Chapter 315: One Arrow Pierces the Clouds
A rapid war drum sounded, and Wei Ba, who was waiting anxiously in front of the battle, suddenly perked up, raised his arms high, stretched his voice and shouted: "Ignition, ready to launch-"
The three crossbowmen bowed down on the ballista, their fingers on the crossbow, held their breath, and said in a deep voice: "Ready to fire!" ”
A soldier carried a torch and lit the oil canister tied to the shaft of the giant arrow in turn. The tank core illuminated the crossbowmen's faces, the beads of sweat on their faces.
Wei Ba raised his head, closed his eyes, and discerned the impending roar in the chaotic sound.
Beads of sweat slipped down his forehead. Whether you can win more with less and defeat Sima Yi again is a blow here. It was impossible for him not to be nervous.
Under the command stage, Wu Yi personally issued the order, and he shouted: "Launch!" ”
Ten crossbowmen pulled the crossbow machine. The bowstring, as thick as a finger, trembled, and with a muffled "buzz", the huge and heavy ballista shook violently, and the huge arrow left the string, piercing the thick night, piercing the warm and cold night wind in late spring, piercing the noisy and piercing sound, and disappeared from view.
Wu Yi stared closely at the direction in which the giant arrow disappeared, closed his mouth, and in an instant, he felt that his heartbeat had stopped.
The giant arrow swept over the battlefield and flew over Wei Ba's head, emitting a piercing whistling.
Wei Ba heard it, he opened his eyes, as if he saw a giant arrow skimming the sky, and waved his raised arm vigorously: "Launch!" ”
The three crossbowmen pulled the crossbow machine in response, and the spring sounded smoothly and softly, and fifteen huge arrows rose into the air. Fly to the command platform of the Wei army in the distance.
Except for Wu Yi, Wei Ba and these crossbowmen, no one noticed all this, even the flames of those oil canisters on the giant arrows were so inconspicuous on the battlefield in the midst of fierce battles, mixed with countless fires, few people would notice that there was anything unusual about these fires.
Sima Yi didn't notice it, he was a little uneasy at the moment, and he felt terrified at the thought that there might be an ambush hidden in the dark. He tried to reassure himself that it was just his delusion, and the battle had come to this point. If Wei Feng really came to Fancheng. He will definitely participate in the war, and he will not wait until now, it is impossible for the Shu army, which is under-armed, to hide an elite soldier in the shadows all the time. But he could not convince himself, a sense of danger that he could not explain. It made his heart flutter.
He saw the flames rising from the array. without realizing the real danger. When he noticed that the flames were getting bigger and bigger. The flight was a little strangely long, and it was only when it was flying towards him that he felt something was wrong.
Sima Yi subconsciously shouted: "Guard—"
The guards quickly rushed over. Skillfully raised the shield and set up a shield array in front of Sima Yi. They did it purely instinctively. As long as Sima Yi said the word "guard", they would do so, and it was not until the shield was formed that they realized that it was a bit inexplicable.
The enemy is at least three hundred steps away from this, who will form a shield formation to defend against?
Xin Bi also felt this way, he was held down by the guards who suddenly came over, protected in the middle, and was a little flustered for a while, not knowing what was happening. He looked at Sima Yi's face hidden behind the shield half a step away, and saw fear in Sima Yi's eyes.
The firelight, shining through the gap in the shield, shone on Sima Yi's face, swept through his round eyes, and illuminated the fear in his heart.
After a few moments, the light suddenly grew larger.
"Click!"
A spear suddenly appeared in front of them, easily piercing through a shield that was as thin as paper in front of it. After the sharp spearhead pierced the shield, the speed did not decrease, and once again pierced the body of the guard holding the shield, and plunged deeply into the wooden board of the command platform, and the entire spearhead almost disappeared. The strong force did not subside, and it trembled violently, emitting a series of high-pitched trembling sounds, which made everyone staggered and dizzy.
The guard hung on his spear, shaking constantly. With each tremor of the spear handle, blood rained down and sprayed out, splashing the faces of the others. The smell of blood suddenly became stronger, making people feel sick.
Sima Yi, who was only half a step away from the spear, was dumbfounded, staring at the trembling giant spear, stunned.
Before they could react, the second giant arrow arrived again, hitting the couch where Sima Yi was sitting just now. The delicate couch remained motionless, pierced only by a galloping arrow, leaving the rest unharmed until the arrow began to tremble, and the couch suddenly shattered into pieces and flew in all directions.
Two more huge arrows flew in, one of which collapsed a corner of the podium, and the other shot a little off, easily piercing the man-high war drums under the podium and the drummer behind the war drums.
Between the two breaths, ten giant arrows were like divine soldiers descending from the sky, and without anyone being prepared, with an ominous whistling sound, they broke through the sky and appeared in front of Sima Yi and the others, showing the power of destroying the withering and decaying.
Shoot the shield, the shield pierces.
Shot in the body, body pierced.
Shot at the podium, which shook and collapsed.
No one can resist this blow from the sky, and nothing can withstand the divine power that falls from the sky.
In an instant, the command platform was shot by three giant arrows, a corner of the command platform was shot down, and several cases were scattered, the most amazing one was the arrow that arrived first, right in front of Sima Yi's eyes, piercing a shield and the body of a personal guard. If it deviates one foot further, it will be Sima Yi himself who will pierce it.
Seven other huge arrows were shot around the podium, piercing two war drums and three soldiers.
Although the damage was not very serious, the power of these ten arrows was enough to make everyone stunned, even if they were all battle-hardened soldiers, they were also frightened by this scene.
The two armies fought, and this scene was very rare.
There are many specifications of crossbows in the Han Dynasty, the four-stone crossbow has a range of one hundred and sixty steps, and the six-stone crossbow is two hundred and forty steps, which is a strong crossbow that is more commonly used on the battlefield, and the ten-stone crossbow can shoot four hundred steps, which is usually used to defend the city, also known as the city crossbow. Of course, there are stronger crossbows, but because of their huge size, they are all installed in a fixed position. Moreover, the strong crossbow is a controlling weapon, except for the capital, without an edict, no city shall be installed with a ten-stone crossbow.
When the two armies were fighting, the two sides were at least 200 paces apart, and with the thickness of the formations of both sides, the command post of either side was four or five hundred steps away from the opponent's front line, and even if a strong crossbow such as six or eight stones was placed in front of the formation, it would not be able to shoot at the opponent's Chinese army. The command platforms of the two sides were even further apart, at least 800 paces. At such a long distance, no weapon can attack, so the commanders on both sides are very safe, and there is no need to consider the danger of being shot by stray arrows.
Now the Shu army, which is closest to the command platform, is still more than 300 steps away from here, and even if it is shot with a six-stone crossbow, it will not be able to shoot it. What's more, the six-stone crossbow is huge in size, and it can't move quickly at all, so it doesn't have much effect when breaking through the formation, and it's not as practical as the four-stone arm-stretch crossbow.
Starting from Sima Yi, no Wei soldier would have expected this scene, ten giant arrows, flying over an unknown distance, fell from the sky, and shot directly at Sima Yi's command platform, and the power was so great that it was terrifying.
In the face of these powerful giant arrows, everyone gasped, and every cold hair stood up.
Sima Yi immediately thought of the somewhat weird firelight just now, and subconsciously looked up at the sky.
A dozen sparks quickly illuminated his pupils, and they quickly became larger like meteors, and the sound of breaking the sky was like muffled thunder in the sky, rolling in.
"Not good!" Sima Yi shouted, I don't know where the strength came from, and his body, which was nearly fifty years old, suddenly became unusually flexible, and he fell off the command platform with a somersault.
His body had just risen into the air when an arrow grazed the sole of his shoe, and the sharp arrow shaved off the sole of his shoe, slicing off a piece of flesh. But he didn't feel the slightest pain, and as soon as he landed, he picked up a shield in his hand, rolled with the force of the fall, and then carried the shield behind him, and ran to the left with a roll.
An arrow hit the command platform, and the oil tank tied to the shaft of the arrow exploded, and the oil inside quickly burned and flew everywhere. In a matter of moments, a fire broke out from the podium. The people on the stage panicked, and they didn't have time to take the stairs at all, so they jumped directly to Xiangxia. And there was fire on the ground, which burned their hair and beard, and set their garments on fire, and roasted their flesh and skin.
At this moment, no one cares about their identity anymore, not even Sima Yi runs away regardless of his image, what else can they not do. As long as you can survive, who cares if you look good or not. Xin Bi jumped down from the command platform and stumbled dozens of steps in one breath before he stopped, and the guards next to him caught up and beat the flames on him desperately. As for the guards who were on fire, they simply lay on the ground and rolled, and some ran towards the Han River, no matter how far away the Han Water was, whether they could run or not.
Sima Yi reacted the fastest and fled the farthest. A personal guard ran over and extinguished the flames on his body, Sima Yi came back to his senses for a while, looked at the command platform that had been burned to the sky, and then looked at the battle flag that had been burned to the point that only a strip of cloth remained, and secretly screamed that it was not good.
"Drumming, drumming, the right army is ready for battle—" Sima Yi hissed and yelled, but no one responded to him. The guards looked at each other, wondering if Sima Yi was crazy. And the herald in charge of the herald was not around, more than a dozen big drums were also half drummed, and the remaining soldiers fled in all directions, and no one could hear Sima Yi's order. Although Sima Yi roared hoarsely, he was unable to pass on his orders.
Sima Yi ran back and forth like crazy for two laps before realizing that his command center had been destroyed and that he could no longer effectively command his army. Having lost control of the army, it is already irreversible in defeat. Even if he had a thousand clever plans, what was the use if the soldiers couldn't hear it?
An arrow pierced through the clouds and shattered his dream. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )
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