Dahan first prince

Chapter 419 The battle has begun
In the early morning two days later, the war was about to break out;
But it was different from the tragic scene that the Han army soldiers in Mayi City expected, the man turned his back on his back: the beginning of the war did not bring too strong a sense of oppression to the defenders in the city.

Early in the morning, groups of ragged slaves poured out from the camp of the Xiongnu in the distance. Groups of dozens of people worked together to lift a very simple wooden ladder and walked towards the north city wall of Mayi. Come;
About three hundred steps outside the city, the Hun cavalry who urged the slaves stopped and said something.

Then, cart after cart of 'weapon equipment' was sent to the front of the formation and distributed to the slaves.

— There are sticks, sticks of bone, and even stones;
Among them, the most complicated one is just a stone ax with a wooden stick as the handle, a stone slice as the blade, and rattan ties.

It was so simple, even so simple that the defenders in the city suspected that it was a 'weapon' for fighting primitive people, and it became the source of courage for the tens of thousands of slaves.

It was precisely at the same time that the Huns were busy distributing "weapons and equipment" to the slaves' cannon fodder, at the top of the northern city wall of Mayi, beside the Taiwei Jin She, there was an officer in scale armor, who was facing the Huns outside the city. Thumbs up.

thumbs up?
Do not misunderstand;

This is not a compliment to the Huns outside the city.

To be precise: After Ping raised his arm and gave a thumbs up to the Huns outside the city, Captain Habayashi, Quan Xu, closed one eye...

"Well······"

"Three hundred steps up and down;"

"If you use a crossbow with a god's arm, you can kill thousands of enemies."

Using the distance calculation method learned on weekdays, Quan Xu calculated the approximate distance of the Huns, and Quan Xu looked at Jin She who was beside him with slightly asking for instructions.

As Quan Xu expected: After seeing his intentions, Jin She only smiled and shook his head.

"In the first battle, most of the people who came were the shepherds who belonged to the Huns;"

"Lieutenant Habayashi, His Majesty spent all the money in the Shaofu to make it. There is no need to use the crossbow arrows of the divine arm for such lowly slaves."

As he said so, Jin She couldn't help but smiled and turned his head to the side, pointing to the outside of the city, the longbow and big banner fluttering in the wind.

"In this battle, the Xiongnu came, headed by Zuo Xianwang's headquarters, Zhelan, Baiyang, Loufan, and Jinshan as followers, and three or five slave tribes;"

"Among them, the Zhelan tribe is known for hand-to-hand combat with horses, and the Baiyang tribe is known for its 'back horse shooting' skills."

"As for Jinshan, the reputation was not obvious in the past, but even if you use an ax as a banner, it should be no different from Zhelan."

"Only the Loufan Department has always been famous for its ability to ride and shoot, and it even uses Hu Gong as a banner!"

"Today's battle, in addition to enslaving the city to consume the bows, feathers and strength of our Han soldiers, King Zuoxian must send another army that is good at shooting to roam outside the city."

"This 'department of good archery' is conveniently for Lou Fan Youqi."

After softly introducing to Quan Xu the fighting characteristics of these Xiongnu tribes outside the city, and emphasizing the characteristics of the "good at archery" of the Lou Fan tribe, Jin She withdrew his hand and patted Quan Xu with a look full of expectations. shoulders.

"The whole school lieutenant, instead of ordering the Habayashi crossbowmen under his command to shoot and kill the Hunu, is better to severely injure the upper part of the building. The key to this battle..."

"In this battle, Captain Habayashi can seriously injure Lou Fan's vitality, so he will be the first!"

"Let's wait for the future, when our Han family will fight against Hu again, there will be no buildings to worry about the pawns who are good at shooting, and Hu will be unable to move an inch; the soldiers of our Han family will also be slightly injured by bow feathers..."

Hearing Jin She's words, Quan Xu thought for a moment, then nodded his head confidently.

Good shot?

Hey!
——In the whole world, who dares to claim that he is good at shooting in front of the god arm crossbow? !
You must know that just a hundred years ago, the highest level of praise for 'good archery' in the world was only a hundred steps!
As for now?

Let alone a hundred paces, Captain Habayashi, who is equipped with a magic arm crossbow, has a shooting distance of 150 paces. If he fails to hit the enemy's vitals, his colleagues in the army will have to laugh at him for half a year!
"The last will obey!"

After receiving Jin She's instruction, Quan Xu was also unambiguous, and he bowed his hand abruptly at Jin She, and then trotted towards the Habayashi school lieutenant's department inside the city wall;

Soon, the Habayashi Crossbowmen, who received Quan Xu's order, climbed onto the city wall in groups of five, and spread out evenly inside the city wall. Wall Stack sat down on the spot.

If there is no accident, about half an hour later, the known world will see the debut of a new weapon called the 'God Arm Crossbow' on the battlefield.

On the other side of the battlefield, if they can become the first army to be defeated under the crossbow of the gods, the Xiongnu Tower will surely be "famous in history"...

"Three hundred steps away from the enemy!!!"

Familiar call signs sounded, but the city of Mayi was completely peaceful;
According to the drill regulations of the Guanzhong army, the distance of [-] steps has already entered the effective range of the bed crossbow.

But it was obvious: those slave cannon fodder outside the city who were screaming and rushing towards the city wall of Mayi did not make Jin She feel even the slightest sense of urgency.

"Two hundred steps away from the enemy!!!"

There was another burst of roaring, and everyone turned their eyes to Taiwei Jinshe on the tower;

But Jin She, still with a sullen face, stared out of the city, stopped three hundred steps away from the city wall, shouted and threatened the Loufan cavalry who drove the slaves to move on.

"One hundred and fifty steps away from the enemy!!!"

"Ah."

Following Jin She's deep 'hmm' sound, the bed crossbow, which had been ready to launch for a long time, finally made its own loud noise.

Bang bang bang! ! !
Whoosh whoosh! ! ! ! !

At a distance of 150 steps, a huge arrow nearly ten feet long and the thickness of a human leg flew out, drawing a nearly straight horizontal line in the air!
Then, he plunged headlong into the slave cannon fodder, setting off howling all over the sky.

According to normal conditions, the bed crossbow is fired three hundred paces away from the enemy, and a single giant arrow can often kill several enemies and cause a great shock to the enemy who is about to charge;
But today, the bed crossbow on the head of Mayi City deliberately brought the slave cannon fodder outside the city closer to a distance of 150 steps...

There is no surprise: the city of Mayi, which is only a few miles long, only fired eight bed crossbow bolts, causing hundreds of casualties to the slaves outside the city!
Almost at the same time that the huge arrow finally fell to the ground more than 200 steps outside the city, the 'Overseer' behind the slave cannon fodder also began to shout.

"No one is allowed to retreat!"

"You dirty slaves!"

"Only by killing the head of the city and beheading a Han can you wash away your sins!"

Behind him is the high-pitched roar of the Loufan cavalry;

In front of him was the wall of Mayi, and the eight bed crossbows began to be reloaded, making a piercing sound of winches turning.

Two years of advance and retreat, with difficulty...

"what!!!!"

I don't know if he was driven crazy by the suffocating pressure, or if he really ignited the will to fight, a hoarse cry suddenly sounded in the ranks of the slave cannon fodder!

After a short period of silence, all the slave cannon fodder were infected by this call sign, and rushed to the north wall of Mayi with indomitable determination.

But on the top of the city, Taiwei Jin She raised his hand quietly, as if waiting for something...

"One hundred steps away from the enemy!!!!"

As the last warning sounded from the distant platform, Jin She's raised hand fluttered down like a fallen autumn leaf;
Then, there was a sound of rough orders, resounding on the city wall.

"Pull the bow!"

"One hundred steps away from the enemy, three rounds of rapid fire!!!"

"put!!!!!!"

Whoosh whoosh! ! !
In just a few tens of breaths, thousands of arrow feathers flew from the top of the city, even covering the sunlight outside the city for a moment!
Then, round after round of bow and crossbow volleys were fired, perfect parabolas were drawn in the sky north of Mayi City, and they were plunged down immediately.

Three rounds of salvo, the cannon fodder of the slaves outside the city, thousands of casualties!
But the battle has only just begun...

"Come on!!!"

"Kill a Han and become a glorious Hun warrior!!!"

The impassioned cannon fodder of the slaves is heard by the soldiers of the Han army on the wall, but it is the incomprehensible birdsong and the wailing of primates before they die;
On the faces rushing towards the city wall, the soldiers of the Han army could also see a lot.

there are tears;
there is despair;
have madness;
There is confusion.

But most of all, there was still an unexplained sense of relief.

From a hundred steps away from the city wall, after suffering a volley of bows and crossbows from the Han army, to the bottom of the city wall, in this short distance of a hundred steps, the slave cannon fodder is extremely difficult to advance;

Every time he took a step forward, people around him fell down, and every time he took a step forward, bows, feathers and arrows flew past his head and ears.

But slaves, there is no choice.

They can only rush forward without hesitation, and find their destined home outside this Han city that they have never seen before.

At a distance of twenty paces, the slave cannon fodder stopped.

——As a border city, Mayi does not have a moat;
However, as the former capital of South Korea, Mayi also has a "moat ditch" several feet wide.

Soon, the cavalry's urging voices sounded again behind them, and even a few bow feathers shot from behind at the slave cannon fodder who stood still.

After a brief hesitation, the slave cannon fodder finally jumped down in despair.

Perhaps at the beginning, they wanted to jump off the 'moat', and then climb up from the other side of the 'moat';

But as the bow feathers shot from behind got closer and more, and even a few cavalry began to approach, the slaves at the rear of the team could no longer care so much.

It seems to be rushing forward, and it seems to be avoiding the cavalry behind them. All the slaves are pushing forward and crowded together;

Suddenly, the team, which was still crowded, began to resume its previous forward speed.

——The 'moat', the forerunners among the slaves built a series of 'human bridges' with their flesh.

But they have no choice.

They can only rush forward with all their strength under the crowd of people behind them;
Even if they want to fall into the moat and become a stepping stone for others, they can only rush forward.

When the hundreds of wooden ladders finally reached the top of the Mayi wall, there were already slaves' corpses all over the outside of the Mayi city.

Some of these corpses were motionless, already dead;

Some were still struggling, wriggling, or howling weakly.

On the city wall, the soldiers of the Han army also responded quickly. The crossbowmen moved away from the wall stacks corresponding to the wooden ladders, and urged the sword shields and spearmen behind them to step forward and take over the defensive positions.

At this point, the battle finally entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat.

In order to reach this stage, tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of slave cannon fodder cost thousands of casualties.

"Rush up!"

Three hundred steps outside the city, watching the slaves finally put the wooden ladder up the city wall, Wang Zhebie hurriedly turned his head to the side, not even looking at the slave cannon fodder who were besieging the city.

——As cannon fodder, if these slaves can rush under the city wall, put wooden ladders on the city wall, and attract most of the attention of the Han guards in the city to themselves, the task is considered completed.

As for what else to do next, Jebe couldn't care less, and it can be said that he had no expectations.

Now, what Jebe needs to pay attention to is the performance of his cavalry archers in this battle.

"How about it?"

"Have you figured it out?"

Asked in a deep voice, the cavalry on the side hurriedly rode forward.

"The salvo of the Chinese began at a distance of about a hundred paces;"

"A distance of 150 steps should be very safe."

"In the past, the bows and crossbows of the Han people, except for the bed crossbow and the rhubarb crossbow, have never been able to shoot 150 paces."

Hearing this, Jebe only nodded his head gravely.

Zhebie knew that the bed crossbow was a unique defensive weapon of the Han people, and it was indeed very powerful, but strictly speaking, it could not be regarded as a "bow crossbow".

In other words: the way the bed crossbow inflicts damage is not to aim first and then fire in the usual sense of bows and crossbows, but to shoot at the crowd of people on the siege side regardless, killing as many as they kill;
Before the huge arrow shot by the bed crossbow slammed into the local camp, I am afraid that even the soldiers in charge of firing the bed crossbow didn't know which unlucky ghost they would shoot with this bed crossbow.

Moreover, every time the bed crossbow shoots a shot, it takes a long time to reload before the next shot can be fired.

Therefore, the Loufan bow cavalry and the bed crossbow led by Jebe cannot be regarded as a 'threat';
As for the rhubarb crossbow, although it has a range of more than [-] steps, and the operator will aim to a certain extent, the accuracy of the rhubarb crossbow is not much better than that of the bed crossbow.

Moreover, just like the one-in-a-million eagle shooters in the Huns army, the number of Han people who can pull the rhubarb crossbow is basically so small that it can be ignored.

As for other common bows and crossbows of the Han people, they do have a longer range than the longbow of the Huns.

but······
"My name is Jebe!"

"I am the king of Loufan!!!"

Gritting his teeth and letting out a heavy sigh, Jebe raised his head and slowly scolded forward;
"Let the warriors hunt freely outside Mayi City!"

"Distance, 150 steps!"

　Jebe, in the Xiongnu-Mongolian language family, refers to the arrow.

　　As a noun, it refers to bows and arrows. As a person's name, it can be translated as "sharp shooter" and "good shooter". As an adjective, it can also be translated as: superb archery.

　　In history, before the Mongols established the Mongolian Yuan, in the Mongolian army under the command of Genghis Khan Temujin, there was an official position called "Jebe" for a short time, which was roughly the centurion in charge of the archers. Superb archery is different from ordinary people, and can convince subordinates' rigid requirements.

　　
　
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