The ruthless killings were repeated continuously. No matter how fearful the soldiers were, under the butcher's knife of the supervising team, they could only be sent up the hillside like lambs to be slaughtered.
In the dark rainy night, the constant screams, coupled with the bodies rolling down on the ground, decorated this originally ordinary mountain road like a road leading to the underworld.
Although Li Jinzhong's heart was bleeding, at this moment, he was still waiting stubbornly.
"Sir, why do they want to make unnecessary sacrifices? Don't they know that it is impossible for them to attack before our arrows are exhausted?"
Under the awning halfway up the mountain, an officer of the Shenwu Army was talking to Zhang Zihuan in a low voice.
This kind of war is really boring. The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and they can no longer see where their target is.
Only those few angry wind lanterns are still guiding them.
"It seems like they are fighting us as an ordinary army! Since he insists on sending military honors, the general will accept them all!"
There was a sneer on Zhang Zihuan's lips.
The Shenwu Army was so terrifying that even the Huns cavalry had to retreat three points, let alone ordinary miscellaneous troops like them.
"General, we have killed and wounded more than 3,000 soldiers. We can't continue like this!"
Several subordinates around Li Jinzhong could no longer bear it, even though they said they would sacrifice their lives in exchange for victory.
In this day and age, it is considered a common thing, but at this time, they have no hope of winning.
The soldiers in their hands were the foundation of their livelihood. They had sacrificed the lives of three thousand soldiers, but in the end, they didn't even touch a hair of the enemy. What was the point of continuing such a battle?
"I don't believe it, they are all made of iron!"
Li Jinzhong was stubborn and refused to admit defeat. He refused to let go, and the supervising team could only keep driving the soldiers up to die.
"This is really a killer weather..."
Listening to the screams coming from the darkness, Zhang Zihuan said quietly.
He is a man of letters, but he is actually not that obsessed with military exploits.
But now, he had to harden his heart.
"Boom - boom - boom -"
A thunder exploded, and then, a bolt of lightning pierced the sky. With the light of lightning, Zhang Zihuan finally saw the scene on the mountain road clearly.
The narrow mountain road was densely packed with Li Jinzhong's soldiers. The bodies of those dead soldiers could only be ruthlessly discarded on both sides of the road.
As for the wounded, those who can still move can only continue to move forward, while those who cannot move can only wait to die in place. The cruelty of war is undoubtedly revealed at this moment...
"General, we have over five thousand casualties! We can't continue, we can't continue!"
"General, if we continue fighting like this, our brothers will be dead!"
So many people were killed and injured, but no one was able to attack the mountainside, which made Li Jinzhong's subordinates completely despair.
They could only kneel on the ground and began to beg.
The rain of arrows from the sky has not stopped for a moment until now. It has been almost an hour.
The opponent still maintained the original frequency, and the speed of the arrow falling did not change at all.
This made Li Jinzhong start to waver. Could it be that the other party was really made of gold and stone?
"General! This is a crossbow dropped from the mountain!"
At this time, a broken crossbow machine was delivered to Li Jinzhong by several taxis from the war team.
"Bring the torch!"
Li Jinzhong trembled with his hands, and then immediately asked the soldiers to light torches.
A few torches illuminated the temporary tent, and on the top of the mountain, Zhang Zihuan also summoned Yuan Bin from the gunpowder camp.
Although Yuan Bin is only an officer at the rank of military lord at this moment, due to the special nature of the gunpowder camp, his status in the army is second only to Yuan Qing and Zhang Zihuan.
"See that place?"
Through the heavy rain curtain, Zhang Zihuan pointed at the small bright spot that was vaguely visible at the bottom of the mountain.
"Sir, what do you mean..."
Yuan Bin suddenly became excited. Is the gunpowder camp finally going to open meat?
When they came this time, they went to great lengths to bring ten heavy cannons.
However, in order to ensure that this thing would be successful in a critical moment, Zhang Zihuan and the others kept this thing tightly covered.
So much so that after the soldiers from the Gunpowder Battalion arrived in Lingnan, they had almost no shooting training except daily physical training.
This made the soldiers criticize each and every one. After all, this training cannot be carried out, how can they make achievements?
Originally, they were all ready to watch the fun tonight, but they didn't expect that Zhang Zihuan actually found them here at this time!
"That's right, I've asked people to get all the big guys from the ten gates for you. That son of a bitch Li Jinzhong is down there. Are you sure you can kill him for me?"
Zhang Zihuan originally didn't want to expose such a weapon, but what happened tonight really made him feel inexplicably angry.
Although these soldiers are all miscellaneous, they are all Han after all. Just because of that son of a bitch's words, are they all going to die here?
"It's about 1,300 steps from here. You can give it a try from a high position! I'm 70% sure!"
Yuan Bin took a deep breath, then calculated the distance in his mind, and then said tentatively.
"You only have less than a quarter of an hour! Take it yourself!"
Zhang Zihuan was very satisfied with the 70% certainty. After all, the accuracy of this thing in the testing field was only 80%.
If it were certain, how could such a weapon exist in this world?
"promise!"
Yuan Bin was a little excited. This was their first stop after arriving in Lingnan. If they could get off to a good start this time, they would be able to feel proud in the future.
"Go and find me some craftsmen from the army!"
Looking at the broken crossbow machine, the expression on Li Jinzhong's face was particularly ugly.
Although this crossbow machine doesn't look much different from an ordinary crossbow machine on the surface, the extra fist-sized thing on it looks particularly weird.
"General, how about asking the brothers to stop first?"
Seeing that his attitude was a little relaxed, several of Li Jinzhong's confidants hurriedly said.
"No, no one is allowed to stop!"
Li Jinzhong gritted his teeth. If he gave up now, wouldn't those people's deaths really be in vain?
"Meet the general, villain!"
After a short time, several soldiers in the army who were responsible for repairing crossbows were brought to the big tent.
"Show me how to use this thing?"
