Chapter 41: Horse Thief Training

If in his previous life, Yang Shuang would definitely not trust anyone.

But Ma Lao Er and them, followed their birth and death more than once, from the decisive battle of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the defeat of the army, to the night attack on the Turks, and then to the death with Rahu, all the way, without betrayal and timidity.

Faithfulness seems to be worth a lot of money, both in ancient times and in the future.

Yang Shuang also wanted it.

Therefore, he ignored the old ghost who was kneeling on the ground and kept prostrating, and gently flicked his sword, as if waving his hand to destroy the army, and issued an order.

"Put !!"

"Tweet ·····"

In ancient times, crossbows were very different from bows and belonged to two completely different ranged weapons.

The latter can be made locally, mass-produced, and in detail, should be consumables.

The crossbow, on the other hand, is a forbidden object.

Because the operation of the crossbow is very simple, it does not require much exquisite shooting skills, and aside from the winding problem, it resembles the primitive rifle of the thermal weapon era, and after a few practices, civilians can easily master it.

Duanping, hooking the trigger, a muffled sound, instantly killing the other party!

With Yang Shuang's order, countless three-inch-long, tailless crossbow arrows let out bursts of low roars, coming and going without a trace, and in an instant, they penetrated into the chest of the unarmored horse thief.

"Spread out! Disperse!! Don't stand so densely! ”

"Surrender! I give up! ”

"Don't kill me, I'm willing to be a cow and a horse!"

Soon, there were nearly 100 more corpses on the ground, and the horse thieves who were lucky enough to escape the catastrophe dismounted and kowtowed.

And the old ghost was completely cracked.

Terror!

Although there were only 100 crossbow arrows in the city, the crossbow arrows that penetrated into the flesh and only exposed the tip of the arrow from the back made him shudder.

If these bolts are pointed at you, you will probably become a sieve in the next moment!

"Sui General! Please let us go this time, and in the future, regardless of King Shanshan······"

"Prepare !!"

Yang Shuang waved his hand to interrupt the old ghost's begging for mercy and ordered again.

There was no way he would have let go of the horse thieves.

If the matter of Yumen Guan Wengcheng spreads, will he still be so yin in the future?

Moreover, even if one person escapes, the information of Yumen Pass will be transmitted to the Western Regions, and his situation will be even more difficult in the future!

If you want to reap loyalty, you must naturally kill them all!

Cold-blooded?

Yang Shuang's heart was not shocked.

Once the success is done, the bones are withered, and it is not about using the soldiers under his command to build the throne of famous generals!

Instead, take the bones of the enemy and pave the way to heaven!

Hearing the order, the crossbowmen who had finished shooting a round stepped on the crossbow pedals with their feet, pulled the bowstring with both hands, and quickly put the crossbow arrows into the machine box.

Although the crossbow has many advantages, such as range, accuracy, penetration, and latency, it can be fired whenever you want, but it is not without its drawbacks.

At the same weight, the rate of fire is almost three or four times slower than that of a bow and arrow!

What does this mean?

In 12 to 15 seconds, an average archer can shoot four arrows, while a crossbowman, from winding to firing, can only shoot one!

And, being a crossbowman is very demanding! Not only did you have to pick up a heavy crossbow weighing thirty or forty pounds, but you also had to carry many crossbow arrows and pull the crossbow strings frequently, which was purely hard work.

This is also the reason why the crossbow has never been able to replace the bow in the ancient battlefield.

"Put !!"

"Tweet ·····"

"Puff puff ······"

"Damn! General Sui, don't push grandpa to be in a hurry! Seeing that begging for mercy was ineffective, the old ghost took out the longbow from his back and fired back.

The horse thieves who came to their senses followed suit and shot crooked feathered arrows into the city wall.

It's a pity that the crossbow arrowmen who were screened out of the horse lost captives were not so stupid, hiding behind the battlements, and through the shooting holes, they sprinkled a wave of crossbow arrows again.

"All the soldiers obey the order, outside the east gate, set up a formation!"

The slaughter was meaningless to Yang Shuang.

Kill 1,000 horse thieves and you can get 100 Soldier Souls, which will give you another boost. But other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything else.

So, he's going to train his troops!

No!

It is a military formation that studies the combination of crossbow soldiers and sword and shield soldiers!

Through this period of understanding, Yang Shuang found that the military formation is like picking heroes, not only needs a meat shield, but also long-range output, as well as scouts for the peripheral jungler.

There were even times when it was necessary to send auxiliary-baggage soldiers to act as bait, and the main force would collectively squat in the grass to have an ambush and annihilation battle.

If the two sides start a group and find a venue to play hard bars, then they need to arrange complex tactics according to the opponent's configuration, equipment, number of people, and terrain!

At that time, whether it will be output in the second row first, or the main general like Timo first, or closed doors under the constriction tower, it depends on the mood of the captain.

As the saying goes, Yang Shuang reviewed the 99% man-machine winning rate after retirement, and his confidence expanded unprecedentedly.

Playing day and night, after a whole year, how can he say that he can also torture this group of scumbags under the city, right?

"Boom la la ······"

The sword and shield soldiers wore simple armor, carried swords and shields, and soon gathered outside the east gate of Yumen Pass, forming a pocket array.

Yang Shuang is not afraid of trouble, nor is he afraid of the sacrifice of his soldiers.

Elite soldiers need to experience blood and fire, and compared to the Turks, the biggest enemy in the future, this group of horse thieves may not even be an appetizer!

"Hang the gates!"

The city gate gate is very strange.

It is not a city gate, nor is it a guillotine, but a stone gate that falls from above the city gate hole!

Just like a mechanism, it is embedded at the upper end of the city gate, and it is lifted and lowered through the pulley block in the city gate building.

When the gates are devastated, they are the best line of defense.

"Galala ·····"

The sound of the rope twisting, dull and loud, woke the horse thief from despair, and when he saw the stone gate slowly rising in the hole in the city gate on the east side, he immediately shouted excitedly and loudly.

"It's on!"

"Haha! Sui Jun is still cowardly! ”

"Little ones, go out with grandpa!"

However, this group of people was not happy for long, and through the city gate hole, the Sui army with the whole army came into view.

"Bang... Bang..."

After following Yang Shuang for a long time, the sword and shield soldiers also learned the action of slapping the shield with a sword.

It seems that this move can arouse the pride of not being afraid of death in his heart, and it seems that he can be like Guan Cheng and have an unrivaled strength!

"Kill! Kill! Kill!!! ”

Although crossbows can also be thrown, they are far less powerful than those fired at level.

The circular phalanx, which originally consisted only of sword and shield soldiers, has been changed to crossbow and arrow soldiers in front and sword and shield soldiers in the back.

As the horse thief roared out of the gate, the bolt was fired.

The crossbowmen then quickly retreated, stepped on the stirrups, and wound them, while the sword and shield soldiers carried their battle shields to fill in their positions.

In the first exercise, there will inevitably be mistakes, and fortunately, the crossbow arrows make the horse thieves a mess.

The man flipped on his back, the corpse stumbled behind the horse thief who followed the charge, and then, more and more people fell!

After a while, a small hill was piled up at the door.

The point is, this is not a mountain of corpses, but a living man and a horse!

Yang Shuang originally wanted to use the horse thief as a Turkic cavalry and cultivate the ability of sword and shield soldiers to resist charging, but he never thought about it, but it was such a scene.

"These horse thieves are too scared to death, aren't they? Stand by now! ”

Seeing that the horse thief did not have the ability to charge for the time being, Yang Shuang had no choice but to order Wu Kun and others to strengthen the guard.

At this moment, in the southeast direction of the pass, two sentinels rushed in.

"Report to Guan Cheng, Yangguan has been captured by horse thieves in the Western Regions, and some of them are rushing towards us! The number of people is about two thousand."