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Chapter 24 Actual combat!

"Two hundred steps! Form a team!" "Form a team!"

The military formation stopped and arranged the queues that had been somewhat loose during the advance into order again.

"Forward!" "One hundred steps! Form a team!"

The military formation stopped again...

During the entire approach, the Dongguan County soldiers were indifferent, neither advancing nor retreating.

"Prepare the crossbow!"

There were five gaps in the military formation from the middle, and the five bed crossbows were pushed from the rear to the front. There was a matching wheel frame under the bed crossbow. It was very simple to install. Once the wooden wheels were fixed, even if the installation was completed, the whole process took less than a breath of time. .

"Wind!"

Two strong men hooked the upper chord with the hook bar, put their feet on the ground, and pulled back hard.The upper chord uses the principle of leverage to amplify the strength of the two people by five times, and pulls the finger-thick crossbow string down to the fixing device behind.

The Chen family's bed crossbow was developed and built under the guidance of Chen Xun. It achieved certain goals of saving labor and being simple to operate. In order to increase the power of the bed crossbow, the elasticity of the bow string was basically given up. The initial shooting speed of the crossbow arrow was entirely given by the bow arm of the crossbow. .

"Up arrow!"

Nearly one foot long, the baby's wrist-thick crossbow arrow was held by a strong man and placed on the arrow groove of the bed crossbow, and pulled back to touch the bowstring.

"shooting!"

Basically, there is no need to aim, and the bed crossbow has no accuracy at all. It only needs to be in the right direction.The shooter lifted a four-foot-long wooden hammer, twisted his waist to gather strength, then swung the wooden hammer and hit the trigger behind the crossbow.

Whoosh!Whoosh! …

Five giant crossbow arrows shot out of the air and shot into the formation of Dongguan County soldiers in an instant. The wooden shields in the hands of the county soldiers in the front row looked like they were made of paper and were shot directly through the county soldiers hiding behind the shields. He was not immune, as the strength of the crossbow arrow was only weakened, and it was completely penetrated.

The giant crossbow arrows were like piercing candied haws, and they shot through three or four people one after another before they were exhausted.

The military formations of both sides were one hundred steps (150 meters) apart. Only one of the five crossbow arrows hit the ground directly due to a problem with its accuracy. The other four arrows were all shot into the Dongguan County military formation, killing more than a dozen people at once.

"Mother!!!"

"Help!!!"

"My belly!!" The dying roar echoed throughout the battlefield.

The soldiers behind the formation stepped forward to suppress them, "Shut up!" After shouting to no avail, they directly raised their swords and slashed, beheading all the wounded soldiers who were still shouting. Only a few wounded soldiers who gritted their teeth and endured the pain escaped. One calamity.

Letting them continue to roar will only disturb the morale of the army. Because military formations are very important in cold-weapon warfare, treatment of wounded soldiers can only be carried out after the war.

……

"It's too cruel to shoot someone with a bed crossbow." A guard beside Chen Xun muttered.

"It is better for the enemy to have casualties than for our sea guards to have casualties." Lu Hui continued.

The giant bed crossbow was developed. Its main combat target is against ships and stronghold walls. It is indeed too powerful against people.However, great power has the advantage of being powerful. Looking at the battle situation ahead, the county soldiers can no longer hold on.

……

No exercise can completely simulate actual combat.

The cruelty and suffocating fear on the actual battlefield cannot be simulated in any exercise.A person's courage and mental state can determine what behavior that person will do.

During the exercise, both combatants may be able to continue fighting if their injuries reach [-]% to [-]% or [-]% to [-]%.But on the actual battlefield, an army that suffers [-]% damage without collapsing can already be called an elite.

After all, watching the person next to you suddenly change from intact to missing arms and legs, or a big hole appears in the stomach, the intestines leak out and cannot be stuffed in. The bloody and tragic situation will only make those who see it My head was foggy, my breathing was short, I felt like I was being strangled, my ears were ringing, my calves were shaking, and I couldn't muster the strength to run.If more blood is splashed on the face, hands, or neck, the sweet and fishy smell will immediately make people feel sick, and those who have never experienced it will spit it out directly.

The county soldiers in Dongguan were in this situation.

Le Zhi already knew that his side couldn't continue to be beaten passively like this, otherwise it would only be a matter of time before they were completely defeated.

Following the order, the soldiers drove the county soldiers to start an advance attack. They pushed forward twenty steps, and the archers of the county soldiers also started shooting.

However, the two armies were seventy or eighty steps apart, and the bows and arrows had already lost their power when thrown so far.

Ke Lei promptly directed the crossbowmen to retreat, and the swordsmen and shieldmen in the front row merged into queues, firmly protecting the spearmen and crossbowmen in the rear.

"Step forward!"

"Mighty!" He shouted one word and took a step forward. After shouting, he just took one step forward.

Step by step, the military formations of both sides are getting closer and closer!

At thirty steps closer, the county soldiers' formation was completely scattered. "Kill!!" The county soldiers began to charge towards the pirate formation with swords and shields in front, and other various weapons behind them.

"Stand up the shield!" The pirate's giant wooden shield stood on the ground, leaning back slightly, and the shield hand held the wooden shield with his shoulders, ready to receive the impact.Snapped!A spear nearly two feet long was placed on top of the shield, and the crossbowman also started shooting.

Arrows flew back and forth, and from time to time someone on both sides was hit by an arrow.

prick!
The spear thrust forward fiercely, stabbing the county soldier who rushed forward.

smoke!The spear stab with the blood groove was easily withdrawn, and then thrust forward again.

Without heavy armor and saturated long-range strikes, this hedgehog-like spear formation is almost impossible to solve.

After just one wave of contact battles, the last courage of the county soldiers was shattered, and they could no longer hold on. No matter how the soldiers supervising the battle in the rear threatened and roared, they fled towards both sides of the battlefield regardless.

"Kill!!" The enemy army collapsed. Of course, the pirates would not miss this opportunity. They dispersed directly and began to pursue the victory as a small team.

……

"Le Zhi is coming this way, should we stop them?" Lu Hui asked.

On the battlefield ahead, Le Zhi saw that the defeat had been decided, so he directly led some of his soldiers back to the place where the horses were standing, mounted the horses and ran towards the west.

"No, let's run!"

"what?"

Within a few words, Le Zhi's cavalry team was already approaching.

"Le County Lieutenant, you can't leave us alone!" Chen Xun hurriedly ran out and shouted to make his presence felt, but he did not stand in the middle of the road to avoid being hit by these broken soldiers who were intent on escaping.

"Follow behind." Le Zhi left a sentence lightly. The horse didn't even slow down, and directly passed Chen Xun and continued running westward.

"Shall we follow?" Lu Hui asked again.

"Leave half of the people to meet up with Ke Lei. They are considered to have been killed by the pirates. The others and I will follow." Chen Xun ordered.

A huge rout has formed on the station side. The pirates have no horses, and the county soldiers who are chasing them are not caught. Depending on the situation, only a small number of people can be captured as prisoners, and most of them will successfully escape.

Chen Xun did not have any contact with Ke Lei, so as not to be seen by the hidden soldiers and expose the relationship between the two parties.

(End of this chapter)