Without giving Liu Xiu time to check carefully, he suddenly heard Luo You shouting from behind: "Be careful——"
Liu Xiu immediately raised his shield, ding ding ding, and several crossbow arrows hit the shield. Liu Xiu gritted his teeth, raised his sword and charged at several Long soldiers not far away. These Long soldiers were all holding repeating crossbows.
, keep moving the trigger.
Snap, snap, snap——
The sound of the crossbows being ejected was continuous. Liu Xiu held his shield and blocked up and down. The sound of ding-ding was endless.
In just a moment, several Long soldiers shot all the arrows in the crossbow, but failed to injure Liu Xiu at all. The latter rushed towards the few people and stabbed forward with the Red Sky Sword.
Several Long soldiers were forced to retreat continuously. Two of them drew out their swords, roared, and rushed towards Liu Xiu. Several other Long soldiers bent down and pulled the ropes around their waists. The fan-shaped crossbows behind them fired at Liu Xiu.
Show shoots crossbow arrows continuously.
Liu Xiu moved sideways, turned sideways, and came to a Long Army soldier holding a sword, and then rushed forward.
Bang, his shoulder hit the opponent's chest, and the Long Jun's body flew backwards, collided with several other Long Jun, and rolled into a ball.
Before they could get up, Liu Xiu stepped forward and stabbed all the Long soldiers to the ground with one sword strike.
Another Long Jun wielding a sword slashed at Liu Xiu's head with all his strength. Liu Xiu raised his shield to parry. While blocking the edge of the ring-shou sword, he stabbed out with his sword and penetrated the opponent's chest.
Liu Xiu held a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, charging forward to kill.
When they rushed to the top of the city, the oncoming Long army was either directly stabbed to the ground by Liu Xiu, or forced back continuously by Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu's participation in the battle greatly aroused the morale of the Han army in the east city.
Originally, the Han army had been suppressed by the Long army's crossbows. Now, under the leadership of Liu Xiu, the morale of the Han army soared. They formed a shield formation and launched a counterattack against the Long army that had boarded the city.
Liu Xiu took the lead, and the Red Sky Sword emitted red light, spraying out streaks of blood mist wherever it passed.
Just when Liu Xiu was going on a killing spree, a Long Army general climbed to the top of the city and saw Liu Xiu nearby killing his own soldiers. Without saying a word, the general drew his sword and took the initiative to greet him.
Before anyone could move, the crossbow arrows arrived first. Liu Xiu swung the Chixiao Sword outward, and with a bang, the crossbow arrows that had been flying towards him were bounced away.
Immediately afterwards, the opponent's sword was already approaching, and Liu Xiu held up his shield to block. BANG! The blade of the sword struck the shield, and the powerful impact made Liu Xiu lean back and take two steps back.
The Long Army general swayed to Liu Xiu's side and stabbed his ribs hard with his sword.
Liu Xiu moved the shield in front of him to the side, blocking his side. With a clang, the opponent's sword struck the shield again, and Liu Xiu staggered one step to the side.
The Long Army general lowered his body, and the fan-shaped crossbow machine behind him suddenly fired an arrow, hitting Liu Xiu's temple. Liu Xiu lowered his body to dodge, and just as he avoided the arrow, the opponent kicked him hard again.
Kick him on the cheek.
Liu Xiu raised the shield upwards, and bang, the opponent kicked the shield, causing Liu Xiu's body to roll backwards. Just as he was rolling, the opponent waved his arm, and a crossbow arrow came from the cuff of the shield.
fly out.
Bang! Liu Xiu stabilized his body, knelt on the ground, raised the Scarlet Sky Sword, and blocked the arrow with the blade of the Scarlet Sky Sword.
This general, like the soldiers below, constantly used the crossbow concealed on his body during battles with the enemy.
It's just that compared to the Long Army soldiers below, he is more skillful in using the crossbow machine, almost to the point where the human crossbow is integrated into one, making it difficult to guard against.
The Long Army general made a series of attacks, but failed to hurt the opponent at all, and he couldn't help but take a breath. The Long Army general put his sword aside, took off his repeating crossbow from his waist, and pointed it at Liu Xiu,
Move the trigger repeatedly.
Liu Xiu first curled up and hid behind the shield. He only heard the clanging sounds one after another, and five crossbow arrows in a row were blocked by the shield.
Seeing that the other party still had no intention of stopping, Liu Xiu narrowed his eyes, stood up, and rushed towards the Long Army general.
The Long Army general secretly thought that an opportunity had come. He lowered his repeating crossbow, and with a whoosh, he shot an arrow straight towards Liu Xiu's ankle.
Liu Xiu jumped to the side to avoid the arrow, but as soon as his feet landed, the opponent came one after another and shot another arrow. The target was still his ankle. Liu Xiu lowered his body and put the shield on the ground.
.
Bang, this arrow was blocked by the shield again. Liu Xiu's crouched figure jumped forward, only five steps away from the Long Army general. The latter was secretly surprised, and quickly raised his crossbow, aiming it at Liu Xiu
An arrow shot out of his face.
The latter's head tilted to the side, and the arrow missed. At this time, Liu Xiu had already rushed to the opponent, raising the Red Sky Sword high, intending to slash downwards.
The Long Army general's expression suddenly changed, he hurriedly threw away his repeated crossbow, picked up the sword beside him, and subconsciously raised his body to parry.
Little did he know that the Red Sky Sword Liu Xiu held high was just a cover. He swung his other hand forward suddenly, and the edge of the shield swept towards the Long Army general's neck.
This move was beyond the expectations of the Long Army general. He tried to change his move to block, but it was already too late. He had no choice but to lean back and retreat sharply, but his movements were still a little slow.
The edge of the shield scratched in front of his neck. Although the edge of the shield was not sharp, it was made of iron after all. In addition, Liu Xiu's attack was extremely fast, and the throat of the Long Army general was forcefully rubbed out.
A hole.
He groaned, pointed the sword at Liu Xiu with one hand, covered his neck with the other hand, and staggered back. Scarlet blood was seen gurgling out from the gaps in his fingers.
How could Liu Xiu give him a chance to escape? He stepped forward and struck down with his sword.
The Long Army general subconsciously raised his sword to parry upwards, clang, click! The Red Sky Sword cut off the opponent's sword forcefully, and then cut off half of the opponent's head without losing force.
The corpse, with only half its head left, fell straight on its back, fell to the ground with a thud, its limbs twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.
The killing of this Long Army general caused a big blow to the morale of the Long Army who attacked Dongcheng.
On the contrary, the morale of the Han army was high, and the people formed a shield formation and advanced quickly, forcing the Long army that had attacked the city to retreat.
Under the city wall, there were still many Long troops ready to attack, but seeing that the situation on top of the city was not right, people stopped blindly climbing to the top of the city.
It didn't take long, but the Long troops who had climbed to the top of the city could no longer hold on. Many soldiers ran down the ladders, and from time to time, some Long troops fell directly from the top of the city, with tragic sounds echoing in the air.
Call.
Seeing this, the Long army gave up continuing to attack the city and retreated one after another.
They did not run back in a swarm, but there were two rows of soldiers. After holding the repeating crossbows, the people retreated while moving the triggers of the repeating crossbows and kept firing arrows at the top of the city to suppress the pursuit of the defenders.
The battle on the Dongcheng side started and ended quickly. The scale of the battle was not large. The Long army suffered more than 200 casualties, and the Han army also suffered more than 200 casualties here.
The casualties on the Han army's side were almost all arrow wounds, and some soldiers were hit by more than a dozen crossbow arrows.
Liu Xiu stood in front of the arrow stack and saw that the enemy troops outside the city had run away. Then he looked back and walked to the Long Army general who had just been killed by him, and carefully inspected his equipment.
There is a crossbow machine hidden in each of the hands and wrists of this Long Army general. Both crossbow machines are made of iron. Although they are a little heavy, they are very compact.
What's commendable is that the body of the crossbow is slightly curved, which is very ergonomic. It doesn't feel awkward when worn on a person's wrist, but fits perfectly.
This kind of design and manufacturing process is much more sophisticated and convenient than the crossbow machine Liu Xiu currently wears.
In addition to these two small crossbows, there is a fan-shaped crossbow behind the general. Like the others, it can also hold three crossbow arrows.
In addition, there is a crossbow hidden in the general's trouser leg, which is in the shape of a thin strip and tied to the leg, like a splint.
On this general's body, in addition to the repeating crossbow he used, five more crossbow machines of different shapes were found.
There were messages from organs on his wrists, legs and even behind his back. If Liu Xiu hadn't prepared a shield first, he might have fallen into his trap.
Long Yuan looked down at these crossbow machines and asked solemnly: "Your Majesty, could these Longjun troops be the Jinu camp mentioned by Wang Zun in his letter?"
Liu Xiu nodded and said with great certainty: "Nine times out of ten."
Long Yuan frowned and said: "Jinu Camp is equipped with so many crossbow machines! Fortunately, there are not many troops in Jinu Camp now. If the Long Army is fully equipped with these crossbow machines, on the battlefield, I will
The officers and soldiers are really no match for the Long Army!"
Liu Xiu picked up a crossbow machine, looked at it over and over, and said: "These crossbow machines are different from ordinary crossbow machines. They have different shapes and are difficult to manufacture. They require the manufacturer to have superb skills. If you want to equip them on a large scale,
The whole army, how easy is it?!"
Furthermore, it is impossible for Du Ling to take out the structural diagrams of these crossbows and let the craftsmen make them. But if he only relies on himself to make them, no matter how many disciples he has, the manufacturing speed cannot be too fast.
This can be seen through the corpses left by the Long Army.
Some soldiers were only equipped with fan-shaped crossbows, and some soldiers only had crossbows hidden on their wrists. The one with the most complete equipment was the general who Liu Xiu killed.
However, the Lian Nu was used on a large scale by the Long Army, with almost every man having one.
Liu Xiu picked up a repeating crossbow, examined it carefully, and moved the trigger back and forth. He somewhat understood the structural principles of the repeating crossbow.
He couldn't help but nodded repeatedly and praised: "Du Ling is really not simple. Although this kind of repeating crossbow is less powerful, it is easy to use, and each repeating crossbow can store ten crossbow arrows in its crossbow box.
"
A repeating crossbow can fire ten arrows in a row. What is the concept? A repeating crossbow can be used as ten crossbow machines. It is really possible to shoot ten arrows with one.
Liu Xiu said to the Han soldiers around him: "Search the corpses carefully and gather all the crossbows on the enemy soldiers together. Don't miss one!"
"Here!" All the soldiers responded in unison. The people removed the crossbows from the corpses one by one, collected them, and threw all the corpses outside the city.
After dealing with the outer east city, Liu Xiu returned to the west city. At this time, the battle in the west city had come to an end. Both the Long Army and the Shu Army used their full strength, but they still failed to break through Lueyang's city defense.
Seeing that the soldiers attacking the city were exhausted and their morale was low, the Long army generals suggested to Kai Xiao that it was not appropriate to fight again today and that they should withdraw their troops temporarily.
Finally, Wei Xiao reluctantly gave the order to withdraw his troops and fight another day.
This day's battle has come to an end.
The large groups of Long Army and Shu Army retreated to the main camp, and were replaced by corpse collection teams. Soldiers with white cloth strips tied on their arms went to the battlefield and loaded the corpses of the fallen soldiers one by one into carriages.
On top of the city, the Han army was also dealing with its own casualties.
The corpses were carried off the city wall, and the injured soldiers sat on the ground, applying medicine, bandaging, and shouting for death. The battlefield has now become surprisingly quiet. The people above and below the city are all doing their own things silently.
