God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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As for the lethality after getting closer, it is indeed effective. But if it's only for close-range combat, what's the point of carrying gliding arrows?

Within the attack range of a normal crossbow, wouldn't using rhomboid arrows, which have a faster attack speed, or triangular arrows, which have stronger penetrating power, be more effective than gliding arrows?
It can be said that this kind of arrow, which was previously considered useless, now has a chance to be used.

"This can be considered a use, but it's too limited. It's fine to use it occasionally, but to use this kind of arrow as a regular weapon is just a waste." Xu Huang shook his head, took another gliding arrow from the horse's quiver, and said with some emotion.

Seeing the very familiar arrowhead, Wei Yan took an identical arrow from the quiver on his horse. He then pressed down on the arrowhead with his armored hand, feeling a slight blockage. When he pressed down with more force, he felt that there was room to push it forward. He then stopped pushing it forward and slowly retreated, allowing the arrowhead to return to its original shape.

"The arrowhead of the gliding arrow has been changed to a flat oval shape, which makes it more fluid, but its penetrating and armor-piercing abilities will be greatly reduced, and it basically has no armor-piercing ability..." Xu Huang explained this type of arrow while looking at the arrow in his hand.

The arrow's overall design and construction are designed to accommodate a gliding auxiliary wing, allowing the arrow to fly farther.

If it had no other purpose, gliding arrows would not have been chosen by Xu Huang simply because of their long range.

What truly pleased Xu Huang was this specially made arrow, which contained a certain amount of space inside, allowing him to store items or special intelligence information.

In certain emergency situations, gliding arrows carrying intelligence information can be fired using a handheld crossbow.

However, this method is rarely used in warfare, and in non-war situations, it is too slow and the distance is too short, far inferior to the speed and distance of skilled individuals flying through the air to transmit information.

As for transmitting such information during wartime, it's even more unfortunate, since with such poor accuracy, no one knows where it will end up.

However, there is another use for it: you can place flint inside the crossbow arrowhead area and then place oil in the burning area to complete the installation of special items.

Once all preparations are complete, it can be launched. The crossbow bolt spreads its wings in the sky and enters a gliding state, then falls to the ground when it can no longer maintain its gliding.

The weight distribution, with one side heavier than the other, causes the arrow's center of gravity to point downwards, meaning the arrowhead is pointing towards the ground.

In this situation, if a collision occurs during the gap, the top of the crossbow bolt will bounce back, causing the retrieved arrow to strike the flint, which will directly ignite the oil behind it, thus setting the surrounding area ablaze.

Moreover, even if there is nowhere to burn where it lands, the gliding crossbow bolt can burn for quite a long time, and may even make the situation worse.

"So compared to ordinary burning oil arrows, gliding arrows carry less oil, but have a longer and wider attack range, and a higher probability of hitting the target. Why not use them?" Xu Huang became much more energetic and even quite enthusiastic when talking about this.

Thousands of burning arrows flew south, but the final effect was unknown. "This is troublesome. They didn't go back to rescue us, but instead chose to keep pursuing us. Isn't something wrong?" Wei Yan felt like he was seeing things. The Roman army had clearly noticed this, but instead of retreating, they continued to pursue. It was truly puzzling.

"I'm afraid the other side has no concept of this at all, and doesn't know how effective these arrows are. Ignorance is bliss, which is normal!" Xu Huang didn't think this was a problem, and he didn't even think that this behavior would make the Roman army leave.

"That's true. In the past, I certainly wouldn't have had such thoughts or be on guard. No one would be too wary of launching an attack from such a distance." Wei Yan recalled the scene in his mind and suddenly felt enlightened.

Things that seemed ordinary before now have much better uses. But thinking about it, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep as soundly at night anymore.

There's not much point in using this thing during the day. Anyway, it flies slowly, and even experts can slowly shoot it down. Soldiers also have enough time to hide or intercept and destroy it in advance.

However, at night, the sound of a gliding arrow flying through the air is not obvious; it can be described as drifting. In fact, due to its slow speed, it may not attract people's attention.

If this attack were to occur on a dark and stormy night, the attacked army would be unable to sleep that night. If the army's quality and discipline were poor, the entire camp might be wiped out in a single attack.

"So we still have to head north. After crossing the Euphrates River, if the enemy doesn't pursue us, we'll destroy the pontoon bridge and head south to see if we can follow behind the Roman army and provide our army with additional opportunities and support." After briefly outlining the arrangements, Xu Huang's expression became much more serious.

After all, besides leading the army to escape, you also have to use the Legion talent to control the general direction of the gliding arrow, which is quite mentally taxing.

“But what if the enemy continues to pursue us, and I don’t have time to destroy the pontoon bridge?” Wei Yan raised another possibility, a possibility that would not resolve the current dangerous situation at all.

This possibility could even lead to another, worst-case scenario: after crossing the river, they would not only be pursued by the Roman legions of miracles behind them, but also blocked by the remaining Roman troops. If they were surrounded from both sides, they would be doomed.

"If they keep chasing us, then we'll continue retreating north!" Xu Huang pointed in a direction, his words carrying a serious tone.

"The North? Armenia? Can we retreat from that place?" Wei Yan thought for a moment and realized that Armenia seemed to be a viable retreat location. After all, Armenia had left behind a considerable number of Parthian troops, and with their help, defeating the Tenth Knight shouldn't be too difficult.

In that case, the retreat issue wouldn't be a big problem.

However, unlike the Parthian army that Wei Yan had envisioned, Xu Huang knew very well that there was a backup army in the north, a backup army specifically prepared for Mesopotamia.

Rome's Miracle Legion is indeed very strong, but are they truly invincible in this state? (End of Chapter)