Since its completion, this is the first time that Jiuyuan City has been affected by war.

However, this does not mean that Great Qin or the Jiuyuan Army have relaxed their defense of Jiuyuan City. On the contrary, Jiuyuan City has always been the top priority of the defense of the northern frontier of Great Qin, and there are no less than 2,000 defending or siege weapons such as large-scale crossbow machines.

There were 2,000 large repeating crossbows, the least of which was three spear-like crossbows, and the most had six. Fired simultaneously at the moment when the Hun cavalry entered the firing range.

Nearly 10,000 huge crossbow arrows with long phantoms, under the action of the powerful bowstring of the giant repeating crossbow machine, instantly appeared above the heads of the Hun cavalry as if they had directly crossed the space and appeared above the heads of the Hun cavalry at the next moment after leaving the city.

As early as the convergence of the more than 300,000 troops of Mohur and Subba, Maudun had already informed the two of them of the plan of how to attack the city. He hadn't even thought about testing it first. Mao Dun knew very well that the Jiuyuan City in front of him was much taller than the fortified city he had seen before, and the defenders of the city were still the Jiuyuan Army, which was known as the most elite of the Qin people.

The elite of the Jiuyuan Army, there is no need to be tempted. There is no temptation for this tall wall. Any temptation can only cause more casualties among the soldiers, and it is all adding more military exploits to the Qin people.

Although Mao Dun itself is to consume the 300,000 young men of the Donghu people. However, it is clear that this battle can be expected to be protracted and hard, and if the Donghu people can avoid more unnecessary casualties, then the Huns will be able to suffer fewer casualties.

Except for the nearly 200,000 real Xiongnu elites where Mao Dun was, the remaining Donghu cavalry dispatched 30,000 people each out of the city for the first time under the three city walls in the southeast, north and south. Of the 30,000 people, 10,000 were cavalrymen, and 20,000 were Donghu people who dismounted and became foot soldiers.

Both the Donghu and the Xiongnu were nomadic tribes on the steppe, so to speak, a group of people living on horseback. For the Qin people's sharp weapons that the Jiuyuan Army will inevitably be equipped with, Mao Dun has long been prepared.

Therefore, the Donghu cavalry rushing towards the three city walls were extremely scattered, and with the length of the city wall of Jiuyuan City, even if 30,000 cavalry were invested at a time, it could be expanded, but the formation was much denser.

The reason why each side was chosen to send only 10,000 cavalry was the best way to find when Mao Dun had not effectively suppressed the terrifying large repeating crossbow machines of the Jiuyuan Army standing on the city wall.

Jiuyuan City is boxy, but not every wall is the same length, but most of them are six or seven miles long. 10,000 Donghu cavalry scattered and rushed one after another, just enough to cover a wall six or seven miles long without being too dense.

However, it can only ensure that the damage of the large repeating crossbow machines on the city wall to the Donghu cavalry is reduced.

"Ahh

"Aang!"

The terrible screams of the Donghu cavalry before they died, accompanied by the mournful sound of the war horses, sounded from under the three walls of Jiuyuan City at the same time.

The three-zhang long huge crossbow arrow fell from the high city wall with an oblique arc, and the huge force instantly tore through the simple sheepskin shoulders of the Donghu cavalry, penetrated through the body, and penetrated the men and horses together, nailing them to the ground.

Gurgling blood rolled down the thick crossbow bolts to the ground, drenching into the green earth.

Nearly 10,000 three-zhang long crossbow arrows sank deep into the ground, and on the crossbow arrows were the corpses of the Donghu cavalry and the corpses of their war horses under their crotches. Suddenly, a shrub composed entirely of giant crossbow bolts grew from under the three walls for no apparent reason.

The Donghu cavalry, who was not in a hurry, crashed into the Donghu cavalry who was nailed to the ground in front, and flew out with their horses.

In this wave of crossbow arrows, the 30,000 Donghu cavalry who rushed towards the city wall from three sides suffered more than 3,000 casualties. That is to say, a city wall with 500 large continuous crossbow machines, nearly 3,000 crossbow arrows, killed and injured more than 1,000 people.

Obviously, Maudun's dispersion tactics still played a role.

The soldiers of the Jiuyuan army on the city wall were indifferent to the killing and wounding of the large continuous crossbow machine, and fought countless battles with the Huns, and the Huns' weapons were not as good as those of Daqin, but there were ways to deal with it, which was expected.

The soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army, who were in charge of the large-scale repeating crossbow machine, quickly pulled the thick bowstring of the crossbow machine together after the crossbow arrows were fired, and the rest of the people quickly loaded the crossbow arrows.

When the Donghu cavalry was still far away from the city wall and had not entered the range of the crossbows in the hands of the soldiers of the Jiuyuan army, the large repeating crossbow machine in their hands was the only weapon that could kill and injure the Donghu cavalry.

The Jiuyuan army, which had learned the Huns' riding and archery skills countless times, knew very well that once these Hun cavalry approached the city wall, the Jiuyuan army defending the city would face an overwhelming rain of arrows.

At this time, every time they released an extra crossbow arrow, and every time they killed and injured a few more Hun cavalry, the casualties suffered by the Jiuyuan army would be a few points less.

The Donghu cavalry could not be said to be accustomed to life and death, but at least the casualties of more than 1,000 people could not destroy their fighting spirit. After all, there are so many Qin beauties in the city, and there are countless rare things. And behind them, there were Huns who seemed to be even more vicious than the Qin people watching.

The Donghu people knew that the Qin people's kind of giant arrows could not be fired continuously, so after the first round of crossbow arrows, they crossed the corpses of the clansmen who were nailed to the ground by the crossbow arrows, and desperately urged the war horses under their crotches to approach the city wall at a rapid pace.

Although a wave of giant crossbow arrows from large repeating crossbows did not break their fighting spirit, anyone who saw the clansmen who were still running in front of them one moment ago was nailed to the ground by a giant spear three feet long from the top of their heads, and they were crucified to the ground by a giant spear three feet long, becoming a string of things similar to mutton skewers.

No one wants to die. If you don't want to die, you can obviously only run faster.

Although approaching the city wall will be attacked by the Qin people's strong crossbows, it is better than the giant crossbow arrow that will kill you if you touch it.

The distance of three hundred steps was crossed in an instant under the condition that the Donghu people were desperately urging the war horses.

1,200 steps.

"Bang Bang!"

A series of terrifying resoundings once again resounded at the head of Jiuyuan City.

This time, the soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army loaded their crossbow arrows much faster than they usually trained.

The terrifying roar instantly overshadowed the roar of the hooves of the galloping horses.

Nearly 10,000 giant crossbow bolts burst out. The distance of 1,200 steps (nearly 600 meters) is still an instantaneous leap.

"Ahh

The screams of the horses resounded across the earth again.

This time, the large repeating crossbow machine was different from the previous one.

It's no longer a dive, it's a flat shot!

As the sharpest weapon of Daqin's long-range attack, the large repeating crossbow machine has a complete and effective set of tactics for using the repeating crossbow machine to siege, defend the city and field warfare, and even have tactics to follow against different types of troops.

Sieges are basically long-range upward shots; To defend the city, if the cavalry is attacking, the distance is 1,500 paces away, the impact of the violent giant crossbow arrows on the battlefield is not ordinarily large, within 1,200 paces is the use of flat shots, and the distance within 800 steps can only be used to shoot down; For infantry sieges and field battles, most of them are flat shots.

The flat-firing large repeating crossbow finally erupted into its terrifying and terrifying killing.

The moment the roar of the giant crossbow bolt broke through the air disappeared. The sound of "puff puff" as if the strip of cloth was torn, mixed with the miserable howls of the Donghu people, resounded under the city wall.

A giant crossbow arrow burst through the air like lightning, easily penetrating the body of one after another Donghu cavalry who were galloping on horseback, often waiting until the strength of a crossbow arrow was exhausted and fell to the ground, on the crossbow arrow more or less hung on the body of one or two Donghu cavalry. Even some crossbow arrows did not cause any damage to the Donghu cavalry riding on them because they fired too low, but shot through the horses under their crotches.

In this wave of crossbow arrows, the Donghu cavalry suffered at least 4,000 casualties.

This is still the killing wound caused by many clever Donghu cavalrymen who hide their bodies under the bellicks of war horses when they hear the sound of the city wall.

But more often than not, the horses under the crotches of the Donghu cavalry were still galloping, and the horsemen on horseback had already flown out with the crossbow arrows. Only a large number of empty war horses were left to gallop around in a daze after galloping for a while, and these scurrying war horses soon died in the hands of the Donghu people themselves.

Because if these ownerless horses are not shot, the war horses scurrying everywhere will cause great confusion to the galloping Donghu cavalry.

In this way, by the time the Donghu cavalry approached within 500 paces of the city wall, there were less than 20,000 of the 30,000 Donghu cavalry left. This short 1,500 steps, if in normal times, these Donghu cavalry would have crossed it at most.

When there were still 900 steps away from the city wall, the Donghu cavalry, who once again enjoyed the greeting of the giant crossbow arrows, galloped until they were only 500 steps away from the city wall, and did not hear the terrifying bang at the head of the city, and all the Donghu cavalry who were lucky enough to not die couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Anyone who faces the huge crossbow arrows that seem to fall from the sky and can penetrate the body and the war horse at any time will sincerely give birth to a sense of powerlessness.

This has nothing to do with courage and fighting spirit, the battlefield of blood and fire requires more than just courage and fighting spirit.

Fortunately, they have rushed over alive. It only takes a few breaths to get those hateful Qin people on the city wall into the range of the Donghu people's bows and arrows. The Donghu cavalry shouted and pressed their bodies tightly to their horses, and they had already taken strong bows in their hands, and arrows had been mounted on the strong bows.

You only need to survive the attacks of the Qin people's bows and arrows and strong crossbows to face the Qin people directly.

"Knock Knock"

The dull sound of war drums suddenly sounded from the head of Jiuyuan City.

Accompanied by the sound of war drums.

On the walls of Jiuyuan City, sonorous sounds were connected, and a large black and bright shield appeared on the city wall. And behind the big shield, countless strong crossbows have quietly opened their sharp fangs.

Wait, the moment when the Donghu cavalry enters the firing range!

(To be continued)