Chapter 233: Battle (2)
Two hundred large repeating ballistas!
Three giant bolts on a single crossbow!
That's only 600 bolts!
However, the damage produced by these 600 giant crossbow arrows exceeded the damage of the 2,000 crossbow machines at the head of Jiuyuan City in the first battle yesterday! The dense Hun cavalry had no way to dodge when they were running wildly, and they couldn't dodge, because they were surrounded by people, dense people. The only thing he could do was to beg for the blessing of the Immortal Heaven while watching the giant crossbow bolt pass through his body, and then penetrate the Hun cavalry behind him.
Hundreds of blood troughs, at least nearly two thousand Hun cavalry died under this first wave of crossbow arrows.
But that's just the beginning. The downed war horses and the Hun cavalry that flew out upside down in a string of giant crossbow arrows made many Hun cavalry not in a hurry at all, and could only ride their horses alive to collide.
People turn on their backs!
The Hun cavalry that was directly killed by the giant crossbow bolts did not seem to have as much additional damage as this derived. All the places that were taken care of by large repeating crossbow machines, the Hun cavalry formation was a big mess.
However, it was only the chaos in the place that was taken care of by the large repeating crossbow machine. There are too many Hun cavalry commissions, and two hundred large repeating crossbow machines are too few. There were more places that had not been attacked by large repeating ballistas, and the Hun cavalry was still rapidly approaching the infantry phalanx of the Jiuyuan Army.
At this time, the cavalry on the left and right flanks of the Xiongnu had completely closed, cutting off all the retreats of the 80,000 original army infantry. Hundreds of thousands of Hun cavalry completed the encirclement of 80,000 foot soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army.
Of course, the 80,000 original army infantry gathered together, and they could indeed occupy a large area on the flat land. But the more than 400,000 Hun cavalry naturally could not all surround it, and there were not so many people standing around, but they could not be used.
In fact, all the people who surrounded the Jiuyuan Army were the 300,000 Donghu cavalry, and even the 300,000 Donghu cavalry Mao Dun only dispatched 200,000 people, and there were 100,000 Donghu cavalry and more than 100,000 Xiongnu elite cavalry in the rear.
The 40,000 cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army were gone, and Mao Dun naturally found out a long time ago.
Originally, 200,000 Xiongnu elite cavalry was sent by Maodun to send 60,000 people, and yesterday they had already bypassed Jiuyuan City, preparing to enter Yunzhong and Yanmen and other counties to plunder. Yunzhong and Yanmen are not Jiuyuan, and there are basically no forces in these counties that can pose a threat to a 10,000-strong Xiongnu cavalry.
Looting is a very oily job, especially when there is no danger to rob the Qin people. Any thing of the Qin people is a valuable thing on the prairie. Such a good thing, Mao Dun will naturally only be left to his own Huns, not to the Donghu people.
In the roar of horses' hooves in the sky, the 200,000 Donghu cavalry formed a huge encirclement and crushed towards the phalanx of the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army.
The large repeating crossbow machines in the infantry phalanx of the Jiuyuan Army have never stopped firing.
The wilderness is the best place for large repeating ballbows to exert their power. Because there is no problem with the angle of the city wall, just shoot horizontally.
As the distance between the two armies approached, the Donghu cavalry that had been crushed became more and more dense. And as the distance between the two armies gets closer and closer, the power of the large repeating crossbow machine is also increasing.
Entering a thousand steps, the giant crossbow arrows that could have pierced the bodies of three Donghu cavalrymen at 1,200 paces could already penetrate four or even five people. Every time the Donghu cavalry galloped two hundred paces, there would be a continuous bang sound in the phalanx of the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army, and even the Donghu cavalry in the roar of horses' hooves in the sky couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.
Although it was always a small part of the Donghu cavalry that was facing the two hundred large repeating crossbow machines that were hit by these giant crossbow arrows, the roar of the thick crossbow arrows and the great power of easily shooting the human body or the long war horse from head to place and then stringing the war horses behind them into a string made all the Donghu cavalry frightened.
When the two armies were six hundred paces apart, the Donghu cavalry in the direction where each large repeating crossbow machine was facing was gradually crowding towards both sides.
In the dense Donghu cavalry charging array, the blank areas several zhang wide were like moats, and no horse dared to cross the thunder pool. Behind this empty space was a ground full of blood and flesh, and the corpses of men or horses were mixed together, and there was no appearance at all when trampled.
Although the power of the large repeating crossbow machine is huge, the disadvantage is that it is extremely difficult to move. Seeing that the Hun cavalry took the initiative to avoid the direction of the large-scale repeat-firing crossbow machine, the soldiers of the Qin army who were using the large-scale repeat-firing crossbow machine no longer did useless work, and did not continue to use the large-scale repeating crossbow machine, but they did not retreat into the phalanx.
Five hundred steps.
Four hundred steps.
Three hundred steps.
The Donghu cavalry finally slowly filled the gaps again as they ran.
"Bang!"
The terrifying sound sounded again from the infantry phalanx of the Jiuyuan Army.
After the soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army, who were working on the large repeating crossbow machines, fired this round of crossbow arrows again, their heads would not retreat into the phalanx, and the two hundred large repeating crossbow machines were thrown on the periphery of the phalanx like those carriages.
With a loud sound, the soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army holding huge shields and the soldiers holding spears instantly filled the two hundred passages that had been vacated. In an instant, the phalanx of the 80,000 Yuan soldiers once again became a great wall of steel composed entirely of dense spikes and giant shields.
Visible to the naked eye, hundreds of giant crossbow arrows with long phantom shadows slammed into the distorted Donghu cavalry formation. In the continuous "poof" sound, the huge crossbow arrows that shot out pierced the bodies of one after another Donghu cavalry.
Two hundred steps!
"Knock knock!"
The phalanx of the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army suddenly set off the earth-shattering and high-pitched war drums. The high-pitched sound of war drums instantly detonated the scorching war intent and murderous aura that had been brewing for a long time among the soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army.
"Buzz!"
The moment the high-pitched war drums sounded, the air above the infantry phalanx of the Jiuyuan Army seemed to suddenly begin to tremble. A large black cloud suddenly rose from the phalanx of the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army.
Immediately afterward, this black cloud suddenly flew out like a hundred flowers blooming, and countless small black crossbow arrows flew out, with a sharp and piercing roar, and rushed towards the Donghu cavalry within two hundred steps of entering the phalanx.
The small and sharp eight-inch crossbow bolts rained down on the heads of the terrified Donghu cavalry. Easily penetrate their improvised sheepskin shoulders, tear their flesh apart, and penetrate their bodies or the bodies of their horses under their crotches.
The Donghu cavalry, which was within 250 paces of the infantry phalanx of the Jiuyuan Army, was attacked for the first time by sharp weapons from the Jiuyuan Army. People turned on their backs, and blood splashed everywhere was no longer enough to describe the tragic situation of the Donghu cavalry.
There was not a single Donghu cavalry within one hundred and fifty paces, and one hundred and fifty paces away, there were countless dense corpses of Donghu cavalry.
Got rid of 20,000 giant shield soldiers, 30,000 spearmen, and 50,000 Jiuyuan Army foot soldiers in the phalanx. Each of these soldiers of the Nine Plains Army has a strong crossbow in their hands. And this time there were more than 20,000 crossbow arrows fired, after all, the Donghu cavalry was still outside the range of the crossbows in the hands of the Jiuyuan soldiers in the middle of the phalanx.
More than 20,000 crossbow arrows caused casualties of at least 20,000 Donghu cavalry. In fact, there were less than 10,000 Donghu cavalry who really died under the crossbow arrows, and the rest were all killed or injured by people hitting people, horses hitting horses, and falling into horses.
The surging 200,000 Donghu cavalry truly realized the strength of the Qin people at this time.
The huge spear in front of him with a long arm was more than 1,800 paces, and now the tens of thousands of small crossbow arrows that burst out from the Qin army's array were countless times less than that kind of big guy, but they also had a range of more than 200 steps!
And how far is the strong bow in your own hand? Sixty steps! No matter how good a strong bow is, it doesn't have a range of eighty paces! And how much arm strength does it take to pull out the strong bow in those two hundred steps?
In the face of so many strong bows with such a long range, will these people rush over? All the Donghu cavalry couldn't help but ask themselves!
Facing death is often the best way to wake up!
The Donghu cavalry, who wanted to crush the Qin army with the momentum of hundreds of thousands of cavalry, saw the scene of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood in front of them, and their morale plummeted! The momentum of the charge also slowed down in an instant, and there was no longer the unstoppable momentum before.
The Donghu people obviously didn't know that the Qin people were using strong crossbows, and they didn't use strong bows at all! And although the range of the strong crossbow is far greater than that of the strong bow in the hands of the Donghu and Huns, it alone cannot be fired continuously!
"Woooooo
The desolate and long sound of the horn suddenly sounded from a few miles behind the Donghu cavalry.
The Donghu cavalry, who slowed down their horses, were shocked when they heard the sound of the horn!
This is the clarion call of the whole army to attack from the great Maudun Shan Yu!
A moment later, the eyes of the Donghu cavalry, who were still hesitating, burst into madness. On this expedition, no one knew when they would die. But he died under the strong bow of the Qin people, at least his family and children would not become slaves of the Huns.
And if they are afraid of war, then not only will they die, but their families and children will be enslaved for generations!
The slightly slowed down horse speed suddenly increased under the desperate whipping of the Donghu people! Swiftly dodging the hedgehog-like human or horse bodies that could be seen everywhere on the ground, he rushed towards the Jiuyuan military array. From time to time, the horses of the Donghu cavalry tripped over crossbows or corpses on the ground and fell to the ground. But more Donghu cavalry still rushed desperately at the same time as they heard the horn behind them.
You're almost within a hundred paces!
The familiar and terrifying hum sounded again from the phalanx of the infantry of the Jiuyuan Army. The same black cloud appeared above Fang Zheng, the foot soldier of the Jiuyuan Army, and this cloud was twice as large as the first cloud.
This time, it was the first time that the Jiuyuan Army, who did not fire crossbow arrows, and the Jiuyuan soldiers who fired the wound up after firing the crossbow arrows at the same time!
The crossbow arrows in the sky had not yet fallen, and the Donghu cavalry on the ground that had entered within a hundred paces had already begun to roll over on their backs! (To be continued)