Chapter XXXVIII
"Queue, queue ......"
The scout released ten miles, this is the rule of the Yun family. Now it is completely impossible to rush into the Great Wall, but fortunately there is the Great Wall behind it. The enemy could only attack from the front, and Canghu immediately commanded the Yun family's guards and Longyou's soldiers to line up.
In fact, it was just a horse-drawn carriage that was turned sideways, and the brakes were put in place. Fearing that the horses would be frightened after being shot by stray arrows, if they pulled the carriage and ran rampant through the army, it would be doomed.
"Canghu, pull that thing out and the people of the Yun family are hiding behind the car. On the baffle of the big car, I don't know where such a dark celestial man came from. ”
Yun Xiao saw that Canghu routinely placed the Yun family's cavalry on both wings, and hurriedly stopped Canghu. Evacuate all the Yun family's villagers to the back of the cart.
Eight carts were pulled to the front of the line, "Ready, put." As the bracket was struck, a large cloth bag from the trebuchet was thrown, and only a loud bang could be heard in the darkness. This was followed by a myriad of clanging sounds.
"Put the torch in it and adjust the angle to throw it farthest."
The enemy in the dark is the most terrifying, and Yun Xiao does not want to fight against an unseen opponent. The catapult could easily throw a torch six or seven hundred paces, and the three-bow bed crossbow behind it was already squeaking and winding. The thick gunpowder crossbow had already been put on the rack, and Yun Xiao couldn't care about it at this time. It's better to live to see the sun tomorrow than anything else.
The pine resin-stained block was set on fire, and the trebuchet's bracket was smashed down again. The pine blocks were thrown far away, and eight red dots lit up on the horizon in the darkness. It's faint, but it's much stronger than a black mess.
The military minister has been waiting for this day for a long time. Finally, a group of damned Han soldiers dared to step out of the tall city walls to protect them. Be sure to crush these guys, crush them into slag and chop them into meat sauce. He had already experienced too many defeats before this pass, and now it was time to need a victory to prove the bravery of the Great Huns.
Ever since a Hun cavalryman who escaped from Yulin told him the news that this Han army had come out. The military minister Shan Yu was ready to kill them, and behind him were six thousand of the most elite cavalry of his headquarters. He didn't believe that with his elite cavalry, he would not be able to take down this Han army of more than 2,000 people.
The sound of galloping horses' hooves was like the tide of the Qiantang River, rumbling towards the clouds and rushing towards them. It was not clear how many people there were in the darkness, but almost instantly the pine blocks were obscured. The horizon is back in darkness.
"Gunpowder crossbow release." Canghu ordered anxiously.
"Whoosh", "Whoosh", twelve thick gunpowder crossbows flew over the heads of the villagers and the soldiers of Longyou. "Boom" "Boom" Twelve orange-red flames suddenly exploded on the dark ground, and in the firelight, you could see the Huns and horses who were blown down, as well as a large handful of dirt and snow blocks flying horizontally.
The loud explosion frightened many Hun horses. These horses ran wildly with their feet in their hands. No longer listen to the knight on his back. It is worthy of the cavalry of the Hun headquarters. Only slightly flustered. They quickly adjusted their formation and rushed in the direction of the gunpowder crossbow.
"Trebuchet, throw the torch to the minimum range." Yun Xiao commanded from the side of the trebuchet.
There was a rattling sound, and the trebuchet picked the maximum elevation angle. The wood block stained with pine grease was quickly ignited. And then it was thrown out. After throwing a few rounds in a row, seventy or eighty steps away, the fire was already flourishing. In the firelight. The soldiers on the right side of Longyou were surprised to find a layer of shiny little things on the ground. I don't know what it looks like it's valuable.
While a few guys were looking around curiously, a rain of arrows had already shot out of the darkness. Most of the soldiers hiding in the carriage only heard a "dudu" sound, and countless arrows were nailed to the thick carriage board of the four-wheeled carriage. The curious guys were not spared. One after another, they were hit by arrows and fell in the carriage. They were all shot in the head, and it was obvious that they were not saved.
"Hold steady, don't fight back. Fuck steady and don't fight back. Canghu's gong-like voice roared in the darkness, cursing the Longyou soldiers who blindly fought back into the darkness. The crossbow arrow winds very slowly, and the rate of fire of the crossbow and the bow is simply incomparable. These guys shoot blindly into the darkness, no different from wasting arrows. will also take the precious winding time, which makes Canghu not scold.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves was closer, and the Huns in the darkness screamed and shot arrows in their hands. The Yun family's townsmen took off their small round shields one after another to protect the vital points.
If these Longyou killers hadn't experienced a cavalry charge, they would have been scared to death at this moment. However, the last time he escaped was miserable, and none of them survived until now. Everyone gritted their teeth when they mentioned those who had their money confiscated, and they would be on the front line every time they attacked the city.
Finally, a war horse roared into the firelight, and these knights were indeed very elite. You can clamp the horse's body with your legs and shoot arrows with both hands free. You know, they don't have stirrups in their saddles. This riding skill Yun family's Xiangyong can't be practiced for another three or five years.
Seeing that the cavalry of the Huns was about to rush over, something strange happened. As on the previous occasion, many Hun knights threw themselves from their horses with screams and fell to the ground, all breaking their tendons. There are also people who fall to the ground and struggle a few times before they move, and the name is obviously directly thrown to death.
The soldiers of Longyou widened their eyes, and the last time they dug a small pit by themselves. But now that no one is digging a pit, how can such a thing happen. Is it God forbid? The strange sight made them forget to shoot with the crossbow arrows in their hands.
"Bastard, shoot them quickly. Shoot those who are alive, and the eighty steps of the mother are a girl who can also shoot, and the gunpowder crossbow adjusts the range to shoot. ”
Seeing that the soldiers on Longyou looked demented, Canghu was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and yelled at his mother to let these people shoot.
Only then did the Longyou soldiers who had just woken up from a dream react, and the crossbow arrows in their hands were aimed at the Hun knights who had fallen off their horses. Eighty paces away, just like Canghu said. Even a girl can shoot a person, although the skills of the Longyou soldier are very bad, but it is definitely much stronger than a girl.
For a while, the Hun knights who fell off their horses and struggled were hit by arrows one after another, and a layer of Hun corpses was spread on the ground in the firelight, and at least one crossbow arrow was inserted in each of them. However, the Huns still rushed forward one after another, and rushed towards Yunxiao's team. (To be continued......)