Zhang Gang was sitting on a wheeled cart. Dozens of sergeants held up shields, forming a shield wall above his head. He curled up his lips, held a wooden stick in his hand, and pointed it at the twenty soldiers in front of him. The more than 20 pieces of wooden armor lined up in a row on the left and right sides waved lightly and said in a deep voice: "On the left, seven pieces, attacking the arrow tower with continuous crossbows!"
There was a sound of a machine. The seven wooden armors on the left each had their arms hanging down. On both sides of the shoulders, two ten-shot eight-stone bull-running crossbows stood upright, facing the six seats facing them. In the arrow tower, fourteen bull-running crossbows were launched at the same time. The sound of the crossbow machine firing was accompanied by the huge noise when these crossbow arrows left the string. And these heavy crossbow arrows, which were one foot long, accurately hit the arrow towers. On the sentry tower, the large arrow-proof shields covered with rawhide that hung around were hit by these heavy crossbows, and were pierced with one crossbow. Some shields were directly broken into two pieces, and many more were penetrated. A round hole the size of a fist appeared, and dozens of soldiers in armor standing behind the crossbow fell like raindrops.
With the attack of these wooden armored repeating crossbows, the crossbowmen on the opposite arrow tower also began to fire. The crossbows kept firing, and the flying arrows were flying one after another. They were only about a hundred steps away, but they could not be found and fired. The crossbows seem to be in the hands of these sergeants, but under the armor, these are just scarecrows. Even the crossbows in their hands are connected to a slender rope behind the crossbow machine. It is directly connected to a trench more than ten steps away from the tower. In this trench, there are already archers, and there are dozens of them holding strings in their hands, manipulating the arrow tower from a distance. Soldiers and soldiers fired crossbows.
More than a hundred crossbow bolts were shot from these arrow towers, nailing the wooden armor mechanisms all over their bodies, but it did not affect the speed at which they fired the eight-niu crossbows. On the one hand, ordinary infantry crossbow bolts flew on the other. What went away were heavy crossbows and long arrows. As more and more people landed on the opposite arrow towers, the counterattacks on these arrow towers became increasingly weak.
With a "boom", the bottom pillar of a tower was hit by a heavy crossbow. This one had been nailed with two heavy crossbow bolts before, and passed through the pillar. The swaying tower finally could no longer withstand it. Withstanding this blow, he collapsed like a man with scarred legs. The collapsed archery tower leaned forward and hit the previous fence heavily, causing a six or seven-meter-long fence to open to the entire row. He fell down, and the rising smoke covered everything within thirty steps.
Zhang Gang laughed and waved his wooden stick: "The eight wooden armors on the right will cover the bows and arrows to suppress them!"
This time it was the turn of the eight wooden armors on the right. They raised their arms, and four huge shields hung on their arms. A thousand archers ran out from the formation behind. These few The ten large shields completely covered them. Even on the opponent's archery tower, they could not directly attack these archers.
Following the orders from each team, these archers quickly fired arrows at the opposite camp fence. The distance of about fifty steps was enough for these well-trained archers to shoot at the fastest speed. He poured out the bow and arrows in his hand. Within ten steps of the wooden fence on the opposite side, arrows were falling like rain. In the smoke and dust, we could constantly see soldiers wearing armor standing in front or falling to the ground. The bows and arrows that came back were sparse and completely out of proportion.
In the Tianshi Dao Central Army, Xu Daofu's brows gradually widened, he pointed at the situation ahead and said with a smile: "Sure enough, Liu Yu's troops are insufficient, with only 7,000 troops, how can he block our army's all-out attack? We are almost ready to charge at the camp. We cannot fall behind in the middle. Send an order to Zhang Gang to open the gate of the camp as quickly as possible. The forward troops are ready to attack. Once I give the order, we must rush in from all fronts and move in as quickly as possible. Speed up and beat me to Liu Yu’s handsome flag!”
Xu Daofu's order quickly reached Zhang Gang through the sound of flags and drums. A messenger immediately ran up and said urgently to Zhang Gang, who was directing the shooting of the left and right wooden armor: "Sir, the three leaders have Order, break down the gate of the enemy’s central camp as soon as possible, and then prepare to attack!”
Zhang Gang laughed: "What's so difficult about this?! Twelve pieces of wooden armor in the center, hooked spears are ready!"
The twelve central pieces of wooden armor that had not participated in the attack were slowly opened on the chest. From the empty chamber inside, a bed crossbow was slowly pushed out. As it slowly slid outward from the inner chamber, The arms of the crossbow on both sides began to unfold, and on the sliding rod in the center, there was a hook of about five feet fixed. Different from the ordinary sharp blade, there were three barbs behind the tip, just like when fishing. The harpoons for hooking fish, and twelve such hook spears, were placed on the sliding rods of the crossbow body, while more than a hundred sergeants operating crossbows rushed forward, while firing at the hook spears. A thick hemp rope was wrapped around the hole in the tail, and while pushing the winch, the thick and large crossbow string was slowly opened.
Zhang Gang's roar echoed on the front line: "Twelve crossbows, volley, target, the opponent's central gate, fire!"
As soon as his order was given, the crossbow string that had been stretched to its maximum position was suddenly loosened almost at the same time, and the twelve hooked spears shot out like meteors chasing the moon, hitting them all without hesitation. Fifty steps away, the high-hanging village gate, each hooked spear hit the bottom of the village gate so hard that the finger that stood up provocatively seemed to be almost broken. Twelve black and thick spears were nailed to the thick wooden village gate, almost without handles, and the whole gate was shaking violently.
Zhang Gang raised the wooden stick in his hand high. His hands were trembling. The most exciting and crucial step was about to happen. He shouted at the top of his lungs with a trembling voice: "Pull." Spear, break the stronghold!”
More than a hundred thick, strong, bull-like sergeants ran out from the back row. They were unarmed, not even wearing armor. They had well-developed muscles. As they ran, their lines were shaking violently. These strong men rushed towards When he got closer, he grabbed the thick hemp ropes held by the crossbow soldiers in front and threw them on his shoulders, or tied them around his waist. In groups of ten, they shouted chants, turned around and pulled towards the back. Up, twelve hooked spears penetrated the village gate. Under the pull of these strong men, after a violent shaking, they finally collapsed. The gate was placed on the trench, bringing up the smoke and dust. Together with the camp gates on both sides, as well as the stockade gates that were fifty or sixty meters wide, they all fell forward and fell to the ground. The door of the Chinese army was opened, and Liu Yu on the high platform was just two hundred steps away!
