There is a poem that goes: "One will become famous and all bones will wither."
This is enough to show the tragedy and cruelty of war. A soldier who does not want to be a famous general or a general cannot face those cruel soldiers directly, and he cannot be called a good soldier.
Therefore, since General Yelu gave the order to charge, the soldiers of Motie have really not stopped charging forward! Even if they faced the most terrifying arrow rain, they still did not pause for a moment.
Of course, this is not only because they are brave enough and not even afraid of death. It is also because they all know that although the special fixed giant bed crossbow on the city wall is powerful, the arrows it fires can even kill Yin and Yang realm warriors.
It will kill you if you hit it. But the giant bed crossbow also has some huge flaws...
The first flaw is naturally the speed of firing. Due to the huge size of the crossbow, the built-in mechanism and spring are also very heavy. Therefore, after each arrow is fired, if you want to fire the arrow again, you need the cooperation of five warriors.
Slowly tighten the internal spring of the bed crossbow through the mechanism. This takes a period of time that is not too long, but not too short.
The second flaw is the angle of launch. The range of the giant bed crossbow is 1,500 meters, but the range that the bed crossbow can attack is not the entire range from the top of the city wall to 1,500 meters away.
.Because the bed crossbow is too bulky and not flexible enough, it is impossible to launch it vertically downward from the city wall.
Therefore, the attack range of the bed crossbows on the city wall is only within a kilometer range from 500 meters away from the city wall to 1,500 meters outside the city wall.
Of course, in order to make up for such shortcomings, Yumen Pass not only has fixed giant crossbows on the city wall for long-range attacks. Under the city wall, the Yumen Pass defenders also arranged relatively weak but capable attacks up to 500 meters away.
Light bed crossbow.
However, the light bed crossbow also has a flaw, that is, they are under the city wall and outside the Yumen Pass, so it is difficult to receive supplies. The number of special crossbow arrows is also very limited, and once the enemy approaches, they will definitely fall on the first
It was instantly destroyed by the enemy's tidal offensive.
Motie's sergeants obviously knew this very well, so they were brave, because as long as they charged fast enough and were the first to cross the most dangerous distance of one thousand meters, they could avoid the attacks of the most powerful giant crossbows on the city wall.
, and then cross a distance of five hundred meters to destroy the light bed crossbow!
"Charge! The first victory is right in front of you!" A warrior at the eighth level of the Xuanling Realm riding a bloody war horse raised his hands after successfully avoiding an arrow and reaching 500 meters away from the city wall.
Scimitar issued an order to a cavalry regiment he led.
However, when he looked back, he found that out of the cavalry squad he led, which consisted of 500 Xuanling realm warriors, there were only less than 300 people left!
The first victory is right in front of them, yes! As long as they continue to charge, as long as they advance another 500 meters, and then successively destroy the light crossbows under the Yumenguan city wall, they can create a 500-meter range for Mo Tie's army.
Safe zone, thus making the Motie army advance faster and more calmly!
However, to achieve this first victory, the price paid was too high! Because not only the countless ordinary soldiers at the bottom were lost, but also the Xuanling realm warriors, the backbone of the army, lost nearly half!
The figure on the bloody war horse looked further back, and saw more figures of his compatriots who were shattered under the giant crossbow, as well as those who were still safe and sound, with various handsome and beast-shaped mounts 1,500 years away.
There are more than ten thousand figures, and a sigh can't help but rise in my heart.
Because he knew very well that before the giant bed crossbows on the city walls and the light bed crossbows under the city walls were destroyed, the most powerful elite troops would never enter the most brutal arrow rain. And ordinary soldiers like them and
Ordinary cavalry are just cannon fodder in this battle!
However, although he understands, he does not feel angry, because he knows that this is war and tactics.
"Charge! Destroy the light crossbow as soon as possible!" Amidst the long neigh of the war horse, the little captain roared and was the first to rush forward...
However, just as his voice fell, an arrow as thick as his wrist, fired from a light bed crossbow, had already pierced his chest, and then continued to fly back with undiminished power, injuring several people one after another.
, then he was unable to fall into the blood.
"Captain!" The other cavalrymen saw this scene with their own eyes, and their eyes instantly turned blood red.
"Charge... charge... for Mo Tie!" The captain fell from his horse powerlessly, but when he fell, he still used his last strength to shout these words with blood spraying from his mouth.
At this moment, looking at the captain who took great care of them in the past, blood is burning in the hearts of the cavalry, and tears are rolling in their eyes. However, when the blood is burning, when the tears are about to fall, all their
Sadness and anger all turned into perseverance in an instant, into the simplest behavior!
Charge! Charge recklessly!
At the same moment, a sergeant under the city wall indifferently commanded the ten light crossbows and thirty soldiers under his charge, staring intently at the blood mist that soared from time to time five hundred meters away, and said expressionlessly: "
Fifteen degrees northeast, four hundred meters away, shoot the arrow!"
The direction reported by the sergeant was undoubtedly the exact location of the enemy's army. No, more accurately, it should be the exact location of the enemy's cavalry, which was the bravest and most forward-moving.
Each light bed crossbow has three soldiers working together to control it. One person is responsible for filling the arrows weighing a hundred kilograms into the arrow slot, and the other person is responsible for turning the spring and pulling the spring built into the bed crossbow.
Tightly, and the last person adjusted the angle under the command of the sergeant, and then launched!
However, there are not just one or ten such light bed crossbows, but hundreds of them densely packed! And there are far more than one Xuanling Realm cavalry charging towards the city wall at the fastest speed!
Suddenly, the clang of the crossbow arrows popping out of the arrow trough, the cold shout of the sergeant ordering the arrow to be fired, the scream of Sergeant Motie, and the subtle and messy sounds of the horse falling off the horse and blood spraying to the ground merged together to form a
A tragic and magnificent song...
"Fire arrows!!" The command of the sergeant under complex command became more and more urgent. As more and more cavalry entered the range of 500 meters, and as the cavalry got closer and closer to them, he no longer needed to remind them.
Soldiers need to shoot arrows in which direction! Because no matter which direction they shoot, they can kill many enemy soldiers.
The transmission sound of the precision machinery inside the crossbow became more and more urgent, and the sound of arrows piercing the air became more and more urgent. Everyone was trying their best to fight in their own way. However, in this emergency, the opponent's cavalry
The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer to them, making them more and more dangerous, but the sound of arrows piercing the air suddenly stopped, and the soldiers in charge of controlling the light crossbow also stopped their movements at the same time.
"Boss, we have run out of arrows!" A soldier next to the crossbow said to the sergeant who was responsible for directing the battle.
The arrows of the light bed crossbow are special arrows. Although these arrows seem bulky, it is precisely because of their bulkiness that they appear extremely powerful under the action of the mechanical transmission force of the bed crossbow. At the same time, This also means that to produce this kind of arrow, much more materials are consumed than ordinary arrows, and in order to ensure the smoothness and speed of the arrow's flight, more effort is spent in making the arrow. Finely polish.
Therefore, in the Daqian Kingdom, which is in a relatively peaceful era, not many such arrows are produced. More importantly, light bed crossbows are generally placed outside the city walls and used to attack enemies within 500 meters. , and once the enemy approaches, they will never have the chance to fire arrows.
Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary waste, the number of arrows equipped on each light bed crossbow is destined not to be too many. In this battle of Yumenguan, the number of arrows equipped on each light bed crossbow , and there are only seven roots.
Running out of arrows is undoubtedly a desperate thing, because it means that they will die immediately in the hands of the opponent's cavalry and in the hands of the infantry that is coming like a tide.
However, the sergeant who commanded the light bed crossbow did not show any expression of despair. Instead, he showed a very proud smile and said happily: "Okay! Well done! I am proud of you!"
Hearing these words, the other soldiers couldn't help but smile with pride. Pride, yes! It is a kind of pride that only members of the light crossbow team can understand!
Judging from the experience gained from past wars, if the opposing cavalry wants to cross a distance of 500 meters to reach the city wall, it will not take more than five seconds, or even only three seconds. Even if it is blocked by crossbows, this time It won't take more than ten seconds.
Although the light bed crossbow can fire arrows much faster than the giant bed crossbow, it still takes more than two seconds to fire an arrow in daily training. In other words, on the battlefield, On the battlefield, a light bed crossbow can fire five arrows, which has almost reached its limit.
However, they fired all seven arrows of the light bed crossbow in a very short period of time! This means that the three soldiers responsible for controlling each light bed crossbow had to cooperate with each other. , have all reached a kind of trinity, which can be said to be without gaps. That's why the light crossbow can shoot arrows at an unprecedented speed! At this point, he should indeed be proud, and he should be proud of it.
At the same time, this also means that these soldiers, who have no cultivation potential, cannot condense the spiritual sea, and only have the body tempering realm, have used the seventy arrows on ten light bed crossbows to capture at least more than a hundred soldiers. The lives of Xuanling realm warriors! At this point, they should be proud and proud of themselves!
Therefore, the sergeant in charge of the command was very pleased. He was pleased that even in the peaceful years, he still did not give up training the light crossbow team to which he belonged! He was gratified that his team members did not rush around and did not give up on the battlefield. Shame on you! What makes him even more gratified is that the thirty-one members of their team trained together, lived together, and laughed together, and now they can die together!
"Have you made the final awakening? Are you ready to sacrifice your heart for the cause and your homeland? The 11th Light Crossbow Squad!" The sergeant clenched his fist with his right hand and hit his left chest hard. In that position, there is a fiery heart, beating with unprecedented power and speed!
Thirty soldiers made the same move at the same time, hammering their right fists to their chests and responded in unison: "Ready!"
Then, thirty soldiers, including the respectable unknown soldier, pulled out the sabers from their waists, turned their bodies into the last arrow, and bravely rushed towards the surging enemy army. And then disappeared silently...