At the banner of the Central Army of the Qin, Wei, and Han Allied Forces, Sima Cuo stood on a chariot, holding a pergola with his hands, and looked attentively.
The Chu army's arrow rain poured out as expected... Although Sima Cuo had been mentally prepared for a long time, he still let out a soft sigh of shock at this moment——
"Xiong Wuliang's crossbow is really sharp!"
When they were at Lu Pass, the Qin, Wei and Han coalition forces had experienced the power of a repeating crossbow.
At that time, all Sima Cuo was thinking about was when Si Jing would stab him in the back... After the victory, the Qin, Wei, and Han allied forces continued to chase the defeated soldiers, harvesting heads to expand the results... and they really didn't have time to clean up the battlefield.
"After our army conquers Yingdu, we must dismantle Xiong Wuliang's serial crossbow and find out its structure." Sima Cuo murmured.
"Such a sharp weapon, I, Da Qin, must have it in my hands!"
Sima Cuo was muttering to himself in a low voice, while glancing at Han Jiang Bao Yuan beside him without any trace.
In previous battles with South Korea and Wei, although the South Korean army was small in number, its sharp bows and crossbows could always cause heavy casualties to the Qin army.
The powerful crossbows of the Han army were hated by countless Qin generals!
If the Qin army had obtained the craftsmanship of the divine crossbow in Xiong Wuliang's hands...when fighting against South Korea and Wei in the future, they would no longer be afraid of the powerful crossbows of the South Korean army...
In Sima Cuo's eyes, the current war was almost certain - this experienced general who grew up in temples was already planning the next battle in his mind.
Wei General Gongsun Xi and Han General Bao Yuan were standing behind Sima Cuo, still cheering for the continued advance of the coalition forces. They did not realize that Sima Cuo in front of them had become uneasy...
It is said that a wave of arrows rained down. Although the sound was terrifying, the losses to the charging coalition formation were not great!
Because the first wave of people who rushed up were all fierce warriors from the Qin, Wei, and Han coalition forces—almost all veterans with rich combat experience. When they saw the arrows coming, they hardly ran around in panic, but brushed their shields on the ground. Raise above your head.
Tens of thousands of shields formed a strong shield wall.
Most of the arrows struck the shield.
Even if a small number of arrows pass through the gaps between the shields, the damage caused is not great - this square formation is made of elites and has a high armor coverage rate.
An unlucky coalition soldier was shot to the ground by an arrow, and the rest of the soldiers immediately filled the gap in the shield wall to avoid chain casualties.
On the city wall, Shaohu had already seen the doorway, and he said angrily with a loud sound: "Sima Cuo is so courageous - in the first round of attack, he took the elite!"
"These ten thousand coalition soldiers must be battle-hardened warriors!"
Xiong Wuliang nodded slowly.
In siege battles, those who charge in the first round are often cannon fodder——
The siege warriors who charge in the first round often have to undertake a lot of reconnaissance tasks - detecting the strength of the enemy's troops, the number of bows and crossbows, whether there are enough arrows... and by the way, they can also consume the defenders' arrows and stamina.
Of course, such hard work cannot be left to the elite to take risks... it must be handed over to worthless cannon fodder.
In addition, they have to fill the trenches for the city, and at the same time they have to face the defenders with sufficient arrows and high morale... The casualty rate of the cannon fodder in the first round of charge is usually as high as 80%.
Therefore, those usually sent to carry out the first round of charges are basically prisoners, criminals, surrendered soldiers... and even temporarily captured enemy civilians.
But Sima Cuo in front of him did the opposite - in the first round of charge, he charged the most elite soldiers!
The reason is also very simple——
First of all, Sima Cuo probably knew the strength of Xiong Wuliang's troops and did not need to conduct reconnaissance.
Bai Qi had already tested whether the city wall was strong or not when he attacked before.
Xiong Wuliang's fighting style has always been rich, and there has almost never been a shortage of arrows. It is almost impossible to send out soldiers to consume all the arrows in Xiong Wuliang's hands.
The gap outside Yingdu City had been filled in long ago when Bai Qi attacked the city. Although some time has passed, the Chu army is still far from clearing it up.
To sum up - sending weak soldiers to lead the battle will not have any substantial benefit to the Qin, Wei and Korean coalition forces except increasing casualties.
Le Yi couldn't help but praise: "He is good at flexibility and does not stick to past tactics... He is indeed Sima Cuo."
Xiong Wuliang smiled coldly: "Okay, since he is an elite, let's teach Sima Cuo to feel sorry for him!"
"Elite? Labor and management fight for the elite!"
Shaohu understood: "Bed crossbow, catapult - let go!"
The crossbow arrows, which were as thick as spears, shot out violently.
No matter how strong the coalition's shield array is, it will never be able to stop such a fierce crossbow.
The catapults dropped rocks mixed with cans of fire oil.
The denser the Qin army's formation, the better the killing effect of the fire oil tanks!
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Under the banner of the Allied Forces.
When the fire oil tank just flew up from the top of the city, Sima Cuo's pupils shrank, his body trembled suddenly, and he exclaimed: "Not good!"
I had long heard that Xiong Wuliang had the "Sky Fire" move, but today I forgot to be careful...
It's too late.
Fire shot into the sky!
Ten thousand of the most elite soldiers of the Qin, Wei, and South Korea coalition danced in the sea of fire.
The originally extremely tight formation now immediately fell apart, with countless gaps leaking out.
On the top of the city, taking advantage of the opportunity, there was another dense rain of arrows...
Heavy casualties!
Even though Sima Cuo had always been steady, his face looked horrified at this moment!
The hand holding the railing of the chariot in front of him turned slightly white because of too much force.
Bai Qi and other generals around him were also shocked and speechless.
The first wave of 10,000 elite soldiers suffered 67/10 casualties...
These are all the most capable soldiers, and quite a few of them even have titles.
This wave of losses can be described as crippling!
The soldiers retreated like a tide... Many of them were still stained with the terrible flames, dancing and howling as they ran towards the back.
The formation was in chaos for a while.
Gongsun Xi, Bao Yuan and other generals looked livid: "As soon as the two armies faced each other, six to seven thousand of our soldiers lost their fighting power..."
The sea of fire is still burning on the sandy ground, emitting thick and pungent black smoke... The second phalanx that was originally supposed to launch an attack, now you look at me, I look at you, no one is there Dare to step forward.
Before the sea of fire was completely burned out, Sima Cuo's army could not launch any effective attack.
The nearly 300,000 troops could only sit there, waiting for the flames to diminish little by little...
Bai Qi, on the other hand, did not seem to be upset by the heavy casualties suffered by his army, and calmly analyzed: "If Xiong Wuliang had put in more kerosene just now, I am afraid that none of the 10,000 elite soldiers in our front army would be able to come back."
"Mi Liang'er didn't burn them all. It's definitely not because he was kind...it means there isn't enough fire oil in Yingdu City!"
When Sima Cuo heard this, his eyes lit up!
He glanced at Bai Qi approvingly, and then ordered in a slow voice——
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