifty paces away, the longbowman throws ......"
"A hundred steps away."
"Eighty paces away; The Iron Crossbowman ...... the arrow"
Zhuo Yidao issued military orders one after another, and the arrows in the sky flew from the head of the city of Huangyang Pass to the outside of the city, and the longbow, the longbow and the iron bow crossbow composed of the long, medium and near three strike defense lines were constantly on the road with arrows, consuming the attacking Xirong army.
"Father, the enemy's arrow rain is too dense, and our army's casualties are too great; I haven't even touched the city walls! The casualties are estimated to be four or five thousand, so quickly order the withdrawal of the troops! ”
"Withdrawal?" Murong Chui smiled strangely: "Ke'er, now is the critical moment of the siege, and the withdrawal of the army at this time will be wasted; At this time, not only can we not withdraw our troops, but we should attack with all our might. ”
Murong Ke looked at Murong Ke with a blank face.
Murong Chui didn't continue to explain to Murong Ke, but thought in his heart: "I'm here to see how many rounds of arrows your archers can shoot." ”
Archers are physically demanding, especially in their arms; A well-trained archer can shoot up to twenty arrows in a row, and if it is seriously overdrawn, let alone continue to shoot arrows, he will not even be able to pick up the dishes and chopsticks, and he will have to rest for at least two or three days before he can go into battle again.
"General, the archers have already shot the thirteenth round." Chen Feng, who was assisting in the command on the side, reported to Zhuo Yidao.
"Order the second team of archers to come up and replace them." Zhuo Yidao ordered: "We must always maintain a full saturation strike against the besieging Xirong army. ”
"Humble duty understands."
"The second team of archers lined up."
Outside the city, Murong Chui has also been counting the number of arrow rains on the city.
"Daxu sent an order, Su Bubei and Ge Qi led the elite men and horses of the headquarters to attack with all their strength and capture the city in one fell swoop." Murong Chui resolutely issued a military order.
"Brothers, if you take Huangyang Pass, you will no longer be able to stop us from conquering Guanzhong; The women and the wealth in this pass are yours; Brothers, for the sake of women and wealth, kill ...... with me," said Su Bubei with his sword held high.
"Kill, kill, kill......"
Led by Sububie and Geer Banner, it is the elite troops of the Xirong Army, most of these people are composed of Xirong people, each of whom has been in the army for more than four or five years, has experienced countless baptisms of war, and has high combat quality and skills, and the cooperation between each other has reached the point of perfection.
"Shield, defend!" Gehr's order.
Hearing the military order, the Xirong army quickly assembled and formed a large phalanx, with giant shield soldiers on three sides except the back, and other shield soldiers raised the giant shield above their heads; From above, it is a huge three-dimensional rectangle.
In order to form such a phalanx, it is necessary to have the full cooperation of all the soldiers, and the effect is also obvious, which can be very effective in resisting the arrow rain attack of the Yongjun garrison.
"General, you see that the Xirong army has made a turtle shell." Chen Feng pointed and said.
"What bastards, they use their shields to protect themselves to death, ordinary arrows don't work at all." Zhuo Yidao said viciously.
"So what do we do?"
As soon as Chen Feng's words fell, he saw that the Xirong army, which was originally covered, suddenly flashed out a few gaps, and a round of arrow rain was released from these gaps, flying towards the Yongjun guarding the city;