Qin Xu once sent someone to calculate that the theoretical rate of fire of the first ascending crossbow could reach about twenty pieces per second if it was replaced by the calculation method of later generations. In other words, in less than half a breath, a box of ten crossbow arrows is enough to shoot all of them before the opponent can fully react. When Lu Bu encountered this big killing weapon back then, he was still embarrassed, not to mention Huang Zu, who was longer than military strategy and shorter than bravery.

Therefore, although he had already noticed that on the opposite fighting ship, it was not Liu Pan who was "grabbing merit", but the first person who was holding a giant crossbow, Huang Zu had already stepped up his guard, otherwise he would not have just seen the crossbow raised, so he lay on the inside of the ship without grace regardless of his identity. This position is blocked by a thick hull outside, and relatively speaking, it is the safest "zone" at the moment. It wasn't until the sailors with arrows and shields rushed over that Huang Zu, who could hardly hide his panic, slowly stood up and hid behind the heavy arrow shields.

"Humph! Jiangdong thief, such a small skill of carving insects, he wants to murder Yu, isn't it too tender! There were several arrows and shields in front of him, Huang Zu secretly wiped a cold sweat, sneered, and pointed to the people in the first camp who were just three zhang away and scolded: "Right now, you have been surrounded by a certain person, acquaintances, quickly put down the senseless resistance, abandon the weapon, and read that you and others are also soldiers to eat food, and do not know the general trend of the world, my lord is broad-minded, and you can still have a way to live, if not, with more than 100 people in your district, when my army is surrounded, I will be fed with water fish in an instant!" ”

It's no wonder that Huang Zu has no fear. Although the Xiandeng camp was famous for defeating the world's elite soldiers Bai Mayi five years ago, after all, the main area of activity is in the north. In a southerly place like Jingxiang, it is not uncommon to only know its name but not its army. Moreover, its old lord Yuan Shao was arrogant and arrogant, and he was also jealous of his subordinates. I won't deliberately promote my reputation. Therefore, Huang Zu didn't know much about the Xiandeng Battalion, and even if he found out that these people were most likely the soldiers of the Xiandeng Battalion who followed Qin Xu south to Jiangdong, he didn't know much about the killer weapon that Xiandeng Camp relied on to become famous. And because he has not given the order to release the arrows, Huang Zu's vigilance has been lowered a lot, and the words he said have become more and more confident, and his commanding tone is like the soldiers of the first battalion have given up resistance.

"Lead. You said that Huang Zu's guy wouldn't really have much to rely on, and he could not be afraid of the guys in our hands, right? Seeing Huang Zu's appearance of Zhang Yang, it seemed that he was hiding behind a heavy arrow shield. But he didn't seem to care much about the killing weapon in his hand, and he dared to say such things at such a close distance. Let Huang Zu Haosheng taste the first soldiers of the "Northern Specialties" who were waiting for the order. It is inevitable that a little weirdness will arise in my heart.

"Dependent? Will you find out after a while? "Before Huang Zu made a dodge move for the first time. After listening to the whispered inquiries of the soldiers around him, he was about to shake his head, but suddenly found that outside the nine fighting ships in Jiangdong, which surrounded his army of more than two hundred people, in the dark river, a fire suddenly flashed. It was definitely a bright light from the collision of flints, three times in a row. It's just that all the attention of the Jingxiang Water Army, which received Huang Zu's military order, was on the people in the encirclement. It didn't attract too many people's attention. And after seeing these few fires, there was a little smile on his face. replied.

"For a moment?" I don't understand what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of my own deputy commander. But seeing that Zhao Zhao looked confident, he just smiled and didn't say anything, so he didn't ask any further.

"Humph! I don't know how to lift! Huang Zu's flagship is not far from the two ships where Zhao Zhao is located, and the slight disdainful smile on his face naturally fell in Huang Zu's eyes, and this "attitude" obviously will not make Huang Zu feel too comfortable. Seeing that his words were obviously regarded as wind in his ears by the other party, Huang Zu glanced at the two fighting ships that had already obeyed the order, and gradually on the two fighting ships where the fighting ships were encircled, there were as many as five or six hundred soldiers holding arrows and shields, nodded with satisfaction, sneered, pointed to the others and others, and said with disdain: "Come here, since people don't appreciate it, I will invite the guests from Jiangdong to wait for me on the boat and send them to the lord as guests!" ”

"This is the time!" Seeing that from the flagship where Huang Zu was, as well as on the other two fighting ships that came over, hundreds of soldiers of the Jingxiang Navy had already put up a wide wooden board on the fighting ship they were on with arrows and shields, and when they heard that Huang Zu's military orders had begun to pour towards them, they had been watching Huang Zu's movements and suddenly spoke.

"Whoosh!!" The more critical the moment, the more it can reflect the strength of an army, and whether it can really order and prohibit. Even if they were surrounded by the Jingxiang soldiers who were two or three times their own size, and they were surrounded by the "terrain" above the river that was the most unfavorable to them, they did not see the soldiers of the Xiandeng battalion holding the hands of the Xiandeng crossbow, and there was the slightest shaking. After getting the command to pull the move, in the face of the soldiers of the Jingxiang Water Army who were also rushing over on the wooden plank, almost all of them had a little disdain on their faces. Pulled the crossbow machine that I couldn't wait for.

That is, these people have not personally experienced the bad luck of the army under Liu Pan just now, and they seriously underestimate the penetration and lethality of the Xiandeng crossbow, so they have such courage, one person in front of him with an arrow shield, followed by more than ten people with a cat's waist, dare to step over the wide plank between the two boats, and come towards the soldiers of the Xiandeng battalion who are holding murderous spirits.

The soldiers who had been fully prepared at the beginning really didn't expect the other party to be so "cooperative". Many of them aimed their crossbows at the incoming soldiers, but before they could be launched, they were preempted by their comrades in the front row. The depression is palpable.

"This ...... This is ......" and even more depressed is Huang Zu. Just now, he was still looking at the trick coldly, and he was secretly angry that he dared not appreciate his "kindness", and the only end could only be to be captured alive by himself, and then sent to Liu Mian to show his merits. But who expected that in just a moment, the situation on the field was greatly beyond his expectations.

Because only six planks were attached to the sides of the fighting ship where the lead was located, each ship also sent a vanguard of fifteen people, carrying the crossbow arrows that were very likely to be sent by the opponent. I thought that no matter how bad it was, it would be able to have some impact on the momentum of the soldiers of the first battalion who were about to cross the ship and could still maintain such composure, but who would have expected that these ninety people, under the protection of six arrows and shields, could only step on the side of the opponent's ship, and they were suddenly shot, obviously both in terms of rate of fire and lethality, far from being comparable to ordinary crossbow arrows.

The problem is that Huang Zu can see clearly that this is only caused by the killing weapons in the hands of more than ten people! In other words, the opponent has at least a hundred attack methods that can cause such damage that have not been used! As soon as he thought of this, the cold sweat that Huang Zu had just withdrawn instantly came out again, and his body could move behind the three arrow shields in front of him.

Underestimate the enemy! As Gan Ning said before, the best way to fight on the water is to use a lightweight, practical, and cost-effective bow and arrow for long-range strikes, which is the first choice in battle. But first, Huang Zu didn't have an intuitive understanding of the Xiandeng Jin crossbow at all, and he didn't know the horror of this big killing weapon. Moreover, with several large ships, more than 1,000 soldiers surrounding Zhao and others, and arrows and shields to resist, it was not at all necessary to pay attention to the 200 soldiers who had no other defensive measures except for crossbow arrows, which were by no means the first choice for water warfare. Otherwise, he would not have had the idea of persuading surrender at the beginning, and he did not arrange a long-range attack for the soldiers under his command at the first time. Instead, he made the decision to let his soldiers cross the boat and catch them alive! You must know that a soldier of the Lu Bu Army, in front of Liu Surface, is much more convincing than a dead man! Moreover, as a perennial water general, for the soldiers of the Xiandeng Battalion who stood on the opposite boat and did not even move, it could be seen at a glance that these people did not seem to be familiar with water warfare, which was also the reason why Huang Zu was able to see at a glance that the other party was definitely not the Jiangdong Navy under Liu Pan at the beginning. A flock of landlubbers, on a lonely boat in the dark night river? It's like giving credit to him Huang Zu Huang someone. Huang Zu, who was ecstatic in his heart, didn't have time to think about it at all, in this case, why Liu Pan, who also had the benefits of a fighting ship before, would give this fighting ship to these landlubbers in his eyes.

"Humph! Brothers, since General Huang has the heart to invite us to be a guest! Our Northland gentlemen, the most particular thing is to come and not be rude! Give it back and talk about it! Seeing the Jingxiang Water Army, they were shocked by the power of more than ten first-ascending crossbows, and even the soldiers who were originally surrounding Huang Zu and holding arrows and shields also showed a trace of negligence because they had let the "death squad" die too quickly.

"Quick! Stop! "It is better to cut off one finger of the enemy than to hurt ten fingers of the enemy, this truth cannot be more obvious, but anyone who has read some military books can probably understand the subtlety of this. The implication of seizing the opportunity, together with Huang Zu who was in the game, was naturally no exception. In the short time when he saw that his own soldiers were stunned by the battle that could not be regarded as a battle, but could only be regarded as a slaughter by the soldiers of the Xiandeng Battalion who had been regarded as a bag, he aimed the finger at himself. Although he didn't hear the specific meaning expressed in the thick northern dialect of Zhaozhao, the cold in his heart, the white sweat on his body, and the intuition of danger created by more than ten years of battlefield experience made Huang Zu subconsciously aware of the intention of Zhaozhao. His face turned pale directly...... (To be continued......)

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