Chapter 200: The Battle of the Six Rivers (8)

The carriage was parked under the long slope plateau, and the bed crossbow was aimed at the Xiliang army above. With a "creaking" sound, the huge triple bow arm was pulled apart, and the crossbow bolt of the short spear was essentially placed.

On the long slope, the soldiers looked at the situation below, and they all had dry throats. The following things are really no joke, if you take a shot, you will definitely die!

Seeing that the soldiers under his command were all afraid, the tun chief shouted angrily: "Do you want to wait for death? Set up the rhubarb crossbow, they want to shoot us, let's shoot them first! ”

The ten rhubarb crossbows turned around and aimed at the Han army who was operating the bed crossbow below.

"Aim for the car on the far left!"

At the sound of the commander's command, ten soldiers with excellent marksmanship pulled the trigger together, and the machine rang out. Ten crossbow bolts, like short swords, shot out, crossing a distance of more than 100 paces, and striking around the target vehicle. From top to bottom, the bolts killed the two horses pulling the cart, smashed the huge bed crossbow, and nailed several soldiers operating the bed crossbow to the ground.

The bolt slammed into the bed, severing the bowstring and striking the crossbow arm, reducing the bed crossbow to a part. The horse that was not dead neighed on the ground, and a Han soldier ran over, turned the handle of the axe upside down and slammed it down, and the horse's brain burst out, and the account was immediately settled.

Although the other Han soldiers on the side were startled by the salvo of the big yellow crossbow, they continued to prepare for the launch under the scolding of the officers at all levels. When the thick crossbow bolts were loaded, the team leader shouted, and the Nine Lives Lux in the first row raised his sledgehammer and smashed it.

"Crash Jump"!

The thick crossbow bolts tore through the atmosphere, bringing a "whoosh" sound, and pounced on the Xiliang army above. When the wrestler below raised the sledgehammer, an officer above shouted, "Get down, get down!" ”

The soldier who was loading the rhubarb crossbow threw down his work and threw himself on the dirt ground. "Whirring", a strong wind blew overhead, and several thick crossbow arrows had already leaped over the long slope and landed further behind. Two more shot into the mountain, the tip of the spear piercing the dirt and sinking into it, leaving only a few inches of the tail exposed.

Seeing that there were two sets of bed crossbows facing this side below, the tun chief ordered: "Take the rhubarb crossbow to the back to load, and then bring it when it is ready!" ”

Seeing that the Xiliang army on the Changpo Plateau was hiding, the Han army infantry below took off their armor and ran up with a long ladder under the leadership of the officers. No matter how long the ladder is, it can't reach the top, but it can reduce the distance climbed. The Han soldiers climbed to the top of the ladder, then smashed the iron drill into the mountain, tied the rope, and then stepped on the slightly flat ground to continue upward.

On the long slope, the defenders poked their heads out and saw that the people below were climbing up, so they couldn't help but scream, and then retreated. Then several men straightened up and shot down with their bows. Several black dots quickly pounced and shot two Han soldiers to death. With a scream, the corpse fell some distance, but was pulled by the rope around its waist and swayed in mid-air.

Before the defenders could shoot again, there was another shout on the side of the chariot formation, and in the dull sound of percussion, ten huge crossbow bolts rose rapidly and rushed towards the long slope. Most of the crossbow arrows missed, that is, they sank into the mountain, but one of them hit the arm of a Liangzhou soldier. The force of the impact sent the soldier backwards, half of his arm flying upward, and then falling into the dust.

Although the battle here was not as fierce as in front of the main camp, and the number of casualties was far inferior, it was still thrilling.

Every step up the Han army may have to pay the price of blood. Every probe attack of the defenders was also repeated on the verge of death, and there were a few trees growing on the long slope, but there were no large stones, so the soldiers on it could only fight back with bows and crossbows.

Originally, this was enough, condescendingly, the strong bow and crossbow could exert one hundred and twenty percent of its power. The terrain here is so dangerous, if you don't die hundreds or thousands of people, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to attack it, but who would have thought that the Han army would actually push the bed crossbow to the forefront?

As time went on, the casualties on the long slope became more and more significant. If you are hit by a huge crossbow arrow, even if you don't die, you will immediately lose the ability to continue fighting. Several soldiers had their arms and thighs broken and, after hastily bandaging, lay on the ground wailing. Beside them, were several corpses that had been completely penetrated.

And under the Changpo Plateau, the corpses of the Han army have been piled up into a hill. Nearly 100 corpses continued to fall, making the pile of corpses a few points higher. Although the Han infantry suffered heavy casualties, they also achieved their tactical goal of pinning down the shooters on this side.

In front of the camp, hundreds of corpses were randomly stuffed at the door, and the dense corpses were piled up on top of each other, both from the Han army and the Xiliang army, and even the trapped soldiers who died in the battle were also filled in. Undried blood flowed down of it, wetting the ground. Whether it was the attacking Han army or the defending Liangzhou army, when they saw such a pile of corpses, their hearts trembled.

If you fight for the city, you will kill the city. No matter how noble or romantic war is said, it is essentially killing.

The Han army retreated slightly, and after tidying up the formation, under the cover of the bed crossbow, Fu rushed up again. More than a dozen bed crossbows fired at the doorway blocked by corpses, and the thick crossbow bolts sank into the stacked dead people, shaking several corpses to fall, but they did not shoot through this disgusting hell of death.

Even if there were not a thousand corpses piled up at the door, there were six or seven hundred. The armor on those corpses had not been stripped off, and although the power of the bed crossbow was powerful, it was only the power of the machine after all, not the cannon of later generations, how could it shoot through a dozen, or even dozens of corpses?

The hammer slammed down, and the crossbow bolts shot into the doorway, and the corpses piled on top of it kept jumping, as if the men were not completely dead. Looking at this terrifying and terrifying scene, the general said again: "General, isn't it time to use cavalry yet?" ”

Li Kan's face was gloomy, and his voice seemed to come out of the ground, "I said wait!" ”

The Han army had used a long ladder before, and wanted to attack with ants, but was trapped in the camp and retreated. Now the long ladders were also knocked down and fell in front of the camp wall. At this time, the horns of the Han army sounded in unison, and four long ladders were carried up. The trench had been filled with corpses, and the Han soldiers easily crossed the line of death and came to the outside of the camp wall.

The defenders on the walls were tired to death, but they had to pick themselves up and continue the fight. They have been fighting since it was almost noon, and their physical exhaustion is only one aspect, and they are also mentally exhausted. Seeing so many people shouting and fighting in front of them, but turning into cold corpses in the next moment, no matter how tough a person is, he will become a little tired.

So much blood has been shed, but what is it for?

The crossbowmen laboriously pulled the bowstring and shot the arrow at the head of the Han army in front. The crossbow bolts are fired with a bracket, and the power is still there, but the falling arrows feel a little weak. The newly replaced general was overjoyed when he saw this, and raised his arms and shouted: "The enemy army is tired, everyone!" ”

The crossbowmen took heavy steps, passed over the already cold bodies of their comrades, took a stand under the camp wall, and launched a new round of fire at the camp wall. The bed crossbow was also aimed at the camp wall, and a safe distance was cleared by the three-stage shooting.

The sparse arrows shot upwards after the crossbow arrows, and they also looked like they were lacking in energy.

"Smack!"

The new lieutenant brandished his leather whip and whipped it on the head of one of the archers, and said angrily, "Didn't you eat? So weak! ”

The place where it was drawn turned red at first, then quickly turned purple, and then the flesh burst open, and the blood blurred the eyes. The lieutenant ignored the archers who were wailing on the ground, and scolded: "There are so many dead, and you are just about to take your last breath, are you going to give up halfway?" ”

He shouted to the left and right: "Order the sword and axe hand to step forward, and if there is a disadvantage in battle, immediately behead!" ”

The sword and axe men stood in a row at a position of about 100 paces with cold faces, and the soldiers in front of them immediately lifted their spirits again. A strong assault was launched on the enemy. Chen Chengjun's camp was built on the edge of the long slope plateau, so the defense in front and on the right was the strongest, but the defense on the left was weaker. This time, the Han army suppressed the defenders on the long slope plateau, and the Han army shifted the direction of the attack and launched a strong attack from the right.

Li Kan responded calmly, constantly filling the soldiers into dangerous places. He had fought many times before, often on the front lines, but he had never felt so hard as it was today, so much so that every quarter of an hour felt like an hour had passed.

Several large yellow crossbows in the camp were placed on two enemy towers, and had already been reduced to pieces along with the crossbowmen above. Tunning after battalion of soldiers was filled to the front, and then quickly shot into hedgehogs. The strong bows and crossbows of the Han army shook all directions, and in most of the day's fierce battles, they turned the inside and outside of the camp into a jungle of arrows.

The walls of the camp were densely packed with arrows and crossbow arrows, and many light arrows fell in the camp. Even many of the wounded who were resting in their tents were killed by arrows falling from the sky. Arrows continued to fall from the sky, forcing the wounded soldiers to put iron pots, planks, armor, shields, and everything else they could find on their heads.

The trapping camp was also rotated, and two of the cantons were crippled and had to be remixed into one canton, which is now being repaired under the camp, and as long as the enemy can't kill the camp wall, it is the safest place.

Li Kan looked at the sun that had set, and said secretly in his heart: Although so many people were killed and injured, they still held on after all. Alas, if the enemy's equipment had been the same as that of the Huns, the battle would have been much easier.

Because the Han army almost had one piece of armor per man, the enemy, who could have been killed with one arrow, now had to shoot several arrows, or hit the vital point to shoot to death. There are often groups of armoured crossbowmen who are shot all over with arrows and then able to withdraw on their own.

In the same way, because of the sturdy armor of the trap camp, unless they were hit by a heavy arrow or crossbow at a distance of twenty or thirty paces, they were able to continue to fight. Although the bow and crossbow are the first in the army, the iron armor is the real militaristic weapon. Even colleagues in the imperial court who did not ban crossbows strictly limited the number of armor held by private individuals.

Zhou Yafu, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, was the founding general Zhou Bo, and made great contributions to quelling the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, but he was forced to commit suicide because he secretly hid dozens of armors. Although his death was due to many factors, the most direct cause was the possession of armor. This shows how much attention the imperial court attached to armor.