There was a "buzz" and a harsh trembling sound, followed by the weird whistling sound of the crossbow arrows piercing the air, and then there was a "bang". A composite medium-sized bed crossbow shot three arrows, which once directly annihilated people in Nanyang. The arrows of the Nanyang War Elephant Troops once again showed their ferocious side in the Western Regions.
These Gaochang soldiers held thick wooden shields covered with cowhide. These shields had no problem protecting against ordinary bows and arrows, but in front of the arrows of this heavy-duty crossbow, they were as fragile as a baby's skin.
Several wooden shields hit by heavy crossbow arrows exploded instantly as if they had suffered a huge force. The terrifying crossbow arrows shot through the shields and directly traversed the soldiers' bodies, and the exploding sawdust even caused several surrounding soldiers to Also suffered heavy losses.
The terrifying consequence of the six hundred crossbow arrows was that screams suddenly sounded outside the city. The miserable screams frightened all the soldiers in Gaochang! What's more important are the Turks who are a little further away, clearly out of the range of bows and arrows, and are preparing to suppress the city wall with bows and arrows.
At least half of these crossbows were aimed at these Turks. These Turks did not expect that there would be bed crossbows on the city wall. The key point was the large number of bed crossbows.
It's okay to say that the terrifying crossbow arrows directly hit the human body, and some crossbow arrows even directly traversed the bodies of Turkic war horses.
In an instant, the dying roars of horses on the battlefield and the screams of Turks echoed the screams of Gaochang soldiers.
But before they could react, the second wave of crossbow arrows was instantly cocked, and another six hundred crossbow arrows attacked all the enemies like a storm!
Another scream soon came from the city. This time, Gaochang's soldiers showed signs of collapse. Not only Gaochang's soldiers, but also the Turks, many Turks began to retreat subconsciously.
Because this was a siege, they thought they were out of range. If it were on the plains, these Turks could use their bravery to rush towards the enemy, but not siege! Isn't rushing to the city looking for death? The enemy's bows and arrows can now cause damage to them!
So we can only retreat!
An Xinggui, who was standing on the city wall, looked at this scene. Although the weapons belonged to them, he couldn't help but take a breath. Is this thing... so powerful?
The number of bed crossbows used by the Central Plains Dynasty to defend the city was not large. The main reason was that large bed crossbows were very bulky. Even bed crossbows could be placed on the walls of some large cities. However, due to the attack angle of the bed crossbow and the height of the female wall of the city wall, the bed crossbow It is difficult for crossbows to shoot enemy siege troops.
But the bed crossbow designed by His Highness is not particularly heavy in itself, and its bottom is supported by an iron tripod. There is a special link device between the tripod and the bed crossbow, which allows it to not only rotate left and right but also move , and can also move up and down.
In addition, the height of the tripod can be adjusted so that it can just shoot through the crenellations of the parapet.
As for its power, An Xinggui didn't know how to describe it.
In the past, the bed crossbows of the Tang Dynasty were never as powerful as they were in such small and convenient sizes, and they could not be used directly on city walls so easily. The power of crossbows that can be used on city walls is much smaller than this. When defending the city, it is not as effective as bows and arrows, and the rewinding speed is also slower.
But the power of this thing is simply that if a god blocks a god, a Buddha will kill a Buddha! All defenses were useless, not even the Tang Dynasty's own heavy cavalry could stop the power of this crossbow.
Only a large iron-clad wooden shield that is at least three inches thick can withstand its power, but that kind of wooden shield cannot be resisted by humans!
And the crossbows he is using now are not only useful for defending and attacking cities, they can also be used in field battles! Because An Xinggui had seen those soldiers disassemble it, its disassembly was very simple. If it was disassembled thoroughly, one horse could carry two without any problems.
If this thing is carried by a horse for high-speed movement, it will be an invincible killer weapon on the wild battlefield!
With these 200 bed crossbows, if the enemy dared to charge intensively at An Xinggui's formation, one shot would cost at least 600 lives! Even more! And if a few more soldiers are arranged to wind it up in turn, it can be wound up in just ten seconds.
What kind of army could withstand such death?
Anyway, Gaochang and the Turks can't bear it!
Ju Wentai was completely stunned! Those terrifying crossbow arrows are like the Tenth Palace Yama that threatens life! As an emperor who believes in Buddhism, Ju Wentai's whole body felt cold at the moment. He immediately thought of the Ten Palaces of Yama in Buddhism.
But he probably didn't know that in the land of China, the person in charge of death in the original myth was not Yama, but the Netherworld Emperor Fengdu.
Before Ju Wentai's generals could react, Gaochang's soldiers and Turks had already been defeated. Everyone was desperately running back, but the crossbow arrows on the city wall still fired a total of four rounds!
A total of 2,400 crossbow arrows caused damage and left at least more than a thousand corpses.
On the land in front of Yiwu City, the blood of more than a thousand people and nearly a hundred war horses dyed almost the entire ground reddish brown.
The situation...is frozen.
Ju Wentai is completely stupid. How should he attack?
"General An, please send a scout to send an order to the rear army to send 10,000 cavalry from the foot of the south of Tianshan Mountain to behind Ju Wentai. I'm afraid he won't dare to fight, or he will retreat soon. "Li Daozong said as he looked at the Gaochang army in the distance below and finally controlled the fleeing soldiers.
"Then we are still testing?" An Xinggui was speechless. His Highness didn't let the weapons be tested.
"Forget it, the enemy is not cooperating. Let's order the troops behind us to test the tactics of the cavalry. Anyway, we have enough arrows in our hands." Li Daozong thought for a while, feeling somewhat helpless. When testing the weapons, the enemy must be more powerful than him. It's better for you to be weak, so that no matter how you test the weapon, you won't overturn.
But again, the enemy is weaker... Once you gain an advantage, the enemy will stop playing with you. After all, no one is a fool. If you still fight when you know you can't beat it, losing this thing will be fatal!
Looking at Gaochang and the Turkic army in the distance, An Xinggui felt that what Li Daozong said made sense, and he estimated that Ju Wentai would not play with them.
Ju Wentai is a completely polarizing person. When he is arrogant, he is more arrogant than anyone else. He always feels that he is the best in the world. When he is as timid as a mouse, he can really run faster than a rabbit.
Just as Li Daozong and An Xinggui guessed, Ju Wentai was completely confused.
who I am? where am I? What am I doing here? ? Am I a clown?
