"Let it go! Let it go! Let it go!" Whoosh whoosh!
With a roar, tens of thousands of crossbowmen fired all the crossbow arrows in their hands, and in an instant, a dark cloud appeared in the sky.
Falling towards the enemy's military formation.
The pitch-black crossbow arrows, with the dark matt on the arrowheads, have a bloodthirsty edge.
Tsk tsk tsk!
"Damn it! Shield hand, hurry up and raise your shield!"
In this instant, hundreds of people died tragically, and the generals of Xiliang were left with eyes that were about to burst.
"Come on, rush in and kill them"
"Three Shots"
"Let it go! Let it go! Let it go!"
Gao Hu looked at the Xiliang army that was about to rush over. There was no trace of fear on his face, but a bloodthirsty smile.
Twenty thousand crossbowmen kept releasing crossbow arrows. In one breath, they quickly installed the crossbow arrows.
The range of the crossbow is more than a hundred feet, not to mention its lethality.
At a distance of a hundred feet, the Xiliang cavalry may only need a few breaths, but for the infantry, it takes more than twenty breaths, which is enough for their crossbowmen to shoot more than a dozen crossbow arrows.
Two to three hundred thousand arrows can cause enough damage.
The crossbow arrows turned into dark clouds, fell from the sky, and launched a bloody massacre against Xiliang's army.
Their crossbow arrows are all heavy arrows, extremely lethal. Without iron armor to protect themselves, as long as they hit a vital point, there is almost no chance of survival.
"My lord, this Xiliang army is really fierce. Even after suffering such a blow, they still refused to retreat. Instead, they rushed forward even more fiercely."
On the high platform of the Chinese army, Xi Zhicai stood next to Su Fan, looking at the front line of the Xiliang army that was about to rush in, and said with a serious face.
"These Xiliang generals have rich combat experience. As long as they retreat now and the damage is still serious, they might as well rush in at once and kill our crossbowmen."
"Obviously these generals know how powerful our crossbowmen are and want to strangle them."
Su Fan saw through the enemy's plan at a glance, but would he let those people get their wish?
Of course it's impossible.
The advantages and disadvantages of crossbowmen are obvious. The long-range attack is very powerful. They are usually protected by melee sword and shield soldiers or spearmen.
Moreover, Su Fan's crossbowmen, in addition to crossbows, also have simple knives on their backs. Throwing away the crossbows can turn them into swords.
His soldiers are all soldiers who are about to give birth. In addition to training every day, they are trained in physical fitness and military skills. It can be said that every soldier can be regarded as a weapons master.
Almost all of them can be adapted to various types of infantry, and even once a war horse is obtained in the field, it can be transformed into a cavalry.
It's just that Su Fan doesn't have that many war horses under his command.
In a hand-to-hand encounter, Su Fan's crossbowmen were not bad at all. They were wearing battle armor and holding fine swords. Except for their fighting will and experience, they were inferior to the Xiliang soldiers and had advantages in other aspects.
Especially in terms of weapons and equipment.
The value of an ordinary soldier of Su Fan's body is estimated to be more than five times that of a soldier of Xiliang.
Although these crossbowmen may look like they are wearing leather armor, in fact, their leather armor is also wrapped with pieces of iron.
Over the years, the total steel production under Su Fan has continued to increase, and now the annual output value has reached one million tons.
Therefore, the army is equipped with iron armor, which has reached the lowest level of soldiers.
This is quite terrifying.
The armor coverage rate of this world's army may be higher than the peak in ancient history, but iron armor is still very rare.
The forbidden army and border troops of the Shenhan Dynasty had the highest armor coverage rate, with a full 70% of them. However, most of the armor worn by the soldiers at the bottom were made of wood and bamboo chips, and those who could have leather armor, They are all low-level officers.
As for the armor, almost all of them were officers above the rank of Marquis.
It is this ultra-high armor rate that makes the army of the divine Han invincible.
Especially in the border army, the reason why the army of Shenhan was able to suppress the aliens was because of their superior equipment.
In terms of physical fitness alone, ordinary soldiers cannot compare to those of foreign races.
After all, one is a vegetarian and the other is a meat-eater, so the gap is still quite big.
However, relying on their equipment and military formations and tactics, the divine Han suppressed the aliens for thousands of years. .
More than 70% of Su Fan's current army is wearing iron armor, even though it is just iron armor wrapped in leather armor.
The defense is not much worse than ordinary iron armor. After all, this is two layers of armor.
Therefore, after close combat, Su Fan's army still performed very well. Indeed, in terms of fighting ability, the experienced Xiliang army may have some advantages.
However, in fact, when the two armies met and the sword and shield soldiers who took the lead from both sides of the crossbowmen fought with Xiliang's infantry, the advantage was on Su Fan's side.
"Damn it!"
"Ming Jin withdraws his troops!"
The two armies were fighting, and the generals on both sides also rushed up. There were many martial arts practitioners under Su Fan's tent. Zang Ba did not move, but Gao Niu and Gao Hu rushed in.
Both of them are martial arts generals who can carry out a large area with just one sweep of Gang Qi.
Under the leadership of the two men, the sword and shield soldiers began to counterpress Xiliang's infantry.
In just one cup of tea, the 10,000 Xiliang army lost no less than 2,000 in the melee. In addition, in the previous charge, no less than hundreds were lost due to arrows.
This time the loss was nearly three thousand.
Without waiting for the leading general to react, a horn was blown in the Xiliang camp. Upon hearing the sound, the Xiliang infantry fled back one after another.
This time's battle also made these Xiliang infantry feel different, and their original pride was hit a lot.
They understood that the people they were fighting against today were different from those before.
"General Niu, the last general is incompetent. He led the army and suffered heavy losses. I beg the general to punish him."
The vanguard general who led the troops returned to the camp and quickly apologized to Niu Fu. The latter had a gloomy face and looked at this man with a bit of murderous intent in his eyes.
Although the infantry of Xiliang are not the most elite soldiers of the Xiliang frontier army, they are still direct descendants of Xiliang. The loss of three thousand soldiers and horses today is not small.
You know, in the previous war for more than half a month, so many soldiers and horses were not lost.
He only has 200,000 soldiers and horses here, of which only 50,000 are the real elites of Xiliang. Among them, there are only 10,000 Xiliang cavalry and 40,000 infantry.
As for the other 150,000, he had plundered them from the local area. They are strong and powerful and can win the battle. Once there is a headwind, I am afraid that this 150,000 army will become a threat.
"Pull it out and hit the eighty board again"
Niu Fu said coldly.
"General, wait"
Just when Niu Fu's personal guards in the camp were about to take action, Xu Rong, who was sitting next to him, stood up quickly and said.
"Well! Do you have anything to say?"
Niu Fu was a little unhappy.
"General, today's battle is a crime other than war. The army this time is extraordinary."
"From what I can see, the army that appeared this time has a solemn appearance, a dense aura, and is well-equipped. It is probably the most elite army among the princes of Guandong."
"Vice General Li's loss today is indeed normal and not careless."
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