Chapter 197: The Decisive Battle of Wuhuan Nine
The crossbow of the Liaodong Army evolved from the rhubarb crossbow, and because Huo Yu in the previous life knew about ancient weapons, the drawings he gave were completely beyond the imagination of the craftsmen of this era. The four ballistae www.biquge.info the Pen "Fun" Pavilion have been supervised by special personnel since their inception, and those selected foot soldiers are specially trained.
Moreover, on the basis of "Wangshan", Huo Yu invented a scale for ranging and aiming, which was used to improve the hit rate of the crossbow. The four ballistae were usually disassembled and hidden in the carriages, unknown to outsiders. Because of its simple mechanical principle, it has a range of 500 paces, and each crossbow has a winch on both sides and four iron bolts, which are self-explanatory.
As the infantry soldiers of the Han army in Liaodong began to retreat in an orderly manner, the Wuhuan cavalry, which was attacking frantically, finally rushed into the Han army camp. The next moment, however, they saw four strange objects appear in front of them.
"Launch!" With the order of the ballista commander, the four crossbows began to fire in turn.
Huge iron crossbow bolts flew towards the swarming Wuhuan cavalry, and the harness of men and horses wore everywhere they passed, leaving obvious blood marks on the ground, and some of the unlucky ones were hit by the unpowered iron paper crossbow arrows and died. Four ballistas, each with four shots, a total of sixteen long blood streaks appeared in front of the battle.
Needless to say, the tragic situation of those who were shot, Rao is a veteran who has experienced the test of life and death was also shocked and silent for a long time. The Wuhuan cavalry was stunned, the Han army infantry soldiers were also stunned, and even Huang Xu, who had seen the test of power, stood on the spot.
"Hang!" A gruff voice appeared in the silence of the battlefield, and the commander in charge of the ballista continued his duty.
"Hey, hey!" The soldiers who controlled the ballista shouted the command in an orderly manner, pulling the winch of the winch, lifting the crossbow arrow, in short, there was only one purpose, quickly reloading and preparing to shoot again.
"Reload complete!" With a command, the crossbow of the Liaodong Army entered the firing state again!
"Turn to the enemy crowd, aim, fire!"
Thanks to the four simple wheels on the underside, the steering adjustment at a small angle was quickly completed. At this time, he found that the ballista had turned to his Wuhuan cavalry and panicked, and many people saw the scene just now. In an instant, the Wuhuan people screamed and wanted to escape, but the range of 500 steps was not just talk.
In the second round, sixteen crossbow arrows were fired again, and a scream sounded again in the Wuhuan cavalry formation. Today was a lucky day for Tinton, who was unscathed by the two-wheeled ballista, but not so lucky for those around him.
"Soldiers, kill with me!" Huang Xu, who came to his senses, pulled out his horse chopping knife and shouted, and rushed out single-handedly. The Han infantry soldiers behind him rushed out, and the crossbowmen rushed forward while looking for targets to shoot.
The morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, and the demoralized Wuhuan cavalry retreated one after another. Once the cavalry that has lost its impact force falls into the battle formation of foot soldiers, there is basically no room to fight back. The rise of Huang Xu's one-man and one-horse killing, trying to find a battle for Tatun, but at this moment, Tatun saw that the situation was not good, and he had already slipped away!
The Han army fought back for a while, beheaded more than 1,000 people, and then slowly retreated to the camp to strengthen the defense. The four ballistas had been slowly pushed forward, and the two rounds of shooting just now were enough to prove the power of this big killing weapon, and from this moment on, no one dared to underestimate these robes who usually did nothing.
"Rubbish! A bunch of rubbish! Qiu Liju, who was in the rear formation, found that his subordinates were repulsed again, raised his horsewhip and struck the people around him a few times.
Because it was too far away, Qiu Liju didn't know the power of the ballista at the moment, and after a while, a bloody corpse appeared in front of Qiu Liju's eyes!
"Father Khan, the Han army used a giant crossbow, and the tribal soldiers suffered heavy casualties!" Badun knelt on the ground and said in a depressed mood.
"Giant crossbow?" Qiu Liju asked suspiciously.
"Four giant crossbows, each with four crossbow arrows, are all made of iron, with a range of more than three hundred paces, and they are worn by men and horses!"
Looking at the eyes of the retreating clan soldiers in front of him, Qiu Liju knew that what Badun said was true. On the battlefield, there is no difference between losing courage and dying, so Qiu Liju plans to go into battle himself.
"Come on, raise the king's flag, this king will go into battle in person!"
"Father Khan, no!" Badun hurriedly dissuaded.
"Will the king's soldiers die in vain? The 5,000 Han army is so embarrassed, where is the courage of the Wuhuan people? Where's the honor? Chuliju roared hysterically.
As soon as these words came out, many demoralized Wuhuan cavalry gradually stopped retreating, and silently watched Qiu Liju's Wang Qi move forward slowly.
"The warriors of Wuhuan, the Han people are lambs to the slaughter! Take out your courage and follow this king to kill all the Han people! Qiu Liju rode a war horse, holding the bend high and shouting loudly!
"Swear to follow the king! Swear to follow the king! With the shouts of the guards, the low morale of the Wuhuan cavalry was pulled back, and the Wang Qi moved forward again, how terrible are they grassland warriors!
"Goo!" A sharp sound of eagles pierced the sky above the battlefield.
"Captain Huang, look!" The sharp-eared Sky Feather Guard immediately pointed to the sky and spoke.
"The lord has arrived! The lord has arrived! Soldiers, our cavalry has arrived, and they will not retreat in a fight to the death, and they will not retreat in a fight to the death! Huang Xu yelled excitedly at his soldiers.
"Fight to the death and not retreat, fight to the death and not retreat!" All the Han troops roared with earth-shattering roars, reinforcements, and a decisive battle was just around the corner.
"Yuan Jian, how is the battle ahead?" At this time, Huo Yu was leading the Liaodong cavalry to rest in place, which was less than ten miles away from the battlefield of White Wolf Mountain, and this distance could be reached by a charge for cavalry.
It stands to reason that Huo Yu should not act like this. At such a close distance, it is still dangerous to be spotted by enemy scouts. It's just that Huo Yu believes in his Tianyu Guard, believes in Wang Jun's horse thief, and believes in the eagle raised by Li Ji, and the surrounding Wuhuan scouts have long been purged.
"Fengxiao, after this battle, our Liaodong Army will be famous all over the world again, Yu is worried that this is not a good thing but a bad thing!" Huo Yu looked at Guo Jiayan, who was a little excited, and said.
"My lord, let it be! At least one step closer to the goal! Guo Jia controlled his emotions and said.
"What a good one to go with the flow!" Huo Yu laughed and then turned around, looking at the generals around him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the achievement is now, and this battle will be won!" Huo Yu said impassionedly.
These words were soon spread throughout the entire army in Liaodong. After the revival of Guangwu, as the court of the Eastern Han Dynasty became increasingly corrupt, the Han Dynasty was repeatedly harassed by the nomadic tribes on the border, and internal and external troubles continued. This time, Huo Yu sent an edict to go to Wuhuan, which will greatly change the recent situation on the northeastern border of the Han Dynasty.
The Liaodong Sufuyan tribe has been wiped out, and now there is only Qiu Liju left, and as for the small Wuhuan tribes of Shanggu and Daijun, there is no need to worry.