Cao Zhang and Zhang He were riding on their war horses, side by side, watching hundreds of catapults advancing towards the Han army's camp.

After the hundreds of catapults reached a distance of 200 steps from the Han army's camp, under the command of a Wei army general, the hundreds of catapults immediately stopped advancing.

Although Ma Jun's improved catapult has a maximum range of nearly three hundred steps, the maximum range does not mean it is an effective killing range.

The best effective killing range of Ma Jun's improved catapult is about two hundred steps.

Today, Cao Zhang wanted to complete his victory in one battle, so he naturally wanted hundreds of catapults to be at the best shooting range.

After hundreds of catapults stopped advancing, Cao Zhang couldn't help raising his whip and smiled at Zhang He beside him:

"Today the enemy camp should be destroyed."

Hearing Cao Zhang's laughter, Zhang He also smiled on his face.

He didn't think Cao Zhang was exaggerating.

Because he had seen with his own eyes the power of Ma Jun's improved catapult.

On that day, only a dozen catapults attacked the Han army's camp, but Liu Feng was so nervous that he had to lead his troops out of the camp for his own catapults.

What's more, there are hundreds of catapults today?

Of course, the most important thing is that Mi Yang's reaction made the last worry in Cao Zhang and Zhang He's hearts disappear.

If they moved to another place, Cao Zhang and Zhang He asked themselves that if they wanted to resolve their own catapult offensive, they could only lead their troops out of camp to destroy their own catapults when they were not yet stable.

But it is obvious that Mi Yang did not take this approach at the moment.

Mi Yang's refusal to move made Cao Zhang and Zhang He puzzled, but they had been wondering for a month and did not want to wait any longer.

Instead of blindly guessing what the enemy will do, it is better to strike first.

At least judging from the current situation, the advantage in today's attack on the camp really lies with our own side.

In order to avoid delays and accidents, when hundreds of catapults had just stopped, Cao Zhang issued a military order to send them to the front - load stones and prepare to bomb!

When Cao Zhang's order arrived at the catapult formation, the Wei troops under hundreds of catapults followed Cao Zhang's instructions and loaded the catapults with stones.

But what Cao Zhang didn't know was that as early as when his herald entered the catapult formation, the Han army standing on the camp wall also began to load the crossbow machine with a cold light in front of him under Mi Yang's order.

Iron crossbow arrows.

But compared to that day at Yangping Pass, the iron arrows used by Zhuge Liannu now exuded a pungent smell.

This means that the iron arrows of Zhuge Liannu are covered with an unusual substance.

And what is this substance if not stone fat?

After the iron arrows covered with stone grease were loaded, Jiang Wan, who had finished commanding his soldiers, came to Mi Yang's side and said:

"The general can do whatever he wants.

There is no shortage of iron arrows today!”

Jiang Wan, whose courtesy name was Gongyan, was from Lingling, Xiangxiang.

It can be seen from Jiang Wan's place of origin that he was a minister in the Jingzhou clan.

Although Jiang Wan was similar in age to Ma Liang and both were celebrities in Jingzhou, compared to Ma Liang, Jiang Wan has always been unknown among the Han Dynasty.

This is not because Jiang Wan is not very capable, but because of his humble and low-key character.

Maybe ordinary people don't know Jiang Wan's abilities, but how could Mi Yang not know it?

Among Zhuge Liang's series of successors, Jiang Wan can be said to be the one most similar to Zhuge Liang in terms of political ability.

The reason why Mi Yang had never come into contact with Jiang Wan before was simply because Jiang Wan was often sent to other places by Zhuge Liang for training.

At the beginning of this year, Jiang Wan was recalled to Chengdu by Zhuge Liang from the local area, became prime minister and joined the army, and officially became an important figure in Zhuge Liang's shogunate.

It is not easy to make iron arrows, but the reason why Jiang Wan dared to promise Mi Yang that "there will be no shortage of iron arrows" was because of his extraordinary political talent and the ability to transport a large number of iron arrows from Hanzhong for Mi Yang in a short period of time.

Also because after Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong, Ji Han obtained the resources of Nanzhong and his treasury was greatly enriched.

With these two guarantees, even the always humble Jiang Wan dared to say that "there is no shortage of iron arrows."

Jiang Wan's words couldn't help but make Mi Yang laugh.

What he needs now is Jiang Wan's words.

When Jiang Wan returned to Mi Yang, the Han army on the camp wall had already loaded iron crossbow arrows for hundreds of Zhuge Liannu.

After realizing this, Mi Yang stretched out his finger and pointed firmly at the location of hundreds of Wei army's catapults two hundred steps away.

At the same time, a clear cry came from Mi Yang's mouth: "Let it go!"

Mi Yang's order only contained one simple word.

But when this order fell into the ears of the Han soldiers on the camp wall, it seemed to trigger the mechanism of hundreds of Zhuge Liannu.

The next moment, hundreds of iron arrows rushed toward the Wei army's catapult array with lightning speed.

The actions of the Han troops on the camp wall could not be concealed from Cao Zhang and Zhang He, who had been observing the enemy's situation.

When Cao Zhang saw Mi Yang trying to destroy the catapult with a crossbow, a smile appeared on his face again.

This is the second time Cao Zhang has laughed today.

There was a hint of disinterest in Cao Zhang's smile.

Cao Zhang had already anticipated that the Han army might use fire attacks.

After all, Mi Yang is famous for his skill with fire attacks.

In order to prevent this, Cao Zhang had already made various precautions.

Under these precautions, it is difficult to say whether the Han army's arrows can fly to the catapult, and how can the flames carried by the arrows harm the catapult?

What nonsense.

But just when Cao Zhang was about to laugh at Mi Yang's miscalculation, the situation on the battlefield gradually underwent some changes that he couldn't understand.

Under Cao Zhang's gaze, he saw that the first round of arrows released by the Han army did not carry flames, but they came very quickly.

Even against the wind, those hundreds of arrows flew into the formation of hundreds of catapults without any hindrance.

What's even more strange is that just after hundreds of arrows flew into the Wei army's formation, hundreds more arrows followed soon after.

There was almost no interval between the two rounds of arrow rain offensive.

Not just two rounds, but soon a third round of arrows also shot into the Wei army's formation.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Cao Zhang was a little stunned when he saw this scene.

The Han army's arrows were able to fly a distance of two hundred steps and reach their own formation, proving that the Han army must have used unusually powerful crossbows.

It is not that there are no such powerful crossbows in the world. For example, as early as the Western Han Dynasty, the big yellow crossbow was gradually equipped with the entire army.

Although the Big Yellow Crossbow has a long range, it has various drawbacks.

At least the big yellow crossbow cannot fire continuously!

However, from the fact that the Han army can continuously launch an offensive of arrow rain, it can be seen that the Han army is currently using a powerful crossbow with a long enough range and the ability to fire continuously.

Is there such a powerful crossbow in the world?

Before Cao Zhang was reactivated by Cao Rui, he had been monitored by envoys sent by Cao Pi in Rencheng. Under this situation, Cao Zhang did not know the existence of Zhuge Liannu.

It was normal for him to be surprised.

After Zhang He on the side saw the Han army's almost non-stop arrow rain offensive, he seemed to vaguely remember that there was a kind of powerful crossbow in the Han army. Pass.

But even if he realized this, Zhang He didn't panic in his heart.

Although it is said that the strong crossbow called "Zhuge Liannu" has the advantages of continuous fire and great power.

However, these two advantages, under the influence of distance, will not cause much harm to the current Wei army's catapults.

It was seen that although the Han army fired arrow rain for several consecutive rounds, most of the crossbow arrows fired by the Han army lost their due power and turned into a tributary arrow falling into the Wei army's formation.

For the flowing arrows, the well-trained Wei army could easily block them by raising their shields.

This is normal. The Zhuge Liannu is more powerful than the ordinary crossbows in the world, but no matter how powerful the Zhuge Liannu is, it cannot be as powerful as a catapult.

But it would be wrong to say that the Han army's arrows had no impact on the Wei army's formation.

At least Zhuge Liannu's extraordinary kinetic energy successfully caused thousands of arrows fired by the Han army to fall into the Wei army's formation.

The Wei army's square formation was now filled with crossbow arrows that had just been shot by the Han army.

But that's all.

Besides, what the Han army used in those rounds were not rockets.

After seeing that the Han army's crossbow arrows could not cause damage to the catapult, Cao Zhang quickly put away the surprised look on his face.

It turned out to be nothing more than that.

Cao Zhang, who had relaxed his mind, was about to turn to Zhang He and laugh at Mi Yang's misstep again, but the moment he saw Zhang He, he saw a look of shock on Zhang He's face. .

Seeing Zhang He's eyes fixed on the Han army's camp, Cao Zhang quickly turned his gaze back to the direction of the Han army's camp.

And when Cao Zhang turned around, he knew why Zhang He had such a look on his face.
To be continued...