Chapter 14: The blood-stained robe is magnificent
The sound of "dong dong" thick war drums sounded, and a solemn aura filled the sky and the earth.
The soldiers of the Western Qin Army raised their arms and shouted: "Great Qin Wansheng, Great Qin Wansheng!" ”
Xue Renguo waved his hand, and more than 1,000 crossbow shooters from the archery battalion boarded the crossbow with their feet in hand, carried the quiver, lined up in a neat formation, and ran to the foot of Jingyang City. There were still more than 50 steps from the city wall, and the more than 1,000 crossbowmen were lying on the ground neatly, holding the crossbow strings with both hands, and their feet on the crossbow arms.
With a sound that made people listen to their teeth sour, the thousand Western Qin soldiers slowly opened their crossbow machines.
"Oops!" Chen Ying was shocked when he saw this scene.
Although Chen Ying was not familiar with the ancient military, he had seen the movie "Hero" in later generations, and in that movie, the Qin army's crossbow machine gave him a strong shock. At that time, Chen Ying also went to Baidu to get this kind of encyclopedia of feet on the crossbow.
The foot-mounted crossbow that was restored in later generations can reach a maximum range of 327 meters, the maximum killing distance is within 280 meters, and the distance of 80 meters can penetrate a steel plate of five millimeters.
"Get down, get down!"
"Woo Woo ......"
Dense arrows flew towards Jingyang City like locusts transiting. Although Chen Ying ordered the generals to lie down in time to defend against arrows, there were still many Jingyang villagers who were stunned by this scene, and they were stunned on the spot, not knowing how to dodge at all.
Especially the young villager Yong, he just told Chen Ying that he had never touched a woman, and he was too unjust to die. At this time, the sharp arrow pierced the lobe of his lungs, and he just wanted to open his mouth, but he couldn't speak, but he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Chen Ying's eyes were red, just a wave of arrow rain made Jingyang Township Yong kill dozens of people, more than 100 wounded, almost two brigades of troops lost their combat effectiveness, blood along the brick cracks on the city wall, slowly flowing to Chen Ying's feet.
"Fight with them!" At the same time as Chen Ying got up, he suddenly felt a huge force pulling his armor skirt.
"You're crazy, you want to die!" Chen Ying found that Li Xiuning was expressionless, hiding behind the women's wall Jingyang Xiangyong and Tang Army soldiers, Li Xiuning seemed to have not seen it.
Chen Ying saw that the subordinates around him were either dead or injured, and his anger rose from his heart, and the green tendons on his forehead bulged. A punch slammed into the battlements on the city wall, and the entire fist was instantly dripping with blood......
"Ci is not in charge of the soldiers!" Li Xiuning still had a look of neither anger nor joy on his face, and said lightly: "I really don't know how you have survived until now!" ”
Chen Ying slowly calmed down, and then he remembered that among the weapons captured from the Western Qin Army, the bows and crossbows had been ruined by himself. Now in the Yongying camp of Jingyang Township, he can't even make up twenty hunting bows, and shooting at the crossbowmen of the Western Qin Army is purely looking for abuse.
In this case, there is only a chance of survival if the enemy is put into the city walls and engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
Thinking of this, Chen Ying immediately shouted: "Hide the damn tightly......
The battlefield is the best teacher, in fact, there is no need for Chen Ying to remind them, these Jingyang township warriors have learned well. They invariably hide vital parts behind shields or under women's walls.
Listening to the terrible screams on the city wall, the morale of the soldiers of the Western Qin Army was greatly boosted, and the crossbowmen shot quickly, pouring a dense rain of arrows on the city wall.
In a moment, the walls almost resembled a meadow overgrown with weeds.
Under the suppression of the crossbowmen of the Western Qin army, the light infantry of the Western Qin army began to carry the ladder and quickly approached the city wall.
Chen Ying didn't like this feeling of being suppressed by others to fight back, and he made up his mind that once he had the opportunity in the future, he would definitely let the soldiers be equipped with the best crossbow machine, preferably a scorpion crossbow for the next generation.
The first Western Qin soldier to climb the city wall trembled with excitement, as the first soldier to climb the city wall. In the Western Qin army, there is a glorious honorary title "Pioneer", as long as he does not die after the war, he will reward ten cattle and four female slaves, which is like a later generation suddenly won a grand prize of 10 million and instantly became a propertied class.
However, at the moment when this soldier of the Western Qin Army had just appeared, a roar like thunder sounded.
"Kill them all!"
As soon as Chen Ying's voice fell, the cold light flashed, and several horizontal knives flew up and down, and the Western Qin army screamed and fell down the cloud ladder.
With Chen Ying taking the lead, join the battle. Jingyang Xiangyong, who was originally cowardly, was also as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and they roared and fought with the soldiers of the Western Qin Army.
"Behind us is Jingyang, our common home, as long as we take a step back, our relatives will definitely suffer!" Chen Ying slashed at the enemy with his sword and yelled, "Can I retreat?" ”
"Can't!"
"Can't!"
"What are we going to do?"
"Kill all the Western Qin soldiers!"
The menacing Western Qin army seemed to have been hit by a stubborn stone and stopped on the city wall at once. Dozens of cloud ladders surged up in an instant, and hundreds of soldiers of the Western Qin Army were slashed and killed in just a quarter of an hour.
Seeing that the attack was blocked, Xue Renguo was furious, and he roared: "Give me arrows, release arrows...... Shoot these bastards! ”
A Western Qin army said timidly; "King, there is still our brother ...... in the city"
"Poof!" In a flash of cold light, the Western Qin general who was speaking suddenly found himself actually flying, and in the afterglow of his eyes he found a headless corpse, blood was spurting out of the veins on his neck, and he felt that this corpse was a little familiar......
Xue Renguo showed a wolf-like fierce light, looked at the generals and said, "Those who disobey this king's military order will be killed!" ”
The surrounding soldiers of the Western Qin Army were so frightened that no one dared to face Xue Renguo's fierce light.
Xue Renguo said: "The shooting army (that is, the crossbowmen) listens to the order, raises a finger, shoot!" ”
The crossbowmen had no choice but to throw a rain of arrows at the city wall with great difficulty.
A rain of arrows shrouded the city wall, whether it was Jingyang Xiangyong or the soldiers of the Western Qin Army, they were all shrouded in the rain of arrows. The soldier who was hit by the arrow fell to the ground screaming.
The Qiang wolf soldiers accounted for a huge proportion of the Western Qin army, and as long as these Qiang soldiers had food, they could recruit as much as they wanted, and Xue Renguo didn't care about their casualties at all. Of course, these fierce Qiang wolf soldiers are also really fierce, and they actually hold their shields against the rain of arrows and continue to charge.
At the critical moment, You Ziying still held a shield and blocked the deadly arrow rain for Chen Ying.
Looking at You Ziying, who was holding a long shield for foot combat, Chen Ying was very speechless.
You Ziying is still a strange person, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of Tang Army troops, a regimental captain with a foot combat shield, he You Ziying is the only one. Chen Ying changed the Xiangyong Battalion to five brigades and one regiment, the strength of one regiment was five hundred, and the regimental captain was actually equivalent to a battalion-level officer in later generations, but You Ziying was still reluctant to discard his infantry shield that had followed him for nearly ten years.
Chen Ying watched more and more Western Qin troops rush onto the city wall, and even Li Xiuning killed three people in a row, Chen Ying suddenly saw the rolling wood and stones on the city wall.
"Get out of the way and greet them with a rolling log!"