The distance was still far, and it was impossible for the opponent's bows and arrows to shoot at them, but they were already within the striking range of the trebuchet.
In an instant, the trebuchet fired directly, and countless bullets rose into the sky, covering the sky and shooting towards Enter's cavalry.
"Speed up and rush over."
To be honest, trebuchets are very useful for attacking cities and attacking infantry, but they are nothing compared to cavalry that come and go like the wind.
At a distance of several hundred meters, including reloading and charging, there are only two chances at most.
A wave of bullets fell and directly wiped out a wave of cavalry, but they did not hesitate at all and continued to charge forward.
"Crossbow, put it down."
Xu Huang gave an order, and countless crossbows shot out, like lightning, and the enemy's cavalry blasted past.
For a moment, blood spattered everywhere, the horses neighed, and the cavalry at the front was directly cut down, but they immediately formed a team again and continued to move forward.
"Trebuchet, adjust the range and release."
The No. 2 trebuchet has been loaded and once again sprayed a hail of death bullets.
"Peng."
"Peng."
"Peng."
Continuous crashes resounded throughout the sky. At this moment, Enter's cavalry had put down their bows and all raised their shields. However, they still suffered heavy losses in the face of the indestructible stone bullets, and the corpses of men and horses were everywhere.
"Crossbow, three-stage shooting, release."
The enemy had already moved closer to a distance of 250 steps, and Xu Huang directly ordered the infantry crossbows supported by Yuan Shu to fire.
With 30,000 powerful crossbows, even if it was a three-stage shooting, nearly 10,000 crossbow arrows would fly out each time, like locusts shooting towards Enter's cavalry.
To be honest, facing a garrison force like Jia Xu's army, Enter had never seen it before, even though Enter had been in battle for a long time and was an expert in commanding cavalry battles.
Nearly ten thousand crossbow arrows once again chipped away a layer of Kushan cavalry. Even if they were elite, they could not withstand the metal frenzy with their flesh and blood.
The galloping war horses fell directly to the ground and were trampled into mud by the people behind them. In such a short period of time, the 50,000-strong Kushan army had lost thousands of people.
The shooting of the three-stage powerful crossbow ensured the density and sustainability of the crossbow arrows. The casualties of the Kushan army also increased rapidly as they charged forward.
"Keep charging. They will be at our mercy until we advance. Long live the Kushan Empire."
Enter was among Harivan's own horsemen. He saw that one-fifth of his body had been lost before he could even touch the enemy. Nearly ten thousand men fell on the road of charge. It was really too terrifying.
At this moment, he could only cheer for his soldiers, hoping that they would not be afraid of death and speed up the charge.
"Fire the arrow."
Although the Chinese army's powerful crossbows continued, they still managed to reach within the range of their own bows and arrows despite suffering huge casualties.
With an order, thousands of arrows were fired, and the bows and arrows flying out from the Kushan cavalry were like a cloud curtain drifting across the void towards Jia Xu's army.
"Escape."
Xu Huang gave an order, and hundreds of soldiers emerged behind him, holding shields to protect him in the middle.
The remaining soldiers did the same, hiding under their shields to defend themselves against the rain of arrows falling from the sky.
"Archer, let go."
After avoiding the enemy's first wave of arrows, Xu Huang gave an order and ordered the archers to fire back arrows.
The arrows flew up again, like a dark cloud drifting towards the Kushan cavalry.
The fast-moving Kushan cavalry were not afraid of the rain of arrows at all. The horses accelerated and directly crossed the shooting range of the rain of arrows, and the losses were very small compared to the crossbows.
"One hundred steps, crossbow, release."
With another command, the bed crossbow that had been prepared was fired again, shooting towards the enemy.
The Kushan cavalry was sharpened again, but they were getting closer and closer to the carriage array.
"Liannu, let go."
Although there weren't many crossbows here, there were nearly a thousand. For a moment, the metal frenzy reappeared, and there was no life within a hundred steps.
"Fifty steps, short spear throw."
The enemy was also very tough. Even with such heavy losses, he did not flinch and continued to rush forward to within fifty steps.
The soldiers of the Chinese Empire were equipped with at least one short spear as standard equipment. Following Xu Huang's order, countless short spears rose into the sky, like a heavy rain from the sky, nailing countless Kushan troops to the ground.
"The light cavalry detoured to both sides, and the heavy cavalry accelerated to break the formation."
After rushing through the rain of short spears, only more than 30,000 cavalrymen of the Kushan Empire were left. In just a few hundred steps, more than 10,000 and nearly 20,000 people had already perished.
But those are just appetizers. He still has 15,000 armored cavalry here. As long as they rush to the front, there is nothing they can't solve with one charge. If there is, then they will charge again.
With these ace enters, they would not give in at all, and directly ordered the armored cavalry to crash into the car and break the formation.
After hearing Enter's order, the more than 10,000 light cavalry at the front separated directly from the middle, like a peacock opening its tail, making way for the armored cavalry behind. At this time, the armored cavalry also began to charge, as if
A steel train rushed towards the train of carriages.
"It is an armored cavalry, with all personnel carrying the vehicle, ready to resist the enemy's impact."
"Spearman, push me out."
Xu Huang, who was on the command stage, saw the enemy circling to both sides. He originally thought that the enemy was going to mount a circle and shoot to kill his own effective forces. However, when he saw the armored cavalry at the back, his eyes were filled with fear for no reason.
color.
Armored cavalry are not invincible, otherwise Yuan Shu would not have formed only one armored cavalry like the Xuanwei Army, but the consequences of being charged into the formation by armored cavalry in close combat would be horrific.
My own Xiangche is specially made. Although it is made of wood on the outside, it is covered with a layer of solid iron armor on the inside, and every Xiangche in the entire car array is connected with thick iron locks.
If only ordinary cavalry were to attack, even elites like Kebineng would be defeated, but it was different when facing armored cavalry.
The armored cavalry, which is fully armored, can survive being hit by an infantry crossbow. It charges like a miniature tank, and its impact force is not comparable to that of the light cavalry.
Even if it is an iron boxcar, even if they are connected with iron locks, they may not be able to withstand it.
The current situation is like this. In order to ensure the suddenness of the armored cavalry, the enemy hides them among the 50,000 cavalry, and only rushes out in front of the formation, just to catch themselves off guard.
Xu Huang gave an order, and all the shooting holes of the van were opened. Countless spears instantly turned the van into an iron hedgehog. Then each soldier began to block the inner edge of the van with his body to prevent the van from being destroyed due to impact.
The car broke free from the iron lock.
"puff."
"puff."
"puff."
Countless screams resounded throughout the sky. Even if the opponent was an armored cavalry, if it hit a three or four-meter spear, the iron armor on the body would be like paper and be torn apart in an instant, whether it was a cavalry or a war horse.
Wailed and died miserably.
However, the heavy armored cavalry of the Kushan Empire were really gambling with their lives. When the armored cavalry collided with them, those spears would basically be broken directly, and then they would hit the carriage with both men and horses.
"Peng."
"Peng."
"Peng."
A series of impacts knocked away the soldiers who were pressing against the inner edge of the van. The solid vans were also knocked back one after another. The connecting chains were instantly tightened to the extreme, and some vans were even completely shattered by the impact.
"Trebuchet, don't worry about our soldiers, just hit the van's position."
Seeing that the situation was critical and the van in front could no longer withstand it, Xu Huang had nothing to worry about and directly ordered the trebuchet at the rear that had been prepared to hit the front line and the position of the van.
Now the only thing he can use is the trebuchet. The crossbow is good, let alone the armored cavalry. Even if the emperor of the Kushan Empire comes over, it will be difficult to resist.
However, the bed crossbow has a shortcoming. Although it is powerful, its trajectory is too straight, and it will hurt yourself before it hurts others. The first person to suffer is your own front-line soldiers.
"Why are you hesitating? Just smash it for me."
Seeing that the soldier was in a daze and did not issue an order, Xu Huang came directly to the order flag and shouted at him.
The command flag was quickly dispatched. When the trebuchet troops at the rear saw this situation, they did not hesitate and directly ordered the prepared trebuchets to attack the van formation at the forefront of the fierce battle.
"Peng."
"Peng."
"Peng."
A series of shotguns fell from the sky, directly hitting the carriage and causing a mess. No matter how fierce, tigerish or king-like the armored cavalry of the Kushan Empire were, they were not immune to the attack of shotguns.
The shotguns falling from the sky are like miniature hammers. Armored cavalry are not afraid of swords, guns, swords, halberds, strong bows and crossbows. What they are most afraid of are heavy weapons. Even if a hammer or ax hits heavy armor without causing any external damage, it will still cause no external damage.
It will shock the soldiers inside and cause damage.
Even so, they did not stop and continued to attack the van. Now they were in a desperate situation. If they could not break through the defense of the van and lost the motivation to charge, they would be lambs to be slaughtered and everything would be over.
"Bang."
There was a loud noise, and the array of vans that had been hit one after another finally could not withstand the charge of the armored cavalry, and the thick chains broke in response.
As soon as the chain was broken, a chain reaction immediately occurred. The car array in front of Gui Shuang's cavalry collapsed. Several vans were completely blown away by the strong pulling force, and then they hit the ground like meteorites, kicking up dust all over the sky.
The carriage was destroyed, and a gap several meters wide appeared. The enemy's armored cavalry rushed out of the gap like a torrent of steel and charged inside.
"The front row dispersed, the trebuchets continued to hit, and the gap was blocked. The ballistas on the left and right wings and the rear team fired forward, the rifle crossbows were cocked, and they fired in three stages. I suppressed the opponent."
To be honest, Xu Huang thought about it, but he didn't expect it to be broken so quickly, so he immediately issued countermeasures.
The trebuchet no longer cares about anything. If the enemy rushes out through the gap, it will be devastating to the army, so now we would rather kill our own people than stop the enemy.
Like the trebuchet, the three-sided ballistae also fires arrows at the same time, killing all the cavalry who rush out from the gap. Of course, there are also casualties among one's own people, but as long as they can block the opponent, everything is worth it.
"Use the armored cavalry as the vanguard, and the light cavalry will cover them up. Let me continue the charge."
