King Ruoqiang was shocked.He had already expected that this would be a bitter battle, and all he could do was to take advantage of the advantage of troops, constantly attack, exhaust the strength of the Han army little by little, and exchange the lives of 5,000, 6,000 or even 10,000 knights for the heavy losses of Liang Xiao and his 1,000 knights, and then strike with all his might.But he didn't expect that the gap between the two sides was so big, the 1,000 Loulan cavalry was easily destroyed by the other party, and the remaining 2,000 cavalry didn't even have the courage to step forward to engage in battle.The plan was at a stalemate from the beginning, and how the next battle would proceed Ruoqiang King hardened his heart, once again urged the two thousand cavalry to come forward to engage in the battle, and issued an ultimatum, if the order is not carried out, there will be no mercy.These two thousand knights, one thousand from Khotan, and one thousand from Shache, were all powerful powers.Of course, they were not afraid of the king of Ruoqiang, but their king was by the side of the wolf, and if he did not carry out the order, their king would surely die.Forced by the order, they hardened their heads and charged again.The sound of hooves rumbles, like a death knell.After Xie Guanglong led his troops to easily destroy the Loulan people, he turned his horse back and lined up behind the ballista.Guo Wu led 400 cavalry through the middle of the ballista, first facing the 1,000 Khotanese cavalry on the right.As usual, the twenty ballistae of the Khotanese cavalry began to be fired, and ten ballistas were fired in batches of three hundred crossbow arrows at the Khotanese battle flags, and then another batch.Once the shooting is completed, the shooters in the carriage are quickly wound, and with the help of the pulley group, the crossbow, which usually requires four or five people to operate, can be completed by one person, and the second shot can be carried out in a dozen breaths.Before coming into contact with Guo Wu and others, the Khotanese cavalry suffered five batches of fire, and 1,500 iron crossbow arrows were poured within a radius of thirty paces centered on the general banner.Like the Loulan people, the Khotanese cavalry, who had no experience in dealing with it at all, suffered heavy losses, the general in charge of the command was shot on the spot, the first half of the charging formation was completely destroyed, and the second half was tripped by the companions who suddenly fell to the ground, and the formation was in chaos, and only one or two hundred horsemen in the front were really able to step forward to engage in the battle, and they were not affected by the crossbow arrows, and quickly met Guo Wu and others.Another one-sided massacre.On the south side of the battlefield, a thousand chariot cavalry came under continuous fire from thirty ballistas.Thirty powerful crossbows were divided into three batches and shot a continuous rain of arrows.Unlike the battle on the north side, these ballistas not only sniped the Shache generals at range, but also ruthlessly blocked the cavalry at the front.One by one, the horses were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and one by one the knights fell off their horses, dizzy, and some people were pressed by the horses, and they couldn't get out, and they watched their companions behind galloping, and they were shot by crossbow arrows and fell to the ground.The distance of hundreds of paces became the life and death line of the Shache cavalry, and countless knights and war horses fell to the ground with arrows, but they were never able to break through the Han army's arrow array.The horses neighed, the knights wailed, and the ballistas roared, and they all met.Liang Xiao and Xu Le held clairvoyance, staring intently at the battlefield on the south side, whether thirty ballistas could block a thousand knights, although they had done experiments before, it was the first time to actually fight.The Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, and the Han people are an alien force, so they are destined to take the route of elite soldiers.Powerful and even somewhat mysterious ordnance has become an indispensable choice, and these ballistas designed by Deng Guobin are the greatest hope.If the battle can be successful, then the Han army's journey to control the Western Regions will be much easier.If you can't achieve your goals, you can only put your plans on hold for the time being, or even think of other options.Judging from the current situation, the effect is still very ideal, thirty ballista formed a continuous fire, firmly controlled the situation, the chariot cavalry suffered heavy casualties, but could not move forward, only a very small number of knights escaped death, broke through the arrow array, and had a chance to approach the ballista.However, they were immediately killed by Xie Guanglong and others behind the crossbow, and none of them were spared.Seeing this slaughter, Liang Xiao was not too surprised.He comes from the 21st century and knows how powerful technology can be.Once a revolutionary weapon appears on the battlefield, it will have a subversive impact on the old way of fighting.These ballistae equipped with clairvoyance not only have a range of 500 paces, but also have a high accuracy, coupled with the labor-saving system provided by the pulley block, they are undoubtedly the world's leading lethal weapons.All this was done by Deng Guobin, although there was his guidance in it, but the specific technology was designed and improved by Deng Guobin.After several years of gestation and accumulation, the technology finally began to burst into amazing power.After this battle, the Han army not only had a powerful weapon, but also put more effort into technology.Liang Xiao turned his head and looked at Xu Le.As if he had a heart in his heart, Xu Le also put down his clairvoyance and sighed: "Deng Guobin is the merit of this battle, and with this ballista, it is enough to seal the marquis." ”"Then ask the prison army to write to the court and ask for a seal for him.""
Definitely."
Xu Le sighed with emotion."
I now know why only the prince can win with less, it's not luck, it's that the prince values these skills more than anyone else.Stirrups, the art of iron smelting, and now the ballista, with these powerful weapons, it is simply unreasonable for the prince to be invincible. ”Liang Xiao laughed.Xu Le can have such an opinion, he thinks it is more meaningful than Deng Guobin to design a ballista.The winner is clear.Under the repeated rush and killing of Guo Wu and others, the Khotanese knights were crushed, and only more than 200 people remained of the 1,000 knights, fleeing in embarrassment.After Guo Wu and the others swept away the Khotanese knights, they rushed to the Shache knights.The Shache people had been tortured to death by the ballista, and only had their last breath left, and when they saw the Han knights rushing towards them, they didn't even have the courage to fight, and they also became deserters.The battlefield was strewn with corpses, men and horses lying together, blood spilling.There was scarcely a sound, the men were dead, the horses were dead, and even the wailing had ceased, and only the suffocating silence remained.The ballista stopped firing, and the crossbowmen were urgently checking to replace the crossbow strings, pulleys, and replenish the arrows.In a short period of time, 50 ballistas fired nearly 1,000 cluster arrows, with a total of 30,000 arrows, and the results were also remarkable, and the 3,000 Qiang cavalry that attacked first were almost completely wiped out, leaving only less than 500 cavalry in total to flee back.The battlefield was calm for the time being, and a gentle breeze gradually rose, blowing the smell of blood that could not be dissolved into the noses of Batu and the Qiang soldiers behind him.They were 500 paces closer to the battlefield and 1,000 paces away, and they could not see the specific situation at all, only knowing that the enemy had made two charges, but they could not break through the position of the Han army.They didn't even know how the Han army did it, with only a thousand horsemen and fifty strange carts, they could block the charge of so many enemies, and it was an overwhelming victory, Batu, who had clairvoyance, was the one who knew the most, and he also heard some news from Liang Xiao and knew that Liang Xiao had made a lot of preparations for this battle.These cars should be one of the preparations.Seeing that the Han army was so strong, his worries could finally be put down.This is true of Batu, and so is the Qiang people.With such a powerful Han army in the way, what kind of wolf are they worried about.Recharge your batteries and wait for a counterattack.More than 20,000 people's horses, weapons, and various supplies are a huge fortune.King Ruoqiang was also looking at the battlefield, and he couldn't see the details of the battlefield clearly, but the destruction of the three thousand knights made his heart tremble.He realizes that he has met an unfamiliar opponent.Compared with the last time, this time the Han army appeared more fierce and more difficult to deal with.Or rather, simply can't cope.He did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the knights who had fled back to be arrested, and questioned them carefully, so as to prevent them from causing panic.His own subordinates were limited, and most of the knights were from other tribes, so it was inevitable that they would be suspicious of each other.Once the morale of the army is shaken, it is difficult for him to control it.The knights had not yet recovered from their panic, and many of them had not seen what had happened on the battlefield, except that their companions in front of them had suddenly fallen, and then the formation was disorganized, and the charge quickly turned into a rout.A little clever noticed the rain of arrows in the sky, and some people even noticed that these arrows were different, although they were less than half the length of the commonly used arrows, but the lethality was not bad at all, and they could often penetrate the body, and even the body of the war horse.King Ruoqiang was soon given a dozen iron arrows.Holding those iron arrows more than two feet long, bright and heavy, King Ruoqiang was flustered for a while.He knew that the crossbows of the Han army were very powerful, but he did not know what kind of crossbow could shoot such arrows, and as far as he knew, although the crossbows of the Han army shot far, they shot slowly, and it was difficult for fifty crossbows to form what the knights called a dense rain of arrows.If King Ruoqiang did not dare to be careless, he immediately sent someone to send the iron arrow to the heavenly wolf, and asked the heavenly wolf to decide.Sky Wolf is a sharpshooter, and the archers around him also have very good archery skills, and they are also familiar with the Han people.He might be able to guess what kind of weapon the Han army had.Wu Danqiang sat on the command platform, and also saw the situation in front of the battle, and his face was pale.Even if he didn't know what was happening on the battlefield and what the specific situation was, he knew that the hope of winning this battle was a little slimmer.Liang Xiao was well prepared, but he didn't know what kind of killing moves Liang Xiao had prepared, and this feeling of being bottomless made him very uneasy.Seeing the iron arrows and knights sent by King Ruoqiang, after carefully questioning, Wudan couldn't think of what weapon Liang Xiao used.He had never seen such iron arrows, and he didn't know how they were fired.Wudan pondered for a moment and ordered the King of Ruoqiang to continue his attack.This special iron arrow is not easy to make, and no matter how much you have in reserve, there will always be a time when you run out.When the king of Ruoqiang received the order, he had to give the order to attack again.He adjusted his tactics.Since 1,000 cavalry or 2,000 cavalry cannot form a troop advantage, and since the Heavenly Wolf wants to use human lives to consume the arrows of the Han army, then simply send more people.After consulting the Heavenly Wolf, he sent five thousand horsemen in one go, and even led a thousand horsemen himself to participate in the attack.Five thousand knights came out of the formation, divided into five charging formations, from south to north, almost filling the entire valley, and slaughtered to the east.Seeing this, Liang Xiao also issued a combat order.Wudan's reaction was as he expected, these people were not his subordinates, and Wudan didn't care how many people died.If he can kill him Liang Xiao, it is estimated that Wudan is willing to accompany all the Nanshan countries, as long as he can still control it.It was only at this time that the battle really began.The battle flag waved, the Han army began to change formations, each crossbow cart was pulled by two horses, quickly retreated backwards, and retreated more than 400 steps in one breath, only a few dozen steps away from Batu and others.The valley here is narrower, fifty ballistae are lined up, and there is only ten paces between the two carts, which becomes more close, and the crossbow arrows shoot three hundred paces away, they will converge to form a network of intercourse without blind spots.Seeing the retreat of the Han army, the Qiang people were somewhat nervous.Just now, he felt that the Han army was invincible, so why did he suddenly retreat Batu also had a little drum in his heart, but he believed that Liang Xiao would not give up.He plucked up his courage and said in a loud voice, "Look at your cowardice, what is there to worry about.The general said, if you don't break the wolf, it will never be one step away from the stele, and now the Han army is still twenty or thirty steps away from the stele, you are afraid of it, rest assured, even if the wolf kills it, there will be my Yue's people.When our Yue Clan warriors are all killed, it will not be too late for you to surrender to the Heavenly Wolf. ”Seeing that Batu was so confident, the Qiang people finally stabilized.The Han army's ballista retreated five hundred paces, which also made the king of Ruoqiang breathe a sigh of relief.In this way, the defense line of the Han army is not unshakable, isn't it retreating He blew the trumpet and ordered the attack while increasing the degree.The horses ran faster and faster, gradually converging into a torrent, and their momentum increased dramatically.When there were still seven or eight hundred steps away from the Han army's crossbow, the knight in front suddenly fell to the ground, and then, more war horses were crazy, jumping around, not only throwing the knight on horseback down, but also disrupting the rhythm of the charge, the cavalry formation that had just run up was suddenly chaotic, but the knights behind didn't know what was going on, and continued to add, and when they were not in the right situation, it was too late to stop advancing.More and more knights crowded in, making the formation even more crowded.King Ruoqiang panicked and didn't know what was going on, but he didn't know what was wrong when he was pulled off his horse and fell to the ground, his butt pierced by an iron arrow.Countless iron arrows shot into the dirt, only a small half was exposed, although the tail of the arrow rushed up, but the iron arrow less than the thickness of the little finger was extremely dangerous for the galloping war horse.Once the horse's hooves step on these iron arrows, every step of the war horse will bring unbearable pain, even if it is tamed, it will hurt madly.When the king of Ruoqiang woke up from a dream, he raised his head in horror and looked around.As far as the eye could see, the ground was densely packed with iron arrows, some stained with blood, while others were shining silver and cold.He knew what was going on, but didn't have time to alert his men.A wild horse leaped forward, and the hooves of the horse, pierced by iron arrows, kicked him in the face.King Ruoqiang only had a cluster of stars flashing in front of his head, and he lost consciousness.Five thousand cavalry, except for the two southernmost and northernmost charging formations that were not affected, the three thousand troops in the middle were all plotted by iron arrows.Half of the 30,000 iron arrows fired by the Han army hit men and horses, and the remaining half plunged into the dirt, and they were not wasted, and now it has become a nightmare for the knights.On the ground, which is more than 300 steps wide and more than 200 steps long, iron arrows are like thatch, one in the east and one in the west, like a hidden hunter, waiting for the arrival of the prey.Three thousand knights were hit, trampled on each other, made a mess, and defeated before fighting.