Chapter 1232: Battle of Lake Asad (2)

In a siege vehicle, the commander Huang Da Niu saw through the observation hole that the enemy's heavy cavalry had rushed into the range of the bed crossbow, and immediately ordered the crossbow arrows to be released, and a soldier operating the bed crossbow immediately pulled the trigger.

The bowstring of the bed crossbow made a "collapse" sound, the bowstring bounced back at high speed, and the three thick crossbow arrows were ejected, and at the same time passed through the arrow hole, the oncoming heavy cavalry of the Eastern Roman Empire was extremely dense, and the three crossbow arrows were all hit, one of the knights was pierced in the chest, and the other two war horses were shot.

After the three crossbow arrows in the yellow bull cart were shot, the crossbow arrows were also shot out in the other siege vehicles, and they all had their own gains, the main reason was that the bed crossbow had a large firing force and fast speed, and the crossbow arrows shot out were almost flat shots, unlike ordinary foot bows and riding bows in order to pursue range, in most cases they were projectiles, and for dense military formations, the lethality of flat shooting was the greatest, and they could be shot even if they closed their eyes.

The crossbow arrows fired by the bed crossbow are very powerful, very penetrating, a crossbow arrow can often penetrate three to four knights in a row, these sixteen siege vehicles have caused nearly two hundred casualties after a round of crossbow arrows, of which more than 100 people were directly killed by the crossbow arrows, and the other dozens of horses were tripped by the fallen war horses and trampled by the knights who rushed behind and brought casualties.

"Good, well done! Quick, get on the bolt and fire the second round! Huang Da Niu immediately shouted.

The three soldiers each took out a crossbow arrow and loaded it in the groove at the same time, and the other three soldiers used their arms to shake the noose handle of the winch at the same time to reset the bowstring, "The bowstring is reset, and it can be fired!" โ€

Huang Da Niu immediately shouted: "Launch!" โ€

The trigger was pulled, there was a "crash", the bowstring bounced back, and three more crossbow arrows were fired, and after the first round of shooting, the Eastern Roman heavy cavalry suffered a lot of losses, and the formation was a little sparse, and these three crossbow arrows caused only six casualties.

"Okay, it's really exciting, this thing is too lethal to this kind of dense military formation, if there are a hundred cars swinging out in a line and continuously firing crossbow arrows, it will be a nightmare for the enemy, no matter what kind of troops, in front of this kind of big killing weapon, it will be all scum!" Huang Da Niu was so excited that he danced.

A soldier next to him reminded: "Boss Huang, the enemy is rushing over!" โ€

Huang Da Niu didn't care, and said: "Don't care if they rush over or not, continue to fire crossbow arrows for Lao Tzu!" Quick, put out the drills and spikes in front and on the sides, Lao Tzu wants to let these Byzantines know what a meat grinder is! โ€

"Yes, Boss Huang!"

After the voice fell, a thick drill bit stretched out from the middle part of the front of the siege vehicle, this drill bit rod is five feet long, the drill bit part is a prismatic arrow shape, each angular blade is extremely sharp, and there is a long spear with a slightly shorter length on the left and right sides of the front, the barrel of this spear is made of solid steel rods, the bearing force is large, can be bent, elastic, but will not break. On both sides of the rear of the siege vehicle, two sharp straight knives stretch out horizontally, the blades are forward, as long as people and horses hit it, they will be cut horizontally into two sections, and there is also a three-sided knife pillar about three feet long on the wheels on both sides of the front, and the legs of the war horse or people are definitely cut off by it, and they may be crushed under the action of high-speed rotation.

"Come on, come on, you high-nosed, green-eyed Western monsters, come and taste the power of Lao Tzu's meat grinder!" Huang Da Niu kept screaming, and his expression was extremely excited, as if he saw that the more miserable the enemy died in front of him, the more excited he became.

The soldiers who stepped on the pedals in the car were no longer surprised to see Huang Da Niu's performance, and they had long known that this person had been on the battlefield for a long time, so he became bloodthirsty, murderous, and psychologically abnormal, this phenomenon was not only Huang Da Niu alone, but also many people had this symptom.

"It's coming, it's coming, it's good, it's good, it's right, it's right, it's just bumping into it, it's bumping into ยทยทยทยทยทยท" Huang Da Niu kept screaming in his gong-like voice, his face showed a sickly expression, and his limbs also walked out of the non-stop movement cooperater.

"Bumper bumper!" Three Eastern Roman heavy cavalry in a row collided and hit the front of the siege vehicle, two war horses crashed into the spears stretched out on both sides of the front of the car, and were pierced on the spot, and a group of war horses were drilled into their heads by drills, and the quickly selected drills drilled the horse's head into blood splashes, and the brains flowed turbulently, and three knights were thrown out, and there were two Eastern Roman heavy cavalry who were cut into four sections by the three-sided knives and straight knives stretched out on both sides of the siege vehicle.

The sound of war horses crashing into siege vehicles was constantly resounding around, and heavy cavalry were constantly cut into several pieces by the three-sided knives and straight knives on the siege vehicles, especially the sound of straight knives and three-sided knives cutting into the human body and the horse's body was simply chilling, and no one dared to see that kind of scene.

When the siege engines rushed by, they left behind a field of corpses, human and horse corpses, some crushed to death, some killed by collision, some pierced to death, some body pieces cut off in several sections, and other than that, there was not a clean place on the ground, all red with blood.

Zhao Ziliang observed through the telescope that the destructive and lethal power caused by this siege vehicle on the battlefield of this terrain was simply greater than that of a tank.

After the siege convoy ran over, there were only a few of the 1,000 heavy cavalry left in the Eastern Rome, and there was no threat at all, they were surrounded by the Western Qin infantry and fell off their horses.

The siege convoy did not stop, and they continued to rush forward, and the soldiers in one car kept pedaling, and in front of them appeared the phalanx of Eastern Roman heavy infantry.

Nissellus's face turned pale as he watched as his thousand heavy cavalry were slaughtered by such great monsters covered with turf and branches, and beads of sweat the size of beans continued to flow down his forehead.

"What the hell are these monsters? Why are the heavy cavalry so vulnerable in front of it? Niserus muttered to himself.

A general next to him said: "Lord Governor, no matter what these big monsters are, they all use the spears and knives on them to kill the enemy, and they seem to be very strong, but they also have disadvantages, you see that they are not fast enough, at least much slower than war horses, and people can run faster than them, so that we have a way to deal with them!" โ€

As if seeing hope, Niserus immediately said, "What way? Say it! โ€

The general said: "Immediately stop the phalanx of heavy infantry, form a phalanx on the spot and block it with heavy shields, stop them from continuing to advance, as long as they can be stopped, they should be of little lethality!" โ€

After hearing this, Niserus was shocked, and immediately ordered: "Quickly send an order to stop the advance of the heavy infantry phalanx, and form a formation on the spot to block the advance of the enemy's big monsters!" โ€

The military order was immediately conveyed and quickly carried out, after all, the advance speed of the siege convoy was not particularly fast, and the leading general of the Eastern Roman heavy infantry phalanx immediately ordered to stop the advance after seeing the banner of the order, and let the soldiers line up in a more dense formation, each soldier stood in front of him, and at the same time stuck his spear on the ground, forming a dense array of spears and shields.

"Look, Lord Governor! The slaves on the left and right flanks are already engaged in battle with the Western Qin army! A general reminded Niserus.

Nisserus looked in the direction of the general's finger, and saw that the slaves on the left flank were fighting with the Western Qin army, the slaves had no formation, they were messy, they only knew how to chop and stab with weapons, on the other hand, the Western Qin army, the infantry phalanx was neat, the advance and retreat were orderly, and the offensive and defensive actions were in a good order, and the two sides were simply a heaven and an underground.

The infantry battle showed no signs for the time being, after all, the battle had just begun, and Niserus had made many promises to the slaves before it began, and the slaves were also desperate for freedom and money, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner in a short time.

Just after a while, the two sides of the right flank also fought, the situation of the battle is not much different from the left flank, the front row is fighting, the back row is ready to go up at any time, it depends on who can resist, who can't stand, the side that can't stand will definitely be defeated, this battle at the beginning of the Eastern Roman Empire dispatched the heavy cavalry in the middle, at this time on the battlefield all the infantry is engaged, the infantry battle process is much slower, and the two sides also have time to increase their forces and command in time.

"What's that?" An Eastern Roman general shouted in the direction of the center.

Niserus and the other generals and officials followed the direction of his finger, and saw that the great monsters of the Western Qin army kept shooting crossbow arrows at the heavy infantry phalanx of Eastern Rome, and these crossbow arrows fired with surprisingly large force, penetrating extremely strong, and it could pierce through several shields.

One by one, crossbow arrows were fired, and from time to time people in the heavy infantry phalanx were shot, and several fell at a time, and several colleagues fell one after another, and several rounds of crossbow arrows were fired, and the formation of the heavy infantry phalanx became not very dense.

As they got closer, Niserus and the Eastern Roman generals saw that the front of the monsters was full of spikes, the left and right sides were particularly long, and the thickest one in the middle was still spinning.

"Oh God, what kind of monster is this?" Someone in the phalanx of heavy infantry in Eastern Rome screamed silently.

"Oh my God, they have spikes on their heads, and if they hit them, they won't be able to stop them even with a shield, and we're going to die!"

Fear began to spread among the Eastern Roman soldiers, and as the siege engines got closer and closer, and the speed of the charge was not slow, the drills and spear arrows in the front of the front of the car, as well as the large number of spikes, glistened with a cold light, and anyone would be afraid to see them.

The hands of the Eastern Roman soldiers in the front row, holding shields and spears, began to tremble, and their strands trembled. The general who commanded the army raised his sword and shouted: "Resist, give me all to resist, and those who retreat will die!" โ€

There was the threat and deterrence of the commander of the army, and finally no one escaped at this time, but the monsters on the opposite side rushed over, and they kept shooting crossbow arrows, and people kept dying.