Under Li Dian's observations, as well as a group of pro-soldier deputy generals and others, they really told them about the many shortcomings of the bed crossbow.

In fact, what they are talking about is indeed the weakness of the bed crossbow.

The crossbow arrows shot by the bed crossbow are powerful and unstoppable, but the trajectory of each crossbow arrow that radiates is almost fixed, even if there is a deviation, it will not differ too much.

Crossbow arrows, naturally, it is impossible to really shoot them against the ground, generally, they will be shot at a height of half a person on the ground, and this is already fixed when the bed crossbow is set.

Once the bed crossbow is erected, it is a bit difficult to change the direction or angle of the crossbow bolts. Weighing thousands of pounds as a whole, it's really a bit difficult to move. Unless, Dian Wei, Xu Zhu and other generals can move together, otherwise, it will be really difficult for ordinary soldiers to move. It's not that there is not enough manpower, but it is not too big, but it is very deep, and it can't be moved by too many people.

Therefore, if you are a person who has a better understanding of bed crossbows, when you hear the sound of crossbow arrows and the sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air, you will immediately bend down and stick to the ground, then no matter how powerful the crossbow arrows are, they will not be able to hurt the people lying on the ground.

This weakness of the bed crossbow is actually not a secret, as long as you have a certain understanding of crossbow arrows, you know this.

The biggest role played by crossbow arrows is to face the cavalry in clusters, so that they can exert the greatest lethality. Because it is impossible for a war horse to lie down when it is attacked. Of course, a sudden blow to enemy troops. It can also play a large role in killing.

The other, don't look at the current ambush position, crossbow arrows are constantly flying. The piercing sound of breaking the sky continued, but in reality, there was a short interval after each round of crossbow arrows, because after the crossbow arrows were fired, they had to be loaded immediately. This arrow takes a few breaths to pull the bolt of the bolt. It would take twenty or thirty soldiers or animal power to pull it, so that it would take twenty or thirty breaths in between to fire another round of crossbow arrows.

Strictly speaking, the bed crossbow was widely known to the world. His power and effect. It will be slowly weakened, and in the end, even if it has more power, it may not work at all.

For example, if the infantry of the New Han Army were attacked by enemy crossbow arrows, it was completely possible to counterattack their bed crossbow positions and destroy their crossbow arrows at a very low cost of casualties.

Because the New Han Army was trained to crawl on the ground. Climb in the direction from which the bolts were cast, and it won't take long to break through to the enemy's bed crossbow position. Of course. If the enemy army is like the New Han army, and the front of the battle is sprinkled with thistles, this is another matter, and there are archers in their beds to protect them, which is also a different situation.

"General Li, what are you waiting for now? We can crawl and touch the bed crossbow position of the New Han Army, as long as we touch close, their crossbow arrows will not kill us, why not kill them? As long as we are killed, and then attack the remaining bed crossbow positions, won't we be able to save our soldiers? ”

"Yes, General Li, without further ado, if not, let's rush forward and kill, now, the New Han Army has set up an ambush for us here, and there seems to be a fierce battle behind us, in front of us, it seems that there are only a few New Han troops blocking us, as long as we kill it, we can break through their ambush position."

"That's right......"

It seems that they have found the weakness of the Xinhan army, and the generals can't help but be a little excited, as if they see the hope of breaking through.

However, Li Dian shook his head and said: "It's useless, we can see these crossbows of the Xinhan Army's bed, how can people not know about it?" I estimate that before the bed crossbow position of the New Han Army, there will definitely be thistles scattered all over the place, and there will definitely be men and horses of the New Han Army guarding them, and we will kill them? Hehe, have you ever thought that we have their crossbow arrows on our heads, and we can only crawl on the ground, at that time, if we are attacked by their archers, we still want to come back alive? ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but be quiet.

"Also, in front of us, it is estimated that we will kill the past and disperse those new Han troops who are blocking our way, and we will really be able to break out of the siege. However, are you sure that you can brave the rain of arrows of the New Han Army and rush through that iron thistle position? I, Li Dian, am not sure. Li Dian said calmly: "What's more, who of you is sure that even if we break through the past, will we suffer another wave of attacks from the New Han Army?" ”

"Then, General Li, what should we do now?"

"Alas, this time, our army may have to suffer heavy losses, including Li, whether they can escape this catastrophe depends on their lives." Li Dian turned his head and strode towards the way he came: "Taking advantage of the fact that the New Han Army has not yet squeezed and attacked us, we still have a little chance, and immediately send an order, and our sergeants, using the way of crawling, went to inform the soldiers who were separated by the bed crossbow of the New Han Army, and told them how to avoid the killing of crossbow arrows." They immediately gathered on the official road, and all of them retreated. Hopefully, our rear army can resist the attack of the New Han Army. In this way, with General Xiahou's response, it is possible for us to escape. ”

"If not...... After the New Han Army officially comes in, it will depend on each of us whether we can survive. ”

"General Li Dian......"

When the generals heard Li Dian say so low, they were all silent for a while.

"Forget it, by the way, tell the soldiers that if the New Han army besieges them, the soldiers can't escape, so they will ...... Let them surrender...... Well, although the Xinhan army is our enemy, if they surrender, they should not do any more harm. ”

"General Lee......"

"Alright, let's just give the order. All the cavalry, concentrate the war horses on the slope, don't let these war horses run around and mistakenly break into the crossbow arrow array and die in vain, after all, these war horses have been following us for many years, keep them. It's cheaper, Lewi. ”

After Li Dian finished speaking, he looked a little sad and glanced at his own mount from afar, the horse that had injured the horse's hoof. Warhorses that can't stand up.

Li Dian first walked into the arrow array where the crossbow arrows came, climbed down directly, pushed away the stumps of countless cold Cao soldiers on the ground all the way, crawled in the mud and blood, and slowly crawled over little by little.

Li Dian's order, also conveyed by the heralds below, made Cao Bing, who was trapped on the road for a while, seem to have a backbone. Began to act according to Li Dian's orders.

It won't be long before Cao Bing, who was originally divided, gathered more and more. Gathered on the official road.

In the second half of Cao's army, their military horses changed from the rear to the front, and immediately retreated. Cao's army, which had no time to retreat. It was under the leadership of the Xiahou brothers and Xu Huang. Temporarily formed a formation to meet the cavalry of the New Han army that rushed to kill the past.

In this extremely unfavorable situation, the Cao army was still able to fight and let most of its military horses retreat, which shows that the Cao army is indeed different from the military horses of ordinary princes.

Of course, those Cao Jun who retreated, they were not like a swarm of defeated escapes, they kept the array retreating. Retreat until you reach a place with a mountain back, and the army will not retreat. It's about backing the mountain.

These military horses are intended to stabilize their positions here and meet those military horses that have not yet withdrawn.

The Xiahou brothers and Xu Huang, the three major generals, led a small army and horses to resist the charge of the cavalry of the New Han Army, and fought against Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, and Qin Jie of the New Han Army for a while.

However, they did not last long, and were defeated by the cavalry of the New Han Army.

Then the cavalry of the New Han Army covered up and pursued all the way.

Pursued until the position of the rear military horses of the Cao army.

Those who chased and killed were all cavalry troops of the New Han Army, and Dian Wei and Xu Zhu originally wanted to directly attack the Cao army's military formation, but were stopped by Qin Jie.

Cao Cao's army formation still numbered 70,000 or 80,000 horses, and its army array was like a forest of spears, and the archers were also ready to counterattack. If they rode through the city, they would have suffered great losses.

On that ambush position, more than 100,000 horses of the Cao army were trapped, and they pursued all the way, chased and killed dozens of miles, and killed many of Cao's military horses. Therefore, now, there should only be 70,000 or 80,000 horses in the rear of Cao's army. But even seventy or eighty thousand horses are good, which is nearly half more than their current cavalry. When they are in formation, their own cavalry will collide with them, and that is an unwise act.

The remaining 70,000 or 80,000 troops and horses are no longer a threat to the New Han army, and with these 70,000 or 80,000 Cao troops, Qin Jie is to let them attack Wancheng, and I believe that they will not dare to come again. Therefore, Qin Jie believes that this is not the time to attack this Cao army, but to return to the ambush position and cooperate with Liu Yi to solve the trapped tens of thousands of Cao troops. As long as the Cao army is solved, then this time to attack Jingzhou, there is really no need to think about Cao Cao's stumbling block.

I have to say that when it comes to the overall situation, Dian Wei and Xu Zhu are not as good as Qin Jie, and Qin Jie is also worthy of being a famous general of Han Wei.

And on ambush positions. Cao Jun's every move fell in Liu Yi's eyes.

The Cao army, which was separated, gathered together and broke through to the rear together.

Well, the Cao army that entered the ambush position numbered about 120,000 or 30,000 horses. Under the sudden attack of the bed crossbow, the casualties of the hundreds of thousands of Cao troops were relatively large, and it was estimated that the Cao soldiers who were directly killed by the crossbow arrows would have 30,000 or 40,000 horses.

That, when the New Han Army arranged the bed crossbow position, it was specifically aimed at those relatively open areas, which were conducive to those areas where the Cao army was concentrated. Therefore, when an attack is launched, it can play the role of maximum damage to Cao's army.

Thirty or forty thousand lives were harvested in the blink of an eye, which is a really staggering number.

It can be said that when they were suddenly attacked by crossbow arrows, the Cao soldiers who walked to the official road were densely packed, and indeed the entire Cao soldiers were killed, a bed crossbow radiated ten or twelve crossbow arrows, each crossbow arrow, at least to take away the life of a Cao soldier, and this time, almost all the bed crossbows in Wancheng were moved, a total of hundreds. The reason why there are so many is because there is a batch of bed crossbows that are planned to be sent to Luoyang, which is stranded in Wancheng, so it just comes in handy.

The crossbow arrows of the New Han Army, before the excavation of Yicheng Iron Mine, have always been made in Dongting Lake Xinzhou, and now, with Yicheng Iron Mine, Liu Yi has transferred many craftsmen from Dongting Lake Xinzhou back to Luoyang, and now Luoyang is the center of vigorous development, focusing on Luoyang. Therefore, there is no need to transport bed crossbows from Dongting Lake to Luoyang in the future. This batch of bed crossbows was the last batch to be transported from Dongting Lake to Luoyang. Originally, it was planned to be sent to the border pass in the northwest to beware of the Wuhuan people who had not yet surrendered to the New Han Dynasty. However, it seems that there is no need now, after capturing Youzhou, it is estimated that the Wuhuan people will worry about whether the New Han Army will directly launch a war against Beisai, and take the initiative to find the bad luck of these aliens. So, where do they dare to provoke the New Han Dynasty now? To know. The Xiongnu clan, which has a population of millions, will be wiped out when the New Han Dynasty is extinguished, where do they dare to provoke the Han Dynasty?

years ago. The Wuhuan king also sent an envoy to establish diplomatic relations with the New Han Dynasty, but Liu Yi did not want to pay attention to him. is also special for Jia Xu, who is in charge of external affairs. For the time being, it will not establish diplomatic relations with Bunton. For Liu Yi, the Wuhuan people, one is to be destroyed by the New Han Dynasty, and the other is to submit to the rule of the Han people forever.

Moreover, this time, the rule of the Wuhuan people no longer needs to be as advantageous to them as the previous Han, and it is impossible for them to govern themselves. For the white-eyed wolf who is not well raised. Leo Yi intends to destroy them directly, now. It's just that I haven't freed up my hands yet.

If this time, Liu Yi can subdue Jingzhou, and the three generals Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, and Gongsun Zan can recover Jizhou again. In addition, Ma Chao can pacify Liangzhou again, so Liu Yi can free up his hands to make a move against the Wuhuan people.

For a complete Han Dynasty and a truly powerful China, the north, that is, the three northeastern provinces and regions of the later generations, will always be the backyard of China, and it will always be in the hands of the Chinese people. Including the land taken away by Russia in later generations, as well as Mongolia, which was independent of China, these will always be the territory of the Chinese people. Liu Yi planned that after the unification of the Han Dynasty, he would formulate a clear document that clearly demarcated the local territory of the Han Dynasty. In this way, even if there is another war in the future, there will be a clear Chinese territory, so that others can no longer take it away, and there will be no more disputes.

Now, Liu Yi saw Cao's army gathered together, ready to break out from behind the ambush array.

But how could Liu Yi let the meat slip out of his hands again?

Seeing Cao Jun's movements, Liu Yi knew that his ambush position had deterred Cao Jun, so that they no longer dared to break through casually, and I believe they also knew that it was impossible to break through the encirclement in order to break through the Tribulus Terrestris array, and the only way to break through the encirclement was to break through from behind.

Therefore, Liu Yi immediately mobilized the archers, and the archers gathered behind the ambush position, and at the same time, let the bed crossbow in the ambush position stop attacking, and let the surrounding sergeants shrink and shrink the position.

When the New Han Army arranged the Tribulus Terrestris Array, it reserved some passages for its own army to attack inside, and the Cao Army could not pass through, but the New Han Army could quickly pass through the Tribulus Terrestris Array. Of course, even if there is no reserved passage, you can quickly clear a passage and enter the formation. Without the confrontation of the opposing enemy, the New Han Army can be calmly arranged.

Li Dian was the first to return to the formation.

However, after returning to the formation, his heart sank directly to the bottom.

In fact, before he could return to the rear of the battle, someone informed him that the rear army had been defeated by the cavalry of the New Han Army and had fled, and he no longer had Cao's army to meet them.

But Li Dian still had a little hope in his heart, but when he returned to the ambush array of the New Han Army, all he saw was the soldiers of the New Han Army who were waiting for him, and he knew that this time it was really a catastrophe.

The bed crossbow stopped attacking, and around the big array, there were shouts and kills from the New Han army everywhere, and some Cao soldiers who had not had time to gather together had already been attacked by the New Han army that had attacked and killed the marching formation. The sound of whining bows and arrows, and the terrible screams, each of which stimulated Cao Bing's nerves.

There are less than 100,000 Cao soldiers. They, after the bed crossbow stopped attacking, under Li Dian's order, formed a large army formation and placed it in the rear of the ambush array.

Cao Bing was a little desperate, as the shouts of killing around him got closer and closer, some Cao Bing had lost control.

"Damn! Brothers, these new Han soldiers will always use intrigues and tricks to kill us, they are not heroes, they are dead left and right, we fight with them, kill them......"

Some of the Cao army soldiers who had a violent temperament and were a little out of control saw the large array of archers of the New Han Army behind the formation. They actually rushed over with a shout.

Li Dian, who was depressed, didn't have time to order the sergeant not to act rashly, but a frenzied rush over led a large number of people, and then the entire Cao army formation was a little surging.

"Woo......"

Cao Bing, who shouted and rushed over, was covered by a rain of arrows like a black cloud with a bow and arrow.

One by one, the Cao soldiers screamed and fell to the ground, and they couldn't get close to the bow and arrow array of the New Han Army.

Even the cluster charge of the cavalry army is difficult to enter the military formation of the New Han army, let alone these infantry troops?

Now, the New Han army behind the ambush formation has not advanced to them to extend the attack, but only shoots those Cao soldiers who rushed over.

But even so, Cao Bing's casualties are not something that ordinary people can afford.

Li Dian saw his sergeants rushing forward as if they were sent to death, and they were shot into hedgehogs by the archers of the New Han Army one by one, and his heart was extremely painful.

"Stop! Stop! Don't rush anymore! ”

Li Dian reacted and shouted, stopping the soldiers who were charging forward in a frenzy.

If he doesn't stop it, he doesn't have to talk about breaking through the siege anymore, it's like adding fuel to the tactics, his own soldiers, rushing up and dying as many as they want.

Li Dian didn't want to see his sergeants, all of them died on the way to charge, and they didn't even touch the shadow of the New Han Army, so they all died. (To be continued......)