The Xiliang cavalry looked up to the sky and screamed. Tens of thousands of Xiliang cavalry galloped up, rushing in densely. They didn't care about the battle formation. Now it was the largest battle formation.
Even with the influence of the dark side of heaven, the cavalry's instinct caused the horse to jog five hundred meters away. When it reached five hundred meters, the horses ran faster and faster, forming a torrent of impact.
The sound of hoofbeats was like thunder, and the earth trembled under the iron hooves.
"Prepare" Huang Zhong, the general of the crossbow army, issued the order, and immediately densely packed crossbow archers aimed at the Xiliang cavalry.
It only took a few seconds to reach the 400-meter mark, and Huang Zhong shouted: "Shoot!"
Suddenly there was a volley of "puff", and a thick rain of arrows enveloped everything. Ye Qing could clearly see that the about 500 cavalrymen rushing in front suddenly rolled over and sprayed with blood mist.
Ye Qing smiled, Earth China, the crossbow appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period.
"Sun Bin's Art of War" states that the crossbow "fires between the shoulders and the crest, killing people a hundred steps away." In the late Warring States Period, the twelve-stone crossbow of Han and Wei could shoot six hundred steps.
In the Western Han Dynasty, due to long-term battles with the Huns in the north, the crossbow was used as a weapon for the Han infantry to fight against the Huns' cavalry. Crossbows were further developed. Scales for ranging and aiming began to appear on "Wangshan", which improved the crossbow's hit rate.
And there is a record of the repeating crossbow: "Because the repeating crossbow shot at the Chanyu, the Chanyu went down." In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the repeating crossbow with one crossbow and five arrows appeared.
The prefectures of the Han Dynasty also formed an infantry regiment called "caiguan", which was mainly composed of crossbowmen. Some of the commanders' official titles were called "strong crossbow generals".
Since firing a crossbow is time-consuming, and it is inconvenient for the soldiers holding the crossbow to use other weapons at the same time, the crossbowmen are often organized into groups such as "loading the crossbow", "entering the crossbow", and "firing the crossbow" under the cover of the soldiers, and fire continuously in turn.
When Li Guang, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, fought against the Xiongnu in 1 BC, he used a large yellow crossbow to resist the charge of tens of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry when they were greatly outnumbered. The crossbow was defeated only after he ran out of arrows.
At this time, the crossbow was at its peak - the Han Dynasty was destroyed by force, and there were no empty warriors under its great reputation.
"Cavalry attack," Ye Qing ordered.
"Kill!" Zhao Yun and Guan Yu each led two cavalry groups, each with ten thousand men. They also rode their horses at a canter. When they reached 500 meters, the horses ran faster and faster, forming a torrent of impact and attacking from the side.
If only sporadic cavalry were killed, the cavalry charging behind would trample on them and continue charging without being hindered. But at this time, five hundred cavalry were killed in one breath, and the dead men and horses gathered in one place, and the charging cavalry behind them would be tripped.
On the ground, there was chaos.
"Shoot" the crossbows sounded continuously, and a dense area suddenly vacated, people screamed and horses neighed, and large swaths of blood mist appeared.
Five rows of crossbows were fired in succession, and within a hundred meters in front of the wooden fence, more than 2,000 corpses accumulated, making it impossible for the cavalry behind them to rush up quickly.
"Shoot!" Zhao Yun and Guan Yu gave the order at the same time. They were not holding continuous-fire crossbows, but only one shot. However, after shooting from the left and right, the left and right wings suddenly became empty.
In just a few minutes, more than 3,000 of the first batch of 10,000 Xiliang cavalry died.
From behind, Li Jiu looked at the battle situation in front. Even with the "infinite morale booster" of the dark side of the underworld, he was still speechless, while the Xiliang cavalry generals all had pale faces.
The cavalry charge did not stop at all. Knowing that there were crossbows and fences in front of them, and knowing that they were flanked from both sides, the cavalry had no choice but to continue charging.
"What to do?" The fighter plane passed by in a flash. Should we let these 10,000 cavalry sacrifice, or should we immediately press all the remaining 30,000 cavalry?
In an instant, Li Ji's palms were covered with sweat, but a voice secretly urged: "Go forward, go forward."
"The whole army charges!" Finally, Li Ji pointed the long sword in his hand forward and shouted.
As soon as the order was given, a trumpeter blew a loud trumpet
In an instant, as if the wind had blown over, 30,000 Xiliang cavalry mobilized fiercely and rushed forward in a black mass. They were divided into three groups, left, middle and right, rolling in like an iron stream.
The second batch of crossbows fired, but there were too many people. Only the second shot was fired. The cavalry had already rushed within ten meters of the fence. It can be said that the next moment, these cavalry used their flesh and blood to break open the fence - these fences are just temporary buildings.
Simply unable to resist.
Ye Qing exhaled: "Use the last Ye Huolei."
"Ye Huolei, attack" Qianqian ordered. The small trebuchet could only reach two hundred meters, but it was more than enough. At this time, the remaining half of Ye Huolei was thrown out at once.
"Boom boom boom"
A deafening explosion sounded, and the hundreds of meters long battle line suddenly burst into flames. Thick smoke rose into the sky. The Xiliang cavalry within the range were either directly blown away, or blood mist flew out of their bodies, and they fell instantly.
The next large piece rolled to the ground and screamed.
The command "Put it out again" sounded, and half of the Ye Huolei was thrown out again.
"Boom, boom, boom!" In front of the fence, a large amount of thick smoke rose up, and the large groups of Xiliang cavalry who were charging fell down. Even if there was no direct hit, the iron pieces inside could penetrate their leather armor and penetrate their bodies.
, only to see clouds of blood mist rising in front of the formation, and the Xiliang cavalry fell to the ground, screaming.
With the second leaf fire thunder bombardment, all the Xiliang cavalry in front of the fence were wiped out, and the crossbow archers finally got time to fire five times in a row for the second time.
After the row of crossbows finished firing, they immediately retreated quickly. Under the orders of the officers, the pikemen's densely packed spears shone dazzlingly in the night.
"Boom!" Thousands of Xiliang cavalry crashed into the fence, and the muffled sound of broken bodies continued, making people's hair stand on end.
The cavalry in front fell down, and the cavalry behind continued to charge forward. With this continuous charge, the fence was smashed and flattened, and the charge continued.
Ye Qing then ordered: "Taoist blessing, sudden thrust"
In reality, most human spearmen are unable to undertake this kind of task. They will collapse when faced with cavalry at close range. Jiang Chen's spearmen have already collapsed - there has never been such a divine army in history.
But as the white-red Taoist brilliance suddenly enveloped them, a lot of courage was secreted from their bodies. With a shout, three rows of spearmen straightened up their spears, raised their spears at the Xiliang cavalry and stabbed them.
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The sound of "Puff" was endless, and each other's screams continued.
The Xiliang cavalry passed by Ye Huolei, crossbows, and fences. It can be said that they suffered heavy casualties. The dense military formations had long been out of formation. The most important thing was that the sprint speed had completely slowed down.
At this time, a dense mass of spears thrust out and harvested, while the cavalry rushed forward and slashed with their swords. The hot blood of both sides flowed out and splashed on their bodies.
Guan Yu and Zhao Yun each led their armies to fight hard, with cavalry on both sides. Countless cavalry fell down screaming at every moment.
As the two armies fought to the death, both Ye Qing and Li Jiu felt the terrible pressure, and beads of sweat fell down.
Just then, a rolling sound appeared on the horizon.
"Long live the great man"
"Long live the great man"
Ye Qing glanced over and saw that the three thousand elite archers who had taken the Songshan path to enter the pass were approaching from behind and began to form an array.
Almost at the same time, Zang Ba entered the battlefield with 5,000 Danyang soldiers.
To be honest, this small force was not too large, but it was the last straw that broke Niu's back. No one expected that when Li Jie saw it, he suddenly shouted, galvanized his horse and fled.
"No!" Several Xiliang generals cried out in despair. They couldn't believe it. The general's escape at this critical moment was a very fatal thing.
Li Jicai escaped more than ten meters, and the cavalry that had not yet been dispatched followed the general. In just a minute, there was a faint roar of "boom" in the sky, and the blood covering the Xiliang cavalry suddenly fell apart and faded quickly.
"What am I about?"
"The general has escaped"
In the blink of an eye, the crazy look in the eyes of these heavily armored Xiliang cavalry disappeared, and then they revealed extremely frightened gazes. In just half a minute, many people could no longer restrain their inner fear and ran away screaming.
With this escape, the fierce battle that had been fought suddenly collapsed. Ye Qing saw the Xiliang cavalry discarding their weapons, screaming and running back, retreating like a tide, and he immediately looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Our army has won a great victory, let's kill them." The morale of our entire army was suddenly shaken and they rushed forward.
The Xiliang cavalry threw away their armor and fled. The situation was decided and a great victory had been won. Guan Yu laughed loudly: "Kill, kill them all."
Following the order, overwhelming cheers sounded on the battlefield.
When Sima Yi was leading his troops in battle, when he saw this, a gloomy look flashed through the young man's eyes. He knew that with such a great victory, Liu Bei would be the second best in Guangwu. Thinking of this, he shuddered in his heart and bit his lower lip.
, withdrew his gaze.
At this time, after a night, the sky became a little brighter, and there was some glow in the sky. The wind blew against my face, and judging from the situation, it was a sunny day.
Ye Qingsao looked at it and saw that they were still being chased on the battlefield, and smiled: "I checked the time, and it only took a moment to decide the winner. This cavalry war is about speed."
"Although the cavalry is not easy to chase down, at least half of the 50,000 Xiliang cavalry can be left behind. Counting the trampling on each other on the road, maybe only 30 to 40% can go back."
"Thief Dong received this heavy blow and his strength plummeted. I don't think even the two armies of Cao and Sun could match him."
"Even if there are three alliances, I am not afraid at all now, and I am even determined to wipe them out. As for the other small princes, I think they have almost seen the situation clearly - they must come if they want to join us."
"With this great victory, Luoyang is as stable as Mount Tai. I will immediately go to the altar to offer sacrifices to heaven. With the Queen Mother's orders, I can inherit part of the destiny and remaining virtues."
"Until now, the big deal has finally been decided." Qianqian sighed after hearing this: "...You have been here so many times, I was scared, but now I feel more secure."
Ye Qing laughed after hearing this and said, "You are too worried. Am I such a failure-prone person?"
Qianqian was irritated and said: "There are so many heroes in the world, but you are so arrogant..."
She was angry and laughing, and Ye Qing burst out laughing. Who can stop her in the lower earth world now?
Neither can the so-called Yang Shen Zhenren. As long as they dare to come, they can kill themselves.
Thinking of this, Ye Qing became energetic and heroic for a moment, but Qianqian was stunned.