Chapter 1152: Strange Weapons
"Boom!" Before they could experience the joy of victory, the two of them were awakened by a thunderclap, and both of them felt their hearts throb. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The field of vision darkened again and became blurred, and the figures on the battlefield were full of figures, and tigers roared and dragons roared.
The heavy rain curtain blocked the space, and it was difficult to see the scenery from twenty paces away. The King of Mulu, the second general of the vulture bone, and the cavalry under their command urged their horses to gallop with anticipation.
It is necessary to rush forward as soon as possible, so that the hapless Central Plains people do not have time to make further adjustments. The power of the cavalry is all in the speed, except to delay the speed of the cavalry with a dense formation, what else can stop the violent advance of the iron cavalry?
Now in front of the Nanban cavalry army, there are neither iron cavalry nor dense infantry formations, and the vertical cavalry tramples on the past, victory, there is no accident!
"Kill!"
The impact of the heavy rain on the cavalry was far less than that of the infantry and crossbowmen, and the last hundred paces were left behind by the Southern Barbarian cavalry in an instant, and the cavalry at the front could already clearly see the enemy's figure.
At the front, there are three columns, five rows of small spear formations, and at the front of the array, there are several large oars, stacked in front of the array. Not counting the spear and shield array, there is also a rejection horse placed in front of the shield array!
If this army formation were to be enlarged to 1,500 people, or even 15,000 people, the courage and threat felt by the Southern Barbarian cavalry would definitely be much greater than it is now. But now there are only fifteen people, and although the frontal defense is a bit tricky, it takes a certain amount of sacrifice to break through, but there is such a big gap on the side, and it is enough to bypass it.
Anyway, the main duty of the forward cavalry is not to kill and wound the enemy, but to break down the enemy's formation and divide the enemy. Now that the enemy has made way out of the way, let's go around it first, anyway, there are still more follow-up men and horses, and when the main force arrives, it will be enough to attack from the side.
Not only did ordinary cavalrymen think so, but even battle-hardened generals like King Mulu and Vulture Bone didn't feel any different, but they were overjoyed, thinking that Li Yilang was famous, or that the luck of his own king was indeed so good that he was against the sky, and he had atmospheric luck, so he only rained heavily and messed up the pace of the Tang army.
They had no intention of fighting hard with the small formation of the Tang Army, paying an unnecessary price, so they directly took the reins of their horses and bypassed them.
As he passed by, he did not forget to turn his head and look at the enemy with mocking eyes, wondering what kind of expression was on the faces of these stupid enemies at this moment.
Of course, this action also has the meaning of observing the enemy position. If the enemy doesn't have too many spears on the flanks, they don't mind letting the knives in their hands open a little first.
Thankfully, the narrow flanks of the small infantry formations of the Don Army did not have spearmen, but consisted of a very strange configuration.
The most conspicuous thing is the shield soldiers, every other person, there is a shield-wielding foot soldier, they hold the shield in both hands, the sword behind their backs, at first glance they are in charge of defense. Behind the shield-bearers was a Changge soldier, and standing between the two shield-bearers was a soldier with no weapons.
It is not accurate to say that they did not hold a weapon, they held a large black box in their hands, and looked at the posture of a few weapons. But the box was square, without edges and sharpness, and it was impossible to see the appearance of the weapon.
"Damn, I don't have a lot of skills, but there are a lot of ghost tricks. Forget it, Lao Tzu doesn't have time to play with you, let's empty the formation behind first! King Mulu thought about it, but he still didn't dare to act rashly, scolded and muttered, raised the front finger of the war knife in his hand, and motioned for the army to rush over first.
King Mulu didn't want to provoke these strange wooden box soldiers, and wanted to let others go, however, those wooden box soldiers obviously didn't know the truth of repaying the favor, but they refused to let him go easily.
"Twenty steps ahead...... Put! At the same time as the next lightning bolt exploded in the air, a loud shout came from the small infantry formation of the Tang army.
Those soldiers holding strange wooden boxes leveled the boxes in their hands in response, if anyone who is familiar with the Tang Army's drill code will definitely be able to recognize that this posture is completely the standard posture of crossbowmen shooting!
"Buzz!" Neither the walls of the box nor the sound of horses' hooves hitting the water could drown out the sound of the bowstrings fluttering.
"Whew!" The heavy rain curtain could not stop the cold light that burst out of the box.
"Poof!" In the end, the paper armor, which has always had a miraculous effect on long-range attacks, turned out to be like paper paste, and it failed to block it at all, and was easily penetrated by the cold light, which made the owner of the paper armor feel a heart-rending pain, and turned over and fell off the horse in a miserable hiss, smashing up a large piece of mud.
"It can't be!" King Mulu was taken aback and roared wildly in his heart.
The rain was pouring down, and the raindrops that were connected together were like whips, frantically whipping towards the earth.
The light of the lightning was still pale blue in the air, but the tail end near the ground turned pink. The lightning was still the same lightning, the difference was that there were only dark clouds and rain in the sky, and in addition to rain and mud on the ground, large areas of blood mist were rising.
The cavalry, wrapped in raindrops, ran quickly, and as soon as they bypassed the obstacle in front of the Tang army's formation, they were concentrated by a cold light flying from the side. The figure of the cavalry swayed, reaching for the wound in disbelief, trying to determine if the pain was real or hallucinating.
His hand touched the cold shaft of the arrow, and the shaft shook, touching the wound again, and the physical pain and mental pain hit him at the same time, crushing him.
In the next leap of the war horse, the cavalry fell off the horse, and the war horse, which had no burden behind it, did not feel relieved and happy, but looked up to the sky and let out a sad roar.
The first thing the Nanban cavalry that quickly achieved a breakthrough was not the joy of victory, but was dazed by the sudden blow.
They did not understand why the enemy had made the crossbow machine in a wooden box. The biggest advantage of this mode of crossbow machine seems to be that it can prevent rain, but fighting in the rain is not a conventional method of warfare, and it takes so much effort to be used in the rain, which is inevitably too big and underused.
They were also not sure what the purpose of the Tang Army was in doing this, could it be that they wanted to use this kind of small trick to defeat their own 80,000 cavalry?
No matter what the mystery of the crossbow machine was, its lethality could only be reflected in the initial blow, and when the follow-up troops arrived, they began to attack the small infantry formation of the Tang army from the flank. What can you do with the little crossbowmen in the formation? The crossbow machine is convenient when shooting. It is very troublesome to load, especially the crossbow in the box in the hands of Tang Jun, which is definitely more complicated to load than an ordinary crossbow.
"Hurry, move forward! Shake off these wacky crossbowmen! ”
The identity of the vulture bone is different, he is still wearing rattan armor, and it is the best quality rattan armor, this thing is afraid of fire, but not afraid of water at all. Therefore, the crossbow bolts of the Don army did not pose much threat to him.
However, the army under his command now is not the original vine armor army, and it is impossible to be invulnerable.
The abnormal situation in front of him made him feel cold, and seeing the scene of the guards on the left and right being flanked and falling off their horses one after another, he completely lost his courage and blindly galloped his horse, wanting to escape this death zone first.
On the other hand, King Mulu thought differently, he thought deeper than the vultures.
The biggest weakness of the crossbowmen is the slow reloading speed, just now the crossbowmen on both sides of the side have launched a volley, and in a short time, there is no longer any threat. Instead of continuing to rush forward and accept the baptism of crossbow arrows from other small battle formations of the Tang Army, it is better to simply defeat the enemy in front of you first.
"They have no arrows, come with me, kill them, kill them!" King Mulu roared, spun around his horse, and stabbed obliquely towards the enemy formation twenty paces away.
Seeing this, the guards on the left and right also turned their horses to keep up, and the others couldn't stop and could only continue to move forward.
King Mulu used to ride a war elephant, but after a crushing defeat last time, his war elephant was also lost, and now he can only ride a war horse. However, his equestrian skills are not bad, if an ordinary person suddenly changes direction in the middle of a wild run, even if the horse can turn a corner, the person will be thrown out by the huge inertia. However, King Mulu and dozens of guards around him easily completed this difficult action, made a perfect arc, and rushed towards the enemy formation.
King Mulu has already calculated, the killing array placed by the Tang army, the lethality is mainly borne by the vanguard army, he now turns the spearhead, just to avoid the killing of the follow-up crossbowmen, and then he can also follow the front army, specifically slaughtering the Tang army that has run out of crossbow arrows.
Of course, it is not without risk, but it is better than being shot as a live target by the crossbowmen of the Tang Army.
As for the danger of the flanking Tang Army array, he didn't care much. The crossbowmen have no arrows, the shield soldiers can only defend, and the biggest threat is nothing more than the middle column of Changge soldiers, as long as you are careful to avoid Changge's stabbing and counterhook, there is no problem. This kind of technique is not a problem at all for him as a master of riding.
In a flash of lightning, a distance of more than a dozen steps flashed, and when he saw it, he rushed to the enemy formation.
King Mulu stared at the several Changge players in front of him for a moment, and was fully prepared to block or dodge. Because he was so focused, he didn't even notice that the several crossbowmen in front of him didn't load the crossbow arrows nervously, but raised the arrow box in their hands with an indifferent face, aiming at the Mulu King and the guards behind him!
"Whew! Laugh at! Laugh at! Chang Ge waved, and the cold light broke through the air.
The crossbow arrows hidden under Changge's swing were already very hidden, and King Mulu and the others didn't expect that the crossbowmen of the Tang Army had not been loaded at all, nor did they change the action of the crossbow machine, so they quickly launched a second salvo, and the result was that they were all shot squarely.
"Poof! Burst! Burst! ”
A blood mist rose up, and the guards in animal skin and beast armor were certainly defenseless, even those in iron armor could not resist the close-range fire of crossbow arrows.