"The first team bows its head, the second team prepares, shoot!"
As Lei Ping's voice sounded again, the first row of camp guards holding spiritual tools hurriedly shrank their shoulders and lowered their heads. Because they were on the slope of the hillside, and there was a certain distance between the second row and them, so they
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"Boom!"
Seventy steel crossbows were fired at the same time, and the sound of the bow string was only one sound. The battalion guards in the front row felt as if a hurricane was blowing over their heads. Looking at the Hou Zhao soldiers running towards the opposite side, they seemed to have hit a transparent wall head-on.
Like a wall, he was suddenly thrown upside down, and blood spurted out from a hole the size of a cup in his chest!
What was even more frightening was that the three-foot-long crossbow arrow passed directly through the bodies of the Zhao soldiers in the front row after hitting them, and then passed through the chests of the soldiers in the second row and even the third row before it used up all its power.
It fell to the ground, or simply got worn on the soldiers' bodies.
In particular, some soldiers who were crowded together were pierced together by the same crossbow arrow, like meat skewers on a barbecue grill, which looked extremely terrifying.
These crossbow arrows are made of fine steel, and the arrows are three-sided armor-piercing cones that are one foot long, so the penetration ability is extremely amazing. The trained guards of the "Hongtian Camp" aimed at the chests of the soldiers of the Later Zhao Kingdom.
, so there is the amazing effect of one arrow penetrating several people!
Aiming at the chest instead of the head, which is more fatal in one hit, is because the target on the chest is larger and not as hard as the head. It can ensure the ability of the steel crossbow to hit twice or even three times after killing the opponent.
Moreover, even if the soldiers whose chests were penetrated did not die immediately, they basically lost their ability to fight.
The Hou Zhao soldiers who were screaming and charging were stunned by the shocking scene in front of them. Some even stopped involuntarily. The screams of the soldiers who fell to the ground but were not dead, and the soldiers who were trying to block it with their hands.
The tragic scene of the bloody hole in their chests frightened them to death.
However, the soldiers in front stopped, but the soldiers behind continued to rush forward under the urging of the officers. Those who stopped were either pushed down and trampled under their feet, or they were pushed involuntarily and continued to move forward.
As they rushed forward, the already dense and chaotic battle formation became even more crowded than a pot of porridge.
"The second team bows its head, the third team prepares, shoot!"
As the command sounded like a reminder, a light like thunder flashed on the slope again, and a row of blue light shot into the crowd of Hou Zhao soldiers like the eyes of the god of death.
At this time, the Zhao soldiers in the front row and behind were closer to the mound, and they were crowded together tightly, so the attack of the low-level spiritual weapon also had a penetrating effect, and the faint blue light instantly penetrated three people.
The scene of one or even four people frightened the soldiers of Hou Zhao State in front and even turned their faces and ran to both sides when they could not retreat.
"Archers, hurry up and release your arrows to suppress them. Now you can shoot. Use throws. Use throws!" The leading officer finally waited until his first row of archers arrived and shouted hurriedly.
But before those archers had time to bend their bows and nock an arrow, a row of steel crossbow arrows flew down from the slope with ruthless murderous intent, knocking down all the archers who were about to fire their bows.
Then, two rows of blue death beams flashed past, and all the archers within the range of the arrow fell into a pool of blood. No one could release the arrow!
The blue light that flashed again no longer aimed at the rear archers of the Zhao State attacking the crowd, but began to shoot at the soldiers approaching in the front row like a roll call. The archers of the Later Zhao State who were originally behind all started shooting in unison.
Standing still, unwilling to take a step forward.
As the high-end combat force in the army, most archers have relatively flexible minds and lack the courage to rush into battle in the face of death. Therefore, these archers from the Later Zhao Kingdom only shot the archers who entered the area of one arrow when they found the enemies on the slopes.
After that, they were unwilling to take risks, but pretended to make gestures with their bows, and shot arrows at the bottom of the slope in vain.
With the faint blue light and the sound of "boom" and "boom" bow strings taking turns, the soldiers of the Hou Zhao Kingdom who surged forward were cut down in rows under the soil slope, and no one could even rush up the soil.
slope!
After the 2,000-man offensive group was reduced to only half its size, the soldiers who were originally running sporadically to both sides became a whole group. Finally, everyone shouted in unison and turned to face their own people in the rear.
After running over the position, the first attack of Hou Zhao's team was repelled by the "Hongtian Camp" like child's play.
The "Hongtian Camp" on the slope was unusually quiet. The guards of the camp silently changed their weapons. The ones originally using low-level spiritual tools were replaced with semi-spiritual steel crossbows, and the ones originally used with semi-spiritual steel crossbows were replaced by semi-spiritual steel crossbows.
After receiving the low-level spiritual equipment, the first row of battalion guards ran to the rear from both sides, while the other four rows of battalion guards moved forward to fill in. The original first row of battalion guards stood next to the original last row of battalion guards.
above the position.
Lin Qing could guess without asking that the purpose of this was to prevent spiritual tools and steel crossbows from malfunctioning due to excessive use and to allow the camp guards using semi-spiritual tools time to recover. The purpose of changing positions was to share the risk of injury.
After all, the battalion guards in the first row are most likely to be injured.
"Everyone sit down and rest. It will be a long night today!" Although the guards did not consume a lot of energy in the battle just now, Lin Qing still tried his best to use every opportunity to keep his guards in the best condition possible.
After all, no one knows what kind of attack they will face in the next wave!
While taking a short break at the "Hongtian Camp", there was a commotion in front of Hou Zhao's team.
The infantrymen of Zhao State who retreated after defeat were shocked to find that two teams of royal light cavalry were standing between them and their forward formation. In the distance, behind the forward formation, a large yellow umbrella appeared at some point.
, it was Tie Wuxuan, the Emperor of Later Zhao Kingdom, who appeared in front of the army of Later Zhao Kingdom!
Among the 100,000 troops dispatched by Zhao State this time, most were infantry, and only 5,000 were cavalry troops belonging to the royal family.
Among the five thousand royal cavalry, two thousand were armored heavy cavalry and three thousand light cavalry, which was almost half of the elite troops directly under Tie Wuxuan. This shows how much the later Emperor Zhao attached importance to this war.
In front of two rows of Royal Hussars lined up like geese's wings, a cavalry colonel raised his spear high and shouted loudly:
"According to His Majesty's decree, everyone in our army must be brave in this battle, and everyone must take the lead. Anyone who retreats without orders will be killed without mercy!"
Following his last words "Kill without mercy", the two rows of royal light cavalry roared in unison:
"kill!"
Immediately afterwards, they all mobilized their horses and rushed towards the comrades of the Hou Zhao Kingdom who had just retreated!
"We have already suffered more than half of our casualties. According to military regulations, we can retreat to rest...ah!"
The officer leading the two thousand infantry just now defended loudly, but was shot to the ground by the cavalry colonel who rushed in front of him in an instant. He opened his eyes wide, with all kinds of unwillingness in his eyes, but he could only be shot by those behind him.
The royal light cavalry that caught up was trampled under the hooves of the horses!
There was chaos all over the front of Hou Zhao. Crying, asking for help, and screams were endless. The weapons in the hands of these royal light cavalry were all long weapons such as spears. With the help of horses, they slaughtered these newly frightened people.
The courageous ordinary soldiers were as casual as slaughtering chickens and ducks, as if they were deliberately showing off the superior combat effectiveness of the royal cavalry!
The commander of the Hou Zhao forward battalion in iron armor could not bear to see it. He wanted to ride his horse to the emperor several times to plead for mercy, but in the end he stood still and did not move, watching helplessly as the remaining soldiers were slaughtered to death.
net.
He knew in his heart that this massacre was done for him by the emperor. If he couldn't take down that small mound next, he might be the one who was executed in front of the battle!
After the two teams of royal light cavalry finished massacring their comrades, they returned directly to Tie Wuxuan. No one came out to pay attention to the forward battalion commander who felt cold in his heart. However, in the main formation of Hou Zhao, the gloomy
The drums of charge sounded loudly again!
The armored general gritted his teeth. He was appointed as the vanguard general of this one hundred thousand army. Naturally, he was known for his bravery. When it came time to fight, he also knew what to do. He took off the victory hook.
With a huge ax hanging on a wheel, he galloped out of the queue and began to run back and forth in front of his forward camp.
Behind him, followed closely by a dozen cavalrymen in helmets and crests. These were all his own soldiers who paid for their support. They were powerful in force. In the entire forward battalion, there were only these dozen cavalrymen, and the others were infantry.
Death.
The forward general controlled the mount under his crotch to maintain even small steps, raised the ax in his hand high, and roared loudly:
"Brothers have all seen it. The emperor has decreed that if we cannot capture the small hill in front of us, we will all die here. Rather than being stabbed to death by the royal cavalry and being known as cowards, it is better to fall under that hillock!"
"Look, everyone, the people standing on the mound are just like us. They are not gods and demons. They are holding spiritual tools in their hands. Although they are powerful, they are powered by spiritual stones. We still have eight thousand people.
,How many spiritual stones can they have?"
"Rush up, kill them all, avenge the dead brothers, and take down the heads of the rebels on the mound. I will reward you with a hundred taels of silver!"
"I will charge behind my brothers. If I cannot capture this mound, I will die in front of the mound together with my brothers!"
This forward general is really capable of leading troops. Under his roar and encouragement, the sluggish morale of the entire forward battalion was immediately revived, and the eyes of the soldiers also ignited with desperate anger!