Chapter 82: The Rhubarb Crossbow and the Longbow
"Shoot the arrows!" Suddenly, Zhang Liang in the Yellow Turban Army also shouted, and then 10,000 Yellow Turban Army crossbowmen also began to shoot arrows at the conquest army.
"Up!" Countless shields were held up in the captives' array, and they were cut away like a turtle from afar.
"Ahh Hundreds of soldiers of the conscription army fell screaming, Yao Jie was also shocked, obviously he had already responded, but the casualties were still so large.
"General, the Yellow Turban Army also has a big yellow crossbow, and our ordinary shield can't stop the big yellow crossbow arrows!" A conscripted military lieutenant replied with an anxious look on his face.
Needless to say, this is a good thing that Dong Zhuo did, it was impossible for the warehouses in each county to have such a sharp weapon as a rhubarb crossbow, but Dong Zhuo's rebellious army was different, all kinds of equipment were available, in the previous war, Dong Zhuo not only buried 40,000 Han soldiers, but also gave Zhang Liang a large number of baggage, including 1,500 rhubarb crossbows, which is also the confidence for Zhang Liang to take the initiative to fight with Yao Jie.
"Although the Great Yellow Crossbow is powerful, it is slow to reload, pass the order, let the longbowmen suppress the Yellow Turban Army's Yellow Crossbow, the Yellow Turban Army's Yellow Crossbow is not many, it must be eliminated in the shortest possible time!" The rate of fire of the longbow is naturally much faster than that of the slow-loading rhubarb, and with the range that is not inferior to the rhubarb, it is naturally the best suppressive weapon.
As he spoke, the Yellow Turban Army shot another wave of big yellow crossbow arrows, this time even the most front-line captive army Hercules were shot dead a dozen, and the Yellow Turban Army in charge of charging took advantage of the fact that the captive army had no time to plug the gap, and rushed directly into it, fighting with the soldiers of the conquest army.
But soon the longbowmen suppressed the Yellow Turbans' rhubarbars, and the Yellow Turbans shot much more rarely.
"What's going on, why is our army's big yellow crossbow suppressed, and why is the big yellow crossbow of the official army so fast?" Zhang Liang grabbed the Yellow Turban Cadet Captain who commanded the Big Yellow Crossbow by the collar and yelled at him hysterically.
Zhang Liang thought that Yao Jie used to suppress his big yellow crossbow was also a big yellow crossbow, but in fact, the armor-piercing ability of the longbow was still far behind that of the big yellow crossbow.
"Earth...... General Digong, the Han military is definitely not a big yellow crossbow, it is impossible for a big yellow crossbow to shoot so fast, not to mention the loading speed, if it really reaches this rate of fire, I'm afraid the crossbow machine can't withstand it! In a panic, the Yellow Turban Captain stammered a little when he spoke, and finally explained.
Zhang Liang kicked the Yellow Turban Lieutenant in the chest, kicked him so much that he rolled his eyes, and scolded in his mouth: "Isn't it a big yellow crossbow, is it a bow and arrow?" What bow and arrow have you ever seen shoot so far! ”
Now the Yellow Turban Captain has nothing to say, he is already good at commanding bows and crossbows, and knows all kinds of bows and crossbows, otherwise Zhang Liang would not have handed over such an important rhubarb crossbow to him to command, but even if he racked his brains, he didn't come up with any bows and arrows that could shoot as far as the big yellow crossbow, and the rate of fire was much higher than that of the big yellow crossbow, but he could be sure that the military was definitely not a big yellow crossbow, and he still had this knowledge.
"Sword and shield soldiers go up to protect the rhubarb crossbowmen!" Zhang Liang had the intention to withdraw the rhubarb crossbowmen, but seeing that the Yellow Turban Army, which had barely rushed into the formation of the captive army with the support of the rhubarb crossbow, was still in danger and could be driven out by the captive army at any time, in the end, Zhang Liang had to let the rhubarb crossbow continue to shoot arrows, and the sword and shield bearers had shields to protect them.
However, the vast majority of the Yellow Turbans' sword and shield bearers were ordinary wooden shields, and only a few were covered with layers of iron sheets, which were difficult to block the longbows that could penetrate the chain mail of the French cavalry, so even with the protection of the sword and shield hands, the casualties of the big yellow crossbowmen were also high, and many bows and arrows shot in from between the gaps in the shields, and many even directly penetrated the shields and shot the big yellow crossbowmen who were being loaded to death.
"Quick, go and withdraw the rhubarb crossbowmen to me!" Seeing that there were less than a thousand crossbowmen left, Zhang Liang finally couldn't help it and shouted at his own soldiers.
"General Digong, the rhubarb crossbowmen can't be withdrawn! Once they withdraw, the casualties of our previous comeback will be in vain, and the soldiers who have managed to rush in will soon be wiped out by the officers and soldiers! One of Zhang Liang's side, the Yellow Turban General, said.
Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment, and quickly said firmly: "The power of the big yellow crossbow is very great, but not anyone can use it, our army has finally cultivated more than 1,500 people, and they can't all be lost here, as for those soldiers, ......" Zhang Liang sneered and continued: "Their lives are not worth anything at all, and no matter how many deaths this general has, he won't care!" Zhang Liang was very cautious when he said this, and his voice was not loud, so only a few Yellow Turban generals around him heard it, and those Yellow Turban generals didn't care, anyway, they didn't look at ordinary Yellow Turban soldiers.
Sure enough, without the threat of the big yellow crossbow, the soldiers of the conquest army, who had suppressed their anger, immediately began to counterattack and beat the Yellow Turban Army to the ground.
"General Digong, the last general is invited to fight!" A strong man dressed as a general of the Yellow Turban Army said to Zhang Liang respectfully.
Zhang Liang turned his head to see that it was Zhou Cang, known as the third fierce general of the Yellow Turban Army, who danced with a big knife and had not been defeated head-on.
"Accurate!" Zhang Liang nodded, he was also ready to try the catties of Yao Jie's generals.
Zhou Cang rode to the Yellow Turban Army, which had been repulsed, and shouted to the conquest army in the distance: "I am Zhou Cang, the Yellow Turban General, who dares to fight with me!" ”
"Big brother, let me go, I will definitely bring the head of the yellow turban thief back to see you!" Zhang Fei was immediately eager to try, in fact, his hands had been itching all this time.
Who knew that Yao Jie shook his head and said: "I have also heard of this Zhou Cang, it is a good general, it would be a pity if he died like this, Yide will definitely die if he goes to Zhou Cang, Wen Guang (Yang Hu's word), you go!" ”
"Ahh Yang Hu himself was stunned, he had been promoted by Yao Jie to the deputy commander of the guard, and he had always been very low-key, Yang Hu himself knew that his current position had very little hope of going into battle, but he didn't expect Yao Jie to let him go into battle by name.
But soon Yang Hu reacted, and said with a solemn face: "The last general will obey the order!" Then he slapped his horse forward and went out to the front of the formation.
"Whoever comes, Ben will not kill the nameless!" Zhou Cang's long knife pointed at Yang Hu and roared.
"General Zheng, deputy commander of the guard, Yang Hute, come and go to your head!" Yang Hu was not to be outdone.
"Hmph, it's just a matter of tongue, let's see the real chapter under our hands!" Zhou Cang snorted coldly, although he was very disdainful on his lips, he was very dignified in his heart, he had long heard that the general Yao Jie was the champion of the three armies, how could his deputy commander be a straw bag, and Zhou Cang was not blind, Yang Hu's current momentum did not look like a straw bag, plus the two of them both used long knives, this is Zhou Cang is full of interest in Yang Hu.