When the two bald novices crawled to Shi Le's horse and cried, Shi Le had already seen with his own eyes how Hu Senzhu Tu from the Western Regions died. 3≠eight 3≠eight 3≠read 3≠book,↗o●
Shi Le had a gloomy face and paid no attention to the two novice monks. Instead, he gave instructions to a Hulu guard next to him.
"Go and pick up that thing."
The iron ball shell just bounced off the ground, knocked off Hu Senzhutu's head, and then landed in the open space between several phalanxes at the rear.
The Hulu cavalry quickly took the order, turned his horse's head and galloped away.
"General, this thing is made of iron and is even hot to the touch."
Soon, the guard used a rag to lift a black iron ball, which was stained with a lot of blood from Hu Senzhu Tu.
Shi Le and several generals around him stepped forward to check.
"Hmph, this is definitely not some bullshit thunder spell. I think it must be some kind of mechanism technique."
As soon as Shi Le saw this black iron ball, he knew that the Donglai Army on the opposite side must not have used some thunder spell.
Because when Shi Le was a child, he saw his grandfather hiding from a thunderstorm under a tree and being struck by lightning. The scene still remains fresh in his memory. The real person killed by lightning should be like his grandfather, who was burnt all over and smelled like roasted whole lamb. , instead of having his head crushed by a big iron ball like Zhu Tu.
"What the general said makes sense. In ancient times, when a hundred schools of thought contended, Mozi founded the Mohist school. He was accustomed to making strange and ingenious things. This iron ball was probably thrown by some kind of mechanism."
Zhang Bin quickly answered the call and helped Shi Le calm down the ghosts and ghosts in everyone's hearts.
After hearing Shi Le's explanation in such a positive tone, the surrounding Hu Han generals all calmed down their panic a little, but then they all felt worried in their hearts, because if this was not a thunder spell, it meant that The Qingzhou Army on the opposite side already has some kind of magic weapon that can throw this kind of deadly iron ball nearly two hundred steps away. Thinking about it this way, it seems that it is not much weaker than the sky thunder spell.
Unlike the generals around Shi Le, except for a few soldiers close to Hu Senzhu Tu who knew what had just happened, the rest of the Hulu infantry and cavalry did not know what specifically happened.
They just suddenly heard bursts of loud roaring noises, which were like thunder, but not very appropriate. Some of the cavalrymen with good vision also saw several plumes of smoke rising from the Qingzhou army formation.
Compared with those who were still calm, many of the Hulu cavalry horses were disturbed by the "gunfire" just now.
If these Hulu cavalrymen were not all good at handling horses, I am afraid that there would have been horses charging randomly.
Even so, many of the marching cavalry also experienced some confusion, but for thousands of cavalry, it was almost like the lake water was lightly waving.
Except for the fact that Hu Senzhutu, whose head had just been smashed by a ricochet, was completely dead, the effect of the five artillery fires just now completely disappeared soon.
"Quick! Reload it!"
Liu Yu, who was very dissatisfied with the results of the battle just now, rode his horse to the rear of several artillery pieces and personally and loudly urged the gunners to start reloading.
At a distance of more than a hundred steps, if it were a cavalry charge, these gunners would not have time to load and fire the second round.
Fortunately, these five artillery pieces faced the Hulu's dense infantry, but even in this case, there were not many opportunities for them to fire. 〖∈八〖∈八〖∈Read〖∈Book, 2∞3↓o
These improvised artillery units are very unfamiliar with all the cleaning, loading, and repositioning.
According to Liu Yu's estimation, before the Hulu infantry on the opposite side rushes into their faces, these unfamiliar gunners can fire at most two rounds. If the Hulu infantry advances quickly, they can only fire one round at most. .
Suddenly, the Hulu cavalry on the opposite side began to accelerate slowly and rushed towards the place where the five artillery pieces of the Qingzhou Army were located.
Soon at least two thousand Hu cavalry raised their horses to the fastest speed, but there was no direct impact, because the infantry of the Qingzhou Army's two brigade formations had already advanced to the front of the artillery to cover, with more than ten feet of rifles and spears. The array is not something that cavalry can easily break through.
These Hu cavalry rushed diagonally in front of the Qingzhou army formation, and used their cavalry bows to throw out a dense rain of arrows. With the inertia provided by the extremely fast horses, these arrows gained extra range, and with a buzzing sound, they broke through the air. The sound fell like raindrops into the Qingzhou military formation.
Liu Yu heard the sounds of "", "" and "" ringing around him. This was the sound of Hu Qi's feather arrow hitting the armor and shield of the Qingzhou soldiers.
The Qingzhou Army's archers were scattered in four directions. In the direction where Hu Qi launched the attack, the Qingzhou Army's archers were at an extreme numerical disadvantage and were temporarily unable to function.
Under the rapid and intensive cavalry fire of the Hulu, these archers could only seek shelter behind the shields of the armored soldiers.
Although the Qingzhou Army had a very high armor coverage rate, there were still many unlucky soldiers who were shot in the unprotected necks, faces, and calves, and some had bows and arrows penetrate the gaps in the armor leaves.
After a round of arrow attacks by Hulu cavalry, the Qingzhou army immediately heard the screams of many injured people, and soon all brigades were reduced in strength.
"It seems that neck armor and iron-brimmed helmets are still required."
After seeing many soldiers being injured and killed by feather arrow attacks, Liu Yu couldn't help but secretly thought that helmets in the Western Jin Dynasty had almost no iron eaves and could not withstand arrows falling at large angles like Ming helmets. They mainly relied on neck armor and masks. However, the production cost of neck armor is not low, and ordinary soldiers do not have it at all.
"General, look, the thieves are here again!"
Wu Xin shouted beside Liu Yu.
Liu Yu raised his head and watched. The Hulu cavalry who had just charged and fired arrows all turned diagonally to the rear after shooting a round of arrows and flew past. They ran from the original right wing to a place close to the left wing, and the Hulu cavalry on the left wing The cavalry has begun to accelerate, and it is necessary to follow the same method as the cavalry shooting method just now.
"Is this Hulu's riding and shooting tactics?"
Liu Yu saw with his own eyes the Hulu cavalry on the left and right wings, like butterflies piercing flowers, firing alternately in front of the Qingzhou Army's formation.
"Yes, General, this is one of the horse-and-shooting tactics commonly used by Hulu. If there is no cavalry to compete, and there are not enough infantry and bows to counterattack, then you can only stand and be beaten."
Wu Xin is obviously very familiar with the tactics commonly used by these barbarians.
After Liu Yu heard this, before he could ask any more questions, he heard the same sound of horse hooves hitting the ground again.
The sound of thousands of war horses galloping at high speed reached every soldier of the Qingzhou Army through the tremors of the earth.
Upon seeing this, several of Liu Yu's guards quickly gathered in front of Liu Yu with several shields, and protected him with their bodies and shields.
There was another buzzing sound like flying wasps, and then thousands of feather arrows crackled into the Qingzhou Army's lineup, and many unlucky ones were shot and fell to the ground.
This time when Hu Qi was shooting arrows, he was closer to the Qingzhou Army than the last time. Almost all the arrows fell completely into the Qingzhou Army's infantry array, and two arrows even flew over the infantry array. It hit the shield beside Liu Yu.
Liu Yu pulled out a feathered arrow and saw that there were words engraved on it. It was an arrow in Weijun's arsenal. Judging from the depth of the arrow inserted into the shield, the power of these arrows was also considerable.
It's a terrible feeling to be beaten while standing.
And for the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army who can only be beaten and cannot fight back, not only do they feel bad inside, but they may also cause a decrease in morale.
"Hulu, you are so arrogant!"
At this time, Ran Long beside him suddenly said through gritted teeth.
Because at this time, the Hu Qi who had completed the first round of shooting had already begun to reorganize their team. It was obvious at a glance that these Hu Qi would continue to follow the same pattern, using horsepower in exchange for kills.
"General, how could the thief be so arrogant? Let's quickly let the archers form a formation to fight back."
Wu Xin also advised Liu Yu.
"Li Feng, arrange the archers immediately."
"As you command!"
Liu Yu looked at the gunners of the five artillery pieces. Due to the interference of two rounds of Hulu bow and arrow attacks, these cucumber-egg-like "artillerymen" had just completed the second round of clearing the barrels of the artillery. Liu Yu expected to wait for the third round. When Hu Qi started to attack, he was just in time to launch.
Thinking of this, Liu Yu immediately ordered several military leaders who commanded the artillery soldiers without thinking.
"Switch to shotguns immediately! Order the infantry covering the front to get out of the way."
Soon, the two brigade formations that had just been covering in front of the artillery received the order and immediately divided into several smaller square formations, forming a cover in the gaps between the several artillery pieces.
The gunners of several bronze cannons also began to push the paper-wrapped black fire yao into the barrel, then put in a piece of wood as a partition, and finally a large bag of barreled shotshells, which contained nearly three kilograms. Iron beads.
As the sound of horse hooves sounded from slow to fast, the third attack of the Hulu cavalry began again.
At this time, hundreds of archers on the front of the Qingzhou Army were also on standby among the infantry arrays, and the five artillery pieces had finally completed the placement of the final twist and were ready to fire at any time.
The Hulu cavalry's third attack had obviously higher morale and excitement than the previous two. Accompanied by the rapid sound of horse hooves, bursts of strange shouts and shouts also resounded throughout the front of the formation.
The attack direction of the two thousand Hu Qi is like a parabola. In front of the top of the parabola is the Qingzhou Army. The Hu Qi will throw the bow and arrow in the front to kill the Qingzhou Army infantry, and then half-turn to the rear to complete the parabola. the last paragraph.
What these Hulu cavalry were thinking at this time was that because the Qingzhou Army faced two attacks by thousands of Hulu cavalry, it seemed that they did not have the strength to fight back. The infantry archers who originally had the advantage in range also had the numerical advantage of the cavalry archers. , completely losing their intention to fight back.
Therefore, this time they have to be closer to Qingzhou's infantry array, because the closer the distance, the greater the lethality caused by bows and arrows, and the closer the distance, the greater the impact on the morale of Qingzhou Army soldiers.
"Come on!"
As the general of this cavalry, Taobao rode his beloved mount and charged to the front.
The icy cold wind whistled in his ears, and Tao Bao felt that after his round of cavalry shooting, the morale of the Qingzhou Army who were standing stupidly and being beaten would be greatly damaged.
At that time, as long as two more rounds of charging and shooting are needed, and then the infantry behind them come forward to fight in close combat, these Qingzhou troops can be completely defeated.
Tao Bao led the cavalry to the peak of acceleration. He was about to bend his bow and shoot when he suddenly found many small black spots flying out of the Qingzhou Army. Tao Bao knew that this was the Qingzhou Army's archers finally starting to fight back.
"Hmph, it's impossible to stop so many cavalry with so few arrows."
Taobao had already guessed that the Qingzhou Army's infantry archers were not used intensively, but were scattered in four directions in order to resist Hu Qi's harassment.
With a popping sound, there was a burst of screams behind Taobao. He knew that someone was shot by the Qingzhou Army's bow and arrow, but Taobao showed no fear at all. At this time, it was all swords and arrows. Being blind doesn't mean you can definitely dodge if you are afraid of dodging.
When another round of bows and arrows from the Qingzhou Army came, Taobao had already shot one of his own, followed closely by thousands of feather arrows fired by Hu Qi.
Tao Bao lightly controlled the horse, trying to pass by the Qingzhou army's formation, and then return to the other side.
At this moment, Taobao discovered that five gaps had opened in the Qingzhou Army's infantry array, revealing five strange-looking carts and five dark guys facing him.
"What's this?"
Taobao had some doubts in his mind, and was wondering if it had anything to do with the thunder just now.
Suddenly, there was another "boom" sound.
Taobao heard the thunderous sound again, and when he looked back on the horse before it came, he felt a strong force coming from behind, as if he was hit with a sledgehammer, and his whole body was carried He lunged forward, and then another sharp pain hit his waist, and then his vision went black and he didn't know anything anymore.
"boom!"
"boom!"
As five beautiful clouds of gunpowder smoke were produced, thousands of iron beads spurted out from the muzzle like a sudden storm. The two thousand Hulu cavalry who were only fifty steps away in front looked like a wheat field swept by the strong wind. , and a large piece fell down.
The iron beads flying out at high speed exploded into a mist of blood after hitting the human body and horses. The Hu cavalry army, which was roaring and running, was immediately killed and injured. The cavalry approaching the side of the Qingzhou army were almost wiped out in one fell swoop, and all of them fell to the ground. corpse.
All the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army who witnessed all this were stunned by the bloody scene in front of them.
Even though they heard the loud noises of artillery fired many times when they were in Qingzhou, they never thought that these big copper pipes that sounded like thunder could have such terrifying damage!
In front of the entire formation, there was only chaos and the noisy and frightened shouts of the Hulu cavalry.
Suddenly, someone in the Qingzhou Army let out an excited and high-pitched shout, and then the entire Qingzhou Army formation, like a chain of dominoes, erupted into louder shouts!
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
Ran Long's face flushed with excitement, he raised the bow in his hand high and followed the guards around Liu Yu in shouting loudly. 11
