Chapter 184: The Han Army is Defeated

The Hun Iron Cavalry pursued quickly along the escape route of the Liang army, and saw that the saber could chop Han'er's head, but they didn't expect the Liang army to want to separate the two sides like a tide, revealing some strange cars on the front······

On the car, there is something with a strange shape, similar to a crossbow machine. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Hun general didn't pay attention to these things in front of him at all, he screamed strangely, and rushed with his subordinates.

"Buzz!" The sound of a huge bowstring sounded, and the crossbow machine that Liang Jun placed on the car was none other than the Divine Arm Crossbow that had been developed for a long time! I saw that three arm-length and thumb-thick giant arrows were placed on each cart of divine arm crossbows, which were tightly buckled in the grooves under the huge twisting force.

The sharp feathered arrows pierced the thick iron armor of the Mongol cavalry, and some even shot through one person and then penetrated the two or three horsemen behind. Regardless of whether it is a man or a horse, the one who is the one dies, and no one is spared.

To tell the truth, the iron armor of the Xiongnu Iron Cavalry is not as good as the leather armor of the Han Army in Qinzhou, which is carefully made by the good generals of the Western Regions and the north of the Han Dynasty, and the materials are also the best, and there are chain mail woven with silk-like iron wires in the iron armor, and there are thick silk underwear in the chain mail, forming multiple composite protection.

But even so, in front of the divine arm crossbow, it is still like paper paste, and there is no protection at all.

The Hun general was already stupid at this time, he was lucky not to be hit by the giant arrows of the first round of divine arm crossbows. But seeing the subordinates around him being nailed to the ground one by one, his heart suddenly felt like a knife.

"Ahh With a loud roar, the Xiongnu generals knew that the Liang army's weapons were invincible, so they could only withdraw. But the current situation is the same as when the Han army's heavy cavalry fell into the trench before, the galloping to the rapid war horse has no time to turn, even if the person with superb equestrian skills can pull the war horse, but the comrades behind will still mercilessly collide with it, and then fall to the ground and be pressed by the armor and war horse on the body, unable to move.

"This ······ What's going on! ”

Obviously, a big victory is imminent, but there is a sudden shock, and no one can accept it. The Han army was in a big array, and the generals around Hu Yanyu also looked stupid, and they couldn't react to what was going on.

"The Iron Cavalry can't retreat, it's going to fall in front of the battle!" One shouted.

"General, please send reinforcements quickly, we must not let the Iron Cavalry suffer heavy losses······" Let one person say in a hurry.

Hu Yanwei's breathing also became short, the Iron Cavalry Army was no better than the Han Army, they were all Huns! If the Han army suffered heavy casualties, His Majesty the Emperor might just reprimand him, but if there was any mistake in the golden Xiongnu Iron Cavalry, it would be killed, even if he was assassinated!

"Quick······ All the army is attacking! Hu Yanyu said in a trembling voice.

Seeing that his subordinates were still stunned, he shouted out of shape: "Hurry up, the whole army will attack!" ”

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The Liang army, which had regained its footing, had gradually restored order under the organization of Cheng Dahu, and they stood behind the car of the god's crossbow, looking at the miserable appearance of the Hun iron horse, not to mention how happy they were.

"This is slaughter, it's much easier than slaughtering cattle and sheep······ Wei Shun, who was also spared, muttered to himself.

"yes······ After sacrificing so many brothers, they finally took the bait, if they didn't kill enough, how could they be worthy of their sacrificial comrades······" Shi Chang gasped and sighed.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of a horn whining in the distance, and the sound of this horn was a little duller than the previous trumpet. Wei Shun looked up and saw that in the direction of due south, at some point, a large cloud of smoke and dust had been raised.

More than 10,000 Han troops in Qinzhou are coming!

"Is this to save the Hun Iron Cavalry?" Cheng Dahu sneered and said, "Come on, there are still big gifts waiting for you." ”

In the Han army's large array, which was gradually approaching, Hu Yanwei was also looking at the Liang army's position. The strange-shaped crossbow machine was so powerful that there were not many Huns left, and they were all lying motionless behind the corpses of their horses. If it weren't for the sword and axe men of the Liang army who didn't rush out to harvest the heads, I'm afraid they would have died a long time ago.

"General, the Liang army in front seems to be changing formations again!"

The shouting of an adjutant general interrupted Hu Yanwei's thoughts, and he took a deep breath, the commander of the Qinzhou army, who was dedicated to serving the Xiongnu and Han States, looked forward intently, and saw the Liang soldiers hiding behind the ballista in chaos, and it seemed that many larger vehicles were pushed onto the front line, just behind the Liang army's ballista.

"What is this?"

"Canopy! Sail! After two dull sounds, I saw two black balls fly out of the Liang army's position, draw an arc in the air, and then fall heavily on the ground - about three hundred steps away from the Liang army's large array, and more than a dozen steps away from the Han army's advancing array.

"What is the Han army doing?" The lieutenant who rode his horse beside Hu Yanwei muttered.

"What kind of stone machine is this?" Hu Yanwei had seen something similar from afar when he was serving in the Jin army earlier, but that guy was bigger. In the thirty years of Chengping in the Great Jin Dynasty, the swords and guns were put into storage, and the horses were put in Nanshan, and many weapons and equipment were locked in the arsenal and fell into ashes, so unless it was an elderly general, it was normal not to see it.

"Stone machine? Wasn't it for the defense of the city, and how did it come to be in the middle of the array? "The other ministries will ask questions.

"General, the Liang army is a bit evil, shall we continue to move forward?" The adjutant general also asked.

Hu Yanwei glanced at the deputy general beside him, and lowered his voice: "What is the stone machine afraid of?" The Hun soldiers must be saved, and Yuzhong must also be taken, otherwise how can you explain to the emperor if you lose so many soldiers? Pass a certain general's order, this battle has no advance or retreat, and if there is no order to retreat, there will be no forgiveness! ”

On the other side, Cheng Dahu, the general of the Liang army, was also talking to his subordinates: "How far is it from the enemy?" ”

"Returning to the general, the enemy has reached three hundred paces."

"Then what are you waiting for, hit hard!"

Liangjun's torsion stone machine has three models: large, medium and small, which correspond to 300 steps, 200 steps and 100 steps respectively in terms of range. After the test firing, the Han army has already entered the firing range, and now the main order, the person in charge of the operation will naturally not be polite, and shouted one after another: "Artillery army, load!" ”

There are currently two types of artillery shells of the Liangjun torsion stone machine, one is a round stone projectile, and the other is a sealed crockpot filled with fertilizer and water. The crockpot was wrapped in a rag dipped in fertilizer and water, and then lit with fire. Once it is issued, after falling into the enemy line, the crockpot will be broken, and the fertilizer and water will be splashed everywhere, and a fire will be formed.

Now there is no hurry to release incendiary bombs on the Han army, otherwise it will scare the enemy back. As a result, nearly 20 large torsion stone generators are loaded with stones in net pockets.

When everything was done, the responsible general Zuo waved the flag violently and shouted, "Release!" ”

"Canopy ······" This is the sound of a torsion machine suddenly releasing the rope.

"Whoosh Whoosh ······" It was the sound of a huge round stone projectile flying into the air.

For many years to come, such a voice will become a magic sound in the ears of the Hu generals! As the first batch of Xiongnu generals to hear this voice, Hu Yanyu's name is destined to be passed on to future generations - the first in history to be defeated in the "······ Cannon" of the general!

And at this moment, Hu Yanyu didn't expect that he would leave such a laughable record in history, he just squinted his eyes and watched twenty big black stones flying from the Liang army's position in the distance.

"Raise your shield!"

"Bang bang ······ Yes! Ah······h

In just an instant, the sound of stones hitting the shield and the screams of the Han soldiers suddenly became one. Twenty cobblestones did not miss a single shot, and all of them fell in the middle of nearly 20,000 soldiers, and they fell down in an instant. Thirty or forty or more Han soldiers were smashed by these big stones falling from the sky!

Some of them were smashed directly on people's heads, and with a pop, the heads were flattened, and pink brains splashed out. Some hit people's bodies or limbs, but the power of stone bullets is by no means comparable to that of a bow or arrow. Even if you rub it, it's a broken tendon! Others were even more miserable, hurting their organs, spitting blood, and even fragments of internal organs! But people can't die for a while······ Cries and screams also followed, and even the formation of the Han army fell into chaos.

What's worse is that these stone bullets do not stop after they hit the ground, but continue to roll, changing direction every time they hit a person, and there is no trace at all, and they will not stop until they roll out a few steps away. Therefore, wherever the stone bullet passed, there was a bloody road, full of dead bodies and stumps and severed arms.

"Stop! Stabilization! No noise! When Hu Yanyu saw this scene, he frowned and immediately shouted. The generals who received the order also tried hard to scold and restrain their soldiers.

"Another round of stone projectiles!" Cheng Dahu looked relaxed and commanded.

Here, the Han army had just sorted out its ranks, and before they could advance again, the second round of stone bullets fell from the sky. This time, the Han pawn did not stand stupidly anymore and was smashed, and when he saw the stone bullet coming, he immediately dispersed. This time, the damage caused by the stone bullets was much weaker.

"Pretty smart!" Cheng Dahu snorted coldly, and seeing that the Han army was about to approach two hundred steps, he ordered: "All incendiary bombs, send them to the underworld!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom······"

The center of the entire Han army's military formation seemed to have suddenly turned into a hell of fire. Almost sixty large clay pots filled with fat water and burning exploded in the Han army almost simultaneously! The fireballs and pillars of smoke were not clusters, but rose in groups, enveloping the soldiers of the Han army in an unknown number of places.

Originally, when they saw this third stone, the Han army had already evaded it, but what they didn't expect to come was not a stone, but an incendiary bomb that fell to the ground and bloomed and flamed into the sky. First, a wave of deflagrating air shot out the shattered clay pot shell, and the whistling tiles almost turned the first half of the Han army formation into a morgue. The neatly dense infantry ranks were blown out of large and small gaps. Immediately, blood splattered in all directions, staining large swaths of the desolate land of autumn red. For a while, the screams of the Han soldiers who were harvested by the tiles overwhelmed the drums, horns, and shouts of killing on the entire battlefield!

Those Han soldiers who were not injured by the tiles were not spared, the burning fat water was all over the air, and it was difficult to extinguish when it fell on the body, and many Han soldiers were struggling and howling in the flames, but there was nothing they could do.

The senior generals of the Han army behind the big formation were collectively in a state of stupidity······ Everyone was stunned by the sudden attack. Although there are many veterans who have been in the army for a long time, none of them have been bombed, let alone blown up, even if they have never heard of people being killed one by one like this!

Quite a few soldiers just like this with their mouths half-open, their eyes unblinking, their ears buzzing, and their heads blank······

A few Han army generals who had not been completely frightened were subconsciously turned back to their backbone Hu Yanwei, but where was there still a trace of the Han army commander behind the military formation?

Where did Hu Yanyu go? Didn't you run away from the battle?

Hu Yanwei didn't escape, but his situation was not much better, he was now crawling on the mud on all fours, the bones on his body seemed to be falling apart, and Venus was rising in front of him! It turned out that the horse from the Western Regions under his crotch had never seen the lively scene of the bomb explosion, so he was frightened at that time, hissed and stood up on his hind legs, and threw Hu Yanwei, who was also frightened, off the horse, and fell into the mud······

This Qinzhou assassin of the Han Empire, strong in martial arts, literary style, and born with a dignified appearance, as a Han person, he was promoted to the prince of the military and political power, and also obtained the surname of the Xiongnu, which shows how extraordinary it is. So he never thought that the war that seemed to be won would make him so embarrassed. Even the enemy didn't get close for a hundred paces, and he was beaten by a bunch of explosive things!

"No, the Han army of Qinzhou can't lose like this, I still have to sweep the world for the Great Khan! I have to kill tens of millions of inferior men! Hu Yanyu scolded and struggled to get up, but the horse lance in his hand did not know where it had been lost, and the war horse did not know where it had gone, and even the arrow box hanging on his waist was empty, and the bow and arrow were gone.

Looking at the soldiers around them, they were even more chaotic, crying and screaming, some of them were dumbfounded and at a loss, and some of them had already begun to run away - as the first unit in history to be bombarded, such a performance was completely expected!

"Don't quit! The Retreater, Slash! Hu Yanwei pulled out his long knife, swung it a few times, and chopped off two small soldiers who ran to him without opening their eyes, and the blood shot out, dyeing his face red, and it looked like a fierce god from a distance.

Hu Yanwei shouted at the same time: "Qinzhou Army, there is no advance or retreat!" Fight to the death! ”

Hearing his voice, the generals of the Han army finally reacted, shouting loudly, whipping with whips and beating with the back of their knives, trying to recover their soldiers from the shock and panic.

At this moment, the sound of the Liang army on the opposite side shouting and killing had already been heard, Hu Yanwei looked up, and saw a thousand Liang army foot soldiers holding spears lined up a loose horizontal formation, shouting and rushing over!

With only a thousand people, they want to attack the Han army formation with at least 10,000 people! The bravery of this cool army is really impressive!

"Send to death!" When Hu Yanwei saw this scene, the blood in his heart seemed to be about to gush out, he raised his long knife and shouted loudly: "Qinzhou Army, follow me!" Kill! ”

"Canopy ······" His cry was answered by a dense and dull sound of rope pulling! Then dozens of black dots came out of nowhere!

More than sixty solid bullets smashed down from mid-air and landed impartially in the large array of Han soldiers. Suddenly, twenty or thirty more people were smashed to the ground, either their heads bloomed or their tendons were broken, and the shouts and screams resounded in the sky again.

For an infantry phalanx with nearly 10,000 people, being killed and wounded by stone bullets is not a matter at all. But only if those stone bullets don't roll and continue to crush lives!

"It's going to explode again!"

The Han army didn't know that the Liang army was equipped with two different artillery shells, and thought that these falling stones would also explode, so they didn't know who shouted first, and instantly pushed more than 10,000 men into the abyss of fear! Even Hu Yanwei was shocked, and the long knife in his hand could barely hold it. He also saw the power of the explosion of the fire bomb with his own eyes just now, it is not something that flesh and blood can resist at all, no matter what kind of martial arts you have, no matter how many layers of heavy armor you wear, it is impossible to resist!

"Run!" This thought surfaced in the minds of every Han army general at the same time, even Hu Yanyu was no exception!

"Run!"

More people shouted, and the Han soldiers, who were extremely frightened, no longer had the courage to hold on and wait for the stone bombs to explode, and they ran away one after another, which can almost be described as scattering in a hurry! Hu Yanwei raised his long knife and wanted to kill the rout, but in the face of a rout like the overturning of a mountain, how much deterrent effect could a long knife have?

He sighed, and was about to wipe his neck with a long knife to commit suicide, but the long knife was already on his neck, but he didn't wipe it down anyway, this neck was his own after all! Hu Yanwei simply closed his eyes in despair, or waited for the stone bomb to explode!

At this moment, several loyal lieutenants pounced, and they couldn't help but say that they set up Hu Yanyu and ran away······