Whether it is a feather arrow or a crossbow arrow, it seems to be very lethal, but in fact, the effect achieved in the war is not very strong, and the biggest advantage is only in long-range attacks, dealing a blow to the enemy's morale, or disrupting the enemy's formation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sometimes, a brave and fearless warrior is shot like a hedgehog with twenty or thirty feathered arrows, if he does not hit the vital point, he is raising his weapon and fighting fiercely, as if it is no different from ordinary at all, even if it is rescued in time after the battle, there is a chance to survive.

And in the history of the planet, there was once such an interesting conclusion.

The higher the armor rate, the less the shield is held. The lower the armor rate, the higher the shield rate. In the end, it was concluded that it was to protect against enemy archers and crossbowmen.

Because these long-range attack methods in the era of cold weapons, whether it is bows and arrows or crossbows, are the most lethal for unarmored troops, but as long as the armor rate of the troops increases, then the attacks of these cold weapons will be seriously weakened, even the most ordinary armor can resist the power of most feather arrows and crossbow arrows!

These Barbary pirates were like that, the thirty or so people in the front row were already covered with slender feathered arrows and stubby crossbow arrows, and the slightest trace of blood had stained their leather armor red.

But they were still howling and charging forward, and the scimitars in their hands were still waving wildly in front of them, in order to protect their heads, and from time to time they pushed away one or two whistling feather arrows, and at the same time made their pace faster, rushing farther before they died, and absorbing more attacks for their comrades behind them!

Their speed was getting faster and faster, and although every few meters four or five Barbary pirates could not hold it and finally fell in the way of the charge, the entire procession advanced completely into the area of the ruins of the city walls.

The privates with flintlock muskets stopped their advance and raised their muskets to pull the trigger on the walls and towers on both sides, all they had to do was to suppress the enemy's archers and crossbowmen, so that these Barbary pirates would not be subjected to more feathered arrows and crossbow arrows when they stormed the walls!

"Woo Woo T

Crisp gunshots rang out one after another, and the shots at close range, even the unrifled smoothbore guns had plenty of accuracy, at least on the breastwall where the archers were, and at the crossbowmen's shooting holes in the tower, crackling sounds, and the stones hit by the lead bullets were crackling finely!

"Allah is the only one in the world!"

The Barbary pirates took advantage of the gap time to rush up, clenched the scimitar in their hands, and stood at the top of the ruins of the city wall, as long as they continued to charge downward, then these three teams of Barbary pirates, 360 people, were the first enemies of Grey Mist City to officially storm the inner city, and this was the first time since the establishment of Grey Mist City.

And now, they really did it, but before the faces of these Barbary pirates showed excitement, a strange scream had already reached their ears.

"Buzz Buzz - Whoosh-"

It was as if the bowstring was vibrating violently, but in front of the eyes of these Barbary pirates, more than a dozen black shadows had already passed by rapidly, and they didn't react at all, even if they wanted to dodge urgently, their own dodge speed couldn't keep up with the thoughts in their heads, because their speed was too slow!

More than a dozen black shadows instantly stabbed the Barbary pirate in front, and the huge force made him soar backwards, crashing into his companions behind him, and then stabbing the three or four people behind him like a gourd, leading them directly towards the outside of the ruins of the city wall.

Every black shadow that came quickly penetrated at least three of them, and this wave of killings directly caused more than forty Barbary pirates to be miserably worn together, falling behind the ruins of the city wall, even the leather armor on their bodies could not stop them at all.

"It's a bed crossbow!"

Wilmot's face changed greatly, this primitive heavy weapon still has a powerful lethality, although the siege effect is not good, but the damage to the enemy's siege troops when defending the city is still deadly!

Just like now, the Barbary pirates who rushed up in a mess were emptied of more than forty people in an instant, but before Wilmot's order could be continued, a more crazy rain of arrows appeared in the inner city, overwhelmingly covering the gap of more than 30 meters, even though the Barbary pirates waved their scimitars as best they could and strode forward, but in the end they still turned into hedgehogs and fell down with arrows, rolling and falling down the ruins of the city wall more than three meters high.

At the moment when they appeared in the ruins of the city wall, hundreds of Barbary pirates had lost their lives, and the rest were all wounded, even if there were brave pirates who continued to rush down the city wall with red eyes, but the result still did not change much, and they were easily shot into a sieve by those re-fired archers and fell on the way to the charge.

Wilmot only now saw clearly that inside the inner city wall, there was an open space nearly 100 meters wide, and at the top of the houses opposite the clearing, more than 20 ballistae were directly erected on it, just aiming at the gap in the ruins of the city wall.

Moreover, above the dwellings, dense archers are holding war bows and trying to shoot again, and in front of the phalanx composed of elite guards of the inner city holding halberds, there are crossbowmen with heavy crossbows, pulling the trigger for more accurate shooting, leaving no chance of any enemy breaking into the city wall alive!

The powerful damage composed of long-range bed crossbows, the rain of arrows composed of archers, and the accurate point shots of crossbowmen at close range are not at all what pirates in leather armor can resist.

Even the heavily armored warriors in plate armor should be hated when they come here, after all, when they walked on the ruins of the city wall that was more than three meters high and seven or eight meters wide, they were extremely slow, not to mention that there were still a large number of corpses piled up densely, and it was not easy to climb over the past.

"Retreat! Fall back! ”

Wilmot gritted his teeth, and had no idea of being defeated at all, instead turned his head and retreated towards the remaining hundred or so Barbary pirates, and at the same time shouted to the privates: "Fire cover the retreat of the Barbary pirates!" ”

Their attack this time was itself tentative, and now that they have come to the conclusion that the inner city is heavily defended, they can't continue to attack inside with their heads stuffed, after all, they belong to the besieging side, and their numbers are still at a disadvantage, once the lives of the soldiers are wasted in the battle for the city wall, it is undoubtedly the most stupid thing!