Thirty Lang officials rushed to the city wall with brand-new crossbows, in groups of three, put the crossbows on the battlements, and aimed at the Xiongnu centurions and ten-masters who were charging under the city to shoot, and carried out point shooting.These are entry-level crossbows, with a bow power of three stones, a range of one hundred and twenty paces, and a lookout for aiming.The biggest feature of the crossbow is that it is easy to learn and use, because when it is full, people are not forced, they can aim calmly, and the shooting accuracy is no worse than the mercenary archers around Liang Xiao, or even better."
Whoosh" a crossbow arrow flew out of the city wall.Sixty paces away, a Hun centurion who was brandishing a war knife and ordering his subordinates to charge was shot with an arrow in the chest.The powerful bolts not only pierced through his iron armor, but also pierced his body, and Yu Jin took him back two steps and fell on his back.His herald, holding his horn, was waiting for his order, when he heard the sound suddenly interrupted, turned his head and saw that the centurion had fallen to the ground, and there was a feather of an arrow on his chest, and he screamed in fright.Before he could finish speaking, another bolt flew in and pierced his neck.The herald clutched his neck and staggered to the ground.The centurion's guards panicked, raised their shields, and dragged the centurion away from the battlefield.There was another muffled snort, the flag bearer was shot, and the battle flag fell to the ground with a bang.As the crossbow arrows were fired, one after another the Xiongnu centurions, tenstraps, warriors and archers with high combat effectiveness were eliminated, and the Huns lost their command and the backbone of the battle, and the offensive suddenly stalled.The biggest flaw of the crossbow is the slow firing.In order to compensate for this shortcoming, Li Danghu had three crossbowmen take turns shooting.While winding and waiting, you can also look for a target.However, in order to pretend to be the mercenary archer beside Liang Xiao, he strictly forbade two crossbowmen in the same group to shoot at the same time, and they must be spaced equally, just like shooting with a bow.Although this affected the firing degree to a certain extent, it perfectly imitated ten sharpshooters with thirty crossbowmen.The Huns probably remembered the heads-up before the battle a few months ago, and remembered the archers with Liang Xiao as the leader, and the army was suddenly in turmoil.Someone shouted: "Watch out for the archers".The Huns were even more uneasy, and they didn't care about attacking the city again, so they raised their shields to protect themselves.It's a pity that they use riding shields.Compared to the shield used by the foot soldiers, the mounted shield is light and small, less than half the size of the foot shield, and the protection is limited.Facing the archers in the city who had rested and re-stepped forward to shoot.The weakness of the mounted shield was exposed, and the Huns were shot one after another.The strings sounded urgently, the arrows rained down, and the Huns suffered heavy losses.The arrow on the ladder was shot and fell to the city, and the person under the ladder was shot crookedly, screaming endlessly.They turned to escape, but were stopped by their companions, stumbling and crashing into each other.Right now.The gate of the fortress opened suddenly, and twenty knights in iron armor, including Xie Guanglong and Alexander, held their spears and rode their horses out of the fortress and rushed towards the Huns in chaos.Without orders, the crossbowmen and archers immediately extended their shots, not only to avoid accidentally injuring their own cavalry, but also to clear the way for the cavalry.The Huns have been stunned, where are the opponents of these vigorous cavalry.They grew up on horseback, and they knew the impact of war horses best, and when they saw these tall war horses rushing out in front of them.I didn't have any fighting spirit at all, so I turned around and fled.For a while, the ghost in front of the city cried wolf howl.The cavalry clashed back and forth, stabbing the Huns to the ground.Trample wantonly.Seeing that the Huns had no resistance, they simply put away their spears, drew their swords, and slashed with all their might.The siege of the Huns completely collapsed, they could no longer care about the siege, and Sacairo ran in circles.I didn't have any thoughts, I just wanted to stay away from the fortress.The Right Xianwang and others who were watching the battle were surprised inexplicably.They were too far away to see the details of the battlefield clearly, and they didn't know why they had the upper hand, but suddenly they were completely defeated, and even cavalry rushed out of the fortress to counterattack.The Right Sage King ordered the cavalry to come forward to respond.Three hundred cavalry rushed out of the ranks and rushed to the walls.The first thing they encountered was a rout fleeing for their lives.The routs were already in disarray, and when they saw the cavalry coming to meet them, they wanted to get out of the way, and the space in front of the fortress was limited, and they had nowhere to escape, which inevitably affected the degree of the cavalry.The net waited for them to pass through the middle of the cavalry, and Xie Guanglong and the others had already rushed in front of the Hun cavalry.The degree of the Hun cavalry has not yet been added, and in the face of Xie Guanglong and others who are rushing wildly, they have no power to fight back at all, and they fall to the ground one after another.Xie Guanglong brandished his spear and swept past the Huns' side like a violent wind, bringing a murderous aura in his face.In order to prevent the spear from being bitten by the enemy's body, he specifically attacked the enemy's face and throat, and the spearhead made of Uzi iron easily pierced the Huns' face, slicing their necks, leaving behind one broken corpse after another.Alexander Mountain and others followed, slashing their swords like windmills, mercilessly slashing the Huns.They easily penetrated the formation of the Huns and saw the large formation of the Huns.Xie Guanglong reined in the war horse, pointed his bloody spear at the Right Xian King, and laughed.The Greek boys raised their swords and roared.The Huns were depressed and demoralized.King Youxian was shocked and angry, and shouted at the guard battalion to attack.Without waiting for the guard battalion to start, Xie Guanglong and the others had already killed back, killed from the Huns again, and rushed back to the fortress.The gates of the fortress slammed shut again, leaving the terrified Huns and countless corpses and blood outside the city."
Rush up for me" The Right Virtuous King roared like thunder.The Huns looked at each other and felt that the Right Xian King was a little irrational.The last assault had just failed, and the three hundred knights had not even touched the city wall before they were beaten by a counter-charge, with heavy casualties, and it was useless to rush up at this time."
Okay, don't rush, it's a death to rush."
Dongfang Shuo, who had been staying out of the way, finally said: "I said a long time ago, you will definitely not be able to break through this fortress, Liang Xiao is waiting for you to hit your head and bleed." ”"I'm going to break through the fortress."
The Right Virtuous King roared."
Then take it easy, I'm going back to rest.It's so boring, the battle on this side is really boring to watch. ”Dongfang Shuo said, yawning exaggeratedly, and turned the horse away.The sturdy steed carried him, a little faltering, and the Dongfang Shuo on the horse's back swayed, looking very leisurely.King Youxian was so angry that his face turned purple.He looked at the immovable fortress, then at Dongfang Shuo, who was light and breezy, and finally at his subordinates with a begging look on their faces, and sighed: "Collect the troops" has suffered heavy losses, and it is not for nothing.After questioning the surviving soldiers, King Youxian confirmed that Liang Xiao and the archers beside him were still in the city.It was their sudden strike, and in a short period of time, the centurions and tens, who were commanding the battle on the front line, were shot, the warriors and sharpshooters were eliminated, and the combat effectiveness of the Huns was destroyed.King Youxian finally recognized a problem, as a long-range cover force for the siege, the archers were too far behind the crossbowmen.In terms of attack and defense of the city, the Huns and the Han are not at the same level.If you want to capture the fortress of Shisaka, there is no better way than to besiege it.The oasis countries can't do it, and neither can the Huns.Although reason told him that it could only be like this, King Youxian was still very depressed.He drank in his tent every day, thinking about how he could take the fortress as quickly as possible.Is it really necessary to defend in front of the Daban fortress for a year, and when Liang Xiao runs out of food, it stands to reason that he can leave his generals to carry out this task, but he really wants to break through the fortress himself and capture Liang Xiao.Because of Liang Xiao, the Xiongnu on the right have already suffered too many losses.He must solve this trouble with his own hands and restore the dignity of the Xiongnu on the right.Just when he was hesitant and could only drink heavily in the tent, the chariot master Wang Mohe stumbled in, threw himself in front of the Right Xian King, and cried: "Right Xian Wang, the big thing is not good. ”King Youxian was in a very bad mood and glared at Mo You."
What's the matter again" "Liang Xiao attacked Wutu Valley and is now heading towards Jiaohe City. ”Mo He threw himself to the side of the Right Xian King, hugged the leg of the Right Xian King, panicked and cried silently."
King Youxian, the Tu Valley is over, and there can be no more accidents in Jiaohe City.King Youxian, please save Jiaohe City. ”Seeing that Mo He was serious and did not seem to be hypocritical, King Youxian was also a little uneasy.His previous suspicions resurfaced.Liang Xiaozhen was not in Daban, he went to Wutu Valley, however, how could this be possible, icy and snowy, heavy snow covered the mountains, nearly two hundred miles of rugged mountain roads, how did he go King Youxian asked Mo He carefully, and learned that the news was transmitted back by Mo You's sister Mo Ya, so he reluctantly believed it.However, when he heard that there were less than 100 people around Liang Xiao, he turned his anger into joy and laughed."
You're in the city, I can't help it.Now that you're out, I can't catch you" King Youxian immediately ordered, leaving a few small kings such as King Lizhen and King Julin, and 10,000 horses to monitor Daban City, and personally led a large army back to help Jiaohe City.He ordered Mo You."
Lure Liang Xiao into Jiaohe City, you can't let him run anymore."
Liang Xiao crouched on the snow, raised his clairvoyance, and looked at Jiaohe City in the distance.Jiaohe City is like a huge spearhead, pointing at Daze and Da Desert in the south, flanked by deep ravines with white ice and snow at the bottom of the ravines.If it were in the summer, these two ditches would have been filled with water, which not only provided the city with daily water, but also became a natural moat, and also watered the land on the east and west sides.This is a unique terrain, both offensive and defensive, no wonder a thousand years later, the Tang Dynasty set up the Anxi Protectorate, Jiaohe City is still an important city.If you want to gain a foothold in the Western Regions, Jiaohe City must be in your own hands.It's a pity that his strength is not enough at the moment, so he can only look at Jiaohe City and drool.Jiaohe City is about four miles long from north to south, and nearly one mile at the widest point from east to west, which is several times larger than Daban Fortress.In the case of sufficient food, grass and ordnance, a thousand people are enough to hold the fortress, but if you want to hand over the river city, a thousand people are not enough at all.What's more, he doesn't even have a hundred people now."
We were careless."
Looking at the soldiers patrolling the city, Liang Xiao said softly: "We were deceived by Mo Ya, and Jiaohe City already has a defense.