Chapter 412: The Power of Ballista
Xu Shu has been in Bingzhou for more than 20 days, the Xianbei army offensive outside Yanmen Pass has entered the most fierce period, and the cavalry of the Xiliang Army that entered the Xianbei headquarters is expected to have reached, although it is the marching division, Xu Shu does not know that it is Jia Rong who leads the army to Xianbei, otherwise, I don't know if there will be such a light breeze on his face.
Five hundred ballistas, is the largest handiwork of the craftsman's workshop, the cost of countless materials, if not for the support of glass fairy love coal and other things, it is difficult to complete the great change in the army, first of all, the soldier's weapons and armor change, the armor worn by the war horse, these armor is different from the previous place is that the weight has become lighter, the defense is stronger, and the flow of even long is the plate armor, which greatly reduces the weight and the defense ability is on a higher level.
Of course, if the cavalry is doing long-range sniping, these protections will become a burden.
Three hundred ballistas lined up in front of the camp, seemingly waiting for the Huns to charge.
Lu Yi led two thousand cavalry to appear on the right flank of the Xiliang Army, in case of accidents, and at the same time wanted to see how the specific combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army was.
Lu Yi secretly invested in the Xiliang Army in his heart, and there must be many disobedient generals under his command, Ding Tai ruled the state for a long time, and the army and the people were also attached, and the stronger the strength of the Xiliang Army, the easier it was to unify and merge the state.
The Huns began to charge, and two thousand cavalry roared.
Xiongnu Shan Yu stared at the ballista with blazing eyes, although the power of the ballista was great, but when the brave Huns broke into the camp of the Xiliang army, these ballistas would only become a burden on the Xiliang army, in his eyes, the commander of the Xiliang army opposite was just an incompetent person, when these foot soldiers lost the protection of the ballista, what would be the situation on the battlefield, the Xiongnu Shan Yu was very eager to see the invincible Xiliang army defeated.
It's approaching the range of the ballista.
Guo Yan gave an order, three hundred ballistae began to wield, the sound of tight crossbow strings, so that the infantry felt unprecedented excitement, in front of them was the brave Hun cavalry, they were about to tremble under the attack of the ballista.
To the surprise of Lu Yi and the Xiongnu, it was not three hundred crossbow arrows, but dense crossbow arrows, which made people's eyes dark.
The crossbow arrows carried on the ballista are a few times larger than ordinary crossbow arrows, and the power is doubled, and even the range is twice that of ordinary crossbow arrows, but Guo Yan doesn't want to show all the characteristics of the ballista too early.
Three hundred crossbow carts, shot out 1,800 crossbow arrows, straight towards the impact of one or two Huns, these crossbow arrows are completely made of haode iron, the cost is jaw-dropping, of course, the power is naturally great.
Lu Yi, who was not far away, watched this in amazement, and he even saw that there was a crossbow arrow that pierced through the three Huns, when did the Xiliang army have such a sharp weapon.
After the three hundred ballistas were launched together, the Huns on the battlefield fell down like cutting wheat, and if you look closely, the two thousand Huns who just charged, but there were less than 500 people left, and the dense Hun cavalry made the power of the ballista greater.
Guo Yan gave an order, and a thousand Xiliang iron horsemen who had already been ready to go swarmed forward, and they rushed forward, and a charge, killing the stunned Huns.
Xiongnu Shan Yu looked at the crossbow cart dumbfounded, in his impression, the crossbow arrows seemed to be only one at a time, the three hundred crossbow carts in front of Weishenme could send out dense crossbow arrows, the dense crossbow arrows, even if the elite eagle army rushed forward, it was the same result, and what was even more surprising was that the power of these crossbow arrows could penetrate a cavalry and the remaining momentum was undiminished.
Taking advantage of this gap, two soldiers flashed out behind each ballista, skillfully reloading the bolts into the ballista.
From the two thousand cavalry of the Huns charging into battle, to all annihilation, it was just a moment of effort, Lu Yi felt a big chill in his heart, he was a Han general, and he had never heard of when such a sharp weapon appeared, he clearly saw that six crossbow arrows were shot in each ballista, no, such crossbow arrows can be called short guns.
Shocked and at the same time, secretly rejoicing in the previous choice, with such a ballista, why worry about the state is not broken, even the Xianbei people outside the gate are not worried.
The morale of the Han army was greatly shaken, and such a ballista was also introduced for the first time.
Xiongnu Shan Yu's face continued to change, an order, the rear team changed to the front team, retreated to the city, at the moment when the two thousand cavalry were wiped out by the Han army, Shan Yu suddenly found himself old, the elite of the Han army was really not something they could resist, no wonder the previous Qiangqu repeatedly opposed the rebellion, but resolutely sent troops to help the Han Dynasty quell the internal rebellion, the three hundred ballistas in front of the Xiliang army, so that he felt powerless.
Guo Yan Xu Shu and other high-level officials of the Xiliang Army, staring at the three hundred ballistas with red faces, they were afraid that they would not be able to confront the 10,000 Huns, but it seemed that they were too worried, and even on the left flank of the army, two thousand cavalry were prepared, just in case, three hundred ballistas fired in a volley, which was very powerful, and the effect was more than a hundred times stronger than when one was launched when it was transported that day.
The Huns cowered in the city, and Lu Yi constantly sent people to Ding Tai to deliver good news, and at the same time begged for grain, grass, weapons and siege equipment.
Ding Tai was excited, pacified the Huns, then the sage of the book, will definitely be able to get a huge attack, this Lu Yi is really a good general, and looking at Chen Yi's gaze contains a trace of unkindness, in the past, Chen Yi did not say in front of him that Lu Yi was not, he didn't take it to heart at the beginning, let Chen Yi come to Hu, and now Lu Yi has become the biggest guarantee for his own position, naturally Chen Yi showed a little rejection, if it wasn't for Chen Yi's great influence in the military and politics, I'm afraid Ding Tai would have done him a long time ago.
Chen Yi looked bitter, he didn't expect Xu Shu's light words to change his status in Ding Tai's heart, could it be that years of hard work are so vulnerable, with his means, if he wanted to be a pastor of the state, Ding Tai would probably have already joined Ding Yuan, how could there be the current Ding Tai of the state.
After thinking about it, I felt that something was wrong, when did the Huns become so weak and vulnerable, could it be that Lu Yi was really a famous general, able to turn some soldiers who had only been trained into elite soldiers? Suddenly, Chen Yi took out the information sent by the soldiers in front of him, and watched it carefully, the charge of two thousand cavalry was all killed by the Han army in less than half an hour, "Xiliang Army", Chen Yi suddenly thought of this unstable factor that appeared in the territory of Bingzhou.
Suddenly, he thought of a possibility, Lu Yi may have secretly reached an agreement with the Xiliang Army, and today's military exploits are just Lu Yi taking the Xiliang Army as a pretense, if this is really the case, then the state will really not be guaranteed.
"My lord, don't send any more soldiers to Lu Yi." Chen Yi panicked and shouted.
Ding Tai stared at Chen Yi with an unkind face, and said coldly: "What? Didn't Chen Beijia want to see the Huns pacified? ”
After sorting out his thoughts a little, Chen Yi regained his previous calmness and explained: "Lord, if our army is really so elite, then why does Lu Yi need to ask for soldiers and horses, his heart is unpredictable. ”
Ding Tai said angrily: "Hugh has to say more, the Huns have the benefits of the city, and there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in their hands, and the strength in the hands of General Lu is only comparable to that of the Huns. ”
Concerning the safety of Bingzhou, Chen Yi said: "My lord, most of the soldiers of the Bingzhou Army are just soldiers who have been in the army for a few months, the Huns are brave, how can they be defeated so easily, I am afraid that there is something strange here, and we must guard against it." ”
Ding Tai's expression tightened slightly, thinking of a secret letter that Lu Yi had written to himself before, saying that Chen Yi would be jealous of his military exploits and speculate, at this time, it seemed that it was true, and he snorted coldly: "Needless to say, I have my own decision on this matter, you go down!" ”
Chen Yi sighed, his face was like ashes, and he retreated stupidly.
Thinking that Lu Yi once said that after completely defeating the Xiongnu army, he would take advantage of the situation to swallow the Xiliang army, his mood was extremely comfortable, and he could make the world-famous Xiliang army fall behind, as if it had never been.
At the same time, Jia Rong led the three thousand Xiliang troops to the Xianbei realm, and the endless grassland made Jia Rong feel extremely comfortable.
Three thousand Xiliang army, after passing through the desert, only two thousand and one hundred people remained, and before the battle, there were already nine hundred people buried in the desert, this is still a person in the army with a medical hall, otherwise the loss will be even greater, the unprepared wind and sand, and endless dryness, so that this Xiliang army is tortured.
When the 3,000 soldiers came, they were dressed in strong armor, bows and arrows and other equipment, but now all that was left was a set of coarse cloth clothes and a scimitar in their hands.
Jia Rong licked his dry lips and said, "Finally out of the desert, I can have a good meal." ”
"Fengxian, you go and investigate and see what tribe of Xianbei people are ahead? Be careful not to be spotted. Jia Rong admonished.
"No!" Lu Bu hugged his fists, no matter how hot it was, Lu Bu always refused to discard the halberd, and resolutely brought it to the situation of the Xianbei people, and the gentian gun in Zhao Yun's hand was always left and right.
"Lord, ten miles ahead, there is a small tribe of Xianbei people, estimated to have more than a thousand people." About two hours, Lu Bu came to Jia Rong's resting place out of breath.
Jia Rong nodded and said, "Well, after dark, we'll do it, and we can take a bath and eat meat tonight." ”
The soldier let out a low, excited howl, and a bath and a full meal were their greatest luxury.
After the sky completely darkened, Jia Rong led two thousand one hundred soldiers to quietly touch the Xianbei tribe in Lu Bu's mouth.
In the dark night, Jia Rong saw a little fire in front of him.
"Zilong, you lead five hundred people from the left, Fengxian, you lead five hundred people from the right, Mi Wei, you lead five hundred soldiers to surround the back of the Xianbei people, and you can't let any Xianbei people escape." Jia Rong said in a deep voice, this is the base camp of the Xianbei people, and their own soldiers are just a group of Han soldiers dressed in coarse cloth clothes and holding simple weapons, I am afraid that after the Xianbei people find out, they will send a team of cavalry, and more than 2,000 people will be buried in the vast grassland, this sneak attack is a surprise, Murong Feng led the Xianbei army and the Han army to fight outside the Yanmen Pass, the scouts must be all over the battlefield, the Han people want to break into the hinterland of Xianbei, how difficult it is, of course, they did not consider that there will be a strong army from the desert.