The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 260 Ballista and Catapult Show Power
The cavalry who lost their speed basically lost all their advantages in the face of infantry, and the chaotic cavalry became the target of infantry killing.

Thousands of spiked heavy arrows roared and fell into the chaotic cavalry of the Qing army, causing bursts of screams and wailing, and the neighing of war horses could be heard endlessly.

Just after the first wave of arrow rain, the second wave followed.The official road was narrow, with dense forests on both sides, and the cavalry of the Qing army was in a state of chaos.

Under the baptism of several rounds of rapid arrow rain, the Qing cavalry suffered heavy losses in an instant.

At this time, the cavalry of the Qing army finally woke up from the chaos and reined in their horses, preventing the chaos from further aggravating.

The chief general of the Qing army was startled and furious. He never thought that the 3000 enemy troops would have such courage to fight against the enemy, and set up traps on the road, and gave himself such a heavy slap in the face as soon as he made a move.

"Cavalry withdraw, infantry press up!" The Qing army commander ordered angrily.

The distraught cavalry of the Qing army hurriedly withdrew after hearing the order. Even if they wanted to move forward, they had to clean up the human and horse corpses all over the ground.Obviously the enemy will not let them clean up so calmly.Not to mention how many horse traps are waiting for them on the road ahead.

The cavalry of the Qing army retreated to the back of the formation to repair, and the five thousand infantry of the Qing army slowly pressed forward.They were dressed in heavy armor, held huge shields, protected the front and top of their heads, and slowly pressed down on Jiang's army.

These infantry cautiously approached the place where the cavalry was lying in ambush, and under the cover of shields began to clean up the entities on the ground and bury the horse traps.

Their actions of course provoked a rain of arrows from Jiang's army.But after two rounds of shooting, seeing that the Qing soldiers protected by shields had little loss and had little effect, they also stopped shooting arrows.

Even the infantry at the forefront of the Qing army could find that there seemed to be some disturbances in the enemy's army formation, as if they were about to face the strong pressure of [-] infantry and some signs of collapse on their own.

When the news reached the chief general of the Qing army, he was immediately overjoyed and ordered the infantry to speed up their advance and continue to put pressure on the enemy, so that they would be defeated without a fight.

The advancing speed of the Qing army was getting faster and faster, and the riots in the opposite Jiangjia army's phalanx seemed to be intensifying.Even faintly heard the general's angry shouts, as well as the dying screams of soldiers being beheaded.

All this seems to confirm his own judgment, and the general of the Qing army is even more overjoyed. Thinking that he can avenge his shame in the Qing Dynasty today, and severely damage or even wipe out a small army of the Jiang family army, he is very excited and ordered the troops to advance again speed.

Under the protagonist's strict order, the five thousand infantry of the Qing army accelerated again, but under the trouble of being trapped in a horse pit, their speed of acceleration was also very limited.

Suddenly, the array of Jiang's army on the opposite side changed.The soldiers in the middle suddenly dodged to the two sides, giving way to a middle passage.

From the middle of the aisle, dozens of strange-shaped things were quickly pushed out. Those things were all placed on a wooden frame with four wheels, and each of them was surrounded by four or five soldiers.

The soldiers of the Qing army at the front could see it more clearly, and they would not be able to figure out what it was for a while.But after those strange things were pushed to the front, the soldiers of the Qing army could finally see the whole thing clearly.

Some well-informed soldiers of the Qing army looked carefully for a while and suddenly shouted in surprise: "Bistballs! There are also trebuchets!"

These things can be said to be weapons that have basically disappeared on the battlefield, and now basically no army is equipped with them.But I didn't expect it to appear in front of my eyes today, which surprised the soldiers of the Qing army who knew this thing.

Of course, the vast majority of Qing soldiers had no idea what this was.Artillery has been around for 200 years, and these things can only be seen in the word of mouth of the older generation or in some military books, so even if they heard the name from their companions, many people would not realize what it is. So they all looked confused and didn't take it seriously at all. On the contrary, they all looked at the western scene, which slowed down the speed of advancement.

Standing on a high ground overlooking the battlefield, Ran Wu looked at the Qing army, a cruel smile flashed across his serious face, and said coldly: "Activate."

Suddenly, the sound of war drums exploded, and the rapid drumbeat seemed to shake people's hearts out.

Three drums hit the ground, and dozens of trebuchets and ballistas had been loaded. Following the command of the commander, crossbow arrows as thick as spears roared out, shooting towards the dense crowd of Qing army infantry. .

Huge boulders polished into round shapes were thrown out by the trebuchet, drawing beautiful parabolas in the sky, and smashing towards the top of the Qing army with the whistling sound of the wind.

The firing line of the powerful and domineering ballista is straight. A crossbow directly penetrated the body of a Qing soldier in the front, then flew back with his body, and then penetrated behind him The body of one of the Qing soldiers was thrown into the crowd with two sentences of corpses, causing the Qing soldiers behind them to stagger.

The huge power of the crossbow cannon, Qing Bing's shield can't resist at all, it looks as fragile as paper.

Dozens of huge crossbow arrows caused chaos in the originally tight formation of the Qing army.

At this time, the stone bullets thrown by the trebuchet, which was flying at a slightly slower speed, fell from the sky with a whistling roar, and smashed down on the top of the Qing army.

The accuracy of the trebuchet can be said to be very poor. If the killing range of the ballista is linear, then the killing range of the trebuchet is unpredictable and flaky.

Moreover, each trebuchet fires three to four round stone bombs at the same time. When these stone bombs fly in the air, the attack direction is dispersed due to the centrifugal force caused by the round shape, so it can be said that they will Even the soldiers who fired it couldn't tell where it landed.

The high speed, coupled with the huge kinetic energy brought by its own weight, made these stone bullets easily smash through the shield defense of the Qing army and fell into the crowd. There was the sound of stones hitting swords, and the wailing and screams of Qing soldiers who were wounded and dying were endless in an instant.

The Qing army was completely dumbfounded. Under this sudden and violent long-range attack, human instincts made them confused. Some wanted to move forward, while others wanted to run backward, which caused even greater chaos.

Obviously, Jiang's army will not let go of this good opportunity.Dozens of ballistas and catapults have been reloaded again. After the command of the commander, dozens of thick crossbow arrows and dozens of polished round stone bullets roared again, like an angry dragon roaring, Like thunder falling to the ground, it caused even greater chaos and casualties.

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