Chapter 147 Current Affairs Creates Heroes
When the trebuchet's bag moves to the highest point under the drive of the rocker arm, it will throw out the stones in it due to the action of centrifugal force, so as long as the rope connecting the bag is broken when the bag has not moved to the highest point, it will produce a very wonderful result, that is, the stones in the bag will not fall on the border city, but will fall on the dreadnought Empire's own people because of lack of power.
This was Ling Xiao's idea!And as the trebuchet continued to be assembled and ready to shoot, Ling Xiao began to prepare for action!
This is destined to be a personal attack that has never been seen before or since, and it is also destined to be a suicide attack that burns jade, but Ling Xiao has no choice.
No one knew that Ling Xiao was actually thinking about something that had nothing to do with the war in front of him at this time. It turns out that being a hero is such a thing, who doesn't want to live well, who doesn't want to be a living hero, but when it comes to this, you can only fight!
Thinking about the same with those historical figures in the film and television in the previous life, maybe they didn't think about what went down in history when they were generous, nor did they think about any lofty ideals or anything, it's very simple, when things come to this point, they can only fight!
Half-kneeling on the top of the boulder, Ling Xiao observed the movements of the entire trebuchet camp, ready to strike at any time.
At this time, a large number of mules and horses dragging siege engines had moved to more than half of the steep slope, the archers of the Dreadnought Empire were close behind and were about to reach the firing position, and the cavalry team had already completed the formation in front of the trebuchet camp, completing the defensive formation. It seems that just waiting for the trebuchet to start attacking, a series of rapid reactions will be formed, and the truth will be a fatal blow to the border gate!
And the border gate city has also completed the preparation for the attack, the debris in the city gate hole has been swept away again, the neat cavalry formation is ready for a qiē impact, and the difference from the last time is that the cavalry team has one more person on the horseback in addition to the cavalry. There are eighty longbow team members, twelve sniper team members, drunken Taoists, Wang Xin, Zhao Liuxing, and nearly a thousand sword and shield infantry!
Their task was very arduous, and it took them half a day to clear the enemy infantry in front of the city wall, then to destroy the siege vehicle troops moving in front of the city gate, and then to crush the enemy archers. It is necessary to gouge through the enemy's cavalry, and finally the fundamental goal is to completely destroy the twenty trebuchets!
And only the drunken Dao people, Wang Xin, and Zhao Liuxing knew that they had an even more incredible task, that is, to rescue Ling Xiao from the enemy formation.
The core of the whole operation is forward, forward, forward, all the way to the trebuchet camp. But just thinking about the distance of five thousand meters was enough for even the most determined warrior to have no confidence in victory.
It was 5,000 meters full of enemy troops, and it was 5,000 kilometers with a thousand enemy archers. That's 5,000 meters with 2,000 cavalry troops lined up in formation. Every soldier who attacked at the border gate knew that this sortie was very likely to be gone and never returned.
However, these warriors were not afraid, because they knew that if they could not complete their mission, they would end up in the same fate even if they stayed in the border gate. The difference is that one dies in the city in a nest, and the other dies heroically in the midst of the storm.
Liu Wenyuan silently looked at the entire battlefield, and waved his arm firmly for a long time, "Order." The cavalry attack!" Almost at the same moment, Wolf, with a hideous face, also gave the order to shoot at the trebuchet camp.
At this time, Ling Xiao's half-kneeling posture remained unchanged, but his eyes were getting rounder and rounder!
The trebuchet camp is at the foot. Twenty trebuchets began to move almost at the same moment, although due to the level of training or something, there was a first, but there was not much time left for Ling Xiao to shoot, and it was necessary to shoot five times to shoot twenty targets under the vibrating string technique, and the interval was very short, and it was a huge test for Ling Xiao to shoot at each target!
The spiritual power surged, his eyes were wide open, and he was launched in the subtle realm, and Ling Xiao basically used all the means he could use, and the movements of the twenty trebuchets in his line of sight began to slow down and become clear, as if a sophisticated computer was running, just a moment, Ling Xiao had already used a lot of information to determine the order of shooting!
With the operation of the trebuchet, the four wind feather arrows in Ling Xiao's hand shot out, and he didn't even care about the shooting effect, and then the four arrows shot out again. The first wave of four arrows was still in the air, and the third wave of four arrows was already on the bow, and the vibrating technique was activated again, one, two, three, with a slight pause, and the fourth also came out of the string.
Then the fourth and fifth waves were followed by twenty arrows, speeding towards their respective targets!
The effect appeared, and the first Wind Feather Arrow that hit the target perfectly fulfilled Ling Xiao's intention, and the bag spread out before reaching the highest point at the end, and the stone whistled out a little lower than the expected trajectory.
Immediately after that, one trebuchet after another had the same problem, and the rope of the bag broke, but all the stones in the pocket were shot out in a hurry!
The dreadnought Imperial battalion began to cheer, and only the experienced trebuchet shooters turned pale, and they knew that the error was big!
The trebuchet locked all the walls of the border city, as long as the range was a little less, it would not be accidental that it would shoot at the head of the Dreadnought Empire itself, as for shooting at the head of those unlucky eggs, Ling Xiao didn't care. Calm down a little, and don't dare to delay the second wave of attacks!
The Wind Feather Arrows carrying the Danzong Battle Pill once again raged on the battlefield, and as one branch hit the target, the fiery heat quickly began to spread in the trebuchet camp!
Originally, a place like the trebuchet camp that is prone to fire has prepared all kinds of protective measures, but as long as someone wants to put out the fire, they will be killed by Ling Xiao's arrow unconsciously!
Of course, Ling Xiao's unscrupulous attack was quickly discovered by the enemy, and a large number of red-eyed dreadnought Imperial soldiers surrounded the boulder, and some archers began to shoot at Ling Xiao!
Fortunately, Ling Xiao has sufficient reserves of arrows, fortunately, Ling Xiao has meticulous help, fortunately, no one will be able to climb to the top of the boulder for a while, fortunately, the masters of the Dreadnought Empire have been basically swept away, and Ling Xiao has formed a confrontation with a large number of soldiers of the Dreadnought Empire alone!
Besides, the huge stones that the trebuchets fired but missed their intended purpose fell like a flock of greedy vultures on the battlefield, starting with siege caravans and the archers who followed. Because they were closest to the walls of Border Gate, basically two-thirds of the stones fell on their heads!
The result was that the siege engines were almost all smashed, and the mules and horses dragging them turned and galloped in fright, and no amount of scolding by the coachmen could alleviate their fear.
A third of the stones had landed further back, and even one trebuchet had just been activated, and the scattered stones were smashed against the dreadnought Imperial cavalry guarding them not far ahead.
The cavalry team that was bent on defending the front, how could they have imagined that the rear would be attacked, and suddenly a group of people turned on their backs.
That's not all, in order to achieve the best attack effect, the stones used by the trebuchet will basically be ground into a rough circle, and these round stones fall on the steep slope in front of the border gate, the consequences can be imagined, after the force of the forward rush is exhausted, just a slight pause, and begin to roll down the steep slope, and the faster and faster it rolls, all the way down!
So when the cavalry team of Border Pass City rushed out of the city gate, what they saw was such a scene, on the flat ground nearly 100 meters in front of the city wall, the foot soldiers of the Dreadnought Empire had no fighting spirit and were rushing to flee for their lives!
Looking further afield, the siege vehicle force has been crushed, and only a few confused coachmen are left on the scene pulling their mules and horses, and the team of archers is dead and wounded, and even the enemy cavalry team in front of the target is in chaos, and the final target, the twenty trebuchets are burning with raging fire, and it seems that they cannot be saved!
Why did things evolve into the way they were, not to mention that Wolf and Liu Wenyuan couldn't figure it out, even Ling Xiao didn't know, the key was that the timing was so good that the cavalry team in Border Pass City was just out of the city for so long that they suddenly found that all their intended targets had been attacked!
Of course, it was Liu Wenyuan who reacted the fastest, at this time, he saw the battlefield evolve into this appearance, how could he not know the truth of pursuing the victory, and killing the enemy in one breath was the best choice!
Liu Wenyuan looked excited, and shouted loudly, "Hurry, hurry, hurry, the cavalry team is impacting, how far can you rush, it is best to rush to the Ice Palace, the whole army will attack, attack, all those who can move can attack, what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and attack!"
Fortunately, the battle-hardened generals are not fools, they were just frightened by the situation in front of them, and after coming to their senses, they didn't need Liu Wenyuan to order anything, they shouted one after another, leading their subordinates to start attacking.
Suddenly, on the entire city wall, all kinds of garrisons were empty, leaving only a cook standing in front of Liu Wenyuan stunned and scolded, maybe he was scolded too much, this chef was heartbroken, and he went back to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife, and joined the attack team with red eyes.
At this time, Liu Wenyuan calmed down a little from his excitement, and when he saw that he had scolded the cook, he couldn't help but shake his head again and again, standing silently on the city wall, and continuing to watch the situation of the battlefield......!