Chapter 233: Rivalry (4)
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The dense rain of arrows covered the entire head of Beiguan City, and unlike the bows and arrows that fell from the sky, most of the crossbow arrows shot by the Qin crossbow were shot straight towards the city head from the bottom up, and they struck on the shield array between the battlements, making a continuous sound.
The range of the Qin crossbow was long, and the power was extremely great, the arrows hit the city wall and splashed a large number of sparks and stone chips, a faint white smoke shrouded the city, and the shields in the hands of some soldiers were directly bounced away by the continuous rain of arrows.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Naturally, the shield wall at the head of the city could not completely withstand the attack of the rain of arrows, and from time to time there were screams of soldiers being hit by arrows.
The rain of arrows continued for a quarter of an hour, and when the white stone smoke cleared, the city fell silent.
The crossbowmen retreated in an orderly manner, and dozens of phalanxes composed of three thousand Qin soldiers had been lined up, except for the phalanx in the center facing the city gate, which was equipped with a rushing car in front of it, and the rest of each phalanx was equipped with a towering siege ladder in front of it.
"Attack!"
With a slight wave of one hand, Wang Ben quickly ordered the whole army to attack.
"Kill!"
In the sound of the blood-boiling order, the three thousand Qin troops marched towards Beiguan City.
One hundred soldiers formed a phalanx, a total of thirty phalanxes, forming a huge ironclad array, advancing rapidly.
There was no imaginary rain of arrows, and not a single arrow fell from Beiguan City until it was close to the bottom of the tower.
It seems that the arrow attack just now has stunned the defenders!
The soldiers of the Qin army were overjoyed
"Quick!"
The siege ladder leaned against the battlements, and the Qin army below began to command the army to attack the city, with the shield soldiers in front and the halberd soldiers behind, climbing up the siege ladder.
"Crossbowman, release the arrows!"
As the soldiers of the Qin army continued to climb the siege ladder, the formation that had originally maintained the shield party quickly collapsed, and all the Qin soldiers were suddenly exposed to the sight of the crossbowmen.
"Woo Woo Woo ~ "
Between the battlements, rows of archers armed with big yellow crossbows suddenly appeared and shot towards the Qin army that was besieging the city below.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Under the dense rain of meat arrows, in the screams one after another, the soldiers on the siege ladder fell under the city head with arrows, and the Qin army array that lost the protection of the shield array under the city tower also suffered heavy losses.
In order to maximize the damage to the Qin army, the soldiers of the Eastern Army on the city tower were in groups of five, and the two groups crossed each other to shoot down, directly avoiding the defensive range of the shield soldiers on the siege ladder.
"Quick! Raise your shield! Take cover! ”
The sudden attack caught the Qin army by surprise, and under the attack of the powerful rhubarb crossbow arrows, the Qin soldiers suffered great casualties, and nearly 1,000 people were lost in just a few minutes.
"Crossbowmen, aim at the city, shoot me!"
Looking at the soldiers of the Qin army who were constantly dying under the rain of crossbowmen and arrows of the Eastern Army under the city, Wang Ben's brows tightened, and he quickly ordered the crossbowmen who had just retreated.
The Qin crossbow has a long range and great lethality, but the requirements for the soldiers are extremely high, and the physical exertion of the crossbowman is extremely high, even the most skilled shooter in the army cannot sustain this high-intensity shooting for a long time.
Therefore, the Qin army's Qin crossbow arrow array generally does not last more than a quarter of an hour, which not only ensures the crossbowman's ability to fight again, but also weakens the enemy's strength to the greatest extent and hits the opponent's morale in the continuous arrow rain strike.
Judging from the fierceness of the opponent's counterattack now, the Qin crossbow arrow array just now obviously failed to suppress the opponent, but deliberately showed weakness, and gradually led himself to send thousands of troops to step into the trap of killing.
Now only by attacking and attacking can we weaken the opponent's firepower and try our best to save the Qin army under the city.
"Quick! Fast! Fast! ”
A group of Qin crossbowmen dragged their heavy arms forward again, preparing to attack Beiguan again.
"Car crossbow, aim at the Qin army crossbowmen, prepare to attack!"
The effective range of the Qin crossbow is about 150 meters, and in order to suppress the crossbowmen of the Eastern Army at the head of the city, the Qin crossbowmen must be within 150 meters of the city, which is not yet the range of the one-stone rhubarb crossbow equipped by the soldiers of the Eastern Army.
However, the soldiers of the Eastern Army who defended the city were prepared for this.
As soon as the crossbowmen of the Qin army returned to the 250-meter range of the city tower, Liu Wenxiu on the city tower had already ordered again.
Creak! Creak!
On the city tower, hundreds of soldiers of the Eastern Army slowly pulled the 50 three-bow crossbows arranged on the city tower, and in the creaking sound of several soldiers pulling the bowstring, 50 crossbows slowly turned the direction, ready to attack the city tower.
"Put!"
Boom~
With an order, the sharp sound of the bowstring cracking sounded in the air, heading towards the direction of the Qin crossbowmen outside the city.
The three-bow bed crossbow, made of three large bows, requires more than 10 people to work together to open, and is specially built by Sima Yu's precision workshop to defend and shoot enemy armor formations.
The special three-bow bed crossbow has a range of more than 600 meters, and when the sound of the bowstring cracking, hundreds of sharp arrows have already broken through the air with a sharp whistling sound.
"Ah~"
The huge force pierced a Qin crossbowman far on the ground of the two of them, and the tip of the arrow pierced through the body of the Qin crossbowman, several feet deep into the ground, and the rain of arrows was still trembling.
Some of the arrows even directly penetrated the fleshy bodies of several soldiers, and the tragic death greatly tested the will of the Qin army's crossbowmen.
No one can maintain a high marching posture despite the tragic deaths of their companions one after another.
"Shieldmen!"
Seeing this, Wang Ben in the rear hurriedly shouted to the shield soldiers to step forward to defend.
Elite crossbowmen have always been the most valuable combat power in the Qin army, and it is not easy to train a skilled elite crossbowman.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The flying crossbow pierced the defense of the Qin army's armor, and the huge force often lifted the Qin soldiers carrying the iron shield directly away.
Before the thousands of Qin crossbowmen could attack the city tower again, they had already retreated again under the attack of dozens of bed crossbows.
Ahhh
The Qin army's siege team, which had not received support, was completely suppressed by the crossbowmen of the Eastern Army, and the black dense arrow rain poured down towards the Qin army array below, but in just a quarter of an hour, the 3,000 pro-army soldiers were almost lost.
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
Only the rushing car at the city gate has been close to the city gate, constantly rushing against the city gate.
"Bell, bell!"
The crossbow arrows that flew down were directly bounced off by the tightly held iron shield array, making a clanging sound.
"Send a team of 10,000 people and attack!"
Although the huge loss was distressing, Wang Ben was unwilling to give up easily, looking at the rushing car that was still rushing at the city gate, he once again sent a team of 10,000 people to attack Beiguan City.
"Rolling oil!"
"Ahh
The phalanx composed of 10,000 Qin troops withstood the attack of the rain of arrows, approaching the tower of Beiguan City, and when nearly half of the Qin army almost all entered the firing range, the general of the Eastern Army above the city gate decisively ordered a large vat of boiling oil prepared in advance to pour it into the rush at the city gate.
The boiling oil flowed down the city walls and the armor array, bringing with it a terrible scream.
"Ignition!"
At the top of the city, several soldiers ignited rockets and fired them at the rushing vehicle.
"Peng!"
Stained with boiling oil, the car was instantly enveloped by fire.
"Ahh
In the terrible screams, a phalanx of 100 people of the Qin army gathered at the place where the car was rushed was all in the sea of fire.
"Withdraw!"
Seeing this, Wang Ben, who was watching the battle from a distance, decisively gave the order to withdraw his troops while the army had not completely fallen into the enemy's trap.
The other party obviously had a way to deal with the rushing car, but he didn't use it until he sent a team of 10,000 people again, which was obviously another time to lure the enemy into the urn.