Chapter 545: Riding the Tide
Five bed crossbows were erected high on the city wall, and more than 100 elite soldiers who had been temporarily transferred from all corners of the garrison were already in their places, standing in their rightful seats.
The crowd was in a group of thirty-five, most of them were twisting the winch axle on the bed crossbow, many of them were sweating profusely, turning the crossbow strings with all their strength, and when the crossbow strings were opened, two crossbow men had already carefully buckled a long arrow into the teeth of the bed crossbow.
There are a total of four bows on the bed crossbow, which are loaded with arrows by the axle at the rear of the twisting machine, and are ready to be fired.
Although a bed crossbow has four bows, there is only one "arrow" on four of them.
The arrow, which was more than five feet long, was thick and long, made of wood and feathered with iron pieces, and was more appropriate to be a spear or spear than an arrow.
The front end of the spear is equipped with a three-edged iron arrowhead, the iron axe head is round, and it is held in the hand, and it is not even possible to carry it with one hand.
The crossbowmen of the five bed crossbows aimed their spears in the direction of the flag in the distance.
Gu Yanzhang said to a crossbow on the right: "Deflect the crossbow arrow three feet to the right of the flag." β
Unlike the rest of the single-arrow bed crossbows, this one has thirty-two long arrows on it.
The bed crossbow has a long range, and it will naturally be weak in the head, and all the crossbow people have undergone rigorous training in order to increase the accuracy of the bed crossbow.
Gu Yanzhang knew that he couldn't compare with everyone in terms of aiming, so he didn't dare to point fingers without permission, so he only found one of them to give an order.
Today is a rare sunny day, and the sun has risen in the middle of the sky.
Since the flag was raised in the Jiaozhi camp, it must mean that Li Fuzai was under the banner, but after hundreds of steps, he couldn't even see the head, and it was not so simple to judge where he was.
Gu Yanzhang took it to himself, if he was Li Fuzai at this time, he would definitely want to get as close to Yongzhou City as possible.
Today, the sun is in the sky, and a red sun jumps beyond the clouds, even a little dazzling.
The huge general has its own shadow on its head, and the shadow is on the right.
Gu Yanzhang bet that Li Fuzai would stand in the shadow of the flag to avoid the dazzling sunlight, and nine times out of ten he would stand on the right.
Even the well-trained crossbowmen took a while to align their spears and arrows in the direction, and with the order of the standard-bearer, the five crossbowmen raised their sledgehammers high and slammed the trigger of the bed crossbow from top to bottom.
The bed crossbow on the city wall has another name, called "Eight Ox Crossbow", because of its long range and strong strength, it is a metaphor that only eight cows can open this crossbow, so there is a nickname called "Eight Ox Crossbow".
Relying on manpower alone, there is no way to pull the trigger of the tooth hair, and it can only be hammered with a hammer.
The large spear of the bed crossbow can penetrate the wall at a distance of up to 500 paces, and the scattered arrows can easily penetrate armor at a distance of 300 paces.
In fact, this was originally a sharp weapon used by the Great Jin Dynasty to attack the city.
It is also known as the "Stepping Arrow", because when attacking an enemy city, once the four-bow crossbow arrow is fired into the enemy's wall, the tip of the crossbow arrow will go straight into the wall, and the huge shaft and tail feathers exposed outside will allow the besieging soldiers to climb the wall.
Chen Hao led his troops south to quell the rebellion, because he was worried that Jiaozhi would take the opportunity to invade the border, so he not only brought a large number of divine arm bows, but also brought eight bed crossbows of the largest model, which were used to prevent that one day he would go south to Jiaozhi and then attack the city.
Although the bed crossbow has a long range, but the accuracy is low, it can be used to attack the city and break the formation, but it can be used for ordinary attacks, but it is like a big knife to cut mosquitoes, and it has been idle in the treasury of Yongzhou City.
When Gu Yanzhang went to the city to replace Zhou Yun, the deputy general of the rebel army, he saw that the south gate was tightly attacked, thinking that although the bed crossbow was low, it could have a long range and great power, and it could be used to scare people.
However, what he didn't expect to come was not the deputy marshal Tan Zong, but the general flag of the coach Li Fuzai.
The sound of the "bell" was stacked on top of each other, as if it were ringing in people's ears, so muffled and heavy that people could not ignore itβit was the sound of the hammer vigorously striking the trigger of the crossbow on the bed.
Four spears and more than thirty two arrows shot through the air almost at the same time, and their momentum was like a shock, and from a distance, it seemed as if the sky had been cut into several distorted pieces.
The spears and arrows went straight to the flags of the cross-toed generals, faintly as if carrying the light of fire, and with the sound of whistling, all the sounds of siege, the sound of archery, and the shouts of the soldiers were all suppressed.
Compared with the bow of the divine arm, compared to the rest of the arrows, the spear of the bed crossbow relied on the force of the impact of the round iron axe with the head of the spear, and with this heavy force, it could break through the armor, smash the shield, disembowel the soldiers, and sink the ground.
Li Fuzai's general flag was more than 400 steps away from the Yongzhou city wall, but Rao was so far away that he could still hear the panicked sound in the distance.
I don't know which arrow or which spear hit, but the one that was erected high with the word "Li" written on it fell in response, and the people standing in that place fell crookedly, hiding or fleeing, and there was a mess.
The Jiaozhi soldiers who were besieging the city heard the sound of the bed crossbow shooting, and Tai Bandu involuntarily turned around and looked back.
How could Gu Yanzhang miss this time.
He turned to the commander who had been temporarily transferred and said, "Who in the city will talk to each other?" Listen to them, and everyone shouts in unison, saying that Lee Boo-jae is dead! β
Before the commander could react, more than 100 soldiers who had just finished shooting the bed crossbow were already shouting one after another: "Li Fuzai has been shot to death!" β
called for the first time, and there was a tacit understanding on the second time.
More than 100 soldiers shouted in unison: "Li Fujae has been shot to death!" β
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers in the city who could speak Jiaozhi were already shouting loudly: "Li Fuzai is dead!" β
The flag of the lieutenant general in the Jiaozhi tent has arrived, and the sound of the horn that ordered the attack has stopped, and I don't know if the person who blew the trumpet is dead, or if something has happened.
At this moment, whether Li Fuzai is dead or not, how can these Jiaozhi soldiers who are attacking the city hundreds of steps apart be able to distinguish?
Gu Yanzhang didn't give them a chance.
The Divine Arm Bow is on the city wall, although the strength is softer, but it is not without strength, although the wooden feather arrow is to be used sparingly, it is not completely gone.
With his order, the standard-bearer's order, hundreds of wooden feather arrows shot out, not close, only far, piercing the soldiers within fifty paces of the city.
The rest of the guards threw all the wood and stones on the city wall at the Jiaozhi soldiers who were climbing on the ladder and were bent on climbing the city wall.
Screams rang out.