A batch of black feathered arrows suddenly rose in mid-air, turning into clouds that covered the sky and the sun, and then swooped down with a roar, smashing the shield in the hands of the Xiliang sergeant.

This was the first wave of attacks launched by the Qingzhou Army after advancing more than 200 steps.

The archers of the Xiliang army immediately began to return fire, and over the long battle line, tens of thousands of carved feathers shuttled back and forth. Most of the feathered arrows did not deal any damage, because both sides were already familiar with this set and had prepared accordingly in advance.

There were also a few unlucky ones who were wounded by white feathers leaking through the gaps in their shields, or broken arrows bouncing on the ground, and they covered their wounds and wailed loudly.

Immediately someone dragged the wounded away, and the red blood emitted a whitish mist, adding another thick strip to the already blackened earth, like a cut on the earth itself. Soon, new bloodstains were dried by the long wind, leaving black marks, which were then covered with newer bloodstains.

Compared with hand-to-hand combat, the losses caused by feather arrows are not great, and in the troubled times when human lives are cheaper than grass mustard, in the eyes of many careerists, the life that has just disappeared may not be as good as the wasted White Feather Eleven.

This is what the generals of the Xiliang army thought, and after discovering that tens of thousands of hard-won arrows had only been exchanged for less than a hundred results, they quickly realized this and sounded their horns to stop the archers from firing, so as not to waste their baggage.

This time, there was no tacit understanding between the two sides. For the Xiliang Army, which stopped the counterattack, the Qingzhou Army had no intention of being soft. The flickering of sunlight was obscured again for a moment, and the heavens and the earth were filled with only the 'hum' of the trembling bowstrings and the sharp whistling of arrows breaking through the air.

The soldiers of the Xiliang Army, who were out of the range of bows and arrows, could only do their best to raise the wooden shield above their heads, floating and sinking in this man-made storm, waiting for the judgment of fate.

The Xiliang Army, which was out of range of the rain of arrows, also couldn't rejoice, and many people were frightened by the scene in front of them.

According to common sense, the distance at which a long-range weapon can be fired should be between fifty and one hundred and fifty steps. If you get closer, it will be difficult to get the projectile accurate, and it is easy to accidentally injure your own people when you are engaged at any time. If you take more than one hundred and fifty steps, the killing efficiency is too low, and human life is actually not very valuable compared to the time-consuming and labor-intensive feather arrows that are used to make them. At least, that's the case in Xiliang.

However, the Qingzhou Army in front of him was obviously some kind of existence beyond common sense, knowing that such an attack was not efficient, but as if he didn't want money, he threw out wave after wave of feather arrows. Although a round of attacks by thousands of archers can only exchange for the casualties of more than a hundred Xiliang troops, this kind of attack is endless, and no one knows when it will end.

"It's been ten rounds, is this Wang Yu crazy? Or are you so rich that you have nowhere to spend your money? Could it be that he couldn't use this method to inflict heavy damage on our army? ”

"It's hard to say, I heard that Yu Ban did this once when he broke Qianman in the horseshoe beam, if it weren't for the urgency of Juyong City at that time, maybe Er Qianman's 20,000 soldiers and horses would have been killed by the bows and arrows of the Yulin Army. Now too, this round will fall dozens or hundreds, and these ten rounds of arrows will shoot down, and we will also suffer hundreds of casualties! ”

"It's still impossible, even if the Qingzhou army is well supplied and not afraid of arrow consumption, the physical strength of the archers can't be endless? Even the best archers can still fire their bows for twenty consecutive rounds? ”

"But with a wave of archers, of course it can't be used, but you see, there are many archers, and they can be rotated!"

Under the stunned gaze of the Xiliang generals, the Qingzhou Army actually started to rotate on the spot after ten rounds of crazy long-distance shooting, which can be called luxurious. The two rows of archers alternately took turns to open their bows and release their arrows, looking from a distance, it seemed like an undulating wave, and with the waves, it was a deadly cloud!

"It's not a way to go on like this, if you continue to be killed and injured like this, your morale will collapse!" The generals of Xiliang are all anxious, the courage of the soldiers under their command is enough, let them charge, even if they know that they will die, there will not be many deserters. But that was when the blood was surging, let them stand and be beaten, and no one dared to guarantee when the morale of the army would collapse.

"Knock knock knock ......" The war drum sounded at the right time, this is the drum that urges the war, and it is obvious that the main general Ma Chao has no way to sit firmly on Mount Tai.

No one knows how many arrows the Qingzhou army can use, and if they can't win the shooting, they can't afford to consume so many arrows, and they can't just fight back all the time, and there is no other way than to attack at a close distance.

The long-range attack of the Qingzhou army is the most standard infantry bow throwing, ensuring that the arrows of a team of archers are fired within a fixed range. It is not a separate accuracy rate, but only a death zone is created in an area.

With the advance of the Western Liang Army, the long-range attack of the Qingzhou Army is becoming more and more effective, if anyone can watch from the air, they will see a black cloud falling down, and the array of the Western Liang Army will neatly collapse a strange landscape.

When the distance was shortened to about one hundred and fifty steps, the generals of Xiliang finally couldn't help it, and with an order, the archers who had endured for a long time ran out of the ranks one after another, ready to counterattack.

However, just as they raised their bows and were about to fire, a new tone was added to the Qingzhou Army's array!

"Collapse! Collapse! Collapse! "The monotonous syllables are thrilling enough, and the crossbows and ballistas are starting to wield!

The Xiliang archers who rushed forward were like wheat seedlings in a storm, and they were cut down in pieces long before they could react effectively. At a distance of more than a hundred paces, it was as if there were no more powerful crossbows and stronger ballistas, and the huge shafts of arrows swept past the archers in front of them like death scythes, smashing shields, smashing shield arrays, and skewering the people behind them like grasshoppers and nailing them firmly to the ground.

This sudden slam blow directly stunned the Xiliang army.

There are strong crossbows and crossbow carts in the Qingzhou army, and the generals of Xiliang know that many people have witnessed it, but they still didn't expect that this sharp weapon would be so strong, and they were not psychologically prepared at all.

"What is this, bed crossbow? Isn't that thing only for defending the city? It's almost twenty miles away from the Qingzhou camp in Jiaoyang, how can it be possible to move so much at once! Ma Chao was shocked and angry in his heart, and shouted in disbelief.

"Lord, now is not the time to talk about this, you have to hurry up and find some ways to get out, otherwise the front army is in danger of collapsing!" Pound reminded nervously.

The Qingzhou Army's strong crossbow salvo is too powerful, especially the ballista! When the thick crossbow bolt smashed into the army, it was like a dragon in the sea, directly wading out of a bloody path in the crowd.

The array of more than 200,000 troops spread out in crane wings, covering a range of more than ten miles, but as soon as the crossbow array of the Qingzhou army unfolded, it was so hard that it was difficult for the 200,000 army to advance an inch!

Of course, the main attack now is infantry, and if it is replaced by cavalry, it can still be attacked. But under such a strong crossbow fire, even with the protection of paper armor, it is difficult for the cavalry to maintain a formation, and the casualties will be very large. But no matter what you do, the current state will definitely not be sustainable, otherwise it will be troublesome when the infantry of the front army collapses.

"Let the front army retreat!" Ma Chao's face changed several times in a row, and finally gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Push those stupid guys in the back, reorganize the array, and then attack!" The cavalry continued to stand by, and without the order of the general, it was categorically not allowed to attack! ”

"Yes!" In the Xiliang Army, Ma Dai played the role of joining the army, and after getting Ma Chao's order, he immediately conveyed it.

Leaving behind the dead bodies everywhere, the Xiliang army retreated like a tide.

"Haha, the frog at the bottom of the well, dare to blow nonsense? I didn't even touch my grandfather's clothes, so I retreated with my head broken and bleeding, and I dared to jump out and show my eyes! Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the Xiliang Army, Tai Shi Ci had a big heart, if it wasn't for Wang Yu's order, he couldn't wait to run to the front of the battle to provoke it, so that he could get out of the evil spirit that had accumulated in his chest for many days.

Others didn't say anything.

The results of this round are actually very normal, and there are still a lot of supplies sent over with Wang Yu's reinforcements, including hundreds of ballistas! And the Thunder Army led by Huang Ze was originally a unit in the hussar army sequence, specializing in long-range.

A total of one hundred and fifty ballistae, more than three thousand large yellow crossbows, plus eight thousand archers...... In the face of such a lineup, with Wang Yu's tactics, even the well-equipped Cao Cao army has to pay a considerable price to get close and engage in melee combat, not to mention the poorly equipped Xiliang army? It's no wonder if you don't suffer a big loss.

However, no matter how strong the ranged attack is, it is unlikely to be the decisive player in solving the battle. The casualties of thousands of foot soldiers are not even a slight injury to the Xiliang army, and there is still a lot to be done in this battle, it is too early to be happy.

If the cavalry of the Xiliang Army had just been killed, it would be worth being happy and happy, because the cavalry of the front army was blocked by the scattered foot soldiers, and the cavalry could not raise their speed at the beginning of the charge, and they were completely a group of live targets. But Ma Chao was not overwhelmed by anger after all, so he didn't form enough damage.

Now that Ma Chao is retreating for the time being, the next thing is to see what he does. Is it to open the distance, directly use the cavalry dǎ vanguard, and the foot soldiers then cover the kill? Or simply let the cavalry make a wide detour and attack your own flank? Or ......

"I see, it's a cart." Wang Yu's doubts were quickly answered, after reorganizing the formation, the Xiliang army did not change the configuration of the front and rear foot soldiers, and the cavalry in the middle, but there were hundreds of more carriages in front of the formation.

The cart is a siege machine, and it can also be used to deal with strong crossbows in the field. Even the ballista is difficult to break through the defenses of the ballista, and if the foot soldiers follow up, it will be similar to the infantry tanks of later generations. The only drawback is that it is too slow and has no defense against bows and arrows that can be fired.

"Very good, everything is expected, the next thing is to meet on a narrow road, and the brave wins!"