"The entire army moves forward in attack formation!"
After the forward general made an impassioned speech, he was still very calm and restrained his troops to advance according to the attack formation. He himself led the dozen or so soldiers to follow the troops slowly in the middle and rear of the phalanx. [ ]
The entire Hou Zhao Guo's forward battalion suddenly stopped when they advanced to a distance of about 1,500 steps from the mound. As soon as the flag gate at the front was divided, twenty two-wheeled wooden carriages were pushed up and lined up.
One row was pointed in the direction of the mound.
This wooden frame cart is an upright rectangular shape, with three iron-backed strong bows mounted from front to back. There is a complex chain link below that connects the bowstrings of the three iron-backed bows to a winch at the rear of the wooden frame cart.
By turning the capstan, three iron-backed strong bows can be pulled apart at the same time.
In the middle of the three iron-backed strong bows, a wooden trough runs through the wooden carriage. In the front section of the wooden trough, there is an iron piece stuck, just like the mountain watch used for aiming on a crossbow.
"This is a bed crossbow!" Lei Ping on the mound whispered to Lin Qing: "This guy is very powerful, and the range is far beyond our spiritual tools and steel crossbows. If it really shoots at us, we can rely on magic shields and
The defensive power of the armor is unstoppable, why don't we organize thirty foundation-building camp guards to go and make a surprise attack and destroy these bed crossbows?"
"No!" Lin Qing frowned slightly and said: "We have only a small number of people, so it is not appropriate to divide our troops rashly. If there are dozens of monks among these thousands of people, and they directly entangle the camp guards who are going down, it will be even more inappropriate.
Great, you don't need to worry about these crossbows. I will be responsible for dealing with the crossbow arrows. You can just concentrate on shooting the attacking soldiers!"
At this time, the Hou Zhao soldiers in the distance had already begun to put the crossbow arrows like small javelins into the wooden slot in the middle of the bed crossbow, and the two soldiers turned the winch together to pull the three iron-backed strong bows.
to the maximum, completing the final preparations before launch.[ ]
"The whole army continues to advance!"
Later, the forward general of Zhao State immediately issued another order. This pause was not only to wait for the crossbows to be ready, but more importantly, to allow the soldiers to organize their formation and keep the entire battle formation in order. This was the best way to reduce casualties.
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He looked at the crossbow with a row of arrows shining coldly, but there was a look of regret on his face, and he thought to himself:
"If we can bring more crossbows and catapults, we won't have to sacrifice the lives of soldiers to fill them."
Under the urging of Emperor Tie Wuxuan, the vanguard general's troops were speeding up as much as possible. All the heavy and bulky siege equipment was left behind. He only brought over twenty crossbows and fifty
Not even one of the ladders and the most powerful rock-trebuchets could be transported because they were too large.
The phalanx of 8,000 people marching forward in unison, when passing by the crossbow, each column consciously leaned to the side, leaving enough shooting angle for the crossbow, but something strange was that the walking
The person at the front of the phalanx is actually not the heavy shield bearer who should be at the front.
The approximately 1,000 soldiers at the forefront were all in groups of two. One person was carrying a crossbow that was slightly larger than an ordinary military crossbow, and the other was carrying a crossbow arrow. These crossbow arrows were also longer than ordinary crossbow arrows.
Out half.
"These soldiers in the front are carrying crossbows. One person can use his feet to pull them apart. The other person is responsible for assisting in aiming and releasing arrows. The power and range are twice that of ordinary crossbows. It seems that this forward general has some skills.
He knows how to use far superior attacks to deal with us." Lin Qing looked at the Hou Zhao ** team in the distance and nodded. Now the guards of the "Hongtian Camp" have stood up and are ready for battle.
The coverage of Lin Qing's consciousness far exceeded that of Lei Ping and others. He could clearly see that the Zhao Kingdom's forward general was quite good at arranging troops. He had already planned a plan based on the situation of the two thousand soldiers' attack being blocked just now.
The remaining phalanx of his soldiers has been adjusted accordingly.[ ]
Behind the five hundred crossbowmen, followed by all the heavy shieldmen, were the sword and shield soldiers instead of the usual spearmen. This is because the sword and shield soldiers have strong defense, are relatively flexible, and can move quickly.
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Behind the sword and shield soldiers are ordinary archers, so that with the cover of the heavy shield soldiers and sword and shield soldiers, the ordinary archers can be sent to the position closest to the slope to carry out long-range bow and arrow attacks. As for the spearmen and giant axemen
Troops with low defense and relatively slow movement are listed at the back of the entire battle formation.
It is foreseeable that this battle will be more difficult. The advantage of the Later Zhao army is not only that the number of people is four times that of the previous one, but more importantly, the generals of the Later Zhao State have strengthened their long-range attack capabilities based on the characteristics of the "Hongtian Camp"
The use of attack methods.
"Boom!"
The sound of the bowstrings fired by the twenty crossbow riders was as dull as thunder, and the twenty giant crossbow arrows shot towards the mound with a piercing scream. The thousand crossbowmen took the opportunity to speed up their pace.
Run towards their predetermined shooting position.
Lin Qing's powerful consciousness suddenly shot out like a giant. The powerful effect of the "God Tempering Technique" allowed him to lock the twenty giant crossbow arrows at the same time. In his mind, he was telling and calculating the trajectory of the giant crossbow arrows to judge them.
The landing point of each branch.
When these giant crossbow arrows were about to approach the mound, a giant ax with a weird shape suddenly appeared out of thin air. The giant axe, which was about one foot long, was extremely flexible. Between the left and right moves, nearly ten giant crossbow arrows were blocked.
Blocked or chopped down, the remaining giant crossbow arrows were either high or low, but none of them hit the mound.
"The master's skill in controlling weapons is really amazing!" Lei Ping expressed his sincere admiration. He was also a monk in the late stage of foundation establishment, but he asked himself that he could not stop all the crossbow arrows with magic weapons.
Lin Qingze looked ahead with an expressionless face. The Hou Zhao soldiers who controlled the crossbows were adjusting the crossbows according to the launch point. The next batch of giant crossbow arrows was the real test!
"Master, do you want to use new spiritual tools and kill all those crossbowmen first?" Lei Ping saw that the crossbowmen had begun to slow down and drew out the crossbow arrows on their backs, and hurriedly asked Lin Qing for instructions.
"Can't your current spiritual tools and steel crossbows hit within two arrows?" Lin Qing stared closely at the upcoming crossbow and measured the distance between the mound and the arrogant crossbowman.
Lei Ping also estimated the location and said:
"The effective range of the low-level spiritual tools we have now is about one hundred feet, and the range of the semi-spiritual steel crossbow is two hundred feet. I estimate that the half-spiritual steel crossbow can reach these crossbowmen."
"Let's feel the power of their crossbows for a while. If it's not that strong, just have a set of steel crossbows and semi-spiritual tools to aim at them and shoot at them every round. Others should focus on preventing the infantry from approaching, so they must pay attention to saving their physical strength.
Although it's easy for you to drive this steel crossbow now, you will get tired after a long time." As soon as Lin Qing finished speaking, twenty giant crossbow arrows flew over with a roar, and this time most of them were able to hit the ground.
On the hill.
Lin Qing was not in a hurry, and while waving his hands, the "Star and Moon Wolf Saw" appeared out of thin air, flying up and down in the air together with the "Tianxian Ax", and instantly split a dozen giant crossbow arrows into two pieces.
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With such dual-control magic weapons, they can also accurately intercept all crossbow arrows that are not inferior to the speed of the magic weapons. Those camp guards in the foundation-building period are even more impressed by their family masters.
"The first row lowers its head, the second row aims at the crossbowmen and shoot!" Lei Ping hurriedly gave the order when he saw that the crossbowmen were within the firing range of the semi-spiritual steel crossbows.
The arrogant crossbowmen running in front were like reeds blown down by the strong wind, and nearly a hundred of them fell immediately, but the remaining people were not intimidated, and instead accelerated their pace.
"Heavy shield men come forward to cover!" Hou Zhao's forward general obviously did not expect these rebellious crossbow arrows on the mound to be able to shoot so far, and hurriedly ordered the heavy shield men who were advancing at a normal pace to rush forward to protect them.
Lin Qing's performance just now made him feel like he was falling into an abyss. He didn't expect that the enemy could stop all the crossbows he relied on most with just two magic weapons. Now all his hopes depended on these arrogant crossbowmen.
On your body!
In the entire forward camp, these five hundred crossbows and one thousand crossbowmen are the real trump cards painstakingly trained by the forward generals of the Later Zhao Kingdom. They are the heavily armored cavalry known as the "Iron Buddha".
When faced with a volley of crossbows firing, there is only one way to fall under the arrow and drink in hatred!
He knew that there were monks among the rebels on the opposite side. What he hoped was that even if the crossbow attack could not cause much damage, as long as it could cause chaos on the mound or delay the attack of the opponent's spiritual weapons and crossbow arrows, he would
The infantry will hopefully charge up the mound!
When they rushed to a place about two arrows away from the mound, these crossbowmen stopped in unison. Even with the cover of heavy shields, a group of them were still thrown down like rain from the mound.
The crossbow arrows knocked them down, but they still did not panic and arranged their formation in silence.
Then, the soldier carrying the crossbow sat flat on the ground, placed the crossbow flat in front of him, put the soles of his left and right feet into the thumb of the machine, and then used the special hook on his belt to hook the crossbow string, and tightened it with both hands.
Hooking the rope on the waist, exerting force on both legs, kicking forward with the soles of both feet, the whole body fell backward, and exerting force on the waist and legs at the same time, the bowstring was hung on the vanadium structure.
The crossbowman carrying a crossbow arrow next to him hurriedly put a crossbow arrow into the arrow slot of the crossbow, then took the crossbow and pointed it at the mound.
After the neat crossbow strings sounded, hundreds of crossbow arrows rose into the sky, covering the entire mound like dark clouds!
Seeing that those arrogant crossbowmen who were usually taken care of by him like treasures finally lived up to his expectations, braving the attack of crossbow arrows on the mound, they finally fired a batch of crossbow arrows.
Feeling that his heart was flying with the flying crossbow arrows, he straightened up on his horse and looked far into the distance, expecting to see the scene of panic and dodging on the hills after the crossbow arrows fell.