Chapter Seventy-Six: The Power of Crossbow Arrows
Only three rounds of bow and arrow throwing caused the charging Hegel cavalry to lose nearly 1,000 horses, plus they tripped and fell into the pit of their horses and were trampled to death by their companions behind.
In this round of charge, before they reached the enemy, they lost nearly 2,000 horsemen!
Such a loss made the teeth of Gebatu, who was commanding in the rear, itch with hatred but was helpless.
The enemy had already prepared, and all kinds of fortifications were done well, while his own side was the attacker, and in order to prevent the rest of the opponent's forces from rushing to support, he could only rush to attack, and such losses were inevitable.
Gebatu's heart was also prepared.
But fortunately, now that the tripping horse pit has been leveled, and the opponent's archers have fired three consecutive volleys, their strength must have consumed a lot, and their own army has rushed to a hundred paces, and it is only a blink of an eye away from the opponent's front army, so such a loss is still worth it.
As soon as the Hegel cavalry showed the slightest sign of a halt, Gebatu quickly noticed it and immediately ordered loudly: "Don't stop, the enemy is in front of you, and the warriors of the Hegel tribe rush over and kill them all!" ”
The Hegel cavalry, who were originally frightened by the rain of arrows, immediately reacted when they heard this, yes, they all rushed here, what are they afraid of?
The morale that was originally a little low instantly rebounded, and everyone screamed and launched a charge again!
And even when they paused, there was no delay on the side of the Fifth Army.
Taking advantage of the gap, he quickly put the bow and arrow back on his back, took off the repeater hanging on his waist, and set up a repeater formation, the first three rows stood separately, straddling half squatting in three positions in turn, holding the repeater and aiming at the Hegel cavalry within a hundred paces of the restart.
With the command of Sun Yun, more than 700 repeaters pulled the trigger in unison, and a uniform sound sounded, and more than 700 repeaters shot out one crossbow arrow after another like a storm!
Ten arrows in a crossbow box, a full seven thousand crossbow arrows poured towards the charging Hegel cavalry in less than ten breaths, and instantly shot the rushing Hegel cavalry in a row like mowing grass.
In just ten breaths, all the Hegel cavalry that had rushed within a hundred paces was swept away, and the ground was littered with the corpses of men and horses full of arrows.
"Goo-dong!"
Such a terrifying lethality instantly frightened the Hegel cavalry, who had just been demoralized and wanted to kill the two thousand guards like chopping melons and vegetables.
Those knights who were lucky enough not to enter the distance of a hundred paces looked at the scene like the Shura field not far in front of them, and they tightened the reins in their hands, and they could stop the war horse a hundred paces away, and swallowed a mouthful of frightened saliva hard, and their faces were full of frightened expressions.
However, the cavalry behind them could not see the scene in front, the front suddenly stopped, and the cavalry behind did not have time to hold the war horse without preparation, and immediately collided with the cavalry who had just stopped in front, and in an instant there was a burst of people turning on their backs.
But even if they were hit, the cavalrymen in front who saw the scene desperately pulled the clansmen behind them with their backhands, desperately refusing to let themselves be knocked within a hundred steps.
They don't want to be hedgehogs!
"Hey, hey! How did the front stop! Hit me dead! ”
"Hey, what are you doing!"
The commotion of the impact made the Hegel cavalry in the rear, who did not know what was going on, and they didn't know what was going on in front of them.
The entire Hegel cavalry was slightly commotioned.
Gebatu, who was sitting in the rear, immediately noticed that the situation was wrong, and sent his own soldiers to investigate the situation, and soon the situation in front was reported back.
After learning of the scene caused by the terrifying repeater crossbows of the Fifth Army, Gebatu was instantly silent, he was not a fool to be the Khan of the Hegel Division.
He already knew the horror of this weapon just by the description of the guard, this is simply the same as appearing specifically for the cavalry, and the cavalry with such a high frequency of attack is simply a matter of heaven, once it enters the attack range, it can't run away!
And the only way for the cavalry to face this terrifying weapon was to quickly think of it, and that was to fill it with human lives!
Such a weapon must be terrifying for the consumption of crossbow arrows, and the guards also brought back a crossbow arrow that he picked up from the edge, which turned out to be an iron arrowhead, or the kind of fine steel.
According to the guards, all the crossbow arrows that can be seen are made of the same material.
Therefore, Gebatu concluded that the enemy must not have carried too many crossbow arrows, and as long as they used up all the crossbow arrows in their hands, they would have to be left to slaughter.
Then they will be able to seize this terrible weapon in their hands, and when their Hegel Department is equipped with such a terrifying weapon, maybe......
Gebatu's mind instantly came to mind the supreme majesty of the Great Khan who sat on the throne of the Great Khan in the Tatar royal court some time ago and looked around at the Khans of the Tatar tribes.
You might be able to sit in that seat yourself!
Endless greed appeared in Gebatu's eyes, and he salivated at the military formation of the southerners in front of him, and the desire for that position instantly rushed through his reason!
He must be! Be sure to get this weapon!
Having made up his mind, Gebatu immediately said loudly:
"The warriors of Hegel need not panic!
Ben Khan already knew the weakness of this weapon of the southerners.
They need to change their arrows, and although Ben Khan doesn't know how their weapons can shoot so many arrows in a row, they also need to change arrows from the current situation, and it is not a short time.
As long as we can withstand a wave of their attacks and hold out until they run out of arrows, we can rush into their crowd and kill while they exchange arrows!
Now, it is time for you to show your bravery as the warriors of my Hegel tribe, and you must fearlessly charge forward and rush over them! ”
Gebatu's mobilization does inspire a lot of people, but everyone is not stupid, from the current situation, the other side does need to change arrows, but they have to survive their first round of shooting, who will support this first round is a question, no one wants to be cannon fodder, right?
Seeing such a situation, Gebatu's eyes flashed in an instant, and he made a color to one of the guards, who immediately stepped forward and grabbed a cavalryman who had just secretly retreated two steps, and cut off his head with a single sword.
Holding the head of the man in his hand high, the guards shouted: "There are only warriors in the Hegel department, not cowards!" Cowards don't deserve to be Hegel's warriors, and there is no place for cowards to live in the Hegel Ministry!
Now are you going to be warriors, or are you going to be a disgrace to Hegel and become cowards? ”
The words of the guards have already put the threat on the surface, and you are a warrior.
Don't dare to rush, you are a coward, and cowards will be killed!
At this time, the Hegel cavalry had no room to retreat, whether it was the Khan's order or the threat to their lives, they had to drop everything to go to the first wave of the Nanan's terrifying weapons.
"Kill!"
"Kill all the southerners!"
"Kill!"
More than 30,000 horsemen charged again, and the soldiers of the escort who were waiting quietly pulled the trigger in their hands again!
Woohoo!
Another 7,000 crossbow bolts struck and emptied the Hegel cavalry that had rushed into a hundred paces, and at this moment the offensive of the escort army ushered in a brief gap.
Many of the Hegel cavalrymen were overjoyed, and continued to charge forward with a roar.
But what they didn't expect was that just when they thought that the other party was going to load crossbow arrows for a long time, they saw that the three rows of guards who had shot empty the arrow magazines actually retreated in an orderly manner, and the middle three rows that were originally located in the rear stepped forward at the same time to take the place of the first three rows just now, put on the same posture, and then shot 7,000 crossbow arrows again.
When the crossbow arrows of the soldiers in the middle three rows were shot empty, the same scene appeared again, the original back three rows, and the current middle three rows replaced the positions of the front and middle three rows, and emptied the crossbow boxes in their hands again.
Then the soldiers of the first three rows had already reloaded the box and pushed it up again, and pulled the trigger again with a blank face......
Woohoo!
The rain of arrows has not stopped since the beginning......
This hundred-step distance has truly become the hell of Shura!