Chapter 423: Chaoge Archers, Invincible Firepower!
The brute force of ordinary molten firefighters is very strong, and if it is a log fence or an earthen fence, it will collapse if it cannot withstand a few rounds of bombardment.
The walls of Chaoge, which were war buildings, could be strengthened and repaired by themselves as long as they had enough vitality, and after a winter and spring, they had now grown to a height of eighteen meters, and the head of the castle was large enough for a carriage towed by five horses to run.
It's a pity that Xia Ye can't find a new defensive building, otherwise he would have wanted to build a perimeter wall.
Although the original material of this wall was reconstructed from a swamp quagmire, it has been transformed and mutated by the ancestral altar and the miracle building time sundial during this period, and it is no longer possible to infer it with common sense.
In fact, Chaoge has undergone two major upgrades, and all the buildings have not only changed in appearance, but also on the inside.
For example, even if someone else finds the building core of the Giant Spirit Divine Tower or the Bird's Nest and builds it, it can't be compared to Chaoge's, and the troops it produces are not as powerful as Chaoge.
This is the power of miracle architecture, which can imperceptibly affect every aspect of a tribe.
As for the core of the ancestral altar left by Xia Lingyue's father, it is also a magical existence, but Xia Ye can't figure it out at all.
There is no need for Xia Wei to judge, even Xia Wutong knows that the molten fire soldiers will not be able to break through such a strong city wall in a short time, and they will attack, just to disperse the enemy's defensive forces, after all, the enemy will not stand still, just watch them attack.
The real key is the city gate.
"Even if you put on a bronze gate, it's useless. ”
Xia Wei waved his hand, allowing the archers to begin to suppress the city, and at the same time let the stone men advance, maintain the pressure, and by the way, enter in time after the city gate was breached.
The cannon fodder also followed, ready to join the battle at any moment.
"Very experienced commander!"
Lu Lingxi praised it, this command is decent, and it is better to be steady.
"Because of the structure, the city gate is reinforced, and there is a limit. ”
Mo Wuxuan sighed.
Because this was the first strong enemy that Chaoge faced, Lu Lingxi and Mo Wuxuan also put down their work and rushed to watch the battle.
Bang! Bang!
The molten firefighters began to pound on the gates, and the dense sound rose higher and higher.
"Hold on!"
The city guard shouted.
Hundreds of city guards held huge wooden stakes against the city gate, and the huge impact force came, causing their bodies to shake and feel that their internal organs were injured.
There are also a few people who are coughing up blood.
Flutter!
The part connected to the door shaft was loosened, and a large amount of dust and stone dust were scattered and spilled.
On the walls, the infantry had already rushed over, lifting logs and stones and throwing them down to prevent the molten firemen from destroying the walls.
Shout!
A wave of arrows rained down, and the infantry did not dodge, but were stunned to suppress from a distance, trying to smash these molten firefighters as soon as possible.
The enemy archers are not within the attack range of the catapult, but Xia Ye also has an archery corps and a ballista array, if he is a stingy general, he may also want to save some arrows, but Xia Ye will not, and directly let the archers return fire.
"Wind!"
At the command of Abu, a thousand archers immediately took their bows and bolts.
"First team, 800 steps"
At the command, the archers immediately rushed out of their bunkers and spread over the walls, then raised their bows diagonally upwards and pulled the strings at the same time until they could shoot at a distance of about 800 paces.
"Shoot!"
The third order came, and the archers immediately loosened their bowstrings.
Airplanes!
The bowstrings of the finest ox tendon tanned shook and made a uniform sound, and then a rain of arrows flew like dark clouds.
Whoa!
Arrows rained down.
The soldiers of the Xia Clan Archer Regiment immediately became nervous, there was no way, even if they knew that the arrows could not hit, but they would be scared when they saw them flying.
This is a natural human emotion, like a long sword hanging over the head, and until it falls, you will always be worried.
"Second team, seven hundred steps!"
The archers of the first team immediately retreated from both sides after shooting, while the archers of the second team rushed out, and at the same time, according to their training, remembered how high the longbow would be if they had taken seven hundred steps.
"Shoot!"
Abu yelled, the entire Xia clan, a female warrior of the Eternal Island with long-range combat experience, at the beginning, Xia Ye accepted Levi as the head of the archery corps, and after Abu arrived, he took the initiative to ask for his life and took over the position.
Levile is like this, for them, it is still a close cut of people, and the hot and humid blood splashed on their bodies, that feeling is the most refreshing.
Airplanes!
The bowstring vibrates again.
"Don't be afraid, those idiots can't shoot well!"
Thousands of people grew up and roared, boosting morale and stabilizing the morale of the army, but as soon as the words fell, the second wave of arrows fell.
Under the action of gravitational potential energy, the arrow cluster made of wrought iron fell into the archer array, and because of the sharpness of the polishing, it easily broke through the leather armor of the archer and pierced into the flesh.
Poof!
The sound of arrows piercing into flesh was drowned out by the screams and wails of the soldiers.
Yes!
The archers immediately lay down more than two hundred, and the formation was slightly disorganized.
"Fight back, or you'll die faster!"
Thousands of people shouted: "Three rapid fires, suppress the city." ”
At this time, a third wave of arrows came, and another five hundred arrows were fired.
There was a commotion in the archery corps, and those on the periphery of the formation subconsciously hid outside, and some people raised their arms to block, and as for the counterattack, there were only some sporadic counterattacks.
The arrows fell, and the screams began.
Another group of archers fell to the ground, and the morale that had just been boosted was directly extinguished like a flame doused with cold water.
However, Chaoge's attack is not over yet.
Fourth wave!
Fifth wave!
The rain of arrows poured down, like dark clouds covering the sun.
"The ancestors are above, isn't it over yet?"
"It's all bronze arrowheads, so sharp!"
"I'm in so much pain, I don't want to die, help me!"
The archers wailed, their morale collapsed, and some of the archers could not stand it anymore and began to flee backwards.
There's no way, it's not an elite in the first place, not to mention seeing a companion keep being hit by arrows and falling to the ground, that kind of pressure is too great.
In the rear, Xia Wei and a group of guards supervised the battle, and the soldiers who were waiting to be put into the battlefield couldn't help but tremble when they saw this scene.
"Are you going to send out a military team?"
The guards asked, these deserters, according to the custom, must be killed immediately, otherwise someone will follow suit.
"Forget it, it wasn't their fault in the first place. ”
Xia Wei pursed the corners of his mouth, seeing the sixth wave of arrow rain, his tone was a little calm: "It's me who underestimated this song!"
"What the hell is going on with this tribe, so rich?"
Xia Wutong was stunned.
At such a distance, the lethality of bows and arrows is limited, and they are all used to suppress the enemy, and now their own archers have collapsed, but the opponent is still shooting arrows.
This look, I am afraid that others will not know that they are local tyrants.
All the generals and guards did not speak, in addition to arrows, there are also bows, you know, the better the bow and arrow, the longer the range, but the cost will be relatively higher.
Especially the kind of longbow with a range of up to thousands of meters, even if some fierce heroes want to buy one, they need to save a few years of money.
If you are not a master craftsman, you can't make the best bow and arrow, you still have to collect materials, and the time required to make it, all of which are all calculated, and it is destined that the best longbow is not a weapon that ordinary people can have.
Most of the first wave of arrows from the Chaoge Bow Corps shot from their own bow corps, which shows that the opponent's longbow has a long range and is of great quality.
"It's too extravagant!"
Xia Lixin shook his head, and changed himself, he was definitely reluctant to use the longbow like this, because the bow arm has a service life, and the more you use it, the faster it will deteriorate.
Xia Wei is the main general, and what he looks at is another problem.
These archers of Chaoge shot well and accurately, and since the second wave of arrows, they have been constantly adjusting, and the hit rate is getting higher and higher.
Xia Ye has never experienced war, but he can't stand the many film and television dramas he has watched, and there are a lot of experiences that can be used for reference.
Long before the battle, Xia Ye had cleared the shooting boundary in front of the tribe, and boulders were placed at every distance.
Each boulder represents how many steps, the commander does not have to calculate it himself, measure the wind speed, and then shout out the number according to the number of steps that the stone is equal to.
The infantrymen were also very simple, familiarize themselves with the angle at which the longbow was raised, and then fire the bow with all their might.
Even the stupidest soldier can achieve muscle memory after mechanized practice.
In this era of scarcity of materials, the archers all strive to shoot an enemy with each arrow, but Xia Ye didn't, what he wanted was to suppress!
The enemy archers extinguished their fires, and a loud cheer immediately rang out from the city.
The city defenders were no longer threatened, and they smashed more vigorously, and for a while, the battle damage of the molten fire soldiers increased significantly.
The Xia soldiers' faces were ugly, especially the cannon fodder, and the thought that they might charge against those arrows began to spin their legs and stomachs.
"Lord, subordinates should be damned!"
The commander of the archery regiment returned with a bloody face, and he even hacked two deserters to death with his own hands just now, but unfortunately the situation could not be reversed.
Xia Wei didn't speak, and stared at the city gate, where the battle situation seemed to change again.
Xia Lixin has a good relationship with Qianrenchang and wants to help him intercede, but Qianrenchang has already had an excuse.
"Commander, the enemy's bow and arrow are too good, you see!"
The thousand-person leader kneeling on the ground, holding a few feather arrows in both hands, raised his head high: "My subordinates have seen it, and they are all clusters of bronze arrows of this new style." ”
When the generals looked at it, their eyes immediately glared angrily, and they gasped.
The arrows were huge, with barbs and blood troughs on them, perhaps pulled from the body of some hapless bastard, with a trail of minced flesh hanging from them.
If this is a hit, the chances of survival are pitiful.
"Wait, you mean the enemy's arrows, all like this?"
Xia Lixin was stunned.
"Impossible, how much does that cost?"
"Could it be that this tribe has dug up a bronze mine?"
"Even if you dig a bronze mine, it won't be so extravagant!"
The generals quarreled, bronze is a hard currency that can be used as currency, it is a forbidden material, out of common sense, they don't think that Chaoge is so tyrant, as for the second reason, they don't dare to think about it.
If Chaoge is such a tyrant, how can he fight?
"Don't make excuses for your failures!"
Xia Wutong scolded.
"I don't want to believe it, but it's obvious, I don't believe you can go and see the battlefield!"
Thousands of people wanted to cry without tears: "I'm also helpless!"