Chapter 112: The Power of the Bow and Crossbow
"The war drum battalion has ordered, the left-wing army, the right-wing army, and the three-wing crossbowmen of the Chinese army are in place, and this time the general will destroy the Yiqu Iron Cavalry in one battle!"
Wang Xiaojie shouted, as an iron-blooded elite, the command style of the Anxi Army is naturally different from that of the whole army during the Warring States Period.
"No!"
Hearing the order of the commander, thousands of soldiers of the war drum battalion directly started to motivate, hundreds of drums emitted a special calm and orderly drum sound, and the sound of horns from hundreds of horns also resounded on the grassland.
The 100,000 Yiqu Iron Cavalry who were running wildly heard the sound of the horn and was a little confused, but they still maintained a charging posture, but great changes had taken place inside the black shield defense line of the Anxi Army.
The ordinary foot soldiers retreated one after another, and each of the three wings of the army had 8,000 people, and a total of 24,000 crossbowmen armed with strong bows and crossbows were directly in position.
The Anxi Army is stationed in West Asia all the year round, and in order to cope with the complex situation in West Asia, its army composition is naturally different from that of other armies, which are mainly infantry.
The composition of the Anxi Army is dominated by large-scale crossbowmen and cavalry troops, otherwise Wang Xiaojie would not be able to take out so many crossbowmen for intensive attacks at this moment!
"The army is open, and the crossbowmen of the three armies are launched!"
With Wang Xiaojie's order, the Anxi sergeant who was responsible for raising the black round shield suddenly put down the round shield and withdrew, and the situation inside directly made the Yiqu cavalry who rushed to the forefront gasp.
I saw that the oncoming ones were neatly arranged, the bows were ready, and the dense Qin army crossbowmen were probably more numerous than the number of crossbowmen of the Yiqu clan.
"Shoot the arrows!"
At the sound of an order, the Qin army's array directly fired ten thousand arrows, and 24,000 crossbow arrows rushed directly into the sky, and the dense arrows even obscured the sun, making the already gloomy sky even darker.
"Woo, Woo ......"
The sound of tearing through the air was so piercing at this time, and the twenty-four thousand crossbow arrows collided directly with the charging Yiqu Iron Cavalry after being strengthened by parabola and the increase in range and power of the huge inertia.
"Poof!"
The sound of sharp arrows piercing through the flesh continued to sound, and the Yiqu cavalry was shot through the body by the crossbow arrows in the sky, and after squirting a mouthful of blood, they fell weakly from their horses.
Many of the Yiqu cavalry were pierced through the body by crossbow arrows, and after they brought bursts of blood to the grassland.
In addition, there were some more fortunate ones, the Yiqu cavalry, who had fallen off their horses after being shot through by crossbow arrows, and had not died immediately, were turned into meat cakes by the horseshoe of their companions who did not understand the situation and were still charging in a hurry.
According to visual observation, under the intensive attack of the first wave of crossbow arrows of the Anxi army, at least more than 5,000 cavalry in Yiqu were shot.
The Yiqu cavalry kept falling, but the Qin army's boundless rain of arrows still had no intention of stopping.
The crossbowmen of the Qin army standing in front immediately crouched down and equipped the arrows after firing the crossbow arrows in their hands, and then the crossbowmen in the rear stood up directly and fired the crossbow arrows at the oncoming Yiqu cavalry again.
This cycle repeats, as if the Qin army's arrow array in front of the battlefield is constantly rising and falling like waves in the sea, and every black wave of ups and downs will bring a rain of arrows in the sky, and it will also take away countless lives.
Not only that, at the end of the Qin army were hundreds of bed crossbows, which fired not arrows, but spears, each bed crossbow could fire three spears at a time, and the range had exceeded 500 meters.
These spears were mixed with crossbow arrows in the sky, and if the unlucky Yiqu cavalry were shot, they would definitely be shot through.
Even two or three of his companions in the rear were unlucky together, and the few Yiqu cavalrymen who had been shot by the bed crossbow were skewered together like kebabs, with bowl-sized holes in their chests, and their intestines and entrails spilled from the air.
"The general's Anxi army is worthy of being hidden by the king, and it has such a powerful bow and crossbow army, it seems that the general's statement that he wants to destroy the Yiqu Iron Cavalry in one battle is true!"
Looking at the scene where the originally monstrous Yiqu Iron Cavalry was blocked by the powerful bow and crossbow troops of the Anxi Army, and the corpses were all over the place, and they could not advance an inch, Zhang Han also sighed and said.
The tens of thousands of bow and crossbow troops of the Anxi Army are all equipped with bows and crossbows made of iron, and there are bed crossbows whose range and power are close to those of the Korean bed crossbows.
"General Zhang Han laughed, if the Anxi army has no housekeeping skills in his hands, how can he be entrusted by the king, with 100,000 people to defend the 300,000 army of Yiqu!"
"General Zhang Han, look at it, General Ben wants to let these 100,000 Yiqu iron cavalry not come into contact with our army, and let them die half first!"
Wang Xiaojie said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, looking at the purgatory-like scene, but there was a scene of appreciation in his heart.
"Oh, we'll have to wait and see!"
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At this moment, a huge meat grinder has been formed on the grassland, the sound of war horses screaming, crying and begging for mercy, blood and internal organs sprinkled on the earth, like a purgatory scene of Shura's hell, as if constituting a wonderful symphony.
Obviously, there were only less than 100 steps left from the Qin army, and the war horse could reach it in an instant with a charge, but the front seemed to be as impassable as a moat.
And the many clan leaders who had been watching the battle in the rear, Yiqu Xiao and Yiqu, also discovered that something was wrong, and the originally black-pressed Yiqu Iron Cavalry had become thinner with the passage of time.
Originally, they thought that this was a steppe boy fighting to the death with the Qin army, but now it seems that it is clearly a scene where the attack is blocked, or even unable to advance an inch or there are huge casualties.
"King, withdraw the troops, the Qin army is really brave, my Yiqu is better in guerrilla warfare, and I can look for fighters while circling around!"
"Now I must no longer risk the life of my prairie boy to touch the Jin Ge Iron Horse of the Qin Army. ”
"Qin State - invincible!"
"Yes, my lord, withdraw your troops!"
"The King's ......"
Many tribal leaders persuaded one after another, and Yiqu Xiao was furious at this time: "Bastard, this king still doesn't believe it, the crossbow arrows of the Qin army are really inexhaustible, and the herald army continues to attack, and when the crossbow arrows of the Qin army are exhausted, they can fight!"
Looking at Yiqu Xiao, who was still bent on going his own way, many tribal leaders began to feel heartache in their hearts, they really didn't expect that Yiqu Hao, who was the king of Yiqu, would be so disregarding the overall situation, and would risk the life of the grassland boy to touch the arrow array formed by the strong bow and crossbow of the Qin army.
Immediately, many clan leaders looked at the back of Yiqu who was still roaring, and their eyes began to become complicated and inexplicable.