The cavalry that lost its speed basically lost all its advantages in the face of the infantry, and the chaotic cavalry became the target of the infantry.

Thousands of wolf-tooth heavy arrows roared and fell into the chaotic Qing cavalry, which immediately caused bursts of screams and wails, and the neighing of war horses was endless.

The first wave of arrows has just passed, and the second wave has followed. The official road is narrow, there are dense forests on both sides, and the cavalry of the Qing army is in chaos by itself, and there is no way to avoid it, so they can only accept the baptism of arrow rain head-on.

Under the baptism of several rounds of rapid arrows, the Qing cavalry suffered heavy losses in an instant.

At this time, the Qing cavalry behind finally woke up from the chaos, restrained the war horse, and did not let the chaos further aggravate.

The commander of the Qing army was shocked and angry, and he didn't expect that the enemy army of 3,000 people would have such courage to use his mantis arm as a car, and he also set a trap on the road, and gave himself such a heavy slap as soon as he shot.

"The cavalry withdraws, the infantry presses up!" The commander of the Qing army ordered angrily.

The embarrassed Qing cavalry hurriedly retreated when they heard the order, and even if they wanted to advance, they had to clean up the corpses of people and horses all over the ground. Obviously, the enemy will not let them clean up so calmly. Not to mention that there are no known how many horse traps are waiting for them on the road ahead.

The cavalry of the Qing army retreated to the rear of the formation to repair, and the 5,000 Qing infantry slowly pressed on. Dressed in heavy armor and holding huge shields, they protected the front and the top of their heads, and slowly pressed towards the Jiang family's army.

The infantry cautiously approached the place where the cavalry was ambushed, and under the cover of their shields, began to clear the ground of entities and bury the pits.

Their actions, of course, attracted a rain of arrows from the Jiang family's army. However, after two rounds of shooting, seeing that the Qing soldiers with shield protection did not suffer much loss and had little effect, they also stopped archery.

Even the infantry at the front of the Qing army could see that the enemy's army formation seemed to be in some commotion, as if it was about to face the strong pressure of 5,000 infantry and some signs of self-collapse.

When the news reached the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, he was overjoyed and ordered the infantry to speed up their march and continue to put pressure on the enemy, preferably to let them crush without a fight.

The Qing army was advancing faster and faster, and the unrest in the Jiang military formation on the opposite side seemed to be intensifying. I even faintly heard the angry shouts of the generals, and the screams of the soldiers who were about to die.

All this seemed to confirm his judgment, and the chief general of the Qing army was even more overjoyed, thinking that he would be able to lose a small unit of the Jiang family army in front of the great Qing country today, and even completely annihilate a small unit of the Jiang family's army, he was very excited in his heart, and ordered the troops to speed up again.

Under the strict orders of the protagonist, the 5,000 infantry of the Qing army increased their speed again, but under the trouble of trapping horses, their speed was also limited.

Suddenly, the Jiang Jiajun array on the opposite side changed. The soldiers in the middle suddenly dodged to either side, making way for a middle passage.

From the middle of the passage were dozens of odd-shaped objects, all mounted on a wooden frame with four wheels, each with four or five soldiers clustered behind it.

The Qing soldiers at the front could see more clearly, and for a while they couldn't figure out what it was. But after all those strange things were pushed down in front of the battle, the Qing soldiers were finally able to see the whole picture.

Some well-informed Qing soldiers looked at it carefully for a while and suddenly exclaimed: "Ballista! And trebuchets! ”

These things can be said to be weapons that have basically disappeared on the battlefield, and now there is basically no army equipping them. But I didn't expect it to appear in front of me today, which surprised the few Qing soldiers who knew this thing.

Of course, the vast majority of Qing soldiers didn't know what this was at all. It has been two hundred years since the appearance of artillery, and these things can basically only be recorded in the oral tradition of the older generation or in some military books, so even if they hear the name of their companions, many people do not realize what this thing is, so they are all confused, and they do not take it as a thing at all, but look at the Western scenery one by one, so the speed of advancement has slowed down.

Ran Wu, who was standing on a high ground overlooking the battlefield, looked at the appearance of the Qing army, a cruel smile flashed on his serious face, and said coldly: "Launch." ”

Suddenly, the sound of war drums exploded, and the rapid beat of the drums seemed to shake out the hearts of people.

Three drums hit the ground, dozens of trebuchets and ballistas had been loaded, and with the commander's order, crossbow arrows as thick as spears roared out and shot towards the dense crowd of Qing infantry.

The boulders that had been polished into circles were thrown out by trebuchets, cutting graceful parabolas across the sky, and smashing towards the heads of the Qing army with the sound of whirring wind.

The firing line of the powerful and domineering ballista was straight, and a crossbow arrow directly penetrated the body of a Qing soldier at the front, and then flew backwards with his corpse, and then penetrated the body of a Qing soldier behind him.

The ballista's enormous power was simply unstoppable, and it looked as fragile as papier-mâché.

Dozens of huge crossbow arrows caused chaos in the Qing army's originally tight formation in an instant.

At this time, the stone projectile thrown by the trebuchet, which was flying a little slower, roared down from the sky and smashed down on the top of the Qing army's head.

The accuracy of the trebuchet can be said to be very poor, if the range of the ballista is linear, then the range of the trebuchet is unpredictable and flaky.

In addition, each trebuchet fires three or four round stone projectiles at the same time, and when these stone projectiles fly in the air, the direction of attack is dispersed by the centrifugal force caused by the circle, so it can be said that even the soldiers who fired them cannot tell where they will fall.

The high speed, coupled with the huge momentum brought by their own weight, allowed these stone bullets to easily smash through the shield defense of the Qing army and fall into the crowd, the muffled sound of the stone hitting the human body, the crisp sound of the human skeleton breaking, and the sound of the stone hitting the sword, and the wailing and screaming of the Qing soldier's injury and death were endless in an instant.

The Qing army was completely stunned, under this sudden and fierce long-range attack, human instinct made them confused, some wanted to move forward, some wanted to run backwards, and the result caused even more chaos.

Obviously, Jiang Jiajun will not let go of such a good opportunity. Dozens of ballistas and catapults had been reloaded, and after the commander's order, dozens of stout crossbow arrows and dozens of polished round stone projectiles roared again, roaring like an angry dragon and falling like thunder, causing even greater confusion and casualties.