The armored and sharp blades are mixed in length, the crossbows are connected, and all the troops are in front of each other. This is the secret of the Han army's victory and attack since ancient times. Chen Tang once said: "Who is the Han army with five Hu soldiers and one Han army? The weapon is simple and dull, and the bow and crossbow are not good." This statement clearly points out that the Hun army with disadvantaged equipment can only fight against the Han army with the advantage of five times the strength.
Previously, the Lei family in Lujiang was very powerful in fighting against the local army of Cao's camp when they supported the Sun family in Jiangdong. However, once Cao Cao personally recommended the elite troops of the Chinese and foreign troops to kill, they immediately fell into a passive position. The difference between the two is nothing more than the equipment of armor and weapons, and the pressure given to the Lei family's army is as different as heaven and earth, which is the same principle.
After suffering several great losses, it was finally the turn of the Lei family in Lujiang to be proud. At this moment, the Lei family's advantage in equipment was unimaginable when facing the barbarians. With just one hundred crossbows, it was enough to turn two hundred steps into a natural barrier that the barbarians could not reach.
For a long time, strong crossbows have been a powerful weapon of the Han army. Their excitation depends on the power of the machine spring, so users can fill the crossbow arrows into the bullet groove in advance and launch them instantly when they are caught. In addition, there is a Wangshan for aiming on the crossbow machine, and ordinary soldiers can easily improve the shooting accuracy through training.
The only problem with the crossbow is that it is difficult to manufacture and maintain. Since the chaos, the workshops that originally produced and maintained the crossbows were damaged a lot, so the troops in various places usually used bows and arrows, and the equipment of crossbows was decreasing. Lei Yuan seized a little after fighting with Zhang Liao at the drum tip. Later, he reorganized the tribes of various wealthy families and collected different types of crossbows scattered in the hands of the wealthy families. After repair and adjustment by craftsmen, he gradually deployed them in his own team and trained and used by skilled archers. This was the first time that the established crossbow soldiers had entered actual combat.
With Lei Yuan's order, cold crossbow arrows slashed through the air, as if dense silver threads were flying in the air, and in the blink of an eye it penetrated into the barbarians.
The crossbow arrows of the crossbow are different from ordinary arrows. The clusters of arrows are heavier and more powerful. The simple light armor or animal skins worn by the barbarians do not play a defensive role at all under the shooting of the crossbow arrows. Even the shields woven from bamboo and wood cannot be effective. Dozens of people in front of them were successively shot, and after the crossbow arrows violently penetrated their fragile bodies, they could even continue to penetrate into the next target. In an instant, a brilliant blood light surged up, covering the hideous faces of the barbarians.
From a high point, the dense crowds of barbarians in front of them seemed to be swept by the wind, and fell down instantly. After all, there were still hundreds or dozens of steps away, and the crossbow arrows could not hit the key points accurately. Most of the barbarians were still alive, so the original fanatical roars and heavy steps were replaced by the tragic cry one after another.
Those who had not yet been shot completely ignored the casualties in front of them. They let out a roar like a dying beast, stumbled over, and even stepped over the bodies of the injured, and continued to run wildly. Such a powerful crossbow arrow had exceeded the limit they could bear. They were caught by a volley and were terrified and grabbed their will. The original death-breaking breakthrough turned helplessly into a desperate escape.
The crossbow soldiers did not distract themselves from watching the results of the battle. They sat on the ground and moved neatly according to the command of the officers in charge, opening crossbows, raising arrows, aiming, and shooting in an orderly manner.
When the first wave of crossbow arrows arrived, they shot over the people among the barbarians who had better defense measures and dared to be the enemy. Therefore, the second wave of crossbow arrows, just like harvesting crops, simply harvested their lives; the same number of crossbow arrows achieved more brilliant results than the first wave.
On the pass passage between the mountains, the barbarians of Miji Group ran with all their might. Many of them were accustomed to leaping and running in the mountains and fields, as agile as a leopard, but even within the range of a powerful crossbow, they could not avoid being caught in an arrow.
When the third wave of crossbow arrows fell, the withered yellow weeds and mottled sand and gravel on the passage were covered with bloody corpses. Half of the barbarians fell to their deaths and wounds, and half of them completely gave up the idea of ​​breaking through. Some people waved their weapons in despair and returned to the direction of the camp. Maybe they felt that killing with swords was more meaningful than killing them through the heart by arrows. More people were scattered in the plains of the mountains, standing in a daze at the edge of the pass, with indifferent expressions.
In the original direction of travel, there was only one person still jumping around.
It was a man with a towering bun, like Qu Shuai. He was covered up by his own life without hesitation, and he was wearing an iron armor that was extremely rare among the barbarians, so he persisted until the end.
He waved his hands in the direction where Lei Yuan was, shouting loudly, and almost fire could spew out of his eyes. It should be something he was accusing? From the perspective of Qu Shuai, he and his tribe did nothing wrong, so his face was red and he was hoarse. Unfortunately, the crossbow soldiers couldn't understand his words at all.
So what if you understand it? In such a chaotic world, the justice of the other is not my justice. The races of both sides are different and the basic positions are different, so there is nothing to say.
Lei Yuan didn't even order to stop casting arrows.
The crossbow soldiers gave great respect to the last target. They slowed down the rhythm at the same time. After aiming carefully, they fired crossbows together. Dozens of crossbow arrows flew over a hundred steps, stabbed into his body densely, and instantly took his life.
The sword and shield hand and the spear man stood up again and the formation was restored.
In front and behind the pass, there were only corpses and many injured people. The gushing blood dyed the rough ground red. The limbs of the injured were penetrated by crossbow arrows, and their flesh and blood vessels were seriously injured. If they were not treated in time, they would die. However, of course, no one would come to treat them on the battlefield. So the injured let out a long wail like a ghost crying until they died due to excessive blood loss.
A desperate breakthrough was smashed in an instant. How long did it take? Five breaths, ten breaths? It was so easy. The Lei tribes did not even unfold their formation and did not really fight with their opponents.
Lei Yuan could feel that the thousands of barbarians in the camp ahead were shocked by this result, so that each of them slowed down; it fell into Lei Yuan's eyes, just as time suddenly paused for a moment. Then, the slight amazement of many people gathered into a wave of sound and came over.
Lei Yuan himself did not take it seriously, nor did his subordinates. Lei's army had fought against real powerful soldiers in the world and would not be satisfied with the massacre of a group of defeated barbarians; the massacre itself was just to shock Shamoko.
Chapter completed!