Chapter 444: The Crossbow Boat Goes Wrong

20,000 Han army light soldiers swarmed up, began to quickly clean up the deer barrage in front of the Chu army camp, reject horses, fill the trenches, the Chu army camp wall, arrow tower still has archers in the bow straight shot, the Chu army catapult has never stopped bombardment, however, this is no longer enough to stop the Han army light soldiers from clearing the wrecker operation.

Because the archers of the Chu army were being pinned down by the archers of the Han army.

In a short time, a small part of the deer barrage and the horse rejection set up in front of the camp were cleared, and several sections of trenches were also filled.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bang's eyes couldn't help but pass a trace of surprise, and he turned back to Zhang Liang and said: "Zifang, Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er still refuses to sacrifice the crossbow, when will he wait?" ”

Zhang Liang stroked the sparse willow whiskers under his chin, and said, "Could it be that Xiang Zhuang plans to directly invest in the cavalry?" ”

The situation in front of them is obvious, 20,000 Han light soldiers have been completely in place, and the archers alone are no longer enough to stop their wrecker clearance operations, if the Chu army does not want the Han light soldiers to clear the deer, reject the horses, and then fill the trenches, then they have only one choice left, that is, to send cavalry to drive away.

"Cavalry? No way. Liu Bang frowned when he heard this, he didn't believe that Xiang Zhuang would make such a decision.

In any case, Liu Bang has fought all his life, of course he knows that the cavalry of the Chu army can easily kill the light soldiers of the Han army who are clearing the wrecker, but once the Han army follows the cavalry, then the cavalry of the two armies will be entangled, and the long-range weapons of both sides, including the crossbows of the Chu army, will be all furnished.

Will Xiang Zhuang Xiaoer choose to compete with himself in cavalry? Can't you?

However, Liu Bang's voice fell, the gate of the Chu army camp and the auxiliary doors on both sides suddenly opened, and the three high-hanging suspension bridges also quickly descended, and then a group of Chu army light cavalry had already surged out of the camp, only to see these Chu army cavalry in the open space in front of the camp slightly reorganized the formation, then scattered left and right, like wolves pounced on the Han army light soldiers who were clearing the obstacles.

"This, this, this...... Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er really dispatched cavalry?! Liu Bang's face was full of disbelief.

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's eyebrows were covered with a layer of haze at the same time, and the two suddenly had a very bad premonition. Xiang Zhuang is by no means easy to match. How could he not have known the consequences of the cavalry on both sides after they got together? But Xiang Zhuang still did this, is there another mystery in the middle? Could it be that Chu Jun has other back-hands?

However, Rao is Zhang Liang and Chen Ping are very scheming, and they are also puzzled at the moment.

Lu Tai did not hesitate, and immediately raised his left and right hands and pressed forward, Zhou Guanfu turned his head and roared up to the sky in a thunderous voice: "The general has an order, both wings go out, and Hu Qi ...... Attack! ”

The military order is given. The 80,000 Hu cavalry on the left and right flanks were like a flood that broke the embankment, and swept away like a flood of the Han army's main formation towards the front.

In an instant, the river beach was filled with the sea of horses, and endless horses' heads moved up and down. Endless horsehair hunting and wandering. Countless iron hooves violently knocked across the grass beach, and in the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, there were endless pieces of grass and mud splashing everywhere, and for a while, there was no other sound between heaven and earth.

The cluster charge of tens of thousands of cavalry, how much more is it a monstrous momentum?

The ground shook and the mountains shook, and the 10,000 Han army heavy armor and 30,000 Han army archers who had already advanced to the Chu army camp a hundred steps away suddenly became in a commotion, and then scattered and fled as fast as possible. No way, if they don't get out of the way as soon as possible, they will definitely be trampled into flesh by the cavalry, and those cold and cruel Hu people will not care about their life or death. ..., the light soldiers of the Han army who had already cleared the deer and rejected the horses would not care about filling the trenches, and jumped into the trenches one by one like dumplings, allowing the Chu cavalry to shoot with knives and arrows, and refused to climb up. Because the surging Hu cavalry was coming in an instant, they didn't want to be trampled into flesh by thousands of iron hooves.

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Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but gasp, and said coldly: "Liu Bang Lao'er is really ruthless!" ”

Bai Lixian nodded awe-inspiringly, and said solemnly: "If we hadn't been prepared, just this small mistake, I'm afraid the big camp would have been lost!" ”

This is by no means alarmist, the Chu cavalry of the attack is only 5,000 horses, not only can not stop the surging Hu cavalry, but will affect the Chu army archers, catapults and all kinds of crossbow shooting, taking advantage of the Chu army's long-range shooting arms to throw rat traps, the Hu cavalry will effortlessly approach the Chu army camp.

And then it's a disaster! Because of the Chu army camp at this time, the wall has been bombarded by the Han army's catapults to pieces, the protective effect is better than nothing, and the deer and horse rejection in front have also been almost cleaned up, and the only thing that can hinder Hu Qi is probably the trench that is two zhang wide and more than one zhang deep, but this is not an insurmountable gap.

Not to mention whether the drawbridges of the Chu army's gate and the auxiliary gates on both sides can be raised in time, just the few sections of trenches that the Han army's light soldiers have filled in are enough for the Hu cavalry to swarm in, once the Hu cavalry rushes into the camp, no matter how well-trained the Chu army is, it will definitely be disheartened, and then I am afraid that it will be a one-sided massacre.

Baili Xian breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "Fortunately, this is not a mistake, but a trap!" ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded, raised his left and right hands at the moment, and then pressed forward, Hu Yan, who was standing behind Xiang Zhuang, turned around and turned around in a flash, and shouted loudly in the sky: "The king has an order, and the two wings of the navy are ...... Attack! ”

As soon as the military order was issued, more than 600 naval warships on the north and south sides of the river were slanted in a row, and they lifted the reed mats covered with the bow one after another, and suddenly revealed a hideous and terrifying repeating crossbow, and in the next moment, more than 600 junior colonels of the Chu army standing on the bow raised their horizontal swords in their hands.

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"...... this?" Liu Bang's pupils contracted sharply in an instant.

"Repeater?!" Zhang Liang and Chen Ping looked at each other, a cunning Xiang Zhuang, actually moved the crossbow to the naval warship, this time it was a big trouble, and the attacking Hu Qi was afraid that he would suffer another heavy blow.

Lu Tai's forehead was even more dripping with a bean-sized cold sweat in an instant, he thought it was a fleeting fighter, but he didn't want it to be a trap, this turned out to be a carefully constructed trap! In an instant, Lu Tai's heart sank to the bottom of the Nine Hidden Valleys, and he was in trouble, and the attacking Hu Qi was afraid that he would suffer a heavy blow again.

At this time, the Hu cavalry that attacked had fully picked up the speed, and there was no turning back from the so-called bow, and now they couldn't retreat even if they wanted to.

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With the slashing of the horizontal knife in the hands of the junior colonel of the Chu army, more than 600 Chu army wrestlers smashed the wooden hammer in their hands one after another, and the continuous loud sound of "bang bang bang ......" suddenly bloomed on the surface of the river, which was the sound of the crossbow arm bouncing, and in the next moment, the huge arrow with the thickness of five thousand arms roared towards the Hu cavalry who was running wildly on the river beach.

In just a moment, five thousand huge arrows pierced into the sea of cavalry, and in an instant, a crowd of people on the river beach turned on their backs.

"Xiu ......" a huge arrow directly shot through the head of a war horse, and shot through the belly of another cavalry of the Hu people behind, and the two war horses that suffered heavy losses suddenly fell to the ground, and the two people on the horseback were thrown forward under the effect of inertia, and flew dozens of steps before falling to the ground.

Then, before the two of them could get up, the other two war horses fell upside down from the sky, and they were crushed into the two of them at once, and before they could say a word, they were crushed into meat by the heavy war horses. …,

A Xiu Tu Xiao Wang reacted quickly, and shrank his thin body to the side of the horse's belly when he couldn't make a move, however, his skillful riding skills did not help him escape his doom, and a huge arrow roared, shooting through the horse's belly and piercing his chest, nailing the Xiu Tu Xiao Wang with people and horses on the spot.

The penetrating power and lethality of the repeater are vividly displayed at this moment!

No matter how strong the war horse is, it can't resist it, and the Hu people on horseback are even worse, and they will die if they are touched by a giant arrow!

In just one volley, the Hu cavalry paid for the heavy casualties of thousands of cavalry, and more Hu cavalry were tripped and fell to the ground, and the people on their backs hindered the charge of the subsequent cavalry, except for the three or five thousand cavalry who escaped in front of them continued to sprint forward, but the more than 70,000 cavalry in the rear were forced to slow down their horses.

However, the nightmare of the Hu cavalry had only just begun.

Cavalry is only powerful when it rushes, and once it loses its speed, it will be in great trouble.

A moment later, a second wave of arrows whizzed, followed by a third, then a fourth...... The Chu Army's repeater crossbow not only has incomparable lethality, but also has an unimaginable firing speed.

The entire river beach became a Shura blood prison in an instant, and the Hu cavalry, who had lost their horse speed and were crowded into a group, fell down one by one under the repeated shooting of the Chu army's crossbows, and the endless wailing and screaming and the mournful neighing of the war horse before death were suddenly intertwined into an incomparably tragic death movement, which was shocking to the point of suffocation.

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"Retreat, hurry up and retreat......" Lu Tai clenched his fists and was hysterically looking up to the sky and roaring, "Retreat!" ”

"The general has an order, the cavalry retreats, retreat......" Zhou Guanfu followed and roared again and again, in fact, the command of the nest car and the four subordinate nest cars had already raised the order flag for the Hu cavalry to retreat, but how easy was it for the more than 70,000 Hu cavalry on the river beach in front of them to retreat?

Liu Bang's old face full of old age spots was twitching violently, the biggest advantage of the Han army over the Chu army was the cavalry, but now, the Hu cavalry was slaughtered by the Chu army's crossbows on the river beach in front, that's right, this is a slaughter, a complete slaughter, what a cunning Xiang Zhuang child, this time he is on his way again.

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping also looked solemn, they lost the first battle today, and then they were afraid that there would be a hard battle, but no matter what, the Han army must win the battle of Shuishui, it must!