After Wang Hao entered Qingfeng Village, he focused on studying the Pojun Crossbow. Then he told Nie Chen that the Pojun Crossbow was indeed a weapon that consumed the enemy's troops when the two armies were fighting, but in a city defense battle, it was best to use the Pojun Crossbow. The best way is to accurately attack the enemy's siege equipment.
The power and range of the army-breaking crossbow are far superior to ordinary bows and arrows. Although it is not as good as the trebuchet, it can deal with ladders, arrow towers and siege rams.
Because these three things, if they want to be effective, they must be close enough. This gives the Pojun Crossbow time to aim calmly and directly destroy the opponent's siege equipment.
Without siege equipment, no matter how many people the opponent has, it will be useless.
In comparison, the lethality of the Pojun Crossbow itself to people seems insignificant.
Because at the same cost, the effect of using bows and arrows and trebuchets will be better.
These two things are low-cost and available everywhere, and the requirements for making bows and arrows are far lower than those of broken military crossbows, and even lower than those of even crossbows.
In Wang Hao's words, now that you have fewer people, you can equip the entire army with the best weapons, but what about when you have more people?
You have to consider the cost issue.
Therefore, the soldiers of Qingfeng Village not only have to learn repeating crossbows and broken military crossbows, but also ordinary bows and arrows.
After all, this thing has low cost and high output.
The barbarian soldiers below the city are still charging desperately. Although many people have fallen under the crossbow arrows, the remaining people will still pick up the ladder and continue to charge.
I have to say that although the barbarians are poor, their attitude of risking their lives in battle is quite intimidating.
"The sword and crossbow soldiers press forward and defend the city wall!"
"The archers are ready, one hundred and fifty steps in front of us to throw!"
"shooting!"
As Wang Hao shouted orders, the archers on the city wall aimed their bows diagonally upward and launched them all.
As a wave of arrows fell, many barbarian soldiers fell in a pool of blood, while the rest continued to charge.
"A hundred-step projectile!"
"Fifty steps flat shot!"
As the enemy army got closer and closer, Wang Hao predicted the opponent's speed and kept giving orders to release arrows, always making the arrows accurately land on the barbarian's head.
Finally, many surviving barbarians rushed to the bottom of the city wall, set up ladders, and prepared to climb.
The barbarian archers stood under the city and fired arrows upward to suppress the defenders at the top of the city.
However, at this time Wang Hao ordered again,
"Archers prepare, one hundred and fifty steps in front of us, volley!"
The archer raised his bow and arrow again and shot into the distance.
Nie Chen asked curiously,
"The enemy troops have already reached the city. Why are they still shooting arrows from a distance?"
Wang Hao explained,
"Shooting arrows one hundred and fifty steps is to cut off the enemy's follow-up siege troops, so that the enemy's follow-up troops cannot keep up with the front army. In this way, the front army will be weak and the rhythm of the siege will be interrupted.
The defenders under the city can just be handed over to the crossbowmen. Those who don't come up can be attacked with repeating crossbows. Even if a few come up, they can be hacked to death with one strike.
After cutting off the follow-up troops, even if a small number of reinforcements board the city, they will not pose a threat and will be eliminated quickly. "
"Tsk, brilliant, you are worthy of being the commander-in-chief of the king. He is an expert in defensive warfare."
Wang Hao shook his head and smiled,
"Where is this? There are still many methods that are useless. With the size of the enemy's army, it will not be too easy to fight."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you. We probably won't even need to take action. You can guard against the enemy alone."
Nie Chen smiled and put the knife back into its sheath, then walked to the edge of the city wall and watched the barbarians below attacking the city.
The equipment of the barbarians was really poor, but the defenders on the city were all elite and easily resisted their attacks.
After fighting for most of the day, no barbarian could reach the top of the city. It was getting dark. The barbarian camp called for gold and retreated. The barbarians left more than two thousand corpses and hurried back to the camp.
At the end of the day's fighting, the army of Qingfeng Village opened the city gate, cleaned the battlefield, burned corpses, and recovered broken crossbows, repeating crossbows, and arrows from bows and arrows.
There is soft land outside the city wall, and these barbarians don't have any armor or shields, so not many are damaged by arrows, and they can be reused.
As for whether the enemy will take the opportunity to steal the city, the defenders are also prepared. As long as the enemy dares to come, the broken crossbows on the top of the city will immediately greet them, and the cavalry will cover the infantry back to the city.
Looking at the troops carrying the corpses below, Nie Chen secretly sighed. After occupying the county this time, some auxiliary troops must be trained. The regular army was very tired after fighting for a day and could not rest after the battle. , it really shouldn’t be.
night.
One hundred and thirty miles south of Qingshui County, beside the official road, in a joint camp, the county guard Liu Hu was sitting in the commander's tent and reading the military manual.
Beside him, several generals and commanders were discussing military affairs.
"Report!"
A fast horse arrived in front of the big tent. The scout dismounted, rushed into the tent, knelt on one knee and said,
"Lord Qi, the county seat of Qingshui County has been recaptured!"
"Took it back?"
The county guard put down the military book in his hand, frowned and said,
"My troops are still here. Who took back the county seat?"
Just last night, not long after they set out from the county, the scouts came with news that Qingshui County had been breached by barbarians, and tens of thousands of barbarians were burning, killing and looting in Qingshui County.
After Liu Hu learned of this, he immediately ordered the entire army to march urgently to rescue Qingshui County.
After all, it is more important for the city to be occupied by barbarians than the bandits in Qingfeng Village.
At worst, he would wait until the barbarians are driven away before going to suppress the bandits. After all, he is the county guard, and the presence of bandits in the territory is nothing. But if the city is occupied by foreign enemies and he ignores it, then it will be a serious sin.
"Sir, do we have any other large armies in Weihu County?"
A general asked Liu Hu curiously.
Liu Hu shook his head and said,
"All the armies that can be mobilized in the county are here. There are still armies wherever they go. It is impossible for armies from other places to enter Weihu County without reporting and coordinating with me."
After speaking, Liu Hu looked at the scout and said,
"Go on, what flag did the army that took back the county seat fly?"
"There is no general's flag, only the strong wind flag. I don't know where the army came from. Today the barbarians reunited their troops to attack the city, but they were all repulsed by the defenders and could not capture the city again."
"Without a general's flag? Where can the army be so irregular?"
Liu Hu frowned and muttered, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he said,
"I understand, the only sizable army in Weihu County is probably from Qingfeng Village."
"Sir, you mean that the people from Qingfeng Village went to fight the barbarians? Are they so kind?"
"They really have such good intentions, because Weng Huan was a general before, a general who protected his family and country."
Liu Hu raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth and said,
"Give the order, the whole army will advance slowly, let the barbarians and the people of Qingfeng Village fight first."
"If you dare to occupy my city, I don't care who you are..."
