Although Zhao Zian does not have the talent to command the world's troops, he has been practicing in the military since he was a child. Ten years ago, he led the human cavalry and annihilated the Storm Cavalry Regiment led by Phantom. He has great experience in commanding large corps in combat.
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He is at a passionate age, but he will never be carried away by his passion.
The scale of the Celestial Army's attack on Yumen Pass today was unprecedentedly powerful, and Zhao Zian naturally would not take it lightly.
He immediately sent an order to prepare the Heavenly Horses and Air Cavalry stationed on the flanks of Tianying Pass in the north and south to deal with the Six-Winged Legion of Heaven.
When the order was issued and tens of thousands of air riders took off, the hand-to-hand combat at Yumen Pass was about to begin.
The first line of defense at Yumen Pass has been attacked by the Skyfire Beast and turned into a sea of fire.
Human warriors can only huddle in rock caves.
The scorching flames seemed to melt the entire mountain peak. Even though the human warriors in the cave were shirtless, they were still sweating profusely.
Due to the fire burning on the rock outside, the human warriors could not enter the position at all. They could only shoot arrows through the shooting holes in the rock wall at the densely packed enemies below.
However, those standing in the front were tall giant warriors. These tall humanoid monsters held huge wooden shields above their heads, forming a shield dome.
Ordinary strong bows and crossbows used by human soldiers are unable to cause any damage to a large shield that is several feet thick. Only the eight-oxen crossbow controlled by Ji Kuo can shoot through the huge wooden shield of the giant warrior.
When the giant warriors arrived within a hundred feet of the pass, thick stone slabs were pulled apart, and terrifying black holes appeared on the nearly vertical rock wall.
Behind the large hole, there are 1.8-foot-long pure iron crossbows shining with cold light. The three crossbows are in a group, like three cold eyes, staring at the shield wall below.
The dense drum beat suddenly stopped, and about half of the cave entrance, thousands of eight-niu crossbows were fired at the same time.
Two to three thousand crossbows, which were eight feet long, made a roaring sound of tearing the air, and fired together.
The giant warriors who rushed in the front row fell to pieces in an instant.
At this moment, iron-feathered arrows all over the sky were shot out from the densely packed holes.
However, many giant warriors were not fatally injured. After getting up, they continued to rush forward while holding up their big shields and yelling.
The drum beat sounded again, and the other half of the eight-niu crossbow that had not been fired was immediately knocked off the machine.
Another wave of eight oxen crossbows was fired.
The human soldiers in the cave didn't care whether the fired crossbows killed the enemy.
They work in groups of five, controlling an eight-oxen crossbow.
Two people were responsible for quickly turning the lock plate to re-wind the Eight Ox Crossbow, while the other three people quickly placed the three crossbow guns in the slots.
From firing to placing the three crossbow guns again, it only took less than thirty breaths.
During this period, the first wave of eight-niu crossbows had been re-wound.
Since each line of defense at Yumen Pass is very long, it is obviously impossible to transmit orders from superiors to every combat unit in a timely manner using messengers.
Therefore, Zhao Zian used drums to convey combat signals.
The drumbeats that resounded throughout the Yumen Pass suddenly stopped, and another wave of eight-niu crossbows was fired.
This kind of two-shift shooting was extremely efficient. Almost every fifteen breaths, a wave of two to three thousand crossbows would be fired.
This set of actions has been practiced countless times in the past ten years.
In the past, they could not replace crossbows so quickly.
You must know that the Eight Ox Crossbow uses a machine as the pulling force. The moment the machine is smashed down, the powerful torque is released instantly and the crossbow gun weighing dozens of kilograms is shot out.
The hard cowhide rope will tremble quickly after the crossbow is fired. If you reach out to fix it, you can easily injure your arm.
And if the winch is pulled forcefully, the cowhide rope will easily break.
Only after the cowhide rope became stable could the two soldiers controlling the winch turn the winch.
Therefore, the firing interval of the Eight Ox Crossbow is much longer than that of a single-soldier crossbow. It requires at least one hundred and ten breaths before it can be reloaded and fired.
The long time between launches reduces the power of the Eight Ox Crossbow.
After ten years of continuous improvement by human craftsmen and the continuous cooperation of soldiers, the preparation time before launch has been greatly reduced.
The interval was reduced from one hundred and ten breaths to thirty breaths.
For this reason, the military generals formulated some strategies and tactics of the Eight Ox Crossbow based on the continuous batches of fireballs ejected by the heavenly fire beasts.
If there are two shifts, the firing interval in each round is about fifteen breaths.
If it's three shifts, it's ten breaths.
Through the experience accumulated from countless wars, rows of shots will be more lethal.
If each archer shoots arrows according to his own frequency, even though there are arrows flying all over the sky, the damage to the enemy will be reduced by 30%.
Only volley shooting and concentrated shooting can more effectively curb the pace of the enemy's attack.
Zhao Zian arranged about two thousand eight-niu crossbows at the forward position of the first line of defense at Yumen Pass.
Drawing on the experience of Yingzui Cliff ten years ago, Zhao Zian did not place any Eight Bull Crossbow on the surface of the position where it could be attacked by the Skyfire Beast.
He hollowed out the mountains of the Yumenguan defense line. In addition to hiding troops inside, he also dug countless holes in the mountain wall on the outside.
There are shooting holes for archers and eight-oxen crossbows.
From the inside to the outside of Yumen Pass, cultivators have deployed many magic formations to reinforce it to protect the defense line from being breached by fireballs.
Therefore, during this period of time, the Skyfire Beast continued to bombard Yumen Pass every day. In fact, it only tickled the outer skin of Yumen Pass's first line of defense. Judging from the strength of the above defensive array, even if these ten
Tens of thousands of skyfire beasts have been bombarding continuously for three years, but they may not be able to cause substantial damage to the defense line.
The Eight Bull Crossbow with three arrows in one shot is like the God of Death harvesting lives.
The giant warriors with tenacious vitality will die under the crossbow of the Eight Bull Crossbow, let alone the smaller madman warriors.
As long as there is that scalp-numbing roar in the sky, the giant warriors at the front will all fall down.
After they fall down, the large shield held high will fall down, revealing the madman warrior and skeleton warrior protected under the large shield.
At this time, countless iron feather arrows shot down, harvesting their lives.
After several rounds of shooting, the Celestial Army finally rushed to the Jade Gate Pass after leaving behind hundreds of giant warriors and the bodies of more than two thousand giant madman warriors.
This is a blind spot for bows and arrows and the Eight Ox Crossbow, so it is temporarily safe.
After a brief adjustment under the wall, they began to attack the city.
