Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 613 Conspiracy (Please recommend, ask for a monthly pass!)
King Ruoqiang turned pale with shock.He had already anticipated that this would be a tough battle, and what he could do was to use his superior force to continuously attack, exhaust the strength of the Han army little by little, and exchange the lives of five thousand, six thousand or even ten thousand knights for Liang Xiao and others. The heavy loss of a thousand knights under his command, and then launched a full blow.

But he didn't expect the gap between the two sides to be so big. One thousand Loulan cavalry were easily destroyed by the opponent, and the remaining two thousand cavalry didn't even have the courage to go forward to fight.The plan has been deadlocked from the very beginning, how will the next battle proceed?
King Ruoqiang hardened his heart and urged the two thousand cavalry to fight again, and issued an ultimatum, if the order was not carried out, they would be killed without mercy.

Of these two thousand knights, one thousand came from Khotan, and one thousand came from Shache. They are all powerful countries.Of course they are not afraid of King Ruoqiang, but their king is by Sirius' side, if they don't carry out the order, their king will surely die.

Under orders, they bit the bullet and charged again.

The sound of hooves rumbled like a death knell.

After Xie Guanglong led his troops to easily destroy the Loulan people, he turned back and lined up behind the ballista.Guo Wu led four hundred cavalry to pass through the center of the ballista, and first met the one thousand Khotan cavalry on the right.

As usual, the [-] crossbow carts that were facing the Khotan cavalry began to shoot. Ten ballista carts fired [-] crossbow arrows at the battle flag of the Khotan people in one batch, and then another batch.Once the shooting is finished, the shooter in the carriage quickly winds up. With the help of the pulley block, the crossbow that usually requires four or five people to operate can be completed by one person, and the second shot can be fired within a dozen breaths.

Before contacting Guo Wu and others, the Khotan cavalry suffered five batches of shooting, and [-] iron crossbow arrows poured down within a radius of [-] steps centered on the general flag.Like the Loulan people, the Khotan cavalry, who had no experience in dealing with it at all, suffered heavy losses. The general in charge was shot and killed on the spot. The first half of the charge formation was completely destroyed, and the second half was tripped by his companions who fell to the ground suddenly, and the formation was in chaos. , Only the first one or two hundred cavalry were left who could really step forward to fight. They were not affected by the crossbow arrows, and they quickly greeted Guo Wu and others.

Another one-sided massacre.

On the south side of the battlefield, a thousand Shache cavalry were fired continuously by thirty ballistas.Thirty crossbows were divided into three batches, shooting a continuous rain of arrows.Different from the battle situation on the north side, in addition to the long-range sniper killing of Shache generals, these ballistas also ruthlessly blocked the front cavalry.

The horses fell to the ground with arrows, and the knights fell off their horses one by one, and they fell dizzy. Some people were pinned down by the horses and couldn't escape. , fell to the ground.

The distance of hundreds of steps became the life and death line of the Shache cavalry. Countless knights and horses fell to the ground, but they were still unable to break through the Han army's arrow array.The horses neighed, the knights wailed, and the ballista roared, all merged together.

Liang Xiao and Xu Le raised their clairvoyant eyes and stared intently at the battlefield on the south side. Whether thirty ballistas could block a thousand knights was an experiment before, but this was the first time in actual combat.The Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, and the Han people are foreign forces, so they are destined to follow the route of elite soldiers.Powerful and even somewhat mysterious ordnance has become an indispensable choice, and these ballistas designed by Deng Guobin are the greatest hope.If the first battle can be successful, the journey of the Han army to control the Western Regions will be much easier.If the predetermined goal cannot be achieved, the plan can only be temporarily shelved, or even find another way.

Judging from the current situation, the effect is still very satisfactory. Thirty ballistas fired continuously and firmly controlled the situation. The Shache cavalry suffered heavy casualties, but they could not move forward. Only a very small number of knights escaped from death. , broke through the arrow array, and had a chance to approach the ballista.However, they were immediately killed by Xie Guanglong and others behind the ballista, and none of them survived.

Seeing this one-sided massacre, Liang Xiao wasn't too surprised.He comes from the 21st century and knows how powerful technology can be.Once a revolutionary weapon appears on the battlefield, it will have a subversive impact on the old way of fighting.These ballistas equipped with clairvoyance not only have a range of five hundred steps, but also have high accuracy, coupled with the labor-saving system provided by the pulley block, they are undoubtedly the world's leading lethal weapons.

All of this was done by Deng Guobin. Although there were his guidance, the specific techniques were designed and improved by Deng Guobin.After several years of brewing and accumulation, the technology has finally begun to explode with amazing power.

After this battle, the Han army not only possessed a powerful weapon, but also devoted more effort to technology.

Liang Xiao turned his head and looked at Xu Le.

As if he had a tacit understanding, Xu Le also put down his clairvoyance, and sighed: "Deng Guobin is the first hero in this battle. With this ballista, he is enough to be named a marquis."

"Then please ask the supervising army to write to the imperial court and ask for a seal for him."

"Definitely." Xu Le sighed with emotion. "Now I know why only Junhou can win more with less. It's not luck, but Junhou pays more attention to these skills than anyone else. Stirrups, iron smelting techniques, plus the current ballista, we have With these powerful weapons, it is simply unreasonable for a king to be invincible."

Liang Xiao laughed.Xu Le can have such a view, he thinks it is more meaningful than Deng Guobin's design of the ballista.

The outcome has been determined.The Khotan knights were defeated repeatedly by Guo Wu and others. There were only more than 200 knights left out of a thousand knights, and they fled in embarrassment.After Guo Wu and others wiped out the Khotan knights, they charged towards the Shache knights.The Shache people had been tortured to death by the crossbow carts, and they could only breathe their last breath. Seeing the Han army knights rushing towards them, they didn't even have the courage to fight, so they also became deserters.

The battlefield was littered with dead bodies, men and horses lying together, blood overflowing.There was almost no sound, the man died, the horse died, and even the wailing had stopped, leaving only suffocating silence.

The ballista stopped firing, and the crossbowmen were urgently inspecting and replacing the crossbow strings, pulleys, and replenishing arrows.In a short period of time, fifty ballistas fired nearly a thousand cluster arrows, a total of thirty thousand. Five hundred riders fled back.

The battlefield temporarily returned to calm, and the breeze gradually picked up, blowing the intractable smell of blood into the noses of Batu and the Qiang soldiers behind him.

They were five hundred steps closer to the battlefield, and a thousand steps farther away. They could not see the specific situation at all. They only knew that the enemy had launched two charges, but they failed to break through the Han army's position.They don't even know how the Han army managed to block the charge of so many enemies with only a thousand riders and fifty strange carts, and it was an overwhelming victory?

Batu, who has clairvoyance, is the one who knows the most. He also inquired some news from Liang Xiao, knowing that Liang Xiao has made a lot of preparations for this battle.These cars should be one of the preparations.Seeing that the Han army is so strong, he can finally let go of his worries.

This is true of Batu, and the same is true of the Qiang people.With such a powerful Han army standing in front of them, why are they worried about Sirius?Recharge your batteries and wait for the counterattack. More than 2 horses, weapons and various supplies, this is a huge fortune.

King Ruoqiang was also looking at the battlefield. He also couldn't see the details of the battlefield clearly, but the destruction of the three thousand knights made him terrified.He realized that he had met an unfamiliar opponent.Compared with the last time, this time the Han army appeared more aggressive and more difficult to deal with.

Or rather, simply can't handle it.

He didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately ordered people to capture the escaped knights and question them carefully to prevent them from causing panic.His own subordinates are limited, and most of the knights are from other tribes, and mutual suspicion is inevitable.Once the morale of the army is shaken, it is difficult for him to control it.

The knights hadn't recovered from their panic, and many of them didn't see clearly what happened on the battlefield. They only knew that their comrades in front suddenly fell down, and then the formation became chaotic, and the charge quickly turned into a rout.A little cleverly noticed the rain of arrows, and some even noticed that these arrows were different. Although they were less than half the length of commonly used arrows, their lethality was not bad at all. They could often penetrate the body, even the body of a war horse.

King Ruoqiang soon got more than a dozen iron arrows.

Holding those two feet long, shining and heavy iron arrows, King Ruoqiang was flustered for a while.He knew that the crossbows of the Han army were very powerful, but he didn't know what kind of crossbows could shoot such arrows, and as far as he knew, although the crossbows used by the Han army could shoot far, their firing speed was slow, and it was difficult to form fifty crossbows What the knights call a rain of arrows.

If King Qiang didn't dare to be careless, he immediately sent someone to give the iron arrow to Sirius, and asked Sirius to decide.Sirius is a good archer, and the archers around him also have very good archery skills, and they are familiar with the Han people.He might be able to guess what weapon the Han army used.

Wu Danqiang sat on the podium with support, and also saw the situation before the battle, his face was livid.Even if he didn't know what happened on the battlefield and the specific situation, he knew that the hope of winning this battle was a little bit slimmer.Liang Xiao was well prepared, but he didn't know what killer moves Liang Xiao had prepared. This feeling of uncertainty made him very uneasy.

Seeing the iron arrows and knights sent by King Ruoqiang, Wu Dan couldn't think of what weapon Liang Xiao was using after careful questioning.He had never seen such iron arrows, let alone how they were shot.

Wu Dan pondered for a moment, and ordered King Ruoqiang to continue the attack.This special iron arrow is not easy to make, no matter how much you have in reserve, it will always run out.

King Ruoqiang was ordered to attack again.He adjusted his tactics.Since neither one thousand nor two thousand cavalry can form a military advantage, and since Sirius wants to consume the arrows of the Han army with human lives, he should simply send more people.After consulting Sirius, he dispatched [-] cavalry in one go, and even led [-] cavalry to participate in the attack.

Five thousand knights marched out, divided into five charge formations, from south to north, almost crowded the entire valley, and headed eastward in a mighty manner.

Seeing this, Liang Xiao also issued a combat order.Wu Dan's reaction was within his expectation, these people were not his subordinates, Wu Dan didn't care how many people died.If Liang Xiao could be killed, Wu Dan would probably be willing to accompany all the Nanshan kingdoms, as long as he could control it.

It is at this point that the battle really begins.

The battle flag waved, and the Han army began to change formation. Each ballista, led by two horses, retreated quickly, retreating more than 400 steps in one breath, only a few dozen steps away from Batu and others.The valley here is narrower. Fifty ballistas are lined up in a row. There are only ten steps between the two carts. The distance between the two carts becomes tighter. When the crossbow arrows are shot three hundred steps away, they will meet together, forming a bridge without blind spots. The force network.

Seeing the retreat of the Han army, the Qiang people were somewhat nervous.Just now I felt that the Han army was invincible, so why did they suddenly retreat?

Batu also felt a little nervous, but he believed that Liang Xiao would not just give up.He plucked up his courage and said loudly: "Look at your cowardice, there is nothing to worry about. The general said that if you don't break Sirius, you will never be one step away from the stone tablet. Now the Han army is still twenty or thirty steps away from the stone tablet. You are afraid." Don't worry, even if Sirius kills us, there will still be me, the Yuezhi people. When our Yuezhi warriors are all killed in battle, it won't be too late for you to surrender to Sirius."

Seeing Batu's self-confidence, the Qiang people finally became more stable.

The ballista of the Han army retreated five hundred steps, which also made King Ruoqiang heave a sigh of relief.From this point of view, the defense line of the Han army is not unshakable. Isn't this a retreat?Blowing his horn and ordering the attack, he picked up speed.

The horses ran faster and faster, gradually converging into a torrent, and their momentum increased sharply.

When there were seven or eight hundred steps away from the ballista of the Han army, the knight in front suddenly fell to the ground. Immediately afterwards, more horses went mad and jumped around, not only throwing the knight off the horseback, but also The rhythm of the charge was disrupted, and the formation of the cavalry who had just run was suddenly in chaos, but the knights behind did not know what happened, and continued to accelerate. When they realized that the situation was wrong, it was too late to stop advancing.

More and more knights crowded over, making the formation even more crowded.

King Ruoqiang panicked and didn't know what was going on. He didn't know what was wrong until he was thrown off the horse by the war horse and fell to the ground, and his ass was pierced by an iron arrow.

Countless iron arrows shot into the soil, only a small part was exposed. Although the tails of the arrows rushed up, iron arrows that were no thicker than a little finger were extremely dangerous to galloping war horses.Once the horse's hoof stepped on these iron arrows, every step of the war horse would bring unbearable pain, even if it was tamed again, the pain would be maddening.

King Ruoqiang woke up like a dream, raised his head in horror, and looked around.

As far as the eye can see, the ground is densely packed with iron arrows, some are covered with blood, and some are shining with silver, and the cold air is oppressive.

He knew what was going on, but he didn't have time to remind his men.A frenzied war horse jumped forward, and the horse's hoof pierced by the iron arrow kicked him hard in the face.King Ruoqiang lost consciousness when a cluster of stars flashed in front of his head.

Five thousand cavalry, except for the two southernmost and northernmost assault formations that were not affected, the three thousand-man teams in the middle were all plotted by Iron Arrow.Half of the [-] iron arrows shot by the Han army hit people and horses, and the remaining half stuck into the soil, and it was not wasted. Now it has become a nightmare for the knights.On the ground with a width of more than [-] steps and a length of more than [-] steps, there are clusters of iron arrows like thatch, clustered to the east and clustered to the west, like hidden hunters, waiting for the arrival of their prey.

Three thousand knights were recruited, they trampled on each other, they were in a mess, and they collapsed before fighting.
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