In a siege vehicle, the commander Huang Daniu saw through the observation hole that the enemy's heavy cavalry had rushed into the range of the bed crossbow, and immediately ordered the crossbow to be fired.
A soldier operating the bed crossbow immediately pulled the trigger.
The bowstring of the bed crossbow made a "collapse" sound, and the bowstring rebounded at high speed.
"Whoosh whoosh" three thick crossbow arrows were ejected.
At the same time, they passed through the archery holes.
The oncoming heavy cavalry of the Eastern Roman Empire was extremely dense.
All three crossbow arrows hit, one knight's chest was pierced, and the horses of the other two were shot dead.
After the three crossbow arrows were fired from Huang Daniu's vehicle, the other siege vehicles also fired crossbow arrows one after another, and each had their own gains.
The main reason was that the bed crossbow fired with great force and speed, and the crossbow arrows fired were almost flat. , unlike ordinary walking bows and cavalry bows, which are projectile in most cases in order to pursue range.
For dense military formations, flat shooting has the greatest lethality, and you can hit it even with your eyes closed.
The crossbow arrows fired by the bed crossbow are very powerful and have great penetrating power.
One crossbow arrow can often penetrate three to four knights in succession.
After one round of crossbow arrows fired by these sixteen siege vehicles, they caused nearly two hundred casualties, including More than a hundred people were killed directly by crossbows, and dozens of other horsemen were injured and killed after being tripped by fallen horses and trampled by knights rushing from behind.
"Okay, work quickly, load the crossbow and fire the second round," Huang Daniu shouted immediately.
The three soldiers each took out a crossbow arrow and installed it in the groove.
The other three soldiers simultaneously used their arms to shake the noose handle of the winch to reset the bow string.
"The bow string is reset and can be fired."
Huang Daniu immediately shouted: "Launch" The trigger was pulled down, with a "crash" sound, the bowstring bounced back, and three more crossbow arrows were shot.
After the first round of shooting, the Eastern Roman heavy cavalry suffered a lot of losses, and the formation became sparse.
These three crossbow arrows only Six casualties were caused.
"Okay, it's so damn exciting.
This thing is too lethal to such a dense military formation.
If there are a hundred vehicles lined up in a row and firing crossbows continuously, it will be a nightmare for the enemy.
No matter what All military units are scum in front of such a powerful weapon."
Huang Daniu danced with excitement.
A soldier next to him reminded: "Boss Huang, the enemy is coming."
Huang Daniu didn't care and said: "Don't care if they rush over, keep firing the crossbows for me, and release the drill bits and spikes in front and on both sides.
I want these Byzantines to know what a meat grinder is."
"Yes, Boss Huang" After the voice fell, a thick drill bit protruded from the front and middle of the siege vehicle.
The drill bit was five feet long.
The drill bit was in the shape of a four-sided prismatic arrow.
Each edge was extremely sharp.
On the left and right sides of the front part.
There is also a slightly shorter spear on each side.
The barrel of this spear is made of a solid steel rod.
It has a large load-bearing capacity, can be bent, and has high elasticity, but will not break.
Two sharp straight knives protrude horizontally from both sides of the rear of the siege vehicle.
The blades face forward.
As long as humans and horses hit them, they will be cut into two sections horizontally.
There are also two sharp knives on the wheels on both sides of the front.
A three-sided sword pillar about three feet long.
If a war horse or a person's leg is hit by it, it will definitely have the effect of being cut off, and it may even be crushed under the action of high-speed rotation.
"Come on, come on, you tall-nosed, green-eyed Western monsters, come and try the power of my meat grinder."
Huang Daniu kept shouting, with an extremely excited expression, as if he saw his enemy dying in front of him.
The more miserable he gets, the more excited he becomes.
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The soldiers pedaling in the car were no longer surprised to see Huang Daniu's behavior.
They had long known that this man had become bloodthirsty and murderous after being on the battlefield for a long time, and that he was mentally abnormal.
This phenomenon Huang Daniu is not the only one who has experienced this, there are many other people who have this symptom.
"Come here, come here, okay, okay, yes, yes, just hit it, hit it."
Huang Daniu kept shouting with his broken gong-like voice, his face showed a sick expression, and his limbs Also comes out as a non-stop action partner.
"Bump, bump, bump" three Eastern Roman heavy cavalry collided with each other and hit the front of the siege vehicle.
Two war horses hit the spears protruding from both sides of the front of the car and were pierced on the spot.
A group of war horses were also drilled.
Drilled into the head, the quick-selected drill drilled the horse's head until blood spattered, and the brains were turbulent.
Three knights were knocked out, and two Eastern Roman heavy cavalry were thrown out by the siege vehicle.
The three-sided knife and the straight knife cut four sections respectively.
The sounds of war horses hitting siege vehicles continued to be heard all around, and heavy cavalrymen were constantly being cut into several pieces by the three-sided knives and straight knives on the siege vehicles, especially the straight and three-sided knives that cut into the human body and the horse's body.
The sound was so chilling that no one had the guts to see that scene.
When the siege engines rushed through, they left behind a pile of corpses, including human and horse corpses.
Some were crushed to death, some were hit to death, some were stabbed to death, and some were cut into pieces.
Apart from this, there was no clean spot on the ground, everything was stained red with blood.
Zhao Ziliang observed through the telescope that the destructive power and lethality caused by this siege vehicle on a battlefield with such terrain was simply greater than that of a tank.
In the dense military formation, the enemy could not even evade and could only I bumped into him before my eyes.
After the siege convoy was run over, there were only a few Eastern Roman heavy cavalry left, and there was no threat at all.
They were surrounded by the Western Qin infantry and stabbed off their horses.
The siege convoy did not stop.
They continued to rush forward.
The soldiers in a car kept stepping on the pedals, and the Eastern Roman heavy infantry phalanx appeared in front.
Nicerus's face turned pale as he watched his thousand heavy cavalry being killed by such big monsters covered with turf and branches.
Big beads of sweat kept flowing down his forehead.
"What kind of monsters are these?
Why are heavy cavalry so vulnerable in front of them?"
Nicerus murmured to himself.
A general next to him said: "Master Governor, no matter what these big monsters are, they all use the spears and knives on them to kill the enemy, and they seem to be very strong, but they also have shortcomings.
You see, they are not fast enough.
At least It is much slower than a war horse, and people can run faster than it, so we have a way to deal with them."
Nicerus seemed to see hope and immediately said: "Show me any way quickly."
The general said: "Immediately stop the advance of the heavy infantry phalanx, form a phalanx on the spot and block it with heavy shields to prevent them from continuing to advance.
As long as they can be stopped, they should have no lethality."
After hearing this, Nicerus was shocked and immediately ordered: "Quickly send an order to stop the heavy infantry phalanx and form a formation on the spot to block the advance of the enemy's big monsters."
The military order was conveyed immediately and quickly implemented.
After all, the siege convoy was not advancing very fast.
The leading general of the Eastern Roman heavy infantry phalanx immediately ordered to stop the advance after seeing the semaphore of the order flag and asked the soldiers to line up.
They formed a denser formation, with each soldier holding their shield in front of them and inserting their spears into the ground, forming a dense formation of spears and shields.
"Lord Governor, look at the slaves on the left and right wings who have already engaged the Western Qin army," a general reminded Nicerus.
Nicerus looked in the direction of the general's finger and saw the slaves on the left wing fighting with the Western Qin army.
The slaves had no formation and were in a mess.
They only knew how to chop and poke with weapons.
On the other hand, the Western Qin army was On the side, the infantry square formation was neat and tidy, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, and the offensive and defensive movements were listed at a glance.
They were very organized.
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Compared with the two sides, they were like the sky and the earth.
There are no signs yet of the infantry battle.
After all, the battle has just begun, and Nicerus also made many promises to the slaves before it started.
The slaves are also working hard for freedom and money.
In a short period of time, It's hard to tell the winner.
Just after a while, the two sides on the right wing also started fighting.
The fighting situation was not much different from that on the left wing.
The front row was fighting hard, and the back row was ready to attack at any time.
It depends on who can withstand it and who can't.
The side that cannot withstand it will definitely be defeated.
At the beginning of this battle, except for the heavy cavalry dispatched by the Eastern Roman Empire in the middle, all infantry were fighting on the battlefield at this time.
The battle process of infantry fighting was much slower.
Both sides also have time to increase their troop strength and command in a timely manner.
"What is that?"
an Eastern Roman general shouted pointing in the direction of the center.
Nicerus and other generals and officials looked in the direction of his finger and saw that the big monsters of the Western Qin Army kept firing crossbow arrows at the heavy infantry phalanx of Eastern Rome.
The force of these crossbow arrows was surprisingly high.
It is large and has extremely strong penetrating power.
It can penetrate several shields.
Crossbow arrows were shot out one after another, and people in the heavy infantry phalanx were shot and killed from time to time.
Several were knocked down at once, and several colleagues fell down one after another.
After several rounds of crossbow arrows were shot down, the formation of the heavy infantry phalanx became less dense. .
As they got closer, Nicerus and the Eastern Roman generals saw that the fronts of the monsters were covered with spikes.
The ones on the left and right sides were particularly long, and the thickest one in the middle was still spinning.
"Oh, God, what kind of monster is this?"
Someone in the heavy infantry phalanx of Eastern Rome screamed in surprise.
"Oh God, they have spikes on their heads.
If they hit us, even a shield can't stop them.
We're dead."
Fear began to spread among the Eastern Roman soldiers.
As these siege vehicles got closer and closer, and the sprint speed was not slow, the drill bits and spear arrows on the front of the vehicles and a large number of spikes shone coldly, and anyone who saw them shone coldly.
All will be timid.
The hands of the Eastern Roman soldiers holding shields and spears in the front row began to tremble, and their legs were trembling.
The general commanding the troops raised his sword and shouted: "Hold on, hold on to me.
Those who retreat will die."
With the threat and intimidation of the general, no one escaped at this time, but the monsters on the opposite side rushed over, and they kept shooting crossbows, and people kept dying
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