Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 244: Shocking Crossbow
Seeing that all the Han troops blocking the road ahead had retreated to Yanmen Pass, the morale of the Xianbei soldiers soared.

"The Han army is vulnerable. Charge in! Grab money, food, and women! Kill all the Han people!"

However, just as they were rushing towards Yanmen Pass like mad, they saw a tall figure on a horse slowly appearing at the city gate.

"It's the big man with the red face and long beard!"

The faces of the Xianbei soldiers all changed suddenly.

In the great battle last year, this red-faced Han general, with two thousand cavalrymen, charged into the midst of tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalrymen as if he was in an empty space. Such a powerful scene left a very deep impression on the Xianbei soldiers who already respected the use of force. Even though more than half of the Xianbei cavalrymen present did not participate in that battle, they often heard other comrades mention it.

Seeing him appear at the city gate with a large group of cavalry behind him, the Xianbei cavalry felt the murderous aura even though the other party just stood there, causing many of them to rein in their horses instinctively.

The mountain road outside Yanmen Pass becomes narrower as you get closer to the pass.

The cavalrymen in the front were only thirty or forty steps away from the pass, which could only accommodate more than a hundred cavalrymen side by side.

Among the more than one hundred people, thirty or forty riders stopped. The other riders saw that they stopped and didn't know why, so they also stopped where they were after charging a few more steps.

This immediately triggered a series of chain reactions.

Many of the cavalrymen behind were confused about what was going on. Seeing that the ones in front had stopped, they knew that even if they didn't want to stop, they had no way to go and had to stop.

"What's going on! Why did you stop for no reason?!"

Kui Tou was in the middle of the army, shouting angrily.

When Liu He on the city wall saw this scene, he was so happy that he almost shouted to the sky.

"My second brother's divine power will surely spread across the grasslands in the future, making all the Hu people tremble with fear!"

At this time Ye Xiang came over.

"My lord, the enemy is numerous and we are few. General Guan can't handle it alone. Should we activate the Jingshen Liannu to support us?"

When he said this, Liu He suddenly remembered that more than a month ago, three blacksmiths had someone deliver a batch of things.

It turned out to be the two sets of bow and crossbow diagrams that I had given them last year. Among them, the Shenbi bow had already been made and I gave one to Ye Xiang and Qu Hang respectively.

Now the Jingshen Crossbow has finally been successfully developed, but it is complicated to make. The three masters and many of their assistants and disciples are making it for the first time and are not skilled, so only ten were made in the first batch.

"I almost forgot about such a powerful weapon! Use it quickly!"

These ten Jingshen Crossbows had already been fixed on the city wall and were covered with black cloth.

At this time Ye Xiang ordered his men to tear off the black cloth, and a row of large crossbows about one person tall revealed their true appearance.

These crossbows have four rows of firing ports, with five arrows in each row. Twenty crossbow arrows can be fired at a time. The length and thickness of each crossbow arrow are about twice that of an ordinary crossbow arrow.

Ye Xiang shouted to Guan Yu who was slowly walking out of the city gate step by step under the city wall.

"General Guan, let our troops guard the city gates and don't charge too deep into the enemy's formation!"

Guan Yu looked up and saw the large crossbows, and immediately understood what was going on.

Kuitou also saw these crossbows and was immediately shocked.

"I've never seen such a strange thing before. It looks like it has extraordinary power!"

"Chief, should we retreat a little? As long as we are out of range, I think this crossbow cannon, no matter how powerful it is, will not threaten us."

Kuitou was also terrified when he saw the ten crossbows, but seeing that Yanmen Pass was right in front of him, as if within reach, he just retreated a few hundred steps away and waited for the Han army to rest. If the same troops as before pressed onto the front line again, would he have to waste many lives of his men to charge again?
"No! We have to charge through this city gate no matter what! If we retreat now, it will be extremely difficult to get through again. It is better to attack in one go to minimize casualties!"

He pointed forward with his whip.

"My men, the Han army is already at the end of its strength. Ignore them and charge in directly!"

The Xianbei cavalry who received the order from Kuitou had no time to think, even if they still had some doubts in their hearts. They patted their horses and rushed out.

Guan Yu dragged the Green Dragon Crescent Blade behind his horse, and the purple-gold dragon riders behind him stood on both sides of him, raised their spears and pointed forward.

Ye Xiang personally took the command flag and waved it forward.

"Release!" "Swish..."

After a series of loud noises, two hundred large crossbow arrows shot out.

"puff……"

After a group of Xianbei soldiers were hit by crossbow arrows, they were blown away from their horses by the huge impact force of the crossbow arrows. Several of them knocked their comrades off their horses while flying backwards.

"What a stunning crossbow!"

Liu He and others applauded.

The Anmin Army soldiers on and off the city walls, as well as some brave civilians hiding not far behind the city gate to watch the battle, were all very excited by the power of the crossbow!
The deterrent effect of just two hundred crossbow arrows on the Xianbei army was greater than the previous rain of arrows from the Shenji Camp!
"What the hell is this thing? It's so powerful!"

Kuitou's face turned slightly pale.

But he soon came to his senses.

"Don't hesitate, keep charging in! As long as we get inside the pass, no matter how powerful this crossbow cannon is, it won't threaten us!"

The Xianbei soldiers also suddenly realized that if they retreated they might be punished by military law, so they had no other choice but to charge forward.

The crossbow of the Jingshen Crossbow was reloaded and fired again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity when the crossbows were being loaded, a group of Xianbei cavalry rushed to the front of the pass.

"Haha, we finally made it!"

These people escaped from the shadow of the powerful crossbow, but before they had time to be happy, they suddenly saw a flash of green light, and then the person who was rushing in the front was broken into two pieces.

"Humph, you still dare to be so proud in front of Guan!"

Guan Yu snorted coldly, swung his Green Dragon Sword, and the Purple Gold Dragon Riders behind him also waved their spears. In a blink of an eye, all the hundreds of Xianbei cavalrymen who rushed over were killed.

The road in front of the pass was already very narrow, and the cavalry had a large range of activities, so it could only accommodate a dozen or twenty cavalrymen rushing over at the same time. In this case, Guan Yu personally led the army to guard here, which was truly "one man guarding the pass against ten thousand men"!
At this moment in the city, in the corner of the alley, several spies were whispering to each other.

"What should we do? The city gates are still open, but has our mission been accomplished?"

"How would I know? It should be considered completed..."

"I remember that the master mentioned that he had sent someone to notify Zhang Yan in Taihang Mountain to attack Yanmen Pass. Why hasn't he come yet? I think the master may not have seen Zhang Yan's army coming, and he didn't see the situation he wanted, so he didn't send me a signal to wait for me to retreat."

"What should I do?"

"It doesn't matter. I know where Zhang Yan's camp is. Let's go and urge him. Regardless of success or failure, we have done our best. The master should not punish us too much."

"Right, right, right. Who would have thought that Liu He was such a ruthless character? Let's go find Zhang Yan."

Several figures emerged from the alley, straightened their clothes, and prepared to pretend to be ordinary people and leave through the rear gate of Yanmen Pass.

At this moment, a small group of people suddenly blocked their way.

"Why? You have been hiding in the dark and observing the battle for so long, your legs and feet must be sore. If you leave like this, wouldn't it make us Yanmen seem like we don't know how to entertain guests?"

When these people saw this situation, they immediately realized that they had been exposed.

"Run in all directions!"

Several people acted decisively and fled in different directions.

"Hehe, a few small shrimps want to escape from the palm of our security army. It's ridiculous!"

The man who looked like a team leader just clapped his hands, and soon, the spies who had sneaked into the alleys slowly retreated with their hands raised.

What forced them to come back were the sharp spears!
"Take it!"

At the captain's command, these people were tied up tightly.

(End of this chapter)