Chapter 126: The Repeater Shows Its Might
Zheng rained waves of arrows, blocking the entire Zheng army on the narrow mountain road, and was caught off guard.
"Retreat! Retreat—"
A general gathered dozens of soldiers, shouted at the top of his throat, and gave orders.
"Boom—"
Suddenly, there was a loud sound from the rear that seemed to be the collapse of the mountain, and the roar was deafening, and stones and wooden shelves rolled down the mountain, blocking the way to retreat.
Similarly, in the direction of progress, the mountain road was blocked.
"Son of a bitch! They blocked the exit! ”
"We're dead! We're going to be killed by these armies! ”
"Rush over! We had to rush through! This is the only way to survive! ”
In a panic and panic, Sergeant Zheng mustered up the courage to retreat to the rear, trying to break through the encirclement by jumping over the obstacles.
Some generals also reacted, organized the soldiers around them, and shouted loudly, but without exception, as long as there was a loud noise, it would be covered by a rain of arrows, and several generals were all shot into hedgehogs.
Seeing this, Wei Zhongquan stood on the hill and shook his head, Zheng Jun had a chance to retreat, but he was stunned by a series of arrows, wasting the best opportunity to break through, so that the repeater was filled again, and another wave of attacks was launched.
"Puff puff—"
There was another strange sound of a foreign object piercing through the flesh.
Although the night was dark at the moment, the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion could still feel that the Zheng army on the mountain road was falling one by one under the terrifying weapon of war such as the repeater crossbow.
"Stop shooting! Throw torches—"
Hearing Wei Zhongquan's order, the soldiers of the Green Dragon Legion lit the torches in their hands and threw them down the mountain.
"Shhhh
A strange gasp sounded from both sides of the mountain road.
Originally, with the torches left by Zheng Jun, everyone could vaguely see the tragic situation below, but after such a photo...... Shock!
On the mountain road, corpses were everywhere, whether it was those Zheng soldiers and generals in leather armor, they all fell in pools of blood, their chests and backs were full of arrows, and their deaths were hideous.
Among them, a small number of soldiers who were lucky enough to survive were huddled in the pile of corpses with their heads in their hands, trembling.
This...... What a fierce attack!
It is equivalent to thousands of crossbowmen shooting at the same time, and at the same time, it is powerful and continuous, and once it is targeted, it will be difficult to escape!
In an instant, many soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion all looked at the crossbows placed in front of them, although they had seen some of its abilities before, but until this moment, it changed in everyone's eyes.
It's no longer a special bow, it's a terrifying monster!
Is this the power of the new weapons developed by the Ministry of Science and Technology? It's so ...... It's amazing!
The eyes of all the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion bloomed with unprecedented excitement, with such a weapon in hand, what an advantage it is on the battlefield!
"The whole army obeys the order! Kill it—" Wei Zhong's eyes flashed and he gave the order.
"Whew-"
The horn sounded, and the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion came out of the col one by one like frightened hares, swarming down.
One by one, the soldiers of Zheng who were still retreating in panic were stunned, they could still survive under the diffuse of arrows before, but now they were swept away by a large number of enemy troops, and there was no reason to survive at all, and they were even more panicked for a while.
Defeat is like a mountain!
According to Wei Zhongquan's estimates, this group of Zheng troops had at least 20,000 people, but now they were driven away by the soldiers of the 5,000 Blue Dragon Legion.
"Kill—"
"Bell—"
"Kill—"
In close combat, the 1,000-man team led by Qu Yong rushed to the front, and the remaining four thousand-man teams also poured down from the mountain and joined the chasing team.
"Dashuai, do you want to give an order to persuade you to surrender?" At this time, the thousand-person general of the 5,000-person team walked over and asked with his fists clenched.
Wei Zhong's eyes flashed, and he said, "Wait, let's kill first, if you don't kill the enemy to the cold, you won't give in easily." ”
"Yes!"
When He Sang heard this, he was escorted by several soldiers and went forward to kill.
"Persuade me to surrender?"
Seeing He Sang's distant back, Wei Zhongquan muttered, he never thought about persuading him to surrender, this would definitely reduce a lot of unnecessary casualties, but if the order to persuade surrender was issued at this time, what would those soldiers think?
persuaded to surrender, although there were also military merits, but there were not many direct killings and beheadings!
You must know that in the meritorious lord system, it is clearly stipulated that once the commander gives the order to persuade him to surrender, then the soldiers cannot be killed again, otherwise, not only will they be useless but also have faults, and at the same time, as compensation, the soldiers only need to capture two enemy soldiers, they can get the military merit of killing one enemy, and it is a group military merit, and it will be evenly distributed on the head of each soldier after the battle.
But it is obvious that Zheng Jun is now like a lost dog, and the phenomenon of a Cang sergeant running away with a few Zheng Jun abounds.
As a commander-in-chief, Wei Zhongquan deeply understands how hungry and thirsty the soldiers under his command are for military merits, and they have been holding back for half a month, and today they finally have the opportunity to make a big profit.
Moreover, there are still many soldiers in the Blue Dragon Legion who have not killed anyone with their own hands, so this is not an opportunity to sharpen themselves......
The soldiers of Zheng who fled in a hurry did not think at this time that they had become military merits and training tools in the eyes of others, and when faced with the fierce soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion who rushed up, they would only scream and beg for mercy, and they could not raise the slightest resistance.
As the soldiers under his command advanced layer by layer, Wei Zhongquan stepped on the blood stains under his feet and followed behind step by step, his face expressionless, as if it was just a drill in front of him.
"Poof—"
A Zheng army general couldn't dodge and was pierced through the body by a spear, and his eyes were wide open before he died.
And the soldier who killed the general laughed heartily, cut off the general's head, and pinned it to his waist.
In the meritorious merit system, the so-called decapitation does not mean cutting off the enemy's head, but rather killing the enemy.
For example, in a collective battle formation, military merit is calculated according to the number of people counted after the battle, while in a scattered fight, a soldier kills an ordinary enemy soldier soldier, only needs to cut off his right ear, and after the battle is completed, it is handed over to the battlefield recorder for verification, and the military merit is settled by the group.
For enemy generals, it is required to cut off their heads, and after the battle is over, it is confirmed that the military merit is monopolized by the non-commissioned officer and does not need to be shared with the rest of the team, and at the same time this healthy competition is promoted, and the warriors who cut the generals are revered and praised by the whole army.
Of course, in order to prevent some people from taking advantage of loopholes to secretly cut off the ears of their own fallen soldiers, the army has also vigorously promoted the concept of honor and disgrace and the concept of teamwork, so that the soldiers disdain this kind of behavior from the honor and shame of a soldier, and at the same time, a very strict military law has been formulated.
It is true that this is a very effective means of motivation, so in this war, those Zheng army generals have become fragrant and sweet, and many soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion directly rushed to the generals in armor, resulting in those lone generals, almost none of them survived, and the mortality rate was even higher than that of ordinary soldiers!