Chapter 698: The Power of the Chain Crossbow
This battle was fought very happily. At the beginning, Yan Liang's cavalry army suffered a lot of losses, but because of his accession, the situation soon became one-sided, and in the end they only lost more than 30,000 cavalry, and killed all the 70,000 cavalry and 10,000 archers in Xishu. Although it was still covered in blood, the feeling of pleasure was indeed all over the body.
Now that the Xishu barracks are imminent, he just wants to go forward and kill them. He believed that with the more than 200,000 cavalry in his hands, once he rushed forward, he would be invincible.
"Report to the general, we found a large amount of thistle terrestris on the ground in front of us." After a former army scout found out why the 5,000 Xishu cavalry didn't flee, he came to report.
"Hehe, thistle, this can't stop us. Someone came, and brought the magnet given to us by the emperor. Dian Weihaha laughed. He believed that only by giving him half an hour would he be able to settle everything and then carry out the impact.
In fact, it didn't take half an hour, with the help of the magnet, the thistle terrestris in front of him was cleaned up.
Looking at the barrier-free, Dian Wei laughed and said: "The warriors obey the order, rush up with me, and kill the Xishu soldiers." ”
"Kill!" Yan Liang and the other generals also shouted loudly, and then rushed towards them one by one on war horses.
At this moment, the sky has lit up, and the Xishu military camp in the distance can also be seen clearly with the naked eye. At the same time, they also saw the Xishu army standing outside the barracks.
From a distance, there is a wooden wheeled car in the center of the army, which is particularly eye-catching.
The person who was dressed in white and holding a goose feather fan was slowly fanning it was Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.
"That's Zhuge Pifu, kill it." After seeing Zhuge Liang, Dian Wei's eyes lit up, he used to be the chief of the guard by Zhang Chao's side, and he knew that this person was Zhang Chao's enemy, and there was an opportunity to capture this person, of course he would not give up such an opportunity.
In fact, there is no need for Dian Wei to shout, there are already cavalry rushing towards it, and many people's targets are where Zhuge Liang is, obviously this dress is easy to recognize.
Looking at Zhuge Liang, at this moment standing on his left is Zhang Fei, the third general with a black face, and Wei Yan with an angry face standing on his right, and he himself is indeed sitting leisurely on the wooden wheeled car, giving people a feeling of fairy wind and bones.
"Kill!"
More than 200,000 cavalry of the Celestial Dynasty on the opposite side rushed over, and the shouts of killing shook the valley for a while.
As the iron horse hit the ground, the ground trembled, like a tsunami of mountains.
It's just that Zhuge Liang is really like he has never heard of this, on the contrary, he is still calculating the distance of the other party in his mind.
When Dian Wei's army was still five hundred steps away from the barracks, he suddenly raised the goose feather fan in his hand upward.
It was just this move, in exchange for the Xishu soldiers behind them leaning aside, and then behind them were revealing large chain crossbows that had been prepared for a long time and were even well wound.
Everything was ready, the distance between the two sides was less than three hundred steps, and at this moment, the goose feather fan in Zhuge Liang's hand fell, and immediately the sound of "whooshing" broke the air, and countless large crossbow arrows flew out from the large chain crossbow.
The sudden large crossbow bolts filled this space at this moment, and under the strong push, they covered the cavalry of the six legions of the Celestial Empire at a rapid speed.
For a time, a healthy horse was shot by a large crossbow arrow and fell, and a cavalryman was pierced by a large crossbow arrow, but under a wave of attacks, there were countless casualties.
As early as when those large chain crossbows were launched, Dian Wei felt bad, but at this moment he couldn't control the impact momentum of the army. Instinctively, he stopped his horse and wanted to retreat.
As soon as the horses stopped, the large crossbow bolts were fired, and one by one his companions died in front of him.
"No!"
Seeing that after a while, there were enough tens of thousands of cavalry to die, and at this moment, there were still a large number of cavalry still uncontrollably rushing forward, and at this moment Dian Wei roared from the bottom of his heart.
As a general, the most powerless thing is to watch his soldiers rush forward and die, but he really has no way at all. Now Dian Wei is experiencing this scene, this feeling.
After the large chain crossbow was removed, the death count of the cavalry of the Sixth Legion rose extremely for a while, and no one could rush to the distance of two hundred paces in front of the tent.
Seeing one cavalry after another being shot through the body by large crossbow arrows, and then falling to the ground and dying, Zhang Fei and Wei Yan both felt chills on their bodies, this kind of weapon is really too powerful, although they had expected it, but they really have to admit that the lethality is far more cruel than they expected.
Stout crossbow arrows that had been prepared long ago were fired, often bringing patches of blood mist.
Because of the great power, unless these crossbow arrows reach the range of the shot, even after hitting one person, they still have the strength to continue to move forward, causing a series of impacts and killing effects.
Under such powerful crossbow arrows, the cavalry of the Sixth Legion, which was not at all defenseless, suffered a heavy blow.
"Retreat, retreat." Legion Commander Dian Wei, seeing the cavalry under his command die in front of him, his eyes were even red, and he was furious. Originally, he could have been evacuated under the protection of his own soldiers, but he rushed into the range of crossbow arrows with a pair of iron halberds, and he wanted to protect more people by himself.
Dian Wei is Dian Wei, worthy of being listed as one of the top ten fierce generals, under his pair of iron halberds, he actually cut down a lot of crossbow arrows one after another.
It's just that when the person finally had the strength to be poor, in the face of the powerful and endless large crossbow arrows, he finally spurted out a mouthful of blood after blocking dozens of them in a row, which was obviously because the shock was too strong and he was injured.
"Protect the general." The pro-soldiers who were in charge of keeping it saw that Dian Wei had vomited blood, and hurriedly rushed up with a scream. And at this time, another large crossbow arrow was fired, and the injured Dian Wei was finally shot in the ribs because he couldn't dodge in time, and then the person fell to the sky and fell to the ground.
Fortunately, at this moment, the soldiers arrived just in time, and hurriedly rescued Dian Wei, and helped him on the war horse, and left quickly.
Even the commander of the legion was wounded, and the cavalry of the Sixth Legion suddenly lost their fighting spirit, and began to retreat after throwing down tens of thousands of corpses.
"Follow me, don't let them escape." Seeing the power of the crossbow arrows, the three generals Zhang Fei couldn't help it at this moment, so he laughed, and then got on his black king chasing the horse, holding the Zhangba snake spear, and then chased after the fleeing Sixth Army with 30,000 cavalry.
At this time, Zhuge Liang also knew the details of the other party from the scout's mouth, and when he heard that Zhang Chao had withdrawn from Runan with the First and Seventh Army Corps and rushed to Xuchang, he couldn't help but sigh at the speed of this person's actions, so that the hope of blocking it in Yuzhou was in vain. But it doesn't matter, fortunately, there is still a defeated Sixth Legion in front of him, as long as he can severely damage them or even destroy them, this battle can be regarded as a big victory.
"The other side has only one legion, pass my order, and the whole army will attack." After knowing the truth and reality, Zhuge Liang had no scruples, so he began to order the army to attack.
Under the defeat and escape, coupled with the injury of the legion commander Dian Wei, the morale of the Sixth Legion fell greatly, even if they still had a numerical advantage, but in the face of Zhang Fei, who was chasing after him, he had no power to resist, and now what they had to do was to withdraw, retreat, and retreat to Kunyang City.
It's just that these cavalrymen didn't know that on their way back, Zhuge Liang had already made arrangements. They only cared about killing Wei Yan's cavalry, and they didn't pay too much attention to the movements on the same side at all, and it was at this opportunity that Zhuge Liang made a move, and ambushed the soldiers and horses on their way back, not to mention, they also prepared some large chain crossbows.
The sudden appearance of these Western Shu armies and large chain crossbows wounded the retreating cavalry of the Sixth Army Corps. Along the way, it can be said that there were heavy casualties. Originally, there were more than 200,000 cavalry, but because they were ambushed, there were less than 100,000 left, and this was because Deputy Commander Yan Liang presided over the overall situation and issued an order to break through by separate routes, otherwise, the casualties would only be greater.
Kunyang City.
Li Ru, the commander of the Sixth Army Corps, felt uneasy in his heart, and he had already been informed by someone to inform the two generals Dian Wei and Yan Liang that they had withdrawn. To fight a war, you must also understand the truth of accepting it when you see it, not to mention, now they belong to the lone army, and in addition to Zhuge Liang, who even Zhang Chao is afraid of, then he has no confidence to chase to the end.
After sending the messengers, Li Ru still felt that something was wrong, and he sent a lot of scouts to the front to inquire about the news, and at the same time called another deputy army commander, General Ma Wan, and told him to be ready to respond and retreat to Kunyang at any time.
When Ma Yu asked if something had happened, Li Ru just shook his head, he just had a feeling, but he couldn't say what had happened.
The facts were soon answered, and the scouts sent back the news that the commander of the Dian Wei regiment had been injured and that the cavalry had been severely damaged by the large chain of crossbows.
"Zhuge Liang is really powerful." After Li Ru heard this, he first frowned and said, then looked at Ma Yu on the side and said, "General Ma, please immediately arrange several defense lines in front of Kunyang City to stop the advance of the Western Shu army." Remember to tell the soldiers that there is no need to fight, just that each line of defense can hold out for a quarter of an hour. ”
"No." Ma Yu hugged his fist and agreed, but the commander of the regiment was injured, and he naturally knew that the responsibility was heavy, so he went to do it after agreeing.
After Li Ru thought about it for a while, it seemed that something was still wrong, so he said to the soldiers around him: "Report the matter here to the emperor in the form of a flying eagle message, and ask for help at the same time." ”